12:07 am
dizgrannie
sa 7 x 2
12:10 am
joym999
The first word in this grid expresses how I feel about 318 words.
12:13 am
dizgrannie
nbt, just need 8's
12:16 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:16 am
Rainiqui
Thanks Nan
12:17 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs, thanks
12:20 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:20 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Lickety
12:21 am
cybernan
sa 7 x3
12:39 am
cybernan
memory banks just overloaded -- see you tomorrow
1:35 am
dizgrannie
lu 8 if not called
2:14 am
jbp
sa 8 if not called
2:49 am
rbud
okay, I have these 8's: el, lu, sa, si, te, and ut. Anyone have them all? I'm missing one.
2:55 am
rbud
thanks! didn't want to list yet.
5:08 am
sukee
good morning
5:36 am
Scrabbler
Hi Sukee
6:07 am
Uneaixoise
Morning, all! 99 to go!!
6:07 am
HarryHood
why can one reoil but not regas
6:07 am
Scrabbler
195 for me, Une. My columbines are ready to bloom any day.
6:08 am
Scrabbler
It's just not right, Harry.
6:09 am
Uneaixoise
Hey, scrabs! My columbines have been so pretty but are almost bloomed out :-)
6:09 am
HarryHood
it's ok. I will soldier on.
6:09 am
Uneaixoise
Peonies are lovely right now :-)
6:10 am
Scrabbler
On our neighborhood app someone asked for perennials, so I dug up columbines, as well as lilies and daisies.
6:10 am
HarryHood
we had an amazing planting of peonies in our old house - I loved watching the ants on the unopened blooms
6:11 am
Uneaixoise
How generous!
6:11 am
Scrabbler
I don't have peonies.
6:12 am
Uneaixoise
Hey, Harry :-)
6:12 am
HarryHood
good morning une
6:19 am
Uneaixoise
Off to watch the Italian Open! Later!
6:19 am
Scrabbler
I must get ready for work. Enjoy the day.
7:06 am
ItalianGreyhound
Mickeys theme park in the grid
7:10 am
ItalianGreyhound
how can a word have 4 vowels and 1 con
7:23 am
mattygroves
It can't - it's all in your head :) (Which word has that weird combo - I mean, what does it start with?)
7:24 am
dauber
"outie" -- a type of belly button. Four vowels, one consonant.
7:28 am
ChampFit
I totally agree with that!
7:41 am
ItalianGreyhound
aa 5/10
7:42 am
ChampFit
Thank you!
7:43 am
hokie carla
oh, a plural too, thanks
7:45 am
MollyL
This is the kind of gr4 where people will say "plural everything". But don't, because all the words are not plurals. : D
7:47 am
hokie carla
yeah, but if wrong guesses don't count against you, what's the downside of trying?
7:47 am
hokie carla
phantom aioli
7:48 am
MollyL
Imagine this game is guesses DID count against you.
7:48 am
hokie carla
per the early chats, it did start that way
7:49 am
hokie carla
that would be super bad for me
7:49 am
MollyL
Well I can tell you that the rankings page would look A LOT different.
8:16 am
Wendrie
glad it doesn't count!
8:17 am
hokie carla
hi wendrie!
8:17 am
hokie carla
the only 8 I found is something we can't eat :D
8:18 am
hokie carla
I have managed to gray out 5 boxes, get at least half on the rest, and find one 8. BBL for last 100.
8:18 am
ItalianGreyhound
the LU 8 is new to me
8:24 am
Uneaixoise
Me too
8:25 am
MollyL
What? No players in your medieval circle?
: D
8:32 am
mael
I'm assuming it starts with the instrument
8:32 am
ItalianGreyhound
LU player with extra cons. inserted
8:35 am
ItalianGreyhound
Ive only seen the LU 6/21 version
8:37 am
ItalianGreyhound
Morning!
8:37 am
MotherOwl
... and snails as phantom words
8:38 am
MLFAN17
hokie what are the stats?
8:42 am
mkg
Clue for the lu 8 please and stat. Ty
8:44 am
phaeton
lu8...some one who plays the instrument
8:45 am
mkg
Got the instrtument but not seeing the how the ist connects.
8:45 am
phaeton
put a cons in
8:45 am
mkg
Got it but weird. What is the middle cons. Doing in there? Ty for clue.
8:46 am
mkg
Any clues for any 7s? Dont have any yet.
8:46 am
MLFAN17
i dont know it
8:47 am
phaeton
as7...to tear apart
8:47 am
MotherOwl
Oh easy woprd for once - the same as in Danish :D
8:47 am
phaeton
gr7/40;gr8/55
8:49 am
hokie carla
MLFAN, I was talking about sa8
8:50 am
phaeton
sl7/32...skinny
8:51 am
MLFAN17
bottom corner e is an et word?
8:52 am
MotherOwl
A French star?
8:52 am
MLFAN17
for what word mael and mother?
8:53 am
MotherOwl
My French star for the Et from lover left E
8:53 am
MLFAN17
french word for star or the name of a french star?
8:54 am
MotherOwl
the first guess
8:54 am
MotherOwl
Sorry means the first!
8:55 am
mkg
I am having no luck with clues. Darn.
8:55 am
mkg
Sl i can only think slimmer. No m in grid. Darn
8:56 am
MLFAN17
wrong vowel mkg
8:56 am
mkg
Cant recall french star. Darn.
8:56 am
MotherOwl
Place de la Et in Paris?
8:57 am
MLFAN17
star as in in the sky
8:57 am
MLFAN17
mkg not a celebrity its french for star in the sky
8:58 am
MotherOwl
Sorry clumsy fingers Grats I meant on finding it.
8:59 am
MLFAN17
i already had it
8:59 am
MotherOwl
Oh, double sorry.
9:00 am
MotherOwl
I'll never finish this grid. Far too many words
9:08 am
hokie carla
regas - something I can't do right now
9:09 am
mkg
Ty for great clues.
9:10 am
MotherOwl
hookie is that a clue or a statement?
9:10 am
hokie carla
a statement, we have a gas (or petrol) shortage right now, all the stations are out
9:10 am
MotherOwl
Oh, sad to head.
9:11 am
hokie carla
our gas pipeline was hacked and held for ransom
9:11 am
mkg
My goal is half way with no blank stats or tiles.
9:11 am
mkg
Try that goal.
9:12 am
MotherOwl
I think I'll set a modest goal today - 100 words.
9:12 am
hokie carla
I am down to 76 left. slow going now.
9:12 am
hokie carla
just need 3 R's and 1 A to finish 1st col, so I'm working on that.
9:12 am
MotherOwl
Urgh 259 left here.
9:13 am
hokie carla
well, I could never play a word game in another language, so I think that's great
9:13 am
mkg
Owl, it becomes easier the more you play.
9:13 am
mkg
Give it half a year.
9:14 am
MotherOwl
Well ... we start English in school at 12-13 years old, and i have read tonnes of books in English since, plus been working as a free-lance translator. I should be able to do it ;)
9:15 am
mkg
I am impressed owl.
9:15 am
MotherOwl
It IS easier already. I never played much scrabble or the likes, so looking for words like this is new to me.
9:15 am
hokie carla
definitely start to remember more and more the more you play
9:16 am
MotherOwl
some of those crazy words you never use ... yes those I begin to see first ;)=
9:17 am
MotherOwl
Thanks mkg ;)
9:28 am
cybernan
good morning everyone -- found 155 last night before crashing
9:29 am
hokie carla
almost half already!
9:29 am
MotherOwl
Morning - Nice catch.
9:30 am
hokie carla
definitely going to need the list today
9:30 am
marksdolly
gm everybody!
9:31 am
cybernan
for sure
9:31 am
hokie carla
dolly!
9:31 am
cybernan
hi dolly
9:31 am
marksdolly
hi Nan!
9:31 am
marksdolly
hi Hokie!
9:33 am
MotherOwl
Isn't 'aula' a word in English?
9:33 am
hokie carla
not that I'm aware
9:35 am
MotherOwl
No? Oh, OK, thought like in Danish a big hall mostly in public buildings and schools.
9:35 am
hokie carla
can't even think of what that would be in English
9:36 am
MotherOwl
maybe just hall?
9:36 am
hokie carla
maybe
9:36 am
rururocks
auditorium maybe?
9:36 am
hokie carla
a hall like you walk through or a hall like you'd have dances in?
9:36 am
hokie carla
or anything
9:36 am
hokie carla
ah, or maybe like ru says
9:37 am
rastapopolous
atrium is what I use for that
9:37 am
MotherOwl
Collin's knows it:
aula in British English
(ˈɔËlÉ™)
noun
a large place where people can congregate, such as a hall
9:37 am
hokie carla
I think of atrium more as an entryway hall
9:37 am
hokie carla
interesting
9:38 am
MotherOwl
I think I know it from Harry Potter - the one with the Yule ball ;)
9:38 am
rastapopolous
the grade school I went to had a big area, that did get used for assemblies, called it the atrium
9:39 am
MotherOwl
Atrium is for me big room with no roof.
9:39 am
hokie carla
hmm, have read HP multiple times and don't remember that. I bet they changed it in our version, like philosopher's stone to sorcerer's stone.
9:40 am
MotherOwl
I know :D Translated into American. I have the 1st in American translation ;)
9:40 am
periwinkle
good morning all
9:40 am
marksdolly
gm Peri
9:40 am
MLFAN17
hello again
9:41 am
MotherOwl
It's faster to read then in English / American than to wait for the Danish translation ... which was hurried and not so good.
9:41 am
MotherOwl
Morning
9:41 am
hokie carla
I think that's the one with the tri-wizard tournament, will have to go look in a minute.
9:41 am
hokie carla
peri!
9:41 am
hokie carla
I also have the audiobooks, which are read by a great British guy, but the British versions were read by a different British guy.
9:42 am
hokie carla
I thought that was kinda weird.
9:42 am
MLFAN17
AD5 clue pls?
9:42 am
periwinkle
"I can see clearly now"
9:42 am
hokie carla
like a traditional saying, mlfan
9:42 am
MotherOwl
Hehe, I did not know about the audio books, sounds decidedly weird.
9:43 am
hokie carla
interesting, it was Stephen Fry who read the UK version.
9:44 am
cybernan
ad + longevity
9:44 am
MollyL
Just to add another thought, I always think of an atrium as a large open area with plants in it.
9:45 am
MotherOwl
Agree with you, Molly
9:45 am
cybernan
me too, molly -- and in our clime it has a glass roof on it
9:46 am
MollyL
All of the hotels that have atriums are the plants kind.
9:46 am
MotherOwl
Oh yes we're not millionaires to have an atrium at home ;)
9:47 am
MollyL
I normally don't care for British accents, but I could listen to Stephen Fry read the telephone book.
9:47 am
hokie carla
I just don't know why they needed 2 different readers when they are both british. Jim Dale was amazing, but I bet Stephen Fry was too.
9:48 am
MollyL
The best audiobook readers I have heard (and I listen to a lot of audiobooks) are Mare Winningham and Bronson Pinchot
9:48 am
MotherOwl
Copyright reasons I dare bet
9:48 am
hokie carla
have not heard either of those
9:48 am
MLFAN17
EL 7 clue pls?
9:49 am
hokie carla
I've been listening recently to an Irish cozy mystery series. She's a great narrator but one of the books had Americans in it and someone should have told her we pronounce certain words differently.
9:49 am
marksdolly
it's a 7/8 combo, think of the stuff that we put in waistbands
9:49 am
LuvWordGames
e + not first + not out
9:50 am
hokie carla
thanks, luv. a 2 in one
9:50 am
MotherOwl
Tht's a new to me word!
9:50 am
hokie carla
or a two in one or 2 in 1
9:51 am
periwinkle
gr7/8 please
9:51 am
LuvWordGames
yw :-)
9:51 am
MLFAN17
t fr teh el 7/8
9:51 am
LuvWordGames
ends in eat out
9:52 am
hokie carla
ends in eats, peri
9:52 am
periwinkle
ty carla
9:52 am
periwinkle
ty Luv
9:53 am
MollyL
Will Patton reads the Mr. Mercedes trilogy on audiobooks. He pronounces words that start with H like the H is silent. Huge sounds like UGE. Human sounds like UMAN. It drives me nuts.
9:54 am
hokie carla
yeah, I have to listen to a sample before I can commit to a reader. I used to listen to the Bosch books and they changed readers and I didn't like.
9:54 am
MotherOwl
That's one of the reasons I don't like audiobooks; another being not able to fast forward through boring passages or savour the good ones slowly.
9:56 am
cybernan
audio books are great for long solo car trips - not that I'm doing any of those anymore.
9:57 am
MotherOwl
I have no car, and when I had, I always drove with family. So no books there ;)
9:57 am
Zcoach
Does anyone do the spelling bee in the New York Times? And looking for same type of puzzles in other sources...my morning ritual ;)
9:57 am
hokie carla
we listened to the harry potter ones on our cross country trip
9:58 am
hokie carla
I think it's penquis that does that, and maybe bichon. I occasionally do as much as it lets me without a subscription.
9:58 am
hokie carla
merriam-webster website has several games
9:59 am
cybernan
need to run - chiro in an hour and haven't had breakfat yet -- bbl
9:59 am
penquis
heard my name mentioned... ;o)
9:59 am
MotherOwl
Yes they're fun, but not really challenging ;)
9:59 am
MotherOwl
BB nan gl
9:59 am
hokie carla
I occasionally do the Jumble on there and a crossword and sudoku and ken ken. They have some other games too, but some were flash based and don't work anymore.
9:59 am
hokie carla
I wondered if that would draw you out, pen ;)
10:00 am
MLFAN17
found sa7/8
10:00 am
penquis
LOL...just happened to glance over at the chat...
10:01 am
Dorens
I do the spelling bee. more addicted to that now than I am to babble.. first thing I do when I wake up
10:01 am
penquis
Mr. Bichon is apparently very good at Spelling Bee....he's reached Queen Bee several times...
10:02 am
MLFAN17
what is this spelling bee game?
10:02 am
penquis
it's a babble like word game on the NY TImes game page...
10:02 am
Zcoach
Dorens...me too..can’t do anything else until I reach amazing status. Lol
10:02 am
rururocks
how does Jayzee feel about that penquis :D
10:03 am
hokie carla
you make words with letters given in a circle and have to use the middle letter on each word. but you can reuse letters, which is hard for me to remember.
10:03 am
Dorens
New York TImes- gives 7 letters and you need to find words (4 letter minimum) that include the center letter. Does NOT use enable
10:03 am
MLFAN17
ruru what is that photo/pic ?
10:03 am
MLFAN17
hmm interesting ty dorens
10:03 am
MLFAN17
and hokie
10:04 am
hokie carla
also doesn't take words that are words here
10:04 am
Zcoach
Hokie.. you can reuse letters
10:04 am
Dorens
But it does take words that are not words here. The guy who makes it up is young and lots of new words are there
10:05 am
hokie carla
I have an app on my phone called whirly word, which is kinda like it but they show a list you fill in so it's somewhat easy to guess what's missing.
10:05 am
hokie carla
zcoach, I said you can reuse letters
10:07 am
Dorens
There are facebook groups that have evolved around it. One is kind of like this in that there are requests for hints. The other refers people to a few sites that have something like lickety so you know how many words are possible, how many that begin with certain letters, how many 4's, 5's, etc
10:08 am
hokie carla
still need 11 S on the bottom, where are these words?
10:08 am
Dorens
I really wish I hadn't find those! Much easier when I just did what I could and was satisfied to reach the genius level and leave. Now I strive for queen Bee (every possible word) sometimes and it takes a lot of work. Have succeeded enough that I'm content now with genius
10:09 am
hokie carla
I always get cut off with "you're pretty good at this game, you should subscribe".
10:09 am
Zcoach
Cool. Know what group is called?
Dorens.. you’re better at it than me. Don’t always make genius
10:10 am
Dorens
I've subscribed to the Times for 50 years now. When they first told me this would cost I complained. And they actually comped me!
10:11 am
Dorens
z - NYTimes Spelling Bee, and NYT Spelling Bee Spoiler Extravaganza-
10:12 am
hokie carla
well, I am stuck again at 53 left. TTFN
10:12 am
Dorens
Shunn.net is kind of like lickety but goes further. His spelling Bee solver gives you various levels of help, and even all the answers if you want. Of course I don't want that much help
10:13 am
Dorens
That's respectable hokie
10:13 am
MLFAN17
you only need 11 s words from the bottom? i have only found 12
10:13 am
MotherOwl
Agree with Dorens hookie!
10:14 am
hokie carla
all the ones I have are pretty regular, mlfan. and yes, I'm still here. I swear I'm leaving now. (usually check for words again on my way out and find some)
10:15 am
penquis
that happens to me, too...
10:15 am
MLFAN17
ed5 clue pls?
10:16 am
MLFAN17
you know you want to stay hokie lol
10:16 am
penquis
ends with the ending of what you put on walls or floor, like in your bathroom....or kitchen....
10:16 am
Dorens
ed + let's not be infant***
10:17 am
MLFAN17
ty dorens grayed that e
10:17 am
Dorens
It's the only one I've grayed and I've entered 162 so far
10:19 am
MotherOwl
Oh, I just hatd to try The NY Times spelling bee. You've got to subscribe to move on :(
10:19 am
marksdolly
fireworks!! whoohoo!
10:19 am
penquis
congrats....
10:19 am
Dorens
nice job md
10:19 am
MotherOwl
GRATZ!
10:19 am
penquis
i subscribe, but only to the puzzle page....
10:21 am
periwinkle
I do the ny time spelling bee but it always asks me to subscribe if I want to move on and so far I have not done that
10:21 am
periwinkle
help with sa7/8 please
10:21 am
penquis
i subscribe because I like to do the Crossword puzzle every day and sometimes i do more from the archives....
10:21 am
penquis
peri...think crackers....
10:22 am
periwinkle
ty pen
10:22 am
periwinkle
was looking at the wrong S
10:22 am
Dorens
pen do they have the double acrostic on that page? It's always been my favorite puzzle. alternate sundays (in the real paper)
10:23 am
Dorens
thanks for that s, finally got me to over 1/2 on that S. it's been making me crazy
10:23 am
MotherOwl
I think I would have more trouble than it's worth trying to make transatlantic subscripions for the spelling bee ;)
10:23 am
penquis
they show four variety puzzles and you can click on MORE to see more....
10:24 am
penquis
one of the categories is acrostic puzzles....
10:24 am
MotherOwl
ty Penquis.
10:25 am
penquis
those are also available in archive, meaning access to more...
10:25 am
Dorens
they started the spelling bee only on Sundays with 5 letter minimum and that's what I did for years, just tried the daily the last month or two.
Pen have you done acrostic?
10:25 am
penquis
no, i don't do acrostic...
10:25 am
MotherOwl
And now I'm at 100 words. Taking a break. Bye for now.
10:26 am
penquis
bye MO...
10:26 am
Dorens
My mom taught me them when I was maybe 15 or so and been doing them ever since. (56 years?! Wow) Love them
10:28 am
rururocks
i couldn't handle more puzzles than this one.. this is a big enough time waster as there is
10:28 am
penquis
well i am retired...i do what i feel like doing... ;o)
10:28 am
Dorens
ru, you do well on the Sunday bee, right?
10:29 am
rururocks
yeah.. i like to just find some of the bigger words, but it doesn't hold my interest really
10:29 am
Dorens
the daily has a minimum of 4 letter words so there are lots more.
10:29 am
Dorens
so not your thing then
10:30 am
rururocks
i like finding the complete word and then other large ones.. but that's about it
10:30 am
rururocks
i spend about three minutes on it
10:30 am
Dorens
your brain is better
10:31 am
Dorens
you get the bigger words more easily than I do, at least in babble. You like harder challenges,. I like easy
10:32 am
rururocks
i'm down to forty here but it's a lot tougher
10:33 am
Dorens
I'm just trying to get more than half for each tile and the I's are kicking my butt
10:33 am
rururocks
the i's are twisty.. all normal words
10:34 am
rururocks
one of them is sort of an odyssey
10:34 am
Dorens
ok, now just need 2 from the lower i and i can go plant my herbs
10:35 am
ItalianGreyhound
one is a fiber
10:35 am
Dorens
Got them! later all
10:35 am
rururocks
i get my herbs from Origami.. she grows great stuff
10:35 am
penquis
bye, Dorens...
10:36 am
Dorens
a fiber???? now i can't leave yet
10:36 am
rururocks
real herbs.. not hemp :D
10:37 am
Dorens
well, when you call it "great stuff" I begin to wonder
10:37 am
ItalianGreyhound
the IS 5/10 - 6/18 is a plant fiber per google
10:39 am
Dorens
thanks IG/ And now to the rosemary, thyme, basil, sage, etc
10:42 am
rururocks
(simon and Garfunkle are heading to Doren's house)
10:46 am
penquis
heading out to get some lunch....bbl to finish...bye all...
10:55 am
moolingwa
morning all
10:56 am
rururocks
hello mool
10:56 am
moolingwa
hey ru, happy..Thursday I think
10:56 am
rururocks
yeah.. I'm looking forward to this weekend for sure
10:57 am
moolingwa
what's the ru rating for today's grid?
10:57 am
rururocks
you mean as far as difficulty? ?
10:57 am
moolingwa
yes sir
10:58 am
rururocks
not too bad.. maybe a 4 or 5.. lots of super twisty words but nothing too abnormal
10:59 am
moolingwa
got through my first 100...still lot's to go here
11:02 am
moolingwa
how's the bear republic today?
11:03 am
rururocks
foggy here overcast for now
11:03 am
moolingwa
sounds pretty normal
11:05 am
MLFAN17
i am not getting the is words abotu plant fiber
11:05 am
hokie carla
apostrophe abuse is a real problem
11:06 am
moolingwa
hey ML, hey hoke
11:06 am
hokie carla
74% of NC is out of gas!
11:06 am
moolingwa
air is probably cleaner
11:07 am
MLFAN17
i saw that too hokie
11:07 am
moolingwa
I'm a glass half full kind of guy
11:08 am
hokie carla
I'm curious where the 26% of stations are that have gas. No one I know has seen any.
11:08 am
moolingwa
probably out in the corners
11:08 am
MLFAN17
hokie do you have the is combo?
11:09 am
hokie carla
I have 2 is combos but not sure what you're looking for
11:09 am
MLFAN17
plant fiber?
11:10 am
hokie carla
yes, didn't know exactly what it meant - add a th on the beginning and you have a plant with thorns
11:10 am
hokie carla
a thorny weed I guess
11:11 am
MLFAN17
ty got them
11:13 am
MLFAN17
j words done
11:14 am
moolingwa
judicious
11:14 am
hokie carla
I still need one
11:14 am
MLFAN17
o words done
11:15 am
hokie carla
mlfan is cranking words out!
11:15 am
MLFAN17
hokie i bet you need a 5?
11:15 am
MLFAN17
trying to hokie
11:15 am
hokie carla
I have one 5
11:15 am
hokie carla
let me know when you finish the bottom S, mlfan
11:15 am
MLFAN17
okay then you need the other 5 same stats took me a while to find
11:15 am
moolingwa
I have 11 S's left
11:16 am
hokie carla
I have 11 on bottom, 4 on top S
11:16 am
moolingwa
off the bottom
11:16 am
MLFAN17
i have 12 of the bottom s
11:16 am
moolingwa
six off the top one
11:16 am
moolingwa
10 off the bottom now
11:16 am
MLFAN17
14 bottom row s words
11:17 am
moolingwa
8 off the bottom now :)
11:17 am
hokie carla
well, I'm still working on that J, but I have tried several times on the bottom S
11:17 am
MLFAN17
found 14 bottom row s words
11:18 am
MLFAN17
top row a i only have half of them
11:18 am
hokie carla
the A with 4? I still need one.
11:20 am
hokie carla
got the J, thanks!
11:20 am
MLFAN17
y is greyed
11:21 am
Cosmo Kramer
ty mlfan for the j5
11:21 am
hokie carla
yippee
11:21 am
MLFAN17
np cosmo
11:22 am
hokie carla
still need 11 S on the bottom ;)
11:22 am
moolingwa
7 off that one now
11:23 am
hokie carla
I don't believe these words exist, are you sure about that
11:23 am
moolingwa
no, I'm not sure
11:23 am
MLFAN17
i sitll only have 14 from bottom s out of 47 ughh
11:23 am
moolingwa
5 off the bottom one now
11:24 am
MLFAN17
did mkg ever find that sl word?
11:24 am
hokie carla
found one!
11:24 am
hokie carla
LOL, I don't know. you have it, right?
11:24 am
MLFAN17
i have it yet
11:24 am
moolingwa
starting :)
11:24 am
MLFAN17
found two more from bottom s
11:24 am
hokie carla
I keep wanting to make salient
11:25 am
moolingwa
well, have 61 left...only 18 fours tho
11:26 am
hokie carla
51 here - only 7 4's
11:26 am
hokie carla
found 2 s's on the bottom!
11:26 am
moolingwa
oh, ignore my comment
11:26 am
MLFAN17
i have more to find then both of you put together
11:26 am
hokie carla
the ones I've found are all regular words I think
11:27 am
MLFAN17
18 from bottom s
11:27 am
MLFAN17
from where hokie?
11:27 am
hokie carla
from bottom s
11:27 am
moolingwa
6 l's is my biggest open tile
11:28 am
hokie carla
I only have 5 L's
11:28 am
moolingwa
nm, now have six tiles with 5 on them
11:29 am
MLFAN17
i have 8 greyed ti5's
11:29 am
hokie carla
bottom S is my biggest one - still 8. the rest are 5 or less
11:29 am
hokie carla
I also have 8 grayed, mlfan!
11:29 am
moolingwa
only six greyed, excluding the freebie
11:30 am
Soodle
I've just got fireworks, if I can be of help to anybody?
11:30 am
moolingwa
congrats soods
11:30 am
hokie carla
well done, soodle!
11:30 am
MLFAN17
congrats soodle
11:30 am
Soodle
It was a marathon!!
11:31 am
hokie carla
for sure
11:31 am
MLFAN17
come here and help me finish mine soodle?😜
11:32 am
MLFAN17
i jst discovered a ut 7/8 duhh
11:32 am
Soodle
LOL Fan. I can give a few of my trademark clumsy clues if required....
11:32 am
hokie carla
need 4 words to gray 1st col, 3 for 4th col, and 4 for last col
11:32 am
moolingwa
7 for the first column, 7 for the fourth, and 7 for the last :)
11:33 am
hokie carla
I guess that is my missing U's then
11:33 am
MLFAN17
lol soodle your clues are good
11:34 am
MLFAN17
ag5 clue pls?
11:34 am
hokie carla
that must be my missing A
11:35 am
Soodle
Ends in 2 vowels....
11:35 am
hokie carla
kinda like *culture (farming) and then add a letter
11:35 am
moolingwa
tx ML/Soods
11:36 am
hokie carla
now just need 4G to finish top row
11:36 am
MLFAN17
got it ty
11:36 am
moolingwa
I too need 4 G's
11:36 am
Soodle
You might be missing g plus civil unrest and plural?
11:37 am
hokie carla
not a lot of directions to go there
11:37 am
hokie carla
yep, that's 2, thx
11:38 am
MLFAN17
si that ra5?
11:38 am
MLFAN17
with the g?
11:39 am
hokie carla
I knew some Grinsells back home. almost in the grid.
11:39 am
MLFAN17
cant find my last a on top row
11:39 am
hokie carla
put all your worries as5, mlfan
11:42 am
hokie carla
phantom giardia
11:43 am
hokie carla
which is probably better than real giardia
11:45 am
hokie carla
also phantom idiot which is definitely better than a real idiot
11:45 am
hokie carla
argh, finally finished the U
11:46 am
hokie carla
now just need 1 A to finish 4th col
11:46 am
MLFAN17
need 7 from there
11:46 am
MLFAN17
i trying to find AL words
11:46 am
hokie carla
I have 7 AL
11:47 am
MLFAN17
i have 4
11:48 am
MLFAN17
the rest must be foreign lol
11:48 am
hokie carla
the ones I have are all pretty regular
11:49 am
MLFAN17
so are mine
11:50 am
MLFAN17
do you have the AL 7?
11:50 am
MLFAN17
found as 7!
11:50 am
hokie carla
I guess that's what I need to look for
11:51 am
moolingwa
well, have a bunch of calls coming up...49 to go
11:51 am
hokie carla
42 here. see you later.
11:51 am
MLFAN17
congrats mool
11:52 am
periwinkle
help with si8 or lu8 please
11:52 am
MLFAN17
found gr 7/8
11:53 am
hokie carla
don't have si8. lu8 looks like someone who plays an old instrument
11:53 am
MLFAN17
i dont have either sorry peri
11:55 am
periwinkle
ty carla
11:55 am
hokie carla
mlfan, did you have the AL7?
11:55 am
periwinkle
my cataract surgery on Tues went well
11:56 am
MLFAN17
congrats peri
11:56 am
hokie carla
nice! good to hear you are still doing well. I remember you were chatting that day because I asked if you could see ;)
11:57 am
MLFAN17
i dont have either hokie
12:00 pm
periwinkle
136 left, going to sit outside for a while
12:00 pm
hokie carla
nice
12:03 pm
Uneaixoise
Al7 ......ending is "not day"
12:04 pm
hokie carla
thanks, une. 4th col gray!
12:11 pm
hokie carla
well, gotta go do some things.
12:18 pm
cybernan
hi again :)
12:39 pm
cybernan
name that former first lady of russia
12:53 pm
moolingwa
tulia?
1:01 pm
cybernan
raisa gorbachev
1:01 pm
periwinkle
any help with su8?
1:02 pm
cybernan
don't have it, peri
1:10 pm
cybernan
saw earlier that you just had cataract surgery. How long before you could get back to normal? What kind of lens? and how is it working for you? (booked for my surgery on June 18)
1:13 pm
Uneaixoise
I don't think there's an su8
1:14 pm
Uneaixoise
Sa and sit
1:14 pm
cybernan
not finding that first in 5-6 combo, any clues please?
1:14 pm
Uneaixoise
So.....not sit LOL!!
1:15 pm
Uneaixoise
Crap .....I mean si and sa
1:16 pm
cybernan
?? not sure what you are referrencing
1:16 pm
cybernan
looking for the in 5/12, 6/21
1:17 pm
Uneaixoise
Don't have that combo either
1:18 pm
cybernan
Will be so glad to get this cataract surgery - having such a hard time reading the print in the chat
1:18 pm
MLFAN17
i have 138 left
1:19 pm
Uneaixoise
In5/12 looks like in + not wet
1:19 pm
dcseain
thanks, une
1:19 pm
Uneaixoise
Nan, fyi I had cataract surgery several years ago and it went great!
1:20 pm
dcseain
hello, mlf, une, nan
1:20 pm
cybernan
hi seain
1:20 pm
Uneaixoise
Hey seain
1:21 pm
cybernan
I was asking peri about hers but I guess she has gone
1:27 pm
cybernan
li 6/18 please?
1:30 pm
cybernan
found the lu 8
1:35 pm
MLFAN17
clue it pls cyber?
1:36 pm
cybernan
person who plays a specific instrument
1:39 pm
MLFAN17
ty got it
1:40 pm
MLFAN17
i dont have the li 6 either
1:42 pm
Cosmo Kramer
li6 - to communicate or coordinate between multiple teams/parties
1:43 pm
dcseain
ooh, very twisty, thanks, cosmo
1:44 pm
cybernan
ty cosmo
1:45 pm
Uneaixoise
Tx Cosmo!
1:46 pm
cybernan
si 7/28 please?
1:49 pm
cybernan
or si 7/32, 8/45 combo
1:51 pm
waskallia
si is a fabruc used for garment linings,,,,,ends in 2 vowels
1:52 pm
waskallia
si 7/8 somewhat winding like a snake ends in pt of eat and plural
1:56 pm
Cosmo Kramer
si7/8 -- si* (bad thing) + * vowel + past tense of having food.. and plural
1:57 pm
cybernan
ty for the si 7-8 wask -- not finding the fabric though
1:57 pm
waskallia
better clue than mine Cos :)
1:57 pm
MotherOwl
Ty Cosmo.
1:58 pm
waskallia
l is third letter...no idea how to clue it
2:00 pm
Cosmo Kramer
si7 - si**nce is golden + a*** is the largest continent
2:00 pm
MotherOwl
si 7 =Fabric must come from a part of Germany originally.
2:00 pm
waskallia
very good cos
2:01 pm
MotherOwl
... or Poland border part
2:02 pm
waskallia
giving up now...tolerance level has been reached lol
2:02 pm
cybernan
have never seen that one before
2:03 pm
bonkler
good afternoon everyone
2:04 pm
MotherOwl
Good afternoon Bonkler
2:07 pm
bonkler
just totally guessed the et6/7 combo
2:09 pm
cybernan
hi bonkler
2:09 pm
bonkler
hi nan,owl
2:10 pm
MotherOwl
ag 5/14 I need a clue. I think I tried all combos, but am missing the right one obviously.
2:12 pm
cybernan
ag 5/14 ends with spanish river
2:13 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* tough grid
2:13 pm
bonkler
way to go nan!
2:14 pm
cybernan
any clues wanted before I go an produce some lunch
2:16 pm
cybernan
hagd everyone - stay safe :)
2:16 pm
MotherOwl
bb and ty
2:42 pm
Uneaixoise
La7/36 clue please?
2:43 pm
mamabook3
worst household chore - especially with lots of kids
2:44 pm
zoozzoom
Could even say dirty money.
2:46 pm
Uneaixoise
Thanks!! Was looking for latrine LOL
2:52 pm
moolingwa
well if you found down the latrine, you'd definitely need to la7
2:52 pm
Uneaixoise
True!!
2:55 pm
zoozzoom
ooh just found a LU8!
2:56 pm
hokie carla
rehi!
2:59 pm
zoozzoom
Hello, Hokie
2:59 pm
hokie carla
hey zooz
2:59 pm
joym999
hi all. I'm in a boring work meeting right now, so I figured I'd multitask to keep my sanity.
3:00 pm
hokie carla
we will try to entertain you ;)
3:00 pm
zoozzoom
Not sure you will find any sanity here with enable although welcome along anyway!
3:00 pm
joym999
Pretty anything you do or say, carla, would be more interesting than the little Zoom talking heads.
3:01 pm
joym999
good point about the sanity, though, zoozzoom. Love your name BTW
3:02 pm
hokie carla
do you have zoom fatigue?
3:02 pm
zoozzoom
Thanks! It was supposed to be zoomzoom. I did it wrong and so it stayed as it was lol
3:03 pm
hokie carla
LOL, I always wondered
3:03 pm
joym999
zoozzoom seems more appropriate, although I could be projecting my own desire to zzzzz during my zoom meetings.
3:04 pm
hokie carla
whew, finally found my last 2 on the upper right T.
3:05 pm
zoozzoom
Also it had nothing to do with a car advert that said zoomzoom it was meant to be about my camera lenses that made a zoom noise when focusing. As I used to be an avid photographer.
3:05 pm
joym999
I'd love a small clue for that LU8.
3:06 pm
hokie carla
like a person that plays an old instrument
3:06 pm
zoozzoom
The person who play the instrument guitar.
3:06 pm
joym999
got it, thanks
3:07 pm
hokie carla
now just need 1 T lower to finish 5th col
3:09 pm
hokie carla
but it doesn't seem meant to be
3:10 pm
hokie carla
woot! 'twas a plural. 4th and 5th columns gray!
3:17 pm
MotherOwl
Good night. Not going to finish this one. have fun
3:17 pm
hokie carla
good night MO!
3:18 pm
zoozzoom
Toodle pips, MotherOwl.
3:18 pm
hokie carla
ooh, top row gray!
3:21 pm
moolingwa
still 47 to go here
3:21 pm
joym999
still 47 million to go there
3:21 pm
moolingwa
almost there then joy :)
3:21 pm
joym999
I mean here...but maybe it's just my perception :)
3:21 pm
hokie carla
31 here
3:22 pm
joym999
and my bad typing
3:22 pm
moolingwa
I blame my keyboard for putting the letters in the wrong places
3:22 pm
joym999
are you listing moo and carla?
3:22 pm
joym999
my keyboard is horrible that way too...the keys are always moving around
3:22 pm
moolingwa
I don't use lists myself, personal choice
3:22 pm
hokie carla
haven't yet, but I will have to
3:23 pm
hokie carla
I try to hang with moo until I completely give up
3:23 pm
joym999
I have more than 100 to go.
3:23 pm
moolingwa
she does, and she finishes most times...I don't
3:24 pm
moolingwa
10x4, 9x5, 11x6, 10x7 and 5x8 to go
3:24 pm
joym999
I rarely finish without listing, and even though only with a lot of help from the chat.
3:24 pm
hokie carla
6x4, 10x5, 8x6, 6x7, 1x8
3:25 pm
hokie carla
I def. get help from the chat, though I try not to early on. moo avoids it.
3:25 pm
moolingwa
not always successfully, but try to :)
3:25 pm
moolingwa
it's all good though, especially for big boards like this
3:26 pm
hokie carla
oh yeah
3:26 pm
moolingwa
grinja - a smiling pajama-wearing assassin
3:27 pm
hokie carla
I have gotten more 8's on my own today than usual
3:27 pm
joym999
yeh, the early chat makes me nervous. All those people racing to find the big words.
3:27 pm
moolingwa
ah yes, that can be a bit of a clue-fest....I pretty much avoid the flips now
3:27 pm
joym999
are there any EU words?
3:28 pm
moolingwa
no, no eu words
3:29 pm
joym999
good, thanks
3:29 pm
hokie carla
my open ones - R D S A i i L S. too many to say how many from each
3:29 pm
hokie carla
would love to find the Rs and A to finish out that first col
3:29 pm
moolingwa
I only have 9 grey tiles...excluding the O
3:30 pm
hokie carla
just saw the A - a 4 of course
3:30 pm
moolingwa
oh, another grey tile
3:31 pm
moolingwa
oh, and another grey tile
3:31 pm
moolingwa
haven't been focusing on them :)
3:31 pm
hokie carla
you just haven't been trying ;) work and such
3:31 pm
moolingwa
yeah, been sitting on the tiles with most left
3:32 pm
moolingwa
have five of them with 4 left
3:32 pm
hokie carla
I'm doing the opposite because those are frustrating me
3:32 pm
moolingwa
yeah, I had just started going through each tile again
3:33 pm
hokie carla
well, I guess I'll say - R3, D5, S4, i1, i4, L5, S8
3:33 pm
moolingwa
G4, R2, D4, S3, T3, I3, I2, L4, U2, T2, T4, S4, A2
3:34 pm
hokie carla
we are pretty similar
3:34 pm
moolingwa
found an i :)
3:37 pm
hokie carla
not me
3:38 pm
hokie carla
and I'm really working on the one because I just need one and want to finish that :D
3:38 pm
moolingwa
unlate - early or ontime
3:38 pm
joym999
I've got 3 Js -- two 4s and a 5. What's the 4th one?
3:39 pm
moolingwa
and not a word you're likely to know
3:39 pm
joym999
are they all JAs?
3:39 pm
hokie carla
I wonder if you are missing the Us MLFAN gave me. really regular words but so twisty it took me a while.
3:39 pm
hokie carla
yes, joy, another ja5, same pt total
3:39 pm
moolingwa
one of those useful Hindi words
3:40 pm
hokie carla
I do rem. having it before, but don't rem. seeing the one that's part liquor before
3:40 pm
moolingwa
there are quite a lot of Hindi words in the enable dictionary
3:40 pm
hokie carla
and scottish
3:40 pm
moolingwa
I blame all those new age people from the 70s
3:41 pm
moolingwa
and those old age people from the 1700 - for the scottish words
3:41 pm
joym999
The JA5 that I have relates to beer, at least in my mind.
3:42 pm
moolingwa
yeah, the one you're looking for is not related to that
3:42 pm
hokie carla
but starts the same
3:43 pm
moolingwa
and will allow you to stay up all night in praise of a deity
3:44 pm
hokie carla
found my last i in the middle row - I literally tried that, it didn't take, then I went inside and came back out and tried again and it did take. 29!
3:44 pm
moolingwa
woot...38 left here
3:45 pm
hokie carla
almost 91%
3:45 pm
moolingwa
found my last two i's on that one too
3:45 pm
moolingwa
it's certainly been an oddysey
3:45 pm
sukee
Can you click on my icon? I have changed it but can't see 2 cats
3:46 pm
moolingwa
yep, you'll need to force refresh your browser
3:46 pm
hokie carla
I see them when I click on it, but will have to hard refresh to see in the chat. hi sukee!
3:46 pm
sukee
I have refreshed and refreshed
3:46 pm
hokie carla
are you on mac or windows?
3:46 pm
moolingwa
if on PC, hold Ctrl while you're refreshing
3:46 pm
moolingwa
On Mac, hold Shift and click refresh
3:46 pm
sukee
I'm on a chromebook, that might be it
3:46 pm
hokie carla
mac is command option R
3:47 pm
hokie carla
oh, I don't know chromebook's OS
3:47 pm
sukee
Ah, the shift refresh worked
3:47 pm
moolingwa
there you go
3:47 pm
moolingwa
by default, browsers cache pages (unless told otherwise) on your local device
3:48 pm
moolingwa
some website force refreshes every time you visit, others like this one use the default
3:49 pm
sukee
That is Tobey and Damon by the way
3:49 pm
moolingwa
yeah, I spell it differently ;)
3:50 pm
hokie carla
what are you spelling differently?
3:50 pm
moolingwa
my name
3:50 pm
hokie carla
oh, Toby
3:51 pm
moolingwa
popular amongst pet owners I have found
3:51 pm
hokie carla
I wondered if it was Tobey Mcguire (Maguire?) and Matt Damon.
3:51 pm
moolingwa
that does seem like a reasonable conclusion
3:51 pm
hokie carla
hmm, not sure I've ever known a Toby pet
3:51 pm
sukee
I think that is where their names came from. I took the names they had at the shelter. The black one's full name is Tobey Catguire
3:52 pm
hokie carla
LOL, I love a good cat name pun
3:52 pm
moolingwa
I've known many...cats and dogs mosty, but rabbits, guinea pigs...a horse, even a helicopter
3:52 pm
hokie carla
who had a pet helicopter?
3:52 pm
moolingwa
australian fire fighting service
3:52 pm
moolingwa
did some work for them when I lived there
3:52 pm
Bethjt
I fostered a rescue dog named Liam Neesom.
3:53 pm
moolingwa
did the dog bark with an irish accent?
3:53 pm
hokie carla
he probably had a particular set of skills
3:53 pm
Bethjt
Not really but he did have a bit of a spelling problem.
3:54 pm
moolingwa
iindeed
3:54 pm
moolingwa
ooh, found some words...32
3:54 pm
Bethjt
That group named all of their rescues after actors for about 5 or 6 years.
3:54 pm
hokie carla
nice. going through my R's now.
3:55 pm
moolingwa
out cats were named after characters from How to train your dragon
3:55 pm
moolingwa
well two of them were, the other I can't recall
3:55 pm
moolingwa
finished the bottom T
3:55 pm
hokie carla
terrific
3:56 pm
hokie carla
totally
3:56 pm
moolingwa
still 11 7/8 letter words...yoiks
3:56 pm
hokie carla
found an R! thought it was a name but whatevs
3:56 pm
moolingwa
really?
3:57 pm
moolingwa
no curiously strong mints
3:57 pm
hokie carla
altoids!
3:58 pm
sukee
Have to run, gla
3:59 pm
moolingwa
ooh, another two words
3:59 pm
moolingwa
laters sukee
3:59 pm
hokie carla
found my last 2 R's, could've sworn I had those already. I def. had a larger word that contained them
3:59 pm
hokie carla
bye, sukee!
3:59 pm
hokie carla
26 here
3:59 pm
moolingwa
ridiculous really
3:59 pm
moolingwa
and my last ones were a 7/8 combo...so that was nice
3:59 pm
hokie carla
in 5 boxes, so avg of 5 per
4:00 pm
moolingwa
10 boxes here, so an average of 2.9
4:00 pm
hokie carla
that is nice
4:00 pm
hokie carla
I really don't know why other people don't join in on our stats
4:00 pm
moolingwa
it really is quite satisfying
4:01 pm
moolingwa
curiously satisfying?
4:01 pm
hokie carla
guess I will try D now
4:02 pm
moolingwa
you know, the Hubble Space Telescope has particularly impressive lensage
4:02 pm
hokie carla
LOL, how is that not a word. I also said this morning I cannot regas right now here in NC.
4:03 pm
moolingwa
know you've been d5sed instead
4:03 pm
moolingwa
know-no
4:04 pm
moolingwa
which has had a degrinning effect on many
4:04 pm
moolingwa
and of course you can have mickey and mouse, but no disney
4:05 pm
moolingwa
oh, found a couple of D's
4:06 pm
hokie carla
disjet -
4:07 pm
moolingwa
is different from datjet
4:09 pm
moolingwa
you can have rivulets, but no drainulets
4:09 pm
hokie carla
disage -
4:11 pm
moolingwa
diregas - a particularly aromatic flatus
4:13 pm
hokie carla
still 5Ds
4:13 pm
moolingwa
my last two I found rhyme with other words, but appear to be made-up words
4:13 pm
mty
I hope you all are thriving
4:13 pm
moolingwa
hoo to yoo too
4:15 pm
hokie carla
not sure about thriving, but okay, thanks. :D
4:15 pm
hokie carla
hope you are!
4:16 pm
moolingwa
she doesn't have gas
4:16 pm
moolingwa
so it's like living in the late 1970s
4:16 pm
moolingwa
well, the late 70s with internet and cellphones
4:16 pm
moolingwa
oh and streaming video
4:16 pm
hokie carla
I have 3/4 tank of gas, so I'm good
4:17 pm
moolingwa
and home delivery of almost anything
4:18 pm
moolingwa
and fewer handlebar moustaches too
4:18 pm
hokie carla
truth
4:18 pm
moolingwa
apart from that, exactly the same
4:19 pm
moolingwa
I'm down to 2.7 words per tile
4:19 pm
hokie carla
well, my car is getting 33.3 mpg, not sure anything in the 70s did that
4:20 pm
hokie carla
still 5.2 WPT here
4:21 pm
moolingwa
oh yeah, that's true...more like 3.3 miles to the gallon
4:22 pm
hokie carla
I think we have scared away mty
4:22 pm
moolingwa
it's on me
4:22 pm
moolingwa
I'm too chatty
4:24 pm
hokie carla
it's all good
4:24 pm
hokie carla
if you weren't here I'd just be talking to myself
4:24 pm
moolingwa
I do that all the time
4:24 pm
hokie carla
(cue Molly agreeing with me)
4:25 pm
hurshy
hello friends
4:25 pm
hurshy
just getting started here
4:25 pm
hokie carla
hurshy!
4:25 pm
moolingwa
hey hursh, welcome to the party
4:25 pm
hokie carla
I am stuck with 26 left, so you have plenty of time to catch me
4:25 pm
moolingwa
I have 27 left
4:26 pm
hurshy
tis an awfully big grid for that
4:26 pm
moolingwa
I'm operating at about 1 word per hour, so should be done by 6:30 tomorrow
4:26 pm
hokie carla
and I have 5.2 WPT left so no idea where these words are hiding
4:27 pm
hokie carla
(we've added a new stat)
4:27 pm
moolingwa
I'm 2.7 WPT, by comparison
4:27 pm
hurshy
and what a precise stat it is
4:28 pm
moolingwa
yes, we felt we were getting a bit stale
4:28 pm
moolingwa
needed to shake things up a bit
4:28 pm
hokie carla
well, my first usage of it was just an estimate in my head but then moo got all exact
4:28 pm
moolingwa
I just innovated off your innovation
4:28 pm
moolingwa
it was all you, really
4:29 pm
hurshy
yeah i prefer stats i can do in my head like 90% done :D
4:29 pm
hurshy
i mean i guess i COULD do that one in my head too, it just would be harder
4:29 pm
moolingwa
well I have 27 words off of 10 tiles...so
4:29 pm
hurshy
and do you count all 25 tiles or do you leave out tiles with 0 words, or only count the tiles that have words left to find?
4:30 pm
hokie carla
I have 80% gray tiles
4:30 pm
moolingwa
and I'm only 60% grey
4:30 pm
hokie carla
so 20/25 are gray
4:30 pm
moolingwa
15/25 here :)
4:31 pm
hurshy
well that makes sense, moo needs to grey more tiles, so he has fewer words per tile
4:31 pm
hokie carla
WPT is I have 26 words left on 5 open tiles
4:31 pm
hokie carla
it all checks out
4:31 pm
moolingwa
indeed!
4:31 pm
moolingwa
I can see this new stat is already very popular
4:31 pm
hokie carla
I knew hurshy might be the only one to like this :D
4:32 pm
moolingwa
hursh is a very supportive person
4:32 pm
hurshy
lol, suddenly you have opposite opinions
4:32 pm
moolingwa
I'm a glass all full kind of guy
4:32 pm
hokie carla
well, she's the only other stat person normally
4:32 pm
Trifioso
hi friends! JUST home from work, big grid, wow!
4:33 pm
moolingwa
there's a math teacher on here too isn't there...can't think who
4:33 pm
moolingwa
Perhaps HH would appreciate these
4:33 pm
hokie carla
yeah, maybe
4:33 pm
moolingwa
hey Trif
4:33 pm
hurshy
i am sometimes a math teacher (like currently)
4:33 pm
hokie carla
Trif, are you a math teacher?
4:34 pm
moolingwa
or can you pretend to be one, just to humor us?
4:34 pm
hokie carla
I used to do Math Superstars when my boys were in elem. school.
4:34 pm
hokie carla
so maybe I'm the math teacher
4:34 pm
moolingwa
My wife used to teach middle school math
4:34 pm
hokie carla
I know Trif is a teacher. and howdy, Trif!
4:34 pm
Trifioso
lololol one of my students asked me for math help this week, and another, alarmed, shouted "NO Rocco! Don't ask HER!!!"
4:34 pm
Trifioso
hello hokie!
4:35 pm
hurshy
it's super frustrating because in my special needs class i have a bunch of aides, which is great for helping with the difficult behavioral kids, but they don't really know math, so like today they were helping kids get things... wrong.
4:36 pm
MLFAN17
3 EN words?
4:36 pm
hokie carla
I admit to having no idea how the new math works. When my boys were learning stuff, I'd say, why are you doing that? why not this way??
4:36 pm
Trifioso
oh dear! I am sure they meant well
4:36 pm
hokie carla
uh oh, hurshy
4:36 pm
moolingwa
maybe there's some sort of correlation with those that gravitate towards math, and those who can help people?
4:36 pm
hokie carla
mlfan back to the party!
4:36 pm
MLFAN17
never mind found the missing e
4:36 pm
hurshy
which, honestly, is an argument for not making less capable children try to learn the order of operations and stuff. if the average adult doesn't remember how to use it properly, why are we trying to force it on everyone when we know that it is not going to stick?
4:37 pm
moolingwa
or negative correlation
4:37 pm
hokie carla
yes, 3 EN words
4:37 pm
moolingwa
I'd argue that only a handful of kids need to know the order of operations, regardless of whether they are special needs or not
4:37 pm
hurshy
if i had my druthers there are so many ways i would revamp mathematical education
4:38 pm
Trifioso
I do appreciate that now there are several different approaches taught - lattice method, partial sums....when I was a kid there was only one accepted way, and if it didn't work for you, you were made to feel like an idiot (me)
4:38 pm
moolingwa
I feel sometimes like education curricula never really stepped back and looked at why
4:38 pm
hokie carla
still 26 words here but y'all are more fun
4:38 pm
MLFAN17
i need a clue for the first IN 6 pls?
4:38 pm
Trifioso
the amount of adults that cannot understand order of operations astounds me
4:38 pm
MollyL
Wow, it has to be hard when your aides don't know how to properly help the students
4:39 pm
Trifioso
ooooh, man with the mouse is in the grid!
4:39 pm
hokie carla
well, I don't have any, mlfan
4:39 pm
moolingwa
the first in6..kind of sounds like a four letter flower that has two extra letters in it
4:39 pm
moolingwa
thanks for the clue too
4:39 pm
hurshy
yeah, but trif, when i was student teaching, one of my supervisory teachers was trying to make EVERY KID learn to use EVERY METHOD properly, instead of letting them choose the one that works for them and use that on the test. i said, i think that's defeating the purpose! so then she checked with other teachers and discovered that i was right, the others were letting them choose the method that worked for them.
4:40 pm
Trifioso
nice! Good for you for speaking up!!!
4:40 pm
moolingwa
and apparently there's a 5 that goes with the 6
4:40 pm
hokie carla
now just trying to think of a 4 letter flower
4:40 pm
hurshy
i've always been a speaker-upper
4:40 pm
moolingwa
so that's the i's done
4:41 pm
moolingwa
now I have 25 left from 9 tiles
4:41 pm
Trifioso
tough day today - tried to get the kids to buy in to practicing for the upcoming state testing, which i HATE. Hard to sell it to the kids when I agree with them, it's a massive waste of time. I have never seen the results used as anything but a real estate indicator.
4:41 pm
hokie carla
still 4 i's from that one!
4:42 pm
hokie carla
I must've reached the PONMW - point of no more words
4:42 pm
moolingwa
that's 2.7777777.... WPT
4:42 pm
hurshy
yeah i find many things hard. like when a kid says they don't want to be in school doing this stuff, it's like, well if i'm honest, i'd rather be at the beach myself...
4:42 pm
Trifioso
WPT is hilarious
4:42 pm
Trifioso
ahhh, gridlock - I know it well, hokie
4:42 pm
MLFAN17
hokie i was thinking ir four letter flowr?
4:42 pm
hokie carla
wow, just found in6/7, even used in6 in the chat earlier
4:43 pm
moolingwa
oh, well...yeah
4:43 pm
MLFAN17
i hve the combo
4:43 pm
hokie carla
Thank you, Trif. my new WPT is 4.8
4:44 pm
MLFAN17
or am i completely wrong?
4:44 pm
moolingwa
you're not wrong
4:44 pm
Trifioso
im calling bs on sa5 not being a word (pt of sa4.6) "The White House staff assured us the house was fully sa5 before they let the Bidens in"
4:45 pm
hurshy
name that proper noun! Walt
4:45 pm
moolingwa
Whitman!
4:45 pm
MLFAN17
disney mool
4:45 pm
Trifioso
Disney! The man with the mouse I just mentioned
4:45 pm
hurshy
answers to NTPN always appear in the grid :D
4:46 pm
moolingwa
I thought sadist had six letters
4:46 pm
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
4:47 pm
moolingwa
ooh...a 7/8 combo yay for me!
4:47 pm
hurshy
it's also interesting the amount of stamina various kids have for work. i've had two google meets one-on-one with quarantined kids this week, and one of them, after 45 mins, was clearly like I AM SO DONE BYE, where today, i had a kid go like an hour and a half no problem
4:48 pm
MLFAN17
congrats mool
4:48 pm
moolingwa
tx ML, small victories
4:48 pm
Trifioso
I found that as well, hurshy, and MAN did they struggle with the return to full in person! They were legless by the end of the second full week
4:48 pm
moolingwa
23 off 9, so now I'm now to 2.5555... WPT
4:48 pm
MLFAN17
i am good at those
4:49 pm
hurshy
we're pretty much at full in person, but when kids have exposures to known COVID positive people, then they have to quarantine at home
4:49 pm
Trifioso
us too, but without an online option
4:50 pm
Trifioso
speaking of which - need to jump a quick shower. bbs
4:50 pm
hokie carla
so, I have a peach tree in a big planter on my deck. just looked out and saw like 15 baby peaches on the ground. last year the squirrels ate them all when they got to a certain size but they weren't getting these yet. tried to roll it into the screen porch where I'm sitting and another fell off. they seem very fragile.
4:51 pm
hurshy
well, the kid i worked with today, our online options have been really failing him. his work that he submits isn't getting through to me, our emails weren't all getting through, and things i shared with him weren't showing up, it's crazy. i've emailed the tech person to alert them, cause this is just awful!
4:51 pm
MLFAN17
still not getting it
4:51 pm
moolingwa
the i6?
4:51 pm
moolingwa
a flower from the sub-continent?
4:52 pm
moolingwa
it's from the bottom i if that helps
4:53 pm
MLFAN17
nope not helping
4:55 pm
moolingwa
start with the beginning of the country, end with the end of the flower
4:56 pm
hurshy
or stick an N in actor Id*** Elba
4:56 pm
hokie carla
what's the points, mlfan?
4:56 pm
hokie carla
ah, thanks hurshy
4:57 pm
moolingwa
what's the points of anything really ;)
4:57 pm
mich_pdx
great clue, moo!
4:57 pm
MLFAN17
i kept trying ini
4:57 pm
moolingwa
yw mich
4:57 pm
MLFAN17
hurshy oh my god he is!
4:57 pm
moolingwa
also, that's a plural...just so you know
4:57 pm
hurshy
and extremely talented at acting, of course
4:58 pm
mich_pdx
oh, Luther! especially :)
4:58 pm
moolingwa
I can't comment on his thermal condition
4:58 pm
MLFAN17
and that accent!
4:58 pm
moolingwa
But do like his acting
4:58 pm
hokie carla
ah, my last i! tried to add a letter but didn't try to subtract one
4:58 pm
hurshy
some eps of Luther gave me serious nightmares, but i still watched it, it was just too good to give up
4:58 pm
MLFAN17
Li words hokie?
4:59 pm
hokie carla
back to 5.5 WPT
4:59 pm
hurshy
i feel like we keep having aioli as a phantom lately
4:59 pm
MLFAN17
is that what you are talking about?
4:59 pm
moolingwa
yeah, was thinking that too
4:59 pm
moolingwa
like the times I look for it, it's not there
4:59 pm
hokie carla
i had phantom aioli too
4:59 pm
moolingwa
then I won't look for it, and it'll be there
4:59 pm
hokie carla
it's because we are having a ton of vowels lately
5:00 pm
MLFAN17
these vowels are too close together
5:00 pm
hokie carla
not sure what you mean, mlfan
5:01 pm
MLFAN17
the last li word you tried you added a letter?
5:01 pm
hokie carla
no, the IN words everyone helped us find
5:02 pm
moolingwa
a word! I found a word!
5:03 pm
moolingwa
22 to go from 9 tiles...so now I'm down to 2.44444... WPT
5:03 pm
hokie carla
eureka!
5:03 pm
hokie carla
22 here as well
5:03 pm
hokie carla
Dx5, Sx4, Lx5, Sx8
5:04 pm
hokie carla
4x4, 6x5, 6x6, 5x7, 1x8
5:04 pm
moolingwa
Gx4, Rx2, Dx2, Sx2, Lx4, Ux2, Tx1, Sx3, Ax2
5:04 pm
hurshy
name that proper noun! the famous female Ghandi
5:04 pm
moolingwa
3x4, 3x5, 5x6, 8x7 and 3x8
5:04 pm
hokie carla
indira
5:04 pm
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
5:07 pm
moolingwa
ooh, another 7/8 combo
5:07 pm
moolingwa
and a 5/6 combo...that helped
5:07 pm
hokie carla
they are mostly regular words I think
5:07 pm
moolingwa
18 to go from 8 tiles...now my WPT is 2.25
5:08 pm
moolingwa
actually the second was a 6/7 combo
5:08 pm
hokie carla
somehow my frenzied typing yielded an L - I don't know what- 21 left - 5.25 WPT
5:09 pm
hokie carla
must've been one I thought I already had because nothing looks new
5:09 pm
moolingwa
ooh, a 5 now...17 from 8 tiles down to 2.125 WPT
5:12 pm
moolingwa
R DD SS LLLL UU T SSS AA
5:12 pm
hokie carla
not really much change to justify retyping mine ;)
5:13 pm
hokie carla
would like to make it to the teens but I think that will only happen if MLFAN asks for clues :D
5:14 pm
moolingwa
underise - to put on briefs
5:14 pm
hokie carla
well, we call that underize
5:15 pm
moolingwa
well yes...
5:15 pm
hokie carla
phantom sundial
5:15 pm
hurshy
name that foreign noun! French for Monday
5:15 pm
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
5:15 pm
moolingwa
one for you hursh, native people of a certain part of Alaska
5:16 pm
hokie carla
inuit isn't there
5:16 pm
moolingwa
ding ding ding
5:17 pm
hokie carla
I have never had such a high WPT this many words in. can't find anything.
5:17 pm
moolingwa
which tiles?
5:18 pm
hokie carla
D S L S
5:18 pm
moolingwa
all ones I'm still looking at too
5:18 pm
moolingwa
do you have the dr5/6?
5:18 pm
moolingwa
the first ones
5:19 pm
hokie carla
I have 2 sets, not sure if there's a set before. don't think it's possible alphabetically.
5:19 pm
moolingwa
yeah I have two sets too right now
5:19 pm
hurshy
i concur with that assessment
5:20 pm
moolingwa
there's an s7/8 combo, but the 7 comes from the top, and the 8 from the bottom
5:20 pm
moolingwa
there's the cavities in your face that comes off the top s
5:20 pm
hokie carla
do not seem to have those
5:21 pm
moolingwa
the 7/8 normally has "in" in front of it
5:21 pm
hokie carla
not sulate
5:21 pm
hokie carla
though that is a 6
5:22 pm
hokie carla
and no u at the upper S. lots of holes in that one.
5:22 pm
moolingwa
no, but vaguely in the right direction
5:22 pm
moolingwa
on the sulate that is
5:22 pm
hokie carla
got 'em
5:22 pm
hokie carla
thanks
5:22 pm
hurshy
opie is meowing as if his dinner is la4. but it is not. we're having ant issues, so i said, "well eat some ants if you're hungry!"
5:22 pm
hokie carla
ants are the worst
5:23 pm
hurshy
are they? mosquitos seem to me to be worse
5:23 pm
moolingwa
I've not knowingly eaten an ant, but there are cultures I think in Africa that eat part of honey ants, and then the french had chocolate covered ants
5:23 pm
hurshy
do ants carry zoonotic diseases?
5:23 pm
hokie carla
this morning I wasn't sure if winston was trying to tell me timmy was down in a well or that he wanted to eat. decided it was just the latter, but it seemed very important.
5:23 pm
hokie carla
they're hard to get rid of.
5:24 pm
moolingwa
many ants have formic acid which is said to taste pretty bad
5:24 pm
hokie carla
phantom silent
5:24 pm
moolingwa
silend - a quietness when you have a cold or flu
5:24 pm
hurshy
but i mean, if they are in my house, eating my crumbs and garbage, is there any actual reason why i can't just decide to coexist?
5:25 pm
moolingwa
it's cheaper and less frustrating if you do
5:25 pm
moolingwa
unless they're carpenter ants
5:25 pm
hokie carla
because they'll start getting into actual food
5:25 pm
hokie carla
not crumbs and garbage
5:26 pm
hurshy
you guys are disagreeing again
5:26 pm
hokie carla
always good to get multiple opinions
5:26 pm
moolingwa
this might be the first place I've lived that I don't get ants in my house, but they do swarm in the summer outside
5:26 pm
hokie carla
and moo is glass half full, I'm obviously the opposite
5:27 pm
moolingwa
actually I'm a totally full glass guy
5:27 pm
hokie carla
we get them quite a bit here, esp. after a lot of rain
5:27 pm
moolingwa
have the T-Shirt to explain it
5:27 pm
moolingwa
so you could still be a half-glass fuller
5:28 pm
hokie carla
I'm a whatever is wrong must be the worst possible thing kinda person
5:28 pm
moolingwa
oh yeah, my wife goes immediately to cancer
5:28 pm
hokie carla
it's a rough way to live
5:28 pm
hurshy
any TS words?
5:29 pm
moolingwa
Eliot :)
5:29 pm
moolingwa
ba dum dum dum
5:30 pm
moolingwa
I thank you for giving me the opportunity to do that one
5:30 pm
hurshy
yeah pretty cool that it happened to be in the gr4
5:30 pm
moolingwa
yeah, I was looking at it before...not in the context of your ask, but because you spell his name/initials backwards
5:32 pm
moolingwa
unitoad - a one piece amphibian costume
5:33 pm
moolingwa
ah, finally found my last u's
5:33 pm
moolingwa
can stick a fork in the U's now
5:34 pm
moolingwa
15 off of 7 tiles...that's a 2.14 WPT ratio now
5:34 pm
hokie carla
unbelievable
!
5:34 pm
moolingwa
the L is a bit of an outlier, still 4 on that one
5:35 pm
moolingwa
3x4, 2x5, 4x6, 5x7 and 1x8
5:36 pm
moolingwa
almost lignite
5:36 pm
moolingwa
oh found one, didn't know it tho
5:38 pm
hokie carla
NTPN - blanket obsessed kid
5:39 pm
moolingwa
yeah, saw that one, it's close to the one I found
5:39 pm
moolingwa
a reverse image in fact
5:40 pm
MollyL
Linus, sorry to interrupt the Carla and Moolingwa Show
5:41 pm
hokie carla
ding ding ding, molly bets it all
5:41 pm
hurshy
but i am not getting any kind of reverse image of that in any way that i try, unless you swap the i for an e and then just swap the vowels' places
5:44 pm
Trifioso
hello again. back for a minute before I tutor at 7:15
5:44 pm
hokie carla
math, trif? lol
5:45 pm
Trifioso
god help us all, can you imagine?
5:47 pm
hurshy
ok, first pass sees me at 43 left
5:47 pm
Trifioso
wow, hurshy, that is wonderful!
5:47 pm
hurshy
more than i would have hoped to have left
5:48 pm
hurshy
90% in one pass is preferred
5:48 pm
hurshy
i have rigorous standards
5:49 pm
hurshy
plus, i only found one of the 8s
5:50 pm
hurshy
oHO, but now i monkeyed a second one
5:51 pm
hokie carla
they aren't that bad
5:52 pm
hurshy
well i have the crackers, and then i just monkeyed a gr8 that is unfamiliar to me
5:56 pm
hurshy
i have oi4, what is the other o?
5:56 pm
hurshy
oops, pulled a peri
5:57 pm
hurshy
why is that such a thing??!?!? so mysterious
5:58 pm
hokie carla
still haven't found moo's reverse image Linus. that would be sunil, no? or maybe he meant lunis, but not.
5:59 pm
hurshy
yeah like i said if you swap the vowels and replace one of them (actually EITHER of them) with E then you get a word
5:59 pm
hurshy
but having to swap for an e seems not reverse image-y
6:00 pm
hokie carla
one that looks like male private part?
6:00 pm
hurshy
yeah, and then i think the other might be spanish for monday?
6:01 pm
hokie carla
already have both those :(
6:04 pm
hurshy
ok well, i gotta feed the cats and do some other stuff so stopping at least for now
6:05 pm
hokie carla
adios
6:06 pm
hokie carla
found an S!
6:07 pm
hokie carla
and another!
6:27 pm
hokie carla
and another!
6:29 pm
hokie carla
WPT - 4
6:51 pm
joym999
I have been in and out all day because work is interfering with my babbling again.
6:51 pm
hokie carla
14 left, finished the 4's. calling it and going to the list. 4x5, 6x6, 4x7
6:51 pm
joym999
I still have more than 100 words to go!
6:52 pm
hokie carla
but you've been working and zooming
6:52 pm
joym999
I have been working and zooming hard, with my no4 to the gr10.
6:53 pm
joym999
How many RE words are there?
6:53 pm
joym999
Glad to know it's not my imagination that there don't seem to be many. I have two RE4s, that's all.
6:55 pm
hokie carla
re5 is a babblet
7:09 pm
penquis
there was someone a few years back who was supposedly researching and writing something about Babble culture....would have been interesting to read...
7:09 pm
hokie carla
hmm, that would be
7:10 pm
penquis
babblets, PB, ding-ding-ding.... ;o)
7:10 pm
hokie carla
all new today: WPT!
7:11 pm
hokie carla
well my last 4 D's were easy words. not sure why I couldn't see them
7:11 pm
penquis
are you done, then?
7:11 pm
hokie carla
3 S's left I skipped. might have to look them up.
7:12 pm
hokie carla
Si6 and 2 Si7
7:13 pm
penquis
i am missing those, too...
7:13 pm
penquis
and a lot more, lol...
7:17 pm
penquis
i am always suprised to find words i have never seen before...
7:18 pm
hokie carla
me too. and I'm not even finding the Si6 with by looking it up. only two options for the 3rd letter unless I'm looking wrong.
7:21 pm
hokie carla
finally found the 6. def. new to me. if you want a clue, I will try.
7:23 pm
hokie carla
well, the 7/32 is a singular mythical forest creature looking kinda like quiet not them. the 6 is a latin(?) plural
7:23 pm
hokie carla
now just a si7/28 left
7:25 pm
penquis
i got the singular....working on the pl...
7:26 pm
hokie carla
it (si7/28) is a fabric I've never heard of. there was another new fabric today too but I've forgotten it already.
7:26 pm
penquis
got it....new pair for me....
7:26 pm
hokie carla
yeah, weird ones
7:26 pm
penquis
well there was the is fiber word...
7:26 pm
hokie carla
so now I am finished!
7:26 pm
penquis
ty for the clues...
7:26 pm
penquis
congrats!
7:27 pm
hokie carla
thanks, was work indeed. :D I bet tomorrow is 400+
7:32 pm
periwinkle
as7 please
7:32 pm
LuvWordGames
torn as 7/36
7:32 pm
LuvWordGames
or as + not over
7:33 pm
periwinkle
ty Luv
7:34 pm
LuvWordGames
yw :-)
7:39 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, diving in, splorsh
7:42 pm
joym999
The bad news is that I have to leave and I still have almost 100 words left so I may not finish this grid...but the good news is I'm leaving to take my 14 y.o. kid to get vaccinated!
7:42 pm
LuvWordGames
just finished, any clues needed?
7:43 pm
penquis
congrats...
7:43 pm
LuvWordGames
ty pen
7:43 pm
LuvWordGames
e + not first + not out
7:43 pm
joym999
We can travel this summer!
7:43 pm
LuvWordGames
and plural
7:44 pm
LuvWordGames
glad to hear joy! The more vaccinated the better :-))
7:46 pm
joym999
really, luv. I don't get the people who don't want to be vaccinated.
7:46 pm
penquis
it's funny....i tried a couple words this morning that weren't accepted and now they are....
7:46 pm
joym999
ok we're off.
7:46 pm
hokie carla
happened to me once today too
7:46 pm
LuvWordGames
There's a lot of things that puzzle me about people's behavior lately joy
7:47 pm
LuvWordGames
I've been having problems with having to put words in twice much more lately
7:48 pm
LuvWordGames
Ok, I'm off for the evening, have a good one everyone
7:48 pm
penquis
bye luv...
7:49 pm
penquis
oops...sorry...
8:02 pm
eieios
any J clues?
8:03 pm
Dorens
green stone?
8:03 pm
Dorens
nickname for Mick of the Stones?
8:03 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
ja4 rhymes with what you put groceries in to carry them
8:04 pm
eieios
thanks! i hatej's.can't ever see them!
8:05 pm
eieios
i will take clues for the 8's as well. :-)
8:06 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
ja5, german word for hunter
8:11 pm
penquis
well i went through the list and still have 6 to find...
8:12 pm
eieios
tricky little grid. very twisty.
8:13 pm
penquis
there is one 4....and two are : il*** and pl like in The Il*** and the Odyssey...
8:13 pm
penquis
5 of my missing words are S words....no surprise there, I guess...
8:24 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
found an 8 at last
8:26 pm
penquis
anyone have the second si 7?
8:29 pm
penquis
thanks anyway...
8:30 pm
wht
si7/28 to imply something. Usualy with an in prefix.
8:31 pm
Gillie
Ends with the name of a popular Australian singer
8:31 pm
penquis
don't understand either clue but I just found it....thanks!
8:31 pm
Gillie
I think you mean si7/32, wht
8:31 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
helen reddy?
8:31 pm
eieios
pl for an 8
8:32 pm
Gillie
That's the third si7
8:33 pm
penquis
yes, just got that...i am done...
8:33 pm
penquis
thanks for the help...
8:34 pm
penquis
gotta go....goodnight all...
8:34 pm
Gillie
night, pen
8:35 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
lu8, a guitar-like instrument + vowel + one who does
8:35 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
lu8, a guitar-like instrument + vowel + one who does
8:40 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
sa8, a bunch of crackers
8:43 pm
hurshy
that lu8 clue does not seem to work, there is no other vowel next to the end of the guitar-like instrument, except the y... and i THINK i know the one who does that you mean but not 100% sure
8:46 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
oops, change vowel to consonant (oops)
8:46 pm
hurshy
oh ok then it's a different ending than i thought, but i got it now, thanks!
8:47 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
woo hoo !
8:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
argh, no points for siderail
9:16 pm
wht
Does anyone have a clue for the al7?
9:20 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hunting for it now
9:23 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
al = al + vowel + not day
9:24 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
yvw
9:44 pm
joym999
Anyone have a clue for the AS7?
9:45 pm
Good Enough
Let no man put as7
9:46 pm
Cosmo Kramer
as + not above
9:46 pm
joym999
Doh! Thanks, Cosmo!
9:47 pm
joym999
and thanks good enough too!
11:58 pm
cybernan
hello everyone - here for the flip
11:59 pm
Cosmo Kramer
401 - next grid size