Word Hike Level 5,696
Answers

36 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.

SENSITIZING

All 36 clues and answers

ClueAnswerLetters
BeleaguerHARRY5
SquanderingWASTING7
What studies show that men do more than women, conversationallyINTERRUPT9
Making more sensitiveSENSITIZING11
Home, informallyCRIB4
FortitudeGUTS4
Question of surpriseALREADY7
MiddleMID3
Nuclear energy producerREACTOR7
"That ... can't be ..."BUT3
Crop raiserFARMER6
Ma's maGRAN4
Link to another story?STAIR5
Took four of four, saySWEPT5
Common dinner hr.SIXPM5
Farm field arrayBALES5
Grayish-tanBEIGE5
Pact precedersTALKS5
StickCANE4
Bad, bad bossTYRANT6
Middle-earth beingORC3
Preachers' perchesPULPITS7
Band buyAMP3
LawsuitsACTIONS7
TV, slangily, with "the"TUBE4
CookCHEF4
A show of great enthusiasmACCLAMATION11
A building in a town with other similar ones.TOWNHOUSE9
Fort barricadeRAMPART7
Poem featureRHYME5
We Hang It On A Hook: Head coverHAT3
We Hang It On A Hook: Snowman's neckwearSCARF5
We Hang It On A Hook: Rainy-day needUMBRELLA8
We Hang It On A Hook: Suit and ___TIE3
We Hang It On A Hook: Cover completelyCOAT4
We Hang It On A Hook: Like many a postcard scenePICTURE7

Word Hike Level 5,696 sits in Cape Verde - Praia and holds 36 clues, the longest answer being SENSITIZING 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.

6 of the 36 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 5,601–5,700 block, with level 5,695 and level 5,697 linked at the foot of the page.

Level 5,696 at a glance
PackCape Verde - Praia
Clues here36
Longest answerSENSITIZING (11)
Shortest answerMID (3)
Average length5.6 letters
Level5,696
Questions

Word Hike Level 5,696 FAQ

1What is the answer to Word Hike Level 5,696?+
All 36 answers are listed above, each with its letter count.
2How many answers does this level have?+
36, all listed on this page.
3Where do I go next?+
Use the links at the foot of the page for level 5,695 and level 5,697, or browse the whole 5,601–5,700 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 36 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 SENSITIZING

At 11 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 5,696 In Detail

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

Answers in chain36
Longest answerSENSITIZING
Average length5.6 letters
Level5,696
Block5,601–5,700