Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, May 23, 2026

12:00 am

hurshy

flippity-flop!

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:00 am

ursh

hello all

12:01 am

hurshy

i words inveigled!

12:01 am

Rainiqui

fr 7

12:01 am

hurshy

oh, yeah

12:01 am

hurshy

im7 x 3

12:04 am

justafreep

I get the tiara!

12:04 am

hurshy

*crowns freep solemnly*

12:04 am

justafreep

I will work on my speech for later....

12:05 am

hurshy

phantoms: effs, errs, emperor

12:05 am

Rainiqui

de 7

12:07 am

dizgrannie

hi all, finally got the B,LOL

12:07 am

hurshy

of7

12:07 am

hurshy

Os Obliterated!

12:08 am

justafreep

st7 x 2

12:11 am

hurshy

phantom: merge

12:12 am

hurshy

Ws Whacked!

12:14 am

hurshy

Ps Pummelled!

12:15 am

hurshy

Ms Managed!

12:16 am

hurshy

Ns Nailed!

12:17 am

hurshy

oh um ne7

12:17 am

justafreep

sw7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:19 am

hurshy

de7 x 2

12:20 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, go 8

12:21 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:21 am

hurshy

wow thanks rain, how on earth did you think of that one?

12:22 am

Rainiqui

Thank my cat, lol

12:22 am

hurshy

for stepping on the keyboard?

12:25 am

Rainiqui

yeah, she's pretty smart, at least smarter than the other cat and the dog

12:25 am

hurshy

phantoms: engorge, effort

12:26 am

hurshy

de7 x 3

12:27 am

hurshy

Ds Demolished!

12:28 am

dizgrannie

fr 8

12:28 am

hurshy

nice one thanks diz

12:29 am

dizgrannie

yw

12:30 am

hurshy

if i could only find my two missing Es i could go to sleep happy

12:33 am

dizgrannie

ep 7

12:33 am

hurshy

oh that will be one of them!

12:33 am

hurshy

is that from the left one, or the lower one?

12:34 am

dizgrannie

lower

12:35 am

hurshy

are you sure?

12:35 am

hurshy

cause now i found one but it came from the left

12:35 am

hurshy

but maybe they are two different ep7s?

12:36 am

dizgrannie

no only one, my mistake

12:36 am

hurshy

ok

12:37 am

hurshy

idk why but i always think ensi4 (the barn one) is a word. maybe because it seems similar to enisle?

12:39 am

hurshy

oh well, i guess i will go to sleep without my last E, nice to see you rain, diz, and freep!

12:40 am

dizgrannie

night Hursh

12:41 am

ursh

the B has got me beat - how many letters ?

12:42 am

dizgrannie

br 4 repetitive

12:42 am

ursh

haha thank you diz

12:42 am

dizgrannie

LOL yw

7:02 am

MollyL

I will guess Hurshy was looking for the ep7

8:41 am

hurshy

well no because diz helped me get that one

8:41 am

hurshy

so now i just need one from the lower E

8:42 am

hokie carla

I have lower E gray

8:42 am

hokie carla

only tile besides the B and right i

8:43 am

hurshy

for some reason i am blind to one of theem

8:43 am

hokie carla

my last was en4 babblet

8:43 am

hurshy

i have two en4... 4/4 and 4/6

8:43 am

hurshy

i have eg4

8:43 am

hokie carla

I am for some reason blind to the left i. only found 2.

8:43 am

rururocks

eg6

8:44 am

MollyL

Do you have the one who is very self centered? All the rest are pretty straightforward

8:44 am

hurshy

ah thanks ruru

8:44 am

MollyL

Oh, Ru beat me to it

8:44 am

hurshy

and molly

8:44 am

hurshy

hokie there's id4, im5, im6/7/7/7, im6

8:44 am

hokie carla

well we are finally getting a lot of rain

8:45 am

hokie carla

figured they were IM words

8:45 am

MollyL

And yeah, okay we need it. But did it have to come over the holiday weekend?

8:46 am

hokie carla

yeah. has been pouring for hours. I wish I had a rain gauge but mine cracked (again) in the winter.

8:46 am

MollyL

This is the second year in a row it's too cool and rainy for the pool.

8:47 am

hokie carla

I heard some weird stat like we were getting 500% more rain this weekend than the whole spring avg or something

8:47 am

hurshy

are there flood alerts then??

8:47 am

hokie carla

our pool opened a couple of weeks ago but we haven't made it yet

8:48 am

MollyL

There are a lot of weather sites that will tell you how much raih you've gotten

8:48 am

rururocks

my pool is open for nice weather :D

8:48 am

hokie carla

yes, the weather sites, but where are they measuring? we are like 20 min from town.

8:49 am

hokie carla

feels like 58 out

8:49 am

rururocks

80's here

8:50 am

hokie carla

I don't see any flood warnings. everything has been super low due to the drought.

8:50 am

MollyL

There are flood alerts here for low-lying areas. Like Old Town Alexandria, which is right on the Potomac River. That place floods at the drop of a hat.

8:52 am

hokie carla

yeah, I'm going to guess Biltmore Village will flood. it flooded all the time before Helene

8:52 am

MollyL

Annapolis tends to flood a lot too since it is right on the Bay

8:53 am

hokie carla

okay, found a website with a map you can move to exactly where you are and it says we've gotten 2.75" in the last 24 hours.

8:56 am

MollyL

You must have found the one I use. We have gotten about half of what you have. But I think your weather is heading our way. Joy.

8:56 am

hokie carla

yep

8:56 am

hokie carla

we've had thunderstorms with it too

8:57 am

hokie carla

it's precip.ai - did not even notice that when I went to it.

8:57 am

hokie carla

but it should be good at aggregating precipitation data

8:58 am

MollyL

The radar map shows rain all the way up to Toronto. We will be grilling in on Monday.

8:59 am

hokie carla

we didn't have any plans anyway

8:59 am

hokie carla

but I am going to use this indoor day to do some sewing.

9:00 am

hurshy

phantom: forfend

9:01 am

hokie carla

finally found some of those i's for HOET. 71 left for later. 16-22-19-12-2 P3 S6 W3 E2 E F5 P3 D7 R6 F9 L M2 G5 O I D N3 S4 T8

9:02 am

MollyL

I do a lot of reorganizing/getting rid of stuff on rainy long weekend. My son made three trips to the trash room yesterday.

9:02 am

hokie carla

nice

9:02 am

MollyL

My place is small and I don't have a lot of storage space.

9:03 am

hokie carla

are you in an apt/TH/condo type?

9:04 am

MollyL

Condo. The walk-in closet in my room hasn't been walk-in for a while. More stored stuff than clothes.

9:05 am

hokie carla

my brothers and I still haven't completely cleaned out our parents house they were in since 1973. small house, but has a basement. so much stuff.

9:06 am

MollyL

Part of this weekend has to be for some rest and relaxation. I worked way too many hours this week.

9:07 am

hokie carla

take it easy!

9:08 am

hokie carla

just found my w's

9:08 am

hurshy

woohoo!

9:09 am

MollyL

*Getting into my flatbed Ford and heading for Winslow, Arizona

9:09 am

hokie carla

exactly

9:10 am

hurshy

mmm, to6/36

9:12 am

hokie carla

I made some homemade to6 recently for my homemade butter brickle ice cream. it was so easy and delish

9:12 am

hurshy

nice!

9:12 am

hokie carla

and prob my favorite ice cream I've ever made

9:12 am

hokie carla

don't think I will ever buy the heath bits again

9:14 am

hurshy

Ts Toppled!

9:14 am

hokie carla

teriffic

9:15 am

hurshy

Ls Lambasted!

9:15 am

hokie carla

any guesses for one L?

9:16 am

hurshy

you have a couple of 6s that go with a 4? there's also a five with them

9:16 am

hokie carla

like a vague measurement or a wanting of something?

9:16 am

hokie carla

yes

9:16 am

hurshy

yeah

9:17 am

hurshy

and i dont' mean the "plural", another 5 besides that

9:17 am

hokie carla

yep, just monkeyed and thought, I bet that's what she meant

9:17 am

hurshy

so you're all set with L then?

9:17 am

hokie carla

yep, thanks

9:18 am

hokie carla

just finishing this 2nd pass and then really getting up

9:18 am

hurshy

7 left here

9:18 am

hokie carla

nice

9:19 am

hurshy

4

9:20 am

hurshy

2 fives and 2 sevens, weirdly enough

9:21 am

hurshy

got a 5

9:21 am

hurshy

got the other 5

9:22 am

hokie carla

found a bunch of Fs

9:22 am

hurshy

that leaves top S7, and lower R7

9:22 am

hokie carla

I have 2 S7 but you prob have both

9:23 am

hurshy

3 sp7 so far, and one sw7

9:23 am

hurshy

and that's not counting the two st7 from the lower S

9:23 am

hokie carla

yeah, I didn't mention those since you said upper

9:24 am

hokie carla

now on the same page as you and down to one upper S, so I know it's a 7. :D

9:24 am

hokie carla

I think one is bogus but whateves

9:25 am

hokie carla

whatevs

9:26 am

hokie carla

well poop, found the Ms

9:26 am

hurshy

:)

9:26 am

hokie carla

any GN?

9:27 am

hurshy

no

9:28 am

hokie carla

found my O. that is the 2nd time that I know I entered words and they didn't take.

9:28 am

hokie carla

today I mean

9:28 am

hurshy

aha

9:28 am

hokie carla

now just need one G for 4th row gray

9:28 am

hurshy

both my 7s were male persons who do something

9:28 am

hokie carla

interesting

9:28 am

hurshy

those who play instruments like clarinets and oboes, perhaps? for the r

9:28 am

hokie carla

got the S, thanks

9:29 am

hokie carla

and the R, thanks

9:29 am

hurshy

1 ge, 8 go, 6 gr

9:30 am

hokie carla

ok, a go then. and I have the 6/42 before you guess that ;)

9:31 am

hokie carla

did you say there was another im5 after the big group?

9:32 am

hokie carla

ooh, finished the bottom S

9:33 am

hokie carla

and my 3 n's

9:35 am

hokie carla

okay, 2nd pass finished. 27 left now. 4-7-9-5-2 TTFN!

9:36 am

hurshy

well do you have go8

9:36 am

hurshy

i said there was another im6 after the big group

9:49 am

BzznBea

Thanks for the lead on the go8

9:52 am

hokie carla

rehi - glad I looked back in. got the g8, thanks. and the im6.

9:52 am

hokie carla

rebye

10:54 am

phaeton

hello...help with the se7

10:55 am

MollyL

Guys who plant things

11:01 am

phaeton

ty

11:59 am

periwinkle

hi all either st7 please

12:01 pm

Shirlockc

superlative of the st5

12:03 pm

BzznBea

Also the pt

12:04 pm

periwinkle

must not have the right st5

12:04 pm

BzznBea

Think of the brisltes of a brush

12:05 pm

periwinkle

ty got one of them

12:05 pm

periwinkle

got the other ty

12:27 pm

spellit

frost gens

12:28 pm

spellit

sorry! not watching

12:29 pm

Shirlockc

clue for the g8?

12:29 pm

Shirlockc

o nm, got it

1:03 pm

MollyL

The bristles on a brush is not the clue Ru would have given : D

1:16 pm

hokie carla

rehi - just remembered the spanish name

1:21 pm

MollyL

I would think someone who lives in the south would know that one, due to those tacky South of The Border stores.

1:22 pm

hokie carla

well, I know of it as a proper noun

1:22 pm

hokie carla

and I think most of those stores/billboards are on parts of I-95 that I have very rarely been on (i.e. north of I-26)

1:46 pm

bichon

I remember driving to Florida to visit my parents and found the South of Border signs so obnoxious. And the Stuckee candies. Like my teeth would get stuck together

1:47 pm

MollyL

I never understood the appeal of Stuckeys

1:50 pm

bichon

Name the character in the Handmaids Tale who's played by Elisabeth Moss. It's in the grid

1:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

offred

1:59 pm

bichon

Yes. I am rewatching it.

2:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

stats for the b pls?

2:08 pm

bichon

br 4/6

2:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

2:09 pm

bichon

yvw

2:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

did not see that last r

2:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

more accurately, the corner r

2:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

crummy cold and raining here. more of the same tomorrow

2:16 pm

bichon

same here. My daughter's college graduation in New Haven was on an even colder and rainier day.

2:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

went from heat to ac for three days now back to heat

2:18 pm

parisla

When was this? Graduation this year at Yale was uncomfortably hot.

2:19 pm

bichon

She's 47 now, so it was a while ago

2:19 pm

parisla

Ha!

2:22 pm

bichon

It was so cold the my m.i.l and I went to the rest room and turned on the hand dryers

2:23 pm

parisla

That's cold for May. This weekend, it's is steadily drizzling on all the poor alumni in town for reunions.

2:24 pm

bichon

We had a heat wave earlier this week. It's going to pour the Wesleyan graduation tomorrow

2:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

i think if we can derat. we should be able to defrog

2:29 pm

MollyL

It is a cloudy and cool 51 degrees here and supposed to rain every day through Wednesday.

2:29 pm

periwinkle

same here Molly

2:30 pm

periwinkle

help with de7s. I have a pl of de6/24

2:30 pm

MollyL

At least now I can stop hearing people say "we need the rain"

2:31 pm

periwinkle

found a de7/44 still need one more de7

2:31 pm

bichon

Green grass and beautiful flowes and an ancient Bichon who won't go outside

2:31 pm

MollyL

De7 what Bichon's daughter will be when she graduates

2:31 pm

periwinkle

hmm

2:31 pm

bichon

?

2:32 pm

MollyL

de7 what you do before cooking frozen food

2:32 pm

parisla

I think you are missing the plural that goes with that 7/44

2:32 pm

MollyL

Her daughter will earn a de6

2:32 pm

periwinkle

I just found that one

2:32 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly

2:32 pm

parisla

Her daughter earned a de6 20 years ago

2:32 pm

bichon

ty Molly

2:34 pm

bichon

ts 6/18 is a Yiddish word

2:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

just found a video of tina fey showing ina garten her recipe for msaking making roasted greek potatoes. cold enough to try today.

2:39 pm

MollyL

That always throws me because tsunami is Japanese. And tsetse is African.

2:40 pm

MollyL

We are having chicken pot pie, which is not usually summer fare hereabouts.

2:45 pm

MollyL

I have never heard of fl5/20 before. New word for me.

2:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

happy soggy babbling

2:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh i see why the candle- lovely quirky woman. sge, her daughter, dorens and i met and toured the cloisters in nyc

3:56 pm

BzznBea

Molly, I've got a pot of spring root veg soup on the stove. Damp and cool here. My momma is miserable.

4:01 pm

mery9419

offer

4:12 pm

redturtlehead

Dreg

5:27 pm

mkg

today is a br** day indeed!

5:43 pm

mkg

any clues for 8s welcome. ty

5:44 pm

mkg

jut found one of the 8s. two words together.

5:45 pm

hurshy

the other one is go8, pt of a go6/42

5:48 pm

mkg

to got it.

5:48 pm

dan2bit

mkg hope you can de7 succesfully ;-)

5:48 pm

mkg

any clues for E words for first columnE? ty

5:50 pm

BzznBea

ed4

6:00 pm

dan2bit

a boundary or end, and related ed5's

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