New Delhi, July 15 -- The Contexto answer for Wednesday, July 15, 2026 (game #1396) is CROCODILE.

Three hints before the answer for players still working through the word list.

Hint 1: The word names a large reptile found in tropical rivers and wetlands across Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Hint 2: A children's story villain whose presence is always signalled by a ticking clock.

Hint 3: An English idiom uses this animal to describe tears that are insincere.

Today's Contexto answer:

CROCODILE

CROCODILE is a strong Contexto target precisely because its semantic field divides cleanly into two zones that pull in different directions. The biological zone is immediate and dense: ALLIGATOR and CAIMAN are the nearest relatives, followed b...