This page covers the Jumble puzzle for October 18, 2026: its six scrambled words and its final answer. The three hints for each scrambled word are folded below from lightest to strongest, and the answers follow the hints.
The scrambled words are YLUJOF, NYITDA, LIOSPH, TLIFEU, OCNGAC and NHDELA.
Jumble Hints for October 18, 2026
Open the hints for one word at a time. Each scrambled word has three hints, and each hint gives away more than the one before it.
Jumble 1: YLUJOF
Hint 1 · feeling adjective
This adjective belongs to feelings.
Hint 2 · first letter
The word starts with the letter J.
Hint 3 · feeling or effect
Feeling or causing happiness.
Jumble 2: NYITDA
Hint 1 · appearance adjective
This adjective belongs to appearance and style.
Hint 2 · first letter
The word starts with the letter D.
Hint 3 · size and appearance
Elegant, delicately small, and pretty.
Jumble 3: LIOSPH
Hint 1 · cleaning verb
This verb belongs to cleaning and surface care.
Hint 2 · first letter
The word starts with the letter P.
Hint 3 · surface action
To make a surface smooth or shiny by rubbing it.
Jumble 4: TLIFEU
Hint 1 · effort adjective
This adjective belongs to efforts and their results.
Hint 2 · first letter
The word starts with the letter F.
Hint 3 · chance of success
Unable to produce results or succeed.
Jumble 5: OCNGAC
Hint 1 · drink noun
This noun belongs to drinks.
Hint 2 · first letter
The word starts with the letter C.
Hint 3 · specific drink
A brandy distilled from white wine in a region of France.
Jumble 6: NHDELA
Hint 1 · object noun
This noun belongs to tools and everyday objects.
Hint 2 · first letter
The word starts with the letter H.
Hint 3 · object part
The part of an object designed to be held when it is used or moved.
Final Answer Hints
The final answer is made from the circled letters of the six solved words. In the game, a cartoon and its caption point to that answer; this page does not show them, and the hints below use only the letters.
Hint 1 · word lengths
The final answer has three words. Their lengths in letters, in order, are 7, 4 and 5.
Hint 2 · circled letters
The circled letters, listed in alphabetical order, are A, A, C, E, F, G, I, I, L, L, L, N, N, O, P, T.
Hint 3 · first letters
The words of the final answer start, in order, with the letters F, I and P.
Jumble Answers for October 18, 2026
The unscrambled words and the final answer are hidden in two folds below. Open them after guessing.
Jumble word answers for October 18, 2026
- YLUJOF = JOYFUL: Joyful means feeling or causing joy. Circled letters: O, F
- NYITDA = DAINTY: Dainty can mean elegant, delicately small, and pretty. Circled letters: A, I
- LIOSPH = POLISH: Polish can mean making a surface smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding. Circled letters: P, L, I
- TLIFEU = FUTILE: Futile means unable to produce results or doomed to fail. Circled letters: T, L, E
- OCNGAC = COGNAC: Cognac is a brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac, France. Circled letters: C, G, N
- NHDELA = HANDLE: A handle is the part of an object designed to be held when it is used or moved. Circled letters: A, N, L
Final Jumble answer for October 18, 2026
FALLING INTO PLACE
Yesterday’s Jumble answers for October 17, 2026
TALLY, PUPIL, BUSHEL, NUGGET
Final answer: BIG LEAGUES
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Questions about Jumble
How is Jumble played?
Unscramble each group of letters to form an ordinary word, with one letter in each square. Some squares have a circle. Arrange the circled letters to form the final answer, which the cartoon and its caption point to.
When does Jumble change to a new puzzle?
A new online puzzle arrives at midnight in the player’s own time zone. The Monday-to-Saturday puzzle has four scrambled words, and the Sunday puzzle has six.
Where can a person play Jumble?
Play Jumble in a web browser on the Chicago Tribune’s games site.
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