Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, April 17, 2025

12:03 am

justafreep

fr9 and happy flip

12:03 am

Rainiqui

ci 7

12:05 am

justafreep

te7

12:07 am

cybernan

hi everyone :)

12:07 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:07 am

Rainiqui

Hi nan

12:08 am

justafreep

he7 (that I am surprised was a word!)

12:12 am

Rainiqui

Hey Freep - you have relatives in the grid !

12:13 am

justafreep

I do!

12:14 am

cybernan

fr 9

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

cybernan

and the crown is so sparkly

12:19 am

justafreep

It has been awhile since I have had the crown. I don't actually recall the whole family being in before, though it must've happened....

12:31 am

justafreep

te7

12:31 am

cybernan

3 common z words and 1 unbelieveable one -- no idea on the other 2

12:32 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:35 am

cybernan

hi sprite

12:35 am

sprite

hi nan!

12:38 am

cybernan

is it tulip time for you yet?

12:39 am

sprite

yes, full on flower bulbs time

12:41 am

cybernan

how wonderful -- they are just coming out in bud in my garden except for the very early ones. Would love to see the Netherlands at this time of year. We were there in June when we did the Amsterdam to Budapest cruise.

12:42 am

sprite

ah yes, still Spring then but the tulips are over. Same was for Rose the first time she and Don were over.

12:43 am

sprite

sounds like an awesome cruise though

12:47 am

cybernan

yes it was

12:55 am

cybernan

time for me to hit the sack. Been doing this during commercial breaks while watching The Floor. 36 for tomorrow :)

12:55 am

sprite

sleep well, nan

12:56 am

cybernan

Good night everyone.

12:58 am

sprite

bbs

1:11 am

sprite

back

1:19 am

mattygroves

Morning all!

1:19 am

sprite

morning matty!

1:19 am

mattygroves

Am I being blind - I cannot see what that N could possibly be - is it too early to get a stat or two?

1:19 am

mattygroves

Am I being blind - I cannot see what that N could possibly be - is it too early to get a stat or two?

1:20 am

sprite

which one?

1:21 am

mattygroves

Sorry - the one in the second row, fourth column - and hi Sprite!

1:21 am

sprite

lol okay. It is the wrong season for that one. Does that help?

1:22 am

sprite

no4/4 and no5/10

1:22 am

mattygroves

Not yet, but I shall give it some thought!

1:23 am

mattygroves

Ah, gotya

1:23 am

mattygroves

And yeah, I was being slow/blind etc

1:23 am

mattygroves

Thank you!

1:23 am

sprite

babble blindness strikes again!

1:23 am

sprite

yvw

1:23 am

mattygroves

It does! I should have been more patient

1:24 am

sprite

in my own experience, if I have such a blind spot, it stays there, lol.

1:25 am

mattygroves

What's frustrating is when I get down to say 20 left, use the list and find a bunch of fish just slapping me that I missed. Plurals, simple obvious words etc

1:26 am

sprite

oh yeah. Same here. Even worse for me, if when I see I have some plurals where I missed the singular. Arrrggh!

1:26 am

mattygroves

Oh yes - that one too!

1:27 am

sprite

:D

1:27 am

sprite

nothing like babble to keep me humble

1:27 am

mattygroves

Also, if I'm playing Spelling Bee or Squardle and words that are common in Babble but not allowed in those games, like haha

1:28 am

sprite

yeah that is always taking me some time to get used to. We have such an odd word list in babble, an ancient version of enable.

1:29 am

mattygroves

To be fair, haha is a real word, not just a laugh. Also, many of those other games don't accept British spellings as 'real' words

1:30 am

sprite

it is. It is a kind of boundary marker. Hence the 'laughing fence' reference

1:32 am

mattygroves

Yep. To allow the rich folk to look over the landscape without pesky fences getting in the way

1:32 am

sprite

*grins* oh dem richies!

1:33 am

mattygroves

How are you keeping, anyway Sprite?

1:34 am

sprite

pretty good, all in all. Living a quiet life suits me. How are you doing?

1:35 am

mattygroves

Same old, same old. Matilda turns 5 on Saturday. Alfie turned 3 last month. Time flies, even though I do very little

1:36 am

sprite

oh wow! Time certainly flies!

1:40 am

sprite

fireflies. Anything I can clue for you before I go?

1:41 am

mattygroves

Nah you're all good - I shall need to pry myself out of bed soon and down to the home office - have a fabulous day!

1:41 am

sprite

you too! *hug*

1:42 am

mattygroves

And back!

5:02 am

MollyL

Wow, what a commute from the bed to the home office.

5:28 am

mael

good morning everyone

5:37 am

mael

this was a quickie, but very pleasant

5:59 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

6:06 am

rbud

morning, crossy

6:50 am

MollyL

Some quickies are very pleasant

7:09 am

hokie carla

I hate starting a grid with a tile that I can't see any words on

7:25 am

MollyL

Shouldn't there be some hep acronym for that? Like NWT

8:10 am

Dorens

I'm for occasional pleasant quickies

8:11 am

Dorens

love smaller grids

9:42 am

BzznBea

Me too, Dorens.

9:52 am

mkg

i dont like difficult grids like this one.

9:59 am

mkg

I dont mind small as long as i see words. I have 42 words and just not seeing more.

10:00 am

mkg

Any help with bottom row C words welcome.

10:01 am

UntitledDocument

One who shapes??

10:02 am

mkg

Ty for clue. What is stat please?

10:03 am

UntitledDocument

There's a 6/24, which is a normal word, and then a 7/36 that builds off of it which is a strange word

10:04 am

mkg

Ty

10:05 am

mkg

Is it a cr word or ci word please?

10:11 am

MollyL

There is a very normal ci word and a 7 to go with it

10:12 am

MollyL

And it is more one who goes around something than one who shapes

10:14 am

hurshy

or maybe one who uses the shape to highlight ads in the paper that look promising for apartments or jobs

10:16 am

rururocks

there is a ci 8 too

10:17 am

hurshy

hmmmmmm

10:18 am

hurshy

also building on the shape? or something else?

10:20 am

hurshy

phantom: percent

10:28 am

hurshy

ooh found the 9!

10:35 am

hurshy

used MW and can confirm the ci8 is NOT related to the shape

11:02 am

MollyL

It's almost related to Madonna

11:32 am

Gillie

but has more in common with the preceding ci6

11:38 am

Gillie

the zi6 and zi5 are unlikely words, I think

11:39 am

hurshy

would you care to clue them?

11:40 am

hurshy

the 6, at any rate?

11:44 am

hurshy

ah, got it

11:52 am

mkg

Well i have no ci words. Sorry but not able to find them.

11:57 am

mkg

Preset

11:57 am

mkg

sorry.

11:58 am

moolingwa

morning all

12:06 pm

spellit

It's not a square c16

12:06 pm

spellit

ci6 sorry

12:18 pm

wingding

spelitt .. putting a square peg in a round ci 6/24 ... there are ppl at my job attempting to do that everyday

12:19 pm

spellit

sounds familiar!

1:00 pm

hokie carla

rehi

1:02 pm

BzznBea

I bet she was going around and around trying to find that one.

1:03 pm

wingding

that would be the ci 7/36 :)

1:04 pm

BzznBea

mkg just said she was looking for ci words.

1:27 pm

hokie carla

wow, the o took me way too long

1:28 pm

Dorens

well that does happen every **** in a while

1:29 pm

wingding

how can petri not be accepted ???? any science ppl here ... spelling ?

1:29 pm

mkg

wow. Got the ci words clued below. Ty all.am i blind or what?

1:29 pm

hokie carla

I believe petri is a proper noun

1:30 pm

Dorens

think it might be named after someone Petri and therefore proper noun?

1:30 pm

wingding

no, not blind,just kinda winds through the grid

1:30 pm

hokie carla

yes, google tells me julius petri

1:30 pm

wingding

oh, just like j&j band-aid

1:31 pm

wingding

or q-tip

1:32 pm

mkg

well ty for the clue……..now why wont it take an r at end? Weird

1:33 pm

BzznBea

It does

1:33 pm

wingding

did for me

1:35 pm

hokie carla

me too

1:36 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found the 9

1:41 pm

hokie carla

but have no idea on the first E

1:41 pm

mkg

is the 9 a ci words?

1:41 pm

BzznBea

no

1:41 pm

BzznBea

fr

1:42 pm

hokie carla

found one of the E's. HOET!

1:42 pm

hokie carla

lol, both of the e's

1:42 pm

hokie carla

(I found the root word 2nd)

1:44 pm

moolingwa

rehi

1:45 pm

moolingwa

yeah, those E's took me longer than they should have

1:47 pm

hokie carla

mooo!

1:47 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke, welcome to another day

1:47 pm

hokie carla

thanks, you too

1:47 pm

moolingwa

11 left here

1:48 pm

hokie carla

24 here

1:48 pm

moolingwa

10

1:48 pm

moolingwa

2-2-4-1-1

1:48 pm

hokie carla

1-12-8-2-1

1:49 pm

moolingwa

found my 7

1:49 pm

hokie carla

need to eat lunch. it's very late.

1:49 pm

moolingwa

serfy - a dudely peasant

1:50 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I just had some potato salad

1:50 pm

hokie carla

yum

1:56 pm

BzznBea

Speaking of going around and around...my last two sp6...

1:56 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

1:57 pm

mkg

Got the 9. Any clues for ci 8 welcome. Ty

2:02 pm

mkg

Got the 8. Ty anyway

2:25 pm

moolingwa

tx for the clue

2:34 pm

cybernan

hi everyone. I have a ci 6-7, but don't see an 8 - guess it is not related

2:42 pm

cybernan

found it

2:43 pm

hokie carla

so the 8 is ci?

2:48 pm

cybernan

yes

2:50 pm

cybernan

ci 6-8: Roman Philosopher and extend

2:50 pm

hokie carla

thanks

2:54 pm

cybernan

is there a pt word?

2:55 pm

hokie carla

I don't have one but I need 4 P

2:55 pm

cybernan

just need one

2:56 pm

nrkii

yes, pt6

2:56 pm

nrkii

I can't for the life of me see what the c9 is

2:56 pm

cybernan

found a bunch of babblets though

2:57 pm

nrkii

wait, there is no c9

2:57 pm

nrkii

heh, no wonder I couldn't find it

2:57 pm

cybernan

it is an fr 9

2:58 pm

nrkii

yeah, and I already had it... silly me

3:00 pm

cybernan

going to the list

3:01 pm

cybernan

there is a pt 6

3:07 pm

cybernan

those last two zi words are the dumbest of the dumb. Have a good day/evening, everyone. I'm off for lunch.

3:56 pm

nrkii

Sorry, I answered the pt6 question below but then I buried my answer with the silly ci9 diversion

3:56 pm

nrkii

thank you for the zi steer

4:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello

4:55 pm

Sugrraleona

anyone get the zi5 and zi6? i'm going batty

5:01 pm

Sugrraleona

I got the 5 need the 6

5:11 pm

moolingwa

the zi6 is an adjective

5:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

stats nfor zi 6 pls. is is afte the 4 and the 6?

5:34 pm

MollyL

zi and 6...a chemical element and like it

6:07 pm

crosshair

Good evening, Babblers. :)

6:14 pm

Christa

Howdy Crosshair

8:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty molly

8:59 pm

mich_pdx

I think zi 5 & 6 are polish and czech last names, lol Who knew?

9:50 pm

bleugirl2

just not getting the SP 6/24s

9:52 pm

bleugirl2

ok got one, like the globe

9:52 pm

bleugirl2

nvrmnd

10:06 pm

bleugirl2

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