Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, April 29, 2020

12:03 am

chrisk

ec 7

12:05 am

Lizlin

ca 7

12:09 am

grannyrose

ch9

12:10 am

Rainiqui

ch 7

12:10 am

justafreep

thanks, granny

12:14 am

rastapopolous

ac7

12:14 am

grannyrose

yi5/16

12:16 am

justafreep

ho9

12:17 am

rastapopolous

it'll take merlot and claret - why not chianti?

12:18 am

grannyrose

thanx freep

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety.

12:25 am

weegee

never knew ho6/27 could be used as a verb...

12:26 am

justafreep

yeah. that's a gerund I'd never seen before.

12:26 am

gapeach

Rose, if you see Ruru and I don't, please tell him that Flosey was on here last night...late. I wrote a note but she never answered. Now, she ( or someone using her computer) was on a couple of weeks ago and the same thing happened. Ruru said he tried to contact her some time ago....with no response. Don't know what happened....hope all is well there. Thanks, hon.

12:28 am

grannyrose

np's peach. yeah, i'm having the same issues. it's strange though, that whoever it is logging into babble, does not respond to our messages.

12:28 am

gapeach

Rose, she never tried to insert a word....just on "Who's Online".

12:29 am

grannyrose

yes i know peach. it's very strange

12:31 am

gapeach

bbl

1:57 am

zoozzoom

Did not do too well today only managed to find 72 words. Hope my eyes will find more later. Happy babbling everyone!

5:02 am

mattygroves

Tilly's home! Hurrah!

5:06 am

FrenchToast

Great news matty! Welcome home Tilly!

5:09 am

mattygroves

Thank you! In other news, I'm not getting anywhere on this grid

5:09 am

FrenchToast

I have only found 33 words! UGH

5:10 am

mattygroves

I've found 65, but still have a bunch of 0s and only one 7 and nothing bigger. I can't see this one being a finisher

5:14 am

FrenchToast

Gotta go! Matty I hope you have a wonderful day, and are able to see your granddaughter!

5:14 am

MollyL

Glad to hear the grand girlie is home.

5:17 am

mattygroves

One day I'll see her in real life. No idea when though - the UK has so badly mishandled COVID and we still have a high deathrate (especially in care homes) and a high infection rate. Sigh.

5:22 am

MollyL

I don't think any country was prepared to handle this well. Hopefully we will learn from this experience.

5:25 am

mattygroves

Australia and New Zealand (especially NZ) have done very well. I spoke to Sarah earlier, she said she's glad, that if we have to be so far apart, that she's the one in Australia and I agree with her.

5:25 am

mattygroves

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ (in case anyone's interested in the UK's official COVID cases in hospital stats)

5:26 am

MollyL

What have those countries done differently?

5:29 am

M3

IF you search Agenda 21 your see they ran a senario for this earler last year. I think huge organisations have plans in place, look how quickly the big stores had all the signs and tape ready to go.

5:32 am

mattygroves

The big difference is testing and contact tracing. The UK initially went with the (and I quote Boris Johnson) 'take it on the chin' method of containment - suspected virus cases that did not require hospitalisation were not tested and no contact tracing took place (it still doesn't...yet)

5:33 am

mattygroves

And, initially, the advice was to wash your hands frequently...and that was, for a good couple of weeks, pretty much the extent of the official advice. That, and if you feel poorly, self isolate for 7 days - it wasn't until the middle of March that other household members were told to self isolate

5:34 am

mattygroves

We had the opportunity as early as January to prepare for a pandemic - and we refused. We refused to go in with the EU, for example, regarding the supply of PPE and ventilators

5:35 am

mattygroves

Australia, New Zealand, Germany and South Korea aggressively tested and contact traced from the very start. That isn't to say that all went swimmingly (especially in Germany and South Korea) but it definitely played out a damned sight better than the UK.

6:28 am

Uneaixoise

Morning, all.....

6:28 am

bojazz

hi, une...

6:29 am

Uneaixoise

100 down......off to feed pups and take out to potty :-)

7:31 am

MollyL

This grid may win the prize for most weird words ever

7:35 am

BzznBea

I can say that there aren't any words that just jump out at you, is there...

7:46 am

MollyL

How's life in the Bea Hive?

7:47 am

BzznBea

Same sh@t, different day. =)

7:50 am

MollyL

My sister sent me a really good piece on how connecting with nature can help you anchor yourself in troubled times such as these.

7:53 am

BzznBea

It does help me. I've been out planting my flowers and tending the beds around our house. I have three or four pairs of mockingbirds that must be mating as they are chattering all day. I laugh at them as they are so noisy.

8:01 am

MollyL

We have geese nesting around my office building. It's nice to see nature carrying on during all this.

8:02 am

Judi

Good morning, all.

8:02 am

BzznBea

Morning, Judi.

8:03 am

BzznBea

The Japanese have a term that translates to forest bathing, a mindful walk in the woods.

8:04 am

Judi

Mmmmm. Forest bathing. I could go for a good dunk today.

8:06 am

BzznBea

Isn't it the perfect term?

8:07 am

MollyL

Anything that has to do with trees is usually good for my soul.

8:08 am

Judi

It is lovely, Bea. As one is enveloped by sights, smellls, and temperature variances, it is appropos.

8:08 am

Judi

However, I have to mark points off for the bugs and slugs.

8:11 am

Judi

The forest sounds much more appealing than this grid looks.

8:12 am

BzznBea

That is for sure...This one is a mess...

8:18 am

MollyL

It's like if you took all the weird words you have ever found in Babble and put them all in one grid

8:23 am

hokie carla

LOL, just got here. looks like I won't be enjoying this one but I did find a 7 right off the bat.

8:25 am

MollyL

*Gives Carla the Smarty Pants t-shirt

8:26 am

hokie carla

nice to have 1 g after 29 yesterday

8:27 am

BzznBea

Yes, but look at the vowels...

8:27 am

hokie carla

oh, the humanity - 51 c's

8:29 am

Judi

Just majorly cheated and went after the 8 and 9's.

8:30 am

hokie carla

I consider this a bad sign that I can only find 6/20 of the upper c's

8:32 am

Judi

This grid has bad sign written all over it.

8:34 am

SuzeeQ24

hard even making up words today

8:35 am

hokie carla

yep. no hoity

8:35 am

SuzeeQ24

lol

8:36 am

BzznBea

I tried that too, Carla.

8:36 am

MollyL

The 9 is a ridiculous word

8:36 am

hokie carla

which one?

8:36 am

hokie carla

I'm assuming both 9s are ridiculous

8:38 am

BzznBea

One of the 9's is a tree

8:38 am

hokie carla

a tree that normal people have heard of?

8:39 am

BzznBea

Are you saying I'm not normal?

8:39 am

hokie carla

name that hip hop artist who sang "right thurr"

8:39 am

hokie carla

you're a master gardener!

8:39 am

Uneaixoise

Add gerund ending to ho6

8:39 am

MollyL

A tree?

8:39 am

hokie carla

what if I don't have ho6 :D

8:40 am

Uneaixoise

Leading, being assertive

8:40 am

BzznBea

Oh, sorry it is an 8 that is the tree.

8:41 am

MollyL

And here I am, looking perplexedly at the definitions for the 9's

8:41 am

penquis

the ho 9 is totally ridiculous.....molly's comment made me try a word i did not think was a word....

8:41 am

Uneaixoise

Clue for the tree?

8:41 am

hokie carla

now I have "right thurr" stuck in my head and I will be shocked if anyone here right now gets it. ;)

8:41 am

MollyL

Well I think they are both ridiculous. Yes, both 9's

8:42 am

BzznBea

ci8.55 - tighten your belt + first number with a different vowel at the end.

8:42 am

Judi

Oc7/44, anybody? Anybody?

8:42 am

hokie carla

well it's not hoitying because that would be an 8

8:43 am

MollyL

Oh man, I am so sorry I looked up those lyrics

8:43 am

hokie carla

got the ci8, thx

8:43 am

MLFAN17

whatever the ho 9 is, the 5 I have doesn't make an 8

8:43 am

hokie carla

LOL, molly. at least it's not stuck in your head.

8:44 am

penquis

ty bea....

8:44 am

phaeton

oc7 ends with what you wear on your finger

8:44 am

MLFAN17

does the ci8 extend from another ci word?

8:44 am

hokie carla

thx, phae

8:44 am

Judi

Thanks, phae.

8:44 am

phaeton

yw

8:44 am

BzznBea

No, mlf

8:45 am

phaeton

stats for the top N?

8:45 am

MLFAN17

ty bzz

8:45 am

hokie carla

mlf, but it starts with ci5 as the clue says

8:45 am

MLFAN17

ty for the oc7/44

8:46 am

penquis

ty phae....

8:46 am

phaeton

yw

8:47 am

hokie carla

I thought for sure I was going to get ihram today before it got me but apparently I have dyslexia

8:49 am

Judi

Might want to put a mask on so you don't get ihram, Carla. :-p

8:50 am

BzznBea

Finally found the lone N...no5.20

8:51 am

hokie carla

phantom conifer

8:53 am

MLFAN17

corner a stats pls?

8:53 am

welki

'morning, folks

8:53 am

penquis

hi welki....

8:53 am

BzznBea

ac5.16

8:53 am

MLFAN17

hi welk

8:53 am

hokie carla

wow, not getting that n. should be easy with that points

8:53 am

phaeton

ar6/27

8:53 am

BzznBea

Morning, welki.

8:54 am

hokie carla

howdy welki

8:54 am

penquis

ar 4/5

8:54 am

MLFAN17

ty for the ar6

8:55 am

phaeton

yw...halfway!

8:55 am

MLFAN17

did anyone give stats for the 4th column n yet?

8:55 am

hokie carla

this is literally the worst mid-size grid I've ever seen

8:55 am

hokie carla

yes, bea said no5/20

8:55 am

welki

yes, bea did

8:55 am

BzznBea

no5.20

8:56 am

MLFAN17

doesn't seem much better then the grids for the past few days so far

8:56 am

penquis

worse...

8:57 am

MLFAN17

clue the no5 pls/

8:58 am

BzznBea

no5 am I giving you a clue

8:58 am

phaeton

do a figure 8 for the no5

8:59 am

BzznBea

Sorry, that didn't work...

8:59 am

Judi

I quit. 41 left in the bucket.

8:59 am

penquis

under no circumstances....

8:59 am

MLFAN17

confused

9:00 am

CadFan

Ohhhh - LOL Thanx Penquis

9:00 am

penquis

my post was a clue...

9:00 am

penquis

yw....

9:00 am

cherlyq

thanks that was too hard to be so easy

9:01 am

bichon

more help for the no 5/20, pls

9:01 am

MLFAN17

agreed

9:02 am

MLFAN17

got it

9:02 am

MLFAN17

bichon go to the oin the corner

9:02 am

CadFan

Go right first from the N

9:02 am

hokie carla

yeah, all those clues are making me think noway which is clearly not there so I'm having trouble seeing anything else.

9:02 am

hokie carla

ah, now I get it, thx

9:03 am

phaeton

ac7?

9:03 am

MLFAN17

I thought the same thing hokie lol

9:03 am

hokie carla

bichon, if it started with a k it would mean expertise or experience doing something

9:03 am

BzznBea

ac7 ends with a variant of the opp of day.

9:03 am

hokie carla

and another w in there

9:04 am

MLFAN17

ty for the ac6

9:04 am

hokie carla

thx, bea

9:04 am

MLFAN17

7 osrry

9:04 am

phaeton

ty bera

9:04 am

bichon

ty carla, thought it was from the 2nd column n; my bad

9:05 am

BzznBea

ac 7 is another plant. =)

9:05 am

hokie carla

it certainly adds a degree of difficulty when you are starting at the wrong tile. happens to me a lot. ;)

9:06 am

MLFAN17

its too easy to do

9:06 am

MollyL

Degree of difficulty...I love it. It's like Babble gymnastics.

9:07 am

MLFAN17

ijust monkeyed oh 5/16

9:07 am

hokie carla

let's see if anyone can get this proper noun - former Boston Celtic

9:07 am

MollyL

Announcer: Carla attempts an ac7 starting from the wrong A. The degree of difficulty is 200%

9:08 am

hokie carla

yep

9:08 am

hokie carla

"odds of her seeing the word have dropped to almost zero"

9:09 am

cherlyq

well I got 60 but got to get off of here got a doctors apt and then work going to be weird actually going into her office not online

9:10 am

doseffing

Danny Ainge

9:10 am

hokie carla

have a good day, cheryl

9:10 am

hokie carla

ding ding, dos wins!!

9:10 am

MLFAN17

OMG.. I got the ho9!

9:10 am

cherlyq

thanks

9:10 am

doseffing

... too easy ... he played for the Blue Jays too

9:10 am

hokie carla

mlfan, could you clue the ho6?

9:11 am

MLFAN17

a person in charge

9:11 am

penquis

carla.....big boss with gerund ending....

9:11 am

hokie carla

dos, I had looked him up because I couldn't rem. exactly which NBA team he played for. I do not rem. his baseball career, but was surprised to read that he is the only guy to be named All-American in football, baseball, & basketball

9:12 am

hokie carla

thx, guys.

9:12 am

MLFAN17

middle column o stats pls?

9:12 am

hokie carla

oh4/5

9:12 am

phaeton

got the ch9

9:13 am

penquis

oh 5/16 x 2....

9:13 am

doseffing

... the boss or chief guy is the "head ho6"

9:13 am

MLFAN17

that word? ty lol

9:13 am

hokie carla

I think there is an Ainge in sports right now that is either his nephew or son.

9:13 am

MLFAN17

pen do they end in the same letter?

9:14 am

penquis

Danny Ainge is now the general manager of the Celtics...

9:14 am

penquis

no....

9:14 am

hokie carla

yeah, but I think his son or nephew is in college football or something

9:14 am

rururocks

and not doing a great job as GM at the Celtics

9:15 am

MLFAN17

hi ruru

9:15 am

doseffing

... he was a nice guy with the Jays ... played okay at third ... was liked by the fans ... who were disappointed at the time when he gave up baseball for basketball ... ... now the sports talking heads say he was terrible but I don't remember that

9:16 am

MLFAN17

pen I have the one ending in a 2 pt tile can you clue the other one pls?

9:16 am

hokie carla

oh, nephew and he played for UT (tn) and short time in NFL like 10 years ago.

9:16 am

penquis

MLF....one has a gerund ending...

9:17 am

MLFAN17

ty pen

9:17 am

penquis

Danny's son Austin is Director of Player Personnel for the Celtics....

9:17 am

penquis

He once coached the Maine Red Claws....

9:18 am

MLFAN17

i gtg will be back..

9:18 am

hokie carla

my son calls me cringy all the time. c'mon, enable, get with it.

9:18 am

penquis

i tried that, too....

9:19 am

hokie carla

ooh, what's for breakfast/dinner today?

9:19 am

BzznBea

LOL!

9:19 am

periwinkle

hi all. did two loads of laundry at laundromat. and went t two markets . most everything put away.

9:20 am

periwinkle

I have choclit and tonic plus other more healthy things like brown rice and lentils

9:20 am

penquis

hi peri....

9:20 am

hokie carla

hi peri. sounds like you've been very productive. I have 2 loads in baskets that I need to fold today. haven't even made halfway here but I may have to just give up today.

9:21 am

periwinkle

I found the ho9 too but need help with ch9.

9:21 am

hokie carla

wow, I love it when I typo works and it's something I never would've tried.

9:21 am

penquis

ch 9.....start with spanish girl and ends with a gerund....

9:22 am

penquis

add a consonant in between....

9:22 am

BzznBea

ch9 is to play tricks on someone

9:22 am

hokie carla

ridiculous. thanks

9:22 am

hokie carla

oh, now I see it. noun ends in y

9:22 am

periwinkle

I am trying

9:22 am

hokie carla

thx for def, bea

9:23 am

penquis

i am heading out....bbl to find my remaining 55 words...ugh....bye all....

9:23 am

hokie carla

bye pen

9:23 am

periwinkle

got the ch9 ty

9:23 am

penquis

yw....

9:23 am

periwinkle

may I have stats for the 8 pls

9:24 am

player girl

Hi all. I got 60 words my first buzz around but missing the lone Y and the N from the 4th column. Please clues??

9:24 am

BzznBea

ci8.55

9:24 am

hokie carla

ci8, I think bea said it's a tree

9:24 am

rururocks

it's been a while y5 we've seen you player

9:24 am

BzznBea

no5.20

9:24 am

periwinkle

ty looking

9:24 am

BzznBea

yi5.16

9:25 am

hokie carla

player girl - no way, no5/20

9:25 am

rururocks

why are you called cringy hokie?

9:25 am

BzznBea

Ru, what you been doing?

9:25 am

MollyL

Hi Ru. So nice to see a friendly chat
: D

9:25 am

player girl

Thanks Bea and Ruru. Never heard that word before

9:26 am

player girl

The Y

9:26 am

periwinkle

ty for ci8 new word for me

9:26 am

hokie carla

well, ru I guess teenage boys think their moms are embarrassing?

9:26 am

player girl

Actually both of them.

9:26 am

rururocks

i had to work all day yesterday bea... was wiped out and went to bed.

9:26 am

periwinkle

help with I in 4th column pls

9:27 am

rururocks

hi molly.. nice to see a smiling face :D

9:27 am

player girl

Haha Hokie, my twentysomethings say I make them cr6 all the time too

9:27 am

BzznBea

ic4 and ic6, peri

9:27 am

hokie carla

I feel like that's our job, right?

9:28 am

hokie carla

I have ic4 from the other i, is there 2, bea?

9:28 am

player girl

You got it Hokie!! And I am sooo good at it.

9:28 am

periwinkle

got the ic6 but not an ic4 I have ic 4 from another I unless there are 2

9:29 am

BzznBea

Sorry...in6.21

9:29 am

hokie carla

apparently I am really good at it too

9:29 am

hokie carla

ah, to start a riot

9:30 am

hokie carla

finally made halfway

9:31 am

periwinkle

ty bea and carla

9:31 am

periwinkle

not halfway but need to rest bbl

9:32 am

rururocks

17 left here all c's

9:32 am

hokie carla

wow, congrats :D

9:33 am

hokie carla

I only have 23 c's left. but 49 other words.

9:33 am

BzznBea

Don't try ching...doesn't work...

9:33 am

hokie carla

or chingy, the hip hop artist no one guessed earlier...

9:34 am

BzznBea

I just don't do hip hop.

9:34 am

hokie carla

did you get the michael crichton book/movie set in africa?

9:34 am

hokie carla

and the very similar word with a different ending (that was my typo)

9:35 am

BzznBea

got the book.

9:36 am

Aloyisius

hi all - tough grid today! first run through and lots more to find

9:36 am

rururocks

true aloy.. this has been the toughest lately

9:36 am

hokie carla

hi, aloy. very tough one for me today.

9:36 am

HarryHood

yes I'm finding this very difficult. only 1/3 found after first pass

9:38 am

hokie carla

well, I'm taking a break with 70 left

9:38 am

Aloyisius

guess antifog is a hypenated word, sigh

9:40 am

HarryHood

100 to go!

9:40 am

Aloyisius

go Harry go!

9:41 am

rururocks

cajon

9:41 am

HarryHood

grrr I though I was so clever for finding chianti

9:41 am

HarryHood

but it's proper

9:42 am

Aloyisius

that works, ru.. but not jonny

9:42 am

BzznBea

It does if you spell it differently...

9:42 am

HarryHood

ah ty bea

9:43 am

Aloyisius

oh thanks, Bea!

9:43 am

BzznBea

=)

9:43 am

Aloyisius

gave me another too!

9:45 am

HarryHood

can I get a clue for the Y or the lone N?

9:45 am

Aloyisius

no6 and noway either

9:45 am

rururocks

clued below harry

9:45 am

BzznBea

lone N is no5.20 and Y is yi5.16

9:46 am

HarryHood

ty all :) nbt!

9:48 am

Aloyisius

ooh, nice to remember the Scrabble word ri5.20

9:49 am

Aloyisius

think I'll look it up

9:49 am

HarryHood

I know it as a type of garlic

9:50 am

HarryHood

or maybe that's w/o the i

9:50 am

Aloyisius

a dry red Sparfish wine.. h'mm

9:50 am

HarryHood

maybe a wine?

9:50 am

HarryHood

yes!

9:50 am

HarryHood

I've drunk it :)

9:51 am

HarryHood

You name it, I've drunk it.

9:51 am

rururocks

i'm missing a c 8? any ideas?

9:51 am

Aloyisius

lol, what is Sparfish?

9:52 am

Aloyisius

ci8.55 maybe

9:52 am

MollyL

Bea clued a ci8, what you do to tighten your pants plus a number with a different vowel at the end

9:52 am

HarryHood

the youtube video has lots of bollywood type music

9:52 am

PastorJ

sparfish: kind of like sparf, I guess

9:53 am

PastorJ

reminiscent of sparf, to put it more eloquently

9:53 am

HarryHood

ty for the 8.

9:53 am

MollyL

If you drink that ri5 wine you will sparf all over the place

9:53 am

PastorJ

<-- bored to the point of being nuts, I am!

9:54 am

BzznBea

Do you have the Spanish term male of a Mexican descent

9:54 am

Aloyisius

lol Molly

9:54 am

Aloyisius

hi Pastor, jo4 the crew

9:54 am

PastorJ

ooh, thanks for the j word!

9:55 am

rururocks

I almost had a hair cut appt.. then they shut the state down for another month.. i'm starting to look like the geico caveman

9:55 am

Aloyisius

yw (-:

9:55 am

BzznBea

LOL @ ru...

9:55 am

HarryHood

I have a boy with shaggy red hair. He hates it and desperately wants it cut. I love it.

9:55 am

Aloyisius

how hunky, ru.. I don't have any hair scissors here, and could really use them!

9:56 am

BzznBea

I took Larry in the garage and buzzed him with the clippers.

9:56 am

Aloyisius

the kitchen scissors won't cut it, lol

9:56 am

HarryHood

halfway!!!!

9:56 am

HarryHood

gotta go zoom. bye!

9:57 am

Aloyisius

brb.. laundry switch time

9:57 am

rururocks

gotta shower and go shopping for the ex.. see you guys.. have fun

10:00 am

MLFAN17

ty for the jo word

10:01 am

MLFAN17

my husband and I just ate some plant based pasta from Barilla it was very good

10:02 am

MLFAN17

stats for the y pls?

10:02 am

BzznBea

Isn't pasta made from grain, which would be plant based>

10:02 am

BzznBea

yi5.16

10:03 am

MollyL

Yeah, I would think all pasta is plant based.

10:04 am

MLFAN17

apparently some of the ingredients are peas such as chick peas

10:04 am

MLFAN17

got the y ty

10:05 am

BzznBea

So it is not just plant based, but protein based.

10:06 am

MLFAN17

its part of their new line of pasta

10:07 am

MLFAN17

my mom sent it to us

10:17 am

BzznBea

Mom trying to get you to eat healthy

10:18 am

Aloyisius

tried some cauliflower "tater tots" last night = not a hit

10:19 am

MLFAN17

alloy didn't know they existed? just cauliflower?

10:19 am

MLFAN17

bzz with my mom who knows..

10:19 am

Aloyisius

yes, no potato in them.. got them at Aldi's on sale

10:20 am

MLFAN17

cauliflower seems to be the replacement for whatever these companies make already

10:21 am

MLFAN17

I love cauliflower and broccoli :)

10:21 am

Aloyisius

I do too, MLF.. normally

10:22 am

MLFAN17

Bird's Eye brand stared the whole cauliflower thing as did Oprah

10:25 am

MLFAN17

may i have a clue for the g word pls?

10:25 am

MollyL

Cauliflower tempura is very good made fresh. Fried frozen food is usually substandard.

10:25 am

Aloyisius

on the other hand, I made some sweet potato balls that were delicious. It was fun changing the sweet potato to tiny pieces in the processor and then making/frying the flavored balls. Think I will bake instead of fry them next time. Trying different things.. you know why!

10:25 am

BzznBea

gi5.18 female donkey

10:26 am

Aloyisius

have the g's but still missing 2 j's

10:26 am

MLFAN17

i cant get into eating sweet potatoes on a regular basis. it a holiday food to me

10:26 am

Uneaixoise

Ac7/32?

10:26 am

BzznBea

ac7 ends with a variant of opp of day

10:27 am

Aloyisius

adj. Une..

10:27 am

Aloyisius

oops, wrong one, sorry

10:27 am

Aloyisius

was clueing an7.32 instead

10:28 am

MLFAN17

the clue i was given seems like it could go with g or j but not getting it?

10:28 am

MollyL

People around her go nuts for sweet potato fries. I'm not a fan.

10:28 am

Uneaixoise

Tx Bea!!!

10:28 am

MLFAN17

you were right aloy

10:28 am

MLFAN17

i hate sweet potato fries

10:29 am

BzznBea

Try a short spelling for Miss Aniston

10:29 am

moolingwa

morning

10:29 am

Aloyisius

hi mool

10:29 am

BzznBea

But use a G instead.

10:29 am

moolingwa

hey Aloy, happy Wednesday

10:30 am

Uneaixoise

Love sweet potato fries......

10:30 am

MollyL

Maybe a short form of Ms. Goodwin

10:30 am

BzznBea

We eat a lot of mashed sweet poataoes. Those are yum.

10:30 am

MLFAN17

okay got the g

10:30 am

MollyL

She is the only one I have seen spell that name with a gi

10:31 am

MLFAN17

that is short for the name Virginia

10:31 am

MollyL

Mashed sweet potatoes I can handle, but that is because of the butter and brown sugar load

10:31 am

MLFAN17

yeah lots of butter does make them taste better

10:32 am

BzznBea

I don't use prown sugar in mine. A little butter, cream, cinnamon and nutmeg.

10:32 am

BzznBea

I make them just like I would mashed with potatoes.

10:32 am

Aloyisius

yes, def. a pinch of nutmeg

10:33 am

Uneaixoise

Mashed with brown sugar.... yuck..... like crunchy and salty

10:33 am

MLFAN17

nutmeg and cinnamon makes everything taste better!

10:33 am

MollyL

That is short for several names. Jennifer, Ginofer, Geneva, Imogene.

10:35 am

MollyL

Do you like sweet potato pie Une?

10:35 am

BzznBea

My last word was ho5.16...After finishing this grid, that is exactly what I need!

10:36 am

Aloyisius

congrats, Bea!

10:36 am

MLFAN17

what do you need bzz?

10:36 am

MLFAN17

i still don't have a word from 2nd column n...brb

10:36 am

MollyL

Bea, I will meet you out by the still

10:36 am

Aloyisius

lol, I agree Bea

10:36 am

Uneaixoise

It's like pumpkin pie, right? Then no

10:37 am

BzznBea

We can just run over to my neighbor's house...wearing a mask, of course.

10:37 am

Aloyisius

with a hole in the mouth for a straw

10:37 am

Uneaixoise

Fave pies....lemon, key lime

10:38 am

Uneaixoise

Cuomo!!! Back in a bit

10:38 am

MollyL

You have a neighbor with a still? Wow. And I thought my friend Todd was cool because his neighbor has a potato cannon.

10:38 am

BzznBea

mlf, no4.4 Go right from the n

10:40 am

BzznBea

If they have a still, it is on the house...All I know is they bootleg a lot of ho5 out of there. And probably a lot of jo5.20

10:41 am

Aloyisius

interesting neighbors!

10:43 am

moolingwa

tougher board today

10:43 am

BzznBea

Speaking of which...I need to go fix some brownies for my little lady that broke her leg. She will be in a wheel chair for a long time...

10:43 am

moolingwa

I think your neighbor is cool for having a potato cannon

10:43 am

BzznBea

See you all next time...

10:44 am

Aloyisius

aww, so sorry to hear that

10:44 am

Aloyisius

bye, Bea

10:47 am

MLFAN17

if bzz was talking about the one ending in r I have that word

10:49 am

LisaG

I dont have any off of that n either

10:49 am

LisaG

or the 4th column n for htat matter lol

10:50 am

MollyL

Word for grandma, group of nine...

10:51 am

LisaG

I have those ones, they are from the center n

10:51 am

MollyL

Single n is a compound word starting with not yes

10:51 am

doseffing

N + a single time

10:51 am

LisaG

thanks for trying :)

10:54 am

doseffing

then no5/20 ... no + the way something is done

10:54 am

MollyL

Mutant teenage turtles

11:04 am

Atalante

gosh lots of names today

11:05 am

Aloyisius

yes, even Mickey's sweetheart.. were the rodents married?

11:05 am

Aloyisius

well, a version of her name anyway

11:06 am

Atalante

I have noooo idea! very good question

11:09 am

Atalante

if only the grid had derm from yestrday we could have echinoderm

11:10 am

Aloyisius

nice, Ata..

11:12 am

Aloyisius

brain drain, still 6 to find

11:14 am

Atalante

brain drain 108 to find :)

11:17 am

Atalante

theres some lovely words though. I like the flower ac7

11:23 am

Aloyisius

well, maybe I should have seen my last word, mi6.36, to make smaller.. but I didn't know any of the others. Thanks to morewords, am done. Phew!

11:24 am

Aloyisius

Happy Babbling.. am back to laundry duty, whoopee!

11:26 am

Atalante

what a word!

11:27 am

cybernan

hello everyone *splash*

11:28 am

MollyL

Nan is throwing water balloons again.

11:29 am

hurshy

help with the G?

11:30 am

MollyL

It was clued earlier as female donkey

11:32 am

MollyL

I would clue it as "like Tanqueray"

11:33 am

hurshy

what are its stats?

11:33 am

MollyL

gi5/18

11:34 am

MollyL

Like a drink you mix with tonic? And lime?

11:34 am

hurshy

wow you guys sure make up weird clues lol

11:34 am

hurshy

why wouldn't you just say Weasley girl? lol

11:34 am

MollyL

Like a rummy card game?

11:34 am

MollyL

Because then someone would say "can you give a non-Harry Potter clue?

11:35 am

hurshy

:O

11:35 am

MollyL

And I could have clued "carry me back to old Vir..." but then someone would say that was a "US clue".

11:36 am

hurshy

lol

11:36 am

hurshy

well, thank you

11:36 am

hurshy

how about the Y?

11:36 am

MollyL

I figured the alcoholic drink was international and cross generational.

11:38 am

MLFAN17

my husband toldme their is a sign near by that said it was someone's bday and to honk for her

11:38 am

MollyL

And I get the fact that not everyone knows Harry Potter references. I have no clue when people make Dr. Who references.

11:39 am

hurshy

but Dr. Who is a show

11:39 am

MLFAN17

the way something is done?

11:39 am

hurshy

Harry Potter is books

11:40 am

hurshy

people who love word games should be into books

11:40 am

hurshy

is that a Y clue, MLF?

11:40 am

MLFAN17

not getting 2nd olumn n yet?

11:41 am

hurshy

greek temple

11:41 am

MollyL

Yeah, but they are not all going to be into the same kind of books. I have no interest in science fiction books. Some people here love them.

11:42 am

MLFAN17

naos isn't in the grid/

11:42 am

hurshy

singular

11:42 am

Atalante

Dr Who has a huge range of books

11:42 am

hurshy

i know they do ata, but its PRIMARY vehicle, original vehicle, is/was TV

11:43 am

hurshy

i love the show but haven't read any of the books

11:43 am

MollyL

The way something is done...like ___ To Save A Life by The Fray

11:43 am

Atalante

most of them are pretty good

11:44 am

MollyL

Not the S ending for the temple. Another ending

11:44 am

cybernan

yi is a 5/16- the points should give it to you

11:44 am

saanichcat

morning everyone. Finished. That was the hardest babble puzzle EVER!

11:44 am

hurshy

thank you very much cnan!

11:45 am

cybernan

mmm - looking for a temple now

11:45 am

CadFan

TY cybernan for the yi

11:46 am

MollyL

It is what some of you folks refer to as a "babblet"

11:46 am

origami

Good morning, saanich!

11:46 am

saanichcat

hi ori, how's life your way?

11:47 am

bichon

ch 7/36, pls

11:47 am

cybernan

stats for the temple please?

11:48 am

origami

Suspended, saanich :D How about your neck of the woods?

11:48 am

hurshy

bichon, it's a term for a person of a certain ethnicity

11:48 am

hurshy

cnan, na4/4

11:49 am

bichon

hurshy, need the 7/36

11:49 am

MLFAN17

oh I got it

11:49 am

MLFAN17

hi origami

11:49 am

hurshy

oh haha i found a 7 and just figured that was it

11:50 am

MLFAN17

cyber na 4/4 end in a vowel

11:50 am

MLFAN17

bichon what word?

11:50 am

hurshy

midwest city begnnning, end with zero, not any

11:50 am

cybernan

ty - didn't know that was a temple

11:50 am

bichon

ch 7/36, pls

11:50 am

Atalante

change the last letter as well hurshy

11:50 am

MLFAN17

i thought it was a Japanese something or other loll

11:51 am

Atalante

ch7/36 - ch + vowel zero

11:51 am

origami

Hi Fan

11:51 am

Atalante

vowel + zero even

11:51 am

bichon

ty Ata

11:52 am

hurshy

how is that different from what i said?

11:52 am

Atalante

very little!

11:52 am

MLFAN17

ty for the ch7

11:52 am

hurshy

so is it the same word or not?

11:52 am

hurshy

i'm trying different last letters but none of them work

11:52 am

Atalante

I think so, then there are at least 2 7/40s too

11:53 am

hurshy

ok so 2 7/40s, but, are there one or two 7/36s?

11:53 am

MLFAN17

what are the stats for the 8?

11:54 am

hokie carla

ci8/55

11:54 am

Atalante

dont think we know hurshy

11:54 am

hurshy

oh lordy, 31 more c words on the bottom

11:54 am

MLFAN17

i wish it were cinnamon

11:54 am

hokie carla

are you asking about c's or ch's, hursh?

11:54 am

MollyL

Hursh, it was the same word you clued

11:55 am

hurshy

i don't know what i'm asking, hokie! lol

11:55 am

dcseain

thanks for ci8!

11:55 am

MLFAN17

third or 4th column ?

11:55 am

dcseain

hey, yall!

11:55 am

MollyL

1 ch7/36

11:55 am

Atalante

hi seain!

11:56 am

cybernan

not seeing anything for the bottom o nor the top n

11:56 am

MLFAN17

hi dc

11:56 am

hurshy

no5/20

11:56 am

dcseain

hello, atalante, long time :)

11:57 am

MLFAN17

oh4 babblet

11:57 am

hurshy

on5/12, oh4/5

11:57 am

origami

Hi seain

11:57 am

cybernan

ty hurshy and mlf

11:58 am

dcseain

hi, origami :)

11:58 am

MLFAN17

yw cyber

11:59 am

Atalante

that no is silly

12:00 pm

hurshy

it's in the Wizard of Oz

12:01 pm

hurshy

am i supposed to be able to find that ci8 ? is it normal?

12:02 pm

MLFAN17

i cant find it either

12:02 pm

HarryHood

absolutely no5 hurshy

12:02 pm

hurshy

oh then may i have a clue please? :D

12:02 pm

MLFAN17

oh that helps harry

12:02 pm

MLFAN17

i need a clue too

12:03 pm

HarryHood

this is copied from previous cluer: begin with what you do to keep your pants up, and add the suffix of our current friendly virus

12:03 pm

hurshy

thank you!

12:03 pm

HarryHood

yw

12:04 pm

cybernan

ty harry

12:04 pm

HarryHood

yw

12:04 pm

HarryHood

what are the stats for the 9s?

12:04 pm

hurshy

rilla is sort of cleaning and attacking her tail all at on4

12:04 pm

dcseain

ci8 builds on the ci5 before it.

12:05 pm

cybernan

still not seeing that no 5/20

12:05 pm

hokie carla

my dog attacks his and then pulls out clumps of really long hair (golden retriever)

12:05 pm

MLFAN17

ty got it

12:05 pm

weegee

9's are both 84pt, each a gerund form of the word before

12:05 pm

hurshy

not nobody, not no5

12:05 pm

MLFAN17

cyber that took me a while to get too

12:05 pm

hokie carla

nan, think of someone with expertise, they have the k**w*** to do it

12:05 pm

HarryHood

ty wg

12:06 pm

hokie carla

or no way, no___

12:06 pm

MLFAN17

i gtg go will be back...

12:07 pm

cybernan

need a break from this

12:08 pm

HarryHood

Haven't gotten a new word in many minutes. still 68 to go

12:10 pm

hurshy

ok so i know the endings for the 9 then but no idea what they start with...

12:10 pm

HarryHood

yah ditto hurshy

12:11 pm

dcseain

found ch9.84

12:11 pm

hokie carla

one is like a ch7. I'm used to seeing the noun version that ends in -ery

12:11 pm

hurshy

ooh ok there's one then!

12:11 pm

weegee

ch9 - think act of being ch 7/40, very unlikely word, then think of act of being the head ho 6/27

12:12 pm

hokie carla

tricks or deception

12:12 pm

hurshy

thanks

12:12 pm

hurshy

both pretty unlikely words lol

12:12 pm

hokie carla

yeah, forgot the ho, that's just ridic

12:12 pm

HarryHood

got it! ty nbs :)

12:14 pm

hokie carla

really haven't found any new words since my break. still 65 left!

12:14 pm

HarryHood

64. I'm done with this farshluggina grid. for awhile anyway.

12:15 pm

weegee

;) Harry, total drek!

12:15 pm

hokie carla

just found one, so now we are even. guess I'll go do some housework.

12:15 pm

hurshy

ac6 & 7?

12:16 pm

hurshy

ooh got the 7, just the 6 then

12:19 pm

weegee

ac6/24 --ac + ending of poison arse***

12:19 pm

weegee

oops, but ars-eye-***

12:19 pm

hurshy

thanks

12:20 pm

weegee

then drop the last letter and you've got the ac 5/12

12:20 pm

hurshy

yeah, but i had that already :D

12:21 pm

hurshy

cr7?

12:23 pm

weegee

cr + me, myself & * + opposite of day

12:24 pm

hurshy

thank you!

12:24 pm

weegee

yw that 3 letter ending appears a lot here

12:24 pm

hurshy

ja7?

12:28 pm

weegee

most of boy's name + thing for catching fish or restraining hair

12:28 pm

hurshy

thank you again!

12:29 pm

weegee

yw I've got 73 to go & I'm just typing nonsense - amazed when it's accepted

12:30 pm

hurshy

yeah

12:30 pm

hurshy

bit of an ugly grid

12:30 pm

hurshy

oc7?

12:31 pm

jan

Making yellowish

12:32 pm

hurshy

thanks jan!

12:32 pm

hurshy

whew

12:32 pm

hurshy

definitely a slog

12:32 pm

hurshy

or as Chekov would say, "eet's like svimming through borscht!"

12:33 pm

jan

Too many ar/6/21 words here. Still 40 to go, and I think I'll go for a walk instead.

12:39 pm

MLFAN17

hokie are you still here?

12:40 pm

mkg

hi all. missing the 8. please clue. also missing y word. clues please with stats. ty

12:41 pm

MLFAN17

yi 5/16 mkg

12:41 pm

MLFAN17

mkg do you have ci 5/16?

12:43 pm

mkg

yes have ci 5 16.

12:44 pm

MLFAN17

mkg its the Scottish form of on4. on** upon a mattress but change the first two letters

12:45 pm

mkg

dont know scottish form of this. sorry.

12:45 pm

MLFAN17

mkg look at ** word?

12:46 pm

mkg

huh?

12:46 pm

MLFAN17

change the first vowel in that word and add a sometimes vowel at the beginning

12:46 pm

hokie carla

or rhymes with si___ you've been gone

12:47 pm

mkg

i got it with monkeys. never saw it before. not english for sure.

12:47 pm

mkg

ty mlfan

12:47 pm

MLFAN17

hokie are you familiar with the ice cream brand front Porch?

12:47 pm

MLFAN17

yw mkg

12:47 pm

mkg

still missing Y word. any clues?

12:48 pm

hokie carla

I just gave y clue at 12:46

12:48 pm

hokie carla

I am not, mlfan.

12:48 pm

MLFAN17

that's fine hokie not important:)

12:48 pm

mkg

got it. sorry. thought that was part of the clues for the 8. ty. got it now.

12:49 pm

hokie carla

is it in grocery stores or like a restaurant?

12:49 pm

hokie carla

no prob, mkg. I thought that's what mlfan was cluing, so it may be my bad.

12:49 pm

mkg

still need N words: missing N words for the N in second column and for the N in 4th column. clues welcome

12:49 pm

MLFAN17

its a ice cream brand in mooresville

12:49 pm

MLFAN17

they had a webpage for it but I cant find it

12:49 pm

mkg

oh just got a second column N word.

12:50 pm

hokie carla

n in 4th col appears to be the problem of the day - noway, no___. rhymes with kn____ - expertise in doing something

12:51 pm

hokie carla

I only go to Mooresville for Costco & Joann's

12:51 pm

hokie carla

is it downtown shop or an actual creamery?

12:51 pm

MLFAN17

we don't go there much either just went there to go to a restaurant

12:51 pm

mkg

GOT IT! TY.

12:51 pm

MLFAN17

its both I think?

12:51 pm

mkg

didnt know this was one word.

12:52 pm

MLFAN17

good you got it mkg

12:52 pm

hokie carla

no one did, probably because it's only in enable land

12:52 pm

mkg

should be kn*****!

12:52 pm

hokie carla

like non degree yesterday (even my autocorrect just separated it)

12:52 pm

MLFAN17

yeah not normally one word

12:52 pm

mkg

well still not half way. darn.

12:53 pm

MLFAN17

i am 81/75

12:53 pm

mkg

foul word: ho 9 is SO NOT A REAL WORD!!!!!! HATE THIS.

12:54 pm

hokie carla

I may have declared this the worst grid ever this morning.

12:54 pm

hokie carla

what restaurant did you go to in mooresville, mlfan?

12:55 pm

CadFan

I agree MLFAN!

12:56 pm

mkg

well half way and off to rest.

12:56 pm

mkg

night all

12:57 pm

cybernan

listing early on this ugly grid

12:58 pm

hokie carla

night? I haven't even had lunch.

12:58 pm

hokie carla

'bout to do the same, nan

12:58 pm

hokie carla

I expect to have lots of trouble with the list as well.

12:59 pm

cybernan

ac 7 please?

12:59 pm

hokie carla

looks like a rock or mineral but is actually a plant

1:00 pm

hokie carla

ends w/ bad sp of not day

1:00 pm

cybernan

ty carla

1:05 pm

moolingwa

well back for another crack at this, still have 53 to go

1:14 pm

moolingwa

thought chianti was good in this dictionary...guess I was mistaken

1:20 pm

dcseain

it used to be

1:20 pm

hokie carla

just took a lunch break. still have 59 left. had not tried chianti.

1:20 pm

hokie carla

but I can tell you chingy and cringy are also not words

1:22 pm

MollyL

Wait, it used to be and now it's not? How does that happen?

1:22 pm

Glantarell

the spanish wine is fine though

1:26 pm

mixi6

I think chianti should be capitalized, so not acceptable.

1:28 pm

mixi6

ty for the spanish wine

1:28 pm

hokie carla

what does the spanish wine start with?

1:29 pm

mixi6

ro5

1:29 pm

moolingwa

r

1:29 pm

mixi6

Oops Ri5.

1:29 pm

MollyL

Well both Chianti and the Spanish wine are named for regions. So technically, they are both proper nouns. Enable sucks.

1:29 pm

moolingwa

ri

1:29 pm

hokie carla

I was so confused about ro, thanks

1:29 pm

hokie carla

58 left!

1:30 pm

moolingwa

Not just wines, there are some trees and animals that are acceptable, and some that aren;t

1:30 pm

moolingwa

conure for instance is not

1:30 pm

moolingwa

kauri - a tree from new zealand is

1:30 pm

hokie carla

FTR, I went to the list but am stuck on an5/10. not a lot of options and yet it eludes me.

1:31 pm

moolingwa

the one that has the same ending as the in5/10?

1:31 pm

MollyL

The rules for Enable are as follows: We are the Enable word list makers. We make our own rules. Like it or lump it.

1:31 pm

mixi6

like the vegetable that starts with o

1:31 pm

moolingwa

It was kind of like that

1:31 pm

hokie carla

well I don't have in5 either :D

1:31 pm

MollyL

WGT but TFLUK Carla

1:31 pm

hokie carla

ah, thx mixi. just not my day.

1:32 pm

hokie carla

Haha, almost says "way to go"

1:32 pm

moolingwa

basically there was a scarbble word committe, that reviewed submissions and added them. So basically people could go and make the case to get words added

1:32 pm

moolingwa

after 1998 the governing body loosened up, and so we got a bigger influx of words in the last 10 years

1:32 pm

MollyL

Huh?

1:33 pm

moolingwa

enable, is "The Word List" which was the official scrabble dictionary including the "naughty words" that scrabble players used in official play

1:34 pm

moolingwa

It's stuck in time though at 1998, there's been additions since that were not added to this one

1:34 pm

MollyL

As far as I know the Enable (Enhanced North America Benchmark Lexicon) word list and the Scrabble word list are two different things.

1:35 pm

moolingwa

I shall do some investigation...

1:40 pm

hokie carla

LOL - ca5/22 is allowed. it's like they picked a % of spanish and french words to allow.

1:42 pm

hokie carla

and 2nd ch7

1:45 pm

MollyL

All I can say is that this grid is a mess and you are all invited to the new, socially distant bar in the PB. Sit six feet apart, drink all you want and yell to your friends and neighbors.

1:46 pm

hokie carla

we can drink chianti and ri5

1:47 pm

MollyL

I will leave that to our winos

1:47 pm

moolingwa

wonder if malbec is good

1:47 pm

hokie carla

we can have some gi5 drinks for you

1:48 pm

MollyL

Ew, no thanks. I am not a drinker of the clear liquors. I am a whiskey girl.

1:53 pm

hokie carla

as I suspected, this is annoying even with the list. TTFN

1:55 pm

MollyL

I've been playing this game a long time and this is the most annoying grid I can remember.

1:56 pm

moolingwa

not the most enjoyable one

1:57 pm

moolingwa

So it looks like the enable dictionary was created around 1998, possibly in response to a move to filter out the nasty words that had occurred a couple of years before hand

1:58 pm

moolingwa

There was a bit of turmoil in scrabble back then, OSPD - official scrabble players dictionary, was based on 5 US collegiate dictionaries, but had some mistakes, and then got pressured to remove a bunch of offensive words, which caused some consternation amongst the scrabble tourney players

1:59 pm

moolingwa

to the point that tournament players were running off of the Official Word List in 98 which was intended to put those words back in for tourney play

2:00 pm

moolingwa

Alan Beale started up the enable project to better address the inconsistencies in the OSPD and became a popular dictionary for online games, and there has been updates since, but we appear to be using the 1998 version

2:01 pm

moolingwa

So yes, two different dictionaries, though the version we are using appears to be from the same time period as the Official Scrabble Dictionary

2:01 pm

moolingwa

from 1998

2:03 pm

moolingwa

enable is also free to download and use, so that was one of the appeals to gaming sites

2:24 pm

MollyL

Thanks, I was aware that they were two different word lists. Glad you read up on it.

2:34 pm

mixi6

there are some ar6,21 words in today's grid.

2:52 pm

forwardbyfaith

I'm stuck on the last ar6 word

3:02 pm

forwardbyfaith

found it!

3:08 pm

moolingwa

And my apologies, I had assumed they were the same as they almost are one for one on the words they allow/disallow, but clearly not

3:23 pm

cybernan

hello again

3:33 pm

cybernan

have gone to the list -- some of these words are verrrrry suspicious

3:36 pm

cybernan

ja 5 please?

3:38 pm

forwardbyfaith

it ends with a sometimes vowel - trying to think of a clue

3:39 pm

forwardbyfaith

J + small insect + sometimes vowel

3:40 pm

cybernan

got it - ty

3:44 pm

forwardbyfaith

anyone have the ho9?

3:44 pm

cybernan

do you have the head ho 6? add the gerund

3:45 pm

cybernan

stupid word

3:45 pm

lynxxx

gerund end on the ho6.27

3:45 pm

forwardbyfaith

I don't have the 6 yet

3:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi, lyn!

3:45 pm

cybernan

leader of the organization is called the head ho6

3:46 pm

forwardbyfaith

thanks very much!

3:46 pm

lynxxx

hi Owl!

3:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

that is just wrong. just wrong.

3:46 pm

forwardbyfaith

some of these words...

3:47 pm

cybernan

lol - there are a few like that TO

3:50 pm

cybernan

oc 6 please?

3:52 pm

lynxxx

oc & what you do when you sharpen a knife

3:53 pm

cybernan

oh -- ty lynxxx

3:59 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* any clues wanted before I leave?

4:00 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Nan

4:00 pm

forwardbyfaith

the no5,20 please?

4:00 pm

lynxxx

compound no way etc

4:01 pm

cybernan

usually 2 words: no where. no ***

4:01 pm

forwardbyfaith

thanks nan!

4:03 pm

cybernan

on my way -- thanks for the help - stay safe :)

4:07 pm

harpjane

found a birdie!

4:08 pm

forwardbyfaith

is the oc7 related to the 6?

4:09 pm

lynxxx

same start =- finish with put a **** on your finger

4:09 pm

forwardbyfaith

thanks lynx!

4:23 pm

periwinkle

ty for oc7

4:23 pm

periwinkle

some odd words here today

4:24 pm

moolingwa

odd grid

4:24 pm

moolingwa

still have 28 to go

4:25 pm

periwinkle

77 here

4:25 pm

forwardbyfaith

22 left and they all seem hard! :)

4:28 pm

moolingwa

still have 10 words that are 7+ letters

4:34 pm

Atalante

firebirds! well that was a struggle

4:38 pm

forwardbyfaith

could use some help with the last 3 ac5,6,7

4:43 pm

lynxxx

ac6.24 ac & The Mayo Cl****

4:43 pm

lynxxx

ac7 ac & vwl & not day

4:44 pm

forwardbyfaith

thank you lynx - couldn't get those

5:05 pm

jan

If this was my first Babble grid, there wouldn't have been a second...

5:07 pm

MollyL

I think it is an almost unanimous WORST GRID EVER vote. The bar is open. Keep your social distance but enjoy the drinks with names you've never heard of. : D

5:11 pm

jan

coign

5:11 pm

jan

Damn--though in my defense, I'm already two g and t's into this stupid grid...

5:19 pm

rururocks

Yay jan

5:21 pm

rururocks

I have to wait till After my bije ride

5:21 pm

rururocks

Bike

5:23 pm

rururocks

You do a bije ride in iceland

5:28 pm

forwardbyfaith

last word - help with the en6,33 please?

5:30 pm

rururocks

To ask someone to do something en6

5:31 pm

rururocks

Or en and what you do to be in the army

5:31 pm

forwardbyfaith

thanks for all the help. What a horribly hard grid!

5:32 pm

rururocks

Yw

5:33 pm

rururocks

Super tough grid today

6:07 pm

kje

indeed

6:56 pm

phandmd

good evening!

7:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi phan

7:03 pm

phandmd

HI there, TO!

7:03 pm

phandmd

How are you doing?

7:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am ok and you?

7:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

just want to be done with this grid. ready for clues, i think

7:04 pm

phandmd

I am good as well. I just got started, only 23 words found. seems a bit hard.

7:06 pm

jan

"A bit hard' is an under-statement. I have been noodling away on and off all day, and I doubt that I will finish this one. Usually the grid has maybe 10-20% unusual words; this grid is more like 30-40%.

7:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

glad to hear. tought grid.

7:06 pm

phandmd

oh fun!

7:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

looking for mi6/33 anad feeling stupid

7:07 pm

LuvWordGames

it's a fish Owl

7:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh hell. thank you.

7:08 pm

LuvWordGames

yw, I'd just found it myself

7:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

ac5/16?

7:09 pm

LuvWordGames

if you are passing a test

7:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

nm, ut's a gerund. ty

7:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty luv. got to go draw the curtains, it's like living in a fish bowl after dark.

7:10 pm

dan2bit

firewords! tough out - thanks lickety and all cluers

7:11 pm

phandmd

WTG Dan

7:11 pm

LuvWordGames

WTG dan!

7:19 pm

LuvWordGames

FW finally, last word was ch 5/16 as in the old TV show "Ch*** and the Man

7:22 pm

periwinkle

ni7 pls

7:27 pm

phandmd

wish I had it to clue...

7:29 pm

periwinkle

found it. a ornamental recess in a wall is an ni5 which is not in the grid. the ni7 is a gerund of that word

7:29 pm

phandmd

Thanks!

7:29 pm

periwinkle

tough grid but I am done

7:29 pm

periwinkle

yvw

7:30 pm

phandmd

did you get fw, Peri?

7:30 pm

penquis

congrats peri and hello all...

7:30 pm

phandmd

Pen!

7:32 pm

MollyL

There are some seriously dedicated people who play this game, willing to try and make it through this one.

7:32 pm

phandmd

I am still trying to get half way. I am at 75 words.

7:34 pm

MollyL

I don't have the patience or the time to finish these grids anymore. I just can't work and work to find words that don't mean anything.

7:44 pm

phandmd

I think you just add IC to a bunch of words and then you find some more...

7:47 pm

penquis

well i went through the list and still have 7 to find... :o(

7:49 pm

penquis

ch 7/36?

7:50 pm

phandmd

I tried adding the IC to the word prior to that. It didn't work...

7:51 pm

penquis

i tried that, too....

7:54 pm

penquis

ja 7?

7:56 pm

phandmd

can't believe I almost missed the volcano!

7:57 pm

penquis

i can relate....

7:58 pm

penquis

well i only have those two left....ja 7 and ch 7/26....

7:58 pm

phandmd

really? HO 9 is a word?

7:58 pm

phandmd

sorry I can't help. wish I could. I still have 61 left.

7:58 pm

penquis

apparently....it is in the dictionary as a verb...

8:03 pm

penquis

i am done....used A to Z for the last two....

8:04 pm

penquis

need anything before I go, phan?

8:05 pm

phandmd

I guess you could clue those words...

8:22 pm

penquis

sorry....got distracted....still want clues?

8:25 pm

phandmd

sure

8:26 pm

penquis

ch 7.....tai ch* + zero....

8:27 pm

phandmd

thanks!

8:28 pm

penquis

ja 7....most of what you use to prop your car up when changing a tire + vowel + what you might use to bring a fish to your boat after hooking it....

8:29 pm

phandmd

again, thanks!

8:29 pm

phandmd

could you clue the lonely N?

8:29 pm

phandmd

then I will have NBT ANd maybe the 8?

8:29 pm

penquis

sure....no + manner of doing something.....go right and then left on the grid...

8:30 pm

phandmd

got it. thanks

8:31 pm

penquis

ci 8.....firm hold or tight grip + m*** is a woman's name that ends in a vowel....

8:32 pm

penquis

the first part could also be a slang word for something easy....

8:33 pm

phandmd

I got the first part, puzzling the name part

8:34 pm

phandmd

got it thank you!

8:34 pm

phandmd

I will probably call it quits soon.

8:35 pm

penquis

yw....

8:44 pm

penquis

well i am heading out....goodnight phan.....

8:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(shouts hi all while sawn diving into the grid)

8:50 pm

Uneaixoise

Last ca6/27?

8:51 pm

bookwomen

gerund ending to help someone

8:52 pm

Uneaixoise

Got it!

8:57 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!!!

8:58 pm

bookwomen

congrats

9:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi bookwomen, LTNS

9:04 pm

bookwomen

hi gwen how are you?

9:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

doing good, hows you?

9:08 pm

bookwomen

we are fine still healthy still working

9:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

great to hear!

9:12 pm

bookwomen

how are things with you

9:12 pm

bookwomen

I am finding this grid a slog

9:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

me too, but hey, just found ho9, what a silly word

9:16 pm

bookwomen

i do not have that yet

9:16 pm

bookwomen

i got the ch 9

9:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

have to run soon, shall i clue?

9:17 pm

bookwomen

sure

9:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

start with ho6, person in charge or head ho*****, add a verb ending

9:18 pm

bookwomen

got it ty enjoy your eveing

9:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

bye bye y'all (zoom)

9:28 pm

jan

Wow, what a (nasty) grid! Finally finished, but only by resorting to listing, and checking the A to Z lists. If it wasn't for quarantine, no way would I have invested the time to slog this one out.

9:29 pm

bookwomen

i am still slogging only 29 left but it is taking forever

9:58 pm

alembick

can anyone please help with oc7 44 and on5 12? last two

10:09 pm

Dorens

oc + consonant + wedding band

10:14 pm

alembick

thank you Dorens! 1 word left, this is driving me crazy! I never finish the grid, except yesterday I did! so now I am up way too late, addicted!!

10:15 pm

rururocks

what else do you need alembick.. on5 on + small blood sucking creature

10:17 pm

alembick

Thank you rururocks and Dorens, fireworks, I would probably have been up all night. Have a great night.

10:18 pm

rururocks

get some sleep.. yw

11:58 pm

gapeach

Hey, Ruru, did Rose contact about Flosey? I asked her to tell y ou about the two times Flosey (or someone using her computer) has been loged onl. The last time was last night.....other was a couple of weeks ago. I wrote to her online but no answer each time.....I told her that there were people here who were concerned about her. Don't know what is happening there.

11:59 pm

gapeach

logged. sorry, eyes are blurry.

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