Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, September 24, 2025

12:03 am

justafreep

li7/8 and happy flip

12:04 am

cybernan

0h - busy day tomorrow so my goal for this one will be half way

12:04 am

cybernan

hi greep

12:05 am

cybernan

*freep

12:05 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:06 am

jeanne314

tr8

12:06 am

momof5

Fl8

12:07 am

justafreep

I would not have thought of that tr8 (*assuming we found the same one)

12:08 am

cybernan

me neither

12:09 am

momof5

Ta8

12:18 am

harpjane

yikes big one

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:25 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, al 8 and 9

12:28 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety!

12:29 am

cybernan

mbt,nbs - ty rain

12:30 am

Rainiqui

you're welcome nan

12:32 am

Gillie

un8

12:47 am

cybernan

200 down -- goodnight everyonee :)

12:47 am

SummerBreeze44

te 7/8

1:34 am

0471

oh a biggie... i am happy

1:40 am

lshult

only 7 so far eth7/32

1:41 am

lshult

nothing bigger

1:59 am

SummerBreeze44

There are 4 qu7's that all start with the same 4 letters, if that helps

2:09 am

lshult

now have 10x 7's, 4x 8's and the 9. about to look at the q's. feeling much better now

2:28 am

Foxy62

Yay down to 300 lol

2:30 am

ursh

a lot of L's in this grid

6:31 am

ivesyj

clue for the last un 6 please

6:40 am

broll

take cargo off a boat

6:43 am

ivesyj

sorry i meant the un 7 does it work off the six

6:46 am

broll

no - forget what you were taught

6:46 am

ivesyj

oh ok ty !

6:47 am

broll

yw

8:56 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

9:23 am

welki

'morning, crossy, if you're still here

9:24 am

hokie carla

howdy, welki, crossy, anyone else

9:25 am

welki

carla!

9:25 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:25 am

hokie carla

phantom truth

9:25 am

welki

usually is

9:33 am

rururocks

ESPECIALLY THESE DAYS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

9:35 am

MollyL

ARE YOU GETTING DEAF IN YOUR OLD AGE?

9:35 am

rururocks

he actually said gas prices went down.. what an imagination

9:35 am

rururocks

I am :D

9:35 am

hokie carla

I didn't see that but I thought the other day they looked lower. maybe just in CA they didn't.

9:35 am

MollyL

Silly man. He doesn't have to tell the truth. Half of America believes everything he says.

9:35 am

welki

i call bs - your hearing is fine

9:39 am

rururocks

actually I'm having trouble with my left ear

9:41 am

rururocks

old scuba diving injury

9:53 am

BzznBea

I tried every darn suffix for that 9.

9:53 am

hokie carla

do you know what it starts with?

9:54 am

BzznBea

al

9:54 am

hokie carla

hmm. will look. just finished first pass. managed HOET but only found 1 8 and a third of the 7s.

9:55 am

hokie carla

but just found the al8/9!

9:55 am

hokie carla

do you want to know which suffix it is?

9:56 am

BzznBea

I found it.

9:56 am

hokie carla

woot

9:57 am

BzznBea

56 L's Heavens!

9:57 am

hokie carla

I know, terrible.

9:57 am

hokie carla

I found 30 and moved on.

9:57 am

rururocks

whew done

9:57 am

rururocks

too big a grid today

9:57 am

hokie carla

still 130 left here

9:58 am

welki

agreed. we have a scheduled power outage, about five hours, starting in a few minutes - would be very bougie to haul out the generator to finish a grid (if the battery power runs out) :D

9:58 am

hokie carla

ha

9:58 am

hokie carla

just say you need it for the fridge

10:00 am

welki

heh - we have a smaller battery pack we use on the boat if i need it

10:04 am

BzznBea

I need to make a ton of phone calls. Hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, insurance...Maybe my battery will die.

10:04 am

ivesyj

25 left and all a's ugh

10:04 am

hokie carla

I need to make a few myself. hate it.

10:05 am

BzznBea

Guess I will get to it.

10:06 am

hokie carla

bye bea

10:06 am

welki

make a cup of tea/coffee before you start

10:12 am

hokie carla

how's it going on those A's, ivesyj? still need 7 on the upper and out of ideas.

10:13 am

ivesyj

still have 11 left. seems this grid is taking me forever .. im out of ideas too lol

10:13 am

hokie carla

well I said that and found two more, but still need 5 there and 3 on the lower. plus 103 other words. LOL.

10:14 am

phaeton

down to 82...had to list. I kept repeating the same words

10:14 am

ivesyj

oh my lol. im running out of time .. have to get ready for work soon. they frown on playng words games while im working

10:15 am

hokie carla

well, grayed the upper N with the hawaiian goose. usually get that early on.

10:20 am

phaeton

greyed the F!

10:21 am

phaeton

F''s

10:21 am

hokie carla

well I have the top one gray :D forgot there was another

10:34 am

hokie carla

well the 4th row is the biggest problem. all those tiles are tough.

10:45 am

hokie carla

75 for later. TTFN

10:57 am

hurshy

woot, big grid

11:03 am

BzznBea

I agree, Carla.

11:04 am

hurshy

shhh don't destroy my early-grid illusion that it's just a beautiful grid

11:08 am

hurshy

is there just one SN word?

11:09 am

hokie carla

I just have one

11:09 am

hokie carla

but still need 3 up there

11:10 am

hokie carla

still need 30 on the 4th row!

11:10 am

hurshy

there's a funny sa6

11:10 am

hokie carla

funny haha?

11:10 am

hurshy

like a cutesy nickname for people who are not crazy

11:10 am

hokie carla

ah yes, we've had that before

11:11 am

hurshy

and you can plural the se6 that describes someone with dementia, like the president of the US

11:11 am

hokie carla

yes, already did that

11:13 am

BzznBea

He doesn't have dementia. He is just ignorant.

11:14 am

hurshy

many people think he has always been ignorant, but now also has dementia. like Heather Cox Richardson.

11:16 am

hurshy

phantoms: tenia, taenia

11:17 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! north african nation whose capital's name is contained within its name

11:17 am

BzznBea

Tunis

11:17 am

hurshy

well that's the capital

11:18 am

BzznBea

Tunisia

11:18 am

hurshy

but the whole name of the country is there too you see

11:18 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:20 am

hurshy

hmm, idk about the rest of the fourth row, but i find that T easier than the upper one

11:21 am

BzznBea

Back to the chore list.

11:22 am

hurshy

phantom: eaten

11:22 am

hokie carla

yes, eaten has been driving me crazy

11:23 am

hurshy

and i only need one more E, too

11:23 am

hurshy

aha, got it!

11:29 am

hokie carla

still need 4 E's on the lower

11:30 am

hurshy

did you get the trio about making angry

11:30 am

hurshy

or how about the el6, 6, 7 trio

11:31 am

hokie carla

I have the angry ones

11:31 am

hokie carla

I have el5/6/6 trio

11:32 am

hurshy

stick another vowel in, in the THIRD position

11:33 am

hurshy

that will give you one of the 6s and the 6

11:33 am

hurshy

and the 7 i mean, obvs

11:33 am

hurshy

the other 6 is more of an adj looking ending

11:35 am

hokie carla

thx

11:35 am

hurshy

my last one was a more normal word, el5/16

11:36 am

hokie carla

duh, didn't have that

11:36 am

hurshy

bbiab

11:36 am

hokie carla

still working on the adj one

11:38 am

hokie carla

got it

11:47 am

periwinkle

hi all. help with lone i please

11:52 am

hokie carla

il4

11:56 am

periwinkle

sheesh ty carla

12:36 pm

hurshy

back

12:54 pm

hurshy

phantom: lenient

1:02 pm

hurshy

ok i see what you mean about the fourth row now

1:03 pm

hurshy

p seems bad too

1:14 pm

hokie carla

still need 5 P

1:14 pm

hokie carla

and 3 Q and 6 F, so maybe 5th row is bad too

1:15 pm

hurshy

5 P, 2 Q, 5 F for me

1:15 pm

hurshy

managed to get down to only 3 L, but 5 S

1:15 pm

hurshy

and still need 5 on the upper T as well

1:16 pm

hurshy

aha, 4 S lower now. and 90% done!

1:16 pm

hurshy

ttfn

1:19 pm

hokie carla

still need 11 on the lower S!

1:19 pm

hokie carla

oh, just found a regular S6

1:21 pm

hokie carla

off for golf and it's a hot one today. feels like 89.

1:41 pm

hurshy

hot golf!

1:44 pm

periwinkle

fl8 please

1:46 pm

BzznBea

pt of the 6.30

1:46 pm

hurshy

it's a past tense

1:46 pm

BzznBea

strut your stuff

1:46 pm

hurshy

piunes

1:46 pm

hurshy

scuse me lol

1:46 pm

periwinkle

great clue Bea ty and ty hurshy

1:48 pm

BzznBea

yw

1:51 pm

hurshy

1-6-9-7-3

1:52 pm

hurshy

1-6-9-6-1! yay for palindromes!

1:59 pm

hurshy

phantom: fuselage

2:01 pm

hurshy

found an odd hu7! Hs Hacked!

2:28 pm

hurshy

20 left, time for yon List

2:48 pm

sajarn

phantom: insinuate

2:51 pm

Bubbebobbi7

qwertyuiop

2:55 pm

hurshy

cut off the prefix sajarn

2:58 pm

sajarn

ty

3:42 pm

periwinkle

li7/8 please

3:43 pm

penquis

there are two...

3:43 pm

penquis

at least two...

3:43 pm

periwinkle

I have neither

3:44 pm

periwinkle

I just got the li8 that goes with the li7 it is a pt

3:44 pm

penquis

both start with a mark you make with a pencil on your paper..,,one ends with how old you are and the other ends with consumed...

3:44 pm

penquis

one you can pl and one you can pt...

3:45 pm

periwinkle

thank u pen. have both now

3:45 pm

penquis

yw...

5:15 pm

Sugrraleona

anyone have a clue for the hu7?

5:35 pm

Sugrraleona

nevermind, found it.

5:36 pm

Sugrraleona

silat

5:36 pm

Sugrraleona

oop

6:24 pm

tessagram

rain

6:28 pm

tessagram

int

7:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

big yummy puzzle -- diving in

7:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

8:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

2/3 done, HOET, 125 to go. That's enough for mem bye

11:36 pm

harpjane

351 to go lol

11:36 pm

harpjane

I was hoping I

11:36 pm

harpjane

I was hoping I'd get it done during the rapture

11:57 pm

mkg

Help with the top row E words please. Ty.

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