Daily Jumble Cartoon Answer — EARLYVERSION
From the Daily Jumble cartoon on Thursday, January 29, 2026. The cartoon clue and its punchline answer revealed.
The first draft of her new novel that she turned in ahead of schedule was an —
About this cartoon answer
The cartoon clue “The first draft of her new novel that she turned in ahead of schedule was an —” appeared in the Daily Jumble on Thursday, January 29, 2026. The punchline answer is EARLYVERSION — a 12-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 29, 2026 answers page.