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Word Craze Daily Theme April 26, 2026 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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ABYSMAL 7L LOUIS 5L TEAKETTLE 9L SAME 4L IRIS 4L GEL 3L GOV 3L EEL 3L HADES 5L TREMATODE 9L SALEM 5L OSMOSES 7L BLAMELESS 9L YOKEL 5L SUE 3L MITIGATES 9L ASTRODOME 9L ITS 3L HES 3L EAGER 5L LIVED 5L ETA 3L HALO 4L SEW 3L MAM 3L

The Word Craze Daily Theme April 26, 2026 has 25 clues covering 128 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 9 letters. The shortest answers are GEL and GOV and EEL and SUE and ITS and HES and ETA and SEW and MAM at 3 letters each, while the longest are TEAKETTLE and TREMATODE and BLAMELESS and MITIGATES and ASTRODOME 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 11 of the answers (44%) reuse at least one letter internally. S each open 4 answers, today's most common starting letter. 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 April 26, 2026 puzzle and matches what all Word Craze players see on that date. See also: April 25, 2026. 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

April 26, 2026 - 25 clues

#	Clue	Answer
1	Extremely bad or poor	ABYSMAL 7 letters
2	_____ Vuitton is a French luxury brand	LOUIS 5 letters
3	Whistle blower?	TEAKETTLE 9 letters
4	"I feel that way too"	SAME 4 letters
5	Perennial flower with a unique shape	IRIS 4 letters
6	Hair-stiffening stuff	GEL 3 letters
7	URL ending	GOV 3 letters
8	Elongated fish	EEL 3 letters
9	Eurydice's place	HADES 5 letters
10	It may be a fluke	TREMATODE 9 letters
11	City with a Witch Museum	SALEM 5 letters
12	Gets through a wall somehow	OSMOSES 7 letters
13	Has not done anything wrong	BLAMELESS 9 letters
14	Country bumpkin	YOKEL 5 letters
15	Take legal action against someone	SUE 3 letters
16	Dampens the effects or impact of	MITIGATES 9 letters
17	Site of the first nationally televised college basketball game	ASTRODOME 9 letters
18	"__'_ up to you"	ITS 3 letters
19	"For ___ a jolly good fellow ..."	HES 3 letters
20	Breathless, so to speak	EAGER 5 letters
21	Existed	LIVED 5 letters
22	GPS approximation	ETA 3 letters
23	A circle of light around or above the head of a saint or holy person	HALO 4 letters
24	Do a home ec assignment	SEW 3 letters
25	Mother: Var.	MAM 3 letters

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Clue-by-Clue Breakdown

Letter patterns and solving tactics for each answer.

B Consonant A Vowel R Repeated

Extremely bad or poor

ABYSMAL

A B Y S M A L

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

7 letters
2 vowels
5 consonants
6 distinct

_____ Vuitton is a French luxury brand

LOUIS

L O U I S

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

5 letters
3 vowels
2 consonants
5 distinct

Whistle blower?

TEAKETTLE

T E A K E T T L E

TEAKETTLE fills 9 tiles - 4 vowels and 5 consonants, with a repeated T and E. It ties for the longest answer today, so leave it until crossings feed its letters. It opens with T, shared by 1 other answer today.

9 letters
4 vowels
5 consonants
5 distinct

"I feel that way too"

SAME

S A M E

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

4 letters
2 vowels
2 consonants
4 distinct

Perennial flower with a unique shape

IRIS

I R I S

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

4 letters
2 vowels
2 consonants
3 distinct

Hair-stiffening stuff

GEL

G E L

GEL 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 1 other answer today.

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
3 distinct

URL ending

GOV

G O V

GOV 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 1 other answer today.

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
3 distinct

Elongated fish

EEL

E E L

EEL fills 3 tiles - 2 vowels and 1 consonant, with a repeated E. 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
2 distinct

Eurydice's place

HADES

H A D E S

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

5 letters
2 vowels
3 consonants
5 distinct

It may be a fluke

TREMATODE

T R E M A T O D E

TREMATODE fills 9 tiles - 4 vowels and 5 consonants, with a repeated T and E. It ties for the longest answer today, so leave it until crossings feed its letters. It opens with T, shared by 1 other answer today.

9 letters
4 vowels
5 consonants
7 distinct

City with a Witch Museum

SALEM

S A L E M

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

5 letters
2 vowels
3 consonants
5 distinct

Gets through a wall somehow

OSMOSES

O S M O S E S

OSMOSES fills 7 tiles - 3 vowels and 4 consonants, with a repeated O and S. At 7 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. Its opening O is unique in today's set.

7 letters
3 vowels
4 consonants
4 distinct

Has not done anything wrong

BLAMELESS

B L A M E L E S S

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

9 letters
3 vowels
6 consonants
6 distinct

Country bumpkin

YOKEL

Y O K E L

YOKEL fills 5 tiles - 2 vowels and 3 consonants. At 5 letters it locks in fast once one crossing tile lands. Its opening Y is unique in today's set.

5 letters
2 vowels
3 consonants
5 distinct

Take legal action against someone

SUE

S U E

SUE 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 S, shared by 3 other answers today.

3 letters
2 vowels
1 consonant
3 distinct

Dampens the effects or impact of

MITIGATES

M I T I G A T E S

MITIGATES fills 9 tiles - 4 vowels and 5 consonants, with a repeated I and T. It ties for the longest answer today, so leave it until crossings feed its letters. It opens with M, shared by 1 other answer today.

9 letters
4 vowels
5 consonants
7 distinct

Site of the first nationally televised college basketball game

ASTRODOME

A S T R O D O M E

ASTRODOME fills 9 tiles - 4 vowels and 5 consonants, with a repeated O. It ties for the longest answer today, so leave it until crossings feed its letters. It opens with A, shared by 1 other answer today.

9 letters
4 vowels
5 consonants
8 distinct

"__'_ up to you"

ITS

I T S

ITS 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 I, shared by 1 other answer today.

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
3 distinct

"For ___ a jolly good fellow ..."

HES

H E S

HES 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 H, shared by 2 other answers today.

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
3 distinct

Breathless, so to speak

EAGER

E A G E R

EAGER 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
4 distinct

Existed

LIVED

L I V E D

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

5 letters
2 vowels
3 consonants
5 distinct

GPS approximation

ETA

E T A

ETA 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

A circle of light around or above the head of a saint or holy person

HALO

H A L O

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

4 letters
2 vowels
2 consonants
4 distinct

Do a home ec assignment

SEW

S E W

SEW 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 S, shared by 3 other answers today.

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
3 distinct

Mother: Var.

MAM

M A M

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

3 letters
1 vowel
2 consonants
2 distinct

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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 April 26, 2026 Daily Theme.

How many clues are in the Word Craze Daily Theme for April 26, 2026?

The April 26, 2026 Daily Theme has 25 clues across 128 total letter tiles.

What is the longest answer in the April 26, 2026 Daily Theme?

TEAKETTLE and TREMATODE and BLAMELESS and MITIGATES and ASTRODOME are all tied as the longest at 9 letters each.

What is the shortest answer in the April 26, 2026 Daily Theme?

GEL and GOV and EEL and SUE and ITS and HES and ETA and SEW and MAM 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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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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