Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, July 23, 2026

12:01 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:01 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:01 am

Rainiqui

same

12:03 am

justafreep

happy flip!

12:09 am

ursh

hello all

12:12 am

Gillie

Hey all - lo7

12:13 am

Gillie

I hope nobody's been put off calling the long ones. Even when I'm not having much luck finding them for myself, I enjoy trying to find the ones other people have called.

12:16 am

cybernan

only found one 7 so far -- hi everyone

12:17 am

Gillie

ei7

12:17 am

Gillie

(weird one)

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:20 am

justafreep

And Gillie - I'd be calling 'em if I was seeing 'em!

12:20 am

Gillie

Yeah - this grid's a bit sticky

12:20 am

cybernan

drawing a blank on the ei

12:21 am

MetFan

Most I've gotten is a 6

12:21 am

justafreep

Yeah. I have the 7 thanks to Gillie, but just some 6s... and not really that many at this point

12:22 am

Gillie

The ei7 is from Greek, means "unsubstantial image"

12:22 am

cybernan

the only one I have is lo 7

12:22 am

justafreep

co7

12:26 am

cybernan

ma 8

12:26 am

Gillie

well, I'm off - good babbling everyone

12:26 am

justafreep

night, gillie

12:26 am

cybernan

bye gillie

12:27 am

MetFan

Thanks for that 8, nan

12:27 am

rastapopolous

oooh - mr Beeblebrox, though spelled a little differntly...

12:28 am

cybernan

are we supposed to know who mr bebblebrox is?

12:28 am

rastapopolous

Some might - hitchhikers guide fans

12:33 am

dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs, le 8/9

12:42 am

cybernan

I'm done with this. Too tired to chase after unknown words

12:45 am

justafreep

night, nan

1:00 am

dizgrannie

un 8

1:11 am

dizgrannie

re 8

1:29 am

worzel

If you can have oodles of fun surely you can have one oodle of fun lol

1:46 am

MetFan

Only half done and I'm getting cross-eyed from this. Calling it a nite.

4:55 am

bubba218

Done!!

4:57 am

ursh

yay bubba - 5 left here

5:10 am

ChampFit

an7

5:33 am

ivesyj

clue for the le 8 if anyone has it

5:49 am

ivesyj

and for the un 8 too plz

6:19 am

markbowers7

apparently "oodle" is not a word...

6:55 am

dromano66

un is one plus co/5

7:02 am

dromano66

uniplusco/5

7:10 am

ivesyj

ty!

7:37 am

rururocks

ntpn character who gave a finger for you

7:57 am

hurshy

Frodo

7:57 am

rururocks

ding ding ding

7:57 am

rururocks

one ring of power for hurshy

7:58 am

hurshy

i'll pass, and remain galadriel

8:00 am

hurshy

well i've got 8 top A and really running out of ideas for what else to try there

8:00 am

hurshy

oh wait there's one more

8:01 am

hurshy

NOW i'm out of ideas

8:03 am

rururocks

i'll start the a.. i've been working on other letters

8:05 am

hurshy

this whole top row is kinda hard

8:05 am

rururocks

you have an af6?

8:05 am

hurshy

no

8:06 am

rururocks

where you find a baseball player

8:07 am

hurshy

ty

8:08 am

hurshy

i prefer my water uniced, that should be a word

8:08 am

rururocks

i have all those a's from the top row now

8:09 am

hurshy

are the rest an?

8:10 am

rururocks

yes.. starting with an an7

8:10 am

hurshy

have that

8:10 am

hurshy

then a 4, then 5 that are all sort of similar, then a pair, then butthole

8:10 am

rururocks

there's a az4 too

8:11 am

hurshy

ok then not yes lol

8:11 am

hurshy

ty

8:14 am

hurshy

do you have both Z? i have za6

8:14 am

rururocks

top row greyed out for me now

8:14 am

rururocks

yes.. country in africa and crazier

8:15 am

rururocks

or sillier

8:15 am

hurshy

ahh i always forget that that counts

8:15 am

hurshy

ok so i only have un4 for the u :(

8:16 am

rururocks

un5 and un8

8:18 am

hurshy

got the 8!!

8:18 am

hurshy

ty

8:18 am

hurshy

is the five un- as a prefix or something weird, or what

8:19 am

rururocks

to bring together

8:19 am

hurshy

ahh totally overlooked that ending possibility!

8:21 am

hurshy

phantom: edifice

8:21 am

phaeton

hi....stats for third column i pls

8:21 am

rururocks

in7 x 2

8:22 am

hurshy

that's the fourth col

8:22 am

hurshy

but maybe that's what phae meant anyway

8:22 am

phaeton

no...you are right

8:24 am

phaeton

I need 4th column i

8:24 am

hurshy

well that's what he clued :)

8:24 am

phaeton

ty

8:25 am

hurshy

sometimes two wrongs DO make a right i guess

8:29 am

hurshy

left col grey!

8:30 am

rururocks

first three columns are grey for me

8:30 am

rururocks

:D

8:31 am

hurshy

you're so fancy

8:33 am

rururocks

not so fancy with the m though

8:33 am

origami

Show off 😊

8:33 am

hurshy

haven't tried the M, i'm trying to vanquish the vowels

8:34 am

rururocks

look what the cat dragged in

8:34 am

origami

:D

8:41 am

rururocks

got all the m's now

8:48 am

hokie carla

ugh, starting with that A

8:49 am

hokie carla

oh, just found a bunch

8:53 am

hokie carla

ugh, the U. vowel obstruction today.

8:54 am

rururocks

the c is giving me some trouble

8:54 am

hokie carla

hadn't even noticed a c yet

8:59 am

hokie carla

I am barely getting half on tiles. only found 1 U. I am unfooled there are others.

9:01 am

rururocks

finished here.

9:02 am

rururocks

:D smug look

9:02 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:02 am

hokie carla

182 left here

9:02 am

rururocks

not an easy grid today

9:02 am

origami

Nice, ru

9:02 am

hokie carla

doesn't seem to be but I'm still working on my coffee

9:03 am

rururocks

you buy special coffee hokie?

9:03 am

hokie carla

no

9:14 am

rururocks

my friend staying here in a few weeks buys gluten free coffee

9:15 am

rururocks

she's a true GF person though, gets really sick.

9:15 am

origami

Coffee doesn't have gluten.

9:18 am

rururocks

I don't know.> I'll have to ask her.. she is super careful.

9:22 am

hokie carla

it shouldn't have gluten

9:22 am

hokie carla

some flavored coffees have "artificial flavors" which can hide gluten.

9:22 am

origami

Flavored beans might, but plain roasted coffee beans wouldn't

9:22 am

hokie carla

we just buy dunkin donuts in the grocery store

9:23 am

hokie carla

one time I called the number on krispy kreme's coffee and was told "none of our products are gluten free"

9:37 am

hokie carla

mmm, cremini

9:37 am

BzznBea

Hello friends.

9:37 am

hokie carla

bea!

9:37 am

BzznBea

Carla, are you getting lots of rain?

9:38 am

origami

Hi bea

9:38 am

hokie carla

not right now. I heard some last night. need to get a new rain gauge.

9:39 am

hokie carla

looked like you were getting more

9:39 am

BzznBea

Looks like Bertha has stalled over us. I hope we get some more rain.

9:42 am

BzznBea

Ori, how is your summer?

9:45 am

hokie carla

getting lots of red boxes here

9:46 am

hokie carla

81 left and nowhere near HOET. TTFN

9:49 am

kim m

Help with the un8 please?

9:49 am

BzznBea

Yes, red boxes here too

9:49 am

phaeton

fine here in midwest

9:52 am

BzznBea

un8 - is all one shade

9:53 am

kim m

Duh. Thx Bea

9:53 am

BzznBea

yw

9:58 am

Trifioso

hello friends.

9:58 am

Trifioso

hoping babble will distract me today

9:59 am

BzznBea

I hope all is well, trif.

10:00 am

Trifioso

waiting to hear if I made it to the next round of a job interview. Said they would tell us all by tuesday. Have not heard a peep

10:05 am

BzznBea

I see why you need the distraction. Hopefully, you will hear good news.

10:05 am

Shirlockc

good luck Trif, what's the job?

10:05 am

Trifioso

thank you. If it is not where the universe wants me, then fine. Would be good to know, though is all.

Well, not fine. But I will survive. I always do.

10:06 am

Trifioso

teaching junior and senior english at a very nice high school.

10:06 am

Trifioso

a permanent position, rather than the long term sub roles I have been doing for years.

10:06 am

Shirlockc

did you tell about all the words you know thru babble? lol

10:06 am

phaeton

in7?

10:07 am

Trifioso

I am not particularly good at waiting

10:09 am

phaeton

I have the unfaithful one

10:10 am

BzznBea

The other one where the short stop plays.

10:10 am

Shirlockc

i tried the unfaithful one without the in, it should have worked

10:15 am

Trifioso

is the unfaithful one like the former cuban guy?

10:23 am

periwinkle

goood luck Trif. I hope you get the position

10:23 am

periwinkle

hello all

10:23 am

periwinkle

another tough grid

10:26 am

Trifioso

thanks all.

10:27 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Babble Before Breakfast, hi all

10:27 am

periwinkle

le8/9 please

10:41 am

ursh

le 8/9 sounds like blood cancer but with a C not a K

10:42 am

Shirlockc

great clue, thx ursh

10:43 am

cybernan

ty ursh - good clue. Been lurking - good morning everyone.

10:44 am

cybernan

Had planned to spend the morning in the garden (lots of dead heading to do) but am house bound by the smoke instead.

10:46 am

Shirlockc

stats for the lone N in the corner please?

10:47 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ty fo the LE8, ursh!

10:47 am

hokie carla

n4/4

10:48 am

Shirlockc

🙄

10:48 am

Shirlockc

thx hokie

10:48 am

hokie carla

thanks for those L's. never would've gotten that.

10:49 am

hokie carla

well, I couldn't find it earlier, shirl

10:49 am

cybernan

third col. e please?

10:52 am

BzznBea

I have ed5 and ei7

10:53 am

ursh

ed 5/22

10:54 am

marilyn992

thanks for the ed, gave me a de5 too

10:54 am

hokie carla

thanks, got the 5. tell me more about the 7

10:55 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, got the ed5

10:56 am

cybernan

also got the 5, ty - a normal word even!

10:56 am

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom endorfin (yeah i know it's spelled wrong)

10:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ooooh, monkeyed the ei7

10:58 am

cybernan

clue please?

10:59 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ei + consonant + most of your large intestine

10:59 am

BzznBea

ends in old film star chaney

10:59 am

cybernan

ty gwen

11:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

8 - D

11:03 am

cybernan

off to breakfast - 100 for when (if) I return

11:04 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt at last, 120 to go

11:06 am

hokie carla

I think finally HOET here. 72 left.

11:08 am

hurshy

good job all

11:09 am

hurshy

definitely finding this a difficult grid

11:10 am

hokie carla

I think ruru said it was for him, which is all I need to know

11:11 am

hurshy

yeah

11:11 am

hurshy

nime

11:11 am

hurshy

scuse me

11:12 am

hurshy

ooh just found a nice nu7

11:12 am

hokie carla

thanks

11:12 am

72 Temple Owl

sunami

11:12 am

hokie carla

nice try

11:14 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! city with Big Ben

11:14 am

hokie carla

london

11:14 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:15 am

hokie carla

my bff is in london right now visiting her daughter who's on a study thing. she sent me a pic and said "Grace and Ben". well, I was confused because my son is Ben. Then I saw Big Ben.

11:17 am

Book Doctor Gwen

lol

11:17 am

hurshy

:D

11:22 am

hurshy

and ruru said M was bad and yes it is

11:23 am

Book Doctor Gwen

i still don't have half the Ms (only 12)

11:23 am

hokie carla

i only have 14

11:24 am

hokie carla

I don't have anything weird or abnormal here

11:24 am

hokie carla

there is ma5 that looks like what you look at at restaurants

11:25 am

bichon

ty carla

11:26 am

hokie carla

just found me6 - wool or target brand

11:28 am

hokie carla

oh, just found ma8 that you get at a salon

11:28 am

Book Doctor Gwen

almost have america lol

11:29 am

hokie carla

funny how that came about in my mind - like I was making up a word

11:29 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Ty for ma8

11:30 am

Book Doctor Gwen

crap, don't have nbt yet, missing one little bugger

11:30 am

hokie carla

68 left now. time to get ready for golf. gonna try to get in some holes before the big rain.

11:31 am

Book Doctor Gwen

you can golf while you boggle!

11:32 am

Shirlockc

this is a tough grid

11:33 am

Shirlockc

can you clue that nu7 hurshy?

11:33 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nu7/40, an adjective, having to do with math and stuff

11:34 am

mrloser

not alphabetic but nu7

11:34 am

bichon

ty Gwen

11:34 am

Shirlockc

thx hurshy

11:34 am

Shirlockc

and gwen

11:34 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(!) and a good clue, mrloser

11:35 am

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom celadon

11:36 am

Book Doctor Gwen

getting stuck with 101 to go. fo4 break

11:47 am

hurshy

sorry i'm at work so kind of in and out

11:49 am

hurshy

one M that people might miss is a kind of sheep/wool

11:50 am

BzznBea

That's the one Carla clued, i think.

11:50 am

hurshy

oh sorry i didn't read all the chats carefully

11:54 am

bichon

great clues. Keep it up!

12:04 pm

bichon

za 5/22, pls

12:04 pm

hurshy

former name of DRC, and name of its currency

12:11 pm

hurshy

well thank goodness for MW

12:13 pm

bichon

tyvm hurshy

12:16 pm

hurshy

i see ivesy had asked for a clue for LE8 and didn't get one - that's what was thanking goodness for MW about. take the blood/bone marrow cancer and replace the hard spiky letter with a letter that sometimes sounds like it, though it wouldn't in this case according to the normal rules of english pronunciation

12:18 pm

hurshy

oh there WAS a clue later

12:18 pm

hurshy

oh well

12:20 pm

TQ

Hurshy the 9 is that one pluraled

12:20 pm

hurshy

yes, i know

12:20 pm

TQ

I didnt have either until you clued

12:20 pm

hurshy

:)

12:21 pm

hurshy

we sometimes take plurals for granted around here when cluing lol

12:21 pm

hurshy

they probably complain to their friends about it

12:22 pm

TQ

Nothing like a good complain!

12:23 pm

hurshy

90% done!

12:27 pm

hurshy

so as far as i can see the 8s that have been called are LE8, MA8, RE8, and UN8

12:27 pm

hurshy

anyone have one or both of the other 2?

12:34 pm

BzznBea

co8.50

12:34 pm

hurshy

is it related to the 6 and 7 drug words?

12:35 pm

BzznBea

yes

12:36 pm

hurshy

thank you!

12:58 pm

hurshy

any SM or SU words?

1:00 pm

BzznBea

no

1:00 pm

hurshy

hmm ok

1:01 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! he had a show with son

1:04 pm

BzznBea

found fr8.65

1:04 pm

hurshy

oooooo

1:05 pm

hurshy

hint?

1:06 pm

BzznBea

French dissident

1:07 pm

hurshy

thanks, not sure i knew that word

1:07 pm

hurshy

ok bbl

1:42 pm

periwinkle

no idea re the fr8

1:47 pm

periwinkle

ma8 please

1:55 pm

periwinkle

found fr8 ty. scrabbled dictionary def is : rebel

2:05 pm

MetFan

ma 8 is what you do to fingernails

2:32 pm

ivesyj

tks met!

2:39 pm

MetFan

yw

3:42 pm

periwinkle

ty Met

4:19 pm

ivesyj

clue for the last de 5 plz

4:20 pm

ivesyj

oops got it lol

6:28 pm

mkg

any clues for the 9 welcome. thanks.

6:54 pm

Trifioso

is the third column e fishy, please?

6:55 pm

Trifioso

oh god - no. sorry. thank you for psychic clue

6:55 pm

Gillie

no problem :)

7:06 pm

mkg

any help with the 9 welcome. ty

7:06 pm

Gillie

I haven't got to it yet, but it's an le9, following an le8

7:09 pm

MollyL

Replace a c for the k in a blood marrow disease

7:11 pm

Gillie

ty Molly

7:11 pm

mkg

ty. trying to find it. le.

7:12 pm

mkg

got the 9! ty. weird word for sure. ty

7:13 pm

mkg

any help with N word bottom corner N? ty

7:14 pm

Gillie

4 letters - last two rhyme with the first two

7:36 pm

mkg

ty

7:36 pm

mkg

got it ty

8:11 pm

Mary

This is about the worse grid ever.

8:12 pm

Gillie

It's a bit of a chore, for sure

9:03 pm

mkg

worst grid in a long while. not liking it

9:05 pm

mkg

still missing 5 tiles. ugh

9:13 pm

mkg

ok i need help. any clues for the top row U words welcome. also missing i word for the i in fourth column. ty.

9:17 pm

mkg

found one un! whew.

9:24 pm

mkg

any clues for the i word for fourth colum i is very very welcome! thanks

9:34 pm

mkg

does anyone have the in 7 words?? two of them but not seeing them in more words. darn. so lost.

9:43 pm

mkg

anyone out there have the ic or in words? hard to believe no one has them. so sorry all. bad grid.

9:51 pm

mkg

found one of the words. ugh. in 7... what muslims call non muslims if anyone needs it.

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