Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, January 11, 2026

12:03 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:04 am

jeanne314

Good evening, Rainqui!

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Hi Jeanne

12:05 am

MetFan

Another glitch at flip - Howdy all

12:12 am

Gillie

so7

12:12 am

Gillie

sw7

12:14 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:15 am

Gillie

st7

12:15 am

sooooo

sh7ho7

12:15 am

sooooo

sm7

12:16 am

Rainiqui

sh 8

12:16 am

sooooo

wean

12:16 am

sooooo

heast

12:17 am

jeanne314

to8

12:18 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:18 am

jeanne314

that was fast!

12:18 am

sooooo

sh8

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

Thanks Lickety

12:19 am

Rainiqui

it's easier when there's a boatload of words in the grid

12:19 am

SummerBreeze44

wa 7

12:19 am

Gillie

re8

12:20 am

jeanne314

I get too caught up in one spot for too long

12:20 am

Rainiqui

yeah, like my computer chair, lol

12:21 am

jeanne314

for me, just my rump in general, be it in a chair or my bed

12:31 am

sprite

morning, babblers

12:31 am

cybernan

hi sprite

12:31 am

sprite

hi nan

12:31 am

MetFan

Morning Sprite

12:32 am

sprite

hi MetFan

12:32 am

sprite

what's with Lickety? I don't see the clues in the Expert

12:33 am

MetFan

He announced that they were up - try refreshing

12:33 am

sprite

I did, couple of times already.

12:34 am

sprite

I'll try closing and opening the expert

12:34 am

MetFan

soar

12:34 am

MetFan

sorry!

12:35 am

sprite

looks like his site is down

12:38 am

cybernan

en 8

12:43 am

licketySplitAUS

Hey everyone - https://r46.me/babbleclues is working in a browser - but yes, something weird going on in Babble Expert

12:44 am

sprite

I tried in a browser but it didn't open there either for me

12:46 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and crashing -- good night

12:46 am

sprite

ah, it does now, in chrome. Doesn't open in Explorer though.

12:47 am

sprite

this is so odd, lol. Okay, refreshing explorer, now it opens there too.

12:48 am

licketySplitAUS

i think my hosting provider is having some issues

12:48 am

licketySplitAUS

It might sort itself out over time

12:48 am

sprite

it's a weird thing, for sure.

12:49 am

sprite

looks like they are working on it, at least.

12:58 am

MetFan

OK halfway thru, time for sleep. See y'all later.

12:58 am

sprite

night MetFan

12:58 am

MetFan

Hope there are no more issues with the browsers

12:59 am

sprite

so far, the Expert is still not working. Chrome and Explorer do, though.

12:59 am

MetFan

'Night Sprite

1:05 am

sprite

taking a break, hoping that lickety will sort itself out

1:09 am

licketySplitAUS

Working in Expert for me now Sprite

1:11 am

skheiny

an8

1:18 am

licketySplitAUS

But now it's got issues again. Mmm, hopefully they will sort it out soon.

1:19 am

ursh

Hi Lickety - was just about to say not working for me fingers crossed it gets sorted - thanks for your time

1:22 am

licketySplitAUS

Found this from my hosting provider : Identified - The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

1:29 am

crayola

thank you lickety

1:34 am

grannyrose

cooee everyone * hugs * sprite. lickety thankyou for all you do. btw, everyone licket6y's clues are also found on the : helpful links" in red at the bottom of the puzzle page

4:04 am

ursh

expert working fine now - thanks lickety - fw

4:34 am

Deeha

the thing I dont like about this version is that you make up a word and for a millisecond it doesnt reject it. And you think YES. and then the old 'not known in the dictionary' appears!!

4:41 am

Deeha

Hi Ursh. How are you? Havent chatted for a long while

7:49 am

rastapopolous

hexene, perfectly good molecule, grrr

7:51 am

Atalante

I've never known what enable has against hexene

8:59 am

hurshy

is it toxic?

9:12 am

hurshy

oh dear

9:13 am

hurshy

i got one i word and them immediately got very stumped

9:13 am

penquis

don't feel bad...i haven't found any others either...

9:14 am

BzznBea

ih

9:14 am

hurshy

oh that old chestnut

9:14 am

hurshy

forgot about that

9:15 am

penquis

stats?

9:15 am

hurshy

5/14

9:15 am

hurshy

and pl

9:16 am

penquis

ty...

9:18 am

phaeton

help with the sw6/33?

9:18 am

penquis

don't have it...

9:19 am

penquis

ooh...i have it....what you might call the Nike symbol....

9:19 am

phaeton

ty pen

9:19 am

penquis

yw...

9:24 am

phaeton

done...any clues wanted?

9:24 am

hurshy

how many RH words?

9:25 am

phaeton

3

9:25 am

hurshy

ok thanks

9:25 am

phaeton

yw

9:25 am

penquis

congrats, phae...

9:28 am

hurshy

again with the re- words that make sense but do not count lol sigh

9:29 am

phaeton

hagd evry1

9:29 am

hurshy

you too phae!

9:30 am

penquis

bye, phae...

9:32 am

hurshy

well i see why people wanted hexene, i can only find 2 of the right-hand H words!

9:32 am

BzznBea

same

9:32 am

penquis

i have three from the right H....

9:33 am

hurshy

well i have he5/22 and hi6/24

9:33 am

hurshy

what else have you got?

9:33 am

penquis

hard to figure that out...will try....

9:34 am

penquis

he 4, i think....

9:34 am

hurshy

aha thanks

9:34 am

penquis

yw...

9:35 am

hurshy

oooh i found another one

9:35 am

hurshy

ho7

9:36 am

penquis

found an ho 7, but it's from the other H, lol....

9:38 am

rbud

ho7/36 is a combo word

9:38 am

penquis

ah, yes....ty rbud...

9:39 am

BzznBea

I have he5.22 and he7.52 from the right .

9:39 am

hurshy

ahh thanks bea

9:39 am

penquis

ah...don't have that 7....ty....

9:40 am

hurshy

top two rows grey!!

9:43 am

penquis

missing one top row T....

9:43 am

hurshy

do you have th7

9:44 am

penquis

the legalese word?

9:44 am

hurshy

yeah

9:44 am

penquis

got that one...

9:44 am

hurshy

or perhaps you missed th6/21

9:44 am

penquis

got that one....

9:45 am

hurshy

did you pluralize the th4 about time

9:46 am

penquis

yes...

9:46 am

hurshy

4 of those are to

9:46 am

hurshy

one ti

9:47 am

penquis

found it...was a to 4 babblet...

9:47 am

penquis

ty...

9:47 am

hurshy

np

9:51 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! singer with blowfish

9:51 am

MollyL

Rucker

9:51 am

penquis

hootie...

9:52 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:02 am

penquis

need a break....leaving 28 for later...bye all...

10:03 am

BzznBea

Anyone done wordle today?

10:03 am

periwinkle

yes

10:03 am

hurshy

not yet

10:04 am

BzznBea

Uses two letters that you hardly ever use.

10:05 am

hurshy

Ws Whacked!

10:06 am

origami

Hi folks

10:06 am

hurshy

hi ori

10:07 am

periwinkle

hi ori

10:53 am

hurshy

phew, i fall asleep for awhile and come back and the chat is exactly where i left it!

11:18 am

mkg

anyone have a clue for the R top row corner? ty

11:19 am

hurshy

warm up again

11:19 am

jbp

re-pay your landlord

11:19 am

mkg

ty. thinking.

11:19 am

hurshy

jbp, that one didn't go

11:20 am

hurshy

the other one is observe aurally again

11:20 am

jbp

thanks hurshy!

11:24 am

mkg

ty hurshy. got the observe word. ty. not sure why the other is not taking but ty.

11:25 am

hurshy

is it because you are looking at jbp's clue instead of the one i gave right before it?

11:26 am

mkg

got it. ty

11:28 am

mkg

all of them done. ty.

11:29 am

mkg

jbp what kind of clue is that you gave? not understanding it at all. ty anyway

11:30 am

mkg

still misisng the E words for fifth column E. all help welcome.

11:41 am

hurshy

it was a fine clue as clues go, it just wasn't for a word that enable accepts, lol

11:41 am

hurshy

volcano, mkg

11:54 am

Aloyisius

stuck on he752..is it a weirdo?

11:54 am

hurshy

yes

11:54 am

hurshy

but we have had it before

11:54 am

hurshy

add two vowels to the one who casts a spell

11:56 am

hurshy

another couple words that eluded me are two so6/30s that are very similar to each other, each being a plural looking word without the singular counting.

11:56 am

Aloyisius

ty hurshy.. that was a twisty one!

11:57 am

hurshy

i definitely wouldn't have gotten those so6/30s without the list

11:57 am

hurshy

yw :)

12:01 pm

Aloyisius

found my missing so4.. fw! Snowing away here in NE Ohio.. Happy Babbling all!

12:30 pm

cybernan

good morning - raining again here

12:41 pm

cybernan

surprised that what santa says isn't a word - we get so much ridiculous stuff

12:59 pm

periwinkle

hello folks.

12:59 pm

periwinkle

help with an8 or en8 please

1:00 pm

periwinkle

I only have an re7

1:00 pm

periwinkle

I meant I only have a sh8

1:07 pm

BzznBea

an8 is a one who and en8 is a plural

1:09 pm

periwinkle

I do not think I have the base word for either one

1:09 pm

periwinkle

hope there goodies in the penalty box

1:09 pm

BzznBea

Maybe starting with the smaller words would help you find the larger ones.

1:10 pm

periwinkle

I am trying that

1:10 pm

Gillie

an8 is based on the word for a response to a question

1:10 pm

BzznBea

an6 ia a response

1:10 pm

periwinkle

ty both

1:12 pm

periwinkle

I do not have the correct en7

1:14 pm

periwinkle

found the en7 and en8

1:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

greetings, all, diving (plop) in

2:47 pm

cybernan

wordle in 3 thanks to Bea's heads up

2:48 pm

cybernan

still missisng a bunch of 8's here

3:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi again, lost my internet back there

3:27 pm

ChampFit

Nan...just back to whittle down my last 28. I have 4-8s...an,en,he, re

3:29 pm

amelu0218

sh, to

4:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

does the re8 add to another word?

4:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

HOET at last, 98 to go

5:12 pm

periwinkle

help with sa8 or re8 please

5:13 pm

periwinkle

found the sa8

5:14 pm

periwinkle

cutting edge on a tool

5:14 pm

periwinkle

compound word

5:18 pm

Gillie

ty peri

5:18 pm

periwinkle

yw

5:19 pm

Gillie

re8 is plural of what an overwhelmed army does

5:19 pm

Gillie

or a place you go to get away from it all

5:20 pm

periwinkle

ty Gillie and I already had the singular "sigh"

5:56 pm

scribekd

The very old link I had for Babble Expert does not work even with Chrome or Edge. Could someone clue me in, please? TIA

6:16 pm

Kamanjah

Scribe, last night Lickety said there was a problem and it was being worked on. Hopefully it will be back soon.

6:20 pm

scribekd

ine hasn't worked for months-maybe it's related to recent troubles.

6:21 pm

scribekd

Sorry, hit wrong button. Thanks for the tip. Maybe I could see the current link being used to compare with the one I'm using to make sure.

6:22 pm

Kamanjah

check Sprite's profile for the current link

6:22 pm

scribekd

Oh, many thanks. I will. You're very kind.

6:32 pm

scribekd

I copied the link in Sprite's account & I have the Babble Expert back!! Thank you so very much.

6:32 pm

ChampFit

I can't believe this San Fran/Philadelphia game. Amazing!

6:33 pm

dcseain

Go SF!

6:37 pm

dcseain

Kilauea is erupting again.

6:50 pm

ChampFit

they won, Seain! great game

6:56 pm

dcseain

yay! Anytime Philly loses it’s a good day.

6:57 pm

ChampFit

Really good game,and I'm super happy for SF.

6:57 pm

ChampFit

Stat...every wild card game has come down to the last 2 minutes. Exciting!

6:58 pm

dcseain

i see people stressing about the Seahawks game in one of my Discords.

6:58 pm

ChampFit

Yeah, I imagine! It's go time...anything can happen!

7:02 pm

ChampFit

FW! Need anything before I go?

7:03 pm

ChampFit

OK...gonna scoot. Have a great evening Seain.

7:57 pm

cybernan

hi again - took a lunch break just after my last post and back again while supper is in the oven. 54 to go, but have all the 8's now - ty for the clues

8:22 pm

cybernan

ho 7/36 please?

8:24 pm

cybernan

nm - got it

8:24 pm

cybernan

done :)

8:41 pm

MetFan

Here's a question I hope SOMEONE can answer: If the plural (or past tense) is in the grid, then why isn't the singular (or present tense) counted in the word count?

8:43 pm

MetFan

wats

8:44 pm

MetFan

sorry - oops I did it again

9:45 pm

jessmom

It usually does count

9:51 pm

dcseain

as it does today.

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