CodyCross January 4, 2026 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 27 midsize and 12 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 27 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Andy Griffith's son played by Ron Howard | OPIE | 4 | |
| #2 | Audible pant of astonishment | GASP | 4 | |
| #3 | Automobiles | CARS | 4 | |
| #4 | Avatar Aang was the last one | AIRBENDER | 9 | |
| #5 | Charlton __, leading actor of Ben-Hur in 1959 | HESTON | 6 | |
| #6 | Consumed food | ATE | 3 | |
| #7 | Disarray, clutter, heaps | MESS | 4 | |
| #8 | Dutch banking group with a lion logo | ING | 3 | |
| #9 | Estimated Time of Departure | ETD | 3 | |
| #10 | Evergreen tree, often used as a Christmas tree | FIR | 3 | |
| #11 | Extinct, flightless bird species from New Zealand | MOA | 3 | |
| #12 | Fox shelter | DEN | 3 | |
| #13 | Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system | HVAC | 4 | |
| #14 | Initials commonly found on gravestones | RIP | 3 | |
| #15 | Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, initialism | LGBT | 4 | |
| #16 | Make a rhythmic humming sound | THRUM | 5 | |
| #17 | Medically unable to hear | DEAF | 4 | |
| #18 | Money paid to cross a bridge | TOLL | 4 | |
| #19 | Movie director Von Trier | LARS | 4 | |
| #20 | Naps, relaxes, ceases activity | RESTS | 5 | |
| #21 | Operator of software | USER | 4 | |
| #22 | Puts up for an award | NOMINATES | 9 | |
| #23 | The most powerful nuclear weapon ever, __ Bomba | TSAR | 4 | |
| #24 | Thin pasta often paired with bolognaise | SPAGHETTI | 9 | |
| #25 | To make up on the spot, e.g. in acting or comedy | IMPROVISE | 9 | |
| #26 | Willy Russell wrote about educating her | RITA | 4 | |
| #27 | World leaders, for short | PMS | 3 |
Small Crossword — 12 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Billie __, Bad Guy singer | EILISH | 6 | |
| #2 | General knowledge quizzes, game shows | TRIVIA | 6 | |
| #3 | Harmonic set of musical pitches | CHORD | 5 | |
| #4 | La Bamba sensation who didn't speak Spanish | VALENS | 6 | |
| #5 | Left side of a leaf of paper | VERSO | 5 | |
| #6 | Major language of Middle East and North Africa | ARABIC | 6 | |
| #7 | Middle name of Call Me Maybe singer Carly Jepsen | RAE | 3 | |
| #8 | One edition of a monthly magazine | ISSUE | 5 | |
| #9 | Reduced to cinders | ASHED | 5 | |
| #10 | Return to vendor | RTV | 3 | |
| #11 | Tree with papery, flammable bark great as tinder | BIRCH | 5 | |
| #12 | Trigger a fine | INCUR | 5 |
January 4, 2026 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for January 4, 2026, a Sunday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 39 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is AIRBENDER at 9 letters.
The daily crosswords sit entirely outside the world-and-group structure of the main game: finishing them does not advance your world progress, and they use their own clue pool. They also lean harder on general knowledge than the themed worlds do, so the letter count shown on each row is often the fastest way in — match the length first, then the meaning.
Neighbouring dates are linked below, and the full daily archive holds 2,005 dates. For the main game, the world index covers 108 worlds and 10,716 puzzles.
Dailies Around Jan 4
January 4, 2026 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for January 4, 2026?
What is the difference between the small and midsize grids?
Does the daily crossword reset?
Where can I find another date?
3 Tips for CodyCross
The board is the whole puzzle
Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.
Place the longest answer first
Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.
Neighbouring levels are the best hint
Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.
How to Solve a CodyCross Level
The order that clears a board fastest.
Read what you are given
Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.
Anchor with the answers you are sure of
Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.
Work outwards
Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify these answers
Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Aug 29, 2026