Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, October 26, 2025

12:02 am

dizgrannie

di 7, hi all

12:02 am

cybernan

hi diz

12:02 am

dizgrannie

triene

12:02 am

Rainiqui

Hi Diz and all

12:02 am

dizgrannie

oopsie

12:02 am

cybernan

hi rain

12:03 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan and all

12:03 am

cybernan

re 7

12:05 am

gremlinn

ui8

12:06 am

cybernan

tr 7

12:06 am

cybernan

wow - that has to be a strange one grem

12:06 am

gremlinn

Yeah, it doesn't seem to come up in a lot of boards. But I like remembering the weird ones, so I look for it often.

12:08 am

gremlinn

means: "a pure form of asphalt mined in the Uinta Mountains and used to soften petroleum products, as well as in manufacturing paints and inks"

12:10 am

justafreep

Now that you mention it, I remember it coming up before and me not believing there were any "ui" words in the English language. But I never woulda found it again.

12:11 am

gremlinn

there's the rare ng word in this one too

12:11 am

justafreep

(and checking again... the only ones that do are related to this word)

12:12 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:13 am

broll

di 8

12:13 am

Gillie

wi8

12:17 am

Gillie

re7 x 2

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:19 am

Gillie

in7

12:20 am

Gillie

and in8

12:20 am

justafreep

in7 x 2

12:21 am

Gillie

en7

12:26 am

Gillie

ce7

12:26 am

Gillie

ce8 (both odd ones)

12:27 am

gremlinn

1/10 of that works too, nice

12:28 am

gremlinn

although I don't think it actually means that

12:28 am

gremlinn

although I don't think it actually means that

12:31 am

cybernan

can't keep up -- good night

12:35 am

justafreep

night, nan

1:31 am

sprite

morning babblers

1:44 am

sprite

the asphalt one is a fun one

3:15 am

Deeha

I cant believe there are those amongst you that KNEW that corner U. Hats off to you!

4:54 am

MollyL

That is kind of hard to believe

5:09 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :) That ui 8/45 was a toughie. :/

5:10 am

crosshair

A type of asphalt of all things

5:22 am

ChampFit

Really don't appreciate a grid that starts with a word I've never seen our heard of before. Doesn't bode well! ;)

5:23 am

MollyL

Well Champ, it's been defined three times now so you will not forget the meaning : D

5:23 am

ChampFit

Yes, and you'd think I might be able to remember next time...we'll just see about that!

5:25 am

MollyL

You will only be in trouble if you start using it in conversation. People will start looking at you in a funny way and backing away slowly.

5:25 am

ChampFit

truth

5:31 am

ChampFit

What're the stats on the ng?

5:33 am

MollyL

5/22

5:33 am

ChampFit

thx

5:34 am

ChampFit

It's always money! Unless of course is asphalt. :)

5:35 am

ChampFit

it's

6:06 am

crosshair

I suppose one could pay for an order of ui 8/45 with ng 5/22 if one is paving a road in Zambia. :)

6:09 am

ChampFit

Yes we could crossy.

6:16 am

crosshair

Just found a nice in8 :) Think I will "stay at rest" and admire it for a bit. :)

6:17 am

ChampFit

ooooohhhhh...bask in the afterglow for sure. I need one more from that I so guess that's it.

6:17 am

crosshair

Just latin it up

6:17 am

ChampFit

As you were typing, I saw it! Thx crossy

6:17 am

crosshair

:)

6:29 am

ChampFit

BBL for last 14. Good luck crossy!

7:40 am

hurshy

lol

7:41 am

hurshy

i go to start the grid and am immediately hit with the question of whether to monkey UC, UI, or UW, all of which seem like combos that words do not start with

7:44 am

MollyL

??? It was caloed as ui

7:45 am

MollyL

called

7:45 am

hurshy

ok - but when you take your first glance at the grid you don't know that :)

7:46 am

MollyL

Oh, I thought you had read over the chat

7:46 am

hurshy

i think you are perhaps the only babbler who reads the chat immediately

7:47 am

hurshy

i could be wrong but i don't THINK most people do

7:48 am

hurshy

now i feel like i need to do a seinfeld

7:48 am

hurshy

"not that there's anything wrong with that"

7:49 am

hurshy

bbl

8:03 am

MollyL

And what makes you incorrectly assume that I read the chat immediately?

8:25 am

Christa

Good Morning

8:34 am

hurshy

well, you always seem surprised when other people don't know things that were said in chat, you seem to think everyone reads it. and you thought that i would have read it before starting today.

8:34 am

hurshy

morning Christa

8:35 am

hurshy

phantom: energy

8:36 am

hurshy

and that is always a real phantom for me IRL too. i never have energy. lol

8:42 am

hurshy

anyway, apologies if my inference based on my observations was incorrect, Molly. although in this case, it's a completely neutral inference so hopefully no biggie.

8:45 am

hurshy

well thank goodness for morewords.

8:54 am

ChampFit

gm! back for last few. Hursh...when I came on earlier there was discussion about the ui, thank goodness! Was already feeling stupid, but then...not so much. ;)

8:56 am

hurshy

yeah crazy word

8:56 am

hurshy

unless you're a geologist i guess - looked it up and it's a kind of rock found only in like Utah and Colorado

8:56 am

ChampFit

Well there ya go. I got nothing.

8:57 am

hurshy

idk why i didn't think of this before, but i've just discovered that weebles make kind of a good cat toy

8:58 am

ChampFit

I loved weebles as a kid, and that makes total sense.

9:05 am

regis

Rerate

9:18 am

hurshy

phantom: diet

9:31 am

hurshy

12 left, half of them are T words!

9:46 am

ChampFit

Down to 10 but it's a smattering of several letters.

9:56 am

rururocks

i need a t 6

9:57 am

ChampFit

Well I just found one that's a small animal...can't believe I missed it!

9:57 am

rururocks

found it. latin ending

9:58 am

ChampFit

yay!

9:58 am

rururocks

two really strange words in this grid. I have to look them up

9:58 am

ChampFit

an n and a u?

9:58 am

rururocks

yup

9:58 am

rururocks

never saw a ui word before ever

9:58 am

ChampFit

Asphalt and currency

9:59 am

ChampFit

same

9:59 am

rururocks

really?

9:59 am

rururocks

if I use that word in serpentine they're going to call me a cheater :D

10:00 am

ChampFit

I hope you have the opportunity to do it!

10:00 am

rururocks

that'd be awesome if my brain could remember it

10:01 am

ChampFit

I'll never remember it. Those letters are too easy to transpose.

10:02 am

ChampFit

Done and gotta go. Heading to the Texan game. Have a great day!

2:03 pm

mkg

any clues for ui word welcome.

2:05 pm

mkg

also need N word first column N. ty

2:30 pm

SummerBreeze44

ng 5

2:46 pm

periwinkle

help with bottom R in 3rd column please. hello all

2:49 pm

periwinkle

found an re5/10 from that r

2:52 pm

periwinkle

in8 please

2:52 pm

crosshair

Not moving with latin ending

2:53 pm

periwinkle

ty crossy and I already had the in7 "sigh"

2:53 pm

crosshair

:) or miving, as the case may be.

2:54 pm

crosshair

Moving*

2:55 pm

periwinkle

77 left bbl

3:41 pm

hokie carla

howdy folks. 153 left. at a loss for the U. I'm assuming UC? and that it's been discussed already, so I guess I'll move on and look later.

3:52 pm

IndiaJan

Ui

3:52 pm

hokie carla

oh, thanks.

3:53 pm

IndiaJan

First time i have come across it…8 letters

3:53 pm

hokie carla

oh, well I'll never guess that. will look it up in a bit, thanks.

3:55 pm

hokie carla

oh, I found everyone's favorite madagascar mammal

4:14 pm

hokie carla

well, I was just in the ui5 mountains this summer so thought it might be related to that but never would've gotten the ending

5:20 pm

cybernan

hi everyone -- looked up the ui and found it, but no luck with the gn 5 -- clue please (def. didn't help)

5:24 pm

cybernan

or was it an ng?

5:24 pm

cybernan

ng - found it

6:03 pm

periwinkle

di8 please

6:04 pm

periwinkle

nm

6:07 pm

hokie carla

well I don't have a di8 and don't see one

6:08 pm

hokie carla

phantom generate

6:08 pm

periwinkle

looking for ce8 without success

6:09 pm

hokie carla

I still have 4 c's left

6:10 pm

BzznBea

penny + scrambled O2+ silent vowel

6:10 pm

hokie carla

can't say I've ever seen that before. thanks, bea.

6:11 pm

BzznBea

di8 uses that penny and a name of sun god

6:11 pm

hokie carla

never seen that either. thx again.

6:11 pm

BzznBea

yw

6:12 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea for ce8

6:23 pm

hokie carla

well, just need 1 D now for top row

6:25 pm

BzznBea

Do you have di7

6:28 pm

hokie carla

yes, a more so word?

6:30 pm

hokie carla

still 4 4's left so I will look for those

6:33 pm

BzznBea

4 and 5 are the rerst of the Ds

6:38 pm

hokie carla

gonna have to get a snack and then list for last 19. 3-5-7-4

7:48 pm

cybernan

ty bea for the 8's

7:58 pm

penquis

anyone have ne 7?... it's my last word...

7:59 pm

BzznBea

More of a ne4

8:01 pm

penquis

oh duh....looked for that but didn't see it...ty...i am done...

8:01 pm

BzznBea

goodnight

8:01 pm

penquis

was going up the other side...

8:01 pm

penquis

goodnight....

8:03 pm

hokie carla

rehi

8:03 pm

hokie carla

is it just me or are the steelers pants terrible?

8:03 pm

BzznBea

The entire outfit is hideous!

8:03 pm

BzznBea

Uniform Its a unifrm

8:05 pm

ewaugh07

hi there! yes the steelers uniform is awful! haha

8:05 pm

hokie carla

yeah, just saw the jersey. also terrible. but not if they're going for charlie brown shirt

8:06 pm

BzznBea

Too yellow.

8:06 pm

hokie carla

and not only do the pants look like they aren't wearing pants, they don't even match the jerseys

8:07 pm

ewaugh07

correct, it is totally mis matched

8:07 pm

ewaugh07

tarn

8:07 pm

ewaugh07

oops

8:08 pm

hokie carla

I don't even know if I can watch

8:08 pm

ewaugh07

i haven't played for a few years so remembering how it all works ;)

8:10 pm

hokie carla

well, some of us that play every day still do that occasionally, so never fear

8:10 pm

BzznBea

Welcome back, ewaugh

8:11 pm

ewaugh07

thank you both!

8:13 pm

BzznBea

I'm usually not hear this late. Mr. B is petsitting this weekend so the television is mine!

8:14 pm

hokie carla

still haven't made it to the list

8:17 pm

hokie carla

now I have. my missing D was DW, bea. I'm surprised you didn't guess that.

8:18 pm

BzznBea

Me too. Sorry

8:19 pm

hokie carla

:D quite alright

8:23 pm

ewaugh07

i'm stuck on the 3rd g

8:23 pm

hokie carla

do you watch the witcher?

8:24 pm

ewaugh07

nope

8:24 pm

hokie carla

reminds me of his name but it's not close. LOL

8:24 pm

hokie carla

I mean other than the first 3 letters

8:24 pm

hokie carla

ends in what you would pay for an apt

8:24 pm

BzznBea

Maybe you arre missing the ge6?

8:25 pm

ewaugh07

wonderful, ty

8:25 pm

ewaugh07

Yes, i was all over it and just seeing it lol

8:25 pm

ewaugh07

just NOT seeing it **

8:25 pm

hokie carla

I don't even know what that word means

8:25 pm

hokie carla

hmm, one that rules or manages

8:27 pm

ewaugh07

i just googled and it was not at all what i thought it meant

8:28 pm

BzznBea

Just found the hedgehog. Duh My new fish.

8:28 pm

hokie carla

does anyone have the re7 that comes after the person that lives in an apt?

8:29 pm

ewaugh07

if that person wants to stay in the apt they would ______ their lease

8:29 pm

ewaugh07

which would make them the re7

8:29 pm

ewaugh07

oh maybe that isn't the one you need tho

8:29 pm

hokie carla

no, that one's before

8:30 pm

hokie carla

this one is a re7/28

8:30 pm

ewaugh07

ok i dont have that LOL

8:30 pm

hokie carla

that's ok, thanks

8:31 pm

ewaugh07

was that a good clue tho? again, trying to remember

8:32 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I got what you were saying

8:33 pm

ewaugh07

ok great, ty

8:33 pm

BzznBea

re7 is more re4

8:34 pm

hokie carla

well that's dumb, thanks bea

8:35 pm

hokie carla

it seems it's french and means something else

8:36 pm

hokie carla

down to one TE6 now

8:37 pm

BzznBea

I'm slogging through the t's too

8:37 pm

hokie carla

this is the one before the fish

8:38 pm

hokie carla

should be able to work it out but no

8:38 pm

moolingwa

hidey hodey

8:38 pm

hokie carla

mooooo!

8:38 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke :)

8:38 pm

hokie carla

1 left, can you beat me?

8:38 pm

moolingwa

got 11 left

8:38 pm

hokie carla

ohhh, you can

8:38 pm

moolingwa

0-2-5-1-3

8:39 pm

moolingwa

so probably not

8:40 pm

hokie carla

0-0-1-0-0

8:40 pm

hokie carla

I'm sure you are surprised to see it is a 6

8:40 pm

moolingwa

my gast is flabbered

8:41 pm

moolingwa

found a 5

8:41 pm

cybernan

me too mool - giving up with 18 left

8:41 pm

ewaugh07

my gast is flabbered... thats hysterical!

8:41 pm

moolingwa

hey there nan

8:42 pm

moolingwa

found a 6

8:42 pm

hokie carla

ok, gonna have to look this up

8:42 pm

moolingwa

found my other 5

8:42 pm

moolingwa

so now 0-0-4-1-3

8:42 pm

hokie carla

ugh, we've had it. too twisty.

8:43 pm

hokie carla

interesting. a horse word related to another horse word in the grid.

8:43 pm

moolingwa

I was learning to ride earlier this year

8:44 pm

hokie carla

so you stopped? or you learned?

8:44 pm

moolingwa

stopped for the Summer and haven't gotten back to it

8:45 pm

moolingwa

ah, found my last 7

8:45 pm

moolingwa

7 to go

8:45 pm

hokie carla

oh, I see

8:46 pm

hokie carla

I went on some rides but didn't really like it. I mean it was okay, but they spook easily as do I.

8:46 pm

moolingwa

I've owned two horses, but never did any actual lessons, so my kid wanted to learn, and I did it with them

8:47 pm

hokie carla

my dad had 2 horses (at different times) and a friend of mine had them so we did some good rides. but my dad's horse freaked out once when we were crossing a creek and ran off with me.

8:47 pm

moolingwa

oof

8:48 pm

moolingwa

but yeah, you're right about their mental state, many spook easily

8:49 pm

hokie carla

we usually dismount our bikes if we come up on horses

8:57 pm

moolingwa

well, not sure I'm getting these last 7

8:59 pm

hokie carla

well there were some I hadn't seen before

9:00 pm

hokie carla

2 were 8s

9:00 pm

moolingwa

yeah

9:00 pm

hokie carla

I'm working on squaredle right now and struggling there

9:00 pm

hokie carla

even with all the hints on

9:00 pm

moolingwa

haven't played that for ages

9:01 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I go through phases there

10:55 pm

ewaugh07

any help for the ui?

11:30 pm

grannyrose

u + not out + short thank-you + not qu***, almost

11:37 pm

ewaugh07

thank you!

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