Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, October 12, 2026

12:00 am

ursh

hello all

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all - had to refresh again

12:01 am

FrenchToast

Flip!

12:02 am

Rainiqui

Me too MetsFan

12:02 am

dizgrannie

hi all

12:05 am

Robespierre

Hello!

12:06 am

Onpaki

hello everyone

12:07 am

dcseain

i had to refresh, and was glad to see it was still here. :)

12:07 am

dcseain

hello

12:14 am

Rainiqui

re 7, pr 7

12:15 am

dcseain

pr8

12:15 am

Gillie

hi - ca7

12:16 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:16 am

Rainiqui

Thanks Seain

12:16 am

Gillie

sw7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

TY Lickety

12:19 am

dcseain

thanks lickety

12:21 am

Robespierre

pa7

12:21 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:26 am

Gillie

qu7

12:26 am

MetFan

Anyone else still have yesterday's clue list?

12:30 am

Grandma Barb

yes

12:31 am

MetFan

I tried to refresh using all of the methods lickety describes on the page, but nothing is working.

12:32 am

Grandma Barb

same here

12:34 am

dcseain

mine still showed last tuesday.

12:34 am

Grandma Barb

waes

12:35 am

Grandma Barb

sorry

12:39 am

momof5

Po7

12:40 am

MetFan

Can anyone offer a solution other than the ones listed on the page?

12:41 am

MetFan

Well, I found the self-serve clues. That will have to do for now.

12:42 am

Gillie

ec7

12:44 am

Gillie

re7 x 2

12:44 am

MetFan

acre

12:45 am

MetFan

Sorry

1:00 am

MetFan

There's 2 problems with the AI generated clues - no bulk/grab box, and no box to add newly found words. This needs some work.

1:01 am

licketySplitAUS

glad know those features are so handy im retrying

1:01 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

1:05 am

ursh

still getting Sunday clues ?

1:05 am

licketySplitAUS

something is amiss i will try in an hour

1:06 am

grannyrose

have found the clues list on lickety's AI page. but there are two ar5/10 at the beginning of the ar list, and I am only missing one word.

1:07 am

MetFan

If he's not going to try for an hour, there goes my whole evening.

1:07 am

MetFan

Also, the last clue on the AI page for the CA's is the ca7/36, and that comes WAY before the actual last alphabbetical word.

1:08 am

momof5

Found a second pr8

1:09 am

MetFan

Another example of trying to improve something, and it doesn't work???

1:13 am

grannyrose

okay. so the AI list is at the moment kaput. should i list the A's ? have them all.

1:15 am

dizgrannie

all in order for me

1:15 am

momof5

Wa8

1:16 am

momof5

Finished the Rs and the Ws. Only 34 left and calling it a night.

2:01 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are fixed now. What's the issue with the Self Serve page?

2:09 am

licketySplitAUS

I'm fixing the order to match now - Alphabetically rather than by word size

2:16 am

Grandma Barb

Thanks lickety.

2:17 am

rolin

ar7

2:26 am

Kamanjah

The self-serve page reloads itself in Firefox, and looks just like the lists Lickety puts up all the time. I've only used it twice, but when I was scrolling around looking for a place to paste my words, it reloaded.

2:27 am

licketySplitAUS

Ordering of the Self serve page now matches my normal clues page if you refresh. Note - If you are the first to visit for the day, just click "Grab Grid"

2:37 am

Jacula

I've no idea what the self serve page is and rely on Lickety and another very old site, plus A-z word clues to give me clues to finish the grid. Thank you Lickety! I did ge a bit worried the other day when Babble went down and I wondered if that was it after all these years. My son is a vey high-up tech person these days who could probably recreate Babble with a more up to date dictionary and I did wonder if I should ask him to do it for us all. Fortunately, that wasn't needed in the end. Thank you, Jamie aka Dr God for still being there for us.

2:38 am

licketySplitAUS

I just added Bulk Add and Grab to my Self Serve page. I can see you can do Bulk Add ok, not sure about bulk grab. I might not need to load in a new window for it to work in expert. If someone could help test for me.

2:38 am

licketySplitAUS

Might need to reload Clues page

2:41 am

Jacula

Thank you, Lickety.x

2:42 am

licketySplitAUS

No, Babble Expert is so old, it runs an old browser and can't really deal with the new self serve page - so have to open it in a real browser.

2:42 am

Jacula

I get what you're saying re that Lickety.

2:43 am

licketySplitAUS

But Jacula, it wouldn't be hard to recreate all of Babble, the only tricky thing is getting a good word list and dealing with any support issues etc - plus if you want to store anything - that'll take some storage cost.

2:44 am

Jacula

I know! It would need a new payment list for players.

2:46 am

Jacula

My son certainly wouldn't create it for free. He'd probably run BETA for dedicated members as the original site did, but.. well, you know.

2:50 am

Jacula

What I'm wondering now is what is the best dictionary to attach? Oxford or Cambridge or some other? I know my son would want to use one or the other.

2:56 am

Jacula

Also. is the orginial dictionary including all the misspelled words still needed now?Maybe, since so many spelling errors occur on the internet now, plus young people think thjat word like 'Emosh' (emotionsl' etc., are okay to say now.

3:14 am

Jacula

I think £20 - £25 would cover the cost for long-term members no. Dunno if my son would agree. It's funny really since before he was born or even a twinkle in his father's eye, I worked for a computer company an wrote one of the first 'Idiot's Guides to computing' when we had to use old computer language and there was no quick button for 'save all work' from a department at the end oft he day. But these days he rembemers that and rebukes me for 'not keeping up'.

3:19 am

Jacula

In my eyes these days AI is the enemy. It can be briliant for medical and scientific purposes, but when it spouts crap on internet ads and so-called new sites, not so much o.

3:26 am

Jacula

Anyone who writes for a living, like I once did, espeacilly if writing short stories for womags like I did, has pretty much given up since many are now stealing from our words to produce AI stories in house, so they don't have to pay rea humanl writers to produce real stories for them now.

3:26 am

rururocks

What are womags?

3:27 am

Jacula

Sorry for the typos. I'm very tired and peedoff right now.

3:28 am

licketySplitAUS

fair enough. I'm trying to learn and grow with the times. Plus ways to not have to have my PC on everyday to push clues. 20 years my computer has been running every day.

3:28 am

Jacula

ruru - Womags are women's magazines. I wa using writers;' shorthand when posting before.

3:31 am

Jacula

Lickety - I know! I thank you so much for what you've done n know you've pushed through some hard times in your life to do so.xxx

3:40 am

Jacula

It was very nice to have a proper discussion on here for once.

4:08 am

Jacula

23 words left to go on the grid and I'll be off for now until UK evening,

4:24 am

maccafixx

sq 5/24?

4:26 am

maccafixx

nm

4:30 am

maccafixx

se 6/24?

4:48 am

bookwomen

se 6/24 short for 60 of them in a minute+golf term-last letter

5:48 am

ChampFit

phantom: select

6:12 am

FrenchToast

phantom: careless

9:01 am

hurshy

morning, babblers!

9:03 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! Scottish and English royal House

9:05 am

hurshy

top row grey!

9:12 am

hurshy

where is everyone??

9:12 am

dcseain

Good morning.

9:12 am

hurshy

hi seain!

9:12 am

dcseain

hello, hurshy!

9:13 am

dcseain

oh, found the wa8

9:19 am

FrenchToast

There are 2 pr8s.

9:19 am

hurshy

hmmm interesting

9:21 am

hurshy

aHA got the other one thanks

9:25 am

FrenchToast

I have both pr8s but I can't find the pr7 between them.

9:25 am

phaeton

ends in double cons

9:26 am

hurshy

p + kids play outside the school at re6

9:27 am

FrenchToast

TY Hurshy

9:28 am

hurshy

yw

9:29 am

hurshy

well will you look at that, there's also a FRENCH royal house in the grid

9:36 am

hurshy

corner E?

9:37 am

ursh

ec 6 & 7

9:37 am

hurshy

ah, the 7, thanks!

9:38 am

hurshy

bottom row grey!

9:39 am

hurshy

8 left, mostly 6s

9:39 am

dcseain

nap time. catch yall in a bit.

9:40 am

hurshy

have a nice nap

9:45 am

hokie carla

well I got the last col gray

9:46 am

hurshy

go hokie! :D

9:48 am

hurshy

quite a nice grid on the whole

9:51 am

hokie carla

have managed half on the tiles I've tried

9:55 am

hokie carla

phantom repartee

10:08 am

hokie carla

oh, just found the best part of school

10:35 am

hokie carla

phantom despot

11:00 am

Trifioso

hello friends

11:13 am

Nef

Hello. This is a fun grid so far.

11:23 am

Trifioso

agrred

11:30 am

Trifioso

phantom: parapet

11:32 am

Trifioso

curious - do you say the se5.18 in your head like the underground tunnel, or like the person who makes clothes?

11:36 am

BzznBea

I say it like the underground tunnel. Sewist for the person, even though it isn't accepted much outside sewing circles.

11:36 am

Trifioso

I have tried to adopt saying sewist more, but it does not come natually

11:37 am

BzznBea

What have you been working on lately?

11:37 am

Trifioso

picked up some curtains for a client today, in fact. This week I have to finish a stage costume for a band lead singer, my daughter's wedding veil, and the aforementioned curtains

11:38 am

Trifioso

and what am I doing? babbling.

11:38 am

Trifioso

part of my task avoidance is cleaning up after mr. rock star's outfit - my entire house is awash in sequins

11:39 am

BzznBea

I woukd say that is better than glitter!

11:39 am

Trifioso

only marginally. they are teeny tiny sequins, so when cut, become glitter. I found them in the upstairs bathroom!!!

11:41 am

Trifioso

i need one of those blobs of sticky stuff that collects all sorts and then rinses out again

11:45 am

Trifioso

okay, with 68 left, off I go to sequin land....

11:47 am

cybernan

good morning everyone -- internet really slow here

12:22 pm

periwinkle2

help with either pr8 pls. hello all

12:23 pm

cybernan

ec 7 please?

12:24 pm

cybernan

both are before words peri

12:24 pm

BzznBea

pr8.55 ends with performed on stage

12:25 pm

MetFan

ec7 pl of ec6

12:25 pm

periwinkle2

ty Bea

12:26 pm

cybernan

dont have the ec 6 either

12:26 pm

MetFan

On a menu, full dinner or a la _____, with an e to start

12:27 pm

periwinkle2

not seeing the other pr8

12:27 pm

cybernan

ty met

12:27 pm

BzznBea

another word for opaque

12:28 pm

periwinkle2

hmm

12:28 pm

cybernan

before + performed on stage

12:28 pm

periwinkle2

I have that one nan

12:28 pm

cybernan

before + square away

12:29 pm

periwinkle2

ty Bea and nan

12:29 pm

periwinkle2

new word for me

12:29 pm

periwinkle2

also need wa8 please

12:31 pm

periwinkle2

got the wa8

12:32 pm

cybernan

top row finally done

12:40 pm

MetFan

Not getting the pr8 from your "square away" clue, nan

12:41 pm

cybernan

ok then think about the weather - not cloudy

12:42 pm

MetFan

If it had been a snake, it would have bit me. Thanks nan

12:44 pm

cybernan

need to get the washing switched over and the dry stuff put away -- bbl

12:45 pm

cybernan

Happy Thanksgiving everyone -- hope you have lots to be thankful for.

12:46 pm

MetFan

And Happy Day to all indigenous peoples. But screw Columbus - I don't think he deserves the honour.

12:51 pm

MetFan

Genocidal f**k

1:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

gee, what a pleasant way to enter the game

1:30 pm

dcseain

He did open PR and Cuba to Sefardim. But yeaah. Indigenous People’s Day is common in my circles.

1:35 pm

MetFan

Sorry, TO, but all he did was murder scores of people and bring syphillis and smallpox to this hemisphere. He did NOT discover America. Norse people settled here hundreds of years efore he stepped onto a ship.

1:36 pm

MetFan

I'm an American of Italian heritage, this guy should e eradicated from the history books.

3:05 pm

cybernan

se 6/24 pleasse?

3:06 pm

BzznBea

ends in golf score

3:07 pm

cybernan

ty bea - new one for me

3:09 pm

BzznBea

Finished.

3:10 pm

FrenchToast

Me too! Just got my last word, ar7

3:11 pm

cybernan

grats you two - 3 left for me

3:13 pm

cybernan

done

3:14 pm

FrenchToast

Bravo, nan

5:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

5:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbs woot

5:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt, woot

5:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

acid reflux! is not in the grid

5:42 pm

rururocks

hi everyone!

5:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

'sup ru!

5:43 pm

rururocks

hi bdg

5:47 pm

saanichcat

hi there ru

5:47 pm

rururocks

hi saanich

5:47 pm

rururocks

good to see ou

5:47 pm

rururocks

you that is

5:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom possum

7:38 pm

mkg

hi all. anyone have a clue for an 8? thanks. all help welcome. ty

7:44 pm

FrenchToast

mkg, there are 2 pr8s.

7:45 pm

FrenchToast

And wa8, which means not having verruca.

7:50 pm

mkg

ty. i will look into these. ty

7:50 pm

mkg

the wa was a snap. ty for the clue french toast.

9:03 pm

Trifioso

Hello again. Back to see how many more I can pick off before I crash.

9:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

trif

9:10 pm

Trifioso

hello there! good to "see" you

9:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

likwiaw

9:13 pm

Trifioso

I have been looking at this grid too long.

9:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

it's a bit strange.

9:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

i've been just missing you for over a week,don't open chat much

9:16 pm

Trifioso

I am not consistent on when I hop on.

9:16 pm

Trifioso

i only have five weeks mroe of unemployment benefits. it is such an incredibly strange season of my life

9:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh i am sorry, thought you were teaching

9:17 pm

Trifioso

not this year. I was replaced by someone half my age. grrrrr

9:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

yep just try to prove that

9:19 pm

Trifioso

I did actually speak to a lawyer. They were SUPER nice, and gave it to me straight, which I really appreciated. It was a clear-cut, blatant case. I can't prove it, and all they have to say is "this other teacher gave a better demo lesson."

9:19 pm

Trifioso

but I have learned I am not alone. There is an entire class of women now called "Too old to hire, too young to retire."

9:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

you were non tenured staff?

9:19 pm

Trifioso

Its not great that it is happening, but at least I am not alone

9:20 pm

Trifioso

no, I had not yet reached professional status

9:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

*sigh*

9:21 pm

Trifioso

it wasn't the job for me. I just dont' really know where the universe wants me right now

9:21 pm

Trifioso

how are things your way?

9:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

i can relate. sucks

9:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

well i am still in recovery. on my second set of doctors

9:22 pm

Trifioso

Oh I had not heard!

9:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

but things are better. they could have been a lot worse

9:23 pm

Trifioso

good on you for finding the positive!

9:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

frankly i do not discuss it here

9:23 pm

Trifioso

that is absolutely fine - full respect

9:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

accident, homebound for a while. all year

9:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

now homebound now though

9:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

kids okay?

9:24 pm

Trifioso

oof. I am so sorry. At least you are a creative person, can you imagine being housebound and boring??? the worst!

9:25 pm

Trifioso

by thanksgiving, they will all be married!!!! A busy time of life

9:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

wow

9:25 pm

Trifioso

we shall not discuss my credit card balance at the moment...

9:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

no we will not

9:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

or shall not. whatefer

9:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

any visits round here?

9:27 pm

Trifioso

here is a fun thing - my DH decided to audition for the Walking Dead/Dead city spin off filming near here a couple of years ago. Doesn't he end up getting CAST, not just a walk on role! Two years later, he is now a full SAG AFTRA member, with 15 movie and film credits to his name! It is such a RIOT

9:27 pm

Trifioso

Yes!!! Next wedding is in the Switch House in Fishtown!

9:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh that is wild! it's such a conumdrum need a sag card to work but need work to get it

9:30 pm

Trifioso

right?

9:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

wow! so close

9:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

i was an extra once, it was fascinating talking to actors while during the endless waiting around. three days to film one scene

9:31 pm

Trifioso

very cool!

9:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have friends who do this in retirement.

9:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

lot of filming in the burbs and with the studio in nj

9:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

i forget which shows, i do not have netflix

9:34 pm

Trifioso

shudder! I could not function without The Great British Baking Show! Just the wholesome I need right now

9:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need to stop baking and start cooking again, today i began walking again. and back to the gym hopefully by november. the folks i wnet to greee with are panning a trip next june and i am not in shapr

9:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

i think you get greece from that

9:36 pm

Trifioso

lol, yes, I understood.

9:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

they are going to swedem/noway/denmark. no finland though

9:37 pm

Trifioso

I am delighted to hear you are walking again - perfect time of year.

9:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

only day one. and it was hot!

9:38 pm

Trifioso

Wow! I have not been to that part of the world at all. Ireland is the farthest north I have been in Europe, and that hardly counts

9:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

and i am dancing again. actually may be going to fishtown for a dance thursday

9:39 pm

Trifioso

I adore fishtown. SO funky, fun and cute.

9:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

difficult to get to from the rail stations. buses are crap

9:39 pm

Trifioso

Please understand - i love my daughter dearly, but her wedding has lost all sense of scope.

9:40 pm

Trifioso

I swoooooned over fabric row last time I was in town. Fleischman's alone is worth a trip!

9:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have been to johnny brenda's , brooklyn bowl, the foundry

9:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

that's old city?

9:41 pm

Trifioso

yes, I know.

9:41 pm

Trifioso

I met up with a high school friend who lives in Philly now, and we went to a ridiculously good pizza place, not in fishtown though.

9:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

which? fishtown has great ones like pizza brain but i like alice for real pizza taglio. just like in rome

9:43 pm

Trifioso

I forget - took my sleep aid already, and getting foggy

9:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh and i have been to kinghu neckti and to fette sau and the german place

9:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

but not so much now. paring at the casino and crossing delware ave is taking your life in your hands

9:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

not to mention the dirt bike gangs

9:44 pm

Trifioso

I tried to walk home from the pizza place, and did need to walk along the river quite a ways - the part by the Dave and Busters nearly did me in

9:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

omg

9:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

well good to see you and hoping not too much wedding stress. it gets awfully hairy

9:46 pm

Trifioso

thank you, and good to see you too! Wishing you nothing but happy days, you deserve them!

9:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks. my wedding mishap? maid of honor passed out at the altar

9:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

so short of that...

9:47 pm

Trifioso

oh dear!!!

9:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

my mother never forgave her. she was so upset

9:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

the fact that there were no lilies of the valley and the bouquets were not the right shade paled by comparison

9:49 pm

Trifioso

I have to say, my daughter's MIL is super attentive to detail, and that sort of thing would upset her terribly. She is a lovely, caring person, but I do pity her anxiety over everything having to be PERFECt.

9:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

is a family member doing the honors?' my nephew did for his sister.

9:51 pm

Trifioso

no, a beloved rabbi of the groom

9:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

her wedding was small but the food!!! they are both into it, her husband trained at

9:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

cia

9:52 pm

Trifioso

wow, that sounds amazing! This is a, what do you call it....chescafe wedding?

9:52 pm

Trifioso

some philly thing, anyway, and there is a staggering amount of food

9:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

it was this weekend two years ago at the orange lawn tennis club in nj.

9:54 pm

Trifioso

that sounds beautiful I hope the weather was as nice as what we have been having this week

9:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes, hope so. never know around here, it's so changeable re the temperatures

9:55 pm

Trifioso

do you have the ce6 by any chance? stuck on that one

9:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes

9:56 pm

Trifioso

hint please?

9:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

old english for sure

9:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

if you cannot google let me know i will stay till you get it

9:58 pm

Trifioso

I got it, thank you!

9:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

you

9:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

you're welcome. catch you later

9:59 pm

Trifioso

ttfn

10:23 pm

Trifioso

FIREWORKS! WOOT WOOT

10:27 pm

Nef

YAY,Trifio! WTG!

9:14 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

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