12:02 am
Gillie
re7, I mean
12:08 am
grannyrose
sorry, that is er 7
12:08 am
grannyrose
and er 8
12:16 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs thanks to Rose
12:16 am
grannyrose
yw rain
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:36 am
aebmusica
so sorry
12:40 am
ursh
stats for the lone O please
12:41 am
ursh
of course - thank you
12:43 am
dizgrannie
I am not se 6 some of these words
6:25 am
mael
nice work, grannie!
8:05 am
ItalianGreyhound
This grid started fun, then got really difficult
8:09 am
Uneaixoise
Yep.... 80 to go.....
8:10 am
marksdolly
50 left here, and I hit a BIG wall
8:13 am
rururocks
lots of babblets in this one
8:13 am
BzznBea
How is the vacay going, ru?
8:14 am
rururocks
we're back.. we had a great, great time..lots of laughs and beautiful country
8:15 am
BzznBea
It's refreshing to travel again, isn't it?
8:15 am
rururocks
it was.. but the airports were a huge hassle
8:17 am
BzznBea
We thought about flying back home, but quickly decided it wouldn't be worth it.
8:31 am
MollyL
Especially when you got that big, luxury vehicle for your road trips.
8:31 am
HarryHood
That left i is a tough one. I have 1/6
8:32 am
BzznBea
Molly, I hate car travel.
8:32 am
lynxxx
add one letter for 2 7s
8:33 am
montreal13
i have 3 harry - struggling with the other i...
8:33 am
HarryHood
I have 3/4 on the other i
8:34 am
HarryHood
I have never seen that word before.
8:34 am
montreal13
hi there lyn
8:36 am
montreal13
found a 2nd i from right i... moving on...
8:37 am
HarryHood
there's a 6/7
8:37 am
montreal13
have a IN7 and a IO6
8:37 am
HarryHood
bye lynx
8:37 am
montreal13
bye lyn
8:38 am
HarryHood
I will hunt for the in7
8:38 am
montreal13
of course, thanks Harry
8:42 am
montreal13
Bs not too bad, found 15 - onward to the S
8:42 am
HarryHood
70 to go. bbl!
8:43 am
hokie carla
198 here, howdy y'all
8:43 am
montreal13
later Harry !
8:43 am
hokie carla
how are you feeling today, monty?
8:43 am
montreal13
98 left here
8:44 am
montreal13
a little better every day, tks for asking ☺
8:44 am
hurshy
g'morning monty, hokie, harry, all
8:45 am
montreal13
gm hurshy
8:45 am
rururocks
what's the matter with you monty?
8:45 am
hokie carla
I think there are at least 4 babblers with covid right now
8:45 am
hokie carla
hey hurshy
8:45 am
hokie carla
hey ru
8:45 am
rururocks
good morning hokes
8:45 am
montreal13
gm ru - ohh recovering from covid - it was a pretty bad couple of weeks for u...
8:46 am
montreal13
for us even...sigh...
8:46 am
rururocks
oh that's awful Monty.. I'm sorry to hear that
8:47 am
montreal13
ty ru...even after 4 doses of vaccines !
8:47 am
hurshy
name that proper noun! 80s president
8:47 am
hokie carla
reagan
8:47 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
8:48 am
hokie carla
I have 4 EY words. anything not EY there?
8:48 am
hurshy
is there an ry word, does anyone know?
8:49 am
hokie carla
oh, I have EO and 3 EY
8:49 am
hokie carla
ah, alt sp, thanks
8:49 am
montreal13
have 4 EYs
8:50 am
hurshy
i have 5 ey
8:50 am
montreal13
tks hursh, will hunt
8:50 am
hokie carla
hmm, ok.
8:51 am
hurshy
but geez that is a hard tile yeah
8:51 am
montreal13
got the EY6
8:53 am
hokie carla
wow, that's a big one
8:54 am
hurshy
*waits for ruru to clarify*
8:54 am
hokie carla
maybe an er6/7 set?
8:54 am
hokie carla
but nothing I try is working
8:54 am
waskallia
and an 8. Thanks Ru had the 7/8 not the 6
8:55 am
BzznBea
er6.30, 8.60 and 7.44
8:55 am
hurshy
yessss i monkeyed them!!!
8:55 am
montreal13
got them, many thanks bea
8:55 am
waskallia
a sea-holly
8:55 am
hokie carla
I've only just seen the -ing
8:56 am
mael
it's a plant :)
8:56 am
hokie carla
so that gave me 2 more EY I couldn't get
8:56 am
montreal13
that E is done
8:57 am
hokie carla
I still have the 3 ER left but am moving on ðŸ˜
8:57 am
hurshy
but now the A next to it is hard too. i got 3 nice long ones and i still have 6 to find!
8:58 am
montreal13
missing 6 as well hursh
8:58 am
hurshy
ooh i just found 3 more
8:58 am
hurshy
and another
8:59 am
hokie carla
I always try ayer, like one who says aye. I wish I would eventually learn it's not a word.
8:59 am
montreal13
found 1 more, will return there later,,,
9:02 am
mael
I just have one E missing
9:02 am
hokie carla
well, I have enough a's to move on
9:03 am
hokie carla
to the next A 😡
9:03 am
BzznBea
noogie is not a word
9:03 am
hokie carla
I know, that's BS
9:03 am
hurshy
the next A is easier
9:04 am
hokie carla
oh, you're right. grayed it.
9:05 am
mael
I only have two Os from the bottom O, any stats?
9:05 am
hokie carla
just on 2nd row but will look
9:05 am
montreal13
well, 1st pass done - HOET - bbl for last 51
9:05 am
montreal13
have 4 OBs mael
9:06 am
hurshy
there's at least one op
9:06 am
montreal13
have a great day all and stay safe - "poof"
9:06 am
hokie carla
bye monty
9:07 am
montreal13
bye hokie - "real poof"
9:07 am
hokie carla
lol. I almost didn't say bye because I thought he'd poofed already.
9:09 am
mael
thanks all! I have two obs so far
9:10 am
hokie carla
also just seeing 2 OBs but tried all kinds. going back to 2nd row now, maybe I'll get them later.
9:10 am
mael
found a fish
9:11 am
hurshy
4 of them are short babblets, the longer two are normal words
9:11 am
mael
oh wait, it's not a fish, it's a monster
9:17 am
hurshy
Bs Bashed!
9:25 am
NANCY
re 7/24 the last re in the list
9:25 am
hokie carla
7/24 is not possible
9:26 am
NANCY
clue for the re 7/44 that is
9:26 am
hokie carla
fixing your shoes again
9:26 am
moolingwa
morning all
9:26 am
hokie carla
moooo
9:27 am
hokie carla
127 left here, not far ahead of you
9:27 am
moolingwa
hey hoke, happy Wednesday
9:27 am
hokie carla
thanks, you too
9:28 am
NANCY
thanks carla, have not had any coffee yet. sure can tell.
9:29 am
hokie carla
I can't see the i's, and I've had coffee.
9:30 am
Uneaixoise
Tx for shoe clue!
9:30 am
hurshy
some o those sciencey i words today
9:31 am
hokie carla
of course
9:31 am
hokie carla
got one
9:32 am
hokie carla
and another. moving on!
9:32 am
hurshy
well there's your problem
9:32 am
hurshy
you give up so quick
9:32 am
BzznBea
use the sometimes vowel
9:32 am
moolingwa
halfway
9:33 am
hokie carla
well, my first pass objective is to get at least half. it's nice to gray it, but when I spend too long on one it's annoying.
9:34 am
hokie carla
I have 3 of those i's so moved on.
9:34 am
hurshy
i just find if i take a bit longer on the first pass, i do a lot better at finding more of them on my own
9:34 am
hokie carla
yes, but you're much better
9:35 am
hurshy
plus, i know it's a good habit to get in, to be persistent and not in a hurry
9:35 am
moolingwa
I usually do a pass, but today I just went random
9:35 am
hurshy
well, i suspect you could be better than you think you are lol
9:35 am
moolingwa
29-21-14--11-2
9:36 am
hokie carla
I'm watching a very exciting tour de france stage
9:37 am
MollyL
Aw, the Tour de France reminds me of Ruby. We miss you Ruby!
9:38 am
MollyL
**Hurshy also thinks that word does not mean what you think it means
9:42 am
hokie carla
what, exciting? she watches formula one or some racing that no one knows
9:42 am
moolingwa
no one in america that is :)
9:42 am
hurshy
i think molly was riffing off my "i suspect" statement?
9:43 am
BzznBea
Getting a thunderstorm here. Yea!
9:44 am
hokie carla
wow, just partly cloudy here
9:45 am
moolingwa
sunstorm here
9:45 am
hokie carla
no snow, moo?
9:45 am
moolingwa
not today, we're in our three month window of no snow
9:45 am
hokie carla
I laugh every time this english guy says "finishing line"
9:46 am
hokie carla
I'm going to start using that like maths and rubbish.
9:47 am
moolingwa
yeah, I have stopped using maths, but do still use rubbish
9:47 am
moolingwa
not sure I ever used finishing line
9:47 am
hurshy
i read and watch so much british stuff that sometimes i lose track and forget that like americans don't necessarily call their doctor their GP
9:48 am
moolingwa
or their politicians MPs?
9:48 am
hokie carla
or the physical therapist is the physio. I laugh when Johnny Mc says that in tennis. I'm like, you're an american!
9:48 am
hurshy
no, that one is easy to remember as our politics in the US is always in our faces
9:50 am
moolingwa
22-19-13-11-2
9:50 am
BzznBea
I have 0-0-1-1-0
9:50 am
hurshy
:O ooh bea you are so close
9:50 am
moolingwa
BB with a substantial lead over the pack
9:51 am
hokie carla
one time I read this blog post by someone from UK who had traveled the US and she was complaining about our use of "awesome" and how the word doesn't mean how we use it. It's literally the exact same as their usage of the word "brilliant".
9:51 am
hurshy
the i words are still bugging me, 3 more of them to go
9:51 am
BzznBea
S 6 and 7
9:51 am
hokie carla
120 here. less than a mile from the finishing line.
9:51 am
hurshy
i think i have what you need bea!
9:52 am
hurshy
there's a short episode in the bible with Sa6 women
9:52 am
hokie carla
stuck on the right side i, only have 1
9:52 am
BzznBea
Carla, did you use the sometimes vowel with the sciency word?
9:52 am
hurshy
the sa6 is also the name of a fabulous woman driver from germany who sadly died of cancer
9:53 am
BzznBea
I have those
9:53 am
hokie carla
yes, thanks, actually found that one on my own once I knew there were sciency words
9:53 am
hurshy
oh, well, nvm then
9:53 am
hurshy
have you got so7/36
9:54 am
hurshy
Gs Grounded!
9:54 am
hokie carla
on right side i I only have UK spelled io word
9:54 am
hurshy
there's some normal ig words
9:54 am
hokie carla
lol, just saw those
9:54 am
moolingwa
5 of fewer of every tile :)
9:55 am
BzznBea
there is an in7 there
9:55 am
hokie carla
made it to 4th row at least
9:57 am
hurshy
thanks, monkeyed it!
9:58 am
moolingwa
this is an awkward grid
10:00 am
hokie carla
I thought I was just awkward
10:00 am
moolingwa
well you may or may not be, but this grid is
10:02 am
moolingwa
only have 4 grey tiles (aside from the freebies)
10:02 am
hokie carla
I also have 4 gray, and I'm not even putting in the effort per some 🤣
10:02 am
moolingwa
perhaps I'm the awkward one?
10:03 am
hokie carla
🤔
10:03 am
moolingwa
5 greys
10:03 am
hokie carla
way to step it up
10:04 am
BzznBea
I'm stuck.
10:04 am
hokie carla
still 2 bea, or 1?
10:04 am
moolingwa
have you tried olive oil BB?
10:04 am
BzznBea
two so's a 6 and a 7
10:05 am
hokie carla
just now got to the S. I'm sure I will not find them either.
10:06 am
moolingwa
you have the double vowel ending 7?
10:09 am
moolingwa
six greys!
10:09 am
hokie carla
next level
10:09 am
hokie carla
oh, I passed halfway at some point. 92 left.
10:10 am
moolingwa
I'm in the zone...or perhaps a zone....maybe zone-adjacent
10:10 am
moolingwa
38 left here
10:11 am
BzznBea
Thanks, mool
10:11 am
moolingwa
13-10-8-5-2
10:11 am
hokie carla
I do not have the double vowel ending so7 if someone wants to share a little clue.
10:11 am
cherlyq
this one seems hard to me or I am really tired lol
10:12 am
hokie carla
it is a bit hard
10:12 am
hokie carla
yeah, I heard it
10:12 am
BzznBea
It's french for well groomed
10:13 am
BzznBea
so6.24 and so7.36
10:13 am
hokie carla
lol, somehow I got it from that, thx bea
10:14 am
BzznBea
Later all
10:14 am
hokie carla
bye bea, have a good one
10:17 am
hokie carla
finally made it back to the bottom O. now to find those OBs
10:17 am
hokie carla
found some. HOET!
10:17 am
hokie carla
65 left though
10:25 am
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
10:30 am
hokie carla
hey nan
10:36 am
hokie carla
well just got incredibly lucky with my 2nd guess on wordle
10:39 am
cybernan
haven't gone there yet this am
10:41 am
cybernan
looks like another one full of words we've never seen before
10:43 am
hokie carla
yeah, I may dislike this one more than yesterday's
10:43 am
cybernan
have nbt, but no 8's and a lot of tiles with just one word
10:44 am
hokie carla
no 8s here, but I do have HOET
10:48 am
cybernan
only have the io 6 for the right i and io 4 for the left
11:02 am
cybernan
eeny isn't a word anymore?
11:12 am
hokie carla
don't think it's ever been accepted
11:15 am
cybernan
back later - too tired for this
11:22 am
crosshair
Have NBT and NBS, but this HOET is proving difficult today.
11:23 am
hokie carla
yes, I needed help on a few.
11:24 am
hurshy
it's funny how even at this point, like, the 200th word i put in was an easy 4 that idk why i hadn't gotten earlier
11:49 am
MollyL
Congratulations Carla. I see everyone has jumped on the HOET bandwagon.
11:52 am
hokie carla
it's a good metric!
11:53 am
hokie carla
I know you are secretly doing it
12:40 pm
cherlyq
not even to 100 yet but then doing it on my breaks lol
12:50 pm
MollyL
Nope, not secretly doing it. It means nothing to me whether I get half on each tile or not.
1:02 pm
ChampFit
My last word was se6/24 which is ironic, because I obviously WASN'T. Anyone need/want a clue?
1:03 pm
ChampFit
hagd, all!
1:19 pm
crosshair
Since I no longer chat regularly, it took me forever to figure out what HOET even was since it came into being during one of my longer periods away from Babble.
1:19 pm
mattygroves
Hey Crossy! Good to see you here
1:20 pm
crosshair
Howdy, Maty, nice to see you as wel. 🙂
1:21 pm
hokie carla
well, crossy, I just invented it a year or so ago and only a few people use it. ðŸ˜
1:22 pm
crosshair
Excuse the typos. I have the settings set to prevent accidental presses on my tablet.
1:23 pm
JaxH66
I’ve aimed for HOET for years. I start at the top left corner and try not to move on to the next tile until I’ve got half
1:24 pm
crosshair
Customizing the way Babble is played is as individual as the people who play it--it is what makes it fun.
1:25 pm
welki
hi, babblers
1:25 pm
crosshair
Best ten dollars I ever spent. 🙂
1:25 pm
crosshair
Howdy, Welk.
1:27 pm
hokie carla
well, I didn't invent getting half, just the acronym
1:27 pm
crosshair
It is al good. I
1:28 pm
crosshair
ITt is all god. I will roll with it. Like "pulling a Peri"
1:28 pm
crosshair
Damn typos.
1:37 pm
periwinkle
help with lone O please
1:38 pm
periwinkle
no 8s and only 3 of the 7's
1:38 pm
periwinkle
hi all
1:40 pm
hokie carla
are you never minding the "hi all"?
1:40 pm
hokie carla
oh, I see the request for the O now
1:41 pm
periwinkle
another tough grid for me
1:44 pm
hokie carla
you're not alone. still have 63 left, just looking every so often
1:45 pm
periwinkle
100 left here but did more errands today
1:47 pm
periwinkle
just found 2 of the 7's
1:48 pm
hokie carla
I have 9 7s and 0 8s
1:48 pm
periwinkle
I have 5 7's and 0 8s
1:48 pm
periwinkle
there is an er8 but I do not have it
1:49 pm
periwinkle
according to early chat that is. don't know what the other 8 starts with
1:49 pm
hokie carla
oh yes, I saw it mentioned earlier, I think ER7/6/8, but couldn't find them.
1:50 pm
hokie carla
found them!
1:50 pm
hokie carla
we've had similar words before spelled with an i in there instead of the y
1:51 pm
periwinkle
found the er6/7
1:51 pm
periwinkle
got the er8
1:51 pm
hokie carla
the 8 is just a different way to pluralize
1:53 pm
hokie carla
so weird how that post popped up after mine but shows before it
1:54 pm
periwinkle
92 left bbl
2:46 pm
periwinkle
what does the other 8 start with please
2:52 pm
hokie carla
do not know that
2:55 pm
periwinkle
I will list soon
2:56 pm
Mary
the other 8 is ag8/50
2:56 pm
periwinkle
ty Mary
2:56 pm
periwinkle
I have two ag7
2:56 pm
periwinkle
does the ag8 start the same?
3:14 pm
Mary
No it is bore the two 7's that you have. It is ag7/36 and 8/50 plural.
3:15 pm
Mary
not bore should be before"
3:17 pm
periwinkle
ty I will keep looking
3:18 pm
periwinkle
I got them ty Mary
3:28 pm
cybernan
hello again
3:28 pm
periwinkle
hi nan
3:29 pm
cybernan
a clue for the in 7 please?
3:30 pm
periwinkle
I don;t have it nan
3:31 pm
periwinkle
I am making up words here and they are accepted
3:31 pm
cybernan
has to be a strange one - as are so many of these -- thankful for lickety's list so I am at least able to monkey some of them
3:31 pm
periwinkle
70 left will list soon
3:31 pm
periwinkle
lots of stranges ones lately
3:32 pm
periwinkle
will let you know if I find it
3:33 pm
cybernan
as I said yesterday Noah Webster would be spinning in his grave if he could see some of the spellings
3:37 pm
periwinkle
bbl to finish
3:56 pm
Uneaixoise
I need the in7 too.....
3:58 pm
cybernan
found the o's
4:03 pm
cybernan
i + negative + location
4:04 pm
periwinkle
ty nan
4:04 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* tough grid
4:04 pm
Uneaixoise
Congrats!
4:05 pm
cybernan
any clues wanted before I leave?
4:07 pm
cybernan
hagd everyone :)
4:07 pm
ch1212
Have any of you babblers hired a book editor before? Advice?
4:10 pm
EJT
What kind of book? Fiction, Nonfiction, collection of essays,etc?
4:13 pm
ch1212
It's non-fiction. Here is the synopsis:
Campbell weaves a stunning account across decades of her life, struggling to recover from relentless and complex trauma. Written with raw honesty, the book traces her journey from seemingly unrelated childhood behaviors, through traditional counseling, cognitive behavioral, EMDR, 12-Step, and experiential therapies. Along the way, she examines current and historical perspectives into child abuse, depression, and trauma.
true. asks a fundamental question: how do we know our true self?
(Cheery, right? LOL!)
4:18 pm
ch1212
There's a website where you can hire book editors, so I'm wondering if anyone here has done that before.
4:23 pm
ch1212
{ crickets }
4:28 pm
Christa
Afternoon Everyone
4:33 pm
ch1212
Hi, Christa and all
4:48 pm
lbuxx
Hi all - any help with the SO 6/7?
5:33 pm
ch1212
I found the 6, but the 7 doesn't seem to be the plural. The definition is, "dressed very well, elegantly"
5:33 pm
ch1212
ah, double the last vowel.
10:57 pm
Jacula
A lot of my friends are book editors and I've done a bit of it myself. But there are 4 levels of book editing - Copy Editing. Copy editing is the most common (and most necessary) type of editing.
There is also Developmental Editing. Developmental editing includes co-ordinating and overseeing a project from start to finish.
There is also Substantive Editing and just plain Proofreading. Some types of editing cost more than others.
11:28 pm
Jacula
Also line editing, which is what I tend to do.
11:53 pm
westford
I changed my icon to July..about time since the month is nearly half gone
11:54 pm
westford
as usual it didn't work..still showing June
11:58 pm
Gillie
I'm seeing July
11:59 pm
grannyrose
hi westy. i'm seeing the patriotic cat.
11:59 pm
Gillie
(but not in the chat)