Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, August 28, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:01 am

MetFan

st 6 & 7

12:02 am

dizgrannie

hi all, ho 7

12:03 am

MetFan

tr 7 & 8

12:04 am

MetFan

rink

12:04 am

MetFan

strike

12:04 am

ursh

hello all

12:04 am

MetFan

Sorry

12:08 am

Gillie

st8

12:13 am

Q

re7/8

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:24 am

dizgrannie

et 8

12:26 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, th 9

12:30 am

Gillie

kn8

12:30 am

Gillie

(kn7 & 8, that is)

12:39 am

harpjane

another big one

12:40 am

Gillie

phantom gherkin

12:42 am

Lizlin

he9

12:57 am

pcal2

hi7 & 8

12:58 am

MetFan

I'm having a tough time - the go7 is hiding from me

1:00 am

Gillie

th8 x 2

1:01 am

pcal2

ho 7 x 2

1:04 am

MetFan

Got it

1:04 am

Gillie

any hint?

1:05 am

MetFan

A small person who wears black all the time

1:05 am

Lizlin

ty

1:06 am

MetFan

hets

1:06 am

MetFan

Sorry

1:08 am

harpjane

found some poultry

1:09 am

Gillie

Well, I've got HOET, as hokie would say, so I guess that will do for tonight

1:10 am

Gillie

oh - ty for the go7, MF

1:10 am

MetFan

yw

1:10 am

Q

nbt/nbs with 358 left (25 words... the minimum to get nbt/nbs.... this is kind of all i do on the huge boards)

1:11 am

MetFan

Maybe I should change my screen name here - it's not often I get called an MF except in stressful times

1:11 am

Gillie

sorry - I wasn't thinking

1:11 am

MetFan

OK, Met will do

1:13 am

dizgrannie

whoo hoot...Ks kompleted

2:49 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

2:50 am

licketySplitAUS

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2:56 am

ursh

Clever lickety - will it work with Expert ?

3:01 am

licketySplitAUS

Sorry - not Expert friendly

4:42 am

ChampFit

Starting the day with 61 S's in the first column? That's disconcerting. Here goes nothing!

5:15 am

MollyL

And 31 Ks. Gross

5:17 am

ChampFit

GAHHHH! Hadn't looked. First column T's were easy though. And S's aren't bad, just confusing. Add S to everything today

5:19 am

ChampFit

damnit..31 more S's

5:19 am

ChampFit

35..

5:31 am

ChampFit

Phantom: inertia

5:43 am

ChampFit

Phantom: tipster

8:09 am

phaeton

stats for top E?

8:09 am

saanichcat

et8

8:09 am

phaeton

ty

8:57 am

hurshy

morning babblers

8:58 am

ChampFit

Morning!

9:05 am

ChampFit

Carla's in the grid!

9:15 am

maccafixx

gh 6/27?

9:16 am

hurshy

it ends with an expensive brand of pasta sauce

9:16 am

hurshy

if that helps...

9:17 am

ChampFit

Great clue hursh!

9:18 am

maccafixx

ty Hurshy!

9:22 am

hurshy

wasn't sure if that brand is found throughout the US or not, you never know what's regional and what's national

9:25 am

ChampFit

Hursh, please clue the lone E for me. I'm blind apparently

9:25 am

hurshy

sorry champ, i'm in the same boat

9:26 am

hurshy

it's got Epstein though

9:26 am

montreal13

ET8 - make something very long...

9:26 am

hurshy

ah thanks monty

9:26 am

hurshy

i kept wanting the 6

9:27 am

montreal13

was looking for an Y ending...

9:29 am

ChampFit

Still not getting it.

9:30 am

montreal13

1st pass done - horrible ! - bbl for last 120 - have a great day all

9:30 am

ChampFit

Got it. Thought I'd tried it, but not!

9:30 am

ChampFit

Still need a 9 to have nbs

9:31 am

ChampFit

Taking a break. BBL

9:32 am

hurshy

well i've got 87 Ss but that still leaves 9 more to find

9:33 am

hurshy

ooh there's one, greyed the bottom S

9:34 am

maccafixx

1st he 6/21?

9:34 am

saanichcat

plural of a man's name

9:35 am

hurshy

Ps Pummelled!

9:38 am

hurshy

oh too bad champ left, i just found a 9

9:47 am

hurshy

saanichcat, isn't that a 7?

9:48 am

maccafixx

I thought the same thing?

9:49 am

saanichcat

sorry

9:49 am

saanichcat

first he6 is a groin problem for men

9:50 am

maccafixx

I think that is the 2nd he 6/21?

9:52 am

saanichcat

he + wild public protest

9:52 am

hurshy

thanks

9:52 am

maccafixx

ty!

9:52 am

hurshy

Os Overcome!

9:57 am

hurshy

uhoh, 31 K words

9:58 am

hurshy

and not 'kitten' :(

9:59 am

hurshy

ooh but i similar 7

10:00 am

hurshy

*a

10:05 am

hurshy

rats, no gherkin

10:10 am

hurshy

oh, guess what? i'm reading Les Mis, in English, and last night i encountered the word "anent" in it

10:12 am

rururocks

good morning .. another giant grid I see

10:12 am

hurshy

morning ruru

10:13 am

origami

Hi ruru

10:13 am

rururocks

hi ori.. my guest just finally left

10:14 am

origami

The house is finally yours again

10:15 am

rururocks

yeah.. thankfully.. no guests for the foreseeable future.

10:16 am

mattygroves

Does anyone have stats, please, for the lone E in the top row?

10:16 am

hurshy

et8/40

10:16 am

rururocks

et8 matty

10:16 am

mattygroves

OK, looking, thanks

10:16 am

hurshy

Vowels Vanquished!

10:17 am

hurshy

oops wait no

10:17 am

hurshy

one more E tile

10:17 am

mattygroves

Is it a word I might use in my day to day life - or even at all?

10:17 am

hurshy

not really

10:17 am

hurshy

but the root is normal

10:17 am

rururocks

it will take you forever to get to it

10:17 am

hurshy

ok NOW vowels vanquished

10:18 am

dcseain

thanks! found it.

10:18 am

mattygroves

Thank you - nice sneaky hint there :)

10:24 am

rururocks

really easy grid so far

10:24 am

dcseain

tare

10:26 am

dcseain

oops.

10:31 am

rururocks

t's to go now

10:32 am

origami

You only have t's left to find, ru?

10:33 am

rururocks

yeah.. 27 more t's for now

10:33 am

rururocks

toke

10:34 am

rururocks

sorry

10:34 am

origami

You must be in word robot mode

10:37 am

rururocks

done

10:37 am

rururocks

easy grid

10:38 am

hokie carla

easy peasy

10:38 am

hokie carla

only 383 left here

10:39 am

origami

And ru calls ME a nerdd

10:42 am

rururocks

22 minutes... not bad :D

10:43 am

hokie carla

22 min for almost 400 words. GTFO

10:43 am

rururocks

I started at 10:15

10:50 am

rururocks

i just closed out the spelling bee too.. this is a good brain day for me

10:51 am

hokie carla

well, I was eating lunch and could only type with one hand, so I only found 35

10:52 am

rururocks

it flows nicely hokie.. and you get the tiara today

10:52 am

hokie carla

awww, shucks

10:52 am

rururocks

just work on one tile at a time and you'll be done in no time

10:53 am

hokie carla

well, that's usually what I do but without the finishing in no time part

10:54 am

rururocks

only one weird word gh6 and we've had it before

10:55 am

hokie carla

unfortunately I have to stop in a bit for golf so won't get a rhythm

11:08 am

dcseain

enjoy your round!

11:12 am

dcseain

phantom kyrie

11:12 am

hokie carla

thanks, gonna be a hot one out there

11:13 am

dcseain

i feel that. Best with it.

11:13 am

hokie carla

and to no one's surprise, I am not finding this easy like the super word nerd

11:13 am

dcseain

i have 211 to go.

11:13 am

hokie carla

205 here

11:17 am

dcseain

huh. That hi6 is in the dictidonary.

11:18 am

dcseain

and found the th9

11:18 am

hokie carla

that is the one I found

11:18 am

dcseain

oh, for -iest in this one.

11:18 am

hokie carla

I know, many phantoms

11:19 am

hokie carla

but at least we have -ier

11:19 am

hokie carla

phantom airstrip

11:19 am

dcseain

indeed!

11:20 am

hokie carla

well, I must get a move on. 164 left.

11:21 am

hokie carla

good luck!

11:21 am

dcseain

ta!

11:57 am

Leaf

ogre

11:58 am

Leaf

sorry:(

12:04 pm

cybernan

good morning

12:31 pm

dcseain

goto is is a word. Hmph..

12:52 pm

cybernan

bb;

12:52 pm

cybernan

bbl

1:00 pm

hurshy

going through the chog, i see that ke7 & 8 were not called. i hereby call them.

1:00 pm

hurshy

also or8

1:01 pm

hurshy

and sa8

1:34 pm

phaeton

help with the go7/40?

1:39 pm

phaeton

nm

1:59 pm

cybernan

not finding that go 7 either - clue please?

2:13 pm

dcseain

a common iron oxide-hydroxide minera. Think dark and brooding rock.

2:13 pm

dcseain

mineral even.

2:16 pm

cybernan

ty seain

2:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, 10 minutes to kill

2:21 pm

dcseain

hey there, Gwen.

2:24 pm

MetFan

I clued the go7 last night as a small person who always wears black clothes and lipstick

2:24 pm

dcseain

fitting, MetFan

2:26 pm

MetFan

larn

2:27 pm

MetFan

sorry

2:30 pm

dcseain

all good :)

2:30 pm

Shirlockc

clue for the lone E at the top?

2:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

running off, 274 to go

2:31 pm

dcseain

et8.40

2:34 pm

MetFan

To make something last forever

2:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

he7/32 pls?

2:44 pm

MetFan

Plural of Hank Aaron's given name

2:46 pm

MetFan

or plural of a rupture in the adominal wall

2:46 pm

MetFan

There's two ways to pluralise that one

2:47 pm

MetFan

or substitute the letter H for the B in "berries"

2:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty i tried that seveeral times!

2:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

herries

2:50 pm

MetFan

There are four he7/32's - ididn't know which you needed so I clued all four.

2:50 pm

dcseain

that works with a. , TO

2:50 pm

dcseain

K. with.a K

2:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty no furtherclues needed for that word

3:06 pm

ChampFit

what's the other 9? I have the th

3:07 pm

BzznBea

he

3:08 pm

ChampFit

thanks bea!

3:58 pm

Shirlockc

thx dcseain for the et8, i was on call earlier but i got it

3:58 pm

hurshy

i'm stumped on my last word, an sp7/32 right after the church steeple but before the holy sp6

3:59 pm

hurshy

oh, the peri principle worked again

3:59 pm

hurshy

done

4:15 pm

mrloser

Sp7/32 pl or sp6/21 holy beings

4:19 pm

BzznBea

ty mrloser

4:20 pm

Trifioso

hello friends

4:21 pm

BzznBea

hey,trif

4:21 pm

Trifioso

heya

4:21 pm

Trifioso

nice fattie today

4:22 pm

BzznBea

always happens on a busy day

4:40 pm

Trifioso

I am going to shuffle off. NBT and halfway.

4:53 pm

FrenchToast

I made it past halfway, and I have all the S words.

5:03 pm

harpjane

stats for the lone E on top please?

5:21 pm

hurshy

et8/40

5:22 pm

pcal2

hi all could i have a clue for the he 9. feels like i've tried everything!

5:24 pm

pcal2

nm found it!

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