Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, April 4, 2026

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:00 am

ursh

hello all

12:01 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:01 am

JoyOh

Hello from the Pacific NW, USA

12:04 am

MetFan

Greetings from Long Island, New York

12:04 am

gail2

Hello from New Hampshire, USA

12:05 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:05 am

ursh

Durban KwaZulu Natal South Africa

12:07 am

hurshy

is this babble or a Heather Cox Richardson Politics Chat?

12:08 am

hurshy

:D

12:08 am

saanichcat

hello from an island in the Pacific NW, Canada

12:08 am

Rainiqui

gr 7

12:08 am

saanichcat

we can have both I guess

12:08 am

MetFan

Politics has nothing to do with it - the important thing is Location, Location, Location

12:09 am

broll

la 7

12:09 am

MetFan

cord

12:09 am

MetFan

sorry

12:09 am

hurshy

yes but what you may not realize is that HCR's Politics Chat is on youtube and that at the beginning everyone tends to announce where they are watching from

12:09 am

broll

le 7

12:10 am

hurshy

so i am used to seeing that there rather than in babble chat

12:11 am

saanichcat

le 8

12:12 am

hurshy

once again babble is making me realize how many perfectly pronounce-able words are being wasted by not existing

12:12 am

hurshy

like drock, drog, drong, and drote

12:14 am

broll

la7 x 2

12:15 am

saanichcat

thanks broll

12:16 am

broll

yw

12:17 am

rururocks

Re7

12:17 am

rururocks

Leaner

12:17 am

rururocks

Leaners

12:18 am

hurshy

lol

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

Thanks Lickety

12:19 am

broll

al 7

12:19 am

rururocks

Playing on my phone. Sorry

12:19 am

hurshy

trying to babble on my phone would be TORTURE for me

12:21 am

hurshy

ooh Cs Conquered!

12:21 am

cybernan

feel like I'm missing an ending - finding 6's for all these calls, but only one 7

12:23 am

hurshy

which 7 did you find

12:23 am

hurshy

oh and i see re7 has not been called so there i call it

12:23 am

cybernan

finding them now --- was going in the wrong direction and missed the plurals

12:23 am

hurshy

ah

12:24 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! a Moscow park

12:25 am

Lizlin

Gorky

12:25 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

12:25 am

hurshy

el7

12:27 am

hurshy

phantom: enemy

12:29 am

hurshy

al8 to go with the 7 called earlier

12:30 am

hurshy

le7 x 2

12:32 am

broll

al 7 x 2

12:32 am

Rainiqui

nbt,nbs, re 9 which is both an English and French word

12:32 am

hurshy

ty rain

12:33 am

hurshy

ahhh 2 AL7 would explain why the earlier one called didn't have an 8, i found the other one! lol

12:34 am

Rainiqui

yw, I see French words first and typed it in and lo and behold....

12:34 am

hurshy

lovely

12:34 am

hurshy

phantom: relet

12:34 am

hurshy

and relent

12:38 am

hurshy

3-2-1-2-1

12:39 am

cybernan

not seeing anything now -- good night :)

12:39 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! M. Fudd

12:41 am

hurshy

re7x2, re8

12:42 am

hurshy

1-1-1-1

12:43 am

hurshy

phantom: element

12:49 am

hurshy

listed for last 3, they were weird.

7:00 am

ivesyj

clue for the last re 6 plz.

7:02 am

MollyL

One who brings in a hooked fish

7:03 am

ivesyj

ty molly!

7:11 am

Sugrraleona

my eyes are crazy - cannot find the re 6, 7, 8 (I know there's a few re6s) - I found the 9 - go figure LOL

7:15 am

Sugrraleona

i found the 7-8

7:16 am

Sugrraleona

got the 6 - done with the r's

7:28 am

MollyL

re9 a French word. Not even a commonly used French word. But they wouldn't take merci.

8:09 am

rururocks

thanks for that one molly easy to see with that clue

8:25 am

MollyL

Your French is better than mine. I wouldn't have seen it with the clue.

8:42 am

Sugrraleona

shutting down with 3 left - have a nice day everyone

8:50 am

BzznBea

Thanks for the re9

9:45 am

mkg

i am not finding the al 7/8 nor the re 9. darn

9:48 am

rururocks

darn

9:49 am

BzznBea

The al7/8 ends with a slang for criminal

9:49 am

mkg

ty.

9:50 am

mkg

got them but never saw that before. ty.

9:50 am

BzznBea

The re9 has those same three letters in the 4th-6th position in the word.

9:51 am

mkg

still missing the re 9. any help welcome.

9:51 am

BzznBea

french for encounter

9:54 am

mkg

got it. ty.

9:55 am

BzznBea

yw

9:55 am

mkg

i wish we only had english words. but ty for help.

10:00 am

penquis

ty, bea....hello all...

10:00 am

penquis

nice to have one's first word a 9... ;o)

10:02 am

moolingwa

morning

10:02 am

penquis

hi mool...

10:02 am

moolingwa

hey pen, happy Saturday

10:03 am

penquis

same to you...

10:03 am

moolingwa

tx

10:05 am

BzznBea

Good morning, pen and mool.

10:05 am

moolingwa

hey BB

10:05 am

rururocks

if we only had english words we wouldn't have words like schmear, gonof, shtetl, gonef...

10:05 am

penquis

hi bea, ru...

10:05 am

rururocks

hi pen

10:06 am

moolingwa

and apartment, hurricane, barbecue

10:06 am

moolingwa

pajamas too

10:06 am

rururocks

really?

10:06 am

BzznBea

I was going to make the same comment. But it goes right overhead.

10:06 am

moolingwa

apartment from french, hurricane and barbecue from arawak, and pajamas from maybe hindi, may be another indian language

10:07 am

rururocks

wowza I did not know that.

10:07 am

welki

hi folks

10:08 am

penquis

hi welki...

10:08 am

moolingwa

no avacados of course either

10:08 am

rururocks

amazing how apartment ends up so much in the US condoversation

10:08 am

moolingwa

that one landed a bit flat

10:08 am

origami

English steals words from all over the world

10:09 am

Shirlockc

we should studio the language and the pun run better

10:09 am

penquis

well there has been a lot of hoopla in France in recent years because of all the English words now used there....like "le weekend"....

10:10 am

moolingwa

well at least hoopla is french

10:10 am

rururocks

that one flew by me shirl too much cabin pressure

10:11 am

hokie carla

howdy, folks

10:11 am

penquis

carla!

10:11 am

moolingwa

hoke!

10:11 am

rururocks

I'd imagine portmanteau is also french

10:12 am

penquis

yes...and armoire....

10:12 am

moolingwa

yes, in fact portmanteau is a portmanteau

10:12 am

moolingwa

I believe it literally means to carry cloak

10:12 am

origami

Then there's a lot of German words. Kindergarten for example.

10:12 am

Shirlockc

portmanteau is a itself a portmanteau

10:13 am

moolingwa

yes, we'd sound a bit weird talking about the children garden

10:13 am

rururocks

unless you're the president

10:14 am

moolingwa

well the president is without precedent in these matters

10:14 am

rururocks

zing!!!!!!!!!!!

10:14 am

hokie carla

pen! moo! ruru! shirl!

10:15 am

rururocks

hookie!!

10:15 am

origami

Hi hokie

10:15 am

rururocks

I have to make some desserts tonight ori

10:15 am

Shirlockc

happy easter (from a heathen :D)

10:15 am

rururocks

vanilla custard with raspberries

10:15 am

penquis

happy easter, shirl...

10:15 am

origami

Wine tasting group?

10:16 am

rururocks

yup

10:16 am

rururocks

sparkling wines tonight from everywhere

10:16 am

origami

Yumm

10:16 am

rururocks

(not Champagne)

10:17 am

rururocks

should be fun

10:17 am

moolingwa

but it might not be?

10:17 am

rururocks

depends.. some tastings are tough

10:17 am

moolingwa

:)

10:18 am

BzznBea

I made a coconut creme pie cheesecake yesterday. It looked beautiful when I put it in the fridge to set.

10:18 am

rururocks

we did a California Cabernet tasting last year and it wass brutal.. the wines were closed, backwards, over-amped, over-priced, oaky as hell and alcoholic.. very hard to taste

10:18 am

penquis

sounds yummy...

10:18 am

rururocks

that sounds awesome bea..

10:18 am

moolingwa

out of context alert

10:19 am

rururocks

?

10:19 am

BzznBea

We will see when I cut into it tomorrow

10:19 am

moolingwa

when you posted your comment about the Cabs, pen's comment came up immediately after for me

10:19 am

origami

I have a lemon ricotta cheesecake on my to make soon list

10:19 am

penquis

that sounds yummy, too...

10:20 am

rururocks

cheesecake is really fattening you guys :D

10:20 am

BzznBea

Mmm! I love ricotta. We have lemon ricotta pasta a lot.

10:20 am

moolingwa

well I guess they'll get their just desserts then

10:20 am

origami

The ricotta one isn't nearly as fattening

10:21 am

rururocks

don't sugar coat your comments mool

10:22 am

rururocks

if I eat too much sugar I get this glazed look

10:22 am

moolingwa

I'm flannergasted

10:22 am

jbp

i always love the wisdom sprinkled throughout this chog

10:22 am

moolingwa

sweet

10:23 am

rururocks

talk about pie in the sky stuff jbp

10:24 am

moolingwa

this is becoming tort-ure

10:24 am

moolingwa

or torte-ure I guess :)

10:24 am

jbp

oh, I come for the chog, the puzzle is just the frosting on the cake

10:25 am

rururocks

is that a confection of some kind mool?

10:26 am

rururocks

I do have to pavlova your attempt

10:26 am

jbp

well, it/s time for me to make my exit with ganache

10:26 am

moolingwa

oh, now that one takes the cake

10:26 am

rururocks

gateau see you jb

10:27 am

moolingwa

certainly nothing to trifle about

10:27 am

moolingwa

looks like you can macaroon disappear

10:28 am

Shirlockc

dough nut stop the pun run!

10:29 am

rururocks

I like like meringue-ing you guys with bad puns

10:29 am

moolingwa

that one felt like your were fudging it a bit tho

10:30 am

rururocks

naw.. I just like watching you souffle

10:30 am

moolingwa

well if you keep waffling on like that...

10:30 am

rururocks

Speaking of just desserts.. I'd better get going on mine it needs to set.

10:31 am

rururocks

Have great easter everyone

10:31 am

moolingwa

so long crepe

10:31 am

hokie carla

well, I missed the baking pun so can someone help me with the bottom A? only have 3.

10:31 am

hokie carla

bye ruru

10:31 am

moolingwa

seeya ru

10:31 am

moolingwa

I also have 3 off that one

10:31 am

rururocks

you're such a macaroon mool

10:31 am

rururocks

bye now

10:32 am

penquis

bye ru...

10:32 am

Shirlockc

most are AL

10:32 am

hokie carla

I guess that's reassuring then, moo,

10:32 am

hokie carla

25 left here. 5-5-5-7-2-1

10:32 am

moolingwa

it's good to know that we're hopeless together

10:32 am

moolingwa

37 lef 5-9-13-7-2-1

10:33 am

moolingwa

just got through my first pass...ooh, 3 more words

10:35 am

moolingwa

5OFOET

10:35 am

hokie carla

MM PP D RRRRR K GGG LLL N E AAAA SS

10:36 am

moolingwa

PP D RRRRR K M C GGG LLL N E TT AAAA L SSSS

10:37 am

hokie carla

found a normal M word

10:37 am

moolingwa

found a normal L word :)

10:38 am

moolingwa

and two normal s words

10:38 am

hokie carla

keep hearing a brown headed cowbird which merlin says in unlikely. haven't been able to see it yet.

10:38 am

hokie carla

is unlikely

10:38 am

moolingwa

and two regular G

10:38 am

moolingwa

well they're a relatively common bird

10:38 am

hokie carla

found a P that rhymes with the M I just found

10:39 am

hokie carla

yeah, the distribution map shows them all over, so I don't know why it says unlikely here

10:39 am

moolingwa

found my last k

10:40 am

moolingwa

couple of rs

10:40 am

hokie carla

oh, a dark-eyed junco. not sure I've heard of that.

10:40 am

moolingwa

Oh, we get those in the winter here

10:40 am

moolingwa

they're gone now

10:41 am

moolingwa

Our Meadowlarks, Red winged blackbirds, ospreys, Say's Phoebe's are all back

10:41 am

hokie carla

we're in the year round section on the map

10:41 am

moolingwa

the cliff swallows and lark buntings aren't yet

10:42 am

hokie carla

saying a pine warbler too but then it says their song can be confused with chipping sparrow and dark eyed junco so maybe it's just a chipping sparrow, which we have a lot.

10:43 am

moolingwa

yeah, though I've seen pine warblers in that part of the country

10:43 am

moolingwa

albeit in summer

10:43 am

moolingwa

you can check any...well pines :)

10:43 am

hokie carla

you have been in this area, moo? I know you've been all over.

10:44 am

hokie carla

I need to get my binoculars out and actually look

10:44 am

moolingwa

Well kind of, not exactly where you are

10:44 am

moolingwa

and more time in NC than SC

10:44 am

moolingwa

SC mostly around Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head...drove through a couple of times too

10:45 am

hokie carla

well, we are on the border, so more like western NC in flora and fauna

10:45 am

moolingwa

phantom anecdote

10:46 am

moolingwa

found my last d

10:46 am

hokie carla

dang

10:46 am

hokie carla

what was it?

10:46 am

moolingwa

d5

10:46 am

hokie carla

I have a DY5 and DY4

10:46 am

hokie carla

but not in that order

10:46 am

moolingwa

payote - a bribe that gets you high

10:47 am

moolingwa

two dy4

10:47 am

moolingwa

19 left - 3-3-6-4-2-1

10:47 am

moolingwa

2nd column greyed

10:47 am

hokie carla

still need one lower N for that

10:48 am

moolingwa

yeah, an N was my last word

10:48 am

hokie carla

what was it?

10:48 am

moolingwa

n5

10:48 am

hokie carla

card game?

10:49 am

moolingwa

interjection, but maybe it's a card game too

10:49 am

hokie carla

does it sometimes end in z? I guess I could see it being used as an interjection.

10:49 am

moolingwa

3rd column and 1st row greyed

10:49 am

moolingwa

yes

10:50 am

moolingwa

the other n's are 4s plus one plural

10:51 am

hokie carla

weird

10:51 am

moolingwa

grotel - a very low-budget motel

10:51 am

hokie carla

there it is

10:52 am

hokie carla

because it's gross?

10:52 am

moolingwa

sure

10:53 am

hokie carla

my 5 R's still remain a mystery

10:53 am

moolingwa

I have 1 R left

10:53 am

moolingwa

still 4 A's on the bottom tho

10:56 am

hokie carla

do you have the k's?

10:56 am

hokie carla

I have a ko4

10:56 am

moolingwa

another k4

10:56 am

hokie carla

that's what I assumed. it's always k4.

10:57 am

moolingwa

yeah, odd word

10:57 am

hokie carla

maybe I have the odd one

10:57 am

MollyL

They are both odd

10:58 am

moolingwa

they are both abnormal words

10:58 am

hokie carla

yep, that sounds about right. I guess I will get the right combo eventually

10:58 am

hokie carla

got it! thanks both.

11:00 am

moolingwa

12 left 1-1-3-4-2-1

11:01 am

moolingwa

R G LL TT AAAA SS

11:01 am

hokie carla

2-3-5-7-2-1

11:01 am

hokie carla

M P RRRRR GGG LLL E AAAA SS

11:01 am

hokie carla

found an S

11:02 am

moolingwa

me too, my last 5

11:02 am

BzznBea

The A's may be the al6/7

11:03 am

hokie carla

I remember those now, thanks, bea

11:03 am

hokie carla

well, HOET finally

11:03 am

BzznBea

Also the al7/8

11:04 am

moolingwa

ah, well there's the 6/7

11:04 am

hokie carla

I thought there was a longer alt sp of the 6/7 but I guess it's not here?

11:05 am

BzznBea

Not here

11:06 am

hokie carla

so is the 7/8 weird?

11:07 am

BzznBea

ends with the slang for prisoner/s

11:07 am

hokie carla

found an R5!

11:07 am

moolingwa

yeah, I'd say those were weird

11:07 am

moolingwa

tx, I have a grey a now

11:07 am

hokie carla

yep, never seen before. thanks, bea.

11:08 am

BzznBea

yw

11:08 am

moolingwa

and found my last 8 too

11:08 am

moolingwa

1-0-2-1-0-1

11:08 am

hokie carla

2-1-4-5-1-1

11:10 am

hokie carla

well my M was a normal 4 I definitely had

11:11 am

BzznBea

I also clued the 9 earlier.

11:12 am

hokie carla

ok, will check later, thx

11:12 am

hokie carla

methodically trying to find my last 4

11:14 am

moolingwa

found my last 4

11:14 am

hokie carla

what tile?

11:14 am

moolingwa

t

11:14 am

hokie carla

well I have all those

11:16 am

moolingwa

found my last 7

11:16 am

moolingwa

R G T

11:16 am

hokie carla

still the same here

11:16 am

hokie carla

P R4 G3 L3 E S

11:17 am

moolingwa

treelance - a shrub that does work for hire

11:18 am

moolingwa

I guess that would be a treelancer

11:22 am

hokie carla

okay, listed...not sure why my last 4 was going to take me forever and ever to find.

11:23 am

moolingwa

yeah, not sure I'm getting these last 3

11:24 am

hokie carla

well, 2 of my G"s were a set of normal words

11:24 am

moolingwa

market man?

11:24 am

hokie carla

yep

11:24 am

hokie carla

and the other looks like a dumb or archaic alt sp but I don't know what it actually is

11:25 am

hokie carla

ok, yeah it's not what I thought

11:25 am

moolingwa

yeah, probably my missing g

11:25 am

hokie carla

my money is on that

11:26 am

moolingwa

oh, found it

11:26 am

moolingwa

like a water barrier right?

11:26 am

hokie carla

yep

11:26 am

moolingwa

so a 6 and the 9 left

11:27 am

hokie carla

I looked up the 9 because I thought that would be faster than skimming the chat for bea's clue

11:29 am

moolingwa

is the 9 a t?

11:29 am

hokie carla

still struggling with an L set

11:29 am

moolingwa

le?

11:29 am

hokie carla

maybe it's not a set. found the bigger one.

11:30 am

hokie carla

oh, it is but I was looking for wrong length.

11:30 am

moolingwa

:)

11:31 am

hokie carla

can't believe I missed that R set that I use all the time

11:32 am

moolingwa

is the 9 a T?

11:32 am

hokie carla

no

11:32 am

moolingwa

oh

11:33 am

hokie carla

down to S7

11:33 am

moolingwa

yeah, that was one of my last words

11:33 am

hokie carla

got it

11:33 am

hokie carla

brb, gotta show one of the kids how to turn on the ebike

11:33 am

periwinkle

hi all. there is an re9 which I do not have

11:34 am

BzznBea

I clued it erlier

11:34 am

periwinkle

I also do not have either re7 or an re8

11:34 am

moolingwa

you and me both peri :)

11:34 am

moolingwa

well those ones are regular words peri, if that helps

11:34 am

BzznBea

The re7 and 8 are unrelated to the 9

11:35 am

moolingwa

different r

11:36 am

periwinkle

got an re7/8

11:36 am

periwinkle

saw your clue Bea but still not seeing the re9

11:38 am

BzznBea

Did you google french for encounter?

11:39 am

periwinkle

no but I will

11:40 am

periwinkle

ty got i

11:41 am

periwinkle

got it

11:41 am

BzznBea

good.

11:45 am

hokie carla

rehi

3:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

sneaking in to find a few, hi all

3:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

not doing so good. 72 to go. night all

4:31 pm

cherlyq

fireworks

5:57 pm

Yorkielass

any clues pls for the st7

6:37 pm

Yorkielass

Please any clues for the st7

6:47 pm

rururocks

st + the queen of troy

6:47 pm

rururocks

without the h

7:08 pm

periwinkle

le8 please

7:22 pm

Yorkielass

Thanks Ruru for the clue and fw

10:36 pm

cybernan

sthelen

10:36 pm

cybernan

st + queen of try without the h is only 6 letters

11:04 pm

rururocks

add an E

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