Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, October 1, 2025

12:01 am

Rainiqui

di 7 and 8

12:01 am

harpjane

found a mythical mammal

12:03 am

harpjane

and a horse

12:05 am

Gillie

dr7

12:05 am

Gillie

dr7 x 2

12:06 am

Gillie

mi7

12:08 am

Gillie

wi7

12:09 am

rururocks

ea7

12:09 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:10 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:10 am

harpjane

hello

12:10 am

rururocks

waves to nan

12:10 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nasn and everyone

12:10 am

cybernan

waves back :)

12:13 am

rururocks

ho7

12:17 am

Gillie

ro7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Gillie

aw7

12:28 am

cybernan

lo 7 if not called

12:33 am

cybernan

ti 7

12:35 am

cybernan

st 7

12:42 am

cybernan

st 7 x2

12:57 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:58 am

cybernan

hi sprite - just about to bow out here - past my bedtime

12:58 am

sprite

night nan

12:59 am

cybernan

good night sprite, everyone else still lurking :)

1:26 am

scribekd

wi 7 if not called

2:43 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

7:26 am

periwinkle

gams

7:26 am

periwinkle

oops

7:26 am

periwinkle

good morning all

7:32 am

Scrabbler

Hi Peri.

7:32 am

periwinkle

Hi Scrabs

7:40 am

EvaNadine

hello Peri, hello Dr Scrabs!

7:40 am

periwinkle

Hi Eva

7:41 am

Scrabbler

Hi Eva. Your boy just had his birthday. Seems like he was a baby.

7:42 am

EvaNadine

can you believe hes NINE already??
actually picking him up early from school today for his annual checkup -- which he is 0% excited about, of course.

7:42 am

Scrabbler

I don't like doctors either.

7:43 am

Scrabbler

I was close to Maryland last week when I spent 5 days in Gettysburg.

7:44 am

EvaNadine

ahh, thats only just over an hour away!

7:45 am

Scrabbler

We had 2 days of history and a day hiking on the AT. I will return.

7:47 am

Scrabbler

And maybe I will go to Antietam and Manassas someday.

7:55 am

periwinkle

bbl happy babbling

8:17 am

EvaNadine

for the last few years i have put him in the same shirt for his annual checkup -- it says "Vaccines Save, Bro"

8:17 am

EvaNadine

alas, i think this will be the last year it fits him.

8:24 am

Scrabbler

Great shirt!

8:26 am

MollyL

Nine? Damn, time flies by. Enjoy Eva. You have a few more years before the hormones hit.

8:27 am

EvaNadine

i got it for him during the pandemic when people were sharing their opposition to vaccines. wanted to make it clear to the folx in the doctors office that we supported them.
i didnt imagine it was a statement i would still need to make.

8:28 am

EvaNadine

IDK Molly, ive already called him out for a few under-the-breath swear words. and im pretty sure he thinks my name is "bruh"

8:34 am

rururocks

the doctor should have a shirt that says I only poke fun

8:34 am

mael

good morning

8:34 am

mael

edit

8:34 am

mael

oops

8:35 am

Scrabbler

Your name is in the grid, mael.

8:35 am

mael

so it is! I hadn't looked down yet :)

8:38 am

MollyL

*Hands a sparkly tiara to mael

8:38 am

mael

thank you!

9:05 am

rururocks

I am crawling through the last 25

9:12 am

BzznBea

Seems like everything is all twisted.

9:25 am

hurshy

hey all

9:31 am

hurshy

found an 8!

9:33 am

BzznBea

Probably that twisty D.

9:35 am

hurshy

yeah

9:53 am

Norma

d

9:54 am

Norma

ed

10:01 am

EvaNadine

ooh, can we all pause for a moment to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR GOD!

10:03 am

MollyL

Happy Birthday Dr. God. Thanks for all you do.

10:32 am

ZsaZsa

Happy Birthday!

10:35 am

sammysmom

YAY GOD.

10:44 am

hurshy

lol, Happy Birthday Doc!

10:45 am

hurshy

anyone done with U? wondering the UN vs UR breakdown, or UD if there should somehow be that

10:46 am

BzznBea

4 un and 2 ur

10:47 am

hurshy

ok then i need one of each! thanks

10:47 am

hurshy

got my UN!

11:01 am

mkg

Happy birthday dr. God. You must stay young so we can keep this puzzle going forever!

11:05 am

mkg

Any clues for 8s welcom

11:05 am

mkg

Come

11:06 am

BzznBea

as8 is a large ball of ice falling from space

11:08 am

mkg

Wow. Ty bea

11:08 am

mkg

Got it. Great clue. Ty bea

11:08 am

BzznBea

yw

11:14 am

BzznBea

Before I get corrected...The comet is made of ice. As8 is rock.

11:15 am

mkg

Ok super good to know. No matter what we dont want it crashing into earth.

11:15 am

mkg

Yist

11:15 am

mkg

oops sorry

11:22 am

hurshy

phantoms: stymie, stymied

11:25 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! college Bryn ____

11:26 am

mkg

Won’t take it hurshy. Another phantom

11:26 am

hurshy

well of course it won't take it, it's a proper noun and it's presumably welsh

11:26 am

hurshy

you can only use things that it won't take in NTPN anyway

11:27 am

mkg

What is ntpn?

11:27 am

hurshy

Name That Proper Noun!

11:29 am

mkg

Ooh. Ok

11:29 am

mkg

Ahow

11:32 am

hurshy

phantom: ambition

11:39 am

BzznBea

Maar

11:40 am

BzznBea

mawr

11:40 am

BzznBea

I need a nap.

11:40 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

11:40 am

hurshy

but you can put your first guess in the add word box

12:03 pm

cybernan

happy Birthday, Dr. G

12:04 pm

cybernan

no one guessed my ntpn from yesterday :(

12:04 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:06 pm

hurshy

what was it, nan?

12:09 pm

cybernan

cosmetics store -- Sephora was in the grid

12:09 pm

hurshy

ah

12:09 pm

hurshy

guess i wasn't there at the right time

12:10 pm

cybernan

is it in the states?

12:10 pm

hurshy

yeah

12:10 pm

cybernan

in every mall in existence no doubt!

12:10 pm

hurshy

probably

12:11 pm

cybernan

I think they are the Walgreens of the cosmetic industry

12:11 pm

hurshy

i think they are higher-end than that lol

12:12 pm

cybernan

I guess - one in every town instead of 6

12:13 pm

hurshy

i don't really use cosmetics, always seemed like a waste of money to me

12:15 pm

cybernan

I never have either other than a good moisturizer -- though you'd never know it by the number of wrinkles I have now!

12:15 pm

hurshy

wrinkles are probably just inevitable

12:15 pm

hurshy

but ^5 on being a fellow beauty-industry nightmare :D

12:16 pm

cybernan

:D

12:17 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! native people group in New Zealand

12:18 pm

cybernan

maori

12:18 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

12:18 pm

cybernan

name that little construction worker running around and making huge jumps in a video game

12:19 pm

hurshy

mario!

12:19 pm

cybernan

****

12:20 pm

cybernan

and The Duke's real name - there are lots of them today

12:25 pm

cybernan

been slow going ever since I passed the 200 mark

12:32 pm

cybernan

yay - just got wordle in 2

12:41 pm

hokie carla

i did 3 but the bot actually said I bested it

12:41 pm

hokie carla

and mario is a plumber to be more specific

12:42 pm

hokie carla

but I'm impressed nan knew that. I bet her kids played.

12:57 pm

MollyL

Trust me, I have been in construction for many years and plumbers count as construction workers.

12:57 pm

hokie carla

well, I said to be more specific

12:57 pm

hokie carla

didn't say they weren't

12:59 pm

MollyL

Specific and pedantic points to you then

1:04 pm

cybernan

kids did play it --one of the few games available back in the days of the commodore 64

1:05 pm

MollyL

I remember my kids playing O'Dell Lake on the Commodore 64. One of the first games they released.

1:06 pm

cybernan

and we thought both were such a great step up from pong!

1:07 pm

MollyL

Looking back, Pong was hysterically boring.

1:11 pm

cybernan

99 word left in the grid - 99 words 'tis all---if one little word I should happen to find....

1:12 pm

cybernan

97 words left to fall

1:12 pm

cybernan

don't know where the 8's are hiding - have only found one

1:13 pm

hokie carla

my brother and I bought a Commodore Vic 20. we couldn't afford the 64. but mario was introduced on the NES.

1:14 pm

hokie carla

and we had a pong. so simple and boring now but back then it was fun.

1:14 pm

cybernan

all i can remember about the vic 20 was that I had to program it myself -- in basic

1:17 pm

MollyL

I remember the first time I used a word processor and printed out a page of a manuscript. That is an amazing thing for a writer who is used to a typewriter.

1:21 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I can remember going to sears and typing basic commands into the commodores, running small programs.

1:22 pm

hokie carla

I feel like the 64 had to be programmed as well. I think they both had game cartridges.

1:23 pm

mkg

I just passed half way. Whew.

1:23 pm

mkg

Gmar chatimah tovah. To those who understand this, lets pray for peace.

1:25 pm

MollyL

Is it Yom Kippur already? This year has flown by.

1:27 pm

mkg

Yup. Kol nidre 630 pm

1:28 pm

hurshy

i am so stuck at 28 left

1:40 pm

hurshy

ok i found 6 more words

1:50 pm

mkg

i am trying to get one more 8. i only have one.

1:55 pm

mkg

any help welcome. i have as 8 only

2:04 pm

ChampFit

There's an re and di 7-8

2:05 pm

periwinkle

help with di7/8 please. hi Champ

2:05 pm

ChampFit

Hi! The di is a model or exhibit.

2:06 pm

periwinkle

ty . I remember making them in grade school

2:06 pm

ChampFit

twisty one

2:07 pm

periwinkle

yes

2:11 pm

mkg

got it! great clues.

2:11 pm

mkg

ty

2:11 pm

cybernan

is the as 8 a normal word

2:11 pm

mkg

off for the day.

2:11 pm

ChampFit

Think of the stars nan

2:12 pm

cybernan

mm - only think that comes to mind is asterisk

2:13 pm

periwinkle

same first 4 letters nan

2:14 pm

cybernan

got it -- still don't see it though :)

2:14 pm

cybernan

ty champ and peri

2:14 pm

ChampFit

:)

2:14 pm

periwinkle

very twisty

2:14 pm

periwinkle

yw

2:15 pm

cybernan

even had the st 7!

2:24 pm

helenkeller

awind

2:31 pm

hurshy

2-6-4-5-3

2:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Gmar Chatima Tova.

2:53 pm

welki

wishing you an easy fast, kap

2:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You too. Just don't count the hours.

2:56 pm

Kaplan the Magne

wire

2:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I did not say that.

4:09 pm

mkg

May we all have easy fasts.

4:09 pm

mkg

Off to the kitchen to cook

4:10 pm

scatterbrain

Any clues pls for the am 7

4:11 pm

BzznBea

Think of the rule of Middle Eastern countries.

4:56 pm

periwinkle

du8 please

4:57 pm

ChampFit

Just found it. As long as something lasts...

4:59 pm

periwinkle

ty Champ

5:35 pm

MollyL

I'll try again. Champ, how was Ireland?

5:36 pm

ChampFit

Great! Lucked out and had sunny, cool weather. Half day of rain on our last full day.

5:41 pm

MollyL

That sounds wonderful. Nice weather to see a beautiful country.

5:42 pm

ChampFit

Really lucky for us. And WAY more Steeler fans than Vikings. That's one group of die hard fans!

5:53 pm

MollyL

You live in Texas and you're a Steelers fan?

5:54 pm

ChampFit

My husband was born there, my son in law is from there, and and my daughter went to grad school in PA.

5:54 pm

ChampFit

I guess by marriage? ;)

5:59 pm

ChampFit

Back in a bit for last 2

6:00 pm

MollyL

Steelers fan by injection. : D

7:05 pm

BzznBea

Good one, Molly.

7:10 pm

BzznBea

October means baseball! I could not keep my eyes open this afternoon. I decided to watch the baseball game the I was taught by grandpa. On the sofa with my eyes closed.

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