Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, August 5, 2026

12:00 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:01 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:01 am

dizgrannie

hi all

12:02 am

Robespierre

Good morning!

12:03 am

Rainiqui

we 7

12:05 am

Rainiqui

an 7

12:08 am

Rainiqui

he 7

12:08 am

ursh

hello all

12:08 am

Gillie

Hi - ir7

12:09 am

rastapopolous

in7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

ty lickety

12:22 am

ursh

el 7

12:25 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs an 8 & 9

12:25 am

Gillie

I'm not having any luck with the i in the second row

12:28 am

dizgrannie

il 8 & 9

12:28 am

Gillie

Well, that would explain it

12:29 am

Gillie

le7

12:34 am

jbp

li 7 if not already called

12:35 am

jbp

and io 7 also

12:36 am

Gillie

Are you sure about that one? I have all the i's in the top left, and the next I down is reserved for il8 & 9, I believe

12:37 am

jbp

it goes up and over

12:37 am

Gillie

I have io6

12:38 am

jbp

oh wait, I can't tell my i's from my l's

12:38 am

jbp

ir 7, in 7 and li7

12:40 am

jbp

anyhoo, hope to bbl. good night all

12:43 am

Gillie

Well, never seen the il8/9 pair before, I think

1:25 am

Otis the Bear

The frustration of words not adding, so after squinting at the phone, you grab your reading glasses and learn the C is actually a G. *facepalm* Good night all. I'll try again in the morning! 🙄

1:26 am

dizgrannie

sorry Otis, but I had to laugh, have done the same thing

5:29 am

Bremen

rile neem

5:29 am

Bremen

dang fingers... sorry...

8:04 am

phaeton

stats for the lone i plse

8:05 am

rururocks

in7

8:06 am

origami

Good morning ru

8:06 am

phaeton

ty

8:06 am

rururocks

hi ori

8:10 am

rururocks

finally got my missing n

8:10 am

rururocks

duh oh

8:20 am

phaeton

clue for the in7?

8:21 am

rururocks

math term.. numbers that aren't fractional

8:22 am

phaeton

ty

8:26 am

LuvWordGames

As with the re words, the against words can be very arbittrary. You can be against the good guy but you can't be against the microscopic things that can make you sick??

8:28 am

saanichcat

I hope your comment goes viral actually

8:28 am

saanichcat

ha

8:28 am

LuvWordGames

lol

8:31 am

LuvWordGames

lots of latin plurals today

8:51 am

maccafixx

1st Le 5/14?

8:52 am

ChampFit

My first one is similar to the actor Heath Le6 , who passed away.

8:53 am

LuvWordGames

I haven't listed but the first one I have sounds like something you would keep a tally of your expenses in

8:53 am

ChampFit

Same

8:54 am

maccafixx

ty!

8:54 am

mattygroves

For the EN5, I know it's from the E in the second row, but which N should I be using?

8:56 am

ChampFit

last column

8:56 am

ChampFit

I think. It can go either way. I still need 2 from the lower e

9:07 am

phaeton

clue for eu7?

9:09 am

ChampFit

Just found it. Looks like a woman's name.

9:09 am

ChampFit

Can plural for an 8

9:11 am

phaeton

ty

9:17 am

ChampFit

bbl

9:28 am

maccafixx

last se 8/40?

9:28 am

phaeton

fw

9:29 am

phaeton

pl of the se7

9:31 am

saanichcat

se 40 -- a guard, quite often on a hill.

9:32 am

phaeton

that's not the last one

9:32 am

BzznBea

yes it is

9:32 am

maccafixx

ty saanichcat!

9:32 am

saanichcat

I think phaeton was thinking of the si 40

9:32 am

BzznBea

and there is not se7

9:37 am

saanichcat

and congrats phaeton for FW!

9:38 am

marksdolly

there are 2 se 8

9:41 am

phaeton

yes but Mac asked for the last one

9:41 am

mkg

ty for eu 7/8 clue below.

9:41 am

phaeton

sorry...I was clueing si8

9:42 am

saanichcat

no worries

12:47 pm

hurshy

hi all

12:50 pm

hurshy

if any

12:55 pm

hurshy

i wonder if both the se8s are from the top

12:59 pm

hurshy

nope! the one not clued was from the bottom, i found it

1:00 pm

hurshy

i got three of the i tiles but the second row one has me flummoxed, anyone have one or both of those?

1:01 pm

BzznBea

which I?

1:01 pm

hurshy

the second row

1:02 pm

BzznBea

il8 and 9

1:03 pm

hurshy

oh well no wonder i didn't see them!

1:04 pm

hurshy

thank goodness for MW

1:07 pm

hurshy

how many rh today?

1:08 pm

BzznBea

3

1:08 pm

hurshy

hmm

1:08 pm

hurshy

then i'm just awfully blind to the other Rs, i guess

1:10 pm

BzznBea

1 four two fives

1:10 pm

hurshy

i know, i have them

1:10 pm

hurshy

i'm blind to the OTHER Rs

1:11 pm

hurshy

i need 5 but i have the RHs

1:13 pm

hurshy

oooh found a pair

1:19 pm

hurshy

phantoms: engine, enjoin

1:31 pm

hokie carla

howdy

2:15 pm

hokie carla

this grid is a PITA

2:19 pm

mich_pdx

pita? lol, just looked it up. Going to have to keep that in my arsenal :)

2:24 pm

hokie carla

sorry, thought that one was standard ;D

2:36 pm

Shirlockc

clue for the il8/9 pls?

3:05 pm

juniperberet

il + guys + mineral ending (and pl)

3:12 pm

Shirlockc

thx juniper, would never have monkeyed that

3:13 pm

mkg

ilmenite

3:18 pm

mkg

ooops so so sorry all! darn!

3:19 pm

mkg

great clue juniper.

3:29 pm

MollyL

YCCOCFA

3:45 pm

hurshy

you can count on...?

5:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in, sploosh

6:27 pm

hurshy

oh look, a gwen!

6:29 pm

hurshy

how can an4ge4 not be a word? isn''t that what disinfectants and soaps and sanitizers are??

6:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

73 to go, stuck on the lone i

6:31 pm

BzznBea

in7.36

6:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

tax, bea, hunting

6:31 pm

hurshy

1 2 3 4 but not 4.5

6:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

found it, finally nbt woot

6:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet woot

10:42 pm

mkg

missing three tiles: fourth column i, e and i words. any help welcome. ty

10:48 pm

mkg

found one of the top row i words i was missing. still missing other two.

11:19 pm

Onpaki

is there a clue for re5,14?

11:23 pm

Onpaki

Oh, i got it.

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