Daily Jumble Cartoon Answer — EARNHISSTRIPES
From the Daily Jumble cartoon on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. The cartoon clue and its punchline answer revealed.
When he asked to move up in rank the general told the zebra he had to —
About this cartoon answer
The cartoon clue “When he asked to move up in rank the general told the zebra he had to —” appeared in the Daily Jumble on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. The punchline answer is EARNHISSTRIPES — a 14-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 March 17, 2026 answers page.