Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, September 17, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:01 am

ursh

hello all

12:02 am

dofith

G'day folks

12:03 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:13 am

Soodle

Morming all. We seem to have displeased the Gods of Big Grids recently. :-)

12:16 am

dizgrannie

hi all, al 7

12:18 am

cybernan

can't find that h -- wonder if it is the 8

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

MetFan

That single H seems to be the toughie today

12:19 am

MetFan

TY Lickety

12:19 am

dizgrannie

ha 4

12:19 am

cybernan

ty diz

12:19 am

dizgrannie

yw

12:19 am

MetFan

Thanks diz

12:22 am

MetFan

And for the al7

12:23 am

dizgrannie

ca 7

12:25 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs, de 8

12:26 am

Gillie

ty diz

12:28 am

cybernan

normal word diz?

12:28 am

dizgrannie

not really

12:30 am

cybernan

then I'll leave it for tomorrow

12:39 am

MetFan

The 8 isn't normal, but it's right THERE

12:53 am

ursh

met can you clue it - i just dont see anything

12:57 am

dofith

Just use all letters in top left corner.

12:59 am

dofith

1st 3 letters for 10, and as Met said, it's right there.

12:59 am

ursh

good grief - that worked - tx met

12:59 am

ursh

and dofith

1:33 am

MetFan

FW - Happy Babbling all

1:33 am

worzel

Congratulations

2:09 am

worzel

Are the re5/12 and re6/21 related pls?

2:16 am

rbud

yes

2:35 am

worzel

Thank you - still not seeing it - so embarrassing getting stuck on a 5 lol

2:45 am

worzel

My last two words - so sad - could someone clue the re5/12 for me pls

2:48 am

worzel

found the 6 so i'll look for the 5

2:49 am

worzel

Phew FWs!

7:01 am

maccafixx

ta 6/24?

7:02 am

FrenchToast

PT of the powder

7:03 am

maccafixx

ty!

7:04 am

maccafixx

terce

7:04 am

FrenchToast

heehee

7:04 am

ivesyj

does the de 8 work off of the word before it

7:08 am

FrenchToast

it has the same first 3 letters, then goes rogue

7:09 am

ivesyj

ok tks. not seeing it at all lol

7:10 am

FrenchToast

the letters appear in order around the upper left corner

7:12 am

ivesyj

whew tks french finally got it

7:29 am

FrenchToast

done!

7:29 am

FrenchToast

my last word was dh4

8:10 am

mkg

still struggling with the de 8. hmmm

8:10 am

mkg

does it have the re 6 21 in it?

8:11 am

mkg

got it. finally. never saw that word before. monkeys got it. tough one.

8:11 am

mkg

ty

8:19 am

mkg

hagd.

8:45 am

hurshy

good grief, another small one

8:47 am

hurshy

tiles with 1-3 words done, ttfn

8:47 am

dcseain

go go hurshy!

9:06 am

hokie carla

just started here but hung up on the first E. have one. moving on.

9:07 am

dcseain

i still have one there myself, my first word today at that.

9:07 am

dcseain

and good morning, carla

9:07 am

hokie carla

good morning

9:07 am

hokie carla

still trying to wake up. took allergy pill last night.

9:07 am

dcseain

coffee and med have kicked in for me. :)

9:08 am

dcseain

oh, i know that struggle.

9:08 am

dcseain

i had a Pepsi with real sugar too.

9:08 am

hokie carla

ooh

9:08 am

hokie carla

would love a nice cold real coke

9:09 am

dcseain

those have gotten hard to find here. Wegmans used to have flats of 25 for about 26 dollars.

9:09 am

hokie carla

oh, finished the 7 already

9:10 am

hokie carla

and 2nd row finished

9:13 am

72 Temple Owl

hokie

9:13 am

hokie carla

hey TO

9:13 am

72 Temple Owl

rehi in the grid

9:13 am

hokie carla

noice

9:14 am

dcseain

Artur Rehi is someone i watch on YouTube. Rehi is an Estonian surname.

9:14 am

hokie carla

interesting

9:15 am

dcseain

i’ll be back soon. I’m going to change from robe into real clothes.

9:15 am

hokie carla

sounds like a good idea

9:19 am

hokie carla

4th row gray

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

hello seain

9:24 am

hokie carla

well, stuck with 8 left

9:26 am

hokie carla

duh, found the other, much more regular E

9:29 am

hokie carla

top row gray

9:32 am

dcseain

hm. i have a regular E. so hm. Am dressed. Hi, TO!

9:32 am

dcseain

gonna make food. BIAB

9:36 am

hokie carla

I should make food too. 6 for later. 2-1-2-0-1 DD PP G S

9:36 am

hokie carla

PSA - glam is not a word

9:46 am

hokie carla

well, found the G

9:46 am

hokie carla

and even remembered it while the site came back

9:46 am

hokie carla

TTFN

10:33 am

Nef

I’m always amazed at the easy words I can’t see!

11:27 am

dcseain

and back at last.

12:19 pm

hurshy

you need ec5/12

12:19 pm

hurshy

seain

12:19 pm

hurshy

unless you found it

12:28 pm

hurshy

ok i have everything but the 8, so i now know it is a D8

12:30 pm

hurshy

chog says de

12:30 pm

hurshy

got iiiiiiit!

12:32 pm

cybernan

diz just said the de is not a common word -- still havent found it

12:39 pm

cybernan

that

12:39 pm

cybernan

that de 8 is my last word - any clues please?

12:40 pm

dcseain

ah, i guess it’s not just extending the de5 then. Hm.

12:45 pm

spellit

3rd letter in de8 is a c which should save a bit of time.I

12:51 pm

cybernan

used word finder using every possible initial 3 letters - nothing

12:52 pm

Shirlockc

decat should be a word

12:55 pm

cybernan

duotang, but no decatang

1:02 pm

cybernan

got it

1:02 pm

cybernan

bye all

1:34 pm

hurshy

the de8 has to do with a papal de6 (not in grid), with an adjectival-looking ending

1:39 pm

sajarn

phantom: catalpa

3:46 pm

hokie carla

rehi - down to 2 P6

4:47 pm

crosshair

Found the 8. Ty, Hurshy. :)

4:52 pm

redturtlehead

Mahs

9:22 pm

origami

Took me forever to find the last sh. Duh :D

9:44 pm

Trifioso

FIREWORKS! WOOT WOOT

9:45 pm

Trifioso

Once again, I owe the win to Lickety. The list is life!

11:34 pm

Playwoman

Is there an A word that is not listed in Lickety’s clues?

11:49 pm

Playwoman

Missing only the last A word from the top center A. Help

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