Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, October 5, 2022

12:10 am

dizgrannie

en 7

12:14 am

m9f9l

Hi diz

12:14 am

dizgrannie

hi m9

12:15 am

dizgrannie

po 7

12:17 am

jbp

sp 90

12:17 am

jbp

that's sp 90.

12:17 am

dizgrannie

90..LOL

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

jbp

and hi all

12:17 am

jbp

thanks lickety!

12:23 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs, pa 8

12:24 am

NonoNanette

m

12:24 am

jbp

which p for the pa 8?

12:25 am

dizgrannie

top P 2nd col

12:25 am

jbp

ty

12:26 am

jbp

is it related to the pa 7?

12:26 am

Gillie

pa7

12:26 am

dizgrannie

its the one before the 7

12:27 am

dizgrannie

add another vowel half way

12:27 am

jbp

tyty

12:28 am

dizgrannie

yw

12:29 am

m9f9l

po7

12:29 am

jbp

half way and off to slumber --nite all

12:29 am

m9f9l

po7 X2

12:29 am

dizgrannie

nite

12:30 am

m9f9l

g'night jbp

12:33 am

m9f9l

I have 4 of the 7s

12:35 am

Uneaixoise

86 words but no 7s.....

12:36 am

m9f9l

28 words left...trying to decide if I'll list or not.

12:37 am

ursh

stats for the lone E please

12:38 am

rolin

et4/4

12:38 am

dizgrannie

to 7

12:38 am

m9f9l

That fish slapped me!

12:39 am

m9f9l

ok diz, that's the 7 I don't have. Thanks! Looking....

12:39 am

m9f9l

got it!

12:40 am

m9f9l

Didn't know that.

1:06 am

dizgrannie

FWs

1:07 am

m9f9l

wtg!!!

1:07 am

m9f9l

I have 2 left. I listed at 9 to go

1:08 am

m9f9l

fw

1:09 am

m9f9l

I need to go to bed! Night!

3:50 am

spellit

t

3:59 am

mattygroves

The SP luncheon meat is now accepted!

5:02 am

ItalianGreyhound

sadly, only singular :)

5:05 am

hydra

I just discovered that, too!

5:09 am

ItalianGreyhound

I objected to the words exclusion a while back - so I will take the credit

5:10 am

ItalianGreyhound

another feather

5:11 am

ItalianGreyhound

and good morning here and there (i think)

5:50 am

Scrabbler

Good morning.

5:59 am

ItalianGreyhound

Hi, Scrabbler

5:59 am

Scrabbler

What are your plans for today?

6:00 am

ItalianGreyhound

breakfast

6:00 am

Scrabbler

Then?

6:01 am

ItalianGreyhound

no plans

6:01 am

Scrabbler

perfect

6:04 am

ItalianGreyhound

but then I gotta figure out lunch

6:04 am

Scrabbler

I think you can do it.

6:06 am

ItalianGreyhound

theres a lot of outdoor yard work ive been doing - im not just idling; not much

6:07 am

Scrabbler

The timing of raking leaves is tough--too early and more fall, too late and it snows. First snow is usually early November.

6:10 am

ItalianGreyhound

I have an invasive viney plant every summer - butterflys and humming birds love it; but it takes over everything. dieing off now so gotta remove it

6:13 am

Scrabbler

I haven't seen my hummingbirds in > 1 wk. This is when they fly south.

6:14 am

ItalianGreyhound

i have humming birds and a bald eagle

6:15 am

Scrabbler

Are you on a lake?

6:15 am

ItalianGreyhound

yes

6:17 am

Scrabbler

Nice.

6:19 am

ItalianGreyhound

Lake Arlingtons not a big lake, but big enough for an eagle!

6:20 am

Scrabbler

It looks pretty big on a map.

6:22 am

ItalianGreyhound

google maps - Southeast area of the lake

6:23 am

Scrabbler

I see you there. (Haha)

6:24 am

ItalianGreyhound

waving

6:24 am

Scrabbler

I saw that and waved back.

6:26 am

ItalianGreyhound

theres a dead tree overhanging the lake (killed by a beaver btw) that the eagle loves to hang out on

6:26 am

Scrabbler

A nice snag.

6:28 am

ItalianGreyhound

has anyone ever uttered that comment before? I think not

6:30 am

Scrabbler

Oops.

6:31 am

Scrabbler

And I must leave for work in 15 min. Bye. 55 left.

6:31 am

ItalianGreyhound

bye

7:09 am

hurshy

phantoms: equator, nectar

7:15 am

suz01

nome

7:17 am

hurshy

phantoms: patent, potent, foment

7:28 am

hokie carla

hey guys, don't forget spam. but there's no spams.

7:33 am

LuvWordGames

sp 9-LAX or O'Hare for mars

7:34 am

hurshy

fun

7:35 am

LuvWordGames

got Wordle in 2 :-)

7:36 am

hokie carla

and here I was thinking sp5tarp, having no idea what the 9 was but just thought that was funny. thanks.

7:36 am

hurshy

lol

7:37 am

LuvWordGames

lol

7:47 am

sukee

spam is the first word I noticed this morning

7:47 am

hurshy

anyone got the G?

7:47 am

hokie carla

lol, G6

7:47 am

BzznBea

go6

7:47 am

hokie carla

think what the scooby doo villain always says

7:47 am

mattygroves

You nearly have it, Hurshy...but in the past tense (or rather past participle

7:48 am

bichon

en 6/27, pls

7:48 am

hurshy

oh lol

7:48 am

hurshy

silly me

7:48 am

hurshy

the army decided to en6 in the shelter of that hill

7:48 am

hokie carla

en + what you do in the woods. and thanks, that gives me HOET!

7:49 am

hurshy

what's the 8?

7:49 am

bichon

ty carla, hurshy

7:49 am

hokie carla

do not have that

7:49 am

mattygroves

PA8/60 - uses a high value tile, similar to the 7 using the same tile

7:49 am

hokie carla

it's not pokemon in space. LOL

7:52 am

hurshy

hmmmmmmm

7:53 am

Kiani

what is HOET?

7:53 am

hokie carla

I haven't found it either

7:53 am

hokie carla

or the 7

7:53 am

hokie carla

HOET = half on every tile

7:53 am

Kiani

ah gotcha

7:53 am

hokie carla

oh, I do have the 7.

7:53 am

hurshy

HOET = Hokie's Odd Existential Target

7:53 am

BzznBea

insert a vowel in the flooring, hurshy

7:54 am

hurshy

ahhh thanks bea

7:54 am

BzznBea

LOL! Good one!

7:54 am

BzznBea

yw

7:56 am

sukee

I figured that 8 out, I'm flying :)

7:58 am

hokie carla

cannot figure out that other upper A for the life of me

7:58 am

BzznBea

ens with what you write with

7:58 am

hokie carla

that's the one I have ðŸ¤£

7:59 am

rururocks

then the place you sail in to

7:59 am

hokie carla

don't think I've seen that, thanks ruru

7:59 am

hokie carla

first col gray!

8:10 am

sukee

Just saw this cute story on the news http://surl.li/dfwyg

8:13 am

hokie carla

LOL, definitely would not happen in this country

8:15 am

BzznBea

Sweet story.

8:16 am

hokie carla

well, stuck on 15 left. 2-5-5-3
MM P N F PPP P AA TTT S

8:17 am

sukee

stuck on the last q. I have q 5/16 x2

8:17 am

hokie carla

it is a 3rd

8:17 am

hokie carla

ends in donkey probably

8:17 am

sukee

of course

8:18 am

hokie carla

which is apparently an alt sp for a russian beer

8:18 am

hokie carla

but hey, no ramen

8:18 am

Kiani

sukee - all the F are fe words

8:19 am

Kiani

* hokie, oops

8:19 am

sukee

I have all the Fs

8:19 am

hokie carla

thanks, kiani

8:20 am

sukee

Got it, ty

8:28 am

MollyL

Is it confirmed that Kate Middleton is pregnant yet?

8:28 am

sukee

Geez, arent 3 enough?

8:29 am

phaeton

RIP Loretta Lynn

8:29 am

sukee

Yes, I'm not into country but I liked her music.

8:31 am

bichon

Kate Middleton has acute pregancy morning sickness. Again

8:31 am

Kiani

did you figure out the fe hokie? I totally forgot about the lickety list until just now, so I probably wasn't that helpful... (haven't played this in a long time)

8:38 am

hokie carla

went away for a while and came back and there it was

8:39 am

hokie carla

and it was helpful so I didn't waste time looking at FO. I probably won't look at lickety list until tonight.

8:41 am

hokie carla

top row gray!

8:42 am

hokie carla

1-3-5-3 - lot of big words left

8:42 am

rururocks

hm that q gets used a lot more than I thought at first

8:59 am

mael

glad that the sp4 wasn't a collective hallucination yesterday

9:05 am

hokie carla

well, I found one P6 after my latest break. thinking these last 11 are really weird.

9:15 am

saanichcat

there is an interesting chronological history of the word spam here at the internet socierty.org : the history of spam

9:16 am

saanichcat

internetsociety.org

9:17 am

saanichcat

obviously self-taught typing not up to par

9:18 am

saanichcat

and good morning everyone!

9:19 am

origami

Hi saanich. That was interesting.

9:23 am

mael

name that impressionist painter in the grid

9:23 am

hokie carla

monet

9:26 am

MollyL

I have never seen a group of grown people so excited about canned congealed pork product.

9:27 am

hokie carla

or junk email, since the pork is a proper noun

9:28 am

mael

what's not to love about congealed pork products?

9:28 am

mael

and ding sing sing hokie :)

9:29 am

mael

we almost have Manet too

9:29 am

hokie carla

she's a full-on monet

9:30 am

hokie carla

like a painting, see. from far it's okay but up close is a big ole mess.

9:30 am

saanichcat

the article mentioned was about the use of spam in computer use, didn't mention Spam which is still a proper noun. Agreed Molly re your comment though. Only in Babble.

9:32 am

mael

I'll be just as excited if and when babble finally recognizes ramen and afro, to be honest

9:32 am

mael

but ramen is one of my favorite foods so I guess I take it personally :)

9:32 am

origami

I am perplexed by the omission of ramen.

9:33 am

saanichcat

and many others too. It's not a dictionary and not a very inclusive word list either.

9:33 am

hokie carla

like I said earlier, esp with the inclusion of things like the qu5, which is an alt sp of russian beer

9:34 am

mael

totally. But I think sp4 is also a special case because it never said it wasn't a word, just that it wasn't in the grid even when it was

9:34 am

hokie carla

like, were these guys just sitting around going, well, everyone who ever went to college knows what ramen is, but we should leave it out.

9:34 am

mael

so there were some coding shenanigans afoot

9:34 am

saanichcat

and to not have a plural is silly

9:35 am

hokie carla

yes, legend has it there was an attempt years ago to add it since it wasn't on enable. dr. god must've fixed that before he added that last batch of puzzles not too long ago.

9:40 am

MollyL

It used to say spam was not found in the dictionary. Then someone convinced Dr. God to add it and after that, it said it wasn't in the grid when it was.

9:41 am

MollyL

And it was not the someone who took credit for it this morning.

9:43 am

rururocks

if you allow ramen.. then you have to allow udon and umami and etc..

9:44 am

origami

Those should be allowed as well.

9:45 am

rururocks

that's just because you go out to Japanese restaurants Ori

9:45 am

rururocks

naneo yate maska?

9:45 am

origami

I love Japanese food :D

9:45 am

MollyL

Well, as someone mentioned yesterday, now that he's making exceptions, I expect he will be inundated with requests to add and delete.

9:48 am

saanichcat

If it is a real word, disagreeable or not, if it is called a dictionary, the word should be included. If it is an arbitrary word list, anything goes. And we have a word list, not a dictionary.

9:49 am

saanichcat

And dictionaries cost a fortune to update.

9:51 am

MollyL

Yes, but someone argues that Enable only includes words that are in collegiate dictionaries. I have no idea if that is true or not.

9:53 am

saanichcat

I don't think so. Many are too archaic or rare they are rarely seen in that level of reference. I check those out a lot. (word nerd here)

9:54 am

MollyL

Well the person who says that is one of those know it all types, so I refrain from engaging.

9:55 am

MollyL

But I agree with you Saan.

9:55 am

mael

I mean, udon and umami are very common words these days

9:55 am

saanichcat

Thanks, good discussion. Got to go, Dr's appt bye for now

9:56 am

mael

I think an update to the dictionary would be great, however it would require all of us "relearning" what is accepted and what isn't. I think complaining about it is probably just how it's going to be :)

9:58 am

MollyL

I don't know how you people who play multiple word games remember what is accepted where.

10:02 am

origami

It is, Molly. The Spelling Bee word list is very limited.

10:06 am

MollyL

I noticed that. I have played Spelling Bee a few times.

10:09 am

mael

eh, I just end up trying words anyway

10:10 am

mael

I've got a general idea but it's not perfect, I don't have that much extra storage space in my noggin

10:11 am

mael

:)

10:17 am

cybernan

good morning :)

10:24 am

cybernan

just read the chat - lol - I have no idea what udon and unami are. If they are an ethnic food, I would think that they are common only to those who eat it.

10:25 am

cybernan

I just know that ramen is some kind of noodle -- have never eaten it or seen it after it is cooked unless it is those chinese noodles that look like worms.

10:35 am

Sophie512

you're right, Nan

10:35 am

Sophie512

udon is noodles too

10:35 am

Sophie512

Ramen noodles are super cheap and the staple of many college kids on a budget. :)

10:36 am

cybernan

cheaper than spaghetti?

10:37 am

cybernan

are they made from rice flour rather than wheat?

10:39 am

Sophie512

dunno..... back in the day, they were 4 or 5 pkg for 1$

10:39 am

MollyL

The internet says they are made from wheat flour. Probably around the same price per serving as spaghetti.

10:41 am

Sophie512