Word Hike Level 5,551
Answers
39 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.
All 39 clues and answers
| Clue | Answer | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| C ancestor | BASIC | 5 |
| Physical feature of Peter Falk and Sammy Davis Jr. | GLASS | 5 |
| Puffed up | SMUG | 4 |
| Transmission closer | OVER | 4 |
| Rear part of a ship | AFT | 3 |
| Connected PC group | LAN | 3 |
| Prove to be mistaken | BELIE | 5 |
| Shot from a tee | DRIVE | 5 |
| Radio knob: Abbr. | VOL | 3 |
| Remington and Richard | STEELES | 7 |
| Heartbreak | WOE | 3 |
| Holes in your head | SINUSES | 7 |
| "Whoa, bro!" | EASYNOW | 7 |
| One given a red-carpet reception | VIP | 3 |
| Dispositions | NATURES | 7 |
| Goal, objective | AIM | 3 |
| Site of a traffic snarl | TOLLBOOTH | 9 |
| The hoop in hoops | RIM | 3 |
| Phil Donahue and Rush Limbaugh, e.g. | PUNDITS | 7 |
| Help page rubric | FAQ | 3 |
| Some bait | INSECTS | 7 |
| Jimmy | PRYOPEN | 7 |
| Search engine ____.com | ASK | 3 |
| Riga resident | LATVIAN | 7 |
| Point | NIB | 3 |
| Size | GIRTH | 5 |
| 60s Shirley Booth role | HAZEL | 5 |
| "___ Miss Brooks" | OUR | 3 |
| Yves' "yes" | OUI | 3 |
| Passing news item? | OBIT | 4 |
| Its flag has a big white circle in the middle | LAOS | 4 |
| Swiss watch brand sported since '95 by film's James Bond | OMEGA | 5 |
| Delicious | YUMMY | 5 |
| Pope's sovereign territory, Vatican City, is officially recognized as the ________ independent state in the world | SMALLEST | 8 |
| Pope's history includes the famous ______ Age of the Renaissance, which heavily shaped the Vatican's art and architecture | GOLDEN | 6 |
| Pope resides and exercises his supreme religious authority within the walls of the _______ City | VATICAN | 7 |
| Pope's traditional coronation ritual historically featured the placement of a prominent triple-tiered crown called a _____ | TIARA | 5 |
| Pope routinely wears a distinctive white liturgical ____ during daily duties and religious ceremonies | ROBE | 4 |
| Pope is addressed by Catholic believers and official church protocols with the respectful title of His ____ | HOLY | 4 |
Word Hike Level 5,551 sits in Italy - Pope and holds 39 clues, the longest answer being TOLLBOOTH 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.
12 of the 39 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 5,501–5,600 block, with level 5,550 and level 5,552 linked at the foot of the page.
Word Hike Level 5,551 FAQ
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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 39 links
Fill the answers you are sure of first — each confirmed link constrains its neighbours far more than the clue alone.
Longest answer is TOLLBOOTH
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 5,551 In Detail
Everything recorded for this puzzle, counted from its source record.
| Answers in chain | 39 |
|---|---|
| Longest answer | TOLLBOOTH |
| Average length | 4.9 letters |
| Level | 5,551 |
| Block | 5,501–5,600 |
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