Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, September 5, 2023

12:02 am

lynxxx

st8/9

12:05 am

Gillie

ta7

12:05 am

cybernan

hello everyone - ty lynxxx

12:06 am

Gillie

st7

12:07 am

Gillie

ti7/8

12:09 am

cybernan

co 7

12:10 am

cybernan

ti 7 x2

12:10 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:11 am

Rainiqui

ci 7 x2, ci 8

12:11 am

Gillie

ci7 x 3

12:11 am

dizgrannie

ti 7 x 3

12:16 am

jessmom

st8 x 2

12:16 am

Gillie

st8 x 3

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Gillie

si7 x 2

12:21 am

jeanne314

is not SELKIE a word??? From the Irish...

12:22 am

Gillie

Seems like it ought to be

12:25 am

cybernan

and the scots

12:30 am

Gillie

st7 x 3

12:31 am

cybernan

crashing - good night everyone :)

12:34 am

jeanne314

OMG, yes...Scottish...my mother's family is rolling in their graves. Good night, and happy hunting!

12:35 am

Gillie

Good night!

1:04 am

jbp

st8/0 if not already calkled

1:05 am

jbp

8/9, i meant

1:52 am

dizgrannie

FWs

4:30 am

player girl

Hi. Can anyone please help me with the lone N in the 4th row and the E in the top row, third column? TIA

4:30 am

player girl

icon

4:30 am

player girl

OH NO~ Sorry

4:37 am

Sunrise

If not called. Ar/8 x2

4:46 am

MollyL

ni5/12

5:09 am

lynxxx

ec8.55 when you ruin your land/country

5:09 am

lynxxx

guess wec are doing this now

5:17 am

Scrabbler

I finally got the ec8. TY, Lynxxx.

6:28 am

HarryHood

first day of school, time to go. 66 for later, perhaps

6:33 am

hokie carla

have a good one, harry!

7:03 am

hokie carla

tiara for welki today. where's welki??

7:13 am

MollyL

Ah, a sensible school district, starting AFTER Labor Day.

7:14 am

hokie carla

I've never in my life lived in an area that starts after Labor Day.

7:16 am

MollyL

We were always out by Memorial Day and in after Labor Day. They have changed the required number of school days since then. Like the last two weeks even matter.

7:17 am

bichon

In NYC we always went to June 30. Hotter than hell

7:20 am

hokie carla

I don't remember when we got out, but it was definitely not that late. my kids always got out around Jun 12th.

7:23 am

MollyL

The last two weeks of August are still the most popular time for vacation. People run that through Labor Day weekend. Thus, the starting the day after Labor Day thing.

7:23 am

hokie carla

maybe up north, not for people that start in Aug

7:49 am

hurshy

woot, got the 9!

7:49 am

MollyL

Uh oh, someone alert Kaplan. It's time for THE DISCUSSION.

7:50 am

hokie carla

uh-oh, haven't found anything yet

7:52 am

mael

nice start, got the nine first tile too :)

7:52 am

hokie carla

I did not get the 9

7:52 am

hokie carla

now I did

7:53 am

mael

:)

7:53 am

hokie carla

currently struggling with the first A

7:54 am

mael

haven't gotten that far yet, still working on the first column!

7:54 am

mael

I'll make it over there in a bit haha, nice monster grid today

7:55 am

mael

I'm sad that selkie isn't in there

7:55 am

Biltong

aw4/9 and aw4/8, I think

7:55 am

hokie carla

wrong A

7:55 am

hokie carla

but thanks

7:56 am

MollyL

I find it amusing that se4 and selkie are in the same grid

7:56 am

hurshy

woot, banged out the Ks without putting anything that wouldn't go!

7:56 am

mael

heh

7:56 am

hokie carla

LOL, same. a kool feeling.

7:57 am

MollyL

Now I want to watch The Secret of Roan Innish.

7:57 am

mael

have you watching the song of the sea?

7:57 am

hokie carla

I knew you would mention selkie today

7:58 am

mael

watched, geez brain

7:58 am

MollyL

Isn't that a cartoon?

7:58 am

mael

I thought I was so cool for finding my last S on that side but no

7:58 am

mael

it is, but it is a glorious cartoon

7:58 am

mael

it's not a particularly childish story

7:58 am

MollyL

I didn't mention selkie, mael did.

7:59 am

phaeton

carla...ar6/18

7:59 am

hokie carla

wow, missed all those posts

8:00 am

hokie carla

I found 15 A's and moved on. I have at least one of those, but thanks.

8:06 am

mael

still no admin

8:06 am

hokie carla

I know, I typed it even though we just had it and I knew

8:06 am

mael

same, you never know!

8:07 am

mael

I mean, we all know, but one day....

8:07 am

hokie carla

well, taking a break. 74 left for later. 17-23-15-13-6

8:07 am

mael

ta, hokie

8:25 am

hurshy

i words iced

8:26 am

mael

nice hursh!

8:28 am

mael

3 left for me

8:30 am

mael

oh hey I'm in the grid today

8:30 am

hurshy

*puts tiara on mael*

8:32 am

hurshy

Ns Nailed!

8:33 am

hurshy

welki can have one too

8:38 am

mael

yep!

8:44 am

phaeton

may I have a clue for the ma7? pls

8:44 am

phaeton

sorry...le7

8:53 am

Kaplan the Magne

Darkies? racist word in the fabled enable

8:53 am

MollyL

Called it

8:55 am

SummerBreeze44

my le7/8 - tights worn by dancers

8:58 am

rururocks

enable must be from the South

9:09 am

mael

one of my core memories is getting made fun of in school because I pronounced leopard like le7

9:10 am

mael

because English is evil

9:10 am

rururocks

kids are mean in school

9:19 am

rururocks

ah the st7/44 makes me think of Old BR....

9:22 am

origami

The small grid haters must be happy today :D

9:23 am

rururocks

I like smaller grids actually.. then it doesn't take much time.. this big grids are a grind

9:25 am

origami

The really small ones are hard for me. Usually a high percentage of weird words.

9:26 am

rururocks

true for most women bigger is better

9:26 am

origami

Ha

10:02 am

rururocks

it is ten and no updates from Hokie... wow

10:03 am

hokie carla

rehi - any ideas on my missing lower E?

10:03 am

hokie carla

ha, I was here early, ruru

10:03 am

hokie carla

it's still on the screen

10:04 am

rururocks

probably el4

10:04 am

hokie carla

I have one that is animals

10:04 am

rururocks

there are two

10:04 am

rururocks

that's el4/8 there is a el 4/5

10:05 am

hokie carla

oh geez, I usually get that, thanks.

10:07 am

mael

finally finished the esses, geez

10:08 am

hokie carla

super. still need 3 + 2 + 2 here. trying to find my last 2nd col R to gray the col.

10:08 am

hokie carla

ooh, got it!

10:08 am

mael

I have one r missing there too

10:08 am

mael

ohh hint please?

10:09 am

mael

(in case it's the same R haha)

10:09 am

hokie carla

just gotta look again

10:09 am

mael

oh I have that one! darn it

10:09 am

mkg

Hi all.

10:09 am

mkg

What a grid.

10:09 am

mael

thanks anyway!

10:10 am

hokie carla

hmm, maybe the actor that played freddie mercury and the mummy in night at the museum, mael

10:10 am

mkg

Any clues for the N word for the 4th row N welcome

10:10 am

hokie carla

hey mkg

10:10 am

mael

ni5

10:10 am

mkg

Ty

10:11 am

mkg

Got it

10:12 am

mael

thanks hokie that was it!!

10:12 am

hokie carla

yay! and I like being able to give pop culture clues.

10:12 am

mael

he's a great actor

10:13 am

mkg

Any help with the 8s or 9s welcome. With stats please. Ty.

10:13 am

hokie carla

well, some people here are real st9 of the rules for clue giving.

10:13 am

mael

you gotta be insistent about rules, mkg

10:13 am

mael

hah

10:14 am

mael

a lot of the 7s and 8s are superlatives

10:15 am

mkg

Darn still missing top row E words. Help welcome

10:16 am

hokie carla

ec5 and 6, starts like a pastry

10:17 am

hokie carla

was still typing stuff for the 4th row S and looked and it is gray

10:17 am

mael

hahaha, that's dedication :)

10:17 am

hokie carla

or not paying attention

10:18 am

mael

not paying attention is me only finding the da4/6 now...

10:19 am

hokie carla

well, I didn't have it either, but I always miss it

10:19 am

hokie carla

so thanks

10:20 am

mael

yw :)

10:20 am

mael

also the do6 and 7

10:21 am

hokie carla

didn't have those either, and that's one of my favorites since learning it here

10:21 am

mael

easy to miss :)

10:21 am

mael

7 left for me

10:21 am

hokie carla

59 here :D still working on the S

10:22 am

mael

still missing one 8

10:22 am

hokie carla

I just found one but it's an S so you have it

10:22 am

Sugrraleona

ifound the 9 by accident LOL

10:23 am

mael

yeah, it's either an E or a D

10:23 am

hokie carla

oh, there's a weird EC8 I saw in the chat this morning. had to look it up.

10:23 am

mael

found my last 3 Cs, all related. Good words~

10:23 am

mael

oh that must be it! let me look at the chat clues

10:23 am

hokie carla

think of if the earth wanted to kill itself

10:23 am

hokie carla

that's the best, Sug!

10:24 am

mael

that did it, thanks hokie!!

10:24 am

mael

never would have thought of that...

10:24 am

hokie carla

no prob

10:24 am

mael

so my last two are d6 and 7, hopefully a pair

10:25 am

hokie carla

hmm, the set I just found was old age related

10:27 am

mael

got it, FW!

10:27 am

hokie carla

found a tuna brand

10:27 am

mael

though mine was the tree I always forget

10:27 am

hokie carla

well done!

10:27 am

mael

thanks, it was a fun one today

10:27 am

mkg

Ty for clues for st 8 and9. Super clues. Got them.

10:28 am

hokie carla

finished the lowest S, now just 3 upper left.

10:28 am

mkg

Any clues for top row E words? Ty

10:28 am

hokie carla

yw, mkg

10:29 am

mael

there's the si4/8 and related

10:29 am

mael

mkg, hokie clued the ec8 just a little while ago

10:30 am

hokie carla

and the ec5/6 before that

10:30 am

hokie carla

ok, found an si5 related to that 4, thanks

10:31 am

hokie carla

and a regular S6, now just one S left.

10:33 am

mkg

Got the si words. Ty.

10:33 am

mkg

Looking for the e words now. Ty

10:37 am

mkg

Not finding the e words. Darn.

10:38 am

mkg

Got one so i am set. Ty.

10:41 am

cherlyq

so is it just me or a lot of nursery ryme words in this one lol

10:42 am

hokie carla

hmm, I must be too far removed from nursery rhymes

10:50 am

MollyL

Nursery rhyme words?

10:51 am

cherlyq

some of the c words

10:54 am

doseffing

... seems to me there were three characters who went to sea in a pea green boat or was it a wooden shoe whose names almost appear in the grid ...

10:55 am

hokie carla

I do not recall that

10:56 am

dauber

Any clues for de6 and de7? Hoping they're related!

10:56 am

rururocks

sounds like an under arm spray

10:56 am

dauber

I was going that way actually...

10:57 am

dauber

...obviously the wrong way though! Thanks, ru!

11:03 am

MollyL

Well there is no y and no b so that eliminates Wynken, Blynken and Nod

11:04 am

cherlyq

I was thinking more on the lines of a certain type of shells

11:05 am

doseffing

... check out Shel Silverstein

11:07 am

MollyL

No thanks, I don't care for Shel Silverstein. Especially that awful The Giving Tree

11:08 am

doseffing

... what have you got against that one?

11:08 am

MollyL

It sends a bad message about giving until you have nothing left to someone who just takes all the time and never gives back

11:10 am

doseffing

... or is it about unconditional love? ...

11:10 am

doseffing

... oh well ... my kids survived it

11:10 am

MollyL

Hey, according to the new age book banners, none of us should have survived Dr. Suess.

11:13 am

doseffing

... At one time I had "Cat in the Hat", "Green Eggs and Ham" and "The Happy Birthday Book" memorized ... ... I still say "do not hop on Pop" ...

11:14 am

MollyL

As for unconditional love, in a healthy relationship, there are always conditions and boundaries. And there should be giving on both sides.

11:17 am

doseffing

... does he not finally make the tree happy by sitting on the stump? ... ... but you're right ... one must be very careful ...

11:17 am

doseffing

... ah well ... must be off ... enjoy the day

11:24 am

MollyL

Of course, he doesn't make the tree happy by sitting on the stump. It is one final act of using the tree for something he needs. The boy is a selfish little brat, using the tree for years and giving nothing in return.

11:28 am

SquidLP

rainbow fish has the same or a similar message

11:32 am

hokie carla

those darn DE trees got me again, thanks, ruru

11:37 am

MollyL

Just once, in a children's book, I would like the wise old octopus to say "Just make sure that in any relationship, you are getting as much as you are giving".

11:42 am

hokie carla

I keep seeing dreamland

11:51 am

hokie carla

still need 6 c's from each. crazy.

12:12 pm

hokie carla

ok, here's an update for ruru: 29 left. 4-6-8-8-3

12:15 pm

MollyL

Ru must have had an emergency. I know he was waiting with baited breath for that important update.

12:15 pm

periwinkle

hi all. 80 left and stuck

12:15 pm

MollyL

*or bated breath

12:19 pm

hokie carla

maybe I baited him into asking for the update

12:19 pm

hokie carla

hey peri

12:20 pm

periwinkle

nice grid so far. I prefer the larger grids but I do not always finish them like I used to

12:21 pm

hokie carla

we are road tripping so I have nothing else to do

12:22 pm

hokie carla

have these letters left:
S O
T C6 R4 C6
M
A5 D3
W

12:22 pm

hurshy

you're way ahead of me then, i need 54 more

12:23 pm

hokie carla

just found 2 Rs

12:24 pm

periwinkle

help with the top i so I can gray out that column. I have the obvious ic4

12:24 pm

hokie carla

ic5/20

12:24 pm

periwinkle

ty will look

12:24 pm

hurshy

funny word, that

12:25 pm

hokie carla

lol, it's scottish

12:25 pm

hurshy

Rs Routed!

12:25 pm

periwinkle

ty carla

12:25 pm

hokie carla

found another, but still need 1 R

12:26 pm

hokie carla

yw, peri

12:27 pm

hurshy

i need one top E and one top O

12:27 pm

hokie carla

ec8 and maybe oc5

12:27 pm

hokie carla

any guesses on my 2nd row R?

12:28 pm

hokie carla

oh, I still need one O too

12:28 pm

hurshy

thanks for the ec8

12:29 pm

hurshy

R... maybe got dressed again?

12:29 pm

MollyL

Very weird. My sister and I were just texting about making corn dollies with sickles.

12:29 pm

hokie carla

have you really ever seen that before?

12:29 pm

hokie carla

that was the last R I found

12:29 pm

MollyL

It is an old Celtic harvest tradition.

12:30 pm

hokie carla

interesting

12:31 pm

MollyL

Corn dollies are very popular at certain craft shows this time of year

12:32 pm

periwinkle

70 left,bbl

12:32 pm

hokie carla

bye peri

12:32 pm

hokie carla

found the o, hurshy. OC 5/20

12:50 pm

hokie carla

traffic jam, BBL

12:52 pm

MollyL

I really hope she's not playing while she's driving

12:55 pm

BzznBea

I'm sure Mr. Hokie is driving.

1:06 pm

MollyL

I guess I misunderstood the "traffic jam, bbl"

1:15 pm

hokie carla

of course he is driving, we go through this every time. hey bea!

1:15 pm

BzznBea

Where are you jammed?

1:17 pm

hokie carla

no jam now. somewhere between Nashville and Memphis.

1:18 pm

hokie carla

I get sick in stop and go traffic

1:20 pm

MollyL

We go through what every time?

1:21 pm

hokie carla

every time I say I'm on the road you think I'm playing while driving

1:21 pm

hokie carla

this is at least the 5th time

1:30 pm

origami

I feel accomplished at just getting through the A's.

1:31 pm

hokie carla

you should, I still need 5 and have tried everything

1:32 pm

cybernan

hello everyone - got to 191 last night, nothing yet for the top o, though

1:33 pm

origami

Hi, nan

1:33 pm

cybernan

do now

1:33 pm

hokie carla

hey nan. I actually found all those o's on my own, so it is doable. not going to say they are normal words, but kinda regulars here.

1:34 pm

cybernan

yes have 4 of them now

1:34 pm

cybernan

are they all pairs?

1:34 pm

MollyL

Hi Origami and Nan.

1:34 pm

origami

Hi Molly

1:35 pm

cybernan

hi molly, Ori

1:36 pm

hokie carla

2 singles

1:36 pm

BzznBea

nan, if you have the 4 ors the other two are oc.

1:37 pm

hokie carla

both oc5

1:37 pm

hokie carla

bea, any guesses on my last w? I have nothing left to try.

1:38 pm

BzznBea

I just started. Not there yet, sorry

1:39 pm

MollyL

Nan, I like your new icon

1:39 pm

hokie carla

no prob

1:39 pm

cybernan

have oc 5/12

1:40 pm

hokie carla

5/20

1:40 pm

BzznBea

oc5.20 from there

1:40 pm

cybernan

ty bea - that was a new one for me

1:42 pm

hokie carla

well I think I have reached babble blindness. will list for the last 25. 3-4-7-8-3

1:44 pm

hokie carla

well, my w was a plural. could've sworn I tried that.

1:45 pm

hokie carla

last r and last s were both 4s

1:55 pm

hokie carla

well, a great deal of my a's and c's had the same ending

2:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

the comparatives are rampant.

2:18 pm

cybernan

btw, found a couple of decent games at arkadium.com: codeword and hurdle

2:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

as is the ending that makes a verb into a person

2:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

or an adjective

2:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

it's odd...whenever squardele is rated easy, i find it hard. Like today. I will be holding on until clues come.

3:11 pm

hurshy

oh i thought today's squaredle was the hardest one i've done

3:24 pm

BzznBea

How many stars of difficulty?

3:27 pm

hurshy

two

3:27 pm

hurshy

but really it was harder

3:33 pm

BzznBea

Our cat, Walden, snuck out of the house last night. A pack of wild dogs came through early this morning.

3:34 pm

hurshy

OH NO

3:35 pm

hurshy

is he ok? please don't tell me

3:36 pm

BzznBea

He crossed the rainbow bridge.

3:36 pm

hurshy

oh god, bea, i'm so sorry

3:38 pm

BzznBea

Thanks. He was such a dork and a pain in the butt every since we had to dig him out of the walls of the house when he was a kitten.

3:38 pm

hurshy

i remember that i think!

3:40 pm

hurshy

i will donate to a cat rescue in his honor

3:40 pm

BzznBea

Tomorrow I will be going to animal control with the video of the dogs...Not that they will do anything.

3:40 pm

BzznBea

Thank you.

3:45 pm

hurshy

done

3:45 pm

hurshy

with donation, not with babble

3:58 pm

periwinkle

Bea, I am so sorry for the loss of your cat.

3:59 pm

BzznBea

Thanks, peri.

4:05 pm

periwinkle

either in6 please

4:06 pm

hurshy

one is alt sp of when you put in a new appliance or something

4:06 pm

BzznBea

in+ twinkle twinkle

4:06 pm

hurshy

then change the last letter for the other

4:10 pm

periwinkle

ty both

4:12 pm

BzznBea

yw

4:19 pm

nrkii

Oh Bea, sorry to hear about your cat. How dreadful.

4:19 pm

BzznBea

thank you

4:22 pm

nrkii

24 left here, and 8 of them are 4s... that's not like me

4:28 pm

nrkii

that was a good effort, down to 13 and only need one 4-letter word now

4:29 pm

nrkii

1-0-3-5-4

4:29 pm

cybernan

so sorry about your cat, Bea

4:30 pm

BzznBea

thanks, nan

4:30 pm

nrkii

are there more than 2 EC words?

4:31 pm

BzznBea

I have tree

4:31 pm

BzznBea

ec8.55

4:31 pm

BzznBea

three

4:31 pm

nrkii

ah, that's what I'm missing... looking... thanks

4:34 pm

nrkii

ooh, a killer word

4:36 pm

hokie carla

rehi all, I second all the squaredle comments. no idea how it's just 2 stars. I have 5 words left that I'm going to have to wait for 6pm. and sorry to hear about your cat, bea.

4:36 pm

nrkii

got my last 4-letter word, so down to 0-0-3-5-3

4:36 pm

BzznBea

Thanks, carla.

6:08 pm

nrkii

I thought taking a walk would make the last 10 words jump out at me. Not even 1.

6:49 pm

nrkii

well, 8 of the 10 were easy (though long words) but they twisted around so much I just couldn't see them

6:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have five also. want to finish babble first.

7:19 pm

origami

Could I please get a clue for the de 6/24?

7:20 pm

BzznBea

like what you put on your armpits

7:20 pm

BzznBea

its actually a tree

7:20 pm

origami

Ah, the cedar. Thank you.

7:25 pm

BzznBea

clue for ta7.44?

7:26 pm

BzznBea

nm

7:27 pm

BzznBea

FW...

7:28 pm

origami

Congratulations!

7:28 pm

BzznBea

I overbooked this week so I may not be back until Saturday or Sunday. Take care.

7:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

ec 8 pls? or point to a recent clue?

7:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

found it. happy babblig all

11:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

looks like i gotheretoo late

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