Jumble Crossword (Chicago Tribune)
A small daily crossword where every answer comes with its letters scrambled.
Every day: The syndicated Jumble Crossword of the day: a small crossword where every answer is also given as scrambled letters, the same puzzle for every player. New puzzle: Once a day; the site does not state the time.
Jumble Crossword Daily mixes the Jumble word scramble with a small crossword. Each answer has a normal clue plus its own letters in jumbled order, so you can solve it as an anagram or from the definition. The Chicago Tribune hosts the daily puzzle free on its Fun & Games site.
About Jumble Crossword (Chicago Tribune)
Jumble is the newspaper word scramble created in 1954 and now produced by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek for Tribune Content Agency. The Jumble Crossword is its crossword spin-off, syndicated daily, and the Chicago Tribune's Fun & Games site carries it under the name Jumble Crossword Daily. The game page says Hoyt meshes interesting facts, wordplay and creative visual tricks into each puzzle.
The grid is small. Every answer comes with two kinds of help: an ordinary clue and the answer's letters, scrambled. You can unscramble the letters, solve from the clue, or use the crossing words, and most players mix all three. The same daily puzzle is carried by other outlets that license it, such as CNN's games page.
The game plays in the browser on the Tribune's games portal, free with ads and without an account. The same site also hosts the classic daily Jumble and the larger Sunday Jumble.
It is gentler than a standard crossword because the scrambled letters nearly always give the answer away, so it makes a good first puzzle of the day or a crossword for younger solvers.
How to play Jumble Crossword (Chicago Tribune)
- Open Jumble Crossword Daily on fun.chicagotribune.com.
- Pick an answer in the grid and read its clue and its scrambled letters.
- Unscramble the letters to find the word, using the clue to confirm it.
- Type the answer; crossing words help with the trickier ones.
- Fill every answer to complete the day's grid.
Tips
- Solve the shortest scrambles first; they unlock crossing letters fast.
- If an anagram has two possible words, the clue settles it.
- Common endings such as -ING, -ED and -ER help place scrambled letters.
- Play the classic daily Jumble on the same site afterwards.
Questions
Who makes the Jumble Crossword?
It is a Jumble puzzle from Tribune Content Agency; the Tribune's game page credits David Hoyt.
Is it free?
Yes. It plays free in the browser with ads and needs no account.
Is it the same puzzle as on other sites?
Yes. The daily Jumble Crossword is syndicated, so other outlets such as CNN carry the same puzzle.
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