Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, February 4, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi eveeryone

12:02 am

Onpaki

Hello!

12:03 am

Robespierre

Happy flip!

12:15 am

Robespierre

ma 7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:26 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, tr 8

12:41 am

sprite

thanks, Lickety. Morning, babblers

12:42 am

MetFan

Morning Sprite

12:42 am

sprite

hiya MetFan :)

12:44 am

MetFan

Another groovy one.....

12:46 am

grannyrose

cooee all. * hugs * sprite. how was your night? still sleepless?

12:47 am

sprite

I like groovy. Especially our GroovyKiwi :) Hiya sweetie *hugs* I slept. Strike for the team.

12:49 am

grannyrose

yay!! i slept too. after 20 hours of wakefulness. Don is doing well. he has already been up and walking.

12:50 am

sprite

yay for finally getting some sleep. Guess we both ended the awake marathon at the same day. And yay for Don too.

12:51 am

grannyrose

tomorrow is the big clean up day, getting everything ready for his discharge. the nurses are saying Friday.

12:51 am

sprite

that sounds about right. Is he man or baby atm?

12:52 am

grannyrose

pretty much the man. not sure how much of that is a front for the nurses and PT...lol

12:53 am

sprite

well, just keep it in mind, lol. If he reverts to baby Don at home, tell him that if he can do it in hospital right after surgery, he can definitely do it at home some time later.

12:53 am

grannyrose

exactly. * tucking it up my sleeve *

12:54 am

sprite

good girl :D

12:55 am

grannyrose

how's the weather over there? summer is back with a vengeance here. 33C today.

12:56 am

sprite

we lost the snow again, thank God. Still around freezing with incredibly fine rain though, so slippery.

12:56 am

grannyrose

ugh. please be very careful honey. tell Rob to get the bubble wrap out.

12:56 am

sprite

ohhhhh I didn't tell you: Rob has been to our new GP and discussed the knee replacement with her. She recommended the local hospital and the waiting list is... hold it.... drumrolll...... 7 days

12:57 am

grannyrose

wow!! wonderful news. how does he feel about that?

12:57 am

sprite

so now he is in a panic, lol, it moves a little faster than planned. It won't be within a week, he needs fresh Xrays and scans first. But still... it's about to happen

12:58 am

grannyrose

but sooner than later which is good.

12:59 am

sprite

yes. It's time. And once he has finished rehab for that knee, the other one right after. I hope he will be able to enjoy many more years without pain

1:00 am

grannyrose

i hope he will be okay. at least with the second one he will know what to expect.

1:00 am

grannyrose

how are his legs these days?

1:01 am

sprite

you mean the swelling? It's amazing, lovely slender legs, and no more of that inflammation I keep forgetting the english name of. He wears his socks every other day now, all stays perfectly slender

1:04 am

grannyrose

that's great news.

1:05 am

sprite

he has also found an apparatus that lets him put them on and off by himself. A big thing with hinges. Works very well.

1:08 am

grannyrose

terrific.

1:32 am

MetFan

OK, over 2/3 done, time for sleep. Goodnight all.

1:33 am

sprite

sleep well, MetFa

1:33 am

sprite

MetFan*

1:37 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing. *hugs* for rose

7:06 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

7:07 am

montreal13

just finished my 1st pass - bbl for last 28 - fairly easy grid - gm crosshair

7:08 am

crosshair

Nice to have an easy one for a change. Diving in.

7:09 am

montreal13

gotta go - have a great day crosshair and to all babblers everywhere !

7:10 am

crosshair

Same to you, mon13.

7:10 am

montreal13

good luck - "poof"

7:38 am

FrenchToast

GM all

7:39 am

FrenchToast

I'm wading through all the Hs

7:52 am

FrenchToast

phantom: megalodon

7:54 am

mael

good morning!

7:55 am

FrenchToast

GM mael

7:55 am

origami

Hi mael

7:57 am

FrenchToast

This grid is fun so far

8:00 am

FrenchToast

phantom: salary

8:33 am

phaeton

help with the tr8?

8:34 am

ChampFit

prefix for 3 + no5/12

8:34 am

phaeton

thnx champ

8:34 am

phaeton

fw

8:35 am

FrenchToast

Oooh ty champ

8:36 am

ChampFit

wooHOO! congrats phae!

8:36 am

FrenchToast

WTG phaeton

8:36 am

phaeton

ty...any clues wanted?

8:38 am

phaeton

hagd

8:38 am

FrenchToast

I'm down to my last 5

8:39 am

ChampFit

15 left here. Slow going.

8:42 am

FrenchToast

Fireworks!

8:42 am

ChampFit

Yay! congrats!

8:42 am

FrenchToast

last word was gr5,14

8:43 am

ChampFit

Well, I need that! Thx...will look

8:43 am

FrenchToast

I think it's an ancient word for a bowl or vessel.

8:44 am

FrenchToast

It has double vowel

8:44 am

ChampFit

ty!

8:44 am

ChampFit

got it!

8:44 am

ChampFit

So far, 2 with double vowels, fyi!

8:45 am

FrenchToast

Like the Holy Gr*** but spelled differently

8:45 am

ChampFit

Yes...

8:45 am

FrenchToast

Champ your doggie is so cute

8:46 am

FrenchToast

And I def want to make that unstuffy cabbage dish

8:46 am

ChampFit

thanks! They're good pups.

8:47 am

FrenchToast

How is your weather in Houston

8:47 am

FrenchToast

Im in Virginia, it is COLD

8:47 am

ChampFit

GORGEOUS day today. 50's right now, warming up to 60 with clear skies.

8:48 am

FrenchToast

Oh nice! I'm so jelly

8:48 am

FrenchToast

Clues needed before I go?

8:50 am

ChampFit

No thanks. My youngest daughter is on her honeymoon in Cabo, and she's complaining that they left their sunscreen at the pool, so have to pay a zillion dollars at the resort gift shop to buy more, I feel her pain....been there! ;)

8:50 am

FrenchToast

Oh yes me too. I cant go outside without sunscreen!

8:50 am

FrenchToast

HAGD !

8:51 am

ChampFit

You too!

8:58 am

ChampFit

Ole! Can't believe I just found that word...

9:08 am

Norma

ta

10:09 am

mkg

any clues for sevens welcome.

10:12 am

LuvWordGames

Lo 7/40 is a plural And it uses the high point

10:13 am

mkg

ty

10:13 am

mkg

got it. ty.

10:16 am

LuvWordGames

He 7/36 he + Change one of the vowels In a word for copper, tin, aluminum, etc

10:23 am

hurshy

having fe6 makes me feel better about fe4 not counting

10:26 am

LuvWordGames

Just finished, any clues needed?

10:26 am

hurshy

top T i have tr4, 5, and 8, what is the other one?

10:27 am

hurshy

DANG IT it's mastodon not mastadon, what a shame

10:28 am

hokie carla

I just tried matadon

10:28 am

LuvWordGames

Another tr4

10:28 am

hurshy

well that's closer to a real 7

10:28 am

ChampFit

Tr8/4/5/4 Carla...think ole!

10:28 am

hurshy

thanks luv

10:28 am

hokie carla

Yes, found it first

10:29 am

hurshy

:)

10:29 am

ChampFit

I tried mastadon too

10:30 am

hurshy

so sad

10:31 am

ChampFit

oh for goodness sake! just finished, and my last word was in 5/12. Babble blindness.

10:31 am

hurshy

that's not so bad

10:31 am

hurshy

not SUPER normal

10:31 am

hokie carla

Well I just monkeyed tr8, thx. No idea what it has to do with ole

10:32 am

hurshy

no it was the ma7 that has to do with olé

10:33 am

hurshy

you just already had it

10:42 am

hurshy

anyone got the other 8?

10:42 am

hurshy

besides tr8 i mean

10:42 am

BzznBea

ha8

10:43 am

hurshy

compound? weird?

10:43 am

BzznBea

not compund

10:44 am

BzznBea

scottish like spelling

10:44 am

BzznBea

We've had it before

10:44 am

hurshy

ohhh thanks

10:44 am

hurshy

9 left now! 3-2-4

10:46 am

hurshy

3 of them are Fs

10:47 am

hurshy

ooh just found an odd fl5 and 6 pair

10:48 am

hurshy

phantom: half

10:49 am

hurshy

got a couple L4s too

10:50 am

hokie carla

Tiara for mael today

10:51 am

hokie carla

Maal

10:51 am

hokie carla

And her

11:01 am

hurshy

woot remembered an odd me6

11:03 am

Sugrraleona

any help with the ha8?

11:03 am

hurshy

do you have he7? alt sp

11:04 am

hurshy

it's to do with blood

11:04 am

Sugrraleona

nope LOl

11:04 am

hurshy

medical type word

11:04 am

hurshy

adj

11:04 am

hurshy

and done, last 4 with list

11:04 am

Sugrraleona

I got it - like the hernia

11:05 am

Sugrraleona

scratch that LOL

11:05 am

hurshy

er...

11:05 am

hurshy

yeah i was like, i don't think so

11:05 am

hurshy

but if you know what a doc who deals with blood diseases is called

11:07 am

Sugrraleona

just finished the h's - ty

11:13 am

hurshy

:)

11:13 am

hurshy

ttfn

11:24 am

moolingwa

morning

11:37 am

hokie carla

Mooo

11:37 am

moolingwa

hoke!

11:41 am

moolingwa

bottom row greyed

11:42 am

hokie carla

Still need several

11:42 am

moolingwa

16 left overall

11:42 am

hokie carla

31

11:42 am

moolingwa

6-3-4-1-2

11:42 am

moolingwa

3OFOET

11:44 am

hokie carla

11-12-5-1

11:48 am

moolingwa

found a word

11:48 am

hokie carla

Great

11:50 am

moolingwa

phantom mastodon

11:51 am

hokie carla

Yes, we discussed that earlier

11:51 am

moolingwa

ah

11:51 am

moolingwa

3 more words

11:52 am

moolingwa

4th row greyed

11:52 am

moolingwa

and now I've found all my fives

11:53 am

moolingwa

and now I've found all my fives

11:53 am

hokie carla

25 left

11:56 am

hokie carla

8-11-5-1

11:59 am

hokie carla

Found my 7

12:00 pm

moolingwa

3-0-4-1-2

12:02 pm

hokie carla

G FFFF HH MMM AA LL I SS A NN TT

12:02 pm

moolingwa

T - FF HH - MM LL

12:03 pm

hokie carla

Found an H

12:03 pm

moolingwa

hooray!

12:04 pm

hokie carla

And a T

12:05 pm

moolingwa

terrific!

12:05 pm

hokie carla

And an N

12:06 pm

moolingwa

noice!

12:06 pm

moolingwa

found my last 7

12:06 pm

moolingwa

and an 8, and greyed the middle column

12:07 pm

hokie carla

Sweet

12:07 pm

moolingwa

2-0-4-0-1

12:08 pm

hokie carla

6-9-4

12:08 pm

moolingwa

quite different looking :)

12:09 pm

hokie carla

Yep

12:09 pm

hokie carla

Oh, there’s the other N

12:09 pm

moolingwa

found the other 8

12:09 pm

moolingwa

top row and 5th column greyed

12:10 pm

moolingwa

FF MM LL

12:10 pm

hokie carla

Still no col or row gray

12:10 pm

moolingwa

found the 8s unassisted which was nice

12:11 pm

hokie carla

Yes, I saw both in chat

12:12 pm

hokie carla

Guess on the G? I have the dutch looking one.

12:12 pm

moolingwa

found an f

12:12 pm

hokie carla

Fabulous

12:12 pm

moolingwa

g5, adjective

12:13 pm

moolingwa

found an l

12:13 pm

moolingwa

2-0-2

12:13 pm

hokie carla

Thx, got it

12:13 pm

moolingwa

yay

12:16 pm

moolingwa

brb

12:20 pm

hokie carla

Think I will take a break.TTFN

12:59 pm

hokie carla

Rehi. Finished the F!

1:00 pm

moolingwa

fab!

1:00 pm

moolingwa

I still need one

1:01 pm

hokie carla

3-6-4 H MMM AA LL I SS A T

1:01 pm

moolingwa

still 2-0-2 - F MM L

1:01 pm

moolingwa

found my last L

1:03 pm

moolingwa

finished my F and the 4s

1:03 pm

moolingwa

so 2 m6s to go

1:04 pm

hokie carla

Magnificent

1:06 pm

moolingwa

found one

1:09 pm

hokie carla

Well, I see nothing

1:11 pm

moolingwa

what you got left?

1:11 pm

hokie carla

Still everything at 1:01

1:12 pm

moolingwa

aa5 maybe?

1:12 pm

moolingwa

la5 maybe

1:12 pm

moolingwa

i6

1:12 pm

moolingwa

me6

1:13 pm

moolingwa

s4 maybe...the s words are all regular

1:13 pm

hokie carla

There is a phantom aa5 babblet but I don’t have one

1:14 pm

hokie carla

Forgot that L5

1:14 pm

hokie carla

Have in5,4,6

1:14 pm

moolingwa

yeah, different one :)

1:17 pm

hokie carla

Oh, missed trying sm

1:17 pm

hokie carla

3-4-3

1:18 pm

moolingwa

yeah, was wondering on the sm

1:18 pm

moolingwa

this last m6 is giving me fits

1:22 pm

moolingwa

fw

1:22 pm

hokie carla

I have one that might give you sweats

1:22 pm

hokie carla

Oh, nm

1:22 pm

hokie carla

Well done

1:22 pm

moolingwa

those last 2 words were new to me

1:23 pm

moolingwa

unassisted today, which was nice

1:23 pm

hokie carla

Pit stop time

1:27 pm

moolingwa

let me know what you have left if you want more clues

1:54 pm

hokie carla

Think I will finish tonight on my laptop, but thanks

2:22 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with tr8 please

2:29 pm

periwinkle

I have no 7s

2:29 pm

BzznBea

tr8 end with no5

2:30 pm

periwinkle

I do not have the no5 looking

2:31 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea

2:31 pm

periwinkle

ma7 or lo7 please

2:31 pm

BzznBea

ma7 is a bull figher

2:33 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea

3:42 pm

cybernan

good afternoon everyone :)

4:26 pm

cybernan

la 6 has me stumped

4:29 pm

Sugrraleona

i don't have it either

4:30 pm

Sugrraleona

and the aa5 has me stumped too

4:39 pm

saanichcat

aa5 is pirate talk!

5:35 pm

Sugrraleona

ha ha ty saan

5:48 pm

Sugrraleona

3 left I give up LOL

5:50 pm

godthaab

AA5 is what you say when you are stumped

5:50 pm

Sugrraleona

yes, ty found that - I'm missing an la5, la6 and an me6

5:50 pm

Sugrraleona

ty god

5:52 pm

godthaab

la 6. sounds like a subatomic particle

5:53 pm

Sugrraleona

hmm electron, neutron proton LOL hmmm

5:53 pm

godthaab

la 5 is like one of the 3 stooges

5:54 pm

Sugrraleona

hmm larry moe and curly LOL

5:57 pm

Sugrraleona

i must bid farewell ty for trying god much appreciated - i'm starting dinner, hubby will be home soon - I'll pop in in the morning for a new grid - xxx

5:57 pm

godthaab

Bingo Sugrraleona!

6:51 pm

periwinkle

lo7 please

6:52 pm

periwinkle

or he7 please

7:33 pm

dan2bit

lo6/7 uses the high point tile

7:46 pm

dan2bit

aa5! I finally found the aa5

7:56 pm

rururocks

sends a parrot to dan

8:05 pm

dan2bit

just winging it, ruru?

8:24 pm

rururocks

d

8:25 pm

rururocks

sorry I've been up since the cracker of dawn

9:15 pm

dan2bit

it's a real feather in your cap

9:42 pm

MollyL

Is this a play on birds?

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