Jumble Answers for 10/17/2024

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GTTHI = TIGHT

OFTRN = FRONT

ATGSRI = GRATIS

NOOLGB = OBLONG

CARTOON ANSWER:

THEY TRIED TO MAKE A WORD FROM THE JUMBLED LETTERS BUT GOT – – –

THT FON GRIS OON = NOTHING OF (THE) SORT

24 thoughts on “Jumble Answers for 10/17/2024”

  1. Good Morning, Everyone…🔠 WORD PLAY – SORT OF 🔠

    🎶It’s only WORDS…and WORDS are all I have”…🎶…”Words” – Bee Gees 1968  https://tinyurl.com/4pesam6f

    🔠 They’re both retired now so there’s no schedule that’s TIGHT,

    They can enjoy their paper FRONT to back, morning til night…

    They ‘specially enjoy puzzles, some OBLONG and some square,

    (The paper’s hardly GRATIS…but they do see their way clear)

    We see our woman stymied and her husband gives support…

    But it still looks like they’ve come up with NOTHING OF THE SORT…🔠

    I’ve read of players who use different techniques to unscramble Jumble words. Putting letters into a circle, as our guy suggests here, separating vowels and consonants, etc. TBH, I can’t SPELL IT OUT for you, since I’ve never reSORTED to anything of the like = SORT…No…I do NOTHING OF THE SORT…

    So…Today, we see a woman, enjoying coffee in an “I ❤️Jumble” mug, doing her morning puzzles. And being stuck on the letters, Z I R A D V, which do SPELL the word, “Vizard” https://tinyurl.com/yrmtwvmt and trying to SORT it out, her husband suggests that she put the letters into a circle, in order to “associate” = SORT them…Did it work? Did they instead get the puzzle’s solution and then know what letters they needed?…Did they throw in the towel? Who knows…We’ve no DEFINEitive answer here…But it seems like they may have made NOTHING of it…NOTHING OF THE SORT… https://tinyurl.com/yey5v5vy

    Jeff’s💎Gems? The Jumble mug is always a welcome sight…we all need that coffee to get us through a morning’s GRIND…But that puzzle page? Amazing…At top, we have “Boggle Brain Busters”, https://tinyurl.com/mu5xv2a3 in EDITION to “Up & Down Words”, … https://tinyurl.com/3n92x3mz  two more of David’s creations. Next to the Jumble, a Search-A-Word, and at the bottom a Crossword puzzle. And if you look real, real closely, you’ll see that the puzzle our couple is trying to solve is one from December 13th, 2021. https://tinyurl.com/2p8s2uu6 …Comes to Jeff’s cartoons? IMO? …There are no WORDS…

    So…There you have it Folks…Done. Have a good one. Be well, be kind, stay safe…And this puzzle reminds me of my friend, who while doing a Crossword puzzle the other day asked me “What’s a 7-letter word meaning “easily perceived” that starts with “O”? “Isn’t it OBVIOUS”? I said…”No”, he answered, “that’s why I’m asking”… 🎤 🔢🙋🏻‍♀️ 

    …And continued prayers for those facing the devastation of Helene and Milton…🙏🏻

  2. 🤷🏻‍♀️Despite the OBLONG table cover being GRATIS, she turned down the offer…saying “NOTHING OF THE SORT”, since it was made way too TIGHT at the FRONT…🤷🏻‍♀️

    👎🏻The FRONT office got very TIGHT, the furniture ill fit,
    Despite the two desks GRATIS, they didn’t make a hit…
    The OBLONG shapes just didn’t work…comfort’s coming up short…
    Work under these conditions?…No, NOTHING OF THE SORT…👎🏻

  3. …AND IN OTHER WORDS…🔠🙋🏻‍♀️

    TIGHT: Last used – 1/31/2024 as GHITT

    FRONT: Last used – 4/24/2024 as RNFOT

    GRATIS: Last used – 9/15/2024 as TASGIR

    OBLONG: Last used – 9/21/2023 as Same anagarm

    NOTHING OF (THE) SORT: Last used – New solution

    …ANAGRAM HISTORY…🔠🙋🏻‍♀️

    GTTHI: Used on – New anagram

    OFTRN: Used on – New anagram

    ATGSRI: Used on – New anagram

    NOOLGB: Used on – 9/21/2023

    THTFONGRISOON: Used on – New anagram

    • In honor of pasta day, we’re having my mother’s poor man’s version spaghetti dinner tonight. Boil the noodles, fry ground meat then combine the pasta with the meat and mix in a sauce consisting of tomato soup , my favorite spaghetti dinner. Chuck.

  5. ☕️🖊️There are those who just can’t start their day,
    Without Jumble and other word play…
    So with coffee and pen,
    That’s how they begin…
    Won’t have it any other way…🖊️☕️

    🔠Taking letters and making them blend, 
    With techniques as a means to the end…
    Use whatever it takes,
    For those word codes to break…
    It’s to detail that one must attend…🔠

    🔠 Comes to Jumble, the challenge each day,
    Is to unscramble David’s array…
    Of letters that he’s “chose”,
    He’s “wordy”…not verbose…
    With the game that’s become a mainstay…🔠

    🤷🏻‍♀️And today we see a Jumble fan,
    Who is doing the best that she can…
    But a word has her stumped,
    Wonder if she triumphed…
    With the help that she received from her man…🤷🏻‍♀️

    👍🏻Comes to Jumble it takes some prowess, 
    It’s a lot more than simply a guess…
    Hope our girl did hold tight,
    ‘Til she got the word right…
    And earned herself Jumble success!👍🏻

  6. Good morning. It took a minute to come up with Gratis but I enjoy that challenge in the morning. Just like the couple in today’s Jumble, I do all of the puzzles in the paper and yes Angela, I solve them in ink ! Thank you for the link to The Bee Gees and the fun post today. Stan

  7. No issue with the puzzle today. Like that you pointed out how some separate out the vowels, that is my method. Also, actually came up with “Vizard” but didn’t know it was a real word. The only thought that popped into my head is that perhaps it would be the way Mel Brooks would prononce ‘Wizard’ in one of his comedies. Now I know.

  8. I got a little thirsty today ! Had a hard time with two of the anagrams ! GRATIS and OBLONG ! The jumble was really cool to be about a jumble , but it was one that I couldn’t solve ! What eases the pressure is your song choice and your description of Jeff’s gems and the keys of the jumble ! I’m gonna slow down and study hard , so let’s bring it TGIF !

  9. Good morning. I was able to get the words with a pause on Gratis. On the cartoon answer I was stuck and using my phone I was able to come up with the answer after coming up with all the possible words. It still took some time to solve it. Loved your song choice Angela. Until tomorrow take care.

      • Traveling and getting to Jumble late. Solved the anagrams but couldn’t put anything together for an answer. TGIF will be here soon. Terry

  10. HARD PUZZLE TODAY . USED MY DICTIONARY TO GET ALL MEANINGS of the word SORT. BINGO.

  11. From the tally, I can see I am in good company being stumped by the multi lettered cartoon jumble. Chuck.

  12. VERY GOOD today, except for using word “SORT “(I thought, In answer to the puzzle, but then as I read on, I now thank you for reading your very well written enjoyable description☝️😊

  13. Harder puzzle today. GRATIS took some effort. I saw NOTHING right away, but found that I had thigh instead of TIGHT for the first anagram. After fixing that I found the answer.

      • Angela:

        Thank you. I’ve been getting my Jumbles on line through the Arkansas Gazette. That part with the
        “the” appears on the screen but not when I print it. I sent them a note. No big deal. I just need to look before I print. Thanks for your help.

        Scott

        • You’re welcome, Scott. Almost always when David provides the word THE, it doesn’t reflect on the online versions of the papers published under the Tribune umbrella. There’s no circles for it because the three letters aren’t given in any of the words. You can see here, in the Texarkana Gazette, https://tinyurl.com/34aae9zn that it’s the same case. The word appears in the gray shaded area under the cartoon, but when you go to print, the box disappears.
          The link I provided is from my NY print paper…their online version too is without the word or the circles….And yes, without reading closely before printing, the letters you’ve gleaned from the day’s words alone won’t give you the solve.

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