Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, October 20, 2026

12:01 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:05 am

Robespierre

Καλιμέρα!

12:06 am

ursh

hello all

12:07 am

dizgrannie

hi all, twas merrily typing away and then realised oh der refresh...lol

12:07 am

Robespierre

pr 8

12:08 am

Robespierre

al 8

12:14 am

Gillie

hi

12:14 am

Gillie

al7 x 2

12:14 am

Gillie

te7 x 2

12:14 am

SummerBreeze44

di 9

12:15 am

Gillie

sh7 (offensive)

12:15 am

Robespierre

sc 8

12:17 am

cybernan

hi Gillie - how did the vote go?

12:17 am

Robespierre

di 10

12:18 am

Gillie

Oh - I haven't checked yet

12:19 am

Gillie

76% so far to remain, other questions are a bit more evenly split

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

TY Lickety

12:20 am

pcal2

di8

12:20 am

Gillie

76% is a bit lower than I've been seeing in the polls

12:25 am

dizgrannie

di 10

12:26 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:26 am

Gillie

di8 x 2

12:27 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:29 am

ursh

z ?

12:29 am

dizgrannie

ze 6

12:29 am

ursh

thanks

12:31 am

dizgrannie

yw

12:34 am

cybernan

guess it depended on the turnout

12:35 am

cybernan

stats for the i please?

12:35 am

Rainiqui

in 5?10

12:36 am

Gillie

turnout was quite high, from the sounds of it

12:36 am

cybernan

ty - babble blindness has set in.

12:36 am

Rainiqui

yw Nan

12:37 am

cybernan

surprising that it was lower than expected then

12:39 am

cybernan

Enough for me for tonight -- see you tomorrow

6:48 am

bichon

Alberta voted to stay in Canada

7:01 am

FrenchToast

Fireworks !

7:35 am

MollyL

Where was Alberta going?

7:43 am

ivesyj

clue for the first sh 7 plz

7:44 am

dizgrannie

add ey to the sh 5

7:45 am

ivesyj

ty diz!

7:45 am

dizgrannie

yw and then ie at the end

8:22 am

godthaab

molly - Exactly!

8:25 am

godthaab

robespierre: Chaire (I could not find Greek text)

8:28 am

phaeton

alberta was voting to remain part of Canada or become independent

8:29 am

rururocks

they'd just have welki run the country

8:31 am

Kaplan the Magne

Sh*****, really?

8:56 am

MollyL

I really can't see one province in Canada operating as an independent country.

9:11 am

Madyh

Not exactly a vote to leave. A vote on whether to hold a vote to leave

9:40 am

mkg

any help with the di words welcome. are they chemicals or ?????????

9:43 am

mkg

got the two di 8s....but not the 9 or 10

9:44 am

mkg

ooh just found the 10. so ignore my clue request. ty.

9:47 am

mkg

got the 9 too. ty

10:11 am

rururocks

HI Ori.. check your email this am if you can please.

10:17 am

origami

Hi ru

10:48 am

rururocks

did you see the house link?

10:53 am

origami

Yes. I responded. It

10:54 am

origami

is perfect

11:12 am

MollyL

Name that proper noun...Irish fairy folk

11:19 am

bichon

Molly, I usually use Expert. The found words no longer go to the clues

11:20 am

penquis

they go for me...did you install the latest version?

11:20 am

penquis

to tell you the truth....when i am done, i just refresh the regular babble page and they appear....

11:20 am

bichon

I haven't and how do I do that?

11:21 am

MollyL

Bichon, check in with Lickety on Expert issues.

11:21 am

penquis

the new version was released within the last frew days...

11:21 am

bichon

ty

11:21 am

penquis

have you installed any new version in the last few weeks?

11:22 am

bichon

How do I contact him?

11:22 am

penquis

licketysplitAUS@gmail.com...

11:23 am

bichon

thanks

11:23 am

penquis

yw...the new version is quite nice....

11:56 am

hurshy

are all the G words GA?

11:57 am

penquis

yes...

11:57 am

hurshy

ok ty

11:57 am

hokie carla

only found 4?

11:57 am

hurshy

5

11:57 am

hokie carla

oh, I just found another

11:57 am

hurshy

3 of which form a set

11:58 am

hokie carla

same

11:58 am

penquis

i know there is a ga 8 because I peeked at the longest words....i don't have it...

11:58 am

hurshy

oh ok cool

11:58 am

hokie carla

def don't have

11:59 am

hurshy

but at least now we know what it is

12:06 pm

hokie carla

phantom hotelier

12:06 pm

hokie carla

and as usual I will complain about omission of hiree

12:07 pm

hurshy

i have such a talent for getting all-but-one of things

12:07 pm

penquis

found it....mineral ending....

12:07 pm

hurshy

thanks pen

12:07 pm

penquis

yw...

12:08 pm

hokie carla

got it, thc

12:08 pm

hokie carla

thx

12:08 pm

penquis

yw...

12:13 pm

hokie carla

well, 40 for later. did not get to HOET.

12:13 pm

penquis

36 here....

12:13 pm

hurshy

phantom: eterne

12:13 pm

penquis

missing some Ss for HOET....

12:13 pm

ch1212

44 for later for me. Leaving to get my COVID booster and my annual flu shot. Good health to all!

12:13 pm

hokie carla

I need the i and single e on 4th row

12:14 pm

hokie carla

thanks, ch. need to get mine too.

12:14 pm

hurshy

i got my vaccines already - ON THE SAME DAY WIL WHEATON GOT HIS!

12:14 pm

hurshy

in5

12:14 pm

hurshy

et6

12:15 pm

penquis

hah....getting my covid shot tomorrow....got the flu shot last week...

12:15 pm

hokie carla

I'm just getting flu since the last covid one made me feel horrible

12:15 pm

ch1212

hushy I follow him too on facebook. :D

12:15 pm

hurshy

that might not mean the next one will tho hokie, things are weird like that

12:16 pm

hokie carla

I know. you never know. have also been putting off shingles shot because I've heard mixed things on it.

12:16 pm

hokie carla

madagascar mammal alert!

12:16 pm

penquis

well since i have known people who died from covid and i have a sister-in-law in cancer treatment, i take no chances....

12:16 pm

hurshy

i've heard VERY bad things about actually HAVING shingles so i plan to get it

12:16 pm

hurshy

did you see my hints for you hokie for the singles you requested

12:16 pm

penquis

i know people who have had shingles, too.....horrible thing.....

12:16 pm

hokie carla

yes, I have had shingles. it's not a picnic.

12:17 pm

hokie carla

I did not see hints, will scroll down

12:17 pm

Buggie

I need to go book my flu/covid shots

12:17 pm

hokie carla

I'm honestly not sure I can get covid shot here in sc

12:17 pm

penquis

good....

12:17 pm

penquis

that's weird, carla....

12:17 pm

hokie carla

duh, that i was twisty

12:18 pm

hurshy

phantom: hernia

12:18 pm

hokie carla

as was the E, thanks hursh

12:18 pm

hurshy

the E next to that, i have el4 but need the other one

12:19 pm

penquis

both fours...

12:19 pm

bichon

I got my flu and Covid shot yesterday

12:19 pm

hurshy

no, i just found the other one and it was a five, pen

12:19 pm

penquis

good, bichon....

12:19 pm

penquis

oh...i was looking at the one above that...

12:20 pm

bichon

Shingle are very bad, painful

12:20 pm

periwinkle2

hi . I got my flu and covid shots last week on the same day

12:20 pm

hurshy

so hokie if you had shingles already can you still get it again?

12:20 pm

hokie carla

yes

12:21 pm

penquis

good, peri...

12:21 pm

hurshy

that sucks

12:21 pm

hokie carla

my neighbor at last house had it 3 times and they wouldn't give her the vaccine because she wasn't 50

12:21 pm

hurshy

bummer

12:21 pm

penquis

you have to wait a certain amount of time after having shingles before you can get the shot....

12:21 pm

hokie carla

it's just the chicken pox virus reactivating in your body, so it can reactivate again

12:22 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I think it's been maybe 8 years since I had it

12:22 pm

hokie carla

and I just checked, have to be 65 or a kid or health reasons to get covid shot in sc

12:23 pm

hokie carla

oh, gotta go. BBL

12:23 pm

bichon

Come to CT carla

12:23 pm

penquis

well that sucks....anyone of any age who has covid can give it to a vulnerable person....

12:23 pm

bichon

I've had Covid psneumonia

12:24 pm

penquis

yuck...

12:24 pm

hurshy

that's so rude

12:25 pm

penquis

but easty to do...unfortunately...

12:25 pm

hurshy

no i mean rude that they won't let ppl get the vaccine

12:25 pm

penquis

agreed...

12:25 pm

hurshy

well well if it isn't our old buddy te6/21

12:26 pm

penquis

yes...

12:27 pm

hurshy

but if i have those why am i still missing four Ts

12:27 pm

penquis

anyone want to guess my missing P?...

12:27 pm

hurshy

i would but i'm also missing a P

12:28 pm

penquis

probably the same one...

12:28 pm

hurshy

yeah

12:28 pm

hurshy

i have 2 fours and a set of three that go together

12:28 pm

penquis

same here.....

12:30 pm

hurshy

how about Y, i have ye4, yi4

12:32 pm

hurshy

ooh i found the 9!

12:32 pm

penquis

is that Di?

12:32 pm

hurshy

yes

12:33 pm

penquis

don't have it...saw it listed in the longer words...

12:33 pm

hurshy

i can just barely di7 the outline of the ship through the fog. but if i can, that makes me a di9.

12:34 pm

penquis

ty...

12:34 pm

hurshy

maybe the 10 is a T

12:34 pm

hurshy

or an S

12:34 pm

penquis

remember, i peeked....it's also di....

12:35 pm

hurshy

oh!

12:35 pm

hurshy

hmm

12:35 pm

hurshy

well it's not plural cause already used the S

12:35 pm

periwinkle2

pr8 or ga8 please

12:35 pm

hurshy

pr8 is people who pr5

12:35 pm

penquis

pr 8 is the pl of a "one who"....

12:35 pm

periwinkle2

do you need help with the di10 hursh

12:35 pm

penquis

ga 8 has a mineral ending...

12:36 pm

hurshy

well is it related to the 7 and 9 peri?

12:36 pm

periwinkle2

ty for pr8

12:36 pm

hurshy

oh no, i see, it goes with an 8!

12:36 pm

hurshy

got it

12:36 pm

periwinkle2

no

12:36 pm

periwinkle2

yay

12:36 pm

hurshy

ga8 = ancient medical man + that mineral ending pen mentioned

12:37 pm

hurshy

if that S were more left we might have prehensile

12:37 pm

penquis

the di 10 goes with a di 8?

12:37 pm

hurshy

yes

12:37 pm

periwinkle2

ty for ga8 new word for me

12:37 pm

penquis

ty....

12:38 pm

hurshy

Fours Finished! 10 words to go

12:39 pm

hurshy

well now i know the third Y isn't a four

12:44 pm

bichon

hint for di 8, pls

12:45 pm

penquis

rhymes with a substance like cement....

12:46 pm

bichon

tyvm pen

12:46 pm

penquis

yw....

12:46 pm

hurshy

and there is another di8 homophone of that

12:47 pm

penquis

of course, ty....

12:53 pm

hurshy

ok went to list and it says our missing P is another 8

12:54 pm

penquis

hmmm....

12:54 pm

hurshy

maybe this one is pre- as a prefix

12:55 pm

hurshy

yes, add the kidney word

12:55 pm

penquis

ty....

12:56 pm

hurshy

ah, and my Y was ye6/24, an infrequent babblet

12:57 pm

rbud

I have a pr 7/8 that is someone primping in front of the mirror, sort of. Grooming themselves.

12:57 pm

penquis

can you please clue it?

12:57 pm

penquis

yes, there is another pr 8....

12:58 pm

rbud

aha, thank you.

12:58 pm

penquis

hurshy just clued it...

12:59 pm

hurshy

um, idk how to clue the Y other than it is similar to the name of Humperdinck's security guy in the Princess Bride

1:00 pm

hurshy

oh i know, it rhymes with "la la la la la la la, ________ groovy"

1:00 pm

penquis

ty....found it....

1:01 pm

hurshy

which clue did you use?

1:01 pm

penquis

i googled your Princess Bride clue...

1:02 pm

penquis

google now has AI that works on stuff like that quite quickly....

1:03 pm

hurshy

i see

1:03 pm

penquis

i use Chrome so i just type in what i need into the URL line....

1:04 pm

hurshy

yeah i don't use google anymore because of the AI. i switched to duckduckgo's AI-free version. and i switched off Chrome to Vivaldi.

1:04 pm

penquis

ok...

1:06 pm

penquis

well i am stalled at 23, so it's time for a break....bye all...

1:06 pm

hurshy

ttfn pen

1:41 pm

welki

hi folks - just back from receiving flu/covid vaccinations.

1:44 pm

rbud

Hi! rest up for the afternoon, then - at least I would.

1:45 pm

welki

yep, had a few errands, treated ourselves to a nice breakfast and nothing else planned for the rest of the day :)

1:46 pm

rbud

wondering which company's covid vax you had, if you don't mind telling. Trying to pick a good one, been a while for me.

1:47 pm

rbud

the less side effects the better, of course, haha

1:49 pm

welki

spikevax

1:49 pm

welki

(that's a moderna product)

1:50 pm

welki

the pharmacist says it has protects against an extra variant, but by the time i walked out of the pharmacy, i'd bet there are two more that it doesn't protect against :D

1:52 pm

rbud

No doubt, haha! The same company I had before, though. thanks.

1:54 pm

welki

at my age, if there's a vaccine available, i'm there, in line and rolling up my sleeve

1:54 pm

welki

hern

1:54 pm

welki

oops - apologies

1:57 pm

rbud

I actually went and had a tetanus shot last year when the came to remodel my kitchen and bath on a grant for "aging n place" - I thought back and it had probably been 40 years since I'd had one. Boards with nails and such were everywhere for a little while.

1:58 pm

rbud

*they

2:04 pm

welki

makes absolute sense - proactive v reactive

2:35 pm

hokie carla

phantom hazel

2:36 pm

welki

and it doesn't take hazlet (uses an s, i guess) - hi, hokie!

2:36 pm

hokie carla

welki!

2:40 pm

hokie carla

today our golf course is closed so I did a run/walk. I found a prov1 just sitting on a tee box (I guess the workers found it and put it there) but wondering if I should take that as a sign to use that ball. LOL

2:40 pm

welki

you betcha! they're good balls!

2:41 pm

welki

mr welki uses pro v1x

2:41 pm

hokie carla

I know but not sure if they are for people of my skill level

2:41 pm

hokie carla

I think I do better with the prov1 than the x

2:41 pm

welki

it's all in your head. if you think it'll help, it will

2:41 pm

hokie carla

probably

2:41 pm

welki

but i get it - the way i hit a golf ball, i could use a ping pong ball for all the difference it would make

2:42 pm

hokie carla

my favorite is taylor made tour response stripe. I hit them pretty good and the stripe helps line the putts up.

2:43 pm

welki

this year, i liked taylor made tp5

2:43 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I have found some of those, plus that's what they use on our range. they're nice, but the tp5x is kinda crazy for me too.

2:44 pm

welki

hahaha - but only because they have tacos and hot peppers on them (they were given to me)

2:44 pm

hokie carla

nice

2:45 pm

hokie carla

my friend gave me a dino buddies ball (dino shaped chicken nuggets here) that was a prov1x and I lost it first time.

2:45 pm

welki

i don't lose many balls (again, because i can't hit a long drive no matter what), so if i find a ball i like, it's usually with me all season *lol*

2:46 pm

welki

that said, i have lost balls on the friggin' fairway!

2:46 pm

cybernan

good morning all

2:46 pm

hokie carla

I lose a buttload in the fall. harder to track it, and then sometimes you know exactly where it went but can't find it.

2:46 pm

hokie carla

hey nan

2:47 pm

welki

our course has been closed for a while now, but between the sun setting earlier and the leaves, it was a challenge the last couple of weeks

2:47 pm

welki

hello nan

2:47 pm

hokie carla

yeah, ours will not close. beauty of living in the south.

2:48 pm

hokie carla

phantom herein

2:48 pm

welki

we'll be heading south soon, so golf is in my not-so-distant future

2:49 pm

hokie carla

golf and warm weather!

2:51 pm

cybernan

I do miss those days - 3 winter months in the sun, playing golf

2:51 pm

welki

right now, our course is closed until mid-november for re-seeding, but i can wait :D

2:51 pm

cybernan

where do you go, welki?

2:51 pm

hokie carla

well, have managed to get to 20 left. 1-2-5-5-5-1-1 eek. going to the recycling center. TTFN

2:54 pm

cybernan

bah - most of those al words are bogus

2:55 pm

crosshair

Afternoon, Babblers. :) Just thought to myself that you have been playing Babble for a long time when you know exactly what the dh5 is. :)

2:56 pm

cybernan

lol - and its not english

2:57 pm

Shirlockc

and thx for that nudge crossy

2:57 pm

crosshair

:)

2:59 pm

crosshair

They are a bit bogus, Nan. Too bad that G was not a bit further down in the grid.

3:01 pm

cybernan

there was a 2nd di 8 called last night - have the 8-10 combo and a 7-9 --- anyone have a clue for the other 8

3:02 pm

Shirlockc

i wonder if my di8 is the single as i can't make that the 8-10

3:03 pm

cybernan

clue for the one you have please?

3:03 pm

BzznBea

homophone of the other di8

3:03 pm

Shirlockc

if so then my di8/50 = di + consonant + greek isle

3:04 pm

Shirlockc

aha! got the other one now

3:04 pm

cybernan

the 8- 10 combo is a homophone - do it quietly

3:05 pm

cybernan

😊

3:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

many word to go! hi all, diving in

3:24 pm

crosshair

Howdy, Gwen. :)

3:25 pm

cybernan

hi Gwen

3:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

caio, buds

3:29 pm

welki

sorry, nan, had to answer a couple of emails. we stay close to salome, which is about halfway between quartzsite and wickenburg

3:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey welk

3:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt, woot

3:32 pm

cybernan

ah - not an area we went to. Palm Desert was our bailiwick

3:36 pm

BzznBea

A clue for the sh7.32 after the bedding, please.

3:37 pm

cybernan

just found it -- another bogus word - comparative ending

3:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

running off, bye all, 60 to go

3:52 pm

welki

hi owl

3:57 pm

MollyL

I don't think of that sh7/32 as a bogus word. It's one who does the 5/12

4:32 pm

cybernan

does what, wash, wear, sew? It just doesnt make any sense at all

4:34 pm

cybernan

I dont think Ive ever seen as many bogus words as in this grid.

4:38 pm

cybernan

left ye 6, pr 8 and ga 8 -- goodness only knows what they are!

4:52 pm

Sugrraleona

cyber - ye6 ha ha ha - I just monkeyed and found it - y plus double vowel then air_ _ _ er - no idea what it means hope this helps

4:53 pm

MollyL

There are sh5/12s of many things. Fabric, concrete, paper.

5:59 pm

hokie carla

rehi - I believe I looked it up when we had it before and it was paper sheets, maybe even a machine for newspapers

6:29 pm

MollyL

Well, that is the direction I go too. Not just declare a word bogus, but look it up to see what the meaning might be.

6:31 pm

hokie carla

1. a worker that prepares or attends to sh5s (as in metallurgy or papermaking)

6:31 pm

hokie carla

2. a machine that makes sh5s

6:31 pm

hokie carla

from merriam-webster

7:08 pm

penquis

the new Babble Expert automatically imports my found words...very cool....

7:08 pm

penquis

listed for my last 22....

7:11 pm

hokie carla

so what you're telling me is I can play as normal - blind - and then when I'm ready for the list my words will be there? not sure how that's different than my current method of bulk adding to lickety's list when I'm ready to look.

7:12 pm

penquis

yes....i don't have to bulk add.....no copy and paste....the list just appears....

7:12 pm

penquis

and the words are entered on the left as well....

7:13 pm

hokie carla

I will watch the video

7:18 pm

penquis

well i breezed through....down to one...

7:21 pm

hokie carla

nice!

7:21 pm

penquis

done...there is even a list like Best Word List....you type in the first two letters and you find your word in a list...

7:21 pm

penquis

only thing that doesn't seem to work is send words to grid...but refreshing does that anyway....

7:22 pm

penquis

saves time, i think....

7:22 pm

penquis

and less typing...

7:23 pm

penquis

need anything before i go?

7:23 pm

hokie carla

last to6?

7:25 pm

penquis

has a "sort of" ending...

7:25 pm

penquis

dumb word....

7:25 pm

hokie carla

ah, thanks

7:25 pm

penquis

yw...anything else?

7:26 pm

hokie carla

well, I could probably keep you here all night. loooking for sc8. can just look it up.

7:26 pm

penquis

one who the previous word....

7:27 pm

hokie carla

hmm, thought I tried that. thanks

7:27 pm

penquis

yw...

7:33 pm

hokie carla

okay, I'm done

7:37 pm

penquis

congrats...

7:37 pm

penquis

heading out....goodnight all....

10:28 pm

harpjane

found a bird

11:09 pm

CiociaJudy

Hotel

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