Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, July 28, 2026

12:03 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:03 am

ursh

hello all

12:04 am

cybernan

hi everyone

12:08 am

saanichcat

hi all, and a lo8 to start

12:11 am

broll

gr 8, we 7

12:12 am

MetFan

That we has an 8 as well, broli

12:12 am

MetFan

bitter

12:12 am

MetFan

Sorry

12:14 am

saanichcat

no worries,got a whole lot of words from that!

12:17 am

Gillie

we8

12:17 am

Gillie

oh - called, sorry

12:18 am

broll

thx, metfan, got yours, mine different

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

Gotcha

12:19 am

MetFan

TY Lickety

12:19 am

Gillie

pi8

12:25 am

dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs, eg 9

12:26 am

cybernan

missing a 9, an o and the bottom a, but too tired to do any more. Good night.

12:28 am

dizgrannie

Nan ov 5 and at5

5:46 am

lbdawger

may i have a clue for the pi5 plz.

5:48 am

lbdawger

nm found it.

6:01 am

ivesyj

could you clue the pi 5 plz

6:11 am

ivesyj

got it

6:11 am

periwinkle

hi I don't see it

6:13 am

ivesyj

double vowel going to the left

6:13 am

ivesyj

to the left and then up

6:13 am

periwinkle

ty got it

6:15 am

ivesyj

yw

6:55 am

ivesyj

clue for the last ti 6 plz

6:58 am

ivesyj

oops already have it lol

7:18 am

crosshair

Ty for eg 9/66, dizgrannie. :)

7:19 am

crosshair

Lol, her post was eight hours ago. I should look at the time stamps evey once in a while. :)

7:21 am

crosshair

Never heard of the words before, but for those who need a bit of a hint it seems to be a type of wild rose.

7:24 am

crosshair

The pi 5/16 is also a new one for me. I can see that this grid is going to be a rough one.

7:30 am

rururocks

this is one damn annoying grid

7:30 am

ChampFit

Thanks for saving me from searching all day crossy! Morewords to the rescue. Agree ruru.

7:31 am

origami

Amen, ru

7:31 am

rururocks

it's taking me forever to close out some of the tiles

7:45 am

ivesyj

clue for the pi 6 plz

7:47 am

rururocks

apricots are pi6

7:47 am

FrenchToast

past tense

7:48 am

ChampFit

First pass done but still 66 left to find. BBL. Good luck everyone!

7:52 am

ivesyj

ty french toast!

8:08 am

LuvWordGames

The capitol of Michigan is in the grid

8:14 am

hokie carla

lansing, but it's a phantom

8:15 am

LuvWordGames

No it's in there

8:15 am

LuvWordGames

Using the top g

8:15 am

hokie carla

duh

8:17 am

mkg

any syn for the eg 9 word? ty

8:20 am

Sugrraleona

synonym is sweet briar

8:20 am

Sugrraleona

eg comes from the 4th row e

8:21 am

Sugrraleona

ride

8:21 am

Sugrraleona

opps sorry

8:22 am

mkg

got the eg word. ty for the syn!

8:22 am

rururocks

finally finished.. tough grid whew

8:23 am

hokie carla

I just started and wondered if it was tough or I thought so because I haven't had coffee yet

8:25 am

hokie carla

phantom vintage

8:28 am

phaeton

left I stats pls

8:28 am

hokie carla

in5/10

8:29 am

phaeton

i have a in5/10 ...are there more than one?

8:29 am

mkg

in 5 is a plural.

8:29 am

hokie carla

it's plura, the 4 comes from the other i

8:29 am

phaeton

ty

8:29 am

mkg

plural i meant

8:29 am

hokie carla

no, it was me that meant plural, you spelled it right

8:29 am

phaeton

in5...to bury

8:30 am

mkg

ok. ty

8:30 am

hokie carla

why are you cluing that one?

8:32 am

phaeton

bottom T stats?

8:33 am

phaeton

because there is more than one in5

8:34 am

phaeton

I thought mkg asked for it

8:37 am

mkg

sorry all. i was cluing it. the chat gets confusing sometimes.

8:39 am

mkg

i am missing the bottom corner A word. it must be an at word. any help welcome

8:40 am

mkg

oops just found it. sorry. no help needed.

8:40 am

phaeton

a and to go somewhere

8:40 am

phaeton

this many T's is a pain

8:47 am

bubba218

Help please with the pi5, my last word and I just see it.

8:48 am

bubba218

Suppose to be just don't see it

8:48 am

phaeton

has double vowel

8:49 am

bubba218

Thanks, would have never found that. Done!!

8:50 am

crosshair

Yaa for bubba!

9:01 am

phaeton

yw

9:25 am

hokie carla

almost vignette

9:28 am

Book Doctor Gwen

morning buds, diving in

9:32 am

hokie carla

hey gwen

9:34 am

hokie carla

well, this is a pain, esp. the A. 38 left. 8-6-12-10-1-1 think I will take a break and maybe come back later to look for the 4s.

9:45 am

Book Doctor Gwen

too many i and T tiles, argh, confusing!

9:46 am

phaeton

help with the en9 pls

9:54 am

rbud

en9 is an inflammation of the small intestine, and ends like the ar word that makes your joints stiff

10:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, rbud, got it!

10:05 am

phaeton

ty rbud

10:05 am

rbud

you're both welcome :D

10:17 am

Book Doctor Gwen

stuck on the T, bottom row. Tell me there's an obvious one

10:18 am

BzznBea

tw4

10:22 am

hokie carla

some bigger ones if you think of say country music

10:23 am

bichon

ty rbud

10:23 am

bichon

I have a red bud tree tooo

10:25 am

hokie carla

we have two redbuds. one has split, part fell onto roof but didn't damage it. other part lived through hurricane helene and then fell last summer when we were road tripping. but both parts have new growth.

10:25 am

hokie carla

phantom detritus

10:26 am

BzznBea

Red buds are wonderful native understory trees.

10:26 am

hokie carla

I think they're poorly named when they are clearly purple

10:28 am

hokie carla

they spread like crazy too, I just pulled like 7 out of my peach tree planter and we have an evergreen that has a bazillion growing under it. I just mowed them a couple of weeks ago.

10:34 am

bichon

I have an eastern red bud and the leaves are beautiful

10:43 am

hokie carla

well, still have 4 4s left after specifically looking for them. 30 total. 4-5-12-8-1 G SS VV O BB NN L TTT T GG AAAAAA RRR L DDD

10:46 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, I have some Ts from the bottom and nbt woot

11:08 am

Book Doctor Gwen

later, buds, gotta run errands

11:46 am

anike

I'm looking for pi 5/12 to finish and get some sleep. Can anyone help?

11:47 am

anike

That's 5/16

11:48 am

anike

Pirgi

11:48 am

Shirlockc

double vowel anike

11:48 am

anike

Pirgi

11:49 am

anike

Found it

11:52 am

hurshy

greetings babblers

12:04 pm

hurshy

hmmmm

12:06 pm

hurshy

phantom: ginseng

12:08 pm

hurshy

very phantomy grid overall

12:20 pm

phaeton

help with the li8 pls

12:21 pm

hurshy

a person who goes to court is a li8

12:21 pm

phaeton

ty

1:19 pm

hokie carla

thanks, that was my last 8

1:27 pm

Gillie

Can't believe I got bi7 and pi8 last night but not bi8

1:28 pm

Gillie

My monkeys must have been dozing

1:29 pm

hokie carla

the 8s were fairly easy to monkey today. -ing always helpful.

1:32 pm

Gillie

Yeah, I guess the problem is that I don't do very well at keeping track of the combinations I've tried

1:33 pm

Gillie

Or sometimes I try something, not expecting it to work, and fail to notice that it actually did

1:33 pm

dcseain

i retype stuff a lot, and often miss a sisngular or a plural

1:41 pm

Gillie

the eg9 is a lovely word, and I am somewhat familiar with it - I wish I'd been able to find it without help

1:42 pm

dcseain

thank you for that, Gillie

1:43 pm

Gillie

yw

1:48 pm

hokie carla

I've never seen the eg9. had to google the hint this morning.

1:48 pm

hokie carla

I retype stuff many, many times

2:36 pm

cybernan

clue for the eg 9 please?

2:36 pm

hokie carla

sweet briar

2:36 pm

cybernan

what is sweet briar?

2:37 pm

hokie carla

I know you don't like google, but that's what I was told this morning and I had to google it because I'm not familiar.

2:37 pm

hokie carla

but google brought it right up

2:38 pm

Gillie

It's a wild rose - turns up in old literature a lot, I think

2:38 pm

cybernan

oh a wild rose - dont see anything beginning with eg - know it as rugosa

2:39 pm

cybernan

it is the provincial flower of Alberta

2:39 pm

Gillie

It's given as an alternate name by both Google AI and on the Wikipedia page for Sweet Briar

2:40 pm

Gillie

I'm not sure that's the specific wild rose that is native to Alberta, though

2:41 pm

cybernan

found it

2:41 pm

hokie carla

gillie, do you have a clue for gr7 betweeen the gr8 and 4? should be able to monkey one I know 4 letters of but here we are

2:42 pm

cybernan

pt carla

2:43 pm

hokie carla

lol, babble blindness. thanks

2:45 pm

cybernan

have an ov 5 and an on 7 from the o - stats for the missing one?

2:46 pm

cybernan

*on 6, not 7

2:46 pm

hokie carla

another on6, different ending

2:47 pm

hokie carla

we have had both but I forgot the one

2:47 pm

hokie carla

can anyone clue first ni7/28?

2:48 pm

cybernan

dont have any ni 7's

2:48 pm

Gillie

Ends like an re7 also in the grid that is a common cosmetic ingredient

2:49 pm

hokie carla

probably the re7 I am also looking for

2:49 pm

hokie carla

got that, thx

2:49 pm

hokie carla

and the n, thanks

2:50 pm

Gillie

yw

2:50 pm

cybernan

thanks - a 2fer

2:50 pm

cybernan

and found the other 7 as wel - ty

2:50 pm

periwinkle

hi all help with lo8 please

2:51 pm

cybernan

plural the 7

2:51 pm

hokie carla

desires

2:52 pm

periwinkle

ty carla great clue

2:53 pm

cybernan

still missing lo x2

2:54 pm

periwinkle

looked at list there is only one lo7

2:54 pm

cybernan

meant I still need 2 more words from the top l

2:54 pm

periwinkle

okay

2:55 pm

cybernan

only have 2 la words

2:56 pm

hokie carla

3 la

2:56 pm

periwinkle

help with N in 4th column please

2:56 pm

hokie carla

number, regular word

2:56 pm

periwinkle

sheesh ty

2:57 pm

periwinkle

I have trouble looking to the left for words

2:57 pm

cybernan

la 5, 4 and ?

2:57 pm

hokie carla

a pt5 of a noun

2:57 pm

cybernan

nm - got it, ty

2:58 pm

cybernan

treating nouns like the were verbs gets me every time

2:58 pm

hokie carla

same

2:59 pm

periwinkle

not seeing the last la word

2:59 pm

periwinkle

that annoys me too nan

2:59 pm

cybernan

beer carla?

2:59 pm

hokie carla

peri asked

2:59 pm

periwinkle

I have that la nan

2:59 pm

hokie carla

sounds like she has the beer and needs the one we were just talking about - the pt noun

3:00 pm

cybernan

sorry - beer, peri?

3:00 pm

periwinkle

have that nan

3:00 pm

cybernan

scots dialect for lengthy

3:00 pm

periwinkle

got it thank you both

3:02 pm

cybernan

off for lunch

3:03 pm

hokie carla

antre

3:03 pm

hokie carla

oops

3:04 pm

hokie carla

finally finished. had to look up several and probably half were gerunds.

3:04 pm

periwinkle

well done carla

3:04 pm

Gillie

Congrats - 3 left here

3:04 pm

cybernan

wd - don't think I will finish this one - dont have any patience for searching out the obscure ones

3:05 pm

periwinkle

138 left here :(

3:06 pm

Gillie

And I'm done - last two were ordinary, including one I was sure I'd entered

3:06 pm

periwinkle

well done Gillie

3:06 pm

Gillie

Good babbling, everyone (however long you keep it up)!

4:31 pm

hurshy

i'm back

4:44 pm

hurshy

hmm struggling with A words

5:08 pm

ivesyj

clue for the de 7 please

5:11 pm

pcal2

de 4 plus 3 letter ending...on many words

7:29 pm

hurshy

that was a bit of a tough one, eh?

10:47 pm

lshult

cant find any o words

10:48 pm

bookwomen

o+grape plant

10:49 pm

lshult

thanks

10:50 pm

bookwomen

yw

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