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HOLDING PATTERN
What These Words Mean
HOLDING PATTERN noun
a state of inaction with no progress and no change - the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land
Solving Jumble Words by Hand
Before reaching for a solver, try these anagram tricks: separate the vowels from the consonants, look for common endings such as -ING, -ED and -LY, test frequent letter pairs (TH, CH, ST, ER), and write the letters in a circle so your brain stops seeing the scrambled order. Most five-letter Jumble words fall to these techniques, and daily practice makes you dramatically faster.
Once you have all four words, the circled letters feed the final cartoon punchline. Enter those circled letters above and the solver will find multi-word answers too. For a full walkthrough see how to play Daily Jumble, or check today's answers.