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“one running for re-election” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “one running for re-election” (most recently Sunday, August 16, 2026, Puzzle 4) is:

INCUMBENT·9 letters

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

When else has “one running for re-election” appeared?

• August 16, 2026 (most recent) → INCUMBENT

Why the answer is INCUMBENT

The current officeholder campaigning to keep their seat fits this description. 🗳️

How to build INCUMBENT 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 4's tiles for August 16, 2026 are:

PRO · VIS · ORY · SW · AP · CAP · ES · INC · UMB · ENT · MAT · THE · WS · FOU · RPE · NNY · FL · OW · ER · ET

INCUMBENT is built by combining the tiles INC · UMB · ENT in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in INCUMBENT 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 4's clues for August 16, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• conditional — 9 letters
• barter, perhaps — 4 letters
• Batman and Robin wore them — 5 letters
• football great Sir Stanley — 8 letters
• costing 4d or 4p — 9 letters
• bitty bloom — 8 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the August 16, 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.