12:00 am
Minveryork
Flip Flip Hooray! ðŸ˜Å
12:01 am
mich_pdx
Nice little grid
12:02 am
hokie carla
yes, I really didn't want a 300+ :D
12:02 am
cybernan
hello everyone
12:02 am
Minveryork
Still too big for me to start this one now. Goodnite everyone
12:03 am
hokie carla
good night, min. howdy, nan
12:03 am
mich_pdx
night, Min. Hi, Nan
12:15 am
cybernan
nbt, nbs and goodnight :)
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
saanichcat
thanks broll!
12:19 am
mich_pdx
thanks, Lickety!!
12:40 am
mich_pdx
sorry! pb again, two nights in a row
12:44 am
m9f9l
Hi all! Just got back from fw
1:11 am
ursh
yay diz - strange grid without an E
5:41 am
MollyL
No E or I. Lots of A
5:41 am
MollyL
A's though
6:59 am
BzznBea
Good morning, friends.
7:01 am
MollyL
Good morning Bea, did you have a nice 4th?
7:02 am
BzznBea
Another day here. We didn't go see any fireworks. Just the ones the neighbors set off. Most of that was gunfire.
7:02 am
jzw
do all the 7 ous start the same?
7:03 am
welki
don't know, just started
7:04 am
MollyL
Our neighbors set off great fireworks. Good fun.
7:10 am
aslindy
hello all
7:10 am
BzznBea
Hey, lindy
7:11 am
aslindy
how's it going, bea?
7:12 am
BzznBea
Well, thanks. How about you?
7:12 am
aslindy
pretty well, thanks
7:25 am
mkg
Hi all. Tough grid.
7:25 am
aslindy
yes, rather strange today
7:39 am
mael
feeling like an E would make this grid much more fun
8:01 am
mkg
Please send stats for the 7s. Ty.
8:02 am
BzznBea
And it was so quiet...Time to close chat.
8:03 am
mael
I have a strange ou7/36
8:23 am
mkg
Mael, please send a clue. Ty
8:30 am
mkg
Any other stats or clues for 7s is welcome
8:35 am
phaeton
pa7...go by someone and picnic pest
8:37 am
MLFAN17
i agree mael
8:38 am
mkg
Ty for pa. Got it.
8:42 am
MLFAN17
4th column a stats pls?
8:44 am
dan2bit
an4/5, al4/4
8:45 am
MLFAN17
hi dan ty
8:48 am
wvteach
stats for bottom row D pls
8:54 am
dan2bit
firewords! thanks lickety and all cluers
8:55 am
MLFAN17
congrats dan
8:56 am
hurshy
hmm, just started and already finding the first P challenging
8:57 am
MLFAN17
hurshy i have 5 of them
8:57 am
hurshy
i have just 4
8:57 am
MLFAN17
and the bottom corner p i greyed...last column i need one more and no idea
8:58 am
hurshy
last column, all normal words
8:59 am
MLFAN17
its so normal i cant find it
9:00 am
hurshy
that do happen sometimes
9:00 am
MLFAN17
yes it does
9:01 am
MLFAN17
hurshy do you have the pa 6/24?
9:01 am
bichon
ou 6/27, pls
9:01 am
MLFAN17
hi bichon
9:02 am
hurshy
i can total up those numbers faster than any hombre in the west!
9:23 am
HarryHood
hello! first pass done - 45 to go
9:23 am
HarryHood
oops missed a tile. 43 to go.
9:29 am
HarryHood
bbl for more - have a nice day!
9:42 am
MLFAN17
i dont understand that clue
9:43 am
MLFAN17
i need a clue for the pa 6/24 pls?
9:43 am
MLFAN17
for the ou word hombre in the west
9:44 am
ChampFit
For the ou: not in + put numbers together
9:51 am
MLFAN17
put numbers together word be in order or numerical?
9:53 am
MLFAN17
i am sorry i have to do this but i am going to go watch tennis bye i will be back...
9:58 am
ItalianGreyhound
PA 6/24 a form of he word meaning to rest for a bit
9:59 am
hurshy
ahh, thanks IG
9:59 am
ItalianGreyhound
yw, Hurshy
10:00 am
hurshy
ooeee i found a mexican food
10:00 am
ItalianGreyhound
Is that the PO ?
10:01 am
hurshy
nonono i am wrong, it is the PO, but, it is not a food, it is an inn
10:01 am
SamanthaJoy
I thought you meant the SA
10:01 am
hurshy
my knowledge of spanish is very murky
10:03 am
hurshy
how's this for weird: 5-0-9-3
10:04 am
SamanthaJoy
Weirdest string of numbers I've seen all week
10:04 am
hurshy
it is how many i have left of each length word.
5 fours
0 fives
9 sixes
3 sevens
10:05 am
SamanthaJoy
Ah. I've been here maybe 15 minutes, still have 51 words to find, but it's already past time for me to move on and work elsewhere.
10:06 am
SamanthaJoy
See y'all later, maybe
10:29 am
MollyL
Funny thing about weird...most of the definitions and synonyms are words like ghostly, supernatural or eerie. Yet we use it more today to describe someone who is flaky, eccentric or oddball.
10:30 am
ItalianGreyhound
Like you Molly ? :)
10:49 am
hokie carla
11-13-11-2
10:49 am
moolingwa
10-11-10-6 :)
10:50 am
hokie carla
moo!
10:50 am
moolingwa
hey hoke, happy July 5th
10:50 am
moolingwa
not sure how long I'll be here todya
10:50 am
hokie carla
thanks, you too
10:50 am
marksdolly
hi Hokie!!
10:50 am
marksdolly
hi Mool!!
10:50 am
marksdolly
gm all!
10:51 am
moolingwa
hey dolly
10:51 am
hokie carla
me either. I'm in and out helping my mom.
10:51 am
hokie carla
hello dolly!
10:52 am
sammysmom
morning babies.. and it is morning for me.
10:53 am
hokie carla
ooh, found a word!
10:53 am
hokie carla
and phantom potato
10:53 am
moolingwa
isn't that a stage play off broadway?
10:54 am
hokie carla
maybe
10:54 am
hokie carla
off off
10:54 am
marksdolly
awww love it when you sing to me Hokie! ;)
10:54 am
moolingwa
yeah, like in the parking lot of walmart in Edison New Jersey :)
10:54 am
rururocks
the reviews for that show have been apeeling
10:56 am
hokie carla
you just trying to mash puns together?
10:56 am
moolingwa
I'll chip in with one of my own
10:56 am
hokie carla
how sweet
10:57 am
moolingwa
well at any rate, no need to russet
10:58 am
hokie carla
that one was crisp
10:58 am
moolingwa
some of these puns are a bit half baked
11:00 am
hokie carla
is that better or worse than twice baked?
11:01 am
rururocks
all of these puns are going to get to you sooner or latke
11:01 am
moolingwa
let's not fritter away our chances to add a few more
11:02 am
moolingwa
6-7-8-3
11:02 am
rururocks
or try to get under our skin i guess
11:03 am
hokie carla
9-11-10-2
11:03 am
rururocks
i'm never sure of what that coding means
11:04 am
hokie carla
hurshy just explained it
11:04 am
hokie carla
10:04
11:04 am
moolingwa
remaining words by length, in order smallest to largest
11:05 am
rururocks
you guys are weird jeezus
11:05 am
hokie carla
molly just explained that word doesn't mean what you think it means
11:06 am
moolingwa
2.2 WPT
11:06 am
hokie carla
2.285 WPT here
11:07 am
hokie carla
I am struggling with the 2nd col S. only found 10
11:07 am
moolingwa
I only have 12 off that so far
11:07 am
moolingwa
nm, found 2 more
11:08 am
hokie carla
also phantom sandal
11:12 am
hokie carla
well, finished the middle S
11:12 am
moolingwa
still 2 left on that one
11:13 am
moolingwa
1 left on that one
11:15 am
hokie carla
P3 T A4 O D4 S W3 S7 P A2 A R L - not my kind of grid
11:16 am
hokie carla
found 2 W
11:16 am
MLFAN17
got the pa6
11:16 am
moolingwa
PP AAAA DD SS SSS P A S P
11:16 am
MLFAN17
hello hokie hello mool
11:16 am
moolingwa
hey ML
11:16 am
hokie carla
hey mlfan
11:18 am
MLFAN17
i have the pa 5/12 ending in a vowel i need a clue for the other pa 5/12 pls?
11:18 am
hokie carla
finished the T!
11:18 am
hokie carla
guess mflan has found 2 of my missing P's. looking now.
11:18 am
moolingwa
terrific!
11:19 am
hokie carla
other pa5/12 I just found is a plural, mlfan
11:19 am
MLFAN17
yeah but you are still closer to finishing then i am hokie
11:20 am
moolingwa
16 to go...gotta go
11:20 am
MLFAN17
aww bye mool
11:20 am
hokie carla
bye moo, still 26 here
11:21 am
hokie carla
mlfan, can you clue that pa6?
11:21 am
MLFAN17
see? you are ahead of me
11:21 am
hokie carla
nm, found a pa6
11:21 am
MLFAN17
ends in weird **yankovic
11:22 am
MLFAN17
hokie which pa for that other pa 5/12?
11:22 am
hokie carla
5th col P
11:23 am
MLFAN17
and that was my missing p on last column
11:25 am
hokie carla
I just need 1 S to finish last col
11:25 am
MLFAN17
i need 2
11:26 am
hokie carla
do you have the soft drink?
11:27 am
MLFAN17
i am looking for sp5
11:28 am
MLFAN17
found it
11:28 am
MLFAN17
missing 11 s words on 2nd column
11:28 am
hokie carla
I have one sp5
11:29 am
MLFAN17
that would be the one
11:30 am
MLFAN17
oh and i need one s word from third column
11:32 am
hokie carla
well, I'm going to make lunch. 24 left
11:32 am
MLFAN17
bye hokie
11:40 am
joym999
Hi all. Anyone have any ideas about those AO words?
11:41 am
sammysmom
stuck on so 6/24 ?
11:41 am
cybernan
good morning - late start for me today
11:42 am
joym999
that's the AU I think bichon
11:43 am
joym999
Oh wait the AO is a variation.
11:44 am
joym999
weird words. thanks bichon
11:45 am
bichon
so 6/24, pls
11:47 am
MollyL
so6 sounds like an African country but has an extra vowel in the middle
11:48 am
cybernan
great clues flying around - ty everyone
11:49 am
bichon
Molly, it's not Somalia
11:49 am
joym999
great clue Molly
11:49 am
MollyL
Think desert
11:53 am
cybernan
did you find it bichon?
11:58 am
cybernan
stats for the bogtom d please?
11:58 am
cybernan
nm - baby talk
12:01 pm
cybernan
bottom row grey :)
12:04 pm
cybernan
ntpn: I would guess that one of his marches was played by every band in america yesterday
12:09 pm
cybernan
gold star for molly
12:10 pm
MollyL
Amusing trivia...The Colonel Bogey March is also a favorite on July 4th, yet it is a British marching tune
12:12 pm
cybernan
didn'tknow that I always think of sousa marches as the essence of american music. I think that everyone upon hearing one thinks of the states.
12:13 pm
cybernan
just as upon hearing a strauss waltz I think of Austria
12:17 pm
MollyL
I'll give Canada Neil Young and Leonard Cohen (and forget about Celine and Beiber)
12:19 pm
cybernan
but none of them have a style that is immediately identifiable with the country the way strauss and sousa did
12:19 pm
MollyL
I agree. The only thing I can think of that really makes me think of Canada is O Canada
12:19 pm
MLFAN17
ty for the ao words
12:21 pm
cybernan
really struggling to get to 100 here
12:22 pm
MLFAN17
cyber i have 89 with 62 to go
12:24 pm
MLFAN17
congrats
12:26 pm
cybernan
taking a break. Neighbours are moving today. We will miss them. Sure hope the people moving in are as nice,
12:40 pm
72 Temple Owl
easy grid today. sure the last qurter or so will be a but meddening.
12:45 pm
hokie carla
back for a little while. somewhat stuck at 22
12:48 pm
MollyL
I don't think these grids are ever easy. Except for the flip people, who read the dictionary.
12:50 pm
rururocks
the flip people? sounds like a bunch of sarcastic humans
12:50 pm
MollyL
Well, Flippers sounds like dolphins.
12:51 pm
rururocks
so if they don't flip they flip off?
12:51 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I had a string of good ones where I thought I was getting better but the last week or two I have really not played well.
12:51 pm
MollyL
Better than flopping
12:51 pm
rururocks
or if they can't make up their minds they flip flop?
12:52 pm
rururocks
or if they do drugs they're flippies?
12:53 pm
rururocks
their picnics are ruined by flipants
12:54 pm
hokie carla
speaking of the flippers, guess I will check them for my last 2 7s
12:58 pm
rururocks
when they leave the game at night.. do we call them flipped-out?
12:58 pm
rururocks
or just flippy-dippy
1:00 pm
cybernan
how many "not in" words, please?
1:01 pm
SuzeeQ24
I have 7
1:02 pm
cybernan
missing at least one then
1:06 pm
MollyL
Do you have both 7/36 Nan? One of them is weird. Like me, according to a certain poster.
1:06 pm
cybernan
and the 7/40
1:07 pm
cybernan
also the 4 and the 6/21
1:07 pm
MollyL
Then it must be the 4/6
1:08 pm
cybernan
lk - have the 4/5
1:09 pm
cybernan
found the ou 4/6 -- not a "not in" word though -- need one more of those -- just have 6 of them
1:31 pm
HarryHood
went into costco to get orange juice. walked out $200 poorer
1:33 pm
cybernan
lol - and you didn't expect that harry?
1:34 pm
HarryHood
yeah - it was a given.
1:34 pm
HarryHood
but I now have enough soap for the rest of my natural life.
1:41 pm
HarryHood
27. going to the list.
1:56 pm
HarryHood
done! have a nice day!
2:02 pm
cybernan
back again - just had a nice facetime with son
2:14 pm
MollyL
Oh no. Is it soap hoarding time? Is this COVID 2,0?
2:16 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* hagd everyone
2:17 pm
cybernan
think harry left the building, molly
4:19 pm
Gillie
I think they're calling it COVID delta, but with any luck it won't withstand mass vaccination
4:24 pm
dcseain
so far, i have three friends who have gotten Delta with full vaccination.
4:26 pm
Gillie
Great. Still, if the spread can be limited, there is less opportunity for dangerous variants to develop.
4:29 pm
hokie carla
can anyone clue the po6/24? P&TY
4:31 pm
Gillie
It's a Spanish word for an inexpensive hostel for tourists
4:31 pm
hokie carla
thanks
4:31 pm
hokie carla
didn't know that's what it meant, but the spanish helped
4:31 pm
Gillie
I didn't either, but I decided to look it up
4:33 pm
hokie carla
now 8 S's left. these are stupid.
4:50 pm
dcseain
well done, carla!
4:55 pm
Gillie
I kept trying to enter "saudad", even though I have no idea what it could mean - I finally decided that what I actually wanted was "saudade", but that isn't English. None of this helped me find the ao6.
4:56 pm
dcseain
saudade is portuges for tristeza, sadness, melancholy.
4:58 pm
Gillie
Yes, and I think they use it in French too, but I'm not sure why I had it in my head.
5:02 pm
Gillie
Maybe because I've sung a few pieces in Portuguese
5:03 pm
dcseain
and it's pattern similar to saute
5:49 pm
bichon
tu 6/21, pls
5:50 pm
FrenchToast
tu + double consonant + I am , you **e
6:01 pm
FrenchToast
ou7,36 right after the ou7,40 ???? please
6:03 pm
Gillie
Someone going faster than anyone else on the highway would ou7 everyone.
6:04 pm
FrenchToast
K thank you
6:16 pm
AtlKru
we consider those people to be winners GIllie
6:28 pm
MollyL
ou7/36 is a verb not a noun. Gillie's definition works.
6:29 pm
AtlKru
out i know. i was teasing
7:40 pm
72 Temple Owl
how many ou 7 are there? I heard there are total 7 ou words?
7:43 pm
ItalianGreyhound
3
7:44 pm
ItalianGreyhound
actually 8 OU words, one is different
8:06 pm
wht
Hello, is it possible to get a clue for the ao6?
8:06 pm
ItalianGreyhound
tough to clue, but ends in daddy (s)
8:07 pm
ItalianGreyhound
dammit! meant to change that clue - Oh well
8:08 pm
ItalianGreyhound
meant ends in father
8:08 pm
wht
ty IG. I wasn't seeing the d on the bottom row. We need to start a foundation to work on a cure for babble blindness.
8:10 pm
ItalianGreyhound
Never seen the AO 6/7 but google says its a goat (?)
8:12 pm
72 Temple Owl
often called barbary sheep, but a goat
8:13 pm
72 Temple Owl
often seen in crosswords. and on PBS Nature programs
8:15 pm
ItalianGreyhound
always good to increase my ovine knowledge
8:16 pm
ItalianGreyhound
"only, what are they doing in the trees?"
8:19 pm
ItalianGreyhound
No Pythonians?
8:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
nine left and three are 7 letter words. trying to summon the patience.
8:20 pm
ItalianGreyhound
sorry temple. Ill leave you too it
8:21 pm
wht
Fireworks today.
8:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
yay wht
8:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
at this hour i generally give up and list
8:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
but that is no fun.
8:24 pm
wht
I just noticed that the President is in the grid. Not the person, just the acronym for the office.
8:25 pm
72 Temple Owl
yes i keep wanting to make words ending with us
8:26 pm
72 Temple Owl
taking a break.
8:34 pm
72 Temple Owl
this holiday is so confusing. neighbors shooting fireworks again. commerical grade
8:34 pm
dcseain
yes, since the 3rd here.
8:52 pm
72 Temple Owl
9 minutes to list. i want to go finish my book.
8:58 pm
dcseain
what are you reading?
9:00 pm
72 Temple Owl
volume one of collected stories of Ursula LeGuin.
9:00 pm
dcseain
oooh, nice!
9:01 pm
72 Temple Owl
i did not like all of them but she was certainly fearless in her use of many story telling techniques.
9:02 pm
dcseain
::nods:: agreed.
9:03 pm
72 Temple Owl
so it stayed engaging. i also have the second volume, which is speculative fiction.
9:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
i wanted to reread the lathe of heaven but the library's copy was paper, small print.
9:06 pm
72 Temple Owl
so i mus order it from another. perhaps i can find large print.
9:06 pm
Jacula
Hi all. Please tell me to stop typing 'potato'. It is not in the grid. :)
9:06 pm
dcseain
i hope you can.
9:07 pm
dcseain
i see it is available for Kindle, on which you can control font size, if you have one.
9:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
wtf with babble today? i had to put in a word three times until it took
9:08 pm
72 Temple Owl
of course, i had entered the word this AM...
9:10 pm
dcseain
some days i think i'm retrying a word and find either i was wrong, or it didn't take.
9:15 pm
72 Temple Owl
good night.
9:16 pm
Jacula
FIREWORKS! *~*~*~* Anyone need any clues before I go?
9:17 pm
dcseain
yay Jacula!
9:18 pm
Jacula
Thanks Seain.x
9:31 pm
dcseain
firewords!
9:31 pm
dcseain
three unusual S words to finish.
10:15 pm
Jacula
Congrats Seain!
10:37 pm
m9f9l
good evening all
11:33 pm
Minveryork
Hi all!Have 28 minutes left to find 17 words? Is it doable?
11:33 pm
jessmom
That depends on the words Min! Go for it!
11:34 pm
Minveryork
Hello jessmom!How are you? Congrats on your early FWs!
11:35 pm
jessmom
I'm well, and hope you are too. Thanks.
11:47 pm
Minveryork
T's Toppled! 8 left
11:48 pm
Minveryork
jessmom, can U please help me find my last eight words?
11:49 pm
mich_pdx
one word left, clue? so 6 after the beverage
11:49 pm
mich_pdx
I can help you, Min
11:49 pm
Minveryork
Does anybody have any clues for the ao6/27 word please
11:50 pm
mich_pdx
its a weird word, do you have 6/27? add an a to the front
11:51 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations mich on your fireworks display! Hooray!!
11:52 pm
mich_pdx
ou 6/27 I should have said
11:53 pm
Minveryork
Does anyone have a clues for the as 6/10 please and TY!
11:54 pm
mich_pdx
at an angle, min
11:57 pm
Minveryork
Thank you Mich!Might I have a clue for the po6/24 word?
11:57 pm
mich_pdx
it rhymes with tostada...
11:58 pm
mich_pdx
there's only 3 min. left so i'm being direct :)
11:59 pm
Minveryork
Thank U mich! I am not going to finish. I still have 5 left.
11:59 pm
Kateq
as 6 = laning
11:59 pm
mich_pdx
it could happen :)
11:59 pm
Minveryork
pu 7/36 clue please?