Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, February 3, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

dofith

G'day

12:01 am

ursh

hello all

12:01 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:03 am

deanoz

cr7

12:13 am

MetFan

phantom: behemoth

12:15 am

Gillie

phantom naught and taught

12:16 am

cybernan

tht corner a has me stumped

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

dizgrannie

Nan, ac 5

12:19 am

cybernan

ty diz - babble blindness strikes again

12:23 am

cybernan

nbt/nbs

12:29 am

ursh

the 7's are hiding

12:29 am

cybernan

for sure

12:29 am

MetFan

The cr 7 was easy - think the top of a coffee cake

12:30 am

ursh

that is the only 7 I have :)

12:30 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:34 am

cybernan

100 down - good place to stop -- good night everyone

1:02 am

MetFan

Over 1/2 done, time for sleep. Goodnight all.

1:05 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

3:23 am

worzel

Les Dawson would be displeased that gurn isn't allowed

6:43 am

FrenchToast

the FL6,33 was a surprise.

7:01 am

periwinkle

Hi French Toast clue please

7:08 am

mattygroves

F + bloodsucking worm like thing

7:15 am

periwinkle

hmm

7:16 am

periwinkle

ty matty got it

7:29 am

FrenchToast

oh sorry, I was in the kitchen making waffles :)

7:29 am

FrenchToast

Back now!

7:29 am

FrenchToast

the UM5,18 is also weird. UM + Bryant Gum***

9:00 am

rururocks

pretty tough little grid today

9:00 am

rururocks

hard to close out certain tiles

9:02 am

origami

I'm stuck ... been staring at this for too long :D

9:03 am

phaeton

fw

9:04 am

phaeton

there are some different ones

9:04 am

phaeton

clues wanted?

9:05 am

phaeton

hagd

10:08 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

10:54 am

hurshy

ugh, just saw a post from a fb-only acquaintance that she recently found her son dead (he was an alcoholic), so awful

11:21 am

BzznBea

This is an ugly grid.

11:24 am

penquis

not the news i wanted to hear, lol...

11:25 am

swmbo

Hurshy, that is so sad.

11:46 am

Gitel

mung

11:47 am

Gitel

`good thing it is not a word

11:47 am

swmbo

except i thought it was

11:48 am

penquis

add a vowel at the end...

11:49 am

hurshy

sorry pen

11:50 am

penquis

sorry to you, hursh....i had not seen your comment...my comment related to Bea's saying it is an ugly grid...

11:51 am

hokie carla

howdy folks, 50 left but not HOET thanks to the G, bottom A, and P

11:52 am

penquis

carla!

11:52 am

hokie carla

LOL, I knew pen's was to bea since she did the LOL at the end.

11:52 am

hokie carla

pen!

11:52 am

hokie carla

ooh, found another A

11:55 am

hokie carla

found the G's, now just need one P for HOET

11:56 am

penquis

perhaps pr 5/14...

11:56 am

hokie carla

ok, don't have that, thx

11:58 am

hokie carla

finally got it. HOET and 46 left. gotta go run an errand. BBL. good luck.

11:58 am

penquis

ty...bye...

11:58 am

hurshy

oh silly me haha

11:59 am

hurshy

phantom: mechanic

12:00 pm

penquis

mine is anathema...

12:00 pm

hurshy

and limb

12:06 pm

hurshy

and hearty and harem

12:10 pm

hurshy

i see what bea means, esp on the B!

12:11 pm

penquis

the As are not fun either...

12:11 pm

hurshy

oh i haven't done them yet

12:22 pm

penquis

stalled with 39 left...taking a break...

12:22 pm

penquis

bye for now...

12:31 pm

hurshy

well i got three upper A but only one lower

12:32 pm

BzznBea

there is an ac6 and an ar7 that are very alike

12:33 pm

hurshy

not acumen

12:33 pm

BzznBea

consume

12:33 pm

BzznBea

consumed

12:33 pm

hurshy

ty

12:33 pm

BzznBea

yw

12:39 pm

hurshy

oh dear Us

12:42 pm

FrenchToast

Both um5s are strange

12:42 pm

hurshy

then those are the ones i need :D

12:43 pm

FrenchToast

Do you want clues?

12:43 pm

hurshy

yes please that would be lovely

12:44 pm

FrenchToast

UM + Bryant Gum***

12:44 pm

hurshy

good old bryant, wonder what he's up to these days

12:44 pm

FrenchToast

UN + I *** You Babe

12:44 pm

hurshy

thank you!

12:45 pm

FrenchToast

yw

12:45 pm

FrenchToast

do you need up6 ?

12:46 pm

hurshy

no i found that one before

12:46 pm

FrenchToast

and UR5

12:46 pm

hurshy

i found that before also

12:46 pm

FrenchToast

Us are done then!

12:46 pm

hurshy

yes :D

12:47 pm

FrenchToast

I have 34 to trouve

12:47 pm

hurshy

P seems to be troublesome also, but it usually is

12:48 pm

FrenchToast

I need 2 Ps

12:48 pm

hurshy

i need 24

12:48 pm

hurshy

of all the letters combined i mean

12:48 pm

hurshy

4 Ps

12:49 pm

hurshy

obviously i cannot need more Ps than there are

12:49 pm

FrenchToast

I have PR4 x 2, PR5 x 2, PU 4 x 2, PU6

12:49 pm

hurshy

ok then out of yours i need one pr5 and pu6

12:49 pm

BzznBea

Finally have all the C's

12:50 pm

FrenchToast

I still need 4 Cs

12:50 pm

hurshy

i need one upper C and one lower

12:50 pm

FrenchToast

I think I'm missing a PR4 and a PR 6

12:50 pm

hurshy

oh yes, pr4/6, i had missed that

12:51 pm

FrenchToast

YAY I finished the Ps

12:51 pm

hurshy

pk i got your other pr5

12:51 pm

hurshy

now i need the 6s

12:53 pm

hurshy

clues perhaps? please and thank you

12:54 pm

FrenchToast

PR6 is PR5 + consonant (not a plural consonant)

12:55 pm

hurshy

ty

12:56 pm

FrenchToast

PU6 is pu + pi**** (the flesh eating fish)

12:57 pm

hurshy

ty!

1:02 pm

FrenchToast

I found a ch7 that I bet you don't have

1:02 pm

FrenchToast

It's so weird

1:03 pm

FrenchToast

It's from the upper C, hokie

1:04 pm

FrenchToast

Sorry not hokie

1:04 pm

FrenchToast

Hurshy

1:05 pm

FrenchToast

Yay I finished the Cs. I found another CA6 from the bottom C. Add a vowel to the end of the diamond weight.

1:21 pm

hurshy

rats i have that one

1:21 pm

hurshy

but i do need ch7

1:22 pm

BzznBea

ch7 ends in pirate drink

1:23 pm

hurshy

ty bea!!

1:23 pm

hurshy

left col grey!

1:23 pm

FrenchToast

Woo hoo!

1:23 pm

hurshy

for that top E i have just ec4, anyone got the other?

1:24 pm

hurshy

oh i see it

1:24 pm

hurshy

pulled a peri

1:25 pm

hurshy

does the L have a 6 or a 7, or are they all 4s and 5s?

1:25 pm

FrenchToast

I need the other top E please

1:25 pm

hurshy

em6, the eagle is an em6 of the US

1:25 pm

FrenchToast

TY hursh

1:25 pm

BzznBea

Ls are all 4 and 5

1:26 pm

hurshy

ty!

1:26 pm

hurshy

top row grey!

1:26 pm

FrenchToast

looking for the Fi 7

1:26 pm

hurshy

found my lower C!

1:27 pm

hurshy

i need it too!

1:28 pm

FrenchToast

file + French for word

1:28 pm

hurshy

oh ty

1:29 pm

FrenchToast

oops meant to say fi4 + French for word

1:30 pm

pbr

been gone a very long time. 20 words done 128 more!!!

1:30 pm

FrenchToast

Hello pbr

1:30 pm

periwinkle

welcome back pbr

1:30 pm

periwinkle

another tough grid for me

1:31 pm

periwinkle

ty for the fi7 French Toast

1:32 pm

FrenchToast

Hi peri! YW

1:32 pm

hurshy

lol pbr

1:32 pm

FrenchToast

CH7 and OM5 and the 2 weirdest words

1:32 pm

hurshy

anyone got all 3 lower H?

1:33 pm

FrenchToast

I need one

1:33 pm

hurshy

moi aussi

1:33 pm

periwinkle

corner A please

1:33 pm

BzznBea

ho6 compound

1:34 pm

FrenchToast

I need HO6 from that bottom H

1:34 pm

hurshy

ac5 angle less than 90 degrees

1:34 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh

1:34 pm

FrenchToast

Is it HOT something?

1:34 pm

hurshy

not hotgun

1:34 pm

BzznBea

no, animal

1:34 pm

FrenchToast

not hotdog

1:35 pm

hurshy

usually it's hogtie but not today

1:35 pm

FrenchToast

OMG it's pig testicle

1:35 pm

hurshy

lol

1:35 pm

FrenchToast

Hahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

1:35 pm

hurshy

4-1-2 mostly Bs

1:35 pm

FrenchToast

I have 10 left

1:35 pm

BzznBea

It is actually a tree.

1:36 pm

hurshy

so at least one of my B has to be a 4 but

1:36 pm

hurshy

i can't find one i don't already have

1:37 pm

BzznBea

boyfriend?

1:37 pm

hurshy

have it

1:37 pm

BzznBea

girls name

1:37 pm

FrenchToast

2nd Greek letter?

1:37 pm

hurshy

and hebrew letter. have it, have the greek version also

1:37 pm

FrenchToast

pinto be4 ?

1:38 pm

hurshy

have it

1:38 pm

BzznBea

remove a letter from the sheep sound

1:38 pm

hurshy

have that

1:38 pm

hurshy

oh you mean a DIFFERENT letter

1:38 pm

hurshy

thanks

1:38 pm

hurshy

got it!!

1:39 pm

hurshy

well now i feel the odds are good that the rest of my non-B words ARE fours

1:40 pm

FrenchToast

Oh good lord I finally got the gn5. I was going left the whole time, duh!

1:40 pm

hurshy

the A was!

1:40 pm

hurshy

and a T!

1:41 pm

hurshy

and the other T!

1:41 pm

hurshy

ok so that leaves a B5 and two B6

1:42 pm

hurshy

got the tree and adj

1:42 pm

hurshy

one 6 left now

1:43 pm

FrenchToast

eFIREWORKS

1:43 pm

hurshy

ooh congrats

1:43 pm

FrenchToast

my last word was be6, after the girls name

1:44 pm

hurshy

looks like that is mine too

1:44 pm

hurshy

but i've tried so many, beturn, bethic

1:44 pm

hurshy

bethem

1:44 pm

hurshy

bethan, betung

1:44 pm

FrenchToast

BE + serve breakfast on a ****

1:44 pm

FrenchToast

breakfast in bed

1:45 pm

hurshy

arrrgh the normal words are a dagger through the he5

1:45 pm

hurshy

thanks

1:45 pm

BzznBea

My last was a t4

1:45 pm

BzznBea

poof

1:45 pm

hurshy

yours was probably weird tho

1:45 pm

hurshy

unlike the b6

1:46 pm

FrenchToast

A demain, hurshy

1:47 pm

hurshy

ttfn

2:44 pm

moolingwa

hullo

2:54 pm

mkg

any clues for svens welcome. ty.

2:56 pm

hokie carla

I don't know any svens. yuk yuk yuk

2:56 pm

hokie carla

rehi

2:56 pm

moolingwa

a desert made with fruit :) and a crunchy topping

2:56 pm

moolingwa

hoke!

2:56 pm

hokie carla

dessert even

2:57 pm

hokie carla

moooo

2:57 pm

moolingwa

no I mean to type desert ;)

2:57 pm

hokie carla

that's the way the cookie does that

2:57 pm

moolingwa

hopefully not in bed though

2:57 pm

moolingwa

33 left, this board is a bit sticky

2:58 pm

mkg

sorry. sevens is what i meant.

2:58 pm

hokie carla

43 here

2:58 pm

hokie carla

22-10-9-3 looks like I could find some 4s

2:58 pm

moolingwa

11-9-8-3

2:58 pm

mkg

not sure if there are any clues in this conversation.....hmmm. anyway i welcome any clues for any sevens.

2:59 pm

hokie carla

yes, we both just clued cr7

2:59 pm

hokie carla

starting at 2:56

2:59 pm

moolingwa

brb

3:00 pm

mkg

ok thanks.

3:00 pm

hokie carla

and that is the only 7 that we each have apparently

3:00 pm

mkg

got the cr. ty. had the 5 so was easy. ty.

3:01 pm

mkg

i am missing the i word top corner and the A word bottom corner. any help welcome.

3:01 pm

hokie carla

il4 babblet we have often

3:01 pm

hokie carla

ac5 type of angle or illness/care

3:02 pm

mkg

got it carla. ty. great clue for ac.

3:02 pm

mkg

looking for il.

3:02 pm

mkg

got il. ty ty ty

3:02 pm

mkg

ty for great clues.

3:04 pm

moolingwa

back

3:14 pm

hokie carla

me too

3:15 pm

hokie carla

cemetary in the grid if you can't spell it

3:17 pm

moolingwa

I don't wanna be buried in a pet sematary, I don't want to live my life again

3:17 pm

nrkii

found my other 2 7's... ar7 and ch7

3:18 pm

moolingwa

22 to go. 7-5-7-3

3:18 pm

hokie carla

hey nellie

3:18 pm

nrkii

howdy

3:18 pm

hokie carla

I still have 21 4s, moo!

3:18 pm

moolingwa

that's a goodly amount

3:20 pm

hokie carla

ooh, finished the H

3:20 pm

moolingwa

hooray!

3:24 pm

hokie carla

I really don't know how I missed all these 4s on first pass.

3:25 pm

hokie carla

phantom elementary

3:38 pm

moolingwa

distracted most likely

3:41 pm

hokie carla

definitely distracted right now

3:42 pm

hokie carla

and still 10-6-7-3

3:42 pm

moolingwa

6=5=6=2

3:47 pm

hokie carla

4-5-7-3 C2 E L2 B2 F T R U A C3 P4 H

3:48 pm

moolingwa

C LL - H BB F - TT - R U - A CC PPPP H

3:48 pm

moolingwa

found an L

3:49 pm

moolingwa

and a T

3:49 pm

moolingwa

and a p

4:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

room for one more player? squeezing in

4:27 pm

hokie carla

rererehi

4:28 pm

moolingwa

hola

4:38 pm

hokie carla

I don't know why I came back. I'm stuck.

4:38 pm

moolingwa

15 left here - 3-4-5-2

4:38 pm

Sugrraleona

anyone get the ru5?

4:39 pm

hokie carla

I don't have one

4:39 pm

moolingwa

didn't have it, but it's one that comes up from time to time

4:39 pm

moolingwa

kinda sounds like a certain disney princess, at least the ending

4:40 pm

hokie carla

not rulan, rumel

4:40 pm

hokie carla

how many points?

4:40 pm

Sugrraleona

12

4:40 pm

hokie carla

nm

4:40 pm

hokie carla

the disney princess is one of my faves

4:47 pm

hokie carla

moo, any hints for my top E?

4:47 pm

hokie carla

surprisingly the rest of our letters are very similar

4:49 pm

hokie carla

nm, peri'd it

4:49 pm

hokie carla

and found an L

4:57 pm

moolingwa

lovely

5:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

2/3 done, 47 to go, need a nap

5:57 pm

hokie carla

think I will list for these last 17

6:02 pm

penquis

i had to list to finish...

6:02 pm

penquis

but some words i thought I had entered weren't there...

6:02 pm

hokie carla

pen!

6:02 pm

hokie carla

struggling with the last le5

6:03 pm

hokie carla

oh got it

6:03 pm

penquis

dumb compound word...

6:03 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I always miss that and similar

6:03 pm

penquis

me, too...

6:04 pm

hokie carla

is the ho6 a normal word?

6:05 pm

penquis

no....a compound word i had never heard of...

6:05 pm

penquis

each part is normal...

6:06 pm

hokie carla

not even seeing it on bestwordlist

6:07 pm

penquis

animal + something you eat from a tree...

6:07 pm

penquis

it's there...i found it there, lol....

6:07 pm

hokie carla

oh, I was looking at it like the last of the ho but it's first

6:08 pm

penquis

yes..

6:08 pm

hokie carla

lol, never seen that either

6:09 pm

hokie carla

just looked up F7 too. I guess bea knew both these words

6:10 pm

penquis

i monkeyed it when i listed...

6:10 pm

hokie carla

well, I thought I could knowing the first 4 letters, but alas no

6:11 pm

hokie carla

lol, just learned a new word on bestwordlist - chemsex

6:12 pm

penquis

lol...

6:12 pm

hokie carla

and another 7 I've never seen before. thank goodness I listed.

6:14 pm

penquis

i did not know that one either...

6:14 pm

hokie carla

just going to go ahead and look up ar7 without even trying

6:14 pm

Lizlin

ar 7 is ac 6 + the r

6:15 pm

hokie carla

thanks, liz. saved me some time. tada! gotta go. good night/afternoon!

6:15 pm

Lizlin

yw

6:15 pm

penquis

bye...

6:16 pm

penquis

i am also heading out...goodnight liz....*waving to the lurkers*....

6:16 pm

Lizlin

Enjoy your evening

6:44 pm

periwinkle

ch7 please

6:44 pm

periwinkle

another grid I will not finish

6:46 pm

periwinkle

nm found it in my scrabble dictionary

6:46 pm

periwinkle

ar7 please

6:47 pm

MollyL

Clued below

6:47 pm

periwinkle

will look

6:48 pm

Shirlockc

shape + vowel + pt of consume

6:48 pm

periwinkle

clue not helping

6:50 pm

periwinkle

ty shirl

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