Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, December 22, 2018

12:01 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Holy Crepe I win!!!!!

12:01 am

Nef

Flip! (ursh, how did you know?)

12:01 am

Nef

Oops, I meant Gwenn!

12:03 am

Book Doctor Gwen

guess often enough, sooner or later you're gonna guess right

12:04 am

Nef

hoke

12:05 am

Nef

oops! Must be bedtime with the number of typos tonight!

12:05 am

Book Doctor Gwen

si7

12:10 am

Book Doctor Gwen

yeah, i'm heading to bed, too. night all

12:10 am

broll

et 7

12:12 am

scrambler

wh 7 48

12:21 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:35 am

ursh

favourite word so far ge5/24 - cats love catching poor little things

12:36 am

Lizlin

Love watching them at night, hunting moths on the window screens.

12:36 am

Lizlin

My favourite is ko 4/8 - a type of cuckoo that migrates here in the summer.

12:38 am

ursh

the ge5/24 - daughter once got a beautiful photo of a hunter on the outside of her window with very clear view of eggs in her belly "busy mommy" :)

12:40 am

ursh

found the cuckoo thanks

1:33 am

Lizlin

Yw

1:46 am

hurshy

one of my cats is in the grid

2:02 am

NonoNanette

y

4:41 am

mattygroves

Morning all! May I have stats, please for the E in the top row?

4:42 am

rubyfoo

Hello Matty

4:43 am

rubyfoo

l just started and Don't have it

4:43 am

MollyL

et6/21 and et7/32

4:43 am

mattygroves

Ah, ok. How are you, Ruby?

4:43 am

mattygroves

Hi Milly

4:44 am

mattygroves

Molly. Mistyped!

4:49 am

rubyfoo

Hi Molly

5:49 am

hydra

et6 = et+short form of Hello+opposite of off. And plural

6:57 am

Cosmo Kramer

fw

7:29 am

Trifioso

morning all! NBT was a breeze!

7:30 am

BzznBea

Morning, Trif. It seems to be an easy grid today.

7:31 am

Trifioso

ahhhh, that how wicked babble lures us in, every time, isn't it? lol

7:32 am

Trifioso

now it's giving me attitude, putting the CL5.12 right there to mock me. I will get to it, I will get to it....

7:34 am

Trifioso

oops, my chromebook is on 3%! This might be a short visit after all!

7:36 am

BzznBea

Childhood dance in in the grid today.

7:38 am

Trifioso

that's what it's all about.

7:38 am

Trifioso

wow, BOTH words too!

7:39 am

BzznBea

yes

7:39 am

Trifioso

miss one w - driving me wuts

7:56 am

dan2bit

do you have both ways to change the speed of a horse, Trif?

8:04 am

Uneaixoise

Wh7?

8:05 am

BzznBea

Are you asking for a clue, une?

8:06 am

Uneaixoise

Yes please

8:07 am

BzznBea

The color of Grandma's underwear?

8:09 am

Uneaixoise

Aahh thanks

8:23 am

wvteach

stats for top row E pls

8:24 am

LuvWordGames

et 6/21, et 7/32

8:24 am

BzznBea

et6/21

8:25 am

wvteach

thnx - will look

8:25 am

MLFAN17

hello

8:25 am

MLFAN17

clue for that et 6 pls/

8:25 am

LuvWordGames

hi MLF

8:25 am

LuvWordGames

ends in l***s, tigers and bears

8:25 am

MLFAN17

hi luv

8:26 am

MLFAN17

ty luv

8:26 am

wvteach

thnx - got it

8:28 am

MLFAN17

bt/nbs

8:28 am

MLFAN17

nbt

8:29 am

MLFAN17

oh I need the 2nd column I?

8:29 am

BzznBea

io4

8:29 am

MLFAN17

hi bzz ty

8:33 am

LuvWordGames

ya 5/24 please?

8:34 am

MLFAN17

last cl 6 pls?

8:34 am

LuvWordGames

plural of the cl 5/14

8:35 am

BzznBea

ya5/24 - ya + a sharp stabe les the final vowel

8:35 am

MLFAN17

clue that cl 5/14 pls ?

8:36 am

MLFAN17

bzz I don't understand your clue for that ya word?

8:36 am

dan2bit

stab not stabe

8:36 am

BzznBea

Thanks, dan. =)

8:37 am

LuvWordGames

thanks Bea & dan

8:37 am

MLFAN17

i still don't get it?

8:37 am

LuvWordGames

ya + the meat you get for a pig is **r*

8:37 am

dan2bit

ya5/24 - slang for mouth + slang for fine

8:38 am

LuvWordGames

kl 6/36 please?

8:38 am

MLFAN17

ty for the ya words

8:38 am

MLFAN17

clue for cl 5/14?

8:40 am

LuvWordGames

cl + vowel + 2 **as in a pod

8:40 am

BzznBea

kl6 - uses the double letter that makes the f sound and ends in pt different than ed

8:40 am

dan2bit

cl5/24 like a fancy pancake, but with a different second consonant

8:41 am

MLFAN17

ty all

8:41 am

LuvWordGames

thanks Bea, that's fireworks for me :-)

8:41 am

MLFAN17

congrats luv

8:41 am

LuvWordGames

ty MLF

8:42 am

LuvWordGames

any clues needed?

8:42 am

BzznBea

yw luv. congrats

8:42 am

LuvWordGames

ty Bea

8:42 am

dan2bit

I have op4/5 x 2 could use clues for the other o's

8:43 am

LuvWordGames

op 6/24 op + to strike something + vowel, & plural for 7

8:43 am

dan2bit

thanks LWG!

8:44 am

LuvWordGames

yw dan

8:44 am

MLFAN17

ty luv

8:44 am

dan2bit

down to 47 left, no more than 5 left on any tile

8:45 am

MLFAN17

congrats dan

8:45 am

LuvWordGames

ok, time for breakfast HAGD everyone

8:50 am

dan2bit

le6?

8:51 am

BzznBea

le _ large percussion instrument

8:51 am

dan2bit

ledrum

8:51 am

BzznBea

LOL

8:51 am

BzznBea

Metal

8:52 am

dan2bit

thanks! ;-)

8:52 am

BzznBea

crazy word

8:52 am

MLFAN17

can i get a reclue for that le word pls?/

8:54 am

BzznBea

la+ go4/8

8:54 am

MLFAN17

oh ty:)

8:58 am

Uneaixoise

Le + The **** Show

8:58 am

dan2bit

firewords! thanks lickety and BzznBea and Une and all cluers

8:58 am

MLFAN17

hi une

9:00 am

MLFAN17

congrats dan

9:12 am

Uneaixoise

Congrats Dan!

9:13 am

Uneaixoise

Hey mlf :-)

9:43 am

rururocks

gophies.. wall mounted moles

10:10 am

dan2bit

skelaphies - when it's just the bones

10:12 am

MollyL

Snophies Choice...when Sophie had a cold

10:16 am

rururocks

skelaphies sounds like a marrowing experience

10:52 am

rururocks

my parents are in the grid al4/10

10:55 am

jmcnrick

don't you want to let them out?

10:56 am

rururocks

no.. not really

10:56 am

jmcnrick

hi all

10:57 am

rururocks

hi there jm

10:57 am

jmcnrick

well my niece is in the grid too so maybe they can chat

10:58 am

gramma

2 left. KL 6 and oh I got the other one. Just 1 left kl. Help, please?

10:58 am

rururocks

to steal in a Yiddish way gramma

10:59 am

rururocks

actually it's a greek word.. sounds yiddish

10:59 am

gramma

ruru, I faked it and got it. TY

10:59 am

jmcnrick

I was just about to look it up in the yiddish dictionary!

11:00 am

jmcnrick

how are you doing ru? I haven't run into in a long time.

11:01 am

rururocks

I'm doing well jm.. thanks.. for the first time in a long while actually in the holiday spirit this year

11:01 am

gramma

I better get cooking. Lots to prepare for the Feast of the 7 fishes. I'm very excited. It's our 1st time.

11:01 am

jmcnrick

that's good ru. . . nothing worse than a holiday when you aren't in the spirit

11:01 am

rururocks

I hope you don't flounder in the kitchen gramma

11:02 am

jmcnrick

have fun cooking gramma

11:02 am

gramma

I cod this

11:02 am

gramma

See you all tomorrow.

11:02 am

jmcnrick

she's shark enough to handle it ru

11:02 am

jmcnrick

by gramma

11:02 am

rururocks

i wonder if she's have a big grouper over

11:03 am

jmcnrick

probably a whole school

11:04 am

rururocks

it'd be fun to watch from a perch to see 7 fish dinners

11:05 am

jmcnrick

it would be a whale of a good time

11:06 am

MLFAN17

ly clue pls?

11:07 am

rururocks

i wonder if she's cooking the feast for a porpoise

11:07 am

jmcnrick

sorry mlfan

11:08 am

rururocks

ly + ocean mixed up

11:08 am

jmcnrick

hope everyone enjoys it and there are no crabs in the crowd

11:08 am

jmcnrick

ty ru

11:10 am

MLFAN17

what does it end with?

11:11 am

rururocks

a vowel

11:12 am

MLFAN17

still looking but moving to other words yet to be found:)

11:13 am

rururocks

what's another word for the ocean..

11:13 am

rururocks

just mix it up

11:13 am

MLFAN17

I thought it was mix up the word you just mentioned

11:17 am

jmcnrick

nbt

11:17 am

jmcnrick

you may be over complicating it mlf

11:18 am

jmcnrick

I am off to read Virginia Election law to help make sure Virginia has a Santa Clais in 2019. ;)

11:18 am

jmcnrick

bye all . . . . 177 left

11:19 am

rururocks

bye jm

11:45 am

JenMO16

hi all

11:51 am

JenMO16

NBT

12:28 pm

cybernan

good morning/afternoon everyone :)

12:53 pm

JenMO16

hi cybernan

1:21 pm

MollyL

I had to look up Feast of The Seven Fishes. Never heard of that before.

2:17 pm

cybernan

kl 6 please? -- the jewish grandma thief clue didn't help

2:18 pm

Deeha

how odd - just got it and thought I'd hate to have to clue THAT one!!

2:19 pm

lynxxx

k & very large anaimal - drop the e & an

2:19 pm

Deeha

kl -vowel- tjhree unlikely consts

2:19 pm

Deeha

nice one lynxx!

2:21 pm

cybernan

ty deeha

2:29 pm

cybernan

le 6 please?

2:30 pm

lynxxx

le & what you strike to call people in for dinner

2:31 pm

cybernan

wow -- never wo!uld have guessed that one! ty. French dinner bell?

2:31 pm

lynxxx

that would have been a lovely clue

2:34 pm

Deeha

lol cyber

2:35 pm

Minveryork

Hello to my fellow babblers! How's everyone doing today

2:35 pm

lynxxx

hi Min

2:35 pm

Minveryork

By the way,congratulations to all the finishers!Way to go

2:49 pm

lynxxx

Bye all

3:06 pm

cybernan

any clues for the y 5's and 6's?

3:07 pm

zoozzoom

YA + most of a small horse type creature + plural.

3:07 pm

Minveryork

ye 5/14 is plural of the ye 4/6 word. ye 5/18 is what you say when something tastes bad and ye 5/22 is same word with a confused vowel ending cybernan and hello there!

3:08 pm

cybernan

ty zoom

3:08 pm

cybernan

just need the ya's - ty min

3:09 pm

Minveryork

Other ya 5/6 pair is same is one just clued but ends with a different letter cybernan.Sorry for the unwanted clues

3:10 pm

cybernan

I wasn't specific enough with my first request, min

3:12 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* Thanks for the help everyone

3:13 pm

cybernan

Kids left for the ski hill this morning, so this is my time to go and straighten up -- hagd everyone

4:14 pm

jwr

*sigh* in the BB days Ithat's Before Babble), I used to think I had a wide, deep and internationally sophisticated vocabulary.

4:33 pm

jwr

and a lovely no4/4 to you all, regardless of religion or custom.

4:34 pm

ChampFit

To you too!

4:54 pm

mkg

hi all. any clues for the E top row? ty.

4:55 pm

ChampFit

et6 and 7

4:55 pm

Marc Freeman

op6

4:56 pm

Marc Freeman

found it thanks

4:56 pm

mkg

any clues for the et words? thanks. i dont see them.

4:58 pm

ChampFit

The first part is like the beginning of an old fashion woman's name, and the end is a charged particle.

4:58 pm

Marc Freeman

I haven't gotten there yet.

5:01 pm

ChampFit

Need anything else before I go?

5:04 pm

ChampFit

OK...see you tomorrow...have a good evening!

5:07 pm

Marc Freeman

le6/30, please?

5:11 pm

welki

le + t. rex song, bang a ****

5:12 pm

welki

(if you're old enough to remember)

5:15 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks

5:22 pm

Marc Freeman

kl6, please?

5:25 pm

mkg

dont know t.rex song. any further clues?

5:26 pm

mkg

ty for et words! got both.

5:27 pm

mkg

opal

5:27 pm

mkg

oooops so so sorry

5:29 pm

Marc Freeman

le6 le+ remember the show where is you didn't get it right they would bank a big brass disc? le + go4

5:30 pm

welki

kl 6/36 is hard to clue, but it sounds like the word used to describe a certain palate or kirk douglas' chin

5:35 pm

Marc Freeman

sorry still can't find it

5:36 pm

rururocks

rhymes with a person who steals marc

5:38 pm

welki

hi ru

5:39 pm

Marc Freeman

Sorry ruru that didn't help either.

5:39 pm

welki

kl + some letters from Dumbo, Babar, Horton

5:42 pm

Marc Freeman

got the first 4 letters based on that clue

5:43 pm

welki

okay then - the last two are how you'd point someone to a post on twitter

5:44 pm

mkg

should be a 5 letter word and it wont take it.

5:45 pm

Marc Freeman

got it thanks

5:45 pm

welki

that's because it's a six letter word - it's got an extra letter in the 5th spot

5:45 pm

mkg

kleph it wont take. wont take kleaph. wont take klaph, wont take kleaps.....i give up

5:46 pm

mkg

kleph is in computer as the chin crease......so i am clueless.

5:46 pm

welki

you're almost there, mkg - add a letter to the end

5:46 pm

welki

like verk----

5:47 pm

mkg

stupid word. ty. got it. but really stupid when you can google kelph and it comes up.

5:47 pm

mkg

ty for clues welki

5:47 pm

mkg

how about that le word? the 6? any clues? i cant get it.

5:48 pm

welki

le + bigger than a cymbal, makes a loud noise

5:48 pm

mkg

got it. ty

5:49 pm

mkg

super clue. ty

5:49 pm

welki

no problem - time to start making sense of what's happening in my kitchen :)

5:58 pm

odessa

Can anyone clue the third sp5/12, immediately following the tiny bits? Also seeking the po5/20. Theyâ€™re my last two!

6:04 pm

MollyL

sp 5 sounds like what you do out of a plastic gun filled with water

6:05 pm

odessa

Thatâ€™s the fourth one, but thank you!

6:10 pm

MollyL

s + word for a jetty over water

6:10 pm

MollyL

Reverse the vowels

6:11 pm

odessa

Got it, thanks so much! FIreworks are gratifying after this hellish day

6:11 pm

rbud

po 5/20 is like the po 5/24 with a diff middle consonant, like the po*o stick jumping toy

6:12 pm

rbud

and congrats

6:12 pm

odessa

Thanks rbud!

6:20 pm

MollyL

Sad, Christmas time shouldn't be hellish

9:44 pm

PastorJ

stats for the bottom row s please?

9:48 pm

PastorJ

nm, found one for nbs/nbs/half!

11:22 pm

harpjane

found simians

11:36 pm

sprite

I am a phantom today

11:36 pm

sprite

good morning all, btw... trying to finish the grid before new flip

11:38 pm

Minveryork

Good morning all!Did not realize it was morning already!

11:38 pm

sprite

hiya Minver :D Here it is... 6.38 am.

11:38 pm

Minveryork

I have story of clues in my profile if anybody wants clues

11:39 pm

sprite

your stories rock :)

11:39 pm

Minveryork

Thank U sprite. It has been awhile since I've written one.

11:40 pm

Minveryork

Nice to see you briefly sprite, but I must go to bed now.I have a long drive to VT tomorrow. Want 2 head out early

11:41 pm

sprite

if the tiles shift the right way, we might have a gerund grid soon

11:42 pm

sprite

sleep well, Minver *hug*

11:42 pm

Minveryork

Wanted to make so many gerund words today sprite.Was very frustrating every time I got the red bar sprite.

11:42 pm

sprite

absolutely, same here, lol. Phantom endings are the pits

11:42 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye to all babblers!I hope to see U here again soon!

11:43 pm

sprite

sweet dreams!

11:44 pm

ursh

morning Sprite - I think we run on the same time - flip happens at 8am and I often have to rush to try and finish

11:45 pm

sprite

yes we are close. Flip is at 7 am here, I usually play around an hour after flip. But yesterday I could not make it and I was up early this morning, so here I go, trying to finish in time, lol

11:47 pm

ursh

aah yes the joy of getting older cannot sleep much past 5 or 6am so always up early and now my cats are used to being fed just after 6am and start nagging if I dont get moving :)

11:47 pm

sprite

hahaha priceless.

11:55 pm

sprite

11/12 Ks found... that last one is bugging me so much!

11:56 pm

ursh

do you have the one that sounds like a dimple in a chin ?

11:56 pm

ursh

kl6/36

11:56 pm

sprite

no... that must be my missing one

11:57 pm

ursh

ph instead of f

11:57 pm

sprite

wth... okay, ursh, thanks, brilliant clue. That is one odd word!

11:58 pm

sprite

def: 'a Greek or Albanian brigand, exalted in the war of Greek independence as a patriotic robber; guerrilla'

11:59 pm

ursh

haha and we talk about them every day !!

11:59 pm

sprite

lolllll oh yes, in everyday convo.

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