Start with certainties
Fill the clues you can answer confidently first. Every crossing letter turns a broad clue into a smaller pattern, so come back to uncertain entries after another pass.
Daily puzzles
Daily Crossword
Play today’s puzzle in the embedded Solve The Crossword player. FiveLetterWords provides this page and the solving notes below; Solve The Crossword supplies the grid, clues, answers, and puzzle controls.
Solve without spoilers
Three ways to get unstuck
Read the clue’s signals
A question mark often signals wordplay. An abbreviation in the clue can allow an abbreviated answer, while tense and plurality usually match between clue and entry.
Use the direct view when needed
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About this daily crossword
- Who creates the puzzle?
- Solve The Crossword provides and controls the puzzle, including its clues, answers, daily rollover, and in-player progress. FiveLetterWords does not edit or reveal that material.
- Why might the embedded player be blank?
- The grid is third-party content, so an offline connection, privacy extension, or content blocker may prevent it from loading. The direct-provider link above is the fallback.
- Is this connected to today’s Wordle answer?
- No. The crossword is a separate daily word puzzle and does not reveal or depend on the current Wordle answer.