Word Hike Level 4,088
Answers

37 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.

SHORELEAVE

All 37 clues and answers

ClueAnswerLetters
School paperESSAY5
To produce a sound that indicates suffering or discomfortGROAN5
Time spent on dry land by a professional sailorSHORELEAVE10
A modicum of color transformationTINT4
WipedWEARY5
Became hard as rockPETRIFIED9
A thorny tree or shrub with red berriesHAWTHORN8
Performers in the big-topCIRCUSACTS10
Viennese analystFREUD5
Rows of linked thingsBANDS5
A swift contender in racesRACER5
VeerYAW3
Some sneaksNIKES5
They're riggedSHIPS5
Spurious appellationPSEUDO6
Lacking refinementCHEESY6
An animal with a lazy natureSLOTH5
Discover a faint signTRACE5
Sheep's plaintBAA3
Emits a loud soundYELLS5
A general character or trendTENOR5
SummonedPAGED5
Mimic miseries?MOCKTRIALS10
Get closerDRAWNEAR8
Lumbar painsBACKACHES9
Are a common ingredient in fruit saladsPEARS5
Common succulentALOE4
Give new life toREVITALISE10
Magic weapon?SPELL5
Daytime host _____ DeGeneresELLEN5
Underwater Mysteries: The sunken or beached remains of a destroyed maritime vesselSHIPWRECK9
Underwater Mysteries: A ridge of coral, rock or sandREEF4
Underwater Mysteries: Deep, bottomless pit or voidABYSS5
Underwater Mysteries: Ocean predatorSHARK5
Underwater Mysteries: Rootless aquatic plantsALGAE5
Underwater Mysteries: Mammal with a blowholeWHALE5
Underwater Mysteries: Large natural underground spaceCAVE4

Word Hike Level 4,088 sits in Iceland - Craft Beer and holds 37 clues, the longest answer being SHORELEAVE 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 2 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 4,001–4,100 block, with level 4,087 and level 4,089 linked at the foot of the page.

Level 4,088 at a glance
PackIceland - Craft Beer
Clues here37
Longest answerSHORELEAVE (10)
Shortest answerYAW (3)
Average length5.9 letters
Level4,088
Questions

Word Hike Level 4,088 FAQ

1What is the answer to Word Hike Level 4,088?+
All 37 answers are listed above, each with its letter count.
2How many answers does this level have?+
37, all listed on this page.
3Where do I go next?+
Use the links at the foot of the page for level 4,087 and level 4,089, or browse the whole 4,001–4,100 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 37 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 SHORELEAVE

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 4,088 In Detail

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

Answers in chain37
Longest answerSHORELEAVE
Average length5.9 letters
Level4,088
Block4,001–4,100