Daily Jumble Cartoon Answer — SOUNDDECISION
From the Daily Jumble cartoon on Friday, January 9, 2026. The cartoon clue and its punchline answer revealed.
The name chosen for the body of water north of Long Island was a —
About this cartoon answer
The cartoon clue “The name chosen for the body of water north of Long Island was a —” appeared in the Daily Jumble on Friday, January 9, 2026. The punchline answer is SOUNDDECISION — 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 January 9, 2026 answers page.