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Word Craze Daily Theme December 1, 2024 Answers

All 25 clues solved, with letter counts and a per-word breakdown. Fresh every morning.

25Clues

3-9Letters

128Total Tiles

5Tied Longest

5.1Avg Letters

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All 25 Answers at a Glance

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APHAGIA 7L RERUN 5L SLOWMATCH 9L TAPE 4L RELY 4L NED 3L ARE 3L GAL 3L UNIAT 5L MILESTONE 9L EMEER 5L CRUDEST 7L PROPELLER 9L HEWED 5L ARM 3L GUARANTEE 9L INTERIORS 9L EST 3L WHY 3L LANAI 5L CLEAN 5L GMT 3L USED 4L TEA 3L EMU 3L

The Word Craze Daily Theme December 1, 2024 has 25 clues covering 128 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 9 letters. The shortest answers are NED and ARE and GAL and ARM and EST and WHY and GMT and TEA and EMU at 3 letters each, while the longest are SLOWMATCH and MILESTONE and PROPELLER and GUARANTEE and INTERIORS at 9 letters each. Jump straight to the full clue table below if you need a specific answer, or browse the letter breakdown for the vowel and consonant split on every word.

Across today's 25 boards the average answer is 5.1 letters long and 9 of the answers (36%) reuse at least one letter internally. A and G and E each open 3 answers, today's most common starting letters. The best approach is to solve the shortest answers first - they unlock crossings for longer ones and tend to carry simpler picture clues. Compare with today's Trivia Daily, or return to the Word Craze hub for level and pack guides.

Every answer on this page belongs to the December 1, 2024 puzzle and matches what all Word Craze players see on that date. See also: November 30, 2024. If the app shows a different answer after a patch, check that your app is up to date - corrections appear here after the next review.

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All Clues and Answers

December 1, 2024 - 25 clues

#	Clue	Answer
1	Trouble eating or swallowing properly	APHAGIA 7 letters
2	A television broadcast that was played before	RERUN 5 letters
3	Old-fashioned way to start a fire	SLOWMATCH 9 letters
4	Record on video	TAPE 4 letters
5	Depend (on)	RELY 4 letters
6	Name of famous fictional lumberjack	NED 3 letters
7	Part of "R U OK?"	ARE 3 letters
8	Guy's date	GAL 3 letters
9	Ukrainian Christian sect in Eastern Europe	UNIAT 5 letters
10	A marker of significant progress	MILESTONE 9 letters
11	Abu Dhabi VIP (var.)	EMEER 5 letters
12	Least refined	CRUDEST 7 letters
13	Blade that powers a boat or plane	PROPELLER 9 letters
14	Cut with an ax	HEWED 5 letters
15	An ___ and a leg (expensive)	ARM 3 letters
16	Solid backing	GUARANTEE 9 letters
17	1978 Woody Allen drama	INTERIORS 9 letters
18	Winter hours in NYC	EST 3 letters
19	Word for asking reason	WHY 3 letters
20	Hawaiian island with luxurious resorts	LANAI 5 letters
21	Fight grime	CLEAN 5 letters
22	London's time zone	GMT 3 letters
23	Broken in	USED 4 letters
24	Iced ___ (summertime drink)	TEA 3 letters
25	Flightless bird native to Australia	EMU 3 letters

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Clue-by-Clue Breakdown

Letter patterns and solving tactics for each answer.

B Consonant A Vowel R Repeated

Trouble eating or swallowing properly

APHAGIA

A P H A G I A

APHAGIA fills 7 tiles - 4 vowels and 3 consonants, with a repeated A. At 7 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. It opens with A, shared by 2 other answers today.

7 letters
4 vowels
3 consonants
5 distinct

A television broadcast that was played before

RERUN

R E R U N

RERUN fills 5 tiles - 2 vowels and 3 consonants, with a repeated R. At 5 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. It opens with R, shared by 1 other answer today.

5 letters
2 vowels
3 consonants
4 distinct

Old-fashioned way to start a fire

SLOWMATCH

S L O W M A T C H

SLOWMATCH fills 9 tiles - 2 vowels and 7 consonants. It ties for the longest answer today, so leave it until crossings feed its letters. Its opening S is unique in today's set.

9 letters
2 vowels
7 consonants
9 distinct

Record on video

TAPE

T A P E

TAPE fills 4 tiles - 2 vowels and 2 consonants. At 4 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. It opens with T, shared by 1 other answer today.

4 letters
2 vowels
2 consonants
4 distinct

Depend (on)

RELY

R E L Y

RELY fills 4 tiles - 1 vowel and 3 consonants. At 4 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. It opens with R, shared by 1 other answer today. It ends on Y, a natural wheel-closer.

4 letters
1 vowel
3 consonants
4 distinct

Name of famous fictional lumberjack

NED

N E D

NED fills 3 tiles - 1 vowel and 2 consonants. At 3 letters it is one of the shortest - bank it early to seed the longer slots. Its opening N is unique in today's set. It closes on -ED.

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
3 distinct

Part of "R U OK?"

ARE

A R E

ARE fills 3 tiles - 2 vowels and 1 consonant. At 3 letters it is one of the shortest - bank it early to seed the longer slots. It opens with A, shared by 2 other answers today.

3 letters
2 vowels
1 consonant
3 distinct

Guy's date

GAL

G A L

GAL fills 3 tiles - 1 vowel and 2 consonants. At 3 letters it is one of the shortest - bank it early to seed the longer slots. It opens with G, shared by 2 other answers today.

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
3 distinct

Ukrainian Christian sect in Eastern Europe

UNIAT

U N I A T

UNIAT fills 5 tiles - 3 vowels and 2 consonants. At 5 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. It opens with U, shared by 1 other answer today.

5 letters
3 vowels
2 consonants
5 distinct

A marker of significant progress

MILESTONE

M I L E S T O N E

MILESTONE fills 9 tiles - 4 vowels and 5 consonants, with a repeated E. It ties for the longest answer today, so leave it until crossings feed its letters. Its opening M is unique in today's set.

9 letters
4 vowels
5 consonants
8 distinct

Abu Dhabi VIP (var.)

EMEER

E M E E R

EMEER fills 5 tiles - 3 vowels and 2 consonants, with a repeated E. At 5 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. It opens with E, shared by 2 other answers today.

5 letters
3 vowels
2 consonants
3 distinct

Least refined

CRUDEST

C R U D E S T

CRUDEST fills 7 tiles - 2 vowels and 5 consonants. At 7 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. It opens with C, shared by 1 other answer today.

7 letters
2 vowels
5 consonants
7 distinct

Blade that powers a boat or plane

PROPELLER

P R O P E L L E R

PROPELLER fills 9 tiles - 3 vowels and 6 consonants, with a repeated P and R and E and L. It ties for the longest answer today, so leave it until crossings feed its letters. Its opening P is unique in today's set.

9 letters
3 vowels
6 consonants
5 distinct

Cut with an ax

HEWED

H E W E D

HEWED fills 5 tiles - 2 vowels and 3 consonants, with a repeated E. At 5 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. Its opening H is unique in today's set. It closes on -ED.

5 letters
2 vowels
3 consonants
4 distinct

An ___ and a leg (expensive)

ARM

A R M

ARM fills 3 tiles - 1 vowel and 2 consonants. At 3 letters it is one of the shortest - bank it early to seed the longer slots. It opens with A, shared by 2 other answers today.

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
3 distinct

Solid backing

GUARANTEE

G U A R A N T E E

GUARANTEE fills 9 tiles - 5 vowels and 4 consonants, with a repeated A and E. It ties for the longest answer today, so leave it until crossings feed its letters. It opens with G, shared by 2 other answers today.

9 letters
5 vowels
4 consonants
7 distinct

1978 Woody Allen drama

INTERIORS

I N T E R I O R S

INTERIORS fills 9 tiles - 4 vowels and 5 consonants, with a repeated I and R. It ties for the longest answer today, so leave it until crossings feed its letters. Its opening I is unique in today's set.

9 letters
4 vowels
5 consonants
7 distinct

Winter hours in NYC

EST

E S T

EST fills 3 tiles - 1 vowel and 2 consonants. At 3 letters it is one of the shortest - bank it early to seed the longer slots. It opens with E, shared by 2 other answers today.

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
3 distinct

Word for asking reason

WHY

W H Y

WHY fills 3 tiles - 0 vowels and 3 consonants. At 3 letters it is one of the shortest - bank it early to seed the longer slots. Its opening W is unique in today's set. It ends on Y, a natural wheel-closer.

3 letters
0 vowels
3 consonants
3 distinct

Hawaiian island with luxurious resorts

LANAI

L A N A I

LANAI fills 5 tiles - 3 vowels and 2 consonants, with a repeated A. At 5 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. Its opening L is unique in today's set.

5 letters
3 vowels
2 consonants
4 distinct

Fight grime

CLEAN

C L E A N

CLEAN fills 5 tiles - 2 vowels and 3 consonants. At 5 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. It opens with C, shared by 1 other answer today.

5 letters
2 vowels
3 consonants
5 distinct

London's time zone

GMT

G M T

GMT fills 3 tiles - 0 vowels and 3 consonants. At 3 letters it is one of the shortest - bank it early to seed the longer slots. It opens with G, shared by 2 other answers today.

3 letters
0 vowels
3 consonants
3 distinct

Broken in

USED

U S E D

USED fills 4 tiles - 2 vowels and 2 consonants. At 4 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. It opens with U, shared by 1 other answer today. It closes on -ED.

4 letters
2 vowels
2 consonants
4 distinct

Iced ___ (summertime drink)

TEA

T E A

TEA fills 3 tiles - 2 vowels and 1 consonant. At 3 letters it is one of the shortest - bank it early to seed the longer slots. It opens with T, shared by 1 other answer today.

3 letters
2 vowels
1 consonant
3 distinct

Flightless bird native to Australia

EMU

E M U

EMU fills 3 tiles - 2 vowels and 1 consonant. At 3 letters it is one of the shortest - bank it early to seed the longer slots. It opens with E, shared by 2 other answers today.

3 letters
2 vowels
1 consonant
3 distinct

/// HOW TO SOLVE ///

How to Solve the Word Craze Daily Theme

5 steps from open to full clear.

1
Start with the shortest clues
Short answers have fewer crossing tiles, so solving them first seeds the longer answers for free. Scan the whole board and pick out every clue whose answer runs three or four letters - those are your quickest wins and they often unlock the harder boards.
2
Treat a trailing question mark as a wordplay signal
A clue that ends in "?" is hinting at a pun, double meaning, or lateral connection rather than a straight definition. Pause, read it again as wordplay, and the answer usually surfaces fast once you shift your mental frame.
3
Count the tile slots before you commit
Each answer slot shows you how many letters the answer has. Before typing, count the tiles and match them to your candidate word. A word that is one letter too long or too short is wrong no matter how good it looks. Let the letter count filter your options first.
4
Break compound answers into two halves
Many Daily Theme answers are compound words or two-part phrases. If the picture clue shows two distinct objects, name each one and fuse them. Splitting the answer at its natural seam often bypasses the need to know the exact word upfront.
5
Study the picture, not just the text
The picture clue and the text clue together define the answer, but they are not redundant - each half adds information the other omits. Read the text, then examine the image for any detail the text left unnamed. The answer is always the concept where both overlap.

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Frequently Asked Questions

9 questions about the December 1, 2024 Daily Theme.

How many clues are in the Word Craze Daily Theme for December 1, 2024?

The December 1, 2024 Daily Theme has 25 clues across 128 total letter tiles.

What is the longest answer in the December 1, 2024 Daily Theme?

SLOWMATCH and MILESTONE and PROPELLER and GUARANTEE and INTERIORS are all tied as the longest at 9 letters each.

What is the shortest answer in the December 1, 2024 Daily Theme?

NED and ARE and GAL and ARM and EST and WHY and GMT and TEA and EMU all tie for shortest at 3 letters each.

Are the Daily Theme answers the same for everyone?

Yes. Every Word Craze player receives the same Daily Theme clues and answers on the same calendar date, regardless of device or region.

What time does the Word Craze Daily Theme reset?

The Daily Theme refreshes at midnight in your local time zone. A new set of clues becomes available the moment the calendar date changes on your device.

Can I play older Daily Theme puzzles?

The game only shows the current day's puzzle, but this site archives past dates. Return to the Word Craze section to find any previous set.

How many total letter tiles are in today's Daily Theme?

Today's 25 clues contain 128 letter tiles in total, with individual answers ranging from 3 to 9 letters.

Do you lose your Daily Theme progress if you close the app?

Word Craze saves your progress automatically. Closing and reopening the app within the same calendar day restores exactly where you left off.

Who compiles these answers?

The answers on this page are compiled and edited by Marco Alvarez, Senior Puzzle Editor at Puzzle Solved, who matches each clue to its answer and checks the letter count against the tile slots in the app before publishing.

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About This Puzzle

How the Daily Theme works and how this page is produced.

The Word Craze Daily Theme is a daily picture-and-trivia puzzle released every morning by Betta Games. It is a distinct format from the Trivia Daily: each Daily Theme consists of picture clues anchored to a shared topic, where solving one answer often helps unlock the next through crossing tile slots. Every set of answers belongs to its specific calendar date and cannot be replayed on a different day inside the app.

Every answer is verified against the tile slots shown in the app. If the game updates a clue or answer mid-day, the correction appears here on the next review cycle.

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