Word Hike Level 243
Answers

36 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.

DETERGENTS

All 36 clues and answers

ClueAnswerLetters
Regular invoiceBILL4
Lacking moistureDRY3
Not well-known, difficult to understandOBSCURE7
What does Ctrl+V meanPASTE5
Plumbing problem the dripLEAK4
Wash-day need like Tide and SurfDETERGENTS10
Person in a cockpitPILOT5
High-five soundSLAP4
"King ____", a Shakespeare tragedyLEAR4
Friendly and casual talkCHAT4
Inventor of early bulb, Thomas ...EDISON6
Coffee or beer, informallyBREW4
What Shrek is, essentiallyOGRE4
The final stop of the bus routeTERMINUS8
Intentional, on purposeDELIBERATE10
Reservations, as in dinners or flightsBOOKINGS8
Squirrel's collectionCONE4
Command to a dog for it to get by your side and stayHEEL4
Early Alaskan who lives in iglooESKIMO6
Kind of card in poker that looks like a treeCLUB4
Textbook divider that is not chapterUNIT4
Nike motto: Just __ __DOIT4
Let's _____ to dis_____AGREE5
Failure/success metaphor that may be understood as the choices you have when you are tossed into the seaSINKORSWIM10
Pumped productFUEL4
Stay away from; "Let's try to _____ these controversial words in our game"AVOID5
Previously owned vehicle at a dealershipUSEDCAR7
Bench playerSUB3
Natural body outer coveringSKIN4
It's troublesome if you don't where you are in a foreign countryLOST4
It's troublesome if you don't know which side to walk is legal in a foreign countryRULES5
It's troublesome if you can't get find from the restaurant in a foreign countryORDER5
It's troublesome if you don't speak what they speak in a foreign countryLANGUAGE8
It's troublesome if you can't make any friends in a foreign countryLONELINESS10
It's troublesome if you get robbed in a foreign countryMUG3
It's troublesome if you can't get a job in a foreign countryWORK4

Word Hike Level 243 sits in Germany - The National Team and holds 36 clues, the longest answer being DETERGENTS at 10 letters. That is a large board — levels this full are worked one letter at a time rather than by hunting whole answers, and the list below is easier to scan by length than to read straight through.

This is a clue game, so the useful thing on this page is the clue text itself. If you are stuck on one line, find that exact wording in the table below rather than reading a bare list of answers — clues identify a puzzle far more reliably than answers do, because answers repeat across a game and clues rarely do.

There are 3 very short answers threaded between the longer ones here. Those are the ones most often left unfilled — count the empty squares in a run rather than scanning the whole board again.

This level sits in the 201–300 block, with level 242 and level 244 linked at the foot of the page.

Level 243 at a glance
PackGermany - The National Team
Clues here36
Longest answerDETERGENTS (10)
Shortest answerDRY (3)
Average length5.4 letters
Level243
Questions

Word Hike Level 243 FAQ

1What is the answer to Word Hike Level 243?+
All 36 answers are listed above, each with its letter count.
2How many answers does this level have?+
36, all listed on this page.
3Where do I go next?+
Use the links at the foot of the page for level 242 and level 244, or browse the whole 201–300 block.
4Are these answers verified?+
Yes. This puzzle was imported from a structured source record and validated on build. See the method page for exactly what is checked.
How to play

How Word Hike Works

The same three moves solve most Word Hike puzzles, including this one.

1

Search the clue

Find the exact wording you are stuck on. Clues identify a line; answers repeat across the game and do not.

2

Fill the crossings

Long answers are more constrained than short ones. A few intersecting letters usually settle the word before the clue does.

3

Use the theme

Each hike has a subject, and it shapes the vocabulary even where the clue does not say so.

Play smarter

Word Hike Tips & Strategy

Starting with what this particular level teaches you.

1

This chain has 36 links

Fill the answers you are sure of first — each confirmed link constrains its neighbours far more than the clue alone.

2

Longest answer is DETERGENTS

At 10 letters it is the most constrained slot on the level, which usually makes it the easiest to place.

3

The clue is the identifier

Answers repeat throughout Word Hike; the clue wording rarely does. Match the exact line and you can be certain you are on the right level.

4

Letter counts separate similar clues

Where two clues read alike, the answer length tells them apart instantly. Every answer here carries its count.

5

Long slots are the easy ones

More squares means more crossings and fewer candidates. Start with the longest empty answer rather than the shortest.

6

Read the whole level

Clues in one hike share a theme, so a line that makes no sense alone often resolves once you have read the others on the same level page.

By the numbers

Word Hike Level 243 In Detail

Everything recorded for this puzzle, counted from its source record.

Answers in chain36
Longest answerDETERGENTS
Average length5.4 letters
Level243
Block201–300