Word Hike Level 5,181
Answers
59 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.
All 59 clues and answers
| Clue | Answer | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| Ceiling of a sort | CAP | 3 |
| Hearth refuse | ASH | 3 |
| Duck | AVOID | 5 |
| Collected bills at a diner | TIP | 3 |
| "The Big Bang Theory" star | JIMPARSONS | 10 |
| Reasons to pull out the tarp | RAINSTORMS | 10 |
| Summaries | RECAPS | 6 |
| Nope's opposite | YEP | 3 |
| They may be checkered | PASTS | 5 |
| Barbecue crust | CHAR | 4 |
| Rec room item of old | HIFI | 4 |
| From that day forward | SINCE | 5 |
| Result of getting home late? | OUT | 3 |
| Knocker | CRITIC | 6 |
| Red ___ (food fish of Japan) | TAI | 3 |
| Bounty stop of 1788 | TAHITI | 6 |
| Make a pick | OPT | 3 |
| Headed for overtime | TIEDUP | 6 |
| "Keep yer ___ shut!" | YAP | 3 |
| Charge for admission | FEE | 3 |
| Pantheon head | ODIN | 4 |
| Render defenseless | UNARM | 5 |
| Metropolis served by JFK and LGA | NYC | 3 |
| Hogwarts groundskeeper | HAGRID | 6 |
| Door fastener | LATCH | 5 |
| Puncture | STAB | 4 |
| Pursues doggedly? | HOUNDS | 6 |
| Dennis the Menace, e.g. | IMP | 3 |
| Like Dorothy Parker's humor | WRY | 3 |
| 1979 hit for the Village People | YMCA | 4 |
| Attention from the cops | HEAT | 4 |
| Bob in the Olympics | SLED | 4 |
| Chilly treat, for short | FROYO | 5 |
| Apple's industry | TECH | 4 |
| Freedom due to special circumstances | EXEMPTION | 9 |
| Radiating | EMISSIVE | 8 |
| "The ___ __ the Hat" | CATIN | 5 |
| Short winter month? | DEC | 3 |
| Go astray | DERAIL | 6 |
| Helium's atomic number | TWO | 3 |
| Skip | FORGO | 5 |
| Took a nosedive | FELL | 4 |
| Environmentally conscious | GREEN | 5 |
| List of food offerings in a restaurant | MENU | 4 |
| TV's "Science Guy" | BILLNYE | 7 |
| CBS hit starring Marg Helgenberger | CSI | 3 |
| ______ Donuts | DUNKIN | 6 |
| Choke | SUFFOCATE | 9 |
| Passing water | URINATING | 9 |
| Rash | RECKLESS | 8 |
| In The Newspaper: Newspaper strip | COMIC | 5 |
| In The Newspaper: A narrative or tale, either real or imagined | STORY | 5 |
| In The Newspaper: A picture taken with a camera | PHOTO | 5 |
| In The Newspaper: Proprietary formula of meal | RECIPE | 6 |
| In The Newspaper: A representation of something in the form of an image or drawing | PICTURE | 7 |
| In The Newspaper: Magazine feature | ARTICLE | 7 |
| In The Newspaper: Personal view or belief | OPINION | 7 |
| In The Newspaper: Newspaper story space | COLUMN | 6 |
| In The Newspaper: Political debate topic | ISSUE | 5 |
Word Hike Level 5,181 sits in Latvia - Valmiera and holds 59 clues, the longest answer being JIMPARSONS 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.
15 of the 59 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 5,101–5,200 block, with level 5,180 and level 5,182 linked at the foot of the page.
Word Hike Level 5,181 FAQ
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2How many answers does this level have?+
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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 59 links
Fill the answers you are sure of first — each confirmed link constrains its neighbours far more than the clue alone.
Longest answer is JIMPARSONS
At 10 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 5,181 In Detail
Everything recorded for this puzzle, counted from its source record.
| Answers in chain | 59 |
|---|---|
| Longest answer | JIMPARSONS |
| Average length | 5.1 letters |
| Level | 5,181 |
| Block | 5,101–5,200 |
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