USA Today Crossword Answers Today – 2026-01-31
USA Today Crossword Answers Today
2026-01-31
WordFinder Tips Team
Looking for help with the USA Today Crossword for 2026-01-31? Our team at WordFinder Tips solves this puzzle every day to help you find the right words for the grid titled “Haven’t You Heard? (Freestyle)”.
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Across Solutions
01. Place for a boutonniere
HINT
💡 Starts with L (5 letters)
REVEAL
LAPEL
06. Radioactive animal that bit Spider-Ham
HINT
💡 Starts with P (3 letters)
REVEAL
PIG
09. Flower part
HINT
💡 Starts with S (4 letters)
REVEAL
STEM
13. “Uncle!”
HINT
💡 Starts with I (5 letters)
REVEAL
IGIVE
14. Closing bit of music
HINT
💡 Starts with C (4 letters)
REVEAL
CODA
15. “The Great ___ off Kanagawa” (woodblock print)
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💡 Starts with W (4 letters)
REVEAL
WAVE
16. Activities often found on kids’ menus
HINT
💡 Starts with M (5 letters)
REVEAL
MAZES
17. Grinning from ear to ear
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💡 Starts with A (9 letters)
REVEAL
ALLSMILES
19. Industry, informally
HINT
💡 Starts with B (3 letters)
REVEAL
BIZ
20. Hangouts that go until morning, say
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💡 Starts with S (10 letters)
REVEAL
SLEEPOVERS
21. Spontaneously
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💡 Starts with O (7 letters)
REVEAL
ONAWHIM
24. Apt name for a DNA researcher
HINT
💡 Starts with G (4 letters)
REVEAL
GENE
25. Fruit whose juice concentrate is in Fruit Roll-Ups
HINT
💡 Starts with P (4 letters)
REVEAL
PEAR
26. Young boy
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💡 Starts with L (3 letters)
REVEAL
LAD
27. ___ sum (payout option for a lottery winner)
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💡 Starts with L (4 letters)
REVEAL
LUMP
31. “What a ___ world!”
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💡 Starts with S (5 letters)
REVEAL
SMALL
33. Valentina Tereshkova was the first one in space
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💡 Starts with W (5 letters)
REVEAL
WOMAN
35. “You think I did that?”
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💡 Starts with M (3 letters)
REVEAL
MOI
36. “Rumors get around quickly”
HINT
💡 Starts with W (15 letters)
REVEAL
WORDTRAVELSFAST
39. Insect that might be seen carrying a crumb
HINT
💡 Starts with A (3 letters)
REVEAL
ANT
40. Quenches
HINT
💡 Starts with S (5 letters)
REVEAL
SATES
41. Boat in some paparazzi photos
HINT
💡 Starts with Y (5 letters)
REVEAL
YACHT
42. Things on kids’ Christmas lists
HINT
💡 Starts with T (4 letters)
REVEAL
TOYS
44. ___ school
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💡 Starts with M (3 letters)
REVEAL
MED
45. Cable-___ sweater
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💡 Starts with K (4 letters)
REVEAL
KNIT
46. Rideshare app
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💡 Starts with U (4 letters)
REVEAL
UBER
48. New hire
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💡 Starts with R (7 letters)
REVEAL
RECRUIT
51. Go-getter’s creation
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💡 Starts with A (10 letters)
REVEAL
ACTIONPLAN
55. Light gray color
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💡 Starts with A (3 letters)
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ASH
56. Wedding day memento, maybe
HINT
💡 Starts with P (9 letters)
REVEAL
PHOTOBOOK
57. Jiggly dessert that debuted in 1897
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💡 Starts with J (5 letters)
REVEAL
JELLO
59. Use a peeler
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💡 Starts with P (4 letters)
REVEAL
PARE
60. Common succulent
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💡 Starts with A (4 letters)
REVEAL
ALOE
61. Collection of maps
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💡 Starts with A (5 letters)
REVEAL
ATLAS
62. Moral transgressions
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💡 Starts with S (4 letters)
REVEAL
SINS
63. Have a total breakdown?
HINT
💡 Starts with R (3 letters)
REVEAL
ROT
64. “I’m the GOAT!”
HINT
💡 Starts with Y (5 letters)
REVEAL
YAYME
Down Solutions
01. Unsettled state
HINT
💡 Starts with L (5 letters)
REVEAL
LIMBO
02. “Not this ___!”
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💡 Starts with S (4 letters)
REVEAL
SWAT
03. Event where everyone wants a piece of the pie?
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💡 Starts with A (4 letters)
REVEAL
APPS
04. Night before
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💡 Starts with A (5 letters)
REVEAL
AGAIN
05. Plural French article
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💡 Starts with M (4 letters)
REVEAL
MONO
06. Totem ___
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💡 Starts with C (4 letters)
REVEAL
CHAI
07. Time killers such as Cookie Clicker
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💡 Starts with P (10 letters)
REVEAL
PIZZAPARTY
08. Step on it!
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💡 Starts with T (4 letters)
REVEAL
TORN
09. Spin around in a desk chair
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💡 Starts with E (3 letters)
REVEAL
EVE
10. Story
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💡 Starts with W (4 letters)
REVEAL
WELD
11. At any time
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💡 Starts with S (6 letters)
REVEAL
SUITES
12. Clutter
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💡 Starts with L (3 letters)
REVEAL
LES
14. Serene
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💡 Starts with H (5 letters)
REVEAL
HALTS
18. Day before Tues.
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💡 Starts with B (3 letters)
REVEAL
BOO
20. “___, this is a Wendy’s”
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💡 Starts with S (3 letters)
REVEAL
SIR
22. Fuse with heat
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💡 Starts with R (8 letters)
REVEAL
RAMENBAR
23. Stops
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💡 Starts with C (4 letters)
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CALM
26. Adored
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💡 Starts with W (9 letters)
REVEAL
WATERPOLO
28. “Not to be pedantic, but . . .”
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💡 Starts with P (4 letters)
REVEAL
POLE
29. ___ pit
HINT
💡 Starts with L (5 letters)
REVEAL
LOVED
30. PA university with the tallest academic building in the U.S.
HINT
💡 Starts with L (4 letters)
REVEAL
LOOT
31. Whack
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💡 Starts with I (9 letters)
REVEAL
IDLEGAMES
32. Opposite of “poly”
HINT
💡 Starts with R (4 letters)
REVEAL
RAKE
33. Sport whose players master the eggbeater kick
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💡 Starts with G (8 letters)
REVEAL
GASPEDAL
34. “Bye Bye Bye” band
HINT
💡 Starts with K (3 letters)
REVEAL
KEN
37. Japanese soup restaurant
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💡 Starts with M (3 letters)
REVEAL
MON
38. Just
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💡 Starts with N (5 letters)
REVEAL
NSYNC
43. Set of hotel rooms
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💡 Starts with J (3 letters)
REVEAL
JAY
45. Documentarian Burns
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💡 Starts with S (6 letters)
REVEAL
SWIVEL
47. “Surprise!”
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💡 Starts with F (4 letters)
REVEAL
FAIR
48. Tool for collecting a pile of leaves
HINT
💡 Starts with E (3 letters)
REVEAL
ETA
49. Imam’s faith
HINT
💡 Starts with T (4 letters)
REVEAL
TALE
50. “It’s just one of ___ days”
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💡 Starts with U (10 letters)
REVEAL
UMACTUALLY
51. Starters
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💡 Starts with E (4 letters)
REVEAL
EVER
52. ___ latte (Starbucks offering since 1999)
HINT
💡 Starts with M (4 letters)
REVEAL
MOSH
53. Conflicted
HINT
💡 Starts with I (5 letters)
REVEAL
ISLAM
54. Booty
HINT
💡 Starts with M (4 letters)
REVEAL
MESS
57. SNL alum Pharoah
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💡 Starts with P (4 letters)
REVEAL
PITT
58. GPS guess
HINT
💡 Starts with T (5 letters)
REVEAL
THOSE
Puzzle Tips & Strategy
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