Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, January 16, 2026

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

ursh

hello all

12:03 am

rururocks

Te8

12:08 am

rururocks

Ev7

12:09 am

Rainiqui

in 7

12:10 am

MetFan

ke7

12:11 am

rururocks

In7x 2

12:13 am

cybernan

hello everyone - let's hope we have no red bars of doom tonight :)

12:13 am

LuvWordGames

pi 7

12:14 am

LuvWordGames

Po 7 I mean

12:16 am

LuvWordGames

Jinxed me nan, just had one lol

12:18 am

rururocks

St7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:21 am

cybernan

fl 8

12:22 am

LuvWordGames

no 8

12:25 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, se 9, so obvious once you see it

12:26 am

MetFan

Yes it is

12:30 am

cybernan

wish the no 8 and te 8 were as obvious

12:31 am

LuvWordGames

No 8 - It never happened

12:31 am

cybernan

ty

12:32 am

Gillie

ne7, fe7

12:36 am

cybernan

and ke 7

12:36 am

Gillie

already called, I think

12:39 am

dcseain

te8

12:39 am

broll

phantom - innovate

12:40 am

ursh

hmmm stetson is not a word :(

12:41 am

dcseain

nope. It’s a brand name from a family name.

12:42 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:42 am

ursh

haha I thought I was so clever to find it

12:42 am

dcseain

morning, sprite

12:43 am

sprite

hi seain

12:44 am

sprite

wait, what. 17? And how did that K hide from view, luring me into the grid?

12:50 am

sprite

ks killed

12:50 am

cybernan

finally - nbt, nbs and good night :)

1:06 am

MetFan

Half done - time for sleep. Good night all

1:29 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

5:54 am

ChampFit

po8

5:54 am

Robespierre

Don’t understand why no 8 counts as a word, but its plural does not.

5:54 am

ChampFit

Completely agree!

7:26 am

pabtrek

kin o

9:44 am

BzznBea

phantom fennel

9:45 am

penquis

hi Bea...

9:45 am

BzznBea

Hey, pen.

9:47 am

hurshy

morning

9:47 am

penquis

hi hursh...

9:48 am

BzznBea

hey, hurshy

9:48 am

BzznBea

netop

9:48 am

BzznBea

shut!

9:49 am

BzznBea

shoot!

9:49 am

penquis

no, but the N word is good... ;o)

9:50 am

hurshy

top row grey

9:51 am

mkg

any clue for the se 9? ty

9:51 am

BzznBea

I was having a problem with that C.

9:51 am

BzznBea

Found them though.

9:52 am

penquis

"well she was just se 9 and you know what I mean".... ;o)

9:52 am

Norma

Se 9 is a number x

9:52 am

hurshy

now many of the K are KN? i have 4 so far

9:52 am

mkg

ty for se clue. got it.

9:52 am

penquis

yw...

9:53 am

BzznBea

4 here as well

9:53 am

penquis

here, too...

9:53 am

mkg

good luck!

9:53 am

mkg

got the se 9 ty.

9:53 am

penquis

yw...

9:57 am

mkg

i grew up with susie stetson in Danbury Connecticut where there were dozens of hat factories.

10:00 am

penquis

never knew that the hat was designed and produced by an Eastern man....and ddin't kn ow that Connecticut produced lots of hats....learn something new every day...

10:00 am

mkg

they went out of business during the sixties when men stopped wearing hats. as did women.

10:00 am

hurshy

it's kind of weird

10:01 am

hurshy

hats hats hats people wear hats and then

10:01 am

hurshy

no, we don't

10:01 am

penquis

fashion changes....

10:01 am

mkg

Danbury connecticut was known as the hat capitol of america. they brought workers over from lebanon and syria, and they were christians. it was very interesting.

10:01 am

hurshy

of course fashion changes, but usually it changes to another type of hat. something that can be marketed and sold.

10:02 am

hurshy

industry has an incentive to make sure something is not just DROPPED

10:03 am

BzznBea

Cowboys always wear a hat.

10:03 am

mkg

what was sad is that the workers were poisoned by the dyes and chemicals used to treat the wool. my parents said in the late 40s, the mens skin would actually turn color before they died. from touching the chemicals used to make a hat red or brown or green etc.

10:03 am

hurshy

ugh

10:03 am

mkg

i assume that cowboys hats were made out west by then. and men still wear hats for the cold right?

10:03 am

mkg

i love hats.

10:04 am

mkg

i have hats for cold weather. love wearing them

10:04 am

mkg

off to do some work

10:04 am

hurshy

baseball caps are obviously still popular, but only during leisure

10:04 am

penquis

bye, mkg...

10:04 am

hurshy

no hats for work

10:10 am

hurshy

2 K one F and one L shy on the 2nd row

10:11 am

BzznBea

phantom festoon

10:14 am

penquis

there are two more KN words...one a pl....

10:14 am

hurshy

but not a pl of the other?

10:15 am

penquis

oh....the second is a pl of the first...

10:15 am

hurshy

so three pairs of kn?

10:15 am

hurshy

altogether?

10:15 am

penquis

yes...

10:15 am

hurshy

and all 4s and 5s?

10:16 am

penquis

no....kn 5/6 is what i was referring to....

10:16 am

hurshy

ok cool

10:16 am

BzznBea

Thanks for those, pen.

10:17 am

penquis

yw...

10:17 am

hurshy

i can't find them :(

10:18 am

penquis

anagram of one of the kn 5 words you have...

10:18 am

hurshy

aha, thank you

10:18 am

penquis

yw...

10:18 am

hurshy

always nice to get those pesky ks out of the way

10:18 am

penquis

i am missing two other K words...

10:19 am

hurshy

do you have ke5/24, that's an odd word

10:19 am

penquis

i actually have that one...

10:19 am

hurshy

do you have the normal words, 6 and 7 pair?

10:20 am

penquis

yes...

10:20 am

hurshy

everything else is just 4s and fives that are plurals of some of those

10:20 am

penquis

ty....will look again...

10:22 am

hurshy

and then there is the eternal question of whether some of these N words are non- stuff, almost as bad as re- !

10:23 am

hurshy

oh there's one

10:23 am

penquis

hate non words...

10:24 am

hurshy

hope everyone notices the sv6 :)

10:24 am

BzznBea

I assume the no8 referred to earlier is a non.

10:25 am

penquis

yes...

10:25 am

hurshy

oh there's an 8? ok good to know

10:25 am

hurshy

the non- i found was just a 6

10:26 am

BzznBea

Wish I were sv6.

10:26 am

penquis

me, too... ;o)

10:27 am

hurshy

is that no8 from the third row or the fourth?

10:27 am

penquis

fourth....

10:27 am

hurshy

so was my 6!

10:27 am

BzznBea

I got it.

10:28 am

penquis

yes...

10:28 am

hurshy

i keep thinking of 7s to monkey but not so many 8s

10:28 am

Sugrraleona

is the no8 a non word?

10:28 am

hurshy

lol

10:28 am

penquis

yes..

10:28 am

BzznBea

We are talking about it now, sug.

10:29 am

Sugrraleona

yes I just realized that, ty

10:30 am

BzznBea

I wish this dr appt today would be an no8,

10:30 am

Sugrraleona

just found it ty

10:30 am

hurshy

hmmmmmmmmmm

10:31 am

hurshy

thanks bea, got it at last!

10:33 am

cybernan

good morning all :)

10:34 am

hurshy

morning nan

10:34 am

penquis

hi nan...

10:36 am

penquis

phantom: isotope....

10:38 am

BzznBea

almost tsetse

10:39 am

hurshy

yeah i tried it just in case

10:40 am

BzznBea

Well, I almost have hoet. Time to go to that appointment, ttfn

10:40 am

penquis

bye, bea....

10:41 am

penquis

stalled at 40....time for a break....bye for now...

10:41 am

cybernan

interesting chat - had most of them, but got a few. It occurred to me that is I want to be sv 6, I will have to begin with no 6 -- not going to happen!

10:42 am

hurshy

lol

10:45 am

hurshy

i keep thinking i can get -ies plurals

10:45 am

hurshy

like ponies

10:46 am

Soodle

Came on to say the exact same Nan :-)

10:47 am

cybernan

phantom solvent and insolvent

10:47 am

hurshy

any PS or PT words today?

10:48 am

cybernan

the latter being where we will all be if someone doesn't stop the economic craziness going on. Where are all those snipers when we need them?

10:50 am

periwinkle

hello everyone!

10:50 am

hurshy

hi peri

10:50 am

cybernan

hi peri

10:51 am

hurshy

3-2-5-1-1

10:52 am

hurshy

ok so the 8s are FL, NO, TE, and...?

10:53 am

periwinkle

po

10:54 am

periwinkle

I only have the no8

10:54 am

hurshy

oh

10:54 am

cybernan

have the same as you hurshy

10:55 am

hurshy

ok i got it

10:55 am

periwinkle

help witg te8 or fe8 please

10:55 am

periwinkle

with even

10:55 am

hurshy

your 20s are your po8, i guess? don't double the consonant you want to double though

10:55 am

periwinkle

ty hursh

10:55 am

hurshy

te7 add a cons to the sport with racquets and a fuzzy green ball, pl for 8

10:56 am

hurshy

FL, not fe - it's a superlative that would apply to Usain Bolt

10:57 am

periwinkle

thanks hurshy got them

10:58 am

cybernan

is there a po 8 or not?

10:59 am

periwinkle

yes and hurshy clued it at 10:55

11:00 am

cybernan

can't come up with anything but 7's from the po

11:02 am

periwinkle

your 20's are your po8 per hurshys clue

11:03 am

cybernan

yes - got a 6 from that

11:05 am

cybernan

later - have exercise class at 10, so should get some breakfast

11:06 am

cybernan

got the po 8 - ty

11:07 am

periwinkle

I knew you would

11:08 am

howardj

Ty Hurshy for the nudge. Really struggled on those two. All done now.

11:09 am

hurshy

i still have 9 words to go, 3-2-4

11:09 am

periwinkle

96 left here

11:10 am

hurshy

two Ns from the 2nd column that i really hope are a pair

11:10 am

hurshy

but i doubt they are :(

11:14 am

Gitel

Vein

11:15 am

Gitel

Vest

11:15 am

hurshy

i need one V

11:15 am

hurshy

but not those

11:15 am

Gitel

Drat! Sorry

11:16 am

hurshy

anyone done with V tho? i have just 2 VO and the rest VE, is there another vo or not?

11:17 am

hurshy

NOT, found it, i was missing a ve6 (not a plural)

11:18 am

hurshy

found an le4/7 (not normal)!

11:21 am

hurshy

got a to5 and 6 pair!

11:21 am

hurshy

aha had missed an easy F!

11:24 am

hurshy

aha, an st6/27 was my last S! (not a plural)

11:25 am

hurshy

down to those two 2nd col N words and one i word

11:26 am

hurshy

1-1-1

11:28 am

hurshy

oHO just remembered that ik4 babblet!

11:30 am

hurshy

the Ns WERE a pair! ni5/16 and pl! done!

1:53 pm

periwinkle

st7 or po7 please

1:57 pm

cybernan

po 7: add a letter into the irish moonshine

1:58 pm

cybernan

st 7: child of the person you married

2:09 pm

cybernan

po 6/21 between french peas and the mail please?

2:11 pm

cybernan

nm - monkeyed

2:23 pm

cybernan

done :)

4:15 pm

periwinkle

ty nan

4:18 pm

periwinkle

missing a T from the right corner

4:41 pm

rururocks

T

4:41 pm

rururocks

there you go

5:35 pm

sajarn

phantom: venison

5:39 pm

rururocks

oh deer

6:41 pm

Shirlockc

phantom: cloven (to keep the pun going)

8:07 pm

rururocks

no need to buck the trend shirl

9:13 pm

origami

What happened to Hokie? I haven't seen her for a few days.

9:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

envoi

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