Word Hike Level 261
Answers

42 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.

TOILETPAPER

All 42 clues and answers

ClueAnswerLetters
Part of many a spa packageMASSAGE7
Get on, like a planeBOARD5
____-high socksKNEE4
TV room or animal houseDEN3
Otter relativesBADGERS7
North-south road in ManhattanAVENUE6
Cook with oil in panFRY3
EBay customerBUYER5
_____ and cream cheeseBAGEL5
"Downton _____": PBS showABBEY5
Salon sight that "unwet" your hairDRYER5
Mathematical gadgetCALCULATOR10
Card recipient, briefly, you can take cash from itATM3
Magazine featureARTICLE7
____ bag: shopper's carryallTOTE4
Region, neighborhood, zoneAREA4
Voice above baritone, Domingo, e.g.TENOR5
_____ blind: those who cannot tell the difference between green and redCOLOR5
Destroy, wreckRUIN4
Number in a quartetFOUR4
Place for mascaraEYELASH7
Signal on stageCUE3
Conversation starter like some topics of sports, weather...ICEBREAKER10
Sports figuresSTATS5
Connected cars, tracked racerTRAIN5
Semiaquatic behemothHIPPO5
Tourist's leaderGUIDE5
Many a CEO's degreeMBA3
Confidential, like passwords, ideallySECRET6
High-speed spotted wildcatLEOPARD7
Cookie containerJAR3
Walking aid when climbingCANE4
Scarfs, as foodWOLFS5
Record holderARCHIVE7
You hope you never run out of this wallet fillerMONEY5
You hope you never run out of this "E" in a classic equationENERGY6
You hope you never run out of this kind of power sourceBATTERY7
You hope you never run out of this cell packageDATA4
You hope you never run out ofTOILETPAPER11
You hope you never run out ofLUCK4
You hope you never run out of this HH:MM:SSTIME4
You hope you never run out ofIDEAS5

Word Hike Level 261 sits in Egypt - Father of African Ars and holds 42 clues, the longest answer being TOILETPAPER at 11 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.

6 of the 42 answers run to three letters or fewer, which is where levels like this are usually lost. The long answers go in quickly; it is the short ones filling the gaps between them that get missed, because they are easy to read straight past.

This level sits in the 201–300 block, with level 260 and level 262 linked at the foot of the page.

Level 261 at a glance
PackEgypt - Father of African Ars
Clues here42
Longest answerTOILETPAPER (11)
Shortest answerDEN (3)
Average length5.3 letters
Level261
Questions

Word Hike Level 261 FAQ

1What is the answer to Word Hike Level 261?+
All 42 answers are listed above, each with its letter count.
2How many answers does this level have?+
42, all listed on this page.
3Where do I go next?+
Use the links at the foot of the page for level 260 and level 262, 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 42 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 TOILETPAPER

At 11 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 261 In Detail

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

Answers in chain42
Longest answerTOILETPAPER
Average length5.3 letters
Level261
Block201–300