Daily Jumble Cartoon Answer — FIREDUP
From the Daily Jumble cartoon on Monday, January 12, 2026. The cartoon clue and its punchline answer revealed.
The cartoon clue
After being let go from his job unexpectedly he was —
Punchline answer
FIREDUP
Answer letters7
Vowels3
DateJan 12
TypeCartoon
About this cartoon answer
The cartoon clue “After being let go from his job unexpectedly he was —” appeared in the Daily Jumble on Monday, January 12, 2026. The punchline answer is FIREDUP — a 7-letter word that completes the joke.
The cartoon is the centerpiece of every Daily Jumble. After unscrambling the four word jumbles, you take the circled letters from those answers and rearrange them to spell the punchline. The wordplay almost always hinges on a pun or double meaning. The full puzzle for this date — all four scrambled words plus this cartoon — is on the January 12, 2026 answers page.