Jumble Puzzle Answers & Hints for Today
Updated on August 6, 2025 by Sacheen Chavan
Why we love Jumble
Jumble has been a morning ritual since the 1950s. You’re given a handful of
scrambled words, you unscramble each one, pluck out the circled letters, and
then use those letters to solve a final cartoon riddle. It’s a mix of
anagramming, puns and lateral thinking. Besides being fun, word puzzles can
sharpen your vocabulary and pattern‑recognition skills. Research suggests that
solving anagrams regularly can improve cognitive flexibility and delay
age‑related memory decline.
Tip: Keep a list of common prefixes (un‑, re‑, pre‑) and
suffixes (‑ing, ‑ed, ‑ly). Spotting them quickly can shorten your
solving time.
How to play (quick refresher)
- Unscramble the daily words. Look for vowel‑consonant patterns and
obvious suffixes. Don’t be afraid to jot down the letters physically;
sometimes rearranging them outside your head helps. - Collect the circled letters. Each unscrambled word has certain
letters marked; these form an anagram for the final cartoon phrase. - Solve the cartoon clue. The riddle usually contains a pun or
common expression. Think about synonyms, homophones and phrases related to
the cartoon.
Strategies for faster solving
- Start with the shortest word. Short scrambles are easier to solve
and may reveal patterns for longer ones. - Group consonants and vowels. For a scramble like
GDOAM, you
can see D‑G‑O‑A‑M. Placing vowels between consonants often reveals the
solution. - Think of related words. The clue often hints at the category of each
word (e.g., “a group of organisms living together” – you might think of
colony or community). - Use the final phrase to guide you. If you already have most
circled letters, try to guess the final phrase and then work backward.
Today’s puzzle – August 6, 2025
Here are today’s scrambled words, definitions and solutions. After each
solution you’ll see an explanation of how to arrive at the answer and what
the word means.
| Scramble | Definition / hint | Solution & insight |
|---|---|---|
| AGTLO | To dwell on one’s success or another’s misfortune with self‑satisfaction | GLOAT – look for the familiar ending “loat” by grouping G with LO and then inserting the A and T. A gloat is smug self‑congratulation. |
| GDOAM | A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority | DOGMA – notice the root dog‑ (as in “dogma”) and rearrange the remaining letters to form MA. Dogma refers to a doctrine or belief held to be true. |
| CTDHEA | To disconnect or remove something from a larger whole | DETACH – see the prefix de‑ and suffix ‑tach by grouping DE and TACH. To detach is to separate or disengage. |
| NOLCYO | A group of organisms of one kind living together | COLONY – start with CO, then insert LON and finish with Y. A colony is a community of individuals living in close association. |
Cartoon clue
When the fisherman reeled in a 50‑pound fish of the genus Gadus, he said —
Scrambled phrase: OOMDHCY
Answer: OHMYCOD – a playful twist on “oh my God.” The genus Gadus
refers to cod fish, so the fisherman’s exclamation becomes “oh my cod!” when
unscrambled.
Bonus: exploring the words
- Gloat comes from the Middle English glouten meaning “to stare
attentively.” Today it describes triumphantly dwelling on success or
misfortune. - Dogma derives from the Greek dokein (“to seem”), referring to
something that seems true because an authority says so. In everyday
language, dogma is often contrasted with open‑mindedness. - Detach originates from Old French destacher, literally “to un‑fix.”
In both physical and emotional contexts, detaching means letting go. - Colony comes from the Latin colere (“to cultivate or inhabit”).
Colonies can be human settlements or groups of animals, like a colony of
bees.
Previous puzzles at a glance
- August 5, 2025: CURVE, FLUID, UNSURE, FIGURE →
FRIENDS FUR‑EVER. The final cartoon answer riffed on “friends
forever” with a canine pun. - August 4, 2025: SWIRL, DOUGH, BANNER, DOCTOR →
DOWN THE DRAIN. Notice how each word’s definition hints at a
physical object (a swirling motion, dough for baking, a banner at a
fair, a doctor for health). The final phrase plays on where something
disappears. - August 3, 2025: A longer Sunday puzzle with six scrambles –
Fiasco, Window, Influx, Superb, Glitch, Savior – that unscramble to
the final phrase BOUNCING OFF WALLS, describing hyperactive
people.
Related puzzles and brain‑teasers
If you enjoy Jumble, you might love other daily word games. Try your hand at
Wordle, Quordle, NYT Connections or
Spelling Bee – many of which we cover on Gaming ProMax. Word
games flex different mental muscles and keep your vocabulary fresh.
Happy unscrambling, and may your day be as satisfying as a fisherman’s cry of
“oh my cod”!
