Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, April 8, 2025

12:06 am

Gillie

tw7

12:06 am

Lizlin

wi8

12:07 am

ursh

fa 7

12:07 am

Gillie

fa7

12:07 am

Soodle

Lu 7

12:07 am

grannyrose

re 7, re 8

12:11 am

Gillie

tr8

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:49 am

lynxxx

lu6/7

1:09 am

deanoz

du7

1:29 am

Gillie

de8

2:06 am

Turt

Mole

2:13 am

sprite

morning babblers

2:13 am

rebelsass

morning, sprite

2:14 am

sprite

hiya rebel! *hug*

2:52 am

sprite

always pisses me off that you can inherit, but not herit.

3:20 am

worzel

le7

3:24 am

worzel

Surely if you tame an animal then it goes wild again you can retame it?

3:24 am

sprite

we can. Enable can't. Stupid enable.

3:28 am

sprite

fi4flies and poofing.

4:34 am

MollyL

Predicts that the bottom e will be the most asked for word today

4:57 am

mael

really? huh

4:58 am

mael

I actually saw it right away, that hardly happens for lone vowel words :)

5:01 am

MollyL

Well, except for the Babble savants

5:01 am

Aloyisius

me too.. but can't see a missing e from the second row

5:02 am

mael

I wouldn't call myself a babble savant, I am stuck on the regular Es

5:02 am

mael

lol

5:09 am

Norma

s

5:09 am

MollyL

Okay then. Skip what I said. I guess that E is just as obvious as the day is long.

5:10 am

MollyL

Okay then. Skip what I said. I guess that E is just as obvious as the day is long.

5:11 am

mael

see ya all later, I'm heading into the boston flower market

5:12 am

Aloyisius

have fun, mael!

5:26 am

lbdawger

may I have a clue for the je6 plz? and thank you

5:28 am

Sugrraleona

we6?

5:30 am

MollyL

je6 is a kind of priest

5:31 am

MollyL

we6 starts with a word for marry

5:31 am

MollyL

Then add a tree, but change the last consonant

5:33 am

lbdawger

ty Molly

5:33 am

Sugrraleona

Molly! what the heck is that word? LOL I never would have gotten that - thank you so much :)

7:04 am

wingding

molly ty for we 6/33 ... something outta the ordinary

7:05 am

wingding

also the je 6/36 ... wasn't looking for that one

9:43 am

hokie carla

oh, found the blooming vine that I love but it chokes out everything else

9:46 am

hokie carla

60 left and did not reach HOET. of course it's the E's.

9:46 am

hokie carla

oh, and the Y

9:49 am

hurshy

enable is telling me i cannot wear a ratsuit

9:49 am

hurshy

how judgmental!

9:51 am

Good Enough

wele

9:51 am

Good Enough

welem

9:55 am

hurshy

i see what you mean

10:02 am

hurshy

phantom: amulet

10:08 am

hurshy

phnatom: sesame

10:10 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:11 am

hurshy

morning mool

10:11 am

moolingwa

hey hursh, happy Tuesday

10:11 am

hurshy

happy Tuesday

10:13 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! 90s video game

10:15 am

moolingwa

myst?

10:16 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:17 am

hurshy

phantom: asylum

10:17 am

hurshy

oh dear that's meta

10:18 am

moolingwa

depends why you're in there :)

10:18 am

hurshy

i meant the other kind

10:19 am

hurshy

the idea of getting asylum in the US has become a phantom

10:19 am

moolingwa

ah, well yes

10:20 am

hurshy

what is weird too is

10:20 am

hurshy

i remember being a kid in the 80s and people wanting to come here was considered a source of pride. there was that song... "every day around the world... they're comin' to america"

10:21 am

hurshy

so it's not even like just older stuff like "give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses..."

10:23 am

moolingwa

yep, well unfortunately there are a lot of people in America who feel they've been left behind, so it provides opportunity for someone like Trump to come in and blame immigrants for it

10:23 am

hurshy

i know

10:23 am

moolingwa

ironically it was probably Reagan's deregulation that started it all

10:23 am

hurshy

i know what the forces are that are happening but

10:23 am

hurshy

it just makes me sad

10:24 am

moolingwa

for sure

10:24 am

moolingwa

it's sad that there is so much hate of others

10:24 am

hurshy

yes

10:25 am

moolingwa

hate and fear...the two things that are the easiest for politicians to manipulate

10:26 am

hurshy

and as we know â€œFear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.â€

10:26 am

moolingwa

yeah, star wars taught us that ;)

10:28 am

hurshy

i'm getting pretty hung up on the L here

10:28 am

moolingwa

haven't even gotten to it

10:28 am

hurshy

well, i think it's hard

10:29 am

moolingwa

board is a bit slow overall for m

10:29 am

hurshy

i'm doing really well with all other tiles but the L so far

10:30 am

moolingwa

only managed to grey 2 tiles thru the first 3 rows

10:33 am

moolingwa

well, just need 4 L's

10:35 am

sammysmom

the sun is shining here anditis snowing.......welcome to cleveland...........

10:35 am

moolingwa

heh

10:36 am

moolingwa

well, first pass done...39 to go

10:38 am

moolingwa

meduses - what medusa does

10:40 am

hurshy

i need 10 Ls

10:40 am

moolingwa

oof

10:41 am

moolingwa

it's weird how that works...sure there's tiles I have that you found easy

10:41 am

hurshy

maybe i'm missing a whole possibility of where to go

10:41 am

moolingwa

9-11-10-2-3

10:44 am

hurshy

4-6-12-5-2

10:46 am

hurshy

hav eyou got more than one LY word?

10:46 am

moolingwa

yeah, 2

10:47 am

hurshy

ooh ok now i have 3 as a result of you saying that

10:47 am

moolingwa

yeah, I guessed as much :)

10:47 am

moolingwa

I was missing the solo 4

10:47 am

BzznBea

there are 4

10:48 am

hurshy

ok what else do we need then bea?

10:48 am

moolingwa

ah, found another 8 (not related)

10:49 am

BzznBea

two 4s 2 5s

10:49 am

hurshy

if we have a pair and a solo 4 which is a plural

10:49 am

hurshy

ty bea

10:50 am

hurshy

what 8s have you got then mool? i have TR and WI

10:50 am

hurshy

ooh i found another pair of Ls that are british spelling

10:50 am

moolingwa

just found a tr8, my other is an r

10:51 am

moolingwa

and thanks for the w

10:51 am

hurshy

re?

10:51 am

moolingwa

yep

10:52 am

hurshy

something that is an again word?

10:52 am

moolingwa

yeah

10:52 am

hurshy

ok looking

10:53 am

hurshy

Ss Smacked!

10:54 am

hurshy

found the Rs!

10:54 am

moolingwa

remarkable :)

10:55 am

hurshy

i caught up to your 4 missing L but maybe you found more since then

10:56 am

hurshy

every other tile i only need 1 or 2

10:56 am

moolingwa

I have 3 left now

10:57 am

moolingwa

I also need 3 F 3S 3D and 4M

10:57 am

hurshy

oho got another L

10:57 am

moolingwa

3 M's

10:58 am

hurshy

found the other 8, it's a de

10:59 am

moolingwa

ah, thx...kinda lame word

10:59 am

hurshy

ok down to two L at last

10:59 am

moolingwa

down to 1 L :)

11:04 am

moolingwa

found my last u

11:07 am

moolingwa

5-8-6-1

11:08 am

hurshy

2-3-9-2

11:09 am

moolingwa

that y in the middle is quite annoying

11:09 am

hurshy

you mean finding the Y words or just having it be there in the middle

11:09 am

moolingwa

just having it

11:10 am

hurshy

speaking of it, Ys Yanked!

11:10 am

moolingwa

although I do have one y left

11:10 am

hurshy

my last Y was the most normal of the bunch

11:10 am

moolingwa

:)

11:11 am

hurshy

the first y is ya5, rhymes with a type of noodle dish, do you have that one?

11:11 am

moolingwa

no, forgot that one...tx

11:12 am

hurshy

do you have all 3 U words or all the J?

11:12 am

moolingwa

and I had the noodle dish of couse

11:12 am

moolingwa

have all the u, missing one j

11:12 am

hurshy

i have two normal us4, what do i need?

11:12 am

moolingwa

odd ul5

11:12 am

Atalante

oooo my favourote plant!

11:13 am

BzznBea

Thanks for that u5

11:13 am

hurshy

wi8 you mean, ata?

11:13 am

hurshy

yes, thanks mool

11:13 am

Atalante

yep :D

11:14 am

moolingwa

yw

11:14 am

hurshy

my favorite plant is probably lilac

11:14 am

Atalante

similar colour!

11:14 am

BzznBea

In the US, that plant is considered invasive.

11:14 am

moolingwa

I have too many favorite plants

11:14 am

hurshy

which one bea, wi, or lilacs?

11:15 am

BzznBea

wi

11:15 am

BzznBea

Here in the south, it is as bad as the kudzu.

11:15 am

Atalante

wow!

11:16 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

11:16 am

hurshy

morning nan

11:16 am

moolingwa

hey nan

11:17 am

moolingwa

yay, found a word

11:17 am

BzznBea

Hey, nan

11:17 am

moolingwa

ah, found my last a

11:18 am

hurshy

oho found molly gave a clue for the last J, a brand of monk

11:18 am

moolingwa

really, that's a word huh

11:18 am

BzznBea

Thought that would be a proper noun

11:19 am

moolingwa

you'd think right

11:20 am

penquis

(often lowercase) a crafty, intriguing, or equivocating person: so called in allusion to the methods ascribed to the order by its opponents.

11:21 am

hurshy

chat also says there is a du7, i don't have that

11:21 am

moolingwa

L's 'liiminated

11:21 am

moolingwa

yes, have the du7

11:22 am

hurshy

aha, got it

11:22 am

hurshy

bottom row grey!

11:22 am

hurshy

2-1-7-1

11:22 am

moolingwa

still need 2Ds and a W down there

11:22 am

moolingwa

4-5-5-1

11:22 am

hurshy

did you get de4/8

11:23 am

hurshy

and prob we6/33, molly clued that one as well, that's how i got that

11:24 am

moolingwa

ah, yeah often miss the de4/8

11:24 am

hurshy

man, these strawberries i bought yesterday are so bland

11:26 am

BzznBea

That is why I usually don

11:26 am

BzznBea

dont buy strawberries from the store.

11:27 am

moolingwa

and I almost always miss that we6

11:27 am

cybernan

puzzled why the de 8 american version is accepted, but not the english sp.

11:27 am

hurshy

i don't usually have bad luck with strawberries, it's peaches that i don't bother trying

11:29 am

BzznBea

I buy peaches only in season from local farmers.

11:29 am

BzznBea

We aren't big fruit eaters here.

11:30 am

penquis

same here and I only buy strawberries from local farmers....been burnt too often with tasteless fruit that looks good...

11:30 am

cybernan

would someone like to pass along the clue for the we 6 please?

11:30 am

cybernan

nm - found it

11:31 am

hurshy

marry + a kind of tree, but change the last letter

11:32 am

cybernan

ty hurshy -- it wass the wi 8 that I had found not the we 6 -- have it now though

11:32 am

cybernan

that we 6 was a new one for me

11:33 am

hurshy

yeah i didn't remember it either

11:33 am

penquis

same here...

11:36 am

MollyL

Hmm, that clue looks familiar

11:39 am

Atalante

frite and resit are clearly words, even after alllll this time

11:41 am

cybernan

drop a letter from one of those

11:42 am

Atalante

not as tasty though!

11:42 am

Atalante

wise

11:42 am

Atalante

oops

11:43 am

cybernan

ground glass? I guess not!

11:44 am

Atalante

chips are much nicer

11:45 am

Gillie

the chips are always plural, I think (actually derived from a French adjective)

11:46 am

cybernan

your chips are our french fries or patat fritesif you are in quebec

11:47 am

Gillie

pommes de terre frites

11:47 am

Gillie

or just pommes frites

11:48 am

Gillie

in Germany, I saw them listed on menus just as "pommes", and foolishly assumed that apples were a popular side dish

11:48 am

hokie carla

rehi

11:48 am

cybernan

wouldn't pommes frites be apples? Only heard patat when we lived there, but I can see where pommes would be possible

11:48 am

cybernan

snap gillie

11:49 am

Gillie

"pommes de terre" are potatoes

11:50 am

cybernan

that makes sense in europe -- the quebec dialect is more anglicised

11:51 am

cybernan

although they call potatoes pommes de terre in quebec

11:51 am

Atalante

pommes on its own is pretty common in Germany Belgium etc for street food

11:52 am

hokie carla

I see steak frites a lot on menus so just assumed frites was fries

11:53 am

cybernan

got to run -- it's ladies' coffee in the zoo this am. bbl

11:53 am

Atalante

I think pommes has become more popular - frites were so last year

11:53 am

hokie carla

ha

11:53 am

Gillie

"frites" means "fried"

11:54 am

Gillie

but is also used on its own in French to mean French fries

11:55 am

hokie carla

steak frites is usually medallions and definitely not fried steak

11:56 am

Gillie

no, steak frites is basically short for steak and French fries

11:56 am

periwinkle

hi folks help with de8 please

11:56 am

hokie carla

yes, goes back to my original statement ðŸ˜œ

11:56 am

Atalante

hmmm I wonder whether I'll be able to access Babble in China

11:57 am

periwinkle

when are u goig to China?

11:57 am

periwinkle

going

11:57 am

Gillie

Yes, but "frites" for French fries comes from the French for "fried potatoes"

11:57 am

Atalante

in 2 weeks time

11:58 am

periwinkle

wow have you been there before, I have not

11:59 am

Atalante

once before, last year. We are running an international training course there on marine planning. This time I get to fly through Wuhan and GUanzghou (?) new places for me

11:59 am

Atalante

we stay in Qingdao which is a huge city up near NOrth Korea

12:01 pm

hokie carla

have heard hillbillies call french fries "french fried potatoes", so it all fits ðŸ˜

12:01 pm

periwinkle

de8 anyone?

12:02 pm

Atalante

de8 - make less shiny

12:02 pm

hokie carla

don't have

12:03 pm

periwinkle

ty Ata, new word for me

12:06 pm

periwinkle

bbl

12:08 pm

hokie carla

wonder what my missing R is. pretty sure I've tried everything.

12:09 pm

Atalante

same place as mine

12:09 pm

hokie carla

must be weird

12:09 pm

Atalante

and ramen unacceptable too. my 2 fav foods :(

12:10 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I didn't even bother with ramen today because I didn't want to be rejected.

12:10 pm

Atalante

rejected by ramen is a sad place to be

12:10 pm

hokie carla

well, I was missing the set very close to frites, so now just need 1 F too.

12:11 pm

hokie carla

very true, atalante

12:19 pm

mrloser

DE* de + lu6

12:33 pm

Atalante

ha le7? ridiculous word

12:34 pm

Gillie

not to a stone mason

12:35 pm

Atalante

well I am not a stone mason

12:35 pm

Atalante

nor to a geologist if you want to be pedantic

12:35 pm

Atalante

and like gneiss

12:35 pm

Gillie

I had no idea geologists used them

12:36 pm

Atalante

they don't. but le5 gneiss is internationally known

12:37 pm

Gillie

Not etymologically related, I think

12:38 pm

Atalante

absolutely not. your issue is?

12:38 pm

Gillie

But I suppose geologists could sometimes find themselves needing to lift heavy rocks

12:38 pm

Atalante

yes. we do that

12:38 pm

Gillie

which is where a lewis comes in handy

12:38 pm

Atalante

nice giving away words :D

12:39 pm

Gillie

oops

12:40 pm

Gillie

so you're a geologist who specializes in marine planning?

12:41 pm

Atalante

pretty much

12:41 pm

Atalante

I did my PhD in palaeontology and Upper Devonian rocky stuff, now work internationally on regional marine planning and other fun stuff

12:44 pm

Gillie

And how do you do marine planning?

12:44 pm

Atalante

mainly currently working on creating a legislatory regime for about 60% of the sea floor

12:44 pm

Atalante

and as part of that, we look at developing marine protected areas for the high seas

12:45 pm

Gillie

So a degree in biology would be useful, it seems like

12:45 pm

Atalante

hence upcoming trip to China - teaching but also taking part in a workshop looking at MPAs for the Indian Ocean hydrothermal ridge system

12:45 pm

Gillie

unless you're primarily interesting in mining

12:45 pm

Atalante

yes. I have a BSc first class in marine biology

12:46 pm

Gillie

I had the impression that the Chinese were big on mining, not so concerned with ecosystems - but maybe that's just abroad

12:48 pm

Atalante

the chinese, as most other nations, would like to mine the deep sea. They do however also have ore environmetal info than most people too

12:49 pm

Atalante

*more!

12:54 pm

Atalante

I'd need Hurshy here to understand the significance of ey4 (not a word) for the bubonic plague

1:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

ata

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1:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

oops

1:09 pm

Atalante

haha :D

1:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am going to mow the lawn- or try anyway. in parkaand hat and gloves. crazy

1:12 pm

Atalante

good luck! or stay in the warm and play babble

1:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

rain and cold again soon. grass is too long, first mow. iif i wait much longer i';; need a herd of cattle

1:13 pm

Atalante

you could get some belted galloways. they are gorgeous

1:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am partial to jerseys

1:14 pm

Atalante

they are gorgeous too

1:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

like a living milkshake machine

1:16 pm

Atalante

I want a living milkshake machine!

1:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

well you would have to add flavor, but it's so rick that's all you need

1:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

when i first moved out of college i lived near a farm of them. the chocolate milk was to die for

1:17 pm

Atalante

now we need Haz and her mint aero cheesecake

1:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

we need hax. period.

1:19 pm

Atalante

well yes. I miss her so much

1:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

your photos are gorgrous.

1:20 pm

Atalante

thank you! :D I hope people get a smile from them

1:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am often astounded.

1:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

yeti

1:21 pm

Atalante

well then they have done their job!

1:21 pm

Atalante

and thank you!

1:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am procrastinating....when i went to get the mower eas met by one pissed off squirrel. would not leave. left door open but they are looking for a nesting dite

1:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

my neighbor evicted them a wee ag and they have moved on to me

1:22 pm

Atalante

:D lawn not mowed due to squirrel

1:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

god knows what wiill be hiding in it by the time it does

1:24 pm

Atalante

raccoons and rabbits and cows

1:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh thee are rabbit. they live

1:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

UNDER the shed

1:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

don...'t exaggerate. a calf or two maybe

1:25 pm

Atalante

I wish I had rabbits under my shed

1:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

the groundhog moved out a few yers back

1:26 pm

Atalante

you had a groundhog? for real?

1:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

yep. awful

1:26 pm

Soodle

Not sure if I have ever bragged about the best â‚¬2,500 I ever spent. A Husqvarna robotic lawn mower. Set your timer on an app on your phone, and Mo (thatâ€™s his name) trundles around my lawns, cutting them for me. Absolute Godsend.

1:27 pm

Atalante

hi soodle!!

1:27 pm

Soodle

Atlanta!! How lovely to see you. ðŸ˜Š

1:28 pm

Atalante

and you! I'm spending some time in Dublin these days helping out with windfarms!

1:29 pm

Soodle

Wow. Where in Dublin?

1:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

i made it to southern europe perhaps time to hit scjotland this year

1:29 pm

Atalante

working with An Bord Pleanala off McConnell Street

1:29 pm

Atalante

please do, TO!

1:30 pm

Soodle

Ha! I used to work in An Bord Pleanals in theâ€™80â€™s!

1:30 pm

Atalante

OMG REALLY

1:30 pm

Soodle

Thatâ€™s The Planning Appeals Board, by way of translationâ€¦

1:31 pm

Atalante

I had no idea!

1:31 pm

Atalante

we're helping them with some of the wind farm applications

1:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

well must check on the status of the wildlife.

1:32 pm

Soodle

I workin Dublin Tuesdays & Fridays. On Abbey Street. Just around the corner from Oâ€™Connell Street. Maybe we could do lunch some time in the coming months?

1:33 pm

Atalante

did you know Eugene Nixon? he's been there for ever

1:33 pm

Atalante

oh my - that would be awesome

1:34 pm

Soodle

Nope. Like I said - I was there in the eighties. I bumped into an old colleague recently Pierce Dillon? Maybe your paths have crossed?

1:35 pm

Atalante

heard the name ... send me a quick email becky.hitchin@erm.com - will be back in Dublin shortly!

1:37 pm

Soodle

Done!!

1:38 pm

Atalante

got it :D

1:39 pm

Soodle

Oh Iâ€™d love to meet up. I DO love meeting Babblers in person ðŸ˜Š

1:39 pm

Atalante

replied :) lets make it a thing. I would truly love that

2:30 pm

cybernan

hello again :)

3:09 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

4:05 pm

moolingwa

rehi

4:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

moo

4:09 pm

moolingwa

hey TO, happy Tuesday, whatever is left of it

4:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

back atcha

4:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

muster

4:09 pm

moolingwa

tx

4:19 pm

NANCY

clue for the de 8 please

4:21 pm

penquis

to take the shine off.....the de is a prefix....

4:22 pm

NANCY

TY PEN GOT IT

4:22 pm

penquis

yw...

4:49 pm

moolingwa

finally found a word

4:50 pm

moolingwa

ooh, and my last 7

4:51 pm

penquis

go, mool....

4:51 pm

moolingwa

11 to go :)

5:04 pm

penquis

i am done....

5:05 pm

moolingwa

n1 pen

5:05 pm

penquis

ty...gotta get dinner going....goodnight....

5:08 pm

moolingwa

g;night

6:00 pm

cybernan

hi again if anyone is still here -- chores finally taken care of and have an hour till supper time

6:36 pm

Christa

Hello Cybernan

11:59 pm

ursh

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