Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, February 11, 2022

12:02 am

mich_pdx

flip!

12:08 am

cybernan

gl 7

12:08 am

justafreep

sa7

12:08 am

Gillie

ty freep

12:09 am

justafreep

yw.

12:10 am

Q

im7

12:11 am

Gillie

and ty Q

12:11 am

justafreep

that's satisfying, too

12:15 am

cybernan

not seeing that sa 7, will probably kick myself when I find it

12:16 am

justafreep

it's a 6/7 if that helps

12:16 am

cybernan

from the top or the bottom?

12:16 am

Gillie

Oh, I just saw that you called one too, nan. TY

12:16 am

justafreep

bottom

12:16 am

justafreep

TOP!
sorry

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

mich_pdx

thanks, Lickety!

12:18 am

justafreep

(Nan - you saw my correction, I hope!)

12:18 am

cybernan

yes - ty freep

12:18 am

justafreep

whew

12:19 am

Gillie

Now I just need someone to call the lone 'O' for nbt!

12:19 am

cybernan

7's done - ty freep

12:19 am

justafreep

ot6, gillie

12:19 am

Gillie

ty - that one's kind of twisty

12:20 am

Gillie

Or snaky

12:27 am

dizgrannie

got a bh 5

12:28 am

justafreep

whoa

12:32 am

cybernan

ty diz

12:37 am

cybernan

our kiwi friend gets the crown -- hasn't been around lately though

12:50 am

cybernan

crashing - 39 for tomorrow - niters :)

12:51 am

mich_pdx

Goodnight, Nan!

1:35 am

mich_pdx

leaving 60 for tomorrow. Happy babbling

3:00 am

Sandraf

Why will it not accept lassoo ???

3:24 am

A*n*i*t*a

one o

5:35 am

ItalianGreyhound

Nice grid with a lot of 'regular" words

6:06 am

ajbns87

Agree Italian

6:21 am

aslindy

hello all

6:25 am

rbud

clue for the U? (so I can stick to my somewhat arbitrary parameters for beginning to list, haha!) thanks.

6:26 am

aslindy

us5/16

6:26 am

rbud

nevermind, POP worked! :D

6:27 am

aslindy

pop?

6:28 am

rbud

oh, that's from an old game site I used to frequent, it means "power of the post" - when you ask for help and find it right after - it "pops" out at you. but thanks again for caring!

6:30 am

ajbns87

I have no O words, am I blind or stupid?

6:31 am

rbud

ot 6/18 for the single, I only have 2 for the other so far, og 4/6 and pl.

6:32 am

ajbns87

Thanks, got the small ones, is the Ot a weird one?

6:33 am

rbud

os 4/4

6:34 am

ajbns87

Thanks

6:34 am

rbud

ot 6 has to do with hearing, I believe

6:34 am

rbud

here in grid fairly often

6:36 am

rbud

guess I was wrong, the ot 6 means "being at leisure; idle; indolent" or "superfluous or useless". I'd never looked it up, apparently.

6:37 am

rbud

gone all this time without knowing the meaning of such a perfectly useful word, how did that happen!

6:39 am

mael

we spell it with a Z in italian and it's a fairly common word! :)

6:50 am

aslindy

clue for se6,18 please?

6:52 am

aslindy

never mind

7:32 am

godthaab

ot 6 - my favourite word!

7:35 am

Shirlockc

stats for the lone I pls?

7:36 am

aslindy

im7,36

7:36 am

BzznBea

Thanks, lindy.

7:36 am

Shirlockc

thx lindy! got it

7:37 am

aslindy

happy to help

7:38 am

MollyL

I hate words that are laid out in the grid like that. They are so hard to see.

7:40 am

mkg

Any clues for that im word?

7:41 am

mkg

Oh i got it. Ty.

7:45 am

mkg

Any clue for the ot 6?

7:50 am

MollyL

Idle

7:59 am

mael

phantom: impetus

8:06 am

mael

and impetigo for that matter! I'm dancing all around that i7

8:09 am

mael

oh there it is, duh

8:15 am

72 Temple Owl

Good mrrnong

8:16 am

72 Temple Owl

This train is bouncing around so much I can hardly type

8:40 am

mael

hi owl!

8:55 am

Meatball421

how can an ot4 be such a PITA?

8:58 am

LuvWordGames

it's an ot 6

8:59 am

hokie carla

ot6 is a babblet for me, only know it from here. I found it easy enough when I was wild goose chasing(?) the ot4

9:11 am

hokie carla

well, 40 left after first pass but I got HOET at least.

9:14 am

Dorens

how can an ot5 be such a pain?

9:18 am

hokie carla

is there really an ot5?

9:20 am

trentsnana

It's ot6

9:25 am

montreal13

1st pass done - bbl for last 23 - have a great day all and take care - poof

9:26 am

hokie carla

hi/bye, monty

9:27 am

MollyL

Good call Carla. I added ot6 to my list of words only seen in Babble.

9:28 am

mael

name that harrowing graphic novel in the grid

9:28 am

hokie carla

I just looked up the def today and not what I was expecting

9:29 am

hokie carla

no idea, mael. only harrowing graphic novels I've read are Walking Dead, and not sure if those are classified as gn or comic books

9:30 am

MollyL

I'll pass. Don't read graphic novels/comic books

9:30 am

mael

only graphic novel to ever win a Pulitzer, been in the news recently because Tennessee is terrifying

9:31 am

hokie carla

I was wondering if it was that one but I can't remember the name.

9:31 am

MollyL

Maus (thanks to Google)

9:31 am

hokie carla

oh yes

9:31 am

mael

it is Maus. Please read it if you ever have a chance!

9:32 am

hokie carla

ok, have made it to 16 and am stuck. much better than yesterday's grid, though.

9:34 am

hokie carla

mael, I barely made amazing yesterday on the bee, and looking at the words I missed today...those are ridiculous

9:35 am

mael

apparently I was only missing one, TRICOT, and I have no idea what that is!

9:36 am

hokie carla

I got tricot! it's kind of fabric related.

9:38 am

hokie carla

not doing well on today's bee either

9:38 am

mael

I'll try to remember for next time we have that letter combo!

9:39 am

hokie carla

there were several t's that I know from here but am shocked they were accepted there.

9:39 am

hokie carla

no idea what picot, pipit are. and I try coir here all the tim but it's not a word.

9:42 am

Uneaixoise

Coir is fiber made from coconut husk....

9:42 am

mael

coir works in babble

9:43 am

mael

see you all later, heading to the store now :)

9:44 am

hokie carla

oh, maybe I do try it here but thought I'd tried it there before. anyhoo, lots of BS yesterday IMO

9:45 am

hokie carla

I'm going to give it a rest and try to see my last 15 later.

9:55 am

72 Temple Owl

Belated hi, mael

9:55 am

72 Temple Owl

Mael. Damned autocorrect

10:25 am

Aloyisius

keep seeing that squinty eyed cartoon character.. hi all

10:32 am

Aloyisius

last word was go6.24, a type of decomposed rock. Have a fun Friday.. poof

10:38 am

MollyL

Oh Magoo, you've done it again

10:38 am

rururocks

that was a gneiss blurt aloy

10:40 am

MollyL

If you don't give a schist about blurting'

10:42 am

rururocks

I agree.. too often I take blurts here for granite

10:44 am

rururocks

I do marble at your ability to pun lately Molls

10:46 am

MollyL

I get boulder with time

10:47 am

Uneaixoise

Go6/24 clue please....

10:48 am

Uneaixoise

40 to go.....

10:48 am

rururocks

une is graveling for clues :D

10:49 am

Uneaixoise

Rock me, Ru!!

10:55 am

cherlyq

has double consonant

10:56 am

MollyL

Well that narrows it down since there is only one double constant pair in the grid

10:57 am

cherlyq

sorry did not know how to clue never heard that before

10:58 am

Uneaixoise

Tx!!

11:04 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

11:05 am

hurshy

any GN today?

11:06 am

cybernan

question -- is this bee game that you all talk about the spelling bee from the NYT?

11:06 am

hurshy

yes

11:06 am

origami

Good morning

11:06 am

cybernan

ok - went there to try it out, but have to take out a subscription for the NYT to play - not about to happen

11:07 am

hurshy

you can do a few words without subscribing, that is what i do

11:07 am

hurshy

i just try to get a pangram and then enough other words to get to the "subscribe if you want to find more"

11:07 am

leighprefect

you can also pay for a games subscription only, definitely on your phone. not sure about on the website

11:08 am

cybernan

not about to do that either leigh - not that important to me

11:09 am

cybernan

ru - are you still here?

11:14 am

hurshy

this is a pretty nice grid i'd say

11:14 am

cybernan

working on the last 30 -- not so nice anymore

11:15 am

rururocks

I am here

11:15 am

hurshy

i did one pass and got to 13 left

11:15 am

hurshy

and i have all the 7s which is unusual for me

11:15 am

cybernan

you asked be a question the other day - not sure if yousaw my answer because it was some tome later: Kelowna

11:16 am

rururocks

It is a pretty easy grid.
I did see that nan.

I will start doing research

11:17 am

hurshy

so, any GN today?

11:18 am

cybernan

haven't found one hurshy

11:18 am

KnightTime

gno

11:19 am

hurshy

lol

11:20 am

hurshy

thanks

11:20 am

hurshy

left col grey!

11:22 am

hurshy

bottom 2 rows grey!

11:22 am

KnightTime

For all you Wordle freaks I have a write up in my Babble profile about the word lists used in that game

11:22 am

hokie carla

rehi - I cannot get the pangram today and am wondering if it's a word I wouldn't know (no hints, please)

11:23 am

leighprefect

i got the pangram! it was a festival that was held on the jersey shore in the 2000s for pop punk

11:23 am

leighprefect

hokie it will knock you for a loop :D

11:23 am

origami

I can't get Wordle to open.

11:23 am

hokie carla

KT, the source code gives you the exact words. some computer nerds on my other forum saw that a couple of weeks ago and then one of them got 1 and we were like, how did that happen? so then they explained it.

11:24 am

hokie carla

apparently wordle is transitioning to NYT today, ori. some people got it on the old link, some got it on the NYT page

11:24 am

hokie carla

I was able to play on the old link today.

11:25 am

cybernan

why would you want the word lists for wordle?

11:25 am

KnightTime

It transitioned to NYT for me today - You lose all your stats

11:25 am

hurshy

i think you would know the pangram hokie

11:25 am

origami

I have a subscription to NYT games and it isn't appearing there for me.

11:25 am

leighprefect

i wish they would add it to nyt games

11:25 am

bichon

embezzle

11:25 am

hokie carla

nor me, ori

11:26 am

hokie carla

lol, that put me to genius bichon

11:26 am

leighprefect

i played on the old link and kept my stats

11:26 am

KnightTime

@hokie - I always check out the source on new pages and found the js the first time I played it.

11:26 am

bichon

bamboozle

11:26 am

hurshy

sigh

11:26 am

hokie carla

I did see the pangram when I just went back but had nothing to do with leigh's clues since I have no idea what goes on in jersey

11:27 am

cybernan

still don't know why anyone would want the word lists though

11:27 am

hokie carla

me either, nan

11:27 am

hokie carla

bichon, you're in the wrong game!!

11:27 am

cybernan

you are talking about the original wordle? not one of the knock offs?

11:27 am

bichon

Spelling Bee?

11:27 am

KnightTime

yes

11:28 am

hokie carla

yes, but why are you posting answers here, bichon?

11:28 am

leighprefect

hahaha sorry carla

11:28 am

hokie carla

and yes, nan, original wordle

11:28 am

cybernan

I was asking KT if he was.

11:29 am

hokie carla

I say "no hints please" and leigh drops some and then bichon straight types the words. ðŸ¤£ðŸ¤£ðŸ¤£

11:29 am

bichon

I thought people wanted pangrams in Spelling Bee

11:29 am

hurshy

she only wanted us to say if we thought she could get it or not.

11:29 am

hokie carla

no worries, I found it before that

11:30 am

hokie carla

ok, back to this game. can I find last 11? I have 1-6-4 left

11:30 am

hurshy

2-5-2

11:31 am

hokie carla

SS LLL B GG A SS

11:31 am

hurshy

A words are all 4s and 5s

11:32 am

KnightTime

fyi, I was not looking for the Wordle list and was surprised it was available in the source. I check web page source to see if there are security issues/holes and if it is a web site I want to search historical pages for data using a script.

11:32 am

hokie carla

duh, I had a weird a4 and it was a regular a5 that was an ext of that

11:33 am

cybernan

listing for last 24 - had enough

11:33 am

hokie carla

IOW, KnightTime is a computer nerd. haha

11:33 am

hurshy

2nd col grey!

11:33 am

KnightTime

Yes, been in IS for 40 years

11:34 am

hokie carla

my oldest is in CS in college right now.

11:34 am

hurshy

any BH word?

11:35 am

cybernan

ty carla - didn't have that either - just the 5

11:35 am

hurshy

done with 4s!

11:36 am

Vicuna

yes, bh5

11:36 am

hurshy

ty vi!

11:37 am

Vicuna

You're welcome. =)

11:38 am

hokie carla

ah, my missing B

11:38 am

hokie carla

gracias

11:39 am

Vicuna

De nada.

11:45 am

hokie carla

now stuck on 9 left. guess I will just wait for people to ask for clues. ðŸ˜œ

11:48 am

cybernan

that's why I listed carla - want to finish and have breakfast :)

11:50 am

cybernan

just finished the m's -- anyone know what happened to our kiwi friend, mo4? Haven't seen him or is it her around lately

11:50 am

KnightTime

for example if you view source on this page - you can see that the developer hides the words and gets them from an external source using an Ajax call. Wordle exposes the lists which is poor programming.

11:53 am

hokie carla

nan, I chatted with him in early Jan on serpentine. tried to talk him into coming back here.

11:54 am

hokie carla

KT, I don't even know programming and think it's bad you can just look at future answers.

11:54 am

leighprefect

8 to go

11:59 am

cybernan

ty carla -- wish he would come back too. And I agree on the word list for wordle -- would take all the challenge out of the game.

12:03 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone - a few new ones for me in there.

12:04 pm

leighprefect

bye nan!

12:04 pm

leighprefect

all done, not too bad

12:05 pm

cybernan

if the lists are buried in the code, carla, you usually have to sort your way through to find the words and as Kt said it is part of the program, so can't be avoided. That doesn't mean that most people would or would want to look them up.

12:07 pm

hokie carla

yeah, why bother playing?

12:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

Hello

12:43 pm

Sophie512

Hello TO and all.

12:50 pm

JustMe2252

Hiya! Happy Friday! Down to 2!!! ANy help available for so6,18 or for first to4,4 ?? Thank!

12:50 pm

BzznBea

so6 is plural

12:51 pm

dauber

Trade ya for im7 and go6!

12:52 pm

BzznBea

im + flower

12:52 pm

JustMe2252

Thanks BBea! Thought I had tried that. Apparently not! LOL

12:52 pm

Sophie512

sorry, found half on my own, but need to get busy....babysitting tonight, so may have time to finish then

12:53 pm

dauber

The first to4 is so obvious you'll kick yourself. I think I had the problem too.

12:53 pm

dauber

OMG, that was so obvious....can't believe I missed that. Thanks, Bzzn!

12:54 pm

JustMe2252

OMGish TOTALLY missed it! Thanks!! Fireworks!

12:56 pm

BzznBea

go 6 ends in a small article

12:57 pm

dauber

Got it!

12:57 pm

dauber

THanks!!

12:57 pm

BzznBea

yw

1:19 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with U and bottom i under the F please

1:22 pm

montreal13

us5 and im7/36

1:23 pm

periwinkle

ty looking

1:23 pm

montreal13

im + flower (Bea"s clue)

1:23 pm

periwinkle

ty monty and Bea for im7

1:24 pm

periwinkle

not seeing the us5

1:24 pm

montreal13

time for the dishes - bbl - us 5 starts with your country ! - bye

1:25 pm

periwinkle

it sure does ty ;Monty

1:41 pm

PMS

oo

2:29 pm

KnightTime

@hokie - The first list contains words that are acceptable to guess - it contains over 10000 words. So I do not see that helpful. The other list contains words that are possible answers - it contains over 2300 words - so again I do not see that as necessarily helpful. The lists are not directly in the source but are in a javascript that can be opened by a browser. Since a person is only given 6 guesses, the surfeit of words in both lists would not help other than perhaps helping to devise a strategy on optimal guesses.

2:32 pm

KnightTime

What I find interesting is that the acceptable guesses outnumbers the acceptable answers by a factor of 4.

2:45 pm

bichon

im 7/36, pls

2:46 pm

penquis

Ends with leafy things in potsâ€¦.

2:47 pm

penquis

Lango

2:47 pm

penquis

Sorryâ€¦.

2:49 pm

bichon

Is leafy things in pots something you drink?

2:54 pm

bichon

got it pen, ty

2:55 pm

dcseain

scheduled my 2nd Shingrix vaccine for noon on the 16th. :)

3:05 pm

penquis

Good think, dcâ€¦.got my second one a few months backâ€¦.

3:16 pm

dcseain

and a i cleared calendar the rest of that week, in case i have a bad time of it.

3:17 pm

penquis

Did the first one bother you?â€¦.i only had a sore arm, a little swellingâ€¦.went away in a few daysâ€¦.

3:17 pm

dcseain

A bit of sore arm for two days, long sleep first night, but no, it was like a typical regular vaccine.

3:18 pm

penquis

Well i hope this one is no worseâ€¦.mine wasnâ€™t any different the second timeâ€¦

3:19 pm

dcseain

that's nice to hear. I'll see what happens :)

3:28 pm

periwinkle

hi all, back to find more words. 66 left and stuck

3:28 pm

dcseain

hi, peri. i'm at 69 to go and slowing down.

3:31 pm

penquis

Can someone please clue the GL 6/24?

3:32 pm

dcseain

extend the shiny one

3:32 pm

dcseain

thank you for that stat

3:32 pm

penquis

Thought i tried that but will try again, thanksâ€¦..brbâ€¦.

3:33 pm

dcseain

i'll BBL i'm going to go do a few things around the house.

3:33 pm

penquis

G\

3:34 pm

penquis

Tyâ€¦..brbâ€¦

3:37 pm

periwinkle

down to 47 will list soon

3:42 pm

periwinkle

down to 49 bbl to finish

3:45 pm

penquis

Baxkâ€¦

3:51 pm

penquis

I am doneâ€¦

3:52 pm

penquis

Heading outâ€¦.bye allâ€¦.

4:32 pm

periwinkle

was down to 40 before

4:32 pm

periwinkle

back to finish

4:38 pm

mkg

Clue for us word please.

4:39 pm

mkg

Alos missing the o word first column so send help please. Ty

4:45 pm

mkg

Got the u word. So nm. Ty. But do need the o word please.

4:45 pm

mkg

Seam

4:45 pm

mkg

Oops sorry.

4:47 pm

mkg

Got the o word too. So nm. Ty

5:22 pm

dan2bit

stuck on the go6 if anybody can clue. evening all!

5:23 pm

dan2bit

ot6/18 babblet. ends in the top left corner

5:27 pm

Soodle

Dan. Go + Nazi police (double cons) + **other could be something else. Terribly clumsy clue. Sorry.

5:46 pm

ajbns87

Struggling with that Ot word

5:51 pm

ch1212

ajb, the word always reminds me of the chant the wicked witch of the west's guards sang in The Wizard of Oz, if that's any help. :)

5:53 pm

ajbns87

Never seen that film sadly, I'll YouTube it ðŸ˜

5:54 pm

ch1212

O + cuppa + last three of l4

5:54 pm

ch1212

to clarify, the cuppa is spelled with two letters

5:56 pm

ajbns87

Got it thank you

5:57 pm

ch1212

knew you'd get there!

5:58 pm

ajbns87

Interesting, serving no practical purpose or result

5:58 pm

ch1212

is that what it means? lol!

5:59 pm

ajbns87

That's what Google says

6:03 pm

ajbns87

Need a ha 5/ 12 now

6:07 pm

TedinDurham

angels headgear

6:09 pm

ajbns87

I have ha 4/5 and pl.

6:10 pm

TedinDurham

sorry, I don't yet have another ha 5/12

6:11 pm

ajbns87

No worries, must be an odd one

6:11 pm

ajbns87

Ah it's a plural without the e

6:13 pm

TedinDurham

yar, two variant plurals

6:34 pm

Bugsaw

Hey TedinDurham, are you in NH?

7:27 pm

ch1212

Or in Durham, NC?

7:36 pm

ch1212

Bugs, either Ted isn't reading the chat or he thinks we're cheeky for asking :D

7:39 pm

ch1212

Have fun all -- see you tomorrow!

9:30 pm

Hushtones

halo haloes

9:36 pm

Hushtones

I still don't understand this game... why are there numbered tiles on the right and what do they mean? Just joined a few days ago.

10:07 pm

Christa

http://licketysplitaus.googlepages.com\n/babbleclues @ hushtones

10:08 pm

Christa

hushtones use this link to help explain your question

10:38 pm

rururocks

Hi hush

10:39 pm

harpjane

Hushtones, click on Angelsong's Babble Page below the grid. It gives you the basic run down.

10:40 pm

harpjane

Or "HELP" above the Chatterbox!

10:43 pm

harpjane

In both Tile Stats and Word Stats, the numbers tell you how many words there are of each type, and how many words you have gotten. For example, the H tile says -0/6 because there are 6 words starting with H, and I have none of them. When I get all 6, it will be grey instead of white

11:05 pm

Jacula

Just in case anyone is wondering about eh Indian bh5/20, this is what it is....

https://www.vice.com/en/articl\ne/kbx94a/httpmunchies-vice-comarticles\nthe-bhang-lassi-is-how-hindus-drink-th\nemselves-high-for-shiva

11:06 pm

Jacula

Here's the tin url.

https://tinyurl.com/mps9m5z

11:07 pm

Jacula

tinY URL.

11:07 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

11:08 pm

Jacula

Sorry for the entrance without greeting anyone and with all the knackered keyboard typos. Hi all. I woke up and came in ready for the flip, then realised I was an hour early.

11:10 pm

Jacula

I'll probably be zzing again by flip time, but can be here for a while if anyone needs a clue or two for the current grid.

11:11 pm

Jacula

Une - fw??

11:12 pm

Jacula

F*ckwit?

11:52 pm

MollyL

angelsong's Babble Page has not worked for a while now. I'm surprised Dr. God hasn't taken it down.

11:53 pm

harpjane

Sorry, I didn;t realize that.

11:53 pm

harpjane

Jac, I like your link, First Hindu hippie god?

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