Daily Jumble Cartoon Answer — BRANDNEWDAY
From the Daily Jumble cartoon on Thursday, January 8, 2026. The cartoon clue and its punchline answer revealed.
When Blue Ribbon Sports changed its name to Nike it was a —
About this cartoon answer
The cartoon clue “When Blue Ribbon Sports changed its name to Nike it was a —” appeared in the Daily Jumble on Thursday, January 8, 2026. The punchline answer is BRANDNEWDAY — a 11-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 8, 2026 answers page.