Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, May 2, 2025

12:06 am

dizgrannie

qu 7

12:12 am

Gillie

te7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

rururocks

Clues aren’t up

12:20 am

Gillie

I'm down to one 4-letter word, and I can't see it

12:20 am

Gillie

oh - got it

12:24 am

NANCY

STill getting may first clues

12:29 am

rururocks

Missing one F and One T

12:29 am

dizgrannie

me too

12:29 am

grannyrose

ruru, fy 5?

12:30 am

sprite

morning babblers. Yes Nancy, for me too.

12:30 am

rururocks

Have that one. It is a four or a seven

12:30 am

rururocks

The t is a four or seven as well

12:30 am

grannyrose

fy 4?

12:30 am

sprite

BUT the problem with the babble expert is fixed, the fix that Lickety posted works like a charm.

12:31 am

grannyrose

good morning dear sprite. * hugs *

12:31 am

sprite

*hugs rose*

12:31 am

grannyrose

and yes ruru, the t is a 7

12:32 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:32 am

rururocks

Got it. Now an f 4

12:33 am

sprite

awesome. Thanks Lickety, also for the fix for the expert!

12:34 am

Q

still not seeing the clues up

12:35 am

NANCY

NO CLUES SHOWING YET LICKETY

12:35 am

rururocks

Got it. Finished

12:35 am

grannyrose

WTG RURUROCKS !!

12:37 am

grannyrose

how was your night, sprite?

12:37 am

sprite

pretty good till 3 am, nothing since

12:39 am

grannyrose

ugh. i hate those sort of nights. i usually give up, turn on my bedside light and read. i worked out that lying in the dark makes my brain go into overdrive, and i end up in such a mess. emotionally that is.

12:40 am

grannyrose

i am currently reading my way through my Piers Anthony books. such fun, and light hearted.

12:40 am

sprite

yeah, not good for me either. I got up in the end. Still, a part of the night was good so I am not too bad off. And an easy day today. Might go for a nana nap later on. How are you?

12:41 am

sprite

that is Xanth, right?

12:42 am

grannyrose

had a good chat with my pt. she has cut back on all my exercises. for at least the next 4 weeks.

12:42 am

sprite

very good. I hope things will heal up now.

12:44 am

licketySplitAUS

clues are really up now

12:44 am

grannyrose

yes, the Xanth series. and i have some in each of at least four other series.

12:44 am

grannyrose

yay lickety!! you the man !!

12:44 am

ursh

tx lickety - can i just click on the old link for expert or is there a new link ?

12:45 am

sprite

yessss you did it! Thanks again <3

12:45 am

grannyrose

ursh, go back further in chat. lickety posted the fix here.

12:45 am

NANCY

YES THEY REALLY ARE, THANKS LICKETY

12:45 am

sprite

no need to yell though

12:46 am

licketySplitAUS

for Babble Expert - it's the same program (not need to change it), but a command does need to be run. Start, Run, then paste this in and run it : reg add "HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMainFeatureControlFEATURE_BROW
SER_EMULATION" /v BabbleExpert.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 11001 /f

12:47 am

grannyrose

WHAT WAS THAT SPRITE ?? COULDN'T HEAR YOU. * gentle poke at Nancy *

12:47 am

licketySplitAUS

reg add "HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMainFeatureControlFEATURE_BROW
SER_EMULATION" /v BabbleExpert.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 11001 /f

12:47 am

sprite

oh btw, the Send words to Clues button does not work, Lickety.

12:47 am

sprite

I could copy the word list and add bulk, that did work
]

12:48 am

licketySplitAUS

hang on - my paste here is loosing some \

12:48 am

Q

i don't even know what babble expert is

12:48 am

licketySplitAUS

reg add "HKCUSoftware\MicrosoftInternet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATUR
E_BROWSER_EMULATION" /v BabbleExpert.exe /t REG_DWORD /d 11001 /f

12:48 am

licketySplitAUS

Thanks better.

12:48 am

sprite

it is a special browser that Lickety made for Babble. Works on windows, not mac.

12:49 am

Q

oh. i just read the bottom of the clues page. hadn't seen that!

12:50 am

NANCY

Hey Rose, I type in caps to see better and just didnt change to lower case.

12:50 am

licketySplitAUS

And yes Sprite - I can see that Send Words to Clues is broken. Sorry I don't think I'm going to be able to fix that one

12:50 am

grannyrose

no offense meant Nancy.

12:51 am

sprite

no worries, Lickety, we can work around that.

12:51 am

NANCY

You know I would never yell at you.

12:52 am

grannyrose

bless you Nancy. of course i know.

12:52 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing, with hugs for rose.

12:54 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE !!!

12:54 am

grannyrose

* hugs * honey. i hope you have a lovely day.

2:46 am

ivesyj

does anyone understand the how to fix expert that lickety posted. i dont even know where to start lol

2:55 am

worzel

I hate to do this on such a stupidly low scoring word, but can anyone help with the fy4? It's driving me completely mad

2:57 am

ivesyj

sounds like the small white grain food lol .. except with fy

2:58 am

worzel

ahh thank you ivesy - am i to assume the fy5 builds on it?

2:58 am

ivesyj

havent got that one yet lol.

2:59 am

worzel

ah ok

3:00 am

ivesyj

fy plus double consonant and vowel. sound like what boxers do in a ring

3:01 am

worzel

thank you ivesy

3:01 am

ivesyj

yw!

3:03 am

worzel

cheeky i know, but do you have a clue for the te7 pls?

3:04 am

ivesyj

not that far yet . but if i get it i will let you know

3:04 am

worzel

ty

3:16 am

Kallia

te7 = a computer geek wound up

3:17 am

Kallia

sounds like :)

3:47 am

worzel

nope, not getting that lol

4:15 am

lshult

fireworks*****

4:31 am

Mercy

Great clue Kallia

4:39 am

MollyL

Well, there's not much to this one

5:34 am

Sugrraleona

fireworkds

6:35 am

periwinkle

hi not getting the te7 clue

6:40 am

periwinkle

that is my last word

6:42 am

periwinkle

bl

6:42 am

bichon

first 3 letters of ITS worker plus "I must lose weight, my pant don't fit anymore

6:56 am

Freeman

What does Help with 7 letter word that starts with 't' please?

6:56 am

Freeman

Sorry didn't see the clue

7:01 am

Freeman

Could you please give another clue.

7:02 am

MollyL

te7...the guy who fixes your computer is your ___ guy + alternate spelling of not loose

7:04 am

Freeman

got thanks I'm having trouble finding Lickety's list. Can someone please guide me to it.

7:06 am

MollyL

Click on the words in black below Lickety's Babble Clues

7:11 am

EvaNadine

of course, on the one day this week work is quiet, i get FW by 8am.
now how am i going to entertain myself all day??

7:12 am

Scrabbler

NYT word games, Merriam-Webster word games

7:15 am

EvaNadine

fair enough.
i used to play the NYT games daily, but i fell off when there was the strike a while back....
i dont think ive ever played the MW games...

7:15 am

Scrabbler

And Scientific American has games

7:15 am

Jayk

amyone know a vl4 word? stuck in spelling bee

7:16 am

Scrabbler

vlei

7:16 am

Scrabbler

Sometimes spelled vley or vly

7:16 am

Jayk

yeah but it can't have an e

7:17 am

Jayk

morewords has nada

7:17 am

EvaNadine

vlog tho thats colloquial

7:17 am

Jayk

YAY! thanks!!

7:20 am

Freeman

Sorry Molly where do I find Lickety's Babble clues. I find them when I need them but something changed on the front page.

7:23 am

Scrabbler

Scroll down to see the link

7:23 am

Freeman

Where?

7:23 am

Scrabbler

On this page, not the chat. Within a black margin.

7:25 am

Scrabbler

Above the link to Iron Sudoku

7:25 am

Freeman

Thanks found it . Sorry so dumb of me

7:25 am

Scrabbler

This page changed when a new server was installed several days ago

7:47 am

MollyL

Right where I said it was

8:03 am

bichon

I have 43 words, but it doesn't show fireworks.

8:03 am

hokie carla

does it show any missing from the stats? or all gray there?

8:06 am

bichon

I have Expert and it doesn't show any boxes filled in

8:06 am

hokie carla

never mind

8:20 am

MollyL

Lickety is still working on Expert. Try using real Babble

8:50 am

mael

good morning, missing an f5

8:50 am

mael

hmmm

8:50 am

mael

oh got it, fy5

8:50 am

mael

FW!

9:00 am

hokie carla

thanks for that one, mael. and well done. still 5 left here.

9:04 am

hokie carla

now down to one

9:05 am

mael

go hokie, go!

9:05 am

hokie carla

t7, not seeing it

9:06 am

rururocks

a mineral made from dead computer geeks

9:06 am

hokie carla

ha, thanks ruru. fireworks!

9:08 am

hurshy

gah

9:50 am

mkg

Not seeing the te 7 word nor do i understand the joke on dead geeks. Would love more help.

9:50 am

MollyL

Best definition of the month!

9:52 am

mkg

Oops got that seven and still dont get the joke. Maybe i am too old…..

9:55 am

mkg

Dictionary says cant find that te 7 but yet the grid has it. I just dont understand how this happens.

9:56 am

MollyL

Do a Google search. It is an alternate spelling

9:58 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

10:04 am

mkg

Ok ty

10:04 am

mkg

Hi cross

10:06 am

crosshair

Fireworks! :)

10:06 am

crosshair

Last word was ti 5/10 :)

10:10 am

crosshair

How is mkg this fine spring day?

10:22 am

moolingwa

morning, ooh...a small one

10:31 am

crosshair

Morning, mool. :)

10:39 am

moolingwa

hey crossy, happy Friday

12:11 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

12:50 pm

MollyL

Happy trails Ruth Buzzi. Thanks for all the laughs.

1:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

Goodness, how old was she?

1:04 pm

MollyL

88

1:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

Thanks

1:37 pm

hokie carla

Had no idea she was still alive

1:38 pm

hokie carla

I saw Lulu from HeeHaw died the other day

1:55 pm

MollyL

Not many left from Laugh-In. Goldie, Joanne Worley and Lily Tomlin

2:02 pm

wingding

ruth, wow, i forgot her, remember when tv used to be fun to watch

2:19 pm

coffee

Does anybody know how to access Babble Expert?

2:44 pm

hokie carla

No

3:22 pm

MollyL

Babble Expert: http://tinyurl.com/asayuk8

3:41 pm

bichon

I got fireworks, but, it doesn't show up as fireworks

3:54 pm

MollyL

It's still not working right. Put your word list in regular Babble to get your fireworks.

5:26 pm

cybernan

grabbing and pasting isn't working for me

5:28 pm

cybernan

just read the chat - Ruth Buzzi was one of my favourite comediennes

5:37 pm

cybernan

missing one from each letter in the 2n column except the e -- help please?

5:39 pm

cybernan

one and 1 x 4, 5 , 6, 7

5:41 pm

Sophie214

hi Nan I have the 6s

5:42 pm

Sophie214

working on te7 now

5:42 pm

cybernan

so am I missing a q t or f? I have qi 6 and fa 6

5:43 pm

cybernan

don't have a te 6 or a te 7

5:44 pm

Sophie214

there are 2 qu 6s

5:44 pm

cybernan

I have one that I think is spanish for 5

5:45 pm

cybernan

also looking for the te 7

5:46 pm

Sophie214

you have the qu 7?

5:47 pm

cybernan

fount the qu - yes I have the 7

5:48 pm

MollyL

te7 ends in alternate spelling of not loose

5:49 pm

Sophie214

got it thanks Molly

5:49 pm

MollyL

It is really better for all you Expert people to play regular Babble until Expert is fixed. www.playbabble.com

5:49 pm

cybernan

ty molly

5:50 pm

cybernan

I am molly

5:50 pm

Sophie214

I'm down to 4 F words

5:50 pm

cybernan

but when you can't get your words into a list it is hard to know what you are missing

5:51 pm

cybernan

Missing one f word here and it is either a 5 or a 4

5:51 pm

cybernan

are there any f 5's?

5:52 pm

Sophie214

yes 1

5:56 pm

cybernan

have tried building onto everything I have except the fa 6 of course - clue please?

5:56 pm

Sophie214

fy

5:57 pm

cybernan

ty - got it

5:57 pm

cybernan

now for that elusive t 4

5:57 pm

MollyL

You bring up Lickety's List...link at the bottom in black and use it in a different tab. Copy your word list here and use BULK/ADD in Lickety's List to add them there. How do people not know this?

5:57 pm

cybernan

duh - missed the fork part

5:58 pm

cybernan

Done - and clueless in more ways than one!

5:58 pm

cybernan

We don't know it because we usually use expert

5:58 pm

Sophie214

Hey! I went to Word Hippo long ago! Fireworks here, too!

6:00 pm

cybernan

oh - now I understand how people who say they don't use expert can turn around and say they are going to the list!

6:01 pm

cybernan

off to wordle and codeword -- have a nice evening everyone

6:01 pm

granadan

Nan, I'd never heard fo expert until people were complaining it wasn't working.

6:01 pm

cybernan

Been a gorgeous warm sunny summer day here

6:02 pm

cybernan

Where is Stotfold?

6:02 pm

granadan

Small village in Bedfordshire, England

6:03 pm

cybernan

and Bedfordshire is which direction from London?

6:04 pm

granadan

North. Im about 23 miles north of the motorway round london.

6:05 pm

granadan

teaf

6:07 pm

cybernan

Have't spent much time in England -- only been to London Windsor, Hampton, Canterbury, Isle of Wight, Brighton, Dover, Bath and York

6:07 pm

cybernan

That gives me an idea of where you are located however.

6:12 pm

granadan

etta

6:13 pm

granadan

sorry - in a hotel for work at midnight here and too tired to be trying to flit between chat and words!

6:14 pm

granadan

Sweet dreams Nan x

6:36 pm

Christa

What is expert & where is it ?

6:37 pm

dcseain

expert is for windows. Likely makes it

6:37 pm

Christa

Oh, thank you. So when I see "clues are up" that is Lickety.

6:38 pm

dcseain

yes

6:38 pm

dcseain

I see that autocucmer changed lickety

8:46 pm

bleugirl2

FIREWORXXX!!!

View Word List Friday, May 2, 2025

FINAL SCORES

ENTIRE CHAT LOG