Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, February 17, 2023

12:14 am

justafreep

re7

12:15 am

Gillie

ty freep

12:16 am

justafreep

yw

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, thanks Freep !

12:18 am

Jain

ty freep for re 7

12:19 am

Rainiqui

ai 7

12:20 am

justafreep

yw jain and rain

12:29 am

Gillie

Well, HOET and 26 left - think I'll leave it for now

12:29 am

Gillie

Goodnight, all

12:29 am

hokie carla

still working but not getting half on the bottom row tiles. good night, gillie.

12:29 am

justafreep

G'night, Gillie

12:30 am

Jain

ty for ai7 Rain

12:36 am

hokie carla

well, still have 4 tiles without half, 2 left for nbt, 44 total left. not a great grid for me. good night.

12:37 am

marksdolly

good night hokie!

12:37 am

justafreep

G'night!

5:30 am

ItalianGreyhound

2 minutes in and what an interesting grid (so far)

5:33 am

ItalianGreyhound

Mozart nickname not accepted :(

5:34 am

Deeha

what? Mr Piano Man unacceptable??

5:34 am

ItalianGreyhound

good morning, Deeha

5:35 am

Deeha

morning IG

5:49 am

A*n*i*t*a

should except airfuel!

5:49 am

A*n*i*t*a

accept

5:49 am

ItalianGreyhound

tried is as well

5:50 am

A*n*i*t*a

lol go the other way

5:55 am

ItalianGreyhound

finally got the Z - its a Country; guess its money

5:56 am

Deeha

thanksd IG

6:00 am

ItalianGreyhound

finally got that one, Anita

6:09 am

ItalianGreyhound

I seem to use 'finally" a lot - means I have no patience?

6:11 am

dauber

phantom "f***tard"

6:14 am

ItalianGreyhound

I have no clue

6:16 am

sukee

Morning all

6:18 am

aslindy

hello all

6:18 am

sukee

Hi aslindy

6:19 am

aslindy

how's it going sukee?

6:19 am

sukee

Not so bad. We had some nice warm weather the past few days but today we have a smattering of snow and it's getting cold again

6:19 am

sukee

I will be staying in and watching tv today :)

6:20 am

sukee

how are you?

6:21 am

aslindy

I'm doing ok. We had warmer temps and snow mostly melted, but we got several inches of snow from yesterday through this morning. Cold now, too.

6:21 am

aslindy

Thankful I don't have to go out, my broken foot doesn't like wearing regular shoes/boots.

6:22 am

sukee

But just think, February is more than half over...spring is on the way

6:25 am

aslindy

really looking forward to my daughters arriving tomorrow to visit for a few days!

6:26 am

sukee

Great

6:33 am

Deeha

Know how you feel. My twin sister is here from Jo'burg. currently staying with her son in London. <My turn sunday!!

6:37 am

dauber

Going to London for the first time this summer! (Never left North America; this'll be interesting!)

6:38 am

Deeha

have you been invited to the coronation??!!

6:38 am

dauber

Oh, goodness, no; they know better!

6:40 am

Deeha

my invite must still be in the post

6:52 am

aslindy

this grid is really a challenge for me today

6:52 am

dauber

same

6:56 am

Kiani

morning all

6:56 am

aslindy

hi kiani

6:56 am

dauber

it sure is!

6:57 am

mattygroves

This game is in the Spelling Bee today

6:57 am

Kiani

aslindy I will see you in less than a day!

6:57 am

aslindy

hooray!

6:58 am

mattygroves

As is the dictionary this game uses :)

7:17 am

Kiani

First full day in my new office!

7:17 am

dauber

Hard as this grid is, once I went to the clues, suddenly it took a few minutes to get down to 2!

7:18 am

dauber

The words aren't really easy, but using the clues you can figure 'em out.

7:20 am

dauber

aaaaaaand fw.

7:23 am

aslindy

I hope it all goes well today, kiani

7:38 am

MollyL

Deeha, you must send coronation photos. I assume you will be wearing one of those insane hats Brit women wear to such occasions.

7:43 am

MollyL

I was thinking of this, just for watching on TV
tinyurl.com/yaryakxu

7:44 am

periwinkle

good morning. help with the Z pleae

7:44 am

periwinkle

please even

7:45 am

periwinkle

found the Z

7:54 am

mkg

Do share peri. Stat and clue please

7:57 am

Meatball421

Z5/20

7:57 am

Meatball421

za 5/20

7:58 am

mkg

Ty. Got it.

7:59 am

mkg

Any clues for u words with stats weclome. Ty much

8:01 am

Uneaixoise

Up4

8:01 am

mkg

Got it. Ty une

8:01 am

mkg

Utel

8:02 am

mkg

Oops sorry

8:04 am

mkg

Missing the top corner e word. Please send stat. Ty

8:09 am

saanichcat

it means to burp loudly. All the stats are on licketys list

8:12 am

BzznBea

And she is so busy she can't stick around for the clue.

8:15 am

mkg

I am here for the clue. I go in and out as i work full time. Sorry. But thanks for the clue saanichcat. I will look.

8:17 am

mkg

Got it saanichcat. Ty

8:18 am

mkg

Now just missing the U top row word. Any help welcome. Ty

8:21 am

mkg

i see it is a up 6 so not sure what it is. Help needed. Ty.

8:40 am

mkg

Clue for ai 7: what we breath plus a river does this, eventually reaching the sea, minus the s at the end.

8:40 am

mkg

Any clues for the up sixes welcome. Ty.

8:41 am

LuvWordGames

use your clue for the up 6/45

8:42 am

mkg

Oooh ty. Got it.

8:42 am

mkg

Ty so much! Pefect. Ty

8:42 am

mkg

That does it and i am off for the day. Ty

9:12 am

saanichcat

hey Bzz, just saw your great recipe, I'm definitely going to try it this spring

9:12 am

superflippy

There are some great words in today's grid!

9:13 am

hurshy

:) what's your favorite?

9:16 am

saanichcat

what's yours hurshy? I've just started and don't have a fave yet

9:16 am

hurshy

i'm about halfway... so far my fave is pe6

9:17 am

saanichcat

aaah same here!,,

9:17 am

hurshy

Ps Pillaged!

9:18 am

MollyL

That is just because you have been hoisted on your own
ðŸ˜‹

9:18 am

Deeha

and mine Hurshy been hoist on that many times!

9:19 am

hurshy

ooh but now i found cu6/27 which i like even more

9:19 am

saanichcat

Molly that will be the topic word ofthe day!

9:21 am

hurshy

phantom: apron

9:22 am

hokie carla

hey people, back for my last 9. 1-4-4 L FF T L Cx4

9:24 am

MollyL

I am listening to a William Martin book that uses cu6/27 a gabillion times. That man is in love with that word.

9:24 am

hokie carla

hmm, that is one of my c's

9:24 am

hokie carla

oh duh

9:24 am

hokie carla

thx

9:25 am

MollyL

Duh? It's not exactly a commonly used word.

9:25 am

hurshy

ooops, there is a third P

9:25 am

saanichcat

add another duh, thanks. Molly

9:25 am

hokie carla

sure it is

9:26 am

hurshy

whew, it wasn't hard

9:26 am

MollyL

What? Are you two architects or something?

9:26 am

hokie carla

no

9:27 am

hokie carla

found my upper L

9:28 am

saanichcat

it's a fairlycommon ending to other words, like mer******

9:29 am

hurshy

saanichat, you are talking about cu6/24

9:29 am

hurshy

the word i like is cu6/27

9:29 am

MollyL

Not familiar with merc6/24

9:30 am

hokie carla

oh, mercurial. I couldn't figure out what she was saying

9:30 am

saanichcat

hurshy, yes, adjective of the ancient god

9:30 am

MollyL

I meant mercu6/27

9:31 am

hurshy

mer + cu6/27 would be ... architectural feature under the sea i guess

9:31 am

hurshy

lol

9:31 am

saanichcat

time to put glasses on

9:32 am

hokie carla

carpup- a dog that likes going on rides

9:35 am

hokie carla

ooh, found my other L. 6 left. FF T CCC 1-2-3

9:36 am

hurshy

11 left here and kinda stuck

9:36 am

hurshy

what were those last Ls from each tile?

9:36 am

hokie carla

la5 and lu5

9:36 am

hurshy

hmm, i have one of each of those

9:37 am

hurshy

aha, my top L was le5/14!

9:37 am

hokie carla

ok, then yours are something else

9:37 am

hokie carla

was just going to guess that

9:38 am

hurshy

and the shoe

9:38 am

hokie carla

maybe lo4/8? nothing really odd on the left

9:38 am

hokie carla

thought maybe the shoe

9:38 am

hurshy

if you'd care to guess my missing lower left R, left A, or D word, that would be lovely

9:39 am

hokie carla

what's your length stats?

9:39 am

hurshy

for F, do you have "I see myself in fe5... by L'Oreal" and a 6 adj made from that?

9:39 am

hurshy

3-2-4

9:39 am

hokie carla

d's are all 4's

9:39 am

hokie carla

that was the f's, thanks

9:40 am

hurshy

ok thanks got my D

9:40 am

hokie carla

au5?

9:40 am

hurshy

i still need one OTHER F too

9:40 am

hurshy

have au5/12

9:40 am

hokie carla

there are 2 high pt AL4

9:40 am

hokie carla

and AZ4

9:41 am

hurshy

yes have that

9:41 am

hokie carla

nothing super weird on the F

9:41 am

hurshy

the az4 i mean

9:41 am

hurshy

only have one of the AL!

9:42 am

hurshy

ty!

9:42 am

hurshy

just two F6 words, or is there a third?

9:42 am

hokie carla

the R - the muppet one has a one who does

9:43 am

hokie carla

just 2

9:43 am

hurshy

ahh ty

9:43 am

hurshy

got the R

9:44 am

hurshy

got the f!, it was fi5/16, which i would say is weird.

9:45 am

saanichcat

hurshy only two f/6

9:45 am

hurshy

thanks saanich :)

9:45 am

hokie carla

yeah, not a word I use but we have it a bit here I think

9:45 am

hurshy

got a T6!

9:46 am

hokie carla

down to T and 3 C's

9:46 am

hokie carla

what was the T6?

9:46 am

hokie carla

I have one TA6 that's a fish

9:46 am

hurshy

yes that was it

9:46 am

hurshy

i too am now down to 1 T and 3 C

9:47 am

hokie carla

lol

9:47 am

saanichcat

slap me

9:47 am

hokie carla

1-1-2

9:47 am

hurshy

1-1-2

9:47 am

hokie carla

found a c5

9:48 am

hurshy

me too!

9:49 am

moolingwa

morning all

9:49 am

hurshy

morning mool

9:50 am

hokie carla

moo! we are down to 3 and collaborating, so you might want to shield your eyes.

9:50 am

moolingwa

hey hursh, we made it to another Friday!

9:50 am

hokie carla

1-0-2
T CC

9:51 am

moolingwa

73-28-20-2

9:51 am

hokie carla

you'd think I could at least get the 4, but no

9:52 am

moolingwa

of course not

9:52 am

hokie carla

oh geez, found the 4

9:52 am

moolingwa

babble gods are mean spiteful creatures

9:52 am

hokie carla

it's another form of one of my nemeses

9:52 am

saanichcat

cz?

9:52 am

hokie carla

now 2 6s left. will need hurshy to find those.

9:53 am

hokie carla

yep, saanich

9:53 am

hurshy

ha, well, i missed the cz too

9:53 am

saanichcat

I always associate that word with you, only because ee all miss it

9:54 am

hokie carla

yeah, wasn't even considering looking that way

9:54 am

hokie carla

oh geez, easy compound for the T6

9:54 am

hokie carla

now down to c6

9:54 am

hurshy

ah thanks

9:55 am

moolingwa

39-18-18-2

9:55 am

saanichcat

I always now lookfirst forthatone

9:55 am

saanichcat

I always now lookfirst forthatone

9:55 am

hurshy

and you thought you needed me to find them!

9:55 am

hokie carla

name that fashion designer!

9:55 am

saanichcat

was trying to delete, sorry

9:56 am

rururocks

good morning.. first three columns grey already

9:57 am

hokie carla

yeah, it's an easy one today, ruru

9:57 am

hurshy

wow, good job ru

9:58 am

saanichcat

morning ru, you probably did that in five minutes?

9:58 am

hokie carla

I just can't find this last word

9:58 am

hokie carla

wonder what moo's count is now

9:59 am

moolingwa

did you check under the rug?

9:59 am

hokie carla

good idea

9:59 am

moolingwa

or maybe asked the roman political establishment?

9:59 am

moolingwa

or maybe you should just keep typing and find it that way

9:59 am

hurshy

i went to list for it hokie, if you want stats

10:00 am

hokie carla

sure, I give up. need to get busy.

10:00 am

saanichcat

it is sentient and hiding from you

10:00 am

moolingwa

that's the most likely explanation

10:00 am

hurshy

cu6/30

10:00 am

hurshy

right after the 6/27

10:02 am

moolingwa

yeah, didn't have that one...tx

10:02 am

saanichcat

keep trying cupful,still won't work

10:02 am

hokie carla

lol, I started seeing that too

10:02 am

hokie carla

which isn't after the 6/27

10:03 am

hokie carla

got it!

10:05 am

MollyL

Did anyone get Cardin?

10:05 am

hokie carla

nope, you win all the âœ…

10:07 am

MollyL

I need checks with six figures in the "the amount of" line. ðŸ˜Š

10:07 am

moolingwa

congrats hoke

10:07 am

hokie carla

thanks moo, I think I found all but 2 without any help

10:08 am

rururocks

last column now

10:08 am

moolingwa

nice!

10:08 am

hokie carla

but last night's pretty foggy

10:09 am

welki

hi, folks

10:09 am

moolingwa

hey welk

10:10 am

welki

if mael/saanich are about, we were talking about fernet and campari the other day - while this article doesn't include fernet in its recipe, it's interesting all the same:

https://tinyurl.com/2p97mtym

10:10 am

hokie carla

hey welki

10:11 am

hokie carla

saanich was here, mael hasn't stuck her head in since I've been here I don't think.

10:11 am

rururocks

finished.. nice little grid today

10:12 am

welki

i've been holding onto that link for a while - maybe they'll scroll through the chat and find it :)

10:14 am

saanichcat

busy searching, thank you welki, looking forward to reading it. very thoughtful, thanks again

10:19 am

saanichcat

congrats ru!

10:39 am

bichon

ai 7/56, pls

10:46 am

ch1212

bichon, when you fly in a plane or drive in a car, you can open the vents for ai7

10:48 am

bichon

ty ch

11:04 am

cherlyq

made it past the half way point

11:13 am

allyall

good morning

11:18 am

MollyL

*Looks at the clock

11:19 am

allyall

LOL its still morning for a few more minutes?

11:20 am

MollyL

We must be in different time zones

11:26 am

medusa

au 5 please?

11:28 am

allyall

its a unit of money in ancient rome

11:30 am

MollyL

Isn't that helpful ðŸ˜Š

11:31 am

MollyL

It ends in two vowels

11:31 am

allyall

kingly ending

11:34 am

medusa

thank you.

11:39 am

allyall

I usually consider big words to be 7+ letters, and there are only 2 of those this grid. Almost feel like it needs to be words of length 6 & 7 today

11:58 am

allyall

NBT NBS GATBO (7+) :)

12:11 pm

periwinkle

help with top U please

12:14 pm

allyall

i believe its the 6 letter one that is similar to the 7 letter ones in ending

12:14 pm

allyall

HOET and right two columns complete. time to be done for now, fun almost hour. :) 27 remaining

12:16 pm

allyall

sorry to clarify peri, if you have the 7 letter words, the top u has the same compound in it

12:23 pm

cherlyq

ty Ally

12:36 pm

harpjane

hello

1:19 pm

Retired PJs

okaaaay, just loggin in and scrolled down to the bottom of the chat to find this: "it is sentient and hiding from you" Gave me the willies!

1:34 pm

Uneaixoise

Clue for re7 please?

1:55 pm

Sophie512

hi just found 36 sorry UNE no 7s on my own

1:56 pm

ChampFit

re+ pt flap your wings

2:56 pm

Sophie512

back later for the last 47

3:36 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx champ!

3:49 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

3:50 pm

penquis

hi nan....been lurking just a few minutes...

3:51 pm

cybernan

what's the verdict on this one -- had a quick peek last night but was too tired to stay more than 5 minutes

3:51 pm

penquis

well i am stalled at 19...was here a bit this morning...

3:52 pm

penquis

too many Ps and Rs for me...

3:53 pm

penquis

still missing eight 4s in spite having looked for fours....

4:09 pm

cybernan

missing 11 - so I'm no help

4:11 pm

cybernan

need to make a meat pie to take to a friend who had surgery today -- need to list to get this done.

4:13 pm

Sophie512

Nan make the pie.....the game can wait, wish I could help you

4:17 pm

cybernan

pacific time zone here so lots of time yet

4:19 pm

cybernan

not even sure if she will be discharged before supper, but she will have the pie for tomorrow at any rate.

4:19 pm

periwinkle

tough grid 6 left

4:22 pm

penquis

well i am stalled now at 16....listing....

4:23 pm

penquis

hate it when the first word i was missing is one i should have found...

4:25 pm

cybernan

me too - just found li 4 x2 I should have found

4:26 pm

cybernan

stuck on an le 5/14

4:27 pm

penquis

just found that....it's a compound word....to ease...

4:27 pm

cybernan

huh -- thought of it, but couldn't see it. First lesson in babble -- try it anyway

4:28 pm

penquis

yes, i do try first a lot...

4:35 pm

cybernan

when I see some of these 4 letter words, pen, I think you did well to get all but 8

4:35 pm

penquis

well i am done....

4:36 pm

cybernan

5 left here

4:36 pm

penquis

hah!...ty....i miissed a few babbblets, for sure...

4:36 pm

penquis

as usual, a few new words...

4:38 pm

cybernan

that's it for me as well - tu 4 - a word I would have spelled differently

4:38 pm

penquis

congrats...

4:38 pm

cybernan

so long everyone -- off to cook :)

4:39 pm

penquis

bye....

4:39 pm

penquis

also leaving....*waving to the lurkers*....

5:09 pm

Sophie512

stuck on 2 Fs

5:09 pm

moolingwa

fun fun

5:10 pm

Sophie512

1

5:10 pm

moolingwa

have 19 words left here

5:11 pm

Sophie512

need a clue?

5:12 pm

moolingwa

no thanks, just puttering around

5:15 pm

Sophie512

oh goodness thought I'd tried that one

5:15 pm

moolingwa

down to 14

5:15 pm

Sophie512

happy puttering, Mool

5:15 pm

moolingwa

so fw for you soph?

5:16 pm

Sophie512

yes ma'am

5:16 pm

moolingwa

congrats!

5:17 pm

hokie carla

woot! sophie. moo you must be doing work because you should be finished by now.

5:17 pm

Sophie512

thanks

5:17 pm

moolingwa

yeah, been busy of late

5:18 pm

moolingwa

4-6-1-1

5:18 pm

moolingwa

how's your mom doing hoke?

5:19 pm

hokie carla

well, she was kinda out of it last night when I went, and they tested her today for covid and she was positive. at least she's around drs and nurses there. hopefully they'll give her whatever that med is.

5:20 pm

hokie carla

I am back at my house now just waiting to get it.

5:20 pm

moolingwa

yay covid

5:20 pm

moolingwa

1.0 WPT

5:20 pm

hokie carla

I know, the gift that keeps giving

5:21 pm

moolingwa

yep

5:28 pm

moolingwa

2-4-1

5:30 pm

moolingwa

L F T L P C P

5:30 pm

moolingwa

well found the second l

5:32 pm

hokie carla

pcp

5:34 pm

moolingwa

found my F

5:34 pm

hokie carla

fantastic

5:35 pm

moolingwa

found my first p

5:38 pm

moolingwa

found my remaining L....3 to go

T C P

5:38 pm

moolingwa

1-1-1

5:39 pm

moolingwa

found the p

5:41 pm

moolingwa

found the t...c5 remaining

5:44 pm

moolingwa

fw

5:44 pm

hokie carla

I knew you could do it ðŸ˜œ. huzzah.

5:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

5:48 pm

hokie carla

good luck, gwen. it's easy today.

5:51 pm

moolingwa

tx

7:23 pm

ItalianGreyhound

not sure you can add ER to the Big Bad guy but there it is

9:54 pm

dan2bit

anybody still around?

10:03 pm

allyall

Fireworks!

10:06 pm

dan2bit

woo hoo allyall

10:07 pm

allyall

How is it going for you?

10:08 pm

dan2bit

4 c's left, and the top row U

10:08 pm

dan2bit

got the U

10:09 pm

allyall

Almost there! My last was a p6.

10:11 pm

dan2bit

firewords! the first cu5 was my last

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