12:07 am
cybernan
hi everyone -- almost wound up in the pb right off. ty rain
12:13 am
Gillie
kn6 x 2, me6, sh6, sl6, sp6 x 3, wh6
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Lickety
12:24 am
rururocks
Third column grey 😜
12:30 am
cybernan
and 4th row
12:33 am
cybernan
stalled with 26 to go -- maybe fresh eyes will he 4 in the morning
12:35 am
cybernan
24 -- goodnight
3:22 am
mattygroves
Probably silly, but I can't see what that A might be - could I please have stats?
3:57 am
Biltong
Hi all. Stats for the i in 4th row, please?
3:58 am
Biltong
ty, frog :-)
4:24 am
mattygroves
How embarassing
4:56 am
MollyL
Nope, not at all. I'm willing to be several people will ask for that A today.
: D
5:13 am
Deeha
not allowed lo4ha? what do other people use in their bath??!
5:51 am
MollyL
It is spelled loofah here
7:25 am
hokie carla
we forgot to turn the heat on the main floor and it's 63 in here. brrr.
7:25 am
hokie carla
was yesterday 128 too?
7:26 am
rururocks
(glad I don't have hokie's heating bills)
7:30 am
rururocks
my house is in the early fifties when I get up
7:30 am
hokie carla
and yep to the 128. we have gas heat, which has gone up some, but it's the electric bills in the summer that are really high
7:31 am
hokie carla
omg, I could never live with you ruru.
7:31 am
hokie carla
our motorhome was like 58 one morning last trip we took and I couldn't get out from under the covers.
7:32 am
rururocks
i likely have more insulation than you do :D
7:32 am
rururocks
temperature extremes don't seem to bother me.. humidity does but not heat and cold
7:35 am
hokie carla
well you would likely die here from the humidity then
7:35 am
rururocks
yeah.. i just can't take it.
7:35 am
rururocks
I don't know how you guys put up with it
7:36 am
hokie carla
when I went to Las Vegas a few years ago, it was like 107 or something, and it felt way better than 92 here.
7:36 am
hokie carla
it's like going outside into soup
7:38 am
hokie carla
my favorite description is air you can wear
7:39 am
rururocks
i went to Miami once and must have taken five showers a day at the hotel
7:41 am
hokie carla
until a couple of years ago I used to play soccer in that!
7:41 am
hokie carla
ooh, found the 7
7:41 am
rururocks
i'm missing two h's
7:42 am
hokie carla
I just started so missing 105
7:42 am
hokie carla
oh, you asked for 2 H's, there's HarryHood
7:42 am
HarryHood
just finished first pass. 39 to go
7:43 am
HarryHood
missing the i
7:43 am
hokie carla
I was struggling with the S but now just need 4
7:43 am
HarryHood
me too!
7:43 am
HarryHood
and 7 from the lower s
7:43 am
hokie carla
once I started trying SP it helped :D
7:44 am
HarryHood
ty for the i.
7:45 am
HarryHood
now only 3 from lower s
7:46 am
HarryHood
and 2 from upper
7:46 am
hokie carla
guess I will jump down there since I don't feel like 9 K's
7:46 am
HarryHood
1 from upper
7:47 am
hokie carla
ooh, finished the L without trying
7:48 am
HarryHood
ah - ty - I was missing 2 Ls, went back and got them :)
7:48 am
hokie carla
glad I could help
7:49 am
hokie carla
I dare someone to come at me for the PB
7:49 am
HarryHood
heh - didn't notice :)
7:49 am
HarryHood
20 to go! gotta go shopping. have a nice day!
7:49 am
hokie carla
nice, you too! 72 here
7:50 am
rururocks
*tosses Hokie in the PB .. just for the hell of it*
7:50 am
hokie carla
good company in there at least
7:51 am
MollyL
I wonder how many times there has been the same word count two days in a row. I can't say that I remember that.
7:51 am
hokie carla
me either!
7:53 am
hokie carla
who's the official stats keeper? who wants to go through 20 years of word lists? :D
8:10 am
hokie carla
well, 31 left after first pass.
8:12 am
hokie carla
whoops, missed the E. 27 left after 1st pass.
8:17 am
MollyL
Lickety keeps some pretty interesting statistics but not that one. And if someone has the time to go through 20 years of word lists, we need to chip in and buy them a life.
8:18 am
hokie carla
yeah, I was not volunteering. that would be a pain.
8:18 am
bichon
ha 5/18, pl
8:20 am
hokie carla
adv ending
8:20 am
hokie carla
thx, bichon
8:25 am
hokie carla
now just need 1 H. wonder if ru finished it.
8:32 am
MollyL
Did Ru finish? Is the Pope Catholic?
8:34 am
hokie carla
does the pope wear a pointy hat?
8:34 am
hokie carla
or is it funny hat?
8:35 am
hokie carla
ru always slinks away with no fanfare after finishing, unless he's feeling smug
8:38 am
hokie carla
hmm, I missed the M on first pass too.
8:38 am
hokie carla
what am I doing here?
8:38 am
MollyL
Well, some of us don't need fanfare. Or feel the need to post FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!
8:38 am
hokie carla
I need all the accolades :D
8:43 am
rururocks
I don't really SLINK away
8:44 am
phaeton
hello...help with the sp6/24 pls
8:45 am
hokie carla
what a kid might do in a puddle?
8:45 am
hokie carla
and thanks
8:46 am
hokie carla
finished the P! 11 left
8:52 am
hurshy
isn't this the same number of words we had yesterday?
8:53 am
MollyL
I think there is an echo in here
8:53 am
hokie carla
echo echo echo
8:53 am
MollyL
Same, same, number, number, words, words
8:54 am
hokie carla
haven't decided if it's harder or easier than yesterday
8:54 am
hokie carla
10 left now but I'm stuck
8:58 am
hurshy
well i'm not finding myself a fan of the Ks
8:59 am
hokie carla
not too bad, I just need 1. guessed at a few.
9:00 am
hurshy
yeah i've finally reached that point now, with 3 pairs and two plural 4s
9:01 am
MollyL
Sorry, but that descriptive word of the grassy place where the Dallas shots came from is just stupid.
9:02 am
hurshy
ah, thanks molly!
9:02 am
hokie carla
of course it was something that stupid
9:03 am
mael
I love that kn word and also the kn4/9
9:04 am
hurshy
i like the grassy kn5 itself, but the adj is pretty dumb
9:04 am
MollyL
It is true what they say One man's junk is another man's treasure.
9:06 am
hokie carla
speaking of junk, we are cleaning out the attic today so I gotta get busy. BBL for last 9!
9:22 am
pcal2
morning all. can i get a clue for the ha5/12 pls
9:24 am
zoozzoom
Like what is in the middle of a polo mint but with an extra vowel for the second letter.
9:24 am
penquis
ha + *** Miss is a college...
9:26 am
pcal2
tks zoom an pen!
9:26 am
penquis
yw....*still wondering if a polo mint is the same as a life saver*....
9:28 am
hurshy
down to my last word! tis an S5
9:28 am
zoozzoom
Yes I suppose you could say that if you mean the rings people throw in to save your life, Pen.
9:28 am
hurshy
found it! woot!
9:28 am
penquis
hi MLF...
9:29 am
penquis
congrats...
9:30 am
mael
I always forget that wh5 is a word
9:34 am
MLFAN17
ty both found it
9:36 am
MollyL
What y'all in the UK call polo mints we call Lifesavers. And yes, that name comes from what are now called "floatation devices"
9:38 am
MollyL
Or if you are really stuffy "buoyancy aids"
9:38 am
zoozzoom
Wonder what people would say if I go to my local store and I ask for a packet of life savers. I think I will get some strange stares haha!
9:44 am
zoozzoom
Here a polo mint is a candy.
9:46 am
MollyL
And likewise, I would get some strange stares if I went to the local store and asked for polo mints. Or nappies.
: D
9:47 am
MLFAN17
have we had the my4 word before?
9:47 am
MollyL
If you look up Lifesavers candy, you will see they are exactly the same.
9:48 am
MollyL
Probably have had the MY words before. They are fairly common.
9:52 am
MLFAN17
and th 5 is a pl?
9:53 am
penquis
there is no TH 5....no T words....
9:54 am
MLFAN17
okay i have the mh4
9:55 am
penquis
i am down to two pesky words....both 5's.....
9:55 am
zoozzoom
Ah thank you, Molly! I did just that.
9:56 am
MLFAN17
sorry everyone i am confusing myseslf
9:57 am
penquis
the MY 4 and 5 start with the M on the left....
10:00 am
MLFAN17
(rolls eyes at herself) was going the wrong way got them both ty
10:01 am
penquis
i am missing only an L 5 word...
10:01 am
hurshy
there are two and both are plural
10:02 am
penquis
duh....TITT.....i am done...
10:03 am
MollyL
Yay for TITT!!
10:05 am
hurshy
um, what is TITT
10:05 am
penquis
Thought I Tried That.....
10:09 am
penquis
heading over to the Spelling Bee....bye all...
10:36 am
cybernan
good morning all :)
10:40 am
Uneaixoise
Hey nan!
10:55 am
cybernan
ha 5/18 please?
10:57 am
mkg
I am missing the A word top row A. Help please. Ty.
10:58 am
cybernan
ah 4 -- an interjection
10:58 am
mkg
Ty. Got it. Not sure how i missed that one. Ty
10:59 am
mkg
I dont have the ha 5. Sorry
11:01 am
mkg
Not getting any ha 5. Sorry nan
11:04 am
MLFAN17
mkg i only have 1 ha word and its a 4
11:04 am
therealblah
ha 5/12 - non-polynesian or foreigner
11:05 am
cybernan
have that one -- looking for the ha 5/18
11:05 am
hurshy
ha5/18 is by good luck, coincidence - kind of a shakespearey type word
11:06 am
cybernan
mmm - that brings happenstance to mind
11:06 am
MLFAN17
not getting the ha 5/12?
11:07 am
cybernan
ha 5/12: ha + middle of a doughnut minus the first letter
11:08 am
MLFAN17
ty cyber
11:10 am
MLFAN17
and the other ha word?
11:10 am
MLFAN17
ha 5 that is
11:11 am
cybernan
finally found the ha 5/18 - don't think I've ever seen it before, but then the only shakespeare I ever read was what was assigned in school - and that was 60 years ago!
11:11 am
MLFAN17
i tried to google it and the only h word that came up was Hamlet
11:11 am
cybernan
hurshy clued it at 11:05 mlf (ty hurshy)
11:12 am
cybernan
*!*~*!* hagd everyone
11:13 am
cybernan
mlf: beginning of a word for glad + adverb ending
11:27 am
joansiebone
The most recent occurrence of consecutive days with the same word count was February 22-23, 2021. I have a spreadsheet devoted to babble stats. More than anyone would want to know!
11:28 am
hokie carla
thanks, joan! very recent. not sure how I missed that then.
11:28 am
hokie carla
so now we know joansiebone is the official statskeeper!
11:29 am
joansiebone
thanks for the title!
11:30 am
MLFAN17
hi hokie
11:30 am
hokie carla
hey mlfan. on my lunch break here.
11:31 am
MLFAN17
ooh lucky you
11:31 am
MLFAN17
i just at about a half hour ago or so
11:32 am
hokie carla
wow, late lunch
11:32 am
MLFAN17
it was close to 11 when we got it
11:32 am
MLFAN17
hubby went to mcd's
11:37 am
MLFAN17
hokie do you have all 3 n words?
11:38 am
hokie carla
yes, I am down to 9. have not found any on my lunch break.
11:39 am
hokie carla
they are all 4 letters
11:39 am
hokie carla
the N's, not my last 9
11:39 am
MLFAN17
i am missing one 4/5
11:40 am
hokie carla
slang for eating
11:47 am
hokie carla
found 2 S's! and finished the 6's. 7 left: 2x4, 5x5
11:56 am
MLFAN17
kn 6/36 clue pls?
11:57 am
hokie carla
that grassy hill is kinda kn6
11:57 am
hokie carla
it's a stupid word
11:58 am
MLFAN17
the pl of that is a 6/30
11:59 am
MLFAN17
thought of it as i was reading your clue lol
12:02 pm
hokie carla
well, back to work. BBL for last 7.
12:02 pm
MLFAN17
bye hokie
1:11 pm
periwinkle
hi all. are there my words. if so may I have a clue please
1:11 pm
sammysmom
stuck on sp 6/ 24 ??
1:12 pm
sammysmom
never mind
1:12 pm
periwinkle
I don't have it
1:13 pm
BzznBea
my4.8 and 4.18, peri
1:13 pm
sammysmom
mispelling of what you may do in a pool
1:13 pm
BzznBea
sorry, thats 5.18
1:13 pm
periwinkle
looking for my words
1:14 pm
hokie carla
those were hard to see. glad I checked in. 5 left!
1:14 pm
periwinkle
thanks bea was looking in wrong direction
1:28 pm
hokie carla
finally realized my last Y was a weird one we just had yesterday or the day before. 4 left, all 5s!
2:06 pm
hokie carla
you will catch me
2:07 pm
hokie carla
S5 from the right
2:10 pm
moolingwa
13 to go
2:10 pm
moolingwa
I can speculate in the s5
2:11 pm
moolingwa
I got my first vaccine yesterday...have no side effects, but have been really tired, so that may be related
2:13 pm
moolingwa
10 to go
2:13 pm
moolingwa
SSS K HHH P M S
2:14 pm
moolingwa
2x4, 5x5 3x6
2:14 pm
hokie carla
speculate away
2:14 pm
moolingwa
sounds like the french word for sun
2:25 pm
hokie carla
(that was my fanfare especially for Molly)
2:34 pm
MLFAN17
took me long enough to find my 5/18
2:41 pm
MLFAN17
i have s h p s left.. 21 to go
2:54 pm
gapeach
May I please have a clue for sp6-24? Thanks
2:57 pm
zoozzoom
Sound of water hitting a hard surface say.
2:57 pm
hurshy
it's not sp____ or sp______ i was takin' a bath, but it's very similar
3:00 pm
gapeach
Thanks much, zooz and hurshy.
3:02 pm
Uneaixoise
Tx hursh
3:02 pm
MLFAN17
ty zooz adn hurshy
3:03 pm
zoozzoom
Welcome, Gapeach & Mlf.
3:04 pm
MLFAN17
ty zoz i was here but no chat so i left for a few and came back
3:05 pm
gapeach
Hope all is well with you, zooz.
3:06 pm
MLFAN17
i have s p s left
3:06 pm
zoozzoom
All is okay thank you, Gapeach. Still plodding along haha! Hope you are keeping well yourself?
3:07 pm
gapeach
Yes, mostly. Getting mighty tired of doing NOTHING,
3:08 pm
MLFAN17
gapeach i feel the same way
3:10 pm
Goat
3 left. clue for so 5/10? I so rarely make it this far!
3:11 pm
gapeach
Bottom of shoe + vowel.
3:11 pm
zoozzoom
Yes dad feels the same way. He sits in his chair from 7am -10pm goes to bed and is up at 2am until 4am then back to bed and back up at 7am every 24 hours.
3:12 pm
gapeach
Tell you Dad there are others across the pond that share his routine.
3:13 pm
zoozzoom
We do take him out in the car now the restrictions has been lifted of which he is pleased to get out of the house.
3:13 pm
MLFAN17
ty gapeach
3:13 pm
Goat
thanks gapeach
3:13 pm
zoozzoom
I will ((Gapeach)) Sorry you are having to go through this too â¤
3:13 pm
gapeach
I'm sure he is.
3:14 pm
gapeach
yw ,Goat.
3:14 pm
MLFAN17
omg it works!!!!!!!!!!
3:15 pm
MLFAN17
congrats goat
3:15 pm
zoozzoom
Congrats, Goat!
3:15 pm
gapeach
Congrats,
3:16 pm
MLFAN17
so 5/14 pls?
3:17 pm
zoozzoom
It is a plural of the SO 4/6
3:18 pm
MLFAN17
do you mean the word so88 opera?
3:19 pm
zoozzoom
That is SO4 /5
3:20 pm
MLFAN17
i know i found them ty 😊
3:21 pm
zoozzoom
Time for me to go. Going to watch youtube videos of what persevrance is doing on mars. Happy babbling everyone!
3:22 pm
gapeach
Blessings, zooz.
3:36 pm
Cordelia
A clue for the sh6/24 would be greatly appreciated.
3:37 pm
moolingwa
plural of the sh5/14?
3:39 pm
Cordelia
That was it! Dang plurals get me every time.
3:43 pm
hokie carla
they come from different tiles, so it's understandable.
3:47 pm
Cordelia
A bit of babble misdirection just to make things fun. I'm still guilty of perpetually missing plurals.
3:49 pm
hokie carla
I actually saw the singular from the wrong tile and was surprised when the other one started flashing
3:49 pm
Cordelia
But that and finishing off that pesky y got me fireworks...so yay!
3:50 pm
hokie carla
woot woot
4:01 pm
moolingwa
still 10 left for me
4:04 pm
hokie carla
I think I only got help with 3 and then got 3 other by suggestion today
4:04 pm
moolingwa
yeah, it was a relatively easy run to here
4:09 pm
moolingwa
I really am not a fan of K's...they have so many weird words
4:12 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I guessed at a bunch
4:54 pm
gapeach
May I please have a clue for sh5-14 the 2nd? Thannks
4:56 pm
hokie carla
the 3rd letter is not a vowel. "I have to sh5 all these groceries up 3 flights of stairs"
4:57 pm
mty
Happy Friday, Babblers!!
4:57 pm
mty
At least that is not in the puzzle
4:58 pm
mty
Here I am making up words again!!
4:58 pm
gapeach
Thanks much, hokie carla.
5:02 pm
hokie carla
close though, mty! and yw, peach
5:03 pm
gapeach
I'm down to 2 ....pe5-12 and ha5-18. I appreciate any clues that are offered. Thanks
5:04 pm
gemini_J13
do you have the interfacing fabric
5:05 pm
gapeach
No, bemin
5:05 pm
gapeach
No, gemini. Looking
5:05 pm
hokie carla
one letter less than the interfacing brand
5:06 pm
hokie carla
the H is an adv
5:10 pm
gapeach
I believe this stupid headache is keeping me from doing much of anything.
5:12 pm
gapeach
Thanks for helping me....I'll come back tomorrow.
5:19 pm
hokie carla
i've been having a stupid headache too. Hope yours is better soon.
5:24 pm
moolingwa
7 to go
5:28 pm
mty
Awesome!! -- Me, too!
5:29 pm
mty
...times seven.
5:29 pm
mty
Haha -- Well done to you!!
5:33 pm
hokie carla
moo must've bene working instead of looking for hypothetical words
5:33 pm
moolingwa
Actually been doing a bunch of stuff
5:33 pm
moolingwa
hand lawn aerated
5:33 pm
moolingwa
Organized a contract to come out next Tuesday
5:33 pm
moolingwa
and trying to resolve some financial stuff I'd not got round to
5:34 pm
moolingwa
contractor
5:34 pm
moolingwa
S K HHH P M
5:34 pm
hokie carla
you aerated a lawn by hand?
5:34 pm
moolingwa
2x4, 3x5 and 2x6
5:34 pm
moolingwa
no, had someone do it
5:34 pm
hokie carla
oh you have the hypothetical word already
5:35 pm
mty
Oh my stars..... Finally got the one a
5:35 pm
moolingwa
but was talking to them about some other stuff
5:35 pm
mty
and I must say I am quite perturbed
5:35 pm
moolingwa
I'll refrain from interjecting mty
5:35 pm
mty
Some of these words!
haah
5:35 pm
hokie carla
a4, mty
5:36 pm
hokie carla
most of the k's are sets, moo
5:37 pm
mty
I was determined to spell out "koala" at one point
5:37 pm
moolingwa
yes, have 3 sets
5:37 pm
mty
"It HAS to be there!"
5:37 pm
moolingwa
coala works too for future reference
5:37 pm
hokie carla
oh, you're probably missing the ridiculous K
5:38 pm
moolingwa
oh, found the k
5:38 pm
mty
"Coala" is a word?
5:38 pm
mty
And thank you!
5:38 pm
moolingwa
it is in this version of the dictionary
5:38 pm
moolingwa
6 to go
5:40 pm
moolingwa
got my last m
5:41 pm
mty
Almost there!! Way to go, Moolingwa!!
5:41 pm
mty
another made up word!
All good here :)
5:42 pm
moolingwa
yep, all good
5:42 pm
mty
and I totally did not intend on giving one away there...
5:42 pm
hokie carla
but oops is a real word! :D
5:42 pm
moolingwa
happens to all of us
5:44 pm
moolingwa
S HHH P
5:45 pm
hokie carla
can't even really guess your others, moo. my last H was a 5 which is a word I'm very familiar with it's hidden in this grid.
5:46 pm
hokie carla
was the M a 4?
5:46 pm
moolingwa
got one of the H's
5:47 pm
hokie carla
there is an archaic H that looks stupid
5:48 pm
moolingwa
yeah, got that earlier
5:48 pm
moolingwa
if you're referring to the adverby sounding word
5:49 pm
hokie carla
yep. maybe a set then.
5:49 pm
hokie carla
is your S upper?
5:49 pm
moolingwa
would think so
5:49 pm
hokie carla
I think it's a weird spelling word
5:50 pm
moolingwa
a few yiddish words in this one
5:55 pm
moolingwa
got the h's
5:55 pm
moolingwa
2 to go
5:56 pm
hokie carla
was one hawaiian?
5:56 pm
moolingwa
that was my third to last one
5:56 pm
moolingwa
I was missing those flying machine slangs
5:58 pm
moolingwa
funny thing is that I typoed it and got the plural :)
5:58 pm
moolingwa
Wasn't intending to type that
5:58 pm
moolingwa
so a 5 and a 6...S and P
6:03 pm
moolingwa
oh well, ran out of time...might check later
9:05 pm
hokie carla
SP6 and PE5 are my guesses
10:24 pm
Freeman
sp6/24, please?
10:40 pm
m9f9l
do it in the tub freeman :)
11:05 pm
Jacula
sp6/24 ... the sound of water when something falls into it.