Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, July 16, 2026

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:02 am

ursh

hello all

12:02 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:02 am

justafreep

howdy

12:07 am

cybernan

hi everyone

12:07 am

cybernan

lo 6

12:09 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:10 am

Gillie

ta6

12:15 am

Gillie

pr6

12:17 am

Gillie

lo6 x 2

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:24 am

dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs, ae 8

12:25 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, te 7

12:29 am

Gillie

the lone O is eluding me

12:29 am

rastapopolous

it's the willow

12:30 am

Gillie

ty

12:30 am

dizgrannie

os 5

12:31 am

Gillie

30 left - that'll do for tonight (def not as easy as yesterday's)

1:10 am

ursh

odd - i have fireworks but the grid still shows a missing L - i do have 9 L words ?

1:24 am

dizgrannie

type them all in again

1:24 am

dizgrannie

FWs

4:27 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

4:28 am

crosshair

Hiding indoors again today. Air quality index is 609!! So much worse than yesterday.

6:00 am

bichon

Hiding indoors and turning on the AC

6:45 am

Scrabbler

Still here, Crossy?

6:59 am

Trifioso

hello friends. I am so happy to be babbling again! How I have missed it - and you all.

6:59 am

bichon

Hi Trif, Scrabs

6:59 am

Trifioso

hello bichon.

7:00 am

72 Temple Owl

hello trif

7:00 am

Scrabbler

Yay, Trif! So nice to see you return.

7:00 am

Scrabbler

Hi Bichon and Owl.

7:00 am

Trifioso

good morning. we finally have sunny-ish skies again, after two strange days of very hazy skies due to the wildfires in canada

7:01 am

Trifioso

those poor people! All that land lost....

7:01 am

Scrabbler

Same here. Tragic losses for ecology, people, and animals.

7:02 am

72 Temple Owl

code red here. can see and smell smoke and temps nea 100

7:03 am

Trifioso

ugh. yesterday i wanted to take my eyeballs out and rinse them off....

7:04 am

72 Temple Owl

at least smoke did not affect all star game activities.

7:04 am

Trifioso

all hands on deck weekend ahead here - one daughter coming in to town, to attend the wedding shower of the other! by thanksgiving of this year 100% of my children will be married! Some of you who have known me for a while remember when they were starting first grade, and I had all morning to babble!

7:05 am

Scrabbler

Oh, my, Trif. How life changes.

7:05 am

Trifioso

it FLIES, scrabbler! I think of you every day - your beautiful artwork is right by my front door

7:06 am

Trifioso

you will have to forgive me, I am sentimental today

7:07 am

bichon

Our son will be celebrating his 29th wedding anniversary on Sunday

7:07 am

Trifioso

wow, bichon!

7:08 am

72 Temple Owl

still have kids down here, trif?

7:09 am

EvaNadine

good morning, babblers!

7:09 am

Trifioso

yes maam! Fishtown

7:09 am

Trifioso

good morning eva

7:10 am

72 Temple Owl

city is hopping this summer.

7:10 am

Scrabbler

YW, Trif.

7:10 am

Trifioso

I will be there for almost a week in november, maybe we could meet for lunch?

7:10 am

Scrabbler

Hi Eva and K.

7:13 am

72 Temple Owl

i would do that. i' have been sidelined sine early jauary with a bad wrist break, surgery and complications. just begining to adjust.

7:14 am

Trifioso

oh I am so sorry to hear!

7:14 am

EvaNadine

hello, hello.
how are you all?

7:14 am

72 Temple Owl

hi evaN

7:15 am

Trifioso

ahhhh the coffee boy has arrived with my morning cuppa....such a dear

7:16 am

EvaNadine

oily

7:16 am

EvaNadine

*oops*

7:18 am

Trifioso

what's in the PB these days?

7:18 am

72 Temple Owl

cobwebs?

7:18 am

EvaNadine

hopefully a comfy bed -- i could use a nap. lol

7:19 am

Trifioso

I am 100% taking a nap later today.

7:21 am

Trifioso

hang on - why isn't "oakier" a word? "I find this brandy to be oakier than the the other one..."

7:24 am

72 Temple Owl

so trif, hoping your absence has not been caused by awful events...

7:24 am

Trifioso

no, by working at a place where all games are banned, and then when I get home no time to babble. need better time management, clearly!

7:26 am

72 Temple Owl

no, you need poor time management. i am so used to living on line since could not dtive.

7:26 am

72 Temple Owl

for months.

7:27 am

Trifioso

if you saw the state of this place, you would know how badly I need it, Temple! I have been taking an online course for women with ADD, and it has been life-changing! Also, Tor's death did rather take the wind out of my sails for a bit - how I miss him.

7:28 am

72 Temple Owl

yes, cannot he;p but reflect on that.

7:28 am

bichon

My Bichon will be 19 in October

7:28 am

72 Temple Owl

the course sounds ike something i need.

7:29 am

Trifioso

wow! Is that common? I am thinking it is not, bichon?

7:29 am

72 Temple Owl

bichon, amazing

7:30 am

Trifioso

is the i in the third column science-y?

7:31 am

bichon

For a 13 lb dog, not unusual. He can barely walk. But,I can take him outside to do his business. And, he loves to be scratched behind his ears.

7:31 am

Trifioso

I echo Temple = amazing! Such a lucky lil guy to have you as his kahu

7:32 am

bichon

Unfortunately, he is our last dog

7:36 am

Trifioso

excellent idea to keep him going then! well done you

7:36 am

Trifioso

Scrabbler, is Fiona bunny still hopping along?

7:55 am

72 Temple Owl

i have a friend with two senior havanese. taking care of a og in that stage takes so much love.

7:55 am

72 Temple Owl

patience and time. life altering.

7:57 am

72 Temple Owl

i'd better get going, at least to water the garden in the smoke before the heat kicks in. looks like a day indoors

7:57 am

72 Temple Owl

happy babbling.

8:10 am

bichon

We spend a lot of time on and with Marco

8:26 am

hurshy

morning babblers

8:29 am

hurshy

phantom: attack

8:31 am

hurshy

which come to think of it describes my night. bad dreams = phantom attack

8:40 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! UN secretary of the turn of the century Annan

8:44 am

hurshy

phantom: oriole

8:46 am

hurshy

gtg, ttfn

9:52 am

Book Doctor Gwen

howdee y'alls

10:07 am

Shirlockc

phantom osprey

10:08 am

BzznBea

Kofi

10:40 am

penquis

hello all....

10:49 am

FrenchToast

kofi

10:50 am

penquis

phantom: poison...'

10:50 am

FrenchToast

phantom: freak

10:53 am

penquis

this grid has a bit of bite to it....

10:54 am

penquis

phantom: prison...

10:54 am

FrenchToast

Hip flexors are in the grid

11:01 am

rururocks

Kofi??

11:02 am

penquis

answer to a NTPN....

11:02 am

FrenchToast

see Hurshy;s question at 840am

11:17 am

penquis

too many vowels in this grid...

11:20 am

worzel

went back in chog to the clue for the lone O and am still none the wiser - any help pls?

11:20 am

worzel

osiea

11:21 am

BzznBea

of4.9

11:22 am

BzznBea

K's gave me the most trouble today.

11:23 am

worzel

there are two of 4/9s?

11:25 am

BzznBea

No

11:26 am

penquis

then what are the stats for the lone O?

11:26 am

BzznBea

sorry. os5.10

11:26 am

penquis

ty...

11:29 am

worzel

yea i saw it was os 5 in the earlier clue, along with a clue about willow? But still don't get it

11:29 am

penquis

it ends like a comparative....but it's not...

11:29 am

penquis

it's a type of willow....

11:29 am

worzel

ah thanks

11:31 am

penquis

yw...

11:51 am

worzel

ok just to annoy everybody - stats for the lone i please?

11:52 am

penquis

ik 4/8...

11:52 am

worzel

ty pen

11:52 am

penquis

yw...

12:00 pm

penquis

taking a break....bye for now....

12:10 pm

periwinkle

hi all . not liking this grid. help with ae8 or te7 please

12:26 pm

Gillie

te7 is something you eat - I'm guessing at a light afternoon meal in England

12:28 pm

bichon

ty Gillie

12:28 pm

Gillie

ae8 is a British spelling of "a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag" - ends with an electric razor part

12:29 pm

Gillie

yw

12:29 pm

bichon

ae 8/55 pls

12:29 pm

Gillie

just posted :)

12:30 pm

hurshy

hi all

12:30 pm

Gillie

anyway - I'm done now, so good look all, and bye!

12:30 pm

hurshy

thanks for the 8

12:31 pm

Gillie

good *luck* (duh)

12:31 pm

hurshy

funny that both long words today are british

12:31 pm

bichon

Gillie, don't understand your clue

12:32 pm

hurshy

the second have of the word is a kitchen item, aluminum ____

12:32 pm

hurshy

*half

12:33 pm

bichon

ty hurshy

12:36 pm

bichon

et 5/12, pls

12:36 pm

hurshy

the sort of like, work culture a place has, maybe. like this company has an et5 of providing top customer service

12:37 pm

bichon

ty hurshy

12:39 pm

hurshy

woot, Kiboshed the Ks!

12:40 pm

hurshy

phantom: prison

12:41 pm

hurshy

phantom: those

12:45 pm

hurshy

is everyone struggling with the second row T or is it just me?

12:45 pm

hurshy

have ta4/8 and th5/12

12:47 pm

hurshy

aHA

12:47 pm

hurshy

found the others, a pair. 5 & 6.

12:48 pm

hurshy

the ol' peri magic

12:53 pm

hurshy

3 left!

12:57 pm

hurshy

2 left!

12:57 pm

hurshy

will have to save them for later

12:57 pm

hurshy

ttfn

2:51 pm

hokie carla

howdy folks. late start here.

2:59 pm

periwinkle

ty for te7 and ae8

3:04 pm

periwinkle

is there really an oi4?

3:04 pm

periwinkle

sheesh there is

3:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Got my Dylan ticket in my wallet. Honey, where Are You Tonight?

3:45 pm

hurshy

i'm back and got one of my last two!

3:45 pm

hurshy

done!

3:46 pm

hurshy

it's funny how much doing other stuff and coming back can help sometimes

4:06 pm

hokie carla

not sure I've seen both spellings of the o4 here at the same time before

4:46 pm

mkg

any help with two words welcome: the O word fourth row, and the i word fourth row. stats and clues welcome

4:52 pm

mkg

ik 4 is the i word. got it with monkeys.

5:04 pm

periwinkle

pr6 please

5:10 pm

penquis

still need that, peri?

5:10 pm

periwinkle

yes

5:11 pm

penquis

it's a prefix (before) and a word meaning to do something...

5:11 pm

periwinkle

hmm

5:12 pm

penquis

or....just put the P in front of a five letter R word...

5:12 pm

periwinkle

ah thank you

5:12 pm

penquis

yw...

5:12 pm

periwinkle

I only have 3 of the 6 letter words

5:19 pm

penquis

i have 8....still missing 3...

5:20 pm

penquis

one is ca 6/33...do you have that?... (I do)...

5:22 pm

mkg

still missing the o word in fourth column second row. any help welcome.

5:23 pm

penquis

think of a word that means Sure....

5:23 pm

penquis

or...it can mean feeling fine...i am ok 4

5:24 pm

penquis

and the other word for that O is a different spelling of the same word....a babblet...

5:45 pm

penquis

i am done....anyone need anything before i go?

5:49 pm

penquis

guess not...goodnight all....

6:11 pm

MollyL

Not many people know that other spelling of the ok word

6:13 pm

MollyL

ca6/33 more like dessert with frosting

6:38 pm

MollyL

Oh great, we get all the Canadian wildfire smoke effect tomorrow. On top of the heat and humidity.

8:05 pm

mkg

sago

8:05 pm

mkg

oh so sorry all

8:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i was just outside wondering which of my neighbors was burning a ton of incense -- guess it was Canadian smoke -- wow, air foggy and kinda stinky

8:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(i'm near detroit, about 30 minutes from Canada) wow

8:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet at last, 31 to go

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