Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, January 16, 2020

12:01 am

torgone

Eep ..

12:02 am

Bugsaw

couldn't have said it better, torgone

12:04 am

movieman

ge9

12:04 am

broll

in 7

12:05 am

Bugsaw

ty movieman

12:06 am

gapeach

Thanks movieman.

12:08 am

Lizlin

gr 7

12:10 am

jessmom

en11

12:11 am

movieman

ty jess

12:11 am

jessmom

yw

12:11 am

jessmom

en8

12:11 am

dizgrannie

omg just got the 1

12:11 am

movieman

128 points straight off the bat!!!!!

12:12 am

dizgrannie

oopsie 11

12:12 am

Lizlin

Thanks for the en 11 :)

12:13 am

jessmom

yw

12:15 am

Lizlin

Must stop trying ginger!

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

gapeach

Thanks jess

12:19 am

jessmom

yw peach

12:20 am

Rainiqui

je 7

12:23 am

jessmom

re7

12:24 am

Lizlin

Just beat me to it, Jess

12:25 am

jessmom

:)

1:07 am

hurshy

can't find that gr7

1:08 am

hurshy

does it go with a gr5? cause i'm down to two G, a 5 and the gr7, be nice if they are a pair

1:12 am

marksdolly

think of war ammo

1:13 am

marksdolly

for the 7

1:13 am

marksdolly

but the 5 and 7 are not connected

1:14 am

marksdolly

jeon

1:14 am

hurshy

mk thanks :)

1:14 am

marksdolly

yw

1:16 am

hurshy

ps you might need to re-enter that je4 lol

1:17 am

marksdolly

lol ty, caught it

1:19 am

marksdolly

fireworks yay!

2:26 am

Marc Freeman

ge5/30, please?

2:52 am

JaxH66

Stats for the lone o please

2:54 am

Karys

og4/6

2:54 am

JaxH66

Thanks

3:08 am

Karys

yw

3:52 am

mattygroves

Ooop - I got the 8, 9 and 11 on my own. Woop!

3:54 am

mattygroves

No 7s yet though

3:54 am

mattygroves

And I now have a 7. Isn't this a thrilling thread ;)

4:33 am

MollyL

Ah, the Babble diet continues.

4:39 am

Uneaixoise

Clue for en11 please?

4:40 am

deanoz

une> do you have the ge6 and 9?

4:41 am

Uneaixoise

Yes

4:42 am

deanoz

then prefix your heart out!

4:42 am

rolin

une.. prefix+m or f+gerund

4:42 am

Uneaixoise

Got it!!!

4:42 am

Uneaixoise

Tx!

4:53 am

Soodle

You still here Mattie?

4:53 am

mattygroves

Yarp!

4:53 am

mattygroves

Two words left :)

4:54 am

Soodle

I will be having afternoon tea in Windsor on Saturday. (Not the castle- the town).

4:54 am

mattygroves

Oh! As it happens, I need to visit either Windsor or Staines this weekend....

4:55 am

mattygroves

We could make something happen...

4:55 am

mattygroves

If you have time

4:55 am

Soodle

Windsor is roughly halfway between where my son & daughter live,

4:56 am

mattygroves

Where do you son and daughter live?

4:56 am

Soodle

Not this time, sadly. I'll be getting my Gramma fix. 😍

4:56 am

mattygroves

Ah, fairy nuff.

4:57 am

Soodle

Paul is in Chatham, Kent & Sarah is in Swindon

4:57 am

mattygroves

Where do your kids live? I'll be visiting Australia in May or June as my daughter will be giving birth to my first granddaughter (first grandchild full stop)

4:58 am

Soodle

How exciting!! Our little fella is 7 months, 6 teeth & crawling. He is a pure delight.

4:59 am

mattygroves

Quite the schlep for both of them, but Windsor is fun. I think, though, the M4 may be shut nearby for bridge works (I'll check) so they should leave early!

5:00 am

Soodle

Well - I'll let them worry about that. I'm just the passenger!!!

5:05 am

mattygroves

Yes, the M4 will be closed in both directions between junction 6 and junction 8/9.

Drivers will be diverted during the full closure from Friday, January 17 night until Monday, January 20 morning.

5:06 am

mattygroves

Ah, so you're not meeting them there, but rather going with them?

5:10 am

mattygroves

FW! Enjoy your time in Windsor with the family x

6:18 am

Uneaixoise

En6 please?

6:22 am

Uneaixoise

Last word.....

6:30 am

godthaab

A nonet

6:45 am

Uneaixoise

Fw!!!

7:11 am

LuvWordGames

geez it's feast or famine with these grids lately :-(

7:15 am

worzel

seriously? There's an 11 letter word in this grid?

7:16 am

LuvWordGames

small but powerful grid I guess

7:33 am

LuvWordGames

gr 7/40 please?

7:36 am

hokie carla

well, looks like enable still has the n word

7:38 am

MollyL

And a host of other racial slurs, and will continue to say they are valid words. Because they are. Are they nice words? No, but they are words.

7:38 am

hokie carla

luv, a weapon thrown by hand

7:38 am

LuvWordGames

thanks carla....looking

7:39 am

BzznBea

Morning, friends

7:39 am

hokie carla

morning bea

7:39 am

LuvWordGames

Hi Bea

7:39 am

hokie carla

thank you, luv - I didn't have any 7s until you made me look :D

7:40 am

LuvWordGames

always happy to help lol

7:41 am

hokie carla

now I have the Bruno Mars song stuck in my head

7:41 am

LuvWordGames

and fireworks for me, any clues needed

7:42 am

hokie carla

not yet, thanks

7:42 am

hokie carla

just found another 7, my favorite card playing word

7:43 am

hokie carla

I mean, the word itself doesn't play cards

7:43 am

LuvWordGames

ok HAGD everyone

7:43 am

hokie carla

you too

7:44 am

hokie carla

thesauras man in the house again

7:49 am

BzznBea

Well, this isn't going well...

7:49 am

hokie carla

not at all

7:49 am

hokie carla

I have passed halfway at least, 27 left and not moving

7:53 am

hokie carla

found the 8 accidentally

7:54 am

hokie carla

that led to the 11

7:55 am

MollyL

Carla is pulling a Hurshy

7:56 am

BzznBea

I was looking at it when you spoke...

7:56 am

MollyL

Serendipitous

7:57 am

hokie carla

I want goon to be there but it just isn't

7:57 am

BzznBea

Neither is gonad...

7:57 am

hokie carla

and I don't know how there's still 8 g's left for me to find

7:59 am

hokie carla

gonad(s) is one of those words that I see in the grid a lot but it's never actually there.

8:00 am

hokie carla

(cue ruru)

8:00 am

BzznBea

Got the 9 so I'm at NBS but still don't have NBT...

8:01 am

hokie carla

ooh, just found the a for nbt, but don't have the 9

8:02 am

hokie carla

bottom row is done

8:02 am

BzznBea

Look at your 11.

8:03 am

hokie carla

got it, thanks

8:03 am

hokie carla

was going about it wrong

8:04 am

hokie carla

right 2 columns grayed ;)

8:06 am

hokie carla

ooh, another 7

8:07 am

hokie carla

down to 15

8:13 am

hokie carla

top row grayed out!

8:16 am

BzznBea

I've grayed all the vowels...

8:17 am

hokie carla

still have 2 e's that are stubborn. down to 11. probably going to the list.

8:17 am

bichon

ri 6/33, ps

8:17 am

hokie carla

someone did something to the sails on a boat

8:18 am

bichon

ty carla

8:19 am

hokie carla

ty, that actually helped me find a word using that ending

8:21 am

hokie carla

oh well, made it to 10 which is pretty good for me sans list.

8:25 am

hokie carla

fireworks! at least the last 10 were words I had to work to get and not ones I should have seen. TTFN!

8:26 am

BzznBea

Congrats, CArla.

8:34 am

Judi

Good morning, all.

8:35 am

BzznBea

Morning, Judi.

8:35 am

MollyL

Judi is here. Somebody tap the keg.

8:35 am

penquis

*tap, tap, tap*....

8:35 am

penquis

i was hoping for a big grid on this snow day.... :o(

8:36 am

Judi

* waves away keg * Had a meal that didn'

8:36 am

Judi

didn't agree with me last night. Passing on most food this a.m.

8:38 am

MollyL

*Orders saltines and ginger ale for Judi

8:38 am

wvteach

stats for bottom corner A pls

8:39 am

BzznBea

ae5/10

8:40 am

MollyL

Oh lucky you Pen (dripping with sarcasm) Snow today and a bigger storm on the way

8:40 am

BzznBea

How's your weather up there, Molly?

8:41 am

wvteach

thnx bzz

8:41 am

MollyL

Windy but nice today. We have some kind of wintry mix on the agenda for Saturday.

8:42 am

BzznBea

yw, wv.

8:42 am

BzznBea

Enjoy the nice weather today, then. =)

8:47 am

MollyL

At least the crappy weather is for a weekend day so I can stay home and make some soup. : D

8:47 am

Judi

* holds out bowl for soup *

8:47 am

BzznBea

Always a silver lining...

8:47 am

phaeton

hello...hint for the en8 pls

8:48 am

BzznBea

en + sex

8:48 am

BzznBea

As in male or female

8:48 am

phaeton

ty Bea

8:49 am

BzznBea

My work here in done. =) Until next time...

8:49 am

Judi

Work intrudes. Off I go.

9:35 am

MollyL

If Ru were here, we would have had "enboinking...damn"
: D

9:57 am

Tnarg

regni

10:08 am

Tnarg

Clue for re5/12, anyone?

10:10 am

marilyn992

re + Mr Rather

10:12 am

Tnarg

TYVW

10:17 am

MummyBear

need

10:17 am

MummyBear

so

10:17 am

MummyBear

sorry

10:17 am

MummyBear

oops

10:18 am

MummyBear

sorry

11:44 am

bichon

in 7/36, pls

11:53 am

Aloyisius

a math term that refers to a whole number, bichon... not a fraction

11:53 am

Aloyisius

my internet is way too slow today.. I'm poofing

12:01 pm

bichon

ty Aloy

12:09 pm

clg47

TY Aloyisius

12:17 pm

turqaz

help pls with ge 6/30? it's my last word. I guess I haven't tried everything.

12:18 pm

bichon

g + two vowels + gerund ending

12:18 pm

bichon

gr 5/18, pls

12:19 pm

turqaz

gr + vowel + move

12:19 pm

turqaz

and ty bichon

12:22 pm

turqaz

gr + vowel, and don't pass **

12:26 pm

bichon

ty turqaz

12:26 pm

turqaz

yw

12:28 pm

turqaz

fw! anyone want clues b4 i go?

12:31 pm

magpie7

last je4 please?

12:32 pm

turqaz

je + ** and off

12:32 pm

magpie7

thanks. that's new to me.

12:33 pm

turqaz

yw

12:34 pm

turqaz

I'm off to run errands for a sick friend. hagd, and don't forget your scottish-english dictionary

12:48 pm

bichon

re 5/14, pls

12:52 pm

EvaNadine

ruling period

12:57 pm

bichon

ty EvaN

1:03 pm

bichon

gr 7/40, pls [last word]

1:10 pm

MollyL

A weapon you throw with your hand

1:11 pm

bichon

tyvm Molly

1:12 pm

EvaNadine

hints for the 9 and 11?

1:24 pm

sukee

the Ge 9/84 starts with sex ends with gerund

1:25 pm

sukee

the EN 11/128 ads a prefix to it

1:30 pm

EvaNadine

TY -- i had the EN8, but hadn't thought to make them gerunds!

1:31 pm

sukee

yw

1:35 pm

MollyL

Gerund is the word of the day.

1:35 pm

EvaNadine

is today international gerund day or something?
hehe

1:36 pm

dan2bit

it's.... trending

1:37 pm

EvaNadine

:facepalm:

1:37 pm

MollyL

Go run some errands and find your gerunds

1:38 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

1:41 pm

EvaNadine

hello nan!

1:42 pm

EvaNadine

hints for the O?

1:43 pm

cybernan

stats for the a please?

1:43 pm

EvaNadine

AE 5/10

1:44 pm

cybernan

og 4 - architectural feature

1:44 pm

cybernan

ty eva

1:45 pm

EvaNadine

TY -- a common babblet.
id forgotten all about it, having not played for a while!

1:45 pm

EvaNadine

TY nan

1:58 pm

EvaNadine

hints for the EN 6/21?
for fireworks?

2:00 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone

2:01 pm

cybernan

en + peruse a book but change first letter

2:03 pm

EvaNadine

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*FIREWORKS!!!!!!!*~*~*~*~\n*~*~*~

2:10 pm

MollyL

Ooo, Eva got so excited she almost blew the chat

2:36 pm

MummyBear

reed

2:36 pm

MummyBear

sorry

2:36 pm

MummyBear

:)

3:29 pm

pippingeek

can anyone clue the first ge5/14?

3:30 pm

kje

a classification... of art, or books, etc

3:30 pm

pippingeek

omg, ty

3:30 pm

kje

yw

3:30 pm

pippingeek

6 more and I am struggling

3:31 pm

pippingeek

j's and n's, sigh

3:31 pm

kje

congrats on nursing school - this coming march or last march?

3:32 pm

pippingeek

thank you! this coming march. 51 more days of work, then a holiday trip, then I start a week later. Very excited

3:39 pm

Soodle

Irrelevant to my Babble addiction, but, today I got a hearing aid. TV volume reduced from 55 to 20 & no need for subtitles. Mind. Blown.

3:39 pm

pippingeek

2 left. I will find these bastards!

3:42 pm

pippingeek

fireworks! just had to use my no6 to find them :D

3:42 pm

Soodle

Well done Pipp.

3:46 pm

pippingeek

yay, i finally did something right today!

4:54 pm

Trifioso

hello

5:02 pm

rolotom

Going on record here that I think racial slurs should not be included in the puzzle

5:14 pm

MollyL

That is interesting. Many other people say the same thing. And yet they often use the word "poof" which is a slur in regards to gay males. The thing is, words are just words. They are only "bad" if they are used with a mean intention. Which they are not in a word game, or when people here say "poof" for "I'm leaving"

5:20 pm

rolotom

Thanks Molly, but the word in this grid does not have any other significant meaning.

5:21 pm

rolotom

That I am aware of, anyway.

5:24 pm

lil*monkey

I agree with you, rolotom

5:26 pm

rolotom

<3

5:31 pm

JaxH66

I agree. I tried the word with trepidation in the hope it wouldn’t be accepted and was disappointed it was 😞

5:32 pm

MollyL

I respect the right for anyone to have their own opinion. A dictionary or word list is an accumulation and definitions of words. Those things include words that may be offensive to some.

5:36 pm

JaxH66

It’s a shame the dictionary used isn’t updated. It’s frustrating when so many words that are now in common usage aren’t accepted but that’s the game and we can accept it as it is or choose not to play so I’m accepting it and carrying on playing

5:40 pm

rolotom

Does anyone know if it would be possible to change the dictionary that feeds this?

5:44 pm

MollyL

This site is free now. I doubt the owner would want to go to the expense of upgrading it.

5:45 pm

rolotom

That is a good point Molly.

5:46 pm

toadandtoadette

good point but a sad point. this game could be so much more.

5:49 pm

toadandtoadette

honestly I see this as an app that would have a big following. HOwever, the small community that has been built and is continuing even 12 years after I started playing would be ruined

5:53 pm

MollyL

Why would it be ruined?

5:54 pm

toadandtoadette

too many more people would be involved

5:54 pm

MollyL

And I don't see it working as a phone app. It is very hard to play this game on the tiny screen of a phone

6:34 pm

penquis

hello .... can someone please clue the gr 7?

6:38 pm

NatashaW

it explords when you pull the pin

6:38 pm

NatashaW

oops, that was meant to be 'explodes'

6:38 pm

penquis

ah....a real word....ty....i am done...

6:40 pm

periwinkle

hi all. Does any one here watch Jeopardy? Periwinkle was one of the answers tonight and none of the contestants knew the answer but I did :-)

6:41 pm

NatashaW

I watched a couple of weeks ago during the Ken Jennings face-off with the other 2 "best ever" players and was astounded - NONE of them knew the term 'keylogger'

6:44 pm

penquis

go peri! ... I do watch it but I am behind....i record it....

6:44 pm

periwinkle

they were shown a picture of the flower and the shell

6:45 pm

periwinkle

I have fw so I am going byee

6:45 pm

penquis

i am no gardener, but the color might have led me to guess periwinkle.... ;o)

6:45 pm

penquis

bye peri...

7:08 pm

penquis

heading out....goodnight all...

7:18 pm

NatashaW

We keep losing power here (just outside DC) due to wind. The gusts are impressive! But it's freaking out our poor doggie

7:19 pm

NatashaW

Anyway, right now we have power again so I'm trying to finish before it blows away again

7:42 pm

origami

Hello!

8:04 pm

NatashaW

Hi origami!

8:05 pm

NatashaW

Just finishing up here... 2 left

8:06 pm

NatashaW

Done.

8:06 pm

NatashaW

Have a good evening all

8:07 pm

origami

Nice Natasha

8:07 pm

dan2bit

bye Natasha

8:09 pm

dan2bit

can I have a clue for the ge6 that doesn't feature in the 8, 9 & 11 ?

8:10 pm

rururocks

rhymes with urinating

8:10 pm

dan2bit

oh duh, I was trying from the wrong g

8:10 pm

dan2bit

thanks ruru!

9:26 pm

Minveryork

Hello to my fellow babblers! How's everyone doing today

9:26 pm

Minveryork

By the way,congratulations to all the finishers!Way to go

9:27 pm

Marc Freeman

Could I get some help with ge6/30 and en6/21, please?

9:27 pm

Minveryork

E's Electrocuted! 4 left

9:28 pm

Minveryork

en 6/21 word is a group of 9 persons or things or a nonet

9:30 pm

Minveryork

ge6/30 word is g + 2 vowels + gerund ending and hi Marc

9:31 pm

Minveryork

G's Gotten! 3 left

9:31 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks for the ge, still working on the en

9:33 pm

Minveryork

Go to reverse dictionary. Type "a group of nine". It is 1st word on list Marc Freeman.Reverse Dictionary is terrific!

9:33 pm

Marc Freeman

found the en6, thanks

9:34 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:37 pm

Minveryork

I's Isolated! 2 left

10:08 pm

stidmama

hey all, down to 2 and cannot find that final re 6 and 7. Any help?

10:15 pm

Minveryork

re 6/24 means to go back on your word and past tense. I have been saving the last re7 for my fireworks stidmama

10:15 pm

Minveryork

I'll wait for you. We can get fireworks on the same word.

10:15 pm

stidmama

ooooh. THANK YOU! Want to cross the line together?

10:16 pm

Minveryork

Ready, set go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:16 pm

stidmama

It's past my bedtime... LOL school night and all.

10:16 pm

stidmama

YAY MIN!!!!!!!!!

10:16 pm

stidmama

That's the first grid I have finished in ages. :-D

10:16 pm

Minveryork

I am finished! I have fireworks! re 7/40 was my final one

10:16 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations stidmama on your fireworks! Way to go!

10:17 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight Stidmama.Honored to cross the line with you.

10:17 pm

stidmama

I love when we help each other out like that. Hope tomorrow will be pleasant for you... we've had a week of disruptions at my school and I long for the week after next when nothing particularly big is planned....

10:17 pm

stidmama

Sweet dreams Min. (((hugs))) See you again soon I hope! *poof*

10:37 pm

bethn

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