Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, August 26, 2026

12:04 am

MetFan

FLIP-a-dee-doo-dah

12:04 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:04 am

ursh

hello all

12:05 am

dizgrannie

hi all

12:08 am

dizgrannie

to 7

12:14 am

Gillie

hi - dr7

12:14 am

dizgrannie

jo 6

12:14 am

MetFan

ap7

12:17 am

Lizlin

de9

12:17 am

MetFan

TY Lizlin

12:17 am

Lizlin

yw

12:18 am

MetFan

tornado

12:18 am

MetFan

Sorry - free answer

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

TY Lickety

12:26 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs...pr 8

12:29 am

cybernan

hi everyone = friendly grid

12:29 am

Gillie

Up to a point - I'm finding it slow going now (with 25 left)

12:31 am

cybernan

just got here 10 minutes ago and only half way

12:34 am

Gillie

Well, I do usually slow down quite a bit at the end - it'll be better tomorrow

12:34 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs

1:23 am

dizgrannie

FWs

1:28 am

MetFan

Great diz - I usually work on the grid for two hours, then leave the rest for tomorrow.

2:24 am

Onpaki

hello everyone. i like friendly grids. :)

5:16 am

ChampFit

phantom: mahjongg

5:37 am

ChampFit

pr8

5:58 am

ChampFit

at9

7:56 am

phaeton

yay!

8:05 am

hokie carla

top row gray!

8:06 am

hokie carla

phantom taproom

8:07 am

hokie carla

and tandem

8:07 am

rururocks

roadent a highway rat

8:16 am

hokie carla

2nd row not gray!

8:16 am

rururocks

2nd row grey here

8:17 am

hokie carla

nice. just need one from every tile.

8:24 am

hokie carla

ooh, found a big word

8:26 am

rururocks

one T to go

8:26 am

hokie carla

totally tubular

8:27 am

rururocks

almost

8:27 am

hokie carla

3rd row definitely not gray

8:27 am

rururocks

all rows grey here now

8:27 am

hokie carla

woot, well done

8:27 am

rururocks

fun grid for once

8:27 am

rururocks

most of them recently have been a bitch

8:28 am

hokie carla

well it has d4/6 and d4/7 that mean the same thing so it must be fun

8:30 am

hokie carla

phantom notary

8:31 am

rururocks

need to jump in the shower.. good luck hokes

8:31 am

hokie carla

thanks, adios

8:35 am

phaeton

help with the pr8 pls

8:35 am

hokie carla

ah, thanks

8:36 am

hokie carla

like a person who is an over-pr8 needs shoes made for that

8:38 am

hokie carla

just looked it up and the actual definition is two muscles in the forearm

8:38 am

hokie carla

that help you rotate your hand palm up and down

8:38 am

phaeton

ok

8:50 am

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm awake, hi all

8:53 am

hokie carla

oh, found the other 9 thanks to that 8

8:53 am

hokie carla

same ending if you're still looking, phae

8:53 am

hokie carla

hey gwen

8:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woo hoo

8:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

'sup carla!

8:54 am

hokie carla

phantom tyrant

8:55 am

hokie carla

ah, just trying to get HOET before I have to leave but some of the lower tiles are troubling.

8:56 am

hokie carla

okay, now just one

8:57 am

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom patron

8:57 am

phaeton

last word...ar7?

8:57 am

hokie carla

which A?

8:58 am

phaeton

right bottom

8:58 am

hokie carla

that's the one I can't get half on. will look, thanks.

8:59 am

hokie carla

how many points?

9:00 am

phaeton

28

9:02 am

hokie carla

well that makes it harder because it feels like it has to go up or it would start at the upper A, and it's hard to go up and keep it to single digit tiles

9:02 am

phaeton

found it...fw

9:02 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:02 am

phaeton

ty

9:03 am

hokie carla

ah, found it. that ole chestnut.

9:09 am

Book Doctor Gwen

halfway done, hoo-ahh

9:09 am

hokie carla

I'm a bit stuck with 19 left

9:10 am

hokie carla

just doing a second look on each tile now.

9:12 am

hokie carla

phantom portend

9:12 am

hokie carla

ah, but there is an anagram

9:20 am

hokie carla

oh, just realized we also have d4/5 that means the same as the other 2 previously mentioned (by me)

9:21 am

BzznBea

The silly pt words?

9:26 am

BzznBea

phantom portend

9:28 am

Book Doctor Gwen

at last, found a 7

9:33 am

Book Doctor Gwen

and a 9

9:33 am

ivesyj

clue for the first ma 5 plz

9:34 am

BzznBea

not minor

9:34 am

ivesyj

ahhh ty!!

9:34 am

Shirlockc

hmmm trojan not accepted

9:35 am

BzznBea

proper

9:39 am

origami

Ooh, found a 9. Good morning.

10:07 am

rbud

hi, ori, what's new?

10:07 am

origami

Hi rbud. Not much. How about you?

10:11 am

rbud

still plodding along. Guess I'm getting cataract surgery in a couple of months, kind of looking forward to it, but a bit nervous. I hear good things about it.

10:12 am

origami

I have to have it done at some point in time. Good luck with it. My friends who have had it are really pleased.

10:14 am

rbud

Sooo many appointments, though. Have to have a ride to them all, it's taking some finagling. :D

10:15 am

rbud

gnat

10:15 am

rbud

oops!

10:16 am

rbud

anyway. I think son's GF is going to taxi me. Poor kid, it's like eight or ten trips, about 40 miles one way.

10:17 am

origami

That's a lot

10:29 am

ivesyj

clue for the ar 7 plz

10:30 am

ivesyj

got it!

10:44 am

MollyL

How sad. Tim Curry and Dolly Parton within days of each other. Two great losses.

10:52 am

rbud

oh, no, not Tim, too - So sad to hear that.

10:55 am

Shirlockc

RIP to both

11:51 am

hurshy

:O

11:51 am

hurshy

o dear

11:52 am

hurshy

top row grey

11:53 am

mkg

still missing lots of tiles. clue for top row r word. ty.

11:53 am

hurshy

ro4/4

11:54 am

hurshy

phantom: today

11:55 am

dcseain

reverse the vowels in the r,4 to get the 9a4

11:55 am

mkg

ty hurshy

11:57 am

mkg

dc what is 9a4????? is it a 9? or an a 4?

11:57 am

hurshy

he means ta4

11:57 am

mkg

ty hurshy. got the ta 4.

11:58 am

hurshy

or no maybe he meant ra4

11:58 am

hurshy

and to complete the set there's to4

11:58 am

mkg

any clues for bottom row E word welcome. ty

11:59 am

hurshy

classic babblet

12:00 pm

mkg

ty hurshy. what is the stat please?

12:00 pm

hurshy

et4

12:06 pm

hurshy

phantom: potent

12:06 pm

dcseain

pa5 british term.

12:09 pm

mkg

ty hurshy. got et. i always miss that one.

12:10 pm

hurshy

woot, got a 9!

12:13 pm

dcseain

well, done hurshy!

12:13 pm

hurshy

ty :D

12:20 pm

hurshy

well, that lower A sure is a puzzle

12:21 pm

hurshy

i mean i got one easy one

12:21 pm

hurshy

but idk about the other 2

12:24 pm

hurshy

woot, found the other 9!

12:24 pm

mkg

still missing the 8 and 9s. help welcome. ty

12:25 pm

hurshy

at9 a bride's bridesmaids are her at9s

12:25 pm

hurshy

de9 if you want to actually make a bomb go off, you need a de9

12:32 pm

mkg

got the de 9! ty. great clue

12:33 pm

mkg

got both 9s. ty for super clues. ty.

12:33 pm

mkg

still missing the 8. hmmm

12:35 pm

pcal2

Don't know if this will help, but the 8 is a muscle in the forearm.

12:54 pm

hokie carla

rehi

12:54 pm

hurshy

hiya hokie

12:57 pm

hurshy

2-0-2

1:04 pm

hurshy

1-0-1

1:04 pm

hurshy

ok that third A from the lower A has to be a 6

1:04 pm

hurshy

oh a stupid past tense

1:04 pm

hurshy

done

1:21 pm

hokie carla

rerehi, got distracted there. had to take winston out, then talk to mr. homie.

1:21 pm

hokie carla

congrats.

1:25 pm

hokie carla

wow, Tim Curry died

1:40 pm

hokie carla

ok, getting serious now. 4-7-5-1

1:54 pm

MollyL

Tim Curry's passing came up earlier in chat. I think it is getting lost in the news shuffle due to all the press on Dolly Parton

1:56 pm

hokie carla

kinda like Farrah Fawcett died the same day as Michael Jackson and got a bit lost

1:57 pm

hokie carla

well, I got impatient and went to the list. there's the stupid past tense hurshy was talking about.

2:02 pm

parisla

tang

2:02 pm

parisla

sorry!

5:59 pm

MollyL

For all of you elders...yes...bad things do come in threes. Shelley Fabares died on Saturday. "Johnny Angel, cause I love him, and I pray that someday he'll love me."

7:31 pm

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 8? ty

7:40 pm

mkg

nm got the 8. ty anyway

8:49 pm

Trifioso

not to be THAT person, but I have greyed the top row. heh

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