Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, February 5, 2026

12:01 am

ursh

hello all

12:01 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:02 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:03 am

ursh

di 8

12:05 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:09 am

cybernan

good find ursh - ty

12:17 am

MetFan

Still waiting for the day I can find "eohippus" in the grid

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:24 am

cybernan

the 7's are hiding

12:26 am

Lizlin

sp7/36

12:26 am

cybernan

to 7

12:26 am

Lizlin

The only one I have

12:26 am

Lizlin

Thanks

12:27 am

cybernan

have an sp 6 - looking for the 7

12:28 am

Lizlin

I have sp6 x 3. This is after the 3rd

12:29 am

cybernan

there must be 4 of the 6's because there is no way to extend my third

12:30 am

Lizlin

sp6/24 - becomes a plural for the 7

12:31 am

Lizlin

The 2nd sp6/24 i have

12:31 am

Lizlin

Good luck. I'm leaving the rest for tomorrow.

12:31 am

cybernan

good night - won't be far behind you

12:32 am

pcal2

Hi all, de8

12:52 am

sprite

morning babblers

1:14 am

grannyrose

* hugs * sprite. God, I wish you were here, even if it was to speak severely to me. I ache all over, but everything is done. All is ready for the big arrival tomorrow.

1:15 am

sprite

hi sweetie. Consider yourself sternly spoken to. And be glad I am not there or I'd kick your butt.

1:16 am

grannyrose

lol... you'd have to catch me first. And i can move pretty fast these days.

1:16 am

sprite

darling, don't fool yourself. You may be faster. But I am smarter.

1:16 am

grannyrose

specially on my mobility scooter. I do have to slow down on those corners though.

1:17 am

sprite

yep. And that's where I will be...

1:17 am

grannyrose

only because i say so...

1:18 am

grannyrose

taking a second endone now. ne4 to have a shower soon, then some dinner.

1:19 am

sprite

good girl.

1:21 am

sprite

oh, major smug moment. Was line editing yesterday with someone and he let a WHOLE scene through without changes! Never happened before. Won't happen again. I was so over the moon. Mostly, it's something wrong in every line :D

1:23 am

grannyrose

wow! wonderful stuff Sprite. see, you can be right sometimes. ;-p

1:24 am

sprite

*giggles* He said: if you always wrote like that, I'd be out of a job :D But yeah, I don't. So we will continue. It's fun though. Final pass.

1:25 am

grannyrose

proud of you girl!

1:25 am

sprite

:D happy dance.

1:28 am

sprite

fireflies.

1:29 am

sprite

guess that is hug time for me. I want to do some more editing before I have to go meet with the team about Mr Nasty. Twice today. Once to finalize the letters. Once to talk them over and send them off. Such a waste of time. We are all so so so done with the man

1:32 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE !!!

1:35 am

MetFan

36 to go, I'll save them for my AM Goodnight all

1:52 am

worzel

phantom dispose and disposes

2:40 am

Deeha

and disport

2:45 am

gail2

Z

5:49 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 7s welcome

5:54 am

mkg

just found sp 7. ty

5:56 am

tceicher

spoor

5:56 am

tceicher

poot

5:56 am

tceicher

rapy

5:56 am

tceicher

tapys

5:57 am

tceicher

rapid

5:57 am

tceicher

tapy

5:57 am

Robespierre

Wrong window! And almost none of those are words…

5:57 am

tceicher

pysc

5:57 am

tceicher

pays

5:57 am

tceicher

pase

5:57 am

tceicher

paafrt

5:57 am

mkg

still wrong windor.

5:57 am

FrenchToast

lol this is entertaining

5:58 am

tceicher

sorry

5:58 am

tceicher

uces

6:02 am

FrenchToast

mkg if you are still here, the de7/8 is the word for when a surgical wound reopens.

6:03 am

MollyL

Today is National Chocolate Fondue Day. Grab some strawberries and dip away.

6:04 am

FrenchToast

That sounds very yummy

6:04 am

FrenchToast

I have a tiny Crock Pot expressly for that purpose lol

6:22 am

MollyL

I have the small crockpot too. Great for hot dips and fondue.

8:15 am

rururocks

wouldn't yours be a crockette pot molly?

8:27 am

rururocks

how in the world did someone see that de8? jeez

8:30 am

origami

I use that word daily :D

8:30 am

rururocks

what does it mean?

8:31 am

origami

It means to burst out

8:31 am

origami

Like when a seed pod erupts

8:32 am

mael

phantom: isotope

8:32 am

mael

good morning everyone

8:33 am

mael

I can't see that de8 even with a hint so that's how my day's going :)

8:33 am

origami

It's a very weird word, mael.

8:34 am

rururocks

one that ori uses daily yelling in her garden

8:36 am

rururocks

she's been known to go out in her garden in her bathrobe and a pair of tongs to threaten them to get going.

8:36 am

origami

You forgot the headlamp

8:50 am

origami

Just need to finish up the S's and P's. See ya later

8:59 am

FrenchToast

In the medical/health care world, de8 is the term for a surgical incision that reopens

8:59 am

FrenchToast

Not a good scenario, I might add

9:14 am

MollyL

She goes out in the garden in a thong?

9:19 am

hokie carla

can't you read, he said tongs. not sure how you wear tongs though.

9:22 am

rururocks

kitchen tongs she likes to point them at you in a threatening way it's one of her quirks

9:23 am

rururocks

I'd guess most of us are well past the thong age :D

9:24 am

FrenchToast

Fireworks!

9:43 am

hokie carla

I thought you were trying to be Australian calling flip flops tongs. But we all know Ori likes Crocs.

9:44 am

hokie carla

they do make flip flops though

9:44 am

hokie carla

congrats, FT

9:46 am

hokie carla

ok, people...why can't I find top right E?

9:47 am

hokie carla

and don't say because I suck at this game

9:47 am

BzznBea

ei4

9:47 am

hokie carla

no i next to it

9:47 am

BzznBea

Oh. That e.

9:48 am

BzznBea

ep4

9:48 am

hokie carla

no p next to it

9:49 am

BzznBea

pkural

9:49 am

BzznBea

plural S

9:49 am

hokie carla

aha, thanks

9:49 am

hokie carla

ooh, found an 8

10:08 am

moolingwa

morning :)

11:04 am

hurshy

hi all

11:04 am

penquis

hi hursh...and hello everyone else...

11:06 am

hurshy

my tuxie Fritz is so crazy

11:07 am

hurshy

he ran so fast across the room this morning that he ran right into a side table thing and whacked his head

11:07 am

hurshy

i'm still shaking my head over it

11:07 am

penquis

cabin fever... ;o)

11:07 am

hurshy

no, he was running away from me so i wouldn't catch him

11:08 am

hurshy

but he overdid it

11:08 am

hurshy

he's 9 years old but from his energy you would think he was 1 or 2

11:08 am

hurshy

just a crazy boy

11:10 am

MollyL

Turtles run?

11:10 am

hurshy

fritz is a cat

11:10 am

hurshy

did you misread tuxie as turtle?

11:12 am

MollyL

Probably

11:12 am

hurshy

phantom: isotope

11:28 am

penquis

i am down to 18...went looking for my fours and still have 4 missing...

11:33 am

hurshy

i hope there are no DH words

11:34 am

penquis

i don't have any but i am missing one D...

11:34 am

BzznBea

There aren't.

11:34 am

hurshy

thanks bea

11:35 am

penquis

ty, bea...

11:37 am

hurshy

phantom: potato

11:41 am

hurshy

it says the 8s are de and di in the flip chat, is that correct?

11:42 am

penquis

de 7/8 are very strange....di is normal...

11:42 am

penquis

that is di 8...

11:42 am

hurshy

ok got the di

11:42 am

penquis

i googled something somebody mentioned in the chat to get the de 7/8....

11:42 am

hurshy

do you have a clue for the de?

11:43 am

penquis

i googled surgical incision that reopens...

11:43 am

penquis

hard to clue...

11:44 am

hurshy

yikes, thank you, very weird indeed

11:44 am

hurshy

at least for us non-medical-professionals

11:44 am

penquis

yes...

11:45 am

penquis

never seen it before and hope i don't see it again...

11:45 am

hurshy

1-5-5

11:45 am

penquis

nice....16 left here...taking a break....bye for now...

11:46 am

hurshy

got my A!

11:46 am

hurshy

ttfn pen

11:47 am

hurshy

got an odd pair of Ss!

11:48 am

hurshy

got a pair of Ts!

11:50 am

hurshy

ooh i found a pt word, is that the only one or is there another?

11:55 am

hurshy

went to list, it's just the one pt

11:55 am

hurshy

but there was also a ps

1:22 pm

crosshair

I see the de8 word for a eound reopening online, but I cannot make it an eight letter word.

1:25 pm

crosshair

Found it, nm

2:15 pm

Teresa1301

Open

2:18 pm

periwinkle

I have de8 what is the other please

2:20 pm

periwinkle

top corner E please

2:21 pm

Atalante

hmmm what is this wound word

2:21 pm

periwinkle

nm

2:22 pm

periwinkle

it is a di8 and I am looking

2:22 pm

periwinkle

found it

2:24 pm

periwinkle

hi Ata. the de 7/8 is what happens when a surgical wound reopens

2:24 pm

Atalante

I had to look it up. new word for me!

2:25 pm

periwinkle

I knew the word since I worked in hospitals

2:25 pm

periwinkle

64 left

2:26 pm

periwinkle

do you have the di8 Ata? I found it

2:28 pm

periwinkle

bbl

2:39 pm

Atalante

I had the di8 :)

3:18 pm

hokie carla

hmm, found the word by googling but it has two c's and I can't get an alt to work.

3:18 pm

hokie carla

maybe I need a nap.

3:18 pm

hokie carla

and it is 10 letters

3:18 pm

hokie carla

so maybe I need to change form

3:19 pm

hokie carla

ok, got them

4:10 pm

Atalante

glad it wasn't just me that didn't know them!

4:28 pm

Atalante

ooo a pt6

4:33 pm

Gillie

the de7 can also be used in reference to plant pods, apparently

4:57 pm

hokie carla

oh, thanks for pt6

5:34 pm

Atalante

hmmm py6

5:35 pm

hokie carla

how many points

5:35 pm

penquis

py 6/27....like the pt 6....

5:36 pm

hokie carla

pen!

5:36 pm

penquis

carla!

5:36 pm

hokie carla

thanks

5:36 pm

penquis

yw...monkeyed it when it was mentioned....

5:37 pm

hokie carla

down to 19 now

5:37 pm

penquis

14 here...

5:38 pm

penquis

still missing four fours....

5:39 pm

hokie carla

I still need 5. should look for them.

5:39 pm

hokie carla

do you have both i's?

5:39 pm

penquis

missing one I....

5:42 pm

hokie carla

found one 4

5:42 pm

penquis

same here...

5:43 pm

penquis

oh duh...the other is a four....same word...

5:44 pm

hokie carla

the other i is a 4?

5:45 pm

penquis

yes...related word...

5:46 pm

hokie carla

so both ic4 you say. ohhh, could not see that at all.

5:46 pm

penquis

yes...

5:46 pm

penquis

one is forward, one is backward...

5:47 pm

hokie carla

yeah, it was the backward one I couldn't see

5:47 pm

penquis

same here...

5:47 pm

hokie carla

3-5-7-2 don't like all those 6s

5:48 pm

penquis

3 4 4 1...

5:48 pm

hokie carla

C2 S3 S5 P P A R T3

5:48 pm

hokie carla

found an S from each

5:48 pm

penquis

i have my Cs....and my Rs....and As.....

5:48 pm

hokie carla

a 6/7 set

5:48 pm

penquis

D Sx5 P H P TTT....

5:49 pm

hokie carla

any ci?

5:49 pm

hokie carla

can guess your H if you want

5:49 pm

penquis

no...all CE....

5:49 pm

joansiebone

I agree with Hokie. By my count only 6 of the sixes are common words

5:50 pm

penquis

missing the H from the right column....

5:50 pm

hokie carla

6s are always my kryptonite

5:50 pm

hokie carla

yes, I guess he5

5:51 pm

hokie carla

oh, found a pl ce6

5:51 pm

penquis

must be that word...

5:52 pm

hokie carla

he5 is a normal word, though I don't use it often. goes up and back.

5:53 pm

penquis

oh duh...ty....

5:54 pm

penquis

found my P....the fourth column one..

5:55 pm

hokie carla

what was it?

5:55 pm

hokie carla

what was it?

5:55 pm

penquis

pe 4...babblet....looks like a pl...

5:55 pm

hokie carla

oh, I have that or one like it

5:56 pm

penquis

there is a ps 5...

5:56 pm

hokie carla

hvae that

5:56 pm

hokie carla

oh, found it

5:58 pm

hokie carla

any obvious guesses for my A?

5:58 pm

penquis

found my lst P....

5:58 pm

penquis

as 4...ends in a vowel...

5:58 pm

hokie carla

what was your other P?

5:59 pm

hokie carla

I have that A

5:59 pm

penquis

py 4/8

5:59 pm

penquis

the other As are ordinary words....one is a pl....

6:00 pm

penquis

well two are but the second is a four....

6:00 pm

hokie carla

oh, that was my P, thx

6:01 pm

penquis

yw...D Sx5 and Tx3 left....

6:02 pm

hokie carla

C S2 S4 A R T3 still here

6:03 pm

penquis

four of the Cs end in a pl letter...

6:04 pm

penquis

se 5/6 is probably your missing right column S words....

6:04 pm

hokie carla

ok, I only have 3. will look.

6:05 pm

penquis

se 5 is a kind of Indian soldier....only know it because of Jewel in the Crown....

6:06 pm

hokie carla

oh, that is a good guess then

6:06 pm

hokie carla

got them, thx

6:06 pm

penquis

yw...

6:07 pm

penquis

found one of my Ts....to 7...

6:07 pm

hokie carla

oh, that would be my imssing 7

6:07 pm

penquis

compound word...

6:08 pm

penquis

found the other two Ts....to 5/6....

6:08 pm

hokie carla

not toydice, which I was going to call BS on

6:09 pm

hokie carla

do the to5/6 go inside a to4/5 set? if so, I have those.

6:09 pm

penquis

dk...the five ends in two vowels....

6:09 pm

hokie carla

found the 7, thanks

6:10 pm

hokie carla

ok, not the set I meant then

6:10 pm

hokie carla

oh yeah, I rem. those, thx.

6:12 pm

hokie carla

got the c

6:13 pm

penquis

down to D and Sx5....

6:13 pm

hokie carla

ok, I have ai4, as4,5,6,4, and at4

6:13 pm

hokie carla

got it. as5

6:14 pm

hokie carla

1-1-3 here. Sx4 and R

6:14 pm

penquis

i think you are missing the singular of one of your as 6 words...or anothe as 5...real word....

6:14 pm

hokie carla

my last D was d4/6 (there are 3)

6:15 pm

penquis

i have two Di 4/6 words...

6:16 pm

hokie carla

prob the one that looks like alt past tense

6:16 pm

penquis

have that one...

6:17 pm

penquis

found it...

6:17 pm

penquis

just missing five S words...

6:17 pm

penquis

two fives and four sixes...

6:18 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

6:18 pm

hokie carla

wondering if my 4 is the R then, but I sure can't see one

6:18 pm

hokie carla

argh, it is

6:18 pm

penquis

the Rs are ordinary...

6:18 pm

hokie carla

hey nan, watching any curling?

6:18 pm

penquis

hi nan...

6:19 pm

penquis

all my missing Ss are from the center S...

6:19 pm

hokie carla

now 0-1-3, all S

6:19 pm

hokie carla

same

6:19 pm

penquis

o 2 3 here...

6:20 pm

hokie carla

I have 3 SA, 3 SI, and 8 SO

6:22 pm

hokie carla

also 2 SC

6:23 pm

hokie carla

gonna have to just list

6:23 pm

penquis

ah...i am missing an SA...i have several Se words but they might come from the other S....i have the Si words....and the So words....

6:25 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I didn't bother counting the se because I didn't want to have to figure it out. of course we both have the other S gray so we could still compare. I have 7 SP, 2 SY, and 9 SE.

6:26 pm

penquis

i just listed...you are missing an sp 6/21....and sy5 and sy6....

6:26 pm

cybernan

yes carla - olympic mixed doubles are on right now

6:27 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I listed too. but got stuck on sa6/27

6:28 pm

penquis

i am missing that one and the last Sa 5...

6:28 pm

hokie carla

that one is like a man's name. arabic maybe. there was a guy on Lost named that.

6:29 pm

penquis

ty...

6:31 pm

penquis

found my Sy words...similar to the ones i had...

6:32 pm

hokie carla

trying to look up the sa6 but on very bad cell signal so can't get that page to load

6:32 pm

penquis

i will look...

6:32 pm

cybernan

how many sa's -- just have 4,5,5

6:33 pm

hokie carla

alt sp of the name

6:33 pm

hokie carla

it's sa6/27, nan

6:33 pm

penquis

yes. just found that...

6:33 pm

hokie carla

only 4 SA

6:34 pm

hokie carla

okay, thanks for the collab, pen. gotta shut this down because it's so slow. later.

6:34 pm

cybernan

looking for the 6 - normal words?

6:34 pm

penquis

found my last word...sp 6...

6:34 pm

cybernan

grats pen

6:35 pm

penquis

ty....bye, carla....

6:35 pm

penquis

which 6 are you looking for?

6:35 pm

cybernan

the sa

6:36 pm

penquis

do you have the sa 5/16?

6:36 pm

cybernan

yes

6:36 pm

penquis

then just add a vowel before the higher point letter...

6:36 pm

cybernan

ty pen

6:37 pm

penquis

yw....need anything else before i go?

6:37 pm

cybernan

off to finish my vacuuming now - back later

6:37 pm

penquis

ok...then i am heading out...bye all....

6:44 pm

scatterbrain

Any clues pls for the sp 21

6:51 pm

MollyL

spence

6:51 pm

MollyL

Not that one

6:55 pm

MollyL

s+ink writers + vowel

6:56 pm

scatterbrain

No molly got that it’s the sp621 pits but thanx

7:00 pm

scatterbrain

Thanks molly got it

7:01 pm

MollyL

There is only onel1 and that is what I clued. spense...s +ink writers + vowel

7:05 pm

scatterbrain

Found it from your clue but thanks again

7:39 pm

scatterbrain

So stuck on sa6 any clues pls

7:40 pm

cybernan

chores done for the day

7:42 pm

cybernan

sa6 - talk about something other than the ego

7:42 pm

cybernan

*that is the sa 5 -- throw in an extra vowel for the 6

7:44 pm

cybernan

care to clue that sp 6, scatterbrain?

7:51 pm

scatterbrain

Sp+not a chicken but a h**+v

7:51 pm

cybernan

ty

7:53 pm

scatterbrain

But cyber still can’t get the sa6

7:54 pm

cybernan

find the sa 5 first: talk + what you are asked to show at the border

8:00 pm

cybernan

did you find the sa 5/16?

8:09 pm

cybernan

de 7-8 please?

8:10 pm

scatterbrain

Yes cyber got the sa5 16 pts but for the heck can’t get the 6

8:10 pm

cybernan

for the 6 add a vowel before the high point letter

8:14 pm

cybernan

do you have the de 7-8?

8:20 pm

scatterbrain

De + spelt a little different but sounds the same when they have to de++++an aeroplane best I can do

8:22 pm

cybernan

can't be get rid of the frost

8:22 pm

cybernan

mmm

8:23 pm

dan2bit

de + not hers + end of frozen water

8:23 pm

dan2bit

and plural

8:26 pm

cybernan

wow - ty dan - have never come across that one before - will have to look it up

8:27 pm

cybernan

One must be a botanist - wonder how many we have in our group?

8:28 pm

cybernan

That's me finished - back at the flip if I'm still awake :)

8:52 pm

wingding

ty dan for de 7/40 ... how would you know that word ?

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