Is the Jumble Solver free?

Yes. The Jumble Solver is free to use online, with no sign-up or download required. Just enter your scrambled letters and solve.

What should I enter if one letter is missing?

Use ? or * as a wildcard for the letter you don't know. You can also use a wildcard in place of a blank tile when checking possible words.

Can I solve more than one scrambled word?

Yes. For a multi-word jumble, keep each set of scrambled letters separate and solve the words one at a time. If the puzzle uses circled letters, save those for the final answer.

Is a jumble the same as an anagram?

Not quite. An anagram rearranges the same letters to make another word or phrase. A jumble is the puzzle you're solving, often with scrambled words, clues, or a final answer.

Are jumbles good for your brain?

Word puzzles give you practice with memory, attention, and problem-solving. Research involving more than 19,000 adults aged 50 and over found that people who regularly did word and number puzzles performed better on tests of attention, reasoning, and memory. The researchers found an association, not proof that puzzles prevent cognitive decline.

Can I use this solver for Scrabble?

Yes. You can enter your rack letters to find possible words, but check the result against the Scrabble dictionary or word list used in your game, especially for competitive play.

Does it work for Words With Friends?

Yes. The solver can help you find words from your available letters. Because Words With Friends has its own accepted word list, a word found by a general solver may still need to be checked in the game.

Where can I find today's Daily Jumble answers?

Use the solver above if you want to work through today's scrambled words yourself. If you just want today's Daily Jumble answer, visit our Daily Jumble Answers page for the complete jumble answers.

Daily Jumble Answers for [Month Day, Year]: All Words + Cartoon Answer

Looking for daily jumble answers? All four scrambled words are solved below, followed by the circled letters and final cartoon answer, so you can check your work or get unstuck quickly. If you’d rather keep solving, use the word answers as hints and stop before today’s jumble answer in the cartoon section, that’s where the final spoiler is.

Today’s Jumble Answers

If you need the jumble answer today, start with the four words below. These jumble puzzle answers for today let you check one stubborn word or reveal the whole set. If you still want to solve today’s Jumble yourself, uncover them one at a time.

Today’s Scrambled Words and Solutions

Scrambled Word	Answer
LWRCA	CRAWL
DYADD	DADDY
FRNOUF	RUNOFF
NYBTOU	BOUNTY

Each set of scrambled letters is an anagram of its word solution. These word jumble answers today also provide the circled letters needed for the final clue.

Today’s Cartoon Answer Explained

Circled letters: AW + DD + UNO + ONT
Cartoon clue: “After the huge pillow fight, the feathers were —”
Final answer: DOWN AND OUT

For today’s jumble solution, the circled letters rearrange into the final answer phrase. The jumble cartoon answer works as a pun: “down” refers to the soft feathers used in pillows, while “down and out” is also a familiar expression for being defeated or finished. That double meaning is what makes the jumble bonus word click and gives the answer to today’s Jumble its punchline.

Yesterday’s Daily Jumble Answers

Missed a day? The jumble answers for yesterday were TIGER, CLING, WINNER, and JINGLE. Yesterday’s Jumble answer to the cartoon clue was REIGNING, a play on “reigning,” meaning a king ruling, and “raining,” which fits the clue about a cloudless sky. Check the Daily Jumble archive below if you need an earlier puzzle.

Daily Jumble Answers Archive

Looking for Jumble answers this week or a puzzle you missed earlier? The 30-day Jumble answers archive keeps recent Daily Jumble results together, so you can search by date instead of digging through old posts.

Date	Word Answers	Cartoon Answer	View Puzzle
Sept. 9, 2026	CRAWL, DADDY, RUNOFF, BOUNTY	DOWN AND OUT	View
Sept. 8, 2026	TIGER, CLING, WINNER, JINGLE	REIGNING	View
[Date]	[Word 1–4]	[Final Answer]	View

Use the archive search for Jumble answers for [date] and quickly catch up on any puzzle from the last 30 days.

How to Play Jumble: Rules Explained?

New to the game and wondering how to play Jumble? The basic Jumble rules explained below take less than a minute to learn:

Unscramble Jumble words by rearranging each set of scrambled words into a real word.
Identify the circled letters in each solution.
Collect those letters and move them to the final section.
Read the cartoon clue for context.
Rearrange the letters again to reveal the final answer phrase and its punchline.

So, what is Jumble puzzle play actually based on? It’s an anagram challenge with a second layer of wordplay. The standard Daily Jumble gives you four scrambled words before the final cartoon answer. The blank spaces under the cartoon can also hint at how many words belong in the final phrase.

How a Daily Jumble Answer Is Solved: Worked Example

Here’s an original example showing how a Jumble puzzle answer comes together:

TEALP → PLATE — take the circled letters L, A
RCAEH → REACH — take T, E
LEMSI → SMILE — take R
DROPU → PROUD — take L

The scrambled letters first become a valid anagram. Next, collect the marked circled letters: L, A, T, E, R, L. Suppose the cartoon clue shows someone arriving after everyone else and says, “He showed up a little.”
Rearranging the selected letters gives the final phrase: LATE. That last connection between the letters and cartoon wordplay is what completes the word Jumble solution.

Daily Jumble vs. Sunday Jumble

Is Sunday Jumble different from the Daily Jumble? The basic solving method is the same, but Sunday gives you more to work through. If you’re looking for Sunday Jumble answers, the main difference is the expanded puzzle rather than a new set of rules.

Feature	Daily Jumble	Sunday Jumble
Scrambled words	Four	Six
Format	Standard daily puzzle	Expanded Sunday puzzle
Cartoon clue	Leads to the final solve	Leads to the final solve
Final answer	Pun or wordplay phrase	Typically a longer wordplay phrase

Both versions ask you to solve the scrambled words, collect the marked letters, and use the cartoon clue to uncover the punchline. Sunday simply adds more words, so there’s usually more to solve before you reach the final answer.

Where Can You Play Jumble Online?

Wondering where can I play Jumble online for free? Jumble.com currently sends players to the Chicago Tribune’s free games site, while USA Today also lists the Jumble word game in its online games collection. The puzzle is part of Tribune Content Agency’s syndicated games lineup, so you may also find Jumble through participating newspaper puzzle sections.

If you want to play Jumble online free, these established sources are a good place to check for the current puzzle.

Who Created the Jumble Puzzle?

If you’re wondering who created the Jumble puzzle, it began with comic-book artist Martin Naydel in 1954 under its original name, Scramble. That’s where the history of the Jumble puzzle starts before it grew into the long-running word game readers know today.

As for who publishes Jumble, the current puzzle is part of the Jumble by Tribune Content Agency portfolio, with David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek credited as its co-creators. What started as Naydel’s scrambled-word idea has lasted for generations while keeping its familiar mix of anagrams, clues, and wordplay.

Daily Jumble Answers FAQs

Quick answers to the questions solvers ask most. For the full solution, see the Daily Jumble answers block above.

Today’s Jumble answer, including all four words and the final phrase, is in the answer block at the top of this page. Check the date first so it matches your paper.

There are four scrambled words. A few letters in each are circled, and you rearrange those circled letters to get the final answer.

The cartoon clue sets up the joke. The Jumble cartoon answer is usually a pun on the caption, so the drawing shows you what kind of wordplay to look for.

Solve the four words first, then pull out the circled letters. Rearrange them to fill the blanks under the cartoon, and that gives you the Jumble bonus word or phrase

Work on one word at a time and leave the hardest for last. If a word still won’t click, enter its letters into our [Jumble Solver] to see the possible words.

Check the puzzle date and edition first, since some papers run the Jumble a day or more late. Then recheck your letters. One misread letter can make a correct answer look wrong.

Yes. The Sunday Jumble is larger, with more scrambled words and a longer final answer. See our [comparison section] above for Sunday Jumble answers and the key differences.