Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, August 17, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:04 am

cybernan

oh- larger than the norm... Hi everyone

12:05 am

ursh

hello all

12:05 am

Gillie

hi - sw7

12:08 am

Gillie

st7

12:09 am

dizgrannie

hi all, re 7

12:12 am

Gillie

re7 x 2

12:14 am

Gillie

re7 x 3

12:15 am

Gillie

re7 x 4

12:15 am

Gillie

we7 x 2

12:16 am

Gillie

te7

12:16 am

Gillie

tw8

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:20 am

Gillie

ne7

12:20 am

Gillie

ea7

12:20 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:27 am

Gillie

de7

12:27 am

Gillie

de7 x 2

12:28 am

Gillie

ne7 x 2

12:33 am

dizgrannie

we 8

12:37 am

dizgrannie

we 8 x 2

12:39 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and half way - enough for tonight

1:40 am

parisla

ex7

1:40 am

parisla

he7

1:41 am

parisla

te8

1:44 am

parisla

we7 x 4

1:57 am

MetFan

Stopping with 7 left - see y'all in the early PM

2:42 am

dizgrannie

FWs

4:20 am

Onpaki

hello everyone

6:54 am

ivesyj

clue for the first si 6 plz

6:56 am

FrenchToast

the Mexican nap

7:04 am

ivesyj

ahhh ty!

7:34 am

maccafixx

ex 7/56?

7:47 am

maccafixx

nm

8:21 am

ivesyj

clue for the first he 7 plz

8:28 am

BzznBea

It's a man's name plural.

8:51 am

BzznBea

NTPN - Independent single mother with a monogram

9:05 am

hokie carla

hmm, might need another hint

9:08 am

hokie carla

surprised you can't make re5/25 plural

9:08 am

LuvWordGames

Me too

9:09 am

hokie carla

and I meant 5/24 obvi

9:09 am

hokie carla

that R is causing me problems

9:17 am

BzznBea

She has a daughter named Pearl

9:17 am

hokie carla

wow, still no idea

9:17 am

hokie carla

did you all see hayden panitierre died?

9:17 am

BzznBea

You are probably thinking pop culture.

9:17 am

hokie carla

yes, I am

9:18 am

hokie carla

is it literature?

9:18 am

BzznBea

I saw that. So sad. I just saw her as a judge on an old episode of Project Runway.

9:18 am

BzznBea

Literature

9:18 am

hokie carla

very sad. I didn't know her brother died a year or two ago.

9:19 am

mael

Hester Prynne :)

9:19 am

hokie carla

I just watched some of the scream movies and saw her in that

9:19 am

hokie carla

mael!!!! you're here

9:20 am

BzznBea

They said she struggled with alcohol and postpartum depression

9:20 am

hokie carla

yep

9:20 am

BzznBea

dingdingding for mael!

9:20 am

hokie carla

also she died here in greenville

9:22 am

hokie carla

oh, found an 8

9:24 am

mael

hello!

9:24 am

mael

I've been in Italy with the kids, back now

9:24 am

hokie carla

how's it going?

9:24 am

hokie carla

nice

9:24 am

mael

good, almost time for school

9:24 am

mael

we're heading to maine tomorrow for a few days

9:24 am

hokie carla

yep

9:25 am

hokie carla

a lot of schools in the south have already started

9:25 am

mael

we start on the 31st, which feels early

9:25 am

hokie carla

ooh, where in maine?

9:26 am

hokie carla

yeah, before labor day is early for the north

9:28 am

mael

we're going to acadia

9:29 am

mael

we'll glamp for a couple of days

9:29 am

mael

my tween is unimpressed with this idea

9:29 am

hokie carla

so jealous. we loved it there.

9:29 am

hokie carla

my kids were 16 and 14 though, but they liked it.

9:31 am

phaeton

school starting after labor day is because it's later in the month.

9:38 am

mael

we always start before labor day, alas

9:38 am

hokie carla

not sure where there are 12 more w's in here

9:39 am

mael

I'm missing 12 too and I've run our of synonyms for sausage

9:39 am

hokie carla

lol, I'm pretty sure I tried all spellings of the hot dog

9:40 am

mael

I found a couple more normal words I'd missed

9:40 am

ChampFit

gm! I still need 4 but there are a BUNCH of words with the double vowel in them. I have 14 so far.

9:40 am

hokie carla

champ!

9:41 am

ChampFit

carla!

9:41 am

MollyL

Wow, I didn't know Hayden Panettiere died. How sad.

9:41 am

hokie carla

I have 12 with double vowel so will look for more.

9:41 am

welki

'morning, everyone

9:41 am

ChampFit

Hate it. Saw that first thing. So sad. She struggle in life. Morning welki!

9:42 am

hokie carla

yeah, I read that she said in her recent memoir that a dr told her she'd be dead in 5 years if she didn't get her alcoholism under control.

9:42 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:42 am

MollyL

She was only 36

9:42 am

hokie carla

another troubled child star gone too soon

9:42 am

ChampFit

Such a pretty woman! And super talented.

9:43 am

hokie carla

found similar we7 and 8

9:43 am

ChampFit

Why can't you restir something?

9:44 am

hokie carla

and another 8

9:44 am

hokie carla

(we8)

9:44 am

hokie carla

good question, champ. or retee a golf ball.

9:45 am

ChampFit

You know I always try it!

9:45 am

MollyL

Her brother died three years ago. Those parents have lost two children. That is just wrong.

9:45 am

hokie carla

yeah, very sad

9:47 am

hokie carla

well, I grayed the first N on first try so I've got that going for me

9:49 am

hokie carla

ooh, 4th row gray

9:51 am

hokie carla

don't forget, champ - restir and retee aren't real words but somehow you can not lose a game again

9:52 am

ChampFit

I did that!

9:52 am

ChampFit

You gotta try 'em all because you never know what will stick

9:52 am

hokie carla

very random

9:53 am

phaeton

fw...clues wanted?

9:54 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:54 am

ChampFit

wtg phae!

9:54 am

phaeton

ty

9:55 am

hokie carla

well, 53 left and HOET after first pass

9:56 am

ChampFit

woohoo! That's a good dent. I still have to finish first pass. Putting out fires first thing this morning.

9:57 am

hokie carla

oh, just remembered that someone from a certain nordic country is a word

9:58 am

ChampFit

Had it!

9:59 am

hokie carla

8-17-11-14-1 don't like those 6s and 7s

10:00 am

hokie carla

wow, just found my missing top E. not sure how I couldn't see that before. well, I just can't change directions.

10:00 am

ChampFit

I need on there. Stats?

10:01 am

hokie carla

it was er5 past tense

10:01 am

hokie carla

I made a mistake not seeing it

10:02 am

ChampFit

Mine is the other e. I see what you did there!

10:02 am

hokie carla

oh, I still need one there

10:02 am

bichon

It's a rutabaga

10:02 am

hokie carla

I forgot that word, what's the stat, bichon?

10:03 am

bichon

5/20

10:03 am

hokie carla

what's the 2nd letter?

10:03 am

bichon

sw

10:04 am

hokie carla

ok, I think we are talking about different things

10:04 am

ChampFit

same!

10:04 am

bichon

I think so too

10:04 am

bichon

I have never eaten a rutabaga

10:06 am

Shirlockc

stats for the 8s? I don't have any

10:07 am

hokie carla

we8 and te8 are cutesy wootsy

10:07 am

hokie carla

comparatives

10:07 am

hokie carla

and then another we8 superlative

10:07 am

Shirlockc

got them thx!

10:08 am

BzznBea

tw8 is the last one

10:10 am

hokie carla

is it similar bea? can't seem to see it.

10:11 am

Shirlockc

got them all thx

10:11 am

BzznBea

build off tw5/18

10:13 am

ChampFit

There are 2

10:13 am

ChampFit

3

10:13 am

ChampFit

5/18's I mean

10:14 am

hokie carla

yeah, I've been trying the one that mael called her kids earlier, not the string

10:14 am

hokie carla

or the other I have no idea what it means

10:14 am

hokie carla

probably scots

10:14 am

ChampFit

That's the right one,just got it.

10:15 am

pcal2

Champ, tks for the congrats when i finished yesterday. didn't see til later :-)

10:15 am

hokie carla

no, it's a pipe

10:15 am

ChampFit

Figured pcal2. no worries

10:16 am

hokie carla

ok, just looked it up. might've gotten to it eventually, but unlikely

10:16 am

ChampFit

There are 2 we8's?

10:16 am

BzznBea

yes

10:17 am

hokie carla

yes, one superlative, one comparative

10:19 am

ChampFit

got it

10:26 am

ChampFit

back in a bit...

10:36 am

Trifioso

hello friends. Here to ry tfor a quick nbt, then off

10:36 am

Trifioso

not that anyone asked, of course, lol

10:42 am

hokie carla

glad to see you here. tiara for you!

10:42 am

hokie carla

don't let the chat gatekeepers keep you from saying hi!

10:43 am

penquis

hi then... ;oD

10:43 am

hokie carla

pen!

10:43 am

penquis

carla!

11:13 am

penquis

lunch time...leaving 54 for later...bye all....

12:01 pm

hurshy

greetings all

12:02 pm

hurshy

ooh i remembered ei7/44!

12:08 pm

hurshy

if anyone is done with the next E, third col top row, i am missing one, have 2 ea4 and a pair of et

12:14 pm

hurshy

also one A next to that E

12:20 pm

hurshy

phantom: fiesta

12:21 pm

BzznBea

is it et7 you are missing?

12:22 pm

BzznBea

And the a you are missing is probably ax6

12:22 pm

hurshy

yes and yes

12:23 pm

hurshy

i think i need clues

12:23 pm

BzznBea

et7 is the seasonal winds

12:24 pm

BzznBea

ax is what you plant when you want ot grow a hatchet. =)

12:24 pm

hurshy

lol thanks

12:30 pm

hurshy

are one missing H and one missing bottom A as easy to guess as those top ones were? :)

12:31 pm

BzznBea

he7 a man's name plural

12:31 pm

hurshy

ty!

12:31 pm

BzznBea

an7 maybe

12:31 pm

hurshy

have one

12:32 pm

hurshy

phantom: nereis

12:33 pm

BzznBea

ae and ar from the bottom

12:33 pm

hurshy

yeah i have some of each, and ai, and an

12:33 pm

hurshy

it's a multi-talented tile

12:34 pm

hokie carla

of course, thanks for the E

12:35 pm

hurshy

aHA it was an ai6

12:35 pm

hurshy

back to work, ttfn, hi and bye hokie

12:41 pm

BzznBea

forgot about that one

12:42 pm

hokie carla

I have a weird ai6 but still need an a on the bottom

12:42 pm

BzznBea

an7

12:43 pm

hokie carla

yep, thanks

12:45 pm

BzznBea

49 left. Back to the potato salad.

12:45 pm

hokie carla

need 1 H and 1 R on bottom

12:45 pm

hokie carla

yum

12:51 pm

hokie carla

found the H

1:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

crashing through, hi all

2:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

2:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet woot

2:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nice chatting with y'all lol, BBL

4:00 pm

hurshy

down to 10 now, pretty nice grid!

5:36 pm

dcseain

Beanie-We6 is a restaurant not far from me.

6:16 pm

MollyL

Their other items may be good but I can't handle a restaurant that puts bologna and American cheese on a cold cut sub.

6:16 pm

dcseain

The 8s sure are a group.

6:17 pm

dcseain

that’s classic here locally as a sandwich. I don’t like bolgna though.

6:20 pm

MollyL

Not really. I live in the area, and a cold cut never has bologna or American cheese

8:10 pm

mkg

hi all. missing first colukn R words. clues welcome

8:24 pm

nrkii

it's to do a common activity again

8:25 pm

mkg

repeat is not in grid. hmmm

8:26 pm

JoyOh

Enjoy a book the second time

8:27 pm

mkg

Ty joy. how did i miss that one? ty so much

8:31 pm

mkg

any clues for any of the 8s welcome. i have none. i do have many 7s though. hmmm

8:33 pm

Stephanaki

same here!

9:06 pm

JoyOh

We8- the very smallest

9:20 pm

Gillie

also te8, same definition, and we8 - smaller but not the smallest

9:21 pm

Gillie

and tw8 - plural for an age group just before teenagers

9:22 pm

Gillie

Sorry - the te8 means smaller, and so does a second we8

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