Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, June 11, 2025

12:03 am

Rainiqui

ne 7

12:03 am

cybernan

hi rain

12:03 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan

12:04 am

justafreep

hi nan and rain

12:04 am

justafreep

te7/8

12:04 am

Rainiqui

hi Freep

12:04 am

dizgrannie

ke 7, hi all

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Hi Diz

12:06 am

grannyrose

sp 8, 9

12:06 am

justafreep

sw7

12:08 am

cybernan

hi freep, diz

12:08 am

justafreep

sp8 x 2

12:09 am

justafreep

as7

12:11 am

justafreep

sp8 x 3

12:16 am

cybernan

in 8

12:16 am

justafreep

sw7 x 3

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:32 am

cybernan

pr 8

12:33 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs. ne 10 and te 11

12:34 am

Rainiqui

ne 10 is easy.... IF you choose the right ne to start with

12:36 am

Rainiqui

te 11 is a bit trickier but again choose the right te to begin with

12:37 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:37 am

cybernan

too late for me to find those - good night :)

12:38 am

Rainiqui

Hi Sprite

12:38 am

sprite

hiya Rainiqui

12:40 am

justafreep

night, nan. hi, sprite.

12:41 am

sprite

ks killed

12:42 am

sprite

hiya freep :)

12:53 am

Gillie

haven't found the ne10, but there is a ne9

1:03 am

sprite

they are kind of related

1:04 am

Gillie

oh yeah - I've seen it now

1:12 am

sprite

guess I am a phantom today

1:23 am

sprite

Ghana coin found

1:35 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

7:33 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

8:40 am

mkg

i dont see any ne or ne 9 or 10. darn.

8:40 am

mkg

also not seeing the te 11.

8:41 am

mkg

totally stumped.

8:41 am

hurshy

i would guess a te11 would start with te4phone

8:41 am

hurshy

but could be wrong

8:47 am

rururocks

nope you're right

8:48 am

hurshy

wish it was te4kinesis

8:49 am

hurshy

ok well i have to go to work now, ttfn

8:49 am

penquis

just add a real word to the prefix...

8:51 am

LuvWordGames

wow just monkeyed the na 7 & 8. I've never seen that word before

8:51 am

penquis

cool...

8:52 am

penquis

ah...part of the Enterprise... ;o)

8:53 am

mkg

if anyone has a clue for the second part of the ne 9 i would love to have it. i believe first part i have as ne4

8:55 am

mkg

got ne 9 finally. ty anyway. now for the ten and eleven

8:55 am

penquis

the word is a low grade paper....

8:56 am

LuvWordGames

the 10 is a similar word, a brief note not a full ne 4 paper

8:56 am

penquis

or..."all the ne 4 that's fit to *****....

8:57 am

penquis

ty, luv....didn't have that one...

8:58 am

LuvWordGames

the pi 9 would be found it a bowling alley

8:58 am

penquis

didn't notice that someone asked for that one...

8:58 am

mkg

great clue luv. ty got it.

8:58 am

mkg

whew. now to try to get the 11.

8:59 am

mkg

and got the 11 as well. so all set. ty to all cluers.

8:59 am

penquis

yw...

9:01 am

rururocks

finally have all the t's

9:01 am

penquis

missing three here....along with 77 other words... ;o)

9:11 am

BzznBea

Cripes! That corner S is huge!

9:11 am

penquis

yup...

9:12 am

BzznBea

I started finding words before I looked at the stats.

9:14 am

LuvWordGames

just finished, any clues needed?

9:14 am

penquis

too many left, but thanks...

9:22 am

rururocks

done here too.. very confusing grid today

9:22 am

rururocks

*waves to saanich*

9:24 am

periwinkle

hello all. I went to an 8 am exercise class today for the first time in my life. It was a good class and the instructor and people in the class were very welcoming

9:25 am

periwinkle

I have the ne9. help with the ne10 please

9:28 am

penquis

nice peri...the gym might have a publication they send to members with news about the gym....it's a ne 10....

9:29 am

periwinkle

ty pen, great clue

9:29 am

penquis

a clue within a clue.... :oP

9:29 am

penquis

yw...

9:30 am

periwinkle

no idea re the ending of the 11

9:30 am

periwinkle

I know it start with te

9:31 am

penquis

the ending is something connected to your computer...

9:31 am

periwinkle

hmm

9:32 am

periwinkle

ah ty pen!!

9:32 am

penquis

a piece of equipment most people have....

9:32 am

penquis

yw...

9:46 am

penquis

taking a break....bye all...

10:05 am

phaeton

does the te11 start with the bottom corner T?

10:10 am

EvaNadine

i dont have the 11, but i do have the bottom corner T, so nope.

10:11 am

phaeton

ty

10:13 am

BzznBea

It starts with the T above the K

10:15 am

phaeton

ty

10:16 am

phaeton

I just can't see getting 7 letters in after the first 4!

10:17 am

BzznBea

It used to produce the ne10

10:18 am

phaeton

don't have the ne10

10:19 am

phaeton

just got the ne10

10:30 am

hurshy

thankee bea

10:36 am

phaeton

clue for the first sp8/65?

10:38 am

BzznBea

wash cycle + fashion magazine

10:39 am

phaeton

ty

10:39 am

BzznBea

yw

10:42 am

wingding

ty bea sp 8/45 ... not a magazine i've read ...

10:50 am

EvaNadine

make it plural for SP9

10:56 am

bichon

ty Bea

11:06 am

phaeton

clue for the na7

11:15 am

JohanM

NA 7 - Star Trek warp drive

11:22 am

cybernan

good morning :)

11:24 am

phaeton

ty Jo

11:34 am

cybernan

thanks for the clues -- not a trekkie though, so didn't get that one

11:34 am

bichon

I didn't either

11:40 am

JohanM

aviation or space engine covering or enclosure

11:40 am

cybernan

silo? hangar? no idea

11:44 am

paperdoll

na + biology term for the smallest unit of life + vowel. Plural it for the 8

11:45 am

cybernan

ty paperdoll

12:07 pm

cybernan

bbl

1:14 pm

mael

I've grayed out the randomest tiles

1:16 pm

hokie carla

I grayed two on the bottom

1:17 pm

mael

All the Ts, for one, which surprised me

1:18 pm

hokie carla

I've really just started but was eating lunch so I didn't want to do the S with one hand so I did the bottom

1:19 pm

mael

the K is a problem for me

1:19 pm

hokie carla

yeah, only found 6 k

1:19 pm

mael

me too

1:20 pm

mael

I keep seeing knell but that's not there

1:20 pm

hokie carla

and only 22 S and slowed way down

1:20 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I tried knell and knelt

1:21 pm

mael

I found some longer Ss and now have 38, but can't see anymore at all

1:21 pm

hokie carla

well, I found one more for half so moving on

1:22 pm

hokie carla

oh, but grayed the top L on first look

1:24 pm

mael

good work! I've got two missing

1:25 pm

mael

Finally got the C though

1:26 pm

hurshy

ooh nice i needed that sp8 and 9

1:26 pm

mael

I like the ne9

1:26 pm

hurshy

and 10!

1:27 pm

BzznBea

I clued that sp earlier.

1:27 pm

hurshy

now i only need 6 + 2 S words

1:28 pm

hokie carla

have tried a lot of s words with the diminutive ending before I even knew there were big ones. will circle back to that later and look for bea's clues.

1:28 pm

hurshy

ooh now i got the shorter versions of that pair too

1:29 pm

mael

sad that spinneret is not in the grid, it's one of my favorite words

1:29 pm

hokie carla

trying to find one pesky w now

1:30 pm

mael

to me the sp words just mean weed lol, it's very close to the Italian spelling for blunts

1:31 pm

hurshy

i need one W also

1:31 pm

hurshy

but at least i got pop goes the

1:32 pm

hurshy

oh i missed a plural! got it now

1:32 pm

hokie carla

me too, though it was the last one I found

1:32 pm

hokie carla

me too, though it was the last one I found

1:34 pm

hurshy

canelle, another food word that doesn't work

1:36 pm

hokie carla

just need one c now too

1:36 pm

hurshy

same here

1:37 pm

hokie carla

aha, it was a 4 that looks like a 3 plural

1:37 pm

hurshy

oh yeah that one! thanks

1:38 pm

cybernan

hi again

1:38 pm

hokie carla

hey nan

1:38 pm

hurshy

have we got any PL words today?

1:38 pm

mael

no pils or pilsen, how sad for us beer fans

1:39 pm

hurshy

*cough cough*

1:39 pm

hokie carla

haven't started the P

1:39 pm

BzznBea

All Esses grey

1:39 pm

mael

wait did I mess up? let me look for related words lol

1:39 pm

hurshy

good job bea!

1:40 pm

mael

I'm missing 4 Ps

1:40 pm

hokie carla

super, bea!

1:40 pm

hurshy

i'm missing 8 Ps

1:40 pm

hokie carla

oh, found a p9

1:40 pm

hurshy

stats hokie?

1:40 pm

mael

oh I just wasn't spelling it right, like a doofus LOL

1:41 pm

hokie carla

pi9/60

1:41 pm

hokie carla

an old bowling alley worker I reckon

1:41 pm

hurshy

thanks hokie!

1:41 pm

hurshy

also found a pr8

1:41 pm

mael

alternate spelling, I guess

1:41 pm

hurshy

well in current bowling alleys they still call the machine that i think

1:42 pm

hokie carla

I just had to type intel, even though I knew it was not going to take.

1:42 pm

hurshy

me too

1:44 pm

BzznBea

I started at the bottom today.

1:44 pm

hurshy

oooh how daring

1:44 pm

hokie carla

me too, bea!

1:45 pm

hurshy

i don't think i would do that, cause of the way the words count

1:45 pm

hokie carla

I just did it because of how many hands I had for typing at the time, then after bottom row and lunch being over I went back to top.

1:46 pm

cybernan

still missing 3 k's from the bottom row here

1:46 pm

hokie carla

4 k's needed here

1:46 pm

cybernan

do not like k words sam I am

1:46 pm

hurshy

just about to do the Ks

1:49 pm

hurshy

found another ke6/30 besides the normal one

1:49 pm

cybernan

k's done - some strange ones

1:50 pm

hurshy

care to clue strange ones?

1:50 pm

mael

sounds like the mint ju*** cocktail

1:51 pm

hokie carla

care to clue the one besides the normal one? have tried a bunch of combos

1:51 pm

cybernan

ke 5-6, ke 6 x2

1:51 pm

hurshy

ke + homophone of adolescent

1:51 pm

hokie carla

gracias

1:51 pm

cybernan

that was one of them

1:52 pm

hokie carla

and thanks, mael

1:52 pm

hokie carla

still one

1:52 pm

cybernan

ke 5/33 and plural - points should give it to you

1:52 pm

cybernan

oh, mael clued it

1:53 pm

hurshy

4-5-8-5

1:53 pm

cybernan

ke 6 with the comparative ending

1:53 pm

hurshy

ty!

1:54 pm

cybernan

missing and e from the 2nd col. - any guesses

1:54 pm

hurshy

those are all sea bird

1:54 pm

mael

they're all birds, nan

1:54 pm

mael

FW!

1:54 pm

hokie carla

well done, mael

1:55 pm

cybernan

ty - grats mael

1:55 pm

hokie carla

still trying to get that K with comparative ending. it is a 6 with the ending? have tried lots of things.

1:55 pm

hurshy

6 includes the ending

1:55 pm

cybernan

5 t's to finish the 4th row

1:55 pm

hurshy

he6 ske6 in the summer sw7...

1:55 pm

hokie carla

finally, bottom row gray

1:56 pm

cybernan

ah - missed the birds there too

1:58 pm

hurshy

any PL or PS?

1:58 pm

BzznBea

no

1:59 pm

cybernan

still missing 2 t's -

1:59 pm

hokie carla

still missing 98 words

1:59 pm

cybernan

is there more than 1 te 8?

2:00 pm

hurshy

no

2:01 pm

hokie carla

a bit bewildered by the last col N. only found 3.

2:02 pm

cybernan

anyone want to guess what my missing t from the middle tile is?

2:02 pm

hokie carla

haven't even looked there yet

2:02 pm

cybernan

do you have the ne 9 or 10?

2:03 pm

hokie carla

no, of course not

2:03 pm

hokie carla

clue?

2:03 pm

cybernan

all to do with hearst's business

2:04 pm

hurshy

dod you mean the middle of the three Ts or the middle column of the grid, nan?

2:04 pm

cybernan

both are compounds

2:04 pm

cybernan

middle column

2:04 pm

hurshy

oh then i'm no good, missing 2 there myself

2:04 pm

hokie carla

fun fact, I worked for hearst for 5 years

2:05 pm

hokie carla

found ne9

2:06 pm

cybernan

the other one is the monthly publication you get from organixations you belong to

2:06 pm

hokie carla

just saw it, but thx

2:06 pm

cybernan

I'm thinking that missing t is not a common word

2:12 pm

cybernan

sinette - a white lie

2:14 pm

hokie carla

ok, what about my middle E?

2:15 pm

cybernan

en 5 is the only one I have frome there

2:15 pm

BzznBea

en7?

2:15 pm

BzznBea

en7.28 is probably the one you are missing

2:15 pm

hokie carla

yes, will look, thanks

2:15 pm

cybernan

clue please bea?

2:16 pm

BzznBea

has the canvas house in it

2:17 pm

hokie carla

took me a bit to figure that out but got it, thx

2:17 pm

cybernan

ty bea

2:17 pm

BzznBea

french political policy

2:19 pm

hokie carla

well, nan. got 22 of the T's so am now in the same boat.

2:19 pm

hokie carla

oh, found it!

2:19 pm

cybernan

probably the same word too

2:20 pm

cybernan

stats?

2:20 pm

hokie carla

my missing one was te5/10

2:20 pm

hokie carla

doctrine of a group, etc

2:21 pm

cybernan

have that one

2:22 pm

hokie carla

now if I could just find my missing 4th col T

2:22 pm

hokie carla

I would check all your plurals

2:22 pm

cybernan

did that, but will do it again

2:23 pm

hokie carla

and there is a 4 letter te that looks like a plural of a 3 letter

2:23 pm

cybernan

have that too

2:24 pm

hokie carla

well, just saw there are 2 of those

2:24 pm

hokie carla

or 3

2:26 pm

cybernan

do you have the person who sleeps in the canvas shelter

2:26 pm

hokie carla

yes

2:28 pm

BzznBea

I need a break. Good time to make ice cream.

2:28 pm

BzznBea

I need a break. Good time to make ice cream.

2:28 pm

hokie carla

yum

2:28 pm

cybernan

going to stop for lunch

2:28 pm

hokie carla

enjoy

2:29 pm

hokie carla

from 4th col, I have te4 and te6

2:30 pm

cybernan

relates a story

2:30 pm

hokie carla

oh, I have that. te4 is from the 3rd col.

2:31 pm

cybernan

missing one n , one t and one l all from the middle of the grid

2:31 pm

hokie carla

still 55 here

2:31 pm

cybernan

this is the te 5 hokey

2:31 pm

hokie carla

yes, I hve the te4

2:31 pm

hokie carla

te5 I mean

2:31 pm

cybernan

those are the re from that tile: te 5,4,6

2:33 pm

hokie carla

the te4 canvas shelter is from the other T, so what te4?

2:34 pm

cybernan

I was thinking that was the te 4 - I hAVE all of them, so will look again

2:34 pm

hokie carla

just typed in tenrec for the heck of it

2:38 pm

cybernan

can't figure out which one it is -- need to gete some lunch

2:38 pm

hokie carla

bon appetit

2:39 pm

cybernan

the canvas shelter comes from the 4th col. t

2:39 pm

cybernan

so does the person who sleeps there who relateS the story

2:39 pm

hokie carla

no, it's 3rd - goes west, southeast, then northeast

2:40 pm

cybernan

oh so it does - I don't know then

2:40 pm

hokie carla

thanks for looking

2:41 pm

cybernan

maybe the program recorded a t from the wrong tgile?

2:41 pm

cybernan

I'll do a reboot

2:42 pm

hokie carla

just on mine? I will do a refresh and see what happens

2:42 pm

hokie carla

nothing

2:43 pm

cybernan

me neither -- back after lunch

2:45 pm

hokie carla

duh, my missing w was a plural

3:08 pm

periwinkle

in8 please

3:08 pm

periwinkle

I played scrabble at the senior center and I won!

3:08 pm

BzznBea

in8 is one who

3:09 pm

periwinkle

hmm

3:09 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea

3:09 pm

BzznBea

It follows the in5.10

3:15 pm

periwinkle

last sp8 please.

3:16 pm

BzznBea

A fast runner.

3:16 pm

hokie carla

what is the other? and congrats on your scrabble win, peri.

3:16 pm

periwinkle

I have that one. don't think it is the last tho

3:16 pm

BzznBea

it is

3:17 pm

periwinkle

sorry it is thanks Bea

3:17 pm

hokie carla

I don't know what could be last if that one isn't based on the letters

3:17 pm

hokie carla

still 34 left here and mostly given up

3:17 pm

periwinkle

there is an sp8 before the runner. do you have that carla?

3:18 pm

BzznBea

That's the wooden sliver

3:18 pm

periwinkle

I won't finish but want to find some more words before I quit. 145 left

3:18 pm

periwinkle

I have it

3:18 pm

cybernan

hi again

3:18 pm

periwinkle

hi nan

3:21 pm

periwinkle

help with right corner T please

3:22 pm

BzznBea

That is the te11

3:22 pm

periwinkle

I have the te11 and that is still blank

3:23 pm

BzznBea

te6.18 sorry

3:33 pm

hokie carla

thanks for the other sp8

3:33 pm

hokie carla

didn't have the 6 either

3:33 pm

bichon

pe 6/33, pls

3:33 pm

hokie carla

right corner T is te6/18

3:34 pm

hokie carla

I guess my missing T that nan was trying to help me with is a TE11 then?

3:35 pm

hokie carla

is this a regular word?

3:36 pm

BzznBea

No, Carla. Compound

3:37 pm

BzznBea

you might use it to produce the ne10

3:38 pm

cybernan

ooh - just found the beer - my last 8

3:38 pm

bichon

is the first part a number?

3:39 pm

BzznBea

Which one are you asking about, bichon

3:39 pm

bichon

te 11, Bea

3:39 pm

BzznBea

not a number

3:40 pm

bichon

ty Bea

3:42 pm

hokie carla

hmm, will think about it. BBL.

3:43 pm

cybernan

found that missing t - it was a singlular that I had the plural

3:43 pm

cybernan

Bottom 3 rows done and heading to the list

3:45 pm

cybernan

first as 6 please?

3:46 pm

cybernan

nm

3:48 pm

cybernan

pe 6/33 please?

3:59 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

4:01 pm

MollyL

pe + stitch + vowel

4:02 pm

MollyL

A coin of Ghana...Enable nerds

4:02 pm

cybernan

ty molly

4:08 pm

cybernan

these s's are gruesome

4:14 pm

cybernan

sp 6/21 after the one who competes in the "bee" please?

4:16 pm

cybernan

nm - a half word

4:16 pm

periwinkle

still have not found the corner T

4:19 pm

cybernan

te 6 rhymes with what you put in the mail

4:20 pm

cybernan

or what you receive in the mail

4:21 pm

periwinkle

ty nan

4:22 pm

cybernan

sp 7/32 that comes after the homophone for a military javelin and before the abc word

4:22 pm

cybernan

please?

4:24 pm

cybernan

monkeyed it. Done - whew

4:26 pm

cybernan

hagd - off to feed the cat

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