Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, October 16, 2026

12:03 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:04 am

MetFan

Howdy Raini - no need to refresh tonight

12:04 am

ursh

hello all

12:04 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:04 am

Rainiqui

I know eh ?

12:05 am

licketySplitAUS

That was a bit glitchy on the load at the Babble End! Hey everyone - just wanted to let you all know I've given the Babble Expert some love, and now we have a new version for PC and MAC. You can get it by looking at the video / links on the Self Serve Clues link from my Clues page - look down on the right column you'll see Babble Expert links.

12:06 am

licketySplitAUS

And for those who grabbed it yesterday make sure you get the latest and greatest for all the new cool features. V3.1.2.0 is the latest - but check the video first if you want to see what it can do now.

12:06 am

MetFan

Thanks Lickety - I've wanted Expert for some time, ut it seemed too confusing to download

12:07 am

licketySplitAUS

Unfortunately you will have to "Trust" it, as I haven't been able to get it digitally signed by Microsoft or Apple.

12:09 am

cybernan

will try it - ty lickety

12:10 am

ursh

so if we grabbed it yesterday - how do we upgrade ?

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

Gillie

hi - so7

12:19 am

MetFan

Thanks again, Lickety

12:19 am

Gillie

anc co7

12:19 am

Gillie

*and co7

12:19 am

MetFan

sh8

12:20 am

SuzeeQ24

id7

12:22 am

pcal2

da 7

12:23 am

pcal2

ro7

12:23 am

Gillie

ri7

12:25 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, th 9 kinda weird

12:25 am

crayola

qu8

12:26 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs - agreed, rain

12:26 am

dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs

12:28 am

Rainiqui

gnit

12:42 am

licketySplitAUS

ursh - just download again and install, it'll overwrite it.

12:43 am

licketySplitAUS

But once you do it this time, you won't need to do it again - any updates will be automatic

12:43 am

licketySplitAUS

But i don't think I'll need to update - it seems perfect to me now

12:44 am

ursh

Thanks Lickety seems fine now

12:52 am

Gillie

th7

1:28 am

ursh

some really weird words in this grid - finding it difficult

2:13 am

Jacula

What's the address for the youtube viedo? I can't find it.

2:13 am

Jacula

*video, I meant.

2:16 am

Jacula

dirt

2:16 am

Jacula

OOps! Sorry.

2:40 am

licketySplitAUS

youtu.be/IBgTrBk35uI?si=-lsGmvhZ-UGfKO
Pe

2:41 am

licketySplitAUS

youtu.be/IBgTrBk35uI?si=XsSDq56j8_ZSAj
zv

2:43 am

licketySplitAUS

In YouTube search for BabbleExpert Walkthrough

2:44 am

licketySplitAUS

But there is also a link on the Self serve clues page

5:23 am

dpomfr

What / where is the self serve clues page

5:32 am

MollyL

Link at the top of the Lickety's Babble Clues page

5:33 am

MollyL

The video is very helpful. Once again, Lickety is our hero.

6:01 am

Book Doctor Gwen

may I join you?

6:14 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

6:31 am

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom guitar

8:03 am

bethanyej

lickety you have made my day

8:29 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

8:32 am

hokie carla

oh, first word - our favorite word for snappy, pissy, etc

8:32 am

hokie carla

now back to the top

8:34 am

hokie carla

yuck, definitely don't like all the vowels in the top left

8:38 am

phaeton

me neither...still don't have the second E

8:38 am

hokie carla

same

8:39 am

hokie carla

oh, en6

8:42 am

hokie carla

the g seems grueling

8:43 am

hokie carla

phantom guitar

8:44 am

hokie carla

okay, struggling with every tile I come to. maybe I'll be more awake after tennis.

8:45 am

BzznBea

Would a phantom guitar be an air guitar?

8:45 am

phaeton

have fun

8:45 am

hokie carla

deep

8:46 am

hokie carla

well, I remembered ia6 too, so I got that going for me

8:46 am

hokie carla

thanks, phae

9:11 am

periwinkle2

morning all help with either E pleae

9:11 am

periwinkle2

please even

9:12 am

penquis

left E....ea 6....ends in a gerund....

9:12 am

penquis

also ei 5 looks like a pl but no singular....a babblet we see fairly often....

9:13 am

periwinkle2

ty for ea6

9:13 am

penquis

i don't have any words yet for the second E....

9:13 am

periwinkle2

thank you!

9:13 am

penquis

yw...

9:14 am

periwinkle2

not liking this grid

9:15 am

penquis

me either....have to leave now.....bye all....

9:16 am

BzznBea

ea6 is intake of nourishment

9:16 am

penquis

hmmm....

9:16 am

penquis

is that the word with the gerund that i clued?

9:16 am

BzznBea

corner e is ei5.12

9:17 am

BzznBea

yes.

9:17 am

penquis

yes, i clued that, too....

9:17 am

penquis

what about the second E.....

9:17 am

BzznBea

en6.21

9:17 am

penquis

ty....gotta run....

9:21 am

maccafixx

ni 7/32?

9:22 am

BzznBea

plual of the ni6.21

9:23 am

maccafixx

ty!

9:29 am

phaeton

di8?

9:33 am

BzznBea

ends with the muscle twitch suffix

9:35 am

hurshy

morning babblers!

9:39 am

hurshy

too bad that's -oin instead of -ion

9:40 am

hurshy

of such stuff are phantoms made

9:42 am

hurshy

i can't even with this G

9:42 am

BzznBea

4 of them are gu

9:43 am

hurshy

ok

9:43 am

hurshy

i have the other one, and one of the gu

9:43 am

hurshy

ooh got a 6 now

9:50 am

hurshy

phantom: anguish

9:53 am

phaeton

help with the last gu6/27?

9:53 am

hurshy

the last one is a plural

9:53 am

phaeton

ty

9:56 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! dickens novel "Little _____"

9:59 am

BzznBea

Dorrit

9:59 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:01 am

BzznBea

phantom torrid

10:03 am

BzznBea

Once you get past the top row, things go pretty quickly.

10:04 am

hurshy

i'm currently finding a variety of T words

10:05 am

hurshy

ooh, including the 9

10:07 am

BzznBea

Isn't that a weird one? I can only think of it as being a penalty in some sport.

10:08 am

BzznBea

Or just another stupid word from the enable geeks.

10:08 am

hurshy

might be singing from the th6

10:09 am

BzznBea

Oaky. It is also a term used in architecture and agriculture.

10:10 am

hurshy

humans have lived such varied lives and lifestyles

10:10 am

mkg

that th 9 is killer. not getting it at all. wow. i am sure i dont know it and it is so frustrating. oh well.

10:11 am

hurshy

you can have strep th6. just make it a gerund.

10:11 am

BzznBea

uses the gerund, mkg

10:11 am

mkg

wow.......amazing that i didnt see that at all. ty. got it in two miliseconds from that amazing clue. ty.

10:12 am

mkg

ty for fantastic clues hurshy and bea.

10:13 am

BzznBea

I think you don't give yourself much credit in findling the large words.

10:14 am

mkg

well i got the 7s and 8s at least. but i didnt see the th6. .

10:14 am

BzznBea

Think about the 9

10:15 am

hurshy

she sees is NOW, she just means she didn't see it before the clues

10:15 am

BzznBea

ah...

10:15 am

mkg

ty ladies

10:15 am

BzznBea

mkg needs to slow down and enjoy the ride.

10:17 am

mkg

niro

10:17 am

mkg

ooops

10:17 am

mkg

sorry

10:18 am

hurshy

now that's irony for you

10:19 am

mkg

true so true.

10:20 am

hurshy

phantom: critiquing

10:24 am

hurshy

yikes, 2-3-1-7

10:30 am

mkg

it always amazes me what yiddish words are counted and what arent. the word nisht in yiddish should for sure be in the grid. it isnt.

10:31 am

BzznBea

What does it mean?

10:32 am

mkg

"dont, as in dont talk: nisht reden.

10:33 am

BzznBea

thanks

10:34 am

mkg

or nisht bigel yetzt, dont iron yet. my yiddish is no longer so great since i have hardly spoken since my grandparents died in the 1960s and early 70s. but so many words are included that it suprises me when some arent.

10:35 am

BzznBea

You don't teach it to your grandchildren?

10:35 am

mkg

i wonder who decides which to count and which not to count. is it dr god?

10:36 am

BzznBea

It's the editors of the Enable dictionary.

10:37 am

mkg

when i was a kid i never knew which words were yiddish and which were english. i was made fun of by kids in school for this confusion. I would say "we are having luckshun and cheese for lunch" and they would laugh and tell me that i was crazy and wrong. we were having maccaroni and cheese. and i never heard of maccaroni.....so i would argue with them and not realize luckshun was noodles as was maccaroni.

10:38 am

mkg

and that was when they were nice to me and not calling me a dirty jew!

10:38 am

rururocks

oh wow

10:38 am

BzznBea

I'm so sorry that happened.

10:38 am

mkg

i am probably one of few jews who arent at all suprised by the anti semitism going on now.

10:40 am

BzznBea

Thanks for sharing this, mkg. I'd love to hear more. But it is time to drive momma to the doctor.

10:42 am

mkg

hope mama has a good visit. if you want to hear more email me at minkagoldstein@gmail.com.

10:43 am

mkg

well cant find the N bottom corner nor the o bottom corner. darn. help welcome

10:47 am

hurshy

ni4/5

10:48 am

mkg

ty!

10:48 am

mkg

got it

10:49 am

mkg

and got the other bottom corner as well. done for the day.....ty all for the clues.

10:53 am

mkg

i just looked up the th 9 word. i didnt know the th 6 was a verb. bizarre. i learn something from the grid.

11:20 am

harpjane

found a teeny insect

12:12 pm

hokie carla

rehowdy

12:14 pm

hokie carla

outro not counted

12:31 pm

clg47

help for the ni 6, ni7 please

12:32 pm

clg47

never mind

12:52 pm

ivesyj

clue for the gu 5 plz

12:54 pm

ivesyj

got it

2:38 pm

harpjane

What are the stats for the upper (lone) E please?

2:38 pm

penquis

en 6/21...

2:39 pm

harpjane

thanks

2:43 pm

penquis

yw...

2:51 pm

LuvWordGames

I just installed the latest version of Babble Expert and watched Lickety's YouTube video explaining how to use it and the new features. He's made some nice improvements and fixed it so you can once again send words you've entered into Babble to Lickety's Babble Expert clues page. Most excellent! Thanks so much Lickety :-)

2:51 pm

penquis

is that for Macs?

2:52 pm

LuvWordGames

He's made a version for Mac too but I use Windows. I would assume they work the same.

2:52 pm

penquis

i use windows....is the link on the lickety page?

2:52 pm

penquis

i have been using Expert with a workaround code....but it is not as good as it used to be...

2:53 pm

LuvWordGames

yes, go to the lickety page, then click on "Self Serve Clues"

2:53 pm

penquis

ok, thanks....

2:53 pm

LuvWordGames

On the right side of that, there's a panel and you can download Mac or Windows Babble Expert

2:53 pm

MollyL

Considering Lickety does all this with no compensation, he's a good guy. People can still drop him some thank you dollars at his PayPal account.

2:54 pm

LuvWordGames

You can also watch the video from the link on that page

2:55 pm

penquis

so the words are now in alphabetical order?

2:55 pm

LuvWordGames

I've never had a problem on Babble Expert with the words not being in alphabetical order

2:56 pm

penquis

well i thought the last time i clicked on self-serve clues, the words were not in alphabetical order...

2:56 pm

MollyL

Lickety fixed that

2:57 pm

penquis

so it seems...

2:57 pm

LuvWordGames

and you only need to go to the self serve clues page to access the links to download Babble Expert

2:57 pm

penquis

ty, luv...

2:59 pm

LuvWordGames

I just discovered a new feature on the new Babble Expert. You can resize this chat box.

2:59 pm

penquis

oh that's nice...

3:00 pm

LuvWordGames

And it's really cool how you can look up words from his resources and when you find the word you can click on it and will go directly to Babble and Babble Expert

3:01 pm

penquis

you can look up definitions?

3:02 pm

LuvWordGames

I don't know about that

3:02 pm

penquis

ah....didn't understand what "you can look up words" means....

3:04 pm

LuvWordGames

on the resources drop down, it shows 4 thru 12 letter words. When you click on the list for 4 letter words say and you find the word you're looking for you click on it and it populates into Babble and Babble Expert

3:05 pm

penquis

so you don't need to use something like Morewords or Best Word list?

3:07 pm

LuvWordGames

you still can. You'd probably understand this better if you watched his YouTube video because he demonstrates everything.

3:07 pm

penquis

ok....thanks for the info....

3:08 pm

MollyL

It sounds like new and improved Expert solves the grid for you 😊

3:08 pm

penquis

hah...

3:10 pm

LuvWordGames

it still requires thinking but just less typing

3:11 pm

penquis

well the nice thing about Babble is that people can set their own parameters around how difficult the game is....no list or help at all....asking for stats....asking for clues....using morewords or best word list....etc...

3:12 pm

LuvWordGames

so true pen

3:18 pm

Kamanjah

I just tried Expert and used his little box to add a word. Babble tells me I already entered it if I type it in, but it is not in my word list. Babble shows I have 135 words and Expert shows I have 136.
Has anyone else run into this?

3:18 pm

penquis

well i listed and still have 11 to find...saving them for later...bye all....

3:19 pm

Kamanjah

Reloading the Babble page gave me the word.

3:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phanom donut

3:34 pm

rururocks

we already glazed over that phantom

3:37 pm

MollyL

People like to dunkin to them again.

3:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yum yum glazed donuts

3:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom entity

4:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet, woot! and no points for AUGH, augh!!!

4:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

39 to go, night all

4:57 pm

FrenchToast

Fireworks! My last word was au7

6:41 pm

periwinkle2

help with any or the 9 please

6:41 pm

periwinkle2

only have one 7

6:45 pm

periwinkle2

giving up

7:11 pm

MollyL

It's a hideous grid

7:26 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I've decided to leave 94 in the bucket

8:10 pm

rururocks

quitters...

9:39 pm

cybernan

hello everyone

9:50 pm

cybernan

not seeing french's au 7

9:52 pm

Lewandjoy

Phantom cirrhotic

10:37 pm

cybernan

leaving 13 - not a friendly one for me

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