Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, December 6, 2023

12:06 am

cybernan

re 7, to 7-8

12:06 am

cybernan

good evening everyone )

12:08 am

justafreep

mo7 and good evening, nan!

12:11 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:11 am

sammysmom

good evening all!!

12:16 am

Rainiqui

Hi Sammysmom and everyone

12:16 am

justafreep

mo8

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:20 am

justafreep

st7

12:22 am

cybernan

ce 7

12:22 am

cybernan

x 2

12:23 am

cybernan

em 7

12:24 am

justafreep

thanks, nan

12:25 am

cybernan

yw

12:25 am

cybernan

still looking for yur mo 8

12:26 am

justafreep

it's a 6 and 8, if that helps

12:27 am

cybernan

but not related to the 6-7?

12:28 am

cybernan

found an mo 7-8

12:28 am

justafreep

I don't have a 6-7 (and I do have a 7) so I'm going with no

12:29 am

cybernan

have a 6-7 and now a 7-8

12:29 am

mkg

mo 8: workers earn mo***. and ending to it which i have never seen before. that is mo 8.

12:29 am

justafreep

(I now have the 6-7 and a 7 and 8 that are not linked to each other

12:30 am

cybernan

so now we have mo 7 x3 and possibly a 4th

12:30 am

justafreep

mkg - you sure that's the 8? I have a 7 like that

12:30 am

mkg

mo 7: to dress and cover yourself so you are very mo****. and then add same ending as the 7. neither word seems like proper english. i really didnt think these were words.

12:31 am

justafreep

umm... do you have the 7 and 8 reversed?

12:32 am

mkg

justafreep, the 7 is the what workers earn. sorry. the 8 is the one that means to dress so your body is covered. you are then mo****. and add 2 letter ending

12:33 am

justafreep

right. those are the two I called. And nan called a mo6/7 that is different than those.

12:34 am

justafreep

And nan also called a mo7/8 (that I have not found)

12:35 am

mkg

sorry that is all i have so far.

12:35 am

cybernan

I guess it is the dress one I don't have

12:36 am

justafreep

that's okay - I was just trying to dispel any confusion since I was pretty sure you had your calls/numbers reversed

12:36 am

rolin

fu4&5...and this is why I love babble///

12:37 am

cybernan

ok - found the mo 6-8

12:38 am

justafreep

cu7

12:38 am

cybernan

ok so: mo 6-7, mo 6-8, mo 5-7 and mo 7-8

12:38 am

Sam Snead

Not that unusual the mo8/50 surely?

12:39 am

cybernan

and I still need 13 more m's!

12:39 am

mkg

i have never used or seen that mo 8 that i have

12:39 am

cybernan

don't believe it is really a word, sam

12:39 am

zTink

Store

12:39 am

cybernan

only in babble!

12:40 am

mkg

i agree nan. also the mo 7 that is what you get paid with. not a real word

12:41 am

Sam Snead

MO8 comparative form of mo6/24

12:44 am

cybernan

I listed the ones called at 12:38, sam

12:45 am

Sam Snead

MO7/40 is an archaic word according to my dictionary

12:46 am

Sam Snead

I'm not calling mo8 just explaining why I think it's not an "unusual" word

12:47 am

Sam Snead

and why the mo7 is!

12:47 am

cybernan

no such comparative is our point - not proper english usage

12:49 am

Sam Snead

Don't get it....why shouldn't mo7 have a comparative?

12:49 am

justafreep

that also means there's a superlative of the mo6 in the dictionary... which makes more sense as a word to me. but if it exists, so most the 8

12:49 am

justafreep

(must)

12:50 am

cybernan

because it is mo4 mo6, not mo 8

12:51 am

justafreep

I'm in the 'I've never used it' camp, too

12:54 am

Sam Snead

I've just checked a couple of prestigious UK dictionaries and it appears that you are correct! One lives and learns!

12:56 am

cybernan

can't stay awake any longer - see you tomorrow :)

12:56 am

justafreep

night,nan

12:56 am

Sam Snead

Certainly mo4 mo6 is more elegant. Presumably, there must be other words which follow a similar pattern?

12:58 am

justafreep

Sure are. Like, we would say "I'm more in love" and not "I'm in lover." :-)

12:58 am

Sam Snead

that doesn't seem quite the same thing to me...

1:00 am

justafreep

(It isn't. I'm being silly cuz it's bed time. But yes, the mo4 xxxxx phrasing is frequently used. mo4 certain vs. certainer comes to mind. Probably there are rules that would guide us)

1:01 am

Sam Snead

not bed time here of course! Sleep well....or weller or wellest...

1:02 am

justafreep

ha. I choose the last one (err... latterest? lastest?).

5:38 am

Sugrraleona

omg the F words LOL LOL

6:57 am

MollyL

*Hears the sound of pearls being clutched

7:37 am

sukee

only fair if merde is allowed :) and the C word

7:39 am

MollyL

Merde and the c word are allowed

7:40 am

MollyL

The f words have interesting etymology. Originally the singular meant fornication under consent of the king.

7:40 am

Scrabbler

Hahahaha. I recall years ago here when a modest Babbler departed for the day when the C-word was in the grid.

7:40 am

sukee

I know they are allowed, that's why I said that.

7:43 am

MollyL

And mo6 wins you a trip to the PB

7:44 am

sukee

Thanks, didn't see that :)

7:44 am

Scrabbler

I see it now. *stuffing face with toasted bagels*

7:53 am

periwinkle

hello all. I miss the penalty box

7:53 am

Scrabbler

Hi Peri. I am enjoying myself here in the penalty box.

7:53 am

periwinkle

are there cabana boys?

7:57 am

Scrabbler

Yes, I am talking to Miguel now.

7:57 am

periwinkle

:)

7:58 am

bichon

Good old days

7:59 am

periwinkle

I always think of FM when I hear "penalty box"

7:59 am

sukee

So, Hugh Grant is playing an Ooompa Loompa in the new Willy Wonka movie :)

7:59 am

Scrabbler

I miss FMitch. She was fun and funny.

7:59 am

periwinkle

yes she was

7:59 am

mael

hello, I'm joining if there's also coconut drinks in there

8:00 am

sukee

I hope there are some sparkling drinks too :)

8:00 am

periwinkle

help with the E under the R in the left column please

8:01 am

mael

top E? all ey words

8:01 am

periwinkle

ty mael

8:02 am

mael

ohh, I got to the F. lol

8:03 am

sukee

OH no, Norman Lear has died. He was 101.

8:04 am

Scrabbler

I just heard that on the radio news.

8:05 am

sukee

He was with it right until the end too.

8:16 am

periwinkle

he was

8:16 am

periwinkle

I have an mo7 and an mo8 but not mo7/8

8:18 am

MollyL

Norman Lear was a television great. He will be remembered always.

8:20 am

Biltong

May I please have a clue for the mo8?

8:21 am

MollyL

More humble

8:23 am

Biltong

ty Molly

8:33 am

hurshy

i only have half the Ys

8:35 am

Scrabbler

I have 1

8:36 am

hurshy

yo4, ye6

8:36 am

Scrabbler

I don't have the ye6.

8:37 am

hurshy

it helps to be a trekkie... it's a low rank in the navy/starfleet :)

8:38 am

Scrabbler

Got it. A naval rank, I think.

8:38 am

hurshy

that's what i said lol

8:38 am

Scrabbler

Oh, my brain focused on Star Trek.

8:39 am

hurshy

natural

8:40 am

hurshy

sigh, gtg

10:12 am

BzznBea

salutations

10:13 am

periwinkle

hi Bea

10:13 am

BzznBea

this grid seems friendllier than yesterdays

10:13 am

periwinkle

it does

10:19 am

periwinkle

help with to7/8 please

10:22 am

origami

peri - to cause suffering

10:22 am

periwinkle

ty

10:31 am

BzznBea

i've been waiting for that word to appear!

10:31 am

hurshy

why?

10:31 am

BzznBea

because it's a great word

10:32 am

hurshy

i can't say i'm a fan

10:32 am

BzznBea

off to luncheon

10:32 am

gemini_J13

oh no,,,

10:33 am

hurshy

left col grey!

10:36 am

hurshy

what's wrong gemini?

10:37 am

hurshy

is it the fact that "mosh" doesn't count??

10:38 am

mael

alas

10:40 am

hurshy

alas indeed, since i still need a lot of Ms

10:42 am

hurshy

phantom: destroy

10:48 am

Dorens

I had to look up a few words to finish this one.. words I'd not seen before. just a fyi

10:55 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:55 am

MollyL

Can't say I have ever thought of to7/8 as "great words".

10:55 am

rururocks

hi nan

11:01 am

rururocks

I kind of like that F in the corner. I tend to use it a lot in my language

11:04 am

cybernan

hi ru. was just reading the chat -- surprised that our Brit loving hurshy thought of star trek for the ye 6. I always think of the Beefeaters guarding the Tower of London

11:07 am

rururocks

you just can't figure out the brains of the trekkie people.. they're fanatics about the show

11:10 am

cybernan

I can nevere remember if Star Trek was the one on TV or the movies

11:13 am

hurshy

i got into trek before i got into british stuff.

11:13 am

hurshy

trek = tv, our galaxy, future

11:14 am

hurshy

wars = movies (first), galaxy far far away, long past

11:14 am

hurshy

but now both have had both tv & movies, and books which may or may not be considered canonical

11:15 am

hurshy

plus i heard that even Gene Roddenberry did not consider Star Trek V (movie) canonical

11:16 am

hurshy

(he was the creator of trek)
(George Lucas is wars)

11:16 am

hurshy

but doctor who is even better than both :D

11:18 am

cybernan

did realize the show had become a religion :)

11:18 am

hurshy

yeah the canon is about as important to each fandom as it is in a religion! lol

11:19 am

hurshy

but yeah i started watching trek reruns at age 7, because my dad watched 'em. so like if you asked my HS friends what i was most known for, it would be being a Trekkie.

11:20 am

cybernan

watched the first runs and laughed whenever I saw a rerun - it seemed so ridiculous and phony.

11:24 am

mael

I'm the rare nerd who has never watched much of Trek or Dr Who

11:26 am

MollyL

Me either mael. Not a nerd but so not into either show.

11:27 am

hurshy

it's not their fault good special effects didn't exist yet

11:28 am

hurshy

doctor who has the same issue for the early years

11:29 am

MollyL

Nan, you have cast aspersions on the altar of Star Trek

11:32 am

hurshy

i can't find any more worrrrrrds

11:35 am

bichon

The Anglo-Saxon word for copulate is in the grid

11:39 am

hurshy

yeah

11:39 am

hurshy

but i already greyed the left col

11:41 am

hurshy

woot, i found the other two Y words!

11:42 am

hurshy

phantom: comment

11:44 am

cybernan

sorry - slipped out for breakfast. You are correct about the terrible "special effects" but it also would have helped if Shatner could act

11:44 am

hurshy

ah, well, there is that, too, lol

11:45 am

hurshy

there's some meme that goes around about a game where someone randomly yells "SHATNER!" and everyone immediately has to over-act whatever they're doing

11:49 am

hurshy

ok so i have to8 and 2 mo8, i don't see any other 8s having been called, does anybody have any?

11:50 am

cybernan

only have one to 8 - part of a 7-8

11:50 am

doseffing

do7/8/7/8

11:51 am

hurshy

ohhh those are my missing D words so that will be good if i can find those

11:53 am

cybernan

actually monkeyed those do's -- ridiculous looking I have to say

11:53 am

cybernan

have the to 8 that causes distress - stats for the other?

11:53 am

hurshy

no luck yet here

11:54 am

hurshy

what makes you think there is another?

11:54 am

MollyL

How do you "monkey" a word like that?

11:55 am

cybernan

oh - I thought you said you had to 8 x2

11:55 am

hurshy

no that's mo

11:55 am

hurshy

may i have a D clue?

11:56 am

MollyL

You would think they start with the opening to a room but lose a vowel

11:56 am

cybernan

I tried the most obvious first 3 letters molly, then added everything I could think of to them

11:57 am

hurshy

one would think they start with that... but they don't? or they do?

11:57 am

MollyL

Loose the vowel

11:57 am

hurshy

right, i just didn't know if the implication of "you would think" was "but you'd be wrong"

11:58 am

hurshy

but i have been trying that, much as cnan described, to no avail

11:59 am

hurshy

oHO got one pair of them at last

11:59 am

MollyL

Add what an ascot goes around

11:59 am

hurshy

and there is the other

11:59 am

hurshy

yay thanks

11:59 am

MollyL

Change the vowel in what the ascot goes around

11:59 am

hurshy

now i have all the 7s! one more 8 to find

12:00 pm

MollyL

Like Nan said, ridiculous

12:00 pm

hurshy

wouldn't you know it, another kind of fabric

12:00 pm

hurshy

i've already forgotten the one we had the other day

12:01 pm

hurshy

wandal or something??

12:01 pm

hurshy

no it was WADMAL

12:01 pm

hurshy

i shall try to remember them together. do7 and wadmal.

12:02 pm

MollyL

Yeah, you probably will remember them

12:03 pm

hurshy

top row grey!

12:04 pm

cybernan

are there any cu words?

12:04 pm

hurshy

yes, cu6/7 pair and cu4, at the very least

12:04 pm

cybernan

oh found a cu 4

12:04 pm

hurshy

the 6/7 go well with those F words...

12:04 pm

cybernan

still missing c x2

12:04 pm

hurshy

bottom row grey!!!

12:05 pm

hurshy

well if you only need 2 C then those are the ones i just mentioned and i guess i do not need any more CU for my last 3 C words

12:05 pm

cybernan

andd m x 11 - ouch

12:06 pm

cybernan

oh - ty hurshy

12:06 pm

hurshy

oooh i just found a buncha Ms that i had sillily missed

12:06 pm

cybernan

c's done

12:06 pm

cybernan

now for the m's

12:09 pm

cybernan

my favourite lemons are there - but alas, a proper noun

12:09 pm

hurshy

can you tell me how many CE words? i have 10 so far

12:09 pm

cybernan

oh - the french subway

12:09 pm

hurshy

lemon tree, very pretty
and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon
is impossible to eat

12:10 pm

hurshy

phantom: remorse

12:10 pm

cybernan

you have all of the ce's

12:10 pm

hurshy

ok then i must need 3 more CO!! gah

12:11 pm

hurshy

got one...

12:11 pm

cybernan

cu x3 and the rest are all co's and all normal except one co 6 and typed that in by accident

12:12 pm

hurshy

clue it?

12:12 pm

hurshy

oh maybe i found it

12:12 pm

hurshy

is it like, you're out cold, but minus "at"?

12:12 pm

cybernan

there are far too many m's in this grid. Think it is time for me to list

12:13 pm

cybernan

yes, that was the one

12:14 pm

hurshy

9 to go!

12:15 pm

hurshy

ohhh, the ice man co6

12:15 pm

bichon

ty hurshy

12:16 pm

hurshy

yw

12:17 pm

hurshy

oh and the last 8 is re8

12:17 pm

hurshy

more normal than many of the other 8s

12:19 pm

hurshy

done

12:21 pm

cybernan

finding words new to me that I would never have found without the list

12:25 pm

cybernan

finished the grid or the c's?

12:40 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* Hagd everyone :)

12:57 pm

BzznBea

i wasn't referring to the to7/8 as the great word in the grid.

1:15 pm

MollyL

Well if you read over the chat where Peri asked for that to7/8 and you then said you had been waiting for "that word" to appear and it's a great word, it seemed like that was what you meant.

1:16 pm

BzznBea

i understand that

2:26 pm

BzznBea

nameste

2:30 pm

hokie carla

howdy folks

2:41 pm

hokie carla

ugh, these c's

2:44 pm

hokie carla

phantom commode. do ghost need a commode?

2:46 pm

doseffing

... no ...but the not quite there commodore might

2:46 pm

hokie carla

the comodore might need a comode

2:53 pm

hokie carla

ugh, the M's aren't any better

3:53 pm

ChampFit

FW! My helpful hint is that if you think the word is there but you don't see it, try the same letter from the other side. Several like that today!

4:06 pm

hokie carla

congrats! and yes, already happened with re6 (tv accessory)

6:36 pm

Shellbell_o-well

FourWords! Got all my 4-words!

6:38 pm

Shellbell_o-well

but, onwards...

8:58 pm

maggiej

any hints for ye?

9:28 pm

maggiej

nm

11:01 pm

ursh

.

11:59 pm

Shellbell_o-well

220!

12:00 am

ursh

172

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