12:00 am
thesnark
whoops missed those two. Thanks for the help though.
12:05 am
cybernan
hi everyone -- here til it cools down enough to go to bed.
12:08 am
rbud
aw, ya beat me, haha
12:11 am
cybernan
haven't found the te, and the others are somewhat dodgy I think
12:12 am
Lizlin
I agree - very dodgy.
12:12 am
Lizlin
But that's enable for you!
12:12 am
rbud
te is pretty dodgy as well, haha
12:12 am
cybernan
and so is the te
12:12 am
cybernan
snap, rbud
12:13 am
rbud
unless there's more than one te7
12:13 am
Lizlin
Certainly is.
12:17 am
rbud
anyone find that last 7?
12:17 am
cybernan
not yet
12:18 am
rbud
(weird lag tonight, I see what I typed still in the box above while it's already down below. doesn't happen often.)
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Lickety
12:19 am
marksdolly
ty Lickety!
12:23 am
rbud
okay, I caved and looked. Never seen it before, so now I don't feel bad.
12:26 am
cybernan
stats rbud?
12:26 am
Lizlin
I just looked - tr 7 but I still don't have the word.
12:27 am
cybernan
mmm - something that comes in threes maybe
12:29 am
rbud
nope. looked it up, ewwww....
12:30 am
cybernan
monkeyed it
12:30 am
rbud
an icky edible sugary substance from the pupal covering of certain Asiatic beetles..
12:31 am
cybernan
beetlejuice!
12:31 am
rbud
now who was the brave guy/gal who tried that for the first time I have to wonder.
12:31 am
rbud
bwahahaha!!! yes!
12:34 am
marksdolly
fireworks!!
12:34 am
cybernan
off to bed on that note -- see you tomorrow
12:35 am
Lizlin
Congrats :)
12:35 am
cybernan
well done dolly
12:35 am
Lizlin
Sleep well nan. I'm off to get on with some other things. Have a good day or sleep well, wherever you are.
12:36 am
cybernan
hagd liz
12:37 am
rbud
laters, Liz.
1:44 am
Gillie
What, it doesn't take "figgier"?
1:51 am
Gillie
Surely one pudding can be figgier than another.
2:00 am
rbud
I personally would tend to agree. :)
2:14 am
rolin
applying logic to Enable.... there in lies madness...
3:12 am
lshult
this is crazy.
I had two fig newtons and one was definitely figgier than the other!!!
4:12 am
mattygroves
Do you all have 'words' you try every time even though you know they're not words? I always try idee and oreo, for example.
4:14 am
lshult
more tha i can count...
4:16 am
mattygroves
Also, when someone finds a phantom and tells us, do you find yourself trying it anyway, just in case?
4:20 am
MollyL
Yes, because sometimes people call phantoms that really are words : D
4:40 am
Karys
Matty ... I always try those too, thought it was just me that was 'silly' x
4:45 am
lbdawger
gm everyone! may I have a clue for the le6?
4:49 am
lynxxx
le4.6 & another word for 'us'
4:51 am
lbdawger
thank you!! i'd never had tried that combination
4:52 am
lynxxx
I have come to a complete stop at 89 words in. Might look better tomorrow. Night all
4:53 am
lbdawger
sweet sleep Lynxx
5:33 am
frogface
how come you can have delectable but not delect?
5:34 am
frogface
oops sorry
5:35 am
frogface
not a word tho luckily
7:01 am
BzznBea
Good Morning, friends.
7:09 am
MollyL
Bea, I found the cutest honeycomb cake pan at Williams Sononma. Wish I had it for the honey cakes I'm making for Solstice. But...next year!
7:15 am
BzznBea
I googled it. Cute pan! That would be fun.
7:17 am
BzznBea
Do you make yours in a bundt pan?
7:23 am
MollyL
Today I am making the cake as cupcakes because it is food put out for the faeries.
7:27 am
BzznBea
Do you frost them?
7:27 am
MollyL
Nope, just drizzle honey on top.
7:28 am
BzznBea
They sound yummy.
7:29 am
BzznBea
Our Father's Day celebration is a bust. Daughter called and said she has been exposed to COVID.
7:31 am
MollyL
Now that more testing is available, I think there is going to be a lot more of that "I've been exposed" thing.
7:31 am
BzznBea
One of her coworkers dcalled in yesterday running a fewer and coughing. She has been attending protests.
7:32 am
MollyL
You know, no disrespect to the cause, but what do these people think? Attending protests where people are all standing shoulder to shoulder.
7:33 am
BzznBea
I am with you. I don't even know which protests she has been attending.
7:34 am
BzznBea
There are so many things being protested now.
7:36 am
MollyL
Oh, I'm out of the loop. I thought it was just one.
7:38 am
BzznBea
I think we have a lot of protests in NC about the governor. Also protests about statues and historical markers...
7:50 am
MollyL
I would like to formally protest the inclusion of le6 in the Enable word list : D
8:04 am
M3
le 6 clue please
8:06 am
BzznBea
It was clued at 4:49 am, M#
8:13 am
M3
nope ,another clue please
8:16 am
BzznBea
Do you have the le4.6?
8:20 am
BzznBea
Add a pronoun
8:41 am
hokie carla
howdy. just got the alt sp needle case. been waiting for that to make a reappearance!
8:42 am
BzznBea
Morning, Carla.
8:42 am
BzznBea
Where are you today?
8:42 am
hokie carla
North Myrtle
8:43 am
BzznBea
Sounds nice. Will you see your dad?
8:44 am
hokie carla
no, they still only have like 8 cases in their county and charlotte has a ton, so I'm not going near them for a while
8:45 am
BzznBea
One of our daughters was coming tomorrow. She has been exposed by a coworker.
8:45 am
hokie carla
yikes
8:46 am
MLFAN17
I agree with what hokie just said
8:46 am
BzznBea
The coworker has been going to a lot of protests in Raleigh.
8:47 am
MLFAN17
what do either of you think the governor is going to do next?
8:47 am
hokie carla
we have another camping trip last week of July. would like to try to quarantine for 2 weeks and then go but it's really hard with my kids and husband going places.
8:48 am
hokie carla
I mean last week of June, week before July 4th
8:48 am
BzznBea
I have no idea what Cooper will do or has done. I do not watch the news.
8:48 am
MLFAN17
we are in phase 2
8:48 am
cybernan
good morning all --- maybe we should all protest the protests -- virtually, of course
8:49 am
MLFAN17
hokie are you going to be home for the 4th of july?
8:49 am
BzznBea
I know what I do and that is all that can do.
8:49 am
hokie carla
yes, we get back on the 3rd
8:49 am
hokie carla
same, bea
8:49 am
MLFAN17
hokie that's good :)
8:50 am
MLFAN17
the 4th of july is a saturday
8:50 am
BzznBea
I have to protect my mom. So it is stay home and wear a mask when I'm out.
8:50 am
MLFAN17
bzz yep:)
8:51 am
BzznBea
We did finally get carry out last night. Haven't done that since January.
8:51 am
MLFAN17
that is so cool
8:51 am
hokie carla
swiss mountain house just popped out at me like a 3D pic. it was kinda weird.
8:52 am
BzznBea
Isn't that funny how that works, Carla.
8:53 am
hokie carla
yeah, I wasn't even sure I could make it, it was just like the letters were floating around.
8:53 am
hokie carla
now if it could happen for all the words that'd be nice
8:53 am
BzznBea
I have to see if I can find some small canning flats. Need to do something with these plums.
8:54 am
cybernan
mmm - plum sauce? plum jam?
8:54 am
MLFAN17
plum juice?
8:54 am
BzznBea
Plum jam probably, nan.
8:55 am
hokie carla
I don't think I like plums. haven't had one in a long time at least.
8:55 am
BzznBea
Was thinking about jelly though. I would like to try my hand at making jelly.
8:56 am
MLFAN17
may I have a clue for the he5 pls?
8:56 am
cybernan
better look for cheesecloth first -- a lot of people were using it as a fill layer for masks
8:56 am
BzznBea
I have three packages of cheese cloth in my closet.
8:57 am
hokie carla
I have one that is almost how tall you are, leave off last letter
8:57 am
MLFAN17
i will be back...
8:58 am
BzznBea
I'm going to get started with my day. What ever that looks like...
8:58 am
hokie carla
yep, about to start getting ready here
8:59 am
BzznBea
I just procrastinate the thinkgs I should do bcause I know I can always do them tomorrow.
8:59 am
BzznBea
See you all tomorow...
8:59 am
hokie carla
why do something today that you can put off til tomorrow
9:02 am
cybernan
hagd bea
9:03 am
cybernan
anyone have stats for the bottom i please?
9:03 am
hokie carla
ic4 x 2
9:03 am
cybernan
duh - just found - ty carla
9:03 am
hokie carla
28 left for later. 10 grayed out
9:04 am
hokie carla
I'm not seeing bottom right a
9:05 am
cybernan
15 left over 9 tiles -- trying to finish before breakfast
9:05 am
hokie carla
duh, thanks. well now I have at least half on each tile and 27 left. TTFN.
9:05 am
cybernan
bye carla
9:11 am
MollyL
Life is good. I finally got a pedicure. Shiny red toenails and all the dead skin on my feet is gone. God bless people who can give a good pedicure.
9:12 am
cybernan
sounds good, Molly - I'm not sure if the salon I go to is open yet
9:13 am
MollyL
I talked to the owner of my salon and she is struggling big time. A very unsympathetic landlord. She isn't sure she is going to make it after three months of no income.
9:13 am
MollyL
And now, limited income due to the space restrictions.
9:16 am
cybernan
that's why I'm wondering -- small space so probably wouldn't be able to have more than 4 or 5 customers at a time - maybe not even that many
9:18 am
cybernan
french pastry is back -- now I'm hungry
9:20 am
MollyL
Mmm, I love French pastry. We have a place here called Fresh Baguette that makes amazing French pastry.
9:24 am
cybernan
*!*~*!* think I'll make french toast for breakfast :) hagd
9:25 am
MLFAN17
I love French toast
9:27 am
bichon
Mr. B make coconut waffles. Yummy
9:28 am
MLFAN17
with what bichon?
9:29 am
bichon
Whole Wheat pastry flour, coconut milk
9:30 am
MLFAN17
ohh ..sounds interesting i am not a coconut kind of person but i haven't heard of coconut waffles before
9:30 am
bichon
I love coconut, so, Mr. B made them for me
9:31 am
MLFAN17
he is so nice:) what is he having?
9:33 am
bichon
Same as me. I do all the other cooking. I make the izza dough and he makes the pizza
9:46 am
Marian Todd
any clues for the tr7 (32) please
9:48 am
Dorens
beginning of cypress + part of jewish holiday bread
9:51 am
Marian Todd
Great clue - thanks Dorens - got it. Only 2 left - both w's - we6 (39) and we7 (56) - really stuck - help appreciated anyone
9:51 am
Dorens
Could anyone help me with the le6/36? I just can't find it
9:52 am
kittychan
le6 - more like the thing you climb out on when you're thinking about jumping
9:52 am
Dorens
that's the seven kitty
9:53 am
dan2bit
le6 - pervert + pronoun
9:53 am
Marian Todd
le4.6 & another word for 'us'
9:53 am
kittychan
sorry! the four before it and another word for us
9:53 am
Dorens
thank you marian
9:54 am
dan2bit
we6 is slang for pulling underwear up tight. add a consonant for we7
9:58 am
penquis
rhymes with the we and le....
9:59 am
MollyL
More like a grass like plant found in wet places
9:59 am
penquis
the 7s...
9:59 am
dan2bit
aha ty both
9:59 am
Marian Todd
Got the w's - thanks dan2bit - all done now
10:05 am
MLFAN17
ty for that tr7
10:13 am
penquis
i am done....
10:13 am
MLFAN17
congrats pen
10:34 am
penquis
heading out....enjoy your day.....
10:46 am
rururocks
clued below une
10:49 am
MLFAN17
beginning of cypress + part of jewish holiday bread
10:50 am
MLFAN17
dorens clue
10:50 am
hurshy
that's a weird one alright
10:50 am
MLFAN17
hi hurshy hi une
10:51 am
rururocks
good morning mlf
10:52 am
MLFAN17
EC6 clue pls?
10:53 am
hurshy
yummy delicious but difficult to make pastry
10:53 am
rururocks
french pastry with whipped cream
10:53 am
MLFAN17
ty got it.. wouldn't it be nice to have some of those right now?:)
10:54 am
rururocks
not for me ... i'm on a diet
10:54 am
MLFAN17
oh you are no fun ruru lol
10:54 am
hurshy
neither is obesity
10:56 am
MLFAN17
if you can do that in a time like this I say that is pretty awesome
10:56 am
MollyL
Okay, carrot sticks, celery and rice cakes all around.
Whoo-hoo!
10:57 am
MLFAN17
uhh no thanks
10:57 am
rururocks
I have lost 15 pounds so far.. so it seems to be helping
10:57 am
MLFAN17
did you start your diet before the pandemic or since it started?
10:57 am
MollyL
Rururocks...Napa God
10:58 am
rururocks
I started in April after I got on the scale at the end of March and had gained ten pounds from SIP
10:59 am
MLFAN17
ohh that is awesome
10:59 am
rururocks
I think the final blow was when I went to the beach and people were trying to push me back in the ocean :D
11:00 am
MLFAN17
their are other fish in the sea
11:01 am
rururocks
that was deep MLF ..
11:01 am
MLFAN17
oh ruru you took the bait
11:03 am
rururocks
trying to hook us in mlf?
11:03 am
MLFAN17
hook line and sink lol
11:05 am
MLFAN17
or at least reel you in
11:05 am
rururocks
MLF is trying to surf up some puns . :D
11:06 am
MLFAN17
I know you were wading for it
11:24 am
periwinkle
I see the clue for the tr7 but I am not getting it. hi all
11:26 am
periwinkle
nm got it
11:32 am
MollyL
The tr7 is a crazy word. Typical of Babble.
11:38 am
rururocks
beetle excretions
11:52 am
dan2bit
tr7 starts like elm or oak, then a laugh, then a song note
11:54 am
MollyL
Beetle excretions that people eat. Ew.
11:55 am
MollyL
People often miss Peri's "nm got it".
11:56 am
origami
So much for eating breakfast while I play babble.
11:56 am
MLFAN17
hi origami
11:56 am
rururocks
lol ori
11:57 am
rururocks
imagines people licking beetles for sugar
11:58 am
MLFAN17
we 6/33 clue pls?
11:58 am
MLFAN17
ruru eww
11:59 am
rururocks
we 6 pulling up someone's pants in grade school mlf
12:00 pm
MLFAN17
isn't that 39?
12:00 pm
rururocks
oh.. it is.. sorry i forgot there were two
12:01 pm
rururocks
past tense of previous word
12:02 pm
MLFAN17
previous of we 6/39?
12:03 pm
bichon
I don't understand the we 6/39.
12:04 pm
MLFAN17
when your underwear goes in the crack of your butt
12:06 pm
MLFAN17
hi jax wrong box
12:06 pm
bichon
I understand the first four letters, but not the last 2
12:07 pm
bichon
doh, ty fan
12:07 pm
MLFAN17
yw bichon
12:10 pm
Flask1
Evening all....
12:10 pm
MLFAN17
hi flask
12:11 pm
Flask1
Hey ml...how are you?
12:11 pm
MLFAN17
Fine flask how are you doing?
12:24 pm
Flask1
Am good thanks ml...
12:29 pm
Flask1
stats for the 7@s please?
12:31 pm
hurshy
three that rhyme, we, le, se
12:31 pm
hurshy
te7 with also that same ENDING
12:31 pm
hurshy
and tr7 which is weird
12:32 pm
Flask1
thanks Hurshy....I aleady have the tr
12:33 pm
JaxH66
Thanks Hurshy, got all the 7's now and a couple of extra other words as well
12:36 pm
JaxH66
Could I have the stats for the lone a on the bottom row please?
12:38 pm
JaxH66
Thanks Hurshy
12:39 pm
hurshy
out of those rhyming 7s and the 6, i have only ever heard the 6, lol
12:44 pm
Scrabbler
Which explains why I cannot find them.
12:52 pm
MLFAN17
hi scrab
12:52 pm
MLFAN17
scrab the we is when your underwear gets in the crack of your butt
12:57 pm
MLFAN17
are LE 6 and 7 related/
12:58 pm
MLFAN17
never mind I do have the LE7
12:59 pm
JaxH66
Not got the 6 yet
12:59 pm
MLFAN17
me either
1:05 pm
JaxH66
MLF do you have all of the 7s now?
1:08 pm
MLFAN17
no I need one more
1:09 pm
JaxH66
They all end the same apart from the tr
1:10 pm
MLFAN17
le7 se 7 tr 7 and we 7. what am I missing?
1:19 pm
ChampFit
One of these days, I'm going to learn to try the word that I KNOW it should be, even though I don't see it!!!
4:15 pm
bichon
se 7/40, pls
4:31 pm
bichon
French pastry
4:33 pm
Uneaixoise
Thanks!!
4:39 pm
bichon
se 7/40, pls
4:42 pm
Uneaixoise
Rhymes with le7
4:43 pm
Scrabbler
I can't find those 3 rhyming words
5:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
think of the rim of an object
5:03 pm
wvteach
2 words left - both C 6 - i have Swiis home - stats for the other two C 6s pls
5:03 pm
hokie carla
do you have CL6 pt?
5:04 pm
wvteach
thnx - one more
5:05 pm
hokie carla
don't have
5:07 pm
MollyL
Like bread for Jewish observance
5:09 pm
MollyL
These grids with obscure words wear me out
5:18 pm
wvteach
thnx - had tried it earlier without the final H
5:20 pm
wvteach
** finito ** last word CH 6 / 27 wihtout list but needed these two last clues - thanx cluers
5:24 pm
hokie carla
can only find 4 of the left T. are these obscure or I'm just not seeing them?
5:28 pm
hurshy
there's the weird tr7
5:29 pm
hokie carla
ok, don't have that, thx
5:29 pm
hokie carla
have ti4, tr5x2 and tr4
5:29 pm
hokie carla
duh on the other ti4
5:29 pm
hurshy
there are two tr6s to be made off the second of the fives
5:31 pm
hokie carla
well, didn't expect those 6's, thanks
5:32 pm
MollyL
Or plural and past tense, in another way of speaking
5:32 pm
hokie carla
what is the point total on the 7?
5:36 pm
hokie carla
hmm, can I phone a friend please?
5:37 pm
MollyL
Not unless you have friends with freaky vocabularies.
5:38 pm
hokie carla
shouldn't be that many possibilities with the 32, but not finding it
5:38 pm
hurshy
italian 3 + most of muslim-approved food ?
5:39 pm
hokie carla
well, 3rd try with that clue did it, thx
5:40 pm
hokie carla
they had me at edible sugary substance and then lost me with secreted by a beetle
5:40 pm
hokie carla
9 left!
5:40 pm
hokie carla
1 D - any weird ones?
5:41 pm
hurshy
de4 x 2, di4, dw5
5:41 pm
hokie carla
ah, dw
5:41 pm
hurshy
the word became flesh and dw5 among us
5:41 pm
hokie carla
got it, thx
5:43 pm
hokie carla
2 w's left
5:45 pm
MollyL
Let's all eat beetle tears!
5:55 pm
hokie carla
well, I give. going to the list for the last 8.
5:56 pm
Uneaixoise
We5/22?
5:56 pm
hokie carla
that's the one I'm working on right now
5:57 pm
hokie carla
ah, that of someone that reneges on a bet
5:57 pm
hokie carla
was hard to see going backward
5:58 pm
hokie carla
*think of someone
5:59 pm
Uneaixoise
Like grape jam!!
6:08 pm
hokie carla
nm, found it in the log for fireworks! hasta mañana
6:11 pm
MollyL
It's a log, it's a chog, it's a chat log, it's a chatterbox
6:57 pm
harpjane
hello, what are the stats for the 4th column A please?
6:58 pm
PastorJ
4/8 if I'm not mistaken, Harp
7:04 pm
harpjane
I don't think so but I can't find it...
7:11 pm
stidgmere
Is the a 4 something not old?
7:16 pm
grannyrose
jane it is an4/8. to do something again, freshly
7:40 pm
harpjane
ah, i had my neck kinking the wrong way, thanks!
8:26 pm
mamabook3
clue for ch6 please
8:33 pm
mcurlschool
Hello Stidgmere! Miss you. Saw Stidmama and a stidkid earlier in the week (passing each other as driving in/out of parking lot). Hope you are well.
8:38 pm
KrisE
Jewish bread
8:39 pm
KrisE
Or a Swiss abode
8:55 pm
cybernan
ch 6 - both begin the same. one ends with "allow" and the other ends with the note that follows "so"
8:59 pm
wht
Finally found the tr7,32 for fireworks.
8:59 pm
wht
Sounds like it might be the place where Viking ents might go when they die.
9:00 pm
wht
Or where an owl might live.
9:39 pm
HarryHood
first pass through - 14 left!
9:39 pm
HarryHood
4 of them being Ws.
9:40 pm
HarryHood
ah just got the w6/7
9:40 pm
HarryHood
finished W! 10 to go
9:41 pm
HarryHood
finished E! 8 to go
9:44 pm
HarryHood
listing with 6
9:48 pm
HarryHood
done! good night all you lurkers :)
10:56 pm
Marc Freeman
we6/39, please?
11:09 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
i can clue that we6 if you still need
11:10 pm
Marc Freeman
yes please?
11:11 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
we6 = child's word, a nasty trick involving grabbing someone by the underwear
11:13 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks
11:20 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
23 to go
11:31 pm
Marc Freeman
le6/36, please?
11:31 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
stuck on that one also -- hunting
11:33 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
le6 = compound word le4 (sex-crazed) + pronoun for us
11:33 pm
Marc Freeman
thanks
11:34 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
8 - )
11:35 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
3 to go
11:37 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
explosions, woot
11:43 pm
harpjane
help with the le5 please?
11:48 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
le5 = bloodsucker
11:48 pm
harpjane
oooh a critter! thanks
11:51 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
any more clues? anyone?
11:55 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
my prediction for tomorrow's grid: 283
11:55 pm
harpjane
ch 6/24?
11:57 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
small french country house
11:57 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
ch6 = french country house