Daily Jumble Cartoon Answer — LACKLUSTERJOB
From the Daily Jumble cartoon on Thursday, May 21, 2026. The cartoon clue and its punchline answer revealed.
The cartoon clue
His son washed and waxed the car but did a —
Punchline answer
LACKLUSTERJOB
Answer letters13
Vowels4
DateMay 21
TypeCartoon
About this cartoon answer
The cartoon clue “His son washed and waxed the car but did a —” appeared in the Daily Jumble on Thursday, May 21, 2026. The punchline answer is LACKLUSTERJOB — a 13-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 May 21, 2026 answers page.