dig for dirt 7 Little Words

“dig for dirt” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “dig for dirt” (most recently Thursday, September 10, 2026, Puzzle 5) is:

MUCKRAKE·8 letters

You can also reveal it one tile at a time above if you'd rather keep some of the challenge.

When else has “dig for dirt” appeared?

• September 10, 2026 (most recent) → MUCKRAKE

Why the answer is MUCKRAKE

Think of someone uncovering embarrassing secrets rather than buried treasure 🔎

How to build MUCKRAKE from the tiles

In 7 Little Words you don't type the answer — you assemble it from the puzzle's shared tile bank, and every tile is used exactly once across all seven answers. Puzzle 5's tiles for September 10, 2026 are:

BI · LI · OUS · PO · RTF · OLI · OS · BRI · EF · EXT · IRP · ATE · HAM · PSH · IRE · MUC · KR · AKE · JEN · NET

MUCKRAKE is built by combining the tiles MUC · KR · AKE in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in MUCKRAKE early also narrows what's left for the other six clues.

More clues from this puzzle

Stuck on another clue? Here are the rest of Puzzle 5's clues for September 10, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• cranky — 7 letters
• stock listings — 10 letters
• taking little time — 5 letters
• pull out by the roots — 9 letters
• southern English county — 9 letters
• female donkey — 6 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the September 10, 2026 answers page, and today's live answers are always one tap from the main 7 Little Words page.

About 7 Little Words

7 Little Words is a daily clue-and-tile puzzle from Blue Ox Technologies. Each board gives seven clues and a bank of two- and three-letter tiles; you spell every answer by combining tiles, using each tile exactly once. Five free puzzles publish every day, resetting at midnight Eastern Time. This was a Thursday puzzle.