Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, June 18, 2026

12:05 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:05 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:06 am

dizgrannie

hi all

12:06 am

ursh

hello all - a big one

12:06 am

dofith

G'day folks

12:06 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:07 am

lshult

morning al

12:14 am

Rainiqui

de 7

12:15 am

cybernan

x 2

12:15 am

rururocks

Pr7x2

12:16 am

rururocks

Re7

12:16 am

cybernan

do 7

12:17 am

cybernan

pr 7 x3

12:17 am

cybernan

ro 7

12:19 am

Lizlin

Mi8

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:23 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ae 8

12:23 am

MetFan

ty lickerty

12:24 am

MetFan

Sorry

1:11 am

Onpaki

hello all

4:00 am

worzel

ok so why can't you have demist?

6:48 am

markbowers7

phantom: dorsal

6:51 am

markbowers7

phantom: mistress

6:51 am

periwinkle

why do I keep getting red bars

7:32 am

mkg

two ae 8s.

8:05 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

8:05 am

Sugrraleona

hi hokie

8:06 am

hokie carla

sup sug

8:07 am

Sugrraleona

not much, hoping the skies clear to pop out to play 9 holes

8:07 am

Sugrraleona

you?

8:07 am

hokie carla

lol, same. very cloudy here and I have a noonish tee time.

8:09 am

hokie carla

ooh, sun just popped out

8:11 am

hokie carla

and now it's cloudy. this would actually be ideal because it's not blazing hot.

8:15 am

phaeton

stats for the L pls

8:15 am

phaeton

top L

8:15 am

hokie carla

le5 and 6

8:15 am

hokie carla

a name

8:15 am

phaeton

ty

8:15 am

hokie carla

sorry, 5 and 7

8:17 am

phaeton

👍

8:29 am

rururocks

phantom pessimism

8:30 am

hokie carla

I don't think so

8:41 am

hokie carla

phantom soreness

8:42 am

rururocks

I don't think so

8:42 am

hokie carla

I'm very optimistic it is

8:45 am

phaeton

phantom dismiss

8:59 am

rururocks

oh god. i have all the fours and still have 36 to go

8:59 am

hokie carla

yuck

8:59 am

hokie carla

but I still have 93 left and only 20 4s

9:01 am

origami

I have 100 4s left :D

9:02 am

hokie carla

sistre reminds me of orphan black

9:09 am

hokie carla

phantom deodar

9:14 am

hokie carla

phantom oreide

9:16 am

hokie carla

phantom persist

9:21 am

hokie carla

well, I'm quitting for now. 56 left. 6-13-18-13-6

9:30 am

rururocks

we'll all be done when you get back

9:39 am

hokie carla

I assumed you were already finished

9:40 am

rururocks

no.. fifteen d's to go

9:42 am

hokie carla

3 + 8 on the d's for me. but I'm not actually playing again, just looked in after finishing my other games and now gotta get moving.

9:42 am

hokie carla

have a good day, ruru, et al

9:42 am

rururocks

have fun golfing

9:43 am

hokie carla

thanks, this is with my friend that once a week we do a fun scramble for practice, so should be fun.

9:43 am

rururocks

i'm not a golfer.. just not coordinated that way

9:44 am

origami

I'm not coordinated in any way

9:49 am

rururocks

you're coordinated at cooking and painting

9:52 am

origami

Thanks

9:53 am

rururocks

not to mention cleaning up bourbon explosions

9:54 am

origami

I think the smell has finally been overpowered by the air freshener

9:56 am

rururocks

ha... bet you're driving really carefully these days

9:57 am

origami

Definitely

9:59 am

rururocks

I have only done that once with wine (one bottle) and I've never done anything like that again ever.

9:59 am

origami

It's a one trial learning situation

10:07 am

72 Temple Owl

any meat to this onem or just a lot of little nonsense?

10:15 am

rururocks

lots of meat to this one.. a whole pot roast

10:16 am

72 Temple Owl

ah,,, thsanks

10:26 am

72 Temple Owl

218 down...time to move. sitting makes my hand ache, happy babbling

10:54 am

hurshy

hiya folks

10:56 am

hurshy

i thought sure you could missee things

10:58 am

hurshy

but i found some others with that prefix now so that's good

10:58 am

hurshy

phantom: mistress

10:58 am

hurshy

and distress for that matter

11:00 am

penquis

nice big grid....hello all...

11:00 am

hurshy

hi pen! just need one M and one T for top row grey, so that's a nice start

11:01 am

hurshy

phantom: emesis

11:03 am

penquis

HI hursh...

11:03 am

hurshy

:)

11:12 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for top corner L words? justnot seeing them

11:16 am

little mim

le 5 island in the

11:16 am

little mim

osorry

11:16 am

LuvWordGames

Man's name

11:17 am

little mim

Outer Hebrides

11:17 am

LuvWordGames

Dissed

11:23 am

penquis

well the first 200 words were fun....

11:31 am

penquis

i blanked my first tile on my 228th word.... ;o)

11:32 am

penquis

and it was the lone i....

11:33 am

penquis

NTPN...famous actress...

11:34 am

hurshy

meryl STREEP

11:34 am

penquis

ding, ding, ding!!

11:35 am

hurshy

i've got 73/77 of the S words!

11:35 am

penquis

wow...nice...

11:35 am

penquis

i only have 55....

11:37 am

hurshy

this is why i switched to focusing on a certain tile or letter at a time, i find i get more on the first pass that way

11:37 am

penquis

i do that to start but i get distracted seeing other words...

11:37 am

mkg

ty for clue. found it by looking up the islands.

11:38 am

little mim

most welome

11:39 am

hurshy

the Rs are getting me dizzier than the Ss did

11:39 am

penquis

still need 9 of those...

11:40 am

hurshy

i got the bottom Rs ok but need 5 top

11:40 am

hurshy

ooh just found two re6s

11:41 am

hurshy

and another! woot

11:43 am

penquis

go, hursh!

11:48 am

hurshy

dr7 dr7 dr7, i made you out of clay

11:49 am

penquis

are you talking about the Jewish toy...

11:49 am

hurshy

yes

11:50 am

hurshy

what else would you sing three times followed by "i made you out of clay" lol

11:52 am

hurshy

i'd better mention that i'm having some trouble with the Ds now so i start finding some more of them

11:52 am

penquis

i am not familiar with that song...

11:53 am

hurshy

oh, i thought it was widely known

11:54 am

penquis

i vaguely knew one jewish person until i went to college...knew tons of franco-americans... ;o)

11:54 am

hurshy

alouette, gentil alouette

11:54 am

hurshy

frere jacques, frere jacques, dormez-vous? dormez-vous?

11:54 am

penquis

oui...

11:55 am

penquis

"au clair de tha lune, mon ami Pierrot".... ;o)

11:56 am

periwinkle

Bon Jour mes amis!

11:56 am

penquis

bonjour, peri...

11:57 am

periwinkle

help with mi8 please

11:57 am

penquis

don't have it yet...maybe hursh does...

11:57 am

periwinkle

or either ae8 please

11:57 am

periwinkle

only have 2 8s

11:58 am

penquis

i have 269 words and no 8s...

11:58 am

periwinkle

ed8/45 builds on ed4/5

11:59 am

penquis

ty, peri...

11:59 am

penquis

i don't think i have ever seen that word...

12:00 pm

periwinkle

pr7/8 comparative and superalitive

12:00 pm

penquis

ty...

12:01 pm

periwinkle

yvw pen

12:01 pm

periwinkle

there is another pr8 but I do not have it

12:03 pm

penquis

the other is a male body part...

12:04 pm

LuvWordGames

Mi 8 people who complete something wrong

12:04 pm

periwinkle

ty pen

12:04 pm

penquis

yw....

12:04 pm

penquis

ty, luv....

12:04 pm

hurshy

sorry i went to the restroom and then went to make my lunch

12:04 pm

penquis

you are allowed...

12:05 pm

periwinkle

ty Luv

12:05 pm

periwinkle

hursh can you help with either ae8 please

12:05 pm

hurshy

no, i haven't done A yet, the only one i could have helped with so far was mi8

12:06 pm

periwinkle

last pr8 please

12:07 pm

Aloyisius

a gland that men have peri

12:07 pm

penquis

i had clued it, peri...

12:07 pm

periwinkle

nm just found it with early clue

12:11 pm

hurshy

plane prefix + *** down to eat, pl

12:11 pm

hurshy

is one ae8

12:11 pm

penquis

hmmm....

12:12 pm

penquis

ah....ty...

12:13 pm

hurshy

if there is another one it's my last A!

12:13 pm

penquis

and the other is plane prefix + a mathematical term for how one is doing in sports....like rbis, home runs, etc...

12:13 pm

hurshy

lol thought that was a phantom cause i was using the wrong S

12:15 pm

hurshy

Os Overcome!

12:17 pm

periwinkle

thanks hursh

12:18 pm

hurshy

Ls Licked and Ns Nailed!

12:20 pm

periwinkle

go hursh!

12:22 pm

periwinkle

bl

12:22 pm

hurshy

left col grey!

12:24 pm

hurshy

(thanks to that ed8 clue you gave, peri)

12:28 pm

hurshy

and now to mention i am struggling with the P words despite getting the long ones that were clued

12:28 pm

penquis

i need 6 Ps...

12:29 pm

hurshy

that's too expensive

12:29 pm

hurshy

there must be more than this provincial life

12:30 pm

hurshy

(sorry, your comment put me in mind of beauty and the beast song where a villager says "i need six eggs")

12:31 pm

penquis

i figured you were either babbling (literally) or clueing, but they clues made no sense...

12:31 pm

hurshy

yeah not clues

12:31 pm

hurshy

just singing

12:32 pm

hurshy

maybe there are more P8 words

12:32 pm

hurshy

oh yes i just found one

12:33 pm

hurshy

pe8 another term used for people like J Epstein, not the most common word, same start but different ending

12:34 pm

penquis

got it...ty....

12:35 pm

penquis

just missing one 8 now...

12:35 pm

hurshy

same here

12:35 pm

hurshy

16 words left altogether

12:38 pm

penquis

52 here...

12:39 pm

bethn

adit

12:39 pm

bethn

Sorry

12:40 pm

penquis

no problem...been there, done that...

12:43 pm

penquis

well i am down to 50....time for a break...bye all...

12:50 pm

hurshy

the last 8 is sa8, builds on sa5/12 babblet

2:55 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks hursh

3:38 pm

periwinkle

I don't know which sa5/12 to use

3:38 pm

periwinkle

also not getting clue for pe8

3:40 pm

periwinkle

130 left here

3:45 pm

rururocks

pe 8 being involved with a young male

3:47 pm

periwinkle

ty looking

3:47 pm

rururocks

sexually

3:49 pm

Sugrraleona

i keep looking for pediphile

3:49 pm

Sugrraleona

sicko

3:51 pm

periwinkle

not seeing it

3:51 pm

Sugrraleona

me neither

3:55 pm

Sugrraleona

I got it peri -- ok, so pe8 is pe plus a constanant to make the first 3 letter mean foot - next three letters mean certain time - then it ends with the first two letters of a **op sign - if you dont' get it, Ill just type it and you can put me in the PB LOL

3:57 pm

periwinkle

i give up

3:57 pm

Sugrraleona

ok pederast -

3:58 pm

Sugrraleona

LOL LOL

3:58 pm

periwinkle

tyty

3:58 pm

Sugrraleona

ped plus era pls st LOL

3:59 pm

periwinkle

I added it to my scrabble dictionary

3:59 pm

periwinkle

last 8 is sa8 and I do not have it

4:04 pm

hurshy

it is the SECOND sa5/12 that one builds on

4:06 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh will look again

4:08 pm

periwinkle

I have a few but don't think I have the right one

4:12 pm

hurshy

sa + go fishing with a *** and reel

4:13 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh

4:13 pm

periwinkle

bbl

4:15 pm

pcal2

Help! I have one word left I cannot find: de 7/36. Any help appreciated!

4:16 pm

ChampFit

Do you have the 6/24 and 7/40?

4:17 pm

pcal2

yes

4:17 pm

hurshy

probably then she needs the other one - don't read the news, it'll just de7 you

4:18 pm

pcal2

and i have the following 7/36. missing the one past that.

4:18 pm

pcal2

tks champ and hursh. I'll look.

4:18 pm

ChampFit

The next one I have stands alone. Push down on something. Or feeling blue.

4:18 pm

MollyL

Plural, take the saline stuff off

4:19 pm

pcal2

Got it! Could have sworn I already tried that. Tks all.

5:17 pm

rururocks

can one depeppers?

5:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

shoulda started earlier, I see (hi all)

5:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

5:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

halfway done, woot

5:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

if one can derat, why can one not depest?

5:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

or enpest

6:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet woot

6:51 pm

penquis

can anyone clue the de 6/33?

6:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

de6/33, even more of the water on the leaves

6:53 pm

penquis

tyvm...my last pair of words...i am done...

6:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg penquis !!!!!!!

6:54 pm

penquis

ty!

6:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

only 127 to go here

6:55 pm

penquis

go, gwen!....need anything specific before i go?

7:12 pm

penquis

Guess not?.

7:12 pm

penquis

Goodnight all.
Goodnight all…

7:13 pm

periwinkle

nite pen

11:10 pm

harpjane

what are the stats for the top L please?

11:23 pm

harpjane

I know the pe8 because it was on the album "Hair" We were kids and looked up all the dirty words.

11:25 pm

MetFan

It was in the song "Sodomy"

11:46 pm

harpjane

yep

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