12:16 am
harpjane
found insects
12:22 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:22 am
periwinkle
ty lickety
12:29 am
flosey
thanks Lickety
12:33 am
flosey
think I'm looking at yesterday's grid, top line is S U T V H
12:33 am
flosey
is something wrong here?
12:34 am
gapeach
I have that also, flosey.
12:34 am
rbud
It's the new one.
12:34 am
dianedecoder
Yesterday's was I O T I E across the top....you're okay !
12:35 am
flosey
ah, thanks Diane will go out and come in again
12:35 am
gapeach
Thanks, rbud.
12:36 am
flosey
went out and came back and top line is still SUTVH
12:36 am
dianedecoder
You were fine, flosey .....that is what it's supposed to be !
12:37 am
flosey
ok, thanks Diane, will find some words
12:38 am
dianedecoder
LOL.....I think we should all go to bed !
12:38 am
flosey
I agree Diane - good idea
12:38 am
rbud
yes, I almost said "don't go, flosey, you're okay!" :D
12:40 am
dianedecoder
If I'm still up, I can't resist just peeking at the new grid and running through it once.....so here I am!......again!
12:42 am
rbud
well, stick around, then, I just got here. :)
12:43 am
dianedecoder
It is very late for you, rbud.....I just looked at your profile. :-)
12:44 am
rbud
ah, but I'm a night owl, I'll be up a few more hours, most likely.
12:46 am
rbud
no need to rise and shine at an early hour any more, I don't work until 2 PM.
12:46 am
dianedecoder
so, you can have a sleep-in if you need it !
12:48 am
rbud
yes. It's nice after all those years I had a 7 to 3 job, or an 8 to 5 one...
12:48 am
dianedecoder
This is the second day in a row without an "R" in the grid.......I like R's !
12:50 am
rbud
hmmm, you're right! I do notice there are no b's fairly often, kind of funny.
1:01 am
dianedecoder
Definitely bed time for me....good night everyone and nice to chat, rbud !
1:03 am
rbud
'nite, sleep well. :)
1:05 am
Kamanjah
Hi rbud and all!
1:08 am
rbud
hiya, Kam, how goes it?
1:09 am
Kamanjah
Going well! Weather has cooled, fires are mostly contained...just a bit of smoke left. The moon actually was *white* tonight! What a treat!
1:09 am
Kamanjah
And you?
1:10 am
rbud
Have had better days, but ah, well. At least it was nice out,
1:12 am
Kamanjah
Well, a nice day helps, even if we feel lousy. Hope you have a better tomorrow. I still have so much outdoor stuff to get done, lol! Did what I could.
1:12 am
rbud
I myself am pretty good. Daughter's having some health problems, and son's having legal ones. I just keep on keeping on, and try to do what I can.
1:14 am
Kamanjah
Yep, keep on keepin' on...all we can do. I hope your daughter heals and your son has a good outcome.
1:20 am
rbud
yay, nbt and nbs at last.
3:35 am
zoozzoom
Okay forst run through and I have 36 words left.
3:36 am
zoozzoom
Will come back later to see if i can find any more words. Happy babbling everyone!
4:30 am
mattygroves
Morning all - may I have a clue for the i (eye) please?
4:34 am
MollyL
Sounds like a green growth in the desert with spikes on it
4:35 am
mattygroves
Thank you very much!
5:05 am
Lizlin
Thanks Molly
6:30 am
rururocks
Imescal
6:30 am
rururocks
Damn it
6:39 am
mkg
molly i dont get the clue: the green growth is a ca word right? so how does an i word sound like that?
6:40 am
mkg
what is the stat for the i word please?
6:41 am
periwinkle
ic5/14
6:41 am
periwinkle
hi all.help with A in 3rd column pls
6:42 am
mkg
sorry peri dont have yet.
6:46 am
mkg
did you get it peri?
6:52 am
mkg
well that A in 3rd column is alluding me......
6:54 am
mkg
satan not in dict????????????huh?
6:54 am
stu mcc
think of a Roman civic official
6:56 am
mkg
what is the stat for that a please?
6:57 am
stu mcc
it's 5/12
7:02 am
godthaab
Name that proper noun - city in Yemen
7:05 am
godthaab
Uh, sorry, Finland... I got the spelling mixed up
7:57 am
Judi
Good Friday morning, y'all!
7:58 am
BzznBea
Good Morning, Judi.
8:25 am
bichon
de 6/24, pls
8:26 am
Kallia
the poiceman does this when he figures something out
8:27 am
Judi
AD5, please?
8:29 am
Kallia
ad+ sometimesvowel + British thanks
8:32 am
Judi
Vowels completed.
8:32 am
Judi
41 left. Need to guzzle some coffee. My eyes want to close. Not a good thing when at workl.
9:06 am
MLFAN17
hello all
9:07 am
Shirlockc
stats for the lone i and the lone a?
9:08 am
Shirlockc
ooo, nm for the lone a, i got that one
9:08 am
car.eeyore
Lone A is ae 5/12
9:08 am
MLFAN17
what are the stats for the I?
9:08 am
bichon
ic sounds like a desert plant
9:09 am
Shirlockc
thx bich!
9:17 am
MLFAN17
4th column e?
9:18 am
Shirlockc
AMI (the company that publishes the National Inquirer), the guy's name is Pecker, you can't make these things up
9:21 am
MLFAN17
mke that 5th column e I found the 4th column e?
9:22 am
phaeton
en5/10 and 6
9:22 am
origami
mlf - ea 4/4
9:22 am
origami
5th column - en 5/10 and 6/18
9:23 am
MLFAN17
ty got the en 5/6
9:23 am
MLFAN17
still cant get the I word anymore help pls?
9:27 am
phaeton
en...pt of to consume food
9:28 am
MLFAN17
phae I have those:0
9:28 am
phaeton
ic...abrev. for day after monday...leave out a vowel
9:31 am
phaeton
mistook the i for meaning you. :)
9:31 am
moolingwa
morning all, down to my last 147
9:32 am
origami
WTG mool :D
9:32 am
moolingwa
tx ori, really knocking it out of the park :)
9:34 am
moolingwa
half way
9:39 am
moolingwa
yay phae!
9:39 am
origami
Yay phae!
9:40 am
phaeton
ty...happy babbling!
9:41 am
bichon
te 5/12, first one, pls
9:42 am
moolingwa
contraction of three winning horses?
9:43 am
bichon
sorry mool, don't understand
9:44 am
moolingwa
okay...perhaps...abbreviation for modern gadgets + slangy thank you
10:02 am
rururocks
pretty easy grid.. down to the s's now
10:02 am
origami
good morning ru
10:03 am
kje
very fast grid
10:03 am
rururocks
hi ori.. weird weather huh? should be warm but it has been cool here
10:03 am
rururocks
we're sending all our smoke to SF these days
10:03 am
origami
Loving it
10:04 am
kje
and we thank you
10:05 am
rururocks
at least you can feel like a cigarette smoker for a day kje
10:05 am
wvteach
stats for Y pls
10:05 am
kje
I hear seattle is getting a lot of the smoke
10:05 am
kje
pics from there are gray
10:05 am
rururocks
Seattle is almost always grey
10:06 am
origami
Maybe Seattle is getting smoke from BC
10:06 am
rururocks
that's likely ori
10:06 am
kje
they are blaming it on CA
10:07 am
rururocks
jeez Seattle.. sorry we're in flames
10:07 am
rururocks
wtg kje.. I have two left
10:07 am
kje
off to get another cuppa... hagd all
10:20 am
mkg
hi all. i have 3 sevens but would love more if anyone has some: i have sh 7, se7, te 7. all are past tense.
10:20 am
mkg
just got another te 7 that is plural. would love stats and clues for others. ty.
10:22 am
penquis
there are two sc 7s....
10:22 am
penquis
and sn 7...
10:27 am
mkg
ty pen. looking
10:28 am
penquis
the sc words are related to a cutting tool you might use to clear some brush or tall grass....i don’t know what the sn word means but it rhymes with the verb meaning cleaning something in water....usually yourself, lol....
10:28 am
penquis
gotta go order lunch....i am at the cafe ....bye for now...
10:29 am
mkg
anyone know what satan is not a word here?
10:29 am
BzznBea
Proper noun
10:29 am
jaianniah
7's. 1. Sc 6, 7. Cut hay.pt. 2. Cut hay present tense. 3.se 6, 7 Simmered with anger. 4.sh7 pt bed covering 5. Handle for tool mentioned in clue one. Sn 7 6. Te. 7. This pt process makes babies cranky. 7. Present tense of 6. Te 7
10:30 am
BzznBea
When do you go back to school, hannah?
10:30 am
aebmusica
it is the devil's proper name, besides Lucifer, mkg
10:31 am
mkg
handle for tool? dont know that i ever saw this word but will look. ty. got all the rest jaianniah. great clues. ty.
10:31 am
mkg
aeb, wow. didnt know this.
10:34 am
mkg
got the sn 7. ty jaianniah!
10:35 am
Jen34
It's funny that sn and sc are in the same grid.
10:35 am
jaianniah
Yw. It is quite odd.
10:46 am
aebmusica
It comes from the Hebrew word satan(long A's) meaning adversary....mkg.
10:47 am
aebmusica
na6/18....clue please
10:48 am
rururocks
jai.. I know you're trying to help mkg.. but many players don't want to see every word clued in the chat and ruin the game for them. Players that need a word they can't find should ask for a clue.. but not for everything in the grid.
10:51 am
therealblah
na + consonant + picnic pest
10:51 am
aebmusica
tyvm there.... I was going and kept going in the wrong direction
10:54 am
therealblah
me too!
11:08 am
doseffing
... and done ... may I offer any clues for anyone? ...
11:10 am
doseffing
... ah well ... then I must be off ... luck to all who continue the struggle ....
11:28 am
BzznBea
Finally got the elusive de6...
11:28 am
periwinkle
looking for that de6
11:29 am
BzznBea
It might take Dick Tracy to find it...
11:29 am
periwinkle
Ifound a de6/24 is that what you found Bzz?
11:31 am
BzznBea
Back to the chores...See you all tomorrow...bzzz...
11:39 am
carleekat
Hi all! I pop in, find some clues and am alredy well on my way. Much thanks Jai :)
11:40 am
carleekat
already* even...
11:41 am
rururocks
You want me to clue the rest of the grid for you Carlee?
11:41 am
carleekat
Oh I don't think that is necessary, ruru, but thanks all the same for the offer.
11:42 am
rururocks
seems to be the trend here these days.. just sayin'
11:43 am
Buttonman
afternoon all, could someone clue me the first SE 5/10
11:43 am
Buttonman
Please
11:43 am
rururocks
it is a plural button
11:44 am
carleekat
Meh, I tend to ignore the chog when I am ust trying to get my NBT/NBS in under 25 first thing in the a.m.-- mind am also not quite so chatty then either.
11:44 am
Buttonman
thanks, got it
11:44 am
carleekat
just* even... urgh I need a new laptop
11:48 am
carleekat
I guess as I get older, I have learned to just ignore the inconsequential annoyances in life.
11:50 am
rururocks
I think many players try to find as many words as they can to take the challenge.. but that experience is somewhat ruined by incessant cluing and this new format of cluing every word in the grid.
11:51 am
rururocks
Most of the time I don't give a rat's ass either but lately it's been annoying
11:51 am
granadan
I crack on as much as I can without looking at chat - then I head for chat and am very grateful for the clues. If I dont want them I just skip that message.
11:51 am
carleekat
Well, one can always choose to ignore the chog... I don't really ignore perse, but rather just let me eyes elide over clues and watch for the meaty bits of news
11:52 am
carleekat
(that way if I do get stuck later on, I know the word I am looking for has bee clued and I have an idea, but I just don't let it register beyond that)
11:53 am
carleekat
oh BLOODY HELL... been* even
11:53 am
jimmel
Agree, ruru...and although it's a choice whether to look at the chat, sometimes one's eyes can't help but glance over. We prefer the challenge of finding our own words...it's much more rewarding! Then we use Lickety as a last resort.
11:54 am
helenkeller
granadan - that's my approach also. When the clues are all in a paragraph, it's very easy to glaze over.
11:54 am
rururocks
I like to chat and play.. normally.. I know I can turn off the chat.. but that's a lot less fun.. the Chat (when there is a chat) is the best part of this game
11:56 am
granadan
Well, if cluing gets banned how on earth do you get to learn new words? Especially when you've got kids, work, study and don't get on here daily? Clues have sent me on many words Id never have monkey typed into existence.
11:56 am
carleekat
bwahahaa a paragraph HK? my habit is to just drop the word in my cht bc I abhor hving to edit my stream of consciousness. So much of what i do professionally is on eternal edit of not just words, but inflection, terminology, body language, and cultura manners, it is nice to just turn off edit for a change. If peeps catch it.. fine.. most times though they don't.
11:56 am
helenkeller
agreed ruru - the chat is the best part of the game. I say it all the time, when I tell people about Babble. The key word in that sentence is 'part' - it's a part of the game, not the whole game. It's very nice, I would like to keep seeing it stay that way. Not where rules are made about what can & can't be said.
11:57 am
rururocks
I'm not saying banning cluing grandan.. just incessant cluing word after word
11:57 am
carleekat
That happens when you are inbedded in a marginalized culture... so I just stop editing here.
11:58 am
rururocks
there are "Plenty of Rules" HK.. don't you know that? no religion discussed, no politics, etc
11:58 am
helenkeller
I have not seen 'incessant cluing' - this would include the cluing of 4,5 letter words & I haven't seen that.
11:58 am
carleekat
I must have missed the memo about no politics...
11:59 am
helenkeller
No, those are the only 2 rules ru, everyone kinda agreed on that a long, long time ago. Even so occasionally, we even talk religion & politics.
11:59 am
helenkeller
Heya, my sudoku teammate tuco! :)
11:59 am
tuco
nothing like those "babbling" fools on ironsudoku. hehehe ;-)
12:00 pm
rururocks
I don't care for "rules" personally.. and talk about whatever I want here anyway... if someone gets in a hissy fit about that .. it's up to them
12:01 pm
helenkeller
tuco - No kidding. I loved spellacked's entry of 'zzzzzzz' - that had me rolling on the floor :D
12:03 pm
tuco
Well I got fireworks here after using lickety, and amo's online puzzle dictionary. I cheat at babble. But I don't play often. And yes that was funny from spellacked.
12:04 pm
helenkeller
byeee
12:11 pm
mkg
i cant find the de 6 24 word. any clues? ty
12:12 pm
jaxx7
What Sherlock Holmes did.
12:12 pm
rururocks
decocaine
12:12 pm
rururocks
damn it
12:13 pm
mkg
ooops oh my. i am so so sorry. off to pb.
12:13 pm
carleekat
passes MKG an afternoon cocktail
12:13 pm
helenkeller
tx mkg - have a lovely stay,
12:14 pm
helenkeller
and perhaps a nice slice of quiche
12:14 pm
mkg
darn. sorry helen.
12:14 pm
carleekat
huh,, that was a quick 1/2 way pass...
12:14 pm
helenkeller
np mkg, I needed that word also, got it from the clue - you're all good
12:15 pm
carleekat
no worries mkg... thee things happen all the time... then we all end up in the PB one time or another
12:15 pm
carleekat
these* even
12:18 pm
mkg
yup. i just hate doing it. feel out of control.
12:20 pm
carleekat
**Passes MKG a dble** you will get over it dear, no need to beat yourelf up.
12:20 pm
carleekat
yourself* BLAST this dratted keyboard
1:06 pm
origami
Maybe what Ru was referring to is the random, unrequested cluing. I find it annoying also.
1:06 pm
origami
Hiya folks
1:15 pm
NatashaW
one can always shut off the chog if one doesn't want to see random clueing
1:16 pm
NatashaW
though I agree, I prefer for folks to wait to clue when asked directly.
1:26 pm
UnikeTheHunter
Thanx for the clues, if that were a word.
1:33 pm
origami
Tried that too, unike
1:36 pm
harpjane
what are the stats for the lone i and the lone y please?
1:38 pm
NatashaW
sorry for 1st typo
1:40 pm
harpjane
what about the lone A?
1:41 pm
NatashaW
another day, another hydrocarbon...
1:41 pm
NatashaW
I'm never sure which word is attributed to which 1st letter.
1:42 pm
NatashaW
it might be at4,4 but don't quote me
1:43 pm
harpjane
ah, the bug
1:45 pm
NatashaW
OK done! clues anyone? otherwise, I'm heading out...
1:47 pm
72 Temple Owl
Clue for the. I please?
1:50 pm
KnightTime
ic + cross + you and me
1:55 pm
helenkeller
ty KT, I needed that one too.
2:46 pm
SamanthaJoy
pt of se 6/21, to quietly fume
2:56 pm
SamanthaJoy
speak + your driver's license is one of these
2:57 pm
SamanthaJoy
And I just hit FW. Any more clues needed?
2:58 pm
harpjane
congrats 9 to go
3:03 pm
SamanthaJoy
*waiting on tenterhooks*
3:04 pm
periwinkle
what is a tenterhook?
3:04 pm
periwinkle
hi all 21 left here
3:05 pm
SamanthaJoy
https://tinyurl.com/yaufw4pn
3:06 pm
SamanthaJoy
W000T!
3:07 pm
SamanthaJoy
OK, I'm out. See y'all later
4:02 pm
Deeha
a tenterhook? Its a hook you hang your tenters on
4:43 pm
Marc Freeman
ic5, please?
4:46 pm
penquis
ic + another name for your rear/bottom is ***h....
4:47 pm
Shirlockc
rhymes with prickly desert plant
4:48 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks
5:07 pm
Marc Freeman
ce and cu6, please?
5:09 pm
Shirlockc
cu6, pl of above, yes, it's a weird word
5:10 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks
5:11 pm
Shirlockc
just got the ce6, ce + getting color from the sun + vowel
5:13 pm
gumpunk
sorry shirlockc I am still struggling with the cu 6. I have the cu 4 & 5 that are related. More help please?
5:13 pm
Shirlockc
there are 2 cu5, same root word
5:14 pm
clg47
CU6 is also related
5:14 pm
gumpunk
aha - thank you!!
5:17 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks
5:56 pm
gumpunk
stuck at 30 left....
6:16 pm
dan2bit
evening all! listing for my last 35
6:21 pm
LuvWordGames
clue for ta 5/14 please?
6:22 pm
LuvWordGames
nm found for fireworks
6:22 pm
dan2bit
also known as "how many pt did I miss?"
6:22 pm
dan2bit
hooray LWG!
6:23 pm
LuvWordGames
ty dan, any clues needed?
6:23 pm
dan2bit
ok so far, 13 to go
6:24 pm
LuvWordGames
go dan, go!
6:26 pm
dan2bit
stuck on ad5 and ce6
6:27 pm
dan2bit
found the ad5
6:27 pm
LuvWordGames
ce + what the sun does to your skin + vowel
6:28 pm
dan2bit
got it! firewords - tx LWG and lickety and all cluers
6:28 pm
LuvWordGames
WTG dan!
6:28 pm
gumpunk
stuck on sc 6/24 - help?
6:28 pm
LuvWordGames
plural of sc 5/14 s + attractive
6:29 pm
gumpunk
ugh - thought I had tried that already - TY!
6:30 pm
mkg
apologies to all, but i asked for a clue and then had to leave. so still need the sa 5/14 word if anyone has clues. ty.
6:31 pm
dan2bit
sa5/14 thai chicken on a skewer
6:33 pm
mkg
huh? dont know the word. sorry.
6:33 pm
penquis
asian chicken dish.....with peanut sauce....
6:34 pm
gumpunk
how about... to remain in one place, but add a vowel?
6:35 pm
penquis
mix up the letters...
6:36 pm
mkg
I GOT IT! TY.
6:40 pm
gumpunk
last one all.... et 6/21?
6:40 pm
penquis
hah....just looking for that now...
6:42 pm
penquis
oh...i have that.....it's a gas, i think....
6:42 pm
gumpunk
wow, can't believe i missed that one! thanks, pen! FW
6:42 pm
penquis
congrats...
6:43 pm
MollyL
♪♫Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas, gas, gas♫♪
6:53 pm
penquis
can't find my last word....ad 5?
7:02 pm
penquis
nobody here has ad 5?
7:02 pm
dan2bit
hard to clue
7:02 pm
penquis
hard to find...
7:03 pm
dan2bit
ad5 - ad + sometimes vowel + brit goodbye
7:03 pm
penquis
ty....i am done...
7:16 pm
rururocks
Don’t forget the ta
7:19 pm
rururocks
Waves to saanich
7:27 pm
penquis
heading out....goodnight all...
7:28 pm
saanichcat
'waves back to ru'
7:44 pm
rururocks
sees a hand waving through the smoke
7:45 pm
harpjane
does any one need help?
7:48 pm
rururocks
with the dishes.. yes.
8:00 pm
rururocks
I love cooking but hate doing dishes :D
8:22 pm
origami
New floors being installed tomorrow after a one week delay. Yay!
9:33 pm
hurshy
that sc6 and 7s are really hard to type. my fingers just seem to want to go sch when i start with sc!
9:38 pm
hurshy
i knew it wouldn't work, but if the i word isn't icetea, i dunno what it can beeeeeeee
9:40 pm
hurshy
not icthax
10:00 pm
hurshy
babbling alone is kinda depressing
10:05 pm
hurshy
all BY mysellllllf
10:05 pm
hurshy
don't wanna play
10:05 pm
hurshy
all BY mysellllllf
10:06 pm
JenMO16
hi hurshy, i'm here!
10:06 pm
hurshy
well hello, Jen!
10:06 pm
hurshy
a fellow cat-ite, i see!
10:07 pm
JenMO16
I have 75 left.
10:07 pm
hurshy
hey me too
10:08 pm
JenMO16
That's Calico, she lives with my dad. The is a tailess cat, a manx.
10:12 pm
hurshy
i suppose those manxes counter the assertion in "Ode to Spot" that "a tail is quite essential to your acrobatic talents/you would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance"
10:25 pm
hurshy
anybody else out there and want to help us out with that i word?
10:26 pm
rururocks
Ic ends with spiny desert plant
10:26 pm
hurshy
i thought that had to have an h in it.
10:27 pm
hurshy
that gave me nbt, thanks :)
10:27 pm
hurshy
and i just got bottom row grey too
11:09 pm
JenMO16
Fireworks for me!
11:57 pm
Cosmo Kramer
172 - next grid