forest giraffe 7 Little Words

“forest giraffe” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “forest giraffe” (most recently Thursday, September 17, 2026, Puzzle 1) is:

OKAPI·5 letters

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

When else has “forest giraffe” appeared?

• September 17, 2026 (most recent) → OKAPI

Why the answer is OKAPI

This shy, stripe-legged relative of the giraffe hides among dense African trees. 🦒

How to build OKAPI 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 1's tiles for September 17, 2026 are:

GE · MS · TO · NES · MO · OR · ES · NA · ME · QU · AN · DA · RY · DE · ED · ED · OM · AHA · OK · API

OKAPI is built by combining the tiles OK · API in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in OKAPI 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 1's clues for September 17, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• sapphires and diamonds — 9 letters
• Demi and Mandy — 6 letters
• birth certificate blank — 4 letters
• state of uncertainty — 8 letters
• transferred property — 6 letters
• Warren Buffett's hometown — 5 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the September 17, 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.