CodyCross January 21, 2026 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 24 midsize and 11 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 24 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | "Kill me now" in text, when something is boring | KMN | 3 | |
| #2 | Acronym for the Order of St. Augustine | OSA | 3 | |
| #3 | Avoid, dodge | EVADE | 5 | |
| #4 | Chemical formula for hydrobromic acid | HBR | 3 | |
| #5 | Conscious of the facts | AWARE | 5 | |
| #6 | Downloadable software for a phone, like a game | APP | 3 | |
| #7 | Female lead of The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie | EDIE FALCO | 10 | |
| #8 | Hanging loosely down, like a tired person's head | LOLLING | 7 | |
| #9 | Homo __, extinct human aka Handy Man | HABILIS | 7 | |
| #10 | K-pop band with debut Black Mamba | AESPA | 5 | |
| #11 | Middle name of Call Me Maybe singer Carly Jepsen | RAE | 3 | |
| #12 | Musical pieces for one voice | ARIAS | 5 | |
| #13 | Pleasant to taste | PALATABLE | 9 | |
| #14 | Popular hat originated from America's game | BALL CAP | 8 | |
| #15 | Prank, joke | GAG | 3 | |
| #16 | Short for electrocardiogram | EKG | 3 | |
| #17 | Small, cylindrical battery with a triple letter | AAA | 3 | |
| #18 | The metal or plastic tube on the end of a shoelace | AGLET | 5 | |
| #19 | Three-letter alpha code for Netherlands | NLD | 3 | |
| #20 | US plane regulator, in short | FAA | 3 | |
| #21 | Use facts to demonstrate something is true | PROVE | 5 | |
| #22 | Vietnamese New Year | TET | 3 | |
| #23 | Wheaton who played Wesley Crusher in Star Trek | WIL | 3 | |
| #24 | Your mother's mother | GRANDMA | 7 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ad __, 2019 space thriller with Brad Pitt | ASTRA | 5 | |
| #2 | Length of time | SPAN | 4 | |
| #3 | Libya's three-letter country code | LBY | 3 | |
| #4 | Protagonist (but not narrator) of The Book Thief | LIESEL | 6 | |
| #5 | Respite | LET-UP | 6 | |
| #6 | Shortcut to switch between windows on a PC | ALT TAB | 7 | |
| #7 | Small medical tablets | PILLS | 5 | |
| #8 | To engage in a game for enjoyment | PLAY | 4 | |
| #9 | To have an intense longing for something | YEARN | 5 | |
| #10 | Watery substance containing clay or concrete | SLURRY | 6 | |
| #11 | __ Vegas, what happens there stays there | LAS | 3 |
January 21, 2026 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for January 21, 2026, a Wednesday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 35 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is EDIE FALCO at 10 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 21
January 21, 2026 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for January 21, 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