12:05 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs, thanks Kateq
12:07 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:21 am
CiociaJudy
Thx Lickety
12:36 am
rbud
ty ursh, for that lovely mo8
1:01 am
dizgrannie
finally got the last 8. co 8
1:06 am
dizgrannie
FWs...last word, to 6/27,
1:32 am
Kateq
any help on the ni 7/36 would be appreciated
1:35 am
waskallia
what you inhale from a cigarette,
1:35 am
waskallia
without the usual last letter
1:35 am
Kateq
thanks but that's the 7/32
1:36 am
waskallia
oops sorry
1:37 am
ursh
n + what you feel after a flea bite + two vowels
1:39 am
Kateq
thanks Ursh! new word for me
1:39 am
waskallia
Thanks Ursh new for me too
1:40 am
ursh
for me too - had to use morewords to find it
5:45 am
ItalianGreyhound
this grid is annoying, says a cantankerous old man
5:54 am
Scrabbler
I just dove in. The C and U already piss me off.
5:55 am
ItalianGreyhound
don't hold back, Scrab! :)
5:57 am
Scrabbler
As a Scrabble player the tiles I most dislike on my rack are C, U, and V.
5:57 am
ItalianGreyhound
no U words tho
5:58 am
ItalianGreyhound
but some strange ones
6:10 am
ItalianGreyhound
is the OC 5/20 a common word Down Under? Any Aussies out there?
6:15 am
Scrabbler
You are off your r*****, IG.
6:16 am
ItalianGreyhound
on the floor
6:17 am
Scrabbler
You got it?
6:17 am
ItalianGreyhound
I got the OC - Just questioning the meaning
6:18 am
Scrabbler
I wonder if it is an alternate spelling for ochre.
6:18 am
ItalianGreyhound
google says its a rude Aussie man - Huh?
6:26 am
Scrabbler
I must get ready for work. Enjoy the day.
6:27 am
ItalianGreyhound
Bye Scrab
7:04 am
Lizlin
Oc5 - I’ve heard it used quite a few times to describe accent - an oc5 Aussie accent.
7:08 am
AtlKru
anyone need any clues before i go?
7:09 am
dauber
ahhh, got it. :)
7:11 am
AtlKru
i'll be back to help later
7:44 am
rkptbound
hi jzw how's the pup?
7:59 am
jzw
Hey rkpt! She's a handful! Cute as all out. How are you?
8:01 am
rkptbound
good, come up!
8:01 am
jzw
Text or email me and we'll make a date.
8:35 am
cybernan
good morning to everyone still here
8:36 am
BzznBea
MOrning, nan
8:36 am
MLFAN17
morning bzz
8:37 am
MLFAN17
morning cyber
8:39 am
MLFAN17
this is a strange grid
8:44 am
cybernan
yes - real words are not being accepted
8:44 am
MollyL
Which makes it different than any other grid how?
8:45 am
MollyL
What real words are not being accepted?
8:46 am
cybernan
last one I tried was reich
8:46 am
MLFAN17
why wouldnt that work??
8:46 am
BzznBea
Proper noun
8:47 am
cybernan
that's like saying state is a proper noun
8:49 am
MLFAN17
is the corner bottom left n a 7?
8:50 am
BzznBea
I think it is ni5
8:55 am
cybernan
missing one from each o - have the forgetful one and the hurtful one -- stats for the others please?
8:56 am
BzznBea
ot4.5 on5.14 oc5.20
8:57 am
cybernan
ty - was missing the ot from that o
8:57 am
cybernan
have om 4 from the other o -- but still missing one
8:58 am
BzznBea
That's the on 5.20
8:59 am
cybernan
ty -- I thought you said oc 5 and I had that
9:04 am
hokie carla
all the -ee words that are allowed and hiree still gets me everytime
9:06 am
hokie carla
so add hiree and homie to reich for today's words not words
9:06 am
hokie carla
and nein since there's so many other foreign words
9:15 am
cybernan
been over this grid twice and I'm still missing 12 4's
9:16 am
hokie carla
13 left here but I haven't finished first pass yet
9:17 am
BzznBea
I've been finished a while. I need to get up and check on Mom. She has not been feeling well. She hs a CT scan next week. I'm worried and scared.
9:18 am
hokie carla
Sorry, Bea. Hope they can find some answers.
9:19 am
marksdolly
good morning all!!
9:20 am
marksdolly
hi Hokie!!
9:20 am
cybernan
hi dolly
9:20 am
Uneaixoise
Sending all best wishes, Bea....
9:20 am
marksdolly
hi Nan!
9:22 am
hokie carla
hey dolly!
9:22 am
cybernan
hope it is nothing serious, bea
9:24 am
cybernan
there was a co 8 called when I first came on -- does anyone have a clue please?
9:24 am
hokie carla
don't have that, sorry
9:29 am
marksdolly
hi Welki!
9:29 am
cybernan
good morning welki
9:29 am
welki
how're you holding up, nan?
9:29 am
hokie carla
hey welki
9:29 am
welki
and hokie :)
9:34 am
cybernan
just trying to hang in, welki -- every test seems to bring something else into question. I just wish they could get on with a treatment plan.
9:35 am
welki
determining which cancer treatment is best is a complicated thing, but i get it 100% - waiting stinks.
9:36 am
cybernan
yes it does
9:37 am
MollyL
Sending out prayers and good mojo your way, Nan
9:37 am
cybernan
thank you molly -- all prayers and good thoughts appreciated
9:38 am
marksdolly
I too will be praying Nan
9:38 am
cybernan
thanks, dolly
9:42 am
cybernan
we know his cancer is inoperable -- just hoping they can get him into remission
9:44 am
cybernan
found the co 8
9:44 am
MLFAN17
clue for the oc 5/20 pls?
9:44 am
marksdolly
on that Co8 add the na 6 to it
9:45 am
MLFAN17
cyber is it a compound word?
9:45 am
MLFAN17
ty got it
9:46 am
cybernan
co 5: Punk r*****
9:46 am
cybernan
*oc 5 that is
9:53 am
cybernan
is it just me, or is expert really slow today?
9:57 am
MollyL
Can't say, I don't use Expert.
10:02 am
cybernan
just found my last 4 --- half of heyerdahl's raft
10:03 am
moolingwa
there's a reference I haven't heard for a couple of decades
10:05 am
cybernan
had a neighbour that alway passed on his national geographics to me when I was a kid -- that article absolutely fascinated me.
10:05 am
moolingwa
yeah, I remember reading about it in National Geographic too :)
10:06 am
sukee
I remember seeing a film about it in the theatre.
10:07 am
moolingwa
I may have too come to think of it sukee...but not certain
10:07 am
cybernan
it had to be in the late 40's-early 50's --- we moved away from that neighbourhood when I was 13
10:08 am
sukee
I checked, that one was about the RA
10:08 am
moolingwa
yeah, I didn't find out about it until the late 70s
10:11 am
cybernan
an 7 please?
10:11 am
moolingwa
resembling a certain insect
10:13 am
MLFAN17
hi sukee
10:13 am
moolingwa
hey ML...happy Thursday
10:13 am
cybernan
*!*~*!* ty mool
10:13 am
MLFAN17
back at ya
10:13 am
MLFAN17
on5 clue pls?
10:14 am
moolingwa
don't have it sorry
10:14 am
cybernan
on 5 ends with a hesitation word
10:15 am
moolingwa
tx nan
10:15 am
MLFAN17
ty cyber finished that o
10:16 am
cybernan
anything else before I leave?
10:16 am
MLFAN17
all the words left i havent found yet?
10:17 am
MLFAN17
any against words
10:17 am
cybernan
no just the prefix
10:18 am
cybernan
off to breakfast -- hagd everyone :)
10:18 am
sukee
A little late.
10:18 am
marksdolly
you too Nan!
10:18 am
sukee
have a good one
10:18 am
sukee
Of course, ou are in bc :)
10:19 am
MLFAN17
exactly halfway
10:19 am
moolingwa
24 left here
10:20 am
MLFAN17
found wi
10:20 am
marksdolly
11 left here
10:20 am
moolingwa
almost done dolly :)
10:21 am
sukee
i am one w short
10:21 am
moolingwa
me too
10:21 am
sukee
i have wa 4/8, wi 4/8, wi 4/8, wi 5/22 and wo 4/8
10:21 am
MLFAN17
i am trying to finish the last column n so i can finish the first column n
10:22 am
marksdolly
there is 1 wa and 3 wi, and 1 wo
10:22 am
sukee
i got it, wi 8/70...more so
10:23 am
moolingwa
different w than me then :)
10:23 am
moolingwa
yeah, mine was a 4
10:23 am
sukee
Just over half way now
10:26 am
sukee
That more so ending got me a few words.
10:27 am
MLFAN17
are any of the ni7s common words?
10:27 am
moolingwa
I have one...kinda common
10:28 am
MLFAN17
i am not seeing any of them
10:28 am
moolingwa
oh nm, misread
10:28 am
moolingwa
I have 0 of them
10:29 am
MLFAN17
yeah i am completely lost on them
10:30 am
MLFAN17
how did i not see the ki 7/52 sooner sheesh
10:30 am
sukee
Almost lunch time, see you later
10:31 am
MLFAN17
bye sukee
10:31 am
marksdolly
that's fireworks here!
10:31 am
marksdolly
any clues wanted?
10:31 am
MLFAN17
congrats mark
10:31 am
moolingwa
congrats dolly
10:32 am
MLFAN17
mark which ni are the 7s from any idea?
10:32 am
MLFAN17
are any definitions pls?
10:33 am
marksdolly
1 is that icky stuff in cigarettes
10:33 am
moolingwa
tx dolly, that finishes my left n
10:33 am
marksdolly
and the other is not so common, it includes what your scratch
10:34 am
marksdolly
:) yvw
10:34 am
MLFAN17
minus the last letter
10:34 am
MLFAN17
ty greyed the first column n i thought it was a 4 i was looking for
10:34 am
moolingwa
strange word that second one
10:35 am
moolingwa
tx again
10:35 am
MLFAN17
got it ty
10:35 am
MLFAN17
phew lol
10:35 am
moolingwa
well 13 left, gonna take a break
10:36 am
MLFAN17
bye mool
10:36 am
periwinkle
hi all. ki7 please
10:37 am
marksdolly
you know that cooking room Peri ;)
10:38 am
marksdolly
tata till tomorrow :) happy babbling
10:38 am
periwinkle
ah thanks marksdolly
10:39 am
periwinkle
right corner N please
10:42 am
hokie carla
rehi
10:43 am
hokie carla
missed moo. 21 left here, maybe I can catch him
11:03 am
hokie carla
guess not. stuck at 16 left.
11:06 am
pcal2
hi all. I'm stuck on ni 7/36...even with earlier clues! Can anyone give another hint...help!
11:08 am
penquis
like what the harmful thing in cigarettes is.....
11:08 am
zoozzoom
Egg of an insect + most of the bottom part of the mouth + vowel
11:09 am
penquis
sorry, mine was the ni 7/32....
11:09 am
pcal2
tks zoom, will look
11:09 am
Soodle
N plus if you have a desire to scratch, you call it an **** (it 4/6), two vowels
11:10 am
hokie carla
ah, found a word! thanks for clues.
11:11 am
hokie carla
oh, 2 words clued, thanks!
11:11 am
pcal2
found it! tks zoom and soodle!
11:14 am
hokie carla
looks like the ni7/36 is a slur! new one to me.
11:17 am
penquis
i have never seen it before...
11:21 am
MollyL
Probably worse than hoochie
11:21 am
bichon
or koochie
11:22 am
MollyL
Or douchie
11:23 am
hokie carla
it is canadian, but I've never seen it in a grid before
11:30 am
bichon
li 7/36, pls
11:33 am
hokie carla
well, it doesn't rhyme with the ni7/36 is all I know
12:25 pm
MollyL
li7 short for kitchen flooring + what you do with scissors (not snip)
12:45 pm
hokie carla
Would never have gone there, thanks
2:37 pm
Christa
ty @ molly for the clue
2:48 pm
Uneaixoise
An7 please?
2:53 pm
MLFAN17
hi une i do not have it
2:54 pm
MLFAN17
une can you clue the an5 pls?
2:58 pm
MLFAN17
w's are done
2:59 pm
Kamanjah
an7 - similar to a picnic pest
3:01 pm
Uneaixoise
Tx kamanjah
3:01 pm
MLFAN17
i dont understand that clue?
3:04 pm
Kamanjah
compound word...picnic pest + similar
3:04 pm
MLFAN17
oh duh ty
3:05 pm
MLFAN17
Li6/24 clue pls?
3:06 pm
Kamanjah
Oriental fruit
3:09 pm
MLFAN17
well it aint anything i am thinking lol
3:45 pm
bichon
li 7/36, pls
3:51 pm
hurshy
wish i knew :)
3:53 pm
hurshy
i think my fave word today is ch5/22
4:08 pm
lbuxx
molly clued li 7/36 at 12:25 down below
4:15 pm
Gillie
It's an artistic printing technique.
4:17 pm
hurshy
well someone said it doesn't rhyme with ni7/36 and now i wanna know what that one is lol
4:19 pm
hurshy
oho i got it!
4:19 pm
Gillie
Apparently it's a mostly Canadian contemptuous slang term for a North American Indian, although I don't think I've ever heard it.
4:20 pm
hurshy
well that's a good sign, Gillie :)
4:20 pm
Gillie
Probably just means it's out of date, or localized
4:21 pm
hurshy
i have to8 and wi8, anybody know other 8s?
4:23 pm
Gillie
I have co8/45
4:23 pm
hurshy
found the co, looking for the m now
4:24 pm
waskallia
its a great wird :)
4:24 pm
hurshy
well i have not seen that spelled with a c before! lol
4:25 pm
Gillie
Is your icon an aerial photo, waskallia?
4:25 pm
hurshy
oh! are you kallia and you lost your account and so now you are waskallia?
4:26 pm
waskallia
no its a close up of a wall hanging, not a good pic
4:27 pm
waskallia
yep you got it!
4:27 pm
Gillie
Oh, neat - I thought I could make out some rivers, one with logs floating in it
4:27 pm
hurshy
*beams* i love it when i figure things out
4:28 pm
waskallia
have a coconut :)
4:28 pm
hurshy
left O has "leave out" and...?
4:29 pm
waskallia
dont have that one
4:30 pm
waskallia
and one missing from other 0
4:30 pm
hurshy
i have all the other O
4:31 pm
waskallia
I have ear and hurtie
4:31 pm
hurshy
ben stiller sequel meet the f*****s
4:32 pm
waskallia
lol having a hard time here
4:32 pm
waskallia
thank you
4:32 pm
Gillie
The left O is on5/14
4:33 pm
Gillie
According to dictionary.com, it's only used as a suffix
4:35 pm
waskallia
I am off to bed, have been up for most of the last 2 days, well awake if not up.Night all\
4:35 pm
hurshy
sleep well, kallia
4:35 pm
Gillie
Night, kallia
4:36 pm
hokie carla
ah, mo8 is my missing one
4:37 pm
periwinkle
help with to8 or co8 please
4:37 pm
hurshy
co + country
4:38 pm
hurshy
to8 more sensitive to insult
4:38 pm
periwinkle
ty for co8
4:38 pm
periwinkle
ty for to8 too hursh
4:38 pm
Gillie
mo8 is a fancy word for a name
4:39 pm
Gillie
(pseudo-fancy)
4:39 pm
hurshy
usually mo8 is an mo7 but for some reason they added a c here
4:39 pm
hurshy
are there any k5 words?
4:40 pm
hokie carla
ah, thanks
4:41 pm
hokie carla
2-3-4
4:42 pm
hurshy
2-5 here lol
4:42 pm
hurshy
but now i know one of the 4s is a k word
4:42 pm
hurshy
aha monkeyed that one at last
4:43 pm
hurshy
oho got my c words, 1-3 now
4:45 pm
bichon
li 7/36, pls
4:45 pm
Gillie
A printing technique using a common flooring material
4:47 pm
hurshy
got my last 4, only 5s left now!
4:51 pm
hurshy
got the N!
4:51 pm
hurshy
got the H!
4:53 pm
Gillie
fw - ended with mu5/16
4:53 pm
hurshy
guess that's the same word i'm going to end on then! lol
4:54 pm
Gillie
yw - congrats
5:23 pm
eieios
looking for my last 8. i have mo8, to8 and co8....
5:37 pm
cybernan
*also a "more like" word
5:45 pm
bichon
co 8/45, pls
5:50 pm
joym999
Hi all. Sorry I don't see that co8 bichon.
6:00 pm
dcseain
co+country
6:02 pm
bichon
ty dc, fw, at last
6:03 pm
dcseain
yay bichon!
6:16 pm
eieios
can i have a clue for the wi8?
6:18 pm
eieios
twisty little grid
6:21 pm
ItalianGreyhound
the aN 7/44 is an odd word
6:21 pm
hokie carla
hurshy or anyone that likes to play guess the missing word around?
6:21 pm
ItalianGreyhound
PB Carla
6:22 pm
hokie carla
I have i i T HHH C N M
6:22 pm
hokie carla
hmm, what'd I say?
6:22 pm
eieios
i will take a clue for that an7/44 Grey.
6:22 pm
hokie carla
akin to a pest, ei
6:22 pm
ItalianGreyhound
Li 4/8
6:23 pm
hokie carla
ha! I put an S on it, totally allowed
6:23 pm
ItalianGreyhound
ok ok
6:24 pm
rururocks
(likes how homie makes rules up on the fly)
6:25 pm
ItalianGreyhound
want there an Adam A-- ?
6:25 pm
ItalianGreyhound
wasn't
6:27 pm
ItalianGreyhound
Adam a-- ish
6:28 pm
eieios
not getting the clue. just monkeying around withit.
6:28 pm
ItalianGreyhound
like a small bug
6:29 pm
ItalianGreyhound
damn!
6:29 pm
eieios
duh. didn't realize you meant exactly that . lol
6:29 pm
ItalianGreyhound
dragging my sorry butt to the PB
6:29 pm
eieios
i will send wine!
6:31 pm
ItalianGreyhound
cheers!
6:34 pm
eieios
struggling with the 5th column n....
6:35 pm
hokie carla
which row
6:36 pm
eieios
third. i only have 4 of 12
6:36 pm
eieios
na4, na6, no4 x 2
6:37 pm
ItalianGreyhound
N + 2 vowels + cons?
6:38 pm
hokie carla
yes, that's one! and the no5 singular version
6:39 pm
eieios
noti didn't take, but i have the singular.
6:39 pm
hokie carla
sorry, diff vowel
6:39 pm
ItalianGreyhound
double a's together
6:40 pm
ItalianGreyhound
Molly will get me for that clue
6:42 pm
eieios
how about the bottom left n?
6:42 pm
ItalianGreyhound
na 4/4 is an Indian (Asian) Bread
6:42 pm
eieios
yes, i have that. wish i had some now. love that stuff!
6:43 pm
ItalianGreyhound
Ni 5/10
6:44 pm
eieios
thx, grey. got it
6:45 pm
hokie carla
I still need one of those N's
6:45 pm
eieios
i still need six!
6:45 pm
ItalianGreyhound
I gottem Carla
6:47 pm
ItalianGreyhound
have the NI cigarette ingredient?
6:48 pm
ItalianGreyhound
have the IT 7/36?
6:49 pm
hokie carla
yes. only need 6 or smaller
6:50 pm
ItalianGreyhound
there's a No 4/8
6:50 pm
ItalianGreyhound
and a NO 4/9
6:50 pm
hokie carla
have that
6:51 pm
hokie carla
and that
6:51 pm
ItalianGreyhound
NI 6/33
6:54 pm
hokie carla
have it
6:54 pm
ItalianGreyhound
oh well
6:54 pm
hokie carla
thanks for trying
7:07 pm
hokie carla
ooh, found my last T - a 4
7:07 pm
rururocks
anyone have the ni7/36? I am stuck
7:07 pm
hokie carla
it's a canadian slur against native americans
7:08 pm
hokie carla
rhymes with commodore lionel r
7:09 pm
rururocks
never heard of that slur
7:09 pm
hokie carla
neither have I
7:11 pm
hokie carla
I think I'm going to have to see the list for the last 8. i i HHH C N M
7:12 pm
origami
ru - is that a picture of ruru when he was a puppy?
7:12 pm
rururocks
no that's Dylan as a puppy
7:13 pm
origami
What a cute puppy!
7:14 pm
rururocks
he was really cute
7:16 pm
hokie carla
baffled by these hu's. how can i not make the points work on a 4?
7:17 pm
hurshy
adj ending
7:17 pm
hokie carla
i monkeyed the 5
7:17 pm
hokie carla
ok, thanks
7:19 pm
hokie carla
well, 2 of my last 8 were weird -er words. arbitrary enable of course.
7:20 pm
hokie carla
and 3 were the aforementioned adj ending
7:20 pm
hokie carla
sorry, 4 were that
7:29 pm
Uneaixoise
Ho5 please?
7:34 pm
dan2bit
ho5 - ho + sound for "oh gross!"
7:36 pm
dcseain
how weird, thanks dan
7:39 pm
dan2bit
firewords! thanks Kamanjah, lickety and all cluers - ki7 cooking room was my last :-)
7:43 pm
origami
Conratulations, dan!
7:48 pm
MollyL
Hi Origami, how are you doing? I heard Ru is helping you recuperate.
7:58 pm
origami
Hi Molly. I'm doing a lot better. Ru has been helping a lot!
7:58 pm
origami
Thanks for asking.
8:02 pm
Uneaixoise
Thanks, Dan!
8:42 pm
joym999
hello again all. Anyone here?
8:45 pm
joym999
How are you origami?
8:45 pm
origami
Hanging in there. How are you?
8:45 pm
joym999
I haven't had much time for Babble lately. And sadly.
8:46 pm
origami
I haven't been playing much either - due to an arm injury.
8:48 pm
joym999
Oh, I'm sorry. Ou4,7!
8:50 pm
origami
Thanks. This old body is healing :D
8:52 pm
joym999
fortunately you're probably used to staying at home, which is what you need to do when you have an injury.
8:53 pm
origami
Yes. Much less driving, etc. Ruru and my neighbors have been helping me. I'm pretty lucky.
8:54 pm
joym999
nice. How cool is that, that there are Babblers nearby!
8:55 pm
origami
He's been driving an hour each way to help. He's a really good friend.
9:11 pm
joym999
I've got 3 words left and they're all i.
9:13 pm
joym999
missing ic 5,20; ic6,33; ir6,21
9:16 pm
origami
Would you like a clue?
9:36 pm
joym999
yes please
9:37 pm
origami
The ic 5 and 6 relate to grossness
9:37 pm
joym999
how did I miss those?!?
9:38 pm
origami
Babble blindness :D
9:38 pm
origami
I'm stuck on the no 5 - any hint?
9:42 pm
joym999
not sure how to clue it
9:43 pm
joym999
ends in a 2 pointer
9:46 pm
joym999
singular of the NO4, maybe?
9:46 pm
origami
Ah, thank you.
9:47 pm
joym999
FW for me! Hasta manana, amigos
9:47 pm
origami
Congratulations.
9:49 pm
helenkeller
mtrike
9:49 pm
helenkeller
trine
11:12 pm
dcseain
don't ch5 your responsibilities.