Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, May 7, 2026

12:00 am

pcal2

Hi all

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:01 am

Rainiqui

re 7

12:05 am

Gillie

mo7

12:08 am

mabaker8

wo 7

12:13 am

cybernan

hi everyone

12:16 am

ursh

hello all

12:17 am

MetFan

Hody ladies

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:18 am

MetFan

I meant howdy

12:22 am

cybernan

re 7 x2

12:24 am

Gillie

re7 x 3

12:30 am

Gillie

mo8

12:31 am

Rainiqui

ae 9, ir 8

12:41 am

cybernan

not seeing that 9 - maybe tomorrow -- good night :)

7:21 am

hokie carla

mornin', folks

7:29 am

Book Doctor Gwen

babble awaits! (hi all)

7:30 am

hokie carla

hey gwen

7:36 am

sammysmom

got a 7/52

7:45 am

hokie carla

well, I hadn't even noticed the z but I assume it is in that one

7:56 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

8:10 am

phaeton

hello...stats for the center N pls

8:11 am

hokie carla

no5/22

8:14 am

mael

the Whitman word is in the grid!

8:15 am

hokie carla

you're going to have to help me out

8:15 am

hokie carla

and howdy, mael!

8:15 am

mael

It's famously quoted by Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society

8:16 am

mael

"sound your barbaric y4!"

8:16 am

hokie carla

ah, I'm not sure I ever saw that movie

8:18 am

hokie carla

PSA: spendy is not a word

8:19 am

Book Doctor Gwen

pesting pesting

8:21 am

hokie carla

but ar6 is a word. weird.

8:24 am

hokie carla

phantom denizon

8:26 am

rururocks

wow .. that pe 5 wasn't sticking out in this one

8:26 am

hokie carla

I didn't think it was hard at all

8:26 am

origami

groan

8:26 am

mael

lol

8:27 am

rururocks

yeah.. I should get a grip..

8:29 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(making a shocked face) lol

8:29 am

mael

name that country in the grid

8:32 am

hokie carla

no ideads

8:32 am

hokie carla

idea

8:33 am

hokie carla

anyhoo, 35 left and HOET. gotta get started on my housecleaning. TTFN.

8:36 am

rururocks

we'll be done when you come back hokes

8:36 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet woot

8:36 am

origami

speak for yourself ruru

8:37 am

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom sierra

8:44 am

rururocks

done.. nice grid

8:44 am

rururocks

very challenging

8:44 am

rururocks

I did have to go to lickety however

8:45 am

rururocks

I was spending too much time dicking around on the pe

8:46 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ruru!!! (lol)

8:52 am

sajarn

phantom: denizen

8:53 am

mael

Norway was the country!

8:57 am

sajarn

we grew up using the

8:58 am

sajarn

word spendy, as when something was expensive,,,

9:04 am

Book Doctor Gwen

54 to go, break time, BBL maybe

10:55 am

mkg

any help for the 9 or 8s welcome. thanks.

11:00 am

mkg

i am not getting the ae 9 or any 8s. help welcome! Thanks.

11:03 am

therealblah

mkg, do you have the ae4?

11:04 am

mkg

yes. i have a 4 4. yup. trying to extend it but nothing is working

11:05 am

therealblah

start with ae4 + opp of yes + french sea

11:05 am

mkg

just got it!!!!!!!!! ty ty ty

11:05 am

therealblah

yvw

11:05 am

mkg

do you have an 8 to clue me therealblah?

11:06 am

therealblah

still working on it!

11:07 am

therealblah

mkg, do you have the ir 4/4? There's an ir 8 that starts with that

11:07 am

therealblah

mkg, do you have the ir 4/4? There's an ir 8 that starts with that

11:13 am

mkg

ty. also i just got mo 7 and 8. all come from the mo 5, which is the night shining thing in the sky that is not a star.

11:13 am

therealblah

:)

11:16 am

mkg

ty. not getting the ir 8 yet.

11:16 am

therealblah

add the wa 4/8

11:18 am

mkg

got it ty

11:18 am

hokie carla

I guess mo8 is my missing M, but I am questioning if it's really an 8 since you said mo4 was mo5

11:19 am

hokie carla

oh, got it

11:19 am

mkg

huh? there is a mo 8. i have it. mo 4 and then another word

11:20 am

therealblah

i think mkg meant mo 4/5, the thing in the night sky

11:20 am

hokie carla

yes but you called the night shining thing mo5 in your comment

11:21 am

hokie carla

so I was just pondering if maybe you called the other one the wrong number of letters but then I found it

11:31 am

hokie carla

well, stuck again with 17 left. 5-3-7-1-1-1 back to housecleaning.

11:32 am

hokie carla

N A RR II O ZZ SSSS WW E P

11:44 am

hurshy

grrrrrrreetings

11:46 am

hurshy

idk about you but i regularly turn the cat sound into an adj by adding Y

11:46 am

hurshy

like Flounder is a very me5 cat

11:48 am

hurshy

who lives in Florida and is obsessed with Pocohontas

12:00 pm

mkg

anyone have a clue for the Y in third column///

12:00 pm

hurshy

days of yo4

12:00 pm

mkg

ty.

12:01 pm

mkg

thought i had that one but ty!

12:02 pm

mkg

how about the N third row across? clues welcome

12:03 pm

hurshy

not nobody, not no***, not nohow

12:06 pm

mkg

no one?? wont take no one as one word. hmmmm

12:06 pm

hurshy

no, but it's something like that, that you'll think should be two words, but that it does take as one

12:06 pm

hurshy

often followed by "José"

12:07 pm

mkg

got it! super great clue. ty.

12:07 pm

mkg

how about E woprds for the E fourth column and forth row?

12:08 pm

hurshy

huge

12:08 pm

mkg

got it hurshy. ty.

12:08 pm

mkg

ty all cluers. i am off to work.

12:14 pm

hurshy

name that legendary masked California folk hero

12:16 pm

hurshy

Zs Zapped!!

12:17 pm

BzznBea

zorro

12:17 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

12:20 pm

hurshy

phantom: warrior

12:23 pm

hurshy

phantom: denizen

12:26 pm

hurshy

i found ae9, ir8, and mo8 called in the chat - anyone have the other 8?

12:27 pm

BzznBea

wa8.65

12:28 pm

hokie carla

rehi - does the ae start with british plane?

12:28 pm

hurshy

fascinating

12:28 pm

hurshy

yeah, it's like somone who studies space, but with that prefix insted

12:28 pm

hokie carla

and does the wa8 have a 7?

12:28 pm

hurshy

no

12:28 pm

hurshy

i haven't found it, but only need one W

12:29 pm

hurshy

aHA

12:29 pm

hurshy

compound

12:29 pm

hurshy

just one... instead of a whole wa4house

12:29 pm

hurshy

thanks bea

12:30 pm

hurshy

ttfn

12:30 pm

BzznBea

yw

12:30 pm

sajarn

phantom: marooned

12:30 pm

hokie carla

so what do you think my other W is then?

12:31 pm

hokie carla

4-3-7-1

12:37 pm

BzznBea

wo7

12:38 pm

hurshy

or wo6/33

12:38 pm

hurshy

unless it's one of the two wy4

12:42 pm

hurshy

for your top N perhaps no6/30

12:43 pm

hurshy

what the US is fighting right now in Iran, you might say

12:45 pm

hurshy

and if anyone has a guess for a missing lower Y, i thank you in advance

12:48 pm

hurshy

or one missing from either P tile

12:49 pm

BzznBea

ya4

12:49 pm

hurshy

i think not, i have two, is there another?

12:50 pm

BzznBea

no

12:50 pm

BzznBea

sorry 3 wa4

12:50 pm

BzznBea

ya4

12:50 pm

hurshy

ah, ok

12:50 pm

hurshy

thanks!!

12:53 pm

hurshy

2-4-2-1

12:59 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! Scandinavian country

1:03 pm

hurshy

2nd row R has lion sound, what a party might get, and ro6 babblet, plus... what else?

1:03 pm

hurshy

ohhh peri'd it

1:03 pm

hurshy

shakespearean lover boy

1:05 pm

hurshy

how about guesses for one missing i word?

1:15 pm

graelywa

Norway

1:16 pm

graelywa

omer

1:18 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

1:23 pm

hurshy

aha, got my P from the right

1:26 pm

hurshy

anyone know if there is just one PY word, or two?

1:27 pm

hurshy

ttfn again

1:30 pm

periwinkle

mo8 please

1:32 pm

periwinkle

saw the clue for the ae9 but can't find it

1:33 pm

BzznBea

mo8 is a compound

1:34 pm

periwinkle

hm ty looking

1:36 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea

1:36 pm

periwinkle

bbl

2:36 pm

godthaab

Name That Proper Noun. Famous American composer

2:49 pm

moolingwa

afternoon anyone

3:03 pm

hokie carla

moooo

3:03 pm

hokie carla

rehi anyone

3:03 pm

moolingwa

hoke!

3:03 pm

moolingwa

happy Thursday

3:07 pm

hokie carla

thanks, you too

3:07 pm

moolingwa

gracias

3:07 pm

moolingwa

this one has been going pretty smoothly today, down to 14

3:08 pm

hokie carla

lol, 15 left here and I've been in and out for many hours

3:08 pm

hokie carla

4-3-7-1

3:08 pm

hokie carla

have looked for 4s already too

3:09 pm

nrkii

1-1-3-1-1

3:09 pm

hokie carla

nellie!

3:09 pm

nrkii

so symmetrical, maybe I should stop here

3:09 pm

hokie carla

yep

3:09 pm

moolingwa

5-2-3-1-1-1

3:09 pm

hokie carla

found my W!

3:09 pm

nrkii

RR I SS PP

3:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

et tu, nrk?

3:10 pm

hokie carla

N RR II O ZZ SSSS E P

3:10 pm

moolingwa

M O N A - R I - O Z SS - W E - P

3:10 pm

nrkii

I have mo8 and wa8... first two letters for my missing 8

3:10 pm

nrkii

?

3:10 pm

nrkii

Hiya Owl!

3:10 pm

moolingwa

ir8

3:11 pm

nrkii

I've been on the DL for dancing for the last 5 weeks... may try going back to it tomorrow

3:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

i intend to begin in two weeks

3:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

injury?

3:13 pm

nrkii

my lower back - disc made a surprise appearance and I misdiagnosed myself so I toughed it out for a month before I finally got to PT

3:14 pm

nrkii

thought it was a PsA flare

3:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

yikes

3:14 pm

nrkii

spent a month taking courses of steroids to no avail

3:14 pm

nrkii

4 PT sessions and I'm pretty much cured, but cautious

3:14 pm

nrkii

dumb, dumb dumb

3:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

your doctor gave you steroids? mine would not

3:15 pm

moolingwa

and tx for the wa8

3:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

and nalacone is expirinng in a few ays

3:15 pm

nrkii

I have psoriatic arthritis, my doctor prescribe daily steroids because my base biologic is not quite enough, and then I have rescue steroids for flares

3:16 pm

nrkii

trust me, you don't want to have to take steroids if you can avoid it... I got by for years without it but the last couple of years I needed just a little extra help

3:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

heavy

3:16 pm

nrkii

found the ir8!

3:16 pm

hokie carla

woot!

3:16 pm

moolingwa

smash those pots and pans together!

3:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

i needed them or i would not be driving

3:17 pm

moolingwa

enow

3:17 pm

moolingwa

oops

3:17 pm

hokie carla

have that one

3:17 pm

moolingwa

well, down to 10 :)

3:17 pm

moolingwa

and 4th row greyed

3:17 pm

hokie carla

I don't have any gray rows

3:17 pm

moolingwa

3rd column greyed

3:18 pm

hokie carla

still need one upper N

3:18 pm

moolingwa

yeah, just got an N :)

3:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

heading out. sitting makes things worse, see you nrk

3:18 pm

hokie carla

and??

3:18 pm

moolingwa

n6

3:18 pm

nrkii

take care, owl!

3:18 pm

moolingwa

seeya TO

3:19 pm

moolingwa

I've spent the morning cutting broken tree branches out of my Ash after the snow earlier this week

3:20 pm

hokie carla

how much did you end up getting?

3:20 pm

moolingwa

there were 4 main limbs that broke, but a couple of them were quite high, about 15-20 feet...so it required some finagling

3:21 pm

moolingwa

we got about 4 inches I reckon

3:21 pm

moolingwa

wet snow

3:21 pm

moolingwa

but it didn't stick to the pavement

3:21 pm

hokie carla

I was hearing like 20". I guess not at your house.

3:22 pm

moolingwa

no, that would be in places like Estes Park (about 40 minutes from here)

3:23 pm

hokie carla

have been to Estes Park

3:23 pm

moolingwa

yeah?

3:23 pm

hokie carla

yeah, a couple of years ago before we got our current camper we did a driving trip out west.

3:23 pm

moolingwa

oh yeah, I remember that

3:24 pm

moolingwa

you were really close to me :)

3:24 pm

Kath9185

moo, we must live close to each other! i'm about 1 hr from estes

3:24 pm

hokie carla

honestly, it reminded me of gatlinburg. taffy shop, fudge shop, t-shirt shop, repeat.

3:24 pm

moolingwa

oh yeah Kath? I'm in Longmont

3:24 pm

moolingwa

yeah...that's a big part of it :)

3:31 pm

hokie carla

well, I listed and still have 0-0-4-1

3:32 pm

moolingwa

2-2-2-1-0-1

3:32 pm

hokie carla

based on points I think my E & one I might be similar

3:33 pm

moolingwa

M O A - I - Z SS - - P

3:33 pm

hokie carla

R ii E

3:33 pm

moolingwa

oh, I know what your I and E are :)

3:34 pm

hokie carla

okay, any clues welcome

3:34 pm

hokie carla

nm

3:34 pm

moolingwa

give a hug...of a kind :)

3:34 pm

hokie carla

that was my last w too

3:34 pm

Kath9185

moo, I'm in Berthoud!

3:35 pm

moolingwa

oh cool, my kid went riding horses out there the other day

3:36 pm

hokie carla

ok, monkeyed the i, so now R6

3:36 pm

Kath9185

sound about right! definitely horse country up here

3:36 pm

moolingwa

yep

3:36 pm

moolingwa

growing quickly tho

3:38 pm

moolingwa

well if you need clues, I have all the Rs

3:38 pm

hokie carla

sure, can't find the ro6/18

3:38 pm

moolingwa

it'll make you cry when you find it...at least if you add an r :)

3:38 pm

Kath9185

very quickly. SO many new build neighborhoods

3:40 pm

hokie carla

well, I looked it up and now get the clue. thanks. forgot that one today.

3:41 pm

moolingwa

:)

3:41 pm

Kath9185

i do really enjoy longmont though. we lived there for a while before we ended up in berthoud

3:41 pm

moolingwa

found an s

3:41 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I like it here...been here 10 years

3:42 pm

periwinkle

lone N please

3:43 pm

moolingwa

something wayne from wayne's world would say :)

3:43 pm

periwinkle

not helping me :)

3:43 pm

moolingwa

well it's like a mini compound word

3:43 pm

hokie carla

no5/22, nohow

3:44 pm

periwinkle

ty bot

3:44 pm

periwinkle

both even

3:44 pm

moolingwa

I admit it, I'm actually AI

3:44 pm

hokie carla

haha

3:45 pm

moolingwa

actually, that's 2/3 of my initials :)

3:45 pm

moolingwa

found my last z

3:45 pm

hokie carla

well I did say months ago that maybe molly was a bot

3:45 pm

moolingwa

I will not comment

3:46 pm

hokie carla

:D

3:47 pm

moolingwa

1-2-1-1-0-1

3:47 pm

moolingwa

M O A I S P

3:48 pm

hokie carla

I think your S might be the 4. very weird

3:48 pm

hokie carla

I won't tell you which is the 9 though

3:50 pm

moolingwa

it's the one that has 9 letters in it :)

3:50 pm

periwinkle

I only have one re7 which is a PT. help with the other 2 re7s please

3:50 pm

hokie carla

can't argue with thta

3:50 pm

hokie carla

that

3:51 pm

moolingwa

three are PT, and the other is a plural

3:52 pm

periwinkle

I keep getting red bars

3:52 pm

periwinkle

so there are 4 re7

3:52 pm

moolingwa

yep

3:52 pm

periwinkle

ok

3:53 pm

periwinkle

found 2 of them

3:53 pm

moolingwa

nice!

3:53 pm

periwinkle

and another.

3:54 pm

moolingwa

almost there!

3:54 pm

periwinkle

have not found the plural one

3:55 pm

hokie carla

it's more a present tense than plural

3:55 pm

periwinkle

mool is trying to confuse me

3:55 pm

hokie carla

the county re7 certain areas from business to residential

3:57 pm

periwinkle

sheesh and I already had the singular. ty

3:57 pm

moolingwa

well, I think I'm going to take a break

3:57 pm

moolingwa

get something to eat

3:57 pm

hokie carla

I might take a nap. good night, moo!

4:19 pm

hurshy

back for my last 5

4:20 pm

hurshy

oho, there's one!

4:20 pm

hurshy

1-1-1-1

4:20 pm

hurshy

M I S P

4:21 pm

hurshy

it's like MISSISSIPPI if it didn't repeat any letters

4:23 pm

hurshy

got the M(5)

4:32 pm

hurshy

ok list got me io7 and pa6/33

4:32 pm

hurshy

that means my S is a 4

4:32 pm

hurshy

and it was weird too!

4:33 pm

hurshy

i'd say i did as well as i possibly could

4:33 pm

Shirlockc

hmmm, clue for the io7 pls

4:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

io7/32 = io + g**** (garden elf) + consonant

4:36 pm

Shirlockc

thx book, would not have monkeyed that!

4:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

8 - D

4:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i greyed out a tile !!!! (!)

4:44 pm

hurshy

!!

4:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(full disclosure, i greyed out a few this morning, havene't done it for hours)

4:58 pm

moolingwa

as it turns out, my last 4 was an M

4:58 pm

Sugrraleona

fireworks, anyone want a clue before I go?

4:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

stats for the 9?

4:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(and congrats !!!)

5:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

anyone have a clue for the ro6/18?

5:29 pm

jbp

the one who lives in part of a building?

5:29 pm

jbp

oh, wait that's 21. sorry

5:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

8 to go, getting slow

6:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

found the 9, 3 to go

6:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

stuck on the no5/30

6:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

scratch that -- no 6/30

6:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

can anyone clue the ro6/18?

6:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

got the darn thing -- fw -- weeee!!!!

6:47 pm

cherlyq

Fw

7:36 pm

periwinkle

first ya6 please

7:38 pm

MollyL

Put a y in front of what you shoot with a bow

7:38 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly!

8:42 pm

speedfreak

Dyed

8:42 pm

speedfreak

Rain

8:52 pm

speedfreak

Sorry!

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