Unscramble YERGES: Letters, Definition, and Answer
YERGES unscrambles to GEYSER, a 6-letter noun from Sunday Jumble Answers Today: October 4, 2026. Repeated letters: E (×2).
How to crack YERGES
GEY- is an unusual opening, and that's what makes this hard. Spell GEYSER with the Y in the middle and -SER at the end. Starting with GREY or a -GES ending wastes time.
Letter map: YERGES → GEYSER
| Position in GEYSER | Letter | Tile in YERGES | Circled for the caption |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | 4 | Yes |
| 2 | E | 2 | Yes |
| 3 | Y | 1 | Yes |
| 4 | S | 6 | — |
| 5 | E | 5 | — |
| 6 | R | 3 | — |
What does GEYSER mean?
GEYSER (noun): a hot spring in which water intermittently boils and erupts, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air. Example: “Tourists gathered before dawn to watch the geyser erupt right on schedule.”
Similar: hot spring, spout, fountain.
Did you know? "Geyser" comes from "Geysir," the name of a specific hot spring in Iceland whose own name means "to gush," and it later became the generic English term for all such features.
How GEYSER fits the puzzle
GEYSER circles G, E and Y: the G of GOOD, the E of IDEA and the Y of CLEARLY.
Its circled letters feed the caption answer, CLEARLY A GOOD IDEA.
Other words in YERGES
37 shorter dictionary words can be made from a subset of these tiles:
EGERSEYERSEYRESGREESGREYSGYRESREGESSERGEEERYEGERERGSEYEREYESEYREGEESGREEGREYGYREREESREGSRYESSEERSEREEREERGERSEYEGEEGEYREEREGRESRYESEESEGSERYES
The rest of this puzzle
- ALMPAI → IMPALA (a slender African antelope known for its reddish-brown coat and ability to leap great distances)
- OIHDAR → HAIRDO (the style in which a person's hair has been cut or arranged)
- HROCCS → SCORCH (to burn the surface of something slightly so as to discolor or damage it)
- YPSELE → SLEEPY (feeling or showing a need or desire for sleep)
- NROIDO → INDOOR (situated, used, or done inside a building rather than in the open air)
- ALAAIDCORLEDOGEY → CLEARLY A GOOD IDEA (used to say that, in hindsight, a choice or action was obviously the smart or sensible one)
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