12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:18 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:18 am
mab
thanks lickety
12:19 am
mab
of course. forgive me.
1:10 am
dcseain
Empa4 was not found in the dictionary. Huh.
1:44 am
jeanne314
phantom: amputate
5:23 am
Scrabbler
Good morning, Babblers.
5:29 am
Sugrraleona
phantom attempt
5:29 am
Scrabbler
Oh, yes, I see it.
5:49 am
Christa
Good Morning to all!
5:53 am
Scrabbler
Hi Christa
5:53 am
ItalianGreyhound
Good morning
5:54 am
Scrabbler
And IG is here
5:55 am
Uneaixoise
Morning, all :-)
5:55 am
ItalianGreyhound
good place to be
6:10 am
bichon
phantom methane
6:13 am
Scrabbler
Hi bichon
6:15 am
ItalianGreyhound
found a funny PA 8/50
6:15 am
bichon
hi Scrabs, IG
6:16 am
ItalianGreyhound
Mornin
6:17 am
Scrabbler
Phantom: petunia
6:29 am
ItalianGreyhound
went from a sprint to plodding thru the H words
6:36 am
Scrabbler
The Ws are stumping me.
6:37 am
ItalianGreyhound
I go from top down, so I have them
6:37 am
sukee
I have 3 Ws left to find
6:37 am
ItalianGreyhound
eliotl was close
6:38 am
ItalianGreyhound
i guess that would be bottom up
6:40 am
sukee
The dance should be accepted :)
6:41 am
ItalianGreyhound
yes! Just saw it
6:43 am
ItalianGreyhound
weird words - found EM 7/36 - click on the def, it just says ?
6:44 am
sukee
and there is an em word not accepted that should be. Great, I'm finding real words but no in the dictionary :)
6:45 am
ItalianGreyhound
I tried that word as well, Sukee
6:46 am
sukee
WEll, 108 left, have to go do stuff. BBL
6:47 am
Scrabbler
Bye sukee
6:50 am
ItalianGreyhound
EM + hiking trail is a word, isnt it?
6:51 am
bichon
not accepted
6:52 am
BzznBea
watusi isn't accepted. One of the best words in the world!
6:52 am
ItalianGreyhound
i know, but most of the world says its a word
6:55 am
bichon
Remember Troi on Star Trek NG
6:57 am
doseffing
... I've got a fifty year old Oxford Pocket Dictionary and our word is not in there so it may be just too new for Enable ... it may be that it wasn't used before Diana Troi in STNG ... and we're all just so accustomed to using it
7:03 am
Scrabbler
I passed halfway so I am done. Enjoy the day.
7:03 am
BzznBea
Bye, Scrabs
7:09 am
windingwake
I wish there was an E or a Y in that bottom right corner. So many almostss
7:15 am
BzznBea
I want an R
7:17 am
windingwake
That too! And a -strom to go with the mael
9:00 am
mkg
hi all. any clues or stats for the A words second row welcome.
9:01 am
penquis
aw 4....hello all....
9:02 am
mkg
ty pen. got it.
9:02 am
mkg
stilll need any 8s or 9s. please send help. ty.
9:02 am
penquis
can't help you....just started....
9:03 am
LuvWordGames
pa 8/50, Hillary Clinton's preferred attire
9:03 am
mkg
ty. great clue
9:04 am
mkg
any 9s out there? ty
9:10 am
BzznBea
The 9's are both variations of the iron in blood. If you work with the he7 he + not pa + can metal you will find them.
9:19 am
mkg
ty. isnt there a g in the word? not seeing the G in grid.
9:19 am
mkg
got the word! ty.
9:20 am
mkg
but not the 9s.
9:21 am
mkg
still have no 9s. sorry. ty
9:21 am
hurshy
well now, these are some hard Ws
9:22 am
mkg
nope, the he words i keep seeing are only the 7 and 8. no 9s coming. hmmm
9:23 am
BzznBea
add an e to the 8 in the can metal
9:24 am
penquis
ty, bea...
9:25 am
car.eeyore
got 'em! ty
9:25 am
hurshy
BOTH nines? hmm
9:28 am
hurshy
ok got the second with morewords!
9:28 am
BzznBea
There is an ha9 the E is in the first part of the word as in British English
9:28 am
penquis
ah....ty again bea....
9:28 am
hurshy
yeah i got that one, it was the ending for the other that i wasn't getting
9:29 am
hurshy
phantom: empties
9:30 am
hurshy
ugh, i am so frustrated
9:30 am
hurshy
(not about Babble)
9:32 am
mkg
not seeing the E near the N.....so cant find the 9. ty
9:33 am
penquis
it's ha 8/9....the e comes after the a....
9:33 am
BzznBea
I didn't say it was by the n
9:33 am
mkg
oh. so i dont know this word at all. i was going from the blood word.
9:34 am
mkg
ooooh i got it!!!!!!!! ty ty ty
9:34 am
BzznBea
I said it was in the can metal
9:35 am
mkg
i got a 9 but the e was not with the metal can. that is on bottom of the grid. anyway all is good.
9:35 am
penquis
if you put er the
9:36 am
penquis
sorry....if you put it inside the can it works....
9:36 am
penquis
i am now officially bowing out of the he and ha 9 discussion... ;o)
9:36 am
hurshy
phantom: pelican
9:37 am
penquis
oh that's a good one....
9:42 am
phaeton
hello...last word - et7/28...any help?
9:42 am
penquis
congrats, phae...too early here....
9:44 am
hurshy
the french king said "l'***, c'est moi", add the person-who-believes-in-a-philosophy ending
9:44 am
phaeton
found it! fw
9:45 am
phaeton
ty hurshy
9:45 am
penquis
oh....sorry phae....didn't realize you needed that word....
9:45 am
penquis
thought you were asking if others needed help....
9:47 am
hurshy
phantom: petunia
9:57 am
BzznBea
hurshy, is your frustration due to SCOTUS?
9:58 am
hurshy
lol, no, but, now that you mention it, that is pretty maddening
10:00 am
hurshy
my frustration was about the problem of high schools and kids having cell phones
10:02 am
hurshy
just had a debrief meeting about this past year, and i argued that there needs to be a school-wide standard that when you go into a class you deposit your phone in a slot, because just saying "no phones in class" does diddly squat. was basically told it's hopeless, nothing's going to happen, we just have to live with kids constantly texting and playing games ...
10:03 am
ChampFit
That sucks. Your way makes sense!
10:04 am
hurshy
the thing is, if a kid refuses to give up their phone, they're not really imposing any consequences for it
10:05 am
hurshy
so basically the kids are just ... in charge
10:05 am
ChampFit
Hate to hear that.
10:11 am
hurshy
not a word anyway though :)
10:12 am
hurshy
this is quite a tough grid
10:12 am
moolingwa
morning all...ZOET
10:15 am
penquis
hey, mool...
10:15 am
moolingwa
hey pen, happy Friday
10:17 am
moolingwa
well, 122 left after the first pass
10:25 am
moolingwa
this is a tough board
10:30 am
hurshy
that's what i said! :D
10:33 am
moolingwa
ah, yes you did :)
10:36 am
moolingwa
also the longer words are not popping out at me yet
10:36 am
moolingwa
have only found two 7+ words so far
10:36 am
hurshy
they won't
10:37 am
penquis
because they are not ordinary words...real words, but not used in casual conversation....
10:37 am
moolingwa
found another
10:37 am
moolingwa
ah, that's encouraging
10:48 am
penquis
here's more encouragement....made a concerted effort to find my fours....still have 15 left after that... :o(
10:48 am
moolingwa
I have 23 fours left...of 71 words
10:49 am
moolingwa
23-19-12-11-4-2
10:49 am
penquis
15 of 53 here...
10:52 am
penquis
well i need a break....bbl to finish...bye all....
10:52 am
moolingwa
enjoy pen
11:00 am
moolingwa
50 to go...puff puff
11:31 am
SuzeeQ24
thought empath was a word
11:34 am
moolingwa
yeah, me too
12:06 pm
mrloser
oops, bad cursor bad !!!
12:51 pm
hydra
Clue for the at6 and 7, please?
12:52 pm
penquis
it means to reach....like a goal....
12:52 pm
hydra
Thank you, penquis!
2:04 pm
moolingwa
back to try and knock off some of my remaining 40
3:12 pm
cybernan
hello everyone :)
3:12 pm
cybernan
(if anyone is still here)
3:13 pm
moolingwa
hey nan, I'm kinda here...
3:15 pm
moolingwa
tough grid this one
3:25 pm
cybernan
's or 9's
3:25 pm
moolingwa
I only have one 9 and it's a plural
3:25 pm
hokie carla
hey nan, moo
3:25 pm
moolingwa
hey hoke
3:25 pm
moolingwa
still 24 left
3:25 pm
cybernan
*2 7's and no 8's or 9's
3:26 pm
moolingwa
4-6-4-7-2-1
3:26 pm
hokie carla
I played a little this morning and then had other things to do. but I couldn't get half on a lot of tiles. 208 left.
3:26 pm
moolingwa
yeah, it's a rough one
3:26 pm
hokie carla
I might just do a first pass and call it a day
3:26 pm
cybernan
don't understand your code, mool
3:27 pm
moolingwa
how many words left of each length, beginining with 4s
3:27 pm
moolingwa
still have 7 sevens...
3:27 pm
hokie carla
I thought nan had been around enough to know the hurshian notation
3:28 pm
hokie carla
maybe I'll start at the bottom
3:29 pm
Sugrraleona
can I have a clu for the ta7?
3:29 pm
moolingwa
I have a ta7, but it''s a plural
3:30 pm
moolingwa
still two t's remaining, so could be something else
3:31 pm
Sugrraleona
its the only t i'm missing and I don't see any 6's that can be plural hmm
3:31 pm
moolingwa
well there's a 6 that sounds like someone from florida ;)
3:32 pm
hokie carla
hmm, don't see "new yorker"
3:33 pm
Sugrraleona
ok, wait, I'm missing the 6 and the 7 oy
3:33 pm
moolingwa
well there you go :)
3:33 pm
hokie carla
I'm getting the clue but not getting the word
3:33 pm
Sugrraleona
oopsy
3:33 pm
moolingwa
all good
3:35 pm
cybernan
ha - got the florida clue -- how about that
3:35 pm
mab
oh, i see. the one with all the canals, i think. too the right of the other big one if you're coming by sea?
3:36 pm
moolingwa
yay, I could have given a more obvious clue...but where's the fun in that?
3:36 pm
Sugrraleona
well, this knucklehead is just not seeing it LOL
3:36 pm
cybernan
have no idea mab -- just one of the cities I can acutally name that are in Florida
3:36 pm
hokie carla
don't worry, me either
3:36 pm
hokie carla
ah, thanks nan
3:36 pm
moolingwa
well then my clue was satisfactory :)
3:36 pm
Sugrraleona
omg I got it LOL LOL duh
3:37 pm
hokie carla
think of a feminine product
3:37 pm
Sugrraleona
ha ha ha ha hokie,ha ha
3:37 pm
mab
yeah, the root tells it.
3:37 pm
moolingwa
that was going to be my more obvious clue
3:37 pm
hokie carla
I kept thinking tanist
3:37 pm
rururocks
are there strings attached to that clue?
3:37 pm
hokie carla
my cousin just moved there
3:38 pm
moolingwa
oooh boy
3:38 pm
hokie carla
this chat's about to go down the toilet
3:38 pm
moolingwa
Not sure I want to pun here
3:40 pm
cybernan
doesn't meathead wear a meathat?
3:40 pm
moolingwa
heh, was just looking at that
3:41 pm
hokie carla
found a 7!
3:41 pm
mab
enable really overlooked that one nan. so obvious.;)
3:42 pm
cybernan
I'll bite - which 7 did you find?
3:43 pm
moolingwa
I can't place that one ;)
3:44 pm
moolingwa
I found a 7 too now!
3:47 pm
moolingwa
only word I've found in like 30 minutes
3:48 pm
hokie carla
what was it?
3:48 pm
moolingwa
compound word starting with s
3:49 pm
hokie carla
what I meant was, what is the stat? 😜
3:50 pm
hokie carla
it's not saltape
3:50 pm
moolingwa
no, although that would be interesting
3:53 pm
moolingwa
still have three W's left
3:54 pm
hokie carla
I have 3 + 1
3:54 pm
moolingwa
4+2 here
3:54 pm
hokie carla
and most of the ones I have I just made up because there was nowhere else to go
3:55 pm
hokie carla
3+1 is my W's 🤣
3:55 pm
hokie carla
still 121 total
3:56 pm
moolingwa
thought watusi might work...but no
3:57 pm
hokie carla
I did see bea or someone complaining about that this morning.
3:58 pm
hokie carla
ooh, found a 7!
4:00 pm
hokie carla
just typed petunia just in case. alas, 'tis merely a phantom
4:02 pm
hokie carla
well, 91 left, still 2 tiles without half
4:07 pm
moolingwa
yeah, along with amputate
4:07 pm
periwinkle
hi all help with ha8/9 please
4:08 pm
moolingwa
alternate spelling of the 7/8
4:08 pm
periwinkle
which I do not have
4:08 pm
moolingwa
blood related
4:10 pm
periwinkle
got the ha8/9 but not not ha7/8
4:11 pm
moolingwa
it's related, not the same ;)
4:11 pm
hokie carla
must be he7/8
4:11 pm
hokie carla
UK sp adds extra vowels
4:11 pm
periwinkle
ok will keep looking
4:12 pm
periwinkle
it was carla ty and ty mool
4:12 pm
hokie carla
now I just gotta find 'em all. I get the first part
4:12 pm
hokie carla
oh, monkeyed it
4:16 pm
hokie carla
just made up 2 more w's
4:17 pm
hokie carla
just one left now (in the w's)
4:17 pm
moolingwa
22 words left
4:17 pm
moolingwa
still 3 w's
4:18 pm
hokie carla
I only have ea4 in the top e. is there like a set I'm missing? what's going on there?
4:18 pm
moolingwa
I only have two off that one
4:19 pm
moolingwa
and they're not related
4:19 pm
cybernan
back from lunch -- found the si 7, ty, still looking for the sa compound now the ha 7-8 and 8-9
4:19 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I never found the sa7, but I made up a bunch of words trying
4:19 pm
moolingwa
the 7-8 is related...to the 8-9, not the same start
4:21 pm
cybernan
ok - clueless on those two then
4:21 pm
hokie carla
a bruise is a he8, same prefix
4:22 pm
hokie carla
ending is what some people call cans that food is in
4:25 pm
cybernan
ok - found the h's - had to remember the blood related clue :)
4:25 pm
moolingwa
found a w
4:26 pm
moolingwa
21 to go
4:26 pm
moolingwa
4-5-3-6-2-1
4:26 pm
hokie carla
85 left
4:26 pm
cybernan
just got to half way here
4:26 pm
hokie carla
but I'm working on the crossword
4:26 pm
moolingwa
I'm on a work call
4:28 pm
cybernan
no sunhats?
4:33 pm
moolingwa
nope, melanoma for all
4:35 pm
hokie carla
leads to sunhate
4:36 pm
hokie carla
I have IL4, are the other 2 IN or something weird?
4:36 pm
hokie carla
found one!
4:36 pm
moolingwa
the other 2 are in..
4:36 pm
cybernan
found an sa 7 that is not a compound
4:36 pm
moolingwa
yeah, I do have another sa7
4:37 pm
moolingwa
not a reular word
4:37 pm
hokie carla
now just need an E for HOET
4:37 pm
cybernan
i's done
4:40 pm
hokie carla
oh? wanna guess my missing i?
4:40 pm
hokie carla
duh, nm
4:40 pm
moolingwa
did you ever see that DiCaprio movie?
4:41 pm
hokie carla
I had that one!
4:41 pm
hokie carla
it's always the easy ones
4:41 pm
moolingwa
oh, then you need a shorter one
4:41 pm
moolingwa
which is easier
4:41 pm
hokie carla
I have it gray now
4:42 pm
cybernan
ws just going to say think Norwegian coastline
4:42 pm
hokie carla
still no HOET
4:43 pm
hokie carla
then I would've been looking for fjords 🤣
4:43 pm
cybernan
beginning with in?
4:46 pm
hokie carla
can I have a some stats for the upper E, please & thank you?
4:47 pm
hokie carla
that's weird, could've sworn I tried that this morning
4:47 pm
hokie carla
oh well, finally HOET
4:47 pm
moolingwa
think I'm going to give up in the last 21
4:48 pm
periwinkle
et7 please
4:48 pm
hokie carla
I might leave 79. can't believe it's almost 6:00 here
4:48 pm
hokie carla
which E is it from, peri?
4:49 pm
moolingwa
the top e
4:49 pm
moolingwa
I have all the other e's
4:50 pm
periwinkle
em7 please
4:50 pm
periwinkle
not liking this grid
4:51 pm
hokie carla
it's the worst
4:51 pm
moolingwa
well, have a good evening all
4:51 pm
cybernan
going to list now
4:51 pm
hokie carla
good night, moo
4:53 pm
cybernan
bye mool
4:54 pm
hokie carla
think I will sew
4:59 pm
cybernan
there is an em 7 that I cannot find
4:59 pm
cybernan
and an et 7/28
5:00 pm
cybernan
found the et
5:04 pm
mkg
i would love a clue for et 7 please. ty
5:09 pm
cybernan
someone who believes in socialism
6:08 pm
Uneaixoise
Clue for em7?
6:12 pm
penquis
sorry, don't have it yet...
6:18 pm
Uneaixoise
Ok, tx
6:28 pm
Jacula
Une - em7 is an old Colonial word for a form of brewer's yeast. Hope that helps.
6:33 pm
periwinkle
I need the em7 too and that does not help me Jacula but ty
6:35 pm
periwinkle
the em7 ends i what cans are made of
6:39 pm
penquis
i can't seem to make that work...
6:39 pm
MollyL
I thought it was just me
6:40 pm
penquis
hi molly...
6:41 pm
periwinkle
having lots of trouble with the la words
6:41 pm
penquis
i am missing the last two LA words..
6:42 pm
periwinkle
I have the first la word and the 4th one
6:42 pm
penquis
add a consonant to the second LA word...
7:07 pm
periwinkle
I did thanks
7:07 pm
periwinkle
I am now missing the last two la words
7:08 pm
periwinkle
I found them but do not know how to clue them
7:09 pm
penquis
i just finished with the help of Best Word List...
7:09 pm
penquis
this grid made my top 5 most diliked grids...
7:10 pm
penquis
make that disliked grids...
7:17 pm
periwinkle
wd pen
7:21 pm
penquis
ty....need anything before i go?
7:24 pm
penquis
guess not....heading out....goodnight all....
7:32 pm
periwinkle
bye pen
7:33 pm
periwinkle
12 left
8:21 pm
harpjane
stats for the second Row A please?
9:25 pm
cybernan
hi all - back for another stab at this monster
9:25 pm
cybernan
is the he 8-9 blood related also?
9:42 pm
Gillie
Whoops - sorry, I don't know
9:42 pm
cybernan
hi Gillie - was beginning to think I was here by myself :)
9:43 pm
Gillie
I've only just come back since last night - don't know if I'll be able to finish
9:44 pm
cybernan
it's a tough one. I still have 51 to go
9:44 pm
cybernan
listed at 90
9:46 pm
Gillie
I've now got 57 left - just got the he8, which is a "reddish-brown solid...obtained from logwood...used chiefly as a stain in microscopy"
9:47 pm
Gillie
And the he7 & 8 are a variation of same
9:47 pm
Gillie
(I've decided to go through and get all the long ones if I can)
9:48 pm
cybernan
I have the he 7-8, it is the 8-9 that I am missing
9:48 pm
Gillie
You need an extra vowel in the last syllable
9:49 pm
cybernan
ty gillie
9:56 pm
cybernan
do you have the pe 7?
9:56 pm
Gillie
No - looking
9:56 pm
cybernan
its a 7/32
9:56 pm
cybernan
and follows the hunk of fur
9:57 pm
Gillie
Just add a common suffix to the fur
9:58 pm
Gillie
Got to go for a bit - good luck
9:59 pm
cybernan
thanks - bye