12:00 am
hurshy
this new one don't look so pretty
12:01 am
hurshy
ok, now, i KNOW simple simon met a pieman
12:02 am
ursh
haha hurshy - was my first try
12:04 am
hurshy
so hard to keep track of which spellings of a cat sound work and which do not
12:05 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! blossom star
12:05 am
dizgrannie
Z's zeroed
12:07 am
hurshy
didin't think to plural those at first but ya can
12:18 am
rbud
mayam? she's a hoot.
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:18 am
hurshy
mayim bialik, yes :)
12:19 am
hurshy
i guess these days i should be mentioning big bang theory instead but ahhh blossom :D
12:21 am
hurshy
15 left and i better call it a night
12:21 am
rbud
I've never really watched either show, but I follow her on FB and enjoy her writings.
12:21 am
rbud
oops, spelled her name wrong. laters, hurshy! :)
12:34 am
melonheadjujube
mi6/7
12:37 am
rururocks
thanks melon
12:40 am
rururocks
finished.. thankfully
12:43 am
rbud
si6 for the bottom, that took a while to find. And congrats, ru!
12:53 am
rbud
as for Mayim, I saw a thing on FB that she wrote, which led me to take an interest in her, which led to watching a few big bang episodes... but it doesn't really grab me. No idea about Blossom, guess I'm old, haha.
12:59 am
rbud
But I've always had a problem with sitcoms, especially if laugh tracks are involved - have tended to avoid them my whole life. Live audiences only slightly better, really.
4:50 am
Uneaixoise
Some real doozies in this grid!
5:08 am
Uneaixoise
Clue for mi7?
5:09 am
Scrabbler
Good morning, Une. I will look with you.
5:11 am
Scrabbler
I am guessing it starts from the right side M and is the prefix mis-
5:12 am
Uneaixoise
Right......
5:12 am
JBV
Bonjour, ladies - i'm up early today, nice to see you, the mi6 is a Hebrew word (not "mis")
5:13 am
Scrabbler
Buon Natale, JBV. I haven't seen you here in a long time.
5:14 am
JBV
Hi Scrabbler, Buon Natale! I Babble every day but at odd times
5:14 am
Scrabbler
Not a word.
5:14 am
JBV
how are things up north by you? snow?
5:15 am
Scrabbler
Melting snow and heavy fog.
5:15 am
JBV
we've had very mild weather so far, not complaining
5:15 am
Scrabbler
I want snow. Lots of it. I want to snowshoe and XC-ski.
5:16 am
Uneaixoise
Too mild for me.....69 here yesterday!
5:16 am
JBV
wow! that's crazy weather
5:17 am
JBV
the trees start to think it's spring and begin budding
5:17 am
Uneaixoise
Exactly!
5:21 am
JBV
fireworks for me - need any clues before I close?
5:22 am
Scrabbler
No, thanks, JBV. I will tease some more words out, then I need to go to work. I am on call the next 4 nights. Waaaah.
5:25 am
JBV
the mi 7 is a plural of the 6
5:26 am
Uneaixoise
Only have one mi6.....to speak wrongly
5:27 am
JBV
the other is a Hebrew york - high point letter in the middle
5:27 am
JBV
second part sounds like name of presidential candidate Andrew ****
5:29 am
Uneaixoise
Thanks!
5:29 am
JBV
also a homophone of the cartoon characters in Despicable Me
5:33 am
Uneaixoise
4 to go....
5:33 am
Scrabbler
Go Une, go.
5:37 am
Uneaixoise
Must run....bbl to finish :-)
5:44 am
Scrabbler
I passed halfway. Bye.
6:21 am
rubyfoo
TOO MUCH PAIN THIS <AM
6:24 am
MollyL
I'm sorry Ruby. I hope the pain medication starts doing it's job soon.
6:34 am
Uneaixoise
So sorry, Ruby :-(
6:53 am
Uneaixoise
First un5/22?
6:55 am
BzznBea
come together, une
6:58 am
LuvWordGames
wow, lots of words that in in the belief suffix
6:59 am
LuvWordGames
that end in the belief suffix
7:00 am
LuvWordGames
any clues needed?
7:03 am
Uneaixoise
Thanks!
7:04 am
Marc Freeman
an7, please?
7:07 am
BzznBea
giving human feelings to unhuman things
7:07 am
LuvWordGames
starts out like a creature and ends in the belief suffix
7:15 am
Marc Freeman
thanks
7:27 am
MollyL
Hi Bea, how was your feast?
7:34 am
BzznBea
It was wonderful! So much food we didn't get to the cheesecake.
7:34 am
BzznBea
I'm sure yours was delicious.
7:37 am
MollyL
Ooo, I have been thinking about a different dessert for Christmas. Maybe I will do cheesecake next year. We had a great dinner and a lot of fun with a riddle trivia game afterwards.
7:59 am
Judi
Good morning, all.
8:08 am
Marc Freeman
py7, please?
8:10 am
Judi
First 4 of keyboard instrument + syndrome ending.
8:11 am
MollyL
py + two vowels + Mama ___! (ABBA musical)
8:11 am
Judi
And it's plural for the 8.
8:12 am
Marc Freeman
thanks
8:33 am
Judi
Man, it sucked having to come back to work the day after Christmas. * pouty face *
8:34 am
Judi
And now I'm bored because the grid was too small today.
8:35 am
Judi
I should have said "its plural". Pardon my apostrophe.
8:54 am
mkg
confused: py +2 vowels and then the musical instrument??
8:55 am
mkg
nm got it finally. ty
9:02 am
mkg
any clues for the bottom row i word? ty
9:03 am
mkg
nm just got it. outch.
9:03 am
mkg
ouch. sorry to have asked.
9:08 am
dan2bit
morning all! happy boxing day
9:08 am
MollyL
Ooo, boxing day. Time to get the Rock'em Sock'em Robots out.
9:10 am
mkg
i am struggling with that mi 6 hebrew word. i get the middle high point letter but not much else. mi and then ?
9:11 am
mkg
the high point letter i assume is the one in 5th column?
9:14 am
mkg
boxing day is after xmas? does that me to box up all the gifts or ??????????
9:15 am
dan2bit
traditionally, it's when the servants who worked Christmas Day got the day off and took their boxes of leftovers home from the wealthy's feasts
9:16 am
MollyL
Mi6...number of persons required to be present for a Hebrew service
9:16 am
MollyL
The high point letter is not in the fifth row
9:18 am
dan2bit
mi6 can end in either the corner or the center, mkg, if that helps
9:18 am
dan2bit
oh strike that, it *uses* both the center and the corner
9:19 am
dan2bit
<-- long day yesterday, need more coffee. miss2bit made out like a bandita
9:19 am
MollyL
I must be blind, I only see it ending in the corner
9:19 am
dan2bit
not you, Molly, me ;-)
9:19 am
MollyL
Oh good, not blind : D
9:21 am
MollyL
I always think of the mi6/7 as the ten men needed at a funeral
9:36 am
dan2bit
who did simple si5 meet if not a pieman?
10:19 am
aebmusica
im5/12...clue please
10:27 am
rubyfoo
Sorry about this Morning but I couldn't move. OK now, though. I won't do that again
10:48 am
ALC
word before an acid
10:58 am
Dianne
Help with the si6 - please.
11:01 am
wvteach
add another letter after man's name
11:02 am
Dianne
Thank you.
11:24 am
dan2bit
firewords! thanks lickety and Molly and all cluers
11:55 am
marksdolly
Fireworks!! yay!!
2:31 pm
dcseain
oh, those PY words are twisty
4:18 pm
periwinkle
hi all. help wth bottom S pls
4:18 pm
periwinkle
tough grid for me
4:19 pm
toadandtoadette
SI 6, 27
4:19 pm
toadandtoadette
male name + the sometimes vowel (actually my son's name)
4:19 pm
periwinkle
I need that one too toad
4:20 pm
periwinkle
ok got it ty
4:38 pm
toadandtoadette
exactly halfway done, going to the list
4:44 pm
Douglas
Are you dears finding this grid to be rather cruel?
4:51 pm
toadandtoadette
yes
4:56 pm
Douglas
High BPW (Babblets Per Words)
5:07 pm
lil*monkey
I cannot figure out that si6 that starts with a male name?
5:07 pm
lil*monkey
oh dam, never mind! I got it! Mr. Cowell with a sometimes vowel.
5:11 pm
LadyFeline
To Douglas: Absolutely, yes, I am.
5:14 pm
Douglas
With quite a bit of help from morewords, I have reached NBT-2, having exactly 2 from each tile with at least two words, and all the words from all the rest.
5:15 pm
lil*monkey
pieman is NOT a word? That! is! LUDICROUS!
5:15 pm
Douglas
My name is im5 Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die. Wait, that didn't come out right.
5:39 pm
Dorens
pieman is not a word no matter how you slice it
5:41 pm
MollyL
A la mode, Dorens...a la mode
5:43 pm
rururocks
i'd have commented but my humor has been a little crusty lately
5:44 pm
MollyL
I guess Douglas watched the chemistry version of The Princess Bride.
5:44 pm
MollyL
Ru, that is because you are flaky
5:47 pm
rururocks
I'm changing my name to the Count of Monte Crisco
5:49 pm
rururocks
i guess we've run the gallette of pie jokes
5:55 pm
hokie carla
This had all the ingredients for a good pun thread
5:56 pm
MollyL
3.14159265359
5:59 pm
MollyL
Temperatures predicted to be in the 50's and 60's all week. Whee!
6:03 pm
hokie carla
The mountain I drove up today - that we used to call “Snowy Mountain†when the kids were small - was 63 at the top. Crazy warm for the day after Xmas.
6:04 pm
JaxH66
Clue for an5 please
6:04 pm
JaxH66
NM found it
6:06 pm
MollyL
We have had warm temperatures in December before. But I'm now waiting for the global warming people to chime in. Someone here actually posted "merry impeachmas" yesterday. How festive.
6:08 pm
hokie carla
Is this grid hard or am I just not trying? Is 59 left too early to go to list?
6:08 pm
hokie carla
And yes, we’ve had warm temps in winter before, esp. in NC.
6:14 pm
MollyL
I have no use for grids like this with weird ass words in them.
6:14 pm
JaxH66
No I’ve listed at about that point. The words are really hard to see today
6:15 pm
MollyL
I don't have any "rules" about consulting the list. I go there when I stop seeing words that make sense.
6:16 pm
hokie carla
I don’t really either. Would like to get halfway usually but I don’t always
6:21 pm
hokie carla
Well, I buckled down and made it to 49
6:25 pm
MollyL
Morewords, the list, asking for clues, it's all part of getting help instead of finding the words yourself.
6:27 pm
hokie carla
I do try to find as many as I can, then go to the list, then as last resort ask for clues. Then last last resort, look it up. I pretend like I am learning them for next time.
6:29 pm
MollyL
Everyone has their own way of playing. I just laugh when people who have asked for clues all day long say that they finished without the list. Help is help.
6:33 pm
grannyrose
cooee and g'day from me. i emailed flosey on the 17th. haven't heard from her. does anyone have any idea where or how she is? she was 87 when i last looked.
6:34 pm
hokie carla
How do they even know what to ask for if they don’t have the list? I would even argue that getting clues that spell out the words are more help than just knowing the word exists from seeing it on the list. I don’t care how people want to play, but agree - don’t pretend like you didn’t have help.
6:34 pm
hokie carla
Have not seen her, grannyrose
6:35 pm
grannyrose
oh, lord, carla... i need all the help i can get...lolll
6:36 pm
JaxH66
I’m always really grateful for all of the help that’s given and really appreciate it. I get much further into the grid with it. I always check back in the chog for clues given earlier. There are always words in every grid that I’ve never come across before.
6:36 pm
grannyrose
ruru ?? did you see my new FB pic?
6:37 pm
grannyrose
ditto Jaxx.
6:40 pm
MollyL
So as not to be misunderstood, I am sure people are grateful for helpful clues. And then there are those who don't care for unsolicited clues in chat, because they are trying to find words on their own. Like I said before, everyone plays in a different way. And that is great.
6:45 pm
JaxH66
I don’t like clues that basically spell out the word for you. I’d much rather have a clue to the meaning of a word that I then need to go and find. It’s hard to get the balance right sometimes. There’s no answer really other than not having the chat open if you don’t want any clues.
6:45 pm
MollyL
I agree. I turn the chat off when there are a lot of clues flying.
6:49 pm
grannyrose
but sometimes the meaning of a word cannot be found. then things become a little tricky if a clue is needed.
6:51 pm
jwr
Jax, thoroughly agree. To spell out a word is not a clue, it is the word itself. And, yes, I always work the grid to the best i can and then check the chat - both for news and a few clues.
6:52 pm
JaxH66
Agree grannyrose but sometimes some quite common words are spelt out.
6:56 pm
jwr
Last gripe (for now), declaring Enable is nuts or there is no such word or how silly it is instead of looking it up themselves and finding out there are more definitions of the word or that people elsewhere or elsewhen used it commonly.
7:55 pm
rururocks
I have written to flosey twice gr. No response
7:55 pm
rururocks
Yes i saw the facebook photo
7:56 pm
rururocks
A huge group
7:59 pm
hokie carla
Well, I made it to 11 left with the list. It is not helping that I could fall asleep any second.
7:59 pm
72 Temple Owl
stats for top e please?
8:00 pm
grannyrose
eu4/5 TO
8:00 pm
hokie carla
I also dislike playing on my iPad
8:00 pm
72 Temple Owl
thanks, rose
8:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
doh!
8:02 pm
grannyrose
ruru, and that's just the kids. add another 9 for siblings and spouses....
8:03 pm
grannyrose
eldest son and family joined in for the first time. he was very happy, and kept saying this is what christmas should be. i think he had forgotten the closeness of our family unit.
8:06 pm
bichon
mi6/27, pls
8:10 pm
grannyrose
hebrew, the number of males required to have a communal religious service....mi 6/27
8:11 pm
nrkii
hello all... may I please ask for a nudge on the py7? I've been struggling with it for 30 minutes and it appears my monkeys have abandoned me
8:14 pm
grannyrose
diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria circulating in the bloodstream. if that doesn't help, come back and i'll clue it differently.
8:15 pm
nrkii
got it, thanks
8:15 pm
nrkii
"diseased state" told me the end, which was all I needed :)
8:58 pm
bichon
mi6/27, pls last one
9:00 pm
grannyrose
okay, you didn't find it from my definition at 8:10?
9:00 pm
grannyrose
oh different mi6. ends with another word for to speak
9:07 pm
rolotom
clued at 8:10
9:11 pm
grannyrose
tom, two mi6/27. :-)
9:27 pm
72 Temple Owl
un 7 pls?
9:27 pm
bichon
some people wear them to work
9:28 pm
rururocks
underwear
9:28 pm
rururocks
damn it
9:29 pm
72 Temple Owl
oh good grief! ty!
9:33 pm
bichon
vi6/30, pls
9:41 pm
LuvWordGames
Vi 6/30 vi* and vigor + opp. Of out + vowel
10:35 pm
Minveryork
Hello all!Anybody here to help me with my last 10 words
10:37 pm
torgone
I'll do what I can, Min .. I need 2 ..
10:38 pm
Minveryork
Hello torgone! Thanks for coming to my rescue. ma6/30.
10:39 pm
Minveryork
Never mind! I just found that ma 6/30 word. Thank you!
10:39 pm
Minveryork
torone,do you have the mo6/24 and mo 7/36 words yet?
10:43 pm
torgone
mo6 =beginning of "single" prefix + suffix meaning theory ..
10:44 pm
Minveryork
Thanks torgone for the 2 mo clue.I just found the words.
10:44 pm
torgone
Do you have the second mi5?
10:45 pm
grannyrose
mo6. in metaphysics any theory holding that there is one basic substance or principle.
10:45 pm
Minveryork
No I don't have second mi5.Was just about to ask U for it
10:45 pm
Minveryork
Hi grannyrose! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid.
10:46 pm
grannyrose
mi5. sounds like a very deep gorge.
10:47 pm
grannyrose
hey min. not too bad. weather starting to 'get' to me.unable to sleep properly anyway because pain levels have gone through the roof.
10:47 pm
Minveryork
mi5/14 is mi + a muscle sp*** torgon.Thank U grannyrose
10:49 pm
Minveryork
M's Manipulated! 4 left
10:51 pm
Minveryork
N's Numbered! 2 left
10:52 pm
Minveryork
I am finished! I have fireworks!pi8/50 was my last word.
10:52 pm
Minveryork
Will be here for the next 30 minutes of clues are needed
10:55 pm
grannyrose
how are you doing min?
11:01 pm
Minveryork
I am doing well. Had a terrific Christmas w/family in VT.
11:01 pm
Minveryork
Hope you had a very nice holiday in the land down under
11:03 pm
grannyrose
i did thanx min. if you have an FB account look for me. i posted a pic of just the kids and their kids there. with their permission of course. we had a family picnic in a park Boxing Day. 26 people... we had a wow of a time.
11:05 pm
grannyrose
my husband never ceases to be in awe of the fact that such a large family gets along with each other so well.i used to think we were the norm but he says no.
11:06 pm
grannyrose
min, did you have far to travel to be with your family?
11:07 pm
Minveryork
I drove about 4.5 hrs to Vermont. Not a very long drive.
11:08 pm
Minveryork
My dog was my co-pilot.It's a good thing my dog does not drive. He falls asleep every time we go to VT. Not a very good co-pilot, if you ask me, but always enjoy company
11:10 pm
grannyrose
lolll... sleeping on the job was he. but seriously, glad he is such a good passenger. some dogs become very ill traveling.
11:11 pm
Minveryork
He goes back and forth between the back seat and front seat.He has always been great in the car w/no problems
11:56 pm
Minveryork
Any guesses on the next grid size? My guess is 105 words.
11:58 pm
harpjane
a pox on you, gr!
11:58 pm
grannyrose
ROFLOLLLL
11:59 pm
grannyrose
just the one pox, jane?
11:59 pm
Rainiqui
what can I say - it's my favourite number
12:00 am
grannyrose
rain, we would still be here next blue moon