Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, September 21, 2025

12:15 am

hokie carla

oh, there's the i6 I usually miss

12:15 am

broll

fi 8

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

rebelsass

thanks, lickety

12:28 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ma 7

12:32 am

cybernan

hi all

12:32 am

cybernan

what are the ods ma 7 and g 4 in the same grid

12:32 am

cybernan

*odds

12:36 am

cybernan

oops - not ma 7, ma 6

2:02 am

rolin

ma7 x2

4:22 am

dpomfr

Llhail

4:22 am

dpomfr

Hail

4:23 am

dpomfr

Hits

4:23 am

rebelsass

hello, dpomfr!

4:24 am

dpomfr

Sorry!!

4:24 am

rebelsass

no worries, happens to everyone.

5:47 am

Bremen

ti

5:48 am

Bremen

yep, we all do it... sorry... ;-)

7:36 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

7:59 am

Atalante

morning all

8:11 am

hokie carla

howdy folks. ata, crossy

8:17 am

Atalante

hi carla!

8:17 am

hokie carla

these As are tough

8:18 am

hokie carla

though I have whittled them down some now

8:22 am

BzznBea

phantom histamine

8:27 am

hokie carla

phantom giant

8:29 am

hokie carla

well, gotta tend to winston and do some house straightening up. BBL for last 20. 6-9-4-1

8:50 am

Dorens

histamine is a bit of a stretch

8:52 am

rururocks

histaman is closer to it

8:57 am

hokie carla

well, I don't see it but I'm not going to tell other people they aren't :P

8:58 am

rururocks

well you gotta call them as you see them these days hokie

9:03 am

rururocks

I'd have gone for atheist though

9:04 am

rururocks

and I agree the a's are a pain today

9:05 am

hokie carla

have 2 and 1 left on the A's. there were a lot of babblets I didn't see at first.

9:06 am

saanichcat

good morning!

9:06 am

rururocks

hi saanich

9:07 am

rururocks

2 a's to go

9:08 am

rururocks

got them all now

9:09 am

Norma

e

9:09 am

hokie carla

any guesses then?

9:10 am

rururocks

you have ag6

9:10 am

hokie carla

yes

9:11 am

rururocks

al5/14?

9:11 am

hokie carla

nope, looking

9:14 am

hokie carla

finally found it, thx

9:16 am

rururocks

wow tons of weird babblets in this one

9:20 am

MollyL

Weird babblet is an oxymoron

9:21 am

hokie carla

agreed, maybe he just means ones we don't have as often as others. ps - I think I have tried oftish at least twice.

9:27 am

rururocks

found my last m.. still no 8

9:27 am

rururocks

foghat is in the grid

9:28 am

penquis

the 8 is a real word....hello all...

9:28 am

hokie carla

yes it is

9:28 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:28 am

penquis

carla!

9:29 am

hokie carla

turned my ankle on the tennis court yesterday but it's doing okay. can put weight on it but it hurts to move it around.

9:30 am

penquis

yuck....swollen?

9:30 am

hokie carla

not really. I did RICE as soon as I got home.

9:30 am

penquis

last time my brother played tennis, he played with me....fell and broke his ankle....

9:30 am

hokie carla

an acronym for ruru to complain about, but I didn't make it up

9:30 am

hurshy

what's the i word?

9:31 am

hokie carla

is6 silly

9:31 am

hokie carla

oh, that stinks pen

9:31 am

hokie carla

I have done this exact thing before about 20 years ago, running backwards and stepped on the outside of my foot.

9:31 am

hurshy

ah thanks

9:31 am

penquis

he was wearing regular sneakers....his foot caught on something and he went down...

9:31 am

BzznBea

Broke my ankle 9 years ago. Every time a low pressure system moves through my ankle swells and hurts.

9:32 am

penquis

interesting, bea....

9:32 am

hokie carla

I have sprained this one 6 times that I can remember. it does give me weightbearing pain randomly, but not right onw.

9:32 am

hokie carla

now

9:33 am

penquis

is there any kind of ankle support thing that you can wear when you play?

9:34 am

rururocks

what to you mean by RICE?

9:34 am

hokie carla

rest, ice, compression, elevation

9:35 am

hokie carla

yes, pen. back when I was still playing soccer I wore some heavy duty lace up braces. I think I have them somewhere in my house - just a matter of finding them.

9:35 am

penquis

there may be something less bulky available now....

9:36 am

hokie carla

good point. somehow it has been 6 years since I stopped playing soccer.

9:36 am

hokie carla

I have 4 compression type braces now. Am wearing one, in fact. but I don't think those will do anything to prevent the turning.

9:37 am

penquis

i wear a knee brace to prevent my knee cap from going off it's groove again....

9:37 am

hokie carla

I wonder if they make any high top shoes for tennis.

9:37 am

penquis

search "brace to prevent ankle roll"....

9:38 am

penquis

i believe they do make high top tennis shoes...

9:40 am

hokie carla

my bff sprained hers when we were playing soccer and I took her to the ortho. she had a "high ankle sprain" which he said she would've been better off breaking it.

9:40 am

rururocks

they do.. research the ones steph curry wears

9:40 am

rururocks

he's got bad ankles

9:42 am

penquis

they are not made the same way....tennis and basketball sneakers....but i am sure there are tennis versions....

9:42 am

rururocks

yes it's a company that specializes in ankle support

9:43 am

rururocks

I can't remember the name sadly though

9:43 am

hokie carla

will save this shopping for later. thanks for the ideas.

9:44 am

penquis

Curry Brand, a sub-brand of Under Armor....

9:44 am

welki

'morning, everyone

9:44 am

penquis

hi welki...

9:44 am

MollyL

Google says Curry wears Zamst Ankle Braces

9:44 am

saanichcat

Zamst A2-DX Ankle Brace: The Glass Ankle Saviour | Product ...
Stephen Curry primarily uses the Zamst A2-DX ankle brace to provide strong support for his ankles, which have a history of severe injuries, including ligament tears, and were once plagued by chronic issues. This rigid, anatomically-fitting brace is known for its ability to prevent the ankle from rolling, providing the necessary protection for Curry's unique playing style without severely restricting his movement.

9:45 am

penquis

my company reference was for the sneakers...

9:47 am

rururocks

I am not sure I've seen high top tennis shoes though.. not sure

9:48 am

rururocks

there must be some kind of orthopedic solution it's a common problem

9:48 am

MollyL

Google says the side-to-side motion in tennis requires a lot of ankle flexibility, which high-tops can restrict

9:50 am

MollyL

I would guess that means if you mess up your ankle/ankle your tennis game suffers

9:50 am

MollyL

ankle/ankles

9:51 am

rururocks

or knees

9:51 am

rururocks

or shoulder

9:51 am

rururocks

or wrists

9:51 am

rururocks

or bad

9:51 am

rururocks

back

9:51 am

rururocks

it's a physical sport for sure

9:51 am

rururocks

I sure miss playing it

9:52 am

rururocks

good morning welki

9:52 am

hokie carla

I think if you're a pro it might be bad, but I don't think it would restrict me enough to tell a difference

9:52 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:54 am

hokie carla

and I do move more on the court than most people here

9:56 am

hurshy

left 2 cols grey!

9:56 am

cybernan

good morning everyone - didn't last long last night so a ong way to go still

9:57 am

penquis

Wilson Amplifeel tennis shoes are available at Tennis Warehouse...

9:57 am

penquis

hi nan....

10:03 am

hokie carla

thanks, pen. will look.

10:04 am

hokie carla

hurshy, what is my missing T in the first col?

10:04 am

penquis

yw....

10:04 am

hurshy

my last one was th5/12 hokie

10:04 am

cybernan

can't find that i 6 that carla called last night -- stats please?

10:04 am

hokie carla

thought you would guess that. I have it though.

10:05 am

hokie carla

is6/18

10:05 am

hurshy

do you have th6?

10:05 am

hokie carla

no!

10:05 am

cybernan

ty carla

10:05 am

hokie carla

how many points?

10:06 am

hurshy

21

10:06 am

penquis

finishes off my T...ty....

10:07 am

hokie carla

still nothing

10:07 am

Atalante

name that proper name: the mother of Achilles

10:08 am

hurshy

it's someone who believes in any sort of god

10:08 am

hokie carla

duh, thanks!

10:08 am

penquis

no idea, ata....never did study mythology...

10:08 am

hokie carla

ruru, even said a* was a phantom but I couldn't see the phantom (but did I tell him that, no)

10:08 am

hokie carla

anita

10:09 am

hokie carla

(also have no idea)

10:09 am

Atalante

she was a nymph called Thetis

10:09 am

cybernan

giving up on the is 6 -- obviously haven't tried everything but it feels like it

10:09 am

hokie carla

i+ a smooth fabric

10:09 am

penquis

nan...ends like the metal of cans....

10:09 am

LuvWordGames

I + a smooth material

10:09 am

cybernan

oh thy - now I remember

10:10 am

penquis

taking a break....bbl for the last 39...bye all....

10:10 am

Atalante

ah yes. that word!

10:12 am

hurshy

binging my way through Andor this weekend

10:14 am

hurshy

ooh found a 7! ma7

10:15 am

cybernan

mmm - have ma 6 x2 but no 7

10:16 am

hurshy

it's an alt sp of a 6

10:16 am

hurshy

kind of folder or envelope

10:17 am

cybernan

ty -- ma 6 x3 now

10:18 am

hokie carla

I am down to O A F GGG LLL SSS HH A MMM

10:19 am

cybernan

too many repeats from the 2 h's

10:20 am

cybernan

-lol just realized that none originate from the corner

10:21 am

hurshy

i have 9 of the h, one 5 and all the rest 4s

10:21 am

cybernan

guess I should wake up and have breakfast before starting this!

10:21 am

hurshy

no sorry the five is from the left H

10:21 am

hurshy

all mine from the right are fours

10:21 am

cybernan

ok - so missing 2 4's then

10:22 am

hurshy

well no cause i still need one too, so we don't know about that one

10:24 am

cybernan

hitman should be a word

10:25 am

welki

it sure is in calgary :)

10:25 am

cybernan

David Foster comes to mind

10:26 am

cybernan

what is the connotation in Calgary welki?

10:28 am

welki

the hitmen is a junior hockey league, one hitman, a team of hitmen. and then there's always vito genovese

10:28 am

hurshy

good golly

10:30 am

Atalante

my dad is called David Foster. Who else is David Foster?

10:32 am

cybernan

a musician/composer who has coached many young singers to stardom-- Celine Dione and Michael Buble to name a couple of them

10:32 am

cybernan

known for his musical "hits"

10:33 am

hurshy

i never thought of having musical hits making one a hitman

10:34 am

cybernan

he made an album by that name

10:34 am

hokie carla

I thought hitman was pretty standard someone who kills people for a living

10:34 am

cybernan

that too

10:35 am

cybernan

google David Foster - i'm certain you will recognize some of the songs he has written

10:35 am

MollyL

So did I Carla. That is what I think of when I see the word. But I think used in that way, it's two words.

10:36 am

MollyL

I recognized some. Don't like very many. But I am not a Dion fan.

10:37 am

hurshy

i hear "near... far..." and i think Grover from sesame street

10:42 am

Atalante

ohh! I thought you meant someone with a gun :D

11:01 am

cybernan

off for breakfast - bbl

11:02 am

cybernan

one of my Foster favourites is St. Elmo's Fire

11:05 am

cybernan

carla - the missing h is hi 5

11:27 am

hokie carla

I have an odd hi5

11:27 am

hokie carla

rhymes with a thing you sleep on

11:28 am

cybernan

that's the one

11:31 am

cybernan

the other h 5 I have is he 5/12

11:31 am

hokie carla

just noticed I did not have the hi4 that your hitman had

11:32 am

hokie carla

those are the only 2 h5 I have

11:33 am

cybernan

I hate it when words that are both singular and plural have an s stuck on the end of them here

11:33 am

hokie carla

so now I probably have the same as hurshy on the H unless she finished and left.

11:33 am

hokie carla

like deers?

11:36 am

hokie carla

and what word here are you thinking of? I don't think I've seen one.

11:39 am

cybernan

ma 4 which i'm assuming is a misspelled ma 5

11:40 am

cybernan

but deers is a good example

11:40 am

hokie carla

I used to always say deers to my mom like "I just saw 3 deers outside" to get her to correct me.

11:41 am

hokie carla

I'm not sure I have either of those M's. but I do have the school subj which is funny as a plural to US americans.

11:43 am

cybernan

canadians are used to both. Brits pluralize the abbreviation because the full name of the subject ends in s

11:47 am

hokie carla

have also noticed they say drugs bust where we would say drug bust. I have adopted that and m5 (not that I talk a lot about drugs).

11:47 am

hokie carla

and I don't think I've complained yet today about agita

11:50 am

hokie carla

oh, are you talking about ma5 (not in grid) from heaven? the ma4 is a different word, not an alt sp. means "the power of the elemental forces of nature embodied in an object or person" or moral authority.

11:51 am

cybernan

but also food if you keep looking

11:51 am

hokie carla

didn't see that one. I did notice M-W does not show a plural for it.

11:56 am

hokie carla

found my missing H. you know...hell, fury, etc

11:57 am

cybernan

my last 2 -- si 6/24 and og 5/18 --- totally stuck, help please

11:57 am

hokie carla

well, I didn't know that is the O I need, but have tried all kinds of og5

11:57 am

hokie carla

also need that S

12:01 pm

cybernan

the h or the m must be in that og word somewhere, but haven't come up with the correct combo yet

12:01 pm

hokie carla

also had tried many og6 so at least I have it narrowed down now

12:01 pm

hokie carla

my thoughts exactly. but still nothing.

12:02 pm

cybernan

got it - miscount -- both are in the word

12:02 pm

hokie carla

argh, thanks

12:02 pm

cybernan

ne word for me

12:05 pm

cybernan

the si ends in 2 vowels ( found by monkeys making a typo)

12:05 pm

hokie carla

I'm thinking the si6 has to have the g

12:05 pm

hokie carla

got it, thx

12:05 pm

hokie carla

kinda thought I had tried that

12:05 pm

cybernan

yw hagd everyone :)

12:21 pm

periwinkle

hello all.help with either ma7 please

12:23 pm

hokie carla

there

12:24 pm

hokie carla

there is one that is either the envelope or an alt sp

12:24 pm

hokie carla

rhymes with extract you put in cookies, etc

12:24 pm

hokie carla

I do not have another

12:25 pm

periwinkle

ty

12:39 pm

BzznBea

The other is what the postal service delivers in large quantities.

12:40 pm

hokie carla

ok, I get the first part of that. how many points?

12:40 pm

BzznBea

32

12:40 pm

hokie carla

oh, I see it. was thrown off. that's one of the few french words I know!

12:52 pm

hokie carla

2-6-2 now

12:52 pm

hokie carla

oh, found a 5 by dropping last 2 of that

1:12 pm

hokie carla

guess I will list for last 9

1:19 pm

Cathyar

OG5 - the original pig. lol

1:22 pm

hokie carla

good one

1:24 pm

hokie carla

okay, annoying. 2 of my last 9 I already had but they didn't take.

1:57 pm

NANCY

clue or ag 5/16 and ag 6/27 please

1:57 pm

NANCY

*for

1:58 pm

Atalante

I'm ag6 that you need a clue for it :D

1:59 pm

Atalante

ag5/16 is a plural

1:59 pm

NANCY

TY GOT THEM

2:02 pm

mkg

i amnot gettiing the ag words at all. what is the meaning please?

2:03 pm

mkg

got one ag 5. hmmmm

2:03 pm

Atalante

the meaning for which ones, mkg?

2:05 pm

mkg

any ag words but especially the one that is plural. ty.

2:05 pm

mkg

ty

2:06 pm

Atalante

"masters," "lords," "chiefs," or "elder brothers" and functions as an honorific title, particularly in Turkish, Persian, and other related cultures, signifying respect for a leader, officer, or landowner

2:06 pm

mkg

wow ty.

2:07 pm

BzznBea

LOL! I love it. Thanks, Ata.

2:08 pm

mkg

atalante, these are ag words? i really cant even imagine them.

2:09 pm

BzznBea

Ag + half a laugh and plural

2:10 pm

mkg

ty perfect. got it. got them.

2:11 pm

mkg

now just missing the i word for second column i. all help welcome.

2:11 pm

BzznBea

is6.18

2:12 pm

mkg

ty bea. any clues?

2:13 pm

BzznBea

i = fabric

2:13 pm

redshoes

I really, really want Shite to be a word. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

2:18 pm

redshoes

heh

3:09 pm

Soodle

‘Shite” is a very acceptable word in this part of the world, Redshoes. In daily usage by Soodle & circle of family/friends.

3:32 pm

BzznBea

I've missed all of the obvious today.

3:36 pm

suefrad625

hi all

3:41 pm

redshoes

@Soodle, Precisely!

4:26 pm

dcseain

agreed, Soodle, it ought take shite

5:32 pm

periwinkle

I tried shite :)

5:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

jumping in, hi all

6:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

43 to go, stuck, bye

7:11 pm

penquis

anyone still around?....can't find my last words....fi 5/16 and Fi 4/9....

7:16 pm

angelinaxox

Hey penq. Not sure if there is more than one fi 4/9 but I have one that is used in a newtons cookie.

7:18 pm

angelinaxox

I have a fi 5/16 that is a plural

7:18 pm

penquis

thanks...i have that one....the two words are right after that and before the word that sounds like a sneaker company...

7:20 pm

angelinaxox

Will try to look for it

7:20 pm

penquis

hmmm....is it a plural without a singular?

7:22 pm

penquis

perhaps I have placed words in the wrong spots on lickety....will review that....

7:23 pm

penquis

ah...i did place them wrong....found what I was looking for....thanks for helping...

7:23 pm

penquis

i am done...

7:23 pm

angelinaxox

Congrats

7:24 pm

penquis

ty!

7:24 pm

penquis

need anything before I go?

7:25 pm

angelinaxox

I am good . Ty for asking. Have a good night!

7:26 pm

penquis

you, too!....bye...

7:27 pm

angelinaxox

Thanks

9:04 pm

mkg

hi all.

9:04 pm

mkg

any clue for the 7s? with stats? thanks.. i have the 8.

11:41 pm

dcseain

i have no 7s nor the 8

11:43 pm

dcseain

this one his been hard for me. I’m finding more Spanish than English words in it.

11:43 pm

dcseain

i doubt i’ll finish it.

11:47 pm

xeiluj

the 7s are both ma 32

11:48 pm

grannyrose

hey dcs. fi 8 creature which lives in water + not the horse's mane, the other end

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