Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, April 22, 2025

12:10 am

lynxxx

ma6

12:12 am

JoyO

Ta6

12:14 am

cybernan

this grid is beyond me -- stuck with only 34 words, nothing over a 5 and 2 blanks. Think I will be skipping this one

12:16 am

justafreep

un7

12:17 am

justafreep

and it is not a very friendly grid, I agree

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

cybernan

and that un "word" doesn't really exist

12:19 am

cybernan

I suspect most of them will be like that

12:19 am

justafreep

Oh, details details

12:22 am

cybernan

lol - good night:)

12:23 am

justafreep

g'night, nan

1:21 am

rbud

still not listed yet - found nu 6/21

1:49 am

sprite

morning babblers

1:51 am

sprite

ks killed

2:04 am

sprite

phantom: natural. Lovely grid! Quite a challenge.

2:24 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

4:45 am

mael

good morning

4:49 am

MollyL

mael is up with her chickens

4:49 am

mael

as usual :)

4:49 am

mael

I turn 40 today!

4:49 am

frogface

Happy birthday mael.

4:50 am

mael

thank you!

4:50 am

frogface

lira

4:50 am

frogface

lair

4:50 am

frogface

eek sorry

4:50 am

frogface

and that is why I'm a lurker rather than a chatter

4:51 am

MollyL

Happy Birthday mael. Cake, ice cream and champagne in the PB.

4:51 am

mael

it happens to the best of us!

4:55 am

MollyL

How appropriate that pa/16 is in the grid

4:56 am

mael

the 8 is... specific

4:59 am

MollyL

I had to look it up

5:00 am

MollyL

Didn't know there were such avid folk

5:00 am

MollyL

Didn't know there were such avid folk

5:00 am

mael

I know the word because I keep bees but it's just an odd one to have a word about

5:00 am

mael

I know the word because I keep bees but it's just an odd one to have a word about

5:00 am

mael

I know the word because I keep bees but it's just an odd one to have a word about

5:00 am

mael

whoops, hiccup

5:09 am

MollyL

*Gives the chat log some bicarbonate of soda

5:10 am

mael

FW!

5:10 am

MollyL

Well done birthday girl. Enjoy your special day.

5:12 am

mael

thank you! hope it's a beautiful spring day for you too

5:22 am

Norma

al

5:36 am

Norma

ma

8:30 am

MollyL

Happy Earth Day. Do something to show Ma Earth that you love her.

8:33 am

phaeton

clue for the un7?

8:36 am

rururocks

what trump is

8:39 am

Kaplan the Magne

what ISN'T he?

8:40 am

rururocks

good question kap.. i guess that makes for a bad clue

8:40 am

Kaplan the Magne

No, I got it.

8:42 am

mkg

Huh? I didnt get it. He is so so many things.

8:42 am

mkg

un word. Hmmm.

8:43 am

mkg

i got it. Wow. Great clue after all!

8:43 am

Kaplan the Magne

But what isn't he? Wellfunctioningadultmale is not in the grid

8:44 am

phaeton

is the un6 the same?

8:45 am

rururocks

no

8:45 am

mkg

Clear thinking not in grid eitherâ€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦

8:45 am

mkg

The six is not same.

8:45 am

rururocks

i guess if you're really tubby you're un6

8:46 am

mkg

Tubby? Huh? Do you mean chubby?

8:47 am

phaeton

got the un6...struggling with the un7

8:47 am

GMpnk

hahaha just got the un7 Trump word .... yes, excellent clue!

8:48 am

Kaplan the Magne

wouldn't the Trump word start with I rather than U?

8:48 am

mkg

Phaeton, another clue for the un seven: man is thisâ€¦.

8:48 am

phaeton

ty mkg

8:49 am

Kaplan the Magne

No rules with him

8:49 am

mkg

Did you get it phaeton?

8:49 am

mkg

I still need the un six.

8:50 am

mkg

Missing top corner r words too.

8:51 am

mkg

oh just found one. Hmmm

9:01 am

MollyL

I disagree about Trump. Greed, narcissism and power hunger are all very ______ characteristics.

9:04 am

phaeton

yes mkg FW

9:31 am

UntitledDocument

I do feel as though anty should be a word, with all the other crazy words in here. "The picnic we had yesterday was quite anty"

10:15 am

player girl

what are the stats of the 8

10:15 am

BzznBea

ap8.50

10:22 am

MollyL

It's nowhere near a normal word

10:24 am

BzznBea

I would consider myself one.

11:34 am

BzznBea

Namaste

11:41 am

hurshy

greetings all

11:42 am

hurshy

top row grey

11:47 am

hurshy

*giggles because my5/22 counts*

11:49 am

hurshy

why did i think antrim was a word?

11:56 am

crosshair

Good afternoon, Babblers, and happy birthday mael. :)

11:56 am

hurshy

hiya crossy

11:57 am

crosshair

Howdy, hurshy. :)

12:08 pm

hurshy

well i'm totally stumped by the left Us

12:08 pm

bichon

hu 5/16, first one, pls

12:09 pm

hurshy

oh found the clues below and got un6

12:10 pm

hurshy

i only have one bichon and it's a normal word so probably i need it too

12:10 pm

hurshy

oh, no, nvm, they are both normal

12:10 pm

hurshy

first one is, well, us. but Spock is only half.

12:11 pm

hurshy

worf not at all but his adoptive parents are

12:12 pm

bichon

tyvm hurshy

12:13 pm

hurshy

still stumped on un7 though. don't see unsmart or unmanly

12:16 pm

hurshy

maybe it's not using un as a prefix? hmmm

12:21 pm

hurshy

bottom row grey!

12:23 pm

hurshy

ttfn

12:25 pm

moolingwa

hello all

12:49 pm

hurshy

back, hey mool

12:49 pm

hurshy

i have 7 left, including the 7

12:51 pm

hurshy

ohhhhh got the 7 at last

12:51 pm

hurshy

2-2-2

12:52 pm

hurshy

anyone done with K? are they all 4s?

12:53 pm

EvaNadine

yes, all 4s

12:53 pm

hurshy

ok thanks and hi there eva

12:53 pm

EvaNadine

hello!

12:54 pm

hurshy

got the last of those Ks, thanks

12:55 pm

hurshy

1-1-1

12:56 pm

hurshy

got the 4

12:56 pm

hurshy

so that leaves M5 and M6

12:56 pm

hurshy

one upper, one lower

12:58 pm

moolingwa

6-7-2-1-1 for me :)

12:58 pm

EvaNadine

youll get the M6 tomorrow.
;)

12:58 pm

hurshy

got the 5! (that was lower M)

12:59 pm

hurshy

got the 6!

12:59 pm

hurshy

no i had the tomorrow one, it was another one

1:00 pm

MollyL

Si, the Cleverista Clue-ita

1:00 pm

hurshy

any clue requests?

1:01 pm

MollyL

Polymers. All nerds love polymers.

1:02 pm

EvaNadine

my brain refuses to see my last 29 words -- and honestly, im surprised i found as many as i did.

1:07 pm

MollyL

This, as usual, is not an easy, breezy grid. Contrary to the opinion of some brainiacs.

3:16 pm

moolingwa

rehi to any lurkers

3:40 pm

hokie carla

hidey-ho

3:55 pm

hokie carla

well, made it to 22 left and HOET but a little stuck. about the same number of 4s I had left yesterday. have I stopped being able to see 4's too?
8-8-4-1-1

4:01 pm

dan2bit

carla can I have stats for the top row U?

4:06 pm

hokie carla

um5, that ole chestnut

4:07 pm

dan2bit

tyty

4:07 pm

hokie carla

I've obviously been playing this game too long as I found it at first look

4:07 pm

hokie carla

nw

4:08 pm

dan2bit

I am not a fan of the high point tile when it shows up in grids

4:17 pm

hokie carla

nope

4:18 pm

hokie carla

I did manage to make up 4 k words, but still have one

5:31 pm

moolingwa

rerehi

5:31 pm

moolingwa

still 11 to go here

5:36 pm

MollyL

rehi...rerehi...rehiiiii...rehello...r\negreetings

5:39 pm

hokie carla

you forgot rehowdy

5:39 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke

5:39 pm

hokie carla

found 2 words

5:39 pm

hokie carla

hey mooo!

5:39 pm

moolingwa

I found 1 :)

5:40 pm

hokie carla

still 18

5:41 pm

hokie carla

R
H MMMM
AA K
U T M A P
H RR L

5:42 pm

MollyL

I don't use howdy. I reminds me of someone I don't like very much. He's a liar.

5:46 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found my H

5:46 pm

hokie carla

well, the upper

5:48 pm

hokie carla

found 2 m's, one is dumb

5:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

phantom; rumaki

5:53 pm

hokie carla

don't think I've ever seen that word before, TO!

5:54 pm

hokie carla

found my L

6:00 pm

hokie carla

found my T, that's a weird one,

6:07 pm

hokie carla

found the P

6:13 pm

hokie carla

2-4-2-1-1
R MM A K U M A H R
guess I will scan the chat for help now

6:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

still here? it's an appetizer. 50

6:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

1960s i think. chicken liver, ugh

6:28 pm

hokie carla

interesting

6:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

and water chestnuts

6:38 pm

hokie carla

well, if it ever made it to my part of the country, it was gone before I was born

6:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks. betty crocker cookbook. still there

6:45 pm

hokie carla

I did have a copy of that sometime but I don't think I do anymore.

7:25 pm

nrkii

extreme obsession with bees??? really???

7:29 pm

nrkii

hello and good night all!

7:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

well is that a word clue?

7:43 pm

nrkii

yeah it was a clue... or rather, the definition I found after my monkeys found the 8

7:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

stats pls?

7:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

nm used the root to ge it

7:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

was counting incorrectly

8:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

pliar

8:58 pm

mkg

Hi all. Any help for the U word top row U?

9:03 pm

mkg

Got it. A word from alaska! Nice word

9:05 pm

crosshair

Good evening, mkg. :)

11:45 pm

rbud

yippee, made it back here in time to finish.

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