The ping-pong-playing horses were enjoying their game of —

Cartoon answer

The final Jumble answer for the cartoon The ping-pong-playing horses were enjoying their game of — (Thursday, September 3, 2026) is:

'STABLETENNIS·12 letters (STABLETENNIS)

Reveal it one tile at a time above if you'd rather keep the challenge. Or unscramble ANLNSEESTBIT to see every word those circled letters can spell.

Why the answer is 'STABLETENNIS

Because it's the cartoon's pun — the circled letters from the four scrambled words rearrange into a phrase that lands the joke the caption sets up.

That's the whole point of the Jumble cartoon: the circled letters from the four word-scrambles rearrange into a phrase that lands the joke the drawing sets up.

The words that build this answer

The circled letters come from the Sep 3, 2026 scrambles. Solve these and you'll have every letter you need for STABLETENNIS:

See the full Sep 3, 2026 puzzle for the complete solution and the cartoon.

How the Daily Jumble cartoon works

The cartoon is the centerpiece of every Daily Jumble. After you unscramble the four words, you take the circled letters and rearrange them into the caption's punchline — a pun on whatever the cartoon is showing. It's created by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek for Tribune Content Agency.