Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, May 5, 2026

12:00 am

dizgrannie

yea a biggie

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:00 am

ursh

hello all

12:04 am

Gillie

te7

12:05 am

dizgrannie

hi all me 7

12:06 am

Gillie

af7

12:09 am

Gillie

mi7

12:10 am

Gillie

ey7

12:10 am

Rainiqui

re 7

12:12 am

Gillie

he7

12:13 am

Gillie

fr7

12:17 am

harpjane

found a sterile bovine

12:17 am

harpjane

and a bunny

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:27 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, sa 8

12:35 am

cybernan

he 7 been called?

12:36 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and good night :)

6:08 am

MollyL

That is not a sterile bovine. It is a bovine that has not yet had a calf. There is a difference.

6:53 am

hokie carla

well, I found he6/7 ;)

6:56 am

saanichcat

morning Molly and hokie!

6:56 am

Sugrraleona

hokie - please clue?

6:58 am

hokie carla

molly literally just clued. I was just joking that I just got here and saw a clue.

6:58 am

hokie carla

morning, saan.

6:59 am

hokie carla

and sug and molly

7:02 am

hokie carla

ooh, I found napoleon dynamite's pretty much favorite animal

7:03 am

hokie carla

it's bred for its skills in magic

7:06 am

phaeton

is the mi7 that was called supposed to be me7?

7:09 am

saanichcat

yes, seeing that there is no mi 7

7:16 am

hokie carla

or no i next to the m

7:20 am

phaeton

st7?

7:26 am

hokie carla

well, I did not stop myself from typing intel today

7:40 am

Sugrraleona

phae - the st7 - Mt. St. He*** - remove the H and add an e at the end.

7:41 am

BzznBea

Thanks, sug.

7:43 am

Kaplan the Magne

I'll take ethnic slurs for 400 Alex- I mean Ken.

7:45 am

phaeton

ty sugrra

8:06 am

Book Doctor Gwen

help i'm babbling again (hi all)

8:12 am

phaeton

hi Gwen

8:37 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

8:55 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet and i'm taking a break, later y'alls

9:35 am

susanj2

shas

11:37 am

BzznBea

Not much chat activity today.

11:38 am

origami

Hi Bea

11:43 am

hurshy

hi all

11:43 am

origami

Hi hurshy

11:44 am

hurshy

Ms Managed!

11:47 am

hurshy

top row grey!

11:54 am

BzznBea

That's why the chat has been so quiet.

11:56 am

hurshy

cause me and hokie weren't here!

11:58 am

hurshy

phantom: geyser

11:59 am

hurshy

are there any gi words today?

12:05 pm

BzznBea

no

12:06 pm

hurshy

and just one ga, or more?

12:06 pm

BzznBea

1

12:06 pm

hurshy

ok thanks

12:14 pm

hurshy

lots of phantom S words

12:18 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with sa8 or se8 please

12:19 pm

hurshy

oho, i was just about to read the chog to find out what the 8s were

12:21 pm

hurshy

if you have sa6, add french for "and" to it

12:22 pm

periwinkle

don't have sa6

12:22 pm

hurshy

ok and the SE has to come from the left S

12:23 pm

hurshy

sa6 rhymes with the Far Side cartoonist Gary

12:23 pm

periwinkle

clue for sa6 pls

12:23 pm

hurshy

ha, i out peri'd you

12:24 pm

periwinkle

ty for sa8

12:25 pm

hokie carla

rehowdy

12:25 pm

hurshy

howdy hokie

12:25 pm

periwinkle

hi hokie

12:25 pm

hurshy

we are hunting for se8

12:25 pm

hokie carla

well, I had no idea what french and is but guessed right

12:25 pm

hokie carla

do yo know which S to look from?

12:25 pm

hurshy

yes, it has to be the left, for i have completed the right

12:26 pm

hokie carla

good because I keep seeing se6ly and -ity

12:28 pm

hurshy

ooh, if i partner with this lawyer from canada i can get 9 million dollars

12:29 pm

hurshy

that's me joking, pretending to believe a scam email, in case anyone is worried that i am actually falling for it.

12:31 pm

hokie carla

what do you think my missing S from the right is?

12:32 pm

hokie carla

I have a lot of tiles with only one left but then several with a lot left

12:33 pm

hurshy

did you get an se6/18 superlative?

12:33 pm

hokie carla

yep

12:33 pm

hurshy

and 7 sa?

12:33 pm

hokie carla

yes

12:33 pm

periwinkle

I don;t have sa7

12:34 pm

hokie carla

she means 7 sa words

12:34 pm

periwinkle

ok

12:34 pm

periwinkle

i do have 7sa

12:34 pm

hokie carla

so I obvi need an se

12:38 pm

hokie carla

can only find 3 G

12:38 pm

BzznBea

6 are ge

12:38 pm

hokie carla

mkay, thx

12:39 pm

hokie carla

I have 2. are the rest real words?

12:40 pm

hokie carla

oh, found a 6/7 set

12:40 pm

hokie carla

so finally HOET

12:56 pm

hokie carla

2-2-12-6-1 ugh. I should make lunch.

12:58 pm

hokie carla

oh, but just found 2 6 and a 7 to gray the big A

1:31 pm

hurshy

hmm i have 2 6 and a 7 but still missing one A from there

1:32 pm

hurshy

(sorry i disappeared, babbling at work can be intermittent)

1:35 pm

hurshy

also missing one of the lower A

1:37 pm

hurshy

2nd row grey!

1:39 pm

hurshy

3rd row grey!

1:51 pm

hokie carla

I'm going to look af6 and hope to see more, hurshy

1:52 pm

hokie carla

sorry, looks like you have that one

1:52 pm

hokie carla

the rest are 4s or pl 5. perhaps you need the ae or aa

1:54 pm

hurshy

have one of each of those

1:54 pm

hurshy

what am i missing then gah

1:54 pm

hurshy

oh ok ar5 babblet was the lower one

1:55 pm

hurshy

i have 3 ag, one as

1:55 pm

hokie carla

4 ag

1:56 pm

hurshy

my 3 are all related

1:57 pm

hurshy

aHA another babblet

1:57 pm

hokie carla

yes the other is a babblet 4

1:57 pm

hurshy

thanks

1:57 pm

hurshy

ok that leaves H R T and 5 S

1:57 pm

hokie carla

L E FFF GG EE RR SSSSSS HH

1:57 pm

hurshy

one of which is the se8

1:57 pm

hurshy

aHA

1:57 pm

BzznBea

And that se8 is about the indentured

1:58 pm

hurshy

the state of being a se4/7 is se7, and then pl for 8

1:58 pm

hurshy

ah well bea's clue is more elegant

2:02 pm

hurshy

i have 2 rh and 1 ry, what about you?

2:02 pm

hokie carla

thanks, both

2:02 pm

hokie carla

yes

2:02 pm

hurshy

and also 1 ra

2:03 pm

hokie carla

yes

2:03 pm

hurshy

aHA

2:04 pm

hokie carla

one guess left in wordle with 4 greens and 3 options

2:04 pm

hurshy

maybe this part of your sock wore out but you know how to darn so you re6 it

2:04 pm

hurshy

oh gosh, i haven't done the NYT stuff yet today

2:04 pm

hurshy

i usually wait until after babble

2:04 pm

hokie carla

thanks. or you do that with a boot or shoe

2:04 pm

hurshy

sure sure

2:05 pm

hurshy

sock just happened to be the first thing i thought of

2:05 pm

hokie carla

did that finish your R? I still have one.

2:05 pm

hokie carla

yes, but like you said the sock is darning.

2:05 pm

hurshy

yes that finished my R

2:05 pm

hurshy

did you make one of the re4 into a plural that is 6?

2:06 pm

hokie carla

wow, I guessed correctly in wordle

2:06 pm

hurshy

or what about, do you have re6/18?

2:06 pm

hurshy

Hs Hacked!

2:06 pm

hokie carla

yes to the 6

2:06 pm

hokie carla

no to the plural

2:06 pm

hurshy

well they are both 6 lol

2:07 pm

hokie carla

yeah, but the not plural one I have

2:07 pm

hokie carla

aha, the other way, thx

2:09 pm

hokie carla

annoyed by the top L. there's only one way to go.

2:10 pm

hurshy

li6/24 not the plural cross-bred animal

2:11 pm

hokie carla

have that

2:11 pm

hurshy

really? was sure that would be the one

2:11 pm

hokie carla

how would I get the sing and not the pl?

2:11 pm

hurshy

ahh, you missed the word NOT in my clue

2:11 pm

BzznBea

li6 has the petrol in the midst

2:12 pm

hokie carla

ah, thanks

2:12 pm

BzznBea

yw

2:12 pm

hurshy

NOT is a bad word to miss

2:12 pm

BzznBea

I'm done. later.

2:12 pm

hurshy

later bea

2:13 pm

hokie carla

congrats bea

2:13 pm

hurshy

ok i am down to 3 S words! one is a 4 and the other 2 are 7s :(

2:13 pm

hokie carla

2-2-7-3

2:13 pm

hokie carla

E FFF GG EE SSSS HH

2:13 pm

hokie carla

need to empty the dishwasher so I'll hope to see more later.

2:15 pm

hurshy

ok got the 4

2:15 pm

hurshy

will get the list for the 7s now

2:16 pm

hurshy

done

2:16 pm

hurshy

there are THREE spellings for a jewish slur (sorry)

2:17 pm

hokie carla

well that was definitely one of mine

2:18 pm

hurshy

:)

2:18 pm

hurshy

then there was st7/28, ends the same way as the girl Dolly begged not to take her man

2:19 pm

hokie carla

feels like we always miss that

2:20 pm

hurshy

yeah probably

2:20 pm

hurshy

do you have CVS down where you are, or is it just a New England pharmacy?

2:21 pm

hokie carla

no, CVS is all over the country I think

2:24 pm

dcseain

THey are national, if began in Rhode Island. Localy, they bought out Peoples Drug.

2:25 pm

hokie carla

I can't remember a time when they didn't exist so I don't know what they bought out in the south

2:27 pm

dcseain

and CVS vs CVS/Pharmacy are not the same. I think straight CVS without pharmacy are unique to New England.

2:28 pm

dcseain

Consumer Value Store originally.

2:29 pm

hurshy

well i just saw that there is a RICO lawsuit against them (racketeering)

2:29 pm

hurshy

so that's interesting

2:29 pm

dcseain

would i were surprised.

2:30 pm

dcseain

after decades with Harris Teeter Pharmacy, they were dropped by Aetna (owned by CVS), so now i go to Giant Pharmacy (Giant [Landover] is a local grocery store.

2:41 pm

periwinkle

ey7 please

2:42 pm

ChampFit

It's a plural

2:42 pm

periwinkle

of what

2:44 pm

dcseain

shoelace holes.

2:44 pm

periwinkle

I have nothing that can be made into a pl ey7

2:44 pm

dcseain

from the lower left E

2:44 pm

dcseain

bothe the 6 and the 7

2:45 pm

ChampFit

ey 6/24 and ey 7/36

2:45 pm

periwinkle

thanks so much seain and Champ

2:50 pm

periwinkle

te7 or me7please

2:50 pm

Shirlockc

me7 is pl of the 6

2:50 pm

periwinkle

found te7

2:51 pm

periwinkle

don't have me6

2:51 pm

periwinkle

have an me5/16

2:51 pm

Shirlockc

it's extending the me4

2:52 pm

periwinkle

ty Shirl

2:52 pm

periwinkle

still missing 6 of the 7s

2:54 pm

hokie carla

oh, I need those EY's. looking, thanks.

2:55 pm

hokie carla

ah, garment related

2:56 pm

hokie carla

and now I see the clue. lol.

2:56 pm

hokie carla

2-2-6

2:57 pm

hokie carla

now what is my missing E from the left?

2:59 pm

hokie carla

phantom element. and yes, I know I'm out of 7s!

3:03 pm

hokie carla

oh, found it!

3:08 pm

hokie carla

1-2-5 and stuck

3:19 pm

hokie carla

well, list finish. tada.

3:31 pm

moolingwa

afternoon anyone

3:45 pm

dcseain

and everyone

3:46 pm

moolingwa

hey seain

3:48 pm

dcseain

howdy, moo

3:52 pm

moolingwa

this one's going relatively quickly so far

3:59 pm

hokie carla

I didn't find it very easy but there are a lot of 6s and I'm not you ;P

3:59 pm

moolingwa

3-2-7-4-1

3:59 pm

moolingwa

so still have a good number of 6s :)

6:47 pm

periwinkle

fr7b or hi7 please

6:47 pm

periwinkle

that is fr7 or hi7 please

6:47 pm

penquis

fr 7 is just a pl....

6:47 pm

periwinkle

found fr7 :)

6:48 pm

penquis

so is hi 7....

6:48 pm

periwinkle

ty pen

6:48 pm

penquis

yw...

6:48 pm

periwinkle

ty for hi7 too

6:49 pm

penquis

yw..

6:53 pm

penquis

anyone have st 7/28?...it's my last word...

7:00 pm

penquis

no one?

7:06 pm

Tigereye

Ends like the dolly Parton song Jo____

7:07 pm

penquis

ty, tiger...

7:08 pm

penquis

i am done....goodnight all....

9:52 pm

Aloyisius

stuck on the sh740 and sh732..are they related?

9:55 pm

Aloyisius

monkeyed the sh732

9:58 pm

MollyL

Then the other one shouldn

9:59 pm

MollyL

shouldn't be tough

10:00 pm

MollyL

ernes

10:02 pm

MollyL

Yeah, that's what I get for playing this late

10:13 pm

maccafixx

sh 7/32?

10:49 pm

mkg

anyone have the 8s? missing both. clues welcome. ty

10:49 pm

mkg

one is sa.

10:56 pm

mkg

other se.

10:56 pm

mkg

help please. ty

11:05 pm

mkg

pen do you have the 8s to clue? ty

11:18 pm

grannyrose

mkg, sa 8/40. s + naughty word for your backside + mesh on pole to catch fish

11:19 pm

grannyrose

se8/65. se 4/7 + how old you are

11:19 pm

grannyrose

PLURAL THAT SE 7 FOR SE 8

11:37 pm

mkg

ty. dont have the seven but will looik.

11:43 pm

mkg

i must not have the right se 4 either. sorry not getting it.

11:50 pm

mkg

ty so much! got the sa 8! yeah!!!!!!!

11:50 pm

mkg

got the sa 8 and i am fine.

11:56 pm

mkg

thanks

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