Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, March 8, 2021

12:01 am

godthaab

flip

12:02 am

SueMagee

Eq7

12:05 am

rbud

tr7

12:06 am

rururocks

re7

12:06 am

dizgrannie

Tr 8

12:07 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:07 am

broll

cl 7

12:08 am

SueMagee

Ne7

12:11 am

rururocks

re7 x 2

12:13 am

cybernan

se 7 - hello everyone

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

SueMagee

Ne 7/8

12:18 am

jbp

thanks Lickety!

12:18 am

jbp

neat

12:18 am

jbp

oops

12:20 am

rururocks

nice entrance jb

12:21 am

jbp

I was channeling my inner Gerald Ford

12:24 am

jbp

eq 7

12:24 am

rururocks

ac8 called?

12:27 am

jbp

make that eq 7 x 2

12:28 am

rururocks

aq8

12:32 am

rururocks

ne8 too

12:33 am

rururocks

no 8 the 8's are easy to find tonight

12:33 am

rururocks

no8 x 2 actually

12:49 am

cybernan

kept up until those no 8's -- good night everyone

12:52 am

lshult

tr8/45

12:53 am

cybernan

already called, I think

6:29 am

player girl

Can anyone help with the N in the second column and the C in the 4th? Thank you

6:39 am

Lizlin

Na 5/10 x 2

6:41 am

Lizlin

Cl 4 - cl 6/7/7 - cl 5 - still missing one of them

6:50 am

Sunrise

Liz I could not find another Cl words so had a peek and there are only 5 cl words.

6:51 am

Lizlin

Thanks. Iâ€™ll have to search for my missing word from that c

6:52 am

Lizlin

But Iâ€™ll leave it until tomorrow. Have a good night or day!

7:21 am

mkg

Two of the ca words are poop in hebrew.

7:21 am

crosshair

Enable strike again. It does not like "teste."

7:23 am

mkg

One is plural. Ca 4 and ca 5

7:24 am

mael

it's a very common word for poop in many languages : including italian

7:24 am

rastapopolous

The singular or testes is testis, I have to agree with Enable on this one

7:24 am

crosshair

Not that teste--the legal one

7:24 am

crosshair

https://tinyurl.com/52mkrffk

7:24 am

mael

but teste is a legal term

7:25 am

mael

exactly

7:25 am

crosshair

snap

7:25 am

mael

great minds :)

7:25 am

crosshair

:)

7:26 am

mael

off I go to take one of my kids to school, the other has a professional day

7:26 am

mkg

Any clues for o words first column o? Ty

7:26 am

rastapopolous

ok, I know not much about legal terms. New one for me

7:26 am

mkg

Oh never mind. Just found one. Sorry

7:34 am

mkg

Not finding the tr 8. Darn. Any clues?

7:34 am

mkg

Trent

7:35 am

mkg

Trot

7:35 am

mkg

ooops s orry

7:35 am

crosshair

molasses

7:36 am

mkg

Got it. Ty

7:37 am

mkg

I tried the singular and didnt take it.

7:37 am

mkg

Must have typed wrong. Ty.

7:38 am

crosshair

:)

7:40 am

crosshair

tsoae

7:40 am

crosshair

sorry!

7:55 am

hokie carla

I guess the enablers never enjoyed a good queso

7:57 am

BzznBea

I'm not sure they enjoyed anything except looking for obscure words and spellings.

7:59 am

hokie carla

true

8:01 am

MollyL

I think they enjoy wearing plaid shorts, black socks and sandals.
: D

8:02 am

hokie carla

also true

8:05 am

mattygroves

Does the aq8 begin with water, please? And hello all - happy International Women's Day, from one international woman to the rest

8:06 am

hokie carla

5th col gray!

8:07 am

hokie carla

well, thanks. back at you!

8:07 am

BzznBea

Thanks, Matty. Yes it starts that way.

8:08 am

hokie carla

aquatoes - nope

8:08 am

mattygroves

Dammit, I already had it! Silly me

8:08 am

BzznBea

Oh, but close.

8:08 am

hokie carla

not even in the grid

8:09 am

BzznBea

Aquatoes would be what you have after being in the pool too long.

8:09 am

hokie carla

I was going to say after soaking in a bath too long

8:13 am

hokie carla

today's A's aren't as nice as yesterday's

8:17 am

BzznBea

I'm missing 7 A's

8:17 am

hokie carla

6 + 2 + 3

8:17 am

hokie carla

but that's a lot for you

8:18 am

hokie carla

phantom seance

8:18 am

MollyL

I'm not international, but yay for women!

8:19 am

mattygroves

We're ALL international. You live in a different nation from me, so....

8:19 am

hokie carla

I was going to say the same but decided she meant she never gets to go to other nations

8:21 am

hokie carla

trying every non word possible, it is so random what is on the list.

8:22 am

BzznBea

There is only one non word.

8:23 am

hokie carla

guess I can stop trying to make them happen then, thanks

8:23 am

hokie carla

still need 4 N's

8:24 am

hokie carla

notaste - common COVID symptom

8:25 am

MLFAN17

hello

8:25 am

hokie carla

howdy

8:26 am

MLFAN17

hokie and bzz we have some free entertainment outside our window today

8:26 am

hokie carla

wild animals?

8:27 am

MLFAN17

tree trimmers

8:27 am

mattygroves

Wild animals trimming trees?

8:27 am

hokie carla

ah, did they climb up real high or are they in a cherry picker?

8:27 am

hokie carla

haha, that would be really entertaining, matty

8:27 am

MLFAN17

cherry picker

8:28 am

hokie carla

beavers do it all the time ;)

8:28 am

BzznBea

Asplundh

8:28 am

hokie carla

is it the power company trimming around lines?

8:29 am

MLFAN17

tree trimming company

8:30 am

hokie carla

I need 2 G's, have 1 gn and the rest ga. no idea where else they can be.

8:31 am

BzznBea

Haven't made it to the g's yet.

8:31 am

hokie carla

ok

8:31 am

MLFAN17

i need 2 g words too

8:31 am

MLFAN17

anyone have stats for the 2nd column n?

8:31 am

hokie carla

now just need 5 + 2 + 1 A. making headway on that.

8:32 am

BzznBea

I hate the way Asplundh butchers trees. I understand the reason, but...

8:32 am

hokie carla

na5/10x2

8:32 am

hokie carla

agreed, bea

8:33 am

MLFAN17

ty hokie

8:33 am

hokie carla

just typo'd my last A on the bottom. love it when that happens.

8:34 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray!

8:34 am

MLFAN17

i just found my first a from that bottom a

8:35 am

MLFAN17

4th column c not finding anything yet

8:35 am

hokie carla

bad disease

8:36 am

MLFAN17

ohh ty hokie

8:36 am

dc43

galas

8:36 am

hokie carla

np

8:36 am

dc43

oops

8:37 am

hokie carla

the rest are CL, mlfan

8:38 am

BzznBea

Found a grass and a rodent

8:39 am

hokie carla

hmm, does the rodent eat the grass?

8:39 am

MLFAN17

nbt nbs

8:40 am

BzznBea

Probably not.

8:40 am

hokie carla

a bit stuck here with 31 left - 12 of which are the first C

8:40 am

Jayde287

c ate

8:41 am

MLFAN17

i have 12 of those

8:41 am

BzznBea

Found the pollen holder...

8:42 am

BzznBea

Lots of botany today.

8:42 am

MLFAN17

pollen holder?

8:42 am

hokie carla

yeah, I'm not sure I have a pollen holder, grass, or rodent

8:43 am

MLFAN17

me either

8:44 am

BzznBea

Bus was by this morning to pick up kids. No one in my neighborhood got on. <sigh>

8:45 am

hokie carla

yeah, not a lot on them here either

8:45 am

hokie carla

I did see 3 middle schoolers get off at one stop the other day.

8:48 am

MLFAN17

last column greyed

8:49 am

hokie carla

noice

8:50 am

MLFAN17

i hate c words

8:50 am

hokie carla

me too

8:50 am

hokie carla

just found 2!

8:50 am

MLFAN17

i found 1

8:51 am

BzznBea

A's grey.

8:52 am

hokie carla

nice. I still need 3 + 2

8:52 am

BzznBea

Found another tree. =)

8:53 am

MLFAN17

i need 16 and 3

8:53 am

hokie carla

found a madagascar mammal

8:53 am

BzznBea

That's the rodent.

8:54 am

MLFAN17

stats?

8:54 am

hokie carla

ah

8:54 am

hokie carla

ta6/21 today, often in the grid as te6

8:55 am

MLFAN17

didnt find that one yet but looked at the t and found a te 5

8:56 am

hokie carla

only 2 4's left. that's not good.

8:57 am

MLFAN17

ga6 clue pls?

8:58 am

hokie carla

it's a plural of the ga5 :0

8:58 am

LuvWordGames

ga 6/24 is a plural, the 5 is ga + when you rent an apartment you sign a ***se

8:58 am

hokie carla

ga + meadows

8:58 am

MLFAN17

ty both

8:59 am

MLFAN17

hello luv

8:59 am

MLFAN17

g words done

8:59 am

LuvWordGames

hi MLF

9:00 am

BzznBea

Nothing left but C...

9:01 am

MLFAN17

ughh

9:01 am

BzznBea

Think I'll fix me some breakfast.

9:01 am

hokie carla

10 C's left, but 17 other words too :D

9:01 am

MLFAN17

i gtg will be back...

9:01 am

hokie carla

maybe I need breakfast

9:01 am

hokie carla

ooh, 2 A's. 25 left!

9:20 am

hokie carla

5 7's and 4 8's left. definitely going to have to use the list today.

9:24 am

BzznBea

Today's high point tile makes the C's interesting

9:24 am

hokie carla

I have 3 from the small C with it but I don't think any from the other.

9:25 am

hokie carla

keep trying one that isn't a word so I'm not sure why I think it is

9:27 am

MLFAN17

hello again

9:29 am

hokie carla

bea, any more than 2 AE?

9:29 am

BzznBea

No

9:29 am

hokie carla

thx

9:29 am

BzznBea

How many are you missing?

9:31 am

hokie carla

1 from big A, 2 from A next to it

9:32 am

BzznBea

There is an 8 in the big A

9:33 am

BzznBea

Besides the one Matty asked for.

9:33 am

hokie carla

start like the other big A?

9:33 am

BzznBea

nno

9:34 am

BzznBea

ac8

9:34 am

hokie carla

related to the ac6?

9:34 am

BzznBea

yes

9:34 am

hokie carla

yes

9:34 am

hokie carla

thanks

9:38 am

BzznBea

That's it for me today. I'm off to work on a presentation...Makes me sick at my stomach thinking about it...

9:40 am

hokie carla

good luck, don't worry

9:47 am

MollyL

Be happy

9:49 am

hokie carla

funny you say that. I was moving stuff around in my sewing room and noticed that song was stuck in my head.

10:15 am

rururocks

would someone please clue my last 12 c's?

10:16 am

marksdolly

that's what I have 12 C's left and I don't care for C's :)

10:16 am

marksdolly

so I'm working on others

10:16 am

hokie carla

I only have 10 C's left

10:16 am

hokie carla

really no idea

10:16 am

MollyL

*Sniff...C the unloved letter

10:16 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie!

10:16 am

rururocks

i just can't find anything now

10:16 am

hokie carla

I know, I don't even like my name

10:17 am

marksdolly

lol

10:18 am

hokie carla

well, I'm off to Costco and the UPS store. maybe I'll see things better when I get back. Still 24.

10:23 am

rururocks

we'll all be done by then hokie :D

10:25 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:31 am

rururocks

hello mool

10:32 am

moolingwa

hey ru, happy Monday

10:36 am

marksdolly

hi Mool!

10:36 am

moolingwa

hey dolly, happy monday to you too

10:38 am

marksdolly

:) awww ty Mool, and you have a happy week!

10:39 am

moolingwa

tx, will endeavor to do so

10:39 am

dcseain

good morning, yall!

10:39 am

marksdolly

gm dc!

10:40 am

moolingwa

hey seain

10:40 am

rururocks

cetacean is my phantom today and that's a whale of a phantom

10:41 am

moolingwa

what's the porpoise of you sharing that ru?

10:41 am

dcseain

quite so, ruru :)

10:41 am

MollyL

Well don't blubber about it Ru

10:42 am

SuzeeQ24

not liking the C at all today

10:43 am

rururocks

It was a fluke it wasn't in the grid

10:43 am

rururocks

in my deflense molly, I'm not emotional over words :D

10:44 am

dcseain

the Q was easy today.

10:44 am

moolingwa

I don't want to blow holes in your assertions, but I think that's a stretch

10:44 am

MollyL

Well either it is in the grid orca it is not

10:45 am

rururocks

molly's moving in for the krill

10:45 am

moolingwa

I'm thinking of baleen on this one

10:45 am

cybernan

good morning all :)

10:45 am

SuzeeQ24

-cant

10:46 am

moolingwa

morning nan

10:46 am

dcseain

morning, nan :)

10:47 am

MollyL

Y'all can always humpback to it later

10:49 am

rururocks

someone will be harpooning about the jokes sooner or later

10:49 am

MollyL

Ahab to agree with that

10:51 am

moolingwa

yes, you could sei that

10:52 am

rururocks

I wonder if whales use ipods?

10:53 am

moolingwa

I know fish don't...they're not allowed in schools

10:55 am

rururocks

looks like we're migrating from whales :D

10:55 am

rururocks

these c's are killing me

10:55 am

moolingwa

yeah still have 6 left here

10:56 am

moolingwa

if you can have pentacles, why can't you have centacles

10:56 am

moolingwa

I blame a lack of imagination

10:56 am

moolingwa

actually I have 8 C's left...2 off the right one still

10:56 am

MollyL

There are some weird c words Ru. I was glad to finish them

10:57 am

MLFAN17

ruru i agree with you they are killing me too

10:57 am

Uneaixoise

HATE C'S!!

10:58 am

MLFAN17

me too!

11:00 am

MLFAN17

this grid is starting to frustrate me

11:00 am

rururocks

found the c 8

11:00 am

moolingwa

28 left here

11:01 am

MLFAN17

c o?

11:01 am

cybernan

is it related to anything else ru?

11:01 am

MLFAN17

i need a clue for the pe8 that isnt a persons name

11:01 am

rururocks

I should have said I found the last ce8 Jesus it was hard to find :D

11:02 am

MLFAN17

i found a ca6 by acident

11:02 am

marksdolly

fireworks! yay!

11:02 am

moolingwa

I have all the P's and there's not an 8...assume you mean the other 5...in which case think of pasta

11:02 am

moolingwa

congrats dolly

11:02 am

MLFAN17

sorry meant 5

11:03 am

MLFAN17

ty

11:07 am

rururocks

back to the grindstone.. have fun guys

11:07 am

MLFAN17

still dont know the ce word

11:07 am

MLFAN17

bye ruru

11:12 am

dcseain

mlf, ce7/8 ; not a common word. very twisty horizontally.

11:12 am

dcseain

and at that, i need must go dress and do some stuff. catch y'all later. :)

11:14 am

MLFAN17

got them

11:15 am

cybernan

missing 4 c's between the chocolate and the disease

11:15 am

Biltong

MLF, could you please give a different clue for the ce7/8 combo?

11:17 am

Biltong

have uou got the pl chocolate,nan?

11:17 am

Biltong

*you

11:17 am

cybernan

yes

11:18 am

Biltong

sorry, I'm missing those too

11:20 am

bichon

ca 5/14, 3rd one, pls

11:21 am

Biltong

sorry, bichon, don't have it

11:23 am

amelu0218

nan, do you have the pl poop?

11:26 am

cybernan

yes

11:26 am

Biltong

what are the stats for that, please amelu?

11:26 am

cybernan

missing the 5-6 following the poop (ca 5/14)

11:26 am

amelu0218

5/14

11:27 am

Biltong

ty

11:32 am

cybernan

anyone found the ce 7-8 combo yet?

11:33 am

Biltong

no, not yet nan

11:33 am

amelu0218

$100 bill

11:34 am

amelu0218

sorry, that's 6/7

11:38 am

Judi

Good afternoon, all. Just finished preparing taxes. Can I get a Halelujah from the choir?

11:39 am

cybernan

oh by all means Judi -- yay!

11:42 am

cybernan

no 8 please?

11:42 am

Biltong

yay, Judi :-)

11:44 am

spellit

no8 not the same

11:44 am

cybernan

ty spelit

11:45 am

Biltong

ty, spellit

11:46 am

Biltong

Have to go, bbl

11:46 am

cybernan

bye biltong

11:53 am

cybernan

either sa 7 please?

11:57 am

penquis

one ends in consumed....

11:57 am

penquis

i think there is only one way to get to the end of the word...

11:58 am

penquis

maybe not... ;o)

11:59 am

cybernan

sacaen t

11:59 am

penquis

good beginning...

11:59 am

cybernan

good thing it isn't a word!

12:00 pm

cybernan

for the 7/32? found the 7/36, ty

12:01 pm

penquis

i was clueing the 7/36...

12:01 pm

cybernan

yes, I found that one, ty

12:01 pm

penquis

yw...

12:03 pm

cybernan

do you have the ca 7/32 as well, pen?

12:04 pm

penquis

i have one that is a pl....

12:04 pm

penquis

oops...that is a ce...

12:04 pm

penquis

don't have any ca 7s...

12:06 pm

MollyL

There is no ca7/32

12:06 pm

penquis

it's probably why i don't have it... ;o)

12:06 pm

MollyL

Could be

12:07 pm

cybernan

soory, I meant the sa 7/32

12:07 pm

penquis

no, don't have that one yet...

12:08 pm

moolingwa

sounds like a lot of ova

12:08 pm

moolingwa

sa 7/32

12:08 pm

MollyL

It ends in 2000 pounds Nan

12:08 pm

moolingwa

or I guess, a really big holder of many ova

12:09 pm

cybernan

ty mool

12:09 pm

moolingwa

yw

12:09 pm

penquis

ty, mool...

12:09 pm

moolingwa

tx for the stats, didn't have it

12:11 pm

cybernan

a lot of new words for me today

12:12 pm

cybernan

do you think if we keep this up long enough, we will be multilingual with a degree in every science?

12:13 pm

moolingwa

botany, anatomy, currencies oh and medieval armor parts

12:17 pm

cybernan

ok back to that ce 7 and 8

12:19 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* thanks for the help :)

12:19 pm

penquis

congrats...

12:20 pm

cybernan

ah - now I understand ru's remark -- it is the room where the last supper took place

12:20 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with N in second column plese

12:20 pm

cybernan

although having a plural for it doesn't make any sense.

12:21 pm

cybernan

to do with the nose, peri

12:21 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone - stay safe

12:21 pm

periwinkle

ty nan

12:22 pm

penquis

bye, nan...

12:31 pm

penquis

i have stalled....bbl to finish...bye all...

12:58 pm

hokie carla

rehi. wondering what the medieval armor parts are.

1:07 pm

hokie carla

everybody finish and leave?

1:08 pm

hokie carla

ha! just saw what ru said. he was right.

1:09 pm

MLFAN17

hi hokie

1:09 pm

MLFAN17

i think we are the only ones here at least talking

1:11 pm

hokie carla

hey mlfan

1:11 pm

MLFAN17

hi hokie

1:12 pm

hokie carla

there's an echo in here

1:12 pm

hokie carla

can't believe I missed the chocolate related words

1:12 pm

hokie carla

but I got the poop ones at least

1:13 pm

MLFAN17

ty hokie

1:16 pm

MLFAN17

hokie do you have the na words?

1:17 pm

amelu0218

both na 5/10

1:17 pm

hokie carla

yes

1:18 pm

MLFAN17

hi amel

1:18 pm

MLFAN17

i have the one ending in s i need a clue for the other one pls?

1:18 pm

hokie carla

one relates to your nose, one is a babblet that looks like a plural but isn't

1:18 pm

MLFAN17

ohhduhhhhh

1:18 pm

amelu0218

hi mlf ~:o)

1:18 pm

MLFAN17

ty

1:19 pm

hokie carla

sure thing

1:19 pm

hokie carla

found a word!

1:20 pm

ann

etas

1:21 pm

MLFAN17

go hokie go lol

1:22 pm

hokie carla

tengal - short name for a hat in texas

1:24 pm

hokie carla

found another word! 20 left.

1:25 pm

MLFAN17

slow down hokie

1:25 pm

hokie carla

yeah, at this rate I'll finish in about 9 hours

1:26 pm

MLFAN17

but u will have more hours to work on it

1:26 pm

MLFAN17

found 2 ore words

1:27 pm

hokie carla

going to a soccer game in a bit. last home game for my youngest kid. :(

1:27 pm

hokie carla

wtg

1:27 pm

MLFAN17

sounds like fun!

1:27 pm

MLFAN17

ty

1:29 pm

MLFAN17

hokie how old is your youngest?

1:29 pm

hokie carla

he is 18 - a senior

1:30 pm

MLFAN17

wow almost an emptynester

1:30 pm

MLFAN17

empty nester

1:30 pm

hokie carla

yep

1:31 pm

MLFAN17

is he going to play profexxionally?

1:31 pm

MLFAN17

professionally?

1:31 pm

hokie carla

LOL, no. not even in college.

1:31 pm

MLFAN17

fingers and brain sorry lol

1:31 pm

MLFAN17

aww

1:32 pm

hokie carla

found a word!

1:32 pm

MLFAN17

i dont like you lol

1:33 pm

hokie carla

I was just about to go to the list too. will look at each tile one more time before I do. Have Nx4, Tx3, Sx2, Ax2, Rx2, Cx6

1:34 pm

MLFAN17

found another word

1:34 pm

hokie carla

see, I knew you could ;)

1:34 pm

MLFAN17

i have 13 cs

1:35 pm

MLFAN17

i think the word i just entered was already in

1:36 pm

hokie carla

this is definitely harder than yesterday

1:41 pm

MLFAN17

so i noticed i had 50 left yesterday

1:42 pm

hokie carla

I can't even find my S's with the list.

1:42 pm

MLFAN17

found a word

1:46 pm

hokie carla

still skipping words on the list

1:46 pm

MLFAN17

havent looked at the list much

1:49 pm

hokie carla

well I shouldve gotten both my 4's

1:50 pm

MLFAN17

found another word after going to the list

1:50 pm

MLFAN17

sometimes 4s just dont come that easily

1:51 pm

hokie carla

yeah, one was a square, which always gets me

1:51 pm

MLFAN17

that figures

1:52 pm

MLFAN17

are you almost done?

1:52 pm

hokie carla

still have 12 but I can't find them with the list

1:53 pm

MLFAN17

uggh

1:53 pm

MLFAN17

i have more then tha

1:53 pm

MLFAN17

that

1:54 pm

MLFAN17

do you have the tr7?

1:56 pm

hokie carla

yes, makes me think of candy or molasses

1:56 pm

MLFAN17

does it start like tr5 trick or *****

1:57 pm

hokie carla

yes, but not that whole word

1:58 pm

MLFAN17

no idea

2:00 pm

hokie carla

there's an or6 word (not in grid) that means like someone who knows the future. ends like that word

2:01 pm

hokie carla

or if you just google "another word for molasses" you will see it

2:01 pm

MLFAN17

haha got it

2:01 pm

MLFAN17

good clue

2:22 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for sa7-32? Thanks

2:23 pm

hokie carla

ok, not a pretty finish, but I'm done.

2:23 pm

hokie carla

ends in a heavy weight

2:24 pm

hokie carla

ah, that's the grass bea was talking about this morning

2:25 pm

gapeach

thanks hokie carla. Looking

2:29 pm

periwinkle

not seeing that sa7 even with a clue

2:29 pm

periwinkle

hi all

2:30 pm

Uneaixoise

Sa + west coast + 2000 lbs

2:30 pm

periwinkle

merci Une

2:32 pm

gapeach

Thanks, Unea.

2:50 pm

bichon

te 6/21, pls

3:00 pm

MollyL

California is now the entire west coast?
: D

3:19 pm

Uneaixoise

Te6 number + high card

3:30 pm

amelu0218

whew! fw! that was torturous!

3:31 pm

joym999

ce 7, 36 anyone?

3:33 pm

amelu0218

rhymes with octopus legs...

3:34 pm

joym999

ty amelu!

3:35 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx amelu!!

3:35 pm

amelu0218

yvw!

3:37 pm

Uneaixoise

20 to go!

3:40 pm

rururocks

octopus arms you mean?

3:45 pm

amelu0218

they walk on them, too

3:48 pm

Gillie

So I was briefly excited about "tentacles" being in the grid, then I realized that it's merely a phantom.

3:52 pm

rururocks

kind of suctions you in

3:56 pm

rururocks

but then cephalopods tend to octopi most of our thoughts

3:56 pm

MollyL

Briefly excited. I knew a guy...oh never mind

3:57 pm

origami

Ru is on a roll :D

3:57 pm

hokie carla

on a wave...of something

4:00 pm

joym999

Could someone tell me if the NE7/8 are words that I'm likely to recognize or if they're weird babble words (not the first NE7, but the NE7/8 pair).

4:01 pm

hokie carla

took me a sec to realize. it is a common word usually in an adj form, this is noun

4:01 pm

hokie carla

can give more if you want

4:02 pm

Gillie

I'm sure the ne7 of the pair has been in the grid before, but it's not an especially common word.

4:02 pm

Gillie

(But as hokie say, the adjective form of it is much more common.)

4:03 pm

hokie carla

yes, it has

4:03 pm

Gillie

Think of newly born babies

4:04 pm

joym999

got it, thanks all!

4:05 pm

joym999

It would have been easier if I had been looking at the right N, instead of looking at the N I've already finished. Doh!

4:14 pm

hokie carla

I do that quite a bit

4:15 pm

hokie carla

also, I continue to look for words in letters I have completely grayed out

4:18 pm

joym999

Another dumb mistake I keep doing is getting the plural but forgetting the singular.

4:19 pm

swmbo

rt

4:23 pm

joym999

FW!!!!!!!

4:29 pm

Uneaixoise

Congrats!!

4:31 pm

moolingwa

back to see if I can get any of these last 24

4:38 pm

mty

Hello!!

4:38 pm

mty

Man. I don't know if I'll ever finish one of these

4:38 pm

moolingwa

yeah, it's a beast

4:51 pm

mty

is it normal, would you say, to not finish a puzzle?

4:57 pm

Gillie

Well, looking at the archives, it appears that probably only about a third of those who played yesterday finished it (for example).

4:58 pm

Gillie

(Based on the listed scores.)

4:58 pm

Gillie

Obviously, fewer people will complete the longest and toughest grids.

4:58 pm

moolingwa

Well...I don't use the word lists, so I don't finish a bunch

4:59 pm

moolingwa

didn't have much time to do yesterday's so didn't finish

4:59 pm

moolingwa

17 left here, don't think I'll finish

5:00 pm

Gillie

Most people who do finish will rely on hints in the chat, Lickety's list and/or word-search sites.

5:02 pm

Gillie

And it's fair to say that some of the words are uncommon at best, and a few that turn up are downright questionable.

5:03 pm

joym999

I usually finish the puzzle, but I rely on hints and Lickety's list. I've only ever finished it once without the list, and I still needed the hints.

5:06 pm

Gillie

I usually finish, but I generally make use of Lickety's list, hints, and More Words (for the really elusive words).

5:07 pm

Gillie

I try to get as many as I can without listing or hints, although I do like to try to find all the long words that get called at the flip.

5:09 pm

moolingwa

I quite often pick up hints in the chat...think 4 or 5 words so far this time, either someone asked about it in some form or fashion

5:09 pm

moolingwa

ooh, found a word :)

5:11 pm

moolingwa

ooh, found an 8 that time

5:15 pm

mty

Thank you (I don't feel quite as goofy now.. but I still have a lot of progress to make!)

5:15 pm

moolingwa

oh, I wouldn't feel goofy...this is generally pretty hard

5:15 pm

mty

I have another silly question. Another user in the chat history asked for some help on part of the puzzle, but I don't understand the referrence:
ce 7, 36

5:15 pm

moolingwa

many of have been playing it for years

5:16 pm

mty

What does "ce 7, 36" mean?

5:16 pm

moolingwa

CE are the first two letter

5:16 pm

moolingwa

7 is the length

5:16 pm

mty

*reference. Pardon my typo

5:16 pm

moolingwa

and 36 is the "Points"

5:16 pm

mty

Ah! I see. How do they know the points without knowing the word?

5:16 pm

mty

Thank you - again

5:16 pm

mty

:)

5:16 pm

moolingwa

for 4 letter words, take the tile points add them up...for 5 letter words, take then and multiply by 2

5:17 pm

moolingwa

6 letters x3, 7 letters x4

5:17 pm

moolingwa

etc

5:18 pm

mty

Ah-ha! I really am grateful for your help.

5:19 pm

mty

in other good news, I found one! (Took a while, though...) plus, I learned a new word

5:19 pm

moolingwa

cool

5:19 pm

mty

I bet that will happen a lot to me here!
Haha

5:19 pm

moolingwa

happens to me...and I've been playing word games since 1994 :)

5:21 pm

moolingwa

two new ones today - still have 10 left, undoubtedly some new ones in those

5:22 pm

mty

Wow!! You go! You really are an expert, I esteem

5:22 pm

moolingwa

and they probably start with C...still 6 C's to go

5:22 pm

moolingwa

lot's of experienced players here...many who aren't too

5:23 pm

mty

I wish I could help -- although I doubt you really need "help"and you have very likely already found all the words I managed to find!

5:23 pm

mty

I am cheering you on!

5:23 pm

mty

I am of the latter crowd :)

5:23 pm

mty

Hopefully I will one day be an seasoned player

5:24 pm

moolingwa

got to start somewhere :)

5:37 pm

Uneaixoise

Re7/40 please?

5:37 pm

moolingwa

you're actually making one right now

5:39 pm

hurshy

ha

5:39 pm

dcseain

mais c'est vrai!

5:40 pm

moolingwa

still 8 to go

5:40 pm

moolingwa

7

5:44 pm

dcseain

go, go moolingwa

5:45 pm

moolingwa

dregs now

5:45 pm

moolingwa

still missing a 7 and an 8...although I also have a 4 missing, you'd think I could find that

5:45 pm

hurshy

ahhh-ah-ah-ahhhh, bitter dregs

5:46 pm

moolingwa

bitterest

5:47 pm

hurshy

Qs Quenched!

5:48 pm

mty

I have a qualm with those Qs

5:49 pm

moolingwa

quite qualmy

5:49 pm

moolingwa

quixotic even

5:49 pm

hurshy

i found them quiescent

5:50 pm

mty

Quintessentially

5:50 pm

moolingwa

quantitatively, or qualitatively?

5:51 pm

mty

These Qs are the foremost quarry of this puzzle for me

5:52 pm

mty

The plus side of my qualm is that they are keeping me very occupied during the quarantine

5:52 pm

mty

Some quality brain-exercise going on here

5:52 pm

dcseain

i found the :Q easy toady

5:53 pm

mty

One day I shall be the Queen of Babble. With plenty of practice and perseverence

5:53 pm

mty

Perseverance

5:53 pm

dcseain

you used a homephoen of a q word

5:53 pm

hurshy

quit quipping, queen

5:53 pm

mty

What a large quantity of typos I produce, I must say

5:53 pm

dcseain

i have a cat walking on me, hence weird typing

5:54 pm

mty

Quirky cat :)

5:54 pm

mty

Pardon me. I'll stop now. I am getting annoying! I am just trying to embellish my voacbulary

5:54 pm

moolingwa

quote: quizzical queries quiesce quiet quarantine quantifiably

5:54 pm

dcseain

he wants fed, which i'll do after housemate is done eating.

5:54 pm

mty

particularly with words beginning with "Q"

5:55 pm

moolingwa

you're going to give him your housemate's leftovers?

5:55 pm

mty

Cats don't eat quiche, I reckon.

5:55 pm

mty

Okay. NOW I am done.

For now.

5:55 pm

dcseain

no, but he's skittish, so i'll do after she's gone from kitchen.

5:56 pm

mty

Hey, look; I only have 120 words left!

5:56 pm

mty

"Only".....

5:56 pm

moolingwa

couldn't figure out how to fit quokka in there

5:56 pm

moolingwa

nice!

5:56 pm

dcseain

i think i played for almost five months before i finished a grid.

5:57 pm

moolingwa

when I started, I used to use the word list...gave that up years ago

5:57 pm

moolingwa

I have one S left, and 5 c's off that middle C

5:57 pm

dcseain

i started before lickety list was a thing.

5:58 pm

moolingwa

that makes sense then :0

5:59 pm

moolingwa

I was living in...California when I started...moved to three other states since then :)

5:59 pm

hurshy

that A that is third row on the right, i have beers and the smart guy... what else?

5:59 pm

moolingwa

how about yorick?

5:59 pm

hurshy

that's from bottom

5:59 pm

dcseain

those are the two i have.

6:00 pm

moolingwa

oh never mind

6:00 pm

cherlyq

got my first 8

6:00 pm

dcseain

that comes from the lower left A

6:00 pm

dcseain

yay cherlyq

6:00 pm

moolingwa

you're mising the 8 hursh

6:00 pm

hurshy

oh!

6:00 pm

dcseain

er, lower right i meant

6:00 pm

hurshy

hm

6:01 pm

hurshy

you were right the first time seain :D

6:01 pm

moolingwa

so many a's took me a while to figure out which a you were talking about, and then which word came from which tile

6:01 pm

dcseain

i have an 8 from the A next to that one.

6:01 pm

dcseain

is there more than one A8?

6:02 pm

moolingwa

hursh, you're talking about the a in the 4th column right?

6:02 pm

moolingwa

third row

6:02 pm

hurshy

indeed i am mool

6:02 pm

moolingwa

yes there are two 8s

6:02 pm

hurshy

i have neither :D

6:02 pm

hurshy

my only 8 so far is ne8

6:02 pm

moolingwa

one off the middle a, one off the a next to it, which hursh is asking for

6:02 pm

dcseain

one puts tress on things

6:03 pm

hurshy

tress? as in hair?

6:03 pm

dcseain

extends a brand of MSG

6:03 pm

moolingwa

stress

6:03 pm

hurshy

there are brands of MSG??

6:04 pm

moolingwa

someone who puts stress on a word or a thing

6:04 pm

hurshy

aahh STRESS, ok, thanks, i had the 6 for that but not the 8

6:04 pm

cherlyq

one who helps decorate?

6:04 pm

moolingwa

makes it more than it was

6:04 pm

moolingwa

that's the middle one

6:04 pm

dcseain

there is, or at le5 was one. an AC6

6:04 pm

hurshy

but if the other a8 is an8, then they both come off the center tile

6:04 pm

moolingwa

oh, that would work too cher

6:04 pm

moolingwa

the other a8 is a compound

6:04 pm

moolingwa

sounds like a brand of sun screen :)

6:04 pm

periwinkle

se6/21 please

6:05 pm

hurshy

trig function, peri

6:05 pm

moolingwa

a trigonometry term peri

6:05 pm

moolingwa

well, I have to go...run out of time...still 6 left

6:05 pm

penquis

can't find my last word....se 7 anyone?

6:06 pm

periwinkle

clues not helping. did not trigonometry in school

6:06 pm

dcseain

se7ial

6:06 pm

hurshy

a se8 (not in grid but phantom) of events can be turned into an adjective for se7, pen

6:06 pm

hurshy

peri, take the re6 that means to take back your testimony and make it an S word then

6:06 pm

penquis

hmmm....

6:07 pm

periwinkle

ah ty hurshy

6:07 pm

periwinkle

my last word re7/40 please

6:07 pm

hurshy

your last re7 is for a clue for re7

6:07 pm

periwinkle

nm

6:08 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh

6:09 pm

hurshy

meanwhile, i face the perennial question, how can there be so many C words??

6:11 pm

penquis

ty, hursh......i am done....

6:11 pm

hurshy

eek, there's tr7, from a tr7 well!!! how fun

6:15 pm

hurshy

i never did figure out that an8

6:30 pm

penquis

do you still need it?

6:30 pm

hurshy

yes

6:31 pm

penquis

Just add a two letter ending to the previous word...it's kind of a "one who" ending....

6:31 pm

hurshy

ah, there's the rub, i don't know what the previous word is cause i hain't got the list

6:32 pm

hurshy

but i must not have it anyway for i have no an6

6:32 pm

hurshy

only there can't BE both, i only need one more from that a

6:32 pm

sandr

aq 8 = water + sound

6:33 pm

hurshy

oho, an aQ8

6:33 pm

hurshy

was not told of this

6:33 pm

sandr

down to my final 5

6:34 pm

sandr

please can someone clue the ac 5/112

6:34 pm

penquis

sorry, hursh....i misread your question and clued the ac 8....

6:34 pm

penquis

ac 5 ends in a vowel...

6:34 pm

penquis

i am heading out....goodnight all.....

6:34 pm

hurshy

is there an an8 at all? or was that just something someone tricked me about

6:35 pm

penquis

no...no an 8....

6:35 pm

hurshy

mk thanks

6:35 pm

penquis

ac and aq 8s....

6:36 pm

penquis

bye!

6:36 pm

sandr

thanks

6:56 pm

sandr

please can i have a clue for te CA 6/211

7:08 pm

hurshy

i shall have to seek such a word before i can clue it

7:08 pm

hurshy

my 6s have 24 points

7:09 pm

hurshy

oho

7:09 pm

hurshy

um... ok... ca + simpson sister, but change a vowel

7:10 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx hursh

7:11 pm

sandr

Thanks hurshy - firworls

7:16 pm

Uneaixoise

Se7/40 please?

7:18 pm

hurshy

adjective form of a word about things coming in order

7:19 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx!!!

7:20 pm

Uneaixoise

Re7/40? My last 7.....

7:21 pm

Dorens

to ask for something une

7:24 pm

Uneaixoise

Aahhh thanks!

7:24 pm

Dorens

:)

7:51 pm

Uneaixoise

3 to go......

8:21 pm

Uneaixoise

2....

8:23 pm

Uneaixoise

1....

8:25 pm

hokie carla

woot woot, une!

8:30 pm

Uneaixoise

I think I need a ca6/24 after the disease

8:31 pm

Uneaixoise

Or before the disease?

8:32 pm

Uneaixoise

Confused!

8:33 pm

Uneaixoise

I have plural of calx....

8:35 pm

Uneaixoise

Help?

8:36 pm

hokie carla

sorry, stepped away

8:37 pm

hokie carla

there are 2 before the disease, both weird. I might have looked them both up.

8:37 pm

hokie carla

one is adding a letter to a ca5/14 and the other looks kind of like a name from Game of Thrones

8:39 pm

Uneaixoise

I have a 24 and a 21 before the disease.....

8:40 pm

Uneaixoise

Done!!!!!!! Tx!!!!!

8:46 pm

hokie carla

sorry, got distracted again. great job!

9:16 pm

dcseain

se5 is the Philadelphia transit agency

9:17 pm

dcseain

se5.12 specifically

9:49 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for aq7-40 the 2nd? Thanks

9:50 pm

gapeach

Sorry.....eq

9:51 pm

dcseain

in the shade of water

9:51 pm

dcseain

oh, eq, one sec

9:52 pm

dcseain

around the middle of the earth

9:52 pm

bookwomen

eq 7 line in the middle of the global seperates the hemispheres

9:54 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, bookwomen.

9:55 pm

bookwomen

yw

10:19 pm

gapeach

I guess everyone has finished.

10:20 pm

dcseain

i'm down to my last 12

10:21 pm

gapeach

You have me beaten....down to 70.

10:21 pm

gapeach

Good luch

10:21 pm

gapeach

luck

10:22 pm

dcseain

and to you. i'm happy to clue if i can. i'm missing 5Cs, 7As

10:23 pm

gapeach

My dear dcsean, I would not do that to you.

10:25 pm

dcseain

last two Cs were proto-chocolate

10:28 pm

gapeach

Do you need ac8?

10:28 pm

dcseain

no, i'm down to ac5

10:29 pm

gapeach

OK

10:29 pm

dcseain

and firewords

10:30 pm

dcseain

i found the Ns and Cs most difficult this grid.

10:30 pm

gapeach

Congrats!!!!

10:38 pm

gapeach

I really tried to like this one...I have failed miserably.

10:39 pm

dcseain

It was had a few uncommon words that made it feel longer than the 195 it is.

11:57 pm

Cosmo Kramer

next grid size prediction - 105

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