Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, October 15, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:00 am

Rainiqui

I'm still refreshed

12:01 am

MetFan

Me too - I don't know why we're being withheld the flip

12:02 am

MetFan

Good evening

12:02 am

Robespierre

Hello!

12:02 am

ursh

hello all

12:03 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:06 am

cybernan

fo 7

12:08 am

Gillie

hi!

12:08 am

Gillie

re7

12:08 am

Gillie

forgers

12:08 am

Gillie

oops!

12:09 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:09 am

cybernan

great clue gillie

12:09 am

Gillie

sorry...

12:10 am

Onpaki

hi everyone

12:10 am

cybernan

already had it , so didnt matter to me

12:16 am

cybernan

took me the longest time to find that right r

12:17 am

Gillie

i'm having trouble with the top-middle N

12:17 am

cybernan

no 5

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

Gillie

ty nan

12:19 am

MetFan

TY Lickety

12:19 am

Gillie

and ty lickety

12:19 am

cybernan

yw

12:27 am

cybernan

wall just popped up in front of me - 25 for tomorrow. Good night.

12:34 am

dizgrannie

in 7

12:55 am

dizgrannie

re 7

1:07 am

MetFan

FW and good night all

1:07 am

MetFan

Clues needed?

1:08 am

MetFan

OK Happy Babbling

2:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Hey everyone, I've got some exciting news

2:19 am

licketySplitAUS

i've updated Babble Expert with a new version. It works on a Mac now (need someone to test for me) and also workes with the Self Serve clues.

2:20 am

licketySplitAUS

Spread the word. To get it - there are links on the right of the Self Serve Clues page.

2:26 am

ursh

Hi Lickety - so now I have 3 downloads - what next

2:28 am

licketySplitAUS

Only need to download it once. Then you have to run it. You may need to Trust it though - as Windows prompts that

2:28 am

licketySplitAUS

It'll install like any other program

2:29 am

licketySplitAUS

I haven't tested the MAC version yet - so if someone installs and runs it, please let me know how it goes

2:31 am

ursh

Oh yay - I had completed today's grid so will have to see tomorrow but looks great to me :) Thanks a mill

4:38 am

FrenchToast

GM and Fireworks!

4:48 am

ChampFit

wtg FT!!!

4:54 am

mattygroves

I run a Mac - I'll have a look

4:59 am

mattygroves

Seems to work so far! Thank you!

5:10 am

licketySplitAUS

That's so awesome! Play with all the options!

5:10 am

licketySplitAUS

Thin mode with Lickety Add, adds to both clues and Babble at the same time

5:11 am

licketySplitAUS

and multiple words sents to the chat

5:11 am

licketySplitAUS

Single words add to the grid

5:16 am

ChampFit

FW!

5:34 am

mattygroves

This is thin mode...

5:35 am

mattygroves

I've changed font size (I shrank it, but it starts out at default for a second before shrinking - a very minor thing I noticed). I've done send word to clues and to babble - all seems to work! Really great work, thank you!

5:36 am

ivesyj

is this something we can do on a laptop? im not much of a tech so just asking

5:46 am

ivesyj

cere 4 5
Look Up Word ceres 5 12
Look Up Word crew 4 9
Look Up Word crop 4 6
Look Up Word eger 4 6
Look Up Word egers 5 14
Look Up Word egret 5 14
Look Up Word errs 4 4
Look Up Word fern 4 7
Look Up Word fino 4 7
Look Up Word fins 4 7
Look Up Word foin 4 7
Look Up Word foins 5 16
Look Up Word fore 4 7
Look Up Word fores 5 16
Look Up Word forge 5 20
Look Up Word forger 6 33
Look Up Word forgers 7 48
Look Up Word fret 4 7
Look Up Word germ 4 7
Look Up Word germs 5 16
Look Up Word grew 4 10
Look Up Word info 4 7
Look Up Word insert 6 18
Look Up Word inset 5 10
Look Up Word ions 4 4
Look Up Word item 4 5
Look Up Word items 5 12
Look Up Word kifs 4 11
Look Up Word kino 4 8
Look Up Word kins 4 8
Look Up Word kore 4 8
Look Up Word kors 4 8
Look Up Word lice 4 5
Look Up Word liger 5 14
Look Up Word mercy 5 18
Look Up Word merge 5 16
Look Up Word merger 6 27
Look Up Word mesh 4 6
Look Up Word nonce 5 12
Look Up Word once 4 5
Look Up Word only 4 6
Look Up Word ores 4 4
Look Up Word pins 4 5
Look Up Word pion 4 5
Look Up Word pions 5 12
Look Up Word ponce 5 14
Look Up Word pons 4 5
Look Up Word pony 4 7
Look Up Word pore 4 5
Look Up Word pores 5 12
Look Up Word porn 4 5
Look Up Word porny 5 16
Look Up Word reforge 7 48
Look Up Word refs 4 7
Look Up Word reges 5 14
Look Up Word regret 6 24
Look Up Word regrew 6 36
Look Up Word rems 4 5
Look Up Word resh 4 5
Look Up Word ropy 4 7
Look Up Word sere 4 4
Look Up Word serf 4 7
Look Up Word serge 5 14
Look Up Word snip 4 5
Look Up Word snore 5 10
Look Up Word snorer 6 18
Look Up Word terce 5 12
Look Up Word term 4 5
Look Up Word terms 5 12
Look Up Word tern 4 4
Look Up Word tiger 5 14
Look Up Word tigers 6 24
Look Up Word tref 4 7
Look Up Word twig 4 10
Look Up Word were 4 8
Look Up Word wite 4 8
Look Up Word wites 5 18
Look Up Word yoni 4 6
Look Up Word yore 4 6
Look Up Word yores 5 14

81 words 4 928 pts

5:47 am

ivesyj

sorry !! dont know what i did but sure is long lol

5:51 am

MollyL

You accidentally copied your word list and pasted it in the grid. Free clues galore.

5:52 am

ivesyj

no idea how that happened. but have a ball lol. sorry people.

6:07 am

ivesyj

clue for the first me 6 plz

6:08 am

ursh

starts like the me 5/18

6:09 am

ivesyj

ty ursh!

7:03 am

NalaGala

Fino

7:31 am

rururocks

I'm guessing this will be known as the Ivesy grid for babble history

8:04 am

hokie carla

not scrolling down I guess

8:05 am

hokie carla

13 left from last night

8:25 am

hokie carla

stuck with 9 now. 2-5-1-1

8:28 am

hokie carla

iii N PP FF M

8:37 am

BzznBea

Now when someone wants a clue, we can say 5:46am. tsk

8:39 am

Scrabbler

Haha. Too funny.

8:47 am

hurshy

did ivesy post all the words or something?

8:48 am

BzznBea

yes

8:48 am

hurshy

o dear

8:49 am

rururocks

all of the easier words yes

8:49 am

hurshy

off to work, ttfn

8:59 am

MollyL

I think Ivesy was trying to navigate the new Expert for Mac computers and it backfired.

9:02 am

rururocks

I swear to god if MKG asks for clues today :D

9:03 am

MollyL

Count on it

9:19 am

BzznBea

LOL!

9:51 am

mkg

nice ruru. nice.

10:43 am

periwinkle2

hi all. is the first pi5 a regular word?

10:44 am

rururocks

I mean MKG they are all there in the chat thanks to Ivesy

10:46 am

hpb

peri, yes, it's a kind of tree

10:46 am

periwinkle2

hmm not seeing it

10:48 am

hpb

it could also be two words, what you do with a brooch

10:48 am

periwinkle2

thank you!

10:59 am

hpb

clue for the first eg5?

11:00 am

hpb

nm - fireworks!

11:02 am

sajarn

phantom: kismet

11:07 am

Book Doctor Gwen

morning, evening, afternoon, all, diving in

11:07 am

Trifioso

hello friends. So, I am supposed to be sewing, but taking a babble break. Super irritated with one of my machines right now...stroll over to the grid, and here is that very machine, taunting me from the third column. Sigh. There is no escape

11:09 am

hurshy

lol o dear trif

11:09 am

ch1212

I feel your pain, Trif. I have a regular Singer workhorse (yours would flummox me) and get very annoyed when it acts up.

11:12 am

Trifioso

I was just given an industrial sewing machine, with a cabinet - the thing is a BEAST. I have only done small projects on it so far - trying to make it less scary, so I won't just avoid it

11:13 am

ch1212

Wow. I admire your determination.

11:13 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

11:13 am

Trifioso

go gwen, go!

11:13 am

Trifioso

I wish it was dedication - it is more digital preservation, I think

11:18 am

Trifioso

missing one i word....oof

11:18 am

hurshy

2 here - running out of ideas to try

11:19 am

penquis

wonder why serger is not accepted....

11:19 am

hurshy

aHA got pair of ik words

11:19 am

hurshy

the in7 is the best of them trif, did you get that

11:20 am

LuvWordGames

I need that in 7, could you please clue it? I know the 1st 5 letters but can't get the last 2

11:20 am

hurshy

big big fire

11:20 am

LuvWordGames

duh, thanks hursh!

11:21 am

hurshy

i need an N next to that too, have no5/14

11:21 am

LuvWordGames

no 5/12

11:21 am

hurshy

ah thanks

11:21 am

LuvWordGames

I need the no 5/14

11:22 am

hurshy

phantom: pylon

11:22 am

hurshy

it's sciencey, luv

11:23 am

LuvWordGames

thanks, looking

11:23 am

MollyL

No5/14 ends like what LP records are made of

11:23 am

LuvWordGames

thanks molly, tried those letters but switched around

11:23 am

Book Doctor Gwen

a california city that everyone make fun on -- no points *-(

11:24 am

hurshy

phantom: ferry

11:25 am

Trifioso

ahhh! There it is! Thank you!

11:25 am

Trifioso

penquis, that word is the devil, that is why it is not accepted.

11:26 am

penquis

LOL...

11:26 am

penquis

i just know my sister-in-law has one...

11:26 am

Trifioso

mine is currently very, very angry at me, and skipping stitches at will. could have something to do with the dog knocking it over, but I digress....

11:27 am

Trifioso

the new industrial machine I have is INSANE - it is one massive piece of cast iron. The dog will NOT be knocking it over.

11:27 am

Book Doctor Gwen

fresno -- why does every one make fun of fresno?

11:28 am

Trifioso

I have no idea, gwen. I remember Jack Benny ranking on Pismo Beach too

11:29 am

hurshy

Fs are kinda hard

11:29 am

penquis

missing 5 Fs...

11:29 am

hurshy

same

11:29 am

Trifioso

I mostly just use the one f word....

11:29 am

hurshy

first col grey!

11:30 am

Trifioso

yay for hurshy!

11:30 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Detroit used to have its own late-night movie host weirdo. He alsways made fun of Parma, Ohio

11:30 am

Trifioso

Im trying to be more orderly in solving, inspired by some of you....i went down the first column, up the second, and now trying to go down the third

11:30 am

hurshy

makes people feel better to put down someone/somewhere else

11:30 am

Book Doctor Gwen

of course, any part of Ohio is fair game, in Michigan LOL

11:31 am

Trifioso

I went to Ohio state for my undergrads. Feel free to make fun of all parts of Ohio.

11:31 am

Book Doctor Gwen

yes, Trig, I do LOL

11:31 am

Book Doctor Gwen

oops, Trif

11:31 am

Trifioso

I do to.

11:31 am

Trifioso

too

11:31 am

Trifioso

And it is worse now! I would not go there for free.

11:32 am

Trifioso

no one with a uterus should go near the place

11:32 am

Book Doctor Gwen

I have driven cross country many time, and driven across Nebraska. it is more interesting than Ohio

11:32 am

hurshy

anyone got the right col R word?

11:32 am

penquis

it's an again word....re 7

11:32 am

Trifioso

yes hurshy - to fire in the furnace again

11:33 am

Book Doctor Gwen

just found that one. re7/48, to make something in a blacksmith's shop or with an arc-welder, again

11:33 am

hurshy

ah thanks

11:34 am

hurshy

and that got me four of my five Fs! lol

11:34 am

hurshy

aha and there's the last one, woot, all rows but 4th row are now grey!

11:34 am

Book Doctor Gwen

last month I was on the dreaded Ohio Turnpike, ugh

11:35 am

penquis

go, hursh...10 here....

11:35 am

Trifioso

"Foncy" is fun to say - like a little kid pretending to be posh

11:35 am

Trifioso

gwen, driving across the USA in on my bucket lilst

11:35 am

Trifioso

list

11:35 am

hurshy

i've done it

11:36 am

Book Doctor Gwen

if you like history, nebraska has a cool national Park, all about homesteading. if you hate history, stay away LOL

11:36 am

Book Doctor Gwen

the key to driving across the country -- start in Michigan. Just do one half at a time

11:37 am

Trifioso

2 more fs to find....

11:37 am

hurshy

2 more words to find

11:37 am

hurshy

R and G

11:37 am

Trifioso

well, I live in massachusetts, gwen, so I would have to drive to michigan first....

11:37 am

Book Doctor Gwen

German: "fertig" means ready

11:37 am

penquis

i have all the Gs and they are normal....

11:38 am

hurshy

yes got it

11:38 am

Book Doctor Gwen

maybe you have friend in Michigan whee you could stop for a day or too. or any central-ish state

11:38 am

penquis

missing one central R....

11:38 am

hurshy

now i just need an R5 from the fourth row

11:38 am

hurshy

aha got that too, done!

11:38 am

penquis

congrats....stats for the central R?....missing one...

11:39 am

Trifioso

huzzah for hurshy!

11:39 am

penquis

i think i have three fours from that R...

11:39 am

Book Doctor Gwen

re5/14? weird word, a plural, maybe

11:39 am

penquis

i have that one....from a different R...

11:40 am

hurshy

re6/36

11:40 am

penquis

ty....

11:40 am

penquis

got it....

11:40 am

penquis

have to go....bbl for the last 9...bye all....

11:41 am

Trifioso

r's routed, hurrah!

11:42 am

Trifioso

I am missing one f, and I am at the point of just banging the keys

11:42 am

Book Doctor Gwen

may the fo5 be with you

11:43 am

Trifioso

lol thanks, had that one

11:43 am

hurshy

person who does it?

11:44 am

hurshy

or adjective based on the plant perhaps?

11:44 am

hurshy

very LAST f word is an fr5/16

11:46 am

Trifioso

that is the one, hurshy, thank you, will look

11:47 am

Trifioso

f's flaunted! must run....be back to finish last 5. Thank you!

11:51 am

hokie carla

rehi

11:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

found another word! 35 to go

12:04 pm

hokie carla

I have found no new words, still 9 left. I must have babble blindness now.

12:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

you got that far?? Way better than me!

12:06 pm

hokie carla

it was fairly easy to this point. don't think I really made up any except for in the k's

12:13 pm

hokie carla

found a word!

12:14 pm

hokie carla

and another!

12:14 pm

hokie carla

2-4-1

12:15 pm

hokie carla

oh, there's a plural I missed. that's what I get for playing late at night on my ipad.

12:18 pm

hokie carla

and there's a 4 I know I did

12:18 pm

hokie carla

1-3-1

12:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

Oy 24 to go, and 10 tiles still missing one to four words. breaktime for me. night all

12:18 pm

hokie carla

bye

12:20 pm

hokie carla

another plural

12:21 pm

hokie carla

1-2-1 I N P M back to work.

12:22 pm

hokie carla

well, there's my 4 - the I. I swear I had that.

12:23 pm

hokie carla

found the N. now I'm afraid to step away.

12:23 pm

hokie carla

there's the P. now just M6.

12:27 pm

hokie carla

well, now I am going to have to let that one stew. not sure how many me6 combos I haven't tried. TTFN.

1:04 pm

parisla

@LicketySplitAUS. I was able to download the Mac app, push it from downloads to the apps folder, but I couldn't open it. The error message was "Apple could not verify "Babble Expert" is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy". The only two options were "done" and "move to trash".

1:13 pm

MollyL

Try emailing Lickety, he doesn't always read here.

1:19 pm

hokie carla

you can bypass it, parisla. I have had to before. there are several steps so might be easier to google "mac won't download due to apple not being able to verify". that brought up the steps for me.

1:21 pm

hokie carla

if that doesn't bring them up and you want more help, I can post on my profile later how to or you can email me in the address in my profile. gotta run now for golf!

1:44 pm

welki

thanks, hokie - got it opened

2:07 pm

Sugrraleona

anyone get the no5/14? I have the no5/12

2:07 pm

Sugrraleona

nevermind, found it - and fireworks

2:15 pm

cybernan

good afternoon

2:22 pm

Trifioso

hello friends. back for my last word

2:24 pm

periwinkle2

send no5 please

2:24 pm

Trifioso

FIREWORKS! wOOT WOOT

2:24 pm

cybernan

looking for that one too, peri

2:25 pm

Trifioso

Peri, that was my last word - sounds science-y

2:25 pm

cybernan

ty trif

2:26 pm

Trifioso

Today was the 48th grid I have finished without a list. I am excited to think 50 is on the radar

2:26 pm

MollyL

no5/14 ends like what an LP record is made of

2:26 pm

periwinkle2

ty Molly

2:26 pm

MollyL

Peri, I miss your flower

2:27 pm

periwinkle2

I need to look for one again

2:28 pm

periwinkle2

9 left 3 are g words

2:30 pm

cybernan

done - can't believe I missed Dante

2:31 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone

2:32 pm

periwinkle2

found the d words

2:39 pm

periwinkle2

5 left.one O, 2F and 2i

2:40 pm

periwinkle2

and stuck

2:40 pm

periwinkle2

in6/18 please

2:42 pm

periwinkle2

no I need in6/27 please

2:45 pm

periwinkle2

I have that one too

2:53 pm

periwinkle2

and done!!! first fireworks since my return

6:33 pm

hokie carla

woot! well done, peri

6:50 pm

hokie carla

not sure I am going to be able to pull off the unassisted finish

7:07 pm

MollyL

Oh no!

7:07 pm

hokie carla

I know

7:07 pm

hokie carla

I assume it's me6, can't think of an ms, mr, or mm

7:10 pm

MollyL

One who dispenses me5/18

7:10 pm

hokie carla

geez, thanks

7:10 pm

hokie carla

I think I tried every 6 letter combo but that

7:14 pm

hokie carla

ps - a lot of thread is me6-ized so I probably should have seen that

9:11 pm

licketySplitAUS

Hey everyone, I've made some changes to the Babble Expert - it's even better than ever. For those who already grabbed it - please get the latest and from then on you should get updates automatically. I've also uploaded a YouTube video of me using it on the Self Serve page too - so you can see what it's all about. I've created my own AtoZ word lists and if you can on words and they go straight to the grid.

9:30 pm

Jacula

Brilliant. Thanks, lickety.x

10:07 pm

licketySplitAUS

Only took me 20 years to create an Apple Mac version :)

11:36 pm

Rainiqui

where would I find Babble Expert ?

11:42 pm

licketySplitAUS

Hey Rainiqui - if you go to the clues page and find the "Self Serve"" link - have a look there - there is a video about it and also downloads for Babble Expert too

11:42 pm

licketySplitAUS

Current version is V3.1.2.0. Got some great features to make finishing grids more fun.

11:43 pm

Rainiqui

Thanks a bunch !

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