Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, January 9, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all - another short one

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:02 am

ursh

hello all

12:02 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:16 am

justafreep

unhappy flip and phantom: fentanyl

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

justafreep

I also go with egghead as a phantom. I think the phantoms are better than the grid tonight, in fact.

12:22 am

cybernan

anyone found the 7?

12:22 am

broll

un 7

12:23 am

cybernan

don't have anything I can put un in front of -- is the un a prefix?

12:25 am

broll

no

12:26 am

cybernan

stalled with 17 to go -- good night everyone

12:26 am

grannyrose

nan, starts with the same four letters as the second un4, uses the high point tile

12:28 am

grannyrose

finito here. going to find something ultra cold to drink. still 36C outside. that's 96.8F

12:28 am

cybernan

only have one un 4 -- too tired to do more

12:28 am

dcseain

ah, the ‘joys’ of Summer

12:29 am

cybernan

got it - nbt, nbs - ty rose

12:29 am

grannyrose

hey seain. it's been scary here. mid 40's for a few days now. sitting on a tinder box.

12:29 am

grannyrose

yw nan

12:30 am

dcseain

oh, drought on top of that. That sucks.

12:30 am

dcseain

sleep well, nan

12:30 am

dcseain

phantom tontine

12:33 am

dcseain

whew. finally got that un7

12:34 am

grannyrose

well done seain

12:38 am

dcseain

phantom egghead

12:41 am

grannyrose

see y'all at the flip.

12:41 am

dcseain

NBT/NBS time to sleep. Happy Babbling and G’day/night yall!

12:41 am

dcseain

21 for later today.

1:11 am

MetFan

OK Finished. Now for some well-deserved sleep. Night all.

1:46 am

LucyV

anyone have a clue for the fe 5/16?

1:56 am

arianell

sports maneuver

2:02 am

LucyV

I'm still blind apparently, but ty for the clue! :)

2:20 am

arianell

hmm, homophone of a word that means frail/weak

4:11 am

worzel

stats for the two lone a's on the right pls?

4:12 am

worzel

ah got the ay4, just need stats for top right a pls

4:38 am

bubba218

Think of the Khan

5:12 am

worzel

Thank you Bubba

5:49 am

Atalante

firebirds :)

7:18 am

sprite

good afternoon, babblers

7:19 am

sprite

a baby babble today

7:25 am

sprite

oh man, all those phantoms on -tal

7:47 am

howardj

The other day I tried Cortina - not allowed. Today I tried Ghia - not allowed. Looks like someone has something against my dear Dad's cars from the 1970s.

7:48 am

sprite

ikr? All those idiotic currencies and obscure foreign words that are valid, but add a capital and it's all rejected

7:50 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing. Bye howardj!

8:41 am

hokie carla

oh, a baby

9:00 am

hokie carla

but still 7 left

9:13 am

dan2bit

morning all! top row done

9:16 am

hokie carla

woot

9:27 am

hokie carla

oh, I remembered a 6, now 3-3 left

9:29 am

hokie carla

2-3

9:29 am

penquis

hello all...

9:29 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:29 am

penquis

carla!

9:36 am

hokie carla

4/5 of my words are from 4th col

9:38 am

penquis

i totally get that....only one blank tile from that column....

9:41 am

hurshy

g'morning

9:41 am

penquis

hi hursh...

9:41 am

hurshy

top row grey...

9:43 am

bichon

ha 5/14, pls

9:44 am

hurshy

rhymes with tennis player rafael

9:44 am

penquis

ends with Mr. Gore...

9:45 am

bichon

tyvm pen, hurshy

9:46 am

penquis

yw...

9:46 am

hurshy

and thanks back at you

9:55 am

hurshy

ok i have GUY left, and one of them is the 7

9:55 am

penquis

i believe the U is the 7 but i don't have it...

9:56 am

hokie carla

yes, I made up the 7 without even knowing and it took

9:56 am

hurshy

makes sense, could be un- as a prefix

9:56 am

hokie carla

to bring together as one

9:56 am

hokie carla

I have G H H Y T

9:57 am

penquis

i have T D Y U T T ....

9:57 am

hokie carla

I mean, one could just use un5 (not in grid) to say the same thing so maybe it has a different meaning

9:58 am

hurshy

yeah i can't think of a longer version for it lol

9:58 am

penquis

do the last four letters of that word stand alone as a word?

9:58 am

hokie carla

well, if it was UK sp I wouldn't have tried

9:58 am

hokie carla

because I can't see that

9:58 am

hurshy

ahhh thanks

9:58 am

hokie carla

but this is americanized

9:58 am

hurshy

did you get hy4/7

9:58 am

hokie carla

yes

9:59 am

penquis

which H?

9:59 am

hurshy

and the ha5 that i just clued for bichon

9:59 am

hokie carla

oh, I see an animal

9:59 am

hurshy

most of the h words are very usual

10:00 am

hokie carla

was trying to finish unassisted buy don't know if I can. 2-2!

10:00 am

hurshy

Y + chickens lay them

10:00 am

hurshy

was my last word

10:00 am

hokie carla

yeah, would never have tried that

10:00 am

penquis

ty hursh...it's a word i often try in Spelling Bee....and it isn't accepted...

10:00 am

hurshy

you might if you were down to monkeying fours

10:01 am

penquis

it's a safecracker...

10:01 am

hokie carla

I've already tried monkeying 4s

10:01 am

hurshy

pen there are two te6, they are both babblets

10:01 am

penquis

i have one...ty....

10:01 am

hurshy

te5 also a babblet

10:01 am

penquis

have that one...

10:01 am

hurshy

ta5 and ti5 are normal words

10:02 am

hokie carla

found my bottom T, to dye something :D

10:02 am

hurshy

and the rest are all fours

10:02 am

hokie carla

now G5 left

10:02 am

penquis

down to T D T T....

10:02 am

hurshy

ge + tennis has a *** in the middle

10:02 am

hokie carla

of course. tada.

10:02 am

hokie carla

thanks.

10:03 am

hurshy

the two D words are anagrams of each other

10:03 am

penquis

ah ty...

10:04 am

penquis

tine

10:05 am

penquis

sorry....checking my Ts...

10:07 am

penquis

done...

10:07 am

hokie carla

woot woot

10:09 am

hurshy

it's sad tho

10:09 am

hurshy

to be done so quickly

10:10 am

penquis

ty...

10:10 am

hurshy

like inigo dueling right-handed

10:11 am

hokie carla

yeah, I had a day of nothing planned. now need to do something.

10:11 am

penquis

recorder playing for me this afternoon...

10:12 am

hokie carla

nice

10:13 am

penquis

heading out....have a good day everyone....

10:18 am

hokie carla

bye pen!

10:46 am

welki

'morning, everyone. PSA - don't know if it's affecting everyone, but the site is lagging for me - save your words!

11:13 am

rururocks

maybe the server hasn't had coffee yet welki?

11:47 am

bichon

ha 5/14, pls

12:23 pm

montreal13

rhymes with a former and famous spanish tennis player bichon

12:24 pm

montreal13

probably long gone by now...sigh

12:25 pm

montreal13

bbl - will try wordle for now

12:27 pm

bichon

ty montreal

5:32 pm

scatterbrain

Clue pls for the te 6 got the other te 6 like camping

5:49 pm

nrkii

scatterbrain, sometimes you feel like a ***, sometimes you don't
that gets you most of it

5:56 pm

scatterbrain

Thanks nrkii but still not getting it

6:16 pm

hokie carla

the *** is pecan, cashew, etc

6:17 pm

hokie carla

it's from Almond Joy/Mounds ad in US

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