12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
Gillie
ty - definitely going to need them
12:27 am
cybernan
no kidding - over half way and still 3 blanks
12:28 am
cybernan
2 blanks
12:29 am
SueMagee
Same here.
12:29 am
ursh
phantom jaguar
12:32 am
cybernan
left o and the u?
12:33 am
ursh
un 4/5 babblet
12:33 am
SueMagee
Yep - same here.
12:34 am
SueMagee
Thanks, ursh.
12:34 am
Rainiqui
ol 5/18
12:34 am
cybernan
ty ursh
12:34 am
SueMagee
Thanks, rain.
12:35 am
Rainiqui
you're welcome Sue
12:35 am
Gillie
ty ursh and rain
12:35 am
Rainiqui
yw Gillie
12:36 am
cybernan
ty rain - keep forgetting that enable now considers prefixes and suffixes to be words
12:39 am
ursh
loan R please
12:41 am
cybernan
80 down - calling it a night :)
12:42 am
ursh
tx sue - should have seen that :(
12:42 am
SueMagee
You’re welcome. It took me a while.
12:43 am
ursh
now no blanks - just no 7
12:43 am
SueMagee
Same here.
12:43 am
Gillie
Think cereal
12:46 am
SueMagee
Nope - doesn’t work!
12:46 am
lynxxx
don't bother trying galt either~!
12:47 am
SueMagee
I already did…
12:51 am
joym999
wow this grid is hard
12:51 am
lynxxx
seems to be every other day now
12:58 am
joym999
that lone E is completely useful
12:58 am
joym999
I mean useless, of course.
12:58 am
joym999
I'm falling asleep but I have to get HOET before I go to bed
1:11 am
joym999
done...zzzzzzzzzzzz
1:32 am
SueMagee
Fireworks but just about every one of those words was dragged out kicking and screaming. Have a good day every one.
1:32 am
harpjane
hello, I found insects!
7:00 am
ItalianGreyhound
Not a fun grid
7:01 am
ItalianGreyhound
feels like I smoked GA before attempting it
7:33 am
welki
hi, everyone
7:36 am
Scrabbler
Hi welki. I have been lurking.
7:37 am
welki
have a good hike yesterday?
7:37 am
Scrabbler
8.3 miles. I had to race to exit the woods before dark.
7:38 am
welki
that's a respectable distance
7:39 am
hokie carla
phantom jaguar
7:39 am
Scrabbler
It was a great workout. The creek was a bit high so I built a rock bridge to cross.
7:39 am
Scrabbler
There it is, Carla.
7:40 am
72 Temple Owl
hello
7:41 am
72 Temple Owl
hello scrabbler
7:43 am
welki
'morning, owl
7:45 am
hokie carla
wow, are there enough y's in this?
7:46 am
Scrabbler
We could use one in the lower left corner.
7:46 am
hokie carla
definitely needs to be something else down there
7:48 am
welki
owl, did you get your lab results back?
7:49 am
Scrabbler
I passed halfway and that is plenty for this grid. See you tomorrow.
7:49 am
welki
bye, scrabs
7:49 am
hokie carla
later scrabbler
7:59 am
72 Temple Owl
hi welk
8:03 am
dromano66
this puzzle seems hard
8:03 am
hokie carla
it is
8:05 am
penquis
only one E and it's in a corner...
8:06 am
hokie carla
yeah, it's not very helpful
8:13 am
hokie carla
44 left - still 4 tiles without half
8:14 am
penquis
just started here....92 left....
8:15 am
hokie carla
phantom yogurt
8:17 am
penquis
two Ys shouldn't be allowed.... ;o)
8:18 am
72 Temple Owl
have to close your eyes and let your bable memories take over for this one. see you later happy babbling
8:18 am
hokie carla
how about 3? or do you mean 2 y words that are there?
8:18 am
Sophie512
I agree
8:19 am
Sophie512
oh nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo\no
8:19 am
penquis
oh....forgot that other Y....ugh!
8:19 am
hokie carla
well I already had that one
8:20 am
hokie carla
now just need the bottom T and the 1st col O for HOET
8:20 am
penquis
hah!....found my last Y....they weren't so bad....
8:21 am
hokie carla
I stiil need 1 upper Y and 1 lower
8:21 am
hokie carla
well found the upper one and I swear I tried that
8:22 am
penquis
i bet it's a 5 for the upper and a 4 for the lower one...
8:22 am
hokie carla
appalachian english
8:23 am
hokie carla
well just started making stuff up and got the 4. never seen that before and according to the def it is a proper noun.
8:24 am
penquis
yes, i made it up, too....
8:25 am
Aloyisius
lol, I am eating gr7 and yogurt and didn't see the word for a while
8:26 am
hokie carla
ooh, thanks
8:26 am
Aloyisius
yw, a fun discovery
8:26 am
hokie carla
I got my gr7 out to eat with yogurt so it is sitting right next to me and I didn't see it.
8:27 am
hokie carla
do you have the single O or bottom T stats?
8:27 am
penquis
tr 5/14...
8:28 am
montreal13
TU 4/4 for bottom T
8:28 am
hokie carla
hmm, just found one from the other T
8:28 am
montreal13
TU 4/6 i mean...
8:28 am
hokie carla
can't be 4/4 with a U, so TU4/5?
8:28 am
penquis
oh, montreal is right....mine came from the other T...
8:28 am
hokie carla
nope, I see it.
8:28 am
hokie carla
TU4/6
8:28 am
Aloyisius
no single o yet, bottom t is tu4.6
8:29 am
hokie carla
thanks all
8:30 am
Shirlockc
phantom: iguana
8:33 am
Aloyisius
ok, the single o is ol5.18
8:33 am
hokie carla
argh, thanks
8:34 am
hokie carla
didn't think of that being a word on its own
8:36 am
hokie carla
now just need one lower R to have 4th and 5th col grayed
8:37 am
Aloyisius
well, let me know if you find ru6.24.. it is escaping me
8:37 am
hokie carla
I have that one!
8:37 am
hokie carla
compound word
8:38 am
hokie carla
there is another 6 that is the 2 words switched meaning to beat someone in a race
8:39 am
penquis
well i am halfway....gotta go to my tennis lesson....bye for now....
8:39 am
hokie carla
have fun, pen
8:39 am
Aloyisius
maybe another coffa cuppee will help.. ty for the hint, brb.. have fun, pen
8:43 am
Aloyisius
ooh, got it, ty hokie
8:44 am
hokie carla
no prob
8:45 am
hurshy
woohoo i finally saw that German a5 with no trouble for once!
8:45 am
hokie carla
lotsa and gonna both here
8:45 am
hokie carla
can you expound on that? stats?
8:46 am
hurshy
it's an existential feeling you get
8:47 am
hokie carla
stats?
8:47 am
Aloyisius
fw! Happy Babbling.. no an5.14 allowed.. (-:
8:47 am
hokie carla
well done, Aloy. see you later!
8:48 am
hokie carla
did not have but you threw me on the german
8:48 am
hurshy
german-origin i should have said perhaps?
8:48 am
hokie carla
yes, was thinking actual german word, since there's all kinds of french and other stuff in here.
8:49 am
hokie carla
25 left - biggest problem is the S. I still need 8 and have no ideas.
8:50 am
hokie carla
oh, just made up an S6
8:51 am
hurshy
was it the one where you stick a y on a pig's nose?
8:51 am
cybernan
good morning all
8:52 am
hokie carla
no definition. add a letter to almost st. nick
8:52 am
hokie carla
hey nan
8:52 am
hurshy
morning nan
8:52 am
hurshy
rats, i had that one too
8:53 am
hokie carla
and I have no idea about a pig's nose
8:53 am
hokie carla
ah, now I see it
8:54 am
hokie carla
now WPT is 3 or less
8:54 am
Sophie512
I already had the pig's nose...... I just imagined you sticking a Y on her nose :)
9:00 am
Sophie512
hello nan
9:01 am
cybernan
hi sophie
9:05 am
hokie carla
well, I am stuck on 17 left. 4-8-5
9:09 am
cybernan
listed at 28 -- there are a lot of weird "words"
9:10 am
hokie carla
well, I've found quite a few weird ones so I believe you
9:12 am
hokie carla
found 2 regular word A's, so now 15
9:12 am
hurshy
yeah i dunno what to do with that lower Y other than the mongolian dwelling
9:12 am
hurshy
oh chinese currency!
9:12 am
hokie carla
yu4/9 - make it up
9:12 am
hokie carla
yu4/7 we have from time to time
9:12 am
hurshy
thanks hokie!
9:13 am
hokie carla
no prob
9:13 am
cybernan
*!*~*!* thanks to lickety and chat clues
9:13 am
hurshy
phantom: jaguar
9:13 am
hokie carla
huzzah
9:14 am
hokie carla
yeah, jaguar was the first thing I saw this morning
9:14 am
cybernan
hagd everyone - going back to bed for a whil e :)
9:14 am
hokie carla
I have one very elusive J left
9:14 am
hurshy
and jaunt/jaunty
9:15 am
hokie carla
nighty night nan
9:15 am
hokie carla
yep to both of those phantoms
9:15 am
dan2bit
this grid is outragie! :-)
9:15 am
dan2bit
morning all
9:16 am
hokie carla
and january even though it's not accepted anyway
9:16 am
hokie carla
hey dan
9:16 am
Sophie512
got half, stopping for breakfast, get shower, church,,,,bye for now :)
9:16 am
hokie carla
outragial
9:16 am
hokie carla
have a good one, sophie
9:17 am
hokie carla
dan, do you have all the J's or bottom R's?
9:17 am
dan2bit
4 of each
9:18 am
dan2bit
i have hoet & no more than 3 left on any tile. don't have the 7
9:18 am
hokie carla
phantom angora
9:18 am
hokie carla
would you like the 7 stats? regular word.
9:18 am
hokie carla
though I didn't see it on my own
9:19 am
dan2bit
sure, just the stats pls
9:19 am
hokie carla
not granary, which is also a phantom for me
9:21 am
dan2bit
also an5ed to be stuck on 99 words
9:22 am
hokie carla
hmm, wondering which an5 you are making past tense
9:25 am
dan2bit
100! is the gr7 from the top G or bottom?
9:28 am
hurshy
ooh ooh found a word for marijuana
9:29 am
hokie carla
ah, did not have that, thx
9:30 am
hurshy
10 to go now!
9:30 am
hokie carla
14 here. not making any progress.
9:32 am
hokie carla
2.22 WPT
9:32 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! African nation
9:32 am
hokie carla
did you finish the J?
9:33 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
9:33 am
hurshy
no, one J missing, same as you
9:33 am
hokie carla
ruru comes from out of nowhere to win the dings
9:33 am
hokie carla
I have A SSS TT N LL A J GG R
9:33 am
rururocks
hello in brazilian likely is your missing j
9:34 am
hurshy
do you mean portuguese? or is there a word they use in brazil that is not originally portuguese?
9:34 am
rururocks
(it's really a chinese coin)
9:34 am
rururocks
they pronounce Chiao that way
9:34 am
hokie carla
stats please?
9:35 am
hokie carla
ah, thanks
9:35 am
hokie carla
we've had that before
9:35 am
hurshy
hahaha my missing L was soooo easy i am a doof
9:36 am
hurshy
half of my missing words now are G! lol
9:38 am
hurshy
ok got that down to 40% of them
9:41 am
rururocks
a new acronym hommwg
9:42 am
hurshy
i keep wanting my last R to be ruana but it's not there
9:43 am
hokie carla
and since you didn't ask HGH = haters gonna hate
9:43 am
hokie carla
and GTL = going to list
9:43 am
rururocks
oh.. i got the gr7
9:44 am
hokie carla
ok, was not going to get that R on my own
9:44 am
hurshy
ok, down to A5 (top) and R5 (bottom)
9:45 am
hokie carla
that was mine
9:45 am
hurshy
got the A!
9:45 am
hokie carla
just make one of the 4's an adj
9:46 am
hokie carla
geez, missed the dance(s)
9:46 am
hurshy
alt clue: synonym for thrifty, minus f
9:46 am
hokie carla
yes, I thought of that as well but knew you would get it
9:47 am
hokie carla
missed the poop too!
9:48 am
hokie carla
lol, last was the a5 that dan made past tense earlier. now it makes sense
9:56 am
rururocks
we had a lot of excitement in my neighborhood yesterday
9:59 am
Retired PJs
what happened, ru?
10:00 am
rururocks
some idiot was evading the police racing through the neighborhoods and crashed into a neighbors house.. then tried to break into mine to avoid the police
10:01 am
Retired PJs
oh, yikes! How scary! Any damage to your place?
10:02 am
rururocks
no.. his truck rammed into my neighbors house and destroyed the front of it.. he was going at 70-100 miles per hour through the neighborhoods here.. luckily no one was killed that I know of
10:03 am
Retired PJs
Jeepers! Were the neighbors themselves OK?
10:04 am
rururocks
yes.. his house is totally wrecked but he's ok.. he's one of those Fix it yourselfers and it was amazing he wasn't doing something out front at that time.
10:04 am
Retired PJs
Amazing the driver was able to get out and run after a collision like that!
10:05 am
Retired PJs
I take it you were home when it happened?
10:05 am
rururocks
yeah.. and left his wife in the truck injured I heard
10:06 am
rururocks
oh yeah.. he was banging on my back door wanting me to let him in to "use" the phone
10:06 am
Retired PJs
Sure, dude, want some coffee too? Good grief!
10:07 am
Retired PJs
Glad you didn't become a hostage!
10:07 am
rururocks
hang on... I'm also making cookie too
10:08 am
rururocks
he was covered in tattoos and menacing looking
10:09 am
Retired PJs
(tryna picture him with a classic heart-and-"Mom" tat)
10:09 am
marilyn992
That had to be scary. Glad you're ok.
10:09 am
rururocks
yeah if i was taken a hostage we could have started a go fund me campaign :D
10:10 am
Retired PJs
or maybe a "come find me" campaign!
10:11 am
rururocks
there would go my babble rankings :D
10:11 am
Retired PJs
welp, glad you're ok. Gotta go no, you mentioned cookies and now that's all I can smell so I gotta do something about that.
10:11 am
rururocks
ok.. enjoy
10:35 am
Uneaixoise
Jeezomeez, Ru! Glad you're ok!!
10:37 am
rururocks
it was a really weird day.. I had tickets to a basketball game (free) and I couldn't leave the house. I was afraid the guy would break in and hurt my dog
10:44 am
origami
Oh, wow, ru! Terrifying.
10:45 am
rururocks
hi ori..I'll have to chat with you about it later today
10:46 am
origami
Yes, I'll want details :D
10:50 am
rururocks
thankfully I live on a dead end street and he didn't swing around the corner in my direction
10:55 am
origami
Do you know if the cops got him?
11:03 am
rururocks
I think they did a few hours later. I think he was hiding in the creek behind my house
11:04 am
rururocks
he blew by me in the truck when i was driving home from the bank.. going up the street at over 100 mph
11:05 am
rururocks
they had helicopters and 12-15 police cars chasing him.. it was like a you tube video
11:14 am
Christa
Greetings everyone
11:14 am
rururocks
my neighborhood had to one up yours ori :D
11:15 am
rururocks
hi Christa
11:16 am
origami
Hi Christa
11:23 am
Christa
Super glad for lickety's list when there is a grid like today's. The words aren
11:30 am
penquis
it's like waiting for the other shoe to drop....
11:33 am
rururocks
Christa must have been kidnapped .. put out the alarm
11:33 am
ItalianGreyhound
this grid made me AN 5/18
11:33 am
penquis
or she spilled her coffee on her keyboard...
11:34 am
penquis
not a fun one ...
11:34 am
rururocks
there are a ton of non-obvious words in this one
11:36 am
penquis
when do they become obvious?...
11:37 am
rururocks
turn your head a little to the left pen .. and squint slightly :D
11:37 am
phaeton
when you find them...lol
11:45 am
rururocks
some of the g's will drive you batshit crazy though penq
11:45 am
penquis
i have four missing Gs....
11:46 am
penquis
from the bottom....two missing from the top....
11:46 am
dan2bit
haha ruru
11:48 am
penquis
i already had those, ru...
11:48 am
penquis
tv froze...brb...
11:51 am
rururocks
one of the g's from the bottom will make you a cereal killer
11:52 am
penquis
have that one, too.....ru is becoming a gratuitous cluer.... :o0
11:54 am
rururocks
we can't just leave it all up to Hurshy and Scrabs
11:55 am
penquis
i don have one question....am i supposed to know all those J words?
11:56 am
penquis
ty...i will look for the one i have missing....
11:59 am
dan2bit
finito! lots of an5/14 about this an5/14ing grid making people an5/18 - glad to finish, thanks lickety and all cluers
12:00 pm
penquis
congrats...
12:02 pm
periwinkle
hi all
12:02 pm
periwinkle
glad you are ok ruru
12:15 pm
rururocks
thank you peri
12:15 pm
rururocks
how is the move going?
12:28 pm
MollyL
Wow Ru, your adrenaline must be all used up for the day. And you got a "Jeepers" and a "Jeezomeez" for your scarey tale.
: D
12:36 pm
rururocks
I like the Jeezomeez :D
2:10 pm
joym999
Wow, that was hard but I finally finished thanks to Lickety. Anyone need clues?
2:52 pm
Sophie512
yes, but with 33 left, I need to get some more before I wimp out and ask for help
3:07 pm
Sophie512
ok. My last G GA5
3:20 pm
Sophie512
ok, then
3:20 pm
Sophie512
15 left
3:26 pm
Sophie512
8, break time
3:35 pm
Sophie512
back for my last 7 later, got that stinkin' G, 3 Ts and 4 Ss left
3:49 pm
jwr
Looks like Ruru is gone -- this was the car chase he was talking about: https://www.abc10.com/gallery/news/upl\noaded-gallery/103-4926caff-2057-4bc8-9\n9d8-6737a52c5032 I will put it in TinyURL since regular ones get twisted in Babble:
3:56 pm
jwr
https://tinyurl.com/2p93pucx
3:57 pm
jwr
https://tinyurl.com/2p93pucx ... If anyone sees Ruru later, please guide him to this. Looks like he was right in the middle of a dangerous situation!
4:19 pm
periwinkle
when is a door not a door?
4:28 pm
jwr
when Alice opens it
4:33 pm
periwinkle
no. when it is aj4/9 :)
4:58 pm
Uneaixoise
Ga5/24 clue please?
5:01 pm
Nef
Sorry, Unea, working on it but haven’t found it
5:03 pm
Nef
Unea, that was a hint for the ga5/24
5:13 pm
Uneaixoise
Thanks!!
6:41 pm
MollyL
Nef giving a hint for weed. Hilarious.
6:53 pm
rururocks
Put that in your pipe and smoke it ...
6:54 pm
rururocks
thanks JWR for the link but that wasn't the arrest in my neighborhood
6:57 pm
rururocks
Napa is the new wild wild west
7:16 pm
Nef
You never know what you learn as you travel through your life. I learned more than I ever wanted to know about all sorts of things from my kids.
7:17 pm
mab
So good to see you back at the old babble homestead, Nef!
7:21 pm
MollyL
Who blew the chat?
7:24 pm
MollyL
Oh, jwr link below
7:34 pm
mkg
Hi all. Any clues for the 7?
7:37 pm
mkg
This is a tough grid. Not nice.
7:43 pm
grannyrose
hang on mkg. i'll look.
7:44 pm
mkg
Help….clue for the 7 please? Also missibng the U words and the first column o word. Ty. And i have no sixes. Not a nice grid at all.
7:44 pm
grannyrose
gr7, cereal. or Neil Diamond song, Crunchy gr 7 sweet.
7:44 pm
grannyrose
un 4 x 2. both with only vowels after the un.
7:45 pm
grannyrose
ol 5/18. usually a suffix, as in biol 5
7:46 pm
grannyrose
an 6/21. yearly.
7:46 pm
mkg
Fantastic clues. Ty.
7:46 pm
grannyrose
no 6/18. negative prefix + paintings
7:47 pm
mkg
Didnt get the cereal one. Grunchy not in grid. Looking…….
7:47 pm
mkg
Got the un words. Ty. Super clues.
7:47 pm
grannyrose
ou 6/21. not in + not walk
7:47 pm
grannyrose
ou 6/21. not in + not walk
7:48 pm
grannyrose
okay gr 7. first part of my title + coka c***
7:48 pm
mkg
The 7……hummmmmm
7:49 pm
grannyrose
reverse out 6 for ru 6. not walk + not in
7:49 pm
mkg
Got the 7!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow. Ty ty ty.
7:49 pm
grannyrose
sn 6. add sometimes vowel to pig's nose
7:50 pm
mkg
Ty rose. Got the sn. Ty
7:51 pm
grannyrose
do you want more?
7:51 pm
mkg
I think i am ok now. Wow. Ty. I needed those very very much. Ty.
7:52 pm
grannyrose
sweet dreams mkg. lunch time for me
9:54 pm
forwardbyfaith
any clues for the ga5 please?
10:29 pm
gingentle
ga5 is one of the many euphamistic names of Maui-Wowie.
10:53 pm
allyall
May i have a hint for either ou6?
10:55 pm
bookwomen
only have one not in+not walk
10:57 pm
allyall
thank you! the other is related
10:57 pm
bookwomen
ty got it
11:01 pm
allyall
fireworks! :D yay!
11:02 pm
bookwomen
congrats.
11:57 pm
mich_pdx
Ready for the flip?
11:58 pm
mich_pdx
247 is my guess
11:59 pm
mich_pdx
or 117 - they're be a 7 in it :)