Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, June 23, 2025

12:01 am

hokie carla

li7

12:01 am

hokie carla

and 8

12:02 am

jbp

thanks, Carla! and hi all

12:04 am

hokie carla

hey jbp

12:05 am

hokie carla

re7

12:05 am

dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs

12:05 am

hokie carla

re7x2

12:06 am

hokie carla

hey diz

12:14 am

hokie carla

HOET but 15 left

12:15 am

hokie carla

oh but one ending just helped me gray 3 tiles

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

sprite

thanks Lickety. Morning babblers.

12:20 am

Rainiqui

fireworks

12:20 am

hokie carla

hey sprite

12:21 am

sprite

hiya carla!

12:21 am

Rainiqui

Hi Sprite

12:21 am

sprite

hiya Rainiqui! WTG on fireflies

12:22 am

Rainiqui

Thank ye kindly ~ I found this one an easy grid

12:23 am

sprite

it does seem to flow here as well

12:24 am

hokie carla

yeah, if I can get to 6 left in 23 min, it's an easy one

12:24 am

sprite

:D

12:28 am

hokie carla

well, falling asleep, so last 5 will have to wait. good night!

12:28 am

sprite

sleep well!

12:28 am

hokie carla

thanks

12:29 am

grannyrose

cooee and g'day from me. * hugs * sprite. hello everyone. feeling so much brighter today, or maybe it's an easy grid... lol...

12:30 am

sprite

*hugs rose* Hello darling, it also helps if you are no longer trippin':D

12:30 am

dcseain

I drove home from Pittsburgh, PA today. Roughly 4.5h with big delay due to construction in I-270 in Maryland.

12:30 am

dcseain

greetings suite and rose

12:30 am

sprite

hello to you too, seain

12:31 am

grannyrose

true that !! * rolls tongue back into mouth * nasty tripping hazard that.

12:31 am

grannyrose

well g'day handsome. haven't seen you in a while. how's the accommodation? last i heard you were moving yet again.

12:32 am

sprite

my only experience with ketamine was after I broke my ankle. They had to give me a hefty dose just to turn the foot back around and get me to the hospital. But I remember the awful trip that was.

12:32 am

dcseain

I'm loving where I'm living now in a 1940 1 bedroom apartment in Arlington, Virginia.

12:32 am

sprite

*smug* I am a whole suite today!

12:33 am

grannyrose

wow! how amazing dcseain. close too all you want too i bet!

12:33 am

dcseain

I'm within 1 block of a grocery store, a diner, my favorite pizza and beer place, tand he cinema and drafthouse.

12:34 am

grannyrose

yeah, sprite. not sure if you are hearts or clubs today... lol

12:34 am

dcseain

and walking distance from the Pentagon and joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall (army-marines).

12:34 am

sprite

spades. Lots of spades.'

12:35 am

grannyrose

sprite, that would be right. typical dutchy... * waves from around the door *

12:35 am

sprite

ooooooo *runs after rose and hits her over the head with a gouda cheese*

12:35 am

grannyrose

dcs, you are safe, mate? i am seeing and hearing terrible things from your country.

12:35 am

dcseain

a short bus ride from another grocer and my pharmacy and my doctors.

12:36 am

sprite

seain lives now in seain central

12:36 am

grannyrose

nooooo.... not the gouda... swiss maybe..., at least that's holey.

12:36 am

sprite

nothing much holy about you, young lady.

12:36 am

dcseain

so far so good. I'm one of two white people in my building, which is a mix of native-born latino an immigrant latinos and native born and immigrant black people.

12:36 am

grannyrose

so happy for you dcs.

12:37 am

dcseain

so I worry about my neighbors' safeta

12:37 am

dcseain

I live in the 9th St Ninja Lair

12:37 am

dcseain

I'm on 9th St S

12:37 am

grannyrose

i can understand that dcs. in fact i am very concerned for all my american friends. such a terrible time to live in.

12:38 am

dcseain

still marginally better than Russia at present.

12:38 am

dcseain

and we appreciate deeply all yall all over the globe wishing us well.

12:41 am

grannyrose

dcs, the whole world is watching and waiting. I can pray, and i do so, very hard. sometimes it's hard to articulate what i want The Big Guy to hear, but He sees into my heart.

12:42 am

sprite

I think it is a very simple message. "Strip all warmongers of free will, ship them off to hell and help the rest of us to make sense of the wreckage."

12:42 am

grannyrose

hey sprite. how was your night?

12:43 am

dcseain

well said, sprite

12:43 am

grannyrose

I just want to bang their collective heads together...HARD!

12:44 am

sprite

okayish, rose. Body is letting me know I have been overdoing stuff for a long time. But emotionally a little more stable than yesterday so that is good :)

12:44 am

dcseain

oh, the joys of getting older. :/

12:44 am

grannyrose

oh, that is good to see honey.

12:45 am

grannyrose

* snort * don't start me dcs.

12:45 am

sprite

my husband was totally out of the running for a couple of months, seain. I had to pick up the slack while I am in need of lots of help myself. So yeah.

12:45 am

dcseain

yay good mental health day. oh! I should take me meds

12:46 am

sprite

hey, getting old may suck but it beats the hell out of the alternative

12:46 am

dcseain

oof. I hope he's doing better, and you get some rest.

12:46 am

dcseain

agreed, sprite

12:46 am

grannyrose

you're a long time dead... but along the way you have me in your lives...

12:48 am

sprite

honey, I intend to have you in my life and after my death, so there

12:48 am

sprite

thanks seain. Yeah, he is slowly getting better, is able to walk the dog once a day now which helps me immensely.

12:49 am

grannyrose

yup. we are going to skip down the yellow brick road together. i'll be the one in plaits, you can ride in my basket... i always said you were a basket case... roflol

12:49 am

sprite

no argument there. And if you do the heavy lifting, who am I to protest :D

12:50 am

grannyrose

you ain't heavy, you're my sister...

12:50 am

dcseain

and time for sleep 50 to go for later. I wish all yall well. Happy Babbling, yall!

12:50 am

grannyrose

god bless dcs. sweet dreams dear friend.

12:51 am

sprite

sleep well, seain. Peace to you.

12:51 am

dcseain

thank you and peace also to you.

12:56 am

sprite

well, only a few left but I have to leave for school so will do them on my return. *hugs* for now!

12:57 am

dizgrannie

can someone clue my last word plz...it a q 5

12:57 am

grannyrose

* hugs * darling. enjoy your day.

12:57 am

grannyrose

diz, the only vowel is the u

12:57 am

dizgrannie

ty granny

12:58 am

dizgrannie

FWs

12:59 am

grannyrose

WTG DIZGRANIE !!!

2:24 am

sprite

back for the last bit

2:33 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

7:03 am

rbud

yay, done, last word sq 5/20. laters, all.

7:39 am

regis

Ope

7:47 am

rururocks

aunt bee

8:13 am

hurshy

morning

8:14 am

hurshy

phantom: lichen

8:16 am

hurshy

found the 8!

8:26 am

hurshy

left col grey!

8:31 am

hurshy

1-1-1

8:33 am

hurshy

done! same last word as rbud

9:00 am

Sugrraleona

anyone have a clue for the last qu5?

9:03 am

rururocks

put a q infront of the player's name below and drop the h and y

9:04 am

Sugrraleona

aaah - no e - thank you - got it - great clue

9:44 am

MollyL

Ru, are you ready for 8$ per gallon gas?

9:44 am

MollyL

Oops, he's gone.

9:49 am

BzznBea

Namaste

10:19 am

rururocks

no.. I'm not ready.. I'm still suffering with egg prices that were supposed to come down on DAY ONE!

10:32 am

sajarn

phantom: sequence

10:41 am

MollyL

You California people are paying twice what we are for eggs.

10:44 am

rururocks

we pay a lot more for gas, power, taxes (other than New York and New Jersey), groceries, Doctors, Vets, Rent, home prices, DMV fees, etc

10:45 am

rururocks

not to mention insurance

10:46 am

rururocks

it really wasn't a great clue.. actually a lazy clue on my part

10:59 am

Madyh

The Strat petroleum reserve will be reduced to keep gas prices down

11:06 am

rururocks

gas is $6 per gallon here.. they're not down

11:09 am

Deeha

6 a gallon??!! Ours is about £4.50 a litre

11:09 am

rururocks

wow deeha

11:36 am

wingding

molly google big chicken to see why eggs are so expensive ... found it in wash post ... price fixing

11:38 am

wingding

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investi
gations/interactive/2025/eggs-prices-g
ouging-cal-maine-investigation/?itid=h
p_national_p006_f009

11:53 am

MollyL

That link doesn't work. Long links don't work here, it's coded in.

11:53 am

MollyL

And I already know why eggs are expensive

11:55 am

MollyL

We are between $3.04 and $3.24 for gas

11:57 am

MollyL

Last time I got eggs they were 5$ for a dozen jumbo

1:10 pm

Jayde287

Hi everyone! Anyone have a hint for the op 5/14? It's my last word and I'm stuck!

1:11 pm

Jayde287

NM - I got it!

1:12 pm

Gillie

According to an interview in PBS, due to the bird flu, the U.S. now (or in May, at least) has only about 50 million egg-laying hens, down from a usual number of about 300 million egg-laying hens.

1:21 pm

hokie carla

most places we've fueled up across the country have been between $3 and 4/gal.

1:22 pm

hokie carla

I did buy eggs once but don't think they were that much. Don't recall really.

1:38 pm

wingding

sorry abt link, try Cal-Maine fred adams jr mississippi look down for lawsuit in results

1:41 pm

hokie carla

do you think I'll ever find my last 4 words on my own? was so close to no help fireworks.

1:41 pm

moolingwa

sure

1:41 pm

hokie carla

moooo!

1:41 pm

moolingwa

I have a 4 and a 6 left

1:41 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke

1:41 pm

mkg

Not doing well with this grid. Have only 59 words. Ugh. Any clues for the 8 or 7s welcome.

1:42 pm

hokie carla

come on, mkg. this one is easy. if it tells you anything, I called the 8 and 7s last night.

1:42 pm

moolingwa

You won't be driving if you don't find the 7

1:42 pm

moolingwa

and the 8 is related

1:43 pm

hokie carla

mooo, I am in Flaming Gorge in UT. you should check this out sometime.

1:43 pm

moolingwa

ooh, WAY out west now :)

1:43 pm

moolingwa

did you come through CO?

1:43 pm

hokie carla

yep, but on our way back east

1:43 pm

Gillie

I think I must have misread the article, and the U.S. has about 50 million fewer egg-laying hens than usual (based on further googling)

1:43 pm

hokie carla

no, our next stop is denver area

1:44 pm

moolingwa

oh cool, anywhere in particular?

1:44 pm

hokie carla

we came down to here from Glacier and Bozeman

1:44 pm

moolingwa

oh wow, you really have been on a hike

1:44 pm

hokie carla

Idaho Springs I think?

1:44 pm

moolingwa

oh yeah, that's about an hour or so from me

1:44 pm

hokie carla

yep, even made it through ND

1:45 pm

hokie carla

yesterday started week 4 on the road

1:45 pm

moolingwa

1:20 it says

1:45 pm

moolingwa

I've only ever driven through it

1:46 pm

hokie carla

and big heat wave back home but we are having trouble comprehending that it's summer. the warmest places we've been are ND and Glacier, and Glacier got slammed by a winter storm 1 or 2 days after we left.

1:46 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I saw that

1:46 pm

moolingwa

It has been at or near 100 the past three days, but only 66 right now

1:47 pm

hokie carla

62 here and a little breezy. I'm thinking of moving my chair into the sun.

1:47 pm

moolingwa

yeah, bit cloudy here, and maybe some thunderstorms coming

1:47 pm

moolingwa

found my 4

1:47 pm

hokie carla

it was snowing quite a bit when we drove through big sky and yellowstone yesterday

1:48 pm

hokie carla

I have i C S S 0-2-2

1:48 pm

moolingwa

oh, I love the drive down from Yellowstone through WY

1:48 pm

moolingwa

and the Grand Tetons are very impressive

1:48 pm

moolingwa

C6 is all I'm missing

1:48 pm

hokie carla

yep, we routed around Teton Pass and Jackson though.

1:48 pm

moolingwa

fw

1:49 pm

hokie carla

but we could see them, and went there in 2014.

1:49 pm

moolingwa

ah

1:49 pm

hokie carla

nice

1:49 pm

mkg

Any clues for the 8 or 7s?

1:49 pm

moolingwa

You need a 7 to drive a car mkg

1:49 pm

hokie carla

moo gave you some

1:49 pm

moolingwa

the 8 would give you it I guess :)

1:49 pm

mkg

Ty got it.

1:50 pm

moolingwa

if you need clues hoke let me know

1:51 pm

hokie carla

do you think I'm missing words I know?

1:51 pm

hokie carla

or are there 4 weird ones

1:52 pm

moolingwa

on the I yes

1:52 pm

moolingwa

the C no

1:52 pm

moolingwa

the s maybe no

1:53 pm

hokie carla

yes the i is weird or yes it's a word I know?

1:53 pm

moolingwa

the I is not weird

1:53 pm

moolingwa

It certainly wouldn't draw a reaction from you

1:54 pm

hokie carla

duh, finally saw it

1:54 pm

moolingwa

The c (which was my last), is weird

1:54 pm

moolingwa

and I assume it's the S 5/6 which is not a common word...I guess unless you followed tennis in the 90s

1:54 pm

hokie carla

think I will check my list for the S's for plurals and such

1:55 pm

hokie carla

I probably did follow tennis is the 90s but that doesn't scream anything out at me.

1:55 pm

hokie carla

there is some kind of antelope or something just wandering around one loop over

1:57 pm

hokie carla

my left S was a pl

1:57 pm

hokie carla

now just C and S

2:18 pm

hokie carla

giving up. only so many things I can try over and over.

2:24 pm

rururocks

I know .. I know .. I know

2:25 pm

hokie carla

well, why don't you guess, mr. guess genious

2:25 pm

hokie carla

genius

2:26 pm

rururocks

cr6/24?

2:26 pm

hokie carla

ok, good guess

2:26 pm

hokie carla

I swear I tried that

2:26 pm

rururocks

think something delicate and thin (fabric) backwards and add a c

2:27 pm

rururocks

s you need the sq5/20?

2:27 pm

hokie carla

I was going to ask earlier if there were any sq words but I had tried so many and nothing took, I gave up

2:28 pm

rururocks

if you try to put a square peg in a round hole.. you're on the right track.. just combine those two words in a five

2:29 pm

hokie carla

well, I eventually got to it with the points, but thanks for the clue

2:29 pm

hokie carla

and the assist

2:30 pm

rururocks

done now?

2:30 pm

hokie carla

yep, going to ride my bike around. have a good one!

2:35 pm

rururocks

`ok.. glad to help.. thankfully it wasn't a v 4

2:35 pm

rururocks

:D

3:30 pm

periwinkle

hi folks, help with either re7 please

3:38 pm

MollyL

re + what you do to your shoes with shoe polish

3:39 pm

MollyL

re + marks on a leopard

3:39 pm

periwinkle

thank you Molly

3:39 pm

MollyL

Oh my God I beat the "nm"

3:40 pm

periwinkle

it is 98 degrees here. what is the temp where you are Molly?

3:42 pm

periwinkle

39 left and stuck, bbl

3:56 pm

MollyL

High 90's here too. The air conditioner has been running all day and I am dreading my electric bill.

4:08 pm

hokie carla

Has reached 72 here

4:15 pm

dejavu

what is the last q 5 word

4:17 pm

hokie carla

And no humidity

4:17 pm

hokie carla

It’s a regular here, ends in 3 consonants

4:19 pm

bichon

qu 5/18, pls

4:43 pm

Dorens

what to do about that thirst you're feeling in this heat, bichon

4:43 pm

Dorens

oh, I see you asked for that quite a while ago. Sorry, but I just sawit

4:46 pm

Dorens

Haha, and now I also see that I clued the wrong word, haha.

4:47 pm

hokie carla

I literally just clued it for dejavu, bichon

5:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello

6:09 pm

Atalante

hi TO!

6:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey ata! send some cool tropic breezes up here!

6:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need the last q and am almost to the hair pulling stage.

6:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

finally... gtg, it's down to 95 so time to run errands. happy babbling

10:03 pm

mkg

Hi all. I dont have the 8 but would love clues. Ty.

10:07 pm

mkg

Oops never mind. I do have the 8;apologies

10:07 pm

dcseain

re8?

10:08 pm

dcseain

I do not have it

10:10 pm

clg47

There is no re8, it is an Li 8

10:10 pm

dcseain

thanks!

10:13 pm

dcseain

oh, that was fishy. thanks!

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