Today's JumbleFix word of the day for September 3, 2026 is a 5-letter word to learn, unscramble, and play with.
Today's word
The word of the day for September 3, 2026 is NAVEL.
The word 'navel' in today's puzzle means that little belly button, the scar where you were once tethered to your first life support.
So the answer to 'center of attention' was staring you right in the gut, and you still took a pass.
Meaning
Part of speech: n..
- n.: A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.
- n.: The central part or point of anything; the middle.
- n.: An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
- n.: a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton"
- n.: the center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"
Letter hint
Scrambled letters: AELVN. It has 2 vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and no repeated letters.
Practice with this word
- Open the dictionary entry for senses and related words.
- Paste the scramble into the word unscrambler and hunt for NAVEL.
- Related words: BELLYBUTTON, OMPHALOS, OMPHALUS, UMBILICUS.
FAQ
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JumbleFix picks a deterministic active lexicon word (5 to 8 letters) that already has a dictionary sense for each Eastern calendar date.
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