Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, January 6, 2026

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:01 am

justafreep

happy flip!

12:01 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:04 am

dizgrannie

HI, HO 7

12:04 am

dizgrannie

hose

12:04 am

dizgrannie

oopsie

12:05 am

dizgrannie

gh 7

12:07 am

justafreep

dr7

12:08 am

justafreep

ha7

12:09 am

dizgrannie

gr 7

12:10 am

justafreep

gr7 x 2

12:10 am

broll

sp 8

12:10 am

justafreep

gr7 x 3

12:12 am

justafreep

ne7

12:13 am

dizgrannie

en 7

12:15 am

justafreep

ha7 x 2

12:16 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:17 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:17 am

justafreep

re7 x 2

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:20 am

justafreep

in7 x 2

12:21 am

justafreep

in8

12:21 am

justafreep

(a dubious one, imo)

12:24 am

justafreep

I also just found two 9 letter words that... were not allowed. My friend Merriam Webster says they should be, but no.

12:25 am

Rainiqui

try ge 9

12:28 am

justafreep

I'd actually say mine are more common

12:31 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ri 10.... a cattle disease

12:35 am

crayola

Thanks, rain

12:36 am

Rainiqui

You're welcome

12:39 am

cybernan

re7 x3

12:42 am

dizgrannie

yippee, got the Zs

12:44 am

ursh

clue diz ?

12:44 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:50 am

cybernan

z 4 - don't know what tehe other one is

12:51 am

sprite

zo6 rhymes with po---- child

12:51 am

cybernan

ty sprite

12:52 am

cybernan

missing the y, 9 and 10 - need some sleep though. Good night

12:55 am

sprite

well, the Y won't be found today

12:56 am

cybernan

does the ge 9 have anything to do with old faithful?

12:56 am

cybernan

oh - a prefix

12:56 am

cybernan

ty sprite

12:57 am

cybernan

or maybe the earth

12:58 am

sprite

mineral from old faithful

12:59 am

cybernan

ty - thats a new one

1:03 am

cybernan

and googled the 10 for nbt, nbs -- can sleep now!

1:47 am

MetFan

The Y is doable, Sprite - when the Lovin' Spoonful fired Zal Yanovsky, they replaced him with Jerry --------

1:48 am

MetFan

First part of the day before now

1:58 am

sprite

*giggles* My reaction was a clue in itself, MetFan. And hi there :)

2:13 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

3:47 am

Deeha

who would have thought that that bottom H would have been such a goldmine

7:21 am

periwinkle

hello all. I searched goggle for the ri10 but could not find it. it was clued as a cattle disease

7:24 am

periwinkle

tried again and found it :)

8:04 am

hokie carla

wow, that's a new one to me.

8:08 am

hokie carla

although I feel like we had some cattle disease in the last year

8:09 am

rururocks

that's like putting your hoof in your mouth?

8:09 am

hokie carla

hmm, will punning bring moo back?

8:14 am

BzznBea

I was wondering if you manifested Scooby Doo, Carla.

8:15 am

rururocks

why not someone manifested sponge bob here

8:15 am

hokie carla

yeah, I see scooby is here right now. how did I manifest? with the phantom words that sound like SD episodes?

8:19 am

hokie carla

speaking of phantoms, just found some real ones

8:22 am

BzznBea

That's the way I saw. I was quite impressed with your recall of that episode.

8:23 am

BzznBea

I'm off to a meeeting. I have to hold my tongue. That will be interesting.

8:23 am

hokie carla

would you be less impressed if you knew I just thought it sounded like one since they were pretty much all the same.

8:23 am

hokie carla

good luck, bea!

8:23 am

rururocks

takes bets on that

8:31 am

hokie carla

I guess in + de5 is two words?

8:32 am

rururocks

i tried that too

8:33 am

hokie carla

well, I didn't have de5 before that so at least I got one

8:33 am

hokie carla

funny how I would see the bigger not real word before the smaller real one

8:33 am

marksdolly

there are only 2 De5

8:33 am

hokie carla

and just now realized there is de6 with the one I have

8:34 am

hokie carla

well I do have 2 de5

8:34 am

marksdolly

there are only 4 DE words

8:35 am

hokie carla

hello dolly! I am a little confused by your line of posting.

8:36 am

marksdolly

there are only 4 De words total, and 2 of them are de 5's

8:36 am

marksdolly

soo you're right on it

8:36 am

hokie carla

yes, but we weren't asking that

8:36 am

hokie carla

I was saying why isn't inde5 a word

8:37 am

marksdolly

you know how their dictionary is... LOL

8:37 am

hokie carla

but I do know I have all the de now, so thanks :D

8:37 am

marksdolly

I too tried that word

8:39 am

hokie carla

well, I have completed first pass with 54 left but do not have HOET thanks to the top T and the U. gotta get moving. good luck!

8:40 am

marksdolly

tc Hokie!

8:40 am

rururocks

we'll be done when you get back hokie

8:41 am

hurshy

what's the ci/cr breakdown?

8:42 am

LuvWordGames

8 ci 6 ci

8:42 am

hurshy

thanks

8:43 am

LuvWordGames

and I'm trying to find the cr right now

8:43 am

LuvWordGames

cr 8 I mean

8:43 am

hurshy

oh there's a cr8? ok then that's the one i need!

8:44 am

LuvWordGames

found it

8:44 am

hurshy

is it weird?

8:44 am

LuvWordGames

no it's a regular word

8:44 am

hurshy

ok

8:45 am

hurshy

thanks!

8:51 am

hokie carla

hurshy always shows up when I leave and then I check back and get sucked in

8:53 am

hokie carla

what if I said I can't find this regular cr8?

8:53 am

LuvWordGames

it's how you would sort or categorize something

8:54 am

LuvWordGames

it has to meet certain cr8

8:55 am

maccafixx

gr 7/36?

8:55 am

LuvWordGames

change the last letter of gr 7/40

8:56 am

maccafixx

ty!

8:56 am

hokie carla

ugh, thanks

8:56 am

hokie carla

and I still need 1 C

8:57 am

LuvWordGames

ci 6/24?

8:57 am

hokie carla

and did not have that 7, thanks mac

8:57 am

hokie carla

good guess, luv

8:58 am

montreal13

C +i5 luv

8:58 am

LuvWordGames

thanks montreal but I was just guess which c carla needed

8:59 am

montreal13

okay, np

9:01 am

LuvWordGames

wow those ur's are tough, I only have 2

9:02 am

LuvWordGames

now I only need 2, have 6

9:03 am

phaeton

they are all pretty normal

9:04 am

maccafixx

ne 7/32?

9:04 am

hokie carla

ne7 here nor there

9:05 am

maccafixx

ty carla!

9:06 am

LuvWordGames

just finished, any clues needed?

9:07 am

montreal13

wd luv

9:07 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:08 am

LuvWordGames

thanks

9:09 am

LuvWordGames

ok I'm headed out, going to do a meet up with a potential petsitter

9:09 am

montreal13

good luck and have a nice day

10:04 am

mkg

any synanym for the cr 8 word? ty

10:05 am

Sugrraleona

no, but I can give you a hint -- you must meet certain cr8 to become a citizen

10:06 am

mkg

got it. great clue. ty so much.

10:06 am

Sugrraleona

your welcome

10:12 am

mkg

clue for the ge 9 please. thank you.

10:16 am

mkg

also need help with ri 10 word. ty.

10:43 am

Aloyisius

extend the ge630, mkg for the ge9

10:50 am

Sugrraleona

anyone get the es7 and es8? I'm stumped

10:52 am

Robespierre

es 7 - someone who values good taste. es 8 - a style or look

10:53 am

Robespierre

They have the same first 6 letters

11:04 am

Sugrraleona

ty so much

12:13 pm

hurshy

greetings babblers

12:18 pm

bichon

zo 6/33, pls

12:18 pm

hurshy

rhymes with "to temporarily take in and care for a child or animal"

12:19 pm

bichon

tyvm hurshy

12:20 pm

hurshy

have you got the Y? am i being thick not seeing it?

12:20 pm

hurshy

oh aha got it

12:38 pm

hurshy

is there just one RH word?

12:46 pm

ChampFit

Yes.

12:47 pm

hurshy

oh and i see if i had looked i would have known that cause it says there is ri10 and i just need one R

12:48 pm

hurshy

now what can it beeeeee

12:48 pm

ChampFit

I used morewords on that after monkeying around uselessly for a while.

12:48 pm

hurshy

is it compound?

12:49 pm

ChampFit

No. I can clue it if you'd like.

12:49 pm

hurshy

sure that'd be great!

12:50 pm

ChampFit

ri4/5, add the "one who does" ending, pe4/5

12:52 pm

hurshy

oh i think i've heard that word at some point!

12:52 pm

hurshy

but i sure wouldn't have thought of it

12:52 pm

hurshy

thanks

12:52 pm

ChampFit

I've never seen it and wouldn't have gotten it, for sure!

12:54 pm

hurshy

i haven't the faintest idea when or where i would have seen it

12:54 pm

hurshy

but there's no mistaking the ringing of that bell

12:55 pm

ChampFit

Well, lock it in this time!

12:55 pm

hurshy

having trouble with the Us

12:56 pm

ChampFit

Still need 4

12:56 pm

hurshy

same

12:56 pm

hurshy

i know my Opie thinks that he is un5pet

12:56 pm

hurshy

he did ought to be pet more

12:57 pm

ChampFit

Just go one ur6/24

12:57 pm

hurshy

well i have that

12:57 pm

hurshy

you must have something else i haven't got

12:58 pm

hurshy

oh ok got another one

12:58 pm

hurshy

better get going for now though, ttfn

12:58 pm

ChampFit

I have 2 -un, and 5 ur

1:32 pm

hokie carla

ha, I did try un5pet this morning because Winston totally thinks that is him.

1:33 pm

ChampFit

;)

1:33 pm

hokie carla

I have 2 UN and 4 UR so probably same ones as hurshy

1:34 pm

ChampFit

Still only 2- un, but now 6 ur

1:34 pm

hokie carla

I have ur6/8/6/5

1:35 pm

ChampFit

ur5/5/6/8/6/5

1:38 pm

hokie carla

mmkay, will look, thanks

1:38 pm

BzznBea

ur5/5/6/7/6/8/6/5

1:39 pm

hokie carla

oh

1:39 pm

ChampFit

Just got the last 2.

1:39 pm

cybernan

good morig/afternoon )

1:39 pm

ChampFit

Welcome!

1:39 pm

hokie carla

found one of the 5s

1:41 pm

hokie carla

hey nan

1:42 pm

hokie carla

found another ur5

1:43 pm

hokie carla

is the first ur6/7 a set that goes together?

1:44 pm

hokie carla

have our windows open today. beautiful out.

1:45 pm

ChampFit

yes

1:45 pm

hokie carla

oh, just monkeyed them

1:45 pm

hokie carla

BBL for a full 2nd pass

1:45 pm

cybernan

have the ur 6 and 8 but not the 7 in between -- a lot of pee words!

1:45 pm

hokie carla

you'll all be finished ;)

1:46 pm

ChampFit

bye!

1:46 pm

ChampFit

yep!

1:46 pm

hokie carla

there isn't a 7 in between the 6 and 8

1:46 pm

hokie carla

ends like the oceans things that the moon causes, nan

1:47 pm

cybernan

oh then it is the first 6-7 that I am missing

1:47 pm

hokie carla

yes, that's what I just clued

1:48 pm

cybernan

ok - see the call, but no clue

1:50 pm

ChampFit

It's amazing how easy it is to find a word when you use the right start letter! :/

1:50 pm

cybernan

monkeyed them - ty carla

1:50 pm

cybernan

are there two un's?

1:51 pm

ChampFit

Yes.

1:51 pm

cybernan

u's done - ty

1:53 pm

cybernan

wonder when arrgh and argh were dropped

1:54 pm

ChampFit

Ha! My last word was ar6 30. Had to use morewords...hadn't seen it before.

1:55 pm

ChampFit

It's a ship.

1:56 pm

ChampFit

Need anything before I go?

1:58 pm

ChampFit

Okey dokey...enjoy!

2:04 pm

cybernan

proper name of a ship?

2:07 pm

BzznBea

type of ship

2:07 pm

cybernan

no idea

2:08 pm

cybernan

must be really strange with 30 points

2:10 pm

cybernan

got it but wasn't that the name of a ship in a greek myth?

2:16 pm

hokie carla

oh, I have the ar6 already. I know it as a style of Airstream campers from the 70s.

2:17 pm

hokie carla

which is a proper noun but I tried it

2:17 pm

cybernan

still short one a

2:17 pm

hokie carla

me too

2:18 pm

cybernan

have ai 5,4 and ar 5,6,6

2:21 pm

hokie carla

same

2:23 pm

hokie carla

do you have both z? I have zo6

2:24 pm

cybernan

zo 4

2:24 pm

hokie carla

got it, thx

2:26 pm

cybernan

do you have all the i's?

2:27 pm

hokie carla

have the upper ones, need 2 on the bottom

2:28 pm

cybernan

need one i and one e from the first col. ad one i ad one a from the bottom row

2:29 pm

hokie carla

3 4s and a 5 from the upper i

2:30 pm

hokie carla

I still need 2 E from left

2:30 pm

cybernan

no - need 2 from the bottom as well

2:30 pm

BzznBea

There is an in8

2:31 pm

hokie carla

I have in 8 from bottom

2:31 pm

cybernan

just got it - ty

2:31 pm

hokie carla

any ideas on our missing A?

2:31 pm

hokie carla

not ar6/30

2:32 pm

cybernan

no - have that

2:32 pm

BzznBea

ar5.12

2:32 pm

hokie carla

I do not have an ar5/12. will look, thanks

2:32 pm

cybernan

that would be it, bea

2:34 pm

cybernan

got it - ty - bottom row complete

2:34 pm

cybernan

still missing one i and one e from the left

2:35 pm

hokie carla

still looking

2:37 pm

cybernan

found a es 8 from the other side though

2:38 pm

hokie carla

finally found the A

2:41 pm

cybernan

have ir 4 x2 and it 5 from the left i - missig?

2:42 pm

hokie carla

beware the other!

2:42 pm

cybernan

is that a clue for the i?

2:43 pm

hokie carla

yes, think mid-march

2:43 pm

hokie carla

or the end of that ur7 I clued earlier

2:44 pm

cybernan

oh - had that one - it is the pt I am missig

2:47 pm

cybernan

ay guesses o the 2 c's I am missing"

2:53 pm

cybernan

lunch time

2:54 pm

hokie carla

there's a ci6 that ends like several words in the grid, ne7, it 5, ei6

2:54 pm

hokie carla

cr8 is a regular word but I had to be helped

2:55 pm

hokie carla

oh, finally found enough upper T's for HOET

2:58 pm

welki

hi folks - this one's giving me a rough time

2:58 pm

hokie carla

well, back to my undecoration. 36 left. 6-9-10-8-2-1

2:58 pm

hokie carla

welki!

2:59 pm

hokie carla

this is at least the 3rd one in a row I am struggling with

2:59 pm

hokie carla

and I swear I meant to type undecorating

2:59 pm

welki

i understood, no matter what your fingers did

2:59 pm

hokie carla

:D

3:03 pm

welki

ha, that ge9. who'd a thunk?

3:03 pm

hokie carla

not me apparently

3:05 pm

welki

not looking it up, but it might be ore from a yellowstone hot spring

3:05 pm

BzznBea

Its a rock created by a hot spring

3:05 pm

welki

(which makes absolutely no sense to me)

3:06 pm

welki

well there ya go - it is as it seems :)

3:06 pm

hokie carla

not geodesic

3:07 pm

hokie carla

but I was looking rock

3:07 pm

welki

nope - you've been to yellowstone, think old faithful

3:07 pm

hokie carla

oh, I didn't have the 6 either, thanks

3:08 pm

hokie carla

still one G though

3:09 pm

hokie carla

have 3 related to phantoms/spirits

3:10 pm

welki

i'm missing one g, too

3:11 pm

BzznBea

gh6.27

3:11 pm

welki

thanks, bea

3:13 pm

BzznBea

yw

3:13 pm

hokie carla

that is it, now can I find it

3:13 pm

welki

if i can, you sure can

3:14 pm

hokie carla

lol, of course I just typed in goeth and goest even though I knowest I just need 1 G

3:14 pm

hokie carla

what doest this word mean?

3:14 pm

hokie carla

lol, that doest was a complete typo

3:16 pm

welki

some sort of horse drawn carriage

3:16 pm

welki

... 14 to go, bbl

3:16 pm

hokie carla

well, that seems vaguely familiar, maybe it'll come to me. later!

3:21 pm

periwinkle

help with in8 please

3:23 pm

BzznBea

builds of the in6

3:24 pm

periwinkle

I do not have the right in6

3:25 pm

BzznBea

to be charged with a crime

3:26 pm

rururocks

I trump

3:26 pm

rururocks

Intrump

3:26 pm

rururocks

Damn it

3:26 pm

BzznBea

I didn't think he was ever charged.

3:27 pm

hurshy

he's been convicted of 34 felonies

3:27 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea

3:28 pm

hurshy

34 counts of falsifying business records, related to the hush money paid to stormy daniels

3:29 pm

hurshy

given everything i really think he need not have bothered to falsify the records, his base would have voted for him anyway. he's clearly done far worse stuff to try to cover up than paying her hush money

4:09 pm

sajarn

phantom: shepherd

4:14 pm

Sugrraleona

anyone have a clue for the di7?

4:17 pm

BzznBea

di + old anesthesia

4:18 pm

Sugrraleona

great clue, ty

4:18 pm

Sugrraleona

derit

4:18 pm

Sugrraleona

sorry

4:59 pm

gemini_J13

pegs

5:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

my internet was down but now it's back, diving in!

5:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

88 to go, just dot to nbt, might be back, hi and bye all

6:42 pm

penquis

back ... hello all...

7:32 pm

penquis

well i am done...goodnight all...

9:29 pm

mkg

any clues for the 9 or 10 welcome here. ty.

9:32 pm

mkg

the yellowstone fountains are with a gei arent they?

9:32 pm

mkg

oops just ooked it up. ty for clue

9:34 pm

mkg

got the 9 from it. ty all!

9:36 pm

mkg

help with the ri 10 please. no idea what it is. thanks.

9:46 pm

mkg

is anyone on the chat?

9:49 pm

mkg

i got the ri 10. never heard it before.

11:19 pm

harpjane

hello

11:20 pm

harpjane

i see i'm in the grid today

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