Sunday, October 11, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:01 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:01 am
MetFan

We're back!!
12:01 am
Robespierre

Hello! Grateful for a smooth flip today!
12:01 am
dizgrannie

hi all
12:01 am
MetFan

Flip wasn't smooth for me - I had to refresh
12:03 am
Rainiqui

Me too MetFan
12:03 am
Robespierre

Grateful for a *relatively* smooth flip today!
12:03 am
MetFan

Right, Raini???
12:04 am
Rainiqui

Yes indeedy
12:07 am
Robespierre

ch 8
12:08 am
dizgrannie

in 8
12:10 am
dizgrannie

in 7
12:12 am
cybernan

hello everyoe
12:12 am
dizgrannie

hi Nan
12:13 am
dizgrannie

nbt/nbs
12:16 am
pcal2

Sh7
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:19 am
MetFan

TY Lickety
12:32 am
cybernan

nbt, nbs - good night
12:44 am
rururocks

done.. nice grid
12:50 am
dizgrannie

FWs
3:40 am
worzel

can i have a clue for the gl6 pls
3:40 am
mattygroves

stickier
3:40 am
worzel

ah thank you
7:20 am
Book Doctor Gwen

NOW it loads! 9tried to load this game yesterday, waited a long time, I guess I left my browser open hoping it would load, Oy
7:30 am
bubba218

Could not load it at all yesterday. Tried it at different times
7:38 am
periwinkle2

could not get on babble all day yesterday
7:44 am
FrenchToast

Hi peri!
7:46 am
Dippnall

Same here, Peri - it went down - for me - on Friday pm - just when I was enjoying a juicy, big grid. Shame I couldn't finish it.....
8:07 am
ivesyj

this may be petty but i dont think we should have lost ranking points becuz the puzzle wasnt available
8:23 am
SuzeeQ24

I agree
8:24 am
ivesyj

ty . glad im not the only one
8:26 am
penquis

the site did come back up last night....no idea what time, but in time for me to play....and lickety was rebooted sometime after that....
8:27 am
ivesyj

guess they have us there then.
8:39 am
penquis

i am not at all fond of this grid...
8:40 am
ivesyj

no im not either.
8:40 am
phaeton

phantom...juice
8:41 am
penquis

good one...
8:41 am
penquis

i can't even see phantoms in this grid...
8:41 am
phaeton

well, I keep trying.
8:41 am
phaeton

*to type it
9:04 am
bookgrrl

phantom: fuchsia
9:05 am
penquis

another good one...
9:05 am
mael

clue for the in8?
9:06 am
penquis

hurts....
9:06 am
mael

oh duh, thank you
9:06 am
mael

fireworks
9:06 am
penquis

yw...
9:06 am
penquis

congrats....
9:06 am
penquis

what are the stats for the other 8?
9:06 am
mael

I thought for sure it needed an F
9:06 am
mael

ch8/50
9:07 am
penquis

ty...
9:25 am
BzznBea

<breathes a sigh of relief>
9:25 am
penquis

hi bea...
9:26 am
BzznBea

That's weird.
9:26 am
BzznBea

I made a post in that box.
9:26 am
penquis

yes...
9:27 am
penquis

just tried to get an empty post and wasn't able to...
9:27 am
BzznBea

I'm glad Babble is back.
9:27 am
penquis

me, too....
9:28 am
hurshy

hello all
9:28 am
penquis

hi hursh....
9:30 am
hurshy

top row grey!
9:31 am
penquis

go, hursh....been here a while and i don't have the top row gray....only have the bottom row gray....
9:31 am
hurshy

it's often a matter of persistence
9:32 am
penquis

i get bored and move on...
9:32 am
hurshy

exactl
9:32 am
hurshy

y
9:33 am
hurshy

phantom: gulf
9:36 am
hurshy

oh look, i fruit i want to like but don't
9:44 am
hokie carla

hello foilks.
9:44 am
hurshy

hokie!
9:44 am
penquis

carla!
9:44 am
hokie carla

I played last night so have 14 left.
9:45 am
hurshy

ah
9:45 am
penquis

you must have been up quite late...
9:46 am
hokie carla

even later
9:46 am
hokie carla

so annoying
9:46 am
hokie carla

3-3-4-3-1 I might be stuck at this. will look more.
9:47 am
penquis

20 left here....
9:52 am
hurshy

phantom: fugue
9:52 am
hokie carla

so far no words found
9:53 am
maccafixx

re 7/36?
9:53 am
penquis

it's an again word.....
9:54 am
penquis

starts with the first R in the last row....
9:54 am
hurshy

well it would have to
9:54 am
hokie carla

oh, that's my missing bottom row word
9:54 am
penquis

goes up ... and goes down.....
9:54 am
maccafixx

ty penquis!
9:54 am
penquis

yw...
9:56 am
origami

Well, yay! Glad it's back.
9:56 am
penquis

hi ori...
9:56 am
hurshy

phantom: juice
9:56 am
hokie carla

well I'm not seeing that re7. do I need more coffee?
9:57 am
origami

Hiya pen
9:57 am
hokie carla

hey ori
9:58 am
origami

Hi carla
9:58 am
penquis

perhaps....the last part means to bring something negative onto yourself....like to ***** expenses....
9:58 am
hurshy

it's always harder when the re-whatever root word starts with a vowel
9:58 am
hurshy

it's like the spanish inquisition
9:59 am
hokie carla

well, I still need H I CC I H SSS FF RR R
9:59 am
hokie carla

aha, I see it now. thanks for the twofer.
9:59 am
hurshy

for third row i they are all 4s
10:01 am
hurshy

i need twice as many Fs as you do!
10:01 am
hokie carla

there's a 4 similar to your phantom
10:01 am
mkg

any clues for the bottom corner i word? ty
10:01 am
hurshy

in8
10:02 am
hokie carla

also there are 2 very similar fr4/5 sets
10:02 am
hurshy

thanks for that 4 hokie, i think i have the sets you mean tho
10:02 am
hokie carla

found the i. that dumb alt sp.
10:02 am
penquis

the bottom corner i word is in 8....ordinary word...it's a pl with no singular in the grid...
10:03 am
hurshy

oHO the apple/mountain
10:03 am
hurshy

didn't think it would count but it DOES!
10:03 am
hokie carla

ah, thanks
10:03 am
phaeton

help with the ch8 pls
10:03 am
hurshy

oh that wasn't the other one you had that i didn't?
10:03 am
penquis

don't have it...
10:04 am
hurshy

ch8 is the fruit i want to like but don't
10:04 am
hokie carla

nope, needed it and now need one, hursh
10:04 am
hurshy

they look so yummy
10:04 am
hurshy

but blech
10:04 am
phaeton

got it ! FW
10:04 am
hokie carla

all I can think is chocolate
10:04 am
hurshy

dat's not a fruit
10:04 am
hokie carla

yes, I know that's not fruit
10:05 am
hokie carla

but can't think of a fruit
10:05 am
hurshy

it is like in8 in being plural with no singular in the grid
10:05 am
hokie carla

what does it look like besides fruit
10:05 am
hokie carla

I meant besides yummy
10:05 am
hurshy

red
10:05 am
hokie carla

ah, I hate that too
10:05 am
hokie carla

thanks
10:06 am
hurshy

oh wow
10:06 am
hurshy

a bird just landed on my window screen briefly
10:06 am
hurshy

like just in the middle of it, only grasping in the holes of it with its feet
10:07 am
hokie carla

okay. 1-2-4-2
10:07 am
hurshy

that's kinda impressive
10:07 am
hokie carla

maybe you need fu6?
10:07 am
hurshy

i have one fu6
10:07 am
hokie carla

ok, me too
10:08 am
hokie carla

do you have one that looks like the brass instrument in the army that plays Taps?
10:08 am
hurshy

no, thanks
10:09 am
hurshy

2-3-3-2
10:09 am
hokie carla

found my H
10:09 am
hurshy

what was it
10:09 am
hokie carla

lower H, still need an upper
10:10 am
hokie carla

he7, in the ch8
10:10 am
hurshy

upper has 2 ha4, 1 ha5, and 1 hi4
10:10 am
hurshy

thanks!
10:11 am
hokie carla

thanks for the upper. that was in my mind but couldn't make the turn in the right direction.
10:12 am
penquis

well i am stalled at 13....need a break...bye all....
10:12 am
hokie carla

bye pen!
10:12 am
hurshy

got my left Rs, a pair, ru5 and pl
10:13 am
hokie carla

darn, I have one of those
10:13 am
hurshy

G was gl6, more sticky adhesive
10:13 am
hokie carla

so what other 2 would I be missing?
10:13 am
hurshy

well if you have one
10:13 am
hokie carla

C SSS F RR
10:13 am
hurshy

oh i see
10:14 am
hokie carla

no, I meant I have a pair
10:14 am
hurshy

the rest are all more normal
10:14 am
hurshy

6 ru total
10:15 am
hurshy

i need a lower R tho
10:15 am
mkg

got ch 8. but dont have any 7s.
10:15 am
hokie carla

ok, ri they are, thx
10:15 am
hokie carla

drop the c for he7, mkg
10:15 am
mkg

ty carla.
10:16 am
mkg

got it. ty. still missing the bottom corner i word. any clues welcome.
10:16 am
hokie carla

when I played soccer I had a LOT of in8
10:17 am
hurshy

ideas for my lower R?
10:17 am
hokie carla

if you have the 7 the rest are all 4s
10:17 am
hurshy

oh thought i put that babblet but i guess i hadn't
10:18 am
hurshy

1-1-1-1
10:18 am
hokie carla

1-1-4-1
10:18 am
hokie carla

I have 2 ri6, are there more?
10:19 am
hurshy

one more yeah
10:19 am
mkg

any clues for first column U word? ty
10:19 am
hurshy

ur4
10:19 am
origami

Thanks for the ini8 carla
10:19 am
hokie carla

no prob, ori
10:20 am
mkg

ty got it.
10:20 am
hurshy

oh my 5 was just a plural i hadn't put in