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This jumble is from July 24 2013. The cartoon shows a drummer and a guitarist, the caption is: "Even though it was plugged in, the electric guitar without strings was ----" Look carefully at the cartoon, the connection between the guitar and the amplifier is very bold, and plugged in and electric are clues. Also, answers are always word-plays.

The words are:

HOCEK
SIDAY
PLESEY
TEFRAH

As always, if you can un-Jumble any word by inspection, do so!

HOCEK

Three consonants, six permutations: CHK CKH HCK HKC KCH KHC. Only CHK and KCH are pronouncable, CHK suggests CHOKE. Note that CHOKE ends with e, one of the most common end letters.

C & O & E are circled, so caption is COE _ _ _ _ _ _; 6 letters to go.

SIDAY has a Y, leave it at the end. DAISY pops out. D & S are circled; caption is now COEDS  _ _ _ _; 4 letters to go.

PLESEY has a Y, leave it at the end. Consonants are PLS with permutations PSL SLP SPL LPS LSP. EE is a frequent double vowel, together with SLP and Y you get SLEEPY. S & L are circled, now caption is CODESSL  _ _; 2 letters to go.

TEFRAH has 4 consonants TFRH, but TH is a frequent consonant pair so try:

THFR THRF RFTH RTHF FTHR FRTH with vowels A & E. If you sound out FTHR it sounds like " "feather" (too many letters) or FATHER (correct!). H & R are circled, and caption is now:
CODES-SLHR. You can use one of the most common consonant pairs SS with L and E to make:

CODHR - LESS

Now, looking at the cartoon we see a cord is emphasized, and the words electric and guitar occur. We could try CORD-LESS with an H left over, but since word-play almost always happens, stick the H after C and get CHORD-LESS.

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Letter frequency:

Y often at end of word: used in DAISY and SLEEPY.

EE frequently occurs, used in SLEEPY.



Letters and letter combinations that often occur at the end of words: Y, ED, ING. Half of all words end with E T D S. E used in CHOKE.

If there are 3 consonants in a word, there are six permutations: for example, WXZ, WZX, XWZ, XZW, ZWX and ZXW. Used in CHOKE and SLEEPY; CHK and SLP.

If there are 4 consonants in a word, try consonant pairs such as LL or SH, if available. Most common consonant pairs: TH ND ST LL SS TT FF RR NN PP CC. TH in FATHER.

More to follow.