Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, July 22, 2026

12:01 am

ursh

hello all

12:01 am

justafreep

happy flip

12:01 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:01 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:04 am

Gillie

an7

12:04 am

Gillie

st7

12:04 am

saanichcat

st 8 x 2

12:04 am

Gillie

oh - no point calling 7's, i guess

12:06 am

MetFan

No gillie - everyone' here is more into showing how good they are at spotting, which I don't get, but I'll play along if I must

12:06 am

justafreep

en7/8

12:06 am

SummerBreeze44

st7x3

12:07 am

SummerBreeze44

st7x4

12:07 am

Gillie

re7/8

12:09 am

justafreep

Impressive psychoanalysis, MetFan. You a professional or just like to type?

12:09 am

MetFan

Both

12:10 am

justafreep

Well, your analysis goes against my 20 years here, but you do you.

12:11 am

MetFan

I'm on this earth almost 7 decades, I think I can spot any kind of behaviour you can imagine.

12:11 am

justafreep

You clearly believe that, as we're all aware. Good luck using that knowledge

12:16 am

MetFan

Luck has very little to do with it

12:20 am

justafreep

pa8

12:22 am

Gillie

pa8 x 2

12:23 am

cybernan

crashing. have lots of pa 7's but not seeing the 8's tonight.

12:24 am

justafreep

night, nan

12:24 am

dizgrannie

nite Nan

12:34 am

Gillie

re9

12:35 am

Gillie

de9

12:46 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:47 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:47 am

pinkhatlil

ty lickety

12:48 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:49 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:52 am

Robespierre

re 9 x 2

12:52 am

ursh

ditto diz

12:52 am

ursh

but i still have to find 119 words !!

12:55 am

dizgrannie

147 here ursh

4:45 am

dizgrannie

hi, back again, an 8/55

5:56 am

ChampFit

an8/50

6:35 am

bubba218

done

7:39 am

ivesyj

clue for the en 6 the second one plz

7:40 am

rururocks

related to the mother's side of the family en6

7:44 am

ivesyj

not seeing it yet lol

7:51 am

ivesyj

tks ru got it!

8:10 am

rururocks

good

8:24 am

ChampFit

The -ier ending is really overdone in enable. When in doubt...

8:58 am

phaeton

phantom - fence

8:59 am

ChampFit

I have re9x2 and de9...what am I missing? Is it another de?

8:59 am

phaeton

you looking for 9's?

9:00 am

ChampFit

Yes. I need one more

9:00 am

phaeton

in9

9:00 am

ChampFit

Thanks phae

9:00 am

phaeton

yw

9:01 am

ChampFit

Phantom: integer

9:02 am

phaeton

I have one in5...the rest are eluding me

9:03 am

ChampFit

I still need 2 and one is the 0. I have in5, 6, 7,5,6, 4,5

9:09 am

phaeton

whew!

9:12 am

ChampFit

Damnit! Was about to have a fit.

9:21 am

Onpaki

hello eveyone

9:22 am

phaeton

hi

9:24 am

ChampFit

BBL for last 49.

9:26 am

phaeton

bye

9:36 am

rururocks

wow.. finished.. tough grid

9:36 am

hokie carla

ugh

9:36 am

rururocks

ugh is right

9:37 am

hokie carla

already struggling with the S's

9:38 am

hokie carla

but I just grayed the first N so I've got that going for me, which is nice

9:42 am

origami

Babble is being glitchy for me today

9:43 am

hokie carla

haven't noticed anything here but it's a big grid, so sure to be missing some words later.

9:49 am

welki

'morning, everyone

9:49 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:49 am

origami

Hi welki

9:50 am

welki

playing 'putts don't count' today - and my long game sucks

9:51 am

hokie carla

oh no

9:51 am

hokie carla

I missed our putts don't count day. I've been putting pretty good.

9:51 am

welki

i rely on my chipping and putting to keep me playing :D

9:51 am

Aloyisius

grr.. why won't "statin" work?

9:51 am

hokie carla

my chipping is terrible

9:52 am

hokie carla

many complaints about that over the years, aloy

9:52 am

Aloyisius

oh well

9:52 am

welki

there are quite a few women who can hit close to 200 yards. not me, but i do hit them straight

9:54 am

hokie carla

yeah my driver avg is probably 150-160. I have had the occasional 180 but not lately. I had a 3 wood go 200 before, but that was with wind and roll.

9:54 am

welki

and we have one young gal (19) who's got a 4 handicap!!

9:54 am

hokie carla

wow

9:55 am

welki

i've watched her play since she was a little girl - she's pretty amazing

9:55 am

hokie carla

there are a couple of ladies in the single digits here but they are oldish. only in this neighborhood am I considered the baby.

9:56 am

welki

our league is very diversified, age-wise 19-nearly 80

9:57 am

hokie carla

we have an 86 yo! I was paired with her one day and luckily they put me in the driver's seat.

9:57 am

welki

hahaha - age + birdie juice = danger, will robinson!

9:58 am

hokie carla

then she almost hit me backing out in the parking lot in her car

9:58 am

welki

oiks! in arizona, we have a guy and gal, both over 90

9:58 am

hokie carla

she did beat the rest of us on the front 9. has a very weird swing and doesn't go far, but it goes straight.

9:59 am

welki

could be my relative

9:59 am

welki

except for the high score

9:59 am

welki

well, this board is irritating me - bbl

10:00 am

hokie carla

she said she was going to her class reunion. same age as my dad and I know there aren't many in his class left.

10:00 am

hokie carla

alright, have a good one

10:00 am

hokie carla

hit 'em well!

10:01 am

hokie carla

ooh, grayed the other N too

10:46 am

ivesyj

clue for the in 8 plz

10:50 am

ivesyj

got it

11:12 am

BzznBea

CAre to share?

11:12 am

welki

an instigator

11:13 am

hokie carla

rehi

11:15 am

hokie carla

well all I can think of for instigator is instigator

11:16 am

welki

this one might start a riot

11:16 am

bichon

that would be an instigator

11:17 am

hokie carla

its not inciter either

11:17 am

welki

the verb could mean to encourage violence

11:18 am

welki

on the right track, hokie

11:18 am

BzznBea

Thanks, welki. I got it.

11:19 am

welki

:)

11:19 am

BzznBea

Been out picking blueberries this morning. This is the second picking.

11:19 am

hokie carla

got it, thanks

11:20 am

hokie carla

phantom captain

11:22 am

bichon

got it

11:25 am

bichon

blueberries don't get picked here til August

11:25 am

BzznBea

Yours are probably a lot bigger too.

11:26 am

bichon

CT has good blueberry bushes. Acid soil.

11:26 am

hokie carla

I miss my wild blackberries at my old house

11:27 am

BzznBea

I have two types North Carolina native blueberries. One ripens earlier than the other.

11:28 am

BzznBea

I amended our soil to be acidic for two years before I planted the bushes.

11:28 am

hokie carla

phantom liquid

11:30 am

bichon

good idea vBea. All my hydrangeas were pink

11:32 am

bichon

when they bloomed. They bllomed couple of years ago. No more

11:32 am

periwinkle

hello all. help wth de9 please

11:33 am

hokie carla

hey peri

11:34 am

BzznBea

de9 is pouring a liquid from a pitcher or carafe

11:34 am

hokie carla

phantom instant/instance

11:36 am

periwinkle

ty carla

11:37 am

hokie carla

wasn't me

11:41 am

periwinkle

I got the re9 that is similar to the de9 help with other re9 please

11:42 am

hokie carla

well I have another 9 but it's not that

11:44 am

FrenchToast

Peri the other one is gerund of the re6 that means to hire someone for a movie part again

11:44 am

periwinkle

ty FT

11:44 am

hokie carla

thanks, FT

11:52 am

hokie carla

okay, gotta go to the store. 73 left and HOET. 11-16-23-16-7

11:55 am

hurshy

hello all

11:58 am

phaeton

help with the in8

11:59 am

hurshy

sorry i'm just on the first S

12:00 pm

phaeton

clued at 11:15

12:11 pm

hurshy

phantom: tenrec/tanrec

12:14 pm

hurshy

Ts Toppled!!!!

12:15 pm

marksdolly

whoopwhoop!! fireworks here!

12:15 pm

hurshy

congrats!

12:16 pm

hurshy

phantom: integer

12:16 pm

marksdolly

thank you, not many different words, but many variations of the same word

12:18 pm

hurshy

i words inveigled!

12:29 pm

hurshy

how many GN words?

12:30 pm

BzznBea

2

12:31 pm

hurshy

ok then i've got them all :D

12:32 pm

TQ

Can't get that in9

12:33 pm

hurshy

don't in6 a riot (not in grid) - e + picnic pest, pl

12:34 pm

TQ

Thank you hurshy, got it

12:34 pm

hurshy

yw :)

12:35 pm

TQ

Does anyone know if granny rose is OK, not seen her in chat for ages?

12:35 pm

hurshy

there, i canna help ye

12:36 pm

TQ

Thanks hurshy, she was on here daily and it's weeks now

12:37 pm

hurshy

:(

12:38 pm

hurshy

ooh just found a nice pa8

12:43 pm

hurshy

any PS or PT words todaoy?

12:43 pm

TQ

Not that I've seen, but i never come up with those!

12:45 pm

TQ

I always get excited when I see qu in the grid because of my name, I assume I'll find those

12:45 pm

hurshy

:)

12:45 pm

hurshy

in college there was a guy who was Christopher Q. something and i asked him what the Q stood for and he said, "quality, of course" and after that i always called him Christopher Quality

12:46 pm

TQ

That's a good one. We get so many variations on spelling

12:58 pm

TQ

Time to go cook supper. See you another time hurshy. Bye

12:59 pm

hurshy

bye

1:01 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! acquisitive alien race in Star Trek (eg Quark), which was named for an old word that people in India gave to white people

1:04 pm

hurshy

phantom: deficit

1:05 pm

mattygroves

Ferengi

1:05 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

1:05 pm

hurshy

first pass complete. 27 left.

1:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

belated good morning, y'all

1:08 pm

hurshy

hi gwen

1:08 pm

hurshy

i've just learned from the chog that there are TWO re9 so i'm looking for the one i don't have

1:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

only 344? i'll be done soon lol

1:08 pm

hurshy

:D

1:09 pm

hurshy

aHA

1:09 pm

LuvWordGames

Both re 9's are gerund

1:09 pm

hurshy

too late i just found it :D

1:10 pm

hurshy

someone else may benefit tho

1:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom regenerate

1:10 pm

LuvWordGames

And start with the same 4 letters

1:10 pm

ChampFit

Easier than the in9. That was weird to me.

1:10 pm

hurshy

ahh that's a good one gwen

1:10 pm

LuvWordGames

Degree is my phantom

1:11 pm

ChampFit

So many, but yes, that's one of mine too.

1:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh dear, another phantom, defecating

1:12 pm

ChampFit

Well now you've gone and done it! ;)

1:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

1:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(apologies to anyone with cyclosporiasis)

1:14 pm

hurshy

oh dear chog says 2 AN8, i was afraid of there being against-something words and i bet those are them

1:14 pm

Trifioso

hello friends. Quick visit before I am off to tutor

1:15 pm

ChampFit

They are.

1:15 pm

hurshy

ok found one of them

1:15 pm

hurshy

hiya trif

1:16 pm

hurshy

ok got the other one!

1:16 pm

hurshy

ok and then one more pa8 and i will have all the 8s that were called as far as i can see

1:17 pm

ChampFit

How many pa 8 are there?

1:17 pm

hurshy

two were called

1:17 pm

hurshy

i have one that is anti-war

1:17 pm

ChampFit

then I need another one too.

1:18 pm

ChampFit

Got it!

1:19 pm

hurshy

help?

1:19 pm

ChampFit

OH crap...found another one. There are 3 so far

1:19 pm

hurshy

:O :D

1:19 pm

ChampFit

One is something I don't have...I'm very im-pa8

1:19 pm

hurshy

thanks!

1:19 pm

ChampFit

the other one is a plural of people who sit in doctor's offices.

1:19 pm

hurshy

now i'm only missing one P

1:20 pm

hurshy

and also only missing one 8

1:20 pm

ChampFit

I still need 3. and 2 8

1:20 pm

hurshy

if it helps i have 8 pi, the rest pa

1:21 pm

ChampFit

It does, because I have 8 pi too. Yay! Thanks for the hint. BRB....

1:21 pm

hurshy

the 8s i noted from the chog or found myself are: an x2, en, ge, in, pa x3, re, st x2

1:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet woot

1:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(and nbt and nbs wooot)

2:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

pacifer = a peaceful evergreen

2:58 pm

hokie carla

rehi

2:58 pm

hurshy

2-4-7-3-1

3:00 pm

hurshy

Es Eliminated!

3:00 pm

hokie carla

I just need one E

3:00 pm

hurshy

which E

3:00 pm

hokie carla

and have nerfed the Ns but that's it

3:00 pm

hokie carla

upper

3:01 pm

hurshy

3 en6/21

3:01 pm

hurshy

bet you miss the second one

3:01 pm

hokie carla

yes

3:02 pm

hokie carla

and apparently I will need a clue

3:03 pm

hurshy

it's the adj version of an en5/10 babblet that we have a lot, meaning related on the mother's side (not here today)

3:03 pm

hokie carla

ah, thanks

3:04 pm

hokie carla

any against words?

3:04 pm

hurshy

yep

3:04 pm

hurshy

what the opposition might call pro-choice people

3:04 pm

hokie carla

I did try against gr5 even though I don't need any 9

3:04 pm

hurshy

and against DNA

3:05 pm

hurshy

then chop the end off that second one for a 7 that's more common

3:06 pm

hokie carla

got those, thanks

3:08 pm

hokie carla

still need 12 on the corner S. hate it when corners are like that.

3:08 pm

hokie carla

oh, found 3

3:47 pm

hokie carla

well, made it to 50 left. 5-12-16-12-5 unexpected palindrome

3:48 pm

hurshy

always love a good palindrome

3:48 pm

hokie carla

yep

3:48 pm

periwinkle

ge8 please

3:48 pm

hurshy

if i could find a five i'd have one too

3:48 pm

hurshy

peri, it is a little blue flower

3:48 pm

hurshy

other than the periwinkle lol

3:49 pm

periwinkle

hmm

3:49 pm

hokie carla

lol, I was like isn't that a periwinkle

3:49 pm

hokie carla

I can't think of a ge flower besides geranium

3:49 pm

hurshy

i mean that's the 7 and then plural for the 8

3:50 pm

periwinkle

ty

3:50 pm

periwinkle

starts like not women

3:50 pm

hurshy

wikipedia says "notable for their mostly large trumpet-shaped flowers, which are often of an intense blue hue, though some are also bright yellow."

3:50 pm

hurshy

so i guess i should not have said little

3:51 pm

hurshy

i did it! i found a five!

3:51 pm

hurshy

1

3:52 pm

hurshy

1-3-7-3-1

3:52 pm

hokie carla

I googled flowers that start with ge and then I copy pastaed your wiki thing and still didn't get a G word

3:53 pm

hurshy

opp of lady + author of james bond

3:54 pm

hokie carla

that took a lot of mental gymnastics but I finally got it, thanks

3:54 pm

MollyL

I copied and pasted what Hurshyt posted and found it

3:54 pm

hurshy

well now you know, it is a blue flower

3:54 pm

hokie carla

this is what google ai returned for me. You are describing the genus Iochroma (often called the Blue Angel's Trumpet or Violet Bush). It is a group of fast-growing woody shrubs or small trees native to South America that produce stunning, pendulous or flared trumpet-shaped flowers, most famously in deep, intense blue-violet hues, alongside bright yellow variations

3:54 pm

hurshy

well there's your problem

3:54 pm

hurshy

you gotta switch away from AI

3:55 pm

hurshy

noai.duckduckgo.com is what i use these days

3:56 pm

hokie carla

I used duck duck go for a while twice in the last 20 years think it sucks

3:56 pm

MollyL

Google works fine. Just copy and paste the description

3:56 pm

saanichcat

re AL: I have found many mistakes, and may correct all the ones I know in Wikipedia. Drives me nuts.

3:57 pm

MollyL

AI is full of mistakes

3:57 pm

saanichcat

He sure is

3:58 pm

hurshy

another Epstein "recruiter" was found dead in the suburbs of Paris today

3:59 pm

saanichcat

I hadn't heard there were murders, wow

3:59 pm

hurshy

don't know if it is a murder... just that he was found dead

4:00 pm

saanichcat

I still wonder about Epstein's cell death

4:00 pm

hurshy

yeah i think his death and a lot of the other suspicious deaths of people connected to him probably ARE murders but of course i do not have evidence

4:01 pm

hurshy

oooh just remembered a de6 & 7 pair

4:02 pm

hokie carla

any hints?

4:02 pm

hurshy

they look tooth related

4:03 pm

hokie carla

oh yes

4:03 pm

hokie carla

do you have both R's next to that D?

4:03 pm

hurshy

yes

4:04 pm

hurshy

re6/24 and re7/28

4:04 pm

hokie carla

I have re6

4:04 pm

hokie carla

ok, thx

4:05 pm

hokie carla

is the 7 a normal word? a redo?

4:05 pm

hurshy

got my last 7 now, so that leaves 1-3-6

4:07 pm

hokie carla

got it

4:09 pm

hokie carla

S9 T2 I2 A3 G4 R5 P6 C2 S6 F2 D L2

4:12 pm

hurshy

sorry i went away there for a bit to watch cat vids

4:21 pm

hokie carla

we are watching song song blue

4:21 pm

hokie carla

and I decided to do the crossword

4:21 pm

hurshy

i don't know what that is

4:21 pm

BzznBea

That's a good one.

4:22 pm

hokie carla

hugh jackman and kate hudson play a real life couple with a neil diamond tribute band

4:22 pm

hurshy

down to three 5s and four 6s now!

4:22 pm

hurshy

got a 6!

4:22 pm

BzznBea

I love Neil Diamond

4:23 pm

hurshy

i like Sweet Caroline... i don't really know what else he sings

4:25 pm

BzznBea

He has a big library of work.

4:25 pm

hokie carla

I can't stand Sweet Caroline and I hate the crowd part of that.

4:25 pm

hokie carla

I know more of his songs than I thought watching this movie.

4:25 pm

hurshy

all cols grey except left now!!!

4:26 pm

hurshy

4 words to go!

4:26 pm

hurshy

3!

4:27 pm

hurshy

2!

4:27 pm

hurshy

i can't believe i've gotten this far without the list!

4:37 pm

hurshy

oh so sleepy

4:44 pm

BzznBea

hurshy, what type of work are you doing?

4:47 pm

hurshy

right now i just have a part time job in a small business

4:49 pm

BzznBea

I was just curious.

4:54 pm

hokie carla

I forgot I'm a Believer was Neil Diamond and not the Monkees

5:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(Neil diamond wronte the song; the monkees sang the song)

5:03 pm

BzznBea

I Am I Said, Cracklin' Rosie, Forever in Blue Jeans, There are so many.

5:16 pm

Gillie

Ok, one of the an8s is interesting

5:16 pm

Gillie

I mean, who would describe themselves that way?

5:17 pm

Gillie

I mean, themself (I think)

5:18 pm

BzznBea

I wondered the same. Sounds like the current US government...

5:19 pm

Gillie

yeah, kind of

5:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

uncommon word, i hope!

5:20 pm

BzznBea

Against DNA, Gwen

5:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

or maybe it's mainly used to describe insecticides or something

5:20 pm

BzznBea

That's how I look at ti.

5:21 pm

BzznBea

Need to go into the kitchen and see the damage done my hubs doing the dishwasher install all day. Bless his heart.

5:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

good luck!

5:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

running out of steam here. 86 to go, night all

6:56 pm

periwinkle

en8 please

6:57 pm

periwinkle

132 left

7:01 pm

periwinkle

nm I have it already

7:05 pm

periwinkle

re8 please

7:47 pm

nrkii

makes official again

8:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

nrk, is make offical an accepted word?

8:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

oops forgot to check time

8:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty nrk

10:45 pm

mkg

any clues for any 9s? ty

11:06 pm

mkg

the re 9: not in more words. it is re + you c****** commit murder, plus 3 letters. not in more words. darn.

11:07 pm

mkg

just found it. darn.

11:07 pm

mkg

got second 9 too. missed that ending totally.

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