Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, September 9, 2021

12:00 am

hokie carla

oh, a big one

12:05 am

justafreep

woot. late flip (by a few). howdy!

12:06 am

hokie carla

these words aren't coming easy for a big grid (for me at least)

12:06 am

SueMagee

Nor me.

12:06 am

justafreep

ha7

12:06 am

justafreep

ma7

12:08 am

mab

mi 7

12:08 am

cybernan

2 players wearing tiaras today

12:08 am

hokie carla

just realized there are 52 m's and below that, 57 s's

12:09 am

mab

52 Ms!!!

12:09 am

hokie carla

well, and then there's 20 other m's in case 52 wasn't enough

12:09 am

justafreep

yeah. plus 50 Ms from the left one

12:09 am

hokie carla

so 72 m's

12:09 am

mab

72!!!!

12:14 am

Rainiqui

mi 8

12:15 am

justafreep

I feel like there's some obvious combo of letters I'm missing that will give a ton of those long words....

12:16 am

hokie carla

yeah, I haven't even found a 7 yet

12:17 am

cybernan

st 7

12:18 am

dizgrannie

ki 7

12:18 am

Uneaixoise

100 down and no 7's yet!

12:18 am

Gillie

me7

12:19 am

hokie carla

I have 121 down and no 7's, une

12:19 am

mich_pdx

Une - if you and your spouse aren't suited, you may be mi 7/8 (sing & pl)

12:19 am

dizgrannie

think Japanese for the ki 7

12:20 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

justafreep

mi7 x 2

12:20 am

mich_pdx

thx diz!

12:20 am

mich_pdx

And thanks, Lickety!

12:20 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:23 am

justafreep

ha7

12:24 am

cybernan

can't keep up - goodnight everyone

12:24 am

mich_pdx

Goodnight, Nan

12:25 am

justafreep

night, nan

12:36 am

hokie carla

I've just discovered the other S has 25, so 72 total M's and 82 S's.

12:36 am

Uneaixoise

Halfway.....gnite all!

12:36 am

dizgrannie

me 9....nbt/nbs....woohoo

12:37 am

hokie carla

good night, une

12:37 am

mich_pdx

Night une, and congrats, diz!

12:37 am

hokie carla

oh, I found the me9, thx

12:38 am

saanichcat

sa 7

12:38 am

mich_pdx

I'm fading, too. Night all. Happy hunting!

12:40 am

hokie carla

yeah, almost 2am. I think I've done about all I can. 122 left.

12:54 am

saanichcat

mo 7

1:32 am

aebmusica

as6/18.....clue please

1:33 am

grannyrose

as6, as + type, kind

1:33 am

grannyrose

means to classify

1:35 am

aebmusica

ty.....I kept going to asthma!

1:36 am

grannyrose

yw

1:42 am

dizgrannie

Ms managed

4:42 am

mattygroves

Morning all! Does anyone have stats, please, for the bottom O?

4:48 am

penquis

Osta

4:49 am

penquis

Sorryâ€¦.cursor keeps movingâ€¦.

4:50 am

lynxxx

OM7.48 & 8.65 Matty

4:54 am

lynxxx

the 15th letter of the greek alphabet

4:57 am

sukee

ty for that clue lynxxx

5:09 am

mattygroves

Thank you!

5:10 am

MollyL

That bottom O will be the clue ask of the day

5:11 am

MollyL

Pen, you grab that naughty little cursor and put it back where it belongs
: D

5:16 am

mattygroves

I think you're right, Molly, about that bottom O

5:17 am

mattygroves

I feel like I'm missing a tranche of words with a suffix or prefix, and that once I see them a whole bunch will fall into place

5:24 am

MollyL

And Matty shows off her advanced vocabulary using the word tranche

5:32 am

mattygroves

Hah. That reminds me of a story - many, many years ago, when I was in school, my mum belonged to the PTA (amongst other organisations - I have several stories but that's neither here nor there). She said that something was a 'moot point' and one of the other members said 'why do you always use such big words?!'

6:42 am

Sugrraleona

need help with both le6

6:43 am

Sugrraleona

got one need the other LOL

6:43 am

Sugrraleona

nv, found both LOL whoop

6:52 am

dizgrannie

and FWs

6:57 am

Uneaixoise

Congrats!!

6:58 am

dizgrannie

ty

7:30 am

hokie carla

good morning! made it to 100 left.

7:31 am

mattygroves

Me too! I have exactly 100 left :)

7:31 am

hokie carla

high five!

7:32 am

mattygroves

Backatya!

7:32 am

mattygroves

I have all the 8s but only 1 of the 9s (and only five of the 7s

7:34 am

hokie carla

I have found 5 7's, 1 8 and 1 9. but gotta go. we are moving some things today into storage and mr. homie just got here with the truck. TTFN! 99 to go.

7:39 am

MollyL

*Marks the tally board

7:53 am

BzznBea

82 Essesssss!

7:56 am

Judi

82 esses is excessssssive.

7:56 am

BzznBea

I agreeeee!

7:58 am

MollyL

It's like the hyperactive kids club in here today.
: D

7:58 am

BzznBea

More coffeeee...

7:59 am

MollyL

Grab a Red Bull while you're at it

8:00 am

BzznBea

That probably has too much sugar for me.

8:01 am

MollyL

Name that proper noun...resort lake in Nevada/California

8:02 am

BzznBea

Tahoe

8:02 am

MollyL

Ding! Ding! Bea wins a jet-ski!

8:03 am

saanichcat

thanks! That gave me the ma 5/14

8:04 am

MollyL

Yeah, I guess that was pretty much a PB violation.

8:05 am

mael

I started before I went to the dentist and I have nothing higher than a single 7, lol

8:06 am

BzznBea

Did you get a crown, mael?

8:08 am

BzznBea

I ask because you can get the tiara for the day. Might as go big.

8:12 am

mael

hah, thankfully no! two old fillings that failed but I have terrible dentist anxiety so this was bad enough

8:13 am

mael

half my mouth is numb now so I'm having a hard time with my coffee

8:13 am

mael

I'm also in the grid, so that would have been quite the day if I did get a tiara

8:19 am

MollyL

I believe that is why Bea said you can get a tiara

8:20 am

mael

in that case I will definitely take the tiara

8:20 am

mael

:)

8:25 am

PMS

te

8:44 am

Norma

sa

8:48 am

MollyL

do re mi

8:51 am

MLFAN17

can anyone give me stats for the bottom o pls?

8:52 am

BzznBea

om7.48 and om8.65

8:52 am

MLFAN17

ty bzz

8:53 am

MLFAN17

and ty morewords

8:54 am

mael

once you said the stats I got it but I'd always seen it spelled with a c

8:55 am

BzznBea

Same here.

8:55 am

MLFAN17

mael Morewords had both

8:55 am

MLFAN17

i have never seen that word before

8:56 am

mael

i'm sure it's an acceptable variant, but C is definitely the "normal" spelling

8:56 am

BzznBea

Greek O

8:56 am

mael

it'll give you a unit of measurement too, also normally spelled with a c

8:56 am

MLFAN17

oh

8:57 am

granadan

is donald trump still american president or is it joe biden now?

8:57 am

MollyL

Yeah, it's a greek letter. Lots of them in Babble grids. Tau, beta, zeta. Another Greek letter is in today's grid too.

8:57 am

MLFAN17

biden

8:57 am

BzznBea

President Biden.

8:57 am

granadan

ok

8:57 am

MollyL

Biden has been President since January

8:57 am

granadan

oh i didnt know that

8:58 am

mkg

Any clues for the 9s?

8:58 am

MollyL

Time for a coffee break

8:59 am

BzznBea

me9.66 a device used to keep the tempo in music

9:00 am

mkg

Ty. Got it.

9:00 am

MLFAN17

ty bzz

9:03 am

mkg

Any clues for the A word fifth column? Ty

9:03 am

BzznBea

aa4

9:03 am

mkg

Ty got it.

9:12 am

mkg

Any clues for the i words? I have only one, the io 4 4

9:13 am

mkg

Just got two more.

9:17 am

phaeton

hello...may I have stats for bottom O pls

9:19 am

rururocks

om7/48

9:19 am

phaeton

ty ru

9:19 am

BzznBea

clued at 8:52

9:19 am

mkg

Greek letter spelled wrong.

9:30 am

MollyL

It is not spelled wrong. That is an alternative spelling.

9:32 am

rururocks

I rigorously tried Mortis in the grid

9:32 am

BzznBea

LOL!

9:32 am

BzznBea

Too funny for a groan.

9:35 am

MLFAN17

as did i ruru

9:37 am

MollyL

I guess you needed a stiff drink after that Ru

9:38 am

rururocks

this grid seems harder than normal

9:39 am

rururocks

I firmly believe I'll get through it though

9:39 am

MollyL

You are dead on with that

9:40 am

MollyL

Cadaver you do, don't stop now

9:40 am

rururocks

it's making me a bit slab-happy though

9:40 am

MollyL

Of corpse

9:41 am

rururocks

Don't get too excited Molly you might have a coroner

9:42 am

rururocks

(liked the of Corpse pun)

9:43 am

MollyL

Nope. No coroner. That is not in the scrypt

9:43 am

rururocks

this subject gets funnier the morgue you go at it

9:45 am

MollyL

If anyone has a question about this, feel free to casket

9:46 am

pcal2

Gosh, you guys are quick on the uptake!

9:48 am

rururocks

I know... and we could go on and on ad masoleum

9:50 am

BzznBea

Speaking of corpse...(had to walk the dog)...

9:51 am

rururocks

too sleepy to walk bea?

9:52 am

BzznBea

NCSTU has a corpse flower. They ahve had it since 2016 an it is getting ready to bloom for the third time.

9:53 am

rururocks

it's pretty stinky.. we have one here in GG park

9:53 am

BzznBea

Smells of rotting flesh.

9:54 am

MollyL

Oh yeah, just what you want for the dinner table centerpiece

9:54 am

phaeton

clue for sn7?

9:54 am

pcal2

Has anyone clued mo9/60?

9:54 am

BzznBea

Well, it gets to be six feet tall and three feet wide.

9:55 am

BzznBea

swimming gear, pahe

9:55 am

BzznBea

phae

9:55 am

phaeton

ty Bea

9:56 am

BzznBea

mo9 is the a lunar occurence.

9:57 am

BzznBea

I'm sorry. That's not correct. MO9 is a single veined stem

9:57 am

pcal2

tks, looking

9:58 am

phaeton

oops Bea...PB for the st4

9:58 am

rururocks

thanks bea.. my first 9

9:59 am

BzznBea

Ru, the other 9 is from that first letter.

10:03 am

rururocks

got it.. the piano thing

10:03 am

rururocks

I was too keyed up at first to find it

10:04 am

mkg

Confused by mo clues.

10:05 am

mkg

I have mo 7 and 8. But not the 9. Have first word, the lunar thing, but then what???????

10:06 am

BzznBea

the lunar words are the mo7 and 8

10:07 am

mkg

Ok. So what is the mo9 please

10:07 am

BzznBea

mo9 not related.

10:07 am

BzznBea

9:57

10:08 am

MollyL

Thank you. My brain was bending trying to figure out what that mo9 had to do with the moon

10:09 am

mkg

I get microphyllsâ€¦â€¦â€¦???????

10:10 am

BzznBea

Do you know the prefix for one?

10:11 am

mkg

Yes i do. But then phylls is not in grid.

10:11 am

BzznBea

So that can't be it, can it.

10:11 am

mkg

And the st 4 word gives 8.

10:11 am

rururocks

moron is a phantom today for me

10:12 am

BzznBea

Not a phantom

10:12 am

mattygroves

OK, so the MO9 use that four letter prefix for one, is that correct?

10:12 am

mkg

I found it but it is not in google. Ty anyway.

10:13 am

BzznBea

Yes, matty

10:13 am

mkg

Yes matty and then a different spelling for very hard metal.

10:13 am

rururocks

:D bea

10:13 am

mattygroves

Thanks mkt :)

10:13 am

mattygroves

I was convinced it would be the duckbilled platypus, but that's not in the grid (close, but no cigar)

10:14 am

pcal2

tks bea and mkg, finally monkeyed it!

10:16 am

MollyL

Oh there goes Matty, showing off that vocabulary again

10:17 am

MollyL

Or maybe I'm wrong and everybody knows that duck-billed platypus's are monotremes

10:18 am

BzznBea

Well, duh...=)

10:21 am

penquis

hello all....

10:22 am

BzznBea

Hey, pen

10:23 am

penquis

hey, Bea...

10:23 am

origami

Good morning. I try "most" every time. As if Enable is going to suddenly recognize a word that's been in use for 40 years.

10:23 am

penquis

hi ori...

10:24 am

origami

*mosh, rather

10:25 am

rururocks

that's the pits ori

10:26 am

origami

:D

10:30 am

BzznBea

I'm off for the day. Toddles.

10:30 am

penquis

bye Bea...

10:36 am

MollyL

Toddles. That is the US way of saying Toodles.
Or the baby way, not sure.
: D

11:26 am

MLFAN17

the word i found for the vein is an Mi word?

11:26 am

penquis

sorry, i dk what you are talking about...

11:27 am

MLFAN17

the other 9

11:27 am

MLFAN17

i have the one relating to music

11:27 am

phaeton

hello...si7 clue pls

11:27 am

penquis

i have one but i don't think it's related to music...mo9/60....

11:28 am

MLFAN17

that is the one about a leaf vein that you have

11:28 am

MLFAN17

the music one is the one i have which is 9/66

11:28 am

MollyL

I'm intrigued by the number of people who say they try a word every time, even though they know it won't work. I wonder if they are the same people who keep buying products that don't work (stretch mark cream) hoping this time it will work.

11:28 am

penquis

i don't know...no definition....i just monkeyed it....

11:29 am

penquis

i sometimes do that because i am not really sure it won't work....no penalty for trying the words....

11:29 am

MLFAN17

not me molly

11:30 am

MLFAN17

is it like the m&m trying ot get the fudge brownie inside of i?

11:31 am

penquis

perhaps.. ;o)

11:31 am

MollyL

Pen, mosh has been in dozens and dozens of grids. Are you honestly telling me you try it because you are not really sure it won't work?

11:32 am

penquis

that is not a word i ever try....

11:33 am

origami

No, Molly, I'm not one of those people who continue to buy useless products. I just play other word games where ceertain words are allowed that aren't here and I keep oping they will be added.

11:33 am

MollyL

I'm talking about words like mosh and oreo that are in a lot of grids and people say "I try it every time". I don't get it.

11:34 am

penquis

same here....some are accepted here but not at Spelling Bee and vice versa.... hard to keep track...

11:34 am

MLFAN17

does that 9 begin with a low tone?\

11:34 am

penquis

mo 9 starts with a prefix meaning one....at least the one i have....

11:34 am

bichon

Spelling Bee is a pain in my butt

11:34 am

MollyL

Okay, thank you Origami for the explanation. However, Enable has not been updated for 21 years. I kind of doubt it ever will.

11:35 am

penquis

sorry, bichon....i like it... ;o)

11:36 am

bichon

I do too, pen, but it doesn't take so many words

11:36 am

penquis

very true...

11:36 am

MLFAN17

i thought so pen my monkeys are not working

11:36 am

penquis

there is a link somewhere to tell them what words they should have accepted....

11:37 am

bichon

But, it takes bibbenbop. That's a Korean word

11:37 am

origami

I have only attained Queen Bee a couple of times and I've been playing for about 4 months.

11:37 am

MLFAN17

i thought it ended in st4

11:37 am

penquis

same here....

11:37 am

penquis

no, MLF, that would make it mo 8...

11:37 am

bichon

I keep telling Mr. B to send them an angry email

11:38 am

penquis

he should, or at least point out what words should be accepted...

11:39 am

origami

And there are a lot of commonly used words that aren't accepted.

11:39 am

penquis

agreed...

11:40 am

MollyL

Wait, Spelling Bee is a pain in your butt because it takes a Korean word? But Babble is okay, even though it takes Hindu, Japanese, French, Dutch, German and countless other language words.

11:40 am

penquis

never said that Babble wasn't a pain in the butt at times... ;o)

11:41 am

MLFAN17

what korean word was it?

11:41 am

MollyL

Read the chat MLF, she said what word it was.

11:41 am

bichon

Spellin Bee is a different game. It doesn't have Enable as its dictionary

11:42 am

MLFAN17

ohh yes a beef dish

11:43 am

MLFAN17

its actually bibimbap its has veggies

11:43 am

MollyL

Looks like the Spelling Bee word list is as random as Enable. "Spelling Bee has a separate curated word list that strives to incorporate commonly used words, with a couple challenging words from time to time."

11:46 am

penquis

yes, it's a bit arbitrary....apparently bibbenbop was mentioned in Babble on April 3, 2021...my name is in the google link... weird...

11:47 am

MollyL

I think it is hysterical that you can Google search Babble chat.

11:47 am

penquis

bichon... you complained about that word in Babble on that date...

11:47 am

penquis

i did not do that....i googled bibbenbop....

11:48 am

MollyL

No, I mean that it shows up in Google searches

11:49 am

penquis

ah yes, that did surprise me...

11:54 am

penquis

well i am kinda stuck at 69....need a break....bbl to finish...

11:57 am

hurshy

what a great ki6!!!

11:59 am

joym999

"There's a ki6?" she said wistfully.

11:59 am

hurshy

there's more than one actually

11:59 am

hurshy

i'm referring to a ki6/33

11:59 am

hurshy

but i also have a 6/30

12:00 pm

joym999

just found the 6,33~

12:00 pm

joym999

she said fatefully

12:00 pm

hurshy

:D

12:09 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone

12:10 pm

origami

Good morning, nan.

12:11 pm

maccafixx

need help with the mo 9/66

12:15 pm

MollyL

Prefix that means one + misspelled product of Bethlehem PA

12:19 pm

maccafixx

ty Molly!

12:20 pm

cybernan

mo 9 - single comemmorative column -- doesn't really make any sense

12:20 pm

waskallia

there is another KI 6/33

12:20 pm

penquis

it's actually something to do with plants....hello again....

12:21 pm

MollyL

Our Master Gardener knew that
: D

12:21 pm

cybernan

the ki 6 I have is an old musical

12:21 pm

penquis

think japanese...

12:21 pm

waskallia

similar word nan...change of last vowel

12:22 pm

MollyL

The other 6/33 is a vowel different from the one blurted

12:22 pm

cybernan

ty kallia

12:22 pm

penquis

ah...didn't know that word....ty, waskallia....

12:23 pm

waskallia

alternative for the other...yw

12:23 pm

penquis

there is also a ki 6/30...

12:23 pm

waskallia

yep love to wear mine around the house lol

12:24 pm

penquis

that is the 6/33... ;o)

12:24 pm

waskallia

nope 6/30

12:25 pm

penquis

oh...guess it could be the 6/30, too... ;o)

12:35 pm

penquis

do both of the 9s start with the "one" prefix?....not asking for clues yet... ;o)

12:37 pm

vashongin

at least one does, pen

12:37 pm

vashongin

I only have one 9

12:37 pm

penquis

yes, i have one....

12:43 pm

MollyL

No

12:44 pm

penquis

ty, molly...

12:44 pm

MollyL

Chatty Kathy must be busy today.

12:46 pm

periwinkle

hi all . help with bottom O please

12:47 pm

penquis

hi peri....om 7/8 .... a greek alphabet word (alt spelling)....

12:48 pm

cybernan

been looking for that one too, but don't know greek

12:49 pm

periwinkle

ty looking

12:49 pm

penquis

tough to clue....

12:49 pm

MollyL

Clue ask of the day, that bottom o. Google is your friend Nan

12:49 pm

cybernan

stats for the last col. a please?

12:49 pm

penquis

i knew the word from a women's educators' society....my old chapter was om 7....

12:50 pm

cybernan

will google as a last resort, Molly

12:50 pm

penquis

aa 4/5...

12:50 pm

cybernan

was never into that kind of thing pen

12:51 pm

penquis

ends with most of Swedish money word....

12:52 pm

cybernan

never been to sweden, so don't know their monetary units

12:53 pm

cybernan

ty for the aa

12:53 pm

penquis

yw...

12:53 pm

penquis

do you know any mythology?

12:53 pm

MollyL

You know what they say, St. Pen, the Lord helps those who help themselves

12:54 pm

periwinkle

I googled greek alphabet and found an om word but not sure how to spell the alternate

12:54 pm

cybernan

very little -- will probably have to google it

12:54 pm

penquis

change the second consonant...only way to get a homonym of that word....

12:55 pm

periwinkle

figured it out and got both ty pen

12:55 pm

penquis

yw...

12:55 pm

penquis

google the Greek alphabet....you will see it...

12:58 pm

penquis

very slow going here...

12:58 pm

cybernan

would never have monkeyed that -- amazing it found its way into an english word game

12:59 pm

penquis

blame Enable...

12:59 pm

penquis

we have had other Greek letters....tau....th 5 (in the grid today)....

1:04 pm

MollyL

That is just it. This is not an English word game. The rules only state that "foreign words NOT ACCEPTED by the Enable word list" are not allowed. Which means foreign words that ARE ACCEPTED by the Engable word list ARE allowed.

1:04 pm

MollyL

Engable?

1:05 pm

MollyL

We have French and Scot words all the time. Sometimes Japanese words and German words. Other languages as well.

1:05 pm

penquis

yup...

1:07 pm

cybernan

no need to yell, molly

1:09 pm

penquis

finally found the other 9....

1:11 pm

penquis

and my missing 8....on a roll....not... ;o)

1:11 pm

cybernan

stats please, pen?

1:11 pm

penquis

me 9/66....

1:11 pm

cybernan

ty - looking

1:12 pm

penquis

it's a recognizable word...

1:15 pm

MollyL

Not yelling, just stating the facts.

1:15 pm

cybernan

duh --- with all my musical training how did I not see that?

1:16 pm

penquis

i felt i should have seen it earlier, too...

1:16 pm

MollyL

I use capital letters for emphasis, not yelling.

1:18 pm

penquis

i am heading out....hope to find my last 53 later....bye all....

1:21 pm

cybernan

still need 104, but taking a break at 100

1:21 pm

movieman

the mo9 plz

1:23 pm

rururocks

one + hard me5 spelled differently

1:23 pm

MollyL

one prefix + product of Bethlehem PA

1:24 pm

MollyL

Spelled differently, the product

1:24 pm

rururocks

monojesus

1:24 pm

rururocks

damn it .. wrong bethlehem

1:24 pm

MollyL

Personal Jesus

1:25 pm

MollyL

Jesus please us

1:25 pm

MollyL

Jesus Mary and Jo Jo the Carpenter

1:27 pm

cybernan

one + stone column (usually carved to commemorate something)

1:37 pm

wvteach

i have MI 8 and OM8 Stats for the last 8 pls

1:45 pm

MollyL

mo8

2:35 pm

periwinkle

help with that mo8 please

2:35 pm

MollyL

A lunar group of things and plural

2:35 pm

MollyL

How about that, I beat the "nm"

2:37 pm

rururocks

*marks Babble calendar* (a feat not accomplished in years)

2:38 pm

periwinkle

ty looking

2:48 pm

periwinkle

got the mo7 and mo8 thanks Molly

2:49 pm

MLFAN17

i only know the first 4 of that word

2:51 pm

MLFAN17

what are the stats for the ma 5 ruru is referring to?

3:24 pm

hokie carla

IDK, what are the stats for the bottom o? can't get anything to work for an OO but feels like it has to be that.

3:31 pm

MollyL

Most asked for words of the day, om 7 and 8

3:32 pm

hokie carla

hmm

3:33 pm

MollyL

Unlikely you will get them without a clue or a look up, only the mental giants did

3:34 pm

hokie carla

lol, are you calling me a mental little person? ðŸ¤£ it's okay, if the shoe fits...

3:34 pm

MollyL

No, I was thinking more of myself.

3:39 pm

mich_pdx

so a young lady is valid, but an older title of respect doesn't "rate" as a word. Ageism! (lol)

3:41 pm

MollyL

Not sure I get what you mean

3:42 pm

mich_pdx

mi 4/4 is is the grid, but maam doesn't "take"

3:42 pm

hokie carla

ma'am has an apostrophe

3:42 pm

hokie carla

I think it's a contraction for madam

3:43 pm

hokie carla

and apostrophes go in contractions where the letters are removed.

3:44 pm

mich_pdx

it is, but I think it's been in use for so long that the apostrophe should be dropped :)

3:46 pm

mich_pdx

but i'll let can't, won't, isn't, doesn't, stay as the status quo. My favorites are sha'n't - shall not and daren't, dare not from Victorian novels

3:47 pm

hokie carla

well cant and wont are other words too so the apostrophe has to stay in the contractions to tell them apart

3:48 pm

mich_pdx

good points! English has enough homonyms as it is - at least punctuation and spelling variations can help a reader differentiate!

3:49 pm

hokie carla

I do wonder how will not became won't

3:50 pm

mich_pdx

I think the conditional kicked in - would not, because willn't was to hard to say!!

3:51 pm

hokie carla

ah

3:51 pm

mich_pdx

or maybe some Saxon derivation?

3:52 pm

mich_pdx

from the interwebs "

Abbreviation of wollnot or woll + not, negations of archaic form of will.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology agrees:

XVII. contr. of wonnot, assim. of wol not

As to other forms, Etymonline only mentions wynnot:

first recorded mid-15c. as wynnot, later wonnot (1580s) before the modern form [won't] emerged 1660s.

3:53 pm

hokie carla

TIL, thanks

3:56 pm

mich_pdx

grammarphobia dot com has an interesting blog post about it, too :)

4:00 pm

MollyL

Oh my

4:00 pm

MollyL

Even Hurshy doesn't dig that deep

4:02 pm

mich_pdx

sorry - I'm a college professor on break between terms, lol

4:03 pm

periwinkle

no need to apologize

4:04 pm

mich_pdx

I teach architecture and interior design, but I *love* words and language and etymology -- and learning!

4:06 pm

periwinkle

slowing down here 89 left

4:08 pm

periwinkle

I need one more H to gray out top row

4:11 pm

periwinkle

found the missing H

4:12 pm

mich_pdx

excellent, peri!

4:12 pm

periwinkle

ty

4:15 pm

periwinkle

80 left bbs

4:16 pm

mich_pdx

ta, peri

4:18 pm

hurshy

anyone got the bottom Os?

4:20 pm

HarryHood

alt spelling of a greek letter

4:20 pm

HarryHood

om7/8

4:20 pm

hurshy

ooo neato

4:20 pm

hokie carla

I heard it was om7 and 8 but haven't found

4:21 pm

hurshy

that honestly should just be the spelling since greek itself doesn't really have a C as such!

4:21 pm

FrenchToast

hokie, google the Greek alphabet.

4:22 pm

hokie carla

yeah, not really up on my greek, so just thinking there's no way this can relate to omega

4:22 pm

hurshy

O + a very very very small measurement

4:22 pm

hokie carla

I also heard I wouldn't find it without looking it up, so ðŸ¤£

4:23 pm

hurshy

it's the sort of word that once you find it, you might say "oh yeah, i have heard of that but i forgot it"

4:23 pm

hurshy

(at least that would be my guess)

4:25 pm

hokie carla

well, I looked it up, but thanks all.

4:26 pm

hokie carla

and I got mi6/7 too

4:34 pm

HarryHood

heh - just got those :)

4:34 pm

MollyL

Most people think omega instead of the grid word. We know the Greek alphabet from sorority/fraternity names

4:37 pm

hokie carla

we have Omega Sports store(s?) here and now the jingle is stuck in my head

4:40 pm

cybernan

hello again

4:41 pm

hokie carla

howdy nan

4:47 pm

HarryHood

done!

4:47 pm

HarryHood

much indebted to lickety.

4:47 pm

HarryHood

and happy to be done with this farshluggina grid.

4:48 pm

bichon

Great Yiddish word

4:48 pm

bichon

sameth

4:48 pm

HarryHood

I think it's made up. I got it from Mad Magazine.

4:49 pm

bichon

No, it's real. My German husband knows it

4:49 pm

bubba218

mo9 please, my last word and cn't see it

4:50 pm

HarryHood

https://tinyurl.com/y5ns9m6n

4:50 pm

HarryHood

one of my fave simpsons scenes

4:51 pm

HarryHood

mo9: one prefix plus homophone of a hard metal alloy

4:51 pm

HarryHood

homonym?

4:51 pm

hokie carla

thanks, got it

4:52 pm

cybernan

staring at all these letters and not seeing any words :(

4:52 pm

hokie carla

I think homophone because it sounds the same

4:52 pm

bubba218

Got it, thanks and done

4:53 pm

hokie carla

but I think a homophone is a homonym

4:53 pm

HarryHood

wtg bubba

4:53 pm

hokie carla

nan, still have 80 left here and not doing very well

4:53 pm

cybernan

bottom and top rows black

4:53 pm

hokie carla

well done, bubba

4:53 pm

HarryHood

I have no idea what the difference is.

4:53 pm

periwinkle

farshlugginer

4:53 pm

HarryHood

nan come to the dark side and use the list

4:53 pm

cybernan

kits

4:54 pm

cybernan

oops - sorry

4:54 pm

periwinkle

75 left

4:54 pm

hokie carla

I just googled and it said homonyms are homophones and/or homographs. I do not know what homographs are.

4:54 pm

cybernan

think I may have to harry even though I still have 75 left

4:54 pm

HarryHood

the Ks were impossible for me.

4:55 pm

periwinkle

I will go to list soon. I do not want to spend all evening here

4:55 pm

hokie carla

I found 8 k's

4:55 pm

periwinkle

Ms are tough too

4:55 pm

HarryHood

I was inventing new Khardashian first names.

4:55 pm

cybernan

still missing 2 k's

4:55 pm

periwinkle

I have 11 k words

4:56 pm

HarryHood

wow - I'm impressed. I wasn't able to find many w/o the list.

4:56 pm

periwinkle

:)

4:57 pm

periwinkle

need 2 L words to gray right column

4:57 pm

hokie carla

I was only impressed I found the one that is destiny

4:57 pm

hokie carla

I need 1 L there

4:58 pm

periwinkle

there are two ki6/33

4:58 pm

HarryHood

there are two le5/12. one is more common than the other

4:59 pm

periwinkle

I have 2 le5/12 thanks

4:59 pm

hokie carla

my last one was le6

4:59 pm

periwinkle

don't have anle6

4:59 pm

hokie carla

maybe somebody could give me one on how to play this game better.

4:59 pm

periwinkle

ty carla

5:00 pm

periwinkle

right column gray

5:00 pm

hokie carla

the other one is different last letter

5:00 pm

hokie carla

I still need one E in right col

5:01 pm

hokie carla

found it! right column gray!

5:01 pm

periwinkle

yay

5:10 pm

hurshy

phantom: maestro

5:13 pm

hurshy

oooeeeee i got me9 and i am so proud and happy!!!!

5:17 pm

periwinkle

well done hursh

5:26 pm

MollyL

Oh that excitable Hurshy

5:26 pm

hokie carla

don't want to rain on your parade, but me9 was very easy for me and I'm not a babble genius ðŸ¤£

5:27 pm

hurshy

but weren't you excited when you saw it?

5:27 pm

hokie carla

yes

5:27 pm

hurshy

well there ya go

5:27 pm

hurshy

it's an exciting word to spot

5:28 pm

hokie carla

think I was more excited about ki6, but I think me9 was last night when I was half asleep

5:28 pm

hurshy

i was excited about ki6 too, yeah

5:28 pm

hokie carla

and therefore not as exciting

5:29 pm

hokie carla

I'd be really excited if I could find more words now

5:29 pm

hurshy

i'm going to feed my cats before i settle down to work on the S words

5:30 pm

cybernan

giving up and listing at 68

5:30 pm

hokie carla

still need 13+13 S's. geez

5:30 pm

hokie carla

still 77 here

5:31 pm

cybernan

I think there are probably a lot of little 4 and 5 letter words I'm just not seeing - there are so many of them

5:32 pm

hokie carla

finally finished the i!

5:32 pm

cybernan

and then there are the plurals

5:34 pm

hokie carla

and grayed the o! both those were easy pairs

5:34 pm

Trifioso

hello friends

5:34 pm

Trifioso

hems

5:34 pm

Trifioso

oh shoot, sorry

5:38 pm

cybernan

hi trif

5:43 pm

Trifioso

hello cyber!

5:44 pm

Trifioso

I wore my muck boots to school today by accident. thank god I had shoes in the back of the car!

5:49 pm

hokie carla

hey trif

5:49 pm

Trifioso

hokie! How lovely!

5:50 pm

Trifioso

what's new and exciting in your neck of the woods?

5:51 pm

hokie carla

just packing up stuff and moving it out

5:56 pm

cybernan

m's done :)

5:58 pm

cybernan

a lot of shakespeare in this grid

5:59 pm

hokie carla

ooh, I got a pangram on spelling bee

6:00 pm

cybernan

what's a pangram?

6:00 pm

hokie carla

using all 7 letters in a word

6:00 pm

Trifioso

spelling bee is fun!!! I have only dipped my toe so far, but I like it a lot

6:01 pm

hokie carla

I broke down and got the game subscription. really not doing well on today's crossword.

6:03 pm

Trifioso

I mostly concentrate on the boston sunday globe crossword

6:03 pm

Trifioso

may i have the count for the lowest o please?

6:05 pm

Trifioso

just found my ex in the grid - as6. not enable acceptable, of course

6:05 pm

hokie carla

om7/48 and pl

6:06 pm

Trifioso

ty, will focus

6:09 pm

ItalianGreyhound

As- hole is in the grid?

6:09 pm

Trifioso

as_hat

6:10 pm

hokie carla

anyone know what my 2 missing e's from the top left are?

6:11 pm

ItalianGreyhound

yes

6:11 pm

Trifioso

I only have the tree

6:11 pm

Trifioso

trees, to be specific

6:11 pm

ItalianGreyhound

do re --

6:12 pm

cybernan

el 5-6

6:13 pm

penquis

hello again...

6:13 pm

ItalianGreyhound

hello back, Pen

6:14 pm

hokie carla

thanks, nan

6:14 pm

hokie carla

hey pen

6:14 pm

cybernan

yw carla

6:15 pm

penquis

hey, carla....nan....IG....

6:15 pm

cybernan

hi again pen

6:16 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* this was a marathon

6:16 pm

hokie carla

well done, nan

6:16 pm

penquis

congrats...

6:16 pm

ItalianGreyhound

wtg, Nan!

6:17 pm

cybernan

enjoy the evening everyone -- will try to make the flip

6:17 pm

ItalianGreyhound

not an easy grid

6:17 pm

cybernan

ty ty

6:17 pm

mab

hurray nan!

6:17 pm

hokie carla

NTPN - video game I played so much in college I used to see it when I closed my eyes to try to sleep

6:19 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Mab, youre profile is both scary and intrguing

6:21 pm

mab

Oh. so silly. I wrote that years ago.

6:22 pm

mab

And was endlessly amused at myself. silly.

6:22 pm

ItalianGreyhound

it amused me - so thx

6:24 pm

mab

you're kind IG :)

6:25 pm

ItalianGreyhound

more honest than kind

6:30 pm

ItalianGreyhound

what video game Carla?

6:30 pm

mab

diogenes will be looking for you then with his little lamp.

6:30 pm

hokie carla

nobody sees it in the grid?

6:31 pm

mab

????? tell please

6:31 pm

penquis

not sure i would know it even if i saw it...

6:31 pm

hokie carla

tetris

6:32 pm

ItalianGreyhound

never played it

6:32 pm

hokie carla

very addictive

6:33 pm

mab

is that the one in which things pile up and you have to maneuver the stacks so they don't reach the ceiling?

6:33 pm

ItalianGreyhound

I blame my daughter - I do RPGs

6:34 pm

penquis

oh, i do know that game....it is addictive....

6:34 pm

hokie carla

yep

6:34 pm

ItalianGreyhound

final fantasy (?)

6:35 pm

hokie carla

never really got into RPGs

6:35 pm

ItalianGreyhound

gotta be retired with time on your hands

6:37 pm

periwinkle

what are RPGs

6:37 pm

periwinkle

hi all

6:37 pm

ItalianGreyhound

role playing fantasy games

6:38 pm

penquis

around the year 2000, i belonged to a sci fi writing group on Scifisites...it was Trek based. We had a location and era, we posted our character bios, and then wrote scenes either with others or on our own.

6:38 pm

periwinkle

thank IG

6:38 pm

periwinkle

thanks even

6:39 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Pen Huh?

6:39 pm

penquis

what?

6:40 pm

mab

sounds fun pen. i used to write stories jointly with my friends, but we used pen and paper - so long ago.

6:41 pm

penquis

we did a lot of communicating using ICQ....does anyone remember that messaging system?

6:42 pm

hokie carla

i remember hearing about it but never used it

6:43 pm

penquis

it was a little app that appeared in the corner of your screen....you could assign wave files for people on your communication list....so when you heard their "sound byte", you knew who was messaging you....it was free....

6:43 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Ok, Cowboys will win tinight

6:49 pm

mab

we should get points for almost words like almost hamster

6:50 pm

penquis

some of the mi words today are bogus....

6:50 pm

NANCY

Dont think so the Champa Bay team will rule.

6:50 pm

mab

Has football started already? on a thursday?

6:50 pm

MollyL

Go Bucs!!

6:51 pm

NANCY

opening game of the season mab....go Bucs

6:51 pm

MollyL

Thursday Night Football. Since 2006

6:53 pm

periwinkle

2nd se5/12 please

6:54 pm

hokie carla

I was thinking they wait until college football is over for NFL on Thurs

6:54 pm

penquis

ends with the sound you make in a hot tub... ;o)

6:55 pm

penquis

no, they start in the fall with "free" games for a bit and then you can't watch them without some sort of paid channel....

6:55 pm

periwinkle

huh

6:55 pm

penquis

picture yourself, peri....relaxing in the hot tub...

6:56 pm

ItalianGreyhound

its on, Molly

6:56 pm

penquis

OR....what charlie chan used to say "** so*....

6:57 pm

periwinkle

ty pen was looking in wrong direction. and done

6:57 pm

mab

so great peri!

6:57 pm

penquis

congrats, peri!

6:58 pm

periwinkle

tyty good night

6:58 pm

penquis

i am down to 16...

6:58 pm

ItalianGreyhound

are you really a Buc fan?!

7:00 pm

ItalianGreyhound

I think not

7:03 pm

mab

if i rooted for any team, which, you know, i wouldn't, it would be D.C. - I think they're still calling themselves the washington d.c. team, or something equally imaginative.

7:04 pm

mab

thank goodness they finally gave up the old name. was an issue for years and years.

7:06 pm

hokie carla

the generic football team

7:07 pm

ItalianGreyhound

so correct now

7:07 pm

mab

limited opportunities for mascots (thank goodness again)

7:07 pm

hokie carla

I grew up a Cowboys fan but moved to Charlotte the Panthers' first year, so it's Panthers, baby!

7:09 pm

ItalianGreyhound

ok Carla its on

7:14 pm

penquis

i am done...

7:16 pm

penquis

heading out...goodnight all....

7:18 pm

hokie carla

well done, pen. 69 left here but I'm not really looking for words now.

8:00 pm

hurshy

i haven't found a single -ism and i'm starting to think there might just not be any

8:01 pm

LuvWordGames

I found one hursh

8:01 pm

mab

i have an ish, and there must be more.

8:03 pm

hurshy

hmm, i thought i had one but now i'm not seeing it

8:03 pm

hurshy

i have a -less

8:05 pm

LuvWordGames

I thought the word lists under resources on Babble Expert were from the Enable dictionary (as stated in parenthesis) but I had to go to another resource to find the mo 9

8:06 pm

hurshy

ooh there's an mo9?

8:06 pm

LuvWordGames

yes

8:07 pm

hurshy

lunar or single-something?

8:07 pm

LuvWordGames

single

8:08 pm

hurshy

thank goodness for morewords

8:10 pm

welki

hi folks

8:10 pm

LuvWordGames

hi welki

8:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

mo 9 clue pls?

8:46 pm

eieios

Mo9/60 mo4/5+st5/10

8:47 pm

eieios

How about a clue for the other 9?

8:47 pm

eieios

Or stats....

8:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

cannot

8:49 pm

eieios

TO, it is the st5/10 that is alt sp of a me5/12

8:56 pm

eieios

Roomist

8:56 pm

eieios

S

8:57 pm

eieios

Oops! As y'all can probably tell, i am really reaching now. Lol

9:23 pm

eieios

Any clues for the bottom row o? Or am i all alone here?

9:24 pm

eieios

Mist

9:24 pm

grannyrose

om7/48 and its plural.

9:25 pm

grannyrose

the other nine is me 9/66

9:31 pm

eieios

No clue on the om. Lol still monkeying the me9

9:35 pm

grannyrose

me9, used when learning new piece of music to keep the rhythm going.

9:35 pm

grannyrose

om7. usually uses c instead of k. 15th letter of greek alphabet.

9:36 pm

eieios

Got the me. Thx!

9:38 pm

eieios

Had to look that one up on google. Thx again!

9:38 pm

grannyrose

yw eieios

9:40 pm

eieios

How about the single a in the laat column?

9:41 pm

grannyrose

aa4/5

9:41 pm

eieios

Duh! It is always the easy ones. Ugh! Thx

9:50 pm

eieios

I think i am done at 91 to go. I started to late for a grid this big!

9:51 pm

eieios

9:52 pm

grannyrose

do you have all your 7's, and 8's ?

11:55 pm

cybernan

97 for nect grid

11:58 pm

ursh

165

11:58 pm

FrenchToast

102

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