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Phrazle 2023 Answers

Every phrase published in 2023, month by month

730 phrases across 365 days in 2023. Both phrases are printed beside their date, so a phrase you half-remember can be found by reading rather than clicking.

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Phrazle 2023 Answers

730 phrases across 365 days in 2023, morning and afternoon, with every phrase printed beside its date. Jump to the full archive or the Phrazle hub.

JJanuary 202331 days

January 1 Preaching to the Choir / A Kangaroo Court January 2 Back to Square One / All in All January 3 a stick in the mud / down to the wire January 4 hit a snag / win by a landslide January 5 Take for Granted / A Bridge Too Far January 6 Beyond The Pale / Bare Necessities January 7 I have Bigger Fish To Fry / The Buck Stops Here January 8 All Over The Map / Bats in the Belfry January 9 holy cow / the front runner January 10 Keep on Trucking / Elevator Pitch January 11 Crunch Time / Toe The Line January 12 You Snooze You Lose / Let There Be Light January 13 Changing of the Guard / Way to Go January 14 Lock Stock and Barrel / By and Large January 15 Cross Your Ts And Dot Your Is / Call It a Day January 16 a run for my money / the Eleventh Hour January 17 Ahead Of their Time / Vim And Vigor January 18 dirt cheap / Up for Grabs January 19 under the weather / go with the flow January 20 the tip of the iceberg / Penny Pinching January 21 Go Off The Rails / To Each His Own January 22 All Over But The Shouting / Bet the Farm January 23 Acid Test / To Iron Out January 24 Run into a Buzz Saw / Five Finger Discount January 25 All Set / Snake Oil Salesman January 26 Act Your Age / Get With the Program January 27 Move Up in the World / All Fur Coat And No Knickers January 28 Just for the Record / Albatross Around My Neck January 29 Speak of the Devil / Low Hanging Fruit January 30 Window Dressing / Take a Hike January 31 You Know the Drill / Blow the Whistle

FFebruary 202328 days

February 1 One Foot in The Grave / Get My Hands Dirty February 2 Burn the Midnight Oil / The Whole Enchilada February 3 Does That Ring a Bell / On the Mend February 4 Birds of a Feather / Chasing Rainbows February 5 All Roads Lead to Rome / Nothing to Write Home About February 6 A Piece of Cake / A Chip off the Old Block February 7 Fishing for Compliments / Freudian Slip February 8 Throw Caution to the Wind / A Match Made in Heaven February 9 The Story Has Legs / Take the Edge Off February 10 Go Off the Deep End / Dry Run February 11 A Sight for Sore Eyes / Dog Days of the Summer February 12 Throw the Fight / Heard it Through the Grapevine February 13 Point the Finger / About Time February 14 Swing for the Fences / Sleeping Like a Baby February 15 Come Hell or High Water / A Sitting Duck February 16 A Million and One / Pull Some Strings February 17 Blue Blood / Back on My Feet February 18 Get the Ball Rolling / Sleep with the Fishes February 19 A Life Of Its Own / Lipstick on a Pig February 20 Pay an Arm and a Leg / All The Same February 21 Up in Arms / Beat Me to the Punch February 22 Let My Hair Down / Be A Peach February 23 Run the Table / Stem the Tide February 24 Hang It Up / Take a Rain Check February 25 Under Wraps / Get the Picture February 26 In the Cards / Pushing Up Daisies February 27 Go Down in Flames / Six Ways to Sunday February 28 Shape Up or Ship Out / Take it with a grain of Salt

MMarch 202331 days

March 1 Pass With Flying Colors / Give the Green Light March 2 Bet My Bottom Dollar / Reinvent the Wheel March 3 Cool as A Cucumber / Circle the Wagons March 4 Selling Like Hotcakes / An Ace Up My Sleeve March 5 King of the Hill / Apples and Oranges March 6 Train Wreck / As American as Apple Pie March 7 Big Apple / A Hard Nut to Crack March 8 Put Out Some Feelers / Let Bygones Be Bygones March 9 Hive Mind / Scorched Earth Policy March 10 Get Off Scot Free / In a New York Minute March 11 Above Board / Heart and Soul March 12 Happy Go Lucky / Butterflies In My Stomach March 13 Put Your Foot Down / Bang for Your Buck March 14 Mad as A Hatter / Give it a Whirl March 15 Window Shopping / Rear Its Ugly Head March 16 Clip My Wings / Nine Times Out of Ten March 17 Time is Money / Push the Envelope March 18 Living on Borrowed Time / Pep Talk March 19 Give Them The Old Heave Ho / Keep Your Nose Clean March 20 Play Your Cards Right / Take the Gloves Off March 21 Neck and Neck / Sacred Cow March 22 Dead as the Dodo / Stand Your Ground March 23 Turn Turtle / Young at Heart March 24 Backseat Driver / Through Thick and Thin March 25 Show Your Cards / A Change of Heart March 26 Pot Calling the Kettle Black / Sink or Swim March 27 Fly by the Seat of My Pants / Rob Peter to Pay Paul March 28 Run a Tight Ship / When Pigs Fly March 29 Throw in the Towel / Steal My Thunder March 30 Ballpark Figure / The Time of Your Life March 31 Saving Grace / Cool Your Jets

AApril 202330 days

April 1 Cross to Bear / Go Bonkers April 2 Twenty Four Seven / A Vicious Circle April 3 Follow In My Footsteps / Tough Cookie April 4 The Only Game in Town / Throw Me for a Loop April 5 Buy a Pig in a Poke / Fifteen Minutes of Fame April 6 Pencil It In / Dyed In The Wool April 7 A Screw Loose / All in One Piece April 8 Blow My Stack / Riding High April 9 Larger Than Life / Cry Over Spilled Milk April 10 Playing Cat And Mouse / Take the Shine Off April 11 Neck of the Woods / You Can Say That Again April 12 Use Your Head / A Rookie Mistake April 13 The Time is Ripe / A Slam Dunk April 14 Foul Play / Sword of Damocles April 15 Zero In On / Stiff Upper Lip April 16 A Rare Bird / Long Shot April 17 Tone Deaf / Stick It to the Man April 18 Of Two Minds / Waiting in the Wings April 19 The Walls Have Ears / Sweep Under the Rug April 20 Lose Touch / Take The Wind Out of My Sails April 21 Right as Rain / Make a Break for It April 22 Small Fry / Hang Tough April 23 Accident Waiting To Happen / Never in A Million Years April 24 Heavy Hitter / In the Cross hairs April 25 Make My Mark / Take Ten April 26 Sitting Pretty / Meeting of the Minds April 27 Work My Fingers to the Bone / Above And Beyond April 28 Playing With Fire / Sick as a Dog April 29 Drawing a Blank / Cry Your Eyes Out April 30 Turn the Tables / Hit a Wall

MMay 202331 days

May 1 A Whale of A Time / Keep an Eye Peeled May 2 Turn a Blind Eye / Jump Through Hoops May 3 A Good Deal / The Dead of Winter May 4 Shaking in My Boots / The Deck Is Stacked Against Me May 5 Couch Potato / Buying Time May 6 Upset the Apple Cart / A Tall Order May 7 Blinded by Love / A Sight for Sore Eyes May 8 Go to the Mattresses / No Holds Barred May 9 Eagle Eyed / Fifth Wheel May 10 Set the Bar Too High / Go Ape May 11 Break The Ice / Helicopter Parenting May 12 Feel Like a Million Bucks / Your Mileage May Vary May 13 Chop Shop / Fall Prey to May 14 Mother Nature / Dead Shot May 15 Any Tom Dick or Harry / Walking on Eggshells May 16 Knock their Socks Off / It Fell off a Truck May 17 Kiss and Make Up / Think Big May 18 A Greasy Spoon / Test the Waters May 19 Take a Gander / Playing Hardball May 20 Bone Dry / Keep Your Powder Dry May 21 Dead ringer / A Busy Bee May 22 A Cat Nap / Read the Tea Leaves May 23 Quick and Dirty / Touch Base May 24 Twist the Knife / A Stick in the Mud May 25 Hanging on by a Thread / Act Of Congress May 26 Go Under the Knife / A Kid in a Candy Store May 27 Throw Me Under the Bus / Cut Corners May 28 Go the Extra Mile / You Can Take It to the Bank May 29 Pick a Fight / Get My Ducks in a Row May 30 A Day Late And A Dollar Short / The Point of No Return May 31 Ugly Duckling / Pain in the Neck

JJune 202330 days

June 1 A Sitting Duck / Hatchet Job June 2 Play Ball / Fly High June 3 All Hell Breaks Loose / Cat on a hot tin roof June 4 Go Bananas / Dead Eye June 5 A Nail Biter / Start with a Clean Slate June 6 Bed of Roses / The last laugh June 7 My Hands are Tied / In Full Swing June 8 Make Nice / Step Up to the Plate June 9 Pecking Order / The Real McCoy June 10 Sit Tight / Your Number Is Up June 11 Drop a Line / Red Herring June 12 Green as Grass / A Plum Job June 13 Take the Fifth / Tear My Hair out June 14 Bad Taste In My Mouth / Monday Morning Quarterback June 15 Teach an Old Dog New Tricks / Bite the Hand That Feeds You June 16 Grease the Wheels / Under the Radar June 17 Trash Talk / Sweeten the Pot June 18 Get A Word In Edgewise / Another Nail In the Coffin June 19 Come Out Swinging / Go Cold Turkey June 20 Get In on the Ground Floor / Pull Yourself Together June 21 In a Rut / Fox in the Henhouse June 22 Bar Fly / Take a Flyer June 23 A Page Turner / Not Playing with A Full Deck June 24 Bitter Pill to Swallow / Spin A Yarn June 25 Move Heaven and Earth / Flesh and Blood June 26 Bells And Whistles / Shoot from the Hip June 27 Lose my Touch / Bad Blood June 28 Lose the Thread / Chew the Fat June 29 All In Good Time / Dodge a Bullet June 30 A Little Bird Told Me / Back Forty

JJuly 202331 days

July 1 Loaded for Bear / Bottom of the Barrel July 2 Nickel and Dime / Hit the Sack July 3 No Skin off My Back / Go Viral July 4 Have a Lead Foot / Mend Fences July 5 All That Jazz / A Perfect Storm July 6 Shell Game / Stiff Necked July 7 Set the World on Fire / The Fourth Estate July 8 Set in Stone / Drive Me Up the Wall July 9 Swim with Sharks / Head and Shoulders Above July 10 Shot Across the Bow / Foot and Mouth Disease July 11 All The Marbles / An Early Bird July 12 Home Truths / Tough Sledding July 13 Bucket List / Clear the Air July 14 A Short Fuse / Sharp as A Tack July 15 Call the Shots / See the Forest for the Trees July 16 Bigger Fish to Fry / Eat Humble Pie July 17 Agree To Disagree / Two a Penny July 18 In Broad Daylight / A Lone Wolf July 19 Home Away from Home / Give My Two Cents July 20 Basket Case / Love at First Sight July 21 A Bone to Pick / Lame Duck July 22 Best Thing Since Sliced Bread / Bring Home the Bacon July 23 Amateur Hour / Come to Grips With July 24 In the Hot Seat / Get the Runaround July 25 Fall on My Sword / Water Under the Bridge July 26 Have a Nose for it / It Takes Two to Tango July 27 Dog Eat Dog / A Head Start July 28 An Eye for an Eye / Asleep at the Wheel July 29 From Pillar to Post / An Axe To Grind July 30 Rotten to the Core / A Cut Above July 31 In a Pickle / the Genie Is Out of the Bottle

AAugust 202331 days

August 1 Go Out on a Limb / Drain the Swamp August 2 Follow Your Heart / A Penny for Your Thoughts August 3 Rub It In / Passing Fancy August 4 A Tough Row to Hoe / Look the Other Way August 5 Baby Boomer / Rake Over the Coals August 6 Dance with the Devil / Powder Keg August 7 You Clean Up Nicely / Step Up Your Game August 8 Hightail It Out / Take the High Road August 9 Weekend Warrior / Lend an Ear August 10 Cut the Mustard / In the Toilet August 11 Put the Brakes On / On The Back Burner August 12 Light a Fire / Take It on The Chin August 13 Cherry Pick / On Top of The World August 14 Lick My Wounds / Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go August 15 Running on Fumes / Throw the Game August 16 Wet Behind the Ears / Puppy Dog Eyes August 17 Drive a Hard Bargain / Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt August 18 Drink the Kool Aid / Running Out of Steam August 19 Behind the Scenes / Blow Off Steam August 20 Turn on a Dime / Quick as a Flash August 21 Cash In My Chips / A Leg Up August 22 Soak Up the Sun / Behind the Times August 23 Spoiling for a Fight / Puddle Jumper August 24 Pick Up the Slack / Live Large August 25 A Stitch in Time Saves Nine / Throw The Book At August 26 Just Around the Corner / Drop the Ball August 27 Go Belly Up / A Barrel of Laughs August 28 A Witch Hunt / A Dog in The Manger August 29 One Too Many / Back the Wrong Horse August 30 At the End of My Rope / Make Ends Meet August 31 Tread Water / Worn to a Frazzle

SSeptember 202330 days

September 1 When In Doubt Leave It Out / In One Fell Swoop September 2 Keep it at Bay / Every Man for Himself September 3 A Pet Peeve / Take Your Time September 4 Miss the Boat / In My Wheelhouse September 5 All Bark And No Bite / No Love Lost September 6 Bean Counters / Acquired Taste September 7 Black Eye / Hit the Spot September 8 Just What the Doctor Ordered / Eat Crow September 9 Go Nuclear / A Hot Mess September 10 The Cat That Got The Cream / Victory Lap September 11 Hit It Out of the Park / Slower than Molasses September 12 It is in the Bag / To Bear Fruit September 13 Raise the Bar / Make Hay While the Sun Shines September 14 To the Letter / Hands Down September 15 Slippery Slope / All Eyes On Me September 16 Alive and Kicking / Armed to the Teeth September 17 Nailing Jelly To A Wall / Come to Terms With September 18 Son of a Gun / Under Your Spell September 19 Draw the Line / Loose Cannon September 20 Take a Deep Dive / Jump on the Bandwagon September 21 Across The Pond / Throw a Wet Blanket on It September 22 Spinning My Wheels / Pop the Question September 23 Cast the First Stone / A Chip on my Shoulder September 24 Champ at the Bit / All Talk and No Trousers September 25 Make My Day / Straight Arrow September 26 School Of Hard Knocks / Shoot Myself In The Foot September 27 A Game of Chicken / All Bets Are Off September 28 Bring a Knife to a Gunfight / Burning Bridges September 29 Piping Hot / Hit the Books September 30 Around the Clock / Hit the Roof

OOctober 202331 days

October 1 Tight Lipped / Batten Down the Hatches October 2 By a Whisker / Wet Blanket October 3 Thirty Thousand Foot View / What Goes Around Comes Around October 4 Kick the Bucket / Wild Goose Chase October 5 Jump in with Both Feet / Man Cave October 6 Elephant in the Room / Your Guess Is as Good as Mine October 7 Taking Candy from a Baby / Hold the Phone October 8 Every Dog Has His Day / Above The Law October 9 Rock Bottom / In a Nutshell October 10 Flew the Coop / A Guilty Pleasure October 11 Acknowledge The Corn / Pay Lip Service October 12 Get Carried Away / The Jig Is Up October 13 Pure as the Driven Snow / In Seventh Heaven October 14 Change Your Tune / Up to Scratch October 15 Stand On Your Own Two Feet / Leave Me in the Lurch October 16 Bump in the Road / Castle in the Air October 17 Dead Heat / Baby Blues October 18 Stab Me in the Back / In a Heartbeat October 19 Fire in the Belly / Spick and Span October 20 Fed Up With / Heads Up October 21 Peaches and Cream / Like a Moth to a Flame October 22 Zip Your Lip / Holding All the Aces October 23 Look What the Cat Dragged In / Shift Gears October 24 Wake Up and Smell the Coffee / In the Long Run October 25 Too Many To Shake A Stick At / Hot Potato October 26 Jam Session / A Smoking Gun October 27 As Poor as a Church Mouse / A Dark Horse October 28 At the Eleventh Hour / Give Them the Cold Shoulder October 29 Six Feet Under / Chill Out October 30 Third Rail / Let Off Steam October 31 Tell it like it is / In the Same Boat

NNovember 202330 days

November 1 Up to Snuff / Beauty Is Only Skin Deep November 2 Life is A Bowl of Cherries / Bare My Soul November 3 Feather in My Cap / Feast Your Eyes On November 4 Chickens Coming Home To Roost / Grease Monkey November 5 A Changing of the Guard / When in Rome November 6 Taste of Your Own Medicine / Loan Shark November 7 Fashion Forward / One For the Road November 8 Add Insult To Injury / All The Rage November 9 All Sizzle And No Steak / Pass the Buck November 10 Learn the Ropes / Pedal to the Metal November 11 Kith and Kin / Sour Grapes November 12 My Dogs Are Barking / Fit as A Fiddle November 13 In the Nick of Time / The Cutting Edge November 14 Cut Your Teeth / Roll the Dice On November 15 Catch Some Rays / Hit The Big time November 16 A Hail Mary / With Bells On November 17 Draw a Line in the Sand / When the Chips Are Down November 18 Tempest in a Teapot / Hit the Nail on the Head November 19 Tighten the Screws / Cry Wolf November 20 Break the Bank / In For a Penny In for a Pound November 21 Top Banana / All Ears November 22 Join the Club / As Pale as A Ghost November 23 Wet Your Whistle / In My Element November 24 All Hat And No Cattle / A Dog in the Fight November 25 Down the Road / My Way or the Highway November 26 Zig When You Should Zag / Cool Cat November 27 Jump the Gun / Put Down Roots November 28 Blue Light Special / Watering Hole November 29 Raise the Roof / A Dirty Look November 30 Early Bird / Fly Off The Handle

DDecember 202331 days

December 1 A Lot on My Plate / Chin Music December 2 Bail Out / Stick Your Nose into Something December 3 A Weight Off Your Shoulders / Lock Horns December 4 Put Words In My Mouth / Second Stringer December 5 Arm Candy / Roll With the Punches December 6 Behind the Eight Ball / From Soup to Nuts December 7 Aha Moment / Wash Your Hands of it December 8 See Eye to Eye / Small Potatoes December 9 Hit the Jackpot / For a Song December 10 A Charley Horse / Puppy Love December 11 All Mouth And No Trousers / Not Ready for Prime Time December 12 Strike A Chord / Right Under My Nose December 13 Shooting Fish in a Barrel / Raise Red Flags December 14 Call It a Night / In the Blink of an Eye December 15 All And Sundry / Give Them an Earful December 16 Throw a Wrench Into / For Crying Out Loud December 17 Tip My Hand / Bury Your Head In the Sand December 18 Pull Out All the Stops / Pull the Plug On December 19 In a Fog / Drag My Heels December 20 Father Figure / Paddle My Own Canoe December 21 Letter of the Law / Flash in the Pan December 22 Egg on Your Face / Any Port in a Storm December 23 Down in the Dumps / Break Out in A Cold Sweat December 24 Fish Out of Water / The Cherry On top December 25 Make Waves / Turn Someone Inside Out December 26 Hit the Ground Running / Call It a Day December 27 Find Your Feet / A Bit Much December 28 Cook My Goose / Claim to Fame December 29 Nice Chunk of Change / Get Bent Out of Shape December 30 Turn the Corner / New Wrinkle December 31 Break a Leg / Best of Both Worlds

Using the archive

Getting Around the Phrazle Archive

Both phrases sit on one page

Phrazle runs a morning puzzle and an afternoon one, and they are different boards. Every dated page here carries both, because that is how players ask for them.

Scan a year rather than clicking through it

Each phrase is printed beside its date on the year pages, so a phrase you half-remember can be found by reading rather than by opening every day in turn.

The pattern is the useful part

Each dated page shows the word count and the letters per word. That is exactly what the board shows you before you solve it, which makes an old answer useful as practice rather than only as a record — browse the full archive.

How to play

How to Solve a Phrazle Phrase

Three guesses of information beats one guess of luck.

STEP 01

Read the shape first

Word lengths are visible before your first guess and rule out most phrases immediately.

STEP 02

Spend guess one on coverage

Open with common letters spread across several words. The first line is for mapping, not for winning.

STEP 03

Move purple letters across words

A purple tile means right letter, wrong word. Re-place it before you change it.

How we check

Verified Answers, Not Guesses

How we verify every phrase published in 2023, morning and afternoon

Each phrase is recorded against its published date and checked against the source. The routine is in our methodology and the standards in our editorial policy.

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 24, 2026

Numbers

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730Phrases in 2023

365Days in 2023

2,906Phrases in total

5Years covered

Good to know

Phrazle 2023 FAQ

How many Phrazle puzzles were there in 2023?

730 phrases across 365 days — a morning and an afternoon puzzle on each. All are listed below by month.

Can I still play the 2023 phrases?

Not in the game itself — Phrazle replaces its board each session. The answers stay here, with the word and letter pattern of each phrase.

How do I find a phrase I half-remember?

Both phrases are printed next to their date below, so you can scan a whole month at once instead of opening each day. The full archive lists every year.

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