Word Hike Level 4,291
Answers
45 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.
All 45 clues and answers
| Clue | Answer | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| Increase, with "up" | STEP | 4 |
| Dinosaur remnant | FOSSIL | 6 |
| Drizzling or pouring | RAINY | 5 |
| Curve, as animal horns | EMBOW | 5 |
| On a mode of transportation | ABOARD | 6 |
| A band of fighters | ARMY | 4 |
| Emotional request | PLEA | 4 |
| Hyman ____, main antagonist in "The Godfather Part II" | ROTH | 4 |
| Kind of aide | LEGISLATIVE | 11 |
| A prickly annoyance on the skin | ITCH | 4 |
| Sports channel award | ESPY | 4 |
| Key before E | DSHARP | 6 |
| Golf tournament display | LEADERBOARD | 11 |
| With a twist? | AWRY | 4 |
| Is incapable of | CANNOT | 6 |
| Sanctions | PUNISHMENTS | 11 |
| Genealogical drawing | TREE | 4 |
| An action that suggests monotony | YAWN | 4 |
| Eden event | ORIGINALSIN | 11 |
| Urge on by poking | PROD | 4 |
| Help something rise | LIFT | 4 |
| Many a Middle-earth combatant | ARCHER | 6 |
| Turn as a pancake | FLIP | 4 |
| Lucifer, for one | FALLENANGEL | 11 |
| Once, maybe | ENOUGH | 6 |
| Expel with force | SPEW | 4 |
| Timers | HOURGLASSES | 11 |
| ____-plié: ballet movement with knees half-bent | DEMI | 4 |
| Similarity in appearance or external attributes | RESEMBLANCE | 11 |
| Percolate slowly | OOZE | 4 |
| Parakeet's home | CAGE | 4 |
| Directive in a pasta recipe | BOIL | 4 |
| Joints prone to sprains | ANKLES | 6 |
| Sci-fi novelist _____ Scott Card | ORSON | 5 |
| Valid | LEGIT | 5 |
| Powerful people | TITANS | 6 |
| Japan and Iceland are on its board | RISK | 4 |
| Icons Of Modern Technology: A touch-screen device larger than a smartphone, often used for media | TABLET | 6 |
| Icons Of Modern Technology: A portable device combining a phone with internet features | SMARTPHONE | 10 |
| Icons Of Modern Technology: A portable computer with a screen and keyboard | LAPTOP | 6 |
| Icons Of Modern Technology: Wireless technology for internet connectivity | WIFI | 4 |
| Icons Of Modern Technology: Remote storage for data, accessible from anywhere | CLOUD | 5 |
| Icons Of Modern Technology: A navigation system that provides location data | GPS | 3 |
| Icons Of Modern Technology: A person skilled in breaching computer systems and networks | HACKER | 6 |
| Icons Of Modern Technology: A machine capable of carrying out tasks autonomously | ROBOT | 5 |
Word Hike Level 4,291 sits in Maldives - Whale Shark and holds 45 clues, the longest answer being LEGISLATIVE 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.
This level has almost no short filler, so it is carried by its longer answers and there is little quick to open it with. Work outward from LEGISLATIVE and use the crossings it fixes.
This level sits in the 4,201–4,300 block, with level 4,290 and level 4,292 linked at the foot of the page.
Word Hike Level 4,291 FAQ
1What is the answer to Word Hike Level 4,291?+
2How many answers does this level have?+
3Where do I go next?+
4Are these answers verified?+
How Word Hike Works
The same three moves solve most Word Hike puzzles, including this one.
Search the clue
Find the exact wording you are stuck on. Clues identify a line; answers repeat across the game and do not.
Fill the crossings
Long answers are more constrained than short ones. A few intersecting letters usually settle the word before the clue does.
Use the theme
Each hike has a subject, and it shapes the vocabulary even where the clue does not say so.
Word Hike Tips & Strategy
Starting with what this particular level teaches you.
This chain has 45 links
Fill the answers you are sure of first — each confirmed link constrains its neighbours far more than the clue alone.
Longest answer is LEGISLATIVE
At 11 letters it is the most constrained slot on the level, which usually makes it the easiest to place.
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.
Letter counts separate similar clues
Where two clues read alike, the answer length tells them apart instantly. Every answer here carries its count.
Long slots are the easy ones
More squares means more crossings and fewer candidates. Start with the longest empty answer rather than the shortest.
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.
Word Hike Level 4,291 In Detail
Everything recorded for this puzzle, counted from its source record.
| Answers in chain | 45 |
|---|---|
| Longest answer | LEGISLATIVE |
| Average length | 5.8 letters |
| Level | 4,291 |
| Block | 4,201–4,300 |
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