Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:02 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:02 am

ursh

hello all

12:02 am

rolin

in8

12:07 am

broll

gr 7, ti 7

12:08 am

SummerBreeze44

en 7

12:14 am

cybernan

de 7

12:14 am

justafreep

te7 x 2 and howdy

12:15 am

justafreep

ai7

12:16 am

justafreep

de8

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:19 am

MetFan

TY Lickety

12:21 am

justafreep

ig8 (and ig7 x 2)

12:24 am

cybernan

have ig 6.7.8 but guess the other 7 isnt related

12:25 am

Lizlin

All related, nan

12:25 am

cybernan

oh - see it now

12:27 am

cybernan

ti 7 x2

12:34 am

dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs, el 8 and 9

12:37 am

cybernan

time for me to call it a night - bye

12:37 am

justafreep

night, nan

12:37 am

justafreep

I'm gonna follow, too.

1:42 am

dizgrannie

FWs, see you all tomorrow

3:42 am

Denny

Hi. I've not been online for a very long time. Does anyone use Lickety Add? I'm finding it's not adding all the words when I use it.

3:46 am

ivesyj

never used it. there have been quite a few changes and we cant use lot of things we used before

7:48 am

ChampFit

de8x2

8:10 am

Gitel

Telio

8:11 am

Gitel

At least it's not a word!

8:11 am

hokie carla

I use the bulk add, denny, and it's working fine.

8:17 am

rururocks

bulk add is what I'm trying to get rid of

8:17 am

hokie carla

aren't we all

8:18 am

rururocks

seems that is all I can do is bulk add

8:18 am

ivesyj

i want the old way back. im too old to learn new things lol

8:19 am

hokie carla

the bulk add has always been the way it is. you copy your word list here then go to the bulk add box on lickety's page and paste it there. hit enter and voila.

8:19 am

origami

It doesn't seem to be any different for me

8:20 am

hokie carla

maybe denny and ivesy are talking about expert? I am mac user so have never seen it.

8:20 am

BzznBea

I think that is what Denny is talking about. She hasn't been on in a long time.

8:22 am

BzznBea

You once were able to hit the button at the top of Lickety that said send words to clues and it would add them.

8:22 am

hokie carla

I see

8:23 am

origami

Expert hasn't worked for me for quite a while.

8:23 am

hokie carla

IIRC it stopped working when dr. god switched to this new, horrible server.

8:24 am

BzznBea

Correct, Carla.

8:24 am

rururocks

IIRC?

8:24 am

hokie carla

and there are a buttload of users who had no idea lickety was not related to this website and dr. god.

8:24 am

rururocks

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh

8:25 am

hokie carla

I'm not going to spell something out for you that's been on the internet for like 20 years.

8:25 am

rururocks

AAFS

8:25 am

hokie carla

FFS

8:26 am

rururocks

*makes note to only speak to hokie in acronyms from here on out*

8:26 am

rururocks

*even cluing*

8:27 am

BzznBea

I can't wait to see what that looks like.

8:28 am

BzznBea

Ru, guess what is on my backporch waitng for the junk man to pick it up?

8:28 am

rururocks

a television?

8:30 am

BzznBea

No, a Bosch dishwasher.

8:30 am

rururocks

oh jeez. I shudda guessed that

8:30 am

rururocks

my ex bought a brand new $3K meile and it blew up in three weeks.

8:31 am

BzznBea

Repairman walked in an said, "It's always a Bosch."

8:31 am

rururocks

so now the new house owners have a new one

8:31 am

hokie carla

I was worried about those brands and not being able to find a repairman, but I'm finding now it's hard to find even GE people.

8:31 am

rururocks

The drag is the bosch really clean dishes well, but they have so many problems

8:31 am

origami

Everyone I know who has had a Bosch has been disappointed in it.

8:32 am

rururocks

LH 4 GE H

8:32 am

BzznBea

I like the fact that they don't have a heating element to dry but that was the only plus.

8:32 am

origami

LG appliances have the best ratings

8:33 am

rururocks

bosch go through rinse aid faster than charlie sheen goes through coke

8:33 am

BzznBea

We got a GE as per our independent repairman.

8:33 am

BzznBea

Now I am waiting on my home repairman to get it installed properly.

8:35 am

hokie carla

We had to replace ours soon after moving here and got a GE Cafe. No issues with that yet.

8:36 am

rururocks

YL GE H?

8:36 am

BzznBea

LMAO

8:37 am

rururocks

IKR? TIF

8:38 am

hokie carla

all our appliances are different brands. LOL. I know some people get all the same. We have Samsung washer/dryer, Fridgidaire fridge and microwave, GE oven and cooktop, Cafe dishwasher

8:38 am

rururocks

QAMOA H

8:39 am

origami

You're hurting my brain, ru

8:39 am

rururocks

TS

8:40 am

hokie carla

he thinks that's the same as using well established acronyms that anyone who's ever been on the internet knows immediately

8:40 am

hokie carla

they might've actually started with texting

8:41 am

rururocks

AAFS

8:41 am

BzznBea

I think they started before texts. Back in chat rooms.

8:41 am

rururocks

by lazy ignorant people

8:41 am

ivesyj

yes . i mean expert. i miss it !

8:41 am

hurshy

phantom: teenier

8:41 am

hokie carla

american academy of forensic sciences

8:42 am

origami

My eyes are bleeding

8:42 am

hokie carla

what are they ignorant of?

8:42 am

rururocks

acronyms are fucking stupid

8:42 am

rururocks

I dislike the dumbing down of america

8:42 am

hurshy

me too but not sure acronyms are a symptom of that

8:42 am

rururocks

ha origami

8:43 am

origami

Limited acronym usage is OK. But if it goes overboard the point of communicating is lost

8:43 am

origami

Hi ru

8:43 am

hokie carla

yeah, I think there are way bigger issues

8:43 am

hurshy

humans have always used heuristics and other time-saving measures when we can

8:44 am

rururocks

don't back up her nonsense hurshy

8:44 am

hokie carla

hurshy, I used IIRC earlier and ruru lost his mind

8:45 am

hurshy

sorry ru, tis my honest opinion

8:45 am

BzznBea

I'm getting a well needed laugh from this entire conversation.

8:45 am

rururocks

you mean tmho

8:45 am

hurshy

i'm glad bea is getting a good laugh, at any rate :D

8:46 am

hokie carla

yes, we aim to please

8:46 am

rururocks

IALMAO

8:46 am

hurshy

off to work for me, ttfn ;)

8:46 am

BzznBea

I need to go pick blueberries. later!

8:47 am

hokie carla

adios

8:47 am

rururocks

SYL

8:47 am

hokie carla

almost neglect in the grid

8:49 am

crosshair

GM Peeps. :)

8:49 am

hokie carla

hey crossy, how goes it?

8:50 am

crosshair

Any day on this side of the dirt is a good day, Carla. :)

8:53 am

hokie carla

I gotta remember that

8:54 am

crosshair

Interesting bit of news: The powers that be here in Canada are in the planning stages of setting up a high speed rair corridor. The initial build is from Toronto to Montreal using bullet trains that can cruise along at 300Kph.

8:54 am

crosshair

Rail*

8:55 am

hokie carla

wow, 186 mph

8:56 am

crosshair

You will barely have time to read your newspaper and drink your coffee before you get to your destination.

8:59 am

hokie carla

name that designer in the grid whose reddish leather bags and shoes were big in the 80s!

9:00 am

crosshair

Cleo

9:01 am

crosshair

Though that may not be the particular one you are after.

9:02 am

hokie carla

no, never heard of cleo. I was trying to decide if you were guessing that or accidentally typed into the wrong box.

9:03 am

hokie carla

it is french but where I'm from we all pronounced it wrong. I didn't learn that until the late 90s/early 2000s.

9:03 am

crosshair

I was too busy partying in the 80's to pay much attention to what brand of shoes the ladies were trending at the time. :)

9:03 am

TedinDurham

Name that psychic who was big in the 80's...

9:03 am

hokie carla

cleo

9:04 am

crosshair

The Amazing Kreskin

9:04 am

TedinDurham

lol cross just answered too soon

9:04 am

hokie carla

crossy is psychic

9:04 am

crosshair

Lol

9:04 am

72 Temple Owl

aigner

9:05 am

hokie carla

ding ding ding!!

9:05 am

72 Temple Owl

oxblood leather

9:10 am

72 Temple Owl

etienne aigner, to be precise/

9:13 am

welki

morning, all - was thinking fred braun, but that was about 20 years prior

9:13 am

hokie carla

never heard of that

9:14 am

welki

might have been a nyc thing

9:18 am

crosshair

Well, at least the J words are easy today. All but one has to do with being arrested. :)

9:24 am

crosshair

Stat for the 9, please.

9:26 am

LuvWordGames

El 9/66 - I don't have it yet

9:27 am

crosshair

Ty, Luv.

9:28 am

BzznBea

That 9 is a plural

9:34 am

crosshair

It is proving to be very tough to find.

9:51 am

parisla

It means to put a distance between in French, if it helps anyone :-)

9:52 am

parisla

The root el6 is very twisty and stays within two columns

9:55 am

Shirlockc

thx for the clue, i google the french word, it's 3 columns

10:25 am

Book Doctor Gwen

stumbling in, hi all

10:35 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

10:57 am

Book Doctor Gwen

te4

11:00 am

parisla

Mmmm... the root el6 word IS only 2 columns. The el8 is 3 and el9 is 4.

11:27 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet, bye for now

11:41 am

bichon

ai 6/24, pls

11:54 am

bichon

nm, found it

12:12 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! Mexican F1 driver Perez or pro golfer Garcia

12:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

not to mention brazilian musician mendez

12:15 pm

hurshy

ooh ok i didn't know that one

12:21 pm

hurshy

phantom: negelct

12:21 pm

hurshy

i mean neglect

12:21 pm

hurshy

anything can be a phantom if you spell it wrong lol

12:22 pm

bichon

in 8/40, pls

12:23 pm

hurshy

ooh that'll be my missing top i word!

12:24 pm

hurshy

you can earn in8 on your savings account

12:24 pm

hurshy

ty for that one bichon

12:29 pm

bichon

ty hurshy

12:35 pm

Shirlockc

@parisa, so the EL6 etc, you are correct, it is only 2 columns, i was looking at the wrong E, sorry if I misled anyone

12:40 pm

hurshy

the sound of the rain drumming is making me sleeeeeepy

12:44 pm

Trifioso

hello friends.

1:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

angelina jo5 is in the grid

1:22 pm

Trifioso

is the i in the fourth row fishy? I just cant see anything....

1:25 pm

Trifioso

ugh. never mind. was grid locked

2:13 pm

crosshair

Well, that was a hard search. Finally got the el 9. :)

3:20 pm

hokie carla

well no one named sergio as the answer so do I get the dings? :D

3:37 pm

hokie carla

middle row gray!

3:43 pm

hokie carla

and stuck again. 2-4-5-2-4

3:44 pm

hokie carla

TT I S R TT N T C LL DDD O A

3:51 pm

hokie carla

hmm, the bee doesn't accept dobro

4:15 pm

hurshy

3-2-4-1-2 here

4:17 pm

hurshy

think i will list

4:17 pm

hurshy

of course i missed the easiest of the A words

5:52 pm

Christa

Hello to al

6:36 pm

periwinkle

hello all help with either de8 pleae

6:36 pm

periwinkle

please even

6:44 pm

Lizlin

De8 x 2 Both are different forms of the de7

6:46 pm

periwinkle

I don't have de7

6:47 pm

periwinkle

sheesh now I do

6:48 pm

periwinkle

and one of the de8 ty

6:48 pm

Lizlin

Yw

6:48 pm

periwinkle

gpt the other de8 ty again

6:48 pm

Lizlin

:)

7:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, back to find 34 more words

8:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

2 to go

8:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

uno

8:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

spody things woot

8:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

tricky grid -- too many ETs lol

8:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm off, tftf

8:43 pm

parisla

@shirlockc, not sure if anyone was misled, but it is weird to apologize to everyone but me...! Being told I'm wrong so assertively on a public forum when I was just trying help (and wasn't wrong)... I wasted a lot of time checking and rechecking. I'll go back to never chatting or offering clues. Easier that way to stay away from unpleasant comments.

9:19 pm

mkg

hi all. need clues for the 8s and 9. thanks.

9:43 pm

mkg

not getting de 8s. ugh.

9:44 pm

mkg

just got one. whew.

10:00 pm

mkg

anyone out there have a clue for the el 8/9s? used more words and still dont see it.

10:12 pm

mkg

any help with el 8/9 please ? thanks.

10:18 pm

mkg

found them finally.

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