Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, April 16, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:02 am

ursh

hello all

12:02 am

justafreep

happy flip

12:03 am

dofith

G'day fplks

12:03 am

justafreep

mi7

12:03 am

dofith

slim

12:03 am

dofith

slime

12:03 am

dofith

slims

12:03 am

broll

ma 7

12:04 am

justafreep

na7

12:05 am

dofith

So sorry!

12:05 am

broll

ma 7 x 2, ra 7

12:05 am

Rainiqui

ca 7

12:06 am

broll

ch 7

12:07 am

broll

ro 7

12:07 am

justafreep

cr8

12:10 am

justafreep

se7

12:10 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:10 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:11 am

broll

mi 7

12:13 am

justafreep

or7

12:14 am

broll

ch 7 x 2

12:14 am

justafreep

ch7 x 3

12:17 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:29 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and slowing down

12:38 am

ursh

stats for the loan A please

12:38 am

cybernan

ar 6/21

12:39 am

ursh

tx nan

12:40 am

cybernan

good night everyone

12:47 am

Gillie

ra7 if not called

12:48 am

Gillie

also or7 (weird one)

12:48 am

Gillie

(oh, called, I guess)

1:26 am

ursh

clue for the sc 7 please

1:36 am

grannyrose

act of soft, wet substance over a surface,eg sm5 butter on bread, add ch after first consonant

1:36 am

grannyrose

act of spreading...

1:38 am

ursh

tx rose - was stuck :)

1:38 am

grannyrose

i don't know how i remembered it, but I did. difficult to clue

1:39 am

ursh

clue was clear as a bell

1:39 am

grannyrose

good...glad to help

2:38 am

spellit

Morning all - blue sky

6:15 am

dromano66

hi all, everyday I get nervous when I sign in that babble will be down......good for today, yay!

7:08 am

Book Doctor Gwen

greetings all, diving in

7:23 am

hokie carla

well, I have finished first pass and still have 67 left. finding this a tough one. I might or might not make it back. good luck.

7:51 am

Book Doctor Gwen

agree, tough grid! i'm one tile short of nbt, just got nbs, 79 words to go. back later if i can

8:56 am

phaeton

47 M's doesn't help

9:08 am

montreal13

1st pass done - bbl for last 50 - tough little grid - have a great day all

9:26 am

mael

good morning!

9:26 am

mael

that second column A is giving me trouble today

9:30 am

phaeton

I have one from there

9:33 am

phaeton

found 6 of them

9:35 am

mael

I still only have 3

9:36 am

mael

okay, 5 now, that's half at least

9:54 am

hurshy

phantom: macrame

10:12 am

hurshy

i am so tired

10:13 am

hurshy

two nights ago was the first warm night and i wasn't used to it or ready so i didn't sleep well at all. and then last night the thunder kept me awake.

10:21 am

hurshy

anyone here? and if so do you know if there are any SN words today?

10:22 am

momof5

I’m here, but haven’t found any.

10:22 am

LuvWordGames

I haven't listed yet but with 65 words left I haven't found any

10:23 am

hurshy

phantom: isle

10:24 am

hurshy

bottom row grey!

10:25 am

LuvWordGames

Can I have stats for g please?

10:25 am

hurshy

ge4/11 adn 6/27

10:25 am

LuvWordGames

Thanks, got them

10:26 am

hurshy

i finished 4s without even noticing, whoops

10:29 am

hurshy

i call se7 and cr8

10:30 am

hurshy

ca7 and an7

10:30 am

hurshy

ma7 x 2

10:30 am

hurshy

na7

10:31 am

hurshy

oh i see some of those WERE called but had scrolled off

10:34 am

hurshy

right col grey!

10:35 am

hurshy

well i'm flummoxed about the T. i have 2 ta4, and that's it.

10:36 am

Shirlockc

stats for the lone A in right column?

10:37 am

hurshy

ar6/21

10:38 am

Shirlockc

got it, thx hurshy

10:42 am

hurshy

got any other 8s besides cr8?

10:45 am

rururocks

Sh7

10:46 am

rururocks

Actually sc 7 oops

10:46 am

rururocks

Shmear

10:46 am

hurshy

lol

10:46 am

mael

don't forget the variant spellings, ru ;)

10:46 am

rururocks

Eses

10:46 am

hurshy

rurururururu

10:47 am

rururocks

Sorry. On my cell phone

10:47 am

rururocks

On vacation

10:48 am

mael

good for you! I hope you're having a wonderful time

10:49 am

rururocks

It is beautiful here

10:49 am

hurshy

whereas i'm over hear just falling asleep at my desk

10:49 am

hurshy

*here

10:50 am

rururocks

Smear

10:51 am

rururocks

Sorry everyone

10:52 am

hurshy

and tiiiiiiiime goooes by so sloooowly

10:54 am

hurshy

still needing help with Ts and 8s if anyone can

10:54 am

rururocks

An7

10:54 am

welki

ma 8/55 x2

10:55 am

hurshy

how weird are they

10:55 am

welki

not that weird, especially if you're up on your italian nobility

10:55 am

hurshy

thankee!!

10:56 am

cybernan

hi all - know nothing about Italian nobility

10:57 am

rururocks

Thanks welki

10:57 am

rururocks

8s done

10:57 am

hurshy

well they have linguistic similarities to other european nobility, like the ma7 de sade (not in grid)

10:58 am

rururocks

Liches

10:58 am

rururocks

Damn it

10:58 am

hurshy

and the second one reminds me of a classic board game, pa******

10:58 am

rururocks

I am doing my scrabbler impression

10:58 am

hurshy

just do it with my missing T words instead

11:04 am

hokie carla

rehowdy

11:05 am

cybernan

ty for the ma 8 clues

11:05 am

hurshy

ooh fancy, rehowdy

11:06 am

hokie carla

I'm so fancy, you already know

11:06 am

rururocks

I have the t’s

11:06 am

hurshy

i just have 2 ta4s, what are the others?

11:06 am

hokie carla

I only found 2 T's, which is annoying when there's only one way to go

11:06 am

hurshy

exactly

11:07 am

hokie carla

just typed tanrec for the heck of it

11:07 am

rururocks

Ta7 and ta6 and 7

11:08 am

hurshy

i've tried lots of things already tho, gonna need clues

11:08 am

hokie carla

tansick - when you have a really bad sunburn

11:10 am

hokie carla

yep, still nothing

11:10 am

hokie carla

at least moo gives vague clues. ruru just ghosts us.

11:10 am

hurshy

boys are weird

11:11 am

hokie carla

and they have cooties

11:12 am

rururocks

You asked what you were missing? No?

11:12 am

cybernan

tanache doesn't work either

11:13 am

hokie carla

no, she said we need clues

11:13 am

hurshy

well i guess i did both

11:13 am

hurshy

sort of

11:14 am

rururocks

Ta plus consonant and most of window feature

11:15 am

hokie carla

hmm, had already tried tansil

11:15 am

hurshy

wow that is very weird, thanks

11:16 am

hokie carla

finally got that set, thanks. what about the standalone

11:17 am

rururocks

The other ta 7 is a cross of a scottish hat and an Australian marsupial

11:17 am

hurshy

or one of the gals from "Sister Sister" + extra vowel

11:17 am

cybernan

still trying to think of the window feature - not sills, panes, ledges, glass or ar 6

11:17 am

hurshy

i morewordsed it

11:17 am

hurshy

your first one was right cnan

11:18 am

hokie carla

I saw one of those sisters on a show recently

11:18 am

hurshy

ok i will make my lunchies and be back in a mo

11:19 am

hokie carla

I know her name but not getting the right combo. will keep trying.

11:19 am

cybernan

tansil doesn't work

11:19 am

cybernan

oh - got them, ty

11:19 am

rururocks

Change the n nan

11:19 am

hokie carla

reminds me of a chevy sports car

11:19 am

hokie carla

anyhoo, first column gray!

11:21 am

hurshy

back

11:21 am

hokie carla

finally saw some more A's from the left. still need 6!

11:21 am

hurshy

14 left

11:22 am

hokie carla

any guesses on my top N?

11:22 am

hurshy

i need one also

11:23 am

hokie carla

found another A

11:23 am

cybernan

don't know thae actress, and the only marsupials I can think of don't fir

11:23 am

hokie carla

do you know the chevy ca6?

11:24 am

cybernan

no

11:24 am

hokie carla

I didn't really get the marsupial either

11:25 am

hurshy

the last 3 letters are also a high-end brand of spaghetti sauces

11:25 am

hurshy

idk if they are sold in canada or not tho

11:25 am

hokie carla

I just checked, the car is. but I don't know about my favorite sauce.

11:26 am

hokie carla

found the N, hurshy. na6 that looks plural and makes me hungry.

11:26 am

hurshy

ty

11:27 am

hokie carla

how about teh lower C?

11:28 am

hurshy

also missing one there

11:29 am

hokie carla

bottom E?

11:29 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:29 am

hokie carla

moooo!

11:29 am

moolingwa

hoke!

11:29 am

moolingwa

happy Thursday

11:29 am

dcseain

i have ec4 and 5 from there

11:29 am

hokie carla

you too

11:30 am

moolingwa

tx, only 192 left for me

11:30 am

hokie carla

that's what I have, seain

11:30 am

cybernan

hi mool

11:30 am

hokie carla

still 57 left here

11:30 am

hurshy

also es4

11:30 am

dcseain

i have 140 to go, just sarted.

11:30 am

hokie carla

duh, that is my missing one

11:30 am

dcseain

thanks, hurshy, very fishiy that

11:31 am

hokie carla

phantom isle(s)

11:32 am

hurshy

ok i listed

11:32 am

hurshy

that C ends with not pa

11:33 am

hurshy

ch6/30

11:33 am

hokie carla

weird, thanks

11:34 am

cybernan

looked up chevy cars, but the only ca 6 didn't work either

11:35 am

moolingwa

I can see this one's a bit sticky

11:35 am

hokie carla

yeah, not planning on finishing

11:36 am

hurshy

there's also a weird pair of an words

11:36 am

hurshy

an + most of german word of gratitude

11:36 am

hurshy

and pl

11:36 am

hokie carla

you have to add another vowel in last syllable of the car, nan

11:36 am

hokie carla

this grid is mahem

11:37 am

hurshy

there is a band called my ch****al romance

11:38 am

hurshy

and pl

11:38 am

hokie carla

found that on first pass!

11:38 am

hurshy

really? i didn't know you could cut off the -al like that

11:39 am

hokie carla

don't the brits use it for a pharmacist? no, I guess they end in -ist.

11:39 am

hokie carla

found the a words, thanks

11:39 am

cybernan

wouldn't that make it 7 letters?

11:39 am

hokie carla

yes, it is ta7. I said the car reminds me of it. but you have to add a vowel in at the end.

11:39 am

dcseain

Thanks for an6 and 7

11:39 am

cybernan

oh - got it - ty

11:40 am

hurshy

yw seain

11:40 am

dcseain

oops

11:40 am

hurshy

figured people would want clues for those! lol

11:41 am

hokie carla

have found no new M's on my relook. still need 7!

11:42 am

hurshy

the man of la ma**** but change the last letter

11:42 am

hurshy

and pl

11:42 am

hokie carla

I did try the man of la

11:42 am

hokie carla

thx

11:42 am

dcseain

thanks

11:43 am

cybernan

and ty for the an clue

11:43 am

hurshy

and if you had a grandma but then it turned out they were trans and they transitioned, then you'd have a ma6/21

11:43 am

hokie carla

if you're talking about a 4, I have it

11:44 am

moolingwa

down to 50

11:44 am

moolingwa

11-7-16-13-3

11:44 am

hokie carla

51

11:44 am

hurshy

i'm talking about ma6/21, that's what i said, see?

11:44 am

hokie carla

thought you meant nana

11:45 am

cybernan

63 here, but going to stop for breakfast

11:45 am

hurshy

well i did not

11:45 am

hurshy

look at our canadian friend's name here

11:45 am

hurshy

and use my clue with it

11:45 am

hurshy

to make a 6

11:45 am

hokie carla

well, it's not manma, so I will move on

11:45 am

hurshy

plural for 7

11:49 am

hokie carla

this O is as bad as that A

11:49 am

hokie carla

well, rest stop time. TTFN

11:50 am

hurshy

or + dull pain. minus a letter for 5, pl for 7.

11:51 am

hurshy

the other ones are ok

11:51 am

moolingwa

40 to go...

11:51 am

moolingwa

9-5-13-10-3

11:54 am

dcseain

phantom cormorant

12:11 pm

hokie carla

rerehowdy

12:14 pm

moolingwa

still 40 :)

12:14 pm

hokie carla

still 46

12:15 pm

moolingwa

found a word!

12:15 pm

hokie carla

sweet

12:15 pm

moolingwa

was only a 4 tho

12:16 pm

dcseain

a word is a word.

12:16 pm

moolingwa

wise words seain

12:16 pm

hokie carla

yes, now you can say you have 39

12:16 pm

moolingwa

let me try...

12:17 pm

hokie carla

found the cuchi-cuchi girl

12:18 pm

dcseain

alas, she’s not a word :)

12:18 pm

hokie carla

nope, tried it

12:19 pm

hokie carla

found 3 words!

12:19 pm

hokie carla

and 2 more - all H

12:20 pm

moolingwa

let me try....

12:20 pm

moolingwa

I have 39 words!

12:20 pm

cybernan

hi again -- I think there is a double r in her name, carla

12:20 pm

hokie carla

left?

12:20 pm

moolingwa

to go, oh damn, I screwed it up

12:20 pm

hokie carla

no, she's definitely charo

12:21 pm

moolingwa

found a 5

12:22 pm

moolingwa

6OFOET

12:23 pm

moolingwa

5OFOET

12:26 pm

hokie carla

still need 8 on the C

12:26 pm

moolingwa

need 4 on the C

12:26 pm

moolingwa

need 5 on the S

12:26 pm

hokie carla

working on the S now, need 6

12:27 pm

moolingwa

4OFOET

12:27 pm

hokie carla

chancism - the belief in taking ch7

12:28 pm

cybernan

giving up on this one - still have 7 x7 to find and get no pleasure in looking for obscure words that I will never use or maybe even see again

12:28 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I'm only still playing because I'm riding in a car

12:28 pm

hokie carla

I don't even have NBT

12:29 pm

moolingwa

5-4-12-9-3

12:29 pm

hokie carla

8-4-13-8-3 left

12:29 pm

moolingwa

not that different

12:29 pm

hokie carla

nope, I was thinking the same

12:31 pm

hokie carla

M5 R O3 A2 C8 A H E2 F2 S5 M3 S I L

12:31 pm

moolingwa

T3 N M4 R2 O2 - A3 C4 - H2 F - C S3 M2 S - G E I

12:32 pm

moolingwa

found my g

12:32 pm

hokie carla

grreat

12:35 pm

hokie carla

found an M

12:36 pm

hokie carla

finally NBT

12:48 pm

dcseain

i’m listening to Dolly Parton today.

12:49 pm

hokie carla

nice choice! we're doing Queen.

12:52 pm

dcseain

Queen, another classic!

12:54 pm

hokie carla

well, I'm going to work on my 8 4s and then quit

12:57 pm

hokie carla

LOL, bohemiam polka by weird al just came on. never heard this one. but he's a national treasure, so it's great.

1:02 pm

hokie carla

found an 8!

1:03 pm

hokie carla

rhymes with things you find in trees

1:03 pm

hokie carla

or, add a c to one story houses/farms out west/delicious dressing

1:13 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks carla

1:19 pm

hokie carla

no prob

1:21 pm

hokie carla

well, have made it down to 23. 3-1-10-7-2 too many big ones left.

1:21 pm

hokie carla

M4 R O3 - A2 C2 - H E F2 - S4 M S - L

1:57 pm

periwinkle

hi all. mi7 please

1:58 pm

Gillie

Something that can happen if you're trying to listen to someone else's conversation

1:58 pm

Gillie

(or in a noisy room)

1:59 pm

periwinkle

ty thought I typed that

1:59 pm

periwinkle

anyone here watch Jeopardy?

2:01 pm

moolingwa

rerehi

2:01 pm

periwinkle

hey mool happy Thursday

2:02 pm

moolingwa

tx peri, happy Thursday to you too

2:02 pm

periwinkle

thank you. 0 degrees here but I am comfortable with windows open and blinds closed

2:03 pm

periwinkle

I meant 90 degrees!

2:03 pm

Jacula

Hi all. I just cannot work out what the ta2/21 and the ta7/32 below it are. I've got the ta7 below that.

2:03 pm

moolingwa

yeah, that would be pretty impressive having windows open at 0 degrees

2:03 pm

moolingwa

It's in the 50s here, and expecting a little snow tomorrow

2:03 pm

periwinkle

don't have them Jacula

2:05 pm

Jacula

That's two of us then, peri.

2:05 pm

moolingwa

make it 3

2:06 pm

Jacula

morewords.com isn't helping. :(

2:10 pm

periwinkle

found the ta8 in my scrabble dictionary.small buffalo in the Phillipines

2:10 pm

moolingwa

well I have a ta7, is there only one?

2:11 pm

periwinkle

will try to cluez: starts with a small hat +vowel+consonant and two vowels

2:11 pm

moolingwa

oh nm, it's the one you clued

2:11 pm

periwinkle

there are two

2:12 pm

periwinkle

I like best words better

2:12 pm

periwinkle

no one else watches Jeopardy?

2:13 pm

moolingwa

I don't really watch tv, except streaming movies and hockey

2:13 pm

periwinkle

I don't watch much Tv but I do watch Jeopardy

2:14 pm

periwinkle

bbl

2:16 pm

moolingwa

oh, found the ta6/7 combo

2:45 pm

MetFan

I'm a big fan of Best Words myself, although once in a while I have to go to Word Hippo for something Best Words doesn't list, peri

2:55 pm

MetFan

Like today's na 5 & 6

2:55 pm

BzznBea

I found the ta6/7 right away this morning.

2:55 pm

BzznBea

Peri, I watch Jeopardy religiously.

2:59 pm

MetFan

nancies

2:59 pm

Jacula

Still looking for the ta6 & 7. I'd already got the buffalo word.

2:59 pm

MetFan

sorry

3:02 pm

moolingwa

if you want a clue, let me know jac

3:02 pm

BzznBea

ta6.21 ends with the first three of a window part. It is part of India's land management.

3:03 pm

moolingwa

25 left for me

3:04 pm

moolingwa

I never knew you had such deep knowledge of Indian land management practices

3:08 pm

Jacula

I could do with a clue moolingwa, please. Soory, Bzzbea, your clue's not working for me.

3:25 pm

moolingwa

ending rhymes with those dangly things in your throat

3:25 pm

moolingwa

first part sounds like informal word for "thanks"

3:26 pm

moolingwa

middle row greyed

3:29 pm

phaeton

help with the oc6?

3:29 pm

Jacula

dangly things? I can only think of uvula!

3:29 pm

phaeton

nm

3:30 pm

moolingwa

they sometimes are removed jac

3:31 pm

Jacula

tonsils, adenoids? I don't know. Thanks for trying moolingwa.

3:32 pm

moolingwa

yes, the last part

3:32 pm

moolingwa

the first half of the word is different though, though you have 2 of those letters

3:32 pm

Jacula

Got them! Thanks moo!

3:41 pm

moolingwa

nice!

4:05 pm

periwinkle

ge6/27 please

4:11 pm

BzznBea

Japanese performer

5:00 pm

rururocks

Performer.

6:09 pm

MollyL

Performs

6:12 pm

rururocks

Performance

6:28 pm

Yorkielass

Got the combo ta 6&7 any clues pls for the other ta7

7:16 pm

BzznBea

Obviously

7:27 pm

nrkii

I don't understand why I can find sm5, and then sh6, but sc7 always stumps me even though it's arguably the one I'm more familiar with...

7:28 pm

nrkii

as a bagel lover

7:33 pm

BzznBea

I'm struggling with the sh6.24...the last one

7:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi nrk

7:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

mi7/26 pls?

8:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

night

9:09 pm

hokie carla

bea, so not the bagel one?

9:16 pm

hokie carla

anyone here? I can't find the se6 and 7 before the tractor trailer

11:33 pm

moolingwa

if you're still looking for them, they look a little bit like the raw fish dish from peru if you removed two letters

11:36 pm

moolingwa

oh, well I found 2 of the 8s, so that's nice

11:40 pm

moolingwa

ooh, there's my other 8...which is nice

11:40 pm

moolingwa

15 to go and 20 minutes :)

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