Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, December 24, 2022

12:01 am

m9f9l

tope

12:01 am

m9f9l

oops

12:03 am

m9f9l

si 7/8

12:06 am

justafreep

re7

12:09 am

justafreep

po7

12:10 am

justafreep

pe7

12:10 am

justafreep

pe7 x 2

12:10 am

godthaab

pe7

12:12 am

deanoz

au7

12:13 am

Atbeat

St8

12:14 am

justafreep

st7

12:17 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:17 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

situate

12:17 am

justafreep

sorry

12:19 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:22 am

m9f9l

io7

12:23 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:27 am

Gillie

so7

12:29 am

justafreep

op7

12:31 am

m9f9l

nbs and I'd be nbt and over 1/2 way on all tiles, except for that first bottom O.

12:31 am

justafreep

pe7 x 3

12:35 am

Gillie

to7

12:35 am

cybernan

found one of the pe 7's, but other 2 will have to wait for tomorrow I think

12:35 am

justafreep

I predict they'll still be here then

12:37 am

cybernan

no doubt -- good night everyone :)

12:37 am

justafreep

G'night

12:39 am

justafreep

fe7

12:39 am

m9f9l

got the o. nbt!

12:40 am

cybernan

te 7 - spotted on my way out :)

12:40 am

cybernan

ah - freep beat me to it

12:40 am

ursh

oo 5/12 for the 2nd column O - no idea for 3rd column O

12:40 am

cybernan

oh no - that was fe

12:41 am

justafreep

yeah, I have no te7 yet!

12:41 am

m9f9l

the third column is pretty normal. Just a stinky word

12:42 am

mkg

Od 4L when food goes bad it has an od**

12:43 am

ursh

tx m9 got it

1:09 am

Jain

di 7

1:10 am

Jain

te 7 pl of te 6 a hot drink

1:28 am

mab

a drink with jam and bread?

1:28 am

Jain

Yes mab. Exactly

1:29 am

mab

:)

5:05 am

MollyL

Merry Christmas Eve, Hope everyone is happy and warm.

5:22 am

aebmusica

au6/24....clue please

5:24 am

MollyL

Plural of an accounting check up

5:26 am

aebmusica

ty and Merry Chritmas Eve to you also

6:01 am

mattygroves

I'm flying to Australia tomorrow!

6:06 am

ChampFit

That's great matty!

6:11 am

Scrabbler

Wow, matty!

6:12 am

mattygroves

I'm taking a break from packing. I may be overpacking ;)

6:12 am

ChampFit

Well, you have time to get it just right. How long will you be there?

6:13 am

mattygroves

Around 3 weeks - back on the 18th (leave on the 17th)

6:14 am

mattygroves

Sarah and Tim are getting married on the 14th

6:14 am

ChampFit

Then packing properly is very important! ;)

6:15 am

mattygroves

Indeed! Loads of Xmas gifts as well

6:16 am

ChampFit

Tricky, I'm sure!

6:26 am

Uneaixoise

Almost missed the needle case! :-)

6:26 am

ChampFit

I'm on that E now!

6:26 am

Uneaixoise

Sing. And plural

6:28 am

ChampFit

I saw it right off the bat but didn't type it till I got to the right letter. OCD!

6:36 am

aslindy

hello all. happy Christmas Eve!

6:37 am

Scrabbler

Our blizzard continues and the governor has called in the National Guard.

6:38 am

ChampFit

BBL... stay safe, scrabs!

6:38 am

aslindy

yikes!

6:38 am

Scrabbler

Bye Champ.

6:39 am

Uneaixoise

Rolling blackout has hit me twice this morning :-(

6:46 am

Scrabbler

Are you having storms too?

6:49 am

Uneaixoise

Storms stopped a couple of days ago.....but street is solid ice

6:49 am

Scrabbler

I saw a video of a guy skating down a street, solid ice, maybe in Oregon?

6:53 am

Uneaixoise

Wouldn't be surprised!

7:13 am

MollyL

The danger of abbreviating. I read that as sing (a song) and plural

7:24 am

sukee

Morning, happy Christmas Eve day

7:29 am

Uneaixoise

Power just went out again :-(

7:29 am

Scrabbler

Oh, no.

7:31 am

ursh

Une in SA we have loadshedding on a regular basis out for two hours at a time sometimes more than once a day - we even have schedules to follow when your next loadshed is going to happen - been going on for more than a year now :(

7:31 am

Uneaixoise

3 times this morning :-(

7:31 am

Scrabbler

Loadshed is a new term for me.

7:32 am

Uneaixoise

Yikes!

7:32 am

Scrabbler

sets

7:32 am

Scrabbler

Free clue. YW.

7:32 am

ursh

Standard term in SA scrabbler - involves the whole country - big mess at electricity provider

7:33 am

Scrabbler

I learned something.

7:33 am

Uneaixoise

Current temp is 8 degrees....

7:34 am

ursh

Shoo that is cold - mid summer here and current temp at 3.30pm is 30 deg C with high humidity

7:34 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway and need a break. Maybe I will return later. Good luck, Une and Ursh.

7:35 am

sukee

It is currently -16 C here, feels like -27 C

7:36 am

ursh

oh my goodness sukee - beyond freezing

7:36 am

sukee

Thankfully my apartment is warm and the electricity is still on

7:37 am

sukee

There is a one foot snow drift on my patio

7:41 am

periwinkle

Greetings from a balmy 7 degress in SE Pennsylvania

7:42 am

Uneaixoise

Aaaaaand power is back!

7:42 am

Uneaixoise

Hey Peri

7:42 am

sukee

Hi peri

7:42 am

rururocks

it's a chilly 40 degrees here

7:42 am

sukee

dape

7:42 am

sukee

oops

7:45 am

periwinkle

I don't remember it ever being this cold here and I have been around a long time

7:47 am

sukee

BC has been getting more snow this year than the eastern provinces. Everything is screwy :)

7:50 am

hokie carla

5F out here.

7:59 am

Jeff7

9 degrees on Long Island

8:00 am

hokie carla

definitely not right for SC to be colder than Long Island

8:01 am

montreal13

minus 9C on the south shore of MontrÃ©al...

8:02 am

hokie carla

I took winston out to the bathroom and he kept holding a back paw up like, I don't need all 4 touching the ground.

8:03 am

hokie carla

phantom textile

8:05 am

hokie carla

and no, winston doesn't have booties because it's never this cold

8:07 am

rururocks

winston is a weeny

8:08 am

hokie carla

haha. he normally is like, hey I'm wearing 2 coats, it's plenty warm

8:10 am

rururocks

my phantom is shtetl

8:10 am

mattygroves

Mine is etude

8:10 am

hokie carla

that will never be a phantom for me (shtetl)

8:11 am

hokie carla

well, I hadn't gotten to the E but now I'm seeing etude. thanks, matty.

8:11 am

mattygroves

My pleasure. My work here is done ;)

8:12 am

mattygroves

(Not the grid though - still 48 words left). I'm trying to think about what I haven't packed yet - I'm sure I'll forget something!

8:12 am

hokie carla

going to australia?

8:12 am

mattygroves

Yep - tomorrow!

8:12 am

hokie carla

have a great time!

8:12 am

mattygroves

Thank you - I hope to!

8:16 am

72 Temple Owl

https://xpn.org/jingle-cam/

8:16 am

72 Temple Owl

listening whilst baking and wrapping

8:27 am

hurshy

an 8! i found an 8!

8:31 am

rururocks

finished here.. have a nice holiday everyone

8:32 am

hokie carla

well done, ruru. you too.

8:34 am

BzznBea

Morning all. Wondering if any one else is having trouble with the metaverse? Everything is slow here.

8:35 am

hokie carla

no, just heat problems

8:35 am

hurshy

silt

8:35 am

BzznBea

Now is not the time to have heat problems. What's going on?

8:35 am

hurshy

scuse me

8:36 am

hurshy

what do you mean by "the metaverse" bea? are you saying like, smart appliances, or, what?

8:37 am

BzznBea

Internet and streaming. We watched a movie last night and it took forever to load.

8:38 am

BzznBea

Babble did't want to load this morning either.

8:39 am

bichon

Yesterday morning we had no power, but it was in the 50's. We are so lucky it wasn't today

8:42 am

hokie carla

there is heat coming out of the vents, it's just still cold in here

8:43 am

BzznBea

Everyone is stuck inside because of the brutal weather. And everyone is doing the holiday thing. So there is limited bandwidth.

8:44 am

A*n*i*t*a

dito

8:45 am

hurshy

i'm having trouble with G words

8:45 am

BzznBea

slutier is so a word.

8:45 am

hurshy

but i don't think it's because of limited bandwidth

8:45 am

hokie carla

still on 2nd row

8:45 am

hurshy

i think it would have to have two t, bea

8:45 am

welki

hi folks

8:45 am

BzznBea

yes, I kow.

8:46 am

BzznBea

Hey, welki.

8:46 am

hokie carla

hey welki

8:47 am

hurshy

but it does seem to me that if you can be childish you can also be ad5ish

8:49 am

hokie carla

finally found an ish

8:52 am

hurshy

i don't think i have

8:53 am

Uneaixoise

Noooo.....power out again :-(

8:53 am

BzznBea

I just found one from the upper left s.

8:53 am

hokie carla

oh no

8:53 am

hurshy

how do you still have internet if you have no power?

8:53 am

BzznBea

I'm sorry, Une.

8:53 am

hokie carla

I'm going to guess cell phone

8:56 am

hurshy

aha i just got an ish word

8:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

a little time to kill, hi all, diving in

8:59 am

hokie carla

hey gwen

8:59 am

hurshy

hi gwen

9:20 am

hokie carla

50 left and HOET after first pass. TTFN

9:22 am

Uneaixoise

Doing babble on phone

9:32 am

nurse1000

any help please with st6 ( first one) and the so7

9:33 am

BzznBea

so 7 is sort of drunkenly

9:34 am

nurse1000

sottier

9:34 am

nurse1000

sorry, can't find it

9:35 am

BzznBea

Use the sort of or like suffix

9:35 am

hokie carla

you have the right beginning, use the "sort of" ending

9:35 am

hokie carla

thanks, bea

9:36 am

nurse1000

ah. great thanks

9:37 am

BzznBea

the st6 is bone in ear

9:38 am

nurse1000

well I should have known that one. thanks.

9:38 am

BzznBea

yw

9:48 am

saanichcat

'morning all, happy night before Christmas. Have a lovely and hopefully warm day everyone. Bye until tomorrow.

10:02 am

Book Doctor Gwen

79 to go, break time, BBL

10:20 am

mkg

Hi all. Would love to know if anyone is too warm today.

10:24 am

mkg

I am still missing the second column o word. Any help welcome

10:25 am

BzznBea

oo5.12

10:25 am

mkg

Ty

10:26 am

BzznBea

or od4.5

10:26 am

mkg

I have od 4 5. So i hope to figure out the oo word.

10:35 am

mkg

Not finding the oo word. Any further hints welcome

10:37 am

mkg

Just got it. More words!

10:38 am

mkg

One last request: any clues for the i words for 4th column i? Ty.

10:41 am

mattygroves

Stupid or silly (id5)

11:00 am

cybernan

good morning everyone - and good afternoon to matty

11:00 am

marksdolly

hi nan!

11:00 am

BzznBea

Merry Christmas, Nan

11:00 am

BzznBea

And dolly

11:02 am

cybernan

Merry Christmas, Bea

11:07 am

marksdolly

Merry Christmas to you as well, and blessings in the new year to come!!!

11:25 am

hurshy

no the fourth col i has io6 and 7

12:26 pm

hokie carla

rehi

12:35 pm

hokie carla

well, lunch break over. 45 left still. where are these words?

12:43 pm

hurshy

it's harder to find words on christmas eve

12:43 pm

hurshy

just like it's harder to fall asleep

1:06 pm

hurshy

i am totally stumped for st8/40

1:14 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Hurshy

1:15 pm

hurshy

hi

1:16 pm

Scrabbler

How are you and the cats doing?

1:16 pm

hurshy

well, let's just say Santa comes TONIGHT and Fritz couldn't even be good for ONE DAY

1:19 pm

Scrabbler

Haha!

1:26 pm

melonheadjujube

I don't think Chopin wrote a phantom ETUDE, but I sure see that phantom!

1:33 pm

ALC

000..

1:42 pm

periwinkle

help with i in 4th column. the stupid and inane word does not come from there

1:43 pm

Scrabbler

io6 and 7

1:43 pm

Scrabbler

Chemicals

1:46 pm

periwinkle

thanks

1:47 pm

periwinkle

I have si8 and st8 help with other 8s please

1:48 pm

Scrabbler

I have no 8s.

1:49 pm

periwinkle

the ones I found were the only ones I found in the early chat

1:56 pm

Scrabbler

I need a break.

2:06 pm

cybernan

hi again - it's been a productive 2 hours: 2 meat pies, an apple pie and the patio shovelled off.

2:32 pm

cybernan

6-6-7-7-8-8 bbl

3:50 pm

hokie carla

hi/bye nan. I made sugar cookies again and wrapped some presents.

3:51 pm

hokie carla

thought you were telling your remaining word lengths but last 2 can't be right

3:52 pm

hokie carla

anyhoo, 13-7-9-12-4

3:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

carla

3:53 pm

hokie carla

TO, I was just about to leave again

3:54 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found 2 words

3:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am going to think about dinner whist wraspping things. later

3:57 pm

hokie carla

bye

4:10 pm

Jain

st 8/40 ending like huge icicle hanging down. (or is it up)

4:11 pm

Jain

And starting like st8/45

5:28 pm

periwinkle

slowing down with 57 left

6:08 pm

cybernan

first st 6/21 please?

6:11 pm

cybernan

or the ad 7?

6:12 pm

Sip

Tepa

6:15 pm

periwinkle

fatty tissue for ad7

6:18 pm

Sip

Fiat

6:18 pm

cybernan

have no idea, peri

6:20 pm

periwinkle

ad+vowel and when you sit for a portrait you ****

6:21 pm

cybernan

ty peri

6:21 pm

periwinkle

yvw nan

6:23 pm

cybernan

just need the so7 and the st 6 now

6:25 pm

periwinkle

so7 slightly drunk

6:26 pm

periwinkle

st+large monkeys

6:28 pm

periwinkle

I am done

6:28 pm

periwinkle

I am done

6:28 pm

periwinkle

did you get them nan?

6:29 pm

cybernan

not yet

6:29 pm

cybernan

don't know the names of different types of monkeys

6:30 pm

cybernan

and haven't come up with another word for tipsy

6:31 pm

periwinkle

not gorillas

6:31 pm

periwinkle

the type of monkey is in the grid

6:31 pm

cybernan

oh - ty - didn't see the st + -- going blind now I think

6:32 pm

periwinkle

sottish

6:32 pm

cybernan

good clue -- thought I'd tried that, know I tried sottier

6:32 pm

periwinkle

glad I could help

6:33 pm

cybernan

having trouble concentrating tonight, but trying to keep my mind busy

6:33 pm

periwinkle

are you done?

6:33 pm

cybernan

yes - thanks for the help, peri

6:34 pm

periwinkle

yw.

6:34 pm

periwinkle

good night

6:35 pm

cybernan

good night peri - everyone else that may be here :)

10:16 pm

HarryHood

50 to go!

10:26 pm

HarryHood

listing 46.

10:40 pm

HarryHood

done! good night!

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