This Wordscapes Hyena guide shows what the Hyena animal gives in Wordscapes Wildlife, including its stars reward, 500 coin cost, 0.75-hour activity, 12-hour sleep time, heart gems, and level-by-level stats. Use this page to understand when Hyena is worth using, what it can return by level, and how it compares with other Wildlife animals.
For the complete table and to compare Hyena with all the other animals, you can use the Wordscapes Wildlife Animal Spreadsheet.
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Hyena is an Uncommon Wordscapes Wildlife animal from the Purple Egg that gives tournament stars.
Tournament starsUncommon ♦♦Max L10
Purple Egg
125.3Max hearts / 30 min10Max tournament stars / 30 minHow to get Hyena
Hyena is one of the 9 animals of the Purple Egg in the Wildlife egg store. Our egg rotation planner counts down to the next Purple Egg so you can plan your heart gems. The Purple Egg group went from level 7 to level 10 with the September 2026 update (build 3.13.50 on iOS). Brilliance hunters build a nest egg for the Purple Egg and skip the other five colors.
What does Hyena give in Wordscapes?
Hyena is a Wordscapes Wildlife animal that gives tournament stars. Hyena is useful when you want extra tournament stars during Wordscapes tournaments.
Hyena gives tournament stars after its Wildlife activity. At its highest available level, it can return 188 heart gems per activity and 15 tournament stars per activity.
185tournament stars a day at level 102,314heart gems a day at level 10Hyena ranks 11th of the 16 star animals for tournament value, at 41.67 coins per star. Collected on time, a level 10 Hyena makes about 185 tournament stars and 2,314 heart gems a day, counting its 12-hour sleep.
Hyena stats by level
The table below shows how Hyena changes by level. Check the hearts, stars, activity duration, sleep time, and coin cost before deciding whether it is the best animal to use.
| Level | Heart gems | Tournament stars | Per 100 coins | Duplicates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per activity | Per 30 min | Per activity | Per 30 min | |||
| L1 | 96 | 64 | 9 | 6 | 1.8 | Hatch |
| L2 | 114 | 76 | 12 | 8 | 2.4 | 5 |
| L3 | 135 | 90 | 12 | 8 | 2.4 | 8 |
| L4 | 144 | 96 | 12 | 8 | 2.4 | 15 |
| L5 | 150 | 100 | 12 | 8 | 2.4 | 25 |
| L6 | 165 | 110 | 12 | 8 | 2.4 | 50 |
| L7 | 170 | 113.3 | 12 | 8 | 2.4 | 100 |
| Levels 8 to 10, added with the September 2026 update (build 3.13.50 on iOS) | ||||||
| L8 | 176 | 117.3 | 14 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 200 |
| L9 | 182 | 121.3 | 14 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 400 |
| L10MAX | 188 | 125.3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1,000 |
Reaching level 10 takes 1,803 duplicates in total, counted from the level 1 hatch.
Hyena is best compared with other animals that give tournament stars, because those animals compete for the same event or gameplay goal.
To make a better choice based on the animals you have collected, use the Wordscapes Animal Selector. You can also read the Best animals for stars guide for a wider ranking.
Hyena costs 41.67 coins per star in tournaments. Its closest star animals on tournament value:
