Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, January 16, 2020

12:01 am

torgone

Eep ..

12:02 am

Bugsaw

couldn't have said it better, torgone

12:04 am

movieman

ge9

12:04 am

broll

in 7

12:05 am

Bugsaw

ty movieman

12:06 am

gapeach

Thanks movieman.

12:08 am

Lizlin

gr 7

12:10 am

jessmom

en11

12:11 am

movieman

ty jess

12:11 am

jessmom

yw

12:11 am

jessmom

en8

12:11 am

dizgrannie

omg just got the 1

12:11 am

movieman

128 points straight off the bat!!!!!

12:12 am

dizgrannie

oopsie 11

12:12 am

Lizlin

Thanks for the en 11 :)

12:13 am

jessmom

yw

12:15 am

Lizlin

Must stop trying ginger!

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

gapeach

Thanks jess

12:19 am

jessmom

yw peach

12:20 am

Rainiqui

je 7

12:23 am

jessmom

re7

12:24 am

Lizlin

Just beat me to it, Jess

12:25 am

jessmom

:)

1:07 am

hurshy

can't find that gr7

1:08 am

hurshy

does it go with a gr5? cause i'm down to two G, a 5 and the gr7, be nice if they are a pair

1:12 am

marksdolly

think of war ammo

1:13 am

marksdolly

for the 7

1:13 am

marksdolly

but the 5 and 7 are not connected

1:14 am

marksdolly

jeon

1:14 am

hurshy

mk thanks :)

1:14 am

marksdolly

yw

1:16 am

hurshy

ps you might need to re-enter that je4 lol

1:17 am

marksdolly

lol ty, caught it

1:19 am

marksdolly

fireworks yay!

2:26 am

Marc Freeman

ge5/30, please?

2:52 am

JaxH66

Stats for the lone o please

2:54 am

Karys

og4/6

2:54 am

JaxH66

Thanks

3:08 am

Karys

yw

3:52 am

mattygroves

Ooop - I got the 8, 9 and 11 on my own. Woop!

3:54 am

mattygroves

No 7s yet though

3:54 am

mattygroves

And I now have a 7. Isn't this a thrilling thread ;)

4:33 am

MollyL

Ah, the Babble diet continues.

4:39 am

Uneaixoise

Clue for en11 please?

4:40 am

deanoz

une> do you have the ge6 and 9?

4:41 am

Uneaixoise

Yes

4:42 am

deanoz

then prefix your heart out!

4:42 am

rolin

une.. prefix+m or f+gerund

4:42 am

Uneaixoise

Got it!!!

4:42 am

Uneaixoise

Tx!

4:53 am

Soodle

You still here Mattie?

4:53 am

mattygroves

Yarp!

4:53 am

mattygroves

Two words left :)

4:54 am

Soodle

I will be having afternoon tea in Windsor on Saturday. (Not the castle- the town).

4:54 am

mattygroves

Oh! As it happens, I need to visit either Windsor or Staines this weekend....

4:55 am

mattygroves

We could make something happen...

4:55 am

mattygroves

If you have time

4:55 am

Soodle

Windsor is roughly halfway between where my son & daughter live,

4:56 am

mattygroves

Where do you son and daughter live?

4:56 am

Soodle

Not this time, sadly. I'll be getting my Gramma fix. ðŸ˜

4:56 am

mattygroves

Ah, fairy nuff.

4:57 am

Soodle

Paul is in Chatham, Kent & Sarah is in Swindon

4:57 am

mattygroves

Where do your kids live? I'll be visiting Australia in May or June as my daughter will be giving birth to my first granddaughter (first grandchild full stop)

4:58 am

Soodle

How exciting!! Our little fella is 7 months, 6 teeth & crawling. He is a pure delight.

4:59 am

mattygroves

Quite the schlep for both of them, but Windsor is fun. I think, though, the M4 may be shut nearby for bridge works (I'll check) so they should leave early!

5:00 am

Soodle

Well - I'll let them worry about that. I'm just the passenger!!!

5:05 am

mattygroves

Yes, the M4 will be closed in both directions between junction 6 and junction 8/9.

Drivers will be diverted during the full closure from Friday, January 17 night until Monday, January 20 morning.

5:06 am

mattygroves

Ah, so you're not meeting them there, but rather going with them?

5:10 am

mattygroves

FW! Enjoy your time in Windsor with the family x

6:18 am

Uneaixoise

En6 please?

6:22 am

Uneaixoise

Last word.....

6:30 am

godthaab

A nonet

6:45 am

Uneaixoise

Fw!!!

7:11 am

LuvWordGames

geez it's feast or famine with these grids lately :-(

7:15 am

worzel

seriously? There's an 11 letter word in this grid?

7:16 am

LuvWordGames

small but powerful grid I guess

7:33 am

LuvWordGames

gr 7/40 please?

7:36 am

hokie carla

well, looks like enable still has the n word

7:38 am

MollyL

And a host of other racial slurs, and will continue to say they are valid words. Because they are. Are they nice words? No, but they are words.

7:38 am

hokie carla

luv, a weapon thrown by hand

7:38 am

LuvWordGames

thanks carla....looking

7:39 am

BzznBea

Morning, friends

7:39 am

hokie carla

morning bea

7:39 am

LuvWordGames

Hi Bea

7:39 am

hokie carla

thank you, luv - I didn't have any 7s until you made me look :D

7:40 am

LuvWordGames

always happy to help lol

7:41 am

hokie carla

now I have the Bruno Mars song stuck in my head

7:41 am

LuvWordGames

and fireworks for me, any clues needed

7:42 am

hokie carla

not yet, thanks

7:42 am

hokie carla

just found another 7, my favorite card playing word

7:43 am

hokie carla

I mean, the word itself doesn't play cards

7:43 am

LuvWordGames

ok HAGD everyone

7:43 am

hokie carla

you too

7:44 am

hokie carla

thesauras man in the house again

7:49 am

BzznBea

Well, this isn't going well...

7:49 am

hokie carla

not at all

7:49 am

hokie carla

I have passed halfway at least, 27 left and not moving

7:53 am

hokie carla

found the 8 accidentally

7:54 am

hokie carla

that led to the 11

7:55 am

MollyL

Carla is pulling a Hurshy

7:56 am

BzznBea

I was looking at it when you spoke...

7:56 am

MollyL

Serendipitous

7:57 am

hokie carla

I want goon to be there but it just isn't

7:57 am

BzznBea

Neither is gonad...

7:57 am

hokie carla

and I don't know how there's still 8 g's left for me to find

7:59 am

hokie carla

gonad(s) is one of those words that I see in the grid a lot but it's never actually there.

8:00 am

hokie carla

(cue ruru)

8:00 am

BzznBea

Got the 9 so I'm at NBS but still don't have NBT...

8:01 am

hokie carla

ooh, just found the a for nbt, but don't have the 9

8:02 am

hokie carla

bottom row is done

8:02 am

BzznBea

Look at your 11.

8:03 am

hokie carla

got it, thanks

8:03 am

hokie carla

was going about it wrong

8:04 am

hokie carla

right 2 columns grayed ;)

8:06 am

hokie carla

ooh, another 7

8:07 am

hokie carla

down to 15

8:13 am

hokie carla

top row grayed out!

8:16 am

BzznBea

I've grayed all the vowels...

8:17 am

hokie carla

still have 2 e's that are stubborn. down to 11. probably going to the list.

8:17 am

bichon

ri 6/33, ps

8:17 am

hokie carla

someone did something to the sails on a boat

8:18 am

bichon

ty carla

8:19 am

hokie carla

ty, that actually helped me find a word using that ending

8:21 am

hokie carla

oh well, made it to 10 which is pretty good for me sans list.

8:25 am

hokie carla

fireworks! at least the last 10 were words I had to work to get and not ones I should have seen. TTFN!

8:26 am

BzznBea

Congrats, CArla.

8:34 am

Judi

Good morning, all.

8:35 am

BzznBea

Morning, Judi.

8:35 am

MollyL

Judi is here. Somebody tap the keg.

8:35 am

penquis

*tap, tap, tap*....

8:35 am

penquis

i was hoping for a big grid on this snow day.... :o(

8:36 am

Judi

* waves away keg * Had a meal that didn'

8:36 am

Judi

didn't agree with me last night. Passing on most food this a.m.

8:38 am

MollyL

*Orders saltines and ginger ale for Judi

8:38 am

wvteach

stats for bottom corner A pls

8:39 am

BzznBea

ae5/10

8:40 am

MollyL

Oh lucky you Pen (dripping with sarcasm) Snow today and a bigger storm on the way

8:40 am

BzznBea

How's your weather up there, Molly?

8:41 am

wvteach

thnx bzz

8:41 am

MollyL

Windy but nice today. We have some kind of wintry mix on the agenda for Saturday.

8:42 am

BzznBea

yw, wv.

8:42 am

BzznBea

Enjoy the nice weather today, then. =)

8:47 am

MollyL

At least the crappy weather is for a weekend day so I can stay home and make some soup. : D

8:47 am

Judi

* holds out bowl for soup *

8:47 am

BzznBea

Always a silver lining...

8:47 am

phaeton

hello...hint for the en8 pls

8:48 am

BzznBea

en + sex

8:48 am

BzznBea

As in male or female

8:48 am

phaeton

ty Bea

8:49 am

BzznBea

My work here in done. =) Until next time...

8:49 am

Judi

Work intrudes. Off I go.

9:35 am

MollyL

If Ru were here, we would have had "enboinking...damn"
: D

9:57 am

Tnarg

regni

10:08 am

Tnarg

Clue for re5/12, anyone?

10:10 am

marilyn992

re + Mr Rather

10:12 am

Tnarg

TYVW

10:17 am

MummyBear

need

10:17 am

MummyBear

so

10:17 am

MummyBear

sorry

10:17 am

MummyBear

oops

10:18 am

MummyBear

sorry

11:44 am

bichon

in 7/36, pls

11:53 am

Aloyisius

a math term that refers to a whole number, bichon... not a fraction

11:53 am

Aloyisius

my internet is way too slow today.. I'm poofing

12:01 pm

bichon

ty Aloy

12:09 pm

clg47

TY Aloyisius

12:17 pm

turqaz

help pls with ge 6/30? it's my last word. I guess I haven't tried everything.

12:18 pm

bichon

g + two vowels + gerund ending

12:18 pm

bichon

gr 5/18, pls

12:19 pm

turqaz

gr + vowel + move

12:19 pm

turqaz

and ty bichon

12:22 pm

turqaz

gr + vowel, and don't pass **

12:26 pm

bichon

ty turqaz

12:26 pm

turqaz

yw

12:28 pm

turqaz

fw! anyone want clues b4 i go?

12:31 pm

magpie7

last je4 please?

12:32 pm

turqaz

je + ** and off

12:32 pm

magpie7

thanks. that's new to me.

12:33 pm

turqaz

yw

12:34 pm

turqaz

I'm off to run errands for a sick friend. hagd, and don't forget your scottish-english dictionary

12:48 pm

bichon

re 5/14, pls

12:52 pm

EvaNadine

ruling period

12:57 pm

bichon

ty EvaN

1:03 pm

bichon

gr 7/40, pls [last word]

1:10 pm

MollyL

A weapon you throw with your hand

1:11 pm

bichon

tyvm Molly

1:12 pm

EvaNadine

hints for the 9 and 11?

1:24 pm

sukee

the Ge 9/84 starts with sex ends with gerund

1:25 pm

sukee

the EN 11/128 ads a prefix to it

1:30 pm

EvaNadine

TY -- i had the EN8, but hadn't thought to make them gerunds!

1:31 pm

sukee

yw

1:35 pm

MollyL

Gerund is the word of the day.

1:35 pm

EvaNadine

is today international gerund day or something?
hehe

1:36 pm

dan2bit

it's.... trending

1:37 pm

EvaNadine

:facepalm:

1:37 pm

MollyL

Go run some errands and find your gerunds

1:38 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

1:41 pm

EvaNadine

hello nan!

1:42 pm

EvaNadine

hints for the O?

1:43 pm

cybernan

stats for the a please?

1:43 pm

EvaNadine

AE 5/10

1:44 pm

cybernan

og 4 - architectural feature

1:44 pm

cybernan

ty eva

1:45 pm

EvaNadine

TY -- a common babblet.
id forgotten all about it, having not played for a while!

1:45 pm

EvaNadine

TY nan

1:58 pm

EvaNadine

hints for the EN 6/21?
for fireworks?

2:00 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone

2:01 pm

cybernan

en + peruse a book but change first letter

2:03 pm

EvaNadine

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*FIREWORKS!!!!!!!*~*~*~*~\n*~*~*~

2:10 pm

MollyL

Ooo, Eva got so excited she almost blew the chat

2:36 pm

MummyBear

reed

2:36 pm

MummyBear

sorry

2:36 pm

MummyBear

:)

3:29 pm

pippingeek

can anyone clue the first ge5/14?

3:30 pm

kje

a classification... of art, or books, etc

3:30 pm

pippingeek

omg, ty

3:30 pm

kje

yw

3:30 pm

pippingeek

6 more and I am struggling

3:31 pm

pippingeek

j's and n's, sigh

3:31 pm

kje

congrats on nursing school - this coming march or last march?

3:32 pm

pippingeek

thank you! this coming march. 51 more days of work, then a holiday trip, then I start a week later. Very excited

3:39 pm

Soodle

Irrelevant to my Babble addiction, but, today I got a hearing aid. TV volume reduced from 55 to 20 & no need for subtitles. Mind. Blown.

3:39 pm

pippingeek

2 left. I will find these bastards!

3:42 pm

pippingeek

fireworks! just had to use my no6 to find them :D

3:42 pm

Soodle

Well done Pipp.

3:46 pm

pippingeek

yay, i finally did something right today!

4:54 pm

Trifioso

hello

5:02 pm

rolotom

Going on record here that I think racial slurs should not be included in the puzzle

5:14 pm

MollyL

That is interesting. Many other people say the same thing. And yet they often use the word "poof" which is a slur in regards to gay males. The thing is, words are just words. They are only "bad" if they are used with a mean intention. Which they are not in a word game, or when people here say "poof" for "I'm leaving"

5:20 pm

rolotom

Thanks Molly, but the word in this grid does not have any other significant meaning.

5:21 pm

rolotom

That I am aware of, anyway.

5:24 pm

lil*monkey

I agree with you, rolotom

5:26 pm

rolotom

<3

5:31 pm

JaxH66

I agree. I tried the word with trepidation in the hope it wouldnâ€™t be accepted and was disappointed it was ðŸ˜ž

5:32 pm

MollyL

I respect the right for anyone to have their own opinion. A dictionary or word list is an accumulation and definitions of words. Those things include words that may be offensive to some.

5:36 pm

JaxH66

Itâ€™s a shame the dictionary used isnâ€™t updated. Itâ€™s frustrating when so many words that are now in common usage arenâ€™t accepted but thatâ€™s the game and we can accept it as it is or choose not to play so Iâ€™m accepting it and carrying on playing

5:40 pm

rolotom

Does anyone know if it would be possible to change the dictionary that feeds this?

5:44 pm

MollyL

This site is free now. I doubt the owner would want to go to the expense of upgrading it.

5:45 pm

rolotom

That is a good point Molly.

5:46 pm

toadandtoadette

good point but a sad point. this game could be so much more.

5:49 pm

toadandtoadette

honestly I see this as an app that would have a big following. HOwever, the small community that has been built and is continuing even 12 years after I started playing would be ruined

5:53 pm

MollyL

Why would it be ruined?

5:54 pm

toadandtoadette

too many more people would be involved

5:54 pm

MollyL

And I don't see it working as a phone app. It is very hard to play this game on the tiny screen of a phone

6:34 pm

penquis

hello .... can someone please clue the gr 7?

6:38 pm

NatashaW

it explords when you pull the pin

6:38 pm

NatashaW

oops, that was meant to be 'explodes'

6:38 pm

penquis

ah....a real word....ty....i am done...

6:40 pm

periwinkle

hi all. Does any one here watch Jeopardy? Periwinkle was one of the answers tonight and none of the contestants knew the answer but I did :-)

6:41 pm

NatashaW

I watched a couple of weeks ago during the Ken Jennings face-off with the other 2 "best ever" players and was astounded - NONE of them knew the term 'keylogger'

6:44 pm

penquis

go peri! ... I do watch it but I am behind....i record it....

6:44 pm

periwinkle

they were shown a picture of the flower and the shell

6:45 pm

periwinkle

I have fw so I am going byee

6:45 pm

penquis

i am no gardener, but the color might have led me to guess periwinkle.... ;o)

6:45 pm

penquis

bye peri...

7:08 pm

penquis

heading out....goodnight all...

7:18 pm

NatashaW

We keep losing power here (just outside DC) due to wind. The gusts are impressive! But it's freaking out our poor doggie

7:19 pm

NatashaW

Anyway, right now we have power again so I'm trying to finish before it blows away again

7:42 pm

origami

Hello!

8:04 pm

NatashaW

Hi origami!

8:05 pm

NatashaW

Just finishing up here... 2 left

8:06 pm

NatashaW

Done.

8:06 pm

NatashaW

Have a good evening all

8:07 pm

origami

Nice Natasha

8:07 pm

dan2bit

bye Natasha

8:09 pm

dan2bit

can I have a clue for the ge6 that doesn't feature in the 8, 9 & 11 ?

8:10 pm

rururocks

rhymes with urinating

8:10 pm

dan2bit

oh duh, I was trying from the wrong g

8:10 pm

dan2bit

thanks ruru!

9:26 pm

Minveryork

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

9:26 pm

Minveryork

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

9:27 pm

Marc Freeman

Could I get some help with ge6/30 and en6/21, please?

9:27 pm

Minveryork

E's Electrocuted! 4 left

9:28 pm

Minveryork

en 6/21 word is a group of 9 persons or things or a nonet

9:30 pm

Minveryork

ge6/30 word is g + 2 vowels + gerund ending and hi Marc

9:31 pm

Minveryork

G's Gotten! 3 left

9:31 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks for the ge, still working on the en

9:33 pm

Minveryork

Go to reverse dictionary. Type "a group of nine". It is 1st word on list Marc Freeman.Reverse Dictionary is terrific!

9:33 pm

Marc Freeman

found the en6, thanks

9:34 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:37 pm

Minveryork

I's Isolated! 2 left

10:08 pm

stidmama

hey all, down to 2 and cannot find that final re 6 and 7. Any help?

10:15 pm

Minveryork

re 6/24 means to go back on your word and past tense. I have been saving the last re7 for my fireworks stidmama

10:15 pm

Minveryork

I'll wait for you. We can get fireworks on the same word.

10:15 pm

stidmama

ooooh. THANK YOU! Want to cross the line together?

10:16 pm

Minveryork

Ready, set go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:16 pm

stidmama

It's past my bedtime... LOL school night and all.

10:16 pm

stidmama

YAY MIN!!!!!!!!!

10:16 pm

stidmama

That's the first grid I have finished in ages. :-D

10:16 pm

Minveryork

I am finished! I have fireworks! re 7/40 was my final one

10:16 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations stidmama on your fireworks! Way to go!

10:17 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight Stidmama.Honored to cross the line with you.

10:17 pm

stidmama

I love when we help each other out like that. Hope tomorrow will be pleasant for you... we've had a week of disruptions at my school and I long for the week after next when nothing particularly big is planned....

10:17 pm

stidmama

Sweet dreams Min. (((hugs))) See you again soon I hope! *poof*

10:37 pm

bethn

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