Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, March 5, 2026

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:02 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:02 am

Rainiqui

gr 8

12:02 am

dofith

G'day folks

12:02 am

harpjane

hi

12:03 am

ursh

hello all

12:04 am

Rainiqui

he 7

12:05 am

Gillie

he7 x 2

12:07 am

Gillie

go7

12:14 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

Thanks Lickety

12:24 am

crayola

Thank you lickety

12:26 am

cybernan

too tired to make much sense of this - maybe tomorrow will be better. Good night :)

12:27 am

cybernan

he 7 x3

5:08 am

FrenchToast

he7 x 4

5:16 am

ChampFit

Ha! I was just about to type that!

5:17 am

FrenchToast

I just finished the Hs.

5:17 am

FrenchToast

I have 13 left

5:17 am

ChampFit

I have 3 left...

5:17 am

FrenchToast

Noice!

5:17 am

ChampFit

No three H's!

5:17 am

FrenchToast

The name of my childhood crush is in the gr4

5:17 am

ChampFit

Haven't finished my first pass yet.

5:17 am

FrenchToast

The Indian boy on the cartoon Johnny Quest

5:18 am

ChampFit

Oh, thanks!

5:18 am

FrenchToast

ha6 and ha5 are 2 different spellings of his name

5:24 am

FrenchToast

8 left, all As

5:24 am

ChampFit

Go get 'em!

5:25 am

FrenchToast

aFireworks!

5:26 am

FrenchToast

did you finish?

5:26 am

FrenchToast

That was a fun gr4

5:26 am

ChampFit

Yay! No, I'm still on my first pass. Have the last column plus one to go.

5:26 am

FrenchToast

Oh I thought you said 3 left

5:27 am

ChampFit

That was when we were talking about the H

5:27 am

FrenchToast

Oh sorry I misunderstood!

5:27 am

FrenchToast

Do you need any clues

5:28 am

ChampFit

No thanks. I have just enough time to make it through the first pass and will come back for whatever is left in a bit.

5:28 am

FrenchToast

Okay see u later!

5:28 am

ChampFit

Have a great day!

6:15 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

6:27 am

maccafixx

go 5/14?

6:29 am

maccafixx

grinding

6:46 am

Flask1

Good morning Crosshair!

6:46 am

Book Doctor Gwen

morning word cranks! diving in

6:49 am

Flask1

uping

7:08 am

crosshair

Just monkied a je5 :)

7:18 am

crosshair

Got to halfway on first run through, but still fighting for NBT :/

7:25 am

Book Doctor Gwen

stilling missing one tile for nbt -- argh

7:31 am

bichon

me too, crossy

7:41 am

Book Doctor Gwen

can anyone give stats for the top row E?

7:42 am

crosshair

Ei 4/5

7:42 am

Sugrraleona

ei4/5

7:43 am

crosshair

Stats for bottom o, second column, please.

7:44 am

Book Doctor Gwen

bottom O is oi5

7:44 am

Book Doctor Gwen

thanks for the ei -- fish me please

7:45 am

crosshair

Ty found it. :)

7:46 am

crosshair

Slaps gwen with a large trout.

7:46 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt and 47 to go

7:46 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(falls into the canal) tanx cross 8 - D

7:47 am

crosshair

Lol. It is actually a good deal condudering the cost of freh trout filets these days.

7:54 am

crosshair

I have je 5/24, stats for the other two, please.

7:56 am

Book Doctor Gwen

diapet -- Japanese toy maker

7:56 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ji5

7:57 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ji5/24 (that is)

7:57 am

crosshair

Lol, might be a tad obscure for Enable.

7:57 am

Book Doctor Gwen

enable is not into brand name 8- (

7:59 am

Book Doctor Gwen

*brand names

8:03 am

crosshair

You would not think that a ji5 would be that tought to suss out

8:04 am

Book Doctor Gwen

do you need more hint?

8:07 am

Book Doctor Gwen

just found the last J

8:07 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Ji4/9

8:09 am

crosshair

No, I should be able to find a j4 or I can turn in my Babble stripes.

8:12 am

Book Doctor Gwen

40 to go, time for a break. later crossman

8:16 am

rururocks

5 here.. seems like a straight forward grid to me

8:18 am

phaeton

hello...help with the gr8?

8:19 am

rururocks

football stadium

8:19 am

hokie carla

ah, thanks

8:20 am

phaeton

ty

8:28 am

phaeton

right side grey

8:34 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray

8:34 am

phaeton

fw

8:34 am

hokie carla

congrats

8:34 am

phaeton

ty...any clues wanted?

8:34 am

hokie carla

no idea, but thanks

8:35 am

phaeton

hagd

8:35 am

hokie carla

you too

8:47 am

hokie carla

leaving 16 for later. 3-9-2-2

8:48 am

hokie carla

I think babble blindness has set in

9:07 am

crosshair

Old McDonald had a farm and ji5 was his name-o

9:07 am

crosshair

Yook me long enouth to find the blasted thing. :(

9:07 am

crosshair

Took

9:11 am

crosshair

And his other dog, pi5 :)

9:15 am

crosshair

And his aussie dog, di5 :)

10:05 am

hurshy

phantom: tidier

10:10 am

hurshy

and pretty much everything else that one wants to be able to stick -ier or -er on

10:22 am

hurshy

7s Sacked!

10:25 am

Sugrraleona

any clue for the ed6?

10:25 am

Sugrraleona

nevermind, got it LOL

10:25 am

hurshy

:D

10:26 am

hurshy

any GN words today?

10:29 am

Sugrraleona

no hursh

10:29 am

Flask1

clue please for gr8??

10:29 am

hurshy

mk thanks

10:30 am

hurshy

the football field is called the gr8 sometimes

10:30 am

hurshy

american football that is

10:30 am

hurshy

a babble gr4 + what anemic people are low in

10:32 am

Flask1

thanks hurshy...great clue

10:37 am

Sugrraleona

3 left, I quit :)

10:47 am

rururocks

don't quit with just three ask for a clue

10:52 am

Sugrraleona

I need a gr5, a pi5, and an ha6 -

10:52 am

Sugrraleona

im monkeying at this point

10:54 am

rururocks

to grab something with a ending consonant GR5

10:54 am

rururocks

Pi5 like the beatles drummer

10:55 am

Sugrraleona

got the gr, ty how'd you know I needed that one? LOL

10:55 am

rururocks

ha6 to have possessed + most of a off road vehicle

10:55 am

Sugrraleona

have that one

10:55 am

rururocks

then most of possessed and a gerund

10:56 am

rururocks

past tense of have + gerund is a better clue

10:58 am

Sugrraleona

I have that one too

10:59 am

rururocks

those are the two ha 6's

10:59 am

rururocks

there are only 2 ha6

11:03 am

rururocks

you all set now sugr?

11:06 am

hurshy

it's true, only those 2 ha6

11:06 am

hurshy

2-2-1 left for me

11:06 am

hurshy

got a T4!

11:07 am

hurshy

and a G4!

11:07 am

hurshy

is there just one G6, do you know, ru?

11:08 am

rururocks

yes a ga gerund

11:08 am

hurshy

ok so my left G must be a five but i have the one u suggested for sugrraleona

11:08 am

rururocks

which g left or right

11:09 am

hurshy

is there a go5 or are the left G all GR?

11:09 am

hurshy

left

11:09 am

rururocks

there is a go 5 like the flower be ......

11:09 am

hurshy

hooray thanks!

11:09 am

hurshy

and what about N, is there an N6?

11:10 am

rururocks

yes no6

11:10 am

rururocks

no and not left

11:10 am

hurshy

ah that old chestnut

11:10 am

hurshy

ok so that just leaves a P5

11:10 am

rururocks

like the polish dish pi5

11:11 am

hurshy

ty!

11:12 am

rururocks

I guess sugr finished.. so i'll head off to work

11:46 am

Flask1

Hi all...clue please for ed6?

12:11 pm

harpjane

hello. stats for the left hand lone R please?

12:12 pm

Lisa Lindal

ri4

12:12 pm

Lisa Lindal

ed6- someone who corrects a paper or story

12:12 pm

Lisa Lindal

edite

12:15 pm

Shirlockc

left hand lone R = ro4

12:17 pm

Lisa Lindal

Oh snapp== I forgot taht the one I clued was for the r above it.

1:34 pm

harpjane

finally got the ro4 thanks

2:45 pm

moolingwa

afternoon all

2:55 pm

cybernan

good afternoon :)

3:01 pm

moolingwa

hey nan

3:03 pm

cybernan

not getting that 2nd ha 6 clue -- thought an off road vehicle was an ATV

3:06 pm

cybernan

stats for the bottom left o please?

3:09 pm

moolingwa

oi5

3:10 pm

Shirlockc

think army vehicle cyber

3:10 pm

cybernan

no jeep

3:10 pm

cybernan

oh most of the atv

3:11 pm

cybernan

ty shirl

3:12 pm

cybernan

time to grab some lunch

3:45 pm

periwinkle

help with the E below the D please

3:45 pm

periwinkle

nm

3:48 pm

periwinkle

go7 please

4:03 pm

cybernan

ed 4, ed 6 -- check over a book before it is published

4:04 pm

cybernan

go 7: prodding someone into doing something or saying something (as a reaction)

4:04 pm

cybernan

bottom left o stats please?

4:25 pm

montreal13

oi5/12 nan

4:25 pm

periwinkle

thank you for go did not see the gerund ending

4:25 pm

periwinkle

thank u for go7

4:26 pm

cybernan

yw

4:26 pm

cybernan

yw - ooking for the oi

4:26 pm

montreal13

diving in for last 20

4:29 pm

cybernan

not seeing it

4:30 pm

montreal13

ends in Intelligence Artificielle...

4:32 pm

cybernan

oidai doesn't work

4:32 pm

montreal13

...i did not say Artificial intelligence...

4:33 pm

cybernan

don't know what you are referencing then

4:33 pm

montreal13

ends in spanish day then

4:34 pm

cybernan

ty mtl - titt

4:34 pm

crosshair

Good evening, Babblers. :) Back for my last 40--I hope.

4:35 pm

cybernan

having the same problem with the gr 5/14 - nothing seems to fit. Think monkeys have retired

4:37 pm

crosshair

G plus a large group fighting in the street

4:37 pm

cybernan

ty crossy

4:37 pm

crosshair

:)

4:39 pm

crosshair

Bit of help with the o in the second row, please.

4:40 pm

cybernan

op 6: choosing

4:40 pm

crosshair

Ty, found it

4:41 pm

cybernan

op4 : drop a consonant from ms. winfrey

4:41 pm

cybernan

op 4/6: greek expression

4:41 pm

crosshair

Ty nan.

4:42 pm

cybernan

op 5 drop a consonant from choosing

4:43 pm

cybernan

he 7/40 please?

4:44 pm

parisla

Compound word. Think bowling or sewing.

4:45 pm

crosshair

Ty, nan. Have all three niw. :)

4:45 pm

cybernan

ty -- done!

4:45 pm

crosshair

Yaa fir nan!!!

4:46 pm

cybernan

any other clues wanted before I leave?

4:47 pm

crosshair

No thanks. Willmpoke around for a bit. 38 to go and finally have NBT :)

4:47 pm

cybernan

Don't think I've seen you in the chat before Parisla - bonjour et bienvenue

4:48 pm

cybernan

I'm on my way then -- a demain :)

4:48 pm

crosshair

Yes, welcome to the insanity, Parisla. :)

4:51 pm

crosshair

Enable--the outdated dictionary that Babble runs on will have you howling at the moon sometimes, Parisla. :)

4:52 pm

crosshair

For those who like a bit of pain with their word games. :)

4:58 pm

crosshair

For me, the perfect word game is Bookworm, by PopCap Games, but it is a legacy game, and not avalable for Mac, or Android, and you need to run compatability proograms just to get it to run on modern computers. :(

6:22 pm

hokie carla

rehi. still 15 left.

6:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

back to find 40, maybe fewer, hi all

6:29 pm

hokie carla

hey gwen

6:29 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found a word

6:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg carla !!!

6:37 pm

ch1212

Crossy! Hold on ...

6:39 pm

ch1212

Okay, I'm back. Are you still here?

6:43 pm

ch1212

Darn it, I was hoping to catch him. I saw a bacon joke the other day I was going to share. Maybe tomorrow! *poof*

6:45 pm

hokie carla

found another word!

6:45 pm

welki

you can still play Bookworm here:

https://tinyurl.com/yc79pk3p

6:45 pm

welki

(on both Android and Mac)

6:46 pm

hokie carla

welki!

6:46 pm

welki

hokie! ch!

6:51 pm

hokie carla

3-6-2-2 cannot find those 4s

6:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

anyone have a clue for the ge8?

6:59 pm

hokie carla

GR8

6:59 pm

hokie carla

another name for football field (compound word)

6:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yes, the gr8 (need new glasses)

6:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

tanx, carla -- what a pretzel of a word

7:00 pm

hokie carla

yeah, two directions for the first part makes it tricky

7:01 pm

hokie carla

oh, found 2 4s

7:01 pm

hokie carla

now 1-6-2-2

7:05 pm

hokie carla

think I will list now.

7:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

18 to go here, finding only 2 words per minute, eyeballs not happy

7:09 pm

hokie carla

probably should have gotten several of these

7:10 pm

hokie carla

can't find he7/40

7:10 pm

periwinkle

what is on top of your neck and bowling ***

7:11 pm

periwinkle

did that help?

7:12 pm

hokie carla

yes, thanks. never would have thought to try that.

7:15 pm

hokie carla

finally finished.

7:15 pm

periwinkle

wd carla

7:17 pm

hokie carla

thanks

7:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg carla !!!!!!

7:19 pm

rururocks

someone spared you hokie

7:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

7 to go, all Ts

7:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

woo hoo i blew up the game !!

8:27 pm

mkg

a clue for the 8 please.

8:28 pm

mkg

ty

8:32 pm

mkg

found the 8. ty. saw clue from below.

8:32 pm

mkg

need one word: the bottom row second column o word. please send clues.

8:32 pm

mkg

ty

8:40 pm

mkg

got oi 5. ty anyway

11:49 pm

harpjane

is oi5 a familiar word?

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