12:01 am
Rainiqui
nope, that should be ti 8
12:03 am
justafreep
tr7/8
12:04 am
justafreep
ou7/8
12:05 am
justafreep
cu9/10!
12:09 am
justafreep
ou7 x 2
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:19 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:21 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:25 am
justafreep
thanks, gillie. I had tried it as a 5 but it didn't take....
12:26 am
hokie carla
did it make you say it?
12:26 am
hokie carla
and thanks, I still typed it as a 5 🤣
12:26 am
justafreep
it did!
12:27 am
hokie carla
HOET
12:32 am
hokie carla
25 left for tomorrow. good night!
12:32 am
justafreep
g'night
1:11 am
dizgrannie
FWs, fun grid
3:46 am
Deeha
aa isnt a word its a sound like guts
3:49 am
Deeha
sorry got a phone call and forgot what I was doing!!
4:51 am
MollyL
*Hopes Deeha does not take phone calls while driving
4:56 am
ItalianGreyhound
indeed - Beep Beep
5:01 am
ItalianGreyhound
keep seeing "HOET" in the chat - no idea
6:23 am
Deeha
fortunately for the world I dont drive!!
6:48 am
mael
always satisfying to get the 9/10
6:58 am
markbowers7
so, sh4/5 is accepted, but not the place one goes to do that?
6:59 am
Scrabbler
Haha, Mark.
7:00 am
mael
it takes the superlative (not in the grid today), which is small consolation
7:01 am
crosshair
Good morning, my Babble friends. NBT, NBS, and HOET (half of each tile)
7:01 am
Scrabbler
Crossy! How are you doing up north?
7:03 am
crosshair
Doing well, scrabby. Starting to take more time for hiking, going to the cottage, and playing with our hounds in the lake. They have requested much more swim time this summer!
7:04 am
crosshair
$7 a gallon for gas make long drive a tad painful though.
7:04 am
Scrabbler
With climate change I may have to move to Canada.
7:05 am
crosshair
No shortage of water here--we are greatful for that.
7:06 am
mael
getting solar panels and an electric car was the best choice we ever made
7:06 am
Scrabbler
We need rain here. It has been a dry summer.
7:06 am
Scrabbler
Good for you, mael.
7:06 am
mael
we're now in a critical drought in MA
7:07 am
mael
even established trees are dying, it's terrible
7:07 am
Scrabbler
Oh, no.
7:09 am
crosshair
My brother lives in Vegas, and I have been keeping track of the ongoing crisis at Lake Mead.
7:11 am
Scrabbler
Oh, yes, I have read about the southwest.
7:15 am
crosshair
Grateful* I swear my brain is turning to mush these days.
7:19 am
EvaNadine
mornin babblers!
7:34 am
EvaNadine
how goes it, Dr Scrabs?
7:35 am
Scrabbler
I am doing well overall. Summer is flying by. How are you and K?
7:36 am
EvaNadine
doing well. hes nearly 6!
7:37 am
Scrabbler
In September, right after my birthday.
7:37 am
EvaNadine
yup. about to start Kindergarten. :)
7:38 am
Scrabbler
Is he excited?
7:39 am
EvaNadine
who knows...he says he doesnt like school, but i think he just doesnt like being on someone elses schedule. or not being able to play video games all day.
7:42 am
Scrabbler
Boys don't like school because they are not given enough time to move. It is sad.
7:42 am
EvaNadine
agreed.
and i suspect he may eventually be diagnosed with adhd.
7:44 am
mattygroves
Hey all. May I have stats, please for the 9 and 10?
7:45 am
Scrabbler
Most boys under 8-10 have "ADHD." They need a different educational setting than most girls. Actually, all kids need more time to just play.
7:45 am
Scrabbler
I do not have them. matty.
7:46 am
bichon
cu 9/72, pl for the 10
7:47 am
EvaNadine
TY bichon
7:48 am
bichon
my pleasure
7:49 am
mattygroves
Thank you - looking now!
7:49 am
bichon
compound word
7:51 am
mattygroves
Thank you most kindly!
8:04 am
Scrabbler
I passed halfway. See you tomorrow.
8:19 am
hokie carla
howdy, y'all. 17 left from last night. we'll see if I can see any this morning.
8:19 am
hokie carla
4-4-4-5
8:19 am
HarryHood
still on my first pass. seems like a friendly grid
8:20 am
hokie carla
yes, very. I grayed a lot of tiles on first pass, which is unusual.
8:23 am
crosshair
Stats for t in third row, please.
8:24 am
hokie carla
I have it gray but it'll take a min to see what it is
8:25 am
LuvWordGames
th 7/32 is one of them, a plural
8:26 am
hokie carla
oh, I think the sing is the other
8:26 am
LuvWordGames
I think the singular is from there too: th 6/21
8:27 am
crosshair
Got them ty.
8:27 am
LuvWordGames
it did take a little work to determine since there's so many t's there
8:27 am
BzznBea
Thanks, luv.
8:28 am
EvaNadine
i think its the TH6-7 combo -- the part of your body that swallows.
8:28 am
LuvWordGames
pirate talk is in the grid today :-)
8:28 am
HarryHood
ah! got the 9/10
8:28 am
HarryHood
aarrghs
8:29 am
HarryHood
oh dear sorry. didn;t realize it was accepted!
8:32 am
HarryHood
missing half the Ss - how strange is that
8:33 am
hokie carla
the lower S was tough. still my biggest problem - 4 left there
8:33 am
HarryHood
yes the lower S is what I meant. forgot there was an upper S :)
8:33 am
hokie carla
I have not found any words yet this morning
8:34 am
hokie carla
I have TTT SS R O TT SSSS E CCC
8:38 am
BzznBea
Do you have the es 5.12?
8:38 am
HarryHood
50 to go. gonna go make coffee.
8:38 am
hokie carla
nope, will look, thx
8:38 am
HarryHood
like the center near disney. just change a consonant
8:39 am
hokie carla
5th col gray!
8:39 am
hokie carla
bea knows me so well 😜
8:40 am
hokie carla
thought I was onto something with serrate(s)
8:40 am
penquis
hello all....
8:41 am
BzznBea
Good morning, pen.
8:42 am
penquis
carla!...hi, Bea...
8:45 am
hokie carla
well, I can't even find any 4's
8:46 am
BzznBea
Which O are you missing?
8:48 am
hokie carla
left side
8:49 am
welki
'morning, all
8:49 am
hokie carla
welki!
8:50 am
penquis
hi welki...
8:51 am
rururocks
well.. i just found the ten so that's a good thing
8:53 am
welki
hey ru - we're thinking of going back to lakeport this fall, this time for about a month. enough time for a visit
8:53 am
hokie carla
I GATBO
8:53 am
Shirlockc
me too! the compound clue helped
8:53 am
BzznBea
carla, there are 7 ou's if that is any help.
8:53 am
Trifioso
hello friends. been an age!
8:54 am
rururocks
ok welks.. hopefully we won't have fires this year
8:54 am
bichon
Hi Trif, what's happening?
8:54 am
BzznBea
Hello, Trif.
8:54 am
penquis
hi trif...
8:54 am
welki
let's hope - my aunt says it's drier than ever, that we won't need to bring fishing poles, just walk on the lake and pick them up
8:55 am
hokie carla
thanks, bea. I only have 6
8:55 am
Trifioso
Just doing my summer thing, bichon, not much to mention
8:55 am
Trifioso
Just doing my summer thing, bichon, not much to mention
8:55 am
Trifioso
Just doing my summer thing, bichon, not much to mention
8:55 am
Trifioso
Just doing my summer thing, bichon, not much to mention
8:56 am
rururocks
except to mention it four times :D
8:56 am
hokie carla
hey trif!
8:57 am
rururocks
man the s's just got really do
8:58 am
hokie carla
they are stupid tough
8:58 am
Trifioso
oh good lord
8:59 am
72 Temple Owl
hi trif
9:00 am
72 Temple Owl
hi welk and all
9:01 am
mael
hoping for some thunderstorms today
9:01 am
hokie carla
hey TO and mael
9:01 am
penquis
hi mael...
9:02 am
mael
boston broke 100 degrees for the first time yesterday
9:03 am
rururocks
holy cow
9:03 am
BzznBea
What is the average hihg there, mael?
9:03 am
rururocks
what was the humidity?
9:03 am
hurshy
third row grey!
9:09 am
mael
average high in July is probably in the 80s. We get heatwaves but not like this. It's been 6 straight days of temps in the 90s and above, with high humidity
9:10 am
mael
heat index was over 105, ru.
9:10 am
hokie carla
we only got to 95 yesterday
9:10 am
hurshy
and it looks like it's planning to stay similarly hot for awhile
9:10 am
hurshy
"only" lol
9:10 am
hokie carla
I know
9:11 am
hokie carla
it only felt like 1000
9:13 am
penquis
raining and 73 here....some thunder now....
9:13 am
hokie carla
went to list. now down to just 3 S's. but from different tiles so hard to narrow down.
9:14 am
hokie carla
80 and sunny here right now, only supposed to get to 92 today.
9:14 am
mael
send some of that our way, pen!
9:14 am
penquis
we badly need the rain....
9:16 am
hokie carla
lol, just typed in an S as a joke because I couldn't figure out what else to do and it took. that's just ridiculous.
9:19 am
hurshy
oh lookee the queen's dogs!
9:20 am
hokie carla
yeah, had to get those from the list. never remember which dog breeds are in enable and which aren't.
9:20 am
hurshy
relatedly, phantom: curtsy
9:22 am
penquis
saw that, too...
9:23 am
hurshy
hokie, when you said GATBO, was that including all the 7s?
9:25 am
hokie carla
no, LOL. my last 3 S's were 7s. I think 7's are BO unless there are 8+.
9:28 am
hurshy
well i have 10 left now, 5S and 5T, and three of them are 7s
9:29 am
hurshy
ooh i got one
9:30 am
hokie carla
one S7 i needed was ridic, but the other 2 we've had before, they're just not words I use
9:30 am
hurshy
the one i just got looks italiany
9:30 am
hokie carla
yeah, that was one of the latter
9:31 am
hurshy
what's the ridiculous one?
9:31 am
hokie carla
st7/36
9:32 am
hokie carla
it's a very odd plural of a word not in the grid
9:32 am
hurshy
start with upper S or lower?
9:34 am
hokie carla
upper
9:39 am
hokie carla
can give a clue if you want
9:40 am
hurshy
yes please
9:42 am
hokie carla
ends like someone who's good at making crafts and paintings and stuff
9:43 am
hurshy
but plural?
9:44 am
hokie carla
no, that's is the plural, that's why I said it's odd
9:44 am
penquis
that's a dumb word...
9:44 am
hurshy
ok got it, thanks
9:45 am
penquis
guess i am not up on Russian Orthodox teacher words...
9:45 am
hurshy
ah well when it's a russian orthodox church word, things are bound to get a little weird
9:45 am
penquis
and that's more commonly used than merci?....
9:54 am
MollyL
How is that word a plural?
9:55 am
hurshy
cause it's not english
9:56 am
hurshy
and other languages do plurals differently
9:56 am
MollyL
The definition is worded in singular tense, teacher not teachers
9:57 am
hurshy
that's because it takes you to the definition of the singular
9:57 am
hurshy
plurals don't have their own entries in dictionaries
9:58 am
hurshy
woot, i just remembered a pair of T words
9:59 am
hurshy
2 S and 2 T left now, 1-1-1-1
9:59 am
penquis
38 left here.. ;o)
10:01 am
aebmusica
st6/18(the one right after the Ermines)......clue please
10:01 am
hurshy
as of the atmosphere or of rocks
10:02 am
hurshy
unless of course i'm missing one between those
10:02 am
aebmusica
at the end there are two st6/18 together before the layers
10:02 am
hurshy
ok then i need the same one! lol
10:03 am
aebmusica
thanks for answering......it is my last one for FIREWORKS
10:03 am
BzznBea
Change the last letter of the layer to a cons.
10:04 am
hurshy
but that one isn't 6/18, it's 6/21
10:04 am
BzznBea
yes. irrelevant
10:05 am
aebmusica
thanks for trying anyway Bzzn
10:06 am
hokie carla
what's the question?
10:07 am
hurshy
aeb, i think you are confused
10:07 am
hokie carla
there aren't 2 together before the layers
10:07 am
aebmusica
io:01.... I need that word clued please
10:07 am
hurshy
i got the list and finished the S words and there is nothing between the ermines and the layers
10:08 am
hokie carla
wait, what does io:01 mean?
10:08 am
aebmusica
10:01 am
10:09 am
hokie carla
it's a plural for layers of stuff in rocks
10:09 am
penquis
ends in a vowel...
10:12 am
aebmusica
After the ermines is str6/21(a flat river valley) and before that str6/21 are two st6/18's
10:13 am
hokie carla
plural ermines and layers are the 2 st6/18 between the st5/10 and at6/21
10:13 am
penquis
after the ermines is not the valley...there is a st 6/18 before those...
10:13 am
hokie carla
(st6/21, sorry)
10:14 am
aebmusica
then that's what I need please
10:14 am
penquis
if you have the valleys, just change the last letter from a consonant to a vowel....
10:14 am
penquis
referring to the singular valley...
10:14 am
hokie carla
do yo have the plural ermine?
10:15 am
penquis
did you try my clue?
10:15 am
hurshy
ermine
ermines
layers (which is a latin plural word)
valley
10:15 am
hokie carla
ok, then the layers is after that and before the valley
10:15 am
hurshy
that is how it goes
10:16 am
aebmusica
are you talking about the fugue layers in music(I already have that Ione)
10:17 am
hurshy
layers of the atmosphere or rocks, as i said earlier
10:17 am
penquis
no idea about fugue layers....do you have an st 6/18 that ends in a vowel?...
10:17 am
aebmusica
no....I need that one please
10:18 am
hokie carla
I think she means the italian looking one
10:18 am
penquis
then do what i said earlier....change the last letter of the valley to a vowel...
10:18 am
hokie carla
this is layers of rocks, sing. ends in -um
10:18 am
penquis
i should bow out of this since i have not listed...i may be wrong....
10:19 am
hurshy
you're not wrong
10:19 am
aebmusica
finally ....ty all .....FIREWORKS
10:19 am
penquis
the italian one comes AFTER the valleys...
10:19 am
penquis
congrats, aeb!....
10:20 am
aebmusica
ty penquis
10:21 am
BzznBea
I'm looking for the st728, last st word?
10:21 am
penquis
that also ends in a vowel, i think....
10:22 am
aebmusica
that is the fugue layers in music
10:22 am
penquis
from the lower S...
10:22 am
hokie carla
that's the music one that looks italian
10:22 am
hurshy
unless you want the other one, the heavy snoring sound
10:23 am
hurshy
oh but you said last st word as in last in the list, not last one for you
10:23 am
hokie carla
she said the last one
10:23 am
BzznBea
Got it. Thanks.
10:35 am
MollyL
Fugue layers in music? Raise your hand if you are a music major.
10:35 am
penquis
i am more likely to know that than to know Russian Orthodox teachers....
10:37 am
cybernan
good morning all -- 204 to go :)
10:38 am
penquis
hi, nan...
10:45 am
mkg
any clues for the Y words?
10:46 am
penquis
ye 4 and pl...
10:47 am
penquis
yw....i am taking a break....bbl for my last 18...bye all....
11:01 am
mkg
hi all. i cant find the T words for the fourth column T. please send help. ty
11:02 am
crosshair
What your food travels down when you swallow it
11:02 am
mkg
ty cross. got both words. ty.
11:03 am
moolingwa
morning all
11:04 am
moolingwa
hey mkg, happy Monday
11:04 am
mkg
anyone have the 9 or 10? ty.
11:04 am
mkg
happy monday......indeed.
11:16 am
cybernan
114 found and a nice phonecall from youngest son - not bad for an hour's time :)
11:21 am
crosshair
Mkg, for the 9 and ten add a three lete
11:21 am
crosshair
Letter eord to the one i just clued you
11:22 am
crosshair
Dammit
11:22 am
crosshair
Tablet is fighting me
11:26 am
cybernan
cu 9-10 + in a game. someone(s) who takes advantage of every rule and loophole to win.
11:27 am
crosshair
Or a murderer of old.
11:28 am
cybernan
ty for the clue, crossy - didn't have it before that
11:28 am
crosshair
I run so hot that touch screen keyboards can be a pita sometimes
11:32 am
crosshair
40 to go for ne--now the grind begins.
11:32 am
cybernan
77 here - but breakfast first :) bbl
12:14 pm
dcseain
Thank you, nan :)
12:25 pm
mkg
Got the 9 and 10. Fantastic clues. Ty
1:02 pm
joym999
hi all, nice 9 and 10 clues nan
1:09 pm
joym999
and that AA word is just silly. There are a zillion ways to spell that
1:35 pm
dcseain
Or your frustrated, or mad…
1:39 pm
dcseain
Or you’re.. stupid autocorrect
1:57 pm
cybernan
hi again
1:58 pm
cybernan
ty joy - I had tried it with just one a
1:59 pm
dcseain
welcome back
2:09 pm
dcseain
storm coming in
2:11 pm
cybernan
another heat wave here
2:11 pm
dcseain
hint for last st7, please?
2:12 pm
dcseain
sorry to hear that. these storms will break the heatwave here.
2:13 pm
cybernan
don't have it seain, but looking
2:16 pm
dcseain
searched chog, found it
2:16 pm
cherlyq
man almost missed the Queens Dogs
2:17 pm
cybernan
clue please?
2:18 pm
dcseain
musical term, latin plural of a word not otherwise in the grid.
2:22 pm
dcseain
hmph. outro is the opposite of an intro.
2:22 pm
MollyL
The last st7 is not a musical term
2:22 pm
cybernan
mmmm - still can't figure out which s it begins with
2:23 pm
dcseain
it refers to a part of an aria, certainly IS a musical term.
2:23 pm
dcseain
thunder getting louder.
2:24 pm
cybernan
you will have to get off line soon then
2:24 pm
dcseain
nah, not plugged in.
2:25 pm
cybernan
aha - someone who replaces batteries when they die :)
2:26 pm
dcseain
indeed! Newish device, it’ll be awhile.
2:28 pm
cybernan
the dumb and dumber words seem to come out whenever there is a y in the grid
2:28 pm
dcseain
that they do!
2:29 pm
joym999
I've never heard that st7,28 snoring word before
2:29 pm
cybernan
still haven't found it
2:30 pm
dcseain
that’s the first st7.28.
2:33 pm
MollyL
Nan, it ends like the little bits of colored paper you throw at a celebration. I thought the last st7 was the one before that.
2:33 pm
dcseain
firewords!
2:34 pm
dcseain
cicadas have started up again, so storm missed us.
2:35 pm
joym999
congrats dcseain
2:36 pm
MollyL
*Wonders if Seain has looked at a radar map
2:36 pm
Uneaixoise
Congrats Seain!
2:36 pm
dcseain
wow, power went out, came on briefly, went out again.
2:37 pm
dcseain
happiyl, still have cell service
2:37 pm
cybernan
grats, seain
2:37 pm
dcseain
thank you.
2:37 pm
dcseain
oh, there’s power again
2:39 pm
joym999
FW for me too. Bye all and happy puzzling
2:48 pm
dcseain
ah, router done with temper tantrum.
2:56 pm
cybernan
grats joy
2:56 pm
cybernan
20 to go here
3:01 pm
cybernan
help with those st 7's please - don't have either
3:01 pm
cybernan
got the first one
3:02 pm
cybernan
and the last one
3:02 pm
cybernan
so thanks anyway
3:03 pm
cybernan
my mind finally came up with the musical term --- amazing -- it's been 50 years since I've taken any musical composition classes!
3:08 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* last word was tr 6/24 - never thought to add a vowel
3:08 pm
cybernan
hagd if anyone is still here
3:13 pm
moolingwa
back to try and knock off my last 26
3:18 pm
HarryHood
36 here.
3:29 pm
periwinkle
hi all. help with the u please
3:29 pm
HarryHood
it's u5-y ridiculous
3:30 pm
periwinkle
I got it just as you clued, Harry, thanks
3:31 pm
HarryHood
listing my last 25.
3:32 pm
periwinkle
I have ou7/8 and ti8 help with other 8s please
3:33 pm
cherlyq
tr 7/8 and si 7/8
3:33 pm
periwinkle
thank you cherly looking
3:34 pm
periwinkle
got the tr7/8 thanks
3:35 pm
periwinkle
and the si7/8 thanks again
3:35 pm
periwinkle
still 99 to find but did errands and laundry today
3:41 pm
moolingwa
well ended up getting distracted, but did find one word :)
3:41 pm
periwinkle
how many do you have left to find moo?
3:41 pm
periwinkle
I have 83
3:41 pm
periwinkle
and slowing down
3:41 pm
moolingwa
24 left now...just found another
3:42 pm
periwinkle
congrats Harry
3:42 pm
HarryHood
gotta get supper going. hagd all!
3:42 pm
moolingwa
well done HH
3:44 pm
mael
my last word was the same as nan's, strange tr6/24!
3:45 pm
moolingwa
19 left
6-4-2-5-0-1-1
3:45 pm
periwinkle
I don't have that tr6/24
3:46 pm
periwinkle
will go to list sooner than later since it is almost 5 pm here
3:48 pm
periwinkle
go moo
3:49 pm
periwinkle
I love your icon moo
3:49 pm
moolingwa
thx peri :)
3:49 pm
moolingwa
feels very appropriate most days
3:50 pm
moolingwa
ah, found the 9/10
3:50 pm
periwinkle
I just might not finish this one. bbl
3:51 pm
moolingwa
later peri, enjoy
4:08 pm
cherlyq
57 left I am with you Peri
4:15 pm
Uneaixoise
Ditto :-)
4:37 pm
moolingwa
13 left now
4:39 pm
periwinkle
you can do it moo!!
4:40 pm
moolingwa
maybe...losing interest :)
4:41 pm
moolingwa
ah, found two
4:41 pm
moolingwa
4-2-1-4
You'd think I'd be able to find those 4s
4:43 pm
moolingwa
ah, there's one
4:46 pm
bichon
Why isn't the ra 4/5 not a plural?
4:47 pm
moolingwa
guess it's one of those words that the plural is the same as the singular
4:51 pm
moolingwa
ah, another word!
4:53 pm
periwinkle
down to 11 left
4:57 pm
periwinkle
and done
4:57 pm
periwinkle
moo do you need any help?
4:58 pm
periwinkle
or anyone?
4:59 pm
periwinkle
well I will go then happy babbling
5:00 pm
moolingwa
Thanks peri, I'm good...sorry was working on something else
5:01 pm
moolingwa
did find another word :)
7:35 pm
dan2bit
aa6 is the sound you make when you find the aa6
7:36 pm
dan2bit
onomatenable
7:47 pm
pbr
been away for ages. just getting my babble on