Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, September 14, 2025

12:16 am

broll

mi 7

12:26 am

dizgrannie

in 7, hi all

12:26 am

ursh

hello all

12:27 am

broll

hi grannie and ursh -thought I was all alone!

12:28 am

ursh

7.30am here so up and about :)

12:29 am

saanichcat

an7, good evening!

1:11 am

lshult

un7/40

1:19 am

ursh

odd word ishult tx

1:24 am

ursh

anyone have the 8's and 9 ?

1:32 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

1:36 am

ursh

tx lickety

1:36 am

Kamanjah

mi8

1:39 am

sprite

awesome, thanks Lickety. Morning babblers

1:44 am

dizgrannie

jn 5

2:21 am

sprite

the 8/9 combo is LU

2:36 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing. AL7/6 my new word learned for today

3:35 am

Deeha

I learn new words every day. Trouble is next day I've forgotten them again

5:21 am

MollyL

So people don't search endlessly, that should be AL7/36. There is no al/6

7:37 am

mael

good morning

8:43 am

Christa

Good Morning Mael

8:43 am

mkg

The Lu 8/9 is weird.

8:44 am

mkg

Any meaning for the al 7? Not seeing it.

8:53 am

mkg

Missing the second row i word. Any help welcome

8:54 am

phaeton

not on the water

8:54 am

rururocks

not on the ocean

8:55 am

mkg

Ty for clues

8:55 am

mkg

Ty. Got both of them. Ty

8:59 am

phaeton

al7...latin word for else where

9:08 am

rururocks

doesn't it mean document of some kind?

9:29 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

9:30 am

72 Temple Owl

carla

9:31 am

penquis

carla!

9:31 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:31 am

hokie carla

TO!

9:31 am

penquis

how was your pickleball championship?

9:32 am

hokie carla

well, we came in next to last

9:32 am

penquis

hi TO, ru, phae, mkg, everyone else....

9:32 am

penquis

did you have fun?

9:32 am

hokie carla

yes

9:32 am

72 Temple Owl

hi all

9:32 am

hokie carla

and got to play some padel in the afternoon

9:32 am

penquis

that's all that's important... :o)

9:32 am

penquis

ooh....how did you like padel?...

9:33 am

hokie carla

that's what our racquet sports director tells us every time - most important thing is to have fun. which at this point is true.

9:33 am

penquis

very true...

9:33 am

72 Temple Owl

one cannot get near a pickleball court in these parts

9:33 am

hokie carla

I love padel. have played a few times. I like it better than pickleball and even tennis. it's still a little hot though on the court.

9:33 am

penquis

i tell my partners that...i play to win, but i don't get upset if I lose....i am disappointed for ten seconds and then i am done with it...

9:33 am

hokie carla

exactly

9:34 am

welki

'morning, folks!

9:34 am

hokie carla

I want to play well and will do my best but am not going to let it ruin my day.

9:34 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:34 am

penquis

would be fun to try padel...have only seen it on tv...no courts around here....

9:34 am

penquis

hi welki....

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

i would want to win.

9:34 am

penquis

i always want to win... ;oD

9:34 am

hokie carla

same

9:35 am

72 Temple Owl

exactly

9:35 am

penquis

i am not a "don't pick on the weakest player" player....

9:35 am

72 Temple Owl

hi welk. great time with pine leaf boys last night.

9:36 am

welki

did you dance?

9:36 am

hokie carla

I will occasionally do that, pen, but it's more that this one lady is really good and I don't want to hit it to her for my own good.

9:36 am

welki

annul

9:37 am

welki

well there ya go

9:37 am

hokie carla

did not have, thanks!

9:37 am

hokie carla

phantom manual

9:37 am

72 Temple Owl

of course. was ready to take video just when someone asked me. so none

9:37 am

penquis

oh i don't try to hit anyone....even my more obnoxious opponent, lol....

9:38 am

72 Temple Owl

they were very good last night, more than usuual.

9:38 am

hokie carla

yes, any time I hit near anyone is an accident and I get pretty upset

9:38 am

penquis

but i do try to avoid the best player...

9:39 am

72 Temple Owl

lol pen. you would be the woman on the dance floor with sharp elbows for those negectful of boundaried

9:39 am

hokie carla

everyone is scared of my overheads but I would never aim at anyone.

9:39 am

penquis

same here...

9:39 am

penquis

LOL, TO...

9:40 am

hokie carla

and my fave shot is inside out backhand down the line, which occasionally goes right at the net player. oops.

9:40 am

72 Temple Owl

well someone had to teach them etiquette. the lessons rarely cover that.

9:40 am

penquis

my guy partner hit me on the side last month...he was frustrated because he missed a shot....was black and blue for ten days....

9:41 am

hokie carla

omg, that would make me mad. I hope he felt really bad.

9:41 am

penquis

he did....otherwise he is quite nice...

9:41 am

welki

<-- would be one giant bruise

9:41 am

72 Temple Owl

wow pickleball or hunger games>D

9:42 am

hokie carla

and that's exactly why people shouldn't take it so seriously - nobody wants to get hurt.

9:42 am

welki

i hear the cannon

9:42 am

penquis

i had not gotten hit by anyone for a long time...

9:43 am

hokie carla

when I played adult pickup soccer just a few years ago there were always people who thought they were still teenagers or young adults who heal quickly. someone would always have to yell at them something like, we have to go to work tomorrow!

9:43 am

72 Temple Owl

yes there are always those

9:43 am

penquis

lol....and i play mostly with seniors!

9:44 am

hokie carla

I did hit a woman here on the leg with an overhead in pickleball and she screamed out and carried on. I thought she was just being dramatic for comedic effect so I asked if she was just putting on. she said that it really hurt, then I noticed a red circle that turned blue while we were playing.

9:45 am

hokie carla

I didn't think a pickleball would hurt that much.

9:45 am

penquis

wow....wouldn't think a pickleball hit would be all that bad....

9:45 am

hokie carla

it is like a wiffle ball though

9:46 am

penquis

well i would think it might sting....

9:46 am

72 Temple Owl

some people bruise easily. i would be that woman. yikes

9:46 am

welki

earmail - when you whisper a message to someone

9:46 am

hokie carla

have not been hit in padel yet, but the balls are basically a smaller less compressed tennis ball.

9:47 am

hokie carla

good one, welki

9:47 am

penquis

lol, welki....

9:47 am

penquis

are the padel balls bouncy?

9:47 am

hokie carla

yes, but an open can will last like 6 mos

9:48 am

penquis

must be a little like hitting a kids tennis ball....

9:48 am

72 Temple Owl

omg i looked up padel. i would be black and blue all over.

9:49 am

BzznBea

I get bruised walking through the house.

9:49 am

hokie carla

one day after tennis we went and hit some and one of the ladies ran into the fence, TO, and was kinda black and blue

9:49 am

penquis

it looks a little intense tome....

9:49 am

welki

^5 bea

9:49 am

penquis

like playing racketball and tennis at the same time...

9:49 am

72 Temple Owl

omg i would so that. run into a fence.

9:49 am

hokie carla

well if you are watching padel on youtube that is pros and will be way more intense

9:50 am

hokie carla

I like that if you miss it you have a 2nd chance to play it off the wall, unlike in tennis it's just bye bye.

9:51 am

penquis

yes, i can see that....

9:51 am

hokie carla

I never played racquetball

9:51 am

penquis

i played a little years ago....lived in a place that had a court and knew someone who played....

9:52 am

hokie carla

the Y near our first house had it and we had it in college because my roommate took it as a class, but that's the only places I've seen it

9:53 am

welki

i played handball and four walled paddleball (i guess it's like 'modern' raquetball) when i was a kid - i did look like i'd been hit multiple times with paintballs in beautiful shades of purple

9:53 am

penquis

our court was in the YMCA...

9:53 am

hokie carla

wow, welki. I think I have seen handball in olympics but have no idea how it works.

9:53 am

penquis

ooh welki....did paddleball have a wire cage to play in?

9:54 am

welki

no, just a single wall - a street game

9:54 am

welki

oh wait - thought you meant handball

paddleball was in a gym, in four walled rooms

9:55 am

penquis

ah, ok....

9:55 am

hokie carla

wiki has an entry for four wall paddleball. looks like 4 guys in a racquetball court

9:55 am

hokie carla

says popular in upper midwest

9:55 am

penquis

i remember seeing a cage like outdoor court for paddleball...

9:55 am

hokie carla

oh, and west coast and memphis, tn. lol, how did they get in on it?

9:55 am

welki

they were wooden paddles, not raquets - but this was in the early 70s

9:56 am

welki

now, i get my exercise getting in and out of the boat

9:56 am

penquis

LOL...

9:57 am

hokie carla

I am finding this a difficult grid

9:58 am

welki

it's just become difficult for me :)

9:59 am

hokie carla

just barely getting half on the tiles I am finding words on. have a couple small ones I had to skip with no words. maybe I am talking too much.

10:01 am

72 Temple Owl

time to get going, joining nrkii for some lunch and a stroll. happy babbing.

10:02 am

penquis

bye TO...

10:06 am

hokie carla

adios, TO

10:07 am

penquis

i am not liking this grid...

10:07 am

hokie carla

me either

10:09 am

welki

please say hi to her, to

10:10 am

welki

(for me)

10:11 am

hokie carla

finally finished first pass. no HOET, no NBT, 55 left

10:11 am

hokie carla

finally found a 7 on the last tile

10:11 am

penquis

84 here....approach today is more random...

10:12 am

hokie carla

I was definitely doing more random today as well.

10:13 am

hokie carla

if there's a lender how come there's no lendee

10:17 am

hokie carla

well I grayed both the R's at least

10:17 am

penquis

still missing one there...

10:18 am

hokie carla

last one for me was ri4 babblet I miss quite a bit

10:18 am

penquis

the monetary one?

10:19 am

hokie carla

probably, it's the only ri4 babblet today. just didn't rem. what it means.

10:19 am

hokie carla

there is an ra6/21 I vaguely remembered and monkeyed.

10:19 am

penquis

money in Iran...

10:21 am

hokie carla

finally found one of the upper D's. of course it's a regular word.

10:21 am

penquis

one of the few letters i have grayed...

10:22 am

hokie carla

and found the i's I couldn't see. so finally HOET and NBT.

10:22 am

hokie carla

and that led me to a big phantom

10:22 am

penquis

haven't found any i words from the top i....

10:23 am

hokie carla

they are pretty regular, prob moreso for you in maine.

10:24 am

penquis

hmmm....

10:24 am

hokie carla

in6

10:25 am

penquis

ah....ty...

10:25 am

hokie carla

maybe y'all don't use it a lot then. maybe I'm thinking of us in the carolinas that use it during hurricane season some.

10:26 am

penquis

oh we use it..i am coastal, but we talk about that when we have storms, too...

10:26 am

hokie carla

was going to be my clue - I think you are coastal

10:28 am

hokie carla

toast to une in the grid today

10:38 am

sammysmom

heh he.... i was orn in portland 85 years afo

10:38 am

penquis

then you were coastal, too... ;o)

10:38 am

sammysmom

born that is.

10:39 am

hokie carla

finally found an 8

10:39 am

hokie carla

28 left. need to get moving off the couch. 6-9-7-4-1-1

10:41 am

penquis

i have to get ready for a charity tennis tournament....bye all....

10:41 am

welki

later, gals

11:19 am

crosshair

Good afternoon, Babblers. :)

11:25 am

hurshy

hiya folks

11:31 am

Atalante

hi all

11:45 am

hurshy

ata! howzit?

11:46 am

Atalante

good good, everything feels very tiring though

11:46 am

hurshy

ah that is how my life always is

11:47 am

Atalante

and I'm being made to watch NFL

11:47 am

hurshy

haha

11:48 am

bichon

Too bad , ATA

11:49 am

hurshy

well my team won their first two games already

11:50 am

hurshy

so that's a good start

11:50 am

Atalante

I wouldn't mind if it made any kind of sense :D

11:50 am

bichon

Amen, ATA

11:51 am

hurshy

the key to me is to tune in like 15 mins before the end of the game and choose "catch up through key plays". then you just watch those and you've got basically all the important bits of the game without all the commercials and whatnot.

11:52 am

hurshy

saves a lot of time

11:52 am

hokie carla

well, I'm giving up on college and NFL football

11:53 am

Atalante

to me its the same as the games we played in junior school playgrounds with lots of million $ added and lots of padding

12:00 pm

Atalante

jn??!!

12:00 pm

hurshy

oh yeah, that old chestnut

12:00 pm

Atalante

I don't think I know that one!

12:00 pm

hurshy

think of a yellow fruit that is curved

12:01 pm

hurshy

and then replace the first syllable with j

12:01 pm

Atalante

well then

12:07 pm

periwinkle

hello all

12:07 pm

periwinkle

carla. I am glad you had fun playing pickleball

12:07 pm

Atalante

hi peri!

12:08 pm

hokie carla

thanks, peri

12:08 pm

hokie carla

oh, I always think that is a ja word. isn't one an alt sp?

12:15 pm

hurshy

1-4-7-4-1-1

12:23 pm

hurshy

good golly

12:24 pm

hurshy

al7 is a doozy

12:33 pm

BzznBea

Dinner prep is complete. 41 left.

12:35 pm

MollyL

Doozy

1:57 pm

cybernan

good morning/afternoon everyone :)

2:05 pm

cybernan

NTPN: famous South African president

2:09 pm

dan2bit

Mandela

2:10 pm

cybernan

***

2:11 pm

cybernan

Une gts the tiara today -- or is that a crownet?

2:19 pm

cybernan

stuck - think I'll have some lunch and bake some cookies

2:21 pm

NANCY

UN 7 PLEASE, last word

2:25 pm

NANCY

NM GOT IT

3:00 pm

MollyL

Nan, did you not know that Une passed away?

4:16 pm

mich_pdx

oh, that's sad news (I'm often not on chat). Rest in Peace, Une

4:40 pm

periwinkle

un7 please

5:02 pm

rbud

un7 = going on forever

6:00 pm

spellit

Stuck on de7 - any clues please?

6:04 pm

spellit

Just seen it!!

6:04 pm

spellit

Fireflies at last

6:41 pm

hokie carla

rehi - thanks for the U7 clue. still 26 more to go.

6:58 pm

penquis

hello again....anyone have al 7?

6:58 pm

hokie carla

pen!

6:58 pm

hokie carla

I do not but heard this morning it was ridiculous

6:58 pm

penquis

carla!

6:59 pm

hokie carla

still looking for 5 4s here

7:00 pm

hokie carla

do you know which A it's from?

7:01 pm

penquis

second row

7:02 pm

hokie carla

do you know how many points?

7:02 pm

penquis

al 7/36

7:04 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I got nothing

7:04 pm

penquis

i looked for it at Best Word List and didn't find it...

7:05 pm

hokie carla

I didn't see if it was actually clued this morning, but it might have been before I got here. will look on bestword too. sometimes I miss them and then see them on there.

7:06 pm

penquis

i know hursh mentioned it as odd....

7:07 pm

hokie carla

it ends in a u4 babblet. found it on best words

7:08 pm

penquis

hmmm....

7:08 pm

hokie carla

starts with girl's nickname

7:08 pm

penquis

found it .... ty...

7:08 pm

crayola

ty carla!

7:09 pm

hokie carla

you're welcome

7:12 pm

penquis

can't find my last word....un 6/14....next to last of the UN words....

7:12 pm

hokie carla

a group without someone in charge

7:13 pm

penquis

hmmm....

7:13 pm

penquis

got it...ty...

7:13 pm

penquis

i am done...

7:14 pm

penquis

need anything before I go?

7:14 pm

hokie carla

congrats. still 19 here. gonna have to list.

7:14 pm

hokie carla

still 4 4's, which is annoying.

7:14 pm

penquis

always...

7:14 pm

penquis

well i am heading out....bye all....

7:14 pm

hokie carla

good night!

7:23 pm

hokie carla

wow, yet another cat sound spelling. don't think I've seen this one.

7:37 pm

cybernan

No, I dodn't know about Une - was she ill?

7:55 pm

cybernan

need one more m from the bottom corner - is that the weird cat sound I can't find?

8:08 pm

nrkii

no

8:10 pm

nrkii

all 8 of those words start with the same 3 letters

10:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

evening, word buddies

10:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt finally, woot

11:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

HOET, 49 to go, time to fly, bye bye

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