Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, October 31, 2018

12:01 am

dcseain

flop

12:05 am

dizgrannie

bottom row done

12:20 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:25 am

cybernan

hi everyone

12:25 am

cybernan

gons

12:29 am

ursh

nasty little grid

12:29 am

ursh

anual

12:29 am

ursh

oops sorry

12:30 am

dizgrannie

FWs...last word no 6/21

12:31 am

dizgrannie

well the 7 is RE

12:33 am

moolingwa

lame word

12:41 am

flosey

just learned a new word - au5 - don't recall ever seeing it

12:47 am

cybernan

*!*~*!* Warning: this grid requires creative thinking

12:48 am

flosey

indeed it does Nan!!

12:48 am

cybernan

good night/morning, everyone :)

1:19 am

dcseain

au5 is a plant hormone that causes the elongation of cells in shoots and is involved in regulating plant growth. But i started out cloning plants, so this word is well within things i already knew. :)

2:09 am

sprite

ugh, a baby babble.
Good morning all!

2:09 am

flosey

good morning Sprite, hope you have a lovely day - I'm off to bed with 12 word to find tomorrow

2:10 am

sprite

sleep well, dear flosey, and pretty dreams.

2:10 am

sprite

phantom: funeral

2:30 am

sprite

fireflies. Short but sweet, took some thinking.
To you all, a blessed day and a peaceful night.
And for my bestie Rose I leave a *hug* in chog to find.

3:21 am

flosey

just back to find last 12 - bingo! so off to bed again - hopefully to sleep

3:22 am

flosey

this grid wasn't as difficult as I anticipated!! feels good

3:22 am

zoozzoom

Congrats, Flosey! 11 to go here.

3:22 am

flosey

thanks, and good luck zooz

3:32 am

zoozzoom

ஜ۩۞۩ஜ F.I.R.E.W.O.R.K.S ஜ۩۞۩ஜ

3:33 am

little mim

well done you

3:35 am

zoozzoom

Thanks, Little Min. Any stats I can give you?

3:36 am

little mim

I have 33 left will just plod on - but thanks anyway

3:36 am

zoozzoom

No worries. Hope you have a lovely day. Toodle pips for now.

4:31 am

LoriP

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6:02 am

Scrabbler

61...hahahaha

6:23 am

rubyfoo

bonjour.

6:24 am

MollyL

Hello Ruby. What a cute Halloween costume. You look just like a Chow. : D

6:24 am

rubyfoo

woof

6:27 am

rubyfoo

My housekeeper says i look like my dog -- but in a good way LOL

6:32 am

MollyL

It's never a diss to be told you look like someone you love.

6:34 am

rubyfoo

He is a magic dog, learns something new every day -- unusual because he's not Young

6:37 am

dan2bit

morning all! middle column done

6:44 am

MollyL

The Amazing 2Bit ladies and gentleman!!!

6:48 am

dan2bit

I like to celebrate my small accomplishments

6:49 am

rubyfoo

see you later.

7:01 am

markbowers7

well...i FINALLY made it to the millionaires' club here in Babble-land

7:04 am

montreal13

wd, welcome to th club Mark !

7:05 am

montreal13

th=the

7:15 am

montreal13

bbl for last 12 - HAGD all - poof

7:39 am

mael

how is unfog not a word?

7:40 am

welki

i tried it, too

7:48 am

72 Temple Owl

hi

7:48 am

72 Temple Owl

how are you today, welk?

7:50 am

bojazz

u is un 4/5

7:54 am

welki

hi owl - doing better, thanks.

7:59 am

mael

ohhh I found the seven.

8:00 am

MollyL

Not sure about unfog. Defog is a word, I think.

8:22 am

MollyL

This is a great grid for Halloween. Unexpected and tricky. : )

8:24 am

hoyamd

pls clue me the f6. i got no time for monkeys

8:26 am

hoyamd

nm got it FW

8:32 am

rubyfoo

lcan't get into my e-mail

8:32 am

rubyfoo

unlet

8:33 am

rubyfoo

sorry

8:37 am

dcseain

Good morning/afternoon yall!

8:57 am

Dianne

Please let me know what the 7 starts with.

9:00 am

dcseain

re7

9:00 am

Dianne

Thanks

9:02 am

Dianne

Got it - thanks again

9:02 am

mkg

tought grid.

9:02 am

dcseain

huh. found it. Looked it up. Learned something. I like that i still learn a lot from this game. :)

9:02 am

dcseain

it is, indeed, mkg

9:02 am

mkg

any clues for the re 7? i thought i had one but didnt work.

9:06 am

mkg

i got it from more words. ty

9:09 am

dcseain

well done, mkg

9:15 am

Judi

Hiyas, kiddos. Yuck. Too many vowels. Dare I proceed?

9:19 am

mkg

and most words are not words i have heard of.

9:24 am

dcseain

huh. the un4 bablet is a sloth :)

9:25 am

Judi

Fascinating.

9:27 am

dcseain

hi, judi. I'm more than halfway. Challenging, but not impossible. the facial hair took me longer than it ought to have. It's amazing what sleep can do.

9:28 am

Judi

Ha. Just found the facial hair and passed halfway too.,

9:29 am

MollyL

Full size candy bars for all the finishers today

9:29 am

MollyL

:D

9:37 am

dcseain

Thanks, Molly! That's an incentive, if ever :D

9:37 am

Judi

Hubby is "working from home" today. Sunny & 67 degrees. Wish I could do that.

9:39 am

MollyL

I love that phrase. "Working from home". Yeah, yeah, we all know what that means. : P

9:40 am

Judi

Yeah. As soon as he's done sleeping, he'll get up. Eat breakfast, feed the dog, etc., etc.

9:40 am

dcseain

no6 forms from 2nd no4

9:45 am

MollyL

I love the sn5/18. People who ordinarily don't cuss use that word all the time, unaware of what they are really saying. : )

9:46 am

Judi

And, it's not really a word, but an anagram. Dammit, Babble doesn't play by the rules!

9:46 am

mixi6

*fouled

9:52 am

mixi6

it is not an anagram. It's an acronym.

9:53 am

Judi

That's what I meant to say. Thank you.

9:56 am

Judi

*** grammar shamed ***

10:18 am

MollyL

Oh no! Now Judi will need to go into therapy because her grammar has been mocked. She could be ruined for life!

10:19 am

MollyL

She might be on Oprah's next episode "Wounded By Grammar Shame". : D

10:29 am

rururocks

or Dr. Phil

10:33 am

IndiaJan

morning! crappy weather here...time for babble

10:35 am

dcseain

firewords :)

10:37 am

Judi

Stuck on the last 2. RE7 and TA4/ (not the Uber).

10:38 am

Judi

Found the Ta4. Uhg.

10:39 am

Judi

I can't stand Oprah or Dr. Phil. But, if I had to choose, Dr. Phil, cause he still has a TV show.

10:41 am

Judi

Fireworks!

10:43 am

Judi

Happy Halloweeny to all who participate! Eat candy and enjoy being a kid again. Times have changed. Parents hover around kids now. I remember going out trick-or-treating by myself when I was about 8 or 9.

10:44 am

Judi

However, I do have one traumatic Halloween experience that is Dr. Phil worthy.

10:44 am

MollyL

Parents really do hover. Kids have no independence.

10:44 am

dcseain

some kids do, but not as many as ought to.

10:47 am

rururocks

what was that judi

10:47 am

Judi

We lived in an apartment for a year while our new house was being built. There were probably 200 apartments in the complex. I was beyond excited that particular Hallows Eve, because I knew I would be getting an enormous amount of candy. So, I put my little costume on (can't even remember what it was), grabbed an old pillow case out of the rag bag and off I went. I collected about 10 lbs worth of candy. My biggest mistake was showing my haul to my mother.

10:49 am

Judi

So, I plunked by hefty pillow case next to my bed and went to sleep - exhausted from my quest to knock on every apartment door. Little did I know...

10:50 am

Judi

During the night, my parents - who I used to trust - entered my room and removed the pillow case and all of its contents! Theft!

10:50 am

rururocks

(waiting)

10:51 am

rururocks

then what?

10:52 am

Judi

I awoke next morning, thinking I'd have a nice chocolate snack before breakfast. I reached down for my pillow case and felt nothing but emptiness and cold air.

10:53 am

rururocks

knows about reaching over to nothing but emptiness

10:54 am

Judi

I trudged to the kitchen where I found my mother and asked, "Did you take my Halloween candy?". "Yes", she replied. "That's too much candy for you."

10:54 am

Judi

Gobsmacked! Outraged! Betrayed!

10:54 am

Deeha

I feel very sad....for both of you!!

10:55 am

Judi

"But that's mine!" I whined. "I want it back!"

10:55 am

Judi

"Nope. Here's what you can have. And don't eat any before breakfast."

10:56 am

Judi

She handed me a lunch bag that was half full (or half empty in my childish point of view) of candy.

10:57 am

Judi

Tears flowed. "Where's the rest of it? There was A LOT MORE!" I wailed.

11:02 am

Judi

Mom was entirely unsympathetic and unmoved by my tears. I was crushed. A few days later, while I was alone in the apartment, I searched high and low. I couln't find a single Smartie or Snickers. I later asked my mom what she did with the candy. "It's not here anymore, so just forget about it.". I never did find out what happened to MY candy. I don't know if she threw it out or gave it to my father to take to work. I was completely demoralized.

11:03 am

Judi

Anyway - time for lunch. See y'all tomorrow! *POOF*

11:04 am

rururocks

(starts writing a Judi Go Fund me page to get candy by tomorrow)

11:05 am

Deeha

Ill contribute to that Ru, does she know how to hang out a story!!!

11:11 am

MollyL

Wow, you can make money for anything at Go Fund Me.

11:15 am

Deeha

its good for bused children like Judi. If that isnt abuse I dont know what is. I'm only surprised she didnt grow up all bitter and twisted --or perhaps she did??!!!!

11:16 am

Deeha

She's not here now so we can talk about her!!!

11:20 am

rururocks

well it does account for her cynical nature ;D

11:22 am

Trifioso

oh my god, I LOVE these kids today!!!! One of the teachers assigned an extra credit assignment -- bring in sanitary supplies for a women's shelter, earn ten points. One of the boys in class was GROUSING about it, saying he would rather DIE than walk through school with such an item (!!!) A quiet teen, who I have really heard speak, sighed, looked up from his book, and dry as toast said "It really is not that hard. You buy a box, put it in a brown paper bag, label it 'definitely not tampons!' and bring it to school." and went back to his reading, whilst I split a gut laughing

11:24 am

rururocks

I think he was stringing you a long trif

11:24 am

Trifioso

lololol

11:25 am

Trifioso

thought that maybe you would be too plugged up to find a pun....should have known you would have found one, after a brief period

11:26 am

rururocks

just trying to pad up the chat with humor

11:26 am

rururocks

or going with the flow so to speak

11:27 am

Trifioso

bloody hilarious

11:29 am

rururocks

funny how these puns keep cycling here :D

11:30 am

Trifioso

and now we all our puns are coming at the same time

11:36 am

rururocks

(trif takes it up another level) :D

11:36 am

MollyL

No more of this menstrual punning. Period!

11:37 am

rururocks

ah.. are you trying to cramp our fun?

11:38 am

rururocks

I was going to give an ovulation to Trif for her last pun

11:39 am

MollyL

But please, lets not have any ovaryacting

11:39 am

mummy

They are making tampons with tinsel instead of string,,, for the Christmas period..

11:40 am

ch1212

(Just came in) LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!

11:40 am

rururocks

Usually I'm fallopian all over myself to get these out

11:42 am

mummy

Why is it that the things women have to endure all start with men, menstruation, menopause,,

11:43 am

rururocks

I never thought of it that way mummy.. very funny

11:44 am

rururocks

it could be because you have to endure men in general

11:46 am

mummy

Men have only two faults, 1, everything they say and 2, everything they do!

11:46 am

ch1212

The derivation of the terms arose during the middle ages as a type of code for women, to educate them about specific times when men would not be able to control their bodies. The modern word 'menstruation' was actually 'men's ruination', and 'menopause' was literally 'men - pause.' .......

11:49 am

mummy

Ok ch1212, didnt know that, but being past both of them am free of the hassle.

11:50 am

ch1212

..... (waiting for the realization I was joking and then the resulting LOL!)

11:51 am

rururocks

I don't know ch12.. it looked plausible to me

11:52 am

ch1212

sorry, I was trying to be funny. Well, at least my husband gets my twisted sense of humor :)

11:53 am

rururocks

well.. if anyone should get twisted humor it is certainly me

11:53 am

mummy

Well it sounded plausible to me too!!

11:54 am

ch1212

There used to be a game where players had to decide if a word was real or not. I was pretty good at convincing the other players whenever I 'explained' the meaning of the fake word.

11:55 am

Trifioso

Margaret Atwood wrote in one of her books "menopause....a pause to reconsider men...." That always made me laugh

11:56 am

ch1212

lol! Love Atwood's writing.

11:56 am

Trifioso

me too! One of my favorite of all time

11:56 am

rururocks

(now wishing some other guys would join the chat)

11:57 am

Trifioso

all this talk of womenly-ness leaving you with egg on your face?

11:57 am

Trifioso

i have greyed the left column - FEAR ME

12:00 pm

rururocks

i'll fear you when you've greyed out the center column

12:00 pm

Trifioso

"Unfog" is totally a word. Had to do it to the windshield this morning

12:10 pm

suefrad625

help with au5 please

12:11 pm

ch1212

uses the high score tile in the middle

12:12 pm

suefrad625

ty

12:12 pm

suefrad625

fo6 for fw please

12:13 pm

Trifioso

fancy way of saying "in utero"

12:13 pm

Trifioso

in america we don't usually have the o in it....

12:13 pm

ch1212

that was my last word too! enemy + first 3 of speak

12:13 pm

suefrad625

ty all

12:14 pm

suefrad625

fw for me and back to work

12:14 pm

suefrad625

fastest puzzle to date

12:14 pm

suefrad625

good day all

12:14 pm

ch1212

have a fun time babbling all! *poof*

12:20 pm

Trifioso

13 left, trying to make it before final bell, lol

12:38 pm

MollyL

*Calling Zack and Screech from "Saved By The Bell" to come to Trif's assistance

12:40 pm

Trifioso

fireworks! woot woot

2:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all. who jinxed us with this little bitty puzzle?

2:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

middle column done woot

3:13 pm

Marc Freeman

no6, please?

3:14 pm

ch1212

being like a person, place, or thing ;)

3:16 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks

3:17 pm

ch1212

*poof* again

3:22 pm

Marc Freeman

fo6, please?

3:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm stuck on that one too

3:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

opening my cheat sheet

3:25 pm

lynxxx

enemy and most of not short

3:25 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

3:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

got it too, tx

3:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

uno

3:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fw

3:35 pm

lynxxx

congrats!

3:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

some pesky little words in there

3:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

tyvm lynxxx!

3:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

off to waste time on other stuff lol

3:37 pm

lynxxx

bye

4:27 pm

jaianniah

Is anyone home??

4:28 pm

jaianniah

Trick or Treat...

4:28 pm

Bethjt

No trick or treat here. Its been pouring rain all day.

4:29 pm

jaianniah

Hi

4:29 pm

jaianniah

It is about to do that here. Where are you?

4:30 pm

Bethjt

Houston

4:30 pm

jaianniah

My sister lives in Sugar Land

4:30 pm

Bethjt

I have 2 large bags of candy. Sigh, I think weight gain is in my future!

4:31 pm

jaianniah

Oh, no!!!♡

4:31 pm

Bethjt

Where are you?

4:32 pm

jaianniah

In PA, north of Philly

4:33 pm

Bethjt

They were just warning about a possible tornado in Missouri City (near Sugarland)

4:33 pm

jaianniah

That front is just west of me. Went down to the river, and ended up with a tick on my back....

4:33 pm

jaianniah

Oh, no again!!

4:34 pm

Bethjt

The storm is moving fast. I'll keep my fingers crossed for your sister!

4:34 pm

jaianniah

It feels really muggy, like it could get nasty.

4:35 pm

Bethjt

Have you had a cold weather yet?

4:35 pm

jaianniah

Bonnie is probably driving home from work right now. I will have to call her.

4:36 pm

Bethjt

Positive wishes for her!

4:36 pm

jaianniah

One night. It was 32. But it is 68 right now.

4:37 pm

jaianniah

No watches or warnings..yet. But the barometer is falling fast.

4:37 pm

Bethjt

This is a weird game today.

4:37 pm

jaianniah

It is also really gloomy. Yes. Bizarre grid.

4:39 pm

Bethjt

We are supposed to get our first cool weather this weekend. I'm ready after months of wet, muggy and hot!

4:41 pm

jaianniah

I used to live in Mississippi. I remember it all too well. Yuck. I am from Illinois.

4:41 pm

Bethjt

Off to feed pups. Have a good one

4:41 pm

jaianniah

U ..2!

4:42 pm

jaianniah

Going into luck mode. If anyone needs clues, Hollar.

5:00 pm

jaianniah

Spoiler Alert: PUN CLUES f for this ridiculous grid. I am only cluing the most bizarre words. 1. "Oh", boy; Frenchh

5:01 pm

jaianniah

Sorry. French water... 2. For

5:04 pm

jaianniah

Ipad malfunction. Ahem. 2. Fo 6 will put you in a bad position... 3. Fo 4 7 the second gives us Happy Days...4. Ha 4 t

5:15 pm

jaianniah

4.Ha 4 5 you are going to hate....5.I cannot think of a pun for this one. It is la 5 and la 6...Hawaiian feast with end consonant. Then plural.. 6. Re 7 sounds like a drug that makes one chill out... I apologize for the breaks in writing. Good luck!

5:16 pm

jaianniah

Most of this grid is (believe it or not) pretty normal words, plus some words commonly seen in Babble.

6:13 pm

penquis

talk about taking the fun out of finding words on your own.....turning off chat to join the lurkers...

6:32 pm

dcseain

Happy Halloween/Samhain! Anyone need any clues?

7:26 pm

Eva

missing final word: sn5/18?

7:29 pm

Eva

got it!

7:42 pm

MollyL

Penquis, I agree with you.

7:51 pm

JenMO16

anyone here?

8:16 pm

dcseain

hi, hi!

8:17 pm

JenMO16

hey dc, just the person I need!

8:18 pm

ellenin

Ok, this grid was both short and weird. Approx. 10+ points per word

8:27 pm

dcseain

I'm happy to help, if needed. BBS, going to go move laundry, just towels, should be quick

8:27 pm

JenMO16

ok

8:30 pm

dcseain

sigh. my bathrobe takes forever to dry. another half hour and check again.

8:31 pm

JenMO16

Someone said you play babble on a tablet?

8:33 pm

dcseain

i don't but others do. in browser. I heard tell of an app from Lickety, but that's all i know.

8:34 pm

JenMO16

Do you know how to get the app from Lickety's?

8:36 pm

dcseain

email him, and . ask. his email is on the babble clues page

8:36 pm

JenMO16

okay thanks

9:09 pm

JeeWhiz

JenMo, I play on a tablet frequently. I just go to playbabble.com.

9:27 pm

helenkeller

Penquis - It heartens me to see you've developed problem solving skills. Good for you!

9:31 pm

dan2bit

evening all! Happy All Hallows Eve!

9:31 pm

dan2bit

could I trouble someone for a fo6 clue

9:36 pm

dan2bit

never mind - I always forget the diphthong

10:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

happy halloween and to all a good night.

10:57 pm

rururocks

Now if only you could ...

11:37 pm

Uneaixoise

Re7 please?

11:39 pm

dcseain

extend the re5 above tt, it's a hormone that's part of delivering a baby.

11:40 pm

Uneaixoise

TX!

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