Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, December 9, 2021

12:02 am

justafreep

wa7 x 2 (and happy flip!)

12:02 am

harpjane

found a bunny

12:03 am

SueMagee

Un7

12:03 am

dizgrannie

un 8

12:04 am

Soodle

Ye 7/40

12:05 am

SueMagee

Ye7 x 2

12:12 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:12 am

Soodle

Hi Nan. :-)

12:13 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, re 8

12:14 am

Rainiqui

roue

12:14 am

cybernan

well done rain :)

12:14 am

Rainiqui

thanks nan

12:18 am

justafreep

re7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:20 am

Gillie

re8 x 2

12:26 am

justafreep

ye7 x 3

12:40 am

cybernan

good night everyone - will have to look for those re's tomorrow :)

4:33 am

ItalianGreyhound

Wow, nice grid! Add an S in the right spot, and it would have 400 words

4:37 am

Scrabbler

Still here IG?

4:37 am

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Scrabbler

4:38 am

Scrabbler

I woke up early, an hour before my alarm.

4:38 am

ItalianGreyhound

me too

5:38 am

Scrabbler

I found 100 and I am done. See you tomorrow.

5:44 am

lbdawger

gm, any clues for the re7?

5:45 am

lbdawger

nm found it! tadone!

6:25 am

periwinkle

good morning all. help with the R in the middle please

6:47 am

hurshy

darn it, the cat tore the paper, i'm going to have to re6 that present

6:54 am

Uneaixoise

Tx hursh

6:55 am

hurshy

np :)

6:56 am

dan2bit

morning all! phantom territory

6:56 am

Uneaixoise

Hey Dan!

7:07 am

SamanthaJoy

Phantom: Pretty much any word that ends in "-ier"

7:09 am

Gillie

Also pirouette

7:30 am

welki

'morning, all.

peri, are you still here?

7:41 am

hokie carla

NTPN - tall american tennis player

7:41 am

hokie carla

hey welki and anyone else still here

7:41 am

welki

beats me, all i can think of is arthur ashe

7:41 am

welki

and hi, hokie!

7:42 am

hokie carla

this is a much more recent player. I assume he still plays.

7:43 am

welki

i'd bet une would know

7:44 am

hokie carla

yep, gonna leave it for a bit for Une or Pen

7:44 am

welki

oh yes, pen, too!

7:45 am

welki

still no words from mlfan or bea? french toast is absent, too

7:45 am

hokie carla

ok, this grid is difficult

7:45 am

hokie carla

no, still nothing

7:48 am

MollyL

Querrey

7:49 am

hokie carla

âœ…âœ…âœ…

7:49 am

hokie carla

ðŸŽ¾ðŸŽ¾ðŸŽ¾ I meant

7:50 am

MollyL

I heard from Bea! She is having computer issues. Thank God it was nothing worse.

7:50 am

hokie carla

thanks for the update!

7:51 am

welki

thank you for the good news

7:51 am

hokie carla

I was afraid of that because she never seemed right with her new computer.

7:52 am

welki

drew

7:52 am

welki

oops

7:52 am

hokie carla

darnit welki, I have that one

7:55 am

hokie carla

here's something I never noticed - qwerty is on enable list, but it doesn't exist in puzzle due to that pesky u on the q

8:01 am

hokie carla

well, 63 left after 1st pass. did not get half of A in 1st col, Q, or Y.

8:04 am

welki

i plowed through almost 3/4 and think it's time for more coffee

8:04 am

hokie carla

still working on my coffee

8:18 am

player girl

Hi all. Pretty doable list but I haven't found any of the q's. Any helpful helpers out there today???

8:18 am

player girl

Hi all. Pretty doable list but I haven't found any of the q's. Any helpful helpers out there today???

8:22 am

welki

qu 5/16

8:25 am

MollyL

qu4/7

8:26 am

MollyL

And there are 2 qu 5/16

8:35 am

hokie carla

well that helped, thanks

8:38 am

hokie carla

finally found 2 a's above the q

8:38 am

hokie carla

make that 3

8:39 am

welki

if peri wanders back in, please tell her that she's been named 'color of the year'

https://tinyurl.com/ye222am5

8:39 am

welki

i have to rest my eyes - later, all

8:39 am

hokie carla

bye

8:40 am

hokie carla

are these y's really weird? I have one regular y4 and that's all I can see.

8:41 am

hokie carla

found one more regular y4

8:43 am

montreal13

i have 5 regular Ys ...

8:43 am

hokie carla

ok, thanks. guess I am just not seeing them. will have to do something else.

8:44 am

montreal13

np â˜º

8:47 am

montreal13

bbl

8:47 am

hokie carla

c ya

8:47 am

72 Temple Owl

have one yo word...are there more? ty

8:48 am

hokie carla

I found one yo and one ye and that's it

8:48 am

72 Temple Owl

more yo i mean

8:49 am

periwinkle

wow color of the year!!1

8:50 am

72 Temple Owl

later, all

8:50 am

hokie carla

hasta la vista

8:56 am

mkg

Any clues for the A words first column? Ty

8:56 am

hokie carla

they are all ai

8:56 am

hokie carla

2 5's and a 4

8:56 am

mkg

Ty. Got two of them now.

8:57 am

mkg

Got all 3. Ty

8:58 am

mkg

Any hints for the R word third column third row? Ty

8:59 am

hokie carla

so the middle one? re6 - a redo word relating to presents

8:59 am

mkg

Ty

9:00 am

mkg

Got it. Ty

9:00 am

mkg

One last need: clues for any 8s. Ty

9:01 am

hokie carla

un8 - what the anorexic did

9:02 am

mkg

Unate????oh ty

9:02 am

mkg

Ty

9:02 am

hokie carla

re8 - something added to make something fireproof

9:04 am

hokie carla

well I gotta get going will be back later for last 33

9:04 am

mattygroves

Nice hint, thanks

9:06 am

mkg

Ty got two of themnow. Ty.

9:06 am

mkg

Quare

9:22 am

MollyL

Yes, our little Peri is the Color of The Year.
Boo-yah!

9:29 am

lawyer-1

ender

9:31 am

mkg

What color is the color of the year please?

9:32 am

rururocks

um... periwinkle?

9:33 am

mkg

Ooooohhhhhh. Stupid me. Sorry

9:35 am

hokie carla

very peri

9:38 am

bichon

Did you know that periwinkle is an invasive plant?

9:52 am

mattygroves

Well, it depends where you are. Not invasive in its native habitat! :D

9:56 am

bichon

Looked it up and that's what I saw. I am so fond of it.

10:02 am

rururocks

I don't think I've seen a periwinkle in person.. just in photos

10:06 am

mattygroves

Ah hah! The periwinkle is invasive in North America and the Antipodes, but native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia - so it's all in context :)

10:07 am

MollyL

I would never describe Peri as invasive.

10:12 am

Shirlockc

shameless self promotion! my new book is out: https://amzn.to/3rQN6sL
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10:12 am

rururocks

congrats shirl

10:13 am

Shirlockc

thx ruru!

10:25 am

godthaab

Congratulations Shirlocckc!!!!!!

10:28 am

MollyL

Shirley do you self-publish?

10:30 am

periwinkle

a periwinkle is also a type of shell

10:31 am

periwinkle

Peri is the color of the year for 2022

10:32 am

periwinkle

I did not know this until I saw welki's post

10:34 am

Uneaixoise

It's a ground cover that's taken over lots of space in my backyard flower beds! LOL!

10:34 am

hurshy

i found out from a crossword puzzle yesterday that "erose" is "jagged"

10:35 am

hurshy

seen it so many times here, never looked it up

10:35 am

Uneaixoise

Hmmmmm

10:35 am

Uneaixoise

Same here

10:36 am

hurshy

it is so funny when that happens, you're like, oh, is that what that means? cool

10:39 am

hurshy

phantom: torrent

10:42 am

penquis

hello all...

10:42 am

hurshy

hiya pen

10:42 am

Uneaixoise

Hey pen!

10:42 am

penquis

hey, hursh...

10:42 am

penquis

hey, une...

10:42 am

origami

Hi pen ... all

10:43 am

penquis

*waving to peri*....

10:43 am

penquis

hey , ori....

10:45 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! motown

10:47 am

Uneaixoise

Detroit

10:47 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:58 am

MollyL

For those of you who were not here earlier, Bea is fine, just having computer issues.

10:58 am

penquis

oh, good!....

10:58 am

hurshy

ah good

11:09 am

Shirlockc

switched screens so a bit late to respond, MollyL, this book was semi-self publish -- i worked with a v v small press.

11:22 am

bichon

qu 5/16, second one, pls

11:23 am

periwinkle

I just finishe reading a book and the butler actually did it (murdered 2 people)

11:25 am

penquis

hah!

11:25 am

penquis

qu 5 ends with a directional suffix....

11:27 am

bichon

ty pen

11:28 am

penquis

yw...

11:43 am

Vicuna

Shirl, I'm part of a group that runs live author readings on zoom of sci fi, fantasy, and horror. If you're interested in reading with us to help reach an audience, go to https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebl\ny.com

11:44 am

Vicuna

There's a link there where you can fill out an interest form. (It's all free: free to you to read, and free to the audience to attend.)

11:45 am

Vicuna

And while we're shamelessly self-promoting, everyone else who likes sci fi, and/or horror should go to that link and sign up to attend our Year-End Extravaganza THIS SUNDAY, with 40 authors, 6 hours of live programming, and all manner of fun.

11:45 am

Vicuna

(And now back to looking for words.)

11:47 am

Vicuna

Okay, that link looks like it's got extra character in it? Try this:

11:48 am

Vicuna

https://strongwomenstrangeworlds.weebl\ny.com

11:49 am

Vicuna

Aargh -- no. Why does it keep adding stuff? should end in weebly.com, without the extra \n

11:50 am

penquis

it will happen every time....and the chat will go wonky every time as well....it helps to use tiny urls....

11:51 am

Vicuna

Yeah, I thought this address was short enough not to break the chat. (Sorry if it did, although it still seems fine on my end.)

11:51 am

penquis

not fine here...

11:52 am

Shirlockc

I'm signing up now Vicuna!

11:52 am

Vicuna

=( Sorry, everyone!
But worth it if I got Shirl to join us! ;)

11:53 am

penquis

no problem really....

11:57 am

Shirlockc

lol and yes, have learned to use bit.ly to get those short URLs

12:08 pm

penquis

taking a break....bbl to find my last 39....bye all....

12:13 pm

hokie carla

I keep missing pen!

12:15 pm

MollyL

tinyurl.com it will take your long url and
make it short enough to enter here

12:17 pm

MollyL

The code for this site limits how many
characters you can post without a space. After
you reach that many characters, it automatically
inserts a \n

12:19 pm

periwinkle

en6 pls

12:20 pm

hokie carla

en+that's a ****!

12:20 pm

periwinkle

ty carla

12:45 pm

cybernan

hello everyone

12:45 pm

cybernan

carla, if your clue is referring to a time to meet -- that is not being accepted.

12:49 pm

cybernan

oh - nm - found it :)

12:54 pm

MollyL

No, her clue refers to what you do with
paper around gifts

1:04 pm

cybernan

just got the news that our 9 and 11 year old grandkids got their first covid vaccination today :)

1:05 pm

mael

that's great nan!

1:05 pm

mael

my 5 and 7 year old got their second dose at the beginning of december, such a relief

1:07 pm

cybernan

wow - the states must have approved the vaccine for kids a long time ago --- or do you not have to wait 6 weeks between doses?

1:07 pm

cybernan

They just started rolling out vaccine for kids on Monday here

1:10 pm

mael

it's three weeks between doses here

1:10 pm

mael

got approved early November

1:13 pm

hokie carla

3 weeks for pfizer, 4 weeks for moderna

1:13 pm

mael

but only pfizer is approved for the 5-11 group

1:14 pm

hokie carla

ah

1:15 pm

hokie carla

I'm assuming all the u's are UN? still need 1.

1:16 pm

hokie carla

wouldn't cooked meat be unraw?

1:17 pm

hokie carla

and the enable dorks are unrad

1:17 pm

cybernan

It is such a relief to see the kids getting vaccinated. Our daughter in law said they had to wait an hour this moring at the vaccination clinic. They are pushing 800 kids per day through the one they were at.

1:18 pm

hokie carla

that's great

1:19 pm

cybernan

I assume so on the u's Carla - still need 4 here

1:19 pm

cybernan

and haven't found the two re 8's that were called last night either

1:20 pm

hokie carla

I found one. didn't know what my missing 8 was. the one is like what they put on something to keep it from catching fire or slowing fire, but with a diff ending than usual.

1:22 pm

cybernan

oh - lol - did have that one, so we're missing the same one

1:23 pm

hokie carla

well I've tried several logical things that aren't it

1:24 pm

hokie carla

I still need 5 r's from 2nd row and 1 from 3rd so I don't even know which r it comes from.

1:26 pm

hokie carla

alright, 30 for later. TTFN

1:26 pm

cybernan

do you have the un 4 babblet, Carla?

1:32 pm

mael

yeah, all the Us are UNs

1:43 pm

cybernan

found the remaining re 6 if anyone wants a clue

1:48 pm

cybernan

does anyone have stats for the lone r please?

1:53 pm

periwinkle

first re8 pls

1:53 pm

zoozzoom

Lone R is RE 6/33

1:54 pm

zoozzoom

More RE 6/21 peri

1:55 pm

zoozzoom

Or re money from wages.

1:55 pm

zoozzoom

As another RE 8

1:55 pm

periwinkle

ty zooz

1:56 pm

cybernan

have 2 re 6/33, there must be 3

1:57 pm

zoozzoom

Say to ripped the Christmas paper and you need to do it again.

1:57 pm

cybernan

and I guess there are at least 4 re 6/21

1:58 pm

zoozzoom

you not to.

1:59 pm

cybernan

ty zoom

2:01 pm

cybernan

off for lunch and errands - bbl for last 36

3:03 pm

periwinkle

un7 please

3:06 pm

periwinkle

nm

4:33 pm

bichon

wa 7/48, pls

4:34 pm

bichon

nm

4:37 pm

bichon

un 7/36, pls

4:38 pm

bichon

true

4:39 pm

bichon

sorry, not a word

4:43 pm

lynxxx

didn't consume enough

4:43 pm

lynxxx

sorry - that was the 8

4:45 pm

lynxxx

but you could leave out the der and then make it past tense

4:45 pm

lynxxx

goodness must be too early here - leave out the DE

4:47 pm

cybernan

hello again :)

4:47 pm

bichon

sorry, don't understand

4:55 pm

cybernan

un 7/36: not given enough value

4:56 pm

hurshy

re7?

4:57 pm

cybernan

still looking for that one hurshy -- comes from the top r though

4:58 pm

hurshy

yeah, i know

4:59 pm

cybernan

doesn't matter how many times I try to swap again it still doesn't work

5:01 pm

hurshy

that would be wrong alphabetically anyway

5:01 pm

cybernan

can't get rid of the rodents again either

5:01 pm

cybernan

ok -- haven't listed yet

5:02 pm

cybernan

how many points?

5:02 pm

hurshy

32

5:03 pm

hurshy

tis my last word

5:03 pm

hurshy

aHA

5:03 pm

hurshy

it's very twisty

5:04 pm

bichon

re 6/18, first one, pls

5:04 pm

hurshy

i liked that product so much i will definitely re7 it

5:04 pm

hurshy

bichon: make money again

5:04 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy

5:05 pm

bichon

ty hurshy

5:05 pm

cybernan

that finished the r's for me

5:05 pm

cybernan

grats on the finish hurshy

5:07 pm

bichon

re 7/62, pls

5:07 pm

cybernan

re 7/32? - hurshy just clued it at 5:04

5:08 pm

bichon

no, not it re 7/32

5:12 pm

cybernan

there is no re 7/62

5:12 pm

NANCY

re 6/27 please just cant see it

5:13 pm

BzznBea

re6.27 is a late night flight

5:14 pm

cybernan

hi bea - how are you doing?

5:15 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx Bea!

5:15 pm

BzznBea

I'm doing well. Busy.

5:17 pm

NANCY

TY bea, got it

5:18 pm

cybernan

pa 7/36 please?

5:19 pm

BzznBea

It is the misspelling of your friend or mate.

5:19 pm

cybernan

ty bea

5:19 pm

BzznBea

YW

5:20 pm

BzznBea

I'm off to fix the dinner...leaving 15.

5:20 pm

cybernan

bye bea

5:30 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!*

5:30 pm

cybernan

have a good evening, everyone :)

5:31 pm

Uneaixoise

Re 7/32 please?

5:44 pm

Uneaixoise

Anyone?

5:44 pm

bichon

I've been trying to get that forever

5:45 pm

windingwake

The one I have is when you buy something again. It is twisty

5:46 pm

Uneaixoise

??

5:48 pm

bichon

I'm confused

5:49 pm

Uneaixoise

Me too

5:49 pm

bichon

my last word

5:49 pm

eieios

no idea what that means.

5:49 pm

hurshy

i really loved that product, i'll definitely re7 it!

5:50 pm

hurshy

or, this system of organization makes no sense, i am going to re7 the files tomorrow.

5:51 pm

NANCY

RE plus what you do at a restaurant

5:51 pm

Uneaixoise

Thanks!!!!

5:51 pm

bichon

?

5:51 pm

eieios

aaahhhh!

5:54 pm

Uneaixoise

One word to go!

5:54 pm

bichon

please tell me so I can go watch Jeopardy

5:56 pm

NANCY

BICH, what you do in a restaurant after looking at a menu

5:56 pm

bichon

tyvm Naqncy, at last

5:57 pm

NANCY

yvwelcome

5:58 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!!!

6:05 pm

Gillie

Phantom qwerty

6:23 pm

Sophie512

hello all, just came back for the last 5, ALL RE

6:27 pm

MollyL

I thought Hurshy's clues were great

6:37 pm

Sophie512

down to 2

7:04 pm

Sophie512

FIREWORKS, FINALLY!!!!

7:12 pm

MollyL

Wow, Sophie is so EXUBURENT!!!

7:20 pm

dan2bit

It's getting so LOUD in HERE

7:28 pm

MollyL

The !!! people like LOUD

7:28 pm

penquis

i am done ... ;o)

7:30 pm

penquis

*quietly exiting the chat*.....

7:35 pm

dan2bit

firewords! my last was re6 compound overnight flight. thanks lickety and all cluers

7:46 pm

Filomena

y

8:02 pm

rururocks

y not?

8:03 pm

hokie carla

that is the question

8:05 pm

hokie carla

I looked for my last U earlier today and never found it and now my U is gray and I don't have anything new in my list. so weird. so I guess now I should count words in my list and compare them to the tile.

8:05 pm

rururocks

guessing that was exuberant

8:06 pm

rururocks

you have GATBO and HOET Hokie?

8:06 pm

hokie carla

well, I have all the 8's but still need 4 7's. depends on your def of the big ones. I do have HOET though.24 left.

8:07 pm

hokie carla

darnit, no HOET. I only have 2 y's

8:07 pm

rururocks

so you are GMOTBO and AHOET?

8:08 pm

hokie carla

seems so

8:08 pm

hokie carla

and WPT is almost 4

8:08 pm

rururocks

wpt?

8:09 pm

hokie carla

words per tile

8:09 pm

hokie carla

I have 7 white tiles left with 24 words.

8:09 pm

rururocks

isn't that hoet?

8:09 pm

rururocks

I'm so confused

8:09 pm

hokie carla

HOET is half on every tile

8:10 pm

hokie carla

what do you reckon my last A in the upper right is?

8:13 pm

hokie carla

NTPN - spam competitor

8:13 pm

maggiej

motored

8:14 pm

hokie carla

I have that one, but thanks

8:14 pm

hokie carla

that is a good guess because I was surprised it took

8:15 pm

hokie carla

I think I will just use the list.

8:28 pm

hokie carla

oh give me a break on that ti7

8:47 pm

hurshy

i bet i am ti7 than you right now though

8:52 pm

dan2bit

not as bad as pa7,

8:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in, ker-sploosh!

9:12 pm

mich_pdx

me too! 23 left (diving)

9:17 pm

wht

Hi all. Does anyone have a clue for the ad6?

9:19 pm

wht

nm. I was just dexterous enough to find it.

9:19 pm

wht

And that is fireworks.

9:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

woo hoo wht !!!!!!!!

9:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(just found the ad6, ya beats me to it)

10:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

6 to go, commence ha4 pulling

10:13 pm

allyall

HOET and GATBO, falling asleep, 36 remaining. Oh well.

10:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

night night allyall

10:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

4 left, hoping i can find them in less than one hour LOL

10:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fireworks, and some plotz, woot

10:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

lurkers who need clues, speak now

10:16 pm

mich_pdx

congrats, Gwen! I have 7 left

10:17 pm

mich_pdx

so manys r's but no error!

10:18 pm

mich_pdx

is the tr 5 before the weight (or town in NY) a common word?

10:19 pm

mich_pdx

dammit, thought I put the fish in... lol

10:21 pm

mich_pdx

5 left, all r's

10:32 pm

maggiej

re 7/32 any hints?

10:33 pm

mich_pdx

Maggie, the waiter screwed up, you'll have to re 7/32

10:34 pm

mich_pdx

do you have re 6/18 after pulled again?

10:35 pm

maggiej

tyvm

10:36 pm

mich_pdx

ah, nm, got it

10:36 pm

mich_pdx

firewords!

10:41 pm

mich_pdx

any lurkers want clues? Otherwise I'll jump out until the flip.

10:42 pm

Bugsaw

thanks mich but the list is helping a lot

10:43 pm

mich_pdx

:)

11:12 pm

Roses6

clue/stats for the long middle r please?

11:20 pm

Roses6

oops - *lone

11:20 pm

ursh

early flight i think

11:20 pm

Roses6

thank you!

11:21 pm

Roses6

ohoh - it's not that one...

11:22 pm

ursh

make a picture again - past tense ?

11:23 pm

ursh

cover a present with paper again ?

11:24 pm

Roses6

ahh, that's it, cover the present. Thank you! For NBT/NBS, and 58 left.

11:25 pm

Roses6

retoy

11:25 pm

Roses6

oops, sorry...

11:30 pm

ursh

you can also un**** the present

11:30 pm

ursh

which I just found :)

11:33 pm

ursh

fireworks and laundry awaits

11:37 pm

Roses6

thanks for that too.

11:38 pm

Roses6

pirot

11:38 pm

Roses6

oops --

11:52 pm

cybernan

p's are all pa

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