Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, May 10, 2026

12:01 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:01 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:03 am

hokie carla

faf7

12:03 am

hokie carla

howdy

12:03 am

ursh

hello all

12:08 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:13 am

cybernan

fa 7

12:13 am

cybernan

oops = carla called it

12:18 am

Rainiqui

do 7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:22 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:26 am

ursh

tough grid

12:26 am

hokie carla

agreed. not even getting close to HOET.

12:26 am

hokie carla

can't even get NBT

12:28 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, fi 8

12:32 am

Rainiqui

fi 8 - look at parasitology

12:34 am

cybernan

because we are all up on the study of parasites?

12:34 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Rain - google helped there!

12:36 am

Rainiqui

I could have given more clues - I've worked with this parasite in laboratories

12:37 am

Rainiqui

You're very welcome Liz !

12:38 am

cybernan

couldn't find anything when I googled it -- had enough of this one anyway.. Good night

1:19 am

Gillie

it would be interesting to know what exactly Lizlin googled...

1:19 am

Lizlin

I googled something like - word beginning fi parasitology

2:25 am

mabaker8

thanks rain. i would've never guessed it

2:57 am

Deeha

thanks lizlin. Tried the same. Result!!

3:28 am

ursh

well i got the 7 and the first 8 but the second 8 eludes me

4:11 am

Kamanjah

Ursh, if you're talking about the fi words, the only difference between the 2 8s I found is just the last letter. I had the base word when I saw Rainiqui's post.

5:08 am

MollyL

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms

5:59 am

ChampFit

ca8

6:04 am

MollyL

role

6:04 am

MollyL

Sorry

6:35 am

ChampFit

la8

6:51 am

saanichcat

or 7 & 8

7:01 am

ChampFit

thanks saani!

7:01 am

mattygroves

Can anyone give me stats, please, for the O in the last column, second row?

7:01 am

saanichcat

yvw!

7:01 am

ChampFit

I have os4

7:02 am

mattygroves

Thank you!

7:07 am

Soodle

Hi all. The second o ftom there is oo 6/18

7:07 am

ChampFit

Thanks soodle!

7:08 am

Soodle

All good with you, Champ?

7:09 am

ChampFit

Yes ma'am! Are you enjoying Mothers Day?

7:10 am

Soodle

We had ours 3 weeks before Easter. But I see no reason not to celebrate again today

7:10 am

ChampFit

Permission granted....if needed! ;)

7:11 am

ChampFit

I never get that oo. Goofy word.

7:12 am

Soodle

i will do as permitted by Champ. Aand Happy Mothers Day to all

7:43 am

bichon

Tomorrow would have been my parents 82nd wedding anniversary

7:43 am

ChampFit

Wow!

7:44 am

bichon

It will be our 55th in June

7:44 am

ChampFit

We'll be 42 on the 20th.

7:47 am

bichon

Here's to long lasting marriages

7:48 am

ChampFit

Cheers! He's definitely stuck with me. ;) Back in a bit...going to hit the grocery store. Enjoy!

7:58 am

MollyL

Congratulations to you both. I admire people who stay in it for the long haul.

8:11 am

bichon

It's a family tradition

8:28 am

rururocks

ah.. I made it to 30 and had to cut bait

8:31 am

kc8501

Almost the same Ruru. 32 years. I wish I hadn't waited so long. Sunk cost fallacy etc.

8:55 am

rururocks

not sure what sunk cost fallacy means... but some people do grow into different people

8:57 am

MollyL

I wasn't sure either. Had to look it up. It is continuing to invest in something you know is a lost cause.

8:58 am

rururocks

oh well that makes a lot of sense.. that was me too

8:59 am

rururocks

it's amazing when two people can be married for a very long time.

9:01 am

MollyL

I think some people are lucky enough to find their soul mate. Alas, I never did.

9:05 am

rururocks

you gotta admire the ones that do

9:16 am

MollyL

I know several people clinging to dead relationships because they are afraid of being alone. I would rather really be alone than feel alone in a relationship.

9:18 am

rururocks

Oh. So true

9:19 am

rururocks

By the way happy mother’s day

9:23 am

MollyL

Thanks. I have great kids. Being a Mom has been my best gig.

9:28 am

rururocks

I was a tough kid to raise

9:30 am

saanichcat

good morning Molly, ru

9:35 am

rururocks

hi saan.. just got back.. good morning

9:36 am

mkg

hi all.

9:36 am

mkg

any clues for 7s or 8s welcome not seeing them

9:37 am

hurshy

if brits talk about having a crush, they say "she fa7 him"

9:41 am

ChampFit

back for my last 27. good morning everyone!

9:41 am

hurshy

morning champ!

9:42 am

BzznBea

I'm still a rough kid to raise.

9:42 am

rururocks

I believe that

9:43 am

ChampFit

mkg...i have ca7/8 (it's a vegetable) then there are two parasite words, fi7/8/8, la7/8 that's the same as the C, change the first letter, and or7/8

9:43 am

ChampFit

fi8's are the same except for the last letter.

9:44 am

BzznBea

Happy Mother's Day. Congrats to all those long lived marriages. Just 26 years here. Wish we could make it to fifty, but that might get ugly.

9:44 am

ChampFit

Every year I tell mine that we should renegotiate!

9:45 am

hurshy

are you saying that the parasite words are the f's?

9:46 am

ChampFit

Yes. i've never seen them. I think rainqui clued them way earlier. I had to use morewords.

9:46 am

ChampFit

Well, not clued, just told us to think "parasite".

9:46 am

rururocks

hokie and dc share the tiara today

9:47 am

MollyL

That is a scary visual

9:47 am

ChampFit

they do! that's cool.

9:47 am

rururocks

they'd both wear it

9:47 am

hurshy

hooray for MW!

9:48 am

hurshy

now i'm only missing two from that tile instead of 5! :D

9:48 am

ChampFit

#winning

9:49 am

MollyL

I think many of us had to use morewords for the fi parasite. Unless you are in the upper echelon of word nerds.

9:50 am

hurshy

now that i see them, though, i do think we have had them before, so, at least that's something

9:51 am

BzznBea

Hmm...wonder if all mosquito borne illnesses end with the same letters?

9:52 am

MollyL

If I remembered all the words we've had before, I would solve these grids as fast as Ru.

9:52 am

hurshy

no, there's a Zika virus that's mosquito-borne

9:52 am

hurshy

and west nile virus

9:53 am

rururocks

well old ru is poking along today molly

9:53 am

hurshy

the S words are poky for sure

9:54 am

mkg

i am slow today...not getting any of these 7s. darn. ty for the clues. still working on thinking of the words

9:56 am

mkg

got one! british word fa 7! ty

9:56 am

hurshy

*takes a bow*

9:56 am

ChampFit

well done!

9:56 am

mkg

ty all!

9:57 am

MollyL

I like Old Ru. It's like the old guy who shuffles around the block for his walk. "Who's that?" "That's Old Ru"

9:57 am

mkg

now for an 8..........hmmmnmm

9:57 am

mkg

old ru? i didnt think ru was old...............hmmmm

9:57 am

hurshy

phantom: calorie

9:57 am

ChampFit

yes!

9:59 am

ChampFit

Still have 23 left. It'll have to wait. BBL!

9:59 am

BzznBea

I'm impressed with the ca7/8 champ clued. Not many people know that is a veg.

9:59 am

hurshy

it sounds like it would be the name of a small town in australia

10:00 am

BzznBea

It's a beautiful plant.

10:00 am

mkg

i for sure dont know it! any more help welcome

10:01 am

BzznBea

It was grown in kitchen gardens during Revolution times.

10:01 am

hurshy

think of a reddish-purplish color ma****, insert another consonant and make it a C word

10:03 am

mkg

found it in google! ty ty to all cluers! you all helped me! idont think i ever ate it. must find out where to buy it.

10:04 am

mkg

i found out there are over 25 vegetables starting iwth ca. most i dont know.

10:04 am

hurshy

i know carrot

10:12 am

hurshy

phantom: lizard

10:18 am

MollyL

Cabbage, cauliflower

10:19 am

hurshy

2nd col grey!

10:23 am

hurshy

phantom: orifice

10:25 am

Shirlockc

never heard of that ca vegetable, just looking at the pic, it's like another one of those who was the first to eat that kind of thing

10:26 am

hurshy

folic acid, why doesn't folic count? that is weird.

10:26 am

Shirlockc

i tried that too hursh

10:26 am

penquis

i try it every time...hello all....happy mother's day to all the moms....

10:28 am

MollyL

I've never heard of the ca vegetable either

10:29 am

MollyL

It doesn't look like something I would enjoy

10:29 am

hurshy

but we've definitely had it here before too

10:29 am

penquis

i don't remember seeing it here before...

10:29 am

hurshy

yeah i was surprised mkg's reaction to an unknown vegetable was to want to try it. i do not react that way, lol

10:30 am

MollyL

We don't all have photographic memories Pen : D

10:30 am

penquis

very true!

10:31 am

hurshy

i always want dayo to count too, because of the song, lol

10:31 am

MollyL

Oh great, now I have Harry Belafonte in my head

10:39 am

hurshy

found a wheat

10:40 am

hurshy

phantom: noodle

10:41 am

hurshy

and oracle

10:42 am

hurshy

Os Overcome!

10:44 am

Tawanda

seif

10:46 am

hurshy

phantom: liaise, liaison

10:47 am

hurshy

Ds Demolished!

11:00 am

hurshy

if anyone is still around, i'm looking for two right A words. from that tile i have: af5, ar4, as4

11:01 am

Shirlockc

sherlock holmes, the game is af5

11:01 am

hurshy

yes i have that one.

11:04 am

MollyL

al6

11:04 am

MollyL

Two of them

11:05 am

hurshy

weird?

11:05 am

MollyL

Yes

11:05 am

hurshy

care to clue? :)

11:05 am

MollyL

as4

11:06 am

hurshy

ooh i found one of them, 6/21

11:06 am

BzznBea

the al6.18 ends in almost ten

11:06 am

hurshy

thanks bea!

11:06 am

hurshy

thanks molly!

11:09 am

mattygroves

May I have a clue for the al6/21 please?

11:09 am

hurshy

ends in spanish for day

11:09 am

mattygroves

Thank you!

11:10 am

penquis

gotta go....bye all....

11:10 am

hurshy

i need to do a small errand but i wish i could find one more L first. 40/43 is so much nicer than 39/43

11:14 am

hurshy

aha, got one!!! bbiab

12:04 pm

mkg

any help for the o words fifth column welcome. ty

12:04 pm

hurshy

os4/4

12:04 pm

mkg

ty. will try to monkey it

12:04 pm

hurshy

oo6/18 babblet

12:05 pm

mkg

ty got one of them. ty

12:07 pm

bichon

hint, pls, hurshy

12:30 pm

hurshy

ends with boxer Mohammed

12:51 pm

sajarn

phantom: lizard

1:44 pm

bichon

ty hurshy

1:56 pm

MollyL

calesa

1:56 pm

MollyL

carles

1:56 pm

MollyL

Oh crap, sorry

1:59 pm

mkg

ty molly

2:50 pm

periwinkle

hi all ca8 please

2:53 pm

penquis

Auto + Lorna ****e (classic book) and pl…

2:55 pm

periwinkle

ty pen

2:55 pm

penquis

yw...it's a vegetable...

2:56 pm

periwinkle

scrabble dictionary say it is a perennial plant

2:56 pm

periwinkle

says even

2:56 pm

LuvWordGames

and there's an L that rhymes with that

2:56 pm

periwinkle

never heard of it

2:56 pm

periwinkle

I have the la word

2:56 pm

penquis

me either....

3:09 pm

BzznBea

Its an Old World plant. It from the thistle family which include the artichoke,

3:09 pm

penquis

have you ever tasted it?

3:11 pm

BzznBea

No. The leaves and root are what is used.

3:11 pm

penquis

just curious....

3:26 pm

ChampFit

If you're talking about the ca8, we have them on holidays. It's the stalkl of the artichoke plant. They're great par-boiled, then breaded and fried. Pain in the butt though. ;)

3:27 pm

ChampFit

stalk.

3:30 pm

Buggie

With a C it’s a close cousin of the artichoke, looks very similar but as ChampFit said, you only eat the stalk. I have some in my garden. With an L it’s basically a different cut of bacon. We use that word in French (with a slightly different spelling)

3:31 pm

penquis

ty, champ and buggie...

3:32 pm

ChampFit

The ca has several alternate spellings in the grocery store. It looks like jumbo celery. Much more dense though.

3:32 pm

Buggie

I’ve never seen it in the supermarkets here

3:57 pm

BzznBea

It has a beautiful flower that attracts pollinators.

4:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i have half an hour, diving in (hi all)

4:03 pm

penquis

hi gwen...

4:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hey pen -- ya know, i used to be a pen gwen lol

4:04 pm

penquis

lol...

4:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom zilafone

4:09 pm

penquis

can't find my last word....fo 7/44 anyone?

4:10 pm

BzznBea

It sound like its a vitamin

4:11 pm

BzznBea

A vitamin

4:11 pm

penquis

ty...i am done....

4:11 pm

BzznBea

B to be exact.

4:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg penquis !!!!!!!!

4:11 pm

penquis

anyone need anything before i go?

4:11 pm

penquis

ty, gwen...

4:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

just 24 F words, 32 L words . . .

4:13 pm

penquis

guess not....goodbye all.....

4:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

found an 8, woot

4:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

halfway done, gotta run, byeee

5:09 pm

cybernan

hello - Happy Mothers' Day to all the mothers :)

5:30 pm

mery9419

arial

5:50 pm

MollyL

Happy Mother's Day to you Nan

6:06 pm

periwinkle

not seeing that fo7/44. I did see the clue

6:07 pm

periwinkle

i monkeyed it

6:08 pm

periwinkle

and it is a B vitamin

9:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt at last, and 100 to go

9:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet woot

11:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

8 tiles not grayed out, 47 words to go, gotta hit the sack

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