Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, August 8, 2025

12:02 am

justafreep

an7 and happy flip

12:02 am

Rainiqui

re 7

12:03 am

justafreep

pe7

12:03 am

Robespierre

fl7

12:04 am

Robespierre

fl7x2

12:05 am

dizgrannie

ne 8

12:06 am

Robespierre

fe7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:25 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, pe 9

12:45 am

Gillie

eu6 - still can't find a Y word

12:46 am

dizgrannie

ye 6, yl 4

12:46 am

Gillie

ty

12:46 am

dizgrannie

yw

6:24 am

Sugrraleona

gm need help with the tu5/16?

6:36 am

FrenchToast

sugar, that tu5 has the sometimes vowel right in the middle

6:36 am

Sugrraleona

ty french

6:37 am

saanichcat

I just monkeyed that! it is a nozzle which blasts air into forge or blast fi=urnace, you can google that meaning

6:37 am

hokie carla

phantom aptly. howdy folks.

6:38 am

saanichcat

hiya carla!

6:38 am

hokie carla

phantom aperture

6:38 am

hokie carla

hey saan

6:38 am

hokie carla

! sorry, still asleep

6:41 am

hokie carla

hmm, thought I found a good one but turns out neurode is not a word

6:57 am

hokie carla

well, found some regular words we never have. almost HOET but only found 2 U. 96 left for later. gotta go!

7:02 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

8:11 am

ivesyj

clue for the last fe 6 plz

8:12 am

Scrabbler

I have the anise-flavored vegetable.

8:12 am

Scrabbler

That is my only fe6.

8:12 am

ivesyj

ty scrabbler thats it!

8:13 am

Scrabbler

I almost bought some yesterday. It's delicious.

8:15 am

Christa

Good Morning

8:16 am

Scrabbler

Hi Christa. I have slowed down with 146 left.

8:17 am

ivesyj

i will have to finish later. have to get ready for work . sigh

8:34 am

periwinkle

morning all. helo with bottom N please

8:35 am

LuvWordGames

ne 8/50, a pt, let me know if you want another clue

8:35 am

montreal13

it's the NE8

8:35 am

periwinkle

ok looking

8:36 am

periwinkle

ty both

8:36 am

periwinkle

pe9?

8:37 am

montreal13

i don't have it peri...

8:37 am

LuvWordGames

I don't have it yet, will look with you

8:37 am

periwinkle

I don't know which P it comes from

8:38 am

mael

right P

8:38 am

periwinkle

ty

8:38 am

rururocks

a machine to count footsteps

8:39 am

montreal13

ahh tks mael, had not reach that P

8:39 am

LuvWordGames

thanks ruru

8:39 am

periwinkle

thank you ruru!!

8:39 am

montreal13

ty ru !

8:39 am

mael

:)

8:40 am

mael

normal word once you see it

8:40 am

rururocks

better than my first definition

8:40 am

montreal13

lol

8:41 am

mael

how to count all of the ones in this administration?

8:42 am

LuvWordGames

lol

8:42 am

periwinkle

good one mael

8:46 am

rururocks

jeffrey epstein jokes wouldn't go well around this crowd

8:49 am

periwinkle

bbl

8:53 am

hurshy

morning all

8:53 am

rururocks

hi hursh

8:53 am

LuvWordGames

morning hursh

8:53 am

montreal13

gm hursh

8:54 am

hurshy

how's everyone doing?

8:54 am

rururocks

I'm still sleepy

8:54 am

hurshy

i hear that

8:55 am

hurshy

wait why are you even up lol

8:55 am

rururocks

the dogs wake me up

8:55 am

hurshy

ahhh yes

8:58 am

hurshy

phantom: aperture

9:03 am

montreal13

my 'Babble hat' is in the grid !

9:03 am

rururocks

what's a babble hat? ohhhhh you wear those monty>?

9:04 am

montreal13

only in balle lo4 ru

9:04 am

montreal13

*babble

9:05 am

mael

ro6 always sounds so filthy

9:06 am

rururocks

I must not have that ro6 yet

9:06 am

montreal13

bbl for last 74 - ouch ! - have a great day all

9:07 am

mael

sounds like it could be a village people chorus, ru

9:07 am

rururocks

oh

9:08 am

rururocks

thanks mael

9:08 am

rururocks

that one wasn't sticking out to me

9:09 am

mael

FW!

9:09 am

rururocks

wow

9:09 am

rururocks

good for you.. I have 73 to go

9:10 am

rururocks

did you list?

9:12 am

mael

I did, for the last dozen or so

9:12 am

mael

some weird words in there

9:13 am

rururocks

yeah that's what i was thinking

9:13 am

hurshy

i have a stuffed duck that is wearing monty's babble hat

9:13 am

hurshy

his name is Philippe

9:15 am

mael

anyone need clues before I bounce?

9:15 am

rururocks

the n from the bottom row?

9:16 am

hurshy

ne8

9:17 am

mael

what you did to your pets

9:17 am

rururocks

ah.. thanks missed the past tense

9:18 am

rururocks

too many balls up in the air in this grid :D

9:18 am

mael

lol

9:18 am

mael

have a great day everyone!

9:18 am

rururocks

you too

9:19 am

rururocks

how was the baseball game a week ago or so

9:22 am

cybernan

good morning everyone -- not sure I want to tackle this, but here goes

9:22 am

rururocks

it's a bit of a toughie nan

9:24 am

Kaplan the Magne

I like big grids

9:24 am

cybernan

if you think it is tough, I'll get nowhere!

9:24 am

rururocks

it's ok until you get to the last 50

9:24 am

hurshy

i think it's always tougher with no S

9:25 am

BzznBea

phantom aperture

9:25 am

hurshy

oh that was one of mine too bea!

9:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

I don't need to finish large grids. It's just to see how far I can go.

9:26 am

hurshy

phantom: rumor

9:27 am

Kaplan the Magne

lept

9:30 am

hurshy

so i saw this video clip posted on fb where CBS news was interviewing a man who resigned from ICE rather than perpetuate a lie. and then i looked up the full interview and found it was from 7 years ago, during the FIRST trump administration. and idk if that makes it worse or better.

9:30 am

rururocks

worse

9:31 am

hurshy

while they were interviewing him two agents from DHS showed up at his house unexpectedly to intimidate him

9:38 am

MollyL

This is why social media is such a risky place to get your information.

9:38 am

Sugrraleona

Especially Facebook -

9:38 am

hurshy

yes, well, i do tend to either look at reliable sources, or check things that i don't know the source, but i know most people do not

9:39 am

hurshy

i mean it would definitely help if everything had a date stamp on it.

9:41 am

cybernan

even when you search for something it is hard to tell which articles are fake or have no basis in fact. I've been trying to get info on whether or not there is any correlation between airpod use and glioma -- hard to tell if even the scientific looking ones are authentic.

9:41 am

hurshy

i saw this one funny video where it was a "method" for putting on socks, and everyone was like, "this is so stupid, it's easier to just put on your sock the normal way" and i was like, i'm pretty sure that was the POINT, to mock all the other "life hack" videos

9:41 am

MollyL

Nan, have you asked your doctor?

9:42 am

cybernan

I haven't been talking to her about that. My granddaughter had a tumor removed last Friday and it was glioma

9:46 am

hurshy

pretty sure the only known health risk with air pods is the same as all past headphones - too much loud listening banging away at your ears will damage your hearing

9:46 am

cybernan

I hate these grids where just about every word can be found going in two directions

9:49 am

swmbo

I rarely comment, but sorry about your granddaughter cybernan. I hope she gets a good outcome!

9:50 am

hurshy

me too

9:51 am

cybernan

ty swmbo and hurshy

9:55 am

rururocks

I'm not sure what a glioma is but I hope she's better soon

9:57 am

cybernan

it is a cancerous growth in the brain

9:58 am

rururocks

oh jeezus.

9:58 am

rururocks

that's awful.

9:58 am

cybernan

exactly!

9:59 am

rururocks

so sorry nan.. is she doing better now? or it's too soon to tell

10:00 am

rururocks

I'm still half asleep to be honest

10:00 am

hurshy

the way nan phrased it, it sounds like they didn't know it was a glioma until they got it out and tested it

10:01 am

rururocks

oh ugh.. scary stuff

10:01 am

hurshy

which could mean she needs more tests to see if it is present elsewhere

10:01 am

hurshy

but i am inferring just from phrasing and could be wrong

10:02 am

cybernan

we are waiting for a 2nd pathology report to find out what type of glioma it is, but all are life threatening. She wil have to have radiation and chemo.

10:02 am

hurshy

ugh, that sucks. how old is she?

10:03 am

cybernan

35

10:04 am

hurshy

it's always hard to see someone you stand in a "protector" role towards dealing with something you couldn't protect them from :(

10:04 am

cybernan

yes it is

10:04 am

swmbo

some very tough times ahead for her and for you. Hugs. Cancer is a bitch

10:06 am

cybernan

It has certainly thrown our entire family for a loop.

10:06 am

hurshy

i bet :(

10:07 am

swmbo

I'm sure.

10:10 am

cybernan

ntpn - covid vaccine

10:10 am

hurshy

(company) Moderna

10:10 am

cybernan

*******

10:12 am

hurshy

phantoms: lemon, melon

10:13 am

hurshy

i will say for this grid that it has a lot of nice 7s

10:15 am

cybernan

almost through the first pass and no 8 or 9 and no y or bottom n

10:15 am

swmbo

the pe9 just jumped out at me LOL

10:15 am

hurshy

two of those are connected - bottom N is ne8 (a past tense, of a six from the upper N)

10:15 am

cybernan

maybe the last 50 were tough for ru, but the last 100 are going to be tough for me

10:16 am

hurshy

is that a clue swmbo?

10:16 am

swmbo

pe9 is a device for measuring your steps

10:16 am

cybernan

ty hurshy

10:16 am

hurshy

ah thanks

10:16 am

hurshy

i only have one of the Y but it is yL4

10:17 am

swmbo

the other is ye6, had a desire for

10:17 am

cybernan

ty again - forgot that one

10:17 am

hurshy

ah thanks

10:18 am

swmbo

Gotta go. Sending good vibes for your grand daughter Nan

10:18 am

cybernan

ty swmbo -- 3 black tiles now :)

10:18 am

cybernan

ty swmbo

10:20 am

cybernan

do you think pe 9 is an animal that jumps or hops

10:21 am

rururocks

an instrument that counts footsteps nan

10:21 am

cybernan

ty ru

10:22 am

cybernan

can you tell I don't walk for exercise or use a treadmill?

10:22 am

hurshy

i can't believe in 204 words i've only found one -ly adverb

10:33 am

cybernan

any up words?

10:33 am

hurshy

i have one up6, still missing one more U

10:35 am

cybernan

ty - still need 2 more

10:35 am

hurshy

one of mine is ur5/14, you might need that

10:36 am

cybernan

yes! ty

10:40 am

cybernan

nbt/nbs - off for breakfast

11:09 am

periwinkle

I only have ur4/5

11:11 am

periwinkle

found up6

11:21 am

periwinkle

ye6 please

11:22 am

hurshy

wanted (i think more used in scotland?)

11:22 am

periwinkle

hmmm

11:23 am

hurshy

but it's not like really obscure

11:24 am

periwinkle

it is to me

11:24 am

hurshy

you can't know that unless you've found it lol

11:25 am

hurshy

rhymes with a word for wrote, before typewriters

11:26 am

hurshy

i refer to a P word (not in grid tho)

11:27 am

periwinkle

tyty hursh

11:27 am

hurshy

ok NOW you can say whether it's obscure

11:27 am

periwinkle

yes still obscure

11:27 am

hurshy

i just think, compared to some of the other scots words we get...

11:29 am

periwinkle

bbl

11:32 am

Atalante

scots words? oh drat, I'm clearly going to have to start the grid

11:32 am

hokie carla

isn't there always obscure scots words here?

11:32 am

hurshy

just the ye6, today, which i feel is not as obscure as many of the others we sometimes get

11:33 am

hokie carla

well I saw your clue but didn't know the stat, so I got it, thanks

11:33 am

Atalante

I guessed it but never heard it used here!

11:34 am

hurshy

well i was only speculating that that's where it was used, and i meant, you know, HISTORICALLY, but even then, could just be wrong

11:35 am

Atalante

I think its just olde english

11:35 am

hurshy

i just thought maybe "ken" for know, "yen" for yearn

11:35 am

Atalante

apparently its derived from chinese

11:36 am

hurshy

but merriam webster says it comes from chinese

11:36 am

hurshy

jinx

11:36 am

hurshy

go figure

11:37 am

hurshy

obsolete English argot yen-yen craving for opium, from Chin (Guangdong) yin-yahn, from yin opium + yahn craving

11:38 am

hurshy

ok that's so interesting - when i tried to post that it wouldn't go through until i removed the accent marks

11:39 am

Atalante

I guess now I need to find the other 234 words

11:40 am

hurshy

lol

11:40 am

hurshy

well i've just finished at last, used list for the last 30 or so

11:40 am

hurshy

cut myself slack on account of there being no S

11:47 am

hokie carla

what's up with the U?

11:50 am

hurshy

one up6, the rest ur

11:50 am

hurshy

3 of which are pee-related

11:52 am

hokie carla

ok, have 2 UR. I did look at UP briefly this morning. will try again, thanks.

11:52 am

hokie carla

keep seeing upturn

11:56 am

Atalante

upnerd = get more geekier

12:11 pm

Atalante

phantom: neptune

12:29 pm

cybernan

hi again - just found my last u --- ur 6/21

12:31 pm

hokie carla

yes, upnerd crossed my mind

12:36 pm

hokie carla

finally found UR6 for HOET

12:36 pm

hokie carla

but still 89 left

12:37 pm

cybernan

90 here

12:38 pm

cybernan

beginning to think my vocab is sadly lacking - although half of the words these days are ones you would never use.

12:40 pm

cybernan

missing one f - any guesses?

12:41 pm

cybernan

got it - another 6

12:45 pm

cybernan

bottom row black

1:09 pm

Gillie

Well, I'm done (listed at 50-some). Definitely a lot of odd words in this one

1:09 pm

hokie carla

nice. the bottom row is definitely my closest but still need L R F there.

1:10 pm

hokie carla

congrats, gillie. thinking I will just leave some today.

1:11 pm

hokie carla

oh, found my L

2:56 pm

periwinkle

ur6 please

2:57 pm

periwinkle

started out really well but stalled with 79 left

3:00 pm

BzznBea

ur6 is pee tube

3:01 pm

periwinkle

thank u Bea. did not think to look to the left

3:04 pm

periwinkle

bl

3:45 pm

cybernan

hi again - hope I can finish this time

4:57 pm

Q

i am as finished as i'll get on a medium-large grid on a night i'm getting home from work after the flip...minimal nbt/nbs, 211 words left. each of the 24 tiles that start any words starts exactly one word.

5:18 pm

cybernan

11 left, all 6's and 7's and I've had enough!

5:18 pm

ChampFit

wtg nan! I'm still at 43

5:20 pm

ChampFit

42. just samy 2nd y. DUH

5:20 pm

ChampFit

*translation: just saw my 2nd y.

6:06 pm

hokie carla

still 54 here. still need 9 on the upper R and I'm tired of looking at it.

6:08 pm

ChampFit

I have most of those...I have 11 ro, and 2 ru

6:09 pm

ChampFit

Of course re's, just saying.

6:10 pm

hokie carla

just have 7 ro and 1 ru so I'll work there, thanks

6:23 pm

hokie carla

I'm really hating this grid but I have no other games to play while I'm sitting here. LOL

6:26 pm

ChampFit

Agree! still picking

6:27 pm

hokie carla

have 10 4s I guess I can look for

6:27 pm

hokie carla

still need 21 6s. and that is the problem with this grid and me.

6:28 pm

ChampFit

I need 14. still need 6- 7s

6:29 pm

hokie carla

only need 4 7's so I've got that going for me

6:30 pm

ChampFit

This sucker is deceptively hard.

6:32 pm

hokie carla

oh, there's the misspelled cat sound

6:32 pm

ChampFit

Thank you!

6:32 pm

hokie carla

of course

6:34 pm

hokie carla

and the L6 makeup company

6:36 pm

ChampFit

You are the best! ty

6:36 pm

hokie carla

and take a letter out for a 5

6:37 pm

ChampFit

got it

6:39 pm

ChampFit

Again..annoyed by finding words that I KNOW I typed missing.

6:40 pm

hokie carla

yeah, that happens to me in the big grids

6:40 pm

hokie carla

oh, just found a 2nd hat

6:46 pm

ChampFit

the b?

6:47 pm

ChampFit

Ugh...the up just entered my mind. It's such a stupid word to me.

6:48 pm

ChampFit

The up6 I mean. bbl....taking pups to play with their buds.

6:48 pm

periwinkle

I have the be hat word. what are the stats for the other please

6:48 pm

hokie carla

fe6

6:49 pm

periwinkle

I have that :)

6:49 pm

hokie carla

yes, the b was the one I just found. found the f this morning.

6:49 pm

periwinkle

I found them both earlier just tired now

6:49 pm

hokie carla

bye, champ. agree the up is stupid.

6:49 pm

periwinkle

66 left will not finish this one either

6:50 pm

hokie carla

down to 43 here but still have 7 4s and I'm looking specifically for them.

7:19 pm

hokie carla

leaving 13 after listing

7:19 pm

hokie carla

good night!

7:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

grid seems to go on forever...

7:49 pm

hurshy

it's because there's no S, this is a lot of words for a non-S grid

7:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

evening, y'all

8:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no points for blep

8:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

Nardole is in the grid

8:15 pm

hurshy

so he is!

8:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

halfway done, woot

8:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

almost hoet, night all

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