Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, July 8, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Hody all

12:00 am

MetFan

I mean HOWDY

12:01 am

rururocks

Hi met. Re7

12:02 am

rururocks

Re7x2

12:02 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone ,no 7

12:02 am

parisla

Hi7

12:02 am

rururocks

Gent

12:02 am

parisla

gets

12:02 am

MetFan

qut and gl7

12:02 am

rururocks

Gents

12:02 am

rururocks

Gets

12:02 am

MetFan

I mean qu7

12:02 am

rururocks

Damn it. Sorry

12:05 am

rururocks

Li8

12:06 am

dizgrannie

at 8

12:07 am

rururocks

At8x2

12:09 am

MetFan

Hey ruru - where ya been hiding?

12:13 am

parisla

ne8

12:13 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:14 am

cybernan

na 7 if not called

12:14 am

parisla

na8

12:15 am

cybernan

sorry - it was an 8 not a 7

12:17 am

MetFan

gh 7

12:17 am

rururocks

Ru8

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

parisla

es7

12:19 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:23 am

rururocks

An 8 called?

12:27 am

parisla

Ha, that's my missing A!

12:27 am

parisla

enorm

12:27 am

parisla

sorry!

12:34 am

parisla

mu7

12:43 am

Gillie

gl7 x 2

12:45 am

Gillie

ro7

12:45 am

Gillie

he7

12:46 am

Gillie

me7

12:55 am

dizgrannie

has the 9 been called yet

1:13 am

Gillie

I don't think so

1:14 am

Gillie

tr7

1:21 am

Gillie

gl7 x 3

1:30 am

Robespierre

Just found it! To 9

1:32 am

dizgrannie

ty Rob, nbt/nbs

1:41 am

mattygroves

Is the to9 a 'normal' word?

1:41 am

MetFan

Fairly so

1:42 am

MetFan

Describes what you'd do to a hostage

1:44 am

mattygroves

Looking!

1:46 am

Gabby65

Igh

1:46 am

MetFan

And the person doing it

1:55 am

mattygroves

Not seeing it. Maybe it'll come to me later

1:55 am

mattygroves

Ah hah!

1:56 am

mattygroves

Got it - thank you

2:21 am

rururocks

Tetter

2:21 am

rururocks

Tanist

2:21 am

rururocks

Testor

2:21 am

rururocks

Tetter

2:22 am

rururocks

Tanist

2:22 am

rururocks

Have to stop playing on my phone

4:21 am

dizgrannie

Ru, been there done that, lol

4:57 am

dizgrannie

FWs

8:00 am

phaeton

U stats?

8:01 am

phaeton

gile

8:02 am

rururocks

ut5 and ur6

8:02 am

phaeton

ty

8:31 am

phaeton

te8?

8:43 am

hurshy

phantom: er4while

8:43 am

BzznBea

It is a Mexican corn of old. te+ vowel + moral wrong + first two of canvas camp shelter.

8:44 am

BzznBea

Sucky clue

8:44 am

hurshy

fine clue

8:45 am

hurshy

phantom: eight

8:46 am

hurshy

off to work, ttfn

8:47 am

phaeton

ty Bea

8:48 am

BzznBea

yw

8:51 am

saanichcat

thanks Bea, great clue

10:11 am

hurshy

top N harder than expected

10:12 am

BzznBea

Agree. I did get it grey, but it was a struggle

10:14 am

hurshy

down to one N from each N tile now (and lots other words of all other kinds)

10:17 am

hurshy

hmm don't seem to be able to make anything related to mutiny :(

10:18 am

hurshy

ooh unless i just change the last letter

10:18 am

BzznBea

Yes, that

10:19 am

hurshy

phantoms: generous, generosities

10:27 am

hurshy

phantom: tontine

10:30 am

hurshy

some nice GL7s

10:32 am

Book Doctor Gwen

good morning babble! (to the tune of good morning starshine)

10:32 am

hurshy

hi gwen

10:33 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hiya hurshy

10:36 am

hurshy

phantom: rontgen

10:44 am

hurshy

the T not being able to go with the gh is bothersome

10:50 am

hurshy

phantom: hesitant

10:51 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

10:51 am

hurshy

^5

10:51 am

hurshy

90% done, first pass complete

10:52 am

Book Doctor Gwen

sheesh hurshy give the rest of us a chance lol

10:52 am

Shirlockc

murse is a word

10:53 am

hurshy

silly gwen, it's not like i pick them up and keep them and then you can't find them, lol

10:53 am

hurshy

what does murse mean, shirlock?

10:53 am

Shirlockc

a man purse

10:54 am

hurshy

ahhh

10:54 am

hurshy

maybe men prefer to call it a mag

10:55 am

Book Doctor Gwen

murse is "too oung" for this website. no slang from the past 50 years or so

10:55 am

BzznBea

LOL

10:55 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(too young)

10:56 am

hurshy

huzzah for chat, got the 9

11:00 am

mkg

hurshy i would love a clue for the 9....must look back at chat to see if clues were given

11:00 am

mkg

if it is the man purse i dont have any idea what that is.

11:00 am

BzznBea

The 9 is to9

11:01 am

BzznBea

one who pesters

11:01 am

Book Doctor Gwen

got it, TY bzz

11:02 am

mkg

pesters.......hmmm to.....thinking

11:02 am

BzznBea

to7 is the base

11:02 am

penquis

go to 8:43 or thereabouts.....

11:02 am

mkg

to annoy.......hmmm

11:02 am

ivesyj

but you are really mean about pestering them lol

11:03 am

penquis

sorry....that is not the 9....forget what i said...

11:04 am

BzznBea

mkg, I think you are handicapped by your insistence to go for the big words right out of the gate.

11:04 am

mkg

out of the gate? i have 142 words already. is this out of the gate? hmmm. ok.

11:05 am

Book Doctor Gwen

i haven't even found the gate yet

11:05 am

mkg

i have to six only, i will look for a to 7

11:05 am

BzznBea

I'm sorry for that assumption.

11:06 am

mkg

its ok.

11:07 am

mkg

anyway i welcome any clues for the to 9. i guess i will need to open lickety which is fine.

11:07 am

hurshy

in um Silence of the Lambs Hannibal Lecter is a to9

11:08 am

BzznBea

A younger sibling might to7 you

11:08 am

mkg

ouch

11:08 am

Book Doctor Gwen

to9 to + consonant + a group of males + consonant + suffix

11:08 am

hurshy

in Portrait of a Lady, her husband is her to9, and that's the scariest i've ever seen John Malkovich

11:08 am

mkg

torture not in grid...darn thought i had it

11:08 am

hurshy

close though. right idea.

11:09 am

penquis

try looking for a to 6....

11:09 am

hurshy

think of the soul-suckers in Harry Potter, the word is more like that

11:09 am

Book Doctor Gwen

the to9 does start with the same three letters

11:09 am

mkg

GOT IT. GOT IT. ty for great clues.wow. ty.

11:09 am

saanichcat

torepublicans

11:10 am

Book Doctor Gwen

lmfao saanichcat

11:10 am

hurshy

speaking of, did you guys see thomas massie's tweet

11:11 am

hurshy

" I spoke to McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning. He said we should end the war with Iran, quit giving aid to Israel, stop spying on Americans without a warrant, and he's really sorry about how my primary turned out."

11:11 am

rururocks

no what was it?

11:11 am

Book Doctor Gwen

stop stop i can't breathe lolol

11:11 am

rururocks

I wish McConnell felt bad about stacking the Supreme Court taking away women's rights

11:12 am

mkg

i wish all these politicians would cease to exist.......where are men like teddy roosevelt??????

11:12 am

BzznBea

That entire situation is ridiculous.

11:14 am

rururocks

we haven't even gotten through the first year... it's going to be a rough ride for everyone

11:14 am

hurshy

first year of what?

11:15 am

rururocks

Trump

11:15 am

hurshy

yes we have

11:15 am

penquis

almost a year and a half...

11:15 am

hurshy

it's been a year and a half almost

11:15 am

rururocks

oh... jeez.. time flies when you're destroying the world

11:16 am

hurshy

well hopefully that cheered you up a teensy bit then

11:17 am

BzznBea

I doubt Trump makes it through this term.

11:17 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! actor who famously played Moses

11:17 am

penquis

heston

11:17 am

BzznBea

There will be an entire wing at WRH for brain dead politicians.

11:17 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:18 am

rururocks

mel gibson

11:18 am

rururocks

damn it

11:18 am

mkg

any clues for the U words? ty

11:18 am

penquis

i remember we got a free afternoon off and a free ticket to the movie theater to see it....

11:18 am

hurshy

ur6, of the nature of a bear

11:18 am

mkg

what about mel gibson?

11:18 am

mkg

ty

11:18 am

hurshy

ut5, able to be used

11:19 am

penquis

mel is not in the grid....heston is...

11:20 am

hurshy

i don't think he has played moses, either. not seeing it on his imdb page

11:20 am

penquis

well it's time for lunch....leaving 35 for later...bye all...

11:20 am

mkg

got the ur word. ty.

11:21 am

mkg

for sure the US is no longer a place where jews can feel safe. i guess time for all the jews to leave the u.s. right?

11:21 am

hurshy

i have heard plenty of jews post online that they do not feel unsafe in the US

11:22 am

hurshy

just because some people are anti-semitic... i mean, you might as well say, in that case, since there are so many racists, all the black people should leave... and what, go to liberia?

11:22 am

rururocks

you guys missed my ironic humor for the jew hater

11:22 am

hurshy

i thought that might be it ru, but wasn't sure

11:23 am

hurshy

besides i betcha if he had had the chance to play moses and was offered a lot of money to do so he would not have turned it down

11:23 am

BzznBea

I don't think any one is safe in the US anymore unless you are a white male making millions of dollars

11:23 am

mkg

ruru that was the mel gibson comment but i didnt get it .

11:23 am

hurshy

even if you're a white male. you might be safeR but no one is ever truly safe in this world

11:23 am

rururocks

(make that billions bea)

11:24 am

hurshy

did you see about the billionaire who's spent years and lots of money trying to be as healthy as possible and boom turns out now, he's got an auto-immune disease

11:24 am

rururocks

yes

11:24 am

mkg

what is the guys name? how old is he?

11:25 am

rururocks

his body couldn't stomach his approach

11:25 am

hurshy

Bryan Johnson, age 48

11:25 am

bichon

to 7/28, pls

11:26 am

hurshy

i'll look for it with you bichon!

11:26 am

mkg

sad for him. i will google who he is.

11:26 am

rururocks

have a good day everyone

11:26 am

BzznBea

its a small sound

11:26 am

hurshy

oh don't we usually clue that as a small 2000 pounds, lol

11:27 am

BzznBea

probably

11:27 am

hurshy

that brings me up to 10/11 of the eights!

11:27 am

mkg

just googled him. too bad. i wonder what he will do with that money in his will.

11:27 am

hurshy

as one of the side characters in a Christmas Carol said, "i don't know. all i know is he didn't leave it to me."

11:28 am

bichon

ty Bea

11:29 am

hurshy

phantoms: tiger, liger

11:38 am

hurshy

i think i will list for the last 15

11:48 am

hurshy

well, only a couple really made me groan

11:48 am

hurshy

a lot of obscure 7s came out to play today

1:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom ugliest

1:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet woot

1:38 pm

periwinkle

to7 small sound? not seeing it

1:39 pm

periwinkle

hello all

1:39 pm

periwinkle

nm found it

1:40 pm

periwinkle

ru8 or an8 please

2:54 pm

LuvWordGames

ru 8 the most bumps

3:14 pm

penquis

An 8…extend the an 5/10…

3:20 pm

parisla

an8 the liqueur made from an5. Similar to ouzo.

3:24 pm

penquis

niglet....that little thing you can't remember....

3:47 pm

bichon

at 6/18, second one, pls

3:52 pm

penquis

i have at + ripped...

3:58 pm

bichon

tyvm pen

4:01 pm

penquis

yw...

4:12 pm

periwinkle

ty for the an8 and ru8

4:13 pm

penquis

yw...

4:13 pm

penquis

anyone have li 7?

4:13 pm

periwinkle

no but I do have the li8

4:14 pm

penquis

i have that one, too....

4:14 pm

periwinkle

I need 4 more 8s and lots of other words

4:15 pm

penquis

i need 3 words....sixes and sevens....

4:15 pm

periwinkle

go pen!!

4:18 pm

penquis

now just two sevens.....te 7/36 and li 7/28....

4:20 pm

periwinkle

ne8 or st8 pls

4:21 pm

Gillie

st8 is a kind of extreme heel

4:21 pm

periwinkle

ty Gillie

4:21 pm

penquis

ne 8....it's a superlative.....

4:22 pm

periwinkle

ty pen have all the 8s now

4:22 pm

penquis

cool....

4:22 pm

periwinkle

124 left will not finish

4:25 pm

penquis

i am done...used Best Word list for the last two....

4:25 pm

periwinkle

well done pen!!

4:25 pm

penquis

ty....wouldn't have finished without listing at 24....

4:26 pm

periwinkle

when you say listing you mean copying and pasting babble list to lickety?

4:27 pm

penquis

i use Expert...

4:28 pm

penquis

and yes, i copy and paste into expert....it's lickety really....

4:28 pm

periwinkle

How can you use expert with the new version of the game

4:28 pm

periwinkle

ok

4:28 pm

penquis

someone posted a means to do it that was shared by the lickety guy....sprite maybe?

4:29 pm

periwinkle

I keep forgetting how to do it

4:29 pm

periwinkle

I will check out sprite

4:31 pm

penquis

you do the workaround once....i cut and paste my words into expert....then i enter new words in the grid ...then i enter them into the lickety part of expert to make sure I know i found that word....when i am done, i refresh the babble page...

4:32 pm

penquis

the new words are entered into the expert grid...

4:32 pm

periwinkle

ok. I really miss the old way

4:32 pm

penquis

you don't have to export the new words....

4:33 pm

penquis

it's not hard, just a new routine....

4:33 pm

periwinkle

taking a break have a good night pen

4:34 pm

penquis

i checked and it was Sprite...

4:34 pm

penquis

you have a good night, too....

4:35 pm

penquis

heading out....bye all....

5:03 pm

MollyL

Sounds like a lot of work to use Lickety Expert

6:30 pm

periwinkle

do you have a better way Molly?

6:45 pm

hokie carla

the old fashioned way - enter them into the website, then bulk add into lickety - is not that hard.

6:56 pm

MollyL

I agree with Carla. I have never understood the appeal of Expert. All you have to do is open a new tab with the Lickety's list link, copy your word list and bulk add it into the list.

7:03 pm

nrkii

agreed

7:04 pm

Dorens

I've never used Lickety's Expert

7:09 pm

rururocks

is this one of Doren's kids?

7:35 pm

mkg

if anyone has clues for any 8s except for the ru 8, i would love them. thanks.

7:41 pm

FrenchToast

na8 is dressed the most stylish

8:54 pm

hurshy

i have the most old fashioned way of all - i just enter the words here. when i use the list i just look at the printable version and that's it.

10:05 pm

lshult

2xat8/40

10:06 pm

lshult

to8/45

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