Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, July 5, 2006

12:00 am

Onpaki

flip

12:00 am

mymuseisme

flipppeeee

12:00 am

libarebel

flipt!

12:00 am

mymuseisme

omggggg!!!!!

12:00 am

mymuseisme

a monster

12:00 am

libarebel

yikes! a monster!

12:01 am

LuwandaHL

flippp!!!! yahoo!!!!

12:01 am

libarebel

gmta, mymuse!

12:01 am

debbinla

flipster - greetings all - happy 4th !

12:01 am

mymuseisme

exactly lib!lol, hi debb

12:01 am

melonheadjujube

ip-flay!

12:02 am

libarebel

hi, debb!

12:02 am

Darci

holy cow this is a huge grid!

12:02 am

LuwandaHL

wow! this scares me!!!!

12:02 am

mymuseisme

hi melon, darci,

12:02 am

LuwandaHL

mass

12:02 am

Onpaki

yes, it is HUGE! i think i'll skip.

12:02 am

debbinla

indeed!

12:03 am

LuwandaHL

oops

12:03 am

melonheadjujube

holy moly!

12:03 am

LuwandaHL

i always do that at the flip. its the moment

12:04 am

babblinanm

ok, i just logged on here for the first time about an hour ago and have spent the last hour madly looking for words and now, that's gone away!! How do I see the "final" tallies or whatever for yesterday's puzzle?

12:04 am

boatierra

Ooo, found a snake, and its plural.

12:05 am

knutmeg

bo7/35, co7/32, ro7/28 all rhyme

12:05 am

boatierra

bras

12:05 am

mymuseisme

thanks knut,
I dont think you can find out babblin

12:05 am

boatierra

Oops, sorry. Wrong box.

12:06 am

babblinanm

It's all just gone?

12:07 am

mymuseisme

yes there is a new grid every day

12:07 am

licketySplitAUS

clues are up! BIG ONE!

12:08 am

debbinla

thanks lickety!!

12:08 am

mymuseisme

thanks lickety

12:08 am

mirandapan

br 8

12:08 am

mymuseisme

it's a monster alright

12:08 am

helenkeller

flip

12:09 am

mymuseisme

hi helen

12:09 am

libarebel

hi, helen!

12:09 am

jean1953

good morning everybody just popped in for five mins before work:)

12:09 am

boatierra

Ooo, second snake. Only in the plural.

12:09 am

helenkeller

hi everyone !!! had a great party, lots & lots of compliments - unfortunately didn't get to finish the grid :(

12:10 am

helenkeller

hiya lib, hiya mymus !

12:10 am

mymuseisme

glad your party went well Helen and you had a good time, that's more important!

12:10 am

helenkeller

how was everyone's holiday ?

12:10 am

Nef

Babblinanm, you can go check the stats on the rankings; but I'm afraid that you won't be listed yet since you just started.

12:11 am

LuwandaHL

hi jean

12:11 am

Nef

I'd like to welcome you to the game anyway. :)

12:11 am

jillibus

hi all - this looks discouraging

12:11 am

LuwandaHL

northern lights

12:11 am

helenkeller

yeah - i went with the 'just throw everything in boxes' plan - i really don't want to have to face the second part of this plan - going through these boxes :(

12:12 am

LuwandaHL

hi jill

12:12 am

flosey

well, first word I typed in was "not found in dictionary" can't believe it

12:12 am

babblinanm

thanks nef - aren't the stats for overall rankings though? Wondering if they do a day ranking

12:12 am

babblinanm

or where I could look to see the words I missed

12:13 am

jillibus

hi flosey - what a welcomeback -- 346 words!!!!

12:14 am

jillibus

sorry, babb, just do your best in the next 23+ hours and forget the last!

12:14 am

Nef

that I don't know babblin; I'm fairly new here myself. I've never noticed the archives button up above chat until just now; maybe that might help?

12:15 am

Nef

Yep! We have 23+ hours to solve each puzzle; then a new one appears!

12:15 am

babblinanm

Thanks jillibus...just let it go!! I'll try and move on!

12:15 am

babblinanm

Hey jillibus, I see you're on Salt Spring, I'm in Victoria. Are there many other BCers on this site?

12:16 am

Gifted5306

bc here ... south east

12:16 am

Gifted5306

bc here ... south east

12:16 am

saintfranny

Good Hell! 346 words???!!!! Well, at the the Number of words I get should go up, if not the percentage. :)

12:16 am

babblinanm

Yeah bc!

12:16 am

jillibus

archives just gives you all the previous chatfor the day, and can provide useful clues

12:16 am

saintfranny

*at least the

12:18 am

jean1953

off to work bbl have a good day everybody:)

12:18 am

mymuseisme

u2 jean!

12:18 am

LuwandaHL

bye jean

12:18 am

jillibus

yes, babb, the bc bunch is growing -- 2 more saltspringers I know of, and other mainlanders who show up form time to time

12:19 am

Blaze

thought I would pop in for a few words... hmmm 346 does seem a bit much....LOL

12:19 am

mymuseisme

lol

12:19 am

jillibus

u2, gifted, bc, eh? Where?

12:19 am

Nef

archives gives the previous chat for the day? I didn't know that! Thanks, Jilli!

12:20 am

jillibus

See? blaze is another bcer

12:20 am

jillibus

See? blaze is another bcer

12:20 am

Kairo

im in northern bc

12:21 am

autumn moon

Richmond

12:21 am

Blaze

I am a mainlander.... vancouver suburb....

12:21 am

jillibus

You can also get there by clicking on that little balloon to the right of "My Friends"

12:22 am

jillibus

Scuse me -- archives gives previous chat for ages -- the ballon just for the day

12:22 am

babblinanm

Hi Blaze - Victoria girl here

12:22 am

mymuseisme

as8

12:24 am

jillibus

Wow! BC out in force!!! Welcome to the nighthawks ;^)

12:24 am

tuco

346 words??!!!!! ay caramba

12:24 am

Euterpe

My thoughts exactly, tuco. Yikes!

12:25 am

Nef

I'm feeling out numbered by the northerners! :)

12:25 am

kalea

se BC here

12:25 am

kalea

se BC here

12:25 am

Blaze

does that as 8 come with a clue ??

12:26 am

invictus

i am in texas...

12:26 am

tuco

I tried assmaster but it didnt work. LOL

12:26 am

mymuseisme

lol

12:26 am

saintfranny

amish is not a word?? weird

12:26 am

Uneaixoise

as6/18 to help, as8/40 helper

12:26 am

jillibus

nef - that must be an unusual experience!

12:28 am

bigbirdboss

hi invictus

12:28 am

Blaze

thank you very much

12:28 am

babblinanm

ty une

12:28 am

jillibus

merci, une

12:28 am

Tiny

Flip Im late Hi everyone

12:28 am

Darci

ok. 129 is all this grid is going to get out of me before bed. maybe i'll give it another go tomorrow after work.

12:28 am

invictus

hi mommy :)

12:28 am

Darci

night all!

12:28 am

mymuseisme

tiny

12:28 am

jillibus

greetings, tiny

12:29 am

Nef

well, it now looks like there is more of us statesiders showing up now

12:29 am

Tiny

greetings jillibus

12:29 am

bigbirdboss

I guess we'll be fighting over this tomorrow nite, huh?

12:29 am

jillibus

invictus, who is mommy?

12:29 am

Nef

they must have been out watching fireworks

12:29 am

Tiny

and mymuseisme

12:29 am

invictus

nope, 3 computers....remember?? :)

12:29 am

bigbirdboss

Me......I'm mommy

12:29 am

invictus

bigbirdboss is my mommy :)

12:30 am

jillibus

sweet

12:30 am

LuwandaHL

lo6 &7 - to find and the person who finds

12:30 am

bigbirdboss

locate

12:30 am

bigbirdboss

oops

12:30 am

LuwandaHL

correct

12:30 am

mymuseisme

ty luwanda

12:30 am

jillibus

locate

12:30 am

LuwandaHL

lol

12:31 am

jillibus

yikes!!!!

12:31 am

Blaze

ha ha... caught in the chat box again...LOL

12:32 am

jillibus

oh well, anything to help the team defeat the 346!

12:32 am

saphyre

hi everyone

12:33 am

Blaze

that's the spirit jilli

12:33 am

mymuseisme

hi saph!

12:33 am

jillibus

hello, saphyre -- some time ago I asked you if the pansy had any special signigicance -- does it?

12:33 am

LuwandaHL

hi saph

12:33 am

saphyre

346 - ughhh

12:34 am

jillibus

*signifigance

12:34 am

melonheadjujube

116 done - 1/3 of the way - that may just have to do - mediocrity will be a reach...

12:34 am

invictus

c 7/32

12:34 am

jillibus

*no, that's not right either, ack

12:34 am

jillibus

melon!!!!!

12:35 am

mirandapan

the br8 is a wor that means having the quality of br***--a metal

12:35 am

saphyre

jill - we are restoring my daughters 1973 vw bug which she named pansy - and it is now the color of this pansy -

12:35 am

helenkeller

broast is not a word - news to me!

12:35 am

LuwandaHL

in cooking it is

12:35 am

jillibus

that's cool, saph!

12:36 am

Blaze

I need someone to pass the champagne and chocolates this is going to be long one.... LOL

12:36 am

helenkeller

i guess the babble gods are vegans!

12:36 am

jillibus

I had broasted oysters on Siesta Key, Fals, years ago

12:36 am

saphyre

the restoration wass her high school graduation gift - unfortunately it's taken a bit longer than anticipated - it should finally be done in the next two weeks after a year of working on it every weekend

12:37 am

jillibus

*Fla (Florida)

12:38 am

jillibus

Mmmm- champagne sounds good, but no vegan here

12:39 am

Uneaixoise

br7/36 flapping in the breeze!

12:39 am

melonheadjujube

wha, jilli? i'm punchy - gotta get up early& get car to shop

12:40 am

melonheadjujube

boast

12:40 am

melonheadjujube

shoot

12:40 am

jillibus

sorry, I'm chatting too much because for me this is a no-hoper. Busy day tomorrow, and after that the beach beckons. Will shut up and try to get a few big words, tho

12:41 am

LuwandaHL

101

12:41 am

Uneaixoise

ca7/32 Xmas singer

12:41 am

jillibus

melon -- I'm just gobsmacked that you have 110+ words already when I have 8 !!!

12:42 am

LuwandaHL

ty uneaixiose

12:42 am

LuwandaHL

gave me 2 more

12:42 am

mymuseisme

ty une!

12:43 am

jillibus

moi aussi, use

12:43 am

LuwandaHL

c5 & 6 = reefs

12:43 am

jillibus

*une

12:43 am

helenkeller

145

12:43 am

Nef

Jilli, you and I chat too much to get that many words in the 1st hour

12:43 am

Uneaixoise

tres bien, jillibus!

12:43 am

Uneaixoise

159 so far . . .

12:44 am

jillibus

too true, nef, but it's fun

12:44 am

LuwandaHL

i'm happy at 105

12:44 am

joey

126 here

12:45 am

saphyre

107

12:45 am

Nef

65 here

12:46 am

Euterpe

Ouch. I'm only up to 66!

12:46 am

invictus

i have 109

12:46 am

erjho

78

12:47 am

mymuseisme

150

12:47 am

harpjane

346 eh? too many for a Wednesday....

12:47 am

jillibus

mish not in dictionary - how about mishmash?

12:47 am

bigbirdboss

131

12:47 am

mustangmichael

can't find the n words in 1st box

12:48 am

Blaze

250 left to go hooray......

12:48 am

LuwandaHL

bo blaze

12:50 am

Nef

oreos aren't in the dictionary either :(

12:50 am

LuwandaHL

i tried that too

12:50 am

melonheadjujube

phantom composer - Brahms - one of my faves

12:51 am

Tiny

300 to go be back later on bye for now

12:52 am

LuwandaHL

bye tiny

12:52 am

jillibus

o hear, I didsay aword - never mind which one

12:52 am

jillibus

mash

12:52 am

jillibus

Naaaahhhh!!!!

12:53 am

LuwandaHL

as - little purple flower

12:53 am

Euterpe

So easy to put that in the wrong box, isnt it? :P

12:53 am

Nef

Jilli, it's funny; did you just apologise BEFORE you spilled the word? :D

12:53 am

Nef

Thanks Luw

12:53 am

Euterpe

Psychic powers, apparently!

12:54 am

LuwandaHL

lol so much i forgot what i was going to type

12:54 am

jillibus

Yes, because of that mish thing before, aarrgghh

12:54 am

Nef

Ah! I didn't scroll back far enough

12:54 am

LuwandaHL

ca rhymes - wheel and pl

12:55 am

melonheadjujube

nite all, i'm fading. laila tov. 194 to go.

12:56 am

mymuseisme

nite melon

12:56 am

Nef

nite melon

12:56 am

joey

nite melon

12:56 am

Uneaixoise

nite, melon

12:56 am

LuwandaHL

nite melon

12:56 am

helenkeller

good nite melon

12:58 am

jillibus

laila tov, melon, from a shiksa

12:59 am

moonriver919

just in case... ca 7/32 yuletide singer

1:01 am

melonheadjujube

'nite - & out.

1:01 am

Uneaixoise

nite, melon

1:02 am

LuwandaHL

br7 - without br4

1:03 am

Uneaixoise

that was my "flapping in the breeze" clue earlier :D

1:03 am

helenkeller

tx luw - what a great idea ! (lso got me to 200)

1:03 am

helenkeller

lol - i didn't get that from yours une :(

1:03 am

joey

thanks for clearing that up, I was thinking of a skirt blowing up and couldn't figure it out 8)

1:03 am

helenkeller

*also*

1:04 am

Uneaixoise

LOL!

1:04 am

joey

sloe

1:04 am

LuwandaHL

gin joe

1:04 am

LuwandaHL

lol

1:04 am

joey

dang it

1:05 am

Euterpe

Hey, Thanks Joey! That got me to 100! :D

1:05 am

LuwandaHL

every little bit helps

1:05 am

joey

glad to help!!

1:06 am

Euterpe

Especially when you have 346 words. Ouch!

1:06 am

LuwandaHL

i was sure someone who behaves like an ass is assish

1:07 am

autumn moon

thought that too. obviously not...Thanks for all the hints!

1:10 am

LuwandaHL

did you get water in the desert?

1:10 am

Uneaixoise

re8/40 one who refuses to give in

1:11 am

Uncagain

lol, I am stumped on the very first word. the aa one

1:11 am

Nef

Luw, I looked and loked and couldn't find mirage! :D

1:12 am

LuwandaHL

:0

1:13 am

LuwandaHL

i'm stumped on re8

1:13 am

joey

aa is a 4 and is a plural, so it is aa and two consonents

1:13 am

Nef

Luw, re 8 circles around...

1:14 am

joey

re ends in a sibling

1:14 am

mirandapan

re--not your brother, but your ******

1:14 am

LHepworth

when does the game end?

1:14 am

Uneaixoise

re6/18 to keep from giving in, re8 person who keeps from giving in

1:14 am

mymuseisme

ty joey!

1:14 am

LHepworth

lace

1:15 am

JenyGirl

I am supposed to telou nice people I am going home now :) Thanks everyone for all your help earlier tonight :)

1:15 am

joey

yvw, glad to help 8)

1:15 am

LuwandaHL

wrong re

1:15 am

Euterpe

Lhep, it tells you how much time is left on the puzzle at the top of the grid. On the right side.

1:15 am

LuwandaHL

thnx all

1:15 am

LHepworth

so youjust play for hours on end?? woah

1:16 am

Euterpe

Well, you can leave and come back. ;) You have an entire day to finish.

1:16 am

Nef

the grid changes each day at midnight US Central time

1:16 am

LuwandaHL

i'm stopping at 125 - gotta meeet with parent's eldercare lawyer to prevent from losing farm to long term health care

1:16 am

LHepworth

interesting

1:16 am

LHepworth

miss

1:17 am

joey

half way there, glad to have made it this far

1:17 am

LuwandaHL

tomorrow not tonite

1:17 am

Nef

Lhep, words need to go in the Other box (but thanks for the help)

1:17 am

Nef

rams

1:17 am

LuwandaHL

nite everyone. have fun babbling

1:17 am

LHepworth

haha yah i realize that, but i always forget to click back in that box before i type a new word

1:17 am

Nef

DRAT!! Now I'm doing it ! SOrry

1:17 am

LHepworth

reer

1:18 am

Euterpe

Like that.

1:18 am

Uneaixoise

night, luwanda!

1:21 am

MVA

too much for me this early, got to go to work

1:21 am

Uneaixoise

210 and back to bed . . . zzzzzzzz

1:23 am

babblinanm

Ok, can someone tell me how else I would spell tassle?

1:23 am

mymuseisme

tassel

1:24 am

babblinanm

oh

1:24 am

babblinanm

nope, that doesn't work either

1:24 am

mymuseisme

the letters have to be adjacent babb

1:25 am

babblinanm

Yes I know

1:26 am

babblinanm

doesn't tassle fit the flow tho?

1:27 am

mymuseisme

yes but if you are thinking of what's on a graduation cap it's tassel and that doesn't fit the flow

1:27 am

yeknomo

re8 - inertia is when something re***** change in movement.... so just add on to that word..

1:27 am

babblinanm

ah ha - got my speller all mixed up

1:32 am

babblinanm

good night all

1:35 am

Nef

why isn't cami a word? we wear them all the time

1:39 am

yeknomo

bo8 - chem term. (or just b4/6 + 2 vowels and a consonant)

1:39 am

Nef

110 words; I need to quit and get some sleep.

1:39 am

Uncagain

I guess for the same reason a priest cant be called a massist

1:39 am

Nef

nite all

1:40 am

yeknomo

oh wait - for bo8 there're two consonants at the end... (plural of bo7)

1:40 am

mymuseisme

nite

1:41 am

SueMagee

Thanks yeknomo.

1:42 am

LHepworth

i do not get how to decipher these clues lol

1:43 am

yeknomo

in what way?

1:43 am

LHepworth

i dont get the bo8 and all that.....lol

1:44 am

yeknomo

yah... haha sorry my bo8 clue is crap

1:44 am

LHepworth

i still dont get clues

1:45 am

yeknomo

like, the numbers? or just the clues

1:45 am

LHepworth

all of it

1:46 am

mab

for example bo8/50 would be a word that begins with b and o, is 8 letters long, and worth 50 points.

1:46 am

mab

does that help

1:46 am

LHepworth

ohh i see

1:46 am

yeknomo

yes

1:46 am

LHepworth

yes that helps lots

1:46 am

rumplestiltskin

Morning all, up for a sec. My My, What a grid today!!!!

1:47 am

MG26!

any clues for the bo8/50 word anyone?

1:47 am

mymuseisme

hey rumple

1:47 am

autumn moon

lhepworth...google babble clues

1:47 am

rumplestiltskin

Hi Mymuseisme, no words yet, still half asleep, 1:47 A.M. here in hot Kansas

1:47 am

mab

mg - I don't know if there is such a word, I just made up an example...

1:47 am

Nef

LHep, go check out lickety's babble clues down under the grid. it helps

1:48 am

mymuseisme

well, I'm ready to go to sleep, catch e1 tomorrow in the log, happy babbling all

1:48 am

mab

Here's a good word if you don't have it already:

1:48 am

Nef

and I AM going to bed now. goodnight!

1:49 am

mab

as8/40 means one who helps

1:49 am

rumplestiltskin

Today I am Count Dracula. Velcome to Castle Dracula. He He He

1:49 am

yeknomo

bo8 - a crystalline cyclic alcohol (used especially for perfumes)

1:51 am

autumn moon

bo 8/50 - how you entered the world (going up on the grid) + 2 vowels and a consonant....not so scientific

1:51 am

yeknomo

sorry...heh

1:52 am

MG26!

ty autumn moon!

1:54 am

jillibus

Off to bed with a magnificent 43 words

1:54 am

saphyre

nite jillibus

2:01 am

yeknomo