Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, January 5, 2026

12:01 am

Rainiqui

Hi all

12:01 am

lshult

good morning

12:03 am

rururocks

Re7

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Hi Ru

12:04 am

ursh

hello all

12:05 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:11 am

cybernan

hi everyone

12:12 am

JoyOh

So7

12:14 am

broll

se 7

12:14 am

broll

& se 8

12:17 am

Gillie

so7

12:17 am

Gillie

oh -called already

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

cybernan

so 7 x2

12:19 am

LucyV

se 6 and se7 that go together

12:20 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:21 am

broll

phantom - adulate

12:22 am

dizgrannie

oh gawd the J 4 is a regular babblet

12:22 am

LucyV

I can't be the only nerd out here who wants 'jawa' to be a word, LOL

12:24 am

cybernan

the j and the right a have me stumped

12:25 am

dcseain

i have an al4 from that a

12:27 am

SummerBreeze44

sp 7

12:28 am

sprite

morning babblers, ready for another round of babble chicken

12:28 am

cybernan

think I've tried every possibility for that ai 4

12:28 am

dcseain

you’ll find the alternative

12:28 am

ursh

au 4 for the right A

12:29 am

cybernan

ty ursh -- was going in circles looking for an ai

12:33 am

dcseain

it takes nene from hawaiian, but not wawa from lenape

12:33 am

cybernan

never heard of lenape

12:35 am

dcseain

tribe and langugue from E Pennsilvania and N New NewJersey. Wawa and nene mean the same thing.

12:35 am

cybernan

crashing - the j will have to wait for tomorrow

12:36 am

cybernan

good night everyone :)

12:38 am

dcseain

bonne so6!

12:40 am

dcseain

whlie mi guitar gently we5

12:47 am

dcseain

ji4 is like a cat noise alt spelling.

1:07 am

MetFan

Half-done, time for sleep. Night all

1:18 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

1:46 am

jbp

a cat noise? I can only think of 2 and neither rhymes with anything I can start with ji

1:47 am

jbp

w noises, but still no rhyme with any J word

3:00 am

Deeha

oh. We are back are we? Another babble free day yesterday

4:28 am

MollyL

I can't believe the rankings are in any way fair anymore with all the time that people haven't been able to play. I am glad the rankings mean zippety-doo-dah to me.

5:17 am

ivesyj

posie

5:18 am

ivesyj

oopss sorry

6:02 am

frogface

Repost not a word?

6:02 am

ChampFit

I entered several re- words that don't work. So annoying!

6:03 am

frogface

I always find re words difficult

6:03 am

ChampFit

Yes...so many options...at least you would think!

7:45 am

Norma

ps

7:53 am

ivesyj

clue of the di 8 plz

7:53 am

rururocks

to spread around like water

7:54 am

rururocks

or funding

7:56 am

ivesyj

not getting it yet does it work off of the di 4 before it

7:56 am

rururocks

no

7:57 am

rururocks

to move money to several locations

8:01 am

ivesyj

great clues but my mind isnt seeing it

8:03 am

rururocks

when water goes over a waterfall and hits the rocks below it is called a di8 -al zone

8:07 am

ivesyj

ok!! got it thks ruru for your patience and clues

8:23 am

Gitel

Seawall

8:24 am

Gitel

Yikes, sorry

8:31 am

BzznBea

Thanks, ru.

8:54 am

crosshair

Ty for the se7/se8, Gitel. :)

8:55 am

crosshair

Good day for Babble as we have another foot of snow coming down this morning. :)

8:57 am

phaeton

brrr

8:59 am

crosshair

It is stunning--as long as you do not need to go anywhere. Four feet of snow in the same number of days is pretty intense. Reminds me of the winters of my youth.

9:01 am

crosshair

Much more of this and they will have to dig the old "sno-go" blower trucks out again. They can make snow banks over fifteen feet high on the side of the road.

9:02 am

phaeton

reminds me of winters in the UP

9:03 am

crosshair

Yup. The snow banks get so high that they start protecting the roadway, but four-way stops become a game of Russian roulette.

9:06 am

crosshair

Our part of Georgian bay is still open so it is generating snow like crazy.

9:08 am

phaeton

not sad I moved away

9:10 am

crosshair

Good day to break out the snowshoes and hit the trails. :)

9:12 am

phaeton

have fun!

9:13 am

phaeton

I'll enjoy our 50* degree weather

9:18 am

rbud

that ji4 is less like a cat noise and more like an Italian farewell

9:18 am

rbud

(now that I finally found it, haha)

9:18 am

ChampFit

It's an alt spelling of the farewell, isn't it? That's what i'd assumed.

9:19 am

rbud

well, that would make sense! I've never looked it up.

9:20 am

ChampFit

Oh hell no! Turns out it a Chinese currency term.

9:20 am

ChampFit

The money gets me every time! ;)

9:21 am

rbud

hahaha!! That, too, makes sense! :D

9:21 am

ChampFit

We are filled with knowledge!

9:22 am

rbud

you never know what random alphabet soup will turn out to be someone's money in Babbleland.

9:23 am

ChampFit

TRUTH

9:59 am

periwinkle

hello all

10:03 am

periwinkle

contrary to popular belief peri is not always in the grid. 16 times last year. 0 in june, sept and dec. 5 times in nov. the other months only 1 or 2 times

10:07 am

ChampFit

Great start to 2026, I'd say! Another peri sighting!

10:15 am

rururocks

God forbid we get a player named Erne

10:35 am

welki

'morning, babblers

10:56 am

howardj

Has the F bottom left got the day off today from making any contribution whatsoever?

10:58 am

howardj

sire

10:58 am

Shirlockc

yep, bottom F, f-ed off

11:10 am

MollyL

There are no words that start with letter that is greyed out and has 0/0 next to it

11:14 am

howardj

yYes, but I have used the I, L R and U shown as 0/0 in other words. The F looks like it is totally shirking it today.

11:15 am

hokie carla

yep, completely useless

11:29 am

MollyL

I said there are no words that START with those letters

11:30 am

hokie carla

yes, but howard was saying it's not being used at all, to start words or in words.

11:34 am

MollyL

I get that

11:44 am

hokie carla

phantom adult

11:46 am

ScoobyDoo

hi hokieee

11:46 am

hokie carla

ruh roh

11:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

flying headlong into the grid, hi all

11:55 am

hokie carla

howdy gwen

11:56 am

hokie carla

well, gotta go. bye scooby, gwen, molly, howard, shirl, anyone still here. 54 and HOET for later.

11:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

cheerio, carla

12:21 pm

hurshy

hi all

12:22 pm

hurshy

right col grey!

12:23 pm

hurshy

i have a song annoyingly stuck in my head

12:24 pm

hurshy

but i won't mention what song lest it plague anyone else too

12:27 pm

penquis

i appreciate your restraint... ;o)

12:29 pm

BzznBea

Did Carla manifest ScoobyDoo?

12:30 pm

hurshy

wouldn't put it past her

12:31 pm

BzznBea

LOL!

12:31 pm

hurshy

:D

12:32 pm

hurshy

hmm, finding the left R a bit difficult

12:53 pm

penquis

gotta go....leaving 58 for later....bye all...

12:59 pm

cybernan

good morning - a lovely sunny one - so nice after 2 weeks of cloudy rainy weather.

1:13 pm

cybernan

have the se 8 - anyone know what the other one is?

1:31 pm

Lisa Lindal

di 8/50

1:33 pm

cybernan

ty - looking

1:36 pm

cybernan

got it

1:42 pm

periwinkle

I have the so7 that is pl of so6/21. help with other so7 please

1:43 pm

periwinkle

nm:)

1:43 pm

periwinkle

it was another plural

2:17 pm

Lisa Lindal

ZIm down to 13 left... and 10 of them are 5 and 6 letter words lol

4:10 pm

hurshy

phew

4:12 pm

hokie carla

is that a finished phew?

4:13 pm

hurshy

no that was just a got home and did the things i needed to do before i could sit down

4:13 pm

hurshy

now looking for this below-mentioned di8

4:13 pm

hokie carla

I see. I just got home from tennis followed by padel

4:14 pm

hurshy

what is padel

4:14 pm

hokie carla

Should probably do some things before I get settled in

4:14 pm

hokie carla

padel is like tennis and racquetball mixed, maybe some squash thrown in.

4:15 pm

MollyL

He will di8 the donated food among the needy people

4:15 pm

hurshy

ty

4:15 pm

hokie carla

distribute?

4:15 pm

hurshy

i kept wanting it to be diaspora

4:15 pm

hurshy

but that isn't there

4:15 pm

BzznBea

Tear gas will di8 the rioters.

4:15 pm

hokie carla

ah

4:15 pm

hokie carla

phantom disposal

4:16 pm

hokie carla

oh, google AI says a mix of tennis and squash. I have never played squash or racquetball so I was just guessing.

4:17 pm

hurshy

Ds Demolished!

4:18 pm

hokie carla

I need one D

4:18 pm

hurshy

left or right?

4:18 pm

hokie carla

left

4:18 pm

hurshy

did you get di6/21

4:18 pm

hokie carla

yes

4:19 pm

BzznBea

This grid is not holding my attention.

4:19 pm

hurshy

well then idk what you missed

4:19 pm

hurshy

maybe you miss do6/21

4:20 pm

hokie carla

same, bea. I will probalby do one more sweep and then call it. 9-10-14-10-1 yesterday and today very 6s heavy, which is not my strong suit.

4:20 pm

hokie carla

nope, have that one

4:20 pm

hokie carla

BRB

4:25 pm

hurshy

Ws Whacked!

4:28 pm

hurshy

i have 2 TS words, is there another one or is that it?

4:28 pm

hurshy

aHA that is it

4:28 pm

hurshy

found my last t

4:32 pm

hurshy

Ss Stomped!

4:33 pm

hurshy

arripa

4:33 pm

hurshy

scuse me

4:37 pm

cybernan

can't help hurshy - just have a ts 5

4:38 pm

hurshy

yes but i got it, you see, so it's fine

4:38 pm

hurshy

there is a ts6/18, though, nan

4:38 pm

cybernan

related?

4:38 pm

hurshy

another babblet, no, not related

4:39 pm

hurshy

down to 7, 0-0-4-3, so i'm going to get the list now

4:40 pm

cybernan

still need 64 - doubt I will finish - don't have patience for these grids with all the foreign and unheard of words

4:42 pm

hokie carla

still have so many tiles with big numbers left, like 7 on both S, 7 left R, 8 P

4:42 pm

hurshy

done

4:43 pm

hokie carla

congrats

4:43 pm

hurshy

ty

4:43 pm

hurshy

your D might just be like a do4 babblet or something hokie

4:44 pm

hurshy

like a certain dolphin or whale fin minus the -al perhaps

4:44 pm

hokie carla

lol, that was it

4:45 pm

hurshy

yay!

4:45 pm

cybernan

didn't have that either - ty hurshy

4:45 pm

hokie carla

okay, how many TS did you say? I have 1.

4:46 pm

hurshy

there are 2

4:46 pm

hurshy

5/12 and 6/18, not related, both babblets

4:46 pm

cybernan

ah - found the ts 6 - ty

4:47 pm

hokie carla

me too

4:47 pm

hurshy

good job both

4:48 pm

hokie carla

but still need 1 T

4:48 pm

hurshy

well maybe it is the same as my last T which was the first T on the list, a babblet 4

4:49 pm

cybernan

ta x 10

4:49 pm

hokie carla

ok, only have 9, thx

4:49 pm

cybernan

the animal?

4:50 pm

hokie carla

have that

4:50 pm

hokie carla

checking plurals

4:50 pm

hurshy

um did you see my comment

4:51 pm

hokie carla

I did not, but my first one is the opposite of me, so not a babblet

4:51 pm

hurshy

then you need the babblet

4:52 pm

hokie carla

yep, got it, thx

4:54 pm

cybernan

are t? - just have 2

4:54 pm

hurshy

er, what's that now nan?

4:54 pm

cybernan

nm - missed the eagle's nest

4:55 pm

hokie carla

I have S7 W3 R2 R7 E A2 P8 W S7 A3

4:57 pm

hurshy

my last W was caterwa4ing

4:58 pm

hurshy

for the lower one

4:58 pm

hurshy

for the upper, last wi is weird, wi5/18

4:59 pm

hurshy

first few wa4 are all babblets, 4/9, 4/8, 4/8

5:07 pm

hokie carla

thank you for lower W

5:07 pm

hokie carla

forgot that wi5, feels like scottish for worry

5:10 pm

MollyL

Close. It's Irish and means alas or oh dear

5:11 pm

hokie carla

interesting

5:11 pm

hokie carla

no wr words, right?

5:11 pm

hokie carla

whoops, see it now

5:22 pm

MollyL

Do it again and plural

5:25 pm

hokie carla

well of course I didn't do that, thanks

5:25 pm

hokie carla

but I have typed reair multiple times today!

5:31 pm

cybernan

me too!

5:32 pm

cybernan

ri 6/33 please?

5:33 pm

hokie carla

I'm sure I don't have that

5:33 pm

hokie carla

do you know which R it comes from?

5:33 pm

cybernan

top 4rth col.

5:33 pm

hokie carla

gotta have a w in it I think

5:34 pm

hokie carla

aha, compound word

5:35 pm

cybernan

yes I agree - and think it starts with tear

5:35 pm

hokie carla

starts with tear

5:35 pm

hokie carla

ends with a tool

5:36 pm

cybernan

of course!

5:36 pm

hokie carla

now just need one R for last 2 col gray

5:37 pm

cybernan

there is no r in the 2 col. -- row?

5:37 pm

hokie carla

no, the last 2 col

5:38 pm

hokie carla

so the 4th and 5th col

5:38 pm

cybernan

not the ra 4 babblet

5:38 pm

hokie carla

have one of those

5:39 pm

penquis

back...

5:39 pm

penquis

like anyone cares, lol....hello all...

5:40 pm

hokie carla

I care, pen!

5:40 pm

penquis

carla!

5:40 pm

hokie carla

because I missed you before apparently

5:40 pm

cybernan

hi pen :)

5:40 pm

penquis

hi nan...

5:41 pm

hokie carla

any ideas on the 2nd row E's? I have ep4.

5:41 pm

cybernan

ra x7, ri x 7

5:42 pm

cybernan

ei 5

5:42 pm

cybernan

another babblet

5:43 pm

cybernan

pe 6/33 please?

5:44 pm

hokie carla

of course, how does it just appear after hiding all day just by knowing the stats?

5:44 pm

penquis

i have one that is a pl...

5:44 pm

penquis

oops....take that back...that is a PA not a PE...

5:45 pm

hokie carla

oh, thanks. ends in seattle's state abbreviation

5:45 pm

hokie carla

or pe + what I like to do with one of my hobbies + a vowel

5:45 pm

penquis

ty...

5:46 pm

cybernan

ty - new one for me

5:46 pm

hokie carla

I've only seen it here

5:46 pm

cybernan

that's me done - anything else before I leave?

5:46 pm

penquis

congrats...

5:47 pm

cybernan

did you find the missing r, carla?

5:47 pm

hokie carla

no, but only have 6 ri so I guess it's in there

5:48 pm

hokie carla

congrats, nan

5:48 pm

hurshy

ri6/33 maybe

5:48 pm

cybernan

which r - col 4 or 5?

5:48 pm

hokie carla

no, we just got that one. unless there are 2.

5:48 pm

hokie carla

col 5 doesn't have any

5:48 pm

hurshy

ri6/21 then?

5:48 pm

cybernan

oh - lol - has to be r

5:48 pm

hokie carla

yes, that's it

5:48 pm

cybernan

*4

5:49 pm

hokie carla

is ri6/21 a word I should know?

5:49 pm

cybernan

usually has a vowel on the end

5:49 pm

cybernan

* should be ri 7 if spelled correctly

5:50 pm

hokie carla

any definition?

5:50 pm

cybernan

ri - mail

5:50 pm

hokie carla

thanks, I don't recall seeing that before

5:50 pm

cybernan

ri + mail

5:51 pm

cybernan

snappy (witty?) reply

5:52 pm

cybernan

anything else?

5:52 pm

penquis

am i supposed to know those AE words?

5:52 pm

hokie carla

I have 3 that are regulars

5:52 pm

cybernan

all but perhaps the ae 7

5:53 pm

hokie carla

but I need 2 A's from top

5:53 pm

hokie carla

ok, do not have AE7

5:53 pm

cybernan

ae 7 ends in parked your butt on a chair

5:53 pm

hokie carla

yep, remembered it as soon as you said the stat

5:54 pm

cybernan

it was a new one for me

5:54 pm

hokie carla

we have it occasionally

5:54 pm

penquis

ty, nan....

5:54 pm

cybernan

yw

5:55 pm

hokie carla

25 now, think I will list

5:55 pm

cybernan

ok -- good luck. pen?

5:56 pm

penquis

ty...

5:57 pm

cybernan

on my way then - see what wordle is today

5:57 pm

hokie carla

my son failed but I got in 4 I think

5:58 pm

hokie carla

anyone have as7?

5:59 pm

penquis

add a vowel to the end of another as word...

6:00 pm

hokie carla

thank you

6:00 pm

penquis

yw...

6:06 pm

penquis

do you have ri 6/33?

6:06 pm

hokie carla

yeah, compound word - tear + tool

6:07 pm

penquis

ty...

6:07 pm

hokie carla

how about se7/8?

6:08 pm

penquis

just lookng for those now...

6:08 pm

penquis

compound words...ocean + solid fence...

6:08 pm

LuvWordGames

se + change the last letter of a flower

6:09 pm

LuvWordGames

oops, wrong one, sorry

6:09 pm

hokie carla

gotta start with ocean or vision word

6:10 pm

penquis

i just clued it...

6:10 pm

hokie carla

oh, of course I missed it, thanks

6:10 pm

penquis

yw...

6:11 pm

hokie carla

oh, regular words. I couldn't go the right direction

6:11 pm

penquis

how about the se 6/7?

6:11 pm

LuvWordGames

that's the one I was cluing-se +change the last letter of a red flower and for the 7 add a cons.

6:11 pm

hokie carla

after dry? I don't have either

6:12 pm

hokie carla

I swear I tried that 6 earlier

6:12 pm

penquis

ty, luv...

6:12 pm

hokie carla

I still have 3 S before the color

6:13 pm

hokie carla

oh, found 2

6:15 pm

hokie carla

but not getting the se6/18 after spanish 6

6:15 pm

hokie carla

nm

6:15 pm

penquis

think earthquakes....

6:17 pm

penquis

do you have the second ts word?....ts 6?

6:17 pm

hokie carla

ok, should have found my last 3 S on the bottom but struggled even with the list. but tada.

6:17 pm

penquis

congrats...

6:17 pm

hokie carla

yes, looks plural but no sing

6:18 pm

hokie carla

t + what cuts on your skin are

6:18 pm

penquis

hmmm....

6:18 pm

penquis

found it...ty...down to 2....

6:20 pm

hokie carla

woot woot

6:21 pm

penquis

just one...wi 5/18...

6:21 pm

penquis

found it...still showing a missing S...

6:23 pm

penquis

what is se 7/28?

6:23 pm

penquis

oh...i have that one....it's the previous se 6...

6:24 pm

penquis

got it...done....

6:30 pm

penquis

heading out....goodnight all....

6:33 pm

hokie carla

oh, great! good night, pen!

6:44 pm

harpjane

hello, could I get stats for the i please?

6:49 pm

hokie carla

i4/4

7:00 pm

BzznBea

Carla?

7:03 pm

dan2bit

hi all

7:05 pm

harpjane

thank

7:06 pm

harpjane

hi dan

10:01 pm

mkg

clue for the A in fifth column pleaes. ty

10:11 pm

mkg

nm got it

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