Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, June 9, 2026

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:00 am

dizgrannie

hi all

12:04 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:04 am

Robespierre

Good morning!

12:08 am

cybernan

hello

12:09 am

Rainiqui

el 7, to 7

12:13 am

Gillie

or7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:19 am

Rainiqui

la 8, nbt, nbs

12:21 am

ursh

hello all - late start here

12:24 am

cybernan

is the la 8 english?

12:25 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs, ni 8

12:25 am

Rainiqui

yes, it's not a foreign word

12:27 am

cybernan

not going to find them tonight - too tired

12:27 am

cybernan

good night

5:58 am

periwinkle

anyone else getting red bars?

6:15 am

saanichcat

hi peri, yes and words won't enter unless they get typed a few times

6:29 am

bichon

funny, not here

6:31 am

saanichcat

not a big problem, occurs just every once in a while

7:25 am

periwinkle

it is very annoying

7:29 am

periwinkle

almost every day for the past week those red boxes

7:29 am

periwinkle

help with la or ni8 please

7:31 am

ChampFit

ni8 - someone who believes life has no inhereent meaning or purpose.

7:32 am

periwinkle

ty I found it

7:32 am

ChampFit

Shorten it for a 5

7:32 am

periwinkle

ty

7:42 am

ChampFit

La8 - to make hispanic

7:43 am

bichon

tyvm CF

7:43 am

ChampFit

yw

7:47 am

ChampFit

BBL for last 27.

8:30 am

hurshy

got ze4, is the other one hard?

8:35 am

phaeton

don't have it yet

8:37 am

hurshy

how are you today phae

8:37 am

phaeton

hanging in there...apartment above me left his water running...came home to a stream of water coming through the smoke alarm

8:38 am

hurshy

oh dear

8:38 am

phaeton

called emergency maintence

8:39 am

phaeton

he got done about 12:30 am...now I have a dehumidifier running to dry the ceiling

8:40 am

hurshy

hopefully no lasting damage

8:41 am

phaeton

doesn't look like it...I don't think it had been leaking long. I was gone about three hours and it wasn't leaking when I left

8:41 am

mkg

dont have other z either. sorry

8:43 am

mkg

apartment living is never perfect. sorry for the water.

8:46 am

hurshy

ttfn

8:49 am

mkg

what does ttfn mean? new one for me.

8:57 am

hokie carla

ta ta for now

8:58 am

hokie carla

definitely not a new acronym, as it started in WWII in UK but was used later by Tigger in Winnie the Pooh.

9:02 am

MollyL

Point of clarification. Tigger said TTFN in the 1968 animated movie, not in the Milne books.

9:11 am

rururocks

eeyore not alone on that one hurshy

9:15 am

hokie carla

may be one of your biggest stretches, ruru. LOL

9:18 am

rururocks

oh.. I've had bigger stretches than that pun

9:19 am

rururocks

just ask Molly :D

9:20 am

origami

I've been the victim of many

9:21 am

rururocks

oh ... boy is that the truth

9:22 am

phaeton

ze6...most of the ze4 plus an alloy

9:23 am

rururocks

I can't help it... I have punner's tourettes syndrome

9:23 am

Shirlockc

victim? harsh! it's a bearable activity, quite aMilneable

9:23 am

rururocks

Hokie's always trying to pooh pooh my comments

9:24 am

Shirlockc

whilst I'm Roo-ting for you/us

9:25 am

mkg

ty for ze 6

9:26 am

hurshy

Owl be glad when the puns are done

9:26 am

hurshy

ty phae

9:26 am

rururocks

someone will continue to pull the tigger hursh

9:28 am

rururocks

maybe go to kanga management classes hursh

9:28 am

Book Doctor Gwen

bouncing in, hi all

9:28 am

Shirlockc

yeah, stop robin our fun

9:30 am

phaeton

yw

9:30 am

hokie carla

found all the i's!

9:31 am

hurshy

^5

9:31 am

hokie carla

and found an 8

9:32 am

hurshy

ooh what is it

9:32 am

hokie carla

ni8

9:32 am

hurshy

ok thanks

9:32 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

9:33 am

hokie carla

phantom historian

9:33 am

hurshy

got it thanks

9:34 am

hurshy

phantom: halitosis

9:36 am

hurshy

do we know if there are any TS words today

9:43 am

hokie carla

not I

9:43 am

hurshy

said the little red hen

9:44 am

hokie carla

but I still need 8 T there

9:46 am

hurshy

well i only need 2 more T that could be TS

9:47 am

hurshy

so there are certainly not MANY

9:48 am

hurshy

found the other 8!

9:49 am

hokie carla

nice! T? or S?

9:49 am

hurshy

LA8

9:51 am

hokie carla

just shooting for HOET right now and hit a brick wall with the last col A

9:51 am

hurshy

garlicky sauce.... fire crime...

9:52 am

hokie carla

well, found 2 more

9:52 am

hokie carla

but not the sauce, thanks

9:52 am

hurshy

2 babblet ar6/18

9:53 am

Shirlockc

act of holy oil

9:54 am

hokie carla

PSA - rotini is the pasta of the day that isn't accepted

9:55 am

hurshy

of course i get the ar6 that rhymes with that but not the normal word lol

9:56 am

hurshy

monkeyed the last one - ar6/21

9:56 am

hokie carla

well, I couldn't think of that ar6 but had the an6 so thanks for the rhyming hint

9:57 am

hokie carla

ah yes, I remember that one, thanks

10:00 am

hokie carla

is la8 a normal word?

10:00 am

hurshy

it's not like an everyday-use word, but it's not super bizarre, it's definable

10:00 am

hokie carla

ok, what's the definition? :D

10:01 am

hurshy

to make something more, say, Cuban

10:01 am

hokie carla

weird, thanks

10:01 am

hokie carla

been eyeing that suffix

10:01 am

hurshy

yeah i have a couple others wiht it

10:02 am

hokie carla

found my bottom N. I should see that with my hobby but always miss it.

10:04 am

hurshy

starting to feel pretty stuck

10:04 am

hokie carla

yep, finished first pass. 41 left.

10:04 am

hokie carla

16-8-12-5 too many 6s in this grid for me.

10:05 am

hurshy

3-5-2-4

10:05 am

hurshy

no, that was some denial

10:05 am

hurshy

3-8-2-4

10:05 am

hokie carla

H2 H2 E2 L4 O2 N2 A2 H T D4 T6 S7 O2 R4

10:05 am

hokie carla

will probably see a couple more at 2nd look but then moving on with my day

10:06 am

hokie carla

found an E

10:07 am

hokie carla

found my 4th col Hs

10:07 am

hurshy

i need one, care to guess?

10:07 am

hokie carla

hi4

10:08 am

hokie carla

no, maybe ho6

10:08 am

hurshy

i have one ho6

10:08 am

hokie carla

found a left H

10:08 am

hurshy

4 hi4, i think 2 of them are from there

10:08 am

hokie carla

I think there are 3 from there

10:09 am

hokie carla

two are same with different last letter

10:09 am

hurshy

ah, indeed, thanks

10:09 am

hurshy

top row grey!

10:09 am

hokie carla

any guesses on my left H?

10:09 am

hurshy

my last one there was slight laugh sounds

10:09 am

hokie carla

darn, have that

10:10 am

hurshy

maybe the last he, he4

10:11 am

hokie carla

maybe short for a chopper?

10:11 am

hurshy

maybe, i think of it as alt sp of hi

10:11 am

hurshy

la6 = largest California city + not **** but that

10:11 am

hurshy

then singular

10:11 am

hokie carla

that's okay, moving on

10:12 am

hurshy

you might have missed a plural

10:12 am

hurshy

or a normal 4

10:12 am

hokie carla

thought I had that la6 as I had the 5 but I didn't!

10:12 am

hokie carla

phantom health

10:13 am

hokie carla

twas a plural. I was going the wrong way. top row gray!

10:14 am

hurshy

EL7

10:14 am

hokie carla

have that one

10:15 am

hokie carla

found my os'

10:15 am

hokie carla

o's

10:16 am

hurshy

i need one O

10:16 am

hurshy

lower

10:16 am

hokie carla

still need 2 lower

10:17 am

hurshy

o

10:17 am

hokie carla

but I do have or7

10:17 am

hurshy

yeah me too

10:18 am

hurshy

the others i have are oa4, or4

10:18 am

hokie carla

of course I can't go backwards, thanks

10:18 am

hokie carla

well, I did for one but not the other

10:20 am

hokie carla

phantom nitro

10:20 am

hurshy

dh4

10:20 am

hurshy

i mean dh5

10:20 am

hokie carla

have that one

10:20 am

hurshy

weird

10:20 am

hokie carla

lol

10:20 am

hurshy

there is also dh4 but i had that

10:21 am

hokie carla

weird that I would remember that one?

10:21 am

hokie carla

I do not have a 4. will look.

10:21 am

hurshy

weird that you would be missing four Ds but not that one

10:21 am

hokie carla

that's the nature of this game. :D

10:21 am

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom stallion

10:22 am

hurshy

3 each R, S, T, and the one O

10:22 am

hurshy

yes

10:22 am

hokie carla

still 28. 8-6-10-4

10:23 am

hokie carla

last col gray!

10:23 am

hurshy

i need one more T there

10:23 am

hokie carla

my last was a 4

10:23 am

Book Doctor Gwen

you all gotta give me a chance to catch up lol

10:23 am

hokie carla

well, I'm kinda stuck so there's your chance :D

10:24 am

hurshy

oho, i needed the to7

10:25 am

hurshy

didn't we also have that one YESTERDAY?

10:25 am

hokie carla

IDK

10:25 am

hokie carla

I don't think I finished yesterday and I played a buttload of boggle with friends last night and this morning so...

10:25 am

hurshy

ah

10:28 am

hurshy

how can there be three more Rs

10:28 am

hokie carla

no idea, I need 4.

10:28 am

hurshy

ok i see i had missed one plural, so that's one of them

10:32 am

hokie carla

found an S6

10:33 am

hokie carla

and an S5

10:33 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(how can we have ointment without oint?)

10:33 am

hokie carla

good question

10:34 am

hokie carla

do you have the dried grape, hurshy? just saw that.

10:35 am

hokie carla

going to look for my 7 4s and then take a long break

10:40 am

hokie carla

found a T 6/7 set!

10:40 am

hokie carla

another sauce

10:42 am

hokie carla

well I found 4 4s. 3-5-7-3 left. TTFN

10:42 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet woot

10:43 am

hokie carla

oh, found an S5 on my way out

10:44 am

hokie carla

E L2 N2 A D2 T3 S2 O R3

10:44 am

Book Doctor Gwen

food break, later

11:01 am

hurshy

yes have the dried grape

11:01 am

hurshy

and the T sauces

11:02 am

hurshy

just monkeyed an sh5

11:05 am

hurshy

got my 7s from the list - os7 and ro7

11:28 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:28 am

hokie carla

moooo

11:28 am

moolingwa

hoke!

11:28 am

moolingwa

happy day of tueing

11:29 am

hokie carla

et tu

11:29 am

moolingwa

danke

11:31 am

hokie carla

I am stuck

11:32 am

moolingwa

I've found 20 words :)

11:34 am

moolingwa

50 words now

11:35 am

hurshy

the Bee has me stumped

11:35 am

moolingwa

yeah, I'm almost at genius without the pangram

11:37 am

hurshy

it must be a neologism

11:37 am

hurshy

oHO i got it

11:42 am

hokie carla

I haven't been playing that lately

12:01 pm

bichon

ze 6/33, pls

12:01 pm

hokie carla

z + what you do for meals instead of going out

12:20 pm

bichon

ty carla

12:36 pm

moolingwa

46 left - 15-12-12-5-2

12:42 pm

hokie carla

3-4-7-2 but not actively looking

12:43 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I was off doing other stuff

12:44 pm

moolingwa

first row greyed

12:46 pm

moolingwa

there's my first 8

12:49 pm

moolingwa

30 left - 9-7-8-5-1

12:54 pm

BzznBea

Clever clue, CArla.

1:07 pm

hokie carla

blessings, bea

2:21 pm

moolingwa

doing other stuff again...25 left 7-6-7-4-1

2:22 pm

hokie carla

same. still 16.

2:23 pm

moolingwa

sneaking closer :)

2:23 pm

moolingwa

4OFOET

2:24 pm

moolingwa

found two Ts

2:32 pm

hokie carla

found one T

2:32 pm

hokie carla

E LL NN A DD TT SS RRR

2:32 pm

moolingwa

E LL - TT - D TT SSSS O AAAA - RRR N

2:33 pm

moolingwa

cross off the n

2:33 pm

hokie carla

somewhat similar

2:33 pm

moolingwa

yeah, except for that 4th row :)

2:35 pm

hokie carla

well I struggled with that A but got help with like 5. but they aren't unheard of here, I just couldn't see them.

2:35 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I got one weird A

2:36 pm

hokie carla

phantom dahlia

2:37 pm

moolingwa

phantom shithead and arsehat

2:38 pm

hokie carla

not sure I've heard arsehat but have asshat so I reckon it's possible

2:38 pm

moolingwa

well it says it's not in the dictionary, so I guess not :)

2:38 pm

moolingwa

still asshat and asshole should work :0

2:38 pm

moolingwa

and they are phantomish

2:42 pm

moolingwa

found my o

2:42 pm

moolingwa

found two a

2:44 pm

hokie carla

outrageously awesome

2:45 pm

moolingwa

and another T

2:45 pm

moolingwa

16 to go: 5-2-5-3-1

2:45 pm

moolingwa

E LL - TT - D T SSSS AA - RRR

2:45 pm

hokie carla

3-3-7-2

2:46 pm

moolingwa

found my D

2:46 pm

hokie carla

doggone

2:47 pm

moolingwa

first column greyed

2:48 pm

hokie carla

I got nothing

2:49 pm

moolingwa

found an S

2:49 pm

hokie carla

superb

2:49 pm

moolingwa

and another S

2:49 pm

moolingwa

both regular words

2:50 pm

moolingwa

3OFOET

2:50 pm

hokie carla

found an S4

2:51 pm

moolingwa

sure

2:52 pm

moolingwa

oh, found an r I thought I had

2:52 pm

moolingwa

2OFOET

2:52 pm

moolingwa

LL TT T SS AA RR

2:52 pm

hokie carla

E LL NN A DD TT S RRR

2:54 pm

hokie carla

any ideas on my E? I have EL7

2:54 pm

moolingwa

found aa T

2:54 pm

moolingwa

two EL7

2:55 pm

hokie carla

terrific

2:55 pm

hokie carla

I am not thrilled to hear that

2:55 pm

moolingwa

yeah, the definition isn't going to help

2:56 pm

moolingwa

2-1-5-1-1

2:57 pm

moolingwa

found an r6

2:57 pm

hokie carla

ok, looked it up. interesting word.

2:57 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I knew the word, but never realised what it meant

2:57 pm

hokie carla

it has a computing definition too

2:59 pm

moolingwa

I think somewhere deep down I might have known the definition, but isn't something I really keep top of mind :)

3:01 pm

moolingwa

phantom tinnitus

3:02 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I tried otitis earlier

3:04 pm

hokie carla

found my A!

3:05 pm

hokie carla

that fruit is a bit rottish

3:06 pm

hokie carla

found an N4

3:09 pm

hokie carla

1-3-6-1

3:18 pm

periwinkle

I saw the clue for the ze6 but don't see the word

3:21 pm

periwinkle

now I get the clue ty

3:23 pm

moolingwa

2-1-4-1-1

6:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

back to poke a stick at this grid (hi all)

6:31 pm

periwinkle

os7 or ro7 please

6:35 pm

ann

zeal

10:48 pm

penquis

anyone around?

11:11 pm

SuzeeQ24

i am

11:11 pm

dofith

Ooh, penquis! a sign of life at last!

11:12 pm

dofith

...and Suzee!

11:12 pm

dofith

and me!

11:13 pm

penquis

hi Suzee and dofith...i just finished....need anything before I go?

11:15 pm

dofith

Not for me , thanks. Wrote down all words on scraps of paper, now just transferring them.

11:15 pm

dofith

So glad it's back before the flip.

11:15 pm

SuzeeQ24

li7, 48]

11:16 pm

penquis

yes, me, too....i only had 6 left when I found that the site had crashed...

11:16 pm

penquis

li 7....to make into a roaring beast of Africa....

11:16 pm

penquis

uses the high point lettter near the end...

11:17 pm

penquis

anything else?

11:18 pm

SuzeeQ24

ty..was going the wrong way

11:19 pm

penquis

yw....

11:21 pm

SuzeeQ24

la8, 65

11:22 pm

penquis

to make into a spanish thing....also uses the high point letter in the same ending...

11:23 pm

SuzeeQ24

wow...that would have never occured to me

11:23 pm

SuzeeQ24

thx pen

11:25 pm

penquis

yw...goodnight....

11:25 pm

SuzeeQ24

g'night

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