home of "The Grand Old Duke" 7 Little Words

Latest answer — September 13, 2026

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Clue explained

YORK is the place named in the nursery rhyme “The Grand Old Duke of York,” whose duke famously marched his men up and down. The clue uses “home” to point to the place associated with that title.

Clue type:
Pop culture
Historic streets and medieval city walls in York, England.

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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Recent 7 Little Words Answers

The last 7 days of solutions

The answer to home of "The Grand Old Duke" in 7 Little Words is YORKa 4-letter word from Puzzle 5, most recently Sunday, September 13, 2026. If this is the one clue standing between you and a finished board, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, how to build it from that puzzle's tiles, and links to the day's other clues if more than one is giving you trouble.

home of "The Grand Old Duke"” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “home of "The Grand Old Duke"” (most recently Sunday, September 13, 2026, Puzzle 5) is:

YORK·4 letters

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

When else has “home of "The Grand Old Duke"” appeared?

  • September 13, 2026 (most recent) → YORK

Why the answer is YORK

Think of the place named in the title of that famous marching nursery rhyme 🥁

How to build YORK 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 13, 2026 are:

YO · RK · PAT · HOS · TEL · EG · RAP · HS · CHI · LLI · NG · CYM · BID · IUM · TRA · NSI · ENCE · TW · EET · ED

YORK is built by combining the tiles YO · RK in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in YORK 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 13, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the September 13, 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 Sunday puzzle.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “home of "The Grand Old Duke"” in 7 Little Words?

The answer is YORK, a 4-letter word from Puzzle 5, most recently Sunday, September 13, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “home of "The Grand Old Duke"”?

4 letters: YORK.

Which tiles spell YORK?

The tiles YO · RK combine to spell YORK, drawn from Puzzle 5's shared tile bank.

Can “home of "The Grand Old Duke"” have a different 7 Little Words answer?

Blue Ox can reuse a clue on another date, and the tile bank differs each day, so the answer that fits can change.

What time does 7 Little Words reset?

Every day at midnight Eastern Time. We post each day's answers as soon as the new puzzles go live.

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