Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, August 2, 2025

12:01 am

saanichcat

nicer

12:02 am

saanichcat

oops

12:03 am

Rainiqui

co 7

12:03 am

cybernan

hi saanich, rain

12:03 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan and everyone else

12:05 am

saanichcat

hi nan, Rain. and nan how idid you get smoke at your place?

12:06 am

Rainiqui

needle case alert

12:07 am

SummerBreeze44

ro7

12:10 am

rururocks

Co8

12:11 am

rururocks

Co8x2

12:11 am

cybernan

ty ru

12:14 am

cybernan

goodnight everyone :)

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:31 am

dofith

co8x3

12:31 am

dofith

foci

12:31 am

Robespierre

co9

12:35 am

sprite

thank you, Lickety. Morning, babblers.

12:36 am

dofith

and Thanks, Robespierre

10:06 am

MollyL

It lives! Thanks Dr. God

10:09 am

ChampFit

Ha! I was just think it would probably be a small grid. Could've been worse though.

10:15 am

hurshy

woot woot!

10:15 am

ChampFit

gm hursh

10:16 am

hurshy

morning champ

10:26 am

Book Doctor Gwen

got here early today. Hi all

10:27 am

hurshy

morning gwen

10:33 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ooh, found a 6

10:35 am

hurshy

found the 9!

10:35 am

ChampFit

same

10:35 am

Book Doctor Gwen

WTG hurshy!

10:36 am

MollyL

And Champ

10:36 am

Book Doctor Gwen

woot

10:41 am

Book Doctor Gwen

must not brag that I found a 7 LOL

10:41 am

hurshy

:D

10:41 am

hurshy

you can brag about whatever you feel like bragging about

10:41 am

ChampFit

Sure you can!

10:41 am

Book Doctor Gwen

8 - D

10:42 am

hurshy

i mean, it's what one expects from daleks anyway

10:44 am

Book Doctor Gwen

i will exterminate this grid !!

10:44 am

dan2bit

12 left, mostly C's

10:45 am

ChampFit

Yes...they're neverending today

10:47 am

hokie carla

yeah, how are there 45 c's???

10:47 am

ChampFit

Plus 14 in the 3rd column

10:47 am

hokie carla

maybe I should just start there

10:47 am

hokie carla

oh 45 + 14 c's

10:48 am

hokie carla

just found a set of 5 so I've got that going for me

10:49 am

hokie carla

I'm just adding all the endings to everything without even looking.

10:49 am

ChampFit

That works today, for sure.

10:53 am

hokie carla

went on quite a roll with the left C and looked when I slowed down - only found 30. {crying emoji}

10:54 am

ChampFit

Yeah...false sense of security!

10:57 am

hokie carla

well, the z is not super obvious to me - should it be?

10:58 am

rururocks

yes

10:58 am

hokie carla

I think I'll get a second opinion :P

10:59 am

dan2bit

a suffix that comes up in geology and paleontology for "eras" or other spans of time

10:59 am

ChampFit

I disagree

11:00 am

hokie carla

thanks. I really thought I tried that but must've had an extra vowel in there.

11:00 am

dan2bit

finito! my last word was actually a re6

11:00 am

MollyL

Oh me too. Not super obvious at all.

11:00 am

ChampFit

Way to go dan!

11:00 am

hokie carla

congrats, dan

11:01 am

hokie carla

and 2 dissenting opinions - this I why I take genius ruru with a grain of salt. :D

11:01 am

dan2bit

I object to the tr5/20 more than the zo4

11:02 am

hokie carla

lol, never seen that before. thanks

11:02 am

MollyL

I don't know why you pay any heed to someone who says Spelling Bee is easy

11:02 am

hokie carla

I do appreciate him trying to help me

11:03 am

rururocks

well ... I do suck completely at wordle so there you have it

11:04 am

MollyL

The tr5 is an alternate of a Scot word, of course

11:04 am

ChampFit

I got so lucky this morning on wordle. Got it in 2.

11:04 am

hokie carla

wow, that is a good one. took me 5 I think.

11:04 am

hokie carla

they are running out of words and getting harder

11:04 am

ChampFit

Lucky second guess for sure.

11:04 am

MollyL

You suck at Wordle because you can't see what's not there

11:05 am

ChampFit

You can overthink it too, esp after playing so much babble

11:05 am

hokie carla

yep, like I'll use words that I know from here but they'll never be the answer there

11:06 am

ChampFit

Exactly. I objected to "gofer" recently.

11:06 am

hokie carla

well, I was not surpised about that one

11:06 am

hokie carla

my son texted me - what does that even mean?

11:06 am

ChampFit

I didn't think it was a word

11:07 am

hokie carla

we have it and twofer here

11:07 am

ChampFit

Yeah...still annoys me

11:07 am

MollyL

Gofer has been used for years to refer to a person who goes fer things

11:07 am

hokie carla

haha

11:08 am

ChampFit

Yes but it feels like a colloquialism to me.

11:09 am

hokie carla

well, I'm not seeing these upper R's, but found 8 so I guess I'm moving on.

11:12 am

hokie carla

oh, when I was backing down my driveway this morning I saw a big buck in my rearview mirror, just grazing in my neighbor's yard

11:12 am

MollyL

Arvo is a colloquialism and Enable takes it, so go figure

11:13 am

hokie carla

what does arvo mean?

11:13 am

ChampFit

cool!

11:13 am

hokie carla

hmm, afternoon. never heard that.

11:13 am

rururocks

you mean a venison of the deep?

11:14 am

MollyL

Australians use arvo for afternoon. They also use servo and, well any word that has an o tagged on the end

11:15 am

72 Temple Owl

ty. i have wondered about that word but never looked it up. servo is short for servocylinder.

11:15 am

hokie carla

and what is a servocylinder?

11:15 am

MollyL

Servo is short for service station

11:16 am

MollyL

In Australia anyway

11:16 am

72 Temple Owl

hydraulic device

11:16 am

Atalante

in UK = servocylinder

11:16 am

hokie carla

ok, should these o's be super obvious to me?

11:16 am

72 Temple Owl

keeps the piston moving on a straight defined track

11:17 am

rururocks

in England wouldn't it be servoucylinder?

11:17 am

hokie carla

saervocylindour

11:17 am

72 Temple Owl

the british do love their vowels

11:18 am

72 Temple Owl

the oe is my favorite

11:18 am

MollyL

One o is normal, one is not

11:18 am

hokie carla

hmm, ok. thanks

11:18 am

MollyL

There is no word that starts with oe

11:19 am

hokie carla

she was talking about extra british vowels

11:19 am

Atalante

oeuvre

11:19 am

MollyL

O

11:19 am

72 Temple Owl

i am in bethlehem this week and am watching chef staib cook right where i will be today, fun.

11:19 am

rururocks

wow.. we're having a vowel movement here

11:19 am

hokie carla

who is chef staib?

11:19 am

72 Temple Owl

o.

11:19 am

MollyL

Keep it in cheque Ru

11:20 am

72 Temple Owl

o.0

11:20 am

nrkii

TO, I was just in Bethlehem yesterday! Ugh, I forgot to check with you.

11:21 am

hokie carla

oh, bethlehem PA

11:21 am

hokie carla

oh, bethlehem PA

11:21 am

72 Temple Owl

oh heck, i was on the southside. and meant to check with you yesterday

11:21 am

hokie carla

but I still don't know chef staib

11:21 am

72 Temple Owl

weather is

11:21 am

72 Temple Owl

perfect

11:21 am

72 Temple Owl

and i am now a member, will check with you next time there is a dinner or evernt.

11:21 am

MollyL

I need a dictionary when I read Brit authors because I can't figure out rucksack or car boot

11:22 am

hokie carla

kerb got me one time

11:22 am

nrkii

I played hooky yesterday and went to the casino while Ricky was at the groomers.

11:22 am

nrkii

Would have been cheaper and way more fun to grab a coffee with you!

11:22 am

72 Temple Owl

so you were right down the street.

11:22 am

MollyL

Kerb would get me too

11:22 am

72 Temple Owl

could have walked there

11:23 am

rururocks

what does kerb mean?

11:23 am

MollyL

Curb

11:23 am

72 Temple Owl

if you decide to come up for anything text me

11:23 am

hokie carla

curb

11:23 am

rururocks

oh.. so in England a house has a certain kerb appeal

11:23 am

nrkii

will do!

11:23 am

72 Temple Owl

taking some days off but working about 7

11:24 am

Book Doctor Gwen

we fixed the spelling of kerb and also aluminum LOL

11:24 am

MollyL

Then there are nappies and lollys and all the other ies

11:24 am

Atalante

whats a lollys?

11:24 am

72 Temple Owl

not to mention the unmentionabes. ata

11:24 am

rastapopolous

lollipops

11:25 am

hokie carla

maybe lorries?

11:25 am

hokie carla

still haven't found an O, can someone share the stats?

11:25 am

MollyL

Well, lorries are trucks and I have never been able to figure that one out

11:25 am

Atalante

oh, lollies

11:26 am

Book Doctor Gwen

oo4, slimy word

11:26 am

periwinkle

oo4/9 carla

11:26 am

hokie carla

aha, thanks

11:26 am

hurshy

why should it be any more figure-out-able than "trucks"? they're just words.

11:26 am

hokie carla

HOET!

11:27 am

Book Doctor Gwen

woo hoo

11:27 am

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm losing my umpg with 40 to go. later y'all

11:27 am

MollyL

Some of the others sound similar. Kerb and the lollipop one

11:27 am

hokie carla

bye gwen

11:28 am

hokie carla

anyone else try coozee just in case?

11:31 am

Atalante

I feel I should try now, just in case

11:31 am

hurshy

lol

11:31 am

hokie carla

lol, save your energy

11:31 am

hokie carla

do you all have coozies, atalante, or call them something else? the neoprene beer can holder.

11:32 am

MollyL

We call them cozies here.

11:33 am

hurshy

there is a company called koozie that makes them, though they aren't the only company that makes them, so i would have thought to spell it that way because i happen to know about that company

11:33 am

hokie carla

interesting. I've only ever heard coozie in NC/SC/TN/VA

11:33 am

hokie carla

I did not know that, hurshy

11:34 am

MollyL

Oh Hurshy is right, they are koozies

11:34 am

hokie carla

not sure I've ever seen it in print

11:34 am

MollyL

I am thinking of a tea cozy

11:35 am

hokie carla

anyone else heard of coofer(s)? it might be specific to VT.

11:36 am

hokie carla

google AI tells me it is

11:36 am

hokie carla

AI Overview

"Coofers" is a term primarily used at Virginia Tech (and some other Virginia schools) to refer to past exams, homework, or other materials from a previous class that students can use to study for the current version of the same course. It's essentially a form of "crib notes" or a study guide from a previous semester. The term is believed to have originated at Bluefield College, a former extension of VPI (now Virginia Tech), and is thought to be derived from the word "coffer," meaning a strongbox. It's sometimes spelled "koofer".

11:37 am

hurshy

oh when you said VT i thought you meant vermont haha

11:37 am

rastapopolous

I assumed VT was Vermont lol

11:37 am

hokie carla

I was afraid of that

11:38 am

hurshy

does anybody have the OTHER o word

11:38 am

hokie carla

it's interesting that the co4 here means a dolt, so maybe the word is derived from that.

11:38 am

hurshy

besides the one that was mentioned

11:38 am

hokie carla

well, molly does because she told me earlier it wasn't obvious

11:39 am

72 Temple Owl

sorry for chat hijack. happy babbling to all

11:40 am

72 Temple Owl

or should i say chatjack? :D

11:40 am

hokie carla

oh please, I didn't see any chatjack.

11:40 am

hurshy

right two columns grey!

11:41 am

hokie carla

geez, I still need 4 R's on the right

11:41 am

72 Temple Owl

nrk is a whirlwind, have to catch her while you can!

11:42 am

hokie carla

down to 24 here, mostly R and C

11:42 am

hurshy

aHA found the O, or5/12

11:42 am

hokie carla

5-5-6-3-4-1 until now I didn't even noticed there were 8s and 9

11:42 am

hokie carla

aha, thanks

11:42 am

hurshy

i need 6 C, and one each F D T (haha)

11:43 am

hokie carla

I also need 1 F and 1 D

11:43 am

hokie carla

last T was a 4 that we have a bit

11:43 am

hurshy

if you mean tu4 i have that

11:43 am

hurshy

and 3 arbor words

11:43 am

hokie carla

oh, you weren't here when dan dropped the tr5 bomb

11:44 am

hokie carla

alt sp of scottish word for pants

11:44 am

hurshy

oh ok thanks!

11:47 am

hokie carla

ok, looks like there are 3 co8 and co9. I have 2 of the 8s so does the other go with the 9?

11:47 am

hurshy

yes

11:48 am

hurshy

but there are four co8 at least, i have four

11:48 am

ChampFit

The 9 doesn't have an 8

11:48 am

hokie carla

mmkay

11:48 am

hurshy

it does so

11:48 am

ChampFit

Does it? Sorry!

11:48 am

hurshy

what are you smokin' champ

11:49 am

ChampFit

Duh!

11:49 am

hokie carla

well, I found a 6/7 but prob won't find the 8/9

11:49 am

hurshy

they are people who go to a longer word (not in grid) that is based on a 6

11:49 am

ChampFit

I saw the 9 and never went back for the 8

11:50 am

hokie carla

ok, that is the 6 I just found so got the set. have to say I would never use those in conversation

11:50 am

hurshy

AND i still need two more 8s of some kind so they could easily be more Cs

11:50 am

hokie carla

now 4-4-5-2-3

11:51 am

hurshy

1-1-1-3-2 ack

11:51 am

hokie carla

F D and 4 + 1 R and 7 + 4 C

11:52 am

hurshy

oho just found another co7

11:53 am

hurshy

and my last 4, that was also a C

11:53 am

hokie carla

found my lower R

11:53 am

hurshy

another co7/8 pair!

11:54 am

hurshy

left col grey!

11:54 am

ChampFit

woohoo!

11:54 am

hurshy

0-1-1-1-1

11:55 am

hokie carla

1-3-5-2-3 definitely gonna have to list when I finish the 4

11:56 am

hokie carla

oh, found a cu7

11:57 am

hokie carla

and 8

11:57 am

hurshy

i need that!

11:57 am

hurshy

oho got them!

11:57 am

hurshy

thanks!!!!

11:58 am

hokie carla

so did you ever find the F and D?

11:58 am

hurshy

no those are my last two now

11:58 am

hokie carla

what lengths?

11:58 am

hurshy

5 and 6

12:00 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I got nothing

12:00 pm

hurshy

well if anyone is done with F they could tell us if there is an F6 or not

12:00 pm

hurshy

since most of those are 4s, i have just one 5

12:02 pm

MollyL

There is no F6

12:02 pm

hokie carla

ok, so D6 then

12:02 pm

hurshy

ok then that means F5 and D6! thanks

12:02 pm

hokie carla

aha, thanks

12:03 pm

MollyL

Two D6

12:03 pm

hokie carla

got the D. need the F5 and all the other words.

12:03 pm

nrkii

10 to go here... 2-2-4-1-1. FLRCORC

12:03 pm

hokie carla

8 here. 1-2-2-1-2

12:04 pm

hurshy

this F is really elusive!

12:05 pm

hokie carla

I know, I've tried all sorts of things.

12:05 pm

hokie carla

aha, alt sp

12:05 pm

hokie carla

land form

12:05 pm

ChampFit

oooh...thx!

12:06 pm

hurshy

ahhh

12:06 pm

hokie carla

no prob

12:06 pm

hurshy

i always forget that alt sp

12:06 pm

hurshy

funny that fj seems more "normal" lol

12:06 pm

nrkii

Thank you! still one more F to go after that

12:06 pm

hokie carla

IKR

12:07 pm

nrkii

got it

12:07 pm

hokie carla

R CCCC CC where is the 4??

12:07 pm

hokie carla

must be babble blindness setting in

12:08 pm

hurshy

my last 4 was ms chanel

12:08 pm

hokie carla

found that one a little while ago

12:08 pm

nrkii

Thanks hurshy... down to 6 now

12:08 pm

hurshy

how about, the one that rhymes with zip zilch nada

12:09 pm

hokie carla

have that

12:09 pm

hurshy

hairdo?

12:09 pm

hokie carla

might be easier to find my missing upper R

12:09 pm

hokie carla

have hairdo

12:09 pm

hurshy

college for both sexes?

12:09 pm

nrkii

there's a co4 that's close to hairdo

12:09 pm

hokie carla

nope, thought that was a phantom. lol

12:10 pm

hokie carla

ok 0-1-2-1-2

12:10 pm

hurshy

yeah but she referred to that word earlier so i knew it wasn't that

12:10 pm

nrkii

0-1-3-1-1 here

12:10 pm

hurshy

the Rs are really not bad, nothing weird

12:10 pm

nrkii

how many c8?

12:10 pm

hokie carla

there's just so many direcitons to go

12:11 pm

hurshy

6

12:11 pm

hurshy

the only one that isn't a C is a D

12:11 pm

hurshy

lol

12:11 pm

nrkii

I have 4 co8 and 1 cu8

12:12 pm

hurshy

one more co

12:12 pm

nrkii

I have 3 co7/8 pairs and 1 co8/9 pair

12:13 pm

hurshy

the other isn't in a pair but it goes with that whole first set of long words

12:13 pm

hurshy

same root

12:13 pm

hokie carla

decided to list - of course my R was what one does with the ri5

12:14 pm

hurshy

hehe

12:16 pm

hokie carla

well, down to a 6 and an 8, one from each c, so that doesn't help.

12:16 pm

nrkii

ugh, I was trying from the wrong c... found the c8 thank you

12:17 pm

hokie carla

oh, that's the one I need. from first C?

12:17 pm

nrkii

2nd c

12:17 pm

hokie carla

aha, thanks

12:18 pm

nrkii

I still have 3 6's and 1 7 left R CC R

12:18 pm

hokie carla

is that the way we spell that normally? I guess. it looks weird.

12:19 pm

ChampFit

Agree. I looked it up, and that's how it's always spelled.

12:19 pm

hokie carla

hmm

12:19 pm

hokie carla

okay, my last one is cr6 after the fish one

12:20 pm

nrkii

it's like what you want in freshly ironed pants

12:20 pm

hokie carla

thank you

12:21 pm

hurshy

re6/7 people who draw their fish in on a fishing pole line perhaps nrkii

12:21 pm

nrkii

had the 6, had missed the 7, thank you

12:21 pm

nrkii

2 left, R6 and C6

12:22 pm

nrkii

first R, first C

12:22 pm

hurshy

very first R word is a do-something again 6.

12:23 pm

hurshy

one ce6 is a color

12:23 pm

nrkii

I think I have that one

12:23 pm

hurshy

another is a plural without a singular present in the grid

12:25 pm

nrkii

have those too

12:25 pm

nrkii

ugh, I prob just missed something easy... will check list

12:25 pm

hurshy

yeah could be a plural

12:27 pm

nrkii

pt of a word that does not look like a verb

12:27 pm

nrkii

co6/24

12:28 pm

hokie carla

so everyone is finished?

12:28 pm

nrkii

need re6/27... looking for it now

12:29 pm

nrkii

oh my goodness

12:29 pm

hokie carla

:D

12:29 pm

hurshy

did you get it

12:29 pm

nrkii

I kept trying the people who do that job and it wouldn't take it

12:30 pm

hokie carla

we are having a time getting ins to pay for that on one of our rental houses.

12:30 pm

nrkii

meaning, as an re8

12:30 pm

hokie carla

and yay us!

12:30 pm

nrkii

yay, done... now I get to eat lunch!

12:30 pm

nrkii

have a great day all!

12:31 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I need to get lunch going to. til next time.

12:32 pm

hurshy

congrats all

12:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

cr6/21 pls?

12:39 pm

hurshy

like a fold or wrinkle, but spelt diff

12:39 pm

hurshy

or change one letter from Monty Python and Fawlty Towers comedian

1:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

nty

1:55 pm

Atalante

there's def a boat called a creeler

5:58 pm

periwinkle

there are 5 co8 words I have 3

6:39 pm

mkg

the 9 is co also

6:40 pm

mkg

it is an 8/9 with no seven.

6:42 pm

penquis

i am going crazy....i have one word left...a C8 word...i already have five C 8 words....is there ia sixth?....it's not showing up on Lickety...

6:43 pm

BzznBea

Do you have the co8.60 that is the evergrreen trees?

6:43 pm

penquis

and my CU 8 is accepted in Lickety but not in Babble...

6:44 pm

penquis

yes, I have the co 8/60...

6:44 pm

BzznBea

There is one that ends like that but starts like a penny.

6:45 pm

mkg

ty got it.

6:45 pm

penquis

i have three words that start with the penny...

6:45 pm

mkg

the penny one referrs to trees

6:46 pm

penquis

That includes the penny...

6:46 pm

penquis

no, the penny is not the trees...

6:47 pm

BzznBea

There is a cu8.50

6:47 pm

penquis

I have that, but Babble won't accept it...i will try again...

6:48 pm

penquis

that word is a pl, right?

6:48 pm

BzznBea

no

6:49 pm

penquis

ah...i had a pl and it's a comparative...thanks for the help...i am done...

6:49 pm

BzznBea

The plurral is before the suffix

6:49 pm

mkg

ooh....oh. ty for info

6:50 pm

penquis

i am heading out...pooped....goodnight all....

6:52 pm

mkg

night pen

6:57 pm

Dorens

wouldn't that be sufffix ?

6:57 pm

Dorens

:D

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