Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, April 8, 2026

12:03 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:04 am

ursh

hello all

12:08 am

Robespierre

Good morning!

12:11 am

harpjane

found some rodents

12:12 am

Robespierre

There are some other creatures in the grid that can take care of your rodent problem.

12:13 am

harpjane

so I see

12:14 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:17 am

harpjane

hi nan

12:20 am

harpjane

found an ungulate

12:42 am

cybernan

crashing - still need the e and the 8. Good night

12:44 am

MetFan

Clues are REALLY late tonight

9:58 am

phaeton

yay!

9:58 am

hokie carla

Howdy

9:59 am

phaeton

hey-hey

9:59 am

hokie carla

Phantom exact

10:02 am

MollyL

If you are here early and the grid is down, please email Dr. God and let him know. dr.god@playbabble.com

10:08 am

LuvWordGames

there's a extra word on Lickety's list: pu 7/56

10:17 am

phaeton

weird...no 7's

10:18 am

MollyL

I let Lickety know about the extra word.

11:27 am

moolingwa

morning anyone

12:05 pm

hurshy

hello all

12:06 pm

hurshy

already flummoxed on the E

12:06 pm

moolingwa

yeah...about that

12:06 pm

moolingwa

if you need a clue, let me know

12:06 pm

hurshy

yes please

12:06 pm

moolingwa

want the stats, second letter or a clue?

12:07 pm

hurshy

if it's weird, all of the above

12:07 pm

moolingwa

ex 6/39

12:07 pm

moolingwa

could literally mean, a former architectural feature

12:08 pm

hurshy

ah thanks

12:08 pm

moolingwa

yw

12:08 pm

hurshy

i bet it actually means "someone who rules from outside"

12:08 pm

moolingwa

I suspect you are right, but that wouldn't have been as interesting to make up a clue

12:08 pm

Deeha

thanks mool

12:09 pm

hurshy

i see in the eastern church it's a patriar4's deputy, otherwise, the ruler of a province in the Byzantine Empire

12:09 pm

hurshy

so i was on the right general track i guess

12:11 pm

moolingwa

I'll give it to you :)

12:18 pm

hurshy

third row grey!

12:18 pm

moolingwa

woot

12:27 pm

hurshy

right col grey!

12:33 pm

hurshy

what's the 8?

12:33 pm

moolingwa

not sure

12:34 pm

ChampFit

du 8/65

12:34 pm

hurshy

interesting

12:34 pm

hurshy

got it, thanks!

12:34 pm

hurshy

5-8-1

12:35 pm

ChampFit

woohoo!

12:36 pm

hurshy

ok one of the stumpers is, i have 3 UN and 2 UP, what am i missing?

12:36 pm

ChampFit

Thx...I need another un. You're missing ud4

12:37 pm

hurshy

thanks

12:37 pm

hurshy

the un words are 4, 6, 5

12:38 pm

ChampFit

thx!

12:39 pm

hurshy

how about P? i have pu4 and 6

12:39 pm

moolingwa

pu4 again

12:39 pm

ChampFit

you beat me moo!

12:39 pm

hurshy

ty

12:39 pm

hurshy

and the left A, i have an4, aw4, what else does that one have?

12:40 pm

moolingwa

aw5

12:40 pm

hurshy

thank you!! left col grey!

12:41 pm

hurshy

well now i'm at 1-7-1 lol

12:42 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I have 11 5s left

12:43 pm

hurshy

well at least i can focus my wanderoos on 5s

1:04 pm

Sugrraleona

I have a question - the board is showing 3 p's - lickety is showing 4 p's - what the heck?

1:05 pm

ChampFit

It's a boo-boo. There isn't a p7

1:05 pm

Sugrraleona

ty champ

1:06 pm

BzznBea

Sometimes lickety has an extra word.

1:13 pm

Gillie

"putdown" - a later version of the Enable word list has some words that don't get used in Babble (though a small number have been added in, I think, like "spam")

1:14 pm

Gillie

Lickety has to edit his list to match the one used by Babble on an ad-hoc basis, I think

1:36 pm

rastapopolous

uffda, not found. Not norwegien

1:56 pm

hokie carla

rehi

2:01 pm

BzznBea

Carla!

2:03 pm

hokie carla

bea!

2:05 pm

hokie carla

how goes it?

2:08 pm

penquis

hello all...

2:09 pm

hokie carla

pen!

2:10 pm

penquis

carla!

2:10 pm

hokie carla

I don't not have HOET yet due to the P

2:11 pm

hokie carla

do not or don't

2:11 pm

penquis

well i just started and have two P fours...

2:11 pm

hurshy

other is pu6/30

2:11 pm

hokie carla

ok, will look for another 4 and the 6

2:12 pm

hurshy

i'm down to 1-3-1 monkeying

2:12 pm

penquis

ah, ok...

2:12 pm

hokie carla

30 left here. did a lot at the salon on my ipad so will have to try everything again.

2:16 pm

hokie carla

is the pu6 a normal word?

2:16 pm

MollyL

No

2:16 pm

BzznBea

Looks yiddish

2:16 pm

hokie carla

I couldn't imagine how it would be

2:17 pm

hurshy

yeah yiddish i think

2:17 pm

penquis

ty, hursh...

2:17 pm

hokie carla

are there any hints in the chat or can someone provide?

2:17 pm

crosshair

Ouch! We just hit $1.80/litre, or $6.80 a gallon for gasoline today!

2:18 pm

hokie carla

hey crossy

2:18 pm

penquis

starts with to place....only one vowel in the word...

2:18 pm

crosshair

Howdy Hokie. :)

2:18 pm

penquis

hi crossy....

2:19 pm

BzznBea

It means a violent attempt to overthrow a government.

2:19 pm

crosshair

Howdy, Pen. :)

2:19 pm

penquis

hi bea....

2:19 pm

hokie carla

well I looked it up on bestwordlist because I couldn't get the right combo of consonants and what bea said...also bwl says it is german.

2:21 pm

hokie carla

but still no HOET as I forgot I don't have the upper E

2:21 pm

crosshair

Ty for that pu6. :)

2:21 pm

penquis

don't have that one either...

2:21 pm

BzznBea

It an ex6

2:22 pm

hokie carla

also not normal I reckon

2:24 pm

crosshair

And the ex 6/39

2:24 pm

penquis

is it a normal word?

2:24 pm

crosshair

No

2:25 pm

crosshair

Ex + a st. Lous attraction

2:25 pm

hokie carla

thanks

2:25 pm

penquis

ty...

2:25 pm

crosshair

:)

2:27 pm

hurshy

whew, well, my last two C words were both very weird

2:27 pm

hokie carla

good to know I guess

2:28 pm

hokie carla

still have 7 c's and 7 s's

2:28 pm

hokie carla

dirt - unmud

2:35 pm

hokie carla

found 3 s's but no c's. 3-10-5-0-1

2:36 pm

penquis

i peaked at lickety and he has one more P word than this page has...

2:37 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I saw chatter about it earlier

2:37 pm

hokie carla

he has been informed apparently

2:37 pm

penquis

he has a pu 7...

2:38 pm

hokie carla

yes, putdown

2:38 pm

hokie carla

which is surprising it wasn't on the original enable

2:38 pm

penquis

yes...but it has happened before...

2:39 pm

penquis

is the 8 a normal word?

2:39 pm

BzznBea

Done. See you next time.

2:39 pm

penquis

bye, bea...

2:39 pm

penquis

and congrats...

2:40 pm

hokie carla

well done, bea. see ya.

2:41 pm

hokie carla

yes, I think lickety uses a newer version of enable

2:41 pm

hokie carla

so it happens a bit

2:41 pm

penquis

perhaps...

2:41 pm

penquis

is the 8 a normal word?

2:42 pm

hokie carla

what's the stat?

2:43 pm

penquis

du 8/65...

2:44 pm

hokie carla

interesting

2:45 pm

hokie carla

no idea

2:45 pm

penquis

must be an odd word...

2:45 pm

hokie carla

I have F H R UU C7 DDD SSSS left

2:46 pm

MollyL

Not really odd

2:46 pm

hokie carla

does it start with two?

2:46 pm

MollyL

No

2:46 pm

penquis

ah...got it...would think that is a proper noun....

2:47 pm

penquis

compound word...

2:47 pm

hokie carla

does it start with sand thing?

2:47 pm

penquis

no...

2:47 pm

penquis

it's a little twisty...

2:47 pm

penquis

ty, molly....

2:50 pm

hokie carla

had to look it up. agree, you would think proper noun. also didn't not have the root, which probably would have helped and is a common noun.

2:54 pm

MollyL

It is also an adverb, as in go du5 to dinner

2:55 pm

penquis

yes, that is what i thought.....

2:58 pm

penquis

will have to take a break and recharge the laptop...bye for now...

3:01 pm

hokie carla

bye pen

3:01 pm

hokie carla

!

3:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(runs in babbling) hi all

3:39 pm

periwinkle

hi all not seeing that du8

3:39 pm

periwinkle

it was 29 degrees here this am!

3:40 pm

Dippnall

Sprite's Husband?!

3:40 pm

periwinkle

huh?

3:41 pm

Dippnall

Compound. Think Sprite's nationality

3:44 pm

periwinkle

does it extend the du5 which I do not have

3:44 pm

hokie carla

I thought sprite was from denmark

3:45 pm

MollyL

Again, think of what nationality Sprite is

3:45 pm

hokie carla

think netherlands

3:45 pm

periwinkle

she is Dutch, right?

3:45 pm

MollyL

Oh lord

3:45 pm

hokie carla

that's the 5!

3:45 pm

Dippnall

Yep

3:46 pm

periwinkle

sorry was looking at wrong D

3:46 pm

periwinkle

got the u8 ty

3:46 pm

periwinkle

got the du8 even

3:49 pm

periwinkle

where is sprite? have not seen her in a long time

3:49 pm

hokie carla

I haven't either but haven't been playing at flip time much

3:53 pm

MollyL

She is in one of her dry spells. Haven't seen her darling grannyrose around either.

3:55 pm

hokie carla

feels like I have seen her during the day some

3:57 pm

hokie carla

oh, finally found another word

4:12 pm

hokie carla

and another!

4:17 pm

hokie carla

and my last 4. 0-8-5

4:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt, nbs, 81 to go, woot

4:28 pm

hokie carla

woot

4:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom whatsupdoc (snark)

4:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

traf

4:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oops

4:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet, 44 to go

4:57 pm

MollyL

unwed

4:57 pm

MollyL

Sorry

5:44 pm

cherlyq

fireworks

6:05 pm

cybernan

anyone still here?

6:07 pm

rbud

I'm back from the kitchen

6:07 pm

cybernan

hi rbud - do you have a clue for the e?

6:08 pm

MollyL

ex + McDonalds sign symbol

6:09 pm

cybernan

ty molly

6:23 pm

cybernan

cannot for the life of me find a ch 4 that comes between what you separate from the wheat and bedlam

6:23 pm

cybernan

oh - kept trying th only possibility and didnt

6:23 pm

cybernan

realize it was saying I already had it

6:27 pm

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

6:27 pm

licketySplitAUS

Removed that extra word finally

6:30 pm

cybernan

there is an extra word? - haven't come across it yet

6:46 pm

cybernan

must be the pu7 in lickety's list

6:48 pm

cybernan

going to need a clue for the pu 6 though, please

6:53 pm

rbud

first 3 of the 2nd pu4, and the first 3 of where kids go to get educated. Kind of looks Yiddish, but it seems it's not.

6:54 pm

cybernan

ty - certainly not english either

6:54 pm

rbud

something to do with a sudden takeover of power

6:55 pm

cybernan

thought that was a co 4, which is english - or at least english evolved from the french

6:56 pm

cybernan

a lot of that seeing as how William the Conquerer was from Normandy

7:11 pm

cybernan

missing a u and 2 x s, but have had enough --- back at the flip maybe

7:16 pm

rbud

ud4?

7:24 pm

nrkii

u + your stylist is good at a variety of haird--

8:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

anyone know what the extra word iz?

8:12 pm

penquis

it's a pu 7...that's all i know...

8:13 pm

grannyrose

Lickety posted that he had removed the extra word.

8:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty/ running on empty here

8:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

un 6 pls?

8:19 pm

penquis

not impressed...

8:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

ra6?

8:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

i cannot type- tonight

8:21 pm

penquis

there is no ra 6...ra 5 is spelled similar to a timepiece but with an R...

8:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

i will have to mull over that one. ty

8:22 pm

penquis

think on the wrist....

8:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

or i can just go to sleep.

8:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

funny you sh.ould say tha

8:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:23 pm

penquis

yw...

8:25 pm

penquis

anyone have sc 5/16?

8:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

joe sc5/16

8:28 pm

penquis

nm...found it...ty...

8:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

night

8:28 pm

penquis

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

8:45 pm

dauber

Arright, "Newhart" isn't accepted. I need to have a word with Dr God.

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