Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, May 18, 2026

12:00 am

harpjane

flip!

12:00 am

mich_pdx

hey harp, happy flip

12:02 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:02 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:03 am

harpjane

found some sheep

12:03 am

harpjane

and a skinny fish

12:04 am

harpjane

ooh and insects

12:05 am

mich_pdx

I found a run-down shack and the person who would never live there

12:06 am

harpjane

thx mich

12:09 am

dizgrannie

hi all, br 7

12:12 am

ursh

hello all

12:13 am

mich_pdx

diz, you are so good at finding words! thanks for the stat -- hopefully I'll find it before the next flip, lol

12:14 am

ursh

co6&7

12:17 am

ursh

pi 7&8

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs, thns ursh

12:19 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:19 am

mich_pdx

thanks, Lickety!

2:05 am

ursh

anyone have the go 7/44 - please clue

2:07 am

ursh

nm found it - crazy word

5:36 am

ivesyj

clue for the last be 6 pz

5:57 am

ChampFit

I don't know if it's the last one, but I have a 6/39

6:05 am

ivesyj

yes that is the one im looking for!

6:05 am

ChampFit

Great!

6:05 am

ChampFit

BBL

6:06 am

ivesyj

lol i still need a clue plz lol

6:10 am

ivesyj

nv got it

8:17 am

phaeton

help with the lo7

8:18 am

Gitel

Rouge

8:18 am

Gitel

Apologies

8:19 am

Gitel

Rogue

8:19 am

Gitel

Again what an idiot. No coffee yet

8:23 am

BzznBea

lo7 compound word slow toss + earth crawler

8:30 am

rastapopolous

more cowbell!

8:40 am

welki

thanks, rasta - a nice way to start the grid, laughing :)

9:25 am

LuvWordGames

cs

10:19 am

moolingwa

morning

10:23 am

player girl

Can someone please clue the go7

10:24 am

BzznBea

go+ what a skeleton is made with added vowel

10:24 am

godthaab

Name that proper noun 'American composer

11:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B (babbing) (hi all)

11:02 am

Book Doctor Gwen

bnt woot

11:29 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(oops, i meant nbt)

11:30 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hurrah, i am in the grid

11:48 am

mkg

any clues for 8s welcome. syn. are great.

11:50 am

Book Doctor Gwen

sorry, no 8s yet

11:55 am

Kallia

pi 7/8

11:57 am

mkg

great clue Bea! ty

11:57 am

mkg

any syn kallia?

12:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

TY, Kallia, got the pi7/8

12:01 pm

mkg

need syn for the pi 7/8 please

12:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

pi7, a two-syllable word, sounds like a Polish dumpling (?)

12:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet, and i'm off till later, cheerio

12:02 pm

mkg

dont know polish dumpling. sorry

12:03 pm

mkg

oh my just googled polish dumpling. had no idea those were polish. very interesting

12:04 pm

mkg

got the eight!

12:04 pm

mkg

ty

12:04 pm

mkg

got the seven as well. ty. great clue gwen.

12:06 pm

mkg

missing the E words for the fourth row e. any clues welcome

12:10 pm

hurshy

hello babblers

12:11 pm

mkg

hi hurshy.

12:11 pm

hurshy

top row grey!!

12:12 pm

mkg

found one e word from that 4th row e. eo 4 if anyone needs it.

12:16 pm

hurshy

phantom: viscous

12:20 pm

hokie carla

howdy folks. top row gray!

12:20 pm

hurshy

hiya hokie

12:20 pm

hokie carla

hey hursh

12:21 pm

hokie carla

phantom cobwebs

12:22 pm

hokie carla

well I don't like this G so far

12:24 pm

hurshy

there is a clue for a go7 if you scroll down

12:25 pm

hokie carla

thanks

12:26 pm

hokie carla

and hey to moo if you're still here

12:27 pm

hurshy

i still need one G though after i got that go7

12:27 pm

hokie carla

I need 4!

12:27 pm

hurshy

the rest that i have are all short

12:27 pm

hokie carla

found a g4

12:29 pm

hokie carla

well I'm one for 12 in the O

12:30 pm

hurshy

yeah the O is rough

12:30 pm

hurshy

i did get 9 but some of those were just my wanderoos' stellar efforts

12:30 pm

hokie carla

well just saw ow4 which is staring me in the face

12:32 pm

hokie carla

and there's the instrument

12:32 pm

hokie carla

I am blind

12:33 pm

hokie carla

made up a set. still need 5!

12:33 pm

hurshy

was the set you made a 4/5 or a 5/6

12:33 pm

hokie carla

5/6

12:33 pm

hurshy

cut off the last letter

12:33 pm

hokie carla

gracias

12:34 pm

hurshy

well i'm on B and it's even worse

12:34 pm

hokie carla

great

12:35 pm

hokie carla

have been doing random B's that I see when doing the other tile and already have 12

12:44 pm

hokie carla

hmm, just tried bougie. I'm surprised that made it onto enable 26 years ago

12:45 pm

hokie carla

wow 1732 per m-w

12:46 pm

hurshy

?

12:46 pm

hurshy

oh the year 1732

12:46 pm

hokie carla

which part. lol

12:46 pm

hokie carla

yes

12:46 pm

hurshy

i was like, what are these numbers

12:48 pm

hokie carla

well, 45 left and HOET. gotta do some things. BBL. good luck.

12:49 pm

hurshy

back to work for me anyway, ttfn

1:01 pm

periwinkle

go7 please

1:25 pm

sajarn

go7/44 go+skeletal element, add a vowel

2:17 pm

cybernan

hello everyone

2:46 pm

cybernan

wish I knew what m-w has to do with the year 1732

2:55 pm

hokie carla

merriam-webster dictionary says the first use of bougie was in 1732

2:55 pm

hokie carla

I was questioning that it was around in 2000 or whenever the enable word list that this game uses was made

3:37 pm

moolingwa

such a bougie thing to ask ;)

4:02 pm

hokie carla

moooo

4:14 pm

hurshy

i'm confused

4:14 pm

hurshy

about the dumplings

4:14 pm

hurshy

i have pi6

4:15 pm

hurshy

i know you can stick an E after the i for a 7, but we don't have that option today, so what is the 7??

4:17 pm

hokie carla

I was confused by that too

4:17 pm

cybernan

it is a strange spelling for the dumplings or is it the dumplings themselves you don't have a name for?

4:18 pm

hurshy

i just monkeyed it at last

4:18 pm

hurshy

it's not another spelling for the dumpling

4:18 pm

hurshy

that was my problem, i was thinking it was

4:18 pm

hurshy

it just REMINDED gwen of it

4:19 pm

hurshy

it's actually a generic term for small boats in regions once colonized by France and Spain, particularly dugouts made from a log.

4:19 pm

hurshy

can give a break-down clue if anyone else needs it

4:19 pm

cybernan

I was going to say it is a boat

4:19 pm

hurshy

:)

4:20 pm

cybernan

used in the early fur trade in "New France" (Quebec)

4:20 pm

hurshy

yes

4:21 pm

cybernan

wonder if carla found it

4:22 pm

hurshy

yeah her statement could have meant "i was confused at one point, before i found it" or that she was confused and therefore did not find it

4:23 pm

hurshy

ambiguous

4:24 pm

cybernan

too bad there isn't another l -- we could hear the bovines coming home then

4:26 pm

cybernan

still need 4 more c's

4:26 pm

cybernan

and g's

4:26 pm

cybernan

make that 2 g's

4:42 pm

hurshy

ok so nobody has mentioned the other 8 in chat as far as i can see

4:44 pm

MollyL

Two 8's bo and pi

4:44 pm

hurshy

ok thanks

4:59 pm

hurshy

well i'm befuddled

5:02 pm

hurshy

ok checked list for the positioning of bo8 and got it at last

5:08 pm

Shirlockc

clue for the bo8 pls?

5:09 pm

hurshy

take an island that is partly Malaysia, partly Indonesia, and partly Brunei, add another letter to it for 7. then plural for 8.

5:10 pm

Shirlockc

great clue thx hurshy

5:16 pm

hurshy

well, this grid definitely had a few sharp teeth, but, done at last

7:25 pm

periwinkle

bo8 please

7:31 pm

periwinkle

tough grid. I am out of here

8:50 pm

rururocks

it wasn't all that bad you guys

8:53 pm

phaeton

the bo8 is the pl of the bo7...birth; anagram of Spanish cheer

8:54 pm

phaeton

any one have the go6/7?

8:57 pm

phaeton

nm

9:00 pm

rururocks

g + a wood instrument

9:01 pm

rururocks

the 7 ends with most of middle leg

9:15 pm

phaeton

ty ru

9:16 pm

phaeton

bogs

11:34 pm

harpjane

nbt

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