Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, January 6, 2022

12:00 am

harpjane

found a fish

12:03 am

SueMagee

Fu7

12:05 am

lynxxx

pi7

12:07 am

jessmom

su7

12:09 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:10 am

mich_pdx

found a duck

12:12 am

dizgrannie

no male anatomy tonight...lol

12:12 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:13 am

rururocks

keep poking around diz you'll find some

12:14 am

dizgrannie

LOL too many cobwebs here

12:14 am

mich_pdx

lol!

12:14 am

Rainiqui

found fermale

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

harpjane

thanks lickety

12:19 am

mich_pdx

gracias, Lickety

12:20 am

marksdolly

ty lickety!

12:21 am

harpjane

found sheep

12:21 am

dizgrannie

pf 4/9

12:23 am

cybernan

de 7

12:26 am

harpjane

nbt nbs

12:26 am

mich_pdx

who knew you could/should spell it that way!

12:26 am

cybernan

different meaning from the homophone which is also in the grid

12:27 am

mich_pdx

I meant grannie's pf 4/9

12:28 am

cybernan

sorry - thought you were talking about the de 7

12:29 am

SummerBreeze44

un7

12:30 am

mich_pdx

lol, I'm blind tonight on the long words, I'll know what you're talking about tomorrow :)

12:31 am

cybernan

didn't find the pi 7, but have found the others that have been called

12:32 am

marksdolly

the pi is a 6/7 combo

12:34 am

cybernan

not finding any i's either -- but too tired to go on. See you tomorrow :)

12:34 am

marksdolly

gn Nan

12:34 am

mich_pdx

sleep well, Nan

12:34 am

cybernan

* found an i for nbt, nbs and 100 down.

12:35 am

marksdolly

36 left here

12:35 am

marksdolly

thinking I'll leave em until morning

12:35 am

cybernan

wd dolly

12:35 am

marksdolly

ty

12:39 am

mich_pdx

I'm off too - happy babbling!

1:39 am

rbud

sp 7 for the last 7

4:07 am

mattygroves

Am I missing some very obvious i words (eye)? Because I can't see any....

4:15 am

mattygroves

Found one.

4:15 am

mattygroves

Found all four now

6:47 am

jmcnrick

hi all!

6:52 am

periwinkle

hi, jmc

6:52 am

periwinkle

hi all

6:54 am

jmcnrick

I was just thinking that I was too early or too late. :)

7:04 am

welki

'morning, everyone

7:05 am

saanichcat

morning all! foot of snow overnight here...

7:05 am

jmcnrick

ugh you can have it saan

7:05 am

jmcnrick

but

7:05 am

jmcnrick

I think it comes here tonight

7:06 am

jmcnrick

morning welki

7:06 am

saanichcat

it's the sparkly kind if that helps

7:07 am

jmcnrick

haha not much! i still have to shovel it off my sidewalk

7:09 am

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the top corner F word? Ty. Stats too please

7:10 am

jmcnrick

don't have it yet mkg

7:11 am

mkg

Ok ty anyway.

7:14 am

welki

just started, i don't have it either

7:15 am

mkg

DC getting more snow? Wow. I am returning on the 11th. Hope i can get home.

7:15 am

mkg

Jmcnrick, where do you live in DC? I live in the burbs. In Potomac marlyand

7:16 am

jmcnrick

I live in NW DC. I don't think it will be as much as earlier, but the ice after was the worse part. Made me glad I am pretty much in my house all the time now waiting out omicron

7:16 am

mkg

Well i am stuck so will take a break. No 7s and need that f wordâ€¦â€¦.back later.

7:17 am

jmcnrick

bye mkg

7:24 am

aslindy

hello all

7:25 am

jmcnrick

hi aslindy

7:26 am

welki

hi lindy

7:26 am

aslindy

how is everyone today?

7:27 am

mkg

I am back. I am a realtor rick, so i am out and about. I swim every day so go to the pool. Hope omicron doesnt hit you.

7:27 am

welki

i really should stop reading the news

7:27 am

mkg

Everyone needs a day or so not to read any news. And you then realize you missed nothing.

7:28 am

mkg

Darn that top corner F word is not coming to me. Darn.

7:28 am

Uneaixoise

Big snow headed our way!

7:30 am

hurshy

*singing from white christmas* snow... snow... snow... snow... snow!!!

7:31 am

jmcnrick

*puts hands on ears and sticks head in sand*

7:31 am

hurshy

you do not like that song? even if you don't like snow, it's a great song

7:31 am

BzznBea

I didn't realize Nashwille got this much snow.

7:32 am

jmcnrick

I just don't want to think about it. No, the song is a great song.

7:36 am

bubba218

fu7,, fu + if you spill wine on your shirt, you have a *****, rearrange the letters

7:37 am

jmcnrick

ty bubba

7:38 am

aslindy

thank you bubba

7:38 am

Shirlockc

i saw bubba's clue and thought he was cursing lol

7:38 am

jmcnrick

haha shirl

7:39 am

jmcnrick

I sew a lot and never saw that word before. Me thinks it is dated

7:39 am

Shirlockc

i mean that's what i do what i spill stuff

7:40 am

jmcnrick

OIC! good point

7:40 am

BzznBea

I do too, shirl. And then Siri makes some rude remark.

7:41 am

mattygroves

Is the SP7 a 'normal' word?

7:41 am

Shirlockc

is siri telling you to wash your mouth out?

7:42 am

BzznBea

She usually says, not again or that figures.

7:46 am

eliotl

sufe

7:46 am

BzznBea

sp7 is not normal

7:47 am

BzznBea

It is part of the brain

7:48 am

BzznBea

sp + contact ***se + two vowels

7:49 am

saanichcat

thanks bea!

7:49 am

BzznBea

yw

7:50 am

aslindy

I am not getting the middle of that clue

7:51 am

BzznBea

What I put in my eye so I can see.

7:51 am

aslindy

oh. but it doesn't end with se.

7:51 am

BzznBea

I guess it should be ***s

7:52 am

BzznBea

You are correct. Sorry for the confusion.

7:52 am

aslindy

got it now, thank you. :)

7:53 am

mattygroves

Thank you - got it!

7:53 am

BzznBea

yw

7:54 am

jmcnrick

ty bzzn

7:54 am

BzznBea

I must take my leave. Driving to the Big City for appointments.

7:56 am

jmcnrick

bye bzzn

7:58 am

hempshow

where's the dark mode on this thing? my eyes are bugging out today

7:59 am

aslindy

sadly, that's not a thing

7:59 am

Shirlockc

i wonder how much longer i can play this on my device

8:00 am

hempshow

i will pray to Dr. God for some intervention then

8:00 am

Shirlockc

i was chatting with a friend and he said that this would not be too difficult to "redo" for modern devices

8:01 am

jmcnrick

can you adjust the brightness on your screen?

8:01 am

jmcnrick

I am wearing blue glasses to reduce the strain myself

8:02 am

hempshow

it helps a little to dim the screen, but maybe i should go fetch my glasses

8:02 am

MollyL

JMC is correct. If ou go into your computer's settings you can adjust the screen brightness. Same as your phone.

8:05 am

hempshow

turns out i have probably rarely adjusted brightness, it was on full blast

8:05 am

hempshow

wonder what my eye doc would say, staring into the sun each day for so many hours

8:05 am

jmcnrick

*beams with pride for being right*

8:06 am

hempshow

please don't beam too brightly :)

8:06 am

jmcnrick

sorry, I will tone it down!

8:38 am

hurshy

i'm stuck on the first one, corner F, anyone have it?

8:39 am

doseffing

fu 7/44

9:00 am

mael

what, it's not funpits? that ought to be the name of those ball pits at chuck-e-cheese

9:00 am

hurshy

if only there were an r i could get it

9:00 am

hurshy

if there were an r it would be fustier

9:01 am

hurshy

ooh ooh i was on the right track, got it now

9:02 am

mael

got it too, thanks hursh

10:12 am

MollyL

Or we could just type the word in the chat
: D

10:14 am

jmcnrick

that never happens 0:D

11:03 am

hokie carla

still took me like 20 tries to get it

11:06 am

hurshy

cocoa time

11:07 am

jmcnrick

bring some to pour into my coffee hursh

11:07 am

hurshy

k

11:10 am

hurshy

haha as a cat lover i just tried a un5 that pertains to them, not at all thinking it would work, but it did

11:10 am

hokie carla

thanks

11:11 am

hokie carla

proving once again how stupid enable is with the un's and re's

11:12 am

hokie carla

has anyone tried that wordle?

11:12 am

Shirlockc

wow, never would have thought that was a word

11:12 am

hurshy

wordle? is that another game?

11:14 am

jmcnrick

ty hursh

11:15 am

hokie carla

yes, I think the link is short enough.

11:15 am

hokie carla

https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle\n/

11:15 am

hokie carla

so take off that \n/ at the end

11:15 am

hurshy

i know :)

11:16 am

hokie carla

basically you have 5 guesses to get the word of the day

11:16 am

hurshy

so it's like mastermind, that game with the colored pegs, but with letters/words instead. cool

11:16 am

hokie carla

I know you know, but others might not

11:16 am

hokie carla

I have heard it is like mastermind but I don't know that one

11:17 am

jmcnrick

I just tried it and it is more logic than words to me.

11:17 am

jmcnrick

got the word in 2 but that may have been luck of the draw

11:18 am

hokie carla

this is my 2nd day. got yesterday's in 3 or 4. have 1 letter in the right spot today and can't think of a word to try.

11:19 am

hurshy

i got today's!

11:19 am

hokie carla

I also know one other letter but not where it goes

11:19 am

hokie carla

I think the game is a lot of luck

11:19 am

hurshy

it's not that much logic, just thinking of words that use different letters than the words you already tried that you know are wrong

11:19 am

hurshy

you gotta maximize the variety of letters you try

11:20 am

hokie carla

logically thinking of words and trying letters ðŸ˜œ

11:20 am

hokie carla

yes, I think it's good to start with a word with a lot of vowels

11:20 am

hokie carla

anyhoo, apparently there is a new word each day

11:23 am

hurshy

pf4

11:24 am

hurshy

just alerting you to its presence

11:24 am

jmcnrick

ty hursh

11:25 am

hokie carla

that's a new one to me. also took me about 20 tries

11:25 am

hurshy

if any one of those Es were an I instead, we could have impunity

11:27 am

hokie carla

when I was younger and would read me5 (restaurant) I would always think I was reading meanness.

11:28 am

jmcnrick

whew! I finally monkeyed the pf

11:29 am

hokie carla

did you check the def?

11:29 am

hokie carla

ridiculous

11:29 am

hurshy

it's just like, making a spitting noise, right?

11:30 am

hokie carla

it is alt sp of a ph word that is an interjection

11:30 am

jmcnrick

actually the definition shows a completely (and more common) spelling

11:30 am

hokie carla

if you know cartoons, there was one Hong Kong Ph

11:32 am

hokie carla

why were you even trying that, hurshy?

11:32 am

jmcnrick

but he spelled it the more common way

11:32 am

hurshy

because we have it in grids and i saw it

11:32 am

hokie carla

yes

11:32 am

hurshy

same reason i would try psst, knowing that works too

11:32 am

jmcnrick

so a new babblet for me

11:33 am

hokie carla

so if I could find one more E that would be great

11:35 am

hokie carla

oh, there's one of our dwarfs

11:36 am

hurshy

fun!

11:38 am

hokie carla

ok, HOET!

11:38 am

MollyL

You two are like Blurtina and Blurtette

11:39 am

hokie carla

well, I knew I was in the right company

11:39 am

MollyL

Yeah, but you are not the only two in chat

11:39 am

hurshy

lots of people like it, though

11:40 am

MollyL

It doesn't matter though. Blurting has become the norm. No one wants to find words on their own anymore.

11:40 am

jmcnrick

meh

11:40 am

hokie carla

jmc was the only other one and she doesn't seem opposed

11:40 am

hurshy

one can always hide the chat if one wants to be truly independent

11:41 am

MollyL

Yes one can, and a lot of people do. Which makes chat less fun, but so it goes.

11:41 am

jmcnrick

either way is fine for me. I haven't se** fireworks in years

11:42 am

hurshy

cluing has been a big part of babble for as long as i've been playing. i don't think there was an old non-blurt norm

11:42 am

jmcnrick

<===not the brightest bulb on the tree

11:42 am

hurshy

it's always been a very collaborative game

11:43 am

MollyL

Cluing is different from just blurting out a word because you found it.

11:43 am

cybernan

just tuned in for a peek before breakfast. Have to say I don't like it when people throw out defs. and clues at the flip -- don't mind the calls for the 7's and 8's but no clues please.

11:43 am

hokie carla

but this isn't the flip

11:43 am

hurshy

if a word is sufficiently weird, like pf4, i figure lots of people will not see it, and will appreciate the alert. i don't mention every word i find.

11:44 am

MollyL

Someone blurted peri yesterday. I mean really.

11:44 am

hokie carla

and I agree, I don't like seeing words clued or offered without a clue request when I start playing so I don't look for a while

11:44 am

hokie carla

but how many times have we told peri she gets a tiara? is that the blurting?

11:45 am

hurshy

sometimes those things are just accidents, or newer players

11:45 am

MollyL

That is what I do too Carla. I don't look at chat until I have found all the words I think I am going to find.

11:45 am

cybernan

you mean at the flip molly ? That is why I left.

11:45 am

jmcnrick

I will remind friends of my 200 word post

11:45 am

jmcnrick

I will remind friends of my 200 word post

11:45 am

jmcnrick

*hic*

11:46 am

MollyL

That was Babble history JMC

11:46 am

hokie carla

and I do disagree with hurshy saying it's always been collaborative. you know, I've read all the early chats. it was very competitive at first

11:46 am

cybernan

There was one player last night (or maybe it was the night before) that gave a clue for everyword she found as she found it it. Most annoying.

11:46 am

hurshy

yeah, that would be bad, at the flip especially

11:46 am

jmcnrick

that would be annoying but you can ask people not to clue all the words

11:46 am

hokie carla

I did see some recently but don't rem. who the poster was that I was like, did someone ask for help on that?

11:46 am

MollyL

I don't think I have ever laughed so hard while playing this game. And yes Nan, that was annoying.

11:47 am

jmcnrick

at me or the person cluing last night (or the night before)?

11:47 am

cybernan

I agree with Carla the clues should be given when asked for.

11:47 am

MollyL

I think some people drunk Babble on occasion.

11:47 am

jmcnrick

*adds clown shoes and hat*

11:48 am

MollyL

No JMC at what you did. It was hysterical.

11:48 am

hokie carla

would be nice if y'all remembered when that was so I could read the chat

11:48 am

jmcnrick

I blushed so hard I was sure everyone could feel it

11:49 am

MollyL

Someone please have me committed if I start remembering dates of what was posted and when.

11:49 am

jmcnrick

gosh it was years ago hokie. . .

11:49 am

jmcnrick

maybe 2009?

11:49 am

origami

jmc's faux pas goes down in Babble history.

11:49 am

jmcnrick

I had been around long enough to know to use lickety. . .

11:50 am

jmcnrick

I try to big!

11:50 am

MollyL

I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often since LIckety added the copy/paste feature. Origami is my echo today.

11:51 am

hokie carla

it's a cautionary tale. I double check before pasting that I'm on the right screen.

11:51 am

hurshy

as usual, i'm finding S and P the hardest

11:52 am

hokie carla

need 7+5 S and 9 P, so not that easy

11:52 am

jmcnrick

I still blush a little. . .

11:52 am

cybernan

I use expert, so have been guilty of posting one or two words when I didn't move the cursor from the chat.

11:53 am

cybernan

speaking of clues -- pi 7? -- still haven't found it

11:53 am

MollyL

JMC the red-faced Babbler, you'll go down in history

11:53 am

hokie carla

still need 5 7's

11:54 am

hokie carla

actually 4, I can't subtract today

11:54 am

cybernan

need 2 more -- the pi 7 was called last night - don't know what my other missing one is

11:54 am

hokie carla

but I don't have pi7

11:55 am

hurshy

me neither, though i just found a bunch more pe words

11:55 am

jmcnrick

*adds reindeer horns*

11:56 am

mattygroves

I also do not have the pi7 - does anyone have the full stats handy?

11:56 am

hurshy

got it

11:56 am

hurshy

add the goose and then pl

11:57 am

mattygroves

That did it. Thanks.

11:57 am

cybernan

ty hurshy - like the 2fers :)

11:58 am

hurshy

i have one su7, are there other s7s?

11:59 am

mattygroves

There's an sp7 (weird one) - I don't have the SU7

11:59 am

hokie carla

I just have su7

11:59 am

cybernan

I only have one su 7

11:59 am

cybernan

ty matty - looking for the sp - my last one

12:00 pm

hurshy

su7 is the plural of su6 which i wouldn't have thought you could pluralize but i tried it anyway because babble

12:00 pm

hokie carla

matty, the su7 is a pl adj

12:00 pm

mattygroves

I shall look! I only have one su6 which cannot be pluralled as the last letter is not near the S...but looking!

12:00 pm

hokie carla

a body position

12:01 pm

hurshy

guess i need whatever THAT su6 is, then

12:01 pm

mattygroves

Gotya. Thanks!

12:01 pm

cybernan

su 7 is a puralized adjective

12:01 pm

hurshy

oh, ah, duh

12:01 pm

hurshy

and found the sp7

12:02 pm

jmcnrick

I am taking my reindeer horns for a break

12:02 pm

mattygroves

Found it - thanks for the help - one 7 left to find (though I don't know what it is - I've been playing sporadically today as pesky work has interfered.)

12:02 pm

hurshy

i have two 7s left to find

12:02 pm

cybernan

is the sp 7 a compound or weird in any way?

12:02 pm

mattygroves

I have the de, the fu, the pi, the sp and su.

12:02 pm

mattygroves

The SP is weird

12:03 pm

mattygroves

Sounds like a word for excellent or wonderful...until the last two letters

12:03 pm

hurshy

aha thanks, got the de now

12:03 pm

mattygroves

Anyone know what 7 I'm missing?

12:05 pm

hurshy

AHA

12:05 pm

hurshy

un7

12:06 pm

mattygroves

Ah, figures. I shall look. Weird word or normal word?

12:06 pm

cybernan

think I'm on the wrong track for the sp -- was using the firt 5 letters of the word for excellent, but can't find two letters to add to tht

12:06 pm

hurshy

not TOO weird, but not USED a lot either

12:07 pm

mattygroves

Ah hah! Found it, thank you!

12:07 pm

cybernan

ah - have it now - ty matty

12:08 pm

cybernan

we have a brand of sugar substitute in Canada that is close to that

12:08 pm

mattygroves

We have the same brand in the UK

12:08 pm

cybernan

off for breakfast - bbl

12:09 pm

cybernan

we have a punman here - surely there are more than one!

12:10 pm

hurshy

woot, that got me my last p

12:10 pm

hokie carla

we also have that sugar sub. but I'm still not finding the SP7

12:11 pm

hurshy

ditch the D in the sugar sub

12:11 pm

hurshy

use a vowel in its place

12:11 pm

cybernan

very like the sugar sub. change one letter

12:13 pm

hokie carla

finally, thanks village

12:16 pm

hokie carla

now for the DE7

12:19 pm

hokie carla

monica lewinsky did not de7 her little black dress

12:21 pm

hurshy

it's a noun... it may not mean whatever you think it means

12:21 pm

hokie carla

stop using that word! ðŸ˜

12:25 pm

windingwake

Hirshi, after that clue all I can think is â€˜de-stainâ€™. Thanks for that. =P

12:26 pm

hokie carla

oh, I remember the word now from previous grids

12:26 pm

windingwake

â€¦my autocorrect does not like hurshy

12:26 pm

MollyL

This reminds me of something I just read by a teacher about an admission essay where the student used the phrace "my self-defecating sense of humor". ðŸ˜ŠðŸ˜Š

12:27 pm

hokie carla

oh lord

12:28 pm

rururocks

he's a scatologist likely

12:28 pm

MollyL

I thought you were off leading your very full life.

12:29 pm

rururocks

I can lead a full life and finish my grids too. I'm talented

12:29 pm

windingwake

â€¦that was a good clue though. Had to take my brain farther into the gutter and then back out

12:31 pm

rururocks

I'm however not in the kitchen a lot though

12:36 pm

Uneaixoise

Sugar substitute?

12:39 pm

cybernan

top row sooty at last

12:44 pm

Sophie512

UN, sugar substitute with one letter removed, vowel to replace it

12:45 pm

Uneaixoise

Don't know the sugar substitute.... saccharine? Equal?

12:46 pm

hokie carla

yellow packets

12:46 pm

hokie carla

starts like a word for fantastic!

12:47 pm

Uneaixoise

Aspartame? Stevia?

12:47 pm

hokie carla

except it starts with SP

12:47 pm

Sophie512

so, for the Monica clue, I tried DESMELL apparently, cleaning something is not desmelling it

12:48 pm

Sophie512

my 14 year old grandson needs to desmell his tennis shoes

12:49 pm

hokie carla

the monica post wasn't a clue!

12:49 pm

hokie carla

it's not a real word, it was a joke saying she didn't remove the se5 from her dress

12:50 pm

Uneaixoise

Easier sp clue please????

12:51 pm

hokie carla

an organ some people have ruptured minus a vowel + a postal abbrev for a 4 letter state

12:51 pm

cybernan

de 7 has to do with land ownership -- old fashioned word

12:52 pm

hokie carla

it is an anagram of my monica joke

12:53 pm

cybernan

se 7 is also a homophone for the de 6/24 that means to put down in an insulting manner

12:54 pm

cybernan

*meant de 7

12:54 pm

cybernan

going to shut up now

12:54 pm

rururocks

is a homophone a device you have gay conversations on only?

12:54 pm

hokie carla

<---me furiously trying to get an se7 to sound like the de6

12:55 pm

Uneaixoise

Ruptured organ??

12:56 pm

hokie carla

third letter is a cons

12:56 pm

cybernan

une what are you trying to find?

12:56 pm

rururocks

thankfully une didn't have a typo

12:56 pm

hokie carla

she is trying to find SP7 but can't think of the sugar sub so I wasn't trying a different clue

12:57 pm

hokie carla

I was trying

12:57 pm

cybernan

sp + most of borrow's opposite + 2 vowels

12:59 pm

Uneaixoise

Got the sp!!!

12:59 pm

hokie carla

huzzah

1:00 pm

MollyL

I thought that SP sugar substitute was pretty well known. Not as well known as Stevia, thanks to Breaking Bad.

1:02 pm

Uneaixoise

Aahh, love me some Breaking Bad!

1:02 pm

hokie carla

I think it is but une was just having a mental block of it

1:02 pm

hokie carla

I could be wrong though

1:02 pm

hokie carla

maybe she hasn't ever heard of it

1:04 pm

Uneaixoise

Have heard if it.....just hard day......no sleep plus fighting ice and snow to take pups out to potty without falling and breaking a leg ...

1:04 pm

MollyL

Une, I just rewatched it again over the Christmas holidays. I am always amazed at the great way that story and the characters develop.

1:05 pm

Uneaixoise

I've rewatched it multiple times!!

1:05 pm

MollyL

If you go out to restaurants, it is kind of hard to miss the little yellow packets.

1:05 pm

hokie carla

I have never watched it

1:06 pm

rururocks

I don't have time to watch TV... I have a full life

1:06 pm

hokie carla

wow, ice and snow still or you got new? 57 here.

1:06 pm

Uneaixoise

No restaurants with covid floating around.....

1:06 pm

MollyL

I hear it's very full right now

1:06 pm

rururocks

true.. I'm usually full of something

1:07 pm

cybernan

been stuck at 53 since I came in -- time to list

1:07 pm

Uneaixoise

Snow and sleet constant today for 6 hours so far

1:09 pm

Uneaixoise

And temps dropping to single digits by morning

1:09 pm

cybernan

we now have 2 ft. snow on the level. Another 8 " added last night

1:10 pm

hokie carla

talking to my mom, she is near NETN and they let schools out at noon due to weather forecast, so I guess it's coming from your way.

1:15 pm

Uneaixoise

Yep

1:33 pm

BzznBea

Hello, friends.

1:33 pm

MollyL

Hello Lucy

1:34 pm

Uneaixoise

Hey Bea:-)

1:46 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* monkeys co-operated for a change :)

1:47 pm

cybernan

hi bea

1:47 pm

cybernan

any help wanted before I leave?

1:51 pm

cybernan

12th night -- have a good one and stay safe :)

2:12 pm

jmcnrick

*jingles sleigh bells*

2:24 pm

Sophie512

it has snowed here in Nash area all day..... a lot....if I ask Alexa how mush, she just says it's snowing right now, like I didn't know that

2:24 pm

Sophie512

much, not mush

2:25 pm

jmcnrick

mush Alexa mush!

2:25 pm

Uneaixoise

Lotsa white stuff indeed!

2:27 pm

Uneaixoise

6" at my house!

2:28 pm

Sophie512

thanks UNE you're so much more informative than Alexa

2:29 pm

MollyL

We turned Alexa into Ziggy. I like him much better.

2:30 pm

Sophie512

my other grandkids have 61 degrees today..... Charleston

2:30 pm

joym999

Hi everyone. I'm liking this grid but I have so much work to do that I've got less than 100 words even though I've had Babble open all day.

2:31 pm

BzznBea

I hate it when life interferes with Babble.

2:31 pm

MollyL

Nan keeps referring to it as 12th Night. Do protestants not celebrate The Epiphany?

2:32 pm

BzznBea

I thought yesterday was 12th night and today is The Epiphany.

2:32 pm

jmcnrick

no electronic spies are allowed in my house. I turn off location, tape over cameras, set my electronic privacy levels at the highest rating.

2:33 pm

MollyL

Alexa is an electronic spy? That's funny considering how poorly programmed she is.

2:34 pm

jmcnrick

a friend was talking to her daughter on her phone about swing dancing and Alexa started playing Big Band.

2:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

evanonut woke up one night to hear alexa babbling about something

2:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

and hi

2:35 pm

Sophie512

JM I have a friend who started talking to her husband about a cat.....they don't have one, she's allergic....and the next day she started getting ads about cat food on her email

2:36 pm

MollyL

People have their phones connected to Alexa

2:36 pm

Sophie512

my grand children thought I would really enjoy Alexa... I'm not really sure yet

2:36 pm

Sophie512

yes, but my phone is too ancient

2:36 pm

MollyL

I like it for Amazon music.

2:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

speaking of which, all of a sudden i am getting a sh*tload of spam. i ordered from macys and used that email

2:36 pm

Sophie512

me too

2:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

my brother used it to play music, sounds great

2:37 pm

jmcnrick

I have an email just for buying stuff.

2:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

i mean, uses alexa for music instead of radio

2:37 pm

MollyL

People don't need access your shopping habits to flood you with spam. Retailers sell their mailing lists.

2:38 pm

BzznBea

I use SMX for my music.

2:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

so do...but it does link to my real email where the spam is coming

2:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

i do not use my personal email for buying or for fb

2:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

i do, however, link the commercial account to my personal account in case i am locked out

2:39 pm

MollyL

*Thinks of JMC as Mel Gibson in "Conspiracy Theory"

2:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

speaking of which, my order is ready.. i think i will take a run up to the mall and pick it up

2:48 pm

jmcnrick

ugh try me as Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State.

2:48 pm

jmcnrick

although Will Smith was pretty cool in that movie too.

2:50 pm

jmcnrick

FB, BTW, thinks I am an overweight, African American woman Lawyer. Which is pretty close.

2:51 pm

jmcnrick

no privacy setting is perfect but I figure there is no reason for me to leave my door wide open

3:07 pm

BzznBea

I may just be able to get this one done.

3:12 pm

jmcnrick

go bzzn go!

3:46 pm

joym999

FB thinks that all I'm interested in is food, which may actually be true.

4:03 pm

Sophie512

45 left taking a break still stuck on F word....no jokes, please

4:09 pm

MollyL

The F has been clued all day long. Do you know how to review the entire chat?

4:26 pm

Sophie512

yes, I will do that Molly....thanks

4:59 pm

Sophie512

started at the bottom of the alphabet today...then jumped to the top...skipped F for later.... in the middle now.... L M N P 16 plus that F back later

5:21 pm

NANCY

da 6 please

5:23 pm

mab

to do something very carefully and sweetly. precious.

5:24 pm

mab

sorry not a verb.; adjective

5:25 pm

NANCY

TY MAB, got it

5:26 pm

mab

not at all.

5:30 pm

mab

weenie

5:30 pm

mab

ha!

5:30 pm

jmcnrick

nope

5:31 pm

mab

ooh. sorry. it worked. penalty...

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

strike that, reverse that: yep

5:31 pm

jmcnrick

I thought it didn't at first! ha

5:31 pm

mab

the e's are sort of tangled a little.

5:32 pm

jmcnrick

a tad, yes

5:54 pm

jmcnrick

wandering off for a while

6:18 pm

Sophie512

down to 2 words, both PE

6:21 pm

grannyrose

pe 5/20? and pe 6/33?

6:21 pm

Sophie512

no, 4 and 5 just messed around and got them....now to look up and see what in the world they mean

6:22 pm

grannyrose

ahhhh ill gotten gains

6:22 pm

Sophie512

ok Fireworks, any help before I log off?

6:23 pm

Sophie512

yes, Rose, I learned a new word today

6:23 pm

grannyrose

WTG SOPHIE512 !!

6:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi rose!

6:33 pm

grannyrose

hey ya TO

6:51 pm

hokie carla

well, I have a high fever. no exposure that I'm aware of. I don't go anywhere.

6:51 pm

penquis

sorry to hear it.....i have been fighting off a mild sore throat for two days....

6:53 pm

hokie carla

had to cancel my appt with the PT tomorrow for the vertigo. but I am not dizzy laying down now like I was, so I've got that going for me.

6:54 pm

penquis

well that's good anyway...

6:55 pm

hokie carla

29 left here. probably not going to finish. and I can't see anything on the bee! still at solid.

6:56 pm

hokie carla

there is bingo today but I only have words from 3/7 letters.

6:56 pm

penquis

i did better on the bee when i went back a second time....made it to genius today.... i sucked yesterday...

6:57 pm

hokie carla

I got to genius yesterday and then stopped.

6:57 pm

penquis

i am missing a U word then....along with seven or eight other words....

6:58 pm

hokie carla

I just found an M and L

6:58 pm

penquis

i have one of each....

6:59 pm

penquis

mostly B words today...

6:59 pm

penquis

at least in my list...

6:59 pm

hokie carla

thought I was onto a U with umlaut ðŸ¤£

6:59 pm

penquis

it isn't umblaut... ;o)

7:05 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I think i tried that too

7:11 pm

grannyrose

pen, un + cat's sound?

7:12 pm

penquis

ty, rose....

7:12 pm

hokie carla

thanks granny, we are talking about the U on NYT spelling bee

7:13 pm

grannyrose

well serves me right for sticking my nose in... loll

7:14 pm

penquis

actually, i did not have that U word that you just clued....it was one of my 7 missing words... ;o)

7:14 pm

hokie carla

no worries, I appreciate the help!

7:17 pm

grannyrose

is the NYT spelling bee similar to my target word. i have 9 letters with one which must be used in all words of 4 letters or more.

7:19 pm

penquis

yes, similar....there are seven letters....every word must use the center letter....the grid looks like honeycomb, hence the name....

7:19 pm

penquis

you can use letters more than once in the Bee....

7:20 pm

penquis

like if there is one A, you can use it twice in the same word...

7:21 pm

grannyrose

ahhhh, i am only allowed to use a letter once if it is not repeated already. i think i have seen similar puzzles in my logic puzzle books.

7:22 pm

penquis

yes, i have, too...

7:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

sp7/32 pls?

7:23 pm

penquis

starts like an artificial sugar and ends in two vowels....

7:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

7:25 pm

penquis

yw...

7:26 pm

hokie carla

I was saying earlier today there's a new game called wordle if anyone is interested.

7:26 pm

penquis

where is that?

7:27 pm

hokie carla

I can give you a link. hold please.

7:27 pm

penquis

sure

7:27 pm

hokie carla

https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle\n/

7:27 pm

hokie carla

remove the \n/ that babble sticks on

7:30 pm

hokie carla

supposedly similar to a game called mastermind but I've never played that.

7:31 pm

penquis

it is like playing that game called Mind something....

7:31 pm

penquis

yes, that is the one I was thinking of...used to play that with my niece...

7:31 pm

hokie carla

ha!

7:31 pm

hokie carla

I think there's a lot of luck.

7:33 pm

dcseain

there is indeed a lot of luck. A friend in Scoland posted about it yesterday.

7:34 pm

penquis

won my first one...yea!

7:34 pm

hokie carla

huzzah!

7:34 pm

Gillie

Well, I just got today's word in 5 moves. I started with a word with 5 different letters, and tried to guess strategically.

7:35 pm

dan2bit

at least it tells you when you try a word that isn't in its dictionary

7:35 pm

penquis

i got it in five as well....

7:35 pm

hokie carla

I took 5 today too. I got 3 or 4 yesterday. jmc or someone here got 2 today.

7:35 pm

Gillie

Actually, it might be easier if it let you guess non-words

7:35 pm

penquis

i was just wondering about that....

7:35 pm

hokie carla

well, I was hoping you could just put in letters

7:36 pm

hokie carla

but I discovered today you can't

7:37 pm

hokie carla

I got the 4th letter and couldn't think of any words based on my letters left so I was hoping to just enter some in random order.

7:37 pm

dcseain

yeah, needing to go in order left to right top to bottom is frustrating

7:38 pm

penquis

am i supposed to know that ze 6 word?

7:39 pm

dcseain

nope. i had to morewords it.

7:39 pm

grannyrose

not unless you are a botanist...lol

7:42 pm

penquis

and i am not...

7:43 pm

penquis

i am done...

7:43 pm

grannyrose

WTG PENQUIS !!

7:43 pm

penquis

ty!

7:49 pm

penquis

so there is only one wordle each day?

7:49 pm

hokie carla

yes

7:49 pm

hokie carla

congrats, pen

7:50 pm

hokie carla

numbnut not accepted on spelling bee

7:51 pm

penquis

ty....

7:51 pm

penquis

lol....

7:53 pm

grannyrose

okay i'm stumped. what is the second letter for the wordle word please?

7:54 pm

penquis

A

7:54 pm

grannyrose

thanx pen.

7:55 pm

penquis

yw...

7:56 pm

grannyrose

my brain has left the building. i will persist however. is it a common word?

7:57 pm

penquis

normal word....i don't use it much in conversation....

7:59 pm

penquis

well i am heading out....goodnight all....

7:59 pm

dcseain

g'night pen

8:03 pm

grannyrose

sweet dreams pen. xx

8:48 pm

mich_pdx

hello all, and congrats Pen!

8:52 pm

windingwake

Back for my last 3 sixes

9:17 pm

windingwake

Woohoo! The monkeys got my last word on their very first try!

9:20 pm

mich_pdx

congrats, winding wake!

10:21 pm

harpjane

found a goose.

10:23 pm

harpjane

and birdies

10:53 pm

harpjane

da6? is anyone there>

10:54 pm

rururocks

da6 is delicate and smalll

10:55 pm

rururocks

should have been small sorry

11:06 pm

dcseain

sp7?

11:08 pm

rururocks

sounds like the coffee sweetener sp7

11:08 pm

rururocks

ends with two vowels

11:18 pm

dcseain

ugh. that took forever. thank you.

11:38 pm

rururocks

it's a weirdo word

11:38 pm

rururocks

guess it means spleen-less

11:38 pm

rururocks

sometimes I think Enable is just kidneying us

11:42 pm

rururocks

sorry to be bladdering on

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