Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, October 2, 2020

12:01 am

penquis

he 7

12:01 am

penquis

do 7

12:01 am

hokie carla

De7

12:02 am

hokie carla

He7x2

12:02 am

penquis

fo 7

12:03 am

grannyrose

el7

12:03 am

penquis

nice twisty one...

12:04 am

Gillie

ye7

12:05 am

penquis

well that covers the 7s....

12:05 am

Gillie

alms

12:05 am

Gillie

oops!

12:05 am

hokie carla

Woot!all 7â€™s and we watch them fall

12:06 am

grannyrose

breaking news. both the president AND his wife have tested positive for cv-19

12:06 am

penquis

i am not surprised....

12:06 am

grannyrose

but don't worry folks. it's going to go away all on it's own

12:07 am

Gillie

About time (for Trump, anyway).

12:07 am

pigeonman

Personally, I wouldn't wish that on anybody.

12:08 am

Gillie

Maybe not, but if anyone has brought it on himself, it's Trump. Melania is probably wishing she could have stayed in New York.

12:09 am

Rainiqui

Oh here we go....

12:10 am

grannyrose

sorry i think i have opened a can of worms. we all wouldn't wish even our worst enemy to go through this.

12:10 am

Gillie

Trump has already lost one major supporter who attended one of his unauthorized rallies to COVID (Herman Cain).

12:11 am

Rainiqui

Can we pleasen stop ?

12:11 am

Gillie

This year? I wish.

12:12 am

grannyrose

yes please. stop. i am so sorry

12:12 am

IndiaJan

imagine if had actually wore a mask

12:12 am

Rainiqui

No apologies needed Rose.

12:14 am

origami

Maybe that will make his supporters wake up.

12:15 am

jessmom

fo6

12:15 am

penquis

da 6, ea 6....

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

marksdolly

ty Lickety!

12:20 am

jessmom

al6

12:21 am

marksdolly

date

12:27 am

marksdolly

fireworks!

12:27 am

dizgrannie

FWs

12:28 am

penquis

congrats...

12:28 am

grannyrose

see y'all after the next flip. i am now counting the days to Monday. please send prayers, positive vibes, or just good ol' best wishes. i so need this stimulator to be an answer to my pain control.

12:29 am

hokie carla

Nice. Still have 3 here.

12:29 am

grannyrose

WTG DIZGRANNIE !!

12:29 am

funhs

Small puzzles suck

12:29 am

grannyrose

oh and WTG MARKSDOLLY !!!

12:32 am

Gillie

It's apparently not completely clear, but if both Trump and Pence were to get very sick at the same time, Pelosi might be in charge.

12:32 am

Gillie

That would certainly be interesting, if nothing else.

12:33 am

hokie carla

Now I have 2 fours left, surely I can find those

12:35 am

Gillie

What, "foeguy" isn't a word?

12:37 am

lshult

you can have a earring, a nose ring, why not a headring???

12:38 am

mkg

I HAVE LOTS OF 7S: de, do, el, fo.

12:38 am

hokie carla

Finally, fireworks!

12:38 am

mkg

he x 2

12:38 am

mkg

go carla go!

12:38 am

cybernan

stuck on the fo 5-6

12:38 am

Gillie

Yes, I think all the 7's ended with the same 3 letters today.

12:38 am

mkg

i think a headband is a head ring.........right?

12:39 am

hokie carla

Nan, we have it quite a bit.

12:42 am

lshult

have 6 7's: de,do,el,fo, 2x he
what am i missing?

12:42 am

Gillie

ye7

12:42 am

lshult

ty

12:43 am

cybernan

don't see anything familiar carla

12:43 am

Gillie

nan - take a word for a man who frequents "ladies of the night", and add a vowel.

12:43 am

Gillie

(and change the first letter, too)

12:44 am

ursh

phantom - darling

12:44 am

cybernan

ty gillie *!*~*!*

12:44 am

penquis

i have been playing this game too long....i actually found the fo words with your clue, Gillie....lol....

12:45 am

cybernan

take care everyone

12:46 am

Gillie

you too - good night

12:46 am

hokie carla

Oh you mean my â€œwe have it all the timeâ€ wasnâ€™t helpful? Hahaha

12:47 am

penquis

i was too tired to make your clue work, carla....

12:49 am

penquis

ipad is running out of power....will have to find the last two words later....goodnight all.....

4:20 am

frogface

any clues for the last two fo's

4:33 am

lynxxx

It's that strangely spelled wind Frogface

4:35 am

frogface

thanks lynxx, gonna have to google that.

4:36 am

lynxxx

Try using a Dear J*** letter adding another vowel in the middle

4:36 am

frogface

Oooh got that, thanks lynxx

4:37 am

frogface

FW, thanks for the help.

4:37 am

lynxxx

YW - Bye

4:38 am

frogface

Bye.

5:18 am

mattygroves

I'm amazed I got those myself (the FOs)

5:19 am

mattygroves

Mind you, the first column vowels are eluding me

5:34 am

mattygroves

Getting there with those now

5:36 am

mattygroves

Aaand those are conquered

5:43 am

gingin

hello all

5:52 am

Sandraf

Any clue please for al 6 21

5:56 am

Sandraf

No got it. FW!!!

5:57 am

Sandraf

Any clues before I go?..

5:57 am

ItalianGreyhound

Yes, that last word!

5:58 am

Sandraf

Surname of man on moon, light years away!!

6:41 am

Sugrraleona

fo5? fo6? I need these for fireworks - help?

6:44 am

Sugrraleona

Nevermind -- whoop - fireworks yaya

6:48 am

Aussieme

clue for 2nd la4,5 please?

6:52 am

Aussieme

nm, got it

7:07 am

Aussieme

Firewords

7:20 am

Uneaixoise

Congrats!

7:59 am

HarryHood

clue for the i or the y?

8:00 am

HarryHood

got the i

8:02 am

hokie carla

ye7

8:02 am

HarryHood

ty got it

8:02 am

HarryHood

nbt and 11 to go!

8:03 am

hokie carla

yeah, this is an easy one today!

8:03 am

HarryHood

so far so good :)

8:08 am

HarryHood

8 and stuck. 6 of them are four letter words too!

8:11 am

hokie carla

my last 2 were 4's and they were hard even knowing what tiles they were

8:11 am

HarryHood

6 now.

8:12 am

HarryHood

4

8:14 am

HarryHood

just in case you were wondering, aedyma is not a word.

8:15 am

hokie carla

also the FU portmanteau the kids use is not accepted

8:17 am

HarryHood

missing a 4, a 5 and a 6. mind numbing.

8:18 am

HarryHood

woo! got the 4/5

8:18 am

bichon

el 7/36, pls

8:18 am

HarryHood

gerund, bichon

8:19 am

HarryHood

my last statement looks German.

8:19 am

hokie carla

making someone happy bichon

8:20 am

HarryHood

igu. can you help me with the a6?

8:20 am

bichon

ty Harry, carla

8:20 am

Scrabbler

Ja, ein bisschen, Harry.

8:20 am

hokie carla

well, if you watched How I Met Your Mother, it was Lily's last name. but there's a much less obscure clue, astronaut

8:21 am

bichon

Scrabs, how was your trip?

8:21 am

Scrabbler

It was outstanding. I keep looking at photos and I miss the hiking trail so much.

8:22 am

HarryHood

ty carla.

8:22 am

bichon

So jeolous

8:22 am

HarryHood

I was thinking alti prefix for an astronaut, until I realized it was an _actual_ astronaut

8:22 am

bichon

*jealous

8:22 am

HarryHood

all done.

8:22 am

HarryHood

where were you scrab

8:23 am

Scrabbler

Life is simpler when everything you need is in your backpack, you have abundant water sources, and your goal is to get to the next lean-to or campsite.

8:23 am

Scrabbler

Northville-Placid Trail in the Adirondack Mtns. We have hiked 55 of 135 miles so far.

8:24 am

HarryHood

amazing

8:24 am

HarryHood

I did a 3 day hike there once.

8:24 am

Scrabbler

Some people finish it in 6-7 days but we are enjoying a slow pace.

8:25 am

HarryHood

we ran out of water on Mt Marcy, but my friend had a purifier and there was a puddle there, which was nice :)

8:26 am

Scrabbler

We have water filters. Mt Marcy is a tough hike--it took us 14 hrs up and down, with a few breaks.

8:27 am

HarryHood

we left our stuff at the lean-to and just carried our daypacks up. I I recall - this was 25 years ago (!!!)

8:27 am

Scrabbler

You were lucky.

8:30 am

HarryHood

gotta go to class! hagd all

8:30 am

Scrabbler

Bye, Harry.

9:06 am

MollyL

<-----Had to look up igu

9:15 am

hokie carla

I thought he misspelled ugh. are you saying it's a new to me acronym? I got you?

9:20 am

MollyL

Ha! I give up. One you don't know. Wow.

9:22 am

hokie carla

*the more you know

9:23 am

hokie carla

I made an obscure prince lyric post last night hoping someone, just someone would get it

9:27 am

MollyL

Well, maybe if you had said "sing it while we watch them fall"

9:28 am

MollyL

7 wasn't exactly on Prince's hit parade

9:32 am

mkg

hi all. clue for y word?

9:32 am

mkg

also need i word please.

9:34 am

hokie carla

that's why I said obscure ;) it is one of my favorite prince songs though, and thank you for getting it. unless you had to look it up.

9:35 am

MollyL

Prince was a genius. I miss him.

9:38 am

hokie carla

yep. just found a YouTuber who is about to tell me what the song means if you'd like a link. he just said it was the best hit from that album and most prince fans he talks to say it's one of their favorites.

9:39 am

rururocks

my dreams have come true. Trump caught Covid.

9:40 am

specificity

that's a trash thing to wish on anyone, whether you like them or not.

9:40 am

rolotom

Yes ruru! May this be the final nail in his coffin.

9:41 am

rururocks

this may save thousands of americans specificity that blinidly follow him and don't wear masks and ignore the warnings

9:42 am

mkg

if he has no symptoms or mild ones, the followers will say aha, so he was right: this is no big deal.......not good.

9:42 am

rururocks

they might finally understand how real this pandemic is and stop believing him

9:43 am

rururocks

i could go a few weeks without seeing him speak after the debates believe me

9:44 am

MollyL

No matter how much I don't like him, I can't be happy he and his wife have COVID

9:44 am

specificity

I only come here to play the game. but when the first comment in chat that I see is gleeful about someone getting ill... I think that's disgusting.

9:45 am

rururocks

sorry. I think about all the people that have died on his watch and it's karmic

9:46 am

specificity

People died under Obama and the flu. more people, even. And I would never wish the flu on Obama.

9:47 am

rururocks

and I'm not really gleeful.

9:47 am

rururocks

no more people didn't die under the flu. that's just not true

9:47 am

specificity

but karma is real... let it sort it out. and you're not immune to karma, either.

9:48 am

specificity

going back to the game. Have the day you deserve :)

9:48 am

rururocks

thanks for sharing

9:51 am

hokie carla

in other news, I just watched the music video for Prince's 7. had never seen it before. that's some wack stuff.

10:24 am

periwinkle

hi all.help with corner E pls

10:47 am

hokie carla

I guess we're all waiting for peri to say nm? ;) it is el7, making happy

11:10 am

hurshy

dang it, i was hoping for a big one

11:12 am

hurshy

of course, i am almost always hoping for a big one

11:14 am

hurshy

top two rows grey!

11:14 am

hokie carla

that sounds a little dirty

11:15 am

hurshy

dirty is in the ear of the behearer

11:15 am

hokie carla

maybe

11:17 am

hurshy

any dh or dy?

11:17 am

KnightTime

nay

11:17 am

hurshy

ty

11:24 am

hurshy

help with the Y?

11:25 am

KnightTime

it's a gerund

11:25 am

hurshy

thanks

11:25 am

hurshy

weird to have a gerund with no root

11:26 am

KnightTime

i thought the same thing

11:26 am

KnightTime

it probably is not a gerund but sounds like one

11:26 am

hurshy

probably

11:27 am

hurshy

looks like it is a corruption of an 8 with an R stuck in the middle

11:27 am

hokie carla

I got no root!

11:27 am

hurshy

that just leaves me with an A6

11:27 am

Marc Freeman

Could someone clue el7, please?

11:27 am

KnightTime

"Someone who is the same age as oneself"

11:28 am

KnightTime

causing to be happy - for the el

11:28 am

hurshy

el7: the parents promised the girl a pony ride for her birthday, thus el7 her

11:28 am

Marc Freeman

got it thanks

11:28 am

KnightTime

a6 sounds like a drug

11:29 am

hurshy

a specific drug?

11:30 am

KnightTime

or an astronaut's last name

11:30 am

hokie carla

think of an astronaut

11:30 am

hurshy

thanks!

11:32 am

hokie carla

or as I said earlier, Lily from HIMYM

11:42 am

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

11:49 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:49 am

MollyL

Carla is going to push that How I Met Your Mother thing all day

11:50 am

hokie carla

just waiting for someone to get it :D

11:50 am

hokie carla

moo!

11:52 am

hokie carla

I also sang another song, Molly, that no one is likely to notice

11:54 am

MollyL

Wow, you are into some obscure music

11:55 am

hokie carla

well, just obscure here on the 2nd one, it was quite a big hit recently

11:56 am

MollyL

Alice Merton?

11:57 am

hokie carla

I think that's right

12:11 pm

origami

No surprise: fugly is not in Enable. Good morning :D

12:13 pm

periwinkle

ty for el

12:14 pm

periwinkle

7 left and stuck

12:17 pm

moolingwa

24 left here

12:22 pm

hokie carla

ori, that is the portmanteau I was referring to earlier!

12:23 pm

MollyL

Today's Babble drinking game is to take a shot every time Carla says portmanteau.

12:23 pm

hokie carla

moo, I actually finished this one at the flip with only seeing 3 or 4 stats.

12:23 pm

hokie carla

it's a good word

12:25 pm

hokie carla

also, just want to note I almost said "already" and my autocorrect tried to change it to arredi. WTH

12:26 pm

hokie carla

just waiting for the washer to finish so I can put the towels in the dryer and then walk. so you all will have to do without pop culture clues and music lyrics and portmanteaus (drink) for a while.

12:28 pm

hokie carla

open the door get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur

12:28 pm

MollyL

*Gasp* OH NO! What will we do without CARLA in the chat??

12:34 pm

origami

Well, we won't be drinking :D

12:34 pm

hokie carla

one more for the road - portmanteau

12:35 pm

origami

I'm going to be drunk before noon

1:07 pm

moolingwa

9 left

2:09 pm

hokie carla

your buzz gone, ori? liger and tigon are acceptable portmanteaus we have here often.

2:31 pm

MollyL

a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel (from â€˜motorâ€™ and â€˜hotelâ€™) or brunch (from â€˜breakfastâ€™ and â€˜lunchâ€™).

2:32 pm

MollyL

That is what portmanteau means. Drink up and check your examples.

2:34 pm

hokie carla

liger = lion/tiger, tigon = tiger/lion

2:45 pm

MollyL

Generally, they result in words commonly known. I guess here, they can result in the weird words that no one knows.

2:48 pm

akazev

Arrogance. No mask. Covid positive. Pride cometh before a fall

2:56 pm

periwinkle

portmanteau is a really neat word

2:57 pm

periwinkle

help with al6 please

2:57 pm

MollyL

Oh great, here we go again.

2:58 pm

periwinkle

haha

2:58 pm

MollyL

Not you Peri, al6 is Buzz, the astronaut.

2:58 pm

periwinkle

I just got back here, I was taking a nap

3:00 pm

periwinkle

ty got it

3:04 pm

periwinkle

fw

3:06 pm

Uneaixoise

Congrats!

3:14 pm

ironpete

yeat

3:19 pm

zoozzoom

Try a gerund.

3:25 pm

MollyL

A game. Make up your own portmanteau. Gerund. Gerald, the fat guy, is rotund. He is gerund.
: D

4:18 pm

BzznBea

Not many players on at this time...

4:36 pm

BzznBea

FW! Carla will be glad to know my last word was an A...ARGG!

4:37 pm

BzznBea

This grid took me a total of 18 minutes. I record for me...

4:37 pm

BzznBea

See you all next time.

4:38 pm

hokie carla

ha! and well done. I think it took me 38 minutes which is a record me too.

5:49 pm

PastorJ

Was reading back through the chat ... In Wikipedia, tigon and liger are listed as legit portmanteaus. Take a swig!

6:11 pm

Trifioso

count for the top e please?

6:12 pm

LeslieAnn

just got it - el7

6:12 pm

Trifioso

thank you for clue! got it

6:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello trif

7:04 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

8:25 pm

IndiaJan

Omg. The last update for iPad lets me print using my apple penal in this text box

8:26 pm

IndiaJan

This changes my whole game. LOL

8:26 pm

IndiaJan

That would be not penal!

8:43 pm

hokie carla

thank you for playing portmanteau drinking game, pastorJ. drink!

9:30 pm

felicitas

it wont take headlite guey

10:39 pm

kimberblue

looking for a clue for the fo5

10:55 pm

origami

kimber - starts with enemy and ends in two consonants

11:03 pm

kimberblue

thanks! fireworks

11:03 pm

rururocks

Foeck

11:03 pm

rururocks

Damn it

11:18 pm

cybernan

hello everyone

11:19 pm

cybernan

Hi ru -- how close are you to the Glass fire?

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