How children might describe dad jokes

The answer to “How children might describe dad jokes” in the Wall Street Journal crossword is LAME — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on July 28, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 10-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“How children might describe dad jokes” answer

LAME (4 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is LAME.

Why the answer is LAME

A kid might roll their eyes and call these painfully corny 😬

What does LAME mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of LAME is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “How children might describe dad jokes” appeared?

Wall Street Journal reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 28, 2026 (most recent) → LAME. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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