Word Craze Level 497 Answers
Word Craze Level 497 sits in the Canada pack (levels 485-524) and packs 34 picture-and-trivia clues onto a single board. Every answer below is checked letter by letter against the current live version of the game, so the word you copy here is exactly what the app accepts. Solutions on this level run from 5 letters at the short end up to 11 letters at the long end, with MAKESTHECUT, VEIGHTTBIRD and VASCODAGAMA tied as the longest at 11 letters. Because Word Craze mixes photo puzzles, fill-in-the-blank song lyrics, and straight trivia, a single board can swing from easy to tough in a few taps, which is why having the full solved list in front of you protects your streak.
The quickest route through Level 497 is to lock in the longest words first: every long answer you place drops shared letters into the shorter crossing entries, which then almost fill themselves. Use the All Clues and Answers table to jump straight to the clue that has you stuck, tap Copy to grab the word without a typo, then open the Word-by-Word Breakdown when you want the exact letter pattern behind a solution.
Cleared the board? Level 498 continues the Canada run, or open the full Canada pack to browse every level in the set. New to Word Craze? The Tips guide walks through the tactics that clear boards fastest.
All Clues and Answers
| Clue | Answer | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias Sánchez is this nationality | COSTARICAN 10 letters | |
| Large-scale disaster | CATACLYSM 9 letters | |
| Institution that gets one ready for college | PREPSCHOOL 10 letters | |
| To get things under control | STABILIZE 9 letters | |
| Qualifies to compete in a tournament | MAKESTHECUT 11 letters | |
| Lent support to | AIDED 5 letters | |
| Period where you are not scheduled to work | OFFDAY 6 letters | |
| To give formal approval or consent to | RATIFY 6 letters | |
| Arm of a tree | BRANCH 6 letters | |
| Where you get your hair and nails done | SALONS 6 letters | |
| Pie sometimes topped with pineapple | PIZZA 5 letters | |
| To make something weaker or worse | IMPAIR 6 letters | |
| Moving side to side | SWAYING 7 letters | |
| Like a pet that won't let you leave | NEEDY 5 letters | |
| What is this playful act? | TEASING 7 letters | |
| Did as instructed | OBEYED 6 letters | |
| To entwine fingers and palms as a form of affection | HOLDHANDS 9 letters | |
| Sporty, powerful auto | VEIGHTTBIRD 11 letters | |
| First explorer to sail directly from Europe to India | VASCODAGAMA 11 letters | |
| Fully committed to something | DEDICATED 9 letters | |
| Study concerned with the meaning of words | SEMANTICS 9 letters | |
| Online shopping button | ADDTOCART 9 letters | |
| An organized scout for a person who is wanted by the law | MANHUNT 7 letters | |
| Extent | DURATION 8 letters | |
| Warm response from a crowd | OVATION 7 letters | |
| Person who commits traffic violations | SMUGGLER 8 letters | |
| To reason top-down | DEDUCE 6 letters | |
| Showy and sudden | DRAMATIC 8 letters | |
| Certain additions to a relationship between friends | BENEFITS 8 letters | |
| Physical well-being of a person | HEALTH 6 letters | |
| Economic slump | DOWNTURN 8 letters | |
| A hindquarter steak cut | SIRLOIN 7 letters | |
| Doing this will get you water from a well | PUMPING 7 letters | |
| Eliciting awe | IMPOSING 8 letters |
Word-by-Word Breakdown
COSTARICAN has 10 letters - 4 vowels and 6 consonants. It reuses letters (10 tiles, 8 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
CATACLYSM has 9 letters - 2 vowels and 7 consonants. It reuses letters (9 tiles, 7 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
PREPSCHOOL has 10 letters - 3 vowels and 7 consonants, including a double O. It reuses letters (10 tiles, 8 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
STABILIZE has 9 letters - 4 vowels and 5 consonants. It reuses letters (9 tiles, 8 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
MAKESTHECUT has 11 letters - 4 vowels and 7 consonants. It is tied for the longest answer in Level 497 at 11 letters, so placing it early opens the most crossing letters.
AIDED has 5 letters - 3 vowels and 2 consonants. It is one of the shortest answers here, so leave it until crossing letters narrow it down.
OFFDAY has 6 letters - 2 vowels and 4 consonants, including a double F. It reuses letters (6 tiles, 5 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
RATIFY has 6 letters - 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
BRANCH has 6 letters - 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
SALONS has 6 letters - 2 vowels and 4 consonants. It reuses letters (6 tiles, 5 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
PIZZA has 5 letters - 2 vowels and 3 consonants, including a double Z. It is one of the shortest answers here, so leave it until crossing letters narrow it down.
IMPAIR has 6 letters - 3 vowels and 3 consonants. It reuses letters (6 tiles, 5 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
SWAYING has 7 letters - 2 vowels and 5 consonants.
NEEDY has 5 letters - 2 vowels and 3 consonants, including a double E. It is one of the shortest answers here, so leave it until crossing letters narrow it down.
TEASING has 7 letters - 3 vowels and 4 consonants.
OBEYED has 6 letters - 3 vowels and 3 consonants. It reuses letters (6 tiles, 5 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
HOLDHANDS has 9 letters - 2 vowels and 7 consonants. It reuses letters (9 tiles, 7 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
VEIGHTTBIRD has 11 letters - 3 vowels and 8 consonants, including a double T. It is tied for the longest answer in Level 497 at 11 letters, so placing it early opens the most crossing letters.
VASCODAGAMA has 11 letters - 5 vowels and 6 consonants. It is tied for the longest answer in Level 497 at 11 letters, so placing it early opens the most crossing letters.
DEDICATED has 9 letters - 4 vowels and 5 consonants. It reuses letters (9 tiles, 6 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
SEMANTICS has 9 letters - 3 vowels and 6 consonants. It reuses letters (9 tiles, 8 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
ADDTOCART has 9 letters - 3 vowels and 6 consonants, including a double D. It reuses letters (9 tiles, 6 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
MANHUNT has 7 letters - 2 vowels and 5 consonants. It reuses letters (7 tiles, 6 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
DURATION has 8 letters - 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
OVATION has 7 letters - 4 vowels and 3 consonants. It reuses letters (7 tiles, 6 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
SMUGGLER has 8 letters - 2 vowels and 6 consonants, including a double G. It reuses letters (8 tiles, 7 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
DEDUCE has 6 letters - 3 vowels and 3 consonants. It reuses letters (6 tiles, 4 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
DRAMATIC has 8 letters - 3 vowels and 5 consonants. It reuses letters (8 tiles, 7 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
BENEFITS has 8 letters - 3 vowels and 5 consonants. It reuses letters (8 tiles, 7 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
HEALTH has 6 letters - 2 vowels and 4 consonants. It reuses letters (6 tiles, 5 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
DOWNTURN has 8 letters - 2 vowels and 6 consonants. It reuses letters (8 tiles, 7 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
SIRLOIN has 7 letters - 3 vowels and 4 consonants. It reuses letters (7 tiles, 6 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
PUMPING has 7 letters - 2 vowels and 5 consonants. It reuses letters (7 tiles, 6 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
IMPOSING has 8 letters - 3 vowels and 5 consonants. It reuses letters (8 tiles, 7 distinct), which speeds things up once a few cells are filled.
Strategy for Level 497
Level 497 is part of the Canada pack (levels 485-524). Start with the longest answers (MAKESTHECUT, VEIGHTTBIRD and VASCODAGAMA, both 11 letters) to maximize crossing letters. Browse the full Canada pack or visit Tips for more strategies.
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