Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, May 20, 2026

12:02 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:04 am

justafreep

howdy

12:04 am

Rainiqui

dr 8

12:05 am

justafreep

wi7 x 3

12:05 am

saanichcat

hi! and dr 8

12:05 am

justafreep

wi8

12:06 am

justafreep

wi7 x 4

12:06 am

saanichcat

sorry rain, didn't see yours

12:06 am

justafreep

ci7

12:06 am

justafreep

hi7

12:06 am

Rainiqui

no problem

12:08 am

ursh

hello all

12:10 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:10 am

justafreep

ch7

12:12 am

justafreep

sc7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:35 am

dizgrannie

hi all, Ws were pretty easy

1:30 am

Onpaki

hello

5:56 am

bichon

hello onpaki from Singapore

7:55 am

phaeton

hello...left C stats pls

7:56 am

hokie carla

c4

7:56 am

phaeton

ty

7:56 am

phaeton

bottom i stats

7:56 am

periwinkle

hi all, carla rehi is in the grid :)

7:57 am

hokie carla

hi peri :D

7:57 am

phaeton

hi

7:57 am

hokie carla

not seeing that one right away, phae

7:57 am

periwinkle

help with E in 4th column pls

7:58 am

phaeton

ey4

7:58 am

periwinkle

thank you

7:58 am

phaeton

yw

7:59 am

phaeton

phantom:chedder

7:59 am

phaeton

*cheddar

8:00 am

hokie carla

well, 2nd row gray

8:01 am

phaeton

need two more s's for that

8:01 am

hokie carla

there's a set and a single

8:01 am

hokie carla

possible you missed one of the set

8:02 am

phaeton

have the sa4

8:02 am

hokie carla

yes, there's a 6 with that then a single 5

8:03 am

phaeton

ty

8:03 am

phaeton

are they all sa?

8:03 am

hokie carla

yes

8:04 am

phaeton

got them...ty

8:04 am

hokie carla

np

8:11 am

hokie carla

the big c is kinda tricky

8:14 am

hokie carla

and the S

8:15 am

hokie carla

and still haven't found the bottom i

8:16 am

phaeton

middle row greyed

8:16 am

hokie carla

nice, still need one N there

8:16 am

phaeton

nor I

8:16 am

phaeton

it's is6

8:20 am

hokie carla

hmm. have tried a lot of things.

8:22 am

phaeton

is + ch4

8:22 am

hokie carla

24 left. 9-3-8-2-1

8:23 am

hokie carla

I have tried it with one ch4 like 4 times.

8:24 am

phaeton

ch ch ch4

8:25 am

JaxH66

is6 italian island

8:25 am

phaeton

ch4 is a plant...usually sold a christmas

8:26 am

phaeton

9 left

8:26 am

hokie carla

okay, with all clues and google I got it, thanks

8:26 am

hokie carla

did not have that c, nor could I see it.

8:27 am

hokie carla

7-2-7-2 now

8:27 am

phaeton

anagram of the tea flavor

8:28 am

mkg

help with the i word bottom row i. ty

8:28 am

hokie carla

that's what we were just talking about

8:29 am

phaeton

hot dogs in the grid

8:30 am

mkg

ty phae

8:31 am

phaeton

yw

8:33 am

mkg

any help for the i word bottom row very wecome. ty. dont see a clue for it.

8:33 am

phaeton

good luck finding the de7...had to use morewords

8:33 am

mkg

oops finally saw the clue. ty.

8:34 am

hokie carla

oh, I do no have a de7

8:34 am

hokie carla

how many points?

8:34 am

phaeton

is6/24

8:35 am

hokie carla

phantom science

8:39 am

phaeton

fw

8:40 am

hokie carla

congrats.

8:41 am

hokie carla

I'm leaving 4-2-6-2 for now

8:47 am

Dippnall

ischia

8:51 am

mkg

yup,

9:21 am

BzznBea

de7 is a botanical word.

9:37 am

hokie carla

hmm, not dendron, deodars, or deciduous

9:37 am

hokie carla

finally saw my N for 3rd row gray

9:38 am

BzznBea

de7.40 one way plants distribute their seeds

9:42 am

hokie carla

took phae's cue and looked it up. safe to say I've never seen that before.

9:42 am

hokie carla

thanks, bea

9:42 am

hokie carla

top 3 rows gray

9:44 am

hokie carla

4-1-5-1 E CC I YY AA SS W

9:45 am

BzznBea

There is a yw4

9:45 am

hokie carla

of course, thanks

9:46 am

periwinkle

help with my missing Y word pls

9:46 am

BzznBea

yw4

9:46 am

hokie carla

still need one too, but did you see bea's post?

9:46 am

periwinkle

ty Bea

9:46 am

BzznBea

The rest are all 4

9:47 am

hokie carla

yep, just found mine

9:47 am

hokie carla

rhymes with a shark movie

9:47 am

hokie carla

and found my W

9:48 am

periwinkle

still need 7 W words to gray that column. right column gray

9:48 am

BzznBea

I think your 7 might be the E

9:48 am

hokie carla

I do not have an E7 sure enough

9:51 am

hokie carla

phantom accede

9:52 am

periwinkle

not seeing that ei7

9:53 am

hokie carla

ah, I tried that all morning but spelling it wrong, just googled for correct sp

9:54 am

hokie carla

it is late alcoholic drink

9:54 am

hokie carla

german word

9:54 am

periwinkle

just found it ty

9:54 am

periwinkle

bbl

9:55 am

hokie carla

thanks, bea

9:56 am

hokie carla

1-1-5 do not like those numbers

9:56 am

hokie carla

think I will go for a walk before it gets any hotter.

10:58 am

mkg

hot here in Md. today as well.

11:39 am

hurshy

hiya folks

11:40 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! Dame Judi

11:41 am

welki

oh, ms. dench - one of my faves

11:41 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:42 am

hurshy

2nd row grey! (not that that's saying much)

11:42 am

welki

biggest mistake of the bond series to eliminate M

11:43 am

bookgrrl

phantom: echinacea

11:43 am

hurshy

wowee

11:45 am

hurshy

3rd row grey!

11:48 am

hurshy

phantom: cheddar

11:52 am

BzznBea

Now there might be a female Bond.

11:53 am

hurshy

*hears millions of men start to complain*

11:55 am

BzznBea

Since they are looking for a new Bond, anything goes.

11:57 am

hurshy

do you know what the lower i word is?

11:58 am

welki

i vote for rebecca ferguson - she was great in mission impossible

11:58 am

bookgrrl

is + ch4

11:58 am

hurshy

ty bookgrrl!

12:02 pm

hurshy

0-0-3-4 :)

12:03 pm

hurshy

i meant :O

12:08 pm

hurshy

ttfn

12:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(jumping in for a few) hi sll

12:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(hi all, and bye sll)

12:24 pm

hokie carla

rehi

12:25 pm

hokie carla

I feel like mr. homie told me about the female bond months ago.

12:25 pm

hokie carla

can I tell the future?

12:26 pm

hokie carla

oh, found my last 5

12:28 pm

hokie carla

found my last 4. now just 5 6s left. just.

12:30 pm

hokie carla

CC I A S

12:30 pm

hokie carla

oh, there's a c

12:31 pm

mrloser

James BLOND ????

12:32 pm

hokie carla

makes me think of deep blonde on x-files - marita corruvias corrubitas something something

12:34 pm

hokie carla

oh, found the i. thought it was a phantom and had tried it with an e at least twice.

12:35 pm

hokie carla

found the other C!

12:35 pm

hokie carla

that one was a fairly normal word

12:36 pm

Shirlockc

de7 clue?

12:36 pm

hokie carla

it's in botany or medicine when you split something open to release something (such as seeds in botany)

12:36 pm

hokie carla

I had to look it up.

12:37 pm

hokie carla

de + not hers + the first two of a penny

12:38 pm

Shirlockc

hoo boy, that is not in my vocab, thx hokie

12:41 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I'm thinking bea and probably rainiqui are the few here. I should check the flip.

12:42 pm

hokie carla

doesn't look like anyone called it

12:54 pm

periwinkle

we6 or we7 please

12:54 pm

hokie carla

hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog

12:56 pm

periwinkle

still missing 1 W and lots of other words

12:57 pm

periwinkle

but down to 28 left not bad for me

12:57 pm

hokie carla

my last w was the wa4 babblet

12:57 pm

hokie carla

but there's also a wy4

12:57 pm

periwinkle

I have both thanks

12:58 pm

hokie carla

only other singles are wi4 and wi5 that are regular words. check all the others for pt and pl

12:58 pm

periwinkle

I will

1:00 pm

hokie carla

well if anyone has any ideas for my A6 or S6, please share

1:02 pm

hurshy

se6/24 hokie

1:02 pm

hurshy

tell me your two c6 that you found?

1:02 pm

hokie carla

hmm, looking

1:03 pm

hurshy

it's kind of french looking

1:03 pm

hokie carla

both ch6. one a lounge and the other like a gold necklace with one extra letter

1:03 pm

hurshy

ah thanks i needed that second one

1:03 pm

periwinkle

ty carla

1:03 pm

hurshy

i need two W, either a 6 and 7 or two 6s i guesss? but i have the hot dog ones already

1:04 pm

periwinkle

still not seeing my missing W

1:04 pm

hokie carla

there's a set that could be hillbilly way of saying what you look out in a house. or one that makes a watch go.

1:05 pm

hurshy

i have those also

1:05 pm

periwinkle

have those too

1:05 pm

hurshy

and i have the set that's 5/7/7/8

1:05 pm

hokie carla

one who uses a wi5 to pull a car out of a ditch?

1:05 pm

periwinkle

me too

1:05 pm

hokie carla

nm

1:06 pm

hokie carla

I believe those are all the big ones

1:06 pm

hurshy

well there have to be more cause all i need is 3 6s and 2 7s

1:06 pm

hurshy

so there have to at least be more6s

1:07 pm

hokie carla

going down my list there is we6/7, wi4/6, wi5/7/7/8/7, wi6/6/7

1:07 pm

hokie carla

so check your other words

1:08 pm

periwinkle

I need wi4/6

1:08 pm

hokie carla

it's a wi4 and 6 set

1:09 pm

hokie carla

you might need the 6 since you only need 1

1:09 pm

periwinkle

there is no wi4/6

1:09 pm

hokie carla

yes, I just explained

1:09 pm

periwinkle

ok

1:09 pm

hokie carla

there's also no we6/7 so you can infer 4/6 is a 4 and a 6

1:10 pm

hokie carla

gonna have to look up this se6

1:10 pm

periwinkle

ty it was a pl

1:10 pm

periwinkle

22 left bbl

1:10 pm

hokie carla

bye

1:11 pm

hokie carla

nm, remembered the se6

1:11 pm

hokie carla

now A6 left

1:13 pm

hokie carla

I have one AE word, anyone have more?

1:14 pm

hokie carla

will have to wait for tonight

1:14 pm

hokie carla

adios

1:22 pm

moolingwa

hola

3:20 pm

dcseain

we really need some dr6ing rain here.

3:23 pm

periwinkle

don't have the se6

3:26 pm

periwinkle

there are 3 se6 words and one se7 and I have none of them

3:27 pm

periwinkle

just found one a pt

3:33 pm

periwinkle

se7 please

3:34 pm

periwinkle

nm

3:35 pm

periwinkle

found them

3:48 pm

Sugrraleona

any one have a clue for the ei7 - someone earlier mention it was a german drink, but i can't get it

3:48 pm

Sugrraleona

nm - found it - firewroks

3:57 pm

hurshy

ooh thanks for that sugrra

3:58 pm

hurshy

ok one of mine was wi6 plural of the 4

3:59 pm

hurshy

oh and the other was 7 plural of 5

3:59 pm

hurshy

ok so that leaves i6 and a6

3:59 pm

hurshy

phantom: accent

4:00 pm

hurshy

aha, got the A!

4:00 pm

hurshy

got the i!

4:44 pm

hokie carla

still need the A6

4:45 pm

hokie carla

looked at the list. I would swear I tried that earlier.

5:09 pm

periwinkle

10 left and stuck

5:10 pm

periwinkle

missing two ch words

5:11 pm

periwinkle

found one of them

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