Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, January 21, 2026

12:05 am

ursh

hello all - bit of a slow start

12:05 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:05 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:06 am

Rainiqui

do 7

12:07 am

harpjane

hello

12:07 am

jeanne314

ch7

12:13 am

jeanne314

br7

12:13 am

Gillie

co7

12:20 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:23 am

Gillie

ab7

12:23 am

dizgrannie

so sorry to hear about Jill Deppell, JillyJill to us, May she RIP.

12:47 am

cybernan

crashing - good night

1:10 am

dizgrannie

hello?? anyone have the 8 &9

1:11 am

broll

not me

1:11 am

Lizlin

Nor me

1:23 am

MetFan

100 words in - I'm crashing - 'Night all

2:09 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

2:10 am

licketySplitAUS

sorry it's late - Terabyte is not a word in the Babble Dictionary. It should be!

2:10 am

Lizlin

Thanks Lickety

2:39 am

sprite

hell yes it should be :) Thanks, Lickety, much appreciated. Enable is funny, especially the old version babble uses. No internet. No terabyte.

2:39 am

sprite

hi Liz!

3:15 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

3:29 am

Q

megabyte is a word in the babble dictionary... terabyte was just unfathomable, i guess

4:07 am

lshult

ty6 with no vowels. love it

5:58 am

Norma

very sad news about Jill Deppell .. Condolences to her family .. been on Babble for many years x

6:05 am

ChampFit

Norma, did she pass, or is she still hanging in there? I haven't seen an update.

6:07 am

Norma

champ her son posted on facebook that she had passed and will post later when the funeral etc will go ahead .. so sad I didn't realise that she had had such poorly health

7:51 am

rururocks

it's really sad to lose players here in most cases

7:54 am

Scrabbler

We've lost so many.

7:54 am

rururocks

we're old :D

7:54 am

Scrabbler

I have been here 20 years.

7:55 am

rururocks

august next year will be 20 for me too

7:56 am

Scrabbler

July 2026 is 20 years officially, for me.

7:56 am

rururocks

20 years of sick jokes, bad puns, and irreverent nonsense

7:56 am

Scrabbler

The irreverent nonsense is fun, but just connecting with word lovers all over the world.

7:57 am

phaeton

hello...anyone have stats for the bottom S?

7:57 am

rururocks

it's a plural of a pig house

7:57 am

phaeton

ty

7:58 am

Scrabbler

Plural of eyelid diagnosis

7:58 am

phaeton

ty Scrabs....that worked

7:59 am

rururocks

blink though and you'd miss that clue

8:00 am

rururocks

date

8:01 am

rururocks

oops sorry

8:01 am

ChampFit

Oh, I ran out and missed Norma's response. So sorry to hear that.

8:04 am

rururocks

top row grey now

8:07 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway so I am done. Enojy the day.

8:07 am

Scrabbler

* enjoy

8:10 am

rururocks

second row grey

8:13 am

rururocks

bottom two rows grey

8:20 am

phaeton

se8?

8:20 am

mattygroves

The beach is one....

8:22 am

penquis

there is only one...hello all....

8:22 am

rururocks

just b's to go

8:25 am

rururocks

done.. easy grid

8:25 am

penquis

congrats ru...

8:25 am

rururocks

flows nicely today

8:25 am

penquis

happy it was easy for you....

8:27 am

rururocks

yeah for once .. :D

8:41 am

hokie carla

well it is flowing but I'm not graying anything so it will drag out all day

8:48 am

hokie carla

name part of a great disney channel duo!

8:49 am

penquis

no clue...

8:49 am

hokie carla

"well I know what we're going to do today"

8:50 am

hokie carla

maybe hurshy, maybe no one

8:50 am

hokie carla

maybe mael if she's here

8:51 am

mael

hello!

8:52 am

hokie carla

wow, like a genie appearing

8:52 am

mael

I actually don't know haha

8:52 am

hokie carla

hello mael! and pen!

8:52 am

mael

like bloody mary

8:52 am

hokie carla

I expect molly will google the quote and find it

8:52 am

hokie carla

ha, I only said your name once and hopefully you won't murder us through the internet

8:52 am

mael

ohhh ferb

8:53 am

hokie carla

ding ding ding

8:53 am

mael

I never watched phineas and ferb

8:53 am

mael

I thought it was Hanna Barbera, shows what I know :)

8:53 am

hokie carla

my kids loved it and we didn't mind watching either

8:53 am

BzznBea

Glad we got that settled.

8:53 am

hokie carla

mr. homie & I do say that quote quite a bit

8:53 am

penquis

hi carla, mael, bea....

8:53 am

hokie carla

bea!

8:54 am

rururocks

I just know goofy and mickey and minnie

8:54 am

BzznBea

Good morning all.

8:55 am

hokie carla

well, phineas and ferb started in 2007 so probably too late for you to know it ruru

8:56 am

rururocks

Only been to disneyland once. Didn’t like it

8:56 am

mael

I've avoided telling my children that disneyland exists

8:56 am

rururocks

Ha!

8:57 am

hokie carla

I have never been there but been to disneyworld many times and I love going

9:03 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray!

9:07 am

BzznBea

Chat feature on websites such as insurance. Love them or hate them?

9:08 am

hokie carla

depends on how good the ai is at chatting or if it's a real person

9:08 am

hokie carla

I hate the ones that give you canned responses to choose from. just let me ask what I want to ask.

9:09 am

penquis

real person chats are ok...bot chats are usually not ok for me, though sometimes the bot decides to get a real person for me...

9:09 am

penquis

that happened recently at the NY Times website....

9:09 am

hokie carla

yes, I've had that happen. I think I typed "I want to speak to a real person" like 5 times before they finally said ok.

9:10 am

BzznBea

Yes, my question is usually too complicated for a bot.

9:10 am

penquis

yes, mine, too....

9:10 am

hokie carla

yep

9:10 am

penquis

otherwise, the FAQ would be sufficient....

9:10 am

hokie carla

exactly

9:12 am

hokie carla

alright, I gotta get busy. 40 left and HOET after first pass. 11-12-12-3-1-1

9:12 am

hokie carla

TTFN

9:12 am

penquis

bye...

9:12 am

penquis

stalled at 21 here...

9:15 am

penquis

gotta get ready for a noon concert...bye for now....

9:51 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 9 or 8 welcome. ty.

9:54 am

mkg

i never heard of finnias or ferb.

9:54 am

mkg

how about tinkerbell and peter pan????? they are a famous pair.

10:36 am

mkg

are the 8 and 9 two words together? any help welcome. ty.

10:44 am

BzznBea

Clued earlier. 8amish

10:47 am

mkg

i will look back. ty.

10:49 am

mkg

well looked a clues and no way i see what it is. so help is needed. i assume first word is the beach but second word is stumping me

10:50 am

BzznBea

What is the beach?

10:51 am

LuvWordGames

A thrill ride is a roller*****er

10:52 am

mkg

oooh my.........ty. i was not seeing the other S as a possibility. ty ty ty. got them now.

10:53 am

welki

hi folks

10:53 am

mkg

ty so much for the clue luv!!!!!!!!

10:55 am

mkg

any help with the A word for the A in third row welcome. ty.

10:55 am

BzznBea

ae4

10:56 am

mkg

ty!

10:57 am

mkg

i have some ae words and not from that a. all from the a in second row. hmmm

10:58 am

mkg

no, i have one ae word. and it is from second row a. sorry

10:59 am

BzznBea

try as4

10:59 am

mkg

that did it. ty ty bea

10:59 am

mkg

done for the day. more than half is my goal. off to work. ty all cluers. great clues once again.

11:07 am

cybernan

good morning everyone

11:18 am

hurshy

do6/27, very fitting word in our current context

11:19 am

Book Doctor Gwen

I promise I will not finish this puzzle! (hi all)

11:19 am

cybernan

yes - well some days more than thers

11:19 am

hurshy

why would you want to promise that?

11:22 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(i hardly finish these days, just come here for a little fun)

11:22 am

cybernan

only two again words?

11:27 am

hurshy

idk but i just found an es6 and 7 pair that i'm feeling good about!

11:28 am

cybernan

6/24?

11:28 am

hurshy

yes

11:29 am

cybernan

need 2 more d words

11:29 am

hurshy

there is a da5 and 6 pair

11:30 am

hurshy

right at the beginning of the Ds

11:30 am

cybernan

have those ty

11:30 am

hurshy

i mean 5/16, not the later 5/12

11:30 am

cybernan

have da x6

11:31 am

hurshy

then you need two more

11:31 am

hurshy

are all the T on the right column TR, or do we have any TW or TS?

11:32 am

cybernan

don't know - just have 7 but all are tr so far

11:32 am

ChampFit

I have 9 and all are tr so far.

11:33 am

hurshy

is there more than one SW word?

11:33 am

cybernan

was missing two da 4

11:34 am

ChampFit

No...only 1 sw

11:34 am

hurshy

thanks champt

11:34 am

ChampFit

The B's are hard for me today.

11:35 am

hurshy

oh dear, i haven't gotten to those yet

11:35 am

cybernan

agreed

11:35 am

ChampFit

Still need 5.

11:35 am

cybernan

still looking for two more tr's

11:35 am

Atalante

the B's are horrid

11:35 am

ChampFit

Glad I'm not the only one!

11:36 am

Atalante

just pretend there's an i instead of a not quite vowel

11:37 am

hurshy

lone A?

11:37 am

hurshy

oh nvm

11:38 am

hurshy

pulled another peri

11:38 am

ChampFit

as4

11:39 am

cybernan

do you have the scottish ones ? by x2 and br x2

11:39 am

hurshy

ye banks and br5 of bonnie doon!

11:39 am

cybernan

yes

11:40 am

ChampFit

I have by4 x2. and a couple of br4 that looks scottish

11:41 am

cybernan

mm - missing a by then

11:41 am

hurshy

name that proper nouh! Trollope's Last Chronicle of _____

11:41 am

cybernan

ah - computerese

11:42 am

cybernan

by x 5 now

11:42 am

hurshy

five??

11:42 am

saanichcat

barset?

11:42 am

hurshy

oh yeah the ordinary one

11:42 am

ChampFit

I have 5 so far too

11:42 am

hurshy

ding ding ding for saanich!

11:43 am

saanichcat

for once no typos

11:43 am

hurshy

well at least that means i have 20 B, that's not TOO horrid

11:44 am

welki

re-hi

hurshy, don't know if you saw my post yesterday - thanks for the brackets link!

11:45 am

hurshy

not sure i did, welki - what did you say in it?

11:45 am

cybernan

just have 19 - tried saanich's word too

11:45 am

hurshy

oh you probably said thanks, just like you did now

11:45 am

hurshy

i am a dope

11:45 am

hurshy

saanich was doing my Name That Proper Noun, cnan

11:46 am

saanichcat

have you got the first ba 30, it ends in opposite of 'no'

11:46 am

welki

it's a BIG club, hurshy - welcome to the fold :D

11:46 am

hurshy

thanks saanich - you know you can get singular on that too right?

11:46 am

ChampFit

Oooh...that got 2 for me..thank you!

11:46 am

cybernan

I do now - ty

11:47 am

saanichcat

right. I am finished, just dropped in to see what was up. hello everyone!

11:47 am

cybernan

so what was the proper noun?

11:47 am

cybernan

hi saanich

11:47 am

hurshy

barset

11:48 am

cybernan

that's a proper noun?

11:48 am

hurshy

yes, Barset, Barsetshire, England

11:48 am

hurshy

like Dorset

11:48 am

cybernan

oh - never heard of that

11:48 am

saanichcat

hey nan! how is the winter going? Did you see the Northern Lights? How is your cat? How are YOU?

11:49 am

hurshy

very few people read Trollope and it's a real shame because he is SO delightful

11:49 am

cybernan

no northern lights -- too much light from street lights, etc for that. Green Christmas, so it can stay that way now!

11:50 am

saanichcat

It's been a while for me, must have a read, perfect for winter nights

11:50 am

hurshy

bottom row grey!

11:50 am

cybernan

How are you doing?

11:51 am

saanichcat

Better than before, was laid up for three months and couldn't drive, a real pain. Will be in good shape before Spring. Are you planning a visit again here?

11:53 am

cybernan

not until there is no more snow on the passes! I should probably fly over, but those puddle jumper planes are always so cramped.

11:54 am

saanichcat

the Beechcraft (Coastal Air) I took was great, we all get window seats and the view is fantastic because they seem to fly lower. BUT there is no loo.

11:56 am

cybernan

sorry to hear you've been laid up. I've been lucky so far. have been staying away from crowds, masking up when I need to. The people in our complex are really conscientious about staying home when they have a virus.

11:57 am

saanichcat

Your complex sounds perfect.

11:58 am

cybernan

I do enjoy it here.

11:58 am

saanichcat

Byes until tomorrow....

11:59 am

cybernan

bye saanich - have a good day :)

12:03 pm

hokie carla

rehi

12:04 pm

cybernan

back to looking for t from the right, also need a bunch from the s next to it

12:04 pm

cybernan

hi carla

12:04 pm

hokie carla

I have the S gray but need 4 T there

12:05 pm

cybernan

only one sw?

12:05 pm

hokie carla

yes

12:06 pm

hokie carla

found one right T

12:07 pm

hokie carla

and another

12:08 pm

hokie carla

any TW?

12:10 pm

cybernan

not so far - still need 2 more from that t

12:10 pm

cybernan

need one more from the bottom t as well

12:11 pm

cybernan

found it - the old english one

12:13 pm

cybernan

found one more - add a letter to the secret meeting

12:14 pm

hokie carla

thanks

12:16 pm

hokie carla

need one C and one D for first col

12:17 pm

cybernan

need 4 c's

12:21 pm

cybernan

off for breakfast - hags

12:21 pm

cybernan

*hagd

12:25 pm

hokie carla

bye

1:15 pm

BzznBea

Back for some more fun.

2:02 pm

hurshy

me too but could be in and out

2:04 pm

hurshy

aha, got the long ones from earlier chat

2:04 pm

hurshy

9-2-4-3

2:10 pm

hurshy

200 words found!!

2:13 pm

hurshy

anyone around?

2:14 pm

hurshy

i have 2 ga, 2 ge, wondering which there is one more of

2:19 pm

hurshy

aha found it, 3 ga

2:20 pm

hurshy

top row grey!

2:23 pm

hurshy

first four columns grey!

2:24 pm

hurshy

2-1-2-1

2:24 pm

hurshy

4 of those 6 are B words :(

2:45 pm

Atalante

5, 6, 6, 7?

2:45 pm

hurshy

hmm?

2:45 pm

Atalante

do you know what length your B words are

2:45 pm

hurshy

i've got the list now so i'm about to

2:46 pm

hurshy

ok so i have a 5 and 6 and then there is a 6 and 7 that come after them that i do not have

2:46 pm

Atalante

ha what a surprise

2:46 pm

Atalante

6,7 pretend there's an i instead of a not quite vowel

2:46 pm

hurshy

a lot of people have missed those, i take it?

2:47 pm

Atalante

5,6 think of Mr West

2:47 pm

Atalante

though that might be a bit pop-py for you!

2:47 pm

hurshy

no i HAVE the 5, 6

2:47 pm

hurshy

ok all set for ba now

2:49 pm

hurshy

oh the BRs were just a pair i thought i had put in

2:50 pm

hurshy

and done!

2:50 pm

Atalante

yay yay!

2:54 pm

hurshy

i did like one song he had done, i think jointly with Jay-Z

2:54 pm

hurshy

but everyone knows who he IS

2:54 pm

hurshy

i bet even my MOM knows

2:54 pm

hurshy

i'll have to check

2:54 pm

Atalante

haha I couldn't tell you anything he sung!

2:54 pm

hokie carla

rehi

2:54 pm

hokie carla

still 20 left here

2:54 pm

hurshy

he's gone crazy tho, all nazi, and apparently doesn't know that hitler didn't like black people any more then jews

2:55 pm

hurshy

which i think someone should mention to him

2:55 pm

Atalante

well trump thinks Greenland is Iceland so the crazy is everywhere

2:56 pm

hokie carla

D T A E2 T C F R2 B6 S Y A2 4-5-8-3

2:58 pm

rururocks

trump couldn't find his ass with a map

3:00 pm

periwinkle

HAHA

3:00 pm

rururocks

(or even mapquest) (inside joke to origami)

3:01 pm

BzznBea

It is beyond comprehension how he has been allowed to get this far.

3:01 pm

periwinkle

true Bea

3:04 pm

origami

Nobody can find anywhere with mapquest :D

3:06 pm

Atalante

where did you guys get lost?!!

3:07 pm

origami

On the mean streets of Vancouver - before he abandoned me

3:13 pm

BzznBea

Good thing you were wearing crocs.

3:15 pm

origami

:D

3:31 pm

rururocks

lol no shit bea

3:34 pm

rururocks

I think the Apple health program in the IPhone took over and wanted Ori to get her 10,000 steps in

3:59 pm

MollyL

feat

4:26 pm

rururocks

you mean feet?

5:42 pm

saanichcat

Vancouver downtown where they were is mostly one=way streets and ru followed the google map instead of the normal way. hahahahhahaha ru

5:43 pm

saanichcat

NOT the google map,sorry

7:08 pm

rururocks

I was with a whiner.. what can I say

9:41 pm

origami

Hey wait a minute!!

9:49 pm

rururocks

:D

9:54 pm

origami

I have too much arthritis for a death march :D

9:56 pm

rururocks

You walked farther on Haida Gwaii

9:56 pm

origami

Yes, but I am on good medications now. Much better.

9:56 pm

rururocks

Without mapquest too

9:57 pm

origami

Thank goodness

9:57 pm

rururocks

Lol

9:58 pm

rururocks

I did buy dinner

9:59 pm

rururocks

And we took a cab back

9:59 pm

origami

That WAS a good dinner. A lot of fun.

10:00 pm

rururocks

Not like you dragging me downstairs to eat dessert at the Loden after falling and bleeding everywhere

10:01 pm

rururocks

And them trying to kill me with nuts

10:01 pm

rururocks

Waves to dart

10:01 pm

origami

Revenge is a dish best served cold

10:01 pm

rururocks

Ha!

11:16 pm

hurshy

it is very cold in space

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