Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, January 24, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:00 am

ursh

hello all

12:03 am

cybernan

hi everyone

12:03 am

MetFan

Howdy Nan, Ursh and Rainiqui

12:03 am

Rainiqui

Hi hi

12:08 am

broll

gr 9

12:10 am

cybernan

gr 7

12:12 am

Lizlin

re8

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ae 7 and 8

12:24 am

cybernan

good night :)

12:28 am

MetFan

Night Nan

12:38 am

MetFan

Well, over 1/2, nbs, nbt. See y'all tomorrow. 'Night.

6:05 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

6:57 am

crosshair

Minus 30 here with the windchill, but at least we are not getting freezing rain on top of the snow. Stay safe my southern friends.

7:21 am

Guernseygirl 2

Safe now but expecting high winds soon

7:30 am

periwinkle

hello all. help with gr7b and gr9 please

7:37 am

SummerBreeze44

What you mow and what it's attached to.

7:38 am

MollyL

It was a group in the 70's Sooner of Later, love is gonna getcha

7:45 am

periwinkle

don't remember the group

7:50 am

periwinkle

got the gr9 ty both

7:51 am

periwinkle

but not the 7

7:53 am

SummerBreeze44

gr7 caves

8:03 am

MollyL

Always makes me think of Saint Bernadette

8:05 am

periwinkle

no idea bbl doing laundry

8:07 am

MollyL

Well if you Google search Saint Bernadette you might get an idea

8:07 am

MollyL

I'm doing laundry too. Trying to stay ahead of it in case we lose power

8:33 am

rururocks

down to one s damn

8:38 am

rururocks

easy grid except for the g a bit

9:25 am

Sugrraleona

I have 8 left and struggling :)

9:32 am

penquis

hello all....

9:41 am

hurshy

morning

9:41 am

penquis

hi hursh...

9:41 am

hurshy

how are you pen

9:43 am

penquis

doing ok, thanks....how about you?

9:44 am

hurshy

sleepy

9:44 am

penquis

a little nippy here.....4 degrees....

9:44 am

hurshy

yeah it's a cold one

9:49 am

hokie carla

37 here. Gearing up for impending doom.

9:49 am

hurshy

that's certainly one way to put it

9:50 am

hokie carla

I actually wish it were colder this time

9:50 am

BzznBea

I'm purring all my energy into positive vibes we do not lose power.

9:50 am

penquis

expecting 12 to 15 inches here by the end of Monday....starting Sunday night....also frigid temps will continue....

9:51 am

penquis

temp has climbed to 5 right now... ;o)

9:51 am

hokie carla

Yep, they’re predicting power outages all over the Carolinas

9:52 am

BzznBea

I need to also figure out why I can't see well today.

9:53 am

hokie carla

As someone who’s experienced 3 major ice storms, I’m going on the record that I would rather have lots of snow

9:53 am

hurshy

of course, snow is always better than ice

9:53 am

BzznBea

Yes, snow in the south is better than ice.

9:54 am

penquis

same here....been through ice storms before....one we had seemed to last three weeks....trees kind of exploded....it was awful....

9:54 am

hurshy

we're lucky snow isn't in the grid today lol

9:54 am

penquis

ice storm of '98....my brother was without power and water for two weeks...

9:55 am

BzznBea

How do I increase the font on babble?

9:55 am

penquis

what are you playing on?

9:56 am

BzznBea

firefox

9:56 am

hurshy

idk if you can increase just the font on babble but you can increase the size of everything on the screen

9:56 am

hurshy

control +

9:57 am

BzznBea

That did it. Thanks.

9:58 am

BzznBea

Need to change my contacts I guess.

10:00 am

hokie carla

I just assumed you were actually purring

10:01 am

BzznBea

I can't say that purring is something I do often.

10:02 am

hurshy

i assumed you meant pouring but enjoyed the fact that you said purring

10:02 am

hokie carla

okay, I should get to work on this grid. 156 left.

10:02 am

hokie carla

oh, pouring. I thought putting.

10:03 am

hokie carla

oh, have you all seen NYT Games now has scrabble copy? I am CJHokie if anyone wants to play.

10:05 am

hurshy

found an 8!

10:06 am

penquis

working on my fours, fives and sixes...

10:06 am

penquis

i have seen that, carla....haven't checked it out yet....

10:07 am

penquis

have you played yet?

10:08 am

hokie carla

yeah, just started some games this morning - my son, the computer, a random.

10:09 am

penquis

so it's a back and forth game like Words with Friends?

10:10 am

hokie carla

yep

10:11 am

penquis

i may check it out...been playing Words with Friends for years, but have lost my a few of my usual opponents...just playing now with a woman from India....we have been well matched....

10:12 am

hokie carla

nice, like a pen pal

10:12 am

penquis

yes...we just mosey along....

10:15 am

hurshy

i see from flip chat that the 9 is gr9, anyone have it, know if it is compound, weird, normal?

10:15 am

penquis

it is a compound...

10:16 am

penquis

parts are usual words...

10:16 am

hurshy

oh yes i see it

10:16 am

hurshy

i'm not used to seeing it in just singular form like that

10:16 am

penquis

me either...

10:16 am

hurshy

but as a plural it would be normal

10:16 am

penquis

yes...

10:16 am

hurshy

5-8-3

10:17 am

penquis

10 .. 12... 4 here...

10:17 am

BzznBea

does the 9 build off the cave?

10:17 am

hurshy

3-7-3

10:17 am

hurshy

no bea

10:17 am

penquis

no, bea....

10:17 am

BzznBea

thank yiu

10:19 am

penquis

yw...

10:19 am

hokie carla

does it build off a plant

10:19 am

hurshy

yes

10:20 am

hurshy

think the protestors in minneapolis organizing a strike day

10:20 am

hokie carla

ah, thanks

10:20 am

hurshy

we're so close to having ersatz

10:22 am

hurshy

and i need one more right corner E if anyone has them all

10:22 am

hokie carla

on 2nd row but will look

10:23 am

hokie carla

found 5 ;)

10:23 am

hurshy

:D

10:26 am

hurshy

0-5-2

10:26 am

penquis

go, hursh!

10:27 am

hokie carla

96

10:28 am

penquis

21

10:28 am

penquis

i am stalled....taking a break....bye all....

10:29 am

hokie carla

bye pen!

10:29 am

hurshy

sometimes i find that looking through the list of what i DO have helps me find what i do not

10:29 am

hurshy

but not if it's super weird stuff of course

10:29 am

hokie carla

yeah

10:34 am

hurshy

well, i think i'm bumping up against the limits of that method

10:34 am

hurshy

with 6 left

10:38 am

hurshy

ah the E is a brit spelling

12:17 pm

Atalante

bonjour tout le monde

12:56 pm

crosshair

Good day to you as well, Ata. :)

12:57 pm

crosshair

Was minus 30 this morning but we have warmed up to a balmy minus 15 now. :)

1:01 pm

FrenchToast

Oh my! Well I will stop complaining about the 9 degrees I have here in coastal Virginia.

1:06 pm

crosshair

I am talking in celcius, of course, so keep that in mind.

1:07 pm

FrenchToast

Oh! Then we have close to the same temp.

1:07 pm

FrenchToast

I think -15C is about 5F

1:07 pm

crosshair

So you are at minus 12C, whichis not too far off of where we are at now.

1:07 pm

FrenchToast

Right-o

1:07 pm

FrenchToast

Where in Canada are you

1:07 pm

crosshair

Good enough to keep the beer cold while I B.B.G :)

1:08 pm

crosshair

Bbq*

1:08 pm

crosshair

Central Ontarios on the southern shore of Georgian Bay.

1:11 pm

FrenchToast

OKay I see that on the map. I have never been there, but I've been in New York state near Buffalo.

1:11 pm

FrenchToast

It looks beautiful

1:11 pm

crosshair

Cool.:)

1:12 pm

FrenchToast

Have you been to Virginia?

1:12 pm

crosshair

It is a nice area, with Blue Mountain for skiing, the bay for watersports, and over 800 miles of hiking trails

1:12 pm

crosshair

no, I have never been to the U.S

1:15 pm

crosshair

We were set to visit Maine, but things are on hold now for obvious reasons.

1:16 pm

FrenchToast

Oh too bad. I think you would love Maine. I have vacationed there both winter and summer, and loved it.

1:16 pm

crosshair

I think my recent social posts about the current U.S administration would have I.C. sending me to El Salvador.

1:17 pm

crosshair

Ice*

1:17 pm

FrenchToast

I am retired now, and would love to live somewhere else.

1:17 pm

mael

hello everyone

1:18 pm

FrenchToast

hello mael

1:18 pm

crosshair

Well, if you end up here I will be your guide. :)

1:18 pm

crosshair

Howdy, mael.:)

1:18 pm

FrenchToast

Aw thank you cross hair! I'm a big hockey fan, I should fit in nicely in Canada.

1:21 pm

crosshair

Make you the legenday crossy breffast.

1:22 pm

FrenchToast

I lived in England for about 4 years. Is your breakfast similar to English breakfast?

1:22 pm

crosshair

Sigh, the keyboard hates me tiday.

1:23 pm

crosshair

Close, but usually no fried black pudding or beans

1:23 pm

FrenchToast

I loved baked beans on toast. Esp if the beans are very saucy. I'm not crazy about the black pudding, I can skip that.

1:24 pm

crosshair

Eggs, peameal back, maple breakfast saysages, hash brown with onions and diced peppers, toasted English muffins, and a nice glass of orange juice

1:24 pm

crosshair

Bacon*

1:24 pm

FrenchToast

Delish

1:25 pm

crosshair

Best to take a blood thinner before you tuck in. :)

1:25 pm

FrenchToast

I take Crestor, so the sky's the limit haha

1:25 pm

crosshair

Perfect. :)

1:27 pm

FrenchToast

I need a hint for that as6

1:27 pm

crosshair

Inhave no intention of spending my latter days counting out cubes of tofu, ir gagging down rice cakes. :)

1:28 pm

FrenchToast

Oh I actually like tofu. General Tso's Tofu is amazingly good , and very spicy.

1:29 pm

crosshair

I eat like I am still 20 years old, but there are many things that will take me out long before my diet does. :)

1:30 pm

crosshair

Well, no red sauces, no coffee, nothing too zingy.

1:31 pm

FrenchToast

I don't eat raw onion. Everything else is a yes.

1:33 pm

crosshair

I make tripple-cooked french fries that will bring a tear to yer eye. Goes great with a nice bit of halibut.

1:33 pm

crosshair

I make tripple-cooked french fries that will bring a tear to yer eye. Goes great with a nice bit of halibut.

1:33 pm

crosshair

I make tripple-cooked french fries that will bring a tear to yer eye. Goes great with a nice bit of halibut.

1:33 pm

crosshair

Oops, hiccuped.

1:34 pm

FrenchToast

Oh Fries and halibut sound amazing. I go to Park Lane on Tuesdays for fish and chips. It's a British pub right here in Virginia. They even have malt vinegar for the fish.

1:34 pm

crosshair

Yum!

1:34 pm

FrenchToast

They fry that fish perfectly. It has a wonderful crunch.

1:35 pm

FrenchToast

I will go this Tuesday if our Snowmageddon event is over.

1:35 pm

crosshair

Nothing like a good bit of fish and chips.

1:35 pm

FrenchToast

That's the main thing I miss about living in England.

1:35 pm

crosshair

I was born there. We came to Canada in 1966.

1:36 pm

FrenchToast

Oh really! I lived in Buckinghamshire, in a village called Gerrard's Cross. I went to school at RAF High Wycombe.

1:37 pm

crosshair

I was born in Watford.

1:38 pm

crosshair

Parent were both welsh.

1:39 pm

FrenchToast

I was just a little bit southwest of you. I was there 1965-69.

1:39 pm

FrenchToast

Haha we just missed each other.

1:40 pm

crosshair

Lol

1:41 pm

crosshair

I have hit the fabled Babble wall. Taking a bit of a break. Back in a bit.

1:41 pm

FrenchToast

I loved England. I had many adventures. I loved riding double decker buses, and going sightseeing.

1:41 pm

FrenchToast

Okay, see you later! Thanks for chatting

1:42 pm

crosshair

:)

1:52 pm

bichon

lo 5/10, first one, pls4

1:54 pm

mael

like the water lily but with a different vowel

1:58 pm

bichon

ty mael

2:07 pm

periwinkle

hello all.help with re6 please

2:08 pm

periwinkle

Hi French Toast!

2:08 pm

swmbo

re6: for no rhyme or re6

2:08 pm

periwinkle

easy to see once it is clued. ty swmbo

2:09 pm

swmbo

:)

2:11 pm

periwinkle

bbl

2:15 pm

FrenchToast

Hi peri :)

2:15 pm

FrenchToast

Did I miss you? Damn

2:27 pm

bichon

ro 5/10, first one, pls

2:27 pm

hokie carla

what you do to a turkey in an oven

2:29 pm

MollyL

Or a chestnut, on an open fire

2:45 pm

hokie carla

23 left and 4 from each S. why are they so hard?

2:45 pm

FrenchToast

I'm stuck in the Ss too, hokie

2:48 pm

hokie carla

well, I just realized I still need 6 G's too

2:48 pm

FrenchToast

I have 29 to go, and 9 are Gs.

2:48 pm

hokie carla

i am groot

2:49 pm

bichon

tyvm carla

2:50 pm

hokie carla

np

2:50 pm

FrenchToast

SS are done!

2:54 pm

hokie carla

wow. superb!

2:54 pm

hokie carla

I am down to 18 left so I guess I will list.

2:55 pm

FrenchToast

I need the 2 ro words after the ro4 that grows in the dirt

2:56 pm

hokie carla

it's a foreign currency babblet

2:57 pm

hokie carla

doesn't make sense to look at and reminds me of internet acronym that you think something is hilarious but you're not on the floor.

2:57 pm

FrenchToast

Yes I got it, thank you

2:58 pm

bichon

st 5/10 secpnd one, pls

3:01 pm

FrenchToast

The second one is a regular plural

3:01 pm

hokie carla

I am stuck on the re8

3:01 pm

rururocks

to shake up your scrabble tiles in a different way

3:02 pm

hokie carla

ruru!

3:02 pm

rururocks

so glad you weren't captured by terrorist hokie

3:02 pm

rururocks

:D

3:02 pm

hokie carla

thanks, but I do have covid so not great here!

3:02 pm

rururocks

oh ugh

3:03 pm

rururocks

sprays bleach on screen

3:03 pm

hokie carla

lol

3:03 pm

hokie carla

did you see me at serpentine last night?

3:08 pm

rururocks

i did.. i said hi but you didn't reply

3:10 pm

hokie carla

I must've already left.

3:11 pm

hokie carla

anyhoo, I was doing pretty well, even won a round, and one of the yellow players posted "wth is going on here". then a couple of rounds later another yellow won and the original complainer said "that's more like it". Really?

3:13 pm

rururocks

oh yeah i got that from some red players the other day.. one started cussing like crazy because won by a lot

3:14 pm

bichon

ty FT

3:14 pm

hokie carla

wasn't my fault she couldn't beat me :D

3:28 pm

penquis

hello again....

3:36 pm

hokie carla

pen!

3:37 pm

penquis

carla!

3:37 pm

penquis

trying to find my last 7....all fives and sixes...

3:39 pm

penquis

ah...found my last two S words...

3:40 pm

MollyL

Sounds like a real fun bunch over there at Serpentine

3:40 pm

penquis

haven't been there in years...

3:42 pm

penquis

T WW GG here...

3:49 pm

hokie carla

I guess if someone rated higher than me is losing I should just stop playing? maybe they should find more words.

3:49 pm

hokie carla

you prob need a wo5/6 set, pen. there are 2 suspects.

3:50 pm

hokie carla

prob to6/18

3:50 pm

hokie carla

and gl6/7

3:51 pm

penquis

are there two to 6/18?

3:51 pm

penquis

i have gl 6/36 and pl....

3:52 pm

penquis

i listed....gl 6/14 and pl i missed....

3:54 pm

penquis

you were right about the to 6....looking for that now...

3:55 pm

penquis

done....should have found the two Ws....

3:56 pm

hokie carla

woot woot

3:57 pm

penquis

ty...

3:57 pm

penquis

well it's 7 degrees and the temp is falling....good thing I don't have to go out...

4:01 pm

hokie carla

I saw a couple of snowflakes around 3pm.

4:02 pm

hokie carla

could be raining now but I can't tell.

4:08 pm

penquis

we will get snow around dinner time tomorrow that will continue through Monday....expecting 12 to 18 inches...

4:21 pm

penquis

our 105 year old lobster woman passed away....she quit lobstering when she was 103....amazing lady....

4:27 pm

penquis

well i am done reading my local news, so I am going to close down the laptop.....bye all.....stay warm....

4:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

greeting y'all

5:03 pm

cybernan

hi everyone (if anyone is still here)

5:22 pm

cybernan

is the gr 9 a compound?

5:23 pm

cybernan

nm

5:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, cyber, got the 9

5:26 pm

cybernan

hi Gwen

5:29 pm

cybernan

do you have the first lo 5? - not the gambling one

5:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no idea, not listed yed

5:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

so far no t5 at all

5:30 pm

cybernan

lo 5 is what I'm looking for -- follow not found

5:31 pm

MollyL

Make the gambling one plural and lose a consonant

5:31 pm

cybernan

ty molly - a lot of new ones for me today - thank goodness for lickety

5:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(oops, bad eyesight and small screen)

5:34 pm

MollyL

Nan, I agree with you. The words in these grids are getting weirder and weirder.

5:36 pm

cybernan

familiar with that problem, Gwen

5:44 pm

cybernan

there is an so 5-6 combo right before the drunkards that I can't monkey as well

5:50 pm

hokie carla

starts with the drunk and then add 2 letters

5:50 pm

hokie carla

american football position

5:51 pm

cybernan

comes before the drunk

5:52 pm

cybernan

oh - drunk singluar - sorry don't know anything about football - american or otherwise

5:53 pm

cybernan

monkeyed it though - ty

5:53 pm

hokie carla

I knew you wouldn't but can't think of anything else that starts with those

6:09 pm

cybernan

to 6 following rip?

6:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

one tile shy of HOET. 53 to go. Night all

6:17 pm

cybernan

missing the that to 6 and an s 5 - have all the ones in lickety's list, so not sure what I'm missing

6:19 pm

cybernan

found which one - just the to 6 - think I'll have to go without today.

6:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

re8 pls?

6:34 pm

ch1212

TO, re + a6

6:34 pm

ch1212

I agree, doesn't make sense to me either. ;)

6:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

7:07 pm

cybernan

just checking in - to 6 between rip and ripped please?

7:16 pm

rbud

add the last 2 of the bull to4 to the "ripped" to4.

7:26 pm

cybernan

ty rbud

7:26 pm

cybernan

anyone want help before I leave?

7:29 pm

cybernan

off to make my supper then - back at the flip

7:57 pm

FrenchToast

Fireworks :)

8:31 pm

Trifioso

hello friends

10:56 pm

bleugirl2

FIREWORXXX!!!

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