Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, April 9, 2025

12:01 am

jeanne314

un7

12:01 am

swmbo

Co8

12:01 am

jeanne314

en7

12:02 am

swmbo

Re7

12:04 am

SuzeeQ24

en7x2

12:08 am

broll

ad 7

12:15 am

cybernan

en 7 x3 -- hi everyone

12:16 am

swmbo

Hello. Trying to get sleepy so I may disappear at a moments notice lol

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

cybernan

me too, swmbo

12:17 am

jbp

thanks, Lickety!

12:18 am

cybernan

ty lickety

12:18 am

swmbo

Where are you cybernan? Central Canada?

12:18 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:18 am

swmbo

Oh! I see?

12:19 am

swmbo

Oh! I see, BC. I am in NS and it is 2:19

12:20 am

cybernan

phantom anecdote

12:21 am

cybernan

lol - I'm old - bedtime comes early :)

12:21 am

swmbo

Me too usually. I went to bed but couldnâ€™t drop off so here I am.

12:27 am

cybernan

ij - enough for tonight. Hope you get a good sleep.

12:28 am

swmbo

I hope so too. It will be short :(

1:17 am

sprite

morning babblers

1:53 am

grannyrose

* hugs * sprite. can we chat in a bit on whatsapp please? if not when?

1:53 am

sprite

hi sweetie, sure, I can try and multitask

1:54 am

grannyrose

not straight away honey. when you are ready.

1:54 am

sprite

am there

2:40 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

2:40 am

sprite

*leaves hug in chog for rose to find*

2:41 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE !!! thanks for the hug...

2:42 am

grannyrose

tordden

2:42 am

grannyrose

mistyped clue... lol

8:20 am

rbud

hi, Babbleland!

8:21 am

rbud

is it really this empty in here?

8:30 am

mkg

Hi Rbud. People are here.

8:30 am

mkg

Not liking this grid. Found 50 so far and am giving up

8:31 am

Deeha

I agree, had trouble getting halfway today

8:31 am

mkg

My goal is half way and i am giving up for now.

8:31 am

mkg

Hagd..

8:38 am

rbud

I mostly spoke out to test if the chat was working, haha, or if, perhaps, it needed a hard refresh. ;p

8:53 am

mkg

Any help with the N words 4th and 5th columns welcome. Ty

8:53 am

mkg

oops got the fifth column one.

8:53 am

mkg

I am back to hopefully get half way

8:56 am

mkg

Got an n from fourth column n. Ty anyway

8:57 am

hokie carla

phantom doctor

9:07 am

rururocks

(that's a bit of a stretch hokes)

9:07 am

hokie carla

maybe for his fabulous word nerdery

9:09 am

phaeton

R's ransacked!

9:10 am

rururocks

now if you said rodeo hokes I'd have gone with that

9:10 am

hokie carla

well, I'm just on the 2nd row

9:11 am

hokie carla

how about phantom error?

9:13 am

rururocks

error I could go with

9:14 am

hokie carla

unadd - another word for subtract

9:16 am

rururocks

the e's were easy today

9:16 am

hokie carla

I'll be the judge of that. NO

9:26 am

hokie carla

not sure how uner6 is not a word. sounds way more valid than a lot of un- words. that trail is nice and uner6.

9:30 am

hokie carla

phantom tenrec

9:31 am

rururocks

*approved*

9:32 am

hokie carla

well, first pass over with 41 left. 5-9-15-10-2
this is a tough grid due to the 6s. BBL.

9:34 am

rururocks

first pass done here

9:40 am

phaeton

FW

9:45 am

MollyL

Just don't be talking about uner5. The guys will get all twitchy.

10:03 am

hurshy

h'lo

10:04 am

hurshy

missing my good friend the letter S today :(

10:06 am

hurshy

phantom: doctor

10:08 am

hokie carla

already disallowed by the phantom police

10:09 am

hurshy

uh, why

10:09 am

hurshy

all the letters are there

10:10 am

hurshy

anyway i do not believe in the phantom police. i ignore them.

10:18 am

Norma

re

10:20 am

hurshy

that block of Rs is troublesome

10:37 am

hurshy

i hereby update the en7 count to en7 x 5

10:38 am

hurshy

also re7 x 2

10:38 am

hurshy

and ne7 doesn't seem to have been mentioned

11:23 am

Gillie

From The Budget Lab at Yale: "The price level from all 2025 tariffs rises by 2.3% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $3,800 in 2024$. Annual losses for households at the bottom of the income distribution are $1,700."

11:24 am

Gillie

But $3,800 is chickenfeed for Trump, of course, so he's not worried

11:24 am

Gillie

https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/wh\nere-we-stand-fiscal-economic-and-distr\nibutional-effects-all-us-tariffs-enact\ned-2025-through-april

11:25 am

Gillie

Incidentally, that projection was from before the additional tariffs on China

11:35 am

Gillie

And Bloomberg says that about 90% of the immigrants sent to the prison in El Salvador had no criminal record - including the man that the government admits was sent due to "administrative error", but claims they can't get back, because they can persuade El Salvador to put Venezuelans in their prisons for the U.S., but apparently they are completely incapable of persuading El Salvador to send anyone back.

11:40 am

crosshair

Good afternoon, Babblers. :)

11:50 am

Guernseygirl 2

Oded

11:50 am

Guernseygirl 2

Oops,

11:50 am

penquis

been there, done that... ;o)

11:57 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:58 am

crosshair

Howdy, Mool. :)

11:59 am

moolingwa

hey crossy, happy April 9th

11:59 am

crosshair

:)

12:00 pm

moolingwa

only 144 left for me

12:01 pm

crosshair

Lol

12:21 pm

hokie carla

rehi-still 41 left

12:21 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke...down to 25 here now

12:21 pm

moolingwa

4-7-8-4-2

12:22 pm

moolingwa

5OFOEt

12:23 pm

hokie carla

loooks like I still need 7 c's

12:25 pm

moolingwa

I need 5 more Cs

12:25 pm

hokie carla

found 2 c's, one an 8

12:25 pm

moolingwa

everything else is 3 or less

12:25 pm

hokie carla

5OFOET

12:26 pm

moolingwa

woot!

12:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi moo

12:27 pm

moolingwa

hey TO, hope all's good in the keystone state

12:32 pm

moolingwa

if only there were a few more n's and r's in this board

12:33 pm

hokie carla

and rennet isn't even there

12:33 pm

moolingwa

nope

12:33 pm

moolingwa

no matter how many times I try it

12:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

at 72 and not looking promising

12:34 pm

moolingwa

19 here now

12:34 pm

hokie carla

37 here

12:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

19 to go?

12:34 pm

moolingwa

yeah

12:34 pm

moolingwa

well 18 now, fount a word

12:35 pm

hokie carla

aren't you a found of knowledge

12:35 pm

moolingwa

fount pt of found ;)

12:36 pm

hokie carla

yes, I knew that's what you were saying ðŸ¤£

12:36 pm

moolingwa

not sure I've seen a grid with 4 tiles next to each other all the same

12:37 pm

hokie carla

5-8-13-10-1 as I said earlier, this grid is too hard for me because of the 6s. but I'll add 7s to that.

12:37 pm

moolingwa

found another word

12:37 pm

moolingwa

2-4-7-2-2

12:39 pm

moolingwa

ah, found an easy 8

12:39 pm

hokie carla

I need an easy 8

12:39 pm

moolingwa

well it was twisty

12:40 pm

hokie carla

the one I have is a twisty, regular word

12:41 pm

moolingwa

probably the same one

12:41 pm

moolingwa

N's neutered

12:41 pm

hokie carla

still need 2 on each of the n's with 4

12:42 pm

moolingwa

o's obsoleted

12:42 pm

moolingwa

a's absolved

12:42 pm

moolingwa

first row grey

12:42 pm

moolingwa

sorry first column, still need 2 D's for the first row

12:48 pm

BzznBea

That D8...smh

1:02 pm

hokie carla

Thatâ€™s my other 8. Rehi.

1:05 pm

hokie carla

Found it, thx

1:06 pm

hokie carla

No def of course

1:16 pm

moolingwa

of course

1:37 pm

Atalante

I dislike this grid

1:38 pm

BzznBea

It does have a bit of a bite.

1:41 pm

moolingwa

still 13 to go here

1:41 pm

moolingwa

8 of those from the 2nd column

1:42 pm

Atalante

84 to go!

1:42 pm

moolingwa

almost half way Ata!

1:42 pm

Atalante

oooo good point!

1:46 pm

welki

Ata!!

And hello, everyone :)

1:46 pm

moolingwa

hey welk

1:46 pm

Atalante

welki!!!

1:46 pm

welki

hi, mool

1:49 pm

welki

how's the pup? Daphne (the spaniel) had her 8th birthday in December, but isn't slowing down at all! (Finn, the beagle, is only three, so still very puppy-ish)

1:49 pm

Atalante

yay Daphne :D Loki really is starting to slow down and fully enjoy his life as Senior Spaniel. Hes 11 1/2 now

1:50 pm

welki

i keep telling her it's okay to take it easy, but she won't have any of it - always busy, always on guard (always barking)

1:51 pm

Atalante

Loki just sniffs around and sunbathes and eats :D

1:51 pm

hokie carla

welki!

1:51 pm

welki

sounds like me

1:51 pm

hokie carla

winston is 8 and is still very puppy-ish

1:51 pm

welki

hokie!

1:51 pm

Atalante

we go for very long walks that are about 200m in length by the time he's sniffed everything

1:51 pm

moolingwa

oh finally, found a word

1:51 pm

Atalante

trent

1:52 pm

Atalante

I didn't!

1:52 pm

moolingwa

and another!

1:52 pm

hokie carla

drive-by hi/bye

1:52 pm

moolingwa

and another!

1:52 pm

moolingwa

10 to go

1:53 pm

welki

i have 40 - waiting for a legitimate blurt. do better, ata :D

1:53 pm

moolingwa

and yet another...that break was a good one apparently

1:54 pm

moolingwa

e's eliminated

1:54 pm

Atalante

I just want dodecahedron

1:54 pm

moolingwa

I always want dodecahedron, or icosohedron

2:11 pm

Atalante

clue for the big do's?

2:51 pm

mixi6

do7 - John D. and President's Taft's initials.

2:56 pm

periwinkle

hello everyone!

2:57 pm

Atalante

hi Peri!

2:57 pm

periwinkle

Ata, I have not seen Haz here in a very longtime. Do you know how is?

2:58 pm

Atalante

I don't know :( I wanted tenrec in the grid today and it reminded me of her

2:59 pm

Atalante

john d ... hmmm

3:01 pm

Atalante

TY. now only a few U's to go

3:07 pm

Atalante

yay firebirds!

3:10 pm

Gillie

well, if it takes od6/24, it really ought to take od7 as well

3:18 pm

periwinkle

congrats Ata

3:19 pm

Gillie

I would guess his firebirds have carried him away

3:50 pm

BzznBea

Any clue for the un7?

3:50 pm

BzznBea

nm

3:51 pm

april98

un7.44 - to decipher a message

3:51 pm

BzznBea

Thanks, april.

3:52 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

3:52 pm

april98

Sorry about that - I hit enter right when you wrote NM!

3:52 pm

DS927

Thanks April

4:52 pm

cybernan

hi everyone - windows cleaned and house too -- a little poorer but worth it!

5:31 pm

MollyL

Nan, I can't imagine you ever being poor.

6:17 pm

Christa

Greetings to All

8:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

te6/21 pls?

8:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

the second one

8:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

after the canvas dweing

8:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

nm happybabbling all

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