Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, June 16, 2026

12:03 am

MetFan

Howdy all - late flip

12:03 am

ursh

hello all

12:06 am

Rainiqui

es 7, hi all

12:08 am

Rainiqui

as 7

12:10 am

Rainiqui

re 7

12:11 am

Lizlin

pr8

12:12 am

dizgrannie

pr 8/9

12:13 am

Lizlin

re 8

12:14 am

ursh

st 8

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:21 am

Gillie

st7

12:23 am

pcal2

ro7

12:24 am

Gillie

tr7

12:28 am

pcal2

pa7

12:29 am

dizgrannie

qu 8/9

12:39 am

pcal2

re7 x 2

12:39 am

pcal2

re7 x 3

12:52 am

saanichcat

ap 8/50

2:15 am

dizgrannie

FWs, good gamw

2:24 am

ursh

FW - nice grid

6:27 am

godthaab

Did anyone else accidentally log into a new Babble page! It does not look anything like this one

6:27 am

godthaab

Anes

6:28 am

godthaab

Sorry!!!

6:43 am

mkg

any clues for the qu 8 and 9 welcome

7:14 am

godthaab

Ask and ye shall receive

7:23 am

markbowers7

phantom: operate

7:48 am

hokie carla

ooh, top row gray. howdy, folks!

7:59 am

rururocks

that's a good start hokie. I just got the top row too now

8:00 am

hokie carla

well it came to a screeching halt on row 2

8:00 am

hokie carla

but I did find all but one on the R there, so that was nice.

8:02 am

hokie carla

S and T in 2nd col are proving very troublesome

8:03 am

rururocks

22 r's for me.. must be missing something obvious

8:04 am

hokie carla

obviously if I found them

8:05 am

hokie carla

there are 2 with the big tile

8:05 am

hokie carla

everything else I have is normal

8:05 am

rururocks

didn't mean it that way .. just you found them quickly

8:06 am

hokie carla

I know, but I'm telling you it is that way.

8:08 am

hokie carla

phantom topper, stopper

8:16 am

hokie carla

finding all the vowels difficult today. yes, a vowel obstruction (in before ruru)

8:19 am

rururocks

first column grey now too

8:20 am

hokie carla

nice

8:20 am

hokie carla

still need 2 on E E T there

8:27 am

rururocks

found my missing r finally

8:27 am

hokie carla

what was it?

8:27 am

rururocks

a plural

8:27 am

hokie carla

darn

8:33 am

hokie carla

found 2 of my e's from first col

8:36 am

hokie carla

well, I am going to get my hair done. 47 left for later. HOET. 9-9-11-7-8-3

9:17 am

phaeton

right bottom E stats pls

9:18 am

maccafixx

qu 8/55?

9:24 am

maccafixx

nm

9:25 am

maccafixx

repo

9:28 am

phaeton

clue the qu8?

9:29 am

maccafixx

qu +double vowel +same ending as ne 6/18

9:32 am

MollyL

Right bottom E is ep4

9:33 am

phaeton

ty mac

9:34 am

phaeton

ty molly

10:09 am

origami

NTPT: Fable writing brothers

10:10 am

origami

Odd, my icon changed back to an old one without my doing anything

11:40 am

periwinkle

hi all. not getting the clue for the qu8

11:42 am

Shirlockc

a knight is someone who goes on a qu5 (not in the grid), add a vowel to it and then make it a person

11:43 am

Shirlockc

or it's qu + vowel + n6 but drop the N

11:51 am

periwinkle

still not getting it. will keep trying

11:53 am

penquis

qu + two different vowels + most of another name for a shop ... and pl.....

11:54 am

periwinkle

finally thank you pen and
Shirl

11:55 am

penquis

yw...

11:57 am

periwinkle

help with bottom A please

12:03 pm

periwinkle

found ap4

12:09 pm

penquis

i also have ap 6/24....

12:15 pm

penquis

well i have to go....bbl to finish...bye all...

1:09 pm

Mary

clue please for the last QU5,18

1:10 pm

Mary

never mind got it

1:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hooray, more than 50 words today!! (hi all)

1:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

2:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

halfway done woot

2:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

porn

2:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(images censored)

3:04 pm

rururocks

so no more penalty box.. it's the porn box?

3:05 pm

mich_pdx

you'll never know -- the images are censored

3:05 pm

rururocks

I have a vivid imagination :D

3:05 pm

mich_pdx

correction, WE'LL never know....

3:06 pm

mich_pdx

A dalek in a porn box, oof! I don't want to use my imagination on that! Where's the sonic screwdriver when you need it?

3:09 pm

rururocks

sonic screwdriver sounds like a porn name

3:09 pm

mich_pdx

a porn version of Sonic the Hedgehog?

3:11 pm

rururocks

yeah.. I guess so

3:12 pm

mich_pdx

I'm sure someone out there in the twisted world has created such a beast, but I'm not googling it, lol

3:12 pm

rururocks

good thinking

3:13 pm

mich_pdx

gotta stop procrastinatin', bbl

3:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

if you combine a sonic screwdriver with a dalek just right you can't show it on TV

3:21 pm

JillK

you would have to exterminate it

3:39 pm

hurshy

oh my

3:40 pm

hurshy

top row grey!

3:41 pm

hokie carla

rehi

3:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

go hurshy !!!

3:41 pm

hokie carla

yeah, it's all downhill from there, hurshy

3:41 pm

hurshy

i forgot to take a lunch break today so i am just starting now

3:41 pm

hurshy

i was wrestling with FORMATTING and it was being very DIFFICULT

3:41 pm

hurshy

so the time just got away from me

3:43 pm

hokie carla

I played this morning and then was getting my hair done for like 3 1/2 hours! then went to walmart.

3:43 pm

hurshy

that is a long time to be getting your hair done

3:43 pm

hokie carla

IKR

3:43 pm

hurshy

was it for a wedding or something?

3:43 pm

hokie carla

I did full foil highlights today and I have a lot of hair.

3:44 pm

hokie carla

no, just regular trying to be blond

3:44 pm

hurshy

this is why i don't do much with my hair. i haven't the patience.

3:44 pm

hokie carla

it's a lot of work to look this good ;)

3:45 pm

hokie carla

just remembered I haven't wordled yet either

3:45 pm

hurshy

i usually finish babble first and then play other things

3:45 pm

hurshy

it's the most IMPORTANT

3:45 pm

hokie carla

"it takes a lot of money to look this cheap" - name that person!

3:46 pm

hurshy

donald trump, oughta be, lol

3:46 pm

hokie carla

LOL, it was Dolly Parton

3:47 pm

hurshy

new cat toy i'd ordered came in the mail today, my little peeps seem to like it

3:47 pm

hurshy

not as much as licking the bowl that i just had fruit and whipped cream in, tho

3:48 pm

hurshy

any SN or SH words today?

3:49 pm

hokie carla

this morning when I took winston out there was a very fluffy calico stalking us from under our evergreens. winston did not see it.

3:49 pm

hurshy

lol

3:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

my friend had a cat who did not play much with "real" cat toys from stores but went wild over the plastic ring from a milk jug lol

3:49 pm

hokie carla

I do not have any SH or SN but still need 3 there

3:49 pm

hurshy

yes rilla is a big fan of hair elastics and twisties

3:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

they chew earplugs if I don't put them away. The earplugs I mean.

3:50 pm

hurshy

i'm down to one top S now so it's getting less and less likely

3:51 pm

hurshy

ok NO SH or SN

3:52 pm

hokie carla

well I still need 3. :D

3:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom apropos

3:53 pm

hokie carla

yep

3:53 pm

hurshy

i only have one SP which seems like so little and yet i can't see what else there could be for that

3:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

also have only one SP

3:54 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I almost posted this morning it was a wasted S and P together and then found the one.

3:54 pm

hokie carla

but still need 3 of those S's as weel

3:54 pm

hokie carla

well

3:54 pm

hurshy

me too

3:54 pm

hurshy

but phantom: spear

3:55 pm

hokie carla

phantom paper

3:55 pm

hokie carla

finally found a word!

3:55 pm

hokie carla

and 2 more!

3:56 pm

hokie carla

well I'm just on a dang roll on this T

3:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

90 to go, aaarrrggghhhhh

3:56 pm

hokie carla

34 here

4:01 pm

hurshy

hmmm

4:11 pm

hurshy

how about any AQ words?

4:11 pm

phaeton

no

4:14 pm

hokie carla

still need 4 A's there

4:15 pm

phaeton

ap8x2; ap9;ap7

4:15 pm

hokie carla

ohhhh

4:15 pm

hokie carla

that'd be them

4:15 pm

hokie carla

those are they

4:15 pm

phaeton

have the 7 but not the 8's or 9

4:17 pm

hurshy

maybe they aren't related

4:17 pm

hokie carla

I have an ap6 but that's it

4:18 pm

hurshy

did you make it a person who?

4:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

only have one 8 so far

4:18 pm

phaeton

It's ap8;ap9;ap8

4:18 pm

hokie carla

well I thought I tried that but must've typoed. that's from the bottom A

4:18 pm

hokie carla

so now that's gray, thanks

4:19 pm

hokie carla

and then the 7 phae?

4:21 pm

hokie carla

phantom appease

4:21 pm

hokie carla

but I typed that this morning just in case it was really there

4:21 pm

hurshy

*nods*

4:21 pm

Shirlockc

clue for the last ap8?

4:21 pm

hurshy

we don't knooooooow

4:22 pm

hokie carla

lol, we don't know any of the ap8

4:22 pm

hokie carla

so if you have the first one, shirl, do tell

4:22 pm

Shirlockc

nm, i just monkeyed it lol

4:23 pm

Shirlockc

i have the ap8/9 pair

4:23 pm

hokie carla

NEVER MIND THE REST OF US

4:24 pm

hurshy

well i got a pr8 and 9

4:24 pm

hokie carla

nice, I only have a pr7/8

4:24 pm

phaeton

the ap8/9 is the first

4:25 pm

hokie carla

is it a before word, hurshy?

4:25 pm

hurshy

you know how you copy and pa5? well do it ahead of time

4:25 pm

hokie carla

nm, found it

4:25 pm

hokie carla

makes me think of wallpaper

4:26 pm

hurshy

aHA

4:26 pm

Shirlockc

hmmm, i monkeyed the ap7 not the ap8 so i still do need a clue for the 2nd ap8 pls

4:26 pm

hurshy

i got shirl's ones

4:26 pm

hurshy

a person who had faith and then lost it is an ap8

4:26 pm

hokie carla

well we all need a clue for that, shirl.

4:26 pm

Shirlockc

got that one

4:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty hursh, good clue

4:27 pm

hokie carla

I don't think you're paying attention :D

4:27 pm

Shirlockc

need the one after the ap8/9 pair

4:27 pm

hurshy

that is why i referred to them as "shirl's ones", shirl

4:27 pm

hurshy

because i knew you had them

4:27 pm

hokie carla

well, I tried several different forms of that so I was on the right track, thanks.

4:27 pm

periwinkle

not getting your clue hurshy

4:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbs woot

4:28 pm

hokie carla

a + what you do on social media + you had food

4:29 pm

hurshy

i'm thinking probably a double p in the other one but idk

4:29 pm

hokie carla

that's what I keep trying

4:30 pm

hurshy

yep

4:31 pm

hurshy

got it via MW

4:31 pm

hurshy

granny smith - L + a tidbit of sports info is a ****

4:32 pm

hokie carla

I looked it up too. ends in anne rice's vampire minus the L.

4:32 pm

hokie carla

in case anyone wants another version

4:32 pm

Shirlockc

thx hokie

4:32 pm

hurshy

i was also thinking it's like the temp control device thermo****

4:33 pm

hokie carla

hmm, the part of the brain to control appetite and regulate food intake. I think mine's broken.

4:33 pm

hurshy

hehe

4:34 pm

hokie carla

5-6-7-5-4-1

4:34 pm

hurshy

ok so we have established ap9 and pr9, do we know what the other one is?

4:34 pm

phaeton

found the last ap8

4:34 pm

hokie carla

I believe there's a Q8/9

4:34 pm

hurshy

oh then that would be my missing pair of Qss

4:35 pm

hokie carla

same

4:35 pm

phaeton

fw

4:35 pm

hokie carla

have tried quorness several times

4:35 pm

hokie carla

congrats, phae

4:36 pm

periwinkle

ty hurshy and carla

4:36 pm

phaeton

ty...any clues wanted?

4:36 pm

hokie carla

also not quotate, which is a 7

4:36 pm

hurshy

qu8 and 9 please :D

4:36 pm

phaeton

qu+two vowels...most of a grocery

4:37 pm

Shirlockc

po8 pls

4:37 pm

periwinkle

pr8 or pr9 please

4:37 pm

phaeton

qu9 pl

4:37 pm

hurshy

thanks

4:37 pm

phaeton

pr + vowel + when you glue

4:37 pm

hurshy

that's a new one

4:38 pm

hurshy

po8 = the state of poverty

4:38 pm

phaeton

qu8..latin "to ask'

4:38 pm

Shirlockc

thx hurshy

4:39 pm

hokie carla

wow didn't have the root for that po8

4:39 pm

hokie carla

a twofer!

4:39 pm

periwinkle

ty for po8

4:40 pm

hurshy

you can get a cheaper postage rate if your mailing is pr7ed

4:42 pm

hokie carla

4-6-7-5-2 now, thanks all

4:42 pm

hurshy

2-8-3-3-1

4:42 pm

hokie carla

E2 S3 R T2 O O A S3 P T P4 R4

4:42 pm

hurshy

en6 and 7 perhaps hokie?

4:43 pm

hokie carla

no, I have those

4:43 pm

hurshy

then how about es6 and 7

4:43 pm

hokie carla

no, I don't have those

4:43 pm

hokie carla

argh

4:44 pm

hokie carla

thanks

4:44 pm

Shirlockc

ends with pt of eat

4:44 pm

hurshy

that was an "how did i not see those earlier?" argh, not a "i can't find them" argh, shirl

4:44 pm

hurshy

lol

4:44 pm

Shirlockc

ha!

4:44 pm

hokie carla

yes

4:46 pm

hokie carla

gonna just look for 4s now

4:47 pm

hurshy

i keep wanting paesan

4:47 pm

hokie carla

tried paean earlier

4:48 pm

hokie carla

found 2 R's

4:48 pm

hurshy

upper or lower? i need 2 uppre

4:48 pm

hokie carla

lower

4:48 pm

hokie carla

do you have ro5 and 6 with the big tile?

4:49 pm

hurshy

yeah

4:49 pm

hokie carla

just check your plurals

4:49 pm

hokie carla

or you're missing a set and have the one I need

4:49 pm

hurshy

aren't you also missing two upper R?

4:50 pm

hurshy

oh

4:50 pm

hurshy

i see

4:50 pm

hurshy

ok i did need one plural so now maybe our last one is the same

4:50 pm

hokie carla

found my 4th row P!

4:50 pm

hurshy

no, i needed two plurals

4:51 pm

hokie carla

I have tried all my plurals

4:51 pm

hurshy

are you SURE

4:51 pm

hurshy

if so maybe a 4 that is already a plural

4:51 pm

hokie carla

I checked this morning with ruru but will look again.

4:52 pm

hokie carla

have the fish eggs and what fruit does

4:52 pm

hurshy

take your second ro5 and make a person who

4:53 pm

hokie carla

THAT'S IT! thanks

4:53 pm

hurshy

yay phew

4:53 pm

hokie carla

don't even know what that is

4:53 pm

hurshy

me neither but i try to always try the endings in case

4:56 pm

hurshy

ok down to S T and P now, 11 total

4:57 pm

hokie carla

what do you reckon for my O's? (one from each)

4:57 pm

hurshy

*groan*

4:57 pm

hokie carla

oh, found the middle O

4:57 pm

hurshy

op7

4:57 pm

hurshy

sorry i mean OS7

4:58 pm

hurshy

os7/28, very twisty

4:58 pm

hokie carla

hmm, any idea of meaning? bone related?

4:58 pm

hurshy

only the first three letters are bone

4:59 pm

hurshy

and then it ends like diag**** (assessments of what illness you have from a doctor)

5:00 pm

hokie carla

well, I looked it up once you gave me the 3rd letter, thanks

5:00 pm

hokie carla

it actually means the formations of bones

5:00 pm

hurshy

ah

5:00 pm

hurshy

there is an so7 with the same ending

5:01 pm

hokie carla

gracias

5:05 pm

hokie carla

still need one A on the right

5:06 pm

hurshy

but you got all 10 AP words?

5:06 pm

hokie carla

I have 9

5:06 pm

hurshy

3 ao words

5:07 pm

hurshy

the ap words go 4, 4, 5, 8, 9, 8, 6, 7, 5, 4

5:07 pm

hokie carla

okay, the first 5 then, thanks

5:08 pm

hokie carla

got it

5:09 pm

hokie carla

2-4-4-2-2

6:25 pm

tessagram

paes

6:57 pm

rururocks

paes?

7:01 pm

MollyL

Peas on drugs

11:35 pm

harpjane

found the simians

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