Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, March 28, 2025

12:01 am

rururocks

Re8

12:02 am

0471

big one !!

12:05 am

Gillie

bo7

12:05 am

Gillie

to7

12:07 am

Gillie

tr7

12:11 am

cybernan

wow - don't think I'll be finishing this one!

12:11 am

cybernan

hi everyone :)

12:12 am

saanichcat

hi there nan

12:13 am

Gillie

so7

12:14 am

rururocks

Tr8

12:14 am

Gillie

ro7

12:15 am

Gillie

so7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

Gillie

st7

12:19 am

Gillie

sa7

12:19 am

Gillie

oe7

12:28 am

Gillie

br7

12:40 am

cybernan

good night everyone :)

12:42 am

Gillie

st7 x 2

12:47 am

lynxxx

be8/9

12:50 am

dcseain

sobriquet is not in the puzzle, alas.

1:03 am

dcseain

huh. The Oe is a unit of measure in SI.

2:16 am

ursh

phew a lot of Bs

3:27 am

sprite

morning all

3:28 am

Kamanjah

Hi Sprite! I'm just about to give up for the night. I have 269 and am tired!

3:28 am

sprite

hi Kam :) SLeep well!

3:29 am

Kamanjah

I'm sure I will, my brain is definitely tired, lol!

3:31 am

Kamanjah

Enjoy the grid. I want to find one more word to have a round number, lol!

3:31 am

sprite

lol :D

3:32 am

Kamanjah

Found one! Have fun and have a great day. Poofing off to bed here.

3:32 am

sprite

sweet dreams!

3:37 am

Kamanjah

Thanks. I had some weird ones last night. My daughter was 3 and smoking a cig. Ugh! I was lost in a big city and couldn't find my car and she kept running away from me. I was yelling the wrong first name but had her middle name right. The mind does such weird things when we sleep.

3:38 am

sprite

omg I am so glad I am not the only one with those kinds of weird dreams!

3:39 am

Kamanjah

It was bizarre! The cat decided to join me in bed and woke me out of it. I really had to shake that one off!

3:39 am

sprite

I sometimes have to get up, turn on a light, do something mundane, before going back to bed.

3:41 am

Kamanjah

Well, I'm done with this for tonight. I hope for some fun dreams. I did get up for a bit because it really shook me.

3:41 am

Kamanjah

*poofing*

3:42 am

sprite

I know the feeling. Bye *hug*

4:06 am

marigold

r

4:14 am

sprite

S's stamped out

5:04 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

7:21 am

MollyL

Well, the North Carolina fires are burning 30 minutes from my sister's place and she is on evacuation stand by. Those poor people. All that crap from Helene and now this.

7:21 am

periwinkle

oh dear, sorry to hear this Molly

7:22 am

MollyL

She said there are still piles of debris everywhere from the hurricane and it's like fuel for the fire.

7:34 am

ivesy3

anyone have a clue for the de 9 plz

7:36 am

periwinkle

no 9s here

7:39 am

rururocks

still need it Ivesy i just found it

7:40 am

ivesy3

yes plz!

7:40 am

rururocks

sounds like a person lost in the desert

7:41 am

ivesy3

oh !! thank you so much!!

7:42 am

rururocks

then the 10

7:43 am

ivesy3

ty again..

7:47 am

mael

more like someone who forces someone to wander the desert haha

7:48 am

mael

I tried it for laughs

7:49 am

mael

and almost added the root word as a phantom hah

7:53 am

MollyL

Well then we would have had to mock you ðŸ˜›

7:55 am

mael

yep, phew

7:55 am

mael

you can mock me for having trouble with the bottom left O though

7:55 am

mael

I only have an ob5

7:56 am

rururocks

oe7./8

7:59 am

rururocks

well it is easy to close out some of the tiles though

8:04 am

mael

oh I found two more that were related to the one I had, duh. Thanks ru for the 7/8

8:07 am

mael

three more, yay. I guess I had the right idea all along and just couldn't see it, finally grayed it

8:10 am

rururocks

Thanks mael.. just closed that o out now

8:11 am

rururocks

first column grey

8:13 am

mael

yay!

8:13 am

mael

I'm still missing one T

8:17 am

mael

how funny that be8 and 9 and bo6 and 7 are in the same grid

8:17 am

mael

good words

8:17 am

rururocks

yeah.. that is funny.. have only made it once

8:18 am

mael

we make it all the time, my husband's grandma from from Ukraine

8:25 am

rururocks

25 here.. taking a break

8:26 am

mael

good work ru, enjoy the day@

8:42 am

rururocks

back to finish this beast

8:53 am

rururocks

missed some plurals.. done now

8:54 am

mael

17 left for me

9:13 am

hurshy

morning!

9:16 am

ChampFit

Phantom: desolate

9:17 am

LuvWordGames

There are forms of that word

9:17 am

hurshy

"the death of Spock is like an open wound, and Enterprise feels like a house with all the children gone"

9:17 am

ChampFit

"I have been, and always will be, your friend." Makes me tear up every time!

9:18 am

hurshy

me too

9:18 am

ChampFit

Thx Luv!

9:18 am

hurshy

but that quote of kirk's is the first thing that comes to mind when you say the word desolate

9:19 am

hurshy

in case it wasn't clear why i brought it up

9:19 am

hurshy

lol

9:19 am

ChampFit

I made the connection hursh

9:19 am

hurshy

:D

9:20 am

penquis

aw...two Trekkies bonding... ;o).....been to many a convention myself....hello all....

9:20 am

ChampFit

:)

9:20 am

hurshy

hi pen :)

9:21 am

penquis

hi Champ, hursh....

9:21 am

ChampFit

good morning!

9:23 am

hurshy

ttfn, gotta go to the eye doctor and stuff, see y'all later!

9:24 am

penquis

bye hursh....

9:24 am

ChampFit

see ya!

9:30 am

hokie carla

oh dear, big one

9:30 am

hokie carla

with a lot of dupes

9:31 am

hokie carla

lawd have mercy, just saw 76 B words

9:34 am

Norma

bo

9:34 am

hokie carla

you said it

9:36 am

ChampFit

Still have 10 on that tile. 'morning carla!

9:36 am

hokie carla

okay, can't get sucked into this. gotta straighten up my house. 293 left for later. hey champ!

9:37 am

ChampFit

I'll see you here later, I'm sure...go get 'em!

9:46 am

penquis

well i got it down to 100....gotta go....bye all...

9:47 am

ChampFit

I'm right behind you...hope to see you later to finish this sucker.

10:13 am

phaeton

dang...can't figure out the de9, is the third letter the S?

10:13 am

LuvWordGames

yes

10:15 am

LuvWordGames

let me know if you want a clue

10:15 am

phaeton

ty

10:15 am

Shirlockc

phantom: desolate which i keep trying

10:16 am

LuvWordGames

there are variations of that word Shirl and phae would be interested in those words

10:16 am

Shirlockc

i got some of the variations but not the de yet

10:16 am

LuvWordGames

it's a one who does word

10:17 am

Shirlockc

wow, i would have thought that was a -er

10:17 am

LuvWordGames

me too

10:17 am

phaeton

got them...ty

10:17 am

phaeton

FW

10:18 am

phaeton

only took three hours lol

10:25 am

LuvWordGames

et 8/40 please?

10:32 am

LuvWordGames

nm, found it for fireworks

10:36 am

Shirlockc

clue pls Luv

10:40 am

0471

et + 2 vowels + not early... pt and pl for 9

10:41 am

UntitledDocument

Term for plants that get thin and tall looking for light i believe

10:41 am

Shirlockc

wow, thx 0471, would not have gotten that

10:50 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 10 welcome

10:50 am

UntitledDocument

Was discussed around 10:15 in the chat

11:41 am

hurshy

ahhh back

11:41 am

hurshy

phantom: steel

11:46 am

hurshy

litt

11:46 am

hurshy

scuse me

11:47 am

Shirlockc

broke 100 finally

11:49 am

hurshy

these L words are a bit hard tho

11:51 am

Shirlockc

still don't have any corner O words

11:51 am

hurshy

there's an oe7/32... um...

11:52 am

hurshy

ob5/14

11:54 am

hurshy

x2

11:55 am

hurshy

no, not times two, well, i don't know yet

11:55 am

suefrad625

Hi all

11:55 am

hurshy

yes actually times two

11:55 am

hurshy

sorry

11:55 am

suefrad625

Subbing HS Band class. They are a blast

12:05 pm

hurshy

huh. ebola doesn't count.

12:08 pm

MollyL

Proper noun. Name of a river.

12:08 pm

hurshy

Loire

12:10 pm

MollyL

Your point? That isn't accepted either.

12:10 pm

hurshy

oh, i thought you were just doing a NTPN

12:11 pm

hurshy

i mean, ebola may be a river but it's also a disease now too, and like, measles would count, smallpox, polio

12:12 pm

hurshy

so i think the reason it's not accepted is the fact that it's old and not updated rather than because of the river

12:13 pm

moolingwa

morning campers

12:14 pm

suefrad625

hi moolingwa

12:14 pm

moolingwa

hey sue, happy friday

12:15 pm

suefrad625

Ty and to you and every one

12:15 pm

moolingwa

tx :)

12:27 pm

moolingwa

that's a lot of B's

12:27 pm

crosshair

Good afternoon, Babblers. :)

12:27 pm

moolingwa

hey crossy, happy Friday

12:27 pm

BzznBea

Just a few.

12:27 pm

suefrad625

And râ€™s

12:28 pm

crosshair

Ty, happy Friday to you as well. :)

12:29 pm

moolingwa

tx

12:29 pm

suefrad625

The students are getting hyped.

12:29 pm

moolingwa

I only have 6 r's left, but I have 30 b's to go :)

12:30 pm

suefrad625

They are playing a game. They pick a word and then everyone has to come up with a song for it. They threw me out. They said i know too many songs because Im old. Lol

12:30 pm

moolingwa

woof

12:31 pm

suefrad625

Moo, if i can be of any help, let me know. Lol

12:31 pm

moolingwa

thanks, I'm good for now

12:31 pm

moolingwa

25 B's and 3 R's on those two tiles now

12:32 pm

periwinkle

hi all. not seeing the de10 wven with earlier clue

12:38 pm

moolingwa

I haven't found it yet sorry peri

12:38 pm

crosshair

Found a real twisty bird in the grid. :)

12:41 pm

suefrad625

Me either

12:41 pm

moolingwa

48 to go

12:42 pm

BzznBea

Peri, the de9 is one who makes things barren or unuseable.

12:42 pm

moolingwa

well that solves that...I never thought to make it into a doer

12:43 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea

12:43 pm

BzznBea

Sorry, it was in the chat, mool.

12:43 pm

BzznBea

yw, peri

12:43 pm

moolingwa

no worries BB

12:43 pm

moolingwa

such a big board, and I enjoy the company

12:44 pm

crosshair

Ty, bzz. :)

12:45 pm

crosshair

Looks like the singular should work, but it does not

12:45 pm

moolingwa

and I'm down to 9 B's...

12:46 pm

suefrad625

Ty for the de

12:46 pm

suefrad625

Rilt

12:46 pm

suefrad625

sorry

12:50 pm

moolingwa

finally HOET

12:50 pm

suefrad625

Congrats

12:51 pm

moolingwa

tx, that bottom s was a little stubborn

12:52 pm

moolingwa

if sycamores had footwear, they'd be treeboots

12:52 pm

suefrad625

Lol

12:55 pm

moolingwa

5OFOET

12:55 pm

moolingwa

many barstools, are really beerstools

1:03 pm

crosshair

I see a spelling variant for a particular eastern european soup is in the grid. :) a bo6 instead of the more famililiar bo7

1:05 pm

crosshair

Lol wild typo there! :/

1:07 pm

moolingwa

I do like a good bo6 or bo7 :)

1:08 pm

hokie carla

rehi - I got that this morning. wasn't a typo for me as much as I didn't know how it was spelled and started trying stuff when I saw the letters.

1:08 pm

hokie carla

still have 18 b's left though

1:09 pm

hokie carla

and found only one O on the bottom so no HOET

1:09 pm

hokie carla

ooh, remembered a weird o7

1:10 pm

penquis

there are a bunch of OB words and at least a few come from the bottom O....

1:10 pm

hokie carla

and 8 ðŸ˜œ

1:10 pm

penquis

and hello....

1:10 pm

hokie carla

the 7/8 I just found are OE. PEN!

1:10 pm

penquis

carla!

1:10 pm

hokie carla

and HOET!

1:10 pm

crosshair

:)

1:10 pm

hurshy

i've only just hit half on the B hokie!

1:11 pm

hokie carla

only 85 left ðŸ˜

1:11 pm

hokie carla

run out of leads on the B, hurshy

1:11 pm

penquis

88 here...

1:11 pm

penquis

eliot

1:11 pm

hokie carla

phantom broth though

1:11 pm

penquis

oops...

1:12 pm

hokie carla

don't worry, I tried it anyway, pen. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THAT E GRAY.

1:12 pm

hurshy

got 50 B now

1:12 pm

penquis

i have 58 but a long way to go....

1:13 pm

cybernan

hi everyone. need that oe 7-8 for nbs.

1:13 pm

hokie carla

have tried to be everyone

1:13 pm

hokie carla

I mean, everything

1:13 pm

hokie carla

was reading nan's post while typing

1:13 pm

penquis

hi nan....

1:13 pm

hokie carla

it's an electrical unit or something nan, looks like a pt for the 7

1:13 pm

hurshy

phantom: broth

1:14 pm

hokie carla

lol

1:14 pm

hokie carla

check 2 min ago

1:14 pm

hurshy

oops ha

1:14 pm

hokie carla

gotta go. a little smoky golf this afternoon. TTFN

1:14 pm

penquis

bye...

1:15 pm

cybernan

oh dear - know nothing about electrical units -- you flip the switch and hopefully the power comes on!

1:15 pm

penquis

same here...

1:15 pm

hurshy

smoky golf? are there any advisories about it being bad for your lungs?

1:15 pm

hurshy

i know in CA sometimes we had to keep the kids in from recess due to air quality from wildfires

1:16 pm

hurshy

i always think of oe7 as being like an old cheap fabric i've seen mentioned in old books

1:17 pm

hurshy

which, the fabric word could also be a past tense of an old-fashioned way of saying you beat someone in a fight

1:18 pm

hurshy

this word i'm speaking of would be a WO, but then you change that to OE

1:18 pm

cybernan

wear a N95 mask, Carla. I swear my husband got cancer from golfing in the smoke during out forest fires. He wouldn't quit even though they were anouncing on the radio that an hour out in the smoke without protection would do the same damage to you lungs as smoking a pack of cigarettes. I figured that was about 4 packs per game!

1:18 pm

crosshair

No idea. :(

1:19 pm

hurshy

phantom: booth

1:20 pm

cybernan

no idea on the wo either

1:20 pm

hurshy

how about this: when a balloon pops, it has b----. but a little toddler might say it b------. it rhymes with that.

1:21 pm

cybernan

found the oe words --- think the wo word is a type of woolen fabric -- the type of weave used

1:21 pm

crosshair

...

1:21 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy

1:22 pm

penquis

yes, i got it, too...ty, hursh...

1:22 pm

hurshy

oh nan, i was wrong about it being cheap, wiki says it is high-quality!

1:22 pm

cybernan

oh and have half of the b's now

1:23 pm

crosshair

I will just worry about it when they are my last two words, I guees. :(

1:24 pm

crosshair

Guess*

1:24 pm

hurshy

toddlers tend to think you ALWAYS have to add -ed to make a past tense

1:24 pm

hurshy

even when you don't

1:24 pm

cybernan

don't know why I am plugging away at this - can never remember what I"ve entered from one session to the next on these large grids. Out for lunch and dinner, so probably won't finish anyway!

1:24 pm

penquis

bye, nan....

1:25 pm

hurshy

you plug away at this because it's fun, don't you?

1:25 pm

hurshy

i mean that is why i do it

1:26 pm

penquis

well it can become tedious after a while...

1:26 pm

cybernan

agreed, pen

1:26 pm

cybernan

bye for now

1:28 pm

crosshair

Time to take a break. Trying to hunt down that OE is becoming a pain . A eye reset seems to be in order.

1:28 pm

hurshy

i went to the eye doctor

1:28 pm

hurshy

this morning

1:29 pm

hurshy

then i went to get a grilled cheese with fig

1:29 pm

hurshy

then i went grocery shopping

1:29 pm

ch1212

Did they dilate your pupils?

1:30 pm

hurshy

no because i was just at the retina specialist on tuesday and they had done the dilating tests then

1:30 pm

crosshair

Even brought up an electrical term glossary, but no joy. I need a beverage of an adult nature. :)

1:32 pm

ch1212

crossy, this might help: oe + I closed my eyes and (laid down, reclined, otherwise ****** without the first e)

1:36 pm

hurshy

i've only thought of 3 from the lowest S

1:37 pm

hurshy

oh there's a pair more

1:37 pm

crosshair

Found the oe7, ty, ch1212

1:37 pm

penquis

I have ST 6 and ST 6/7 from that S....

1:38 pm

penquis

and another ST 6, I think....

1:38 pm

hurshy

there is another st7, pen, meaning free of all germs

1:38 pm

hurshy

and there's sh4

1:39 pm

penquis

i have that one....and the SH....

1:39 pm

hurshy

how many of them have you got

1:39 pm

penquis

perhaps only one st 6...not sure...

1:39 pm

hurshy

i mean how many words have you got from that tile

1:40 pm

penquis

i have 5 from the lower S...

1:40 pm

hurshy

ok same here now

1:40 pm

crosshair

Ty for the sh4

1:40 pm

ch1212

bbl - 49 left

1:40 pm

penquis

bye, ch....

1:41 pm

penquis

ooh...found an ST 8 from that S...

1:42 pm

hurshy

ty pen!

1:42 pm

penquis

botanical word....

1:42 pm

penquis

yw...

1:45 pm

penquis

gotta go for a bit....bye for now...

1:46 pm

penquis

ohh....change the last vowel on the ST 8 for another word....

1:47 pm

hurshy

thanks!

1:52 pm

hurshy

and cut the last vowel OFF for a 7 and then pl for another 8

1:53 pm

hurshy

11-10-9-8

2:37 pm

penquis

ah...ty, hursh...finished up that S...

4:13 pm

BzznBea

B is grey!

4:15 pm

penquis

go Bea!

5:43 pm

BzznBea

All but 4 tiles grey but still have 44...oy vey.

6:02 pm

BzznBea

This is a grind.

6:17 pm

NANCY

clue for any of the d words please

6:20 pm

BzznBea

The 9/10 is one/s who make things uninhabitable.

6:20 pm

BzznBea

the de6 is opposite of soak up

6:22 pm

NANCY

found the 6 but not the other

6:22 pm

NANCY

two before it. do they

6:23 pm

NANCY

have the same begining letters

6:23 pm

NANCY

beginning

6:24 pm

BzznBea

The last two of the 6 are not in the 9/10

6:24 pm

BzznBea

Think about a wasteland.

6:25 pm

BzznBea

Should have started with that.

6:25 pm

NANCY

ty got them

6:26 pm

BzznBea

yw

6:30 pm

BzznBea

About gave quit on this one a couple times.

6:30 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

9:02 pm

mkg

looked for destroyer but not in grid. i want to get that 9/10. any more help welcome; the stat is de. hmmm

9:02 pm

mkg

to make inhabitable.....blocked ont his one.

9:06 pm

mkg

uninhabitable......who does this? insects? animals? hmmm. so stuck. helpwelcomed

9:11 pm

mkg

help with that B please........jiust not seeing anything. pleaes send clues. ty

11:01 pm

Jacula

mkg - which B?

11:05 pm

Jacula

Or did you mean the de 9 and 10? If so, you might feel bleak and empty for not getting it, or at least identifying the words for the ones who make a place or a person that way.

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