Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, May 21, 2025

12:02 am

Rainiqui

fe 7

12:08 am

dizgrannie

fr 7,tr 7

12:08 am

grannyrose

en 8

12:08 am

Rainiqui

ne 7

12:14 am

Robespierre

tr 7 x 2

12:14 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:14 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan

12:14 am

Robespierre

Good morning!

12:15 am

Rainiqui

To you as well

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs

12:24 am

ursh

hello all - in7

12:37 am

Gillie

I guess entrail only works as a plural

12:41 am

cybernan

tried that too

12:51 am

cybernan

found one m - not sure what the other 2 could be. Maybe tomorrow. Good night :)

1:05 am

Gillie

gr7 - odd one

1:11 am

Lizlin

I have a paintbrush with the gr 7 name so perhaps that's what it is.

1:57 am

Onpaki

rale

3:08 am

jennyc

please could someone clue the NE7

3:11 am

lynxxx

neither hot nor cold

3:12 am

jennyc

thanks lynxxx

3:12 am

lynxxx

TY I was missing it too

4:03 am

worzel

why doesn't it allow entrail?

4:31 am

ursh

only as a plural apparently :)

5:43 am

ivesyj

clue for the last ar 6 plz

5:50 am

sprite

good afternoon babblers

6:10 am

sprite

ar6 creatively, aestheticly

6:21 am

ivesyj

ty !

6:21 am

sprite

yvw

6:40 am

Sugrraleona

did anyone get the ra6/18? I got the ra6/24

6:40 am

sprite

builds on the ra4 before it.

6:40 am

sprite

person who ending

6:40 am

Sugrraleona

ty you so much

6:41 am

sprite

yvw

6:43 am

phaeton

mu6/30...riot on a ship

6:46 am

dauber

Hint for gh6?

6:47 am

Sugrraleona

didn

6:47 am

Sugrraleona

didnt do g's yet Dauber

6:47 am

dauber

My last one!

6:47 am

mkg

Ty for super clue phaeton

6:47 am

Sugrraleona

ok, I'll take a look

6:47 am

sprite

gh6 is when workers keep people at work until their demands are met

6:48 am

dauber

I usually call that "ransom."

6:49 am

Sugrraleona

haha

6:49 am

sprite

yeah it is kind of a babblet for me, never use it in common speak

6:49 am

mkg

En 8.

6:49 am

dauber

the en8 took me...completely...by surprise. *cough*

6:49 am

Sugrraleona

mostly mkg

6:49 am

phaeton

en8...all of it

6:50 am

Sugrraleona

i mean all

6:50 am

Sugrraleona

sorry

6:50 am

sprite

lol dauber

6:50 am

Sugrraleona

en 8 means all

6:50 am

sprite

fireflies. Any other clues needed before I split?

6:52 am

sprite

going once.... going twice... going POOF

6:53 am

dauber

HA! Regarding that gh -- here's what Google's AI sez:

"The word for when workers are forced to stay at work until demands are met, and begins with "gh," is ghastly."

6:54 am

dauber

Hwell...I cheated and used Webster's Scrabble site.

6:54 am

dauber

So....FW for me, but...ill-gotten!

6:57 am

phaeton

It's are down the tube!

6:57 am

phaeton

T's!!!

7:04 am

mkg

any clues for the 5th column E words welcome.

7:05 am

mkg

Missing words for the third column fourth row R. Help welcome. Thanks.

7:07 am

mkg

Just got the 5th column E words. Two of them. Ty anyway.

7:07 am

Alycia

third one starts the same way

7:07 am

mkg

Ty Alycia.

7:10 am

mkg

Got that word. Ty.

7:11 am

mkg

Still have no words for that R in third column, fourth row. Three words only. Any helpwelcome. Ty.

7:11 am

Alycia

I have 2 of them, but trying to figure out _which_ two

7:12 am

phaeton

rh4

7:12 am

phaeton

2x re6

7:12 am

Alycia

2x re6

7:13 am

mkg

Ty for the help.

7:14 am

mkg

I got the rh word! Thanks so much. Will keep trying for the re sixes. Ty.

7:26 am

MollyL

Who would use the gh6 in "common speak"?

8:17 am

rururocks

martha stewart?

8:22 am

MollyL

You have a point. Maybe Ellen DeGeneres too.

8:23 am

rururocks

Ellen has sweat shops?

8:23 am

MollyL

Rumor has it that Ellen was very hateful to her employees

8:24 am

rururocks

I have a friend who served her at a restaurant and was incredibly rude and horrible.

8:24 am

rururocks

she doesn't like to be stared at in the face apparently when you're taking an order.

8:25 am

MollyL

Oh, poor baby

8:27 am

rururocks

elixir is a phantom today

8:28 am

MollyL

This says a lot..."A comedian named Kevin T. Porter said he would exchange anecdotes about DeGeneres being rude for donations to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, and he got nearly 2,000 responses."

8:29 am

rururocks

a lot of the employees spoke out. they're both cold people and more than a bit full of themselves

8:31 am

rururocks

Montecito-itis

8:34 am

rastapopolous

waah - enable doesn't know ghrelin

8:50 am

rururocks

damn.. had to resort to lickety today

8:53 am

godthaab

Name that Proper Noun. World's 2nd biggest a*****e

9:11 am

rbud

neither of the two I think of as first and second seem to be here. ;)

9:11 am

hokie carla

I think he's going for elon

9:13 am

rbud

aha, you're right, I'm sure. I didn't think of that one. I'd put him at third, but my top three may be interchangeable.

9:14 am

hokie carla

gotta put rfk jr in there too, we'll probably end up with the plague under him

9:27 am

rbud

I fear the loss of my medical and SS, probably won't last long without them, or even one or the other. :'(

10:03 am

cybernan

good morning everyone - read through the chat, but still no idea on the gh 6 that was mentioned

10:07 am

ChampFit

I went straight to morewords after doing the same thing nan. Haven't seen it before.

10:09 am

hokie carla

still need 3 g's. finding this grid very tough.

10:10 am

cybernan

missing 2 g's one of which is the gh

10:10 am

hokie carla

still have 6 L and only found one M so couldn't even get to HOET

10:10 am

ChampFit

That's the only weird one of the g's.

10:12 am

hokie carla

thanks for the tip on looking it up

10:12 am

cybernan

just found a gr 7 that is weird

10:12 am

hokie carla

I have an odd gr7, maybe a one who does

10:12 am

cybernan

anyone want to try clueing it?

10:13 am

hokie carla

one who grows gr5?

10:13 am

ChampFit

"one who does" gr5/14

10:13 am

cybernan

yes that is the one I have carla

10:13 am

cybernan

I meant a clue for the gh :)

10:14 am

hokie carla

oh, ends in my favorite brand of spagetti sauce but you prob don't have that in canada. kinda hard to clue because it's so weird

10:15 am

hokie carla

gh+a period of time+ a vowel

10:15 am

ChampFit

Perfect carla! I was thinking of Taylor Swift's tour...yours is better.

10:16 am

cybernan

ty -- carla - great clue

10:16 am

hokie carla

well, I almost mentioned Taylor Swift but try to stay away from pop culture clues for nan. :D

10:16 am

cybernan

are you missing a gr 6, carla?

10:17 am

hokie carla

I have one gr6

10:17 am

ChampFit

Is it sadness?

10:17 am

cybernan

lol - your pop culture and mine are at least one generation apart, carla

10:17 am

cybernan

yes

10:18 am

hokie carla

well, I thought it was possible you had a granddaughter that was into taylor swift

10:18 am

cybernan

yes - a couple of them

10:18 am

hokie carla

oh, thanks. did not have that one.

10:19 am

cybernan

the other granddaughters are all in their 20's and 30's

10:24 am

hokie carla

so how many gh words?

10:25 am

cybernan

one

10:25 am

cybernan

one gi and the rest gr

10:25 am

hokie carla

ah, twas the gi

10:26 am

cybernan

finaly got hoet

10:26 am

hokie carla

still only have one M

10:27 am

cybernan

still missing one

10:27 am

cybernan

have mu 6 x2 that are very similar

10:27 am

hokie carla

oh, I have mu4

10:27 am

ChampFit

yep.

10:28 am

cybernan

ty carla

10:28 am

hokie carla

I have made up a lot of mu words but nothing is taking. care to clue either one?

10:28 am

rbud

oh, thanks, I only had the mu6 on the sailing ship one (and the mu4)

10:28 am

ChampFit

Mu6 on the bounty

10:29 am

hokie carla

geez

10:29 am

hokie carla

thanks

10:29 am

hokie carla

ok, any idea on my missing top N?

10:29 am

ChampFit

Christmas

10:30 am

cybernan

the h and the f are giving me gr 5

10:30 am

hokie carla

sorry, top left N

10:30 am

cybernan

and the a

10:30 am

welki

'morning, all

10:30 am

hokie carla

I need 3 H and 3 F so can't really help there

10:30 am

hokie carla

welki!

10:30 am

cybernan

need 11 h and 5 f

10:31 am

ChampFit

For the N, the first 2 start with 2 vowels

10:31 am

hokie carla

the L is my biggest problem. need 6 and am out of ideas.

10:31 am

ChampFit

I still need 3 there

10:32 am

ChampFit

There are some weird (to me) L's.

10:32 am

hokie carla

I have ne7 and nu6 from top left

10:32 am

ChampFit

There's an ne4

10:32 am

hokie carla

oh, that ole chestnut, thanks

10:33 am

hokie carla

now first and last columns gray

10:33 am

hokie carla

4-12-6-2

10:33 am

cybernan

need one n and one u from the first col.

10:33 am

hokie carla

you prob need ut5

10:34 am

ChampFit

For me it was the un5. DUH.

10:34 am

hokie carla

oh, found my last T

10:35 am

hokie carla

ha, that's why I said "probably" because un5 took me a while too

10:35 am

ChampFit

Man, that -ly ending gets a lot of use today!

10:35 am

cybernan

yes - it is the ut - looking

10:36 am

hokie carla

yep

10:36 am

cybernan

ty carla

10:36 am

cybernan

what was your missing n?

10:37 am

hokie carla

gonna have to leave this for now.
EE E R L6 i A4 H3 F3 E2

10:37 am

hokie carla

mine was ne4/6

10:37 am

cybernan

that's it :)

10:38 am

ChampFit

Babblet with no definition, of course.

10:39 am

hokie carla

found my i before I left :)

10:39 am

cybernan

and it was?

10:39 am

hokie carla

il4

10:40 am

hokie carla

there is a weird in7

10:40 am

hokie carla

adv ending

10:40 am

cybernan

oh - have that

10:40 am

cybernan

and have that too

10:40 am

hokie carla

not moving?

10:40 am

cybernan

ty

10:42 am

hokie carla

alrighty, going to make lunch

10:42 am

hokie carla

good luck

10:43 am

cybernan

and I"m off for breakfast :)

11:29 am

BzznBea

Not liking this grid.

11:43 am

hurshy

heidy ho good neighbors

11:46 am

hurshy

i think i see what you mean, bea

11:47 am

hurshy

oh MAN, entrails can only exist in the plural, what a bummer

11:48 am

mael

first word I tried, hursh

11:48 am

mael

still not convinced that's true

11:48 am

hurshy

i guess i can see how it would be hard to isolate what exactly a single "entrail" is when it's just a mess

12:00 pm

sajarn

phantom: nitrile

12:02 pm

hokie carla

rehi. also tried entrail to no avail, even though we have discussed it before.

12:02 pm

hurshy

it doesn't pop up often enough for it to stick in your mind

12:03 pm

hokie carla

well, I was like I'm pretty sure this is only plural but let me just try it again anyway since I'm desperate.

12:04 pm

rbud

I tried it, too, and several spelling variations just to be sure. :D

12:06 pm

hokie carla

I think I've seen one episode of Stargate-1 ever and now the one that just came on is the same one. Oh well, going to enjoy the day and maybe come back for these 22 later.

12:07 pm

hurshy

murphy's law

12:09 pm

hurshy

got both 8s!

12:15 pm

hurshy

i guess it's not SO bad, 15 left after first pass

12:33 pm

hurshy

got all the 7s now! woot!

12:34 pm

hurshy

anyone have all the M?

12:36 pm

rbud

I do, mu4, mu6, mu6 - first to do with cities, last two very similar to each other

12:36 pm

hurshy

thanks

12:36 pm

hurshy

what about the O? i have two 4s

12:37 pm

BzznBea

on5

12:37 pm

hurshy

ahh that old chestnut, thanks bea

12:37 pm

rbud

thanks, Bea!

12:39 pm

hurshy

left corner N? have nu6 and ne7

12:40 pm

BzznBea

ne4

12:40 pm

hurshy

*bops self on head with fish*

12:40 pm

hurshy

thanks bea

12:40 pm

hurshy

down to 8

12:41 pm

hurshy

got the last of my 6s! woot!

1:08 pm

rbud

yay, done! What do you need, hursh?

1:13 pm

rbud

well, congrats in advance, and laters, all!

1:34 pm

cybernan

hi again everyone :)

1:44 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

2:13 pm

cybernan

enable still isn't going to let me rehair my bow

2:17 pm

cybernan

feriney

2:17 pm

cybernan

oops

2:17 pm

cybernan

not a word -- fe 7 please?

2:18 pm

cybernan

nm - don't know how I missed that one!

2:18 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

2:22 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with E in right column please

2:23 pm

periwinkle

found one, a man's name

2:23 pm

periwinkle

and another

2:46 pm

MollyL

Add to the name

2:53 pm

MollyL

I should have known better. Peri is only here for two and a half seconds at a time.

5:29 pm

Sugrraleona

ey5?

7:03 pm

penquis

can anyone clue the TU 5/16? I used Best Word List and it wasn't there....it's my last word...

7:05 pm

penquis

monkeyed it....goodnight all....

7:40 pm

hokie carla

rehi

7:57 pm

hokie carla

rebye

9:53 pm

wvteach

stuck on my last word HA 5/12 (right after angel's head piece)mhelp needed

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