12:02 am
justafreep
st7 x 2
12:09 am
SueMagee
At8 x 2
12:10 am
jessmom
te7, ta7
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:20 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:22 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:24 am
justafreep
btw... ce7 x 2. And thanks rainiqui!
12:25 am
justafreep
Also, has anyone ever seen cy8 used... anywhere?
12:31 am
Gillie
I guess you might use it if you were in the business of mining gold.
12:32 am
cybernan
no, but we see a lot of "words" that we've never seen anywhere
12:32 am
justafreep
yeah, gillie. I was just wondering if anyone had. And yes, Nan, that's certainly true. It's just so odd to see a word as a completely different part of speech than I'd known it
12:33 am
justafreep
thanks, dizgrannie.
12:33 am
cybernan
ad 6 for the 2nd day in a row
12:34 am
justafreep
ch7 x 2
12:34 am
rastapopolous
reminds me of that joke I've seen, with a bunch of grammar "rules" including "don't verb nouns"
12:35 am
Gillie
at8 x 2 if not called
12:36 am
Gillie
Oh - I see Sue called it
12:36 am
rastapopolous
ed8
12:45 am
cybernan
nbt,nbs and crashing -- good night everyone :)
12:46 am
ursh
if the police were asking what you did to your husband - you might answer "I just cy9 him" :)
12:47 am
cybernan
lol - is mr. ursh in the dog house by any chance?
12:50 am
ursh
haha nan - after 51 years together - what is the point
12:59 am
dizgrannie
Ys yanked
12:59 am
dizgrannie
ye 7, NYE.
1:11 am
justafreep
ha, ursh. I suppose that'd be a use, too
2:10 am
dizgrannie
di 6/33 and pl
3:04 am
jbp
in 8 if not already called
7:14 am
mattygroves
Does anyone know if the hi9 is a word I'm likely to have heard of? And good afternoon all!
7:15 am
marilyn992
yes, you are likely to have heard it
7:15 am
mattygroves
OK, thanks - looking!
7:19 am
mattygroves
Thank you!
7:31 am
mattygroves
I have one K (ka4/11) -what are the stats for the other, please?
7:35 am
waskallia
ka4/9 matty
7:36 am
mattygroves
Thank. Could have sworn I'd tried that. Obviously I hadn't
7:37 am
mattygroves
I meant thanks, of course ;)
7:38 am
MollyL
SITT sworn I'd tried that, a variant of TITT thought I'd tried that
7:38 am
mattygroves
Hah, yes. Happy February everyone. Anyone here on the east coast of the US? How bad's the snow?
7:39 am
pcal2
I'm in Maryland. Only got abot 3 inches.
7:43 am
Uneaixoise
Lots headed to my daughter in Maine!!
7:43 am
MollyL
Not a lot of snow, but ice today, which is worse. Northern states are supposed to see a lot more snow.
7:44 am
Uneaixoise
They sent pix of trekking across frozen lake!
7:44 am
MollyL
*Sends hot chocolate, soup and fire wood to Penquis
7:45 am
penquis
expecting snow tonight here in Maine.....brother who is inland is expecting 12to 18 inches, but here on the midcoast only expecting about 6....but these things often change...
7:46 am
Uneaixoise
My daughter is in Orono
7:47 am
penquis
ah....probably two, two and a half hours from me....
7:47 am
Soodle
Happy St Brigid’s Day. Beannachtaà Lá Fhéile BrÃd.
7:47 am
penquis
is she at the University of Maine?
7:48 am
penquis
ty, Soodle, ditto to you....
7:48 am
Uneaixoise
Their toddler loooves all the snow!!
7:48 am
Uneaixoise
Yes, librarian
7:49 am
Uneaixoise
Hey, Soodle!
7:49 am
penquis
Orono usually gets a lot more snow than we do on the coast...
7:51 am
Soodle
Hi Une 😊
7:54 am
Uneaixoise
Paul is adorbs!!
7:55 am
dromano66
penquis, I live in Maine too
7:55 am
penquis
hey dromano.....coast?...inland?
7:56 am
penquis
native? transplant?
7:56 am
dromano66
I live in scarborough
7:56 am
Soodle
Thank you!!! And the good news is that he is to become a big brother later in the Summer. So good to have something positive to look forward to. 🤗🤗
7:56 am
dromano66
nataive
7:57 am
penquis
ah...down the coast from me then....i asked about the native thing because of your avatar.. ;o)
7:57 am
dromano66
oh, yes, just like the yankees. where are you
7:58 am
penquis
midcoast....probably about an hour and a half or so north of you....
7:59 am
dromano66
my sister lives in harpswell
7:59 am
dromano66
nice to meet you
7:59 am
Uneaixoise
How exciting, Soodle!
8:00 am
penquis
my aunt used to have a summer place in Harpswell....beautiful area....
8:00 am
Uneaixoise
Daughter moved to Orono several years ago from Ann Arbor
8:01 am
penquis
quite the move....
8:01 am
dromano66
my son went to the university there in Orono...
8:02 am
penquis
i grew up in Lewiston and our summer treat was driving to Bailey's Island....
8:02 am
Uneaixoise
Hired as librarian at University.....she and her honey bought a very cute little house :-)
8:03 am
dromano66
that is awesome
8:03 am
Uneaixoise
They do tons of hiking, camping, canoeing, etc. :-)
8:07 am
penquis
perfect area for that...
8:12 am
Uneaixoise
Breakfast break....byeeee
8:28 am
periwinkle
help with A in 3rd column , lower
A pls
8:29 am
penquis
i have a pt....shaped like a rainbow....
8:29 am
periwinkle
I am in PA outside of Phila. Phila is expecting 10-12inches hoping we do not get as much
8:29 am
periwinkle
ty did not look in that direction
8:29 am
periwinkle
ty did not look in that direction
8:30 am
penquis
in recent years the middle atlantic states seem to have gotten more snow than I have....
8:36 am
player girl
Any help with the 9? Please dear Babblers
8:37 am
penquis
something that is very sure....
8:37 am
penquis
ce 9/72...
8:37 am
player girl
Thanks Pen
8:44 am
penquis
hi MLF....
8:44 am
MLFAN17
ar e any of the words for the middle column a's and d anything i would know?
8:45 am
BzznBea
Pen clued an A fro peri
8:45 am
penquis
yes...i clued one at 8:29....
8:53 am
mkg
Hi all. Any clues for the 9s? And stats too please?
8:54 am
mkg
Got the ce. Ty
8:54 am
mkg
What is the other one please? If anyone has it. Ty
8:55 am
penquis
something that stands in the way of something....
8:55 am
Uncagain
Hi , a barrier
8:56 am
mkg
Ty. Not sure if i know this one but will think on it. A barrier.hmmmm
8:56 am
penquis
it's a common word...
8:56 am
marksdolly
ty uncag and pen
8:57 am
mkg
Got it!!!!!!! Ty. Great clues.
8:58 am
mkg
Still missing both k words. Darn. Any stats and clues welcome. Ty.
8:59 am
penquis
they are both four letter words...
8:59 am
mkg
Got one of them. Ty.
9:00 am
mkg
Got both of them now. Ty
9:00 am
mkg
Ty all cluers. Great clues today. Ty
9:04 am
LuvWordGames
phantom: redneck
9:04 am
rururocks
that's because most of them are in jail now luv :D
9:05 am
LuvWordGames
LOL, I wish one more was
9:06 am
penquis
hit a wall....taking a break...bbl to finish....bye all...
9:19 am
rururocks
(phones plasterer to come in to repair pen's damage)
9:27 am
MLFAN17
ty for the st4 for the hi 9 got it
9:29 am
MLFAN17
does anyone know which ad the starts with?
9:52 am
mattygroves
Top A
10:44 am
phaeton
clue for the ad6?
10:44 am
phaeton
nm...same as yesterday
10:49 am
phaeton
clue for ed8?
10:50 am
marksdolly
ends with de 7/32
10:53 am
mattygroves
I guess it would help if I had the de721 lol
11:05 am
MLFAN17
phae can u clue that ad6 pls?
11:07 am
MLFAN17
mark which de is it for the de 7/32?
11:07 am
rururocks
ad + mr hawthorne
11:25 am
cybernan
good morning all :)
11:25 am
cybernan
looking for the de 7 and ed 8 in question
11:25 am
rururocks
morning nan
11:26 am
rururocks
has to do with teeth nan
11:26 am
cybernan
ty ru :)
11:26 am
cybernan
nice start to the day
11:57 am
MLFAN17
i still dont know
12:04 pm
cybernan
beginning of tooth doctor + consumed
12:04 pm
Trifioso
hello friends. sent home early from school today, due to storm coming in
12:05 pm
cybernan
sounds like a wild one on the east coast, trif
12:06 pm
Trifioso
everyones acting like it is some freak of nature....people, it's massachusetts, and it's february. Have you not read up on this? It's not Tunisia....
12:08 pm
bichon
Hi Trif, pretty awful out
12:08 pm
Trifioso
hello. yup. snowing sideways.
12:08 pm
cybernan
and that we have global warming contributing to all these extreme weather patterns
12:09 pm
bichon
no newspaper, no mail
12:09 pm
Trifioso
I am hoping our electricity holds out. It REALLY sucks when that goes
12:10 pm
cybernan
we are having one of the mildest winters on record --- makes me worry about what kind of fire season we can expect this summer
12:11 pm
Trifioso
indeed, cybernan. i fear droughts more than almost anything
12:12 pm
Trifioso
winds are really picking up here
12:12 pm
Trifioso
hope the ents stay quiet
12:12 pm
bichon
We're having the coldest and snowiest winter in a long time
12:13 pm
bichon
the ents?
12:14 pm
Trifioso
woody creatures from Tolkien - trying to avoid PB
12:15 pm
bichon
That's what I thought
12:22 pm
Trifioso
that s is a bugger
12:23 pm
Trifioso
found 14 out of the 21, and just grid locked
12:32 pm
moolingwa
morning campers
12:44 pm
cybernan
240 down - break time :)
12:51 pm
jzw
curious about you name zTink. My maiden name is Zink
1:06 pm
sammysmom
stuck on te 7/ 40 ??
1:11 pm
jzw
It means to own lands. Think of a renter who is also call a te 6/18.
1:12 pm
jzw
Not owns but holds the title
1:12 pm
sammysmom
thanks jzw
1:32 pm
moolingwa
59 left here
1:44 pm
Uneaixoise
77 to go here....
1:45 pm
B0op
272 left here
1:58 pm
origami
The C's are killing me. Hi folks.
2:11 pm
ChampFit
I completely agree about the C's, and would add that the D's aren't my friend either today.
2:28 pm
AtlKru
apparently im a native english speaker and i have 224 left lol i guess lol
2:31 pm
HarryHood
63 to go here
2:40 pm
HarryHood
49! bbl
2:41 pm
cybernan
ce 6/21 following the penny please?
2:43 pm
cybernan
nm - found it
2:50 pm
cybernan
di 6-7 please?
2:57 pm
cybernan
or the et 7?
3:00 pm
justafreep
nan, the et7 builds off the et4 right before it. I'd never seen the word, but it's a chemical that helps with the process.
3:03 pm
justafreep
the di duo is orders from a ruler like a strongman (and the word sounds like but isn't spelled like that type of leader)
3:12 pm
sammysmom
STUCK ON CE 6/37
3:15 pm
HarryHood
thanks for the di6/7! weird words
3:22 pm
sammysmom
STUCK ON CE 7.36 AND IK AM SO GODDAM TIREFOF THIS FRIGGFIN GAME AND THE ABSURD WORDS
3:23 pm
HarryHood
sm: add a five letter word which might mean how one would classify a movie with language in all caps.
3:23 pm
HarryHood
sounds like you need a nap.
3:30 pm
HarryHood
I think I'm done with this one. 35 to go. will list later.
3:31 pm
sammysmom
you are right harry. i need a nap , but first i need those twofreakin words soi can keep my sanity
3:31 pm
periwinkle
100 left here
3:31 pm
periwinkle
don't have them sm
3:34 pm
penquis
CE + "you can see this movie, kiddo. It's ***** G"
3:35 pm
penquis
just here for a "clue-by"... ;o)
3:36 pm
sammysmom
thanks penquis. you have probably saved a life
3:36 pm
penquis
well Harry did try to clue it, but I don't think you noticed....yw...
3:36 pm
MollyL
Still amazed that Pen has resorted to *** clues
3:37 pm
penquis
i was responsive to the person asking for a clue.... ;o)
3:38 pm
penquis
heck, I saved her life!...
3:40 pm
penquis
back to my crossword puzzle....bbl to finish this...
3:49 pm
MollyL
Babble playing really can't become a matter of life and death.
3:51 pm
MollyL
*Sigh* We just cleaned the car off AGAIN and it's freaking snowing AGAIN. I hate winter.
4:13 pm
jzw
Molly are you from NJ?
5:10 pm
dan2bit
evening all!
5:11 pm
dianedecoder
Hi dan
5:12 pm
dan2bit
just found my third currency word :-)
5:30 pm
Agentx20
57 to go won't finish
5:43 pm
hurshy
i know what you need, molly. you need to live in a condo complex, with a garage for your car. that way your car stays clean and someone else plows/shovels the access to it.
5:51 pm
hurshy
or just pay a local kid to help you out
5:53 pm
hurshy
top row grey!
5:58 pm
hurshy
seems to me there is no difference between one at8 and the other!
6:01 pm
cybernan
hi everyone -- could I have a clue for the et 7 please?
6:02 pm
Lizlin
Good morning all
6:02 pm
hurshy
i'll look :)
6:02 pm
Lizlin
et 7 - et + sing
6:03 pm
hurshy
that's an odd one
6:03 pm
hurshy
As Annihilated!
6:04 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* have to run -- network connection problems. see you at the flip
6:04 pm
Lizlin
Congrats, nan
6:08 pm
NANCY
ANYONE have a clue for the ta 6 21>
6:08 pm
hurshy
second row grey!
6:09 pm
penquis
ta 6/21 is a babble word we often have....color + abbreviation for a word meaning leisure activity....
6:10 pm
Lizlin
Thanks, pen. I'd forgotten about that one
6:10 pm
hurshy
also a te6
6:10 pm
Lizlin
That too ;)
6:12 pm
Lizlin
Fireworks. Quite a tough grid for me.
6:12 pm
penquis
congrats....39 left here...
6:12 pm
hurshy
yeah, took you a whole ten minutes, lol
6:13 pm
hurshy
i suppose you played earlier and then went to bed :D
6:13 pm
Lizlin
😂 Well yeah! For my final 15 this morning!
6:14 pm
Lizlin
Flip is at 4pm here, so I do most of my words then and save a few for the morning.
6:14 pm
hurshy
yeah makes sense :)
6:14 pm
Lizlin
Any clues for anyone before I go?
6:17 pm
Lizlin
Have a good day / evening everyone.
6:17 pm
hurshy
you too liz
6:24 pm
Uneaixoise
Aahhh the infamous Madagascar mammal!!
6:24 pm
penquis
got distracted...
6:25 pm
Uneaixoise
60 to go.....
6:25 pm
lynxxx
memories of FM
6:25 pm
Trifioso
hello friends. oh, how I miss FM! Think of her whenever I feel highly smug
6:25 pm
Uneaixoise
Yes, lynxxx :-(
6:26 pm
penquis
hi trif...
6:26 pm
lynxxx
Hi Trif and everyone else too
6:27 pm
Trifioso
hi penquis. WINDY here
6:27 pm
Trifioso
hello lynxxx
6:28 pm
penquis
cold and windy here...waiting for the snow to fall....they upped our expectation here to 6 to 12 in.....
6:28 pm
Uneaixoise
Te7 please?
6:29 pm
hurshy
hmm, looks like that is one of my 4 missing t words
6:29 pm
Uneaixoise
Bummer
6:30 pm
Trifioso
i have te 6s, no 7 as yet
6:30 pm
penquis
te 7 is like te 6 that comes after it....form of the same word....
6:30 pm
penquis
includes the sometimes vowel...
6:30 pm
lynxxx
te & a ***** boy
6:30 pm
hurshy
that finishes off the lower T!
6:31 pm
hurshy
ooh and remembered what i forgot to put in and that is Ts Trammelled
6:31 pm
Uneaixoise
Don't get it :-(
6:32 pm
Uneaixoise
Aahhh nm!!!
6:33 pm
lynxxx
just when I was going to clue Pelosi
6:33 pm
hurshy
do i have to find any sch- or sth-?
6:33 pm
Trifioso
sorry for that sound I am sure you all just heard - a spider just crawled on me. I think my dog just learned some new words
6:34 pm
hokie carla
howdy folks. not sure I'll finish this one.
6:34 pm
Trifioso
hello hokie!
6:34 pm
penquis
hi carla...
6:35 pm
hokie carla
tried playing earlier today and really struggled on some of the tiles. also did not have coffee today. are these 2 things related?
6:35 pm
hokie carla
still 124 left
6:35 pm
hurshy
it's the C that are Cantankerous
6:36 pm
lynxxx
all my tough ones went round and round in the bottom right corner
6:36 pm
hokie carla
have 19/43 c's
6:38 pm
penquis
finished with the Cs but have 21 left....
6:38 pm
hokie carla
could not get near half on 8 different tiles
6:40 pm
lynxxx
100% done - thanks to Lickety, tough grid with unusual words. Bye all
6:40 pm
hurshy
ooooh nice cy7
6:40 pm
hokie carla
well done!
6:41 pm
hurshy
and you can even past tense it
6:41 pm
penquis
and drop a letter from it...
6:41 pm
hurshy
yes i just discovered that too!
6:41 pm
hokie carla
well that's a stupid past tense, but thank you and pen
6:41 pm
hurshy
oh, say, what are the 9s?
6:43 pm
hurshy
am i going to require clues?
6:43 pm
hokie carla
pretty sure I am
6:43 pm
hurshy
oh, not for hi9 i'm not! woot!
6:43 pm
penquis
they are both ordinary words...
6:43 pm
hokie carla
oh, I see the H
6:44 pm
hurshy
woooooot got ce too
6:44 pm
hurshy
thanks pen
6:44 pm
penquis
yw....down to 4 here...
6:44 pm
hokie carla
me too, was just about to type,"if there was an i nearby it would be ce9", but decided I'd better type it in first to make sure.
6:46 pm
NANCY
DI 6 33 and di 7 48 pretty please
6:46 pm
Uneaixoise
50 to go here...
6:46 pm
hurshy
ooh i was so proud when i found those
6:46 pm
hurshy
think of Putin, Stalin, and the like, but use the higher point tile
6:47 pm
penquis
just monkeyed the di 6/7...first one....weird!!
6:48 pm
NANCY
hurshy, tyvm, what a weird word
6:49 pm
Uneaixoise
What??
6:49 pm
hurshy
it is a harsh settlement imposed on a defeated group
6:49 pm
hurshy
such as perhaps some felt the Treaty of Versailles was
6:51 pm
Uneaixoise
Wow.... googled it
6:51 pm
penquis
ok, can't find my last word.....can anyone clue the ed 8?
6:51 pm
hurshy
didn't even know there was an ED word
6:51 pm
penquis
ed 8/45....
6:52 pm
Uneaixoise
E + de7
6:52 pm
hurshy
you clever une, you!
6:52 pm
Trifioso
this grid is way hard!!!!
6:52 pm
hurshy
Es Eliminated!
6:52 pm
Uneaixoise
Yes it is!!!
6:52 pm
Trifioso
still can't find the hi9. Is it a compound, please?
6:52 pm
penquis
ty, une....i was all around that one...i am done...
6:53 pm
Uneaixoise
Not compound
6:53 pm
hurshy
no, trif, it is an obstacle
6:53 pm
Trifioso
ugh, thanks une
6:53 pm
Uneaixoise
Something that holds you back
6:53 pm
Trifioso
shoot - was using wrong h.
6:53 pm
penquis
heading out....goodnight all....
6:54 pm
Uneaixoise
What is the other 9?
6:54 pm
Uneaixoise
Gnite!
6:54 pm
penquis
also an ordinary word....bye
6:54 pm
hurshy
we chorused
6:54 pm
Uneaixoise
I hate C's!!!!
6:56 pm
hurshy
what are the odds you'll find it though? 100%
6:56 pm
hurshy
(cause it's a ce9)
6:56 pm
dan2bit
can anybody clue the first da6/27? I know it comes from the corner D...
6:57 pm
hurshy
my little angel roo (pictured here) is da6/27
6:57 pm
hurshy
she has da6 paws and a da6 tongue and a da6 way of walking
6:57 pm
Uneaixoise
Like lace....delicate
6:58 pm
Uneaixoise
Clue for ce9??
6:58 pm
hurshy
gave you one at 6:56 une
6:58 pm
LuvWordGames
ce 9 absolutely sure
6:58 pm
Trifioso
hubs just made an interesting suggestion....night all!
6:58 pm
dan2bit
that's firewords - thanks Une, hurshy, marksdolly and all cluers
6:58 pm
hurshy
*raises eyebrows*
6:59 pm
Uneaixoise
Congrats!
6:59 pm
hokie carla
woka woka
6:59 pm
hurshy
i am sad you did not notice my clues when i gave them une :(
7:00 pm
Uneaixoise
Didn't have the base word
7:00 pm
hurshy
such is life
7:00 pm
Uneaixoise
Hee hee
7:03 pm
hokie carla
woot, finally grayed a 2nd tile (top A and top i)
7:03 pm
hurshy
top H is pretty easy
7:04 pm
hurshy
you just have to past tense in a way that you wouldn't normally expect
7:04 pm
hokie carla
was working on it and just looked and it is gray, so I have to see what I tried.
7:04 pm
hokie carla
yep, like you said.
7:05 pm
hokie carla
now just 2 d's and I'll finish the top row
7:06 pm
hurshy
there are 5 di that come from there
7:06 pm
hokie carla
ok, 2 di's it is
7:06 pm
hurshy
3 of them go together
7:07 pm
hurshy
(another past tense you wouldn't expect)
7:07 pm
hokie carla
already tried dinty more beef stew
7:07 pm
hokie carla
moore
7:07 pm
hurshy
well that would make four that go together if it counted
7:10 pm
hurshy
ugh i do NOT see how i can make any more ch or cy words
7:12 pm
hurshy
well, i only have 10 left, might as well just list now
7:13 pm
hokie carla
I think I'll shoot for 100 left
7:19 pm
hokie carla
well done
11:08 pm
joym999
any clues for the EN7 and 8? less than an hour and 60 words to go! Argh
11:13 pm
grannyrose
joy, en7 and its plural en8. someone who goes into a contest
11:14 pm
joym999
Thanks granny!
11:55 pm
Minveryork
Hello to all babblers! Just came in to wait for grid to flip
11:55 pm
Minveryork
Any guesses on the next grid size? My guess is 175 words.
11:59 pm
Cosmo Kramer
we need a big one.. 300+
11:59 pm
origami
I'm hoping about 120