Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, October 8, 2025

12:00 am

lshult

flip

12:05 am

ursh

morning :)

12:05 am

lshult

morning all

12:05 am

cybernan

hi - did anyone else have trouble logging in ?

12:05 am

ursh

no problem here

12:08 am

lshult

yes, but all good now

12:09 am

cybernan

me 7

12:10 am

justafreep

pl7 and happy late flip

12:11 am

justafreep

pl7 x 2

12:15 am

broll

pl 9 & 10

12:15 am

cybernan

ze 7

12:16 am

justafreep

thanks, broll

12:16 am

broll

yw

12:18 am

cybernan

ty broll -- hi freep

12:18 am

broll

yw

12:18 am

justafreep

hi, nan. (and I think you've made up the ze7, just fyi :-))

12:19 am

cybernan

lol - it is a normal words

12:20 am

justafreep

fi7

12:27 am

cybernan

I think you made up the fi 7!

12:28 am

justafreep

well, it's not a word I've ever used, though it's part of a 6/7

12:29 am

gremlinn

fi 7/56?

12:29 am

justafreep

!!!! no. 7/40

12:29 am

cybernan

have fi 6 x2, but don't see any way to extend them

12:29 am

gremlinn

il8

12:30 am

cybernan

found it

12:39 am

LuvWordGames

Phantom polarity

12:41 am

Gillie

ch7

12:41 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and good night :)

12:45 am

phaeton

wow...just got a ton of red boxes!

12:45 am

justafreep

night, nan

12:52 am

broll

ze 7 x 2

12:53 am

LuvWordGames

It's been glitchy and I think that may have affected Lickety too; his list usually loads by now :-(

12:55 am

phaeton

ack! was just going to try him

12:55 am

Gillie

Yeah, weirdly it was saying "1 minute left" for me at about the time I was getting red boxes, then it changed to "23+ hours left" and I was able to start adding words again.

12:55 am

phaeton

same here

12:57 am

broll

ac 8

1:01 am

Gillie

st7 (weird one)

1:10 am

Gillie

af7

1:10 am

phaeton

stats for the lone i?

1:10 am

Gillie

that has to be the il8 called earlier

1:11 am

phaeton

ty

1:14 am

Gillie

ta7

1:16 am

phaeton

ti7

1:22 am

broll

ai 7 & 8

1:25 am

grannyrose

st 8

1:57 am

broll

oa 7

3:16 am

broll

19 left and I can't stay awake any longer! Hope Lickety posts tomorrow. bye

3:17 am

ursh

night broll - I still have 81 left :(

5:17 am

licketySplitAUS

clues are up

5:22 am

lbdawger

thank you Lickety!

5:30 am

sprite

awesome, thanks lickety. good afternoon babblers

8:12 am

hokie carla

phantom polarity

8:14 am

rururocks

someone mentioned that at the flip hokes

8:16 am

hokie carla

so you must allow it then if it's not just me

8:16 am

MollyL

Does she get penalized for mentioning it again?
: P

8:16 am

rururocks

no.. that's a pretty good phantom actually

8:16 am

hokie carla

probably with his wacky phantom rules

8:17 am

rururocks

my whacky rules... oooh please don't get me started

8:18 am

MollyL

Is there anything wackier than HOET?

8:18 am

hokie carla

I don't tell him he can't do HOET

8:18 am

mael

HOET seems very normal to me

8:18 am

mael

:)

8:18 am

MollyL

Oh wait, there is. NBT/NBS

8:18 am

hokie carla

same. hi, mael!

8:19 am

mael

hey there!

8:19 am

hokie carla

this C is troublesome. must move on.

8:19 am

MollyL

Damn. No wonder I was struggling with the lone eye

8:20 am

hokie carla

not initiate, but that's a good phantom

8:22 am

BzznBea

I found it. Thanks.

8:22 am

BzznBea

Get ready to clue it 1000 times today.

8:23 am

hokie carla

is it IO?

8:23 am

rururocks

il7

8:23 am

BzznBea

il goes bakwards

8:23 am

rururocks

oops

8:23 am

rururocks

il8

8:23 am

BzznBea

backwards

8:24 am

MollyL

Once again, I am so unimpressed with Amazon's Prime Day deals.

8:25 am

hokie carla

I bought a couple of things but I do think they mark up the list price to make it look like a better deal

8:27 am

BzznBea

I'm not even going to look. Still don't have prime. I think Mr. B did this on purpose.

8:29 am

rururocks

I refuse to support Jeff Bezo's wife's plastic surgeries

8:32 am

rururocks

she's looks awful by the way. I don't understand why women do that to themselves.

8:35 am

hokie carla

I don't think many of us understand either

8:35 am

BzznBea

But his ex wife does wonderful things with all the money she gets from him.

8:36 am

rururocks

like what

8:36 am

rururocks

oh his ex wife is wonderful

8:36 am

rururocks

i missed the ex

8:40 am

BzznBea

Off to load the momma into the car. Had my Wheaties so I'm ready for the trip to the doctor.

8:45 am

MollyL

Wow, I don't think I know anyone who doesn't use Amazon

8:45 am

rururocks

you do now

8:55 am

hokie carla

phantom slainte

9:08 am

hokie carla

time for the dentist. 93 for later. TTFN.

9:24 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

9:27 am

MollyL

No microwave, doesn't use Amazon, it's like living in the 70's all over again.

9:30 am

sammysmom

DAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!- MY SON JUST RMINDED ME THAT MY OLDEST GRAND WILL BE 48 TOMMOROWW!!

9:32 am

sammysmom

CHIM

9:32 am

sammysmom

NE

9:37 am

MollyL

48 years of Grandmotherhood. Yay SMom!

10:08 am

hurshy

wow awesome

10:11 am

pigeonman

Could someone please drop a clue for the il8?

10:13 am

penquis

il + males + mineral ending....

10:13 am

hurshy

that might actually be a new one

10:13 am

penquis

yes, for me, for sure....just monkeyed it....

10:13 am

pigeonman

Thank you so much

10:14 am

penquis

yw....you got lucky... ;o)

10:15 am

hurshy

i'm still wrestling with the top row

10:15 am

penquis

i have found 156 words but only one Z....

10:15 am

hurshy

well there's some pasta

10:16 am

hurshy

and a nice ze6 that means the peak or apex, but also i believe a brand of electronics

10:16 am

penquis

ah yes....and found another four...

10:17 am

hurshy

i thought i remembered it taking zine but i guess not

10:17 am

penquis

i tried it, too...

10:19 am

rururocks

try a vowel with it

10:20 am

hurshy

ah thanks ru, that's that tile greyed anyway

10:20 am

rururocks

zein is a word not zine

10:21 am

hurshy

hard to keep track

10:21 am

penquis

well zine is accepted in other word games....

10:21 am

hurshy

phantom: entity

10:22 am

hurshy

hm, i also thought ensi4 counted but that's also not right

10:26 am

Norma

ts

10:29 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:29 am

hurshy

morning nan

10:31 am

hurshy

basements have such a basementy smell

10:33 am

cybernan

what does the pasta begin with?

10:33 am

hurshy

zi

10:34 am

cybernan

but that's not a 7 - oh you were cluing z words not 7's

10:35 am

hurshy

indeed

10:35 am

hurshy

tho the plural of the ze6 i mentioned is a 7

10:36 am

cybernan

yes - found those right off last night

10:37 am

cybernan

those and the pasta are my only z words though

10:37 am

hurshy

pimples

10:37 am

cybernan

lol - just "spotted" those

10:38 am

hurshy

and another similar 4

10:38 am

cybernan

ty

10:39 am

hurshy

phantom: menhir

10:47 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! country whose dictator Assad was overthrown last year

10:48 am

penquis

syria?

10:48 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:48 am

cybernan

capital of Norway in there too

10:50 am

cybernan

anyone have both 9's?

10:51 am

hurshy

i have neither

10:51 am

penquis

i do...

10:51 am

cybernan

have pl 9-10 what is the other one?

10:52 am

penquis

sh 9/84 and pl 9/96....the pl can be a pl....

10:52 am

hurshy

is sh9 a compound?

10:52 am

hurshy

oh aha i see it!

10:52 am

penquis

ironically they are both legal words....yes, it is a compound...

10:53 am

penquis

i need a lunch break....bbl for my last 86....

10:53 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! North Star

10:53 am

penquis

polaris

10:54 am

penquis

bye all....

10:54 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:54 am

cybernan

mmm not seeing an sh compound

10:54 am

hurshy

it is a crime

10:55 am

cybernan

bad movie?

10:55 am

hurshy

um, what?

10:56 am

cybernan

the sh compound - there is a bad movie, but don't think it is a word :)

10:56 am

hurshy

ok

10:56 am

hurshy

well the actual word is a crime

10:56 am

hurshy

that you can commit

10:56 am

hurshy

in a store

10:58 am

cybernan

nothing I can see, or maybe a term not used here

10:58 am

hurshy

i'm sure it is used in canada too

10:58 am

cybernan

oh - see it now -- usually has a gerund at the end

10:58 am

hurshy

you take an item from the store and you attempt to leave without paying for it

10:59 am

cybernan

ty hurshy

11:00 am

hurshy

phantom: fifth

11:00 am

cybernan

maybe some breakfast will cure my babble blindness

11:02 am

hurshy

:D

11:04 am

hurshy

rats

11:04 am

hurshy

too bad they are called fi4ermen, not just fi4men

11:06 am

hurshy

ooh Cs Conquered!

11:06 am

PMN

Help with the lone I please

11:06 am

hurshy

il + males + mineral ending

11:10 am

PMN

What are the stats

11:10 am

hurshy

8/45

11:11 am

PMN

I'm men it's

11:11 am

PMN

Got it thanks nursing

11:11 am

PMN

Hurry

11:12 am

PMN

Auto correct hates me

11:12 am

hurshy

i do not use auto correct

11:13 am

hurshy

i didn't spend years in school learning spelling and grammar just to have a computer do it for me and get it wrong

11:13 am

PMN

I don't either

11:23 am

hurshy

90%

11:27 am

hurshy

who has E words? i have ea4, en5

11:27 am

hurshy

have had no luck with the other 2

11:32 am

mkg

i only have ea 4.

11:32 am

hurshy

you know what's weird, i haven't found any -ism words i don't think

11:34 am

hurshy

aHA there's an -ism word

11:42 am

hurshy

anyone done with the corner A?

11:49 am

hurshy

oh eo5, that's another E

12:05 pm

BzznBea

There is an ac8 in the first A

12:05 pm

hurshy

yeah, i know that now, i went to the list :D

12:06 pm

hurshy

and just finished

12:38 pm

cybernan

hi again

12:41 pm

cybernan

ooh - the missing a from the corner is an ac 8 - ouch

12:45 pm

cybernan

stuck with 135 left -- think I will just have to be satisfied with that. This is anoother one of those "too big" grids for me

12:47 pm

scatterbrain

Any clues for the ac 8

12:50 pm

ChampFit

Ac***and pains,+ an anagram of what you hit with a hammer

12:50 pm

ChampFit

Sorry...singular on the first part.

1:27 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with ai7/8 please

1:31 pm

scatterbrain

Thanks champ

1:35 pm

periwinkle

nm

1:43 pm

mrloser

AI7/7 what you have when u r under the weather

3:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

That last covid booster really wiped me out.

3:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

some

4:55 pm

BzznBea

I'm sorry Kap. The flu does that ro me.

4:57 pm

BzznBea

Any one have the st8? I'm sure I have been all around it.

5:01 pm

phaeton

more of the st5 before it

5:02 pm

phaeton

ends with a sea animal

5:05 pm

BzznBea

Damn! I have that one. Thanks.

5:06 pm

BzznBea

I'll go back to the kitchen...

7:11 pm

periwinkle

I have pl9 help with other 9 please

7:11 pm

penquis

sh 8/9...compound word....also a legal word....

7:11 pm

penquis

a petty crime...

7:12 pm

periwinkle

ty pen

7:12 pm

penquis

yw...

7:12 pm

periwinkle

114 left and tired of this grid good night all

7:14 pm

BzznBea

finally found the st7!

7:25 pm

penquis

real word?

7:30 pm

BzznBea

st+ female chicken + two vowels

7:33 pm

BzznBea

real word?

7:33 pm

BzznBea

babble word

7:34 pm

penquis

ok, ty...

7:34 pm

BzznBea

yw

7:49 pm

penquis

fi 7/56 anyone?

7:54 pm

penquis

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

7:54 pm

nrkii

a sea creature with a sea creature's feature

7:55 pm

BzznBea

congrats, pen

7:55 pm

penquis

exactly... ;o) ...thanks, nrkii...

7:55 pm

penquis

ty....anyone need anythning before I go?

7:55 pm

nrkii

that was tough to clue! hope it helps someone later :)

7:56 pm

penquis

yes!...

7:56 pm

penquis

some weird words in this one...

7:57 pm

penquis

well i am heading out...goodnight all....

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