12:00 am
rolin
oh good lord...a big one for sure
12:00 am
hokie carla
wowza
12:01 am
Gillie
I'm still waiting for the new puzzle!
12:01 am
justafreep
yikes!
12:01 am
Rainiqui
me 9 and 10
12:02 am
cybernan
hello everyone -- good thing I don't have much on my agenda for tomorrow!
12:03 am
Gillie
ma7 - are we calling 7's?
12:04 am
hokie carla
so many 7's, why bother
12:04 am
cybernan
too many to call I think
12:04 am
hokie carla
go ahead if you want
12:06 am
Gillie
ty hokie - maybe I will (if I find any more)
12:11 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs
12:11 am
hokie carla
I have only found 2 and I don't know what they were
12:13 am
justafreep
ca7/8
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:21 am
hokie carla
oh lord, just noticed 77 s's and 52 c's
12:22 am
Gillie
Well, I've got 32 C's already, so maybe it won't be too bad
12:22 am
hokie carla
I like your optimism
12:26 am
hokie carla
ugh, 43 A's
12:27 am
Gillie
There I'm definitely not doing so well
12:29 am
cybernan
me neither - no 9-10 and only half of the 4's
12:30 am
hokie carla
I'm just shooting for half on each. was doing fine until the 3rd row i tripped me up.
12:32 am
cybernan
the s's or the i's?
12:33 am
hokie carla
half on each tile
12:34 am
cybernan
oh you did say thei - only have one of those so far
12:35 am
hokie carla
yeah, only have one i on the left
12:36 am
justafreep
is7/8
12:36 am
justafreep
yeah. what lizlin said@
12:36 am
Lizlin
Or vice versa
12:36 am
hokie carla
oh, a sciency one?
12:36 am
hokie carla
I always miss that prefix, thx
12:36 am
justafreep
I assume. it's very straight ahead as these things go
12:37 am
Gillie
st7 x 2 (+ st8)
12:37 am
cybernan
ty freep and liz
12:38 am
Rainiqui
Nan ~ so far as the 9 and 10 go, think psychedelic
12:41 am
Rainiqui
yw Gillie
12:41 am
cybernan
top or bottom m?
12:42 am
hokie carla
got them, thx. didn't know that was psychedelic
12:42 am
Rainiqui
the very first one Carla
12:42 am
cybernan
doesn't mean anything to me
12:43 am
hokie carla
ends like the i words, nan
12:45 am
hokie carla
interesting info, rain. before nan asked which M, I was like, crap, do I have to remember what LSD stands for?
12:46 am
cybernan
don't think I ever knew what LSd stands for
12:47 am
hokie carla
well, I know it if I see it maybe
12:48 am
Rainiqui
In 1954, Aldous Huxley took his first trip on me 9. The 10 is a plural.
12:49 am
justafreep
if lysergic or diethylamide are ever in the puzzle, I promise to just type them into chat
12:49 am
hokie carla
thank you...the hero we need
12:50 am
hokie carla
but see, we have lyse in the grid and I knew it started lys something
12:50 am
cybernan
never paid much attention to that stuff. I don't remember illicit drugs other than pot being a big deal when I was young
12:50 am
hokie carla
me either
12:51 am
cybernan
even the pot was in the 60's -- I was either at uni or teaching by then
12:52 am
hokie carla
was struggling with the right side E but then found some delicious ones for HOET! still 128 left though.
12:53 am
Gillie
Well, I've achieved HOET too, but I still have a lot of A's to get, among other letters
12:54 am
hokie carla
I "just" need 10 A's.
12:54 am
hokie carla
but still need a LOT of s's and c's and m's
12:56 am
Gillie
Leaving for now - goodnight all
12:57 am
justafreep
night, gillie
12:57 am
hokie carla
good night!
12:57 am
cybernan
struggling with that right e -- need 2 more for hoet
12:57 am
hokie carla
did you find the pastries?
12:58 am
cybernan
no - will look
12:58 am
hokie carla
should be up your alley - looks french
12:58 am
cybernan
ty -- hoet
12:59 am
cybernan
and good night :)
12:59 am
hokie carla
good night!
1:00 am
justafreep
night, nan
1:01 am
justafreep
I think it's a good time to call it a night for me, too. I'm... uh... not quite done, though :-)
1:01 am
hokie carla
I wish I was sleepy
1:02 am
hokie carla
and good night, freep
1:19 am
hokie carla
finally getting sleepy. 90 left for tomorrow. good night!
3:04 am
NonoNanette
acesac eac esnils
4:14 am
MollyL
Nanoo nanoo
5:30 am
aslindy
hello all
5:42 am
MollyL
Hi Lindy. Happy Mardi Gras,
Laissez les bons temps rouler
5:42 am
MollyL
Let the good times roll
5:43 am
aslindy
hello Molly! Happy Mardi Gras to you, too
5:48 am
MollyL
Time to dance, eat and drink before all the Lenten fasting begins.
7:08 am
sukee
I see chocolate Easter bunnies on sale already.
7:49 am
ursh
please clue the cr 8/60 cannot see it
7:56 am
BzznBea
It ends with the not quiet, but n****
7:57 am
BzznBea
French for a red color
8:01 am
mael
43 As?? geez
8:01 am
BzznBea
From just one A at that!
8:02 am
ursh
whew ty for the cr 8 - still took me ages to find it
8:02 am
mael
that's a fi5 for me, I think
8:02 am
mael
hey all, what a monster todya
8:04 am
Aloyisius
never fails on a busy day.. hi mael et al
8:04 am
BzznBea
It was a great surpise to see the numbers.
8:13 am
mael
you're in the grid :)
8:13 am
Aloyisius
wearing tiara today
8:18 am
hokie carla
good morning, back for my last 84
8:18 am
hokie carla
or not
8:18 am
Aloyisius
hi hokie, saw you online at the flip
8:18 am
mael
hah, I have 162 left
8:18 am
BzznBea
You got some good work done last night.
8:19 am
mael
it's quick so far but I know I'll get stuck later
8:19 am
hokie carla
sounds like a lot left but I found 300+, so I guess so.
8:19 am
hokie carla
finding 34 a's is a win, right, bea?
8:19 am
mael
you got a significant percentage! :)
8:20 am
BzznBea
How many A's do you have left?
8:20 am
BzznBea
Impressive
8:21 am
hokie carla
here's the word breakdown - 14-19-28-17-6
8:24 am
MollyL
Words like that cr8 are what make this game so frustrating.
8:24 am
MollyL
**Gives Winston some Mardi Gras beads
8:25 am
hokie carla
oh, is today fat tuesday?
8:26 am
hokie carla
did winston show you his boobs? 🤣
8:26 am
MollyL
Get those pancakes cookin' woman.
8:26 am
BzznBea
<-----Whipping up a batch of pancakes
8:26 am
MollyL
Does Winston have boobs?
8:27 am
MollyL
We don't do pancakes on Mardi Gras. Gumbo and French bread for dinner though. And King Cake for dessert.
8:27 am
mael
thanks for the earlier cr8 clue!
8:28 am
Aloyisius
what is king cake, Molly?
8:29 am
MollyL
It is a traditional Mardi Gras dessert. Kind of a pastry cake with a little plastic baby baked in. If you get the baby it's good luck.
8:29 am
mael
first time I've heard that biting into a baby is a good thing :)
8:30 am
Aloyisius
wonder that the plastic doesn't melt when the cake is baked
8:31 am
MollyL
I'm still freaked out by that silpat stuff that doesn't melt in the oven.
8:36 am
Aloyisius
I hear you.. hubby bought some oven tray liners and I don't feel comfortable using them
8:36 am
hokie carla
that was a cr8 clue?
8:37 am
hokie carla
I just use parchment paper
8:37 am
MollyL
It was clued earlier, 7:57 or so.
8:37 am
BzznBea
cr8 at 7:56
8:38 am
hokie carla
maybe I will whip up some pancakes. I've heard of king cake but not pancakes on fat tuesday.
8:38 am
Aloyisius
the idea is that they save on use of the paper and al. foil, etc..
8:38 am
MollyL
The paper is weird too, when you think about it. I was always taught not to put paper in the oven.
8:38 am
hokie carla
oh french? forget about it.
8:39 am
hokie carla
yes, but this paper is specially made for the oven
8:39 am
MollyL
Pancakes are a Shrove Tuesday/Protestant thing, I think.
8:39 am
hokie carla
though it does burn on the edges in the toaster oven
8:39 am
MollyL
So is silpat and so are the babies made for King Cakes.
8:40 am
hokie carla
does anyone have a non french color clue?
8:41 am
mael
stuff into + not quiet, n****
8:42 am
Aloyisius
well, start with the word for stuffing things.. lol, mael beat me to it
8:42 am
MollyL
Leave it to those whacky Irish...In Northern Ireland, the oldest unmarried daughter of the family would traditionally toss the first pancake. The custom stated that if the pancake flipped over and landed in the pan, she would marry that year. If she dropped the pancake, she would remain single.
8:42 am
MollyL
There was a non-French clue, right before the French one.
8:42 am
Aloyisius
makes a lot of sense
8:43 am
BzznBea
There is a town in KS, Liberal, that has a contest with a sister city in France every Shrove Tuesday. Woman race in high heels while flipping a pancake in a skillet.
8:43 am
hokie carla
well, I don't want to pull an mkg here, but I'm reading cramoise and yet it isn't taking. will go back and look at the chat again.
8:43 am
MollyL
Differnt last letter
8:43 am
Aloyisius
adj ending will do it
8:43 am
rururocks
someone should let Georges Santos know about that contest
8:44 am
MollyL
Don't drag queens race in high heels?
8:44 am
hokie carla
yeah, that's ridiculous (the word). who found that?
8:44 am
MollyL
Who would even think to look for it?
8:45 am
aebmusica
en7/32......clue please
8:45 am
hokie carla
word nerd bea 😜ðŸ˜
8:45 am
Aloyisius
yay Bea.. it was your clue that got it for me
8:46 am
Aloyisius
en + not far
8:46 am
MollyL
And she doesn't mean near
8:46 am
Aloyisius
or open either
8:46 am
hokie carla
geez, thanks. kept wondering how that would work
8:47 am
hokie carla
I did not have the other word
8:47 am
hokie carla
phantom fierce
8:48 am
aebmusica
ty Aloyisius
8:48 am
BzznBea
phantom sarcasm
8:48 am
Aloyisius
yvw musica
8:50 am
BzznBea
We have decided to finalize the adoption on Quincy. Damn dog.
8:51 am
Aloyisius
lucky Quincy
8:51 am
Aloyisius
break time, bbs
8:51 am
hokie carla
bye aloy
8:52 am
hokie carla
again, I complain that oscar isn't accepted as a fish
8:56 am
BzznBea
Me too, Carla.
8:57 am
hokie carla
oh, yesterday one of my last 10 that I had to list for was tetra 🙄
9:00 am
hokie carla
well, if I could find one i and 2 e's I'd gray the right column
9:08 am
mael
congrats on the doggo bea!
9:09 am
BzznBea
Thanks, mael.
9:11 am
mael
ohh! I found the 9 and the 10
9:12 am
mael
pays to be a Tori Amos fan
9:13 am
hokie carla
are you seeing things now?
9:13 am
mael
not currently, no :)
9:15 am
mael
she has a song called cactus practice from her night of hungers album which is about me9. I bought the tshirt at the time haha
9:15 am
rururocks
(I'm consorting with druggies here jeez)
9:16 am
mael
I'm a druggie adjacent, can't say I've ever tried anything stronger than weed
9:16 am
hokie carla
I've never even tried weed
9:17 am
hokie carla
and I've also never technically been drunk. was buzzed one time.
9:17 am
rururocks
I don't like the feeling of being drunk or high on pot
9:18 am
mael
I definitely do NOT enjoy being drunk or even buzzed. mildly high is more pleasant
9:18 am
BzznBea
I get edibles every time I'm near a recreational dispensory.
9:19 am
hokie carla
I'm too chicken. plus I'm pretty much the same with or without alcohol, so I'd rather save the calories for dessert.
9:19 am
rururocks
I am thinking about trying some low grade edibles
9:19 am
mael
edibles are great, I do miss the feeling of smoking though. cigarettes are gross and were never in the cards but there is something very pleasant about taking a drag for me
9:19 am
mael
I love the taste of alcohol but I never drink more than one drink at a time, I do not do it for effect :)
9:19 am
rururocks
cigarettes are horrible
9:20 am
hokie carla
well back to the game, I still need 11 upper S's and have run out of ideas
9:20 am
rururocks
I drink one or two drinks to chill out from my day and then move onto water
9:20 am
BzznBea
You could do a one hitter or a vap pen, mael
9:20 am
mael
but these days re: weed, there is no smoking or edibles for me. Kids took care of that just fine :)
9:20 am
hurshy
oooh a big one
9:21 am
hurshy
what's TWSS
9:21 am
hokie carla
I'm basically stuck with 71 left
9:21 am
hokie carla
have found 13 words this morning
9:21 am
hokie carla
TWSS = that's what she said
9:21 am
mael
yeah, I've taken a hit off a vape pen and it's moderately satisfying! But I do not like getting high anymore, can't relax if I know the kids might need something ( even if they are elsewhere, like with the grandparents)
9:23 am
hurshy
phantom: mosaic
9:24 am
rururocks
If I had kids I'd definitely not do pot around the house.
9:24 am
hokie carla
almost a fiasco
9:24 am
mael
oh yeah, that was never an option. But I can't turn that off even when the kids are not around
9:24 am
mael
also almost a mosaic
9:29 am
hurshy
anyone have both Ys? i got yi4
9:29 am
mael
I just have the yi4 too
9:30 am
mael
unless there are two yi4s and we have both... :)
9:30 am
mael
thanks hokie!
9:30 am
hokie carla
I have 6 tiles gray (+ 2 freebies) but they are all small
9:31 am
moolingwa
morning all
9:31 am
hokie carla
moooo
9:31 am
hurshy
haha same here
9:31 am
moolingwa
hey hoke!
9:31 am
moolingwa
390 to go :)
9:31 am
hurshy
no wait i have six INCLUDING the two freebies
9:32 am
hokie carla
you'll catch us in no time, moo
9:32 am
hokie carla
I have 8 including the freebies
9:32 am
moolingwa
if I don't fall asleep first. Big board :)
9:32 am
hokie carla
am close on several others, am very far on quite a few
9:32 am
hurshy
now i got another one
9:32 am
moolingwa
I have 3 greys...including the 2 freebies :D
9:33 am
hokie carla
name that rapper in the grid!
9:34 am
hurshy
was Mr. T a rapper? i only knew he was an actor
9:34 am
hokie carla
✅✅✅ moo wins all the checks. not sure what bea was doing. 😜
9:35 am
hokie carla
I pity the fool bea
9:35 am
BzznBea
I was down in that corner...he was just an actor.
9:35 am
Aloyisius
fw, need to finish packing.. headed off to Chandler AZ tomorrow. Last word was ts7.32, state of autocratic govt... Happy Babbling!
9:35 am
hurshy
there now i have as many grey as hokie
9:36 am
hokie carla
huzzah, aloy!
9:36 am
BzznBea
Richard Belzer died.
9:36 am
mael
good work aloy!
9:36 am
mael
I had that ts but thanks anyway ;)
9:36 am
hurshy
who is he?
9:37 am
hokie carla
wow, who is richard belzer? he played det. munch on like 10 different shows
9:37 am
BzznBea
He played a detective in Law and Order. He also started out as a comedian. That's how I new him.
9:37 am
origami
Richard Belzer was on Law and Order and Law and Order SVU.
9:37 am
hurshy
ohh that one with the glasses?
9:37 am
hokie carla
he was even on an episode of x-files in that charater
9:38 am
hokie carla
character
9:38 am
MollyL
And who thought Munch was a good name for a detective?
9:38 am
mael
aw bummer, I didn't know the actor's name but I could have recognized him anywhere
9:38 am
BzznBea
People are dropping like flies.
9:39 am
mael
he was great on L&O
9:39 am
Dorens
Belzer was also cousin of Henry Winkler
9:39 am
hokie carla
that TS7 was my last T on the bottom. another gray tile!
9:39 am
hurshy
i've been watching the revived-original Law & Order, and i can't really understand why it is not as good as the original-original. they seem to have quality actors, but... i just can't put my finger on what it is that is less good. and i re-watched an original-original ep yesterday and it confirmed my sense that it was better.
9:39 am
origami
I loved that character. With all his conspiracy theories and deep distrust of the government.
9:39 am
hokie carla
I did not know that, dorens
9:40 am
hokie carla
now just need 1 D and 2 E's on the bottom row
9:40 am
Dorens
random fact that somehow popped up recently- I didn't know it either. Just knew him as a comedian back in the 70's
9:41 am
moolingwa
I only need 2 E's, 12 T's and 12 D's on the bottom row :D
9:41 am
hokie carla
so close
9:41 am
origami
For the rapper, it was Munch's partner in L&O: SVU.
9:41 am
rururocks
Hey doren
9:41 am
hokie carla
well, ice-t is in the grid too. two rappers!
9:41 am
moolingwa
and two L&O ers
9:41 am
BzznBea
That's how I first knew him, dorens.
9:42 am
Dorens
Don't know why I even started this. Busy day and night ahead, but it just called out to me. 94 left now
9:42 am
moolingwa
well not two I guess, but it's in the convo
9:42 am
rururocks
he was a funny comic
9:42 am
hurshy
the siren song of babble
9:42 am
Dorens
I'm probahly the only person alive who didn't get into the law $ order franchise
9:42 am
rururocks
nope.. I also didn't get into it
9:42 am
hurshy
60 words from one tile is TOO MANY
9:42 am
MollyL
*Raises hand* There is at least one other
9:43 am
rururocks
IceT is a bag of shit
9:43 am
hokie carla
I liked the original and watched SVU early on but didn't really watch the other ones
9:43 am
moolingwa
does seem a little excessive
9:43 am
Dorens
yes, definitely siren song, hursh. So now I'll get nothing done all day cause I need to be out of here by noon and I've accomplished nothing but two cups of coffee, wordle, spelling bee and this
9:43 am
hokie carla
and I'm pretty sure moo didn't get into it since he doesn't watch other tv
9:43 am
Dorens
That's pretty strong, ru.
9:43 am
rururocks
he's a cretin
9:43 am
hokie carla
ooh, just grayed the R
9:44 am
origami
L&O Criminal Intent was my favorite. But, then, I love Christopher D'Onofrio
9:44 am
BzznBea
It is, hursh. But mine is grey!
9:44 am
Dorens
You go, carla.
9:44 am
hurshy
i only ever liked the original
9:44 am
hokie carla
wow, bea. I still need 11 on that 60 S
9:44 am
mael
right column gray, finally!
9:44 am
moolingwa
26 more on the 60S for me
9:45 am
moolingwa
but have found 200 words
9:45 am
mael
I hadn't thought of the pastries
9:45 am
hokie carla
working on the A right now. still 7 there.
9:45 am
Dorens
My proudest moment. Found the 9 and 10 myself
9:45 am
mael
13 Ss left here
9:45 am
hurshy
just got my 50th S
9:45 am
mael
same dorens, it was very satisfying :)
9:45 am
hokie carla
oh, my sign is in here
9:46 am
Dorens
more satisfying than the real thing, which I did try back in the 60's
9:46 am
mael
april or march, hokie?
9:46 am
mael
hah, then you missed a nice convo on drugs and lack thereof dorens
9:46 am
hokie carla
ðŸðŸðŸ
9:46 am
hokie carla
april
9:46 am
Dorens
ah, I have a nice little supply of gummies and thats all i need, mael
9:47 am
hurshy
phantom: larceny
9:47 am
mael
me too, hokie. And my daughter, and my mom. :)
9:47 am
hokie carla
nice, it's a good month
9:47 am
Dorens
april is the cruelest month
9:49 am
mael
that's march over here :)
9:50 am
moolingwa
first pass complete....that could have been two boards right there
9:50 am
hokie carla
I know. down to 60 here.
9:50 am
hokie carla
6-14-23-13-4
9:50 am
Dorens
Oh I agree, hate march. As a former educator, it was the only month that had no holidays. And a long and ugly month
9:50 am
moolingwa
135 here
9:51 am
moolingwa
30-34-38-22-9-1-1
9:51 am
hokie carla
no spring breaks in there, dorens? my kids' school always had it around easter, so it occasionally was in march
9:51 am
mael
oh, I found a sedge
9:52 am
Dorens
We always had a week for President's Day, and then Spring break was in April
9:52 am
mael
we have winter break now and spring break in april, here in MA
9:52 am
hokie carla
wow, 2 breaks
9:52 am
rururocks
for years I never took Holidays.. now I take every one of them :D
9:52 am
MollyL
A whole week for President's day?
9:53 am
Dorens
yes. Most schools in NJ and MA had them
9:53 am
Dorens
ruru, reformed workaholic
9:53 am
mael
yeah, but it's not about president's day, it's just the usual start of winter vacation
9:53 am
hokie carla
yeah, we used to end up at disney during the NJ one
9:53 am
MollyL
Our kids get Christmas break and Spring break. No "winter break"
9:54 am
Dorens
When I was a kid we had one day for Lincoln's birthday, and then one for Washington's. I'm a ddinosaur
9:54 am
hokie carla
winter vacation in NC is a week to ten days over xmas and new year
9:54 am
hurshy
everybody ends up going for the same number of days in a year either way though. it's just how it's distributed that varies.
9:55 am
MollyL
Yeah, the northern schools get out later in the year than ours. Mid June or something.
9:55 am
origami
In terms of schools, when I was a kid there were no half days and teacher in-service days, etc. It seemed my son hardly ever went to school :D
9:55 am
Dorens
I think each state decides how many days per year. Nj has crept up from 180 to 183, 185. changes frequently
9:55 am
hokie carla
NC is mid June
9:56 am
Dorens
Northenr schools used to start later too though
9:56 am
hokie carla
my son at NC State just had a "wellness day" last Thurs.
9:56 am
Dorens
always after labor day.
9:56 am
Dorens
Mhm. The half days (teachers' inservice, are really a joke too
9:57 am
hokie carla
NC is around but not before Aug. 25 through around but not before Jun 12.
9:57 am
BzznBea
Maybe the flu and covid numbers were getting high, Carla?
9:57 am
hokie carla
he & I thought it was a mental health day
9:57 am
hokie carla
I asked him if he was going to a spa 🤣
9:58 am
mael
my kids have a half day every wednesday
9:58 am
Dorens
Not at all, the programs they usually made us sit through made us crazier. Huge waste of time, and we'd have rather been in our rooms doing teacher work
9:58 am
Dorens
Every wednesday? Public school?
9:58 am
MollyL
According to what I just read, all schools do not go the same number of days. It's close, but they don't all go 180 days. It is between 170 and 180 with Kentucky being the lowest at 170.
9:59 am
Dorens
I once worked at a private school that had half day every Friday, But the pay was brutal
9:59 am
hurshy
wow, i didn't know that, i thought 180 was required
10:00 am
BzznBea
It's Kentucky. They can't count any higher.
10:00 am
Dorens
Well I guess it's chamged. It used to be 180 miinimum, but NJ had more
10:00 am
hokie carla
I wonder if they go longer hours? I think NC has gone more to counting hours than days. when my boys were in school they did a lot of weather half and full days and they always said they didn't have to make them up because it was total hours.
10:00 am
rururocks
It's because Mitch McConnell wants to them them dumb
10:00 am
rururocks
oh jeez.. i gotta go to work.. Have fun everyone
10:01 am
MollyL
Apparently, Massachusetts gets away with every week a half-day thing because if you stay in school past 11:00 it is considered a full-day attendance. WTF?
10:01 am
hokie carla
bye ruru
10:01 am
Dorens
I gotta eat some breakfast! bye all
10:01 am
hokie carla
I need to make my pancakes
10:01 am
BzznBea
Yes, that is the same in KS
10:01 am
hokie carla
🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞
10:02 am
hokie carla
yeah, that's the way NC is too. I knew there was something about the half day thing. I'm telling you it is total hours now.
10:02 am
MollyL
I wish that half day BS applied to work days.
10:03 am
hokie carla
haha
10:03 am
MollyL
I was there til 11, pay me for the full day, thanks.
10:04 am
hurshy
well that is what paid time off is, really, if you have it.
10:05 am
BzznBea
First and last column grey. Getting on with the day.
10:05 am
hokie carla
well done, bea
10:06 am
moolingwa
yeah, ways away from that for me :)
10:08 am
hokie carla
I still need 4 words in first col and 3 in last col
10:08 am
moolingwa
ah, found the 9/10
10:08 am
hokie carla
now moo is seeing things
10:09 am
moolingwa
the little voices helped
10:11 am
moolingwa
9OFOET
10:16 am
hurshy
phantom: miracle
10:16 am
moolingwa
lots of phantoms today
10:17 am
moolingwa
7OFOET
10:19 am
moolingwa
somniac - someone who sleeps all the time
10:20 am
MollyL
I'm stunned. 395 words and lots of phantoms?
10:22 am
hurshy
i've only just got my first 8
10:23 am
moolingwa
saving the long ones for last :)
10:24 am
marksdolly
good morning all
10:24 am
moolingwa
incestral - when your ancestors were closely related
10:24 am
moolingwa
hey dolly
10:27 am
mael
finally finished the big S!
10:28 am
moolingwa
wow mael, nice!
10:29 am
hurshy
well i've gone through once, found only 2 8s and not found the 9 and 10
10:29 am
mael
and the other S! woot
10:30 am
mael
it builds, hurshy.
10:30 am
moolingwa
11-14-18-16-7
10:30 am
hurshy
well, what do the 9 and 10 start with?
10:34 am
hurshy
ah, thanks, got them at last
10:34 am
hurshy
what were you saying "builds", mael? those?
10:34 am
moolingwa
well that'll give you a little high then :)
10:34 am
moolingwa
there's a base word hursh
10:34 am
mael
no, not those specifically, but the grid. You'll start seeing patterns for the 8s :)
10:35 am
hurshy
ok thanks mool
10:35 am
mael
think drugs and cactuses for the 9/10
10:35 am
hurshy
how can i see patterns when i only can find two? lol
10:35 am
moolingwa
sure you can worm your way through the clues
10:36 am
hurshy
well i got a third now, same ending as the ts7, maybe that's what i need to look for more like
10:36 am
hokie carla
well, my griddle apparently ran out of propane. now going to try to transfer those pancakes inside
10:37 am
moolingwa
what a gassly experience you're having hoke
10:37 am
mael
see everyone tomorrow :)
10:37 am
moolingwa
congrats mael!
10:37 am
mael
what a beast of a grid!
10:39 am
moolingwa
indeed
10:39 am
moolingwa
I'm 85% of the way through....and still a ton to find
10:42 am
hokie carla
still 60 left here
10:42 am
hokie carla
at least I got one batch of 🥞
10:44 am
hokie carla
btw, it is super nice outside. 64 and sunny.
10:44 am
moolingwa
61 here
10:45 am
hokie carla
and this cup4cup brand pancake mix is the best GF I've had
10:45 am
moolingwa
61 left....45 outside :)
10:47 am
moolingwa
9 greyed tiles
10:50 am
hokie carla
with or without freebies?
10:50 am
moolingwa
10 - with freebies now
10:51 am
moolingwa
53 to go
10:54 am
hokie carla
found a word!
10:55 am
moolingwa
molarise - to eat
10:56 am
hokie carla
have tried a lot of -ise
10:56 am
hokie carla
the one day I'm looking for them they aren't there
10:56 am
moolingwa
found a couple of words
10:59 am
moolingwa
made it under 50!
10:59 am
hokie carla
found another word!
11:00 am
moolingwa
last row greyed
11:00 am
moolingwa
sorry last column, not last row
11:00 am
hokie carla
still need an i and an e if you have any obvious guesses
11:01 am
moolingwa
i7 maybe
11:01 am
moolingwa
actually probably the related e7 too
11:01 am
hokie carla
I have 2 in7 from there
11:01 am
moolingwa
given that you only need one of each
11:01 am
72 Temple Owl
good day.
11:01 am
moolingwa
hey TO
11:02 am
hokie carla
and I have a related e7 to an i7
11:02 am
moolingwa
well not i7 then
11:02 am
hokie carla
howdy, TO
11:02 am
moolingwa
maybe the i6 e6 combo?
11:02 am
moolingwa
in the same vein as the 7s
11:02 am
hokie carla
if it means to like wrap around something I have it
11:03 am
moolingwa
there's another one too
11:03 am
moolingwa
actually you must have that
11:04 am
moolingwa
did you miss any plurals?
11:04 am
72 Temple Owl
happy mardi gras!
11:04 am
hokie carla
I just ate a bunch of pancakes and am now fat
11:04 am
hokie carla
so back atcha, TO
11:04 am
hurshy
en + locomotive perhaps
11:05 am
72 Temple Owl
i just ate a faschnacht and my sugar level is through the toof
11:05 am
hokie carla
nope
11:05 am
hokie carla
prob something easy
11:05 am
72 Temple Owl
better go have some milk to counteract
11:05 am
hurshy
well, i'm missing 2 E myself (from the right)
11:06 am
72 Temple Owl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdlkcK\nh3qak
11:06 am
hokie carla
I was missing 2 e for a while, hurshy, and just found en7 that is a plural without a singular
11:06 am
hokie carla
(here)
11:06 am
hurshy
normal word hokie? i think i have that one
11:07 am
moolingwa
oh there's two e's at the end that are related, but are a bit tricky
11:07 am
hurshy
the two es6/18s?
11:07 am
moolingwa
how about i4 hoke?
11:07 am
hokie carla
are you talking about es6? there's another es?
11:07 am
moolingwa
yeah, and then there's a 5 before them hursh (not related(
11:07 am
hokie carla
I have ic4
11:07 am
moolingwa
yes hoke
11:07 am
hurshy
i need two i but they are both LEFT
11:08 am
moolingwa
then i4 is my guess
11:08 am
hokie carla
got the E!
11:08 am
hokie carla
so a 2nd i4?
11:09 am
hurshy
left i has ir4, in4, what else?
11:10 am
hokie carla
is7/8
11:10 am
moolingwa
is 7/8
11:11 am
hokie carla
finally got that i for last col gray
11:12 am
hurshy
oh you got the Es?
11:12 am
moolingwa
woohoo!
11:12 am
hurshy
i still need 2 there
11:12 am
hokie carla
yeah, it was es6, which you have
11:12 am
hokie carla
do you have the cream puffs?
11:12 am
hurshy
NO! thanks
11:13 am
hokie carla
no prob
11:13 am
hokie carla
has anyone finished the upper middle O? can't imagine what my missing 2 are.
11:14 am
periwinkle
both are oi4
11:14 am
periwinkle
nm wrong O
11:14 am
hokie carla
no, the middle one, but thanks
11:14 am
hurshy
do you guys know about squaredle? it's like babble sort of, except 4x4, and it lets you enter both "weird" and "normal" words, but the normal ones "count" and weird ones are "bonus words"
11:14 am
hurshy
hokie there is a weird pair - os6 and 7
11:14 am
hokie carla
it's not oline, no matter how many times I try
11:15 am
hokie carla
I do not know that game.
11:15 am
hurshy
it's kinda nice
11:16 am
hokie carla
is the os7 a pl or a pt?
11:19 am
moolingwa
don't have it yet
11:19 am
moolingwa
it's a 6/7 combo
11:19 am
hokie carla
ok, that might help
11:19 am
moolingwa
thought I
11:19 am
moolingwa
thought I had tried it
11:20 am
periwinkle
the 7 is a pl
11:20 am
hokie carla
well, somehow I haven't tried it yet
11:20 am
moolingwa
12 greyed tiles
11:21 am
hokie carla
also have 12 gray tiles
11:21 am
hokie carla
if I could just find those o's I'd have 13 😜
11:21 am
hurshy
who's greyed the left col? i need 2 N and an F
11:22 am
moolingwa
me too hursh :)
11:22 am
BzznBea
Think I'll jump into the a.
11:22 am
hokie carla
I need 1 N and 3F
11:22 am
BzznBea
I have that one grey.
11:22 am
hokie carla
ok, got the O!
11:22 am
hokie carla
still need 7 a's here, bea
11:22 am
moolingwa
4 A's left for me
11:23 am
hokie carla
you prob need ni6/7, hursh
11:23 am
hurshy
yes, i only have ne words from there
11:24 am
BzznBea
but not from that one
11:24 am
hokie carla
I need an ne then
11:24 am
hurshy
ooh it's a vitamin
11:24 am
BzznBea
I'll be quiet
11:24 am
moolingwa
that helped, thanks hursh :)
11:25 am
hokie carla
hmm, thought if neist is a word then surely neism is
11:25 am
hurshy
well maybe neist is like heist
11:25 am
hurshy
not like theist
11:25 am
hokie carla
or feist
11:25 am
BzznBea
there is a ne4/7
11:25 am
hokie carla
just found that
11:26 am
hokie carla
now 3 f's left, 2 M's on top, 2 E's and 1 D on bottom. almost have the outline. 🤣
11:27 am
hurshy
oh dear then i'm way behind you on the T, i need 4
11:27 am
hokie carla
that was the first big one I grayed, thanks to aloy's clue drop of the day
11:28 am
hurshy
ok got 3 of my 4, now just one more T
11:28 am
hurshy
but, i need 3 D to your 1
11:29 am
hokie carla
did you see aloy's clue drop? TS7?
11:31 am
hokie carla
found my D! no skin off my back.
11:32 am
periwinkle
hi all help with ca7/8 please
11:34 am
hokie carla
ragusa on laverne and shirley
11:35 am
BzznBea
I found a weird A.
11:35 am
periwinkle
ty carla
11:40 am
marksdolly
coming up for air, :) just swam thru the C's
11:41 am
BzznBea
NIce work, dolly
11:43 am
marksdolly
ty Bea, it's hard to concentrate on that many from 1 tile
11:44 am
penquis
hello all...
11:45 am
marksdolly
hi pen :)
11:45 am
hurshy
tell us more about your weird A
11:47 am
hokie carla
pen!
11:47 am
hokie carla
yeah, I don't think I have a weird A
11:48 am
BzznBea
It ends with the plural of the toy on the string
11:48 am
penquis
ty, bea...
11:49 am
hokie carla
just the stats, m'aam
11:49 am
hokie carla
ma'am
11:50 am
hokie carla
gracias
11:51 am
hokie carla
any ex words? ps - already tried exofin
11:53 am
hokie carla
aha, found them. bottom row gray!
12:00 pm
hurshy
anyone have cr8?
12:01 pm
hokie carla
it's ridic
12:01 pm
hokie carla
ends like if something is loud, begins like stuffing something into a smaller space
12:03 pm
hurshy
OH, i see
12:04 pm
hurshy
i didn't understand the loud part, until after i morewordsed it and found it, lol
12:04 pm
hokie carla
well, I had the wrong version of the loud word and typed almost the right word into the chat
12:04 pm
penquis
didn't get the loud part either...
12:05 pm
hokie carla
so if you all just read the chat from earlier 🤣
12:05 pm
hurshy
all our brains are fried at this point
12:05 pm
marksdolly
for sure!
12:06 pm
bichon
go to More Words. type in cram + letters. It will be there
12:06 pm
bichon
8 letters
12:06 pm
hokie carla
49 left - 4-14-17-10-4
12:08 pm
hokie carla
oh, didn't have that one, thanks
12:08 pm
marksdolly
LOL I had that one, was wishing for 1 that I didn't have ;)
12:09 pm
BzznBea
A's grey!
12:09 pm
hokie carla
someone earlier said they found a sedge. of course I didn't know what a sedge was, but now I don't think that would've mattered
12:09 pm
hokie carla
awesomesauce, bea
12:09 pm
hokie carla
still have 6 a's
12:10 pm
marksdolly
good job Bea!
12:11 pm
hokie carla
found some m's and some c's. now we're cooking.
12:14 pm
hokie carla
oh, name everyone's favorite video game plumber!
12:14 pm
moolingwa
mario of course
12:14 pm
moolingwa
still 39 to go
12:14 pm
marksdolly
mario
12:15 pm
hokie carla
✅✅✅
12:15 pm
hokie carla
44 left herre
12:18 pm
hokie carla
43 - 4-11-15-9-4
M2
E2 S11 L5
F3 A6 C4
M5 S5
12:18 pm
moolingwa
9-9-7-9-5
M5
E S6 L3
F A4 C5
S6
D T3
12:19 pm
hokie carla
your word lengths are always nicely distributed
12:19 pm
moolingwa
pure coincidence :)
12:20 pm
hokie carla
mislace- tying your shoes wrong
12:21 pm
hokie carla
found an M!
12:24 pm
moolingwa
yeah, I actually tried that earlier
12:24 pm
hokie carla
I have found 1 mis word out of a million tried
12:24 pm
moolingwa
ne too :)
12:25 pm
hokie carla
good to know. will stop looking.
12:26 pm
moolingwa
found an s!
12:26 pm
marksdolly
shmoly, look at all those S's!
12:27 pm
hokie carla
yep, so many s's. and I have run out of places to look, so must be babble blindness now.
12:27 pm
hokie carla
oh, found a lower S
12:27 pm
marksdolly
it's real! here too
12:28 pm
hokie carla
found an upper S finally
12:29 pm
hokie carla
and another upper S
12:30 pm
moolingwa
found a couple of Ls
12:31 pm
moolingwa
greyed the L
12:31 pm
hokie carla
I'm too lasy
12:36 pm
moolingwa
5OFOET
12:37 pm
hokie carla
still 9 upper S
12:38 pm
hokie carla
and 6 A, but 5 or less on everything else 🤣
12:39 pm
moolingwa
have 5M, 5S, 5C and 5S remaining on my highest tiles :)
12:41 pm
hokie carla
M2 E2 S9 L5 F3 A6 C4 M4 S4
12:42 pm
moolingwa
found 2 M's
12:42 pm
hokie carla
name that medicated lip balm in the grid!
12:43 pm
marksdolly
carmex
12:43 pm
moolingwa
and something else I found, but can't recall (on a call)
12:43 pm
hokie carla
✅✅✅
12:44 pm
marksdolly
fireworks here!
12:44 pm
hokie carla
found 2 upper S's!
12:44 pm
moolingwa
wtg dolly!
12:44 pm
hokie carla
congrats, dolly
12:44 pm
moolingwa
quite the accomplishment today
12:45 pm
BzznBea
miracle is a phantom
12:45 pm
hokie carla
yep, almost said it earlier
12:46 pm
moolingwa
semolina too
12:46 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I tried a lot of semol versions
12:47 pm
marksdolly
ty hokie!
12:47 pm
marksdolly
any clues needed before I scoot?
12:48 pm
hokie carla
not that I know of, thanks
12:48 pm
marksdolly
ty Mool :)
12:49 pm
marksdolly
Have fun babbling!!
12:51 pm
hokie carla
6OFOET
12:51 pm
BzznBea
There is an M that ends with the 6pt tile.
12:52 pm
hokie carla
oh yeah? stats?
12:53 pm
hokie carla
marvelous, thx
1:05 pm
MollyL
*Has a dirty meaning for FOET *snickers
1:07 pm
hokie carla
well, I'm going to go take winston for a hike. these 34 left will probably require the list later.
1:12 pm
moolingwa
32 left here
1:45 pm
BzznBea
Need a clue for the mi7.32, please.
1:46 pm
Uneaixoise
Congratulations!
2:12 pm
moolingwa
sealions have sealoins no?
3:15 pm
periwinkle
se8 please
3:15 pm
ChampFit
They stand guard.
3:17 pm
cybernan
hello everyone :)
3:18 pm
periwinkle
ty Champ
3:42 pm
MollyL
Halt! Who goes there?
3:56 pm
cybernan
my stats say that there are another 130 words in this grid ------------heeeelp
3:58 pm
periwinkle
first se8 plese
3:58 pm
periwinkle
87 left here
3:59 pm
periwinkle
nm found it in morewords
3:59 pm
cybernan
only have one - they stand guard at a gate
3:59 pm
cybernan
clue please?
4:00 pm
periwinkle
ends in not win
4:03 pm
cybernan
can't make any of the possibiites work
4:11 pm
cybernan
found it
4:37 pm
moolingwa
hey nan, happy Tuesday
4:41 pm
cybernan
slow today - not finding much now, so babbling, snoozing and watching curling all at the same time :)
4:43 pm
moolingwa
yeah, huge board
4:43 pm
moolingwa
stil; 26 left for me
4:44 pm
cybernan
113 for me and getting tired of it
4:45 pm
cybernan
very first word I tried and was refused all of a sudden is accepted!
4:45 pm
HarryHood
just starting
4:46 pm
moolingwa
very slow at this point for me
4:46 pm
HarryHood
cooking supper at the same time...
4:48 pm
HarryHood
wow! found the 9/10 right away ;)
4:48 pm
HarryHood
must be my hunter s thompson background
4:48 pm
moolingwa
that was the clue I had saved up if anyone asked :)
4:49 pm
HarryHood
hah! gonzo babbling
4:50 pm
HarryHood
and very close to having "omniscient"
5:06 pm
cybernan
must have been babble blind earlier -- mised a very easy as pair
5:10 pm
moolingwa
congrats!
5:14 pm
cybernan
grats diz
5:36 pm
NANCY
Clue for en 7/32 please
5:49 pm
moolingwa
to surround or put in something
5:51 pm
NANCY
thanks mool, got it
6:26 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
Hi all, sticking my toe in
6:26 pm
ItalianGreyhound
nice big grids lately
6:29 pm
ItalianGreyhound
Hi, Gwen - gonna take more than a toe for this grid
6:38 pm
HarryHood
marshal mathers is in the grid
6:39 pm
HarryHood
sorry ;(
6:43 pm
periwinkle
first ar7 please back to hopefully find my last 66 words. keep getting red bars which is irrating
6:59 pm
MollyL
It's time to do the "need a clue, never mind" dance
7:38 pm
hokie carla
back with the list
7:40 pm
hokie carla
91% without it. I'll take that.
7:41 pm
periwinkle
wd carla
7:41 pm
periwinkle
do you have the tr7?
7:41 pm
periwinkle
8 left
7:42 pm
hokie carla
yes, three prefix + not all, but ____
7:49 pm
periwinkle
last word is 2nd mi7 and I do not see it in morewords
7:50 pm
hokie carla
hmm, I don't have but will look
7:52 pm
hokie carla
you know the 3rd letter - last 4 is a word that is a noun form of not difficult
7:53 pm
periwinkle
found it: discomfort or the mi4 above it with a chemical end
7:53 pm
periwinkle
I found it just as you clued. thanks
7:53 pm
periwinkle
I am done
7:53 pm
periwinkle
do you need any clues
7:53 pm
hokie carla
congrats
8:00 pm
hokie carla
okay, 9 I had to skip
9:29 pm
72 Temple Owl
anyone home?
9:29 pm
72 Temple Owl
mi7/36 please ?
9:29 pm
72 Temple Owl
found it ty
9:47 pm
mkg
Hi all. Any clues for the i word second column? Ty
9:49 pm
Gillie
Well, I have fw now - do you need any other clues?
9:52 pm
mkg
Would love stats and clues for the 9 and 10 please.
10:04 pm
wht
psychadelic drug, mkg.
10:10 pm
cybernan
hi again - back for another stab at this beast
10:14 pm
cybernan
me 9-10: me + homophone for a triangle with sides of different lengths
10:15 pm
cybernan
cl 8 please?
10:15 pm
mkg
Nan sorry but i am not that smart. Dont know the homophone
10:15 pm
cybernan
nm - found
10:16 pm
mkg
And dont know what the words for the drug are. Will try google
10:16 pm
cybernan
sounds like
10:17 pm
mkg
sorry not getting the clues. Sorry.
10:17 pm
hpb
mkg, think of fish or reptile skin for the homophone
10:18 pm
cybernan
it's a type of triangle that it sounds like -- not isoseles (sp?), not equilateral, but ...
10:18 pm
mkg
Sorry dont know the term. Ty anyway
10:19 pm
cybernan
look up geometry triangles
10:19 pm
mkg
Well i got is 8 from that. But not a 9 or 10. Sorry.
10:20 pm
cybernan
ends with a queue
10:21 pm
mkg
Queque?????? Ok lets start with the stats. What is the stat for the 9? And 10? I dont even have those. Ty.
10:21 pm
mkg
Ok i got the queque clue. Got it. So now what is the beginning?
10:23 pm
cybernan
me + first 3 of what fish or snakes have on their skins + a queue - pural for the 10
10:23 pm
mkg
GOT IT. FINALLY. AM I DULL WITTED OR WHAT? TY SO SO MUCH.
10:24 pm
mkg
Thanks for being so patient with clues. Wow. The clues were great but i was not. Tired. Lets use that as an excuse. Yup tired. Ty nan
10:24 pm
mkg
I need another 25 words for half way and i am done for today. Ty/
10:30 pm
sandr
Please can someone give me the stats for the middle o top row?
10:31 pm
cybernan
ol 4/4, os 4/4
10:32 pm
mkg
Marjarine old name. Ol 4
10:32 pm
cybernan
cr 8 please?
10:34 pm
mkg
Apologies. Too tired to think. Off to sleep. Ty everyone.
10:34 pm
mkg
Dont have cr word sorry
10:38 pm
sandr
Not got the cr 8 - sorry
10:50 pm
grannyrose
nan, cr 8, c + male sheep + n**** neighbours keep you awake at night making loud sounds.
10:50 pm
cybernan
wow - new one for sure - ty rose
10:52 pm
NANCY
CLUW for me 8 please, is this ever going to end...
10:56 pm
NANCY
NM FOUND IT
10:56 pm
cybernan
clue please?
10:57 pm
NANCY
I found it by monkey power, have no idea
10:58 pm
NANCY
how to clue it for you....sorry
10:58 pm
cybernan
break down clue?
11:05 pm
cybernan
how about the me 7 then?
11:09 pm
circe
Nan, the me 7 i have is the plural of a 6, think trivial task?
11:09 pm
cybernan
was looking for the me 7 that follows the 8 - have that one, ty
11:10 pm
circe
Sory! I don't even have that 8
11:11 pm
cybernan
oh - thought you said you had found it but couldn'e clue it
11:11 pm
cybernan
oh sorry - thant was nancy
11:12 pm
cybernan
going to quit --- have 49 left and have lost interet
11:12 pm
circe
Yeah. Not me but no worries, I'm not finishing this regarless, :) 120 left still
11:12 pm
cybernan
interest