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View Word List Tuesday, February 28, 2023

FINAL SCORES

2307 BzznBea
2307 Sandieangel
2307 sprong
2307 grannyrose
2307 KnightTime
2307 NonoNanette
2307 maccafixx
2307 ItalianGreyhound
2307 bookwomen
2307 sugar
2307 earth
2307 montreal13
2307 SuzeeQ24
2307 Catie
2307 parisla
2307 JBV
2307 isles7
2307 westford
2307 phaeton
2307 paintguy
2307 graciecat
2307 rururocks
2307 dart001
2307 ursh
2307 anike
2307 suzysuz
2307 kellyk
2307 Vioxx
2307 justafreep
2307 mattygroves
2307 cameron51us
2307 galliwags
2307 Funkylady
2307 hurshy
2307 cybernan
2307 pat56
2307 lynxxx
2307 Kateq
2307 reneeo
2307 davurs
2307 Mercy
2307 Bremen
2307 Dorens
2307 bubba218
2307 pabtrek
2307 SueMagee
2307 nrkii
2307 jimmel
2307 kim m
2307 penquis
2307 victory
2307 navcad
2307 bala
2307 Bogwoggle
2307 Kamanjah
2307 Lizlin
2307 Tabbycat2
2307 mael
2307 Altagolfnut5
2307 maggiej
2307 MitchDick
2307 Gillie
2307 Solitare
2307 Turritopsis
2307 DukeJason
2307 Sophie512
2307 dauber
2307 Pink Socks
2307 marksdolly
2307 clg47
2307 pamrepton
2307 stu mcc
2307 msr
2307 mojo9292
2307 ivesy3
2307 pcal2
2307 kadresa
2307 HarryHood
2307 aslindy
2307 aebmusica
2307 MelJewell
2307 mtnmam
2307 dizgrannie
2307 vashongin
2307 joansiebone
2307 sammysmom
2307 Turt
2307 welki
2307 ChampFit
2307 dofith
2307 Andee
2307 poodletoes
2307 april98
2307 bojazz
2307 wht
2307 svingy
2307 DTins
2307 aaronsmom
2307 LuvWordGames
2307 72 Temple Owl
2307 sandy211
2307 SunnFlower
2307 Shirlockc
2307 wordly wise
2307 shorty
2307 Jacula
2307 dromano66
2307 mrloser
2307 uleman
2307 hokie carla
2307 Sam
2307 jessmom
2307 Dianne
2307 NANCY
2307 periwinkle
2307 Dachef
2307 Grandma Barb
2307 marigold
2307 Michelle
2307 whizette
2307 susanj2
2307 Chris P
2307 lbdawger
2307 gramma
2307 SummerBreeze44
2307 broll
2307 Dippnall
2307 Mary
2274 helenkeller
2272 jylcat
2127 spellit
2087 Tommie620
2081 MumTT
2075 ladycece920
2075 rabbasar
2064 Verve
2059 Zadit
2048 wildcat17
2044 scribekd
1970 momof5
1953 moshemoo
1943 Sunrise
1934 georgiaj
1931 Dragonfruit
1921 jeanne314
1911 circe
1911 Sev
1909 zas
1865 pilgrim719
1846 bichon
1841 Chessy
1802 Uneaixoise
1798 EvaNadine
1776 dejavu
1766 tnw
1765 waskallia
1747 moolingwa
1738 Gitel
1734 lomeshane2
1734 scatterbrain
1731 calon
1705 ch1212
1703 eliotl
1701 Filomena
1697 evvvie
1693 Lorrie_in_SA
1680 Deeha
1674 mab
1663 eieios
1645 Sundaegrl
1642 Soodle
1642 donnab3012
1633 Robespierre
1633 momof4&pe
1622 java2
1616 milly24
1610 godthaab
1609 dicktrickle
1603 olivia.abby.ruby
1603 tessagram
1599 bethn
1597 corkee
1597 Sugrraleona
1597 windingwake
1588 deanoz
1575 JaxH66
1570 laurielou
1570 Kaplan the Magne
1566 hep
1566 swmbo
1551 hydra
1538 mymuseisme
1536 cavalier25
1534 wvteach
1523 uconn
1521 dan2bit
1513 BerniceQ
1509 Motek
1505 Habes
1505 idicyidikat
1502 Marian Todd
1501 gemini_J13
1501 Babbleybrook
1495 skheiny
1486 Stitchknit
1483 Krysten
1479 lexophile
1475 kangabrat
1471 wordplayer
1470 juniperberet
1466 nelleon
1456 Hebe
1448 Biged
1448 GeekMan
1434 Playwoman
1430 sally
1430 Edmond Dantes
1430 dc43
1429 Asfaloth
1419 sandr
1415 Oboequilter
1407 Guernseygirl 2
1402 Shelleyr
1401 Fit2knit
1392 xeiluj
1391 mirandapan
1386 felicitas
1380 TedinDurham
1373 Q
1369 Tomago
1367 donnasc6dogs
1365 RoundBarn
1365 poor richard
1362 irishlady
1361 rsiegel24
1356 Ind
1342 CES222
1339 bobicus
1336 JIMMORRIS
1332 machelle
1327 Jeff7
1324 silversarah
1321 rolin
1320 gingentle
1318 BarbaraA
1316 Gabs
1314 sajarn
1310 bheron
1306 lawdoggy1
1295 Yosh
1295 fuzzykoala
1290 heemshowlive
1290 Alycia
1288 trentsnana
1283 tmtm
1282 pam
1274 fla
1262 MonicaYT
1259 PPV
1254 mom23
1250 kueenbee
1249 yikeym32
1248 Stevebec
1242 Sandraf
1229 Nef
1228 pigeonman
1222 lynnet
1222 marilyn992
1215 avril
1213 Kiani
1213 Barby
1211 Notheroldquilter
1208 mummy
1205 mery9419
1204 sciencegeek
1201 A*n*i*t*a
1189 AnnetteL
1189 Keala
1188 ToToTootsie
1187 dcseain
1184 amelu0218
1182 lara68
1180 barbarella1981
1180 piggys_rule123
1177 charliesmomuk
1176 Hillsnow
1175 MomStar
1175 ara1955
1173 Sam Snead
1171 PeggyK
1167 tickymong
1166 scarydeb
1164 auntnope
1153 Lindsay
1152 Petemcbride
1150 Good Enough
1149 nanowooster
1139 Elle n
1134 jeepers
1129 angrychick
1126 daisy88
1123 Nana5
1120 Mr. Robot
1118 MirandaPanda
1113 Shephard
1113 player girl
1109 dpomfr
1106 KrisE
1105 chrisk
1103 nellebean
1103 gino
1095 Gobble1
1094 mightyquin
1091 osuracnaes
1089 Miadog
1084 Geep
1082 KenTropic
1079 tinkerbelle
1078 katiemac
1077 gswope
1076 DojaCat
1073 Dinoreid
1070 Marmar
1069 GailMkp
1068 Jodeen
1057 Zombee
1057 Lewandjoy
1035 Retired PJs
1030 sukee
1028 REG
1028 mehdc
1027 Leaf
1025 Stephanaki
1023 rosalie4
1021 chj
1018 MsCorvid
1017 matanov
1016 MVA
1012 Book Doctor Gwen
1012 8201girl
1012 circqueen
1003 gladius
997 NalaGala
996 smooze
988 wjb
988 fratfitz
983 athena
977 robin.redbreast
973 MaddyMadd
971 duvaldfm
966 MollyL
965 MPittore
961 nurse1000
959 melody17
951 therealblah
942 redshoes
941 mjhogg
937 Madyh
927 oregonmarki
926 ann
926 Mubner
924 Frances
922 o2baflyndog
920 pors
919 wackyjacky
915 mcurlschool
909 jka
908 little mim
908 cheeto44
898 cg530
898 anus
890 Kakiser
881 ella
880 frobscottler
865 GrandmaS
864 wesnurse
864 rkptbound
863 scorpio
863 bookworm100
861 funhs
855 ElTrev
854 debbinla
846 nursegladys
844 Angela
840 leisl
839 markbowers7
838 aWolf
832 Sugarblues
829 mama
829 kathy sue
822 beepbeep
822 origami
820 helmet
806 Kitensplay
790 robwhy
784 PJDR
783 Dog Fan
775 jrr
765 rowlie45
745 BLouie
741 JJ
740 tmeses
740 frogface
733 Katy
731 emusing
730 Tucketts Mum
723 tceicher
720 jnkbck
714 Simmie
702 EssV2
702 LonnieC
695 loredana
692 iiosefi
686 BlackTar
683 Jabber
667 Wendrie
661 nadav
651 jeanniejinx
650 SeaSpray
637 jlf
637 mabaker8
633 Gramjane
623 nick03
622 annevans
620 pen...
615 caps
615 ginnie
613 Enomis65
612 sillybunny84
607 Rainiqui
601 Virginia Strout
599 helen67
584 melkaywil
576 TQ
564 lawyer1
557 melonheadjujube
554 Textex
553 weegee
546 Olivia R MW
525 pbc
524 bonko
516 Monnie
515 roundabout
513 msg
511 rbud
507 ajsb
479 UntitledDocument
477 princessofburund
477 Snitkina
458 mom82637
441 beckyj
441 #1
432 crayola
424 shooshoo
421 ZsaZsa
415 Marjetta
411 sallyann
405 bethanyej
405 disneyjessi
401 zTink
393 Aaronitor
373 cjmomma
371 RLH75
369 LuvB
367 tsatch
359 OhDearOhBoy
354 Lavonna
345 Elalyr
334 joolym
321 Elena laures
316 Babbler
307 bepotter
302 Jayde287
298 NannyChris
286 worzel
279 HockeyNut
255 Jivingjenny0
253 gdine
253 moule
245 Lib
230 m9f9l
222 diannnmichael@ao
220 emd99
217 Angelsong
211 Justin
209 ShminkyLuvMonkey
200 BlueHen
195 Judi
186 jzw
164 craftylady
158 TXZinnia
140 BeckyG
109 rosalind230
64 sarah6girls
47 Historyjo
42 Jshap3542
28 LUHAN
10 Christa

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:01 am
Rainiqui

dr 7
12:01 am
justafreep

re7
12:02 am
Lizlin

Re8
12:02 am
ursh

re 8
12:02 am
justafreep

re7 x 2
12:03 am
justafreep

re7 x 3!
12:03 am
72 Temple Owl

For want of pe7/44 clue, the game was lost, alas. GOID night.
12:03 am
justafreep

ohhh. g'night Temple Owl
12:04 am
rolin

crafter
12:04 am
rolin

shoot... oh well...thats a cr7...sigh
12:04 am
rolin

oh phew...its not there...lol
12:04 am
justafreep

re7 x 4!
12:04 am
72 Temple Owl

No internet. On phone. Tough one. Phone ready to die.
12:09 am
godthaab

No rodent labyrinths!
12:10 am
Rainiqui

nbt, nbs
12:10 am
Q

i'm that top A away from nbt nbs
12:16 am
justafreep

re7 x 5
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:17 am
Rainiqui

the top A is ar 8
12:19 am
justafreep

huh. thanks for that
12:19 am
Rainiqui

yw
12:20 am
justafreep

and... night, all!
12:21 am
Rainiqui

Night, Freep
12:24 am
aebmusica

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12:24 am
cybernan

ty rain - thought that was spelled with an i
12:25 am
ursh

cat on a keyboard ?
12:25 am
Rainiqui

yw Nan, it's the British spelling
12:26 am
aebmusica

No new Javanese puppy.....
12:32 am
cybernan

nbt, nbs and hoet - time to crash :) Good night everyone and thanks for the calls.
5:06 am
ItalianGreyhound

Wow! CA 7/48 ! (and plural) Gonna be a good day!
5:07 am
ItalianGreyhound

okay for the kitty, but not the rodent
5:47 am
aslindy

hello all
5:55 am
ItalianGreyhound

just noticed the clock is missing for the chat
5:55 am
Deeha

ca7 another 'no result. s found'
5:56 am
aslindy

I see the time stamp on every chat message
5:57 am
ItalianGreyhound

must be my machine then - thx
5:58 am
aslindy

it has never shown my time zone, however, always an hour off.
6:01 am
HarryHood

scroll to the right
6:02 am
ItalianGreyhound

Duh! Thanks, Harry
6:02 am
HarryHood

:)
6:03 am
ItalianGreyhound

Deeha, I have a CA 7 and 8
6:17 am
HarryHood

first pass, 39 to go. just missing that top A
6:18 am
ItalianGreyhound

its a relic, Harry
6:18 am
aslindy

it's a8
6:18 am
HarryHood

well that explains it
6:20 am
HarryHood

weird spelling - ty both
6:21 am
ItalianGreyhound

yeah, I thought it used an i (eye) not e
6:22 am
aslindy

it's the british spelling
6:25 am
HarryHood

30 to go now. have a nice day all!
6:39 am
Kiani

morning all
6:53 am
mael

I just try all proper old timey names at this point, most of them are words
6:54 am
mael

this brought to you by the be6
7:06 am
aslindy

hi kiani, how's it going?
7:08 am
mael

hey lindy
7:09 am
aslindy

hi mael. thanks for the be6
7:09 am
mael

yw :)
7:10 am
MollyL

Not that old-timey. She was one of the Butt Sisters 😊
7:10 am
MollyL

Oh dear, blown chat.
7:11 am
mael

I think we're almost out of it Molly
7:13 am
sukee

good morning all
7:13 am
mael

hi sukee
7:13 am
aslindy

morning
7:18 am
mael

hah, we call our 8 year old daughter be7, though I forget how we started it
7:21 am
mael

FW
7:22 am
mael

delay start for the kids today, we got some snow (but not enough to have a delayed start, imho)
7:22 am
sukee

We got lots of snow and freezing rain all night
7:22 am
mael

the mixing is the worst
7:23 am
mael

have a great day everyone!
7:31 am
Kiani

hi aslindy - it goes ok.
7:32 am
Kiani

currently cold in my office and I took my blanket home to wash and forgot to bring it back
7:32 am
aslindy

bummer. how's grover?
7:33 am
Kiani

doing pretty well!
7:33 am
Kiani

ate wet food last night finally, but had been eating the kibble before that.
7:33 am
Kiani

we introduced him to Luna, Star, Blizz, and Nova yesterday (one at a time). He was a bit curious about Nova
7:33 am
aslindy

wow, that's great!
7:33 am
Kiani

Star got a little freaked out. Everyone else was fine.
7:34 am
Kiani

he slept on Urchin's bed all night instead of the closet
7:38 am
Kiani

we're thinking - keep bringing him and Nova together, and also slowly introduce the rest of them over the next few days. Also start doing little times in the rest of the house while the others are in my bedroom
7:38 am
Kiani

will be several weeks' process
7:39 am
aslindy

sounds like a good plan
7:40 am
MollyL

Are these all dogs?
7:40 am
Kiani

cats
7:41 am
Kiani

well, Urchin is my sister :)
8:15 am
hokie carla

phantom fracas
8:18 am
hokie carla

it's bad enough that one who passes gas isn't a word, but one who makes things (cr5) is not a word? so, so random.
8:28 am
MollyL

He who smelt it dealt it
8:33 am
LuvWordGames

I agree carla-tried them both too
8:34 am
LuvWordGames

and so random when a A is added to the front of a word too, like the af 6/30
8:35 am
HarryHood

ty for the af6! 19 to go
8:35 am
HarryHood

classtime!
8:37 am
MollyL

Mr. Hood is off to to the Walter White thing
8:37 am
hokie carla

50 left here. can't find the upper A for HOET. don't like this grid either.
8:38 am
LuvWordGames

yes I've not been able to find it either but heard it's an ar 8
8:38 am
MollyL

Don't you only need half of it for half on every tile 😊
8:38 am
MollyL

I would clue it, but you know, bot
8:38 am
hokie carla

ah, of course it's a big one
8:38 am
MollyL

I will say it is not a weird word
8:39 am
LuvWordGames

is it a compound word?
8:39 am
hokie carla

not weird to whom?
8:39 am
MollyL

No
8:39 am
MollyL

I am more than sure you know it Carla
8:40 am
hokie carla

does it start like old people feel it in their bones?
8:41 am
MollyL

First three
8:41 am
welki

hey! i resemble that remark! 'morning, all
8:41 am
MollyL

And they feel it in their joints.
8:42 am
hokie carla

I was just thinking my grandmother would say something like "I feel it all the way down in my bones"
8:42 am
LuvWordGames

ends in not fiction
8:42 am
welki

(you'd likely spell that word with a different vowel in the middle)
8:42 am
hokie carla

thanks luv, hadn't even found that word yet
8:43 am
hokie carla

yeah, that's not how I'd usually spell it
8:43 am
MollyL

The grid version is the Brit spelling
8:44 am
hokie carla

I'm surprised their version doesn't have a bunch of useless vowels
8:44 am
LuvWordGames

lol
8:45 am
hokie carla

ooh, found another 8
8:45 am
LuvWordGames

having a hard time with Wordle today. Decided to go back to it after a break to have a fresh look
8:47 am
LuvWordGames

FW's here so back I go. HAGD everyone
8:51 am
MollyL

I got Wordle in 5, but it took some thinking
8:56 am
hokie carla

yeah, also took me 5 and a lot of thinking
9:01 am
hokie carla

bottom row gray
9:09 am
rururocks

ah found that af6
9:14 am
hokie carla

well, leaving 30 for later. TTFN
9:18 am
rururocks

too bad we don't have an OR on the bottom row
9:30 am
cybernan

good morning everyone :)
9:30 am
penquis

hi nan....lurking here... ;o)
9:31 am
montreal13

gm all from snowing Montréal...
9:31 am
penquis

hi, monty....snowing a little here as well...
9:32 am
cybernan

ugh! woke up to a heavy hoar frost, but no snow
9:32 am
montreal13

snow forecast for the rest of the week...sigh...
9:33 am
penquis

expecting more here later, too....two more this week...
9:34 am
cybernan

any snow we get now is lake effect and only within a half mile of the shore.
9:34 am
montreal13

but march 11 is around the corner, for the time change
9:39 am
montreal13

1st pass done - no HOET - bbl for last 34 - have a great day nan and pen and all other babblers
9:39 am
penquis

bye, monty...
9:39 am
welki

snowing here in alberta, too
9:39 am
montreal13

hi and bye welki !
9:39 am
penquis

hi welki...
9:40 am
welki

later, monty
9:40 am
welki

hi pen
9:40 am
cybernan

bye mtl
9:40 am
rururocks

are you back to home welki?
9:41 am
welki

yep, for about two weeks now
9:41 am
rururocks

no wonder the Arizona economy is now in a down trend, you guys left :D
9:42 am
welki

true enough, but we're supporting alberta's economy. need more payload, so off to bigger truck-land
9:43 am
cybernan

not going back to the states until they get the guns off the streets --- too much violence for me
9:44 am
rururocks

sadly, that's not going to happen in our lifetime Nan
9:44 am
rururocks

I wonder how many mass shootings it will take to finally pass some gun law regulations that mean something
9:44 am
cybernan

I hope you are wrong ruru - maybe not in mine, but hopefully yours.
9:48 am
welki

it's bad on both sides of the border
9:49 am
welki

that said, we're volunteering at the sportsman's show this coming weekend
9:49 am
cybernan

At least we don't have a bunch of people with assault weapons in their trucks running around
9:49 am
welki

sure we do
9:50 am
cybernan

maybe in Alberta, but not here
9:50 am
cybernan

and if they have them they are illegal
9:51 am
welki

don't you live in kelowna? just did a cursory search and saw a gang related shooting there in 2021
9:52 am
welki

it's all over, nan. doesn't matter where you live, there's gun violence. rare or not, it exists everywhere.
9:52 am
cybernan

one in how many years and what kind of guns? Thankfully the police closed down the last two hells angels houses last month.
9:53 am
cybernan

but we don't have people shooting up schools, malls and theatres on a daily basis.
9:55 am
welki

you say that with authority - we've been through this before. gun violence exists everywhere. regardless of whether it's a daily or rare occurrence, it exists. you choose to travel or choose to stay at home, but once again, please stop the america bashing
9:55 am
Kaplan the Magne

The NRA is a powerful lobby. It obviously won't take any number of school shootings to get guns off the street. We met our quota long ago
9:56 am
welki

true enough
9:57 am
cybernan

not bashing america -- just don't like the onlgun control down there. If it were up to me only police, the military and wildlife control would have access to guns. The civilian population doesnt need them. It's not like we live in a hunter/gatherer society.
9:57 am
hurshy

what a lovely set of R words we have today! i still have two more to find, but it's been so pleasant finding the rest
9:57 am
hurshy

oh got one of my two!
9:58 am
hurshy

also a nice word!
9:58 am
welki

you don't, but some do. there is a big population of folks who rely on hunting for sustenance.
9:58 am
gemini_J13

thank you welki
9:59 am
hurshy

got the last one! yes, lovely Rs
9:59 am
Kaplan the Magne

I don't know if it is America bashing. Did you know that last Saturday was supposed to be a Day of Hate against Jews, called by some white supremacists, but as far as I know nothing happened. Every Jewish facility had extra police guards. Who wants to live this way?
9:59 am
BzznBea

America has this thing called the second amendment.
10:00 am
hokie carla

I don't know how just making it illegal for civilians to have guns will keep guns out of criminals' hands
10:00 am
cybernan

If they can afford the guns and ammo, they can afford food. There is all kinds of assistance available to those living below the poverty line, and there are lots of industries looking for workers right now - so that is still no excuse for owning a gun.
10:00 am
hurshy

well hokie, you might look at the countries that have gun control and compare their deaths by guns to ours :)
10:00 am
hokie carla

also, it's not like we just walk around with people shooting us all over the streets. USA is a very big country
10:01 am
hokie carla

but hurshy that doesn't tell me how they're going to get the guns from the criminals and keep them from getting more. you just basically said other countries do it but didn't tell me how we can.
10:02 am
hurshy

yes, it is definitely hard to know how to FIX it now that there are so many guns out there
10:02 am
welki

you're living in a box, nan. there are many thousands of indigenous, backwoods and simply poor people who hunt and fish to survive. bringing the cost of equipment into the equation is nonsensical. most have owned their gear for many years and, compared to a trip to the store for a season's worth of meat, you can't compare the cost
10:02 am
hurshy

more guns than adults in the US
10:03 am
welki

probably more cats, too :D
10:03 am
hurshy

yes but cats are self-reproducing, lol
10:03 am
cybernan

my point, welki - is that they do not have to shoot their own food. There are other means if the guns are gone.
10:04 am
welki

sorry, but you're basing your opinion on personal bias. there's more to hunting than guns, and more to food than supermarkets.
10:05 am
BzznBea

I've been around a lot of hunters and everyone of them respect life.
10:05 am
gemini_J13

hunters are not the problem
10:06 am
hurshy

doesn't anyone want to join in my delight over R words in the midst of this serious conversation? LOVELY R WORDS!!
10:07 am
cybernan

Yes I do not like guns. I was brought up to believe they are a means of destruction (my father was a police officer). And people living in rural areas that live an off the grid life are not using assault rifles and hand guns.
10:07 am
welki

i'm missing one of them
10:07 am
penquis

i am missing two R words....
10:07 am
cybernan

lol - hurshy - getting off my soap box now
10:07 am
welki

...but will gleefully rejoice in your delight
10:08 am
hurshy

there are no weird ones, everything is either 4 letters, a real word, or a babblet we have very very often
10:09 am
welki

then why would you be against hunting, if as you say, the "rural" folks don't use assault and/or hand guns (and yes, some of them do, indeed)
10:09 am
hokie carla

I grew up in a rural area with a lot of hunters. I even had hunter's safety as part of PE when I was in high school. My dad and brothers had guns. Well, I had a couple too. Never occurred to us to use them for anything other than hunting or protection.
10:10 am
hokie carla

lol, just remembered it is legal to shoot fish in a river in my county. what do you think about that, welki?
10:10 am
rururocks

I'm jumping in... there is no reason for Assault rifles to exist in society, other than the military I'd guess.
10:10 am
Kaplan the Magne

The second amendment applied to unorganized militia, not for random citizens to carry around in Walmart. The amendment was written after the Revolutionary War. Hunting is licensed. Nut to say that people don't need guns to hunt their food because there are all kinds of assistance programs is naive. This is a big country, but I do believe we are becoming hardened by the horrors of school shootings. If Sandy Hook didn't wake Congress up, then nothing will. That said, we are not addressing the cause of the causes. Why are so many people ending their own lives and the lives of others violently? What is the despair?
10:11 am
Kaplan the Magne

organized militia I meant
10:11 am
rururocks

in Australia they had a mass shooting and took away everyone's guns. There hasn't been one since until just recently.
10:12 am
rururocks

And I could never be a hunter. I couldn't kill a living creature with a weapon.
10:13 am
MollyL

I firmly believe that if someone wants a gun, they will get one. Gun control or not.
10:13 am
Kaplan the Magne

I have never held a gun in my life. But I'm from New York.
10:13 am
hurshy

stats for the lone top A?
10:13 am
Kaplan the Magne

We can't eliminate all harm but we can reduce the possibility of harm.
10:14 am
BzznBea

ar8.60
10:14 am
MollyL

I would much rather see great access and affordability of mental health options than gun control.
10:14 am
cybernan

And we can spend more time teaching our kids that violence is not the solution to their problems.
10:14 am
BzznBea

nope sorry
10:14 am
MollyL

*Greater access
10:15 am
BzznBea

I agree Molly.
10:16 am
rururocks

we should have an available shrink here at all times
10:16 am
MollyL

A whole team of them
10:16 am
hurshy

bea was that "nope sorry" intended to convey that the top A is not ar8.60 after all?
10:17 am
Kaplan the Magne

How about gun control and a better social safety net? Why does it have to be one or another?
10:17 am
MollyL

The top A is ar8/60
10:17 am
BzznBea

I think it is the ar8
10:17 am
hurshy

ok
10:17 am
welki

hokie - i don't see the point in shooting fish (in a barrel, or in a river). i can see the news, "welki suffered a non-life threatening wound to her left buttocks when attempting to shoot a trout ... the bullet intended for the lucky fish ricocheted off a stone and penetrated welki's gluteus maximus"
10:17 am
Kaplan the Magne

And harm reduction support to those people who use substances to cope.
10:18 am
rururocks

I guess welki if you had an assault rifle to shoot fish you'd have easy serve sushi?
10:18 am
Kaplan the Magne

x
10:19 am
hurshy

it's not a compound word by any chance, is it?
10:19 am
welki

nah, you'd just end up feeding other fish. there'd be nothing left to serve
10:19 am
hokie carla

welki, I've always thought it's quite ridiculous. reading the statute now...you are allowed to shoot suckers, redhorse, and carp with a rifle in that river within the county limits for a month and a half per year. not sure how many people actually do it.
10:20 am
BzznBea

no and it is spelled differently than what we usually see
10:20 am
hurshy

aHA thank you bea!!
10:20 am
hokie carla

hurshy, it is an alt sp. hopefully you can dig it up.
10:21 am
rururocks

(cute hokie pun)
10:22 am
welki

ahhh, so they're attempting to get rid of nuisance fish by target practice.
10:23 am
hurshy

phantom: fracas
10:24 am
welki

easier to catch them on a hook, but what do i know. maybe folks don't like killing the fish they catch - so shoot 'em with a rifle. LOL
10:25 am
hurshy

funny that nobody mentioned the root of the US's gun problem in that whole conversation
10:25 am
hurshy

funny that nobody mentioned the root of the US's gun problem in that whole conversation
10:25 am
hurshy

dunno why that comment went through twice!
10:27 am
hokie carla

welki, this says the gun creates a concussion in the water that knocks them out instead of actually shooting them. https://tinyurl.com/3275at9h
10:27 am
rururocks

Then they drown from being knocked out? :D
10:28 am
welki

then, what's the point? sort of like tossing a lit stick of dynamite in the water
10:28 am
welki

probably, ru
10:28 am
hurshy

if they're concussed, easier to scoop them up in a net
10:28 am
rururocks

(note to self, try not to stay in Alberta any time soon, too violent up there)
10:28 am
hokie carla

it doesn't say what happens next. I figured they just grab them with a net.
10:28 am
welki

but hurshy, hokie's scenario is for river fishing - would depend on how far out you can wade
10:29 am
welki

sounds like a "Hey, watch this!" moment :)
10:29 am
welki

"hokie, hold my beer"
10:29 am
rururocks

lol
10:30 am
rururocks

i gotta get to work.. you guys all have a great day
10:30 am
hokie carla

I'm sure that scenario has played out many times
10:30 am
hokie carla

bye ruru
10:30 am
welki

26 left - should get some things done before we have to venture out
10:47 am
MollyL

I would guess there are many different opinions on what the root cause of the US gun problem is.
11:00 am
hurshy

the profit motive and its relationship to politics
11:02 am
hurshy

the NRA started out as an organization for gun owners, but later became an organization for the benefit of gun manufacturers. the average gun owner, unlike the NRA, is not against sensible measures like limiting the types of weapons allowed or the amount of ammo, requiring licensure and training, and various things. but anything that would reduce profits is not ok with the manufacturers. and they pay to make sure that nothing does so.
11:03 am
hurshy

but they are happy when we argue about hunting and so forth rather than noticing that
11:19 am
hokie carla

Big Gun
11:21 am
hurshy

yes
11:21 am
hurshy

it's the same with pretty much every problem. until you get money out of politics, you can't do much.
11:23 am
hurshy

statistics demontrate that it doesn't matter if 99% of the american public agrees on something and wants Congress to take a certain action - there is ZERO correlation between the public will and Congressional legislation. but there is a correlation between what the wealthy few want and what happens in government.
11:30 am
Sam Snead

Sorry to intrude but if is the case (and I tend to agree) why don't more US citizens vote for Socialist candidates for office?
11:30 am
hurshy

because we haven't GOT them
11:30 am
hurshy

bernie sanders is the closest we've had
11:30 am
Sam Snead

NONE?
11:31 am
Sam Snead

even at local level?
11:31 am
hurshy

one of the robber barons once said, "sure, let everybody vote! just so long as i control who's nominated"
11:31 am
hurshy

yeah there's really not much in the way of socialist candidates anywhere that i've seen
11:32 am
hurshy

when FDR was in office, people kept electing him...
11:32 am
hurshy

but the campaign to make "socialist" a dirty word in the US has been very successful
11:33 am
Sam Snead

I understand that to some extent given the origins of the States. But surely it must be dawning on a lot of people that a left wing (or even centrist) position is the only way forward. Perhaps among the young?
11:34 am
hurshy

yes, there are more among the young, most likely. but the money in the political system, the revolving door between congress and the lobbyists, there's SO much that goes into maintaining the status quo
11:34 am
hurshy

it's going to be extremely hard to shift
11:35 am
hurshy

the more they let the middle class slide out of a decent standard of living, though, the more they risk a large revolt
11:36 am
Sam Snead

I HOPE SO
11:42 am
MollyL

*Puts on "Revolution" by The Beatles
11:46 am
hurshy

researchers say that meaningful political change can happen with less than 3% of the population engaging in sustained peaceful protests... but, of course, we haven't got anywhere near that.
11:47 am
hurshy

and "get money out of politics" doesn't inflame the passions and motivate protest as well as, say, racism and other things. but yet, it'd be easier to work on all those other things if we got money out of politics.
11:50 am
hurshy

weirdest word of the day, a babblet we have occasionally: fr5/20.
11:54 am
periwinkle

well I do not have that weird word as yet
11:54 am
periwinkle

hello all
11:58 am
periwinkle

help with ar8 please
11:58 am
hurshy

if you dig up an ancient piece of pottery, it is an ar8 (alt sp)
11:58 am
periwinkle

ty hurshy
12:00 pm
Sophie512

Hello all I have a question. My words are not appearing in ABC order in my list. Plus, extra words are inserted that I did type, because they aren't in today's puzzle. Help!
12:01 pm
bichon

ty hurshy
12:01 pm
hurshy

hm, have you tried refreshing the page?
12:02 pm
hurshy

after that the next step would be to quit and restart your brower i suppose
12:02 pm
hurshy

followed by restarting your whole computer
12:02 pm
Sophie512

yes they are still there for example poop is there in the list ....... in the g words
12:02 pm
hurshy

*giggle*
12:03 pm
hurshy

clear the cache and history, that's another option to try
12:03 pm
Sophie512

last week Wordle started over on me like I'd never played before, so I lost my percentage
12:04 pm
hurshy

yeah i had that happen when i installed the latest OS update :(
12:04 pm
Sophie512

Ok I'll try again, but I've cleared everything. Have a feeling the next step is to start over and lose the 68 words I've found...... not counting Poop, of course :)
12:05 pm
Sophie512

I'm taking it as a sgn to take Sophie to the dog park and come back later
12:05 pm
Sophie512


Have a good day all
12:10 pm
hokie carla

wow, that is weird, sophie. I eagerly await an update later.
12:11 pm
hokie carla

thanks for the strange archaic word that I forgot about, hurshy
12:50 pm
MollyL

Strange archaic words are a Babble spesh-eee-ality
1:13 pm
72 Temple Owl

yesterday's grid was pretty bad. especially if you had to play it on an iphone
1:13 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I can't play on a phone
1:14 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I havehave done very little drawing or painting since the pandemic, but I have been writing a long piece. Writing is harder. Much much harder.
1:14 pm
72 Temple Owl

al servvices were out yesterday, i finished my book, and the dvd the library sent me turned out to be a blu ray.
1:15 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Especially on a computer where you have to scroll and find that you have already written that paragraph. And everything I add to the original scaffolding I have to delete.
1:15 pm
72 Temple Owl

i read a bit of david sedaris but needed something else. for some odd reason, i cannot do housework at night.
1:17 pm
72 Temple Owl

good luck with that, kap.
1:23 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Read Nora Ephron, not Sedaris. I knew Tiffany Sedaris. David wrote shit about her for years until she got an order for him to stop. She was homeless, couch surfing across the street from me a decade ago. She was an artist, working with glass. She would walk around begging people to tell her why her brother would write about her that way. She committed suicide. There is an improvised memorial for her on the bike path.
1:24 pm
Kaplan the Magne

She talked to everyone.
1:24 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Reread books you used to love.
1:25 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Housework at night? Feh!
1:28 pm
Kaplan the Magne

It's very personal what I wrote about Tiffany, but her brother used to publish about her filthy apartment in Somerville, MA, and her dirty feet. I decided he was a narcissist. He wrote about her after she was dead, a piece called "the Five of Us" in the New Yorker. No compassion when she needed help.
1:31 pm
72 Temple Owl

kap, i suspect if we could know many public figures personally, we would be appalled.
1:32 pm
Kaplan the Magne

While you are digesting that sad story, or scrolling past it, I will pretend to straighten up the table.
1:32 pm
72 Temple Owl

hell, i suspect if we knew many people here persoanlly, we would be....off put.
1:32 pm
Kaplan the Magne

This is true.
1:32 pm
72 Temple Owl

okay, kap, have a day.
1:33 pm
Kaplan the Magne

It was just that he wrote about her so directly by name- he was publishing his humor at her expense. . Later.
1:33 pm
72 Temple Owl

it's the early stuff, not very funny anyway.
1:38 pm
helenkeller

Kaplan, I am writing a very long piece as well. What I do is keep everything regarding that project on a thumb drive. Whenever I write, I send it to that. Because, stars above, if something bad happened to my computer, I would not be happy.
1:46 pm
ch1212

I've done the same thing with my recent book. Everything is on a flash drive, and ... a back-up flash drive.
2:14 pm
KnightTime

one drive and google drive are also good options. I have had thumb drives fail.
2:17 pm
SummerBreeze44

Don't know if this will bring relief or cause angst, but over 300 new words have been added to dictionary dot com
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/28/us/\ndictionary-new-words-internet-culture-\ncec/index.html
2:21 pm
hokie carla

well, it won't make a difference to this game
2:22 pm
MollyL

I suggest an external hard drive to save data you don't want to lose
2:22 pm
MollyL

Chat blown again. Please
use tinyurl.com to paste urls
in the chat.
2:23 pm
Sophie512

I'm back for a minute, while we cool down a bit. Refreshed. Turned off. Restarted when we got back from doggo park. List is fine. Thanks for the assistance. :)
2:24 pm
hokie carla

I think you should have left your wacky list as is 🤣
2:25 pm
hokie carla

I just walked Winston. It is 77F here. I was overdressed.
2:25 pm
Sophie512

72 here.....we will probably get snow in March to make up for it
2:25 pm
hokie carla

yep
2:47 pm
Kaplan the Magne

My writing is all in the cloud. Also I print drafts frequently because I can't read on the computer. I can't read on Kindle. I have paragraphs that I've taken out and put in and removed again. It's hard.
3:08 pm
MollyL

Oh boo and hiss to the snow in March predictors.🙄
3:32 pm
HarryHood

17 here
3:39 pm
Sophie512

10 here
3:40 pm
HarryHood

11
3:41 pm
HarryHood

what's my missing B
3:41 pm
Sophie512

compound word?
3:41 pm
HarryHood

I have 1x4, 3x5, 3x6
3:41 pm
Sophie512

woman's name?
3:41 pm
HarryHood

ty sophie!!!
3:42 pm
HarryHood

that's the team at my daughter's school, and I missed it
3:42 pm
Sophie512

you're welcome HH
3:42 pm
HarryHood

also my last 71
3:50 pm
HarryHood

8 to go. later all!
3:55 pm
Kaplan the Magne

stats on the top row a?
3:56 pm
Sophie512

the 8?
3:56 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I guess so. I will look for an 8.
3:57 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I don't look at the List anymore so I never really know.
3:57 pm
Sophie512

look below, great clue maybe from Carla? AR
3:57 pm
Kaplan the Magne

give a punny clue that doesn't give away the whole word.
3:57 pm
Kaplan the Magne

what time Carla?
3:59 pm
Sophie512

sorry, not punny........
3:59 pm
Sophie512

something old dug up
4:00 pm
Kaplan the Magne

ok.
4:00 pm
Sophie512

I'm stuck on 2 Ms
4:00 pm
dcseain

a city and plural
4:01 pm
Sophie512

mmmmmm wha that's a kiss I'm throwing from N'ville to you in DC
4:01 pm
dcseain

:)
4:02 pm
Sophie512

Fireworks! Anyone need a clue?
4:02 pm
Sophie512

Ask Seain!
4:02 pm
dcseain

brava on completing, Sophie
4:03 pm
Kaplan the Magne

I'm not going to get it by monkeying
4:04 pm
Sophie512

it isn't spelled correctly, IMO
4:18 pm
Kaplan the Magne

OH OK it is spelled wrong
4:43 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

Hi all. Seventh day without power. Playing on my phone. Arrrgh
4:43 pm
bichon

What! where are you Gwen?
4:48 pm
MollyL

Ice storm in Michigan knocked out power for days
4:49 pm
bichon

In February? How awful.
4:59 pm
Uneaixoise

Clue for ar8 please?
5:04 pm
MollyL

Ice storms in February are not
5:04 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

I'm in Michigan and it's about 35 to 45 degrees these days (Fahrenheit) . Glad to have friend letting us stay overnight
5:04 pm
MollyL

unuausual
5:04 pm
MollyL

Unusual
5:08 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

79 words to go. Hagn all
5:11 pm
Gillie

Well, I certainly hope going without power for 7 days is unusual in Michigan
5:35 pm
gino

cart
5:35 pm
gino

reach
6:10 pm
penquis

*waving to the lurkers*....
6:12 pm
HarryHood

hi hi. here to look for my last 8 words
6:12 pm
penquis

go, harry....18 left now....
6:13 pm
HarryHood

nice!
6:17 pm
HarryHood

6
6:18 pm
penquis

nice...trying to find my fours...
6:20 pm
HarryHood

4 left. 3 fives and one 8
6:20 pm
penquis

well i still have four 4s to find... :o(
6:20 pm
penquis

and 12 other words, of course....
6:23 pm
penquis

14 left now...slow going...
6:23 pm
HarryHood

yes indeed
6:30 pm
penquis

listing...
6:32 pm
HarryHood

I went through the log to try to find some words, and got so bogged down in a discussion on gun control. I think I will list as well.
6:36 pm
HarryHood

had to go to morewords for that (*$#& fr5
6:36 pm
Shirlockc

af6 clue please?
6:36 pm
penquis

a + just off the vine or plant....
6:37 pm
Shirlockc

omg, i didn't see that H, serious H blindness
6:37 pm
HarryHood

done.
6:37 pm
Shirlockc

thx pen
6:37 pm
HarryHood

phew. tough ending there.
6:37 pm
HarryHood

good night
6:38 pm
penquis

congrats, harry....having trouble finding five letter words!...
6:43 pm
penquis

down to two 5 letter words...
6:44 pm
72 Temple Owl

i was down to one last night at 5 till and could not find it. i asked for a clue but no one answered.
6:44 pm
72 Temple Owl

i would rather not play than lose by 1
6:44 pm
penquis

bummer....
6:45 pm
72 Temple Owl

all the cable was out, no phone, no internet, no tv, all day. so i played on the phone.
6:45 pm
72 Temple Owl

it was very slow going@
6:45 pm
penquis

yuck....snow here but everything else ok...
6:46 pm
72 Temple Owl

we had a coating last night, did not last long in the rain
6:46 pm
72 Temple Owl

much snow?
6:47 pm
penquis

not where i am.....but we are getting two more storms this week....wed. night and fri/sat niight....sat's could be a big one...
6:47 pm
penquis

i am done...finally....
6:51 pm
penquis

anyone need anything before I go?
6:53 pm
72 Temple Owl

night
6:54 pm
penquis

goodnight...
7:05 pm
Shirlockc

so i put in a ca7 word thinking no way but WAY!
7:10 pm
MollyL

I found that one in the litter box
7:11 pm
Shirlockc

that's a good one molly, pawsome!
7:31 pm
periwinkle

help with af6 please
7:36 pm
periwinkle

hello all, back to find my last 45
8:51 pm
moolingwa

here for my last 174
10:49 pm
Nef

69 left and I’m happy with how I’ve done today.It’s been a busy day , working on babble has helped keep me calm