Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, December 26, 2019

12:00 am

hurshy

this new one don't look so pretty

12:01 am

hurshy

ok, now, i KNOW simple simon met a pieman

12:02 am

ursh

haha hurshy - was my first try

12:02 am

hurshy

pi7

12:04 am

hurshy

so hard to keep track of which spellings of a cat sound work and which do not

12:05 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! blossom star

12:05 am

dizgrannie

Z's zeroed

12:06 am

hurshy

an7

12:07 am

hurshy

an8

12:07 am

hurshy

pi8

12:07 am

hurshy

didin't think to plural those at first but ya can

12:07 am

dizgrannie

un 7

12:09 am

hurshy

no7

12:16 am

rururocks

mo7

12:17 am

hurshy

nbt, nbs

12:18 am

rbud

mayam? she's a hoot.

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

hurshy

mayim bialik, yes :)

12:19 am

hurshy

i guess these days i should be mentioning big bang theory instead but ahhh blossom :D

12:21 am

hurshy

15 left and i better call it a night

12:21 am

hurshy

ttfn all

12:21 am

rbud

I've never really watched either show, but I follow her on FB and enjoy her writings.

12:21 am

rbud

oops, spelled her name wrong. laters, hurshy! :)

12:34 am

melonheadjujube

mi6/7

12:37 am

rururocks

thanks melon

12:40 am

rururocks

finished.. thankfully

12:43 am

rbud

si6 for the bottom, that took a while to find. And congrats, ru!

12:53 am

rbud

as for Mayim, I saw a thing on FB that she wrote, which led me to take an interest in her, which led to watching a few big bang episodes... but it doesn't really grab me. No idea about Blossom, guess I'm old, haha.

12:59 am

rbud

But I've always had a problem with sitcoms, especially if laugh tracks are involved - have tended to avoid them my whole life. Live audiences only slightly better, really.

2:33 am

Gitel

im

4:50 am

Uneaixoise

Some real doozies in this grid!

5:08 am

Uneaixoise

Clue for mi7?

5:09 am

Scrabbler

Good morning, Une. I will look with you.

5:10 am

Uneaixoise

Tx!

5:11 am

Scrabbler

I am guessing it starts from the right side M and is the prefix mis-

5:12 am

Uneaixoise

Right......

5:12 am

JBV

Bonjour, ladies - i'm up early today, nice to see you, the mi6 is a Hebrew word (not "mis")

5:13 am

Scrabbler

Buon Natale, JBV. I haven't seen you here in a long time.

5:14 am

JBV

Hi Scrabbler, Buon Natale! I Babble every day but at odd times

5:14 am

Scrabbler

mima

5:14 am

Scrabbler

Not a word.

5:14 am

JBV

how are things up north by you? snow?

5:15 am

Scrabbler

Melting snow and heavy fog.

5:15 am

JBV

we've had very mild weather so far, not complaining

5:15 am

Scrabbler

I want snow. Lots of it. I want to snowshoe and XC-ski.

5:16 am

Uneaixoise

Too mild for me.....69 here yesterday!

5:16 am

JBV

wow! that's crazy weather

5:17 am

JBV

the trees start to think it's spring and begin budding

5:17 am

Uneaixoise

Exactly!

5:21 am

JBV

fireworks for me - need any clues before I close?

5:22 am

Scrabbler

No, thanks, JBV. I will tease some more words out, then I need to go to work. I am on call the next 4 nights. Waaaah.

5:22 am

Uneaixoise

Mi7?

5:25 am

JBV

the mi 7 is a plural of the 6

5:26 am

Uneaixoise

Only have one mi6.....to speak wrongly

5:27 am

JBV

the other is a Hebrew york - high point letter in the middle

5:27 am

JBV

hebrew word

5:27 am

JBV

second part sounds like name of presidential candidate Andrew ****

5:29 am

Uneaixoise

Thanks!

5:29 am

JBV

also a homophone of the cartoon characters in Despicable Me

5:30 am

JBV

ok! bye

5:30 am

Uneaixoise

Bye!

5:30 am

Scrabbler

Bye

5:33 am

Uneaixoise

4 to go....

5:33 am

Scrabbler

Go Une, go.

5:37 am

Uneaixoise

Must run....bbl to finish :-)

5:37 am

Scrabbler

Bye

5:44 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway. Bye.

6:21 am

rubyfoo

TOO MUCH PAIN THIS <AM

6:24 am

MollyL

I'm sorry Ruby. I hope the pain medication starts doing it's job soon.

6:34 am

Uneaixoise

So sorry, Ruby :-(

6:53 am

Uneaixoise

First un5/22?

6:55 am

BzznBea

come together, une

6:58 am

LuvWordGames

wow, lots of words that in in the belief suffix

6:59 am

LuvWordGames

that end in the belief suffix

7:00 am

LuvWordGames

any clues needed?

7:03 am

Uneaixoise

Thanks!

7:04 am

Marc Freeman

an7, please?

7:07 am

BzznBea

giving human feelings to unhuman things

7:07 am

LuvWordGames

starts out like a creature and ends in the belief suffix

7:15 am

Marc Freeman

thanks

7:27 am

MollyL

Hi Bea, how was your feast?

7:34 am

BzznBea

It was wonderful! So much food we didn't get to the cheesecake.

7:34 am

BzznBea

I'm sure yours was delicious.

7:37 am

MollyL

Ooo, I have been thinking about a different dessert for Christmas. Maybe I will do cheesecake next year. We had a great dinner and a lot of fun with a riddle trivia game afterwards.

7:59 am

Judi

Good morning, all.

8:08 am

Marc Freeman

py7, please?

8:10 am

Judi

First 4 of keyboard instrument + syndrome ending.

8:11 am

MollyL

py + two vowels + Mama ___! (ABBA musical)

8:11 am

Judi

And it's plural for the 8.

8:12 am

Marc Freeman

thanks

8:33 am

Judi

Firebirds!

8:33 am

Judi

Man, it sucked having to come back to work the day after Christmas. * pouty face *

8:34 am

Judi

And now I'm bored because the grid was too small today.

8:35 am

Judi

I should have said "its plural". Pardon my apostrophe.

8:54 am

mkg

confused: py +2 vowels and then the musical instrument??

8:55 am

mkg

nm got it finally. ty

9:02 am

mkg

any clues for the bottom row i word? ty

9:03 am

mkg

nm just got it. outch.

9:03 am

mkg

ouch. sorry to have asked.

9:08 am

dan2bit

morning all! happy boxing day

9:08 am

MollyL

Ooo, boxing day. Time to get the Rock'em Sock'em Robots out.

9:10 am

mkg

i am struggling with that mi 6 hebrew word. i get the middle high point letter but not much else. mi and then ?

9:11 am

mkg

the high point letter i assume is the one in 5th column?

9:14 am

mkg

boxing day is after xmas? does that me to box up all the gifts or ??????????

9:15 am

dan2bit

traditionally, it's when the servants who worked Christmas Day got the day off and took their boxes of leftovers home from the wealthy's feasts

9:16 am

MollyL

Mi6...number of persons required to be present for a Hebrew service

9:16 am

MollyL

The high point letter is not in the fifth row

9:18 am

dan2bit

mi6 can end in either the corner or the center, mkg, if that helps

9:18 am

dan2bit

oh strike that, it *uses* both the center and the corner

9:19 am

dan2bit

<-- long day yesterday, need more coffee. miss2bit made out like a bandita

9:19 am

MollyL

I must be blind, I only see it ending in the corner

9:19 am

dan2bit

not you, Molly, me ;-)

9:19 am

MollyL

Oh good, not blind : D

9:21 am

MollyL

I always think of the mi6/7 as the ten men needed at a funeral

9:36 am

dan2bit

who did simple si5 meet if not a pieman?

10:19 am

aebmusica

im5/12...clue please

10:23 am

aebmusica

nvm

10:27 am

rubyfoo

Sorry about this Morning but I couldn't move. OK now, though. I won't do that again

10:48 am

ALC

word before an acid

10:48 am

ALC

moan

10:58 am

Dianne

Help with the si6 - please.

11:01 am

wvteach

add another letter after man's name

11:02 am

Dianne

Thank you.

11:24 am

dan2bit

firewords! thanks lickety and Molly and all cluers

11:55 am

marksdolly

Fireworks!! yay!!

2:21 pm

PMS

an

2:31 pm

dcseain

oh, those PY words are twisty

4:18 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help wth bottom S pls

4:18 pm

periwinkle

tough grid for me

4:19 pm

toadandtoadette

SI 6, 27

4:19 pm

toadandtoadette

male name + the sometimes vowel (actually my son's name)

4:19 pm

periwinkle

I need that one too toad

4:20 pm

periwinkle

ok got it ty

4:38 pm

toadandtoadette

exactly halfway done, going to the list

4:44 pm

Douglas

Are you dears finding this grid to be rather cruel?

4:51 pm

toadandtoadette

yes

4:56 pm

Douglas

High BPW (Babblets Per Words)

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

I cannot figure out that si6 that starts with a male name?

5:07 pm

lil*monkey

oh dam, never mind! I got it! Mr. Cowell with a sometimes vowel.

5:11 pm

LadyFeline

To Douglas: Absolutely, yes, I am.

5:14 pm

Douglas

With quite a bit of help from morewords, I have reached NBT-2, having exactly 2 from each tile with at least two words, and all the words from all the rest.

5:15 pm

lil*monkey

pieman is NOT a word? That! is! LUDICROUS!

5:15 pm

Douglas

My name is im5 Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die. Wait, that didn't come out right.

5:39 pm

Dorens

pieman is not a word no matter how you slice it

5:41 pm

MollyL

A la mode, Dorens...a la mode

5:43 pm

rururocks

i'd have commented but my humor has been a little crusty lately

5:44 pm

MollyL

I guess Douglas watched the chemistry version of The Princess Bride.

5:44 pm

MollyL

Ru, that is because you are flaky

5:47 pm

rururocks

I'm changing my name to the Count of Monte Crisco

5:49 pm

rururocks

i guess we've run the gallette of pie jokes

5:55 pm

hokie carla

This had all the ingredients for a good pun thread

5:56 pm

MollyL

3.14159265359

5:59 pm

MollyL

Temperatures predicted to be in the 50's and 60's all week. Whee!

6:03 pm

hokie carla

The mountain I drove up today - that we used to call “Snowy Mountain” when the kids were small - was 63 at the top. Crazy warm for the day after Xmas.

6:04 pm

JaxH66

Clue for an5 please

6:04 pm

JaxH66

NM found it

6:06 pm

MollyL

We have had warm temperatures in December before. But I'm now waiting for the global warming people to chime in. Someone here actually posted "merry impeachmas" yesterday. How festive.

6:08 pm

hokie carla

Is this grid hard or am I just not trying? Is 59 left too early to go to list?

6:08 pm

hokie carla

And yes, we’ve had warm temps in winter before, esp. in NC.

6:14 pm

MollyL

I have no use for grids like this with weird ass words in them.

6:14 pm

JaxH66

No I’ve listed at about that point. The words are really hard to see today

6:15 pm

MollyL

I don't have any "rules" about consulting the list. I go there when I stop seeing words that make sense.

6:16 pm

hokie carla

I don’t really either. Would like to get halfway usually but I don’t always

6:21 pm

hokie carla

Well, I buckled down and made it to 49

6:22 pm

hokie carla

50!

6:25 pm

MollyL

Morewords, the list, asking for clues, it's all part of getting help instead of finding the words yourself.

6:27 pm

hokie carla

I do try to find as many as I can, then go to the list, then as last resort ask for clues. Then last last resort, look it up. I pretend like I am learning them for next time.

6:29 pm

MollyL

Everyone has their own way of playing. I just laugh when people who have asked for clues all day long say that they finished without the list. Help is help.

6:33 pm

grannyrose

cooee and g'day from me. i emailed flosey on the 17th. haven't heard from her. does anyone have any idea where or how she is? she was 87 when i last looked.

6:34 pm

hokie carla

How do they even know what to ask for if they don’t have the list? I would even argue that getting clues that spell out the words are more help than just knowing the word exists from seeing it on the list. I don’t care how people want to play, but agree - don’t pretend like you didn’t have help.

6:34 pm

hokie carla

Have not seen her, grannyrose

6:35 pm

grannyrose

oh, lord, carla... i need all the help i can get...lolll

6:36 pm

JaxH66

I’m always really grateful for all of the help that’s given and really appreciate it. I get much further into the grid with it. I always check back in the chog for clues given earlier. There are always words in every grid that I’ve never come across before.

6:36 pm

grannyrose

ruru ?? did you see my new FB pic?

6:37 pm

grannyrose

ditto Jaxx.

6:38 pm

hokie carla

BBL

6:40 pm

MollyL

So as not to be misunderstood, I am sure people are grateful for helpful clues. And then there are those who don't care for unsolicited clues in chat, because they are trying to find words on their own. Like I said before, everyone plays in a different way. And that is great.

6:45 pm

JaxH66

I don’t like clues that basically spell out the word for you. I’d much rather have a clue to the meaning of a word that I then need to go and find. It’s hard to get the balance right sometimes. There’s no answer really other than not having the chat open if you don’t want any clues.

6:45 pm

MollyL

I agree. I turn the chat off when there are a lot of clues flying.

6:49 pm

grannyrose

but sometimes the meaning of a word cannot be found. then things become a little tricky if a clue is needed.

6:51 pm

jwr

Jax, thoroughly agree. To spell out a word is not a clue, it is the word itself. And, yes, I always work the grid to the best i can and then check the chat - both for news and a few clues.

6:52 pm

JaxH66

Agree grannyrose but sometimes some quite common words are spelt out.

6:56 pm

jwr

Last gripe (for now), declaring Enable is nuts or there is no such word or how silly it is instead of looking it up themselves and finding out there are more definitions of the word or that people elsewhere or elsewhen used it commonly.

7:55 pm

rururocks

I have written to flosey twice gr. No response

7:55 pm

rururocks

Yes i saw the facebook photo

7:56 pm

rururocks

A huge group

7:59 pm

hokie carla

Well, I made it to 11 left with the list. It is not helping that I could fall asleep any second.

7:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

stats for top e please?

8:00 pm

grannyrose

eu4/5 TO

8:00 pm

hokie carla

I also dislike playing on my iPad

8:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks, rose

8:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

doh!

8:02 pm

grannyrose

ruru, and that's just the kids. add another 9 for siblings and spouses....

8:03 pm

grannyrose

eldest son and family joined in for the first time. he was very happy, and kept saying this is what christmas should be. i think he had forgotten the closeness of our family unit.

8:06 pm

bichon

mi6/27, pls

8:10 pm

grannyrose

hebrew, the number of males required to have a communal religious service....mi 6/27

8:11 pm

nrkii

hello all... may I please ask for a nudge on the py7? I've been struggling with it for 30 minutes and it appears my monkeys have abandoned me

8:14 pm

grannyrose

diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria circulating in the bloodstream. if that doesn't help, come back and i'll clue it differently.

8:15 pm

nrkii

got it, thanks

8:15 pm

nrkii

"diseased state" told me the end, which was all I needed :)

8:15 pm

grannyrose

yw

8:37 pm

rolotom

UWU

8:38 pm

rolotom

p

8:58 pm

bichon

mi6/27, pls last one

9:00 pm

grannyrose

okay, you didn't find it from my definition at 8:10?

9:00 pm

grannyrose

oh different mi6. ends with another word for to speak

9:01 pm

bichon

tyvm rose

9:06 pm

grannyrose

yvw

9:07 pm

rolotom

clued at 8:10

9:11 pm

grannyrose

tom, two mi6/27. :-)

9:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

un 7 pls?

9:27 pm

bichon

some people wear them to work

9:28 pm

rururocks

underwear

9:28 pm

rururocks

damn it

9:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh good grief! ty!

9:32 pm

bichon

yw Owl

9:33 pm

bichon

vi6/30, pls

9:41 pm

LuvWordGames

Vi 6/30 vi* and vigor + opp. Of out + vowel

9:42 pm

bichon

ty Luv

10:35 pm

Minveryork

Hello all!Anybody here to help me with my last 10 words

10:37 pm

torgone

I'll do what I can, Min .. I need 2 ..

10:38 pm

Minveryork

Hello torgone! Thanks for coming to my rescue. ma6/30.

10:39 pm

Minveryork

Never mind! I just found that ma 6/30 word. Thank you!

10:39 pm

Minveryork

torone,do you have the mo6/24 and mo 7/36 words yet?

10:43 pm

torgone

mo6 =beginning of "single" prefix + suffix meaning theory ..

10:44 pm

Minveryork

Thanks torgone for the 2 mo clue.I just found the words.

10:44 pm

torgone

Do you have the second mi5?

10:45 pm

grannyrose

mo6. in metaphysics any theory holding that there is one basic substance or principle.

10:45 pm

Minveryork

No I don't have second mi5.Was just about to ask U for it

10:45 pm

Minveryork

Hi grannyrose! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid.

10:46 pm

grannyrose

mi5. sounds like a very deep gorge.

10:47 pm

grannyrose

hey min. not too bad. weather starting to 'get' to me.unable to sleep properly anyway because pain levels have gone through the roof.

10:47 pm

Minveryork

mi5/14 is mi + a muscle sp*** torgon.Thank U grannyrose

10:49 pm

Minveryork

M's Manipulated! 4 left

10:51 pm

Minveryork

N's Numbered! 2 left

10:52 pm

Minveryork

I am finished! I have fireworks!pi8/50 was my last word.

10:52 pm

Minveryork

Will be here for the next 30 minutes of clues are needed

10:55 pm

grannyrose

how are you doing min?

11:01 pm

Minveryork

I am doing well. Had a terrific Christmas w/family in VT.

11:01 pm

Minveryork

Hope you had a very nice holiday in the land down under

11:03 pm

grannyrose

i did thanx min. if you have an FB account look for me. i posted a pic of just the kids and their kids there. with their permission of course. we had a family picnic in a park Boxing Day. 26 people... we had a wow of a time.

11:05 pm

grannyrose

my husband never ceases to be in awe of the fact that such a large family gets along with each other so well.i used to think we were the norm but he says no.

11:06 pm

grannyrose

min, did you have far to travel to be with your family?

11:07 pm

Minveryork

I drove about 4.5 hrs to Vermont. Not a very long drive.

11:08 pm

Minveryork

My dog was my co-pilot.It's a good thing my dog does not drive. He falls asleep every time we go to VT. Not a very good co-pilot, if you ask me, but always enjoy company

11:10 pm

grannyrose

lolll... sleeping on the job was he. but seriously, glad he is such a good passenger. some dogs become very ill traveling.

11:11 pm

Minveryork

He goes back and forth between the back seat and front seat.He has always been great in the car w/no problems

11:56 pm

Minveryork

Any guesses on the next grid size? My guess is 105 words.

11:58 pm

harpjane

222

11:58 pm

grannyrose

950

11:58 pm

harpjane

a pox on you, gr!

11:58 pm

grannyrose

ROFLOLLLL

11:58 pm

Rainiqui

42,000

11:59 pm

grannyrose

just the one pox, jane?

11:59 pm

Rainiqui

what can I say - it's my favourite number

12:00 am

grannyrose

rain, we would still be here next blue moon

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