Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, May 13, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:03 am

dizgrannie

hi all, di 7

12:03 am

Rainiqui

om 7 and 8

12:05 am

ursh

hello all

12:07 am

dizgrannie

fu 8

12:07 am

dizgrannie

mither

12:07 am

dizgrannie

oopsie

12:08 am

Rainiqui

hi 7

12:12 am

dizgrannie

nbt, just need the 9

12:15 am

momof5

Re8

12:17 am

Lizlin

st8

12:17 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs,

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:21 am

Rainiqui

I forgot st 9

12:23 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:26 am

dizgrannie

fu 8 x 2, last col done

12:36 am

dizgrannie

om 8 x 2

12:51 am

dizgrannie

keep forgetting the gerund ending

1:51 am

dizgrannie

FWs

3:41 am

worzel

Dr God please put Gurn in the grid - it is a real word

8:13 am

mkg

any syn for the st 9? ty

8:19 am

mkg

anyone here?

8:20 am

penquis

i am here, but i don't have the 9...

8:21 am

Aloyisius

ditto for me

8:22 am

mkg

ok ty. got st 8 but not the 9 yet.

8:23 am

mkg

lots of easy 7s and 8s.

8:45 am

Aloyisius

had to look up the st9: it means resembling soapstone, and it is an adjective. FW and I must scoot.. Happy Babbling all!

8:45 am

penquis

ty, aloy...

8:46 am

Aloyisius

yw, pen.. (-:

9:04 am

ChampFit

Wow...took me forever, but monkeyed the 9.

9:04 am

penquis

me, too...weird word...

9:05 am

ChampFit

And knowing the def was zero help. ;)

9:05 am

penquis

true...

9:35 am

penquis

stalled....bbl....bye all....

9:44 am

Sugrraleona

is there a weird se4? I'm missing one and just cant monkey anymore

9:48 am

BzznBea

do you have one that ends in a double cons?

9:49 am

Sugrraleona

yes

9:49 am

Sugrraleona

yes

9:50 am

BzznBea

do you have the se5

9:51 am

Sugrraleona

no those are the 2 i am missing a 4 and the 5

9:52 am

BzznBea

anagram the place to sit and add a vowel at the end for the 5

9:52 am

Sugrraleona

ok got them - thank kyou so much

9:53 am

BzznBea

yw

9:54 am

periwinkle

saw the clue for st9 but not seeing it. also need st8

9:54 am

hokie carla

found an 8 thanks to my tennis playing

9:54 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

9:57 am

BzznBea

The 8 wont help you get the 9

9:58 am

BzznBea

st9 - st + consume + adjective ending

10:01 am

BzznBea

The st8 uses the gerund

10:03 am

hokie carla

well hadn't even noticed a gerund :D

10:03 am

BzznBea

Its hiding

10:05 am

hokie carla

well it helped me gray the R

10:05 am

hokie carla

upper

10:07 am

periwinkle

hmm can't figure out the end of the st9

10:07 am

BzznBea

sound a clock makes

10:09 am

periwinkle

finally got the st9 ty

10:10 am

BzznBea

nice

10:10 am

clg47

thanks BzznBea - was able to monkey it

10:11 am

BzznBea

good yw

10:12 am

hokie carla

drawing a real blank on the 2nd row E. I assume it has to be ET or EH or ES but seeing nothing

10:13 am

BzznBea

I think it is an es

10:16 am

periwinkle

es7/28

10:17 am

BzznBea

es6.24 a and 7.28 go left

10:18 am

hokie carla

found the 6, thanks

10:19 am

hokie carla

and the 7, thanks again

10:20 am

periwinkle

not seeing the st8 I know it is a gerund

10:21 am

hokie carla

comes of a st4 babblety

10:21 am

hokie carla

off

10:22 am

hokie carla

and babblet

10:22 am

periwinkle

hmmm looking

10:22 am

hokie carla

you have to use a double cons to make it a gerund

10:22 am

periwinkle

ah ty

10:25 am

BzznBea

The Y is fun.

10:43 am

hokie carla

I only found 6

10:43 am

hokie carla

are there YT words??

11:36 am

mkg

I am still stuck on the st 9. i assumed it is st and then the consume, but then you need double cons. to get to the ending...help please. ty

11:38 am

hokie carla

you know the sc7 nerve (not in grid) that gives some people trouble in their butts/backs area? it kinda reminds me of that but ST and different vowels.

11:47 am

mkg

wow super clue. got it finally. thanks so much!

11:48 am

mkg

i was sure it was ing ending. ty.

11:48 am

mkg

any clues for the E words for second column E? ty

11:53 am

hokie carla

es6 is similar to as6 (not in grid) "he was led as6 by that"

11:54 am

mkg

just got es six so i am set. ty carla. it is the one you just clued. ty.

11:55 am

mkg

and got es 7! ty.

11:55 am

hokie carla

whoop!

11:55 am

mkg

done for the day now. ty cluers! you are all sooper!!!!

12:10 pm

hurshy

greetings all

12:10 pm

hurshy

nice to see mkg is already done

12:11 pm

hokie carla

if you think that means it's an easy one, done for mkg is NBT and NBS.

12:12 pm

hurshy

how are you finding it?

12:13 pm

hokie carla

well, I haven't actually done a first pass. started it at breakfast and have been prepping trim on our new windows for painting.

12:13 pm

hokie carla

stopped after the y on 3rd row

12:13 pm

hurshy

ah

12:13 pm

hokie carla

but just need 3 S to gray top row so I've got that going for me.

12:15 pm

hurshy

i will never understand why rehit doesn't count

12:15 pm

hokie carla

tried it

12:15 pm

hurshy

war, dodgeball, lots of things where rehitting could happen

12:16 pm

hokie carla

Rs are all normal or regular words here

12:17 pm

hurshy

no ratite :(

12:17 pm

hurshy

ooh got an 8!

12:21 pm

hurshy

and an st8!

12:22 pm

hurshy

but you're doing better on the S than me

12:22 pm

hokie carla

wow, can't find any F

12:22 pm

hurshy

ooh there i found some more and caught up

12:23 pm

hurshy

there's at least one short normal F

12:23 pm

hokie carla

fungry - when you are hungry and only mushrooms will do

12:23 pm

hurshy

a pair of longer normal Fs

12:23 pm

hurshy

no make that a trio

12:23 pm

hokie carla

oh, found the 4

12:24 pm

hokie carla

found the trio

12:24 pm

hurshy

in case we missed different S words, have you got st6/21? that seems missable

12:24 pm

hokie carla

I do have one

12:25 pm

hurshy

ok

12:25 pm

hokie carla

do you have the 9? lots of clues.

12:25 pm

hurshy

no only an 8

12:26 pm

hokie carla

it's kinda weird, so if you don't monkey it, just go back to my clue at 11:38 or bea's before that.

12:27 pm

hurshy

i see yours

12:29 pm

hurshy

ok got it

12:31 pm

hurshy

whereas arthritic is only a phantom

12:31 pm

hokie carla

and mythic

12:31 pm

hurshy

and ethic

12:31 pm

Sugrraleona

timid is a phantom

12:32 pm

hokie carla

yep, big phantom for me

12:32 pm

hokie carla

both those

12:34 pm

hurshy

got es7 but otherwise stumped on lower E

12:34 pm

hokie carla

es6 and I still need 1

12:34 pm

hurshy

oh et6

12:34 pm

hokie carla

hmm ,not the normal eterne

12:35 pm

Sugrraleona

wait hursshy which one to you have?

12:35 pm

hurshy

i have es7/28 and now et6/24

12:35 pm

Sugrraleona

ok, you are missing es6

12:35 pm

hokie carla

duh, couldn't see that for the phantom 5

12:35 pm

hurshy

ok got it

12:36 pm

Sugrraleona

e plus st5/14

12:36 pm

hurshy

ty

12:37 pm

hokie carla

well, the c is proving troublesome

12:38 pm

Sugrraleona

ive been working on the t's LOL

12:39 pm

hurshy

i'm working on T as well

12:42 pm

hokie carla

need one middle, 5 upper, and 3 lower T

12:47 pm

hurshy

back to work for me, ttfn

12:51 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone - nice size, I'm always afraid I'll see a whopper when I log in

1:30 pm

periwinkle

hi nan

1:30 pm

periwinkle

help with re8 please

1:32 pm

cybernan

think of what you pluck on a guitar

1:33 pm

cybernan

when it broke you re 8 the guitar

1:39 pm

cybernan

break time - 49 to the finish

2:00 pm

periwinkle

ty

2:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i will try not to be grumpy--been dealing with bureaucrats for two hours (hi all, diving in)

2:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oooooh, found an 8

2:21 pm

hokie carla

you have every right to be grumpy in that case

2:21 pm

hokie carla

rehi, all

2:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

gunt is in the grid! (slang: the area between your gut and your c***) (according to an australian comedian)

2:28 pm

hokie carla

never heard that one

2:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(she may have made it up)

2:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

2:31 pm

hokie carla

woot

2:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

found my third 8, woot

2:32 pm

hokie carla

noice

2:35 pm

hokie carla

finally got HOET

2:35 pm

hokie carla

21 left. 4-3-7-6-1 back to painting

2:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

have fun hokie

3:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

one consarn word away from hoet, argh, BBL buds

3:07 pm

moolingwa

191 left

3:25 pm

BzznBea

Now you are probably finished Hi mool.

3:41 pm

hokie carla

I've lost the lighting for painting. Just trying to get everything painted so I can check in the morning.

3:43 pm

BzznBea

What are you painting? You are always painting.

4:04 pm

MollyL

Obsessive Painting...a new one for the DSM-5

4:06 pm

hurshy

which comedian, gwen?

4:11 pm

hokie carla

the painting never ends!

4:11 pm

hokie carla

painting new trim around our new windows

4:11 pm

hokie carla

and touching up the walls

4:13 pm

hurshy

spots you missed painting are like tinsel on a christmas tree

4:13 pm

hurshy

if there's one, there's another

4:13 pm

hurshy

4-3-3-4-1

4:18 pm

hurshy

now that's an odd gerund

4:21 pm

hokie carla

yeah, hopefully the spots will jump out in the morning

4:22 pm

hokie carla

still 4-3-7-6-1

4:22 pm

hurshy

i listed so i'm almost done now

4:23 pm

hurshy

thim

4:23 pm

hurshy

scuse me

4:24 pm

hokie carla

going to play padel at 7 so I might just let it ride today

4:25 pm

hurshy

last word, ti6/27, which is the first ti word

4:26 pm

hurshy

oh of course, got it

6:36 pm

periwinkle

i don't have that ti627

6:36 pm

periwinkle

ti627

6:36 pm

periwinkle

ti6/27 even

6:50 pm

penquis

still here, peri?

6:57 pm

penquis

guess not...i am done...goodnight all....

9:29 pm

stidmama

"fungry" wanting to eat mushrooms... halfway tonight.

*poof*

9:56 pm

hurshy

ti6s of comfort and joy, comfort and joy, ohhhh ti6s of comfort and joy

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