Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, September 4, 2025

12:10 am

rururocks

be7 fi7 hi7 le7 wa7 wi7

12:10 am

rururocks

de7 x 2

12:11 am

Rainiqui

re 7, sa 7

12:11 am

Rainiqui

dads

12:11 am

cybernan

hi rain and ru

12:12 am

rururocks

hiya nan

12:12 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan and Ru

12:12 am

rururocks

hi rain.. you blow my mind on how easy it is for you to find large words in the grids

12:13 am

Rainiqui

It's the 42,000 short ones that slay me

12:14 am

justafreep

re7/8

12:15 am

justafreep

el7

12:15 am

Rainiqui

indefines

12:16 am

justafreep

se7

12:16 am

justafreep

da7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

rururocks

I'm off to bed.. night all

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:17 am

justafreep

night, ruru

12:17 am

Rainiqui

Night Ru

12:24 am

justafreep

found an re8/9

12:26 am

cybernan

ty freep

12:28 am

cybernan

passed the half way mark -- good night everyone :)

12:28 am

justafreep

night, nan

1:15 am

sprite

thanks Lickety, morning babblers

3:07 am

Mercy

as

3:07 am

Mercy

endefr

3:29 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

7:34 am

periwinkle

morning all. help with bottom row lone D please

7:34 am

ChampFit

I need it too Peri

7:39 am

periwinkle

bbl

8:05 am

Soodle

Found that pesky lone D. De + several Mr Quales.

8:05 am

bichon

ty Soods

8:10 am

Soodle

More than welcome, Bich. :-)

8:11 am

mkg

ty for the clue.

8:34 am

mkg

any U word clues welcome

8:35 am

Dippnall

all to do with the bone in the arm

8:35 am

swmbo

di10 whew! quite a twisty one

8:36 am

mkg

ty got them all from that.

8:36 am

mkg

any clues for that ten? ty

8:37 am

swmbo

yes. it means showing contempt

8:37 am

swmbo

di7 before it and di8 after, all related

8:39 am

mkg

i have the 7 and 8 but dont get ending. hmmm.

8:41 am

mkg

trying all endings and nothing. hmmm

8:42 am

swmbo

it is with di7

8:42 am

swmbo

120 left, be back later to finish

8:44 am

mkg

yes with di 7. but looking for another ending after the 7 and not seeing it..............

8:44 am

mkg

GOT IT! ty for all help.

8:44 am

mkg

any help with 9s welcome. ty.

8:58 am

mkg

does anyone have a clue for the bottom row E word? thanks.

9:00 am

mkg

i see ed 7, two of them in list. any clues welcome. ty

9:03 am

Dippnall

instructs or improves - and pt

9:04 am

mkg

got the ed words. ty.

9:04 am

mkg

now i just need the 9s.

9:45 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

9:55 am

0471

di10 - not half, but *** of di7

10:13 am

hurshy

h'lo

10:14 am

hurshy

a player from India? nice to meet you 0471

10:14 am

cybernan

missing one h - any guesses?

10:15 am

hurshy

there are 3 pairs and then one extra hi4 and one hu4

10:17 am

hurshy

top E has en4 and...?

10:17 am

cybernan

have the hu, 2 pairs and an 2 extra hi 4's

10:17 am

cybernan

oh - I see it now, ty

10:17 am

hurshy

well one of yours that you think is extra (at the beginning) actually has ... yeah

10:17 am

hurshy

:D

10:18 am

cybernan

missed the pt

10:18 am

hurshy

whereas i missed the other one, it's cause they go two different ways

10:20 am

hurshy

ha i was going to say something was a phantom and then i tried it just in case and it really was here

10:21 am

0471

ty hurshy :)

10:22 am

cybernan

all my l's so far are 4's and 5's - anything bigger I shoud be looking for?

10:22 am

hurshy

yes, the one i just thought was a phantom, to be the connecting point person between two groups, and pt

10:22 am

hurshy

and the bank is a le6 when it gives a mortgage, and pl

10:23 am

hurshy

also there is a 5 that has a 6 plural

10:23 am

hurshy

but am missing one L so that's all i know

10:24 am

cybernan

yes - did have the bank ones - ty for the others

10:25 am

cybernan

still missing 2

10:25 am

hurshy

do you have the vowelly 4, in L*** of (like instead of)

10:26 am

cybernan

i do now :)

10:33 am

cybernan

going to work on the d's for a while - still need a lot of them

10:33 am

hurshy

yeah i used the clues that were given in the chat but still need 3 others

10:34 am

cybernan

need 6 more

10:35 am

cybernan

have the ones in the chat as well

10:35 am

fish223

there are three le7s hurshy

10:36 am

hurshy

there can't be

10:36 am

hurshy

there can be 3 L7 altogether but not 3 LE

10:36 am

fish223

sorry, one li

10:36 am

hurshy

ok cook

10:36 am

hurshy

i mean cool lol

10:37 am

hurshy

is the other one weird?

10:37 am

cybernan

oh - my missing l if an le 7 then

10:37 am

hurshy

aHA got it

10:37 am

hurshy

not weird

10:37 am

fish223

no they are all fairly normal

10:37 am

hurshy

ty fish

10:38 am

fish223

np

10:38 am

fish223

I need 10 more

10:38 am

cybernan

ty fish

10:39 am

cybernan

stopping for breakfast - bbl

10:39 am

hurshy

ok so you seee Elian is in the grid and i thought, what ever happened to that kid Elian Gonzalez from cuba that was in the news years ago. well Elián González grew up in Cuba, earned an engineering degree, and worked as an industrial engineer. In 2023, he was elected to the National Assembly of People's Power, representing Cárdenas, Cuba.

10:40 am

hurshy

so that's nice, he's doing well

10:40 am

cybernan

was he deported?

10:40 am

hurshy

well it was a custody dispute between his divorced parents

10:41 am

BzznBea

I remember that.

10:41 am

hurshy

On November 21, 1999, Elián's mother, her partner, and Elián fled Cuba by boat as part of a group of refugees attempting to reach the United States. The boat sank during the journey, and Elián's mother, along with most of the passengers, drowned. Elián was found floating on an inner tube and rescued by two fishermen, who turned him over to the U.S. Coast Guard.

10:41 am

BzznBea

Good to see him so successfu.

10:41 am

hurshy

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) granted Elián temporary permission to stay in the U.S. and placed him with his great-uncle, Lázaro González, in Miami. His great-uncle wanted Elián to remain in the country, while his father, Juan Miguel González, sought his return to Cuba. This led to a high-profile and protracted custody battle involving his father, his Miami relatives, and U.S. and Cuban officials. Elián was returned to his father's custody after an INS raid on his Miami relatives' home on April 22, 2000. They returned to Cuba when the legal dispute concluded on June 28, 2000.

10:42 am

cybernan

I remember that boat sinking but Elian's story didn't make the news here, or I just didn't see it

10:43 am

stephie86

hi everyone - long time lurker over here. Thought I'd share that I was listening to a song by rascal flatts just now and realised the song title was a word I didn't have yet! nice little unexpected inspiration - Re6/33

10:43 am

hurshy

well, i mean, it makes sense that it would be big news in the US but not canada, since canada wasn't involved

10:44 am

hurshy

nice, stephie!

10:45 am

hurshy

i am NOT doing well with E words

10:45 am

cybernan

just missing one e from the left

10:45 am

hurshy

i need 3 of those

10:46 am

cybernan

do you have the school combo?

10:46 am

hurshy

i have one school word

10:47 am

cybernan

remove the double ff from the waste word (not in the grid)

10:48 am

hurshy

are you referring to el6? i have that too

10:48 am

cybernan

2 finale words from that one also

10:48 am

hurshy

i got the weird ones i guess and am missing normal things???

10:48 am

hurshy

yes i think those are the four i have

10:48 am

cybernan

I'm still missing one e from there

10:49 am

hurshy

yes but you have two others

10:49 am

hurshy

that you haven't mentioned :D

10:49 am

hurshy

oh one of them is the past tense

10:49 am

hurshy

so THREE finale words

10:50 am

cybernan

that el 6 has a plural

10:50 am

hurshy

oh and i can plural the el6? didn't know that

10:50 am

hurshy

ok

10:50 am

hurshy

now i'm caught up

10:50 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! first name of Yale's founder

10:51 am

cybernan

I'll tak a guess and say Dwane?

10:51 am

hurshy

lol

10:51 am

hurshy

you really think they were naming white guys Dwane before the american revolution?

10:52 am

hurshy

it is NOT a name people tend to use anymore, either

10:52 am

hurshy

sorry nan i hope i was not insulting there, i just found it amusing

10:53 am

cybernan

well then there is Ben or Dan

10:53 am

penquis

it's Elihu....

10:53 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:53 am

penquis

that's why students are sometimes called Elis....

10:53 am

cybernan

first time I've ever heard that name

10:53 am

penquis

only time I have....

10:53 am

hurshy

yep

10:54 am

hurshy

out of style for sure lol

10:54 am

cybernan

stomach is growling - bye

10:54 am

hurshy

phantom: answer

10:54 am

penquis

bye...

10:55 am

hurshy

and phantom: anything ending in -ddle

11:00 am

hurshy

well apparently i'm bad at A as well as E

11:01 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! the Doctor's most recent companion

11:05 am

hurshy

dear new people and lurkers, don't worry, i know nobody will know that if there are no Whovians around, please feel free to ignore me :D

11:05 am

penquis

too bad gwen isn't here... ;o)

11:05 am

hurshy

yeah she would know. or maybe ata, she might know that much even though last we talked she had not WATCHED the latest season

11:06 am

penquis

i haven't either...

11:06 am

mkg

i still have no 9s. anyone have one to clue me with stat? ty

11:07 am

penquis

i don't have any yet...

11:07 am

hurshy

nor i

11:07 am

mkg

doctors most recent companion? his stethoscope? his patient? not getting it. his nurse?

11:07 am

hurshy

no no not doctor, The Doctor

11:07 am

hurshy

from Doctor Who

11:08 am

mkg

huh? who is "The doctor?????? what am i missing?

11:08 am

mkg

well, guess that is not a clue for a 9. the only thing i need is a nine........all help welcome

11:08 am

hurshy

of course not, that's why i said "name that proper noun"

11:09 am

penquis

fadist should be a word...i have known people who could be called that...

11:09 am

hurshy

like because they follow all the fads? i think i'd make that faddist, lest it sound like they are fa*ing away

11:10 am

penquis

either one, lol...

11:10 am

hurshy

Ws Whacked!

11:10 am

hurshy

so now i can tell you none of the 9s start with W, at any rate

11:12 am

mkg

ty.

11:12 am

mkg

there is a da 9 and a de 9. cant find either.

11:12 am

hurshy

well that'll be two of my 3 missing D words then

11:13 am

hurshy

oh and i found the other one tho, a de6

11:14 am

mkg

so do you have a de 9???

11:14 am

hurshy

no - oh wait, i just found it!

11:15 am

hurshy

um it's like ... pound cake is really de5 (not in grid), so turn that into a verb that means to make something de5

11:16 am

penquis

so the de 5 is not in the grid....

11:16 am

hurshy

correct

11:17 am

hurshy

but what is pound cake? what is its main characteristic?

11:17 am

mkg

got de 9.

11:17 am

hurshy

aHA and the da9 is similar in being a verb of that sort - a verb where you make someone more of a da5 (not in grid), which is an old word for a metrosexual kind of

11:17 am

mkg

and yes pound cake is a good clue.

11:17 am

penquis

got it...ty...

11:19 am

mkg

i am off for the pool. hagd!

11:19 am

penquis

bye..

11:20 am

hurshy

3-5-3-2-2-1

11:21 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! guy who survived being thrown in the lion's den

11:21 am

penquis

daniel...

11:21 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:22 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! "spoiler" candidate for president in the 90s and 2000s

11:23 am

penquis

nader

11:23 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:23 am

penquis

i am having more luck with your game than with this grid...lol

11:23 am

hurshy

yeah this A is driving me craaaaaaaazy

11:25 am

BzznBea

Nothing unusual in the A.

11:26 am

penquis

not sure if that makes me feel better or worse, lol...

11:35 am

cybernan

for those of you still looking: di 7, 10, i combo meaning scorn or expressing contempt

11:36 am

penquis

ah...i only have di 7/8 as a combo....

11:37 am

cybernan

*7, 10, 8

11:37 am

penquis

ty...

11:41 am

penquis

can't seem to make that work....is the 10 an adjective or a verb?

11:42 am

cybernan

adjective. add overflowing suffix to the 7

11:46 am

cybernan

top left corner pen

11:49 am

penquis

oh duh....ty....

11:49 am

cybernan

still missing one e from the left

11:49 am

cybernan

yw pen

11:49 am

penquis

missing 3 from that E....

11:50 am

penquis

make that 2...i do have the el 6/7....

11:56 am

cybernan

ha a single, one pair and a threesome from that e so far

11:58 am

penquis

guess i am missing the single besides your msising one...

11:59 am

cybernan

school compound

11:59 am

penquis

i usually miss that one....ty....

12:00 pm

cybernan

you probably still have more words in total than i do

12:00 pm

penquis

i have 80 left...

12:01 pm

cybernan

46 and think I will head to the list - don't want to be here all day as I have lots of chores and errands to run before the weekend.

12:01 pm

penquis

i will wait a little while longer..

12:02 pm

cybernan

keep wanting french finally - but one of the foreign words not accepted

12:06 pm

MollyL

What? Like merci, the most commonly known word in French.

12:07 pm

cybernan

enfin!

12:07 pm

penquis

not as important as a shrub on a mountain in Peru, I guess... lol

12:07 pm

cybernan

true lol

12:07 pm

penquis

well the de 6 is also a french word...

12:08 pm

cybernan

thre is a be 8 and it isn't bendaids -- something I could use these days

12:08 pm

penquis

hah....

12:10 pm

cybernan

8/75 - should be easy to find on points alone

12:11 pm

penquis

ty...

12:13 pm

cybernan

got it

12:13 pm

penquis

me too...

12:13 pm

cybernan

and it gave me the last e as well

12:13 pm

penquis

yes....

12:15 pm

penquis

what are the stats for the bottom row E....

12:17 pm

BzznBea

ed7.44

12:17 pm

penquis

ty...

12:23 pm

penquis

is that ed 7 a recognizable word?

12:25 pm

cybernan

yes: enlightened

12:25 pm

justafreep

yes, pen. a past tense.

12:27 pm

penquis

ty...

12:27 pm

penquis

found it...

12:27 pm

penquis

down to 53....taking a break...bye all....

12:28 pm

BzznBea

the ed7.44 is plural.

12:28 pm

cybernan

a lot of these pts (not that one) are ridiculous

12:29 pm

cybernan

bye pen

12:30 pm

cybernan

paleness seems to be a theme today

12:31 pm

hurshy

nothing unusual in the A you say?? but i need five!

12:32 pm

hurshy

ok so far i have:
3 ad, 3 ai, 4 an, 3 aw
what do i need more of

12:32 pm

cybernan

snakes, 7 helps , babblets and 2 stunning ones

12:33 pm

cybernan

ai x9

12:33 pm

hurshy

good heavens

12:33 pm

ch1212

I have 6 ai - most of them to do with giving assistance

12:33 pm

hurshy

you must mean 8 but ok

12:33 pm

hurshy

oh i was going UP

12:34 pm

cybernan

there are 7 of those

12:34 pm

cybernan

one ai4 babblet

12:34 pm

hurshy

well ok now i have 6 helping words and one other ai

12:34 pm

hurshy

but the last one is also ai?

12:35 pm

cybernan

ai 6/33 is a helping word

12:36 pm

TankCabello

that ones currently still kicking my tail

12:36 pm

ch1212

thanks nan, I needed that one.

12:36 pm

hurshy

ahhhh ok cool

12:36 pm

hurshy

that is a slightly weird word you must admit

12:36 pm

ch1212

I agree, hurshy

12:37 pm

hurshy

i doubt i've ever heard anyone say it

12:38 pm

cybernan

done - at least half of the ones left when I listed were ones I'm certain I had already entered.

12:39 pm

cybernan

not a bad grid if you don't get lost in the multitude.

12:39 pm

cybernan

any clues wanted before I go and try to clean the filter in the wall vac?

12:40 pm

hurshy

now i want there to be a book or movie called "Lost in the Multitude"

12:41 pm

hurshy

what was that last left E cnan, we were both missing it earlier?

12:41 pm

cybernan

en 7 - without a finale

12:42 pm

cybernan

scratch that -- en 7: regarding the finale

12:42 pm

hurshy

ty

12:42 pm

cybernan

I've been seeing less phantoms all day

12:42 pm

hurshy

ahh

12:43 pm

hurshy

need one more third row left N also

12:43 pm

hurshy

have two na4s

12:43 pm

cybernan

ne 4 - beaks

12:44 pm

hurshy

huh. ok, thanks. dunno if i knew that was beaks

12:44 pm

hurshy

that must be why nebby is a word for nosy

12:44 pm

cybernan

good scrabble word

12:44 pm

hurshy

oops i shouldn't have said that

12:44 pm

hurshy

oh well

12:45 pm

cybernan

on my way - hagd everyone

12:45 pm

hurshy

you too

12:46 pm

hurshy

ok now i'm down to 2-1-1-1-2-1

1:48 pm

Gillie

don't think I've seen sn5/18 used as a verb before

1:51 pm

dauber

Any other clues for the en7? I'm not getting the finale one. :(

1:52 pm

penquis

as pertaining to the edge....there is a en 4 that is a plural of the root....it's spelled like a compound word...

1:52 pm

0471

en7 - final + not stupid

1:53 pm

dauber

OMG, I was taking things a little over-literal....I was thinking it was some kind of French term on the lines of "en fin"...

1:53 pm

dauber

Thanks, penquis and 0471!

1:53 pm

penquis

yw...

1:55 pm

dauber

Ughgh...be8?? Been struggling over that one since like 6am CDT. :(

1:55 pm

penquis

same ending as the en word...

1:55 pm

dauber

Got it just as you said that. Thank you!

1:56 pm

penquis

yw...

1:56 pm

dauber

Okay, now I can start my day. :)

1:57 pm

dauber

I think what was throwing me off about those two is that I was focusing too much on a specific letter that would bring the score to where it was supposed to be but totally ignoring all other combos.

1:57 pm

penquis

been there...

2:23 pm

penquis

stalled at 22....bbl...bye all....

2:30 pm

Mary

clue for the Da9,84 please?

2:38 pm

0471

d + & + vowel + **l** are where you keep records or you save a document in computer

2:48 pm

Mary

defi

2:57 pm

MollyL

da9...d + bread ___ butter + a microscope magn____ things to make them look bigger (plural word)

3:05 pm

Mary

thank you all, finally got the da

3:22 pm

hokie carla

howdy folks, just spotted bea in the grid!

3:34 pm

hokie carla

so baffled by the U

3:34 pm

hokie carla

oh duh, I should always just think of that first.

3:40 pm

MollyL

Why would you think of that first?

3:44 pm

hokie carla

because it's the only bone I've broken and I always miss it. so I should look for it first.

3:53 pm

periwinkle

help with lone bottom D please

3:55 pm

hokie carla

I'm right there with you

3:58 pm

LuvWordGames

De 6/24

3:58 pm

ChampFit

de6/24 Looks like a plural but there's no singular

3:58 pm

periwinkle

no idea

3:59 pm

LuvWordGames

Rhymes with another word for a 4 door car

3:59 pm

periwinkle

ty both

4:06 pm

periwinkle

help with di 10 please

4:08 pm

MollyL

Infused with a snide feeling

4:09 pm

periwinkle

hmmm

4:09 pm

MollyL

The ending rhymes with not an empty but a ____ tank

4:10 pm

periwinkle

great clues Molly ty

4:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

jumping in (hi all)

4:45 pm

BzznBea

25 left. All esses. Dinner.

4:46 pm

hokie carla

179 left here. multi tasking.

5:09 pm

swmbo

sade

5:09 pm

swmbo

sorry

5:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

finally got nbt with 87 to go, argh

6:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ooooph, 71 to go, HOET, NBS, bye till tomorrow y'all

6:25 pm

MollyL

Acronyms! Yeah!

6:42 pm

hokie carla

have not been able to manage HOET due to the vowels (as usual)

6:45 pm

BzznBea

All the vowels or certain ones?

6:54 pm

hokie carla

left E, right i, bottom E

7:00 pm

BzznBea

left e el6.21 and 7.32

7:00 pm

BzznBea

also an en7.48

7:01 pm

hokie carla

ok, will look. thanks.

7:01 pm

BzznBea

I is in5 and 6

7:03 pm

BzznBea

Bottom E ed7.44 plural

7:05 pm

hokie carla

actually in6 and 7 but that helped me see it, thanks

7:07 pm

hokie carla

found an ed7/44 but it was my missing top E

7:12 pm

BzznBea

So the bottom E is the pt of the 7.44

7:12 pm

hokie carla

duh, of course, thx

7:12 pm

BzznBea

Night

7:13 pm

hokie carla

good night!

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