12:01 am
Book Doctor Gwen
flip -- did i win? LOL
12:01 am
vashongin
yes you did Gwen
12:01 am
mich_pdx
dang, vashon, beat me to it :)
12:01 am
vashongin
jinx mich
12:02 am
justafreep
(my attempt to one up you all!!!!)
12:02 am
cybernan
way off tonight
12:03 am
vashongin
nice freep!
12:03 am
vashongin
I like that work better, too
12:04 am
justafreep
it is the best word
12:05 am
Book Doctor Gwen
vr4 woot
12:06 am
mich_pdx
thanks, Gwen!
12:06 am
justafreep
thanks, indeed
12:07 am
Book Doctor Gwen
8 - D
12:13 am
Book Doctor Gwen
trivia (phantom)
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
mich_pdx
tyvm, Lickety!
12:19 am
Book Doctor Gwen
many thanks!
12:19 am
mich_pdx
43 left, coming back tomorrow. Night all, happy hunting
12:20 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety. I was zipping along nicely on this one and then kinda crashed to a halt....
12:23 am
Book Doctor Gwen
stuck at 36 to go. see y'all later
12:24 am
justafreep
night, Gwen
12:25 am
Roses6
32 left and crashing. night all. sweet dreams.
12:25 am
cybernan
hit the wall at 21 -- see you tomorrow :)
12:26 am
justafreep
night, nan and roses
12:26 am
Roses6
not a word, but should be?
12:27 am
justafreep
definitely
12:28 am
Roses6
good one freep.
12:28 am
justafreep
thanks
12:42 am
rbud
have we called all the 7's now? not sure, only one fa7? or 2?
12:42 am
rbud
(thanks for the au7) :)
12:43 am
rbud
Ha! - answered my own question by getting my last F. Only one fa7.
12:53 am
rbud
okay, y'all made me look. It's di7.
12:55 am
justafreep
that and vr5 were my last two words.....
12:57 am
rbud
you're kidding - a vr5 too? weird words.
12:57 am
justafreep
I would never have found those on my own....
12:58 am
rbud
me, either, thanks. I looked at lickety for the last 7, but I've not peeked since.
12:59 am
rbud
aha, got it, kiind of like the other vr word, but different. :D
1:01 am
justafreep
gotta be related
1:02 am
justafreep
well... good luck and good night!
1:03 am
rbud
thanks - and a good night to you, too.
5:32 am
mattygroves
Hi Mel!
5:40 am
mattygroves
How's tricks? Are they tricky?
5:41 am
MelJewell
They are tricky! You - I've just seen your room full of eyeballs. Why?
5:51 am
mattygroves
Why not, Eye say :) I have no idea why the meeting room (Heart of Glass) was filled with eyeballs. Absolutely none. I never did find out.
6:09 am
MollyL
Hoo boy, it must be party time in the UK
6:20 am
mattygroves
It's always party time in the UK. Especially for Mel, and especially if she has a llama.
6:21 am
MelJewell
Two llamas is normally better though
6:21 am
mattygroves
A llama in hand is worth two in the bush
6:23 am
MelJewell
Especially now they are saving us all from Covid
6:23 am
mattygroves
True! Llama antibodies for the win
6:28 am
mael
enable doesn't think wank is a word? come on
6:31 am
MelJewell
that was the first word I tried
6:31 am
mattygroves
Me too
6:31 am
mattygroves
Would someone be kind enough to clue the vi6/30 please?
6:36 am
mattygroves
NM - found it
6:39 am
MelJewell
I was just about to bring it full circle back to the mighty llama with my clue!
6:39 am
mattygroves
That occurred to me as well, once I found it ;)
6:39 am
MelJewell
it's like we have the same brain
6:39 am
mattygroves
You'd even think we knew each other!
6:43 am
mattygroves
Finito
6:51 am
dan2bit
congrats matty!
6:51 am
dan2bit
just started, picked off the 7 1-word tiles
7:13 am
MollyL
*Passes the munchie stuff to Matty and Mel
7:14 am
MollyL
Eyeballs and llamas and covid, oh my!
8:04 am
mkg
Clue for o word top corner o please. Ty. Stat too please.
8:05 am
mael
there's an echo in here!
8:06 am
mael
is the third row O an oo?
8:07 am
mkg
Ty for corner o. Got it. Ty.
8:09 am
mkg
Please send stat and clues for the 8. Ty
8:09 am
hurshy
fa8/70. normal word. adjective
8:11 am
hurshy
weirdly, i found that and have now finished 6s, but haven't found any of the three 7s
8:12 am
mkg
I have fa 7. Is it related?
8:13 am
hurshy
well i guess i need fa7 then!
8:13 am
doseffing
or at least the one I have isn't.
8:13 am
hokie carla
well the first 75% went pretty easy and now I'm stuck with 24 left.
8:13 am
hurshy
aha, got it
8:13 am
doseffing
fa6 ... more obese
8:13 am
hurshy
there can be only one fa7, for i am now done with F
8:13 am
hokie carla
phantom trivia
8:13 am
doseffing
fa7 ... containing more of the stuff that results from being obese
8:14 am
mkg
Need clue for the fa 8 word. Like meaning or something else. Ty.
8:14 am
hurshy
mary poppins is one of my fa8 movies
8:14 am
hokie carla
it's an easy, regular word. like you might mark something as a fa8 on social media
8:14 am
doseffing
... the mostly like team to win the game
8:15 am
mkg
Got it. Ty. Great clues
8:16 am
mkg
Missing one last tile: the i word for the fourth row i. Stat and clue if more than a 5 please. Ty.
8:16 am
doseffing
... iv5/18
8:17 am
doseffing
.... the state of the walls of Harvard College
8:17 am
mkg
Ty. Got it. Great clue doseffing. Ty.
8:17 am
mkg
Didnt know it was an adj. ty
8:17 am
doseffing
... most welcome
8:18 am
hurshy
anyone have other 7s?
8:18 am
hokie carla
not me
8:18 am
hokie carla
just found au7
8:18 am
mael
I have one, fa7
8:18 am
hokie carla
and I completely made it up
8:19 am
hurshy
thanks hokie
8:19 am
hokie carla
no def in the link
8:19 am
hurshy
we've had that before
8:19 am
mael
got it, hokie
8:19 am
hurshy
i would imagine it means "in a state of listening"
8:19 am
hurshy
the words i still need spell TV RAD TV
8:19 am
hokie carla
yeah, seems likely
8:20 am
mkg
Dont get ending
8:20 am
hurshy
the ending goes straight across the top
8:20 am
hokie carla
I need D A Vx5 W Rx4 Ox2 A Tx4 T
8:22 am
MollyL
The au7 is like the people who sit in a theater and clap, except it ends in one consonant, not a consonant and a vowel
8:23 am
MollyL
I need V I x2 CODx2 IN
8:23 am
hokie carla
like if you made that plural it would sound like the people in a theater
8:23 am
hokie carla
interesting molly. I can help you with the C.
8:24 am
MollyL
Opens the lead balloon window
8:27 am
periwinkle
hurshy did you see the recipe in my profile?
8:27 am
hurshy
yes, thanks peri :)
8:28 am
hokie carla
ooh, found an A
8:29 am
hurshy
the third 7 has to be D, V, or R
8:31 am
periwinkle
if you look at the chat log you will see that di7 was posted early on
8:32 am
hurshy
i had a feeling it might be D because i've tried like every 4 or 5 i can think of for it with no luck
8:32 am
periwinkle
help with right A please
8:33 am
hokie carla
I have at6 but need one
8:33 am
hurshy
they aren't related to each other
8:33 am
periwinkle
ty looking
8:33 am
hokie carla
duh, thanks
8:33 am
periwinkle
gotthe at6 ty
8:34 am
periwinkle
got the at5 too ty
8:34 am
hurshy
down to my 2 V words now!
8:34 am
hokie carla
still 18 left here
8:34 am
periwinkle
there is a vr4/11
8:34 am
hokie carla
thanks peri, would not have tried that
8:35 am
hurshy
thanks peri!
8:35 am
periwinkle
that vr4 was also in early chat. don;t you look there before you start?
8:35 am
hokie carla
I don't anymore. want to find as much as I can on my own first.
8:36 am
hurshy
no def when you click it - i am going to imagine that it is another version of the sound cats make
8:36 am
hokie carla
lol, probably
8:36 am
periwinkle
alt. spelling of a Dutch woman per my scrabble dictionary
8:36 am
hokie carla
according to m-w, it is a dutch or afrikaner woman
8:37 am
hurshy
i didn't know morewords had definitions! is that a newer feature?
8:37 am
Dorens
sounds kinda like German married woman
8:37 am
hokie carla
and it can be a 5 letter word with a u in 4th position
8:37 am
hokie carla
m-w is merriam-webster
8:37 am
hurshy
ohhh i see
8:38 am
hurshy
and thanks, the 5 was my last word!
8:38 am
hokie carla
well, dorens, def. 2 says a mistress or dutch/afrikaner married woman
8:38 am
hokie carla
whoops, hadn't realized that was in the grid too 🤣
8:38 am
Dorens
makes sense. Dutch often sounds like German
8:39 am
Dorens
thanks for the 5 - never would have come up with that one on my own. Trying listless today
8:39 am
hokie carla
feeling a little listless right now 😜
8:40 am
hokie carla
and how many times am I trying wank today?
8:40 am
Dorens
I'm working myself up to energetic. Have to drive to baltimore this afternoon in stormy weather. Not my favorite thing to do in thunderstorms
8:41 am
Dorens
I entered wank and just figured it was accepted!
8:41 am
hokie carla
well, have a safe trip
8:41 am
Dorens
thanks carla
8:41 am
MollyL
Carla you keep trying to wank. I'm sure you will get it right sooner or later.
8:41 am
hokie carla
I heard no. va. area had a lot of flooded streets.
8:42 am
hokie carla
was hoping to draw out ruru
8:42 am
Dorens
haha. He certainly would enjoy it
8:42 am
MollyL
We have had so much rain in the last 24 hours, it's absurd.
8:44 am
hokie carla
yeah, we had a lot yesterday and the day before. I just remembered I bought a rain gauge a couple of weeks ago but I have no idea where it is.
8:46 am
MLFAN17
4th column t stats pls?
8:47 am
hokie carla
found an O!
8:47 am
hokie carla
I believe TO5 is from there, mlfan
8:47 am
hokie carla
I have 2 TO5 from that one
8:48 am
MLFAN17
found a to 5 from the t next to it
8:49 am
hokie carla
ok, yeah the one that is a cake is from 3rd col. the one who uses a bag is 4th col.
8:50 am
hokie carla
other one I have from 4th is tr5
8:50 am
MLFAN17
will look
8:51 am
hokie carla
ah, 3rd one is TR4
9:06 am
hokie carla
down to 5. 3 are 6's so that can't be good.
9:12 am
bichon
vi 6/30, pls
9:12 am
hokie carla
like the thing that causes covid, robot ending
9:15 am
BzznBea
Morning, all.
9:16 am
hokie carla
hey bea
9:17 am
MollyL
Still mid-western Bea?
9:18 am
BzznBea
Yes. Having a good time. Will hit the road tomorrow and head to Minnesota.
9:19 am
MollyL
♪♫On the road again♫♪ I can't wait to get on the road again♪♫
9:20 am
BzznBea
Oh, I can wait. But it will just be a nine hour trip tomorrow.
9:20 am
hokie carla
no wonder bea is late this week. ðŸ˜
9:20 am
BzznBea
Yes, and I'm sleeping in too.
9:21 am
MLFAN17
ty for the vi word
9:21 am
hokie carla
well I have 4 left - 2 5s and 2 6s. no idea for these.
9:22 am
MLFAN17
what re the stats for the 6's?
9:23 am
hokie carla
ooh, found a 6!
9:23 am
hokie carla
all 9, mlfan?
9:23 am
MLFAN17
i have 4 of them
9:31 am
hokie carla
well, stuck on last 2 - R O - a 5 and a 6. BBL.
9:35 am
cybernan
good morning all :)
9:35 am
cybernan
there is no o 6, carla
9:36 am
cybernan
11 to go here
9:37 am
aslindy
hello all
9:37 am
Uneaixoise
One to go here!
9:37 am
cybernan
hi lindy
9:39 am
cybernan
grats, une
9:40 am
cybernan
want tto guess what my missing n is?
9:41 am
cybernan
nm 0 it was the 5
9:45 am
cybernan
stuck - listing for the last 9
9:48 am
cybernan
di 7 please?
9:50 am
BzznBea
di + vowel + ceremony
9:59 am
cybernan
*!*~*!* Thanks for the help
9:59 am
cybernan
Hagd everyone :)
10:00 am
aslindy
clue for vr5 please?
10:03 am
MollyL
vr + what you do with oars to a boat, with an extra vowel in the middle
10:04 am
aslindy
thank you!
10:05 am
BzznBea
The v's are tough today.
10:05 am
aslindy
sure are.
10:06 am
aslindy
I could use clues to the 2 vi6 also
10:06 am
aslindy
really just the vi6,30
10:07 am
rururocks
a robot with the flu
10:09 am
rururocks
that's a clue for the vi 6
10:10 am
aslindy
struggling with that clue, ruru
10:11 am
rururocks
how about a flu with a robot ending
10:11 am
aslindy
got it now, thanks!
10:21 am
BzznBea
Wank is soo a word
10:22 am
rururocks
wanker is a word :D
10:23 am
zoozzoom
Did someone call me? haha!
10:24 am
BzznBea
Ru, I've been increasing my collection of brewery t-shirts while on this trip.
10:30 am
MollyL
Interesting thing to collect
10:30 am
MollyL
*Thinks there will be quilts made out of them one day
10:35 am
rururocks
I've never been to a brewery
10:38 am
BzznBea
We like small, local breweries. Craft beers.
10:39 am
BzznBea
We visited the one in my hometown last night as we do any time we are in town. It's good.
10:41 am
penquis
did you know that Maine now has the most craft breweries per capita of any other state?....and i don't like beer.....hello all...
10:42 am
BzznBea
Interesting fact, pen.
10:42 am
periwinkle
dark and rainy here
10:42 am
penquis
cloudy and humid here...
10:42 am
BzznBea
Doesn't Portland have a lot? And don't they have a lot of highly rated eateries?
10:43 am
rururocks
sunny and warm here
10:43 am
penquis
yes, Portland has some and some very good restaurants....
10:43 am
periwinkle
hi all help with di7 please
10:44 am
MollyL
Ends in a religious act
10:44 am
BzznBea
clued at 9:50 peri.
10:44 am
periwinkle
thanks got it
10:45 am
MollyL
plagioclase feldspar...say that three times fast
10:45 am
periwinkle
an igneous rock di7
10:45 am
BzznBea
It has been pleasant weather in the midwest. Cool mornings and evenings, warm days.
10:46 am
MollyL
All that rain Peri is getting came through here this morning. Driving to work was an adventure.
10:47 am
periwinkle
it was not a nice summer
10:47 am
periwinkle
weather wise
10:55 am
MollyL
We had weeks of high heat, now weeks of rain and then it will get cold. I object. I strenuously object.
10:57 am
BzznBea
I've decided it is cool enough for a batch of soup. Will be making black eyed pea chili tonight.
10:59 am
BzznBea
Finished for today. Will be MIA until Tuesday. Have a great weekend all.
10:59 am
penquis
bye Bea....
11:00 am
rururocks
bye bea.. the chili sounds good what time should i be there?
11:02 am
origami
I love black eyed peas.
11:02 am
rururocks
me too
11:06 am
rururocks
must be the Okie in me
11:08 am
aslindy
I never can remember oo5. a clue please?
11:08 am
aslindy
ugh. never mind.
11:08 am
rururocks
oo + the camping company mixed up
11:09 am
aslindy
thanks ruru
11:25 am
MollyL
Never heard of the other one
11:52 am
bichon
vi 5/16, pla
11:53 am
penquis
robot ending....
11:58 am
penquis
taking a break....bbl to finish....bye all....
12:03 pm
bichon
I think pen gave a clue for the vi 6/30, need the 5/16, pls
12:04 pm
origami
bichon - has double consonant
12:06 pm
bichon
ty origami
12:11 pm
hokie carla
back for my last 2
12:32 pm
hokie carla
still nothing
12:32 pm
hokie carla
I know it's R6 and O5
12:41 pm
zoozzoom
Ro6 extend the ro 4/5 maybe that one?
12:41 pm
zoozzoom
oo 5/10
12:44 pm
zoozzoom
Or maybe the OV 5/18
12:47 pm
hokie carla
well, if that ro6 exists, that's it since I don't need any other Rs
12:47 pm
Cosmo Kramer
there is no RO6
12:48 pm
hokie carla
the O is 4th col. I do have ov5
12:48 pm
hokie carla
hmm, thanks kramer
12:48 pm
zoozzoom
Damn sorry it is ro5 my apologies, Carla.
12:49 pm
zoozzoom
So it cannot be a R then.
12:49 pm
zoozzoom
What sixes do you have? Maybe we can work it out that way?
12:49 pm
MollyL
This site is moving really slow today
12:49 pm
hokie carla
I'm definitely missing one R and one O and one five and one six and nan said there were no O6.
12:50 pm
Cosmo Kramer
there is an OR6
12:50 pm
zoozzoom
Yess there is. OR 6
12:50 pm
zoozzoom
OR 6/21
12:50 pm
MollyL
Okay, all together now.
12:50 pm
hokie carla
LOL, nan with the red herring!
12:51 pm
zoozzoom
I am way too slow today. I will leave it with you guys haha!
12:51 pm
hokie carla
hey guys, do you think it could be OR6?
12:51 pm
MollyL
I'm betting it'
12:51 pm
MollyL
it is or6
12:51 pm
MollyL
it is or6
12:51 pm
zoozzoom
Sorry again to confuse you earlier, Carla.
12:52 pm
MollyL
But it might be or6
12:52 pm
hokie carla
you didn't really zooz
12:53 pm
MollyL
Zoom, don't take your Babble slip-ups so seriously. We all make them.
12:54 pm
hokie carla
could've sworn I tried that OR6, but maybe I tried it as a 5
12:54 pm
zoozzoom
You might need the RO 5/18 then? If are still needing an R.
12:54 pm
hokie carla
I have that one. the county next to me is named that so I usually get it.
12:55 pm
zoozzoom
To do laces up again?
12:55 pm
hokie carla
I have re5 and 3 ro5
12:56 pm
zoozzoom
Re 5/10 x 2
12:56 pm
hokie carla
ah, twas re5 babblet
12:56 pm
zoozzoom
Ah! Glad you found them in the end! Congrats!
12:56 pm
hokie carla
I usually get that one too but it eluded me today
12:57 pm
hokie carla
thanks
12:58 pm
zoozzoom
Toodle pip everyone!
1:49 pm
sajarn
fourth row I please??
1:52 pm
sajarn
nm, got it.
3:11 pm
72 Temple Owl
hello babblers
3:34 pm
Sophie512
vr 5 letter word??
3:37 pm
KnightTime
add a vowel the the vr4
3:46 pm
bleugirl2
there are only two vowels and neither work. id there more than one VR4?
3:48 pm
Sophie512
don't add the vowel at the end
3:48 pm
Sophie512
stick it in before the w
3:48 pm
Sophie512
now to look it up.....thanks Knight
3:58 pm
periwinkle
finally have internet connection. been down for over 3 hours
4:08 pm
Sophie512
oh, yuck
4:16 pm
Sophie512
on the di 7 could I get the third letter please....I know... it's pathetic
4:18 pm
Sophie512
holy cow, I accidentally got it
4:29 pm
wvteach
could use a nudge on that DI 7 pls
4:30 pm
Sophie512
third letter is o
4:34 pm
Sophie512
you're welcome, I'm so bad I usually don't get to give clues, but today I'm determined to finish this little thing...maybe
7:43 pm
Trifioso
show of hands please - who tried to enter "wank?"
7:50 pm
72 Temple Owl
*raises hand*
7:51 pm
72 Temple Owl
my boss used that work constantly. she refused to believe its true meaning
7:51 pm
72 Temple Owl
anyone having trouble where words and lickety do not match up?
7:52 pm
Trifioso
lol, silly boss! have not listed yet
7:52 pm
Trifioso
and hello dear!
7:52 pm
72 Temple Owl
hello trif!
7:53 pm
72 Temple Owl
we had lots of rain today. tough for all the tornado damaged homes
7:54 pm
Trifioso
oh I do not like to hear that! I think we have rain coming in saturday?
7:54 pm
72 Temple Owl
grid has one number of words, lickety another
7:55 pm
Trifioso
ugh, the worst! They must operate under different enable versions, maybe?
7:55 pm
72 Temple Owl
i have a good weekend planned. i joined a garden club and we are making hypertufa pots
7:55 pm
Trifioso
I miss my old garden club, so much! Don't have the time, now
7:56 pm
72 Temple Owl
it'd mudpies for adults, except with cement...
7:56 pm
72 Temple Owl
did you ever make them?
7:56 pm
Trifioso
haha how fun!
7:56 pm
Trifioso
we used to have the most wonderful speakers come in!
7:57 pm
72 Temple Owl
first meeting outdoors at a small estate owned by the pa horticultural society.
7:57 pm
72 Temple Owl
a little gem called meadowbrrook.
7:57 pm
Trifioso
no, I did not make those, but sure sounds fun!
7:58 pm
72 Temple Owl
the problem is the places they usually meet were destroyed by the tornado
7:58 pm
Trifioso
oh how awful!
7:59 pm
72 Temple Owl
really, trif, it is. if i didn't live here i would never have believed it
8:00 pm
Trifioso
how are they handling all the displaced people?
8:00 pm
72 Temple Owl
disaster relief. immediately after, people were on local neighbors sites offering bedrooms.
8:02 pm
Trifioso
that is cheering - neighbors helping others
8:02 pm
72 Temple Owl
not everything is totally destroyed but some homes look fine but have interior damage like collapsed ceilings and water damage to electrical systems
8:02 pm
Trifioso
hardly a long term solution though
8:02 pm
72 Temple Owl
we serves a couple at the pantry who were staying around . apartment flooded out
8:03 pm
72 Temple Owl
well, i guess, as usual, the more well to do will be okay, it's the others...
8:03 pm
Trifioso
yes, of course. We used to volunteer at a local soup kitchen, but they have not reopened to volunteers as yet
8:06 pm
72 Temple Owl
Sorry, notebooks crapped out again. Going to do dishes while it recharges
8:06 pm
Trifioso
its all good. I really should be doing stuff for tomorrow anyway. xoxo
8:06 pm
72 Temple Owl
We pack bags and load them via drive up
8:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
See you! Have a new laptop, have not yet set it up
8:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
Got a great deal from dell
8:08 pm
72 Temple Owl
Bbl for the rest
8:48 pm
grannyrose
bleu, at6, clothing?
9:01 pm
bleugirl2
oi vey. this is one of twistiest i have done in a while. missing all kinds of easy stuff
9:31 pm
bleugirl2
FIREWORXXX!!!
11:52 pm
mich_pdx
woo hoo! firewords JIT :)