Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, August 21, 2025

12:03 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan and everyone else

12:04 am

ursh

morning all - 7am here

12:09 am

cybernan

lo 7

12:17 am

cybernan

those i's are eluding me

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

dizgrannie

iw 4

12:17 am

cybernan

got the bottom one - ty anyway diz

12:19 am

cybernan

nbt/nbs

12:30 am

cybernan

crashing - 50 for tomorrow - Good night :)

12:36 am

Onpaki

hi everyone

1:06 am

sprite

morning babblers

1:38 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

5:55 am

mael

FW! have a great day everyone

6:50 am

periwinkle

morning all. help with lo7 please

6:59 am

frogface

Less important

7:26 am

hokie carla

hey, all clues are important :D

7:26 am

ChampFit

Clues matter!

7:28 am

phaeton

right side E stats?

7:29 am

hokie carla

eo5

7:30 am

phaeton

ty

7:30 am

phaeton

el5 is the other one

7:44 am

hokie carla

well, 31 left and HOET. kinda easy so far. gotta go.

8:42 am

montreal13

agreed hokie - 20 left, HOET and almost as easy as yesterday's - bbl - have a great day all - "poof:

8:43 am

rururocks

16 here too.. just started. pretty easy grid

8:44 am

montreal13

hey ru ! - gotta go, bye for now

8:46 am

rururocks

bye monte

8:53 am

rururocks

finito. easy today for once. too bad this one didn't go when I was in NY

8:54 am

MollyL

Shame on them for not accomodating your travel schedule

8:54 am

rururocks

I know after all the hours I've put in this place :D

8:59 am

rururocks

I usually luck out with small grids when I go on trips

10:18 am

dan2bit

I always like it when a column makes a word

10:55 am

hurshy

phantom: allow, disallow

10:57 am

hurshy

and slow

11:03 am

hurshy

tiara for Gillie today

11:05 am

penquis

hello all....

11:05 am

hurshy

hi pen

11:08 am

penquis

hey, hursh...

11:11 am

periwinkle

ty for lo7

11:19 am

hurshy

i've got 10 left

11:20 am

penquis

go, hursh!

11:25 am

hurshy

anyone done with A, T, D, O, G, or F?

11:26 am

BzznBea

I've finished A and T

11:26 am

hurshy

i need one of each

11:26 am

penquis

i need two of each...

11:27 am

penquis

oh found a T...

11:27 am

BzznBea

as6.18

11:27 am

hurshy

oh got my T also - ts5

11:27 am

hurshy

thank you bea!

11:27 am

BzznBea

yw

11:28 am

penquis

ty...

11:30 am

hurshy

oHO got my left O

11:31 am

hurshy

that's 4s finished

11:38 am

cybernan

Good morning everyone. I guess yet another judge has been itimidated by Trump.

11:40 am

penquis

hi...

11:41 am

cybernan

hi pen

11:45 am

cybernan

owlier is a word -- without sleep I am definitely owlier

11:46 am

penquis

agreed....i tried it, too...

11:49 am

penquis

i tried gloin...but that is a dwarf in LOTR.... ;o)

11:49 am

penquis

i knew i had heard it before....:oP

11:52 am

cybernan

need 3 more f's and have run out of ideas

11:52 am

penquis

i am no help....i need four...

11:53 am

penquis

found two...

11:53 am

penquis

fo 5 and fo 5....similar...

11:55 am

penquis

only missing one now...

11:55 am

cybernan

mmm - only fo 5's I have are 2nd person verbs

11:56 am

penquis

if you have the right fo 4/7, you can just add a vowel to the end....

11:56 am

penquis

and there are at least two fo 6 words....still missing one F word...

11:58 am

cybernan

elderly stick in the mud is sometimes called an old fo 5/20

11:58 am

cybernan

f's done

11:58 am

cybernan

ty pen

11:59 am

penquis

ah yes....i usually see that ending in the sometimes vowel...

11:59 am

penquis

ty...

11:59 am

cybernan

yes usually ey I thought

11:59 am

hurshy

hmm, i might need one of those fo5 you mentioned

12:00 pm

hurshy

but i can't seem to make a similar one

12:00 pm

cybernan

fo 5 change last vowel of choreograapher bob

12:00 pm

hurshy

oh oh it was the stick in the mud

12:00 pm

penquis

they both end in vowels..

12:01 pm

cybernan

anty t 6's?

12:02 pm

hurshy

no

12:02 pm

penquis

there is a ts 5 word....

12:02 pm

cybernan

have 4,5,5 for the t's

12:02 pm

cybernan

have that one pen

12:02 pm

hurshy

another 4

12:02 pm

cybernan

yes - just found it , ty

12:09 pm

cybernan

wish you could see my fur baby right now hutshy -- sound asleep on her bench beside me -- front paw tucked under her cheek ans happily snoring away.

12:12 pm

penquis

sounds very cute....

12:12 pm

cybernan

yes

12:16 pm

hokie carla

rehi

12:16 pm

penquis

carla!

12:16 pm

hokie carla

pen!

12:17 pm

hokie carla

a bit slowed down with 7-11-7-1 left

12:17 pm

hokie carla

but I have grayed a lot, so I've got that going for me

12:18 pm

penquis

2 - 9 - 5 - 1 here...

12:18 pm

hokie carla

nice

12:19 pm

hokie carla

well, I had to leave this morning because I was playing g4 and of course I missed that word.

12:19 pm

hokie carla

have you tried padel, pen?

12:19 pm

penquis

no...i have seen it on TV....have you tried it?

12:20 pm

cybernan

oenough - heading to the list

12:20 pm

hokie carla

yeah, our nearby sister club just opened some courts. I might eventually like it better than tennis.

12:21 pm

hokie carla

just too hot right now with the turf and the enclosed court. we almost died the other day. I would bet it was 110 on the turf. def. a winter sport here.

12:21 pm

penquis

it did look fun on TV...doubt we will see it here....pickleball has taken off now....our tennis place is building 8 indoor pickleball courts....

12:21 pm

hokie carla

yeah, pickleball is still big here too

12:22 pm

penquis

it's only 65 here now...

12:22 pm

hokie carla

wow

12:22 pm

penquis

and nice and sunny...

12:22 pm

penquis

we are having a drought...

12:22 pm

hokie carla

while it is cooler today, it's still 80, feels like 87

12:23 pm

hokie carla

I think we are having the opposite

12:23 pm

penquis

we had quite a bit of rain in the spring, but very little this summer...

12:24 pm

hokie carla

normally charlotte is very droughty but I think they are having more rain than us this summer

12:26 pm

hokie carla

I am south of Asheville and Brevard, which are temperate rainforest

12:26 pm

penquis

ah...in NC?

12:28 pm

hokie carla

yeah, just reading the wiki page about appalachian temperate rainforest. I'm actually probably in it too.

12:28 pm

penquis

interesting...

12:29 pm

hokie carla

it says northwestern SC. it also says it goes through southwestern VA, which is where I grew up, but I don't think it's that rainy there, must be farther southwest

12:30 pm

penquis

here the coast has been the most dry this summer...

12:31 pm

hokie carla

well, you've been able to play tennis outside at least?

12:32 pm

penquis

i have only played outside in a charity tournament....have played pickleball a few times outdoors....

12:33 pm

penquis

we have had quite a few hot and humid days this summer....

12:33 pm

hokie carla

do we know what the 7 stat is?

12:33 pm

penquis

i tinink it is LO...

12:33 pm

penquis

yes...it is a comparative...

12:34 pm

hokie carla

ah, thanks

12:35 pm

penquis

well i am down to 10....time for a break....bye all...

12:35 pm

penquis

yw...

12:35 pm

hokie carla

bye pen!

12:35 pm

hokie carla

still 21 here

12:35 pm

cybernan

bye pen

12:35 pm

cybernan

13 here

12:39 pm

Sugrraleona

i'm stuck on the il5 and 6 :(

12:39 pm

hokie carla

the odyssey and the

12:40 pm

Sugrraleona

ty hokie

12:40 pm

hokie carla

no prob

12:47 pm

MollyL

IIf Ru were here he would say "that will be Greek to some"

12:48 pm

cybernan

done :) any help wanted before I leave?

12:52 pm

cybernan

bye everyone - hagd

1:24 pm

mrloser

dassie

2:44 pm

hokie carla

well thanks, mrloser. one of my missing D's that I would have never thought to try.

3:24 pm

hokie carla

ok, made it to 8 left. hitting the lickety helpful link now.

3:31 pm

rururocks

that's assault and lickety

3:34 pm

hokie carla

is your battery low?

3:36 pm

rururocks

it's kind of obvious that I don't run on batteries isn't it?

3:39 pm

BzznBea

Sometimes I wish I had battery backup.

3:42 pm

MollyL

All women need some battery backup

3:45 pm

hokie carla

wow, pun fail

3:46 pm

rururocks

oh.. I missed that Hokie.. very good

3:47 pm

rururocks

we'll need to strike that from the record

3:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

i wanted to say oracle...the zombies

4:00 pm

hokie carla

thinking it's nap time and I look and it's 5pm

4:02 pm

BzznBea

I should have taken a nap when I got home from Duke.

4:03 pm

hokie carla

yeah, you've been up a long time

4:03 pm

hokie carla

how was the appt? she healing?

4:04 pm

BzznBea

Yes, she is healing well. They gave her the green light to start PT on her shoulder.

4:05 pm

hokie carla

nice

6:38 pm

scatterbrain

Any clues for the Lo 7 pls

6:39 pm

penquis

builds on the singular of lo 4/8....a comparative...

6:41 pm

penquis

can't find my last word....it's an S word with five letters....

6:41 pm

penquis

second row S...

6:44 pm

penquis

found it...i am done....

6:44 pm

penquis

anyone need anything before I go?

6:44 pm

scatterbrain

Thanx pen

6:44 pm

penquis

yw...

6:47 pm

penquis

heading out...goodnight all....*waving to the lurkers*....

6:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wazzaaaaaap?

6:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

7:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

37 to go, argh, stopping here

9:06 pm

mkg

Am i too late for help? I have no 7s. Any help welcome.

9:11 pm

mkg

Got a seven finally. Ty for clues.

9:12 pm

mkg

How about a clue for bottom row i? Or any i words? Ty

9:15 pm

mkg

Got some i words but not bottom row. Help welcome.

9:19 pm

mkg

Well that word below the DA i tried to put in and on my ipad it wont take it but on computer it did. Weird.

9:20 pm

mkg

That happens a lot lately. iPad must be going towards death.

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