Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, August 25, 2026

12:03 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:03 am

cybernan

hi everyone

12:06 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ph 7

12:09 am

ursh

hello all

12:14 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and good night

12:17 am

Gillie

ne7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:46 am

momof5

FW!

7:12 am

hokie carla

well, fairly easy, but I still have 12 left. HOET.

7:46 am

rururocks

just started four here for me

7:52 am

rururocks

done

7:55 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

8:02 am

bichon

hi crossy

8:02 am

crosshair

:)

8:03 am

crosshair

How is Bichon this fine sunny day?

8:09 am

bichon

Considering the world news, not so great(((

8:13 am

MollyL

Another 10-minute grid for Ru

8:14 am

maccafixx

swag 5/20?

8:15 am

maccafixx

swag 5/20

8:17 am

MollyL

I have no idea what that means

8:17 am

maccafixx

dang auto spell sw

8:19 am

MollyL

It is a variation of a word that means faint, use a different second vowel

8:20 am

maccafixx

ty Molly!

9:27 am

bichon

fu 6/30, pls

9:32 am

LuvWordGames

The mist enjoyable

9:32 am

LuvWordGames

Most

9:54 am

Shirlockc

stats for the D words? are they DH or DW?

10:01 am

Gobias

dh

10:03 am

Jen34

dh 4/10, 5/22

10:05 am

Shirlockc

thx jen

10:05 am

Jen34

np :)

10:37 am

worzel

Yay FWs - didn't think I'd get this one done!

11:14 am

bichon

did someone clue the fu 6/30?

11:17 am

penquis

yes....the most enjoyable...

11:17 am

bichon

tyvm pen

11:18 am

penquis

yw...it actually means fatal or catastrophic...

11:18 am

bichon

good to know pen

11:19 am

penquis

i think it's interesting since it looks like the most enjoyable...

11:22 am

bichon

2 left

11:22 am

bichon

wh 5/24, pls

11:22 am

penquis

go, bichon!

11:23 am

penquis

add a letter to the previous word...

11:24 am

penquis

it means to hit somebody with a lot of force....

11:29 am

bichon

ty again pen

11:30 am

penquis

yw...

11:48 am

penquis

i am down to one....p 7....

11:49 am

penquis

i am done....

11:49 am

penquis

not a bad grid for one this size....

11:49 am

penquis

heading out....bye all....

12:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

calgon, take me away!

12:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt and five tiles greyed out, woot

12:46 pm

mkg

any help with the D words welcome. ty

12:47 pm

dcseain

dh4 and plural

12:47 pm

dcseain

dh4.10

12:47 pm

mkg

ty. got them.

12:47 pm

dcseain

:)

12:51 pm

mkg

any clues for either 7 welcome. ty.

12:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

still looking for the 7s, sorry

12:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom penthouse

1:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

BBL if i don't get too busy, laters

1:11 pm

hokie carla

I just heard Dolly Parton died. not sure I've ever been sadder for a celebrity death.

1:12 pm

dcseain

yeah, just got a notice from BBC

1:12 pm

dcseain

i’m so glad i got see her with Bob Hope at a USO show on the Capital grounds in the 1990n.

1:15 pm

ch1212

WHAT? NO. NO. Dolly's gone? She was an immense gift to all of us through her music, songwriting, book project, her philanthropy, her spirit. I'm feeling sad.

1:17 pm

dcseain

Hear, hear, ch1212!

1:17 pm

mkg

Dolly? Parton???

1:18 pm

mkg

did she die?

1:18 pm

dcseain

yep.

1:18 pm

dcseain

she was 80

1:19 pm

hokie carla

I always thought she looked pretty good for an 80yo. I wonder what happened.

1:20 pm

dcseain

BBC will update, but it looks like natural causes.

1:20 pm

dcseain

she and Tina Turner both aged most elegantly.

1:21 pm

hokie carla

I think her husband just died last year or so

1:21 pm

dcseain

Tina Turner is still with us, ithink.

1:21 pm

dcseain

he did

1:21 pm

dcseain

that first sh5 is totally escaping me. Help pls?

1:22 pm

hokie carla

I guess that is one of my missing ones because I have what the sun did

1:23 pm

dcseain

yep same

1:23 pm

hokie carla

ok, just found a sh4 there, so thanks

1:24 pm

ch1212

I looked at lickety and it shows only 1 sh5. ?

1:24 pm

hokie carla

ok, I will quit looking then

1:24 pm

hokie carla

phantom phenom

1:25 pm

dcseain

ah, okay.

1:25 pm

dcseain

oops misread. mybad.

1:25 pm

dcseain

i’m still missing one of the lower S words

1:25 pm

hokie carla

the 4 I just found is yiddish and I usually forget it

1:25 pm

hokie carla

but I still need a lower S

1:26 pm

dcseain

thanks, that was it.

1:26 pm

dcseain

both vowels work with the high-value letter.

1:28 pm

hokie carla

that is very cryptic

1:33 pm

hokie carla

oh, found some words!

1:35 pm

dcseain

Ts are tamed now.

1:35 pm

hokie carla

well, I am stuck again. 8 left. 3-2-2-1 maybe I should eat lunch.

1:37 pm

dcseain

prubably a good i dea. I had brunch about an hour ago myself. Café con leche earlier.

1:43 pm

hurshy

hiya folks

1:46 pm

dcseain

hello, hurshy

1:47 pm

dcseain

nethu

1:47 pm

dcseain

oops

1:47 pm

hurshy

nanu nanu

1:50 pm

hurshy

phantom: tempeh

1:53 pm

dcseain

yep.

1:56 pm

hokie carla

okay, sandwich made

1:56 pm

hurshy

hiya hokie

1:56 pm

hokie carla

howdy hurshy

1:57 pm

dcseain

good! Welcome back

1:57 pm

hokie carla

any SW?

1:58 pm

dcseain

one sw5

1:58 pm

hokie carla

ok, thanks

1:59 pm

hurshy

rats, not swomp

1:59 pm

hokie carla

nope, tried it. still looking.

2:00 pm

hokie carla

got it finally.

2:01 pm

hurshy

woot, me too

2:01 pm

hurshy

1-2

2:03 pm

hokie carla

2-1-2-1

2:03 pm

hurshy

oh, one was just a plural, silly me

2:03 pm

hokie carla

are the u's all UN?

2:03 pm

hurshy

yes

2:03 pm

hurshy

6-5-6

2:04 pm

hokie carla

I swear I tried that one this morning

2:04 pm

hokie carla

thanks

2:04 pm

hokie carla

not sure how that's a word, but that's the nature of enable

2:04 pm

hurshy

it sure is

2:05 pm

hurshy

done!

2:05 pm

hokie carla

nice

2:07 pm

hokie carla

found a word!

2:09 pm

hokie carla

found another word! 0-1-1-1

2:12 pm

hurshy

which 7 have you got

2:12 pm

hokie carla

just found the other thanks to the chat

2:12 pm

hokie carla

so now F M a 5 and 6

2:13 pm

hurshy

fu6

2:13 pm

hokie carla

is this a normal word?

2:14 pm

hurshy

not exactly

2:14 pm

hurshy

think of the most entertaining (fu3 superlative) but don't double the cons

2:14 pm

hokie carla

lol, thanks

2:15 pm

hurshy

i don't even know what made me try that honestly, lol

2:15 pm

hokie carla

oh, found my very normal M5

2:16 pm

hurshy

woot!

2:17 pm

hokie carla

well, onto the other puzzles. hasta mañana.

4:15 pm

mkg

i still have no sevens. any clues welcome. ty

4:19 pm

hokie carla

do any of your siblings have any sons?

4:20 pm

hokie carla

the other one is what you make a call on + not you

4:22 pm

mkg

wow great clues. ty

4:22 pm

mkg

got both!!!!!!!!

4:22 pm

mkg

ty carla

4:53 pm

dcseain

i actually finished today!

8:40 pm

phaeton

help with the fu6?

8:46 pm

nrkii

most likely to be enjoyable, but without the double letter

8:47 pm

phaeton

ty fw

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