Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, June 5, 2026

12:03 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:04 am

dizgrannie

hi all

12:04 am

MetFan

Howdy all - had to get on here in a roundabout way because it wanted me to refresh, and doing so threw me off-site

12:05 am

ursh

hello all

12:06 am

dofith

G'day folks

12:06 am

Robespierre

Good morning!

12:16 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:26 am

ursh

hmm 30 left - zero 7 and zero 8 :))

12:27 am

dizgrannie

ha 6/7

12:29 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, pa 7 and 8

12:30 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs, thanx Rain

12:30 am

Rainiqui

no problem

12:41 am

dizgrannie

sr 6/7

12:52 am

dizgrannie

had to go to the list for ta 7/8 weird words

12:56 am

dizgrannie

FWs

2:01 am

Deeha

who on earth knew that sr combination!! without having to look it up!

2:01 am

Deeha

no wonder I rarely finish

5:12 am

ivesyj

clue for the as 6 plz.

5:18 am

ivesyj

got it!

5:19 am

origami

I could use a clue for that ivesy

5:21 am

MollyL

There is a male sheep in the middle of the as6. It ends in a vowel.

5:21 am

ivesyj

ty molly i couldnt think of a clue lol

5:21 am

origami

Thanks Molly

5:23 am

MollyL

Apparently, we are all supposed to be fluent in Hindi and Sanskrit today.

5:53 am

Kallia

lets throw a couple of Islamic words into that mix

8:26 am

hokie carla

howdy folks. guess I will brush up on my words that I know nothing about?

8:26 am

hokie carla

I did gray top row at least. :D

8:28 am

Sophie214

WOW.....COULD USE 1 OR 2 E'S TODAY JUST TO MIX THINGS UP A BIT....HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL!

8:29 am

hokie carla

hey sophie, you have a good one!

8:36 am

hurshy

morning all, happy friday

8:38 am

hokie carla

hey hurshy

8:38 am

hurshy

howzit

8:39 am

hokie carla

fine. not my favorite so far.

8:40 am

ChampFit

Back to flail around. Have it down to 10 and it's awful.

8:40 am

hurshy

phantom: tidbit

8:41 am

ChampFit

YES.

8:44 am

hokie carla

I'm going to guess the a's I can't find are the sanskrit or hindi or islamic that were mentioned

8:45 am

hokie carla

nm, just found them. middle row gray!

8:45 am

hurshy

i got the ad4 babblet, what's the other one on that left tile?

8:45 am

hokie carla

ai4 normal word. but took me a while too.

8:45 am

hurshy

ha, could have sworn that was only a phantom

8:46 am

ChampFit

Same. It was my last 4.

8:48 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! half of hispaniola

8:48 am

hokie carla

haiti

8:48 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

8:48 am

ChampFit

Tahiti too!

8:48 am

hurshy

is there an hi word, or all ha?

8:49 am

hokie carla

no hi

8:49 am

ChampFit

No hi

8:49 am

hurshy

thanks, now i too have middle row grey!

8:50 am

hokie carla

struggling with the 2nd and 4th rows

8:50 am

ChampFit

What am I missing on that T? Need 2.

8:50 am

hokie carla

also need 2 on each T

8:50 am

phaeton

do you have the ta7-8?

8:50 am

hurshy

left one you prob need the old eastern european people group, the ta5 and 6, hokie

8:50 am

ChampFit

No.

8:51 am

hurshy

and then i guess we all need the 7 and 8 for the right T!

8:51 am

phaeton

aahs

8:51 am

hokie carla

got the left. didn't know that was the meaning but I usually get that one.

8:52 am

phaeton

oops

8:52 am

phaeton

right side grey

8:53 am

hurshy

are we gonna need a clue for the ta7-8, phae?

8:53 am

hokie carla

is the ta7/8 a normal word?

8:53 am

phaeton

beats me...I don't have it

8:53 am

ChampFit

I don't think so based on earlier chat.

8:53 am

hurshy

oh lol

8:53 am

hokie carla

lol

8:55 am

hokie carla

why did I think sadhi is a word, is there a similar one?

8:55 am

hurshy

sadhe

8:55 am

hokie carla

ah yes

8:55 am

ChampFit

I tried it too....then thought it might be the E

8:57 am

hokie carla

phantom ashram

8:57 am

hurshy

and smash

8:58 am

hokie carla

what does the devil wear?

8:58 am

hurshy

prada

8:58 am

hokie carla

ding ding ding

8:58 am

hurshy

phantom: shard

8:59 am

phaeton

got them!

8:59 am

ChampFit

Whatever you have, clue please phae!

9:00 am

hurshy

i assume she means the ta7-8

9:00 am

phaeton

ta + ma4 then a vowel

9:01 am

phaeton

8 is a pl

9:01 am

hurshy

ty

9:02 am

hokie carla

gracias

9:02 am

hurshy

merci

9:02 am

ChampFit

ty!

9:02 am

phaeton

yw

9:02 am

hurshy

danke

9:02 am

hurshy

domo arigato

9:03 am

ChampFit

:)

9:03 am

hurshy

ankthay ouyay

9:04 am

ChampFit

Phae...time for you to get the pa 7-8. We'll wait. ;)

9:05 am

hokie carla

now I'm singing mr. roboto

9:06 am

hurshy

phantom: pshaw

9:07 am

hokie carla

anyone have the bottom A? too many A tiles and other duplicates.

9:07 am

phaeton

that's the as6

9:08 am

phaeton

pa7?

9:08 am

hokie carla

working on the P now. need that plus one.

9:08 am

hokie carla

do you know how many points?

9:09 am

hurshy

i keep wanting it to be padawan and then i'm like no that wouldn't work ANYWAY

9:09 am

ChampFit

7/44 8/60

9:10 am

phaeton

pa-sh4...eastern leader

9:10 am

hokie carla

oh, there's an 8 too

9:11 am

hokie carla

that's only 6 letters

9:11 am

hurshy

the hyphen represents a missing letter

9:11 am

hokie carla

but got it

9:11 am

hurshy

took me a minute to figure that out too

9:11 am

hokie carla

oh, I didn't understand that, thanks

9:12 am

hurshy

is as6 weird or normal

9:12 am

hokie carla

how many points on the as6?

9:12 am

penquis

what a weird word....hello all...

9:12 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:12 am

ChampFit

Thank you!

9:12 am

ChampFit

6/21

9:12 am

penquis

caral!

9:12 am

penquis

sorry...lol....carla!

9:12 am

penquis

ty, phae for the pa 7....

9:13 am

phaeton

yw

9:13 am

ChampFit

phantom - sashimi

9:13 am

hokie carla

yes

9:13 am

phaeton

FW

9:13 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:14 am

hurshy

well done phae

9:14 am

penquis

congrats!...

9:14 am

ChampFit

phae...will you please clue the sa6-7?

9:15 am

hokie carla

well I certainly can't find an as6/21

9:15 am

hurshy

me neither :(

9:16 am

hokie carla

ah, found it

9:16 am

phaeton

pt to make a lap, part of an opera song minus a vowel

9:16 am

ChampFit

as- ra4 that isn't a word.

9:16 am

hokie carla

makes me sing *********** ding dong. (witch dr song)

9:16 am

phaeton

as, cons , male goat vowel

9:17 am

hokie carla

lol, I was like what is a male goat vowel. and I have the word.

9:17 am

ChampFit

FW! Last word was the sa6/7. Reminds me of singer Peter Se6

9:17 am

mkg

any clues for bottom row A word welcome

9:17 am

phaeton

my punctuation is awful

9:17 am

hokie carla

and now that I'm singing the song again, I was completely wrong.

9:18 am

hokie carla

mkg, pay attention. that is what we are talking about.

9:18 am

ChampFit

Peter Ce6.

9:18 am

ChampFit

Hagd everyone!

9:18 am

hokie carla

thanks, champ! got 'em.

9:18 am

hokie carla

and congrats and you have a good day.

9:18 am

mkg

huh? i will re read. ty

9:18 am

hurshy

all i can think is Pete Seeger from peter paul and mary

9:19 am

phaeton

mkg...clued at 9:16

9:19 am

hokie carla

he sang songs in the 80s. the glory of love.

9:19 am

hurshy

probably know the song but without knowing who sang it lol

9:19 am

hokie carla

but he was in chicago band too

9:19 am

phaeton

Actually the sa6 is a city in India

9:19 am

hokie carla

but you are younger than me so probably know him more solo

9:20 am

hokie carla

yes, but it is reminiscient to peter, which was what champ was getting at. but hurshy prob knows india geography.

9:20 am

hurshy

ty, i could look up chicago band members so that helped

9:21 am

hokie carla

now I'm singing I am a man who will fight for your honor

9:21 am

hurshy

did not know the city in india

9:21 am

penquis

it was Peter Yarrow in Peter, Paul and Mary....not Seeger...

9:21 am

hurshy

then who's pete seeger

9:21 am

hurshy

i am so the opposite of a music nerd lol

9:21 am

hokie carla

sa6 is actually a woolen fabric.

9:21 am

penquis

also a folk singer from the past....

9:22 am

hurshy

i do know a similar word

9:22 am

hokie carla

1-4-5-2

9:22 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! big desert

9:22 am

hokie carla

sahara

9:22 am

hokie carla

that's what I tried originally

9:22 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:22 am

hurshy

and yeah i hadn't really heard of the pete chicago

9:22 am

hokie carla

I thought sa6 was a japanese sword, now I'm wondering what that is

9:22 am

hokie carla

DD MMM HH SSS SS

9:23 am

mkg

not getting the word sorry.

9:23 am

hurshy

weird, i was missing 3 left S until i got that pair

9:23 am

penquis

as + male goat + vowel....

9:23 am

hurshy

everything else i have on the left S is 4s and 5s

9:24 am

penquis

i can't like a grid that has five As in it and no Es....

9:24 am

mkg

ty. got it.

9:24 am

hurshy

but i am missing one P, otherwise i am missing the same things as you, hokie

9:24 am

penquis

yw, mkg....

9:25 am

mkg

i am off for the day.

9:25 am

penquis

bye...

9:26 am

hurshy

any guess for one missing P, hokie?

9:26 am

hokie carla

pr5/14 maybe?

9:26 am

hokie carla

bye mkg

9:27 am

hurshy

yes, that'll be it

9:27 am

hurshy

thanks, got it

9:27 am

hurshy

1-2-4-2

9:28 am

hurshy

aha

9:28 am

hurshy

just remembered ha6 and 7

9:28 am

hurshy

i think they are something Jewish

9:28 am

hokie carla

hmm, how many points

9:28 am

hurshy

no, scratch that, muslim

9:29 am

hurshy

ha6/27

9:29 am

hokie carla

yeah, I'm probably going to need more

9:30 am

hurshy

remember the actress who starred in who's the boss

9:30 am

hurshy

swap out the ju

9:30 am

hokie carla

I remember a few

9:30 am

hurshy

Angela, the mom

9:31 am

penquis

ty, hursh...

9:31 am

hokie carla

judith something. will google. or the grandmom of alyssa milano? katherine something.

9:31 am

hurshy

it's the ju part you need lol

9:31 am

penquis

you only need the first name...

9:31 am

hurshy

her last name was Light but that's not relevant

9:32 am

hokie carla

oh, lol

9:32 am

hokie carla

thanks

9:32 am

hurshy

and the grandma was not biologically sam's grandma, only jonathan's, she was angela's mom

9:32 am

hurshy

mona

9:33 am

hurshy

that was one of those mother and daughter pairs who could not be more different

9:33 am

hokie carla

oh yeah, alyssa was tony's daughter.

9:33 am

hokie carla

duh

9:33 am

hurshy

yes

9:34 am

hurshy

speaking of Tony Danza, did you ever watch The Good Cop on Netflix

9:34 am

hurshy

only got one season, which was criminal

9:34 am

hurshy

it was very good

9:34 am

hokie carla

no

9:34 am

hurshy

you should check it out

9:34 am

hokie carla

I just started his & hers yesterday on netflix. seems very predictable but we'll see how it turns out.

9:35 am

hokie carla

I didn't realize josh groban did any acting

9:35 am

hurshy

neither did i until i watched that show

9:35 am

hurshy

idk if he has done other acting stuff tho

9:36 am

hokie carla

found my 4

9:37 am

hokie carla

think I will list for last 9

9:38 am

hokie carla

are you off today, hurshy?

9:38 am

hurshy

yes

9:38 am

hokie carla

what are you doing these days?

9:38 am

hokie carla

still teaching related?

9:38 am

hurshy

i've been working part-time while i did another degree, which i just graduated

9:38 am

hokie carla

congrats!

9:39 am

hokie carla

okay, our two right S's are SR6/7. definitely going to need help with that.

9:39 am

hurshy

good grief

9:40 am

hokie carla

ok, got help in the form of bestwordlist

9:40 am

hurshy

that leaves me with one sh6 on the left now, i listed too

9:40 am

hokie carla

I have that too

9:41 am

welki

'morning

9:41 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:41 am

penquis

hi welki...

9:41 am

hurshy

got it!

9:42 am

hurshy

morning welki

9:42 am

hokie carla

yeah, I got that one. but I started on bottom of list so still have D's and M's.

9:42 am

hokie carla

oh dear, 2 of my m's were normal words

9:42 am

penquis

monkeyed that sr pair...weird....

9:43 am

hokie carla

strike that, all 3 of my m's were normal

9:43 am

hokie carla

don't know the d's but they were easy enough. tada.

9:44 am

hokie carla

on with my day

9:45 am

penquis

congrats....

9:45 am

hurshy

my Ms were the double vowel ones

9:46 am

hokie carla

somehow I found those

9:46 am

hokie carla

mine were a swampy area and someone running a brothel

10:07 am

penquis

well i am stalled at 14....bye for now...

10:16 am

Shirlockc

stats for the lone A at the bottom?

10:17 am

ursh

i am looking for it now - as6/21

10:21 am

penquis

as + male goat + vowel.....really leaving now...bye again....

10:21 am

Shirlockc

thx pen

10:23 am

dcseain

buck, billy, whether, none are in the grid.

10:24 am

dcseain

i know no other words for male goat.

10:24 am

Jacula

ha 6 & 7? I'm stumped. Could I have a clue, please other than that the words are probably Jewish?

10:24 am

Shirlockc

how about a truck brand name?

10:24 am

Shirlockc

more a male sheep

10:25 am

dcseain

ah!

10:25 am

hokie carla

aries if you know zodiac

10:26 am

dcseain

aries would’ve gotten me there quicier.

10:27 am

dcseain

qkicker even

10:28 am

hokie carla

yeah, I found the word before seeing the clue so didn't even think about the goat/sheep thing. but I agree it is a male sheep and I've never heard a goat called that.

10:36 am

rururocks

well if a push comes to a chevre it does hokie

10:41 am

hokie carla

I want goat cheese

10:42 am

Shirlockc

ruru is just milking it now

10:46 am

dcseain

I had goat cheese yesterday.

10:46 am

ursh

please may I have a clue for the pa 7&8

10:52 am

welki

a thai dish made with a middle eastern ruler

10:54 am

pcal2

tks welki1

10:59 am

ursh

nope i dont see it :(

11:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

greetings, diving in

11:01 am

hokie carla

things hockey and US football players wear for protection + a laugh

11:04 am

ursh

ty carla - was getting really frustrated :)

11:10 am

ursh

bad day here - now stuck on the ta7&8 - clue please

11:12 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:13 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt and nbs woot

11:15 am

hokie carla

ta + one way to make potatoes + a vowel, ursh

11:16 am

hokie carla

hey moooo and woot gwen!

11:16 am

moolingwa

hoke!

11:16 am

moolingwa

happy Friday

11:16 am

hokie carla

can't believe it's friday. feels like it was just monday.

11:17 am

ursh

thank you again carla - some weird words today

11:17 am

hokie carla

yep

11:18 am

moolingwa

74% complete after first pass

11:18 am

hokie carla

nooo, just heard Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer died

11:20 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, carla, got th ta7/8

11:20 am

JillK

FW!

11:20 am

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg jillK !!!!!!!!

11:21 am

hokie carla

congrats, jill

11:21 am

moolingwa

woot jill

11:41 am

Book Doctor Gwen

aargh is not a word, aargh

11:41 am

Jacula

Can anyone clue ha6 & 7, please?

11:41 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(aarg)

11:42 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ha * consonant + wither w*** or w***out, and ploral

11:43 am

Book Doctor Gwen

HA6/7 is ha + consonant + wither w*** or w***out, and plural

11:43 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(expletive) sorry for my crappy typing

11:44 am

Jacula

Thanks Gwen. Will look.

11:45 am

Book Doctor Gwen

also a side-book supplemental to the Kuran

11:46 am

Jacula

Got it! Thanks.

11:47 am

Book Doctor Gwen

woot!

11:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet, later, buds

12:40 pm

godthaab

Ha 7 what you say when you are fed up and have a lisp

1:25 pm

Shirlockc

funny as there are 2 ways to make potatoes in the grid

1:35 pm

mrloser

satara

1:35 pm

mrloser

ataras

2:25 pm

dcseain

wrong box, mrloser

3:31 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with pa7/8 or ta7/8 please

3:35 pm

periwinkle

found the pa7/8 in my scrabble dictionary

4:34 pm

montreal13

TA + one way to serve potatoes + vowel

4:36 pm

montreal13

FW ! good luck to all finishers - poof

7:00 pm

MollyL

No good luck to all not finishers though, I guess

7:01 pm

periwinkle

not getting clue for ta8

7:02 pm

periwinkle

I found it

7:02 pm

periwinkle

misread the clue

7:02 pm

MollyL

7:02 to 7:02 too fast for a clue

7:03 pm

periwinkle

I saw montreals clue at 4:34

7:04 pm

periwinkle

will not finish this one

7:04 pm

periwinkle

lone A please

7:16 pm

periwinkle

found it

7:21 pm

cybernan

hi all -- pa 7 please?

9:15 pm

rururocks

what frogs sit on and the king of Iran pre-ayatollahs

9:15 pm

rururocks

damn time stamp

9:15 pm

rururocks

ugh sorry

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