Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, August 1, 2026

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:01 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:01 am

Robespierre

Hello all!

12:02 am

dizgrannie

hi all

12:03 am

ursh

hello all

12:03 am

MetFan

Over 200 words and no higher count than 7s? Unheard of!!

12:05 am

MetFan

to 7

12:12 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:12 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

MetFan

TY Lickety

12:21 am

dizgrannie

da 7

1:46 am

MetFan

The list missed "owly"

6:05 am

Deeha

ridiculous, L bet my owl is more owly than yours

7:13 am

bichon

ex 5/20, pls

7:19 am

hokie carla

to sing someone's praises

7:20 am

bichon

tyvm carla

7:20 am

hokie carla

np

7:21 am

rururocks

ncc

7:36 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

7:37 am

bichon

good morning crossy

7:37 am

crosshair

How is Bichon this fine morning?

7:39 am

bichon

just dandy

7:40 am

crosshair

Bit of good news here. Mexico sent us over a hundred firefighters to give us a hand.

7:40 am

bichon

We got solar panels on our roof. We haven't gotten an electic bill since March

7:41 am

crosshair

Nice. :)

7:41 am

crosshair

Have you worked out how long it will take to pay for itself? Here, most home setups take about ten years to pay for themselves.

7:42 am

crosshair

Eight to ten years*

7:43 am

bichon

We bought the panels but it will be a while.

7:43 am

crosshair

This is using batery banks and not selling back to the grid.

7:45 am

crosshair

Our four story apartment building has a solar array on the roof. :) I am told with this aplication it reduces hydro expense by 50%

7:47 am

crosshair

However, our building sells back to the grid.

7:51 am

crosshair

We earn Kwh credits from 9 to 18 cents per kwh depending on time of day usage.

8:02 am

MollyL

Just for the record, the US has been actively sending firefighters and funds to help with the fires for months.

8:02 am

crosshair

As we also do for the U.S

8:03 am

crosshair

Much better than trying to punish us for our towns burning up. That man is an idiot.

8:06 am

bichon

Don't look at me, didn't vote for him

8:06 am

crosshair

Just for the record, I was not trying to dismiss all the U.S firfighter that come up here and help.

8:08 am

bichon

Just waiting for the mid terms in November, if he allows them to happen

8:08 am

crosshair

It is what good neighbours do.

8:09 am

crosshair

I imagine he is activly busy trying to sabotage them as we speak.

8:10 am

bichon

I am Jewish. Scary that he wanted all the names of the Jewish student at U of Pennsylvania

8:11 am

crosshair

The entire planet is waiting for the mid-terms.

8:12 am

crosshair

Our gas is now almost $1.80/litre. Multply by 3.78 to get your gallon price.

8:13 am

crosshair

We don't travel much anymore. Costing $110.00 to fill up our vehicle.

8:13 am

bichon

We get our gas at Costco. It was 3.95 a gallon yesterday

8:13 am

crosshair

That is cheap, Bichon

8:14 am

bichon

Yes, and our other car is a Prius

8:14 am

crosshair

If I had the cash I would pick up a Rivian and retire the Jeep. :/

8:15 am

bichon

We were lucky that we got the Prius at a low price

8:15 am

crosshair

Nice. :)

8:17 am

bichon

We have to charge it at night. Otherwise we can't us the microwave

8:17 am

crosshair

I could live with 300 kilometers of ragnge before recharging.

8:17 am

crosshair

Lol

8:18 am

crosshair

Range*

8:19 am

crosshair

Half that in winter, of course. Batteries do not like minus 30

8:20 am

crosshair

Though in the last ten years our winters are only a shadow of what the used to be.

8:31 am

crosshair

I vividly remember a winter as a child, my dad had a old Buick Skylark. In winter he would bring the battery in the house at night, put an old blanket over the engine, and plug in a block heater. Well one day in January, he forgot to plug in the block heat, and it got to minus 52C and the frostbplugs blew out of the engine. He had to get it towed to the shop to thaw it out and have new frost plugs put in. I still remember how mad he was that morning. Lol Anyways, halfway, NBT/NBS. Do not have HOET yet, but I have hit a wall, so taking a break. BBL, Babblers. :)

9:36 am

Filomena

loti

9:36 am

Filomena

oops

9:43 am

hurshy

good morning babblers

9:44 am

hurshy

top row grey!

9:49 am

BzznBea

I'm missing one F or I could say the same.

9:50 am

hurshy

is it haute couture minus -ion, perchance?

9:50 am

hurshy

or maybe an adverb, there are two

9:50 am

BzznBea

It was the 4. Thanks

9:51 am

hurshy

yw :)

10:05 am

hurshy

Ss are difficult - but what else is new

10:05 am

rururocks

the s's were the hardest tile

10:06 am

hurshy

yeah i need 8 more

10:06 am

Christa

Good Morning

10:06 am

rururocks

hi christa

10:06 am

hurshy

good morning Christa, nice mountain

10:07 am

Christa

It is a picture of Thumb Butt in Prescott AZ, where I hope to retire too.

10:08 am

hurshy

nice.

10:09 am

rururocks

butt or butte?

10:11 am

rururocks

interesting name of a place

10:11 am

hurshy

found two more Ss!

10:11 am

Christa

lol !! Still sipping first coffee of the day and spelled it wrong. Should be Butte. lol!!

10:12 am

rururocks

Thumb Butt where residents sit on their hands all day

10:12 am

rururocks

They all have a cheeky sense of humor about the place too

10:12 am

Christa

70 years old and still working. It's going to be long time before I can retire and move.

10:13 am

rururocks

oh jeez

10:13 am

hurshy

see i'm also still sleepy so i didn't even notice it was a funny name until ruru pointed it out

10:13 am

rururocks

well if it makes you feel any better, i'm still working

10:14 am

rururocks

any crack addicts in Thumb Butt>?

10:14 am

Christa

Grateful to be on the healthy side of mind and body.

10:15 am

rururocks

Well, I'm sort of healthy in body, but I'm not so sure about my mind :D

10:16 am

Christa

Bye for now.

10:19 am

hurshy

right col grey!

10:20 am

hurshy

left col grey!

10:23 am

hurshy

any DW words today?

10:25 am

BzznBea

no

10:26 am

hurshy

oh good

10:33 am

hurshy

7s that weren't called before: os7, se7

10:33 am

hurshy

and one more that i don't have yet

10:33 am

rururocks

Te7

10:34 am

BzznBea

to7

10:34 am

hurshy

to7 was called before :) as was da7, so it's the te7 i need

10:34 am

hurshy

aha, got it, thanks ru

10:37 am

hurshy

found another S word!

10:38 am

hurshy

and another! now i have 200 words! woot woot!

10:49 am

hurshy

phantom: swoon

11:18 am

hokie carla

hey peeps

11:21 am

BzznBea

peep peep

11:22 am

hokie carla

struggling with the S today

11:22 am

BzznBea

You are not alone.

11:23 am

hokie carla

good to know

11:23 am

rururocks

no butts about it really

11:23 am

BzznBea

I've been looking at places to stay for Thanksgiving. Anywhere but here.

11:25 am

hokie carla

good luck

11:38 am

eliotl

Dandy

11:51 am

MollyL

Wow, that is sad not to want to be home for Thanksgiving

11:54 am

BzznBea

Our families do not travel for Thanksgiving. It's just the three of us, so we go away. Last year we were on OBX.

12:02 pm

nrkii

hello all! thanks, hurshy, for the stats on those 7's... down to 10 now, 3-5-2... AA, L, SSS, NN WW

12:03 pm

MollyL

WLAATN

12:10 pm

nrkii

afton

12:11 pm

nrkii

sigh... wrong box

12:14 pm

nrkii

quiet in here... if anyone looking for a clue, I'm happy to help if I can

12:34 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I don't want to annoy some people

12:48 pm

nrkii

Wow, I go away for a week and the chog has evolved. :)

Ask away if you like!

12:52 pm

nrkii

I have no worries about annoying anyone.

12:58 pm

nrkii

Sorry I missed you. Have to go walk the dog. Happy babbling!

2:08 pm

cybernan

hi everyone - was here briefly last night but wasn't able to find any of the 7's called then or just now

2:09 pm

cybernan

ah - found the to

2:37 pm

hokie carla

that's the only one I have

2:41 pm

hurshy

bea - you might consider a small, charming inn in new england for thanksgiving

2:42 pm

cybernan

dont know why owly isnt a word -- these grids make me owly somtimes

2:42 pm

hurshy

yeah the to7 is kind of the only normal 7

2:42 pm

hurshy

da7 is a plural, i think scottish?

2:42 pm

cybernan

do you have clues for the others then?

2:43 pm

hurshy

we have it sometimes

2:43 pm

cybernan

nothing scottish that I know

2:43 pm

Gillie

se7's not too weird

2:43 pm

hurshy

yes it means something like dear, darling, a petted pampered loved one

2:43 pm

hurshy

true, se7 is a thing they used to use for navigation at sea

2:44 pm

cybernan

ty for the se

2:44 pm

hurshy

te7 rhymes with an fe7 word (not in grid, obvs) meaning to decorate with ribbons

2:45 pm

cybernan

ty again

2:45 pm

ch1212

Thanks, hurshy.

2:45 pm

Shirlockc

yeah, not a common word, that te7

2:45 pm

hurshy

os7 ends with the spanish cheer

2:46 pm

cybernan

thanks! - just need that da now

2:47 pm

cybernan

oh - found it

2:47 pm

cybernan

we have had that one before

2:51 pm

cybernan

what's my missing f?

2:52 pm

cybernan

have 7 fa's and 4 fi's

2:53 pm

cybernan

found it

2:53 pm

cybernan

taking a lunch break - thanks for the help

4:23 pm

bichon

ad 6/21, pls

4:24 pm

Shirlockc

ad+ author name

4:25 pm

bichon

ty, but a specifc author?

4:25 pm

Shirlockc

ad + consonant + pt of consume

4:27 pm

bichon

ty shirlock c

4:28 pm

Shirlockc

clue for da7? saw stats earlier but not a clue

4:28 pm

bichon

sorry, don't have it

4:32 pm

bichon

oh, I do da + high point tile + ___ your horse up in the barn

4:37 pm

bichon

did you get it?

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