Word Crossy Level 16,990
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16 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.
All 16 answers
Word Crossy Level 16,990 sits in the Pepper pack and holds 16 words on the board, the longest being RELIES at 6 letters. A compact board, so each answer carries more weight — one word placed here fixes crossings for several others.
Every answer on this level is built from the letters in RELIES, which uses 5 distinct letters. That is the fastest filter you have: a candidate containing anything outside that set cannot be an answer, however well it seems to fit the grid. Place the long word first and the crossings it fixes narrow everything else sharply.
6 of the 16 answers are three letters or shorter. Boards weighted like this are usually lost on the small words rather than the long ones — they fill the awkward runs the big answers leave behind, and they are easy to read straight past. Clear the short runs first.
This level is in the 16,901–17,000 block, with level 16,989 and level 16,991 linked at the foot of the page.
Word Crossy Level 16,990 FAQ
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How Word Crossy Works
The same three moves solve most Word Crossy puzzles, including this one.
Find the long word first
It uses the whole letter set and anchors the grid. Every other answer on the board is made from its letters, so placing it turns a search into a filter.
Count the empty run
A three-square gap has very few candidates. Matching the slot by length beats reading the word list from the top.
Re-use what you placed
Short answers are usually fragments of the long one. If you are stuck, look at the word you already solved rather than at the tiles.
Word Crossy Tips & Strategy
Starting with what this particular level teaches you.
This chain has 16 links
Fill the answers you are sure of first — each confirmed link constrains its neighbours far more than the clue alone.
Longest answer is RELIES
At 6 letters it is the most constrained slot on the level, which usually makes it the easiest to place.
The longest answer is the letter set
Anything containing a letter outside it is wrong before you check the grid. That single rule discards most guesses instantly.
Short words are where levels are lost
The long answers come easily. It is the three-letter fillers threaded between them that stall a board, because they are easy to look straight past.
Try the endings
Once a stem is down, test S, ED, ER and ING. A large share of missed answers are a word you already found wearing a suffix.
Work from the rare letter
If the set holds a J, Q, X, V or Z, build outward from it — very few words can use it, so it narrows the board faster than any vowel.
Word Crossy Level 16,990 In Detail
Everything recorded for this puzzle, counted from its source record.
| Answers in chain | 16 |
|---|---|
| Longest answer | RELIES |
| Average length | 3.8 letters |
| Level | 16,990 |
| Block | 16,901–17,000 |
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