12:01 am
grannyrose
ur 7, ur 8
12:06 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:07 am
dizgrannie
nbt/nbs
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:24 am
justafreep
ta7 x 2
12:29 am
justafreep
my phantom tonight is reincarnates. it's not there now, but it could appear later, right?
12:30 am
SueMagee
A lovely thought.
12:35 am
justafreep
I'll try it again in the morning....
12:36 am
SueMagee
Let us know if it comes about.
12:36 am
justafreep
absolutely
12:51 am
dizgrannie
fa 8, French for indolent - I think
12:56 am
justafreep
merci
1:02 am
dizgrannie
just, was I correct?
1:02 am
justafreep
yes, you were
1:03 am
justafreep
I applaud. Cuz I would never have gotten it
1:03 am
dizgrannie
whoo hoo some school french from 50 years ago paid off
1:04 am
justafreep
if parapluie is ever in the grid, I'll call it out. That's about the extent of my memories from French at this point....
1:07 am
dizgrannie
yep the umbrella
6:29 am
ItalianGreyhound
whats real
6:55 am
mael
there's a lot of pee in this grid
7:06 am
mael
phantom: trifecta
7:45 am
ItalianGreyhound
As in youre in trouble?
7:51 am
ItalianGreyhound
"youre in a tes"ty mood today, Mae
7:52 am
ItalianGreyhound
ive got way too much time on my hands
8:20 am
BzznBea
Many Babblers watching Wimbledon
8:21 am
welki
'morning, bea
8:35 am
MollyL
Not me Bea, I have never been a tennis fan.
8:41 am
ItalianGreyhound
way more fun to play than watch
8:47 am
Uneaixoise
Yes! Watching Kyrgios v. Novak!
8:47 am
Lewandjoy
Phantom farina
9:09 am
Aloyisius
Radar's drink of choice.. NTPN
9:11 am
Aloyisius
ding ding !
9:24 am
car.eeyore
phantom: niacin
9:31 am
Aloyisius
mine is heifer
9:33 am
hokie carla
morning. I'll play the part of moo...ZOET.
9:35 am
Aloyisius
hi hokie
9:36 am
hokie carla
hey aloy
9:37 am
Aloyisius
grid is not too bad, almost finished with first pass
9:37 am
hokie carla
wow. but you are good.
9:38 am
Aloyisius
didn't do too well with the second row i tho
9:41 am
hokie carla
of course I went immediately to that after you said it and just saw one word. back to the top row!
9:42 am
Aloyisius
go hokie go
9:52 am
hokie carla
finally found 2 more of those i's, still need 1 for half
9:56 am
Aloyisius
I was looking the wrong way.. have 6 of them now
9:57 am
Aloyisius
got 'em, yay. Let me know if you need a clue
9:57 am
hokie carla
I have 3 IN, are they all IN?
9:58 am
Aloyisius
think so, will check
9:59 am
Aloyisius
yes, they are
9:59 am
hokie carla
ok, thanks
10:01 am
BzznBea
I have an ir6
10:01 am
Aloyisius
think that comes from the first column i
10:02 am
BzznBea
It comes from the first column I
10:02 am
hokie carla
just got to the F, 39 F's!
10:13 am
hokie carla
well I still have 79 left after first pass.
10:13 am
Aloyisius
fw.. had to look up fa8, newbie for me. It means "lazy person". Time to go try to start the mower. Happy Babbling!
10:14 am
hurshy
phantom: infect
10:24 am
cybernan
good morning everyone
10:27 am
cybernan
guess I won't spend any time looking for that fa 8 then
10:33 am
BzznBea
It ends with picnic pest
10:37 am
cybernan
monkeyed it ! - ty bea
10:38 am
cybernan
have in 6-7 x2 but no in 8;s -- are they related?
10:41 am
BzznBea
The in8's are not related to each other.
10:41 am
cybernan
or to anything else?
10:42 am
BzznBea
One is related to baby
10:42 am
cybernan
ok - that was my in 6-7 so looking to go somewhere frome there
10:43 am
cybernan
got it -- must be spanish
10:44 am
BzznBea
The other relates to hell and the fiery heat
10:45 am
cybernan
ty -- couldn't see that even though I had looked!
10:45 am
cybernan
one 8 left, but don't know what it is
10:53 am
BzznBea
do you have se8?
10:53 am
cybernan
ca, fa and the 2 in's
10:54 am
cybernan
and the ur
10:54 am
BzznBea
ur8 and ca8
10:54 am
cybernan
have those
10:55 am
cybernan
that would be it - looking
10:55 am
BzznBea
from the first row N
10:57 am
cybernan
is it a compound?
11:03 am
cybernan
maybe it will jump out at me later - one can only hope :)
11:09 am
cybernan
back later - need to get in gear for the day
11:50 am
mkg
Wow not getting any of these 8s. There must be a common thread or ending but not seeing it. Darn.
11:53 am
mkg
Nbt but need 8s still and have none. Darn.
11:54 am
mkg
Got an 8. In 8. Ty
11:54 am
mkg
Clues are good. Ty
11:57 am
mkg
Got the ur words too. Ty
11:58 am
periwinkle
not having luck with 8's just got one of the in8
11:58 am
periwinkle
hi all
11:59 am
periwinkle
have the first two letters of all of them
12:00 pm
hurshy
i wonder why si4/5 counts but not arctan
12:02 pm
periwinkle
got ur8
12:06 pm
hokie carla
or why does arcsine and not arctan count
12:06 pm
hurshy
oh man that is even weirder
12:07 pm
hokie carla
enable: uh, let's just count some math things but not others, just to keep the inconsistency going
12:08 pm
hurshy
i'm kinda flummoxed on a lil old ur5/12
12:09 pm
hurshy
aha finally got it
12:09 pm
hokie carla
I have one that is pee
12:09 pm
hurshy
that peri trick is so darn effective
12:09 pm
hokie carla
and another that is not fake
12:10 pm
hurshy
yeah there is a third that is like that but you have to change a vowel and it's apparently some kind of wild sheep
12:24 pm
hokie carla
oh yeah, thanks
12:27 pm
hokie carla
now just 2nd col N tile without half
12:27 pm
hokie carla
HOET
12:28 pm
hokie carla
peri effect
12:43 pm
hokie carla
hey mael
12:44 pm
mael
I have 54 left from this morning :)
12:44 pm
hokie carla
62 left now
12:44 pm
hokie carla
1 grayed tile
12:44 pm
hokie carla
(excl freebies)
12:45 pm
mael
5 grayed tiles for me, it's been fun so far
12:46 pm
hokie carla
just finished another. has not been fun for me. must be one of those grids that everyone thinks is easy but is a struggle for me.
12:47 pm
hokie carla
oh, I see the problem. it's the 6's as usual.
12:50 pm
aebmusica
second in8..... clue please
12:50 pm
hokie carla
will you turn down that in8 noise!
12:51 pm
aebmusica
ty hokie......I thought I had already tried that word
12:52 pm
hokie carla
I thought it was clued earlier but couldn't see it to save my life, so I finally just typed it and it took.
12:52 pm
hokie carla
very twisty
12:57 pm
mael
I feel that since defat is a word, refat ought to be too
12:58 pm
hokie carla
think I will save 53 for later
12:58 pm
rururocks
We three worked on it. It is easy with three brains
12:59 pm
mael
everything is easier with three brains besides cooking :)
1:28 pm
cybernan
hello again everyone
1:32 pm
HarryHood
hi nan!
1:32 pm
HarryHood
73 to go here.
1:33 pm
HarryHood
make that 67. just found a bunch of Cs :)
1:37 pm
MollyL
What did I miss about a Babble threesome/
1:42 pm
hokie carla
too many cooks, molly
1:42 pm
cybernan
clue for that ne 8 please?
1:43 pm
MollyL
Ends with the last 4 of prongs on a fork
1:45 pm
hokie carla
so that means it's the upper N?
1:45 pm
HarryHood
ah got them
1:46 pm
HarryHood
brain related
1:46 pm
hokie carla
ah, thanks.
1:46 pm
cybernan
ty harry
1:46 pm
hokie carla
was trying to make a similar brain word earlier that isn't there
1:47 pm
cybernan
and ty molly
1:47 pm
HarryHood
ty molly
1:48 pm
periwinkle
I need help with first in8 please
1:49 pm
hokie carla
it's a pl of in7, which looks like a foreign baby
1:49 pm
HarryHood
ty carla!
1:49 pm
HarryHood
double nickels here.
1:49 pm
hokie carla
it is a son of the king of spain or portugal not heir to the throne
1:49 pm
hokie carla
50 here
1:50 pm
periwinkle
ty got it
1:50 pm
cybernan
I thought it was the daughter all this time
1:50 pm
hokie carla
just going by the dictionary link
1:52 pm
hokie carla
well, should've seen my last 2 u's earlier
1:52 pm
cybernan
ok then -- it is the in 7 that is the daughter
1:53 pm
HarryHood
also missing 2 Us here.
1:54 pm
hokie carla
no, the 7 is the son and the 8 is the plural. not seeing anything in spanish dictionary about the daughter. maybe it was just understood she wasn't an heir.
1:54 pm
hokie carla
harry, mine were ur7/8
1:54 pm
HarryHood
have those.
1:54 pm
hokie carla
or the 7 might work for both with el or la as the article
1:55 pm
hokie carla
probably 2 ur5/12
1:55 pm
nrkii
there is another in7 that ends in a different vowol
1:55 pm
HarryHood
ah got one
1:55 pm
HarryHood
ty nrk!
1:56 pm
hokie carla
ah, nellie, you are right. duh. that is the female.
1:56 pm
waskallia
the daughter is another 7...in the grid
1:56 pm
waskallia
ok you got iy
1:56 pm
hokie carla
first column gray!
1:57 pm
hokie carla
appears it can also be the wife of the son in7
1:59 pm
mkg
Any clues for the A top corner? I have one only: ac 4. Would love some more. Ty. Stats and clues plkease. Ty
1:59 pm
hokie carla
there are 2 ac4 and one has a plural
2:00 pm
mkg
Ty. Keep the clues coming. Not seeing an at word.
2:01 pm
HarryHood
I'm babble-blind. 45 to go for later.
2:01 pm
mkg
Got the other ac words. Ty. Not seeing at. Are there double cons.?
2:01 pm
aebmusica
ne7......clue please
2:02 pm
hokie carla
at5 it a latin(?) plural of a sunny lobby, etc., part of a bldg
2:02 pm
periwinkle
I have ne6/7 to tidy up
2:02 pm
hokie carla
which one, aeb?
2:03 pm
hokie carla
there's the set peri mentioned and a 7/8 one that looks brain related
2:03 pm
aebmusica
last one please
2:04 pm
hokie carla
ok, brain related
2:04 pm
periwinkle
ty carla
2:04 pm
mkg
Ty for the super clues.
2:04 pm
hokie carla
ends like most of fork prongs (molly) or end of things you have subscriptions to
2:04 pm
periwinkle
help with fa8 please
2:04 pm
mkg
Getting lots of words
2:05 pm
hokie carla
do not have, so please help when you find it, peri 😜
2:05 pm
periwinkle
what about ca8 then
2:06 pm
cybernan
fa 8 ends with a picnic pest
2:06 pm
cybernan
ca 8 ends with consumed
2:07 pm
hokie carla
oh yeah, I tried everything earlier with that fa8 clue and didn't get
2:07 pm
periwinkle
ty nan will look
2:08 pm
hokie carla
got the c, thx
2:08 pm
periwinkle
got the ca8 ty
2:08 pm
hokie carla
rhymes with what you do to meat
2:08 pm
cybernan
fa + not out + vowel + picnic pest
2:08 pm
periwinkle
tyvm nan
2:09 pm
hokie carla
weird, no wonder I couldn't monkey it, thx
2:09 pm
hokie carla
I need to go see the flip to see if someone actually found those before they knew they needed them.
2:10 pm
cybernan
I monkeyed it after I saw the first clue I gave you
2:10 pm
cybernan
*pure luck
2:11 pm
hokie carla
I just wouldn't think of putting letters together like that
2:11 pm
hokie carla
but turns out it's french
2:11 pm
MollyL
Those flippers have freakishly weird vocabularies
2:12 pm
hokie carla
I know. I understand that some people are good at seeing big words, but these are words that I have never in my life seen or heard.
2:13 pm
cybernan
I don't know how they find them, they are so obscure
2:13 pm
hokie carla
rerain - happening here today
2:14 pm
cybernan
not here thank goodness -- we were drowning for a while
2:14 pm
cybernan
and those webs between the toes are so annoying
2:14 pm
hokie carla
hmm, is that a clue for something
2:16 pm
cybernan
no - just a comment on rerain
2:18 pm
cybernan
broke 50 -- listing for the rest
2:19 pm
cybernan
(after a break)
2:19 pm
hokie carla
36 left here
3:05 pm
cybernan
en 6-7 please?
3:06 pm
cybernan
nm -- always miss that one - like the CA city
4:20 pm
cybernan
ta 5 following the tapeworms please?
4:23 pm
periwinkle
ta5/16 type of Haitian rum
4:36 pm
cybernan
only rum I drink is appleton estate
4:37 pm
NANCY
nan, first three of chewy candy and then two vowels
4:38 pm
cybernan
ty nancy
4:42 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* Thanks for the help and hagd everyone
4:43 pm
Uneaixoise
Congrats!
6:16 pm
dcseain
I tested poz for covid today. Tomorrow i will endeavor to get paxlovid.
6:17 pm
periwinkle
are your symptoms really bad seain?
6:18 pm
Bugsaw
Oh no, Seain. I hope you don't have any complications
6:18 pm
LuvWordGames
sorry to hear seain, hope your symptoms are miled and you have a quick recovery
6:19 pm
dcseain
Thanks y’all!
6:19 pm
dcseain
I’m very achy and sore, mild drippy nose, occasional cough.
6:20 pm
periwinkle
hope you feel better soon
6:41 pm
periwinkle
in6/21 please
6:45 pm
Gillie
Means "whole"
6:45 pm
Gillie
(not broken)
6:48 pm
periwinkle
Gillie. and done
7:14 pm
Uneaixoise
Take care, seain :-(
9:36 pm
Uneaixoise
Clue for en7 please
9:37 pm
Gillie
Plural of a word for a California live oak - looks Spanish to me
10:48 pm
harpjane
stats for the left hand column i please?
10:56 pm
Bugsaw
probably in 7,28 because it is the only i I don't have
11:00 pm
Bugsaw
oops, sorry but it isn't a word
11:20 pm
dauber
in/8? Any clues?
11:23 pm
Bugsaw
there are 2. which one do you need?
11:23 pm
dauber
OH WAIT..I got it!
11:23 pm
dauber
A Simpsons word!
11:23 pm
dauber
aaaand...FW!
11:23 pm
Bugsaw
one is a plural and the other is.. the Simpsons word I guess
11:24 pm
Bugsaw
nicely done
11:24 pm
dauber
Surprisingly spoken often by Homer.