Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, July 20, 2025

12:13 am

cybernan

un 7 -- hi everyone

12:14 am

Rainiqui

hi Nan and everyone else

12:15 am

Rainiqui

unhaled

12:16 am

saanichcat

hi nan and Rainiqui

12:17 am

cybernan

hi saanich

12:17 am

saanichcat

u

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

cybernan

nice that it

12:17 am

Rainiqui

Hi Saanich

12:17 am

cybernan

nice that it's cooled down a little. We've had a little rain the last couple of days too, which is good.

12:19 am

saanichcat

glad to hear that nan. very dry on the Island, we are in drought, woods crispy. Today was a bit cooler.

12:21 am

SummerBreeze44

co7

12:24 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, en 8 which is a really dumb word

12:30 am

cybernan

guess I need a 6 beginning with one of the surrounding letters for that -- which I don't

12:32 am

cybernan

ah yes -- a very dumb word! nbt, nbs and good night :)

12:32 am

saanichcat

unlead

12:32 am

saanichcat

sorry

12:38 am

Gillie

I think the en8 is a fine word

12:39 am

Gillie

but the un7 is eluding me

12:40 am

Gillie

got it

12:40 am

cybernan

another silly word that doesn't make much sense

12:41 am

Gillie

I think it's used as a verb, as in (maybe) "un7 the hounds"

12:42 am

Gillie

Actually, that's more or less the same as the example on dictionary.com

12:42 am

cybernan

but the un isn't necessary

12:43 am

Gillie

it does seem so

12:43 am

cybernan

almost like a double negative

12:43 am

cybernan

at any rate not finding the last 7 so off to bed.

12:44 am

Gillie

the un7 is a very old word, apparently, although still familiar to me

12:45 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:56 am

mkg

Any clues for the en 8suite welcome.

12:58 am

sprite

past tense for to give a nimbus

12:58 am

mkg

Or the un 7. I dont have either

12:58 am

mkg

Huh? What is to give a nimbus? Arent nimbus clouds?

12:58 am

sprite

un + not tight

12:59 am

sprite

it is the radiant disk around the heads of saints and angels

12:59 am

mkg

Ok got Harry Potter stuff from google. But what is a nimbus…….hmmm

1:00 am

mkg

got the 7,. Ty

1:00 am

sprite

yw

1:00 am

mkg

Any help for the 8 welcome too. Ty

1:01 am

sprite

just gave it. en + radiant disk around heads of holy creatures + past tense ending

1:01 am

mkg

Ooh ok looking.

1:02 am

mkg

Got it. Ty. So not a word. But ty. Super clues.

1:02 am

sprite

yw

1:03 am

mkg

Need help with A word in fifth column. Tyy

1:03 am

dizgrannie

as 4

1:03 am

mkg

Ty got it. Just saw it as you wrote. Ty

1:04 am

dizgrannie

yw

1:05 am

dizgrannie

GrannyRose had better not greet us with her usual co 5

1:27 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

6:04 am

rastapopolous

case

6:04 am

rastapopolous

sorry!

6:48 am

periwinkle

morning all. help with corner S please

6:49 am

ChampFit

They're all sc's

6:49 am

periwinkle

ok will keep looking

6:49 am

periwinkle

found an sc5 ty

6:50 am

periwinkle

and another sc5

7:24 am

MollyL

Past tense one of your fives

8:28 am

rururocks

is it me or is this the easiest grid ever?

8:31 am

phaeton

it's you...lol

8:31 am

rururocks

yep.. it's the easiest grid ever.. done

8:33 am

phaeton

wtg ru

8:34 am

hokie carla

easiest grid ever my butt

8:36 am

phaeton

well, it's not the hardest

8:37 am

hokie carla

finding the C somewhat difficult

8:38 am

rururocks

you just need more coffee hookie

8:38 am

rururocks

i did it on one cup

8:38 am

rururocks

:D

8:43 am

hokie carla

yeah, I only had a swig of iced coffee and then went and played pickleball so I should be awake now.

8:44 am

phaeton

Connie Francis died

8:44 am

hokie carla

yeah, I think I saw that a couple of days ago

8:45 am

phaeton

probably...I don't watch much news

8:45 am

hokie carla

hard to see anything else with the jumbotron scandal

8:47 am

phaeton

you mean trumps letter?

8:47 am

hokie carla

no

8:47 am

hokie carla

there was a cheating couple caught on big screen at a concert

8:47 am

phaeton

what scandal?

8:47 am

hokie carla

guy was a CEO of some co and woman was HR head there

8:48 am

phaeton

oh...saw that, no idea who they are...lol

8:48 am

phaeton

wasn't sure it was even ral

8:48 am

phaeton

real

8:48 am

hokie carla

it's literally everywhere I look

8:49 am

hokie carla

oh, found the 8

8:49 am

phaeton

I guess the thing is not to look ;D

8:49 am

hokie carla

yep

8:51 am

hokie carla

oh, had a bear run across the road on my way to pickleball

8:52 am

phaeton

cool

8:52 am

hokie carla

well, it's a little scary when you're on a bike

8:53 am

phaeton

wow...I would be

8:53 am

hokie carla

it was kinda scrawny. not really a cub but still a juvenile.

9:09 am

phaeton

help with the un7

9:09 am

hokie carla

well I guess that's my missing one

9:10 am

LuvWordGames

un 7 - not tight

9:10 am

hokie carla

thanks

9:12 am

phaeton

the un6 is stupid

9:13 am

LuvWordGames

I can never understand what logic is applied when determining un or re words

9:16 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

9:16 am

hokie carla

there is no logic with those

9:16 am

hokie carla

hey crossy

9:16 am

phaeton

fw

9:17 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:17 am

phaeton

ty...any clues wanted?

9:18 am

hokie carla

olea

9:18 am

hokie carla

oops

9:19 am

phaeton

hagd

9:19 am

hokie carla

you too

9:58 am

hokie carla

well, I still have 15 left and 4 are 4s that I tried finding. there have definitely been a couple of easier grids recently, smug ruru.

10:16 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:17 am

cybernan

Hope my babble blindness disappeared overnight

10:46 am

cybernan

anyone here? could use a clue for the el 6/21's

10:54 am

hokie carla

found one, thanks

10:54 am

hokie carla

ends in an o4

10:55 am

cybernan

ty carla - looking

10:56 am

hokie carla

is there more than one?

10:56 am

cybernan

yes

10:57 am

hokie carla

I still need 2 upper E

10:59 am

Gillie

There's one that ends like a word meaning very good in a language (6 letters)

11:01 am

cybernan

only word I can think of there is eloquent and that doesn't work

11:01 am

Gillie

Specifically used about foreign languages

11:02 am

Gillie

as in "I am ------ in 4 languages"

11:02 am

cybernan

oh - ty gillie

11:03 am

cybernan

and the last one comes from the other e

11:05 am

cybernan

guess I need to find the o 4 first

11:05 am

cybernan

got it - ty carla

11:10 am

cybernan

si 7 please?

11:11 am

cybernan

I would be much better at solving these grids if I knew latin

11:20 am

cybernan

Done - not a particularly nice grid

11:27 am

hokie carla

thanks, we've had that one before but I doubt I'll ever remember it

11:27 am

hokie carla

and I agree nan. not friendly at all.

11:28 am

hokie carla

ok, so I guess I need si7 and I need to learn latin

11:35 am

rururocks

omg...

11:35 am

hokie carla

yeah, this is not easy

11:36 am

rururocks

i didn't realize bears play pickleball

11:36 am

hokie carla

I have 4-1-5-2. never do well with 6s

11:37 am

hokie carla

the bear was actually headed to the bocce court

11:37 am

rururocks

oh....

11:37 am

hurshy

bear?

11:37 am

rururocks

I would have thought they'd like bowling better

11:38 am

hokie carla

yeah, hurshy. we have a lot of bear activity right now in my neighborhood.

11:38 am

hurshy

hokie saw a bear?

11:38 am

hurshy

oh nice

11:39 am

hurshy

i mean, nice as long as nobody gets hurt

11:40 am

hokie carla

I still have my bear spray from our trip to glacier so I carry it with me

11:40 am

hurshy

how does bear spray work, anyway?

11:41 am

hurshy

is it like an irritant to their eyes like pepper spray or just something aversive like skunk smell is to us

11:41 am

hokie carla

the ranger told me it was 10x mace. or 100x, I can't recall.

11:41 am

hurshy

yikes

11:41 am

hokie carla

you spray it at their feet and hopefully it wafts up and stops their charge

11:41 am

hurshy

ah

11:42 am

hurshy

i find it easier to just stay home

11:42 am

hurshy

but i guess if they are right in your neighborhood

11:47 am

hurshy

found a 7!

11:49 am

Gillie

An 82-year old Pennsylvanian man was secretly deported to Guatemala (a country he has no connection to) after going to an immigration office to replace a lost green card. He came to the U.S. 40 years ago as a refugee after being tortured by Pinochet in Chile.

11:49 am

hokie carla

well, ruru declared this the easiest grid ever, but it's not.

11:50 am

hurshy

yeah i saw that one on facebook, Gillie. it's so stupid, there's no reason for this crap

11:50 am

Gillie

His family received a call from an unknown person saying that he had died in ICE custody, but later found out it wasn't true.

11:50 am

hurshy

geez, i hadn't heard that part

11:52 am

Gillie

yeah, his daughter is going to travel to Guatemala to see him - I think he's in hospital there

11:53 am

Gillie

*granddaughter*

11:54 am

hurshy

hope he'll be ok

11:55 am

Gillie

He's not in great health, I guess, but at least his family can try to help now that they know where he is

11:56 am

Gillie

being "disappeared" by the government is only supposed to happen in brutal fascist regimes

11:57 am

hurshy

Stephen Miller is such a ghoul

11:59 am

Gillie

and stupid too - all the detentions and deportations are likely to break America's agricultural economy (with tariffs as the cherry on top)

12:00 pm

hurshy

yeah

12:01 pm

Gillie

Of course, Luis Leon was retired

1:54 pm

periwinkle

help with si7 please

1:58 pm

periwinkle

nm

1:58 pm

periwinkle

I am very grateful from my scrabble dictionary.

1:59 pm

periwinkle

for my scrabble dictionary

2:00 pm

caps

Help with the last Ha 5/12 please

2:02 pm

Soodle

Would it be Ha & Spanish cheer Caps? I’m not sure if this is the last one..

2:05 pm

Soodle

Hey Peri

2:06 pm

periwinkle

Hey Soodle

2:07 pm

periwinkle

50 left bbl

2:07 pm

Soodle

Wonderful news. Champfit is visiting here late September. Another Babble meet-up. I am very excited.

2:09 pm

BzznBea

That will be so much fun, Soodle.

2:18 pm

caps

That's it, thanks Soodle

10:46 pm

lshult

morning all

10:47 pm

lshult

46 to go, finally found my 1st 7, co7/32.
2 more and the 8 still eluding me

10:54 pm

lshult

found un7/32
1 more 7 and of course the 8???

11:17 pm

lshult

en8/50

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