Word Hike Level 5,196
Answers
56 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.
All 56 clues and answers
| Clue | Answer | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| Pretzel seasoning | SALT | 4 |
| ____ the lily: overembellish | GILD | 4 |
| Green Ranger, e.g. | ROOKIE | 6 |
| Colgate competitor | AIM | 3 |
| Uber alternatives | CABS | 4 |
| Took from a card deck | DREW | 4 |
| He won 26 Oscars, including an Academy Honorary Award (consisting of one full-sized and seven miniature statuettes) for the film depicted in this puzzle's starred answers | DISNEY | 6 |
| ___ Friday | GAL | 3 |
| Rubber tree yield | LATEX | 5 |
| Weep | SOB | 3 |
| Along the path that the sun rises. | EASTWARD | 8 |
| "___ Gang" (film shorts with kid "Rascals") | OUR | 3 |
| Best-case | IDEAL | 5 |
| Lies in wait | LURKS | 5 |
| Ewe cry | BAA | 3 |
| Little colonist | ANT | 3 |
| Ukraine's capital city | KIEV | 4 |
| Plant's underground part | ROOT | 4 |
| Japanese rice dish | SUSHI | 5 |
| Sites of some fancy parties | YACHTS | 6 |
| Boom markets | UPS | 3 |
| "Cheers" barfly | NORM | 4 |
| Sudden flow | GUSH | 4 |
| Wooden-barred percussion instrument | XYLOPHONE | 9 |
| What you wear | CLOTHES | 7 |
| Realm of Proteus, in Greek myth | SEA | 3 |
| Battleground | FIELD | 5 |
| Color similar to Brandeis blue | AZURE | 5 |
| Madonna, according to the stars | LEO | 3 |
| Religious school teacher, perhaps | NUN | 3 |
| They may be called or fired | SHOTS | 5 |
| Fills to excess | CONGESTS | 8 |
| Country singer McBryde | ASHLEY | 6 |
| Like Lincoln: Abbr. | REP | 3 |
| Fashionable, perhaps | LATE | 4 |
| Al dente | FIRM | 4 |
| Surpassed in status | OUTRANKED | 9 |
| P.E. places | GYMS | 4 |
| Result of a charley horse, perhaps | LIMP | 4 |
| "____ that special?!" | ISNT | 4 |
| Troy _____ | OUNCE | 5 |
| Great place for a dip | CONE | 4 |
| Breathers? | NOSES | 5 |
| Brewpub pour | ALE | 3 |
| Puts the kibosh on | CEASES | 6 |
| Stroke for Seles | LOB | 3 |
| Cut a lot, as prices | SLASH | 5 |
| Military division | ARMYUNIT | 8 |
| Words Starting With 'L': Sea animal with two big claws | LOBSTER | 7 |
| Words Starting With 'L': Slow, in music | LARGO | 5 |
| Words Starting With 'L': Extravagant | LAVISH | 6 |
| Words Starting With 'L': Voice box | LARYNX | 6 |
| Words Starting With 'L': What rockets do at a Cape Canaveral event | LAUNCH | 6 |
| Words Starting With 'L': A written or printed message | LETTER | 6 |
| Words Starting With 'L': One with good reasoning and rationality is this | LOGICAL | 7 |
| Words Starting With 'L': In need of companionship | LONELY | 6 |
Word Hike Level 5,196 sits in Palau - Koror and holds 56 clues, the longest answer being XYLOPHONE at 9 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.
13 of the 56 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 5,195 and level 5,197 linked at the foot of the page.
Word Hike Level 5,196 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 56 links
Fill the answers you are sure of first — each confirmed link constrains its neighbours far more than the clue alone.
Longest answer is XYLOPHONE
At 9 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 5,196 In Detail
Everything recorded for this puzzle, counted from its source record.
| Answers in chain | 56 |
|---|---|
| Longest answer | XYLOPHONE |
| Average length | 4.9 letters |
| Level | 5,196 |
| Block | 5,101–5,200 |
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