Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, September 12, 2025

12:01 am

rururocks

Ca7

12:03 am

JoyO

Jeez, what took you so long? ;)

12:12 am

cybernan

good evening joy, ruru

12:12 am

Rainiqui

HI everyone

12:12 am

cybernan

hi rain

12:14 am

JoyO

Good evening to everyone

12:19 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, cr 8

12:57 am

ursh

very difficult to not type kiwi

12:57 am

licketySplitAUS

clues are up

12:57 am

dizgrannie

but type the ti one

3:19 am

sprite

morning babblers. Thanks, Lickety

3:20 am

sprite

no way, 18

3:20 am

periwinkle

I have 12 so far sprite

3:20 am

sprite

you rock!

3:21 am

periwinkle

I have 11 of the C words

3:22 am

sprite

Cs I will somehow manage. Ks, not so much, lol. My brain is K challenged.

3:22 am

periwinkle

I am sure you will find them

3:23 am

periwinkle

going back to bed. byee

3:23 am

sprite

I always force myself to find them first. Then, I can let loose and enjoy the grid :)

3:26 am

sprite

there. Ks killed.

3:30 am

sprite

sorry, missed your leaving, sleep well, peri

3:56 am

sprite

found the genius

4:03 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

7:06 am

mael

10 left, be back in a bit

9:00 am

LuvWordGames

wow I typed a proper name just for yuks and it took it

9:03 am

ChampFit

stats?

9:03 am

LuvWordGames

ei 8/40

9:04 am

ChampFit

Thank you...oh...that goes with sprite's comment...

9:17 am

rururocks

seems to be an easy grid so far

9:24 am

BzznBea

You always say that.

9:25 am

rururocks

I'm down to 30 in just a few minutes... that means it is easy to me

9:27 am

rururocks

make that 10

9:30 am

rururocks

finished

9:40 am

hurshy

oh phew

9:40 am

hurshy

i had a nightmare that there were only 26 words today

9:41 am

mkg

Why is the genius name allowed????????? Not fair say i!

9:42 am

mkg

Any clues for 7s?

9:42 am

fish223

morning all

9:42 am

fish223

nose

9:42 am

fish223

wrong box haha

9:42 am

penquis

hi fish...hello all....

9:43 am

fish223

weird that the genius is allowed but norse is not

9:43 am

mkg

Yup.

9:43 am

penquis

it can be used to refer to an exceptionally intelligent person...

9:43 am

mkg

Please send clue for a seven. Ty

9:44 am

fish223

slangily though

9:44 am

penquis

yup...

9:44 am

hurshy

well Apollo counts for i believe the same reason

9:44 am

hurshy

he's an apollo, they would say, when people were still given to referencing Greek and Latin literature

9:46 am

penquis

there is an ei 7... a plural....greek word....ei 5/7/6....

9:47 am

mkg

Is it before or after the genius pen? Ty

9:48 am

penquis

before....

9:48 am

penquis

the root is another spelling of a word for image....like the little images on your computer's home screen....

9:49 am

mkg

Dont know what those are called. Hmmmm. I am so un-hip these days.

9:50 am

mkg

i thought of Eikon but it wont take it.

9:50 am

fish223

ty pen

9:50 am

hurshy

ummmm

9:50 am

fish223

you misspelt then mkg

9:51 am

penquis

yes, mkg....you must have mistyped...

9:51 am

penquis

yw, fish....

9:52 am

mkg

yup. did. got it but not the 7. just a 5 and 6.

9:52 am

fish223

alternate spelling for the plural

9:53 am

penquis

just play with the ending to get to a plural letter....have to work a little to find words....

9:53 am

mkg

got the 7. ty

9:53 am

mkg

ty all.

9:53 am

penquis

yw...

9:55 am

fish223

mkg- cr7 is something you may use to catch a vehicle, compound word

9:57 am

penquis

ty fish....glad to get rid of the 8s.....

9:58 am

fish223

yw- I erred, should have been ca7

9:58 am

penquis

well i didn't know what you meant, but i found a 7/8 anyway, lol....

9:58 am

hurshy

phantom: etna

9:58 am

penquis

mine is more like a mini tiara.....

9:59 am

fish223

I was thinking a bird catcher

9:59 am

penquis

hah...

10:04 am

hurshy

too many Ks... many normal and that's good but just a few too many...

10:06 am

penquis

yes...still missing two....

10:06 am

hurshy

same

10:09 am

fish223

I monkeyed them all out

10:10 am

penquis

well done!

10:10 am

hurshy

although come to think of it idk why i think that about K but i don't about S or T even though i also don't have all of those

10:10 am

fish223

There are some very strange ones

10:11 am

fish223

scrow

10:11 am

hurshy

can you clue very strange ones, esp if they are not 4s?

10:11 am

penquis

are there more than 5 KN words?

10:11 am

fish223

only 5 kns

10:11 am

MollyL

I thought the k words were all relatively normal. We have definitely had them all before.

10:11 am

penquis

ty....

10:12 am

hurshy

oh ok. got my last ones, ko5&6 pair

10:12 am

hurshy

that one's greek too

10:12 am

hurshy

very greek grid

10:13 am

penquis

guess those are my missing ones...

10:13 am

MollyL

Opa!

10:14 am

hurshy

how many CE words are there?

10:16 am

LuvWordGames

3

10:17 am

hurshy

well that's not right because i have 5 already lol

10:17 am

hurshy

and am hoping there aren't more

10:18 am

fish223

does anyone have os5?

10:18 am

hokie carla

eww, I never like a grid with 18 Ks

10:19 am

hurshy

not far from Rome lie the ancient ruins of a city called Os5 Antica

10:19 am

penquis

i don't have os 5...

10:19 am

LuvWordGames

Sorry I didn't realize my tablet hadn't refreshed after I finished. There are 5

10:19 am

hurshy

we managed to get them all, hokie

10:19 am

hokie carla

good good. 3 left.

10:19 am

penquis

oh...we have that os 5 often....

10:20 am

fish223

ty hurshy

10:20 am

LuvWordGames

Os + spanish for aunt

10:21 am

hokie carla

well, I hadn't got there yet but I almost always miss that word

10:21 am

hokie carla

and ortho

10:22 am

penquis

can someone please give me STATS for the second row singleton E?....

10:22 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! 90s late night host on whose show Bill Clinton famously played the saxophone

10:22 am

hurshy

el4/4 pen

10:22 am

hokie carla

arsenio

10:22 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:22 am

penquis

oh duh....figured it was something i should have found...ty....

10:23 am

hurshy

rats, can't spell acrostic acrostik lol

10:23 am

hurshy

and same goes for arsenik

10:24 am

penquis

but the comedian can lead to a 6 and an 8....

10:24 am

hurshy

have the 6, will look for the 8

10:24 am

hurshy

ah thanks

10:24 am

hokie carla

well, struggle for me for the first E

10:25 am

hurshy

it is a hard tile

10:25 am

penquis

carla....it's because one is a name and three are greek....

10:25 am

hokie carla

good to know

10:25 am

hokie carla

I skipped for now

10:26 am

hokie carla

almost typed intel but caught myself

10:26 am

penquis

me, too...

10:27 am

hurshy

all these years and it still takes every ounce of my self control not to try fest

10:27 am

penquis

same here....

10:27 am

hokie carla

I still occasionally type it but haven't gotten to the F

10:32 am

clg47

a long time ago the brown cheese gjetost worked but lefse doesn't?

10:33 am

penquis

you're speaking greek to me..... ;o)

10:33 am

penquis

guess i wasn't here for that grid...

10:33 am

hokie carla

well I had no idea. anyhoo, off to golf. still 92 for later.

10:33 am

penquis

bye, carla...

10:34 am

hurshy

phantom: insect

10:35 am

hurshy

2-2-4

10:35 am

penquis

go, hursh!

10:36 am

penquis

down to 35 here....

10:37 am

hurshy

kittens are so cute when they clean their little foots

10:38 am

penquis

they're cute when they do anything...or nothing... ;o)

10:38 am

hurshy

yes

10:39 am

hurshy

so i have ik4&5, and in4 and in5, anyone have the other i word?

10:42 am

bookgrrl

it 6

10:42 am

hurshy

ah thanks

10:43 am

hurshy

down to TOFTS

10:44 am

hurshy

SOFT

10:44 am

hurshy

1-2-1

10:44 am

penquis

i assume you have the Russian ruler...

10:45 am

hurshy

yeah

10:45 am

hurshy

aHA the T was a latin plural 5

10:45 am

hurshy

1-1-1

10:46 am

penquis

i assume you have the polynesian carving?...

10:46 am

hurshy

yes but i got the T anyway

10:47 am

penquis

oh...thought you had two Ts missing...

10:47 am

hurshy

well it did when i said TOFTS but then i went down to SOFT when i found the stuff you put on the christmas tree

10:47 am

penquis

ah, ok...

10:47 am

hurshy

and then i found that latin plural for the other one

10:48 am

hurshy

this O is a real puzzle

10:48 am

penquis

bottom or left?

10:48 am

hurshy

bottom

10:48 am

hurshy

left was easy

10:48 am

penquis

missing two there....

10:49 am

hurshy

i have 2 on, 3 or, 2 os from there

10:50 am

penquis

i have all those except one ON....

10:50 am

hurshy

both my ONs are normal

10:50 am

penquis

ok, thanks...

10:51 am

penquis

duh...it was the four...

10:51 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! icky televangelist Joel

10:52 am

penquis

no clue...

10:52 am

hurshy

ah, well count yourself lucky that you have no knowledge of him

10:53 am

hurshy

ok the last O is os6. O + thieve, rob

10:54 am

penquis

ah, thanks....

10:54 am

penquis

down to 25...time for lunch....bye all...

10:54 am

welki

hi everyone

(if only we had broadcasters like walter again - he's a phantom)

10:55 am

hurshy

hi welki

10:55 am

hurshy

last word for me is an S5

10:56 am

hurshy

he was before my time, my broadcasting hero was Tom Brokaw. i met him, too. and i told him how it was always comforting to me to have him reporting on things when huge events happened as a kid, like he was a source of stability in a changing world, and he said i was sweet.

10:57 am

hurshy

they say never meet your heroes but that time it worked out well for me :D

10:57 am

welki

yes, he was great - i think david muir is good, too (more than good)

11:01 am

hurshy

lol

11:01 am

hurshy

i am such a doof

11:01 am

hurshy

my S5 was the thieve, rob word that i just used to clue the os6

12:24 pm

cybernan

good morning all :)

12:25 pm

MollyL

Nothing was better than Cronkite and Huntley and Brinkley.

12:25 pm

cybernan

I have all the o's except one of those or's (not the whales)

12:25 pm

cybernan

anyone have stats ?

12:25 pm

MollyL

We used to call Cronkite "Uncle Walter". I miss him.

12:27 pm

cybernan

have to dash - appointment. bbl

2:29 pm

cybernan

hi again

2:29 pm

cybernan

still looking for that last or

2:31 pm

MollyL

There are two killer whales and then take the vowel out of the killer whale

2:32 pm

cybernan

ty - had the whales, forgot the babblet

2:33 pm

MollyL

It isn't a word only found in Babble. It's another whale word.

2:57 pm

crosshair

Yum! I don't know what is better--a nice roast beef dinner or the bubble and squeak the next day. :)

2:57 pm

hokie carla

howdy folks

2:58 pm

crosshair

Howdy, Carla. :)

2:58 pm

hokie carla

howdy crossy

3:00 pm

periwinkle

hi all

3:00 pm

periwinkle

help with cr8 or ca7 please

3:00 pm

hokie carla

howdy peri

3:01 pm

crosshair

Howdy, Peri. :)

3:02 pm

BzznBea

c8 is a birds home

3:02 pm

BzznBea

or the lookout on a ship

3:02 pm

periwinkle

no idea

3:03 pm

BzznBea

nm, it's a phantom

3:03 pm

BzznBea

sory

3:03 pm

hokie carla

well crowsnest but crownest is 8 and not there

3:03 pm

periwinkle

I tried them carla :)

3:03 pm

BzznBea

I just woke up.

3:04 pm

BzznBea

I'll be quiet now.

3:04 pm

crosshair

Pours Bea a nice strong cuppa.

3:05 pm

crosshair

I like my tea so strong that I have to arm wrestle it for the teaspoon. :)

3:06 pm

periwinkle

carla reverse the last two letters in your 2nd word

3:06 pm

hokie carla

thanks, peri

3:06 pm

hokie carla

not seen that before

3:06 pm

periwinkle

yvw

3:06 pm

periwinkle

bl

3:12 pm

hokie carla

peri left I think but just found a ca7 that is a plural of a word that looks like a reddish gem

3:13 pm

crosshair

Ty for the cr seven and eight, peri. :)

3:13 pm

crosshair

Ty, Carla. :)

3:14 pm

hokie carla

np

3:24 pm

hokie carla

still have found 0 E's in the 2nd col

3:29 pm

BzznBea

There is a scientist among them.

3:29 pm

crosshair

Ty, Bea. :)

3:31 pm

hokie carla

thanks. well aren't you a little ei7

3:31 pm

hokie carla

also did not have the s5, so a twofer.

3:54 pm

hokie carla

I'm a bit stuck with 24 left

3:55 pm

hokie carla

3-7-11-2-1

4:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

ei isn't a proper noun?

4:16 pm

MollyL

It has worked it's way into language as a descriptive of a smart one

4:19 pm

Kaplan the Magne

So has Mr. Kaplan, but I don't get to use him. So unfair.

4:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

all these random little 4 letter words ,,,

4:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

if some word nerd /statistics nerd (all statisticians are nerds) would do a word frequency study, I would like to see which words are in the grid several times a week or month, and others rarely. I haven't seen creosote since I was a newbie and typed it in the chatbox.

4:58 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I think I see creosote all the time

5:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I am so far down on the list of rankings that I don't think I'm there- but there are names of players I've never seen.

5:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

where is that section that shows the longest words in the past months?

5:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

on lickety

5:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

is rickety available/

5:11 pm

Christa

Happy Friday

5:22 pm

MollyL

Rickety?

5:23 pm

MollyL

Lickety is available. Click on the usual link

5:26 pm

cybernan

still puzzling over that cr 8 -- a coronet or a tiara? If so - someone has a very active imagination.

5:28 pm

cybernan

just found the as 6 -- melodies floating through my head now

5:33 pm

MollyL

cr7/8 think of what kings and queens wear and French it up at the end

5:38 pm

cybernan

I had the word molly - was just commenting that it seemed like a word someone who didn't know the proper word made u[

5:49 pm

Sugrraleona

hi, anyone get the os6?

5:49 pm

Sugrraleona

nevermind, just found it

5:49 pm

cybernan

os + blue/green colour

6:03 pm

cybernan

how can there possibly be 18 k's!

6:16 pm

cybernan

st 7 please?

6:22 pm

penquis

looking for it now....don't have it...

6:25 pm

cybernan

it comes between the engraed column and the secretary

6:25 pm

cybernan

* engraved

6:26 pm

penquis

yes, i just listed and I can't find it...

6:26 pm

cybernan

got it - uses th same vowel 3 x

6:27 pm

cybernan

or add a geographic direction to the column

6:27 pm

penquis

got it...ty....i am done...

6:27 pm

cybernan

me too -- enjoy your evening pen. Bye everyone :)

6:28 pm

penquis

you, too...bye all....

9:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

greetings all, diving in

9:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

9:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

HOET and 64 to go, nighty night all you lurkers 8 - D

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