Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, August 18, 2026

12:03 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:03 am

MetFan

Oh boy Gargantua-grid

12:03 am

Rainiqui

Hi fa 7 and 8

12:07 am

Rainiqui

le 7 and 8

12:08 am

cybernan

hello eveyone

12:08 am

cybernan

ouch!

12:09 am

ursh

hello all - yikes !

12:11 am

Rainiqui

de 7 and 8

12:13 am

Rainiqui

in 7

12:16 am

rastapopolous

mo8/9

12:16 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:17 am

Rainiqui

thanks Rasta

12:19 am

rastapopolous

yw

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:27 am

cybernan

nbt,nbs and good night

12:31 am

dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs

12:34 am

pcal2

sl 7

12:35 am

pcal2

la 7

12:38 am

rastapopolous

armadilo - dang, so close!

12:42 am

pcal2

fa 7 x 2

12:42 am

pcal2

st 7

12:46 am

pcal2

gi 7

12:53 am

pcal2

do 7

12:56 am

JoyOh

Frango…my cat’s name!

1:01 am

ursh

stats for the lone i please

1:03 am

dizgrannie

is 7

2:23 am

ursh

nope round and round please clue the is 7

2:25 am

dizgrannie

go down the last col, onto the 4th col and then to the 3rd col...hope that helps ...LOL

2:27 am

dizgrannie

a curved line in a graph

2:58 am

ursh

hooray thanks diz

3:22 am

dizgrannie

yw

5:01 am

dizgrannie

FWs

5:11 am

ChampFit

Well if it took diz that many hours, I may still be doing this up to the flip! ;)

5:36 am

ivesyj

clue for the second to the last st 7 plz

5:37 am

ChampFit

Haven't listed but I have one that extends st4/4

5:37 am

ivesyj

ok tks will work from that

7:24 am

FrenchToast

I feel accomplished that I completed all the As.

7:24 am

ChampFit

I would too! ;) I left 2 in the first column and moved on.

7:27 am

ivesyj

clue for the mi 8 plz

7:27 am

ivesyj

oops that ma8 not mi

7:28 am

ChampFit

Sorry....I've only done 1 and a half columns. Left 7 on that M and no mi8 yet

7:28 am

ivesyj

i its ma 8 my bad

7:29 am

ChampFit

Nope...I don't have it. Phantom: marinara

7:30 am

saanichcat

ma 8 is a golden coloured flower

7:30 am

ChampFit

Thanks saani!

7:30 am

ivesyj

ty!!

7:30 am

saanichcat

yvw!

7:43 am

FrenchToast

First column done

7:43 am

ChampFit

wtg!

7:45 am

FrenchToast

Wow I was thinking this must be the largest grid ever, and I checked in Lickety, it says the largest grid was 744.

7:51 am

ChampFit

Yep!

8:00 am

suz01

ain

8:10 am

Kaplan the Magne

I remember the 744. frag

8:11 am

phaeton

Q stats pls

8:11 am

ChampFit

qu4/7

8:12 am

phaeton

ty

8:12 am

ChampFit

bbl...only 228 to go! :)

8:13 am

Kaplan the Magne

q-there's a bridge over it.

8:14 am

Kaplan the Magne

amino

8:14 am

Kaplan the Magne

sorry

8:16 am

bichon

I remember the 744 grid. Got down to 300

8:28 am

phaeton

nbt/nbs!!

8:30 am

phaeton

half-way!

8:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

me too

8:31 am

phaeton

wtg

8:43 am

hokie carla

howdy folks. I have just now noticed how big this is (TWSS). 376 left!

8:49 am

BzznBea

Wonder if ru will get that one? =)

8:50 am

BzznBea

shrift

8:50 am

hokie carla

I put that especially for him

8:50 am

BzznBea

sorry

8:50 am

hokie carla

thought he might enjoy it when he sees what it is

8:50 am

hokie carla

no worries - I didn't have that one!

8:50 am

rururocks

I don't get any of them

8:51 am

hokie carla

google that one

8:51 am

BzznBea

That's what she said

8:52 am

hokie carla

should I know this single i?

8:52 am

rururocks

I'm a lost cause with acronyms

8:52 am

hokie carla

bea just told you what it was

8:52 am

rururocks

lift

8:52 am

rururocks

oops

8:52 am

hokie carla

TWSS is that's what she said

8:53 am

hokie carla

I said I have just now noticed how big this is

8:53 am

rururocks

yeah it'd be great to have you and bea decipher all of them for me daily

8:54 am

BzznBea

single I is is7

8:55 am

hokie carla

ooh, 2nd try. thanks, bea.

8:58 am

hokie carla

finally got an 8

9:01 am

hokie carla

do I even know 54 F words

9:02 am

rururocks

I know forty so far

9:02 am

hokie carla

found 39

9:05 am

hokie carla

well, I have maxed out at 42 for now.

9:06 am

hokie carla

58 total A's. not my fave.

9:09 am

hokie carla

almost armadillo

9:13 am

hokie carla

phantom gondola

9:19 am

hokie carla

found another 8!

9:22 am

hokie carla

phantom idiom

9:29 am

hokie carla

found the 9!

9:30 am

mkg

carla what is the stat for the 9 please?

9:30 am

hokie carla

mo9

9:31 am

mkg

ty

9:31 am

hokie carla

and it's a plural for an 8

9:31 am

mkg

found it! thanks carla.

9:31 am

hokie carla

np

9:35 am

bubba218

Done! too many words

9:35 am

hokie carla

wow, congrats

9:36 am

mkg

yeah bubba! wow.

9:37 am

hokie carla

ha! just found sl4, that's what this will be.

9:45 am

mkg

trying to get half way. that is my daily goal.

9:46 am

hokie carla

92 left after first pass. HOET.

9:47 am

mkg

wow. great carla.

9:47 am

mkg

anyone have clues for the bottom corner N words? i assume NE words.

9:48 am

mkg

would love a clue with stat. ty

9:48 am

hokie carla

yeah, it's a name like mandela

9:48 am

hokie carla

I think it's really a wrestling move as a common noun

9:49 am

mkg

ty will search

9:49 am

hokie carla

you know mandela from south africa?

9:51 am

72 Temple Owl

ozzie and harriet

9:56 am

mkg

i know mandela but dont get the clue

9:57 am

mkg

ooooh i got it! ty. got the words!!!!!!!!! ty for the great clue.

10:29 am

mkg

help with the i word for top row i. thanks.

10:30 am

hokie carla

it's is7 - ends in what's in a pencil

10:30 am

LuvWordGames

Thanks carla

10:31 am

hokie carla

I still say snarf is a word

10:31 am

LuvWordGames

I tried that too lol

10:36 am

mkg

got that is word. ty. would never have gotten it without the clue carla. ty.

10:36 am

mkg

well i reached half way. whew.

10:41 am

hokie carla

phantom insignia

10:45 am

hokie carla

well, I've found 333 and have 80 left. TTFN.

10:46 am

hokie carla

also, tiara to mael today, though I forgot what day she is traveling, so she might miss it.

11:11 am

bichon

snarf is definitely a word

11:15 am

FrenchToast

phantom gondola

11:31 am

bichon

I can't believe someone got fireworks

11:33 am

FrenchToast

I have 131 left. I might make it.

11:34 am

FrenchToast

Bichon are you anywhere near Bridgeport

11:35 am

bichon

not really. Do you know someone there?

11:39 am

FrenchToast

Yes my cousin lives in Connecticut, I think it's Bridgeport. She is kind of near New Milford. It's so pretty there. I was there a few years ago for the funeral of our Aunt.

11:40 am

bichon

Yes, Bridgeport is near Milford. I live in Middletown, in the middle of the state

11:42 am

hurshy

home of Wesleyan

11:43 am

bichon

I mean New Milford. That part of the state is a mystery to me

11:44 am

hurshy

you could pop out to western CT to go to Kent Falls State Park sometime, bichon, if you like such things

11:45 am

hurshy

Kent also has a covered bridge, a handmade chocolatier shop, antiques...

11:47 am

hurshy

hmm why do i still need 4 from the first S

11:48 am

hurshy

it doesn't LOOK like it should be a hard tle

11:48 am

bichon

Of course I like that, but too far for me

11:49 am

hurshy

it's only like 1.5 hrs at most, not bad for a day trip

11:49 am

bichon

at 80, I don't go that far :(

11:49 am

hurshy

ah

11:53 am

hokie carla

just popping in - somehow I just need 1 from the first S, so you can find them

11:56 am

hurshy

phantom: airmail

11:57 am

hurshy

and armada

11:59 am

hurshy

and admiral

12:06 pm

hurshy

ok i got one more of that S

12:06 pm

hurshy

greyed the rest of that column tho

12:08 pm

hurshy

is the top i an ig, is...?

12:19 pm

BzznBea

is7

12:20 pm

dcseain

well, the 9 was easy.

12:23 pm

hurshy

is this is7 weird? i assume i know the third letter

12:23 pm

BzznBea

not weird we've had it often

12:23 pm

hurshy

i remember isohel but not many others of that ilk

12:25 pm

hurshy

looked in MW, got it!

12:26 pm

hurshy

oh also, phantom: starling

12:28 pm

hurshy

that's a lot of Fs

12:30 pm

hurshy

phantom: farina

12:32 pm

hurshy

got 50 of the Fs!

12:59 pm

Shirlockc

stats for the lone Q pls?

1:00 pm

BzznBea

its a 4

1:00 pm

Shirlockc

quar

1:00 pm

Shirlockc

oops

1:00 pm

Shirlockc

o duh

1:17 pm

hurshy

bummed as always that "snarf" doesn't count

1:32 pm

dcseain

We’ve all been using it since before ENABLE existed, IKR?

1:32 pm

hurshy

yeah cause animaniacs was in the 90s

1:33 pm

dcseain

we were using it in the 1980s

1:34 pm

dcseain

and that Q was VERY fishy. THanks, hurshy.

1:34 pm

hurshy

merriam-webster says first known use 1963

1:34 pm

hurshy

that's plenty of time before enable!

1:34 pm

dcseain

exactly!

1:37 pm

hurshy

struggling with Ms

1:37 pm

dcseain

The plural of the Austrailian di5 isn’t in the dictionary?

1:38 pm

hurshy

probably has an e

1:38 pm

hurshy

like tomatoes

1:41 pm

hurshy

not sure why that doesn't apply to the game piece with the pips, but, oh well

1:41 pm

dcseain

oh, that’s dumb.

1:45 pm

dcseain

due to grow up bilingual ES-EN, i often leave out the E.

1:46 pm

hurshy

nice

1:48 pm

hurshy

ok someone said the 9 was easy but i haven't found it :(

1:49 pm

hurshy

ah i see from flip chat it's mo, now i got it

1:50 pm

dcseain

:)

1:50 pm

ChampFit

It's a plural.

1:54 pm

phaeton

it's mo9

1:57 pm

hurshy

yeah i didn't even have the root! but now i've got the whole set

1:57 pm

dcseain

i can easily see how one could overlook it.

1:57 pm

hurshy

AND i'm down to just one more M

1:57 pm

dcseain

i found it early.

1:57 pm

hurshy

i mean, plus 45 other words

2:00 pm

dcseain

I have 7 8s still to go

2:00 pm

dcseain

oh, it’s a HUGE grid.

2:00 pm

hurshy

:)

2:02 pm

hurshy

flip chat has some other 8s mentioned, i'm down to 5 thanks to that

2:05 pm

ivesyj

clue for the first in 6 plz

2:06 pm

ivesyj

got it

2:07 pm

BzznBea

care to share?

2:08 pm

hurshy

is it the measurement from crotch to ankle? that's the first i have

2:08 pm

ChampFit

That's what I have first, but don' thave them all.

2:08 pm

dcseain

thans, hurshy

2:09 pm

ivesyj

yes hurshy thats it

2:10 pm

ChampFit

Good grief! Finally got the lone I and didn't even realize it. Was still typing away! ;)

2:12 pm

dcseain

thanks, ChampFit

2:12 pm

ChampFit

yvw

2:24 pm

hurshy

i always think "ligon" but it's "liger" and "tigon"

2:24 pm

hurshy

and obviously ligon makes no sense really

2:25 pm

ChampFit

change the vowel

2:25 pm

hurshy

yeah i have that

2:25 pm

hurshy

just thinking about crossbred lions and tigers

2:26 pm

ChampFit

and bears, oh my!

2:41 pm

hurshy

i don't think they crossbreed with lions or tigers since they are in the DOG family ;)

2:43 pm

ChampFit

Ok dr. hursh. ;)

2:44 pm

hurshy

ok the phantom that keeps driving me the most crazy is gosling

2:44 pm

ChampFit

I typed it! No reason except it's right there

2:46 pm

hokie carla

bred for its skills in magic

2:46 pm

hokie carla

it's pretty much my favorite animal

2:48 pm

hurshy

i did not know they were magic

2:48 pm

hurshy

now the fictional creature dr6, those i knew

2:48 pm

ChampFit

That one's definitely magic.

2:49 pm

hokie carla

those are quotes from napoleon dynamite. SMH at you two.

2:49 pm

ChampFit

Ah.....

2:49 pm

hurshy

i've watched very few cartoons in my life

2:49 pm

hokie carla

it's a movie

2:49 pm

hokie carla

though, there was a short-lived cartoon after the movie

2:49 pm

hurshy

but it's animated, right?

2:49 pm

hokie carla

not a cartoon movie, no

2:50 pm

BzznBea

Napoleon Dynamite is not a cartonn. hahah

2:50 pm

hokie carla

it's a classic and you should watch it now

2:50 pm

hurshy

oh. well i guess it just sounds like it would be animated then lol

2:51 pm

hurshy

speaking of napoleon, i'm at a part in reading Les Mis where Victor Hugo tells a bunch about the battle of Waterloo

2:51 pm

hokie carla

tina majorino and haylie duff are probably the only two in it you have heard of

2:51 pm

hurshy

i haven't heard of either of them

2:51 pm

hokie carla

*maybe heard of

2:51 pm

BzznBea

One of my grandsons looks like him.

2:51 pm

hokie carla

ha

2:51 pm

hurshy

i've heard of hilary duff - are they related?

2:51 pm

hokie carla

have you heard of hilary duff?

2:51 pm

hokie carla

yes, sisters

2:51 pm

hurshy

jinx

2:52 pm

hurshy

i also didn't really know that actress who died the other day

2:52 pm

hurshy

i don't think i ever watched anything she did

2:52 pm

hurshy

probably cause i mostly just watch british stuff now

2:52 pm

ChampFit

Omg....one of my daughters was in LOVE with LIzzy Maguire, so that movie was on ALL THE TIME at my house.

2:52 pm

hokie carla

tina majorina was in kevin costner's waterworld and veronica mars and stuff

2:52 pm

hokie carla

my niece called her mizzy laguire for some reason

2:53 pm

hurshy

yeah didn't watch those - i know my dad found waterworld interesting tho

2:53 pm

hokie carla

mr. homie had no idea who hayden panettiere was either, hurshy

2:54 pm

ChampFit

That one breaks my heart. So much talent, gone.

2:55 pm

hokie carla

looks like napoleon dynamite is on prime right now

2:55 pm

ch1212

We first saw Hayden as the cheerleader in Heroes. Also liked her in the series Nashville.

2:56 pm

hurshy

aaaaargh why can't i find one more S

2:56 pm

hurshy

then i would have 3 or fewer per tile

2:57 pm

hokie carla

I kept telling mr. homie - save the cheerleader save the world but he has no memory of watching that.

2:59 pm

hokie carla

I still need 4T, 10F, 5A, 4N, 4A, 4M, 6D, 4L, but everything else is 3 or fewer. bahahaha.

2:59 pm

hurshy

*giggle*

3:00 pm

hokie carla

I'm sorry, it wasn't 4L it was 14, but I just found 1.

3:00 pm

hurshy

i am referring to the upper right S by the way

3:00 pm

hokie carla

ok, need 3 there

3:00 pm

hurshy

so you have one i could use!

3:00 pm

hokie carla

only because they don't take snarf(s)

3:00 pm

BzznBea

I need 228. But I'm finding it is getting easier for me to feel good about NOT completing.

3:01 pm

hokie carla

yep

3:01 pm

hurshy

exactly

3:02 pm

hurshy

uhoh server trouble

3:02 pm

hokie carla

oh well, back to it here. 71 for later. 10-20-22-14-5

3:02 pm

hurshy

i am going to drive home now, ttfn

3:02 pm

hokie carla

have seen no problems herre

3:02 pm

hokie carla

here

3:02 pm

hurshy

it ate one of my chats

3:02 pm

hokie carla

I see

3:21 pm

hurshy

ok

3:22 pm

hurshy

do you have 2 si words or more than that?

3:24 pm

hurshy

uhh... anyone, since i guess hokie left too lol

3:25 pm

BzznBea

5 si words

3:25 pm

penquis

i have listed....there are five Si words...

3:25 pm

hurshy

well good grief

3:25 pm

hurshy

i had a hard pair and missed an easy pair

3:26 pm

hurshy

probably thought i put it in and made a typo

3:26 pm

hurshy

so that leaves one more

3:29 pm

penquis

7 5 6 4 5

3:29 pm

hurshy

the 7 it is

3:30 pm

hurshy

once again we say thank goodness for MW

4:18 pm

hurshy

can anyone help with ag6?

4:18 pm

hurshy

ooh, peri'd it

4:20 pm

LuvWordGames

just finished, any clues needed?

4:20 pm

hurshy

just plodding through the list now

4:21 pm

penquis

fr 8?

4:21 pm

penquis

or fr 7...

4:21 pm

LuvWordGames

plural 7

4:21 pm

penquis

i would if i had it... ;o)

4:21 pm

LuvWordGames

what you did to a picture and plural

4:21 pm

penquis

ty...a duh word...

4:22 pm

LuvWordGames

do you need the other fr 7?

4:22 pm

penquis

no....ty...

4:23 pm

hurshy

i need an fa8 before what old macdonald had

4:24 pm

LuvWordGames

ends with what you smell with

4:24 pm

hurshy

ty

4:24 pm

penquis

ty...needed that, too...

4:28 pm

LuvWordGames

ok heading out. Good luck

4:28 pm

penquis

ty...bye...

4:30 pm

hurshy

geez

4:31 pm

hurshy

Penn State frat brothers were apparently running a cocaine trafficking ring

4:31 pm

penquis

yuck...

4:31 pm

dcseain

yeah they were.

4:32 pm

dcseain

off campus house, FWIW

4:32 pm

hurshy

does anything good ever come out of fraternities??

4:33 pm

dcseain

i’ve known several from George Mason University, who do good in the community.

4:33 pm

penquis

they were banned in my college....and that was a long long time ago...

4:34 pm

ChampFit

The ringleader was on of their dads, and he's an attorney. Idiot!

4:34 pm

dcseain

Guess who is getting disbarred then!

4:34 pm

ChampFit

Yep.

4:34 pm

hurshy

they were banned at my college in the 60s

4:35 pm

ChampFit

odia

4:35 pm

ChampFit

Ooopsie!

4:35 pm

hurshy

you spelt it wrong, it's ok

4:35 pm

ChampFit

of course I did

4:40 pm

penquis

well i am stalled at 21 even with the list...break time...bye all...

4:40 pm

ChampFit

bye

4:42 pm

hurshy

the sad part about getting a list with a grid this big is that you see how many easy words you missed

4:42 pm

ChampFit

every time.

4:42 pm

hurshy

and then you feel so ashamed

4:43 pm

ChampFit

well, I'm more annoyed than anything

4:46 pm

hurshy

well, at least my last word wasn't too fishy

4:46 pm

ChampFit

congrats!

4:49 pm

dcseain

yay hurshy!

4:50 pm

hurshy

ty

5:12 pm

phaeton

fw

5:12 pm

ChampFit

wtg phae!

5:13 pm

phaeton

ty

5:13 pm

phaeton

took all day!

5:15 pm

ChampFit

Yes, absolutely.

5:22 pm

ivesyj

clue for the last ai 6 plz

5:25 pm

ChampFit

What you do when you get something in your sights. It's a gerund.

5:27 pm

Shirlockc

i need 5 more to break 100

5:27 pm

ivesyj

ty! think i am worn out from this puzzle

5:28 pm

ChampFit

It's quite the slog! Listed and still have some to come back to. Missed several plurals that I felt sure I'd typed, too

5:38 pm

Gitel

do

6:19 pm

ivesyj

well finally home from work and can tackle the rest of this

6:29 pm

MollyL

I don't have time for grids this big anymore. I do the best I can and get on with the rest of my insanely busy life.

6:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

6:33 pm

ivesyj

i usally do these after i get home to relax. this one however is not relaxing

7:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

halfway done, woot

9:11 pm

SuzeeQ24

could I have a clue for the di8,55?

9:21 pm

SuzeeQ24

found it

9:22 pm

Tabbycat2

Can you clue it?

9:59 pm

pcal2

Tabbycat2, to name a medical condition or disease

9:59 pm

pcal2

Fireworks!!

11:54 pm

Otis the Bear

Diagnose

11:55 pm

Otis the Bear

Oops

1:05 pm

coffee

is there a list somewhere? Lickety isn't updated.

1:36 pm

coffee

206 left and I need Lickety

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