Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, January 13, 2023

12:07 am

grannyrose

pe 7, pr 7

12:13 am

cybernan

hi rose and any lurkers

12:13 am

grannyrose

hey nan

12:16 am

Jain

hey nan

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

Gillie

ri7

12:19 am

grannyrose

how on earth do remember such odd words, Gillie?

12:19 am

cybernan

I often used an airpen to paint designs on my pottery

12:20 am

Gillie

Well, that one's musical, so that might have something to do with it. I used to play in an orchestra when I was young, so I saw a lot of Italian musical markings.

12:21 am

cybernan

so did I, but can't think of anything other than slowing down

12:21 am

cybernan

what did you play?

12:21 am

grannyrose

aaahh, makes sense

12:21 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:22 am

cybernan

just remembered it

12:22 am

Gillie

tuba :) (I got very good at counting bars of rest)

12:23 am

cybernan

lol - violin for me

12:24 am

cybernan

doubt I could even remember the fingering now, it's been so many years

12:24 am

justafreep

when I was young, I learned archaic Scottish and sewed, so I'm really good at finding Babblets

12:25 am

cybernan

and all the scots words!

12:26 am

justafreep

just call me Etwee Trooz

12:26 am

cybernan

not MacTrooz?

12:26 am

justafreep

Oooh. Nice.

12:28 am

Gillie

Only just now monkeyed a pe7. I don't know if it's the same one rose called, but it's not a word I'm familiar with.

12:29 am

cybernan

no - the one I found was new to me as well

12:30 am

grannyrose

lol.... gillie, dr's and nurses use them to check pupil reaction (eyes)

12:30 am

justafreep

there are 2 pe7s

12:30 am

Gillie

Ok, the one I found is from biology, describing "regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular."

12:31 am

Gillie

so kind of a weird one

12:34 am

cybernan

yes - that's the same one

12:35 am

Gillie

OK, got the other one. I guess I was being snobbish about the spelling.

12:36 am

cybernan

the other pe 7 is a common word?

12:36 am

Gillie

Yes - compound

12:36 am

grannyrose

quite common over here. used to describe batteries as well as torches.

12:36 am

cybernan

no you were just thinking of the correct spelling, assuming it is one word and not two

12:38 am

grannyrose

i am done.

12:38 am

Gillie

Honestly, I don't know why I didn't see it sooner

12:40 am

Gillie

Congrats, rose!

12:41 am

grannyrose

thanx gillie.

12:41 am

cybernan

wtg rose

12:42 am

grannyrose

i apologise for not being here more. i haven't been good company for some time. feel like i am coming out of a VERY long, dark tunnel.

12:42 am

grannyrose

and thanx nan

12:42 am

Gillie

Oh no - why is that?

12:44 am

grannyrose

long winter has been very cold, not a lot of sun which effects my mood. plus have been rather anxious about new pain doc ( if i have one again). also worried for himself. he has lots of new aches and pains, old age i suspect.

12:45 am

SueMagee

Itâ€™s always good to see you, rose.

12:45 am

grannyrose

;-) thanx sue

12:46 am

cybernan

isn't it summer in Australia?

12:47 am

grannyrose

plus trying to do the right thing with my family. encouraging them to attend all family events etc. like herding cats.

12:48 am

grannyrose

nan, it is now. weather has only just fined up to our usual hot, sunny days. and we are half way to autumn/fall.

12:48 am

cybernan

sounds like the summer we had last year

12:50 am

grannyrose

scary. as himself said, if we wanted tropical weather we would have moved north... loll. fortunately we are well situated. no danger of floods. but bushfires are another thing all together.

12:51 am

dizgrannie

FWs...last word hi 6

12:51 am

grannyrose

WTG DIZGRANNIE !!

12:52 am

dizgrannie

ty

12:52 am

Gillie

wtg

12:52 am

cybernan

grats dix

12:52 am

grannyrose

aww diz, i was only saying the other day, the dog was hi6ing.

12:53 am

cybernan

*diz

12:53 am

grannyrose

who was it was saying about their scottish vocab?

12:54 am

grannyrose

ahh, yes. freep.

12:56 am

cybernan

are you suggeting there is a scottish hi 6?

12:57 am

grannyrose

yup. means to limp.

12:58 am

cybernan

not one I know and I grew up with scottish grandparents

12:59 am

grannyrose

it's not my fault... loll.... talk to enable dictionary.

1:01 am

cybernan

monkeyed it, but definitely a new one for me

1:05 am

cybernan

stalled with 20 left. It is pouring out -- think I'll hit the hay and let the sound of therain pounding on the roof put me to sleep - good night all :)

1:09 am

grannyrose

sweet dreams nan

6:00 am

aslindy

hello all

6:40 am

dan2bit

morning all!

6:51 am

dan2bit

20 left, still 5 P's

6:57 am

aslindy

clue for ri7 please?

6:58 am

hurshy

morning! happy friday!

7:01 am

dan2bit

don't have it yet, will look

7:01 am

hurshy

phantom: protein

7:02 am

dan2bit

ri7 - ri + keyboard instrument, change a vowel

7:02 am

hurshy

thanks dan

7:03 am

hurshy

i hadn't gotten to R yet but that could easily be one i would not find! i do think we've had it before but still

7:04 am

hurshy

left col grey!

7:05 am

dan2bit

woo hoo! still missing one N here

7:05 am

dan2bit

got it!

7:05 am

hurshy

they go 4, 5, 6

7:06 am

hurshy

ah you were too fast for me lol

7:06 am

dan2bit

I had no6 to miss the no6 ;-)

7:06 am

hurshy

haha

7:07 am

hurshy

hey any foodies want to answer a question? naan is an indian bread and so is ro4. i have had naan. what is ro4 like? how does it compare to naan?

7:17 am

MollyL

Wow, Lisa Marie Presley died. So young.

7:18 am

EvaNadine

naan is leavened...ro4 is unleavened

7:18 am

hurshy

ty evanadine

7:18 am

hurshy

yeah i saw that molly :(

7:19 am

EvaNadine

tole

7:19 am

EvaNadine

oopsie.

7:20 am

dan2bit

Eva can you post one I don't already have? ;-)

7:20 am

dauber

Ro4, I think, is flatter than naan.

7:21 am

EvaNadine

yup. naan is thicker + more pillowy...
ro4 is almost more like a tortilla

7:23 am

hurshy

well that makes sense, because that is what leavening does, lol

7:24 am

dauber

oh, duh...totally missed EvaNadine's original response. I'm up way too early.

7:28 am

nelleon

harl

7:42 am

MollyL

The Herald-l angels sing

7:46 am

aslindy

dan, thanks for the ri hint. I had to step away after I asked.

7:47 am

mael

the ri7 means filling in italian, as in what you put in ravioli :)

7:48 am

mael

though I bet that in English it's a musical term

7:54 am

mael

name that angelina in the grid

7:55 am

dan2bit

jolie

7:56 am

dan2bit

can I have a dumber clue for the scottish hi6?

7:56 am

rururocks

rhymes with lavender color

7:58 am

dan2bit

thanks ruru and lickety and all cluers - that's firewords!

8:00 am

mael

good work dan!

8:00 am

hokie carla

too early but I now have a jimmy buffet song stuck in my head

8:00 am

hokie carla

well done, dan

8:03 am

mael

the only lavender colors I can think of are not in the grid. Hmmm. I'll have to work on that one.

8:04 am

jeepers

good clue ruru

8:05 am

LuvWordGames

it's brighter than lavender

8:06 am

sukee

Prince movie...

8:07 am

mael

aha, thank you!

8:07 am

mael

and here I was thinking lilac, violet, etc it was the obvious one!

8:08 am

hokie carla

and I originally thought scottish...heather...not really a color...what in the world...maybe it's simpler than that

8:09 am

sukee

I'm Scottish, never heard that word :)

8:10 am

hokie carla

would not have ever guessed the correct meaning

8:10 am

hokie carla

top row gray!

8:10 am

mael

side note: lavender is one of the few words that my brain stubbornly refuses to spell correctly. It's lavanda in Italian so as far as I'm concerned it should be lavAnder and it just won't sink it haha

8:10 am

sukee

I still need 5 Ts on top

8:11 am

hokie carla

t started slow but they're all pretty normal words

8:11 am

hokie carla

mael, I want to spell it lavendar all the time, and I'm a good speller

8:12 am

mael

it's an odd little word

8:12 am

hokie carla

my childhood neighbor is now last name lavender and I always want to spell it wrong

8:12 am

mael

kind of awesome as a last name though!

8:13 am

hokie carla

agree

8:13 am

aslindy

my brindle dog is named Lavender. :)

8:14 am

aslindy

weirdly, my icon is showing as a black square to me

8:14 am

hokie carla

is she a boxer?

8:14 am

hokie carla

yes, I see a black square too

8:14 am

sukee

looks black to me too

8:14 am

aslindy

she is a bully mix

8:15 am

mael

it shows as a black square if I click on your profile, but I can see it in the chat

8:15 am

hokie carla

guess we need to all hard refresh

8:15 am

aslindy

should be a pic of my 2 dogs

8:16 am

hokie carla

did you just change it or was it that and the black square just appeared today without you doing anything?

8:17 am

aslindy

I changed it yesterday after I finished the grid

8:17 am

mael

I say that if unhat is a word, rehat should be too

8:17 am

hokie carla

hmm. I just hard refreshed 2x and it's still black square.

8:20 am

MollyL

It's dogs. This is such a "dog community".

8:20 am

hokie carla

it feels like a lot of italian words today

8:21 am

aslindy

ok, I uploaded the pic again and now i can see it

8:21 am

hokie carla

I hard refreshed again and there it is

8:22 am

mael

oh there it is! but it's still showing your old one in the chat

8:22 am

MollyL

This has to be a browser issue because I am the opposite of mael. I see a black square in the chat, but the picture when I click. NOTE: YOU have to hard refresh twice after changing your icon. Once in your profile and once in the chat.

8:22 am

hokie carla

they're sitting so nicely

8:23 am

hokie carla

I see the pic in both now, but I have in the past had to hard refresh the pop-up profile window too

8:24 am

aslindy

took the pic yesterday during our walkies. first time for walkies in about a month, because I've been busy & then sick.

8:24 am

MollyL

Walkies??

8:24 am

hokie carla

well, glad you are better

8:24 am

aslindy

they've had plenty of free time in the fenced back yard for exercise during that time

8:25 am

aslindy

yes molly, just a silly way of saying walk.

8:25 am

mael

walks are good for everyone :)

8:27 am

phaeton

The 7's are elusive today

8:28 am

mael

I only have the ri7, but the other 3 must be Ps

8:28 am

mael

I only have 5 words left, all Ps

8:29 am

hokie carla

still working through first pass but only have the ri7 too

8:29 am

hokie carla

I have 6 p's left out of 21

8:29 am

mael

I keep seeing pelota but it's not in the grid

8:29 am

hokie carla

4th row gray!

8:30 am

hokie carla

should I know the bottom i?

8:30 am

mael

oh I got one more. pe7, a flashlight

8:30 am

mael

eh, it's not common but it's definitely a babble chemical

8:31 am

hokie carla

thanks for that p, not a spelling I would use

8:31 am

hokie carla

got the i, thx

8:33 am

mael

duh, and a pr7 that is a normal word

8:35 am

MollyL

Unlike the ri7

8:36 am

mael

FW! I looked at the list for the last p7 and then monkeyed it. Rhymes with the large city in South Africa

8:36 am

hokie carla

well done

8:37 am

MollyL

What am I missing? Carla says she has 6 p's left out of 21. I am only showing 19 p words.

8:38 am

mael

anyone need any clues before I bounce?

8:40 am

pcal2

maybe she means she has 21 words left and 6 are p's?

8:41 am

hokie carla

yes, pcal is correct

8:44 am

hokie carla

haven't found the normal pr7 yet, nor the 3rd p7 rhyming with a city

8:45 am

MollyL

Ah, 6 p's left out of 21 total. Also, I had no clue about the South African city clue. Try pe + all but the G of Steinam's first name.

8:45 am

MollyL

Oops, Steinem.

8:46 am

hokie carla

thanks, that was actually the first city that came to my mind but got hung up on the beginning part

8:46 am

hokie carla

what a weird definition

8:46 am

MollyL

The South African city I am thinking of has no L in it.

8:47 am

hokie carla

yeah, but it ends in those 4 letters

8:47 am

penquis

hello all...

8:47 am

hokie carla

and it starts PR which was throwing me since mael didn't say what this word was

8:47 am

hokie carla

pen!

8:48 am

MollyL

True, but my brain does not decipher that as "rhymes with"

8:48 am

hokie carla

ah, found the other 7

8:49 am

hokie carla

oh, it rhymes okay with me. same number of syllables, each syllable rhymes

8:50 am

hokie carla

but it didn't help me find the word that way ðŸ˜

8:50 am

penquis

carla!

8:50 am

penquis

hi molly....

8:51 am

hokie carla

10 left now. 2-5-3

8:52 am

penquis

too many to count here... ;o)

8:52 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray!

8:52 am

hokie carla

it's not too bad for a small one

8:52 am

hokie carla

(hehe. TWSS)

8:54 am

hokie carla

rati

8:54 am

hokie carla

oops

8:56 am

hokie carla

5 now - 0-3-2

8:57 am

hokie carla

E PP L R

8:57 am

penquis

go, carla!...

8:57 am

hokie carla

well the e was easy. not sure why I couldn't see it before

9:01 am

hokie carla

L not so easy but I found it

9:01 am

hokie carla

geez, should have found the R earlier when I found another word.

9:01 am

hokie carla

now down to 2 p's, a 5 and 6

9:02 am

welki

hi folks

9:02 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:02 am

penquis

hi welki....

9:11 am

welki

the words i'm making up are working today

9:12 am

penquis

you must be channeling the Enable creators....

9:12 am

hokie carla

well, I'm not finding these 2 p's

9:13 am

welki

want me to guess?

9:16 am

aebmusica

only city I can think of Pretoria.

9:16 am

welki

that's the one, aeb. let's sing! "we are marching to ..."

9:17 am

aebmusica

but it's not in the grid?

9:17 am

penquis

change the middle letter....

9:17 am

penquis

it's PE 7.....

9:17 am

welki

later, all

9:18 am

penquis

bye welki....

9:19 am

hokie carla

bye welki

9:19 am

hokie carla

oh, I did want welki to guess

9:22 am

penquis

i am no help....seven Ps missing....

9:22 am

aebmusica

ty pen!

9:23 am

penquis

yw...

9:24 am

hokie carla

gonna have to look at the list

9:27 am

hokie carla

tada

9:29 am

penquis

congrats...

9:34 am

hokie carla

thanks, good luck to you

9:35 am

penquis

ty....30 here....

10:15 am

penquis

hit a wall at 14....taking a break....bye all....

10:47 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:53 am

hokie carla

mooo

10:53 am

moolingwa

hey hoke, happy Friday....the 13th

10:54 am

hokie carla

omg, didn't even notice

10:54 am

hokie carla

it was in the crossword even

10:54 am

hokie carla

happy friday the 13th to you as well

10:54 am

moolingwa

tx

11:26 am

ch1212

hokie, I didn't realize the day/date either until I saw it on chat. Good thing I'm not superstitious about it :)

11:29 am

cybernan

good morning all

11:31 am

ch1212

morning, nan.

11:34 am

hokie carla

me superstitious? never.ðŸ˜

11:34 am

hokie carla

hey nan

11:34 am

cybernan

ar

11:34 am

hokie carla

and ch

11:39 am

ch1212

hokie, of course as soon as I wrote that, I immediately thought, hmmm... maybe I should have waited until tomorrow to send those book queries out... mmm... LOL!

11:39 am

hokie carla

ha!

11:41 am

cybernan

down to 11 -- time for me to find out the one I thought I'd entererd, babblets missed and new ones

11:43 am

ch1212

I have 7 left and am now listing.

11:44 am

cybernan

most of mine are p's

11:47 am

cybernan

*!*~*!*

11:48 am

cybernan

just noticed the date as well -- can't be any worse than yesterday when I spent several hours trying to get some medical insurance claims settled.

11:49 am

cybernan

hagd everyone

11:49 am

ch1212

bye!

12:19 pm

periwinkle

hi all help with either pe7 please

12:19 pm

periwinkle

I have no 7's. I walked almost 2 miles today!

12:20 pm

hokie carla

hey peri, nice walk! one is a tiny flashlight, the other ends in G Steinem.

12:21 pm

periwinkle

found pr7

12:21 pm

hokie carla

don't forget r6 like I did after the pr7

12:22 pm

periwinkle

I remembered

12:22 pm

periwinkle

got the flashlight and I know Ms. steinems first name. just can't see the word

12:22 pm

hokie carla

pe + what I left out in the clue

12:23 pm

periwinkle

ty got it now

12:23 pm

periwinkle

help with bottom i please

12:25 pm

hokie carla

starts like salt word ends like one of the pe7

12:26 pm

periwinkle

ty carla

12:26 pm

bichon

pr 7/36, pls

12:26 pm

hokie carla

what you do to your oven

12:27 pm

bichon

ty carla

12:28 pm

periwinkle

left column gray. need one more n to gray right column

12:31 pm

hokie carla

do you want me to guess, peri?

12:31 pm

periwinkle

yes please

12:31 pm

periwinkle

I have the two used in perfume

12:32 pm

hokie carla

ni5/12

12:32 pm

periwinkle

ty looking

12:33 pm

hokie carla

and I did not know the other 2 were in perfume but figured if you had one you had both

12:34 pm

MollyL

How do you people retain the meanings of these obscure words?

12:35 pm

periwinkle

ty carla

12:36 pm

periwinkle

I took an aromatherapy course years ago

12:36 pm

periwinkle

and remembered the ne words

12:36 pm

periwinkle

bbl

1:07 pm

cherlyq

27 left

1:08 pm

moolingwa

18 here

1:11 pm

hokie carla

you must've been on calls, you should be done by now, moo. and gooo, cheryl!

1:12 pm

moolingwa

yeah, pretty much calls all morning

1:12 pm

moolingwa

actually on another one now

1:12 pm

moolingwa

5-5-3-3

1:13 pm

hokie carla

I know you told me it's friday, but my mind thinks it's saturday

1:13 pm

moolingwa

I wish :)

2:09 pm

mattygroves

It IS Saturday (here) :D

2:09 pm

mattygroves

Today is Sarah's wedding day

2:12 pm

hurshy

is that your daughter?

2:21 pm

hokie carla

I guess I am with matty in spirit. enjoy the wedding!

3:24 pm

cherlyq

11 left

3:25 pm

cherlyq

some interesting words today

3:26 pm

mattygroves

Sorry - I was showering! Yep, Sarah's my daughter

3:33 pm

cherlyq

5 4rs and a 6 all t

3:43 pm

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the 7s? Also missing several tiles.

3:46 pm

dcseain

I don't have any 7s yet. :)

3:46 pm

mkg

I am stumped by small flashlight clue. There is a word for this?

3:48 pm

dcseain

yes, named for a writing instrument that uses ink

3:48 pm

dcseain

thank you for that

3:48 pm

dcseain

io6 ends the same

3:50 pm

cherlyq

Fireworks

3:55 pm

mkg

Ok i got one pe 7. But dont get the one with steinmans nameâ€¦â€¦..i tried the other letters besides first one and wont take.

3:56 pm

mkg

Oh just got it. Duh. Ty.

3:56 pm

mkg

Could use clue for bottom row I word. Ty.

3:56 pm

rolin

mkg io+not heavy

3:57 pm

mkg

Got it. Ty rolin.

3:58 pm

rolin

np

3:58 pm

mkg

One last blank and that is the A second row. One clue and i am set. Ty./

3:58 pm

cherlyq

there is a Ri 7 32 reminds me of the name of a pepper for some reason

4:00 pm

mkg

Those two A words are stumping me. Darn.

4:01 pm

rolin

me too mkg

4:02 pm

mkg

Oh well. Time to go for dinner. So ty anyway but going to quit.

4:04 pm

mkg

Got one. Ar + 3 letter word something you write with.

5:10 pm

Riverdance

Help with the bottom N please

5:11 pm

Riverdance

I'll it's

5:15 pm

Riverdance

Got one so finally not and NBA

5:17 pm

Riverdance

31 left, I give up

5:54 pm

Jain

Nice cluing Cherylq. That ri was stressing me out

6:02 pm

MollyL

I don't know. I had the word, but would not have gotten it from the pepper clue. Glad it helped someone.

6:09 pm

penquis

well i am done...goodnight all....

11:58 pm

Good Enough

FW last minute again tonight

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