Daily Jumble answers — today's puzzle and full archive
Today's verified Daily Jumble: all four scrambled words, the final scramble, and the cartoon punchline. Plus the complete daily archive going back through every published puzzle.
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All four scrambled words, the final scramble, and the cartoon punchline for May 13, 2026.
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About Daily Jumble
Daily Jumble is one of the most widely syndicated word puzzles in the world, originally created by Martin Naydel in 1954 and now distributed by Tribune Content Agency. It has been published in newspapers in nearly every major US city for over 70 years and now appears in the official Jumble app and online edition.
Each daily puzzle has six pieces: four scrambled words of varying length, a cartoon with a punchline-style clue, and a final scramble built from circled letters in the four word-answers. Solving the four words reveals the letters needed for the final, and the final unscrambles into the cartoon's punchline.
This archive contains every Daily Jumble we've indexed, with each puzzle's four word answers, the final scramble setup, and the cartoon punchline all verified. Each individual word also has its own permanent page so you can search a specific scramble.
How to play Daily Jumble
Open jumble.com, the Jumble app, or your daily newspaper's puzzle page. Each puzzle has four scrambled words at the top.
Unscramble each of the four words. Some letters in each word will have circles around them — those are the letters that will eventually spell out a final word.
Look at the cartoon in the middle of the puzzle. It contains a clue or pun, and beneath it is a row of empty spaces — that's the cartoon's punchline answer.
Take all the circled letters from your four solved words and rearrange them to form the punchline that fits the cartoon.
A new puzzle is published every day. Sunday Jumble is bigger — with six scrambles instead of four — and is its own separate puzzle.
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Strategy & tips
Solve in order
Tackle the shortest scramble first
5- and 6-letter scrambles are usually the quickest to crack. Solving them first gives you immediate momentum and often reveals enough circled letters to start guessing the cartoon punchline early.
Common patterns
Look for ING, ED, ER, LY endings
A huge number of Jumble answers end in common suffixes. If you see scrambled letters that include I, N, and G, an -ING ending is very likely. Same for -ED, -ER, -LY.
Cartoon = pun
The cartoon answer is almost always a pun
Jumble's cartoon punchlines play on phrases, idioms, or wordplay. If the cartoon shows a chef and a chicken, the answer probably involves "egg" puns. Read the picture as a setup, not a direct clue.
Anagram tricks
Scan for unusual letters first
If a scramble contains Q, X, Z, or J, that letter strongly limits the word. Q almost always pairs with U; X often appears in EX- prefixes; Z commonly ends words.
Final scramble
Count empty boxes for the cartoon
The cartoon answer's empty boxes tell you the exact length and word breaks. "___ ___ ___" with three groups means three words. Combine that with the circled letters and your guesses narrow fast.
Stuck?
Search a specific scramble here
If you can solve three words but one is blocking the punchline, use the search bar on our homepage. We index every Daily Jumble scramble, so you can type the scrambled letters and find the unscrambled answer.
Frequently asked questions
What is today's Daily Jumble answer?
Today's full Daily Jumble (May 13, 2026) is on the daily archive page — with all four scrambled words, the final scramble, and the cartoon punchline.
What is Daily Jumble?
Daily Jumble is a word puzzle that's been syndicated in newspapers since 1954. Each puzzle has four scrambled words, a cartoon, and a final scramble where you arrange circled letters into the cartoon's punchline.
It's distributed by Tribune Content Agency and appears in hundreds of newspapers worldwide, plus the official jumble.com site and Jumble app.
How does the cartoon answer work?
Each puzzle includes a cartoon with a clue or setup. Below the cartoon are empty boxes representing the punchline answer's letters.
The letters that fill those boxes come from the circled letters in the four scrambled-word answers. Once all four words are solved, you take those circled letters and rearrange them to spell the cartoon's pun-style punchline.
When does a new Daily Jumble release?
A new Daily Jumble is published every day. The puzzle is syndicated to newspapers nationwide and updated on jumble.com and the official app.
We post verified solutions shortly after each new puzzle goes live, so they're available no matter your time zone or paper.
What's the difference between Daily Jumble and Sunday Jumble?
The Daily Jumble (Mon–Sat) has four scrambled words. The Sunday Jumble is bigger — it has six scrambled words instead of four, and the cartoon punchline is correspondingly longer.
This archive primarily indexes the daily edition. Sunday Jumble entries (if available) are listed under the same dates.
Is Daily Jumble free?
Yes — the daily puzzle is free on jumble.com and many newspaper sites. The official Jumble app has a free daily puzzle plus paid puzzle-pack expansions.
Newspaper subscribers also get the daily Jumble as part of their print or digital subscription.
Can I search for a specific scrambled word?
Yes — every Daily Jumble word has its own permanent page on this site. Use the search bar on our homepage to look up a specific scramble (e.g., type "NETIN" to find INTENT).
You can also browse the date archive above to find a specific puzzle.
Are these answers official?
No. AppWalkthrough is an independent fan site. Jumble is a registered trademark of Tribune Content Agency, and we're not affiliated with the publisher.
We solve and verify each daily puzzle ourselves before publishing.