Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, August 23, 2026

12:03 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:05 am

Gillie

hi - co7

12:07 am

dizgrannie

hi all, qu 7

12:09 am

Gillie

sh7

12:10 am

ursh

hello all

12:15 am

Gillie

am7

12:15 am

Gillie

am8

12:16 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:16 am

Rainiqui

Thanks Gillie

12:16 am

Gillie

yw

12:17 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:56 am

saanichcat

aceta

12:57 am

saanichcat

sorry

2:25 am

jbp

cardio is not a word? yeesh

2:25 am

jbp

Thanks Lickety

2:30 am

dizgrannie

FWs, can't believe my last word was do 4....I'll open it for you to go before me...lol

6:12 am

marilyn992

ua

6:16 am

MollyL

Hmm, I wonder if that word was door

7:27 am

godthaab

Name that proper noun -piano player., not a woman

7:28 am

rururocks

Liberace

7:28 am

ChampFit

Well that was outta left field1

7:29 am

rururocks

that's the only field I play in :D

7:30 am

godthaab

Ruru, that's funny!!!

8:51 am

maccafixx

tu 7/32?

8:52 am

ChampFit

Apparently I eed that one too mac

9:00 am

hurshy

gooooooood morning babbleland

9:00 am

ChampFit

gm hursh!

9:00 am

maccafixx

what about the te 7/36?

9:01 am

ChampFit

Missing that too.

9:02 am

hurshy

ooh that's a fun sh7

9:02 am

ChampFit

Took me so long to see it...was my last S

9:02 am

hurshy

not me, i still need one other one

9:03 am

hurshy

aHA

9:03 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

9:03 am

hurshy

hiya hokie

9:03 am

hokie carla

215 left

9:03 am

ChampFit

The gang's all here!

9:03 am

hokie carla

ah, thought we had emphatic today

9:03 am

ChampFit

phantom: tequila

9:06 am

sandy211

Orad

9:07 am

hurshy

one more T to grey the top row...

9:07 am

hurshy

but i got the tu5/18, what more does it want

9:08 am

hokie carla

struggling a bit with the top row

9:08 am

hokie carla

but just had a hummingbird visit, so that was nice

9:08 am

hurshy

:)

9:08 am

ChampFit

Exactly. btw...the tu7 comes before the tu5.

9:09 am

ChampFit

a-HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:09 am

hurshy

o there's a tu7? well that's what i need then

9:09 am

hurshy

tut it's not tuition

9:09 am

hurshy

*but

9:09 am

ChampFit

Just found it. Cool reptile

9:10 am

hokie carla

just typed tuatara without looking and it's not that

9:10 am

hurshy

alt sp

9:10 am

hokie carla

can't rem. what that is - a spider?

9:10 am

hurshy

thanks champ

9:10 am

hurshy

she said reptile. spiders are not reptiles.

9:10 am

hokie carla

I know

9:10 am

ChampFit

Switch out one of the a's for another vowel carla.

9:11 am

hokie carla

that's why I was saying maybe it was a spider since it wasn't there, but then you said alt sp

9:11 am

hurshy

ah

9:11 am

hokie carla

then I realized it was there

9:13 am

hurshy

but you can't alt sp pima cotton :(

9:15 am

hokie carla

phantom ashthma

9:16 am

hokie carla

I meant asthma

9:16 am

BzznBea

mast

9:16 am

hokie carla

can't type today

9:16 am

ChampFit

oooooh...good one!

9:16 am

BzznBea

I can't see today. Sorry.

9:17 am

hokie carla

phantom attic

9:17 am

hokie carla

and attique is not an alt sp

9:17 am

BzznBea

ha!

9:19 am

hurshy

rats, i really thought hematid was something

9:20 am

ChampFit

There's a rodent in the H's

9:20 am

hurshy

ooh thanks

9:20 am

hurshy

now just need one more there

9:20 am

ChampFit

I was blind to it...figured someone else might be too,

9:20 am

hurshy

i still love the ha7dance song

9:20 am

BzznBea

Speaking of rodents...We discovered one has been living amongst us for several months.

9:21 am

hokie carla

eww

9:21 am

ChampFit

They're sneaky like that Bea

9:21 am

BzznBea

This one lives under our wrap around porch. We have named him Gregory Groundhog.

9:22 am

welki

'morning, folks

9:22 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:22 am

hurshy

awww

9:22 am

hokie carla

we have a bazillion chipmunks under our porch I think

9:22 am

hurshy

tell Gregory i said hello

9:22 am

hurshy

oooeee got my first 8

9:22 am

72 Temple Owl

hello babblers

9:23 am

ChampFit

Which one? I'm on my last word and it's one of the cos

9:23 am

hokie carla

is hemastat just something I hear on TV or spelled differently?

9:23 am

hokie carla

TO!

9:23 am

hurshy

sorry, it's am7&8

9:23 am

hurshy

hemostat

9:23 am

hokie carla

ah

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

carla!

9:25 am

hurshy

phantom: astute

9:25 am

rururocks

and statue for that matter

9:26 am

hokie carla

yep, I thought I saw statue earlier

9:27 am

ChampFit

FW. Had to use morewords for the co8's. Need anything?

9:27 am

hokie carla

apparently the co8s

9:27 am

hokie carla

but I'm still on 2nd row

9:27 am

hurshy

cophetua i think is some ancient greek character from something

9:27 am

hokie carla

vowel obstruction again today

9:27 am

rururocks

steroid is a phantom for me in this grid

9:28 am

ChampFit

One comes from each of the c's. They stand alone. One is a weird compound, and the other has a robotic ending. Enjoy!

9:28 am

hokie carla

no way, ruru

9:28 am

hokie carla

have a good day, champ

9:29 am

penquis

wow....found those co 8s ....hello all...

9:29 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:29 am

hurshy

wait so you finished but you never told mac what the te7 is

9:30 am

penquis

carla!

9:30 am

hokie carla

teamhop - what college football players do now

9:30 am

hurshy

teamster, if we could re-use tiles

9:31 am

hurshy

but that's 8

9:31 am

rururocks

te7 where you buy tea

9:31 am

penquis

ty, ru...

9:31 am

hurshy

oh. well that was not so hard

9:32 am

hurshy

i thought it was gonna be something weird

9:32 am

hokie carla

I liked mine better :P

9:32 am

rururocks

not the way I clued it :D jeez

9:32 am

hokie carla

will save y'all some trouble - enable does not like cardio

9:32 am

maccafixx

I still need one of those co 8/55's?

9:33 am

penquis

just tried cardio...

9:33 am

hurshy

i got the one with the robot ending

9:33 am

maccafixx

me too

9:33 am

penquis

the other stays in the top left corner...compound....

9:34 am

penquis

should say top left quarter of the grid...

9:34 am

hurshy

yes, just got it

9:34 am

hurshy

that is a funny word

9:34 am

penquis

yes...

9:34 am

hokie carla

I thought maybe hens were coopmates

9:34 am

penquis

you are so close...

9:34 am

hurshy

very close

9:35 am

rururocks

yes.. they're often clutching each other

9:35 am

maccafixx

ty got it. One left... that darn tu 7 reptile. Not getting it?

9:36 am

hokie carla

ends in the first part of 1000 gigabytes

9:36 am

rururocks

well I laid an egg on that pun

9:37 am

hokie carla

you're just gonna roost there now, aren't you

9:38 am

rururocks

no not at all just typing up pullet points

9:39 am

rururocks

and trying to put a capon on it.

9:39 am

hokie carla

do you wear a comb-over, ruru?

9:39 am

hurshy

don't you think the french should call a cork a corque

9:40 am

hokie carla

yes, just like attique

9:43 am

hurshy

if we had an L we could have caracal

9:43 am

penquis

phantom: aquatic...

9:43 am

hokie carla

and equate/equator

9:44 am

hokie carla

and camphor

9:44 am

hurshy

the Cs are a slog, even already having the 8s from the clues

9:45 am

hokie carla

and create

9:45 am

hokie carla

I'm actually better on the c's than the top S

9:46 am

hurshy

all 4s and 5s except one normal (from hindi!) sh7

9:46 am

hurshy

it's from hindi but it's normal because it came into english so long ago we are very used to it

9:47 am

hokie carla

I have sh7 that you use on your hair, but I don't think that's the one

9:47 am

hurshy

yes, that is the one

9:47 am

hokie carla

wow, who knew

9:47 am

hurshy

so all the others are 4s and 5s

9:48 am

hurshy

i knew

9:48 am

hokie carla

I meant who else knew that's not a super word nerd

9:48 am

hurshy

it's all what random facts one happens to come across in life

9:51 am

hurshy

that one is pretty easy to remember once you have learned it, i think

9:51 am

MollyL

area

9:55 am

hokie carla

phantom cardiac

9:55 am

hurshy

stretch phantom daiquiri

9:56 am

hurshy

see hokie that's how you guard against phantom gatekeepers - you just call it a stretch phantom to declare upfront that it's not as close to being there as some other phantoms :D

9:56 am

hokie carla

lol, was just going to say no way ruru lets that one in

9:56 am

hurshy

what can he say, i admitted it's a stretch already

9:57 am

hokie carla

phantom audit

9:57 am

hurshy

did you get the babblet that is very close to being that

9:57 am

hokie carla

the mine opening? I don't really think of that as a babblet

9:58 am

hurshy

oh is that what it is? i never found out

9:59 am

hokie carla

I learned it in scrabble vs my dad years ago but it used to be in crosswords a lot too.

9:59 am

hurshy

ah

10:00 am

hurshy

my grandmother only knew about the sport of jai alai from crosswords and she therefore pronounced it "Jay Allay"

10:00 am

hokie carla

LOL

10:00 am

Shirlockc

is that not how you pronounce it?

10:00 am

hurshy

no, it's "high lie"

10:00 am

hokie carla

it's like high a-lie

10:01 am

hurshy

dread

10:01 am

Shirlockc

huh, a word I've only read and never heard out loud

10:01 am

hurshy

whoops

10:01 am

penquis

i saw it on tv when i was a kid....

10:01 am

hokie carla

was thinking it was spanish, hence the pronunciation, but google tells me basque

10:02 am

penquis

i am supposedly 2 percent Basque... ;o)

10:02 am

hurshy

well, the basques are next to spain, but i believe linguists say their language is like nothing else on earth

10:02 am

hokie carla

it's big in FL I think.

10:02 am

penquis

true...

10:02 am

hurshy

or, like nothing else modern, anyway

10:02 am

hokie carla

nice, pen!

10:03 am

penquis

the Basques were great navigators in the 15 and 1600s....

10:03 am

hurshy

oh really? i thought they were more stay-at-home types

10:03 am

hokie carla

anyone else read the Longmire books? I guess there are Basques in WY.

10:03 am

penquis

apparently they were known for their sea navigation skills...

10:04 am

hurshy

well when i found am7&8 and champ said there were 2 co8, i thought hopefully i would find whatever the fourth one was along the way

10:05 am

hurshy

but i haven't

10:05 am

hokie carla

google ai tells me if you can read spanish, it shares many similar vowel and consonant sounds with a few unique exceptions

10:05 am

hurshy

never believe what AI tells you

10:05 am

hurshy

it might be right, it might not, it's a crap shoot

10:05 am

hurshy

phantom: droop

10:06 am

hokie carla

just like wikipedia

10:06 am

hokie carla

and if ai is pulling from wiki, double whammy

10:07 am

hurshy

wikipedia is actually a lot more accurate on a lot of topics - they have a lot of checking done by a lot of people

10:07 am

hokie carla

yeah, I think the articles are way more accurate than they used to be, esp. the ones that are very technical.

10:07 am

hokie carla

ok, all I can see on the top E is emphasis and related words

10:08 am

hurshy

i tried to add something to a page one time, about something said in a star trek episode, and they were like "you can't put this unless you cite a source" and i'm like "i don't want to bother trying to figure out how to properly cite a star trek episode"

10:08 am

hokie carla

oh, found a plural

10:08 am

hurshy

they are all EP

10:08 am

hokie carla

and the other. nm

10:09 am

hokie carla

almost pheasant

10:10 am

hurshy

yes! i wished for an N for that, and ocean, and maybe one other one

10:10 am

hokie carla

oh, i just found sh5 - saw that used on a show last night

10:10 am

hokie carla

and just found my last O

10:11 am

hurshy

rats, the chog doesn't seem to say what the other 8 is

10:12 am

hokie carla

still 35 left. not my favorite grid. 11-12-7-3-2

10:12 am

Shirlockc

there's 2 co8s right?

10:12 am

hurshy

yes

10:12 am

Shirlockc

i don't have either darn

10:12 am

hurshy

0-4-4-1-1

10:12 am

hokie carla

ok, just found the am7/8 set

10:12 am

hurshy

well they aren't exactly normal, shirl

10:13 am

Shirlockc

that's the hint to ask for a hint :D

10:13 am

hokie carla

there were some hints earlier but they may have scrolled off

10:13 am

hurshy

deal with something + spouse (or friend, in british lingo)

10:14 am

hurshy

the other one starts with the mom from Downton Abbey and has the robot ending

10:14 am

hurshy

aHA just remembered that el do6 counts

10:15 am

Shirlockc

got the downton abbey one ...

10:15 am

hokie carla

guess I'm going to do some productive things. TTFN.

10:15 am

penquis

the other is a compound word...

10:15 am

penquis

bye, carla...

10:16 am

Shirlockc

k, got both those C8, thx for the hints

10:17 am

hurshy

i got a text purporting that there is a message from my amazon delivery driver. i AM expecting a package today, but the link looks weird and suspicious.

10:17 am

hurshy

i hate that

10:18 am

Shirlockc

yeah, never click on those

10:23 am

hurshy

why do i keep trying 4s when i am done with 4s

10:23 am

penquis

found the last 8...dr 8...

10:25 am

hurshy

*puzz puzz puzz*

10:27 am

hurshy

well, do you think i'll need a clue?

10:28 am

penquis

compound word....

10:28 am

penquis

british word for convertible....never heard of it myself...

10:29 am

hurshy

ty

10:29 am

penquis

yw...

10:29 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! ______ Scott King

10:29 am

penquis

coretta

10:30 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:31 am

penquis

need a break....leaving 35 for later....bye....

10:43 am

hurshy

well THAT's a weird one

10:43 am

hurshy

ac7/44

10:43 am

BzznBea

which A does it come from

10:44 am

hurshy

left

10:46 am

BzznBea

thanks.

11:02 am

hurshy

another bee that i wouldn't have gotten the pangram without morewords today

12:33 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I just got it 4th word

12:34 pm

hokie carla

we are opposites a lot

3:38 pm

hokie carla

well, listed and there were 2 4s that I entered earlier but weren't here. 8 left now, all As and Cs but impossible to know which one to look from.

3:39 pm

saanichcat

growling here, this was a horrible grid. GRRRRR.

3:40 pm

saanichcat

hey hi carla!

4:41 pm

hokie carla

hey saan

5:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

almost forgot to babble today! (hi all)

5:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet and 56 to go

5:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom camphor

7:07 pm

crosshair

Evening, Babblers. :)

7:09 pm

crosshair

I live right on the southern shores of Georgian Bay, and we just received a weather warning that we don't see too long often--a waterspout warning is in effect from now until tomorrow morning. Guess no sunset canoe ride for me tonight. :(

7:16 pm

crosshair

Too often* I hate predictive text "feature!"

8:20 pm

phaeton

help with the te7?

8:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

Not there yet. Still stuck on ac7. Playing on phone sucks.

8:47 pm

phaeton

I don't have that one either

8:48 pm

phaeton

some one said it ended with the robot ending but I can't figure out how

9:01 pm

hurshy

ac7 is not robot ended

9:02 pm

hurshy

high card in poker + healthy grain ***no*

9:03 pm

hurshy

the word as a whole, the way it sounds, it reminds me of an ob10 word (not in grid, obvs) that describes someone who is a fawning sycophant

9:03 pm

hurshy

te7 is a lovely spot where you pop in for scones and a cuppa

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