Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, June 15, 2023

12:00 am

lshult

flip

12:00 am

lshult

loin

12:00 am

lshult

oops

12:01 am

gremlinn

al7

12:02 am

dizgrannie

ai 7

12:02 am

rolin

sa7

12:05 am

gremlinn

in7

12:06 am

gremlinn

io7

12:10 am

Gillie

sl7

12:11 am

gremlinn

sa7

12:11 am

gremlinn

oops called already

12:12 am

gremlinn

sa7 x2

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, va 8

12:20 am

Gillie

en7

12:24 am

Rainiqui

forgot the va 7

12:27 am

gremlinn

railmen is one I try pretty often to no avail

12:37 am

gremlinn

didnt know that va7 but randomly got it :)

12:45 am

gremlinn

si7

12:58 am

gremlinn

fw, no list

1:01 am

gremlinn

haha, just looked at yesterday's chat, dizgrannie's last word was the same as mine

1:06 am

dizgrannie

lol gremlinn, obvious when I found it

1:08 am

gremlinn

over 30 minutes failing to see it before listing, found it in about 5 seconds after listing

6:48 am

Scrabbler

No one has been here this morning? Good day.

6:49 am

dan2bit

morning scrabbs

6:49 am

Scrabbler

Hi Dan. Do you work from home?

6:49 am

dan2bit

I do. my commute is a flight of stairs

6:50 am

Scrabbler

Wonderful. And so much safer in a pandemic.

6:52 am

Scrabbler

Our office dropped the mask requirement last week and I remain the only masked person. We have a SARS-2 cloud.

6:52 am

dan2bit

I am on my 3rd pandemic job, actually. both previous companies merged with others and I skedaddled. The hard part is the social side. you lose the rituals of saying goodbye to people when they leave, or celebrating milestones outside of work

6:53 am

Scrabbler

Your safety is a huge advantage.

6:53 am

dan2bit

agreed

7:02 am

dan2bit

since masala is in the grid but not in enable I can tell you about the accidentally fantastic chicken dish mrs2bit made when she confused marsala and masala and used both. Delicious fusion!

7:11 am

Scrabbler

Yes, I heard that story.

7:12 am

Scrabbler

I have to go to the local high school and work on getting kids cleared for fall sports, which start in August.

7:16 am

sukee

morning all

7:26 am

aslindy

hello all

7:26 am

sukee

Hi aslindy

7:28 am

sukee

Time for a break, I'll be back when i take the anti-invisibility potion.

7:29 am

aslindy

I see you

7:49 am

MollyL

Not familiar with the av word or the io words.

7:55 am

aslindy

I don't have any of those

8:09 am

Kiani

hello all

8:16 am

hokie carla

I guess it's okay then that I couldn't find the i's

8:16 am

BzznBea

small particle + small number

8:16 am

hokie carla

gracias, bea

8:16 am

BzznBea

we have had them before

8:17 am

hokie carla

I do think I've seen those here

8:17 am

MollyL

Carla, you will be able to use your sciency word again

8:17 am

BzznBea

yw

8:17 am

hokie carla

but not enough to get them. oh, are they sciency?

8:18 am

MollyL

Oh darn the fact that I don't have a photographic memory ðŸ˜Š

8:19 am

aslindy

thanks for the clue, bea

8:20 am

BzznBea

yw

8:21 am

hokie carla

thought I was flying along on that first look of the big A and only got 9ðŸ¤£

8:21 am

hokie carla

there's one more...moving on!

8:24 am

hokie carla

Alice is in the grid!

8:25 am

welki

'morning, babblers

8:25 am

hokie carla

howdy welki

8:25 am

BzznBea

morning, welki

8:25 am

welki

so is linda

8:25 am

welki

oh wait - that is linda :D

8:25 am

hokie carla

there's no D

8:25 am

hokie carla

and yes, I was referring to her

8:26 am

hokie carla

so you kinda winðŸ˜œ

8:26 am

welki

<-- needs more coffee

8:27 am

welki

... but i do see the capital of s. korea

8:27 am

hokie carla

someone tell me about these u's. I have un4.

8:27 am

welki

monsoon-like rain here - we sure need it

8:28 am

hokie carla

sunny here.

8:28 am

welki

i only have the one u, same as you

8:28 am

BzznBea

ul5.14 and 6.24

8:28 am

hokie carla

phantom union

8:29 am

BzznBea

ends like the alpaca cousin

8:29 am

hokie carla

and apparently once you oil something you can't unoil

8:29 am

welki

ty bea

8:29 am

hokie carla

thanks bea, now that one I don't recall ever seeing

8:30 am

marksdolly

good morning all

8:30 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie :)

8:30 am

hokie carla

hello dolly!

8:30 am

welki

hi marks!

8:31 am

MollyL

Muslim words

8:32 am

MollyL

We're on a roll, yesterday we had the temple

8:32 am

hokie carla

oh, found an S like linda's name

8:33 am

Dorens

praise allah.. good morning everyone

8:33 am

welki

morning, dorens

8:33 am

rururocks

ha dorens..

8:34 am

hokie carla

well, I'm up on the lawnmower, then I gotta clean the house. only made it to 4th row here. TTFN

8:38 am

phaeton

may i have that stats for the corner N and the bottom A
?

8:39 am

BzznBea

ni5.16

8:39 am

phaeton

ty

8:39 am

BzznBea

av6.30

8:40 am

phaeton

ty ...will look for the av

8:51 am

rururocks

this is a hard grid to close out tiles on

8:53 am

MollyL

Ruru said something about Babble is hard? *Faints*

8:54 am

mael

hello

8:54 am

rururocks

well.. gee.. it is a bit difficult

8:56 am

mael

I'm just happy I found sa6/21 on the first pass

9:02 am

BzznBea

thans for those, mael

9:04 am

rururocks

now i'm closing out tiles

9:05 am

mael

lots of stragglers here, ru

9:07 am

mael

alas, valium is not a word

9:23 am

mkg

Any clues for the 8???

9:23 am

mkg

Amen

9:23 am

mkg

Ooops sorry

9:24 am

mael

va8, plural of va7. Sounds like the mythical Arthurian land without the A in the front (and ending with a vowel)

9:27 am

mkg

Wow thanks.

9:27 am

mkg

I will try to figure it out. Ty

9:28 am

MollyL

I have never seen that mythical land spelled with two vowels at the end.

9:28 am

mael

it's not, it just sounds like it

9:29 am

mael

and yes, it's more helpful to say two vowels

9:31 am

mkg

I got it. Ty.

9:32 am

mkg

Need a clue for bottom row A. Ty

9:33 am

BzznBea

av6.30

9:33 am

rururocks

well.. off to work.. have a good game everyone

9:41 am

mael

bbl later too

9:57 am

hurshy

camelot? if it ends with two vowels how can it sound like camelot...

9:58 am

BzznBea

wrong mythical place

9:58 am

hurshy

oh ok

9:59 am

hurshy

weird one

9:59 am

hurshy

thanks

10:00 am

hurshy

bottom i help? have in5

10:00 am

BzznBea

in6.37 and plural

10:01 am

BzznBea

6.27 sorry

10:01 am

hurshy

yeah thanks got it!

10:02 am

hurshy

one more O would grey my top row, one more V would grey my bottom row

10:03 am

saanichcat

hurshy have you got on 5/14

10:03 am

hurshy

no! looking...

10:04 am

hurshy

got it ty!!

10:04 am

saanichcat

rhymes with crying veg

10:04 am

saanichcat

great glad you got it!

10:05 am

hurshy

phantom: vanish

10:09 am

hurshy

for e, i have en4 and 5, anyone have the other two?

10:10 am

BzznBea

en6.18 and plural

10:11 am

hurshy

ty!!

10:14 am

hurshy

is it one vi and the rest va?

10:15 am

BzznBea

2 vi

10:15 am

hurshy

oho

10:15 am

hurshy

i have a 4

10:16 am

BzznBea

vi5

10:16 am

hurshy

woot woot!

10:16 am

hurshy

thanks again bea

10:16 am

BzznBea

yw

10:16 am

hurshy

16 to go, mostly fourth row

10:17 am

mkg

Go shurshy!

10:18 am

mkg

Any clues for i words in second column? Ty

10:19 am

BzznBea

io6 and io7

10:19 am

BzznBea

small partical and small number

10:20 am

mkg

Ty

10:21 am

mkg

Got them bea. Ty

10:21 am

Christa

thrilled my work computer doesn't block babble.

10:21 am

mkg

One blank left the bottom row A. Cant believe all that i have are from the other two a;s.

10:22 am

BzznBea

i gave stats when you asked for it earlier

10:22 am

BzznBea

av6.30

10:24 am

mkg

Yes bea but i never got them. Sorry

10:24 am

mkg

I got four As from other As instead.

10:25 am

BzznBea

ends with female relative

10:26 am

mkg

Wow just got it. Ty

10:26 am

mkg

Ty

10:33 am

hurshy

4-4-4-3

10:34 am

hurshy

3-4-4-3, that's better, more symmetrical :D

10:58 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:20 am

hokie carla

rehi

11:22 am

moolingwa

hey hoke

11:22 am

hokie carla

just on my lunch break here

11:22 am

moolingwa

on a call here :)

11:22 am

hokie carla

fun

11:25 am

moolingwa

101 done

11:27 am

hokie carla

still working on first pass here and got distracted elsewhere on the internet

11:28 am

moolingwa

yeah, my first pass got blown up :)

11:30 am

hokie carla

this M is mighty stubborn

11:33 am

moolingwa

unlike yesterday, today's bee was a breeze

11:34 am

hokie carla

haven't been there or squaredle yet, but I got wordle in 2 so maybe everything's coming up hokie

11:34 am

moolingwa

I have 3 m's left

11:34 am

moolingwa

2 m's left

11:34 am

hokie carla

I have 7

11:34 am

hokie carla

so maybe everything is not coming up hokie

11:35 am

moolingwa

I have 9 remaining on the left s

11:35 am

hokie carla

well, I have 12 but moved on when I got to half

11:35 am

hokie carla

sent

11:36 am

hokie carla

yep

11:36 am

moolingwa

indeed

11:40 am

hokie carla

well, 57 left after first pass. of course a small vowel tile is keeping me from HOET (bottom i).

11:40 am

moolingwa

I have 3 tiles that aren't half yet

11:41 am

moolingwa

39 left

11:41 am

hokie carla

probably small vowel tiles that I got help on earlier

11:41 am

moolingwa

U, A and N

11:41 am

moolingwa

scratch the n

11:42 am

hokie carla

bottom N? I just made that up. never seen it before.

11:42 am

moolingwa

yep, me too

11:45 am

hokie carla

found an easy m

11:45 am

hokie carla

don't know how I miss those

11:45 am

moolingwa

magnificent!

11:46 am

moolingwa

12-11-8-4-1

11:47 am

hokie carla

20-16-11-7-1

11:48 am

hokie carla

ountz - unit of weight

11:48 am

moolingwa

menular - related to, or indicative of a menu

11:49 am

hurshy

sa7 (not the lunch meats, the other one)

11:49 am

hurshy

?

11:50 am

hokie carla

I don't have any sa7

11:50 am

hokie carla

thank you

11:51 am

hokie carla

it's not men who sail

11:53 am

hurshy

ok i used MW and got it

11:53 am

hurshy

start like the green eggs and ham character, end like an abbr for what there are 100 of in congress

11:53 am

hokie carla

just found a sa6 I didn't know and looked at the def and realized it was a pl so then I had a 5 too :D

11:54 am

hokie carla

missed the word "abbreviation" in your clue and was all kinda confused

11:54 am

hokie carla

thanks

11:54 am

hokie carla

and not sure why I quoted the word when you abbreviated it

12:02 pm

MollyL

Seems like a Japanese word a day lately.

12:04 pm

hokie carla

well, I gotta get back to work. 35 left. 12-10-8-4-1

12:04 pm

hokie carla

almost identical to moo's earlier count

1:07 pm

moolingwa

yep, 34 left here....

1:20 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with lone A bottom row please

1:24 pm

periwinkle

also help with the E please . do not see any of the 4 words there

1:26 pm

Dippnall

en 6 and 7 (18 and 24) Sorry if already stated!

1:26 pm

periwinkle

thank you looking

1:28 pm

periwinkle

found en4/5 but not the ones you clued, Dippnall

1:29 pm

periwinkle

are the E words all en?

1:30 pm

Dippnall

Yes

1:30 pm

periwinkle

ty still looking

1:31 pm

Dippnall

the 7/28 is pl 6/18 - sorry wrongly stated before - a long day here!

1:32 pm

periwinkle

don't have the 6

1:32 pm

periwinkle

bbl

1:43 pm

hokie carla

en + a 4 letter word. I've been t4ing away all day on this house.

1:54 pm

mael

hello all, back for my last 10

1:58 pm

moolingwa

20 left here, but about to jump on another call

2:00 pm

mael

FW! they weren't too bad :)

2:00 pm

mael

good luck mool

2:00 pm

moolingwa

congrats mael

2:13 pm

hokie carla

still 35 here, break time

2:15 pm

hokie carla

ha, took a stab at the bottom i before making a joke and it was the words

2:18 pm

hokie carla

phantom malaria(l)

2:31 pm

hokie carla

25 - 6-9-6-3-1
O
R N
AAAAA L
SS AA MMMM HHH SS
VVV

2:49 pm

moolingwa

17 here

2-5-6-3-1

2:49 pm

moolingwa

AAA UU
SSS MM HH SS
A VV

2:50 pm

moolingwa

ah, found two A's

2:50 pm

hokie carla

23 now. tried to go to list but apparently I used that tab yesterday after listing and it just kept going to that, so had to close it. will give it another try now there's another person here. ;) (it being sans list)

2:51 pm

moolingwa

heh

2:51 pm

hokie carla

5-9-6-2-1

2:51 pm

moolingwa

feels like there's a few words in this that sound arabic in origin

2:51 pm

hokie carla

I did read the flip but that didn't help at all with my 2 7s and the 8

2:52 pm

hokie carla

O R N AAAA L SS AA MMM HHH SS VVV

2:53 pm

hokie carla

found my N. it was glaringly obvious.

2:53 pm

hokie carla

and my R was a regular 4 that I'm sure I entered earlier

2:53 pm

moolingwa

no way

2:54 pm

hokie carla

way

2:54 pm

moolingwa

party on

2:54 pm

moolingwa

found my u

2:54 pm

hokie carla

unbelievable

2:54 pm

moolingwa

I know, who woulda thought?

2:55 pm

hokie carla

I definitely got help with those this morning

2:55 pm

moolingwa

I guessed them

2:56 pm

hokie carla

baffled by the A

2:56 pm

moolingwa

yeah, figure it's likely to have an a as 3rd letter

2:57 pm

moolingwa

but it doesn't have to...just thought it was likely

2:57 pm

moolingwa

has to use at least one of the other a's tho

2:57 pm

hokie carla

3rd row A?

2:58 pm

moolingwa

found an s

2:58 pm

hokie carla

super

2:59 pm

moolingwa

very bottom heavy board remaining

2:59 pm

hokie carla

yeah, 4th row is the worst.

2:59 pm

hokie carla

any guesses on my top O?

2:59 pm

moolingwa

yep, 8 of my remaining 12 on that row

3:00 pm

moolingwa

o5

3:00 pm

hokie carla

I did find oi6 late, so not that

3:00 pm

moolingwa

a solitary element?

3:00 pm

hokie carla

hmm

3:05 pm

MollyL

Change the second vowel in the tear producing vegetable

3:06 pm

MollyL

And the last consonant

3:06 pm

hokie carla

thanks, I broke down and listed and tried a million things before getting it

3:07 pm

hokie carla

currently trying to monkey a 4 that just isn't there

3:07 pm

MollyL

I don't know what solitary element means

3:08 pm

hokie carla

well, I thought he meant only at first and then thought one, and the ending does resemble an element

3:08 pm

hokie carla

of course the def says it is a suffix. I didn't realize suffixes were on enable.

3:12 pm

moolingwa

That was my logic...

3:12 pm

moolingwa

I try to use the ? to signify it's not a literal meaning

3:13 pm

hokie carla

yes, the old xword thing. I figured so, but I am slow sometimes.

3:14 pm

hokie carla

of course the 4 that I was struggling with was the freaking cat sound misspelled

3:15 pm

moolingwa

oh yeah, I should have prompted that one...there's about 245 ways to spell that

3:16 pm

hokie carla

ridiculous. i hate enable.

3:17 pm

moolingwa

I've seen more arbitrary dictionaries...like Bee for instance

3:17 pm

moolingwa

enable is generally more inclusive albeit a bit dated

3:17 pm

hokie carla

true

3:17 pm

moolingwa

and enable is very similar to the TWL98 dictionary, which was a staple for scrabble for so long

3:18 pm

moolingwa

the squaredle dictionary isn't too bad if you're not looking for the bonus words

3:18 pm

hokie carla

definitely most of the word games I play is very similar to enable. maybe I should hate scrabble for all the cat spellings.

3:19 pm

moolingwa

some of the bonus words though are more like what they called SOWPODS which was the combo US/UK scrabble dictionaries

3:19 pm

hokie carla

do you have an sa6 before the deli meat?

3:19 pm

moolingwa

most of the mobile games use dictionaries that seem to be completely arbitrary

3:19 pm

moolingwa

yes

3:19 pm

moolingwa

arabic greeting word

3:20 pm

hokie carla

yeah, squaredle is definitely words for people that don't play word games and (most) everything else is a bonus.

3:20 pm

hokie carla

thanks

3:21 pm

hokie carla

don't think I'm going to get the 7/8 on my own

3:21 pm

moolingwa

I'm down to 12...so it's 2 of those :)

3:22 pm

hokie carla

3 here

3:22 pm

hokie carla

working on another S right now

3:22 pm

moolingwa

found an m

3:22 pm

moolingwa

2-2-3-3-1

3:23 pm

hokie carla

do you have an si6?

3:24 pm

moolingwa

no

3:25 pm

hokie carla

I know the 3rd letter and can't get it

3:25 pm

moolingwa

found it

3:25 pm

moolingwa

almost rhymes

3:26 pm

hokie carla

me too

3:26 pm

moolingwa

the first syllable and last

3:30 pm

hokie carla

well, gonna have to look up the last. I feel like it's a regular word since I haven't seen anyone ask for any clues, but I sure can't see it.

3:31 pm

hokie carla

ok, NOT a regular word. how is everyone getting this?

3:31 pm

periwinkle

botom A please

3:32 pm

hokie carla

av + your mom's sister

3:32 pm

MollyL

I had to look it up too. Not really a rhyme

3:32 pm

periwinkle

thank you hokie

3:33 pm

hokie carla

well, I was talking about having to look up the 8, because I monkeyed the si6 before I even read the rhyme part

3:35 pm

MollyL

Don't know how people magically came up with the 8 either

3:35 pm

periwinkle

I have five V words but not the va8

3:41 pm

hokie carla

the8 is pl, and the 7 ends like what you're not supposed to mix with bleach

3:43 pm

hokie carla

hopefully you wanted a clueðŸ¤£

3:44 pm

Gillie

I have the impression that are lots of things that you should avoid mixing with bleach.

3:45 pm

Gillie

I once ruined a blouse by trying both hydrogen peroxide and bleach on a stain (as I recall).

3:46 pm

hokie carla

well, ammonia and bleach creates a deadly gas. one of my soccer friends almost died because he tried cleaning cat pee up with bleach.

3:47 pm

Gillie

Yikes.

3:48 pm

hokie carla

chloramine gas per the googles

3:49 pm

MollyL

Bleach + anything = not a good idea

3:54 pm

hokie carla

well, I'm about to try a new cleaner on my cooktop. maybe I'll ruin it and have to buy another.

3:57 pm

MollyL

Barkeepers Friend, it's the best

4:00 pm

hokie carla

I almost bought some of that for the sink but ended up getting Bon Ami. I prefer Comet for the sink, but this house has septic tank. the new stuff I'm about to try is "the pink stuff".

4:20 pm

hokie carla

ok, the pink stuff worked great

4:42 pm

moolingwa

I need a new cooktop

4:42 pm

moolingwa

but I'd also like to redo my kitchen

4:43 pm

moolingwa

and I'll be happy if I never live in another house with a well or a septic system

5:11 pm

bichon

I don't think I would ever do that

5:13 pm

bichon

We have problems with tree roots strangling our pipes, but all it works out

5:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

barkeepers friend makes a cooktop cleaner. great stuff

6:47 pm

periwinkle

lo5/10 please

6:50 pm

penquis

ends in a vowel....

6:50 pm

penquis

includes a double consonant...

6:52 pm

periwinkle

ty pen. was looking in the wrong direction

6:52 pm

periwinkle

33 left. bbl maybe

6:54 pm

penquis

yw....bye....also heading out...bye all...

9:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

howdee all, diving in

9:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt finally

9:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbs finally

9:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and hoet

10:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

not going to mention this phantom

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