Year archive
Phrazle 2026 Answers
Every phrase published in 2026, month by month
470 phrases across 235 days in 2026. Both phrases are printed beside their date, so a phrase you half-remember can be found by reading rather than clicking.
470Phrases in 2026
235Days in 2026
8Months covered
2,906Phrases in total
Year archive
Phrazle 2026 Answers
470 phrases across 235 days in 2026, morning and afternoon, with every phrase printed beside its date. Jump to the full archive or the Phrazle hub.
JJanuary 202631 days
January 1
A Day Late and a Dollar Short / Sticky Wicket
January 2
Up the Ante / face the music
January 3
Extenuating Circumstances / as a rule of thumb
January 4
with a fine toothed comb / Piqued My Interest
January 5
Giddy Up / A Pound of Flesh
January 6
Faint of Heart / A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
January 7
Tie the Knot / a Race Against Time
January 8
In Hot Water / the birds and the bees
January 9
Get Out Of Dodge / Curry Favor
January 10
Flat Broke / spill the beans
January 11
I Was Robbed / all your eggs in one basket
January 12
rain on my parade / take it with a grain of salt
January 13
Good Grief / spice things up
January 14
Sneak Peek / an old hand
January 15
Yes Man / Round Robin
January 16
a gray area / Birds of A Feather
January 17
roll out the red carpet / put your thinking cap on
January 18
Ace in the Hole / Making Ends Meet
January 19
Cash Strapped / Mind your Ps and Qs
January 20
A green thumb / in the dog house
January 21
Get Out Of Jail Free Card / Going Cold Turkey
January 22
Rule of Thumb / Mums the Word
January 23
pull up your socks / Across The Board
January 24
letting my hair down / Dumpster Fire
January 25
egging me on / Passing the Buck
January 26
put a sock in it / off the cuff
January 27
All Things Being Equal / out to lunch
January 28
Salt of the Earth / In a Jam
January 29
go to bat for / a Banner Year
January 30
out of the woods / Finger Pointing
January 31
Be All and End All / Come Out in the Wash
FFebruary 202628 days
February 1
calling the shots / Think Tank
February 2
green with envy / Nest Egg
February 3
wearing my heart on my sleeve / in a nutshell
February 4
After The Fact / Silence is Golden
February 5
hit the road / Hunker Down
February 6
a cup of joe / All Over The Place
February 7
Live Long and Prosper / First Dibs
February 8
hat trick / Learning the Ropes
February 9
get into the full swing / horsing around
February 10
Great Minds Think Alike / Kit and Caboodle
February 11
Dead As A Doornail / All It is Cracked Up To Be
February 12
Ahead Of The Game / And Bob is Your Uncle
February 13
Dressed to the Nines / Ball And Chain
February 14
Pinch Pennies / Crunching the Numbers
February 15
Fingers Crossed / Practice Makes Perfect
February 16
a card up my sleeve / Ahead Of The Curve
February 17
Survival of the Fittest / Loose Lips Sink Ships
February 18
Crocodile Tears / Silver Tongue
February 19
Last But Not Least / Priced Out of the Market
February 20
hit below the belt / On the Bubble
February 21
Taking a Flyer / Spur of the Moment
February 22
keeping your head above water / Ins and Outs
February 23
The Powers That Be / Hair of the Dog
February 24
roll up your sleeves / Woe Is Me
February 25
Lo And Behold / Houston We Have A Problem
February 26
My Two Cents / my bread and butter
February 27
A Moot Point / head over heels
February 28
I will Be Your Huckleberry / Red in Tooth and Claw
MMarch 202631 days
March 1
Fair Winds and Following Seas / Movers and Shakers
March 2
Tried And True / A sticking Point
March 3
The World Is Your Oyster / I am Checked Out
March 4
Cut me Some Slack / stick your neck out
March 5
All Riled Up / keep it zipped
March 6
telling white lies / Moving Up in the World
March 7
the gravy train / barking up the wrong tree
March 8
Chop Chop / kill two birds with one stone
March 9
Fight Fire with Fire / a bun in the oven
March 10
head in the clouds / Fig Leaf
March 11
Cut to the Chase / An Uphill Climb
March 12
the Calm Before The Storm / taking a cat nap
March 13
a fair weather friend / Nickel and Dimed
March 14
Sleep Tight / Right Hand Man
March 15
Jack Of All Trades / Short End of the Stick
March 16
black and blue / a bee in my bonnet
March 17
A Change of Heart / Paint the Town Red
March 18
out of the blue / Getting Sacked
March 19
Silver Lining / you Hit the Nail on the Head
March 20
black sheep / Thick as Thieves
March 21
The Bearer Of Bad News / Deliver the Goods
March 22
Off The Beaten Path / Hand Over Fist
March 23
seeing red / Err on the Side of Caution
March 24
Pretty Penny / Pay Through the Nose
March 25
Double Dipping / Bury the Hatchet
March 26
To No Avail / The Dynamic Duo
March 27
All Told / riding my coattails
March 28
A Clarion Call / over my dead body
March 29
Take It to the Bank / Put Me In My Place
March 30
show your true colors / On The Nose
March 31
Race Against The Clock / All Hands on Deck
AApril 202630 days
April 1
Hook Line And Sinker / born with a silver spoon
April 2
When It Rains It Pours / White Elephant
April 3
a piece of cake / have my cake and eat it too
April 4
Eat Your Heart Out / Sold On Something
April 5
Wax Poetic / Back And Forth
April 6
Tongue in Cheek / Skinny Dipping
April 7
my flesh and blood / a golden opportunity
April 8
That is All Folks / rat race
April 9
black and white / No Rest for The Wicked
April 10
For Better or For Worse / play it by ear
April 11
By Hook or By Crook / make a beeline
April 12
pulling my leg / Thank God It is Friday
April 13
Drive a Wedge Between / Bet your Bottom Dollar
April 14
handle with kid gloves / i am all ears
April 15
Pipe Dream / my Back is Against the Wall
April 16
Home Is Where The Heart Is / Slings And Arrows
April 17
tip my hat / Double Edged Sword
April 18
At my Beck And Call / Rubber Stamp
April 19
lend me a hand / get it off your chest
April 20
The Last Straw / Light At The End Of The Tunnel
April 21
Raising Red Flags / It Was A Dark and Stormy Night
April 22
Curiosity Killed the Cat / cat got your tongue
April 23
Burning the Midnight Oil / Business as Usual
April 24
Put me on the Spot / crying over spilled milk
April 25
Tilting At Windmills / copy cat
April 26
Read Between the Lines / my lips are sealed
April 27
Knock on Wood / All That Glitters Is Not Gold
April 28
Taken Aback / Stay Tuned
April 29
Light a Fire Under him / Knight in Shining Armor
April 30
Measure Up / caught red handed
MMay 202631 days
May 1
Give and Take / Be There or Be Square
May 2
getting the green light / Trials And Tribulations
May 3
Close But No Cigar / Halcyon Days
May 4
Driving a Hard Bargain / Off the Hook
May 5
On the Shoulders of Giants / Misery Loves Company
May 6
buckle down / The Whole Nine Yards
May 7
All Things Considered / at the drop of a hat
May 8
Grasping At Straws / over the hill
May 9
Hustle And Bustle / Sticker Shock
May 10
the cream of the crop / The Elephant in the Room
May 11
Two a Penny / Tools Of The Trade
May 12
passing with flying colors / Sweeten the Deal
May 13
A Silver Bullet / A Blank Check
May 14
on cloud nine / Deep Pockets
May 15
buy it for a Song / ants in your pants
May 16
a Line in the Sand / Heads Will Roll
May 17
A Bad Apple / going downhill
May 18
Tooth and Nail / Diamond In the Rough
May 19
Cutting Corners / below the belt
May 20
The Whole Shebang / cost an arm and a leg
May 21
i am tickled pink / Chicken out
May 22
Flying by the Seat of My Pants / Living the Dream
May 23
a sweet tooth / In the Works
May 24
Pomp and Circumstance / Do As I Say Not As I Do
May 25
All Is Fair In Love And War / Big Deal
May 26
Think Outside the Box / blow the competition away
May 27
Hanging on by a Thread / Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
May 28
up the creek / beet red
May 29
one smart cookie / Up To Par
May 30
A Chip On Your Shoulder / let the cat out of the bag
May 31
playing hot potato / dig deep
JJune 202630 days
June 1
Cat Burglar / Get Down to Brass Tacks
June 2
Ebb And Flow / Crash and Burn
June 3
cry your heart out / Two Peas In A Pod
June 4
Skin in the Game / in the dark
June 5
Walk The Plank / Rain Check
June 6
To Each Their Own / the apple of my eye
June 7
Out of Work / raining cats and dogs
June 8
There is The Rub / hit the hay
June 9
a second wind / Cut the Gordian Knot
June 10
Coming to Terms With / You Are What You Eat
June 11
Up in the Air / Shot In The Dark
June 12
Par For The Course / Red Tape
June 13
Money Talks / Sea Change
June 14
My Achilles Heel / Seize The Day
June 15
Cash and Carry / Hang In There
June 16
Start with a Clean Slate / Beck And Call
June 17
Open Sesame / selling like hot cakes
June 18
Ignorance Is Bliss / the big cheese
June 19
Turning on a Dime / taking the red eye
June 20
Flotsam and Jetsam / pig out
June 21
on a silver platter / A Chunk of Change
June 22
Hasta La Vista Baby / getting cold feet
June 23
Big Picture / Take It or Leave It
June 24
for Whom the Bell Tolls / Pound Sand
June 25
Burn the Candle at Both Ends / Stupid Is As Stupid Does
June 26
Long in the Tooth / On A Roll
June 27
Pencil me In / An eager beaver
June 28
keep an eye on it / Get To Grips With
June 29
A Good Bang for Your Buck / Stumbling Block
June 30
keep your chin up / Wrapped Around Your Finger
JJuly 202631 days
July 1
In the Red / Fish or Cut Bait
July 2
Back to the Drawing Board / My Cup Runneth Over
July 3
Lickety Split / down to earth
July 4
Wreak Havoc / Pink Slip
July 5
Standing my Ground / dog days
July 6
A Dime a Dozen / Bite The Bullet
July 7
cool as a cucumber / Shed Some Light
July 8
In the Fullness of Time / In the Pipeline
July 9
Out of the Loop / No Man Is An Island
July 10
by the skin of my teeth / With Bated Breath
July 11
a pat on the back / buttering me up
July 12
not my cup of tea / it makes my blood boil
July 13
The Benefit of the Doubt / the Spur of the Moment
July 14
take a rain check / Death and Taxes
July 15
seeing eye to eye / Blood Is Thicker Than Water
July 16
Jump the Shark / Youth Is Wasted on the Young
July 17
blind sided / as quick as lightning
July 18
Writ Large / the Bane Of My Existence
July 19
On the Lam / a little bird told me
July 20
Get Down to Business / Chalk It Up to
July 21
Double Or Nothing / Tee Off
July 22
earning Brownie Points / a hard nut to crack
July 23
Reach For The Stars / Taking the Edge Off
July 24
Bar None / have the upper hand
July 25
Above Water / Rank and File
July 26
Nip It In the Bud / First and Foremost
July 27
it smells fishy / Cheaper by the Dozen
July 28
Back to the Salt Mines / Kick the Can Down the Road
July 29
Second To None / One Fell Swoop
July 30
burning a hole in my pocket / bursting at the seams
July 31
Sweet Nothings / Back In The Saddle
AAugust 202623 days
August 1
fits like a glove / a fair shake
August 2
Vice Versa / Time Flies
August 3
Preaching to the Choir / A Kangaroo Court
August 4
Back to Square One / All in All
August 5
a stick in the mud / down to the wire
August 6
hit a snag / win by a landslide
August 7
Take for Granted / A Bridge Too Far
August 8
Beyond The Pale / Bare Necessities
August 9
I have Bigger Fish To Fry / The Buck Stops Here
August 10
All Over The Map / Bats in the Belfry
August 11
holy cow / the front runner
August 12
Keep on Trucking / Elevator Pitch
August 13
Crunch Time / Toe The Line
August 14
You Snooze You Lose / Let There Be Light
August 15
Changing of the Guard / Way to Go
August 16
Lock Stock and Barrel / By and Large
August 17
Cross Your Ts And Dot Your Is / Call It a Day
August 18
a run for my money / the Eleventh Hour
August 19
Ahead Of their Time / Vim And Vigor
August 20
dirt cheap / Up for Grabs
August 21
under the weather / go with the flow
August 22
the tip of the iceberg / Penny Pinching
August 23
Go Off The Rails / To Each His Own
Using the archive
Getting Around the Phrazle Archive
01
Both phrases sit on one page
Phrazle runs a morning puzzle and an afternoon one, and they are different boards. Every dated page here carries both, because that is how players ask for them.
02
Scan a year rather than clicking through it
Each phrase is printed beside its date on the year pages, so a phrase you half-remember can be found by reading rather than by opening every day in turn.
03
The pattern is the useful part
Each dated page shows the word count and the letters per word. That is exactly what the board shows you before you solve it, which makes an old answer useful as practice rather than only as a record — browse the full archive.
How to play
How to Solve a Phrazle Phrase
Three guesses of information beats one guess of luck.
STEP 01
Read the shape first
Word lengths are visible before your first guess and rule out most phrases immediately.
STEP 02
Spend guess one on coverage
Open with common letters spread across several words. The first line is for mapping, not for winning.
STEP 03
Move purple letters across words
A purple tile means right letter, wrong word. Re-place it before you change it.
How we check
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify every phrase published in 2026, morning and afternoon
Each phrase is recorded against its published date and checked against the source. The routine is in our methodology and the standards in our editorial policy.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Aug 24, 2026Numbers
Phrazle by the numbers
470Phrases in 2026
235Days in 2026
2,906Phrases in total
5Years covered
Good to know
Phrazle 2026 FAQ
How many Phrazle puzzles were there in 2026?
470 phrases across 235 days — a morning and an afternoon puzzle on each. All are listed below by month.
Can I still play the 2026 phrases?
Not in the game itself — Phrazle replaces its board each session. The answers stay here, with the word and letter pattern of each phrase.
How do I find a phrase I half-remember?
Both phrases are printed next to their date below, so you can scan a whole month at once instead of opening each day. The full archive lists every year.
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