Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, June 24, 2020

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:01 am

Minveryork

Oops! I didn't mean to post that twice. My guess was way off

12:01 am

grannyrose

niiiiicccccce !!

12:03 am

chj

st8x2

12:03 am

Douglas

de 7/32

12:07 am

SuzeeQ24

te7

12:08 am

jessmom

sh7

12:09 am

Douglas

Careful, as the thing we talk to each other on is in the grid

12:10 am

TedinDurham

di7x2

12:14 am

Minveryork

I am stopping with 150 words and 1568 points.Goodnight all!

12:15 am

SuzeeQ24

ch7

12:15 am

jessmom

re7 x 4

12:16 am

Douglas

NBT-1

12:17 am

SuzeeQ24

ch7x2

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

vashongin

ty lickety

12:20 am

gapeach

Thank you Lickety.

12:25 am

gapeach

ch7x3

12:28 am

gapeach

de7x2

12:31 am

Douglas

NBT-2!

12:31 am

gapeach

drx1

12:33 am

SuzeeQ24

or7

12:43 am

gapeach

chx4

12:45 am

gapeach

chx6

12:55 am

gapeach

chx7

1:10 am

gapeach

chx8

1:10 am

gapeach

WHEW!

1:20 am

gapeach

he8

4:24 am

jwr

hi. jwr here. haven't been for awhile. Good to see you (or your icons, at least). My thanks to dr. God to keep the basic machinery going. And of course to Lickety, without whom I couldn't play at all.

4:45 am

TQ

Hi her, good to see you back, hope you're well.

4:46 am

TQ

Derise

4:46 am

TQ

Sorry

5:50 am

Sandraf

Any clues for ch8 please

6:37 am

Haz1558

che - - -

6:51 am

dan2bit

i really wanted it to be Alice's Cat

6:51 am

Sandraf

Cannot get anything from that. I’ve tried every way!

6:53 am

Lizlin

Just gone to Lickety - no ch 8

6:53 am

Sandraf

Thanks, any other clues for 8 I have 3 please

6:54 am

Lizlin

1 more than me :)

6:55 am

Lizlin

he 8 - more of the he 5 before it.

6:55 am

Sandraf

Got that one

6:56 am

BzznBea

an8.45

6:56 am

Lizlin

I also have st 8 x 2

6:57 am

Sandraf

Got those 2 but not an 8 45

7:02 am

doseffing

...di8/45 ..

7:05 am

BzznBea

Hi8.50...That should be all of them

7:05 am

periwinkle

hi Bea, hi all. I only have st8x2

7:06 am

periwinkle

how are you feeling today Bea?

7:08 am

BzznBea

I'm feeling much better, peri. Thanks for asking.

7:08 am

periwinkle

good to hear

7:14 am

jmcnrick

hi all

7:15 am

BzznBea

Hi, jmc

7:20 am

Sandraf

Not getting those 8s

7:27 am

jmcnrick

sorry I am no help today sandrad

7:27 am

jmcnrick

f

7:28 am

BzznBea

Hi8.50 is the act of sweating

7:32 am

MollyL

So you DO have a clue : D

7:33 am

BzznBea

Every now and then.=)

7:36 am

Sandraf

Ty

7:36 am

dromano66

last five laters is the flower

7:37 am

MollyL

I haven't seen that hi8 since I did medical transcription. Doctors like to use fancy words like that for sweating.
: D

7:37 am

Sandraf

Any clue for the an8 please

7:39 am

dromano66

an plus th/6

7:40 am

Sandraf

Ty

7:40 am

dromano66

yw

7:42 am

BzznBea

An8 is the opening of a flower, botanical word

7:43 am

Sandraf

Di8 45?

7:44 am

Sandraf

How do you all know these words? I’m not stupid, but!!!!

7:44 am

MollyL

I'm sensing a theme with these 8's

7:45 am

BzznBea

Grammatical mark is di8

7:45 am

MollyL

I don't know them. I have to look them up.

7:48 am

BzznBea

The easiest way for me to explain is that I have a dictionary in my head. That is also why I can spell about any thing.

7:49 am

MollyL

Bea = Genius

7:49 am

Sandraf

Haha. Cannot get grammatical mark maybe because it’s too hot here today!

8:08 am

rururocks

there are cobwebs in my brain but websters in Bea's

8:09 am

BzznBea

=)

8:09 am

MollyL

Cobwebs? Ugh. : P

8:11 am

MollyL

I have heard of photographic memory but never a dictionary-ic one. : D

8:11 am

rururocks

I have a photographic memory when it comes to wine, but that's about it

8:26 am

jmcnrick

I have a friend who seems to have a photographic memory about everything. It is rough playing Trivial Pursuit with him. We played it everyone against him and still lost.

8:27 am

jmcnrick

Then I found out he was terrible at Pictionary.

8:27 am

rururocks

it is such a gift I think to the people I know who are that way.. I wish I could remember more things in other subjects

8:28 am

jmcnrick

well it is good to have a skill in anything ru

8:34 am

MollyL

*A pat on the back from Merry Sunshine
: D

8:34 am

rururocks

i'm glad i have it in my biz.. helps me a lot

8:35 am

jmcnrick

haha maybe why you are in your business!

8:35 am

jmcnrick

I can think of worse things I have been called Molls

8:36 am

MollyL

You called yourself that last week. I love it.

8:36 am

jmcnrick

I forgot but I have called myself that before. It is aspirational.

8:37 am

MollyL

It's much better than being Debbie Drama or Hannah Hysterical

8:38 am

jmcnrick

one of my completely useless skills was that I could tell the percentage of what kind of thread was in fabric such as a wool poliester blend or a cotton polyester blend just by touching. Now I can't because they have gotten better at making plastic threads seem natural

8:38 am

rururocks

you mean meh hannah hysterical?

8:39 am

MollyL

Oh yeah, Call meh Hannah. Wasn't she friends with Ursula Ugh?

8:40 am

MollyL

JMC - Fabric Intuitive

8:43 am

jmcnrick

it was completely tactile and helpful back in the day. . . but now completely useless . . hahahah

8:44 am

rururocks

finally found an 8 jeez

8:44 am

jmcnrick

way to go ru!

8:45 am

hokie carla

I always try assed

8:45 am

rururocks

i've got 35 words left and i only have one 8 they are really hidden

8:45 am

hokie carla

I have 3 7's :D

8:45 am

rururocks

I always try all variations of ass hokie :D

8:45 am

hokie carla

but I have 211 left

8:46 am

jmcnrick

i think assed only works in half-assed

8:46 am

hokie carla

yeah, I know it's hyphenated, but I still always try it. and my spell check was okay with it, didn't even underline it.

8:46 am

rururocks

just got two more 8

8:47 am

rururocks

8's

8:47 am

jmcnrick

wtg ru

8:47 am

hokie carla

sugar free cookie for ru

8:48 am

MLFAN17

does anyone have a word coming from the 4th column h?

8:48 am

hokie carla

yes

8:49 am

MLFAN17

stats pls?

8:49 am

rururocks

ha 4 and he 4

8:49 am

hokie carla

ha4/6

8:49 am

MLFAN17

got it ty

8:49 am

jmcnrick

ty hokie

8:50 am

MollyL

Ru is on a strict diet of lean mean and grape nuts.
: D

8:52 am

rururocks

someone called a di 8 .. i sure don't see it yet

8:52 am

hokie carla

the long di words are usually chemistry

8:53 am

MLFAN17

which would be dio right?

8:53 am

hokie carla

could be di anything

8:54 am

rururocks

i need a break..

8:54 am

jmcnrick

one of the di words is a grammatical marking but the only grammatical marking I can think of is diacritical

8:54 am

phaeton

di8...to succumb and the candy re pieces minus a vowel

8:55 am

jmcnrick

ty phae

8:55 am

phaeton

yw

8:56 am

hokie carla

you lost me at candy re pieces

8:56 am

MollyL

There are also cups

8:56 am

MLFAN17

yeah I think I know the candy but the word isn't coming

8:56 am

phaeton

peanut butter pieces

8:57 am

phaeton

it rhymes with pieces

8:57 am

MollyL

Come on folks, she gave 4 letters of an 8 letter word

8:57 am

MLFAN17

I got it

8:57 am

hokie carla

ok, ET phone home

8:57 am

MLFAN17

i love the cups

8:58 am

phaeton

can't have the peanut butter :(

8:58 am

MLFAN17

allergy/

8:58 am

MLFAN17

?

8:58 am

hokie carla

that stinks. then you wouldn't know the cups are way better than the pieces.

8:59 am

MLFAN17

agreed hokie the pieces are too sweet for me

8:59 am

MollyL

I've never been a big M&M's or pieces person

8:59 am

hokie carla

not enough choc. in them for me. PB M&M's are way better

8:59 am

phaeton

just doesn't agree with my stomach...an old age thing I guess

9:00 am

hokie carla

and nothing has ever been too sweet for me

9:00 am

MLFAN17

phae i don't think so that's why i cant eat the pieces

9:00 am

MLFAN17

m&ms are the same waoy

9:01 am

phaeton

ate peanut butter my whole life, then all of a sudden started making me sick.

9:01 am

hokie carla

ugh, just saw there are 50 H's

9:01 am

MLFAN17

that sucks phae .. i love peanut butter

9:02 am

hokie carla

phae, same thing happened to my grandmother with strawberries

9:02 am

phaeton

I can have it in small doses but just better to avoid it completely

9:02 am

MLFAN17

i saw that hokie

9:02 am

hokie carla

and my dad can't eat chocolate now without sneezing, but he ate it his whole life with no problem

9:02 am

MLFAN17

that's a strange reaction to chocolate

9:03 am

MLFAN17

?

9:03 am

hokie carla

yeah, I thought maybe my mom was just saying that but I've seen it in action

9:03 am

phaeton

older you get the more different foods start to react with your body

9:04 am

jmcnrick

m&ms have an interesting story. Mars Candy company is a family. Everyone is expected to work. No family member gets a fancy office.

9:04 am

hokie carla

also I've read the more exposures to an allergen, the worse your reactions get

9:04 am

jmcnrick

I have heard of people sneezing at eating chocolate before

9:05 am

MLFAN17

thats what i was wondering.. i used to eat pb and which i still do but the jelly/jam bothers my stomach now i guess again the sweetness.. i love elderberry and apple butter though

9:05 am

MLFAN17

really jmc?

9:05 am

jmcnrick

anyway two cousins decided they had had enough and they wanted to get rich on their own. So they made M&Ms (Mars & Mars) candy.

9:05 am

phaeton

different foods or scents make my nose itch like crazy

9:05 am

MLFAN17

they all work and treated equally i guess?

9:06 am

jmcnrick

yes I have a friend that sneezes at chocolate

9:06 am

MLFAN17

jmc thats cool

9:06 am

jmcnrick

yes pretty much equally. Certainly equally with other employees.

9:07 am

MLFAN17

the smell of pork butt makes me sick

9:07 am

jmcnrick

So m&ms did well but not making the cousins rich, Mars agreed to buy them out and the cousins went back into the fold.

9:07 am

hokie carla

that is interesting

9:07 am

MLFAN17

jmc wow

9:07 am

jmcnrick

That was the story I was told in the 1970s. Who knows?

9:08 am

MollyL

Cool candy story

9:08 am

jmcnrick

They are still family owned

9:08 am

hokie carla

we have decided the M&M minis are way better than the original.

9:09 am

jmcnrick

more sugar and less chocolate hokie

9:09 am

MollyL

Wow the Mars family was the third richest family in America in 2016.

9:09 am

hokie carla

just a better ratio of chocolate to candy shell

9:10 am

rururocks

when I don't eat sugar I don't miss it..after even a month

9:10 am

jmcnrick

Give me a piece of dark chocolate any day

9:10 am

jmcnrick

I don't eat a lot of sugar. . . so now even water tastes sweet to me.

9:11 am

MLFAN17

jmc tap water?

9:11 am

hokie carla

well that's very odd since water has no flavor or anything

9:11 am

MLFAN17

ruru i actually have days when i don't miss it either

9:12 am

rururocks

i find once i start eating sweets i crave them every day so it's best for me to just pass on them now

9:12 am

HarryHood

I am a junk food fiend.

9:12 am

MLFAN17

same here harry

9:13 am

hokie carla

oh, just saw the 32 c's

9:13 am

MLFAN17

i had to do a double take hokie.

9:13 am

rururocks

(waits till hokie notices 50 h's)

9:13 am

MollyL

I'm still stuck on the 50 H's

9:14 am

MollyL

(wonders if MLF will do a quadruple take)

9:14 am

MLFAN17

well it hasn't changed so/.

9:15 am

hokie carla

I already saw and commented on those, ru. :(. found 37/50 before moving on.

9:20 am

rururocks

at least I know now which d the di 8 comes from

9:20 am

MLFAN17

ruru did you find it/

9:20 am

hokie carla

we all have the di8 now, you missed it on your break ;)

9:21 am

hokie carla

was able to find 24 c's pretty easily. moving on!

9:21 am

MLFAN17

i found the di8 too

9:22 am

MollyL

Ru, please try to keep up with Carla's running commentary on the grid.

9:22 am

MLFAN17

i did take a short break but that was because i was petting the cat

9:22 am

rururocks

just finished the d's.. neener neener neener

9:23 am

MollyL

Babble Smack Down

9:23 am

MLFAN17

ruru pfft

9:23 am

MLFAN17

:P

9:23 am

hokie carla

well, I only need 7, coming from all 3 D's :P

9:25 am

phaeton

hi8?

9:25 am

rururocks

finished the r finally too with a simple four i'm not sharp today

9:25 am

hokie carla

still need 10 + 5 R's

9:25 am

MollyL

hi8 concealed the red flowers of love

9:26 am

hokie carla

what a weird word

9:26 am

jmcnrick

yes tap water. I can actually smell sugar now. Ru I am lucky in that I never hard much of asweet tooth so when I crave sugar I have a bite of something and then I am done

9:27 am

phaeton

ty Molly

9:29 am

hokie carla

ru, are the upper d's weird words? can only find 1/4

9:30 am

penquis

well i have three and they are not weird....

9:30 am

phaeton

de7...to want something

9:30 am

rururocks

no.. they are just twisty

9:30 am

hokie carla

odd, seeing how there's only one way to go from there

9:31 am

penquis

four....have four and they are not weeird....

9:31 am

hokie carla

thx, phae, that took care of that!

9:32 am

phaeton

yw

9:34 am

moolingwa

morning all

9:34 am

hokie carla

moo! you have 5 min to catch up to my 64 left ;)

9:34 am

moolingwa

okay

9:39 am

moolingwa

only found 160 sorry

9:40 am

hokie carla

valiant effort

9:40 am

moolingwa

was worth a shot

9:42 am

hokie carla

guess enable list makers did not watch Kim Possible.

9:43 am

moolingwa

probably not

9:43 am

HarryHood

first pass 82 left. clue for the second H please?

9:43 am

hokie carla

2 4's, HH

9:43 am

moolingwa

I have 3 ha4s to start my h's so far

9:43 am

moolingwa

still have 19 left though

9:44 am

hokie carla

still have 11 h's left

9:44 am

moolingwa

82 to go

9:44 am

hokie carla

49 here

9:44 am

HarryHood

ty. nbt

9:47 am

rururocks

i'm missing a c 7

9:47 am

moolingwa

have 4 c7s so far, but have 9 c's left

9:47 am

hokie carla

I have 3

9:47 am

rururocks

and I found it i forgot to plural one

9:47 am

hokie carla

guess I am missing one too then

9:47 am

hokie carla

8 c's left

9:48 am

moolingwa

60 to go

9:48 am

hokie carla

46 here, you're about to catch me!

9:48 am

rururocks

oh.. i made it to the 11 million club

9:48 am

moolingwa

maybe, not sure...getting slow now

9:48 am

moolingwa

woot ru!

9:48 am

hokie carla

what is that, ru?

9:49 am

moolingwa

I'm only 4.34M behind you

9:49 am

HarryHood

congrats ru.

9:50 am

hokie carla

total points? I am wayyy off - 2.4 million. guess that's what I get for taking 6 years off ;)

9:51 am

rururocks

well you had kids hokie. that's more important

9:51 am

moolingwa

we started 2 days apart ru

9:51 am

hokie carla

well, I already had them when I joined in 2005 but whatevs

9:52 am

HarryHood

70 to go. bbl.

9:52 am

moolingwa

50 to go

9:52 am

hokie carla

45!

9:52 am

moolingwa

I had a kid tho, in 2011 :)

9:53 am

hokie carla

I just quit playing because I became obsessed with finishing every day no matter what

9:53 am

moolingwa

ah

9:53 am

moolingwa

yeah, I started that way...no longer

9:53 am

moolingwa

and I seldom play on weekends

9:54 am

hokie carla

yeah, back then I didn't want my rankings to drop and everyone was finishing every day. but when you take years off there's no way of catching up, so not as obsessive

9:55 am

rururocks

i'm ok with two obsessions in my life

9:55 am

moolingwa

well, still have 5 eights to go

9:56 am

hokie carla

I have 2 left. got a clue for one but don't rem. how I got the other 3 or what they are. :D

9:56 am

hokie carla

oh, used clues for 2, and found 2 on my own

9:58 am

hokie carla

I guess cheshire is proper noun

9:58 am

moolingwa

place in england :)

9:59 am

hokie carla

was thinking more of the cat, which I guess was named after the place in england

9:59 am

moolingwa

not particularly known for cats, except for that one instance

9:59 am

hokie carla

41 left - 10 4's. guess I will focus on those

9:59 am

moolingwa

duh, have 2 eights now, forgot the other ending

10:00 am

MLFAN17

egg salad sanwhiches

10:00 am

moolingwa

and another one

10:00 am

MLFAN17

consumed

10:00 am

moolingwa

15 4s left here, with 41 to go

10:01 am

hokie carla

yep, caught up now, and this is where you keep going and I am stuck :D

10:01 am

moolingwa

oh, well it's been slow

10:01 am

moolingwa

having focusing problems now, keep getting distracted

10:01 am

moolingwa

having focusing problems now, keep getting distracted

10:02 am

moolingwa

hmm, getting the red

10:02 am

phaeton

me too

10:02 am

hokie carla

this website has slowed way down for me

10:02 am

hokie carla

ok, looks like it's not just me then

10:06 am

moolingwa

brb

10:06 am

hokie carla

cya

10:11 am

moolingwa

okay, back

10:12 am

moolingwa

nope, gotta go again

10:14 am

phaeton

FW

10:14 am

hokie carla

well done, phae

10:14 am

phaeton

ty...now need food. hagd

10:19 am

hokie carla

well, found some 4's but still have 6 left

10:19 am

hokie carla

make that 5

10:20 am

hokie carla

well, 35 left. gotta get some stuff done. TTFN

10:24 am

hurshy

phantoms: desert, dessert

10:26 am

MollyL

Which is funny because we have been talking about sweets most of the morning

10:27 am

MollyL

And just remember that stressed spelled backwards is dessert

10:27 am

hurshy

which is very appropriate

10:28 am

hurshy

perhaps the aptest of all linguistic coincidences

10:31 am

rururocks

actually it is desserts molly ugh

10:31 am

hurshy

ah true, true

10:31 am

hurshy

must not be on top of my game today, not noticing that

10:32 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! speaking of linguistics, famous Stone

10:33 am

rururocks

rosetta

10:33 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:34 am

MollyL

I couldn't figure out if she meant a real stone, a Rolling Stone or a person named stone

10:35 am

Uneaixoise

An8?

10:36 am

hurshy

that's why i put in the bit about linguistics

10:36 am

rururocks

dissertations by picnic pests une :D

10:36 am

hurshy

oho, that'll be my missing A!

10:37 am

hurshy

thanks ruru!!!

10:37 am

MollyL

Crumbs and The Picnic Blanket: An Examination of Ways to Score Food by Patrick Pismire

10:38 am

Uneaixoise

Tx ru!!

10:38 am

hurshy

lol molly

10:39 am

MLFAN17

I had trouble with the connection so ws hard to get back in to the grid

10:39 am

hurshy

phantom: shield

10:42 am

aebmusica

dresses

10:42 am

hurshy

whoopsie, wrong box

10:42 am

MLFAN17

hi aeb

10:43 am

aebmusica

sorry for that..."hi"all!

10:45 am

moolingwa

okay, back again....still 38 to go

10:53 am

MLFAN17

or6 clue please?

10:53 am

moolingwa

things they take at restaurants and in the armed forces

10:54 am

MLFAN17

duh pl ty

10:55 am

moolingwa

yw :)

10:56 am

moolingwa

those two h's really mess this board up

10:56 am

hurshy

esp hard to deal with them while working on the C

10:56 am

moolingwa

yes

10:56 am

moolingwa

24 to go, and 6 of them are off that c

10:56 am

MLFAN17

I only have half of the c words

10:57 am

moolingwa

ah, found 2 more of them

10:58 am

hokie carla

just back. still 35 left when I came back. was hoping there would magically be less. but did get the an8 - brilliant clue, btw. so now 34.

10:59 am

moolingwa

oh, well guess I'll look for an an8, now that I know that ;)

10:59 am

hokie carla

I assume there are weird c's because my missing 8 are just not there

10:59 am

moolingwa

there's a couple of less common ones

10:59 am

moolingwa

still have 4 to go tho

11:00 am

hokie carla

sorry, assumed you were in the box here when it was clued

11:00 am

moolingwa

ah, there's the an8

11:00 am

moolingwa

nope, but that's okay, found it now

11:00 am

hurshy

i just had a burst of monkeying success with the Cs and got up to 30 of them

11:00 am

MLFAN17

I only know the first three letters of it

11:00 am

moolingwa

still two 8s to go

11:01 am

hurshy

same here

11:02 am

hurshy

woot, down to just 10 words!

11:02 am

hurshy

basically all on just one pass through

11:03 am

hurshy

i'd say this is a very nice grid!

11:03 am

hurshy

shall we compare 8s to see if we have all the same ones or not?

11:04 am

MLFAN17

i only have 2

11:04 am

Trifioso

hello friends. Quite the scatological grid today!

11:04 am

MLFAN17

hi trif!

11:04 am

hurshy

an8 (obvs), he8, st8 x 2

11:05 am

MLFAN17

di8

11:05 am

hurshy

oho

11:05 am

Trifioso

hi mlf!

11:05 am

MLFAN17

and hi8

11:06 am

hurshy

monkeys, let's go!

11:06 am

72 Temple Owl

this is the kind of grid i despise...

11:06 am

MLFAN17

why owl?

11:07 am

Trifioso

oh dear, TO, why"

11:08 am

MLFAN17

i know the first three of the an 8 can we reclue the last part of it please?

11:08 am

Trifioso

is the hi8 a comppund, please

11:08 am

hurshy

mlfan, use the ending of the word for ()

11:09 am

MLFAN17

parent...?

11:09 am

hurshy

the ending, not the beginning...

11:09 am

MLFAN17

got it

11:09 am

hokie carla

I just need 1 8

11:09 am

MLFAN17

trif yes

11:10 am

hurshy

we've just listed the 8s below, hokie

11:10 am

MLFAN17

i need 3

11:10 am

hokie carla

mine is the he. looking now.

11:11 am

hokie carla

lol at me - oh, it's obviously heathered. so many issues there.

11:11 am

Trifioso

thank you mlf, will look

11:12 am

MLFAN17

yw trif

11:12 am

hurshy

you have the right first five letters hokie

11:12 am

hokie carla

got it, thx

11:13 am

hurshy

i'm feeling mighty thick regarding this hi8

11:13 am

hokie carla

8's finished!

11:13 am

Trifioso

right there with you, hurshy, can't see it at all

11:13 am

hokie carla

well don't, it's a word I've never seen before.

11:13 am

hurshy

clue?

11:13 am

hokie carla

it's the plural that are in a lot of the words today - a condition of excessive sweating

11:14 am

MollyL

Woo hoo! Free lunch! One of the guys I work with just won a court case against his ex (she has been collecting alimony while re-married) and he is getting two years of payments back so he's treating to lunch. Yay for free lunch.

11:14 am

MLFAN17

which one hurshy?

11:14 am

hurshy

wow nice

11:14 am

hokie carla

wow, good for him

11:14 am

hokie carla

and you

11:14 am

MLFAN17

i got it!

11:14 am

hurshy

was looking for hi8 clue MLF

11:15 am

hokie carla

see my clue at 11:13, hurshy

11:15 am

MollyL

I love it when people share the joy. Especially when it involves free food. : D

11:15 am

MLFAN17

ends in a flower/pl

11:15 am

hokie carla

and try to guess my missing D from the bottom :D

11:16 am

hurshy

i'm missing one from there too hokie

11:16 am

Trifioso

thats not a compound.....!

11:16 am

hurshy

it is the di8 that i am missing

11:16 am

MLFAN17

i need one d from the 2nd column

11:16 am

MLFAN17

trif you mean the di/

11:16 am

hurshy

no trif, it does not seem to be, that threw me off too

11:16 am

hokie carla

did someone say it was a compound, trif?

11:17 am

hokie carla

it was clued as one this morning, but I gave you a def

11:17 am

Trifioso

I had thought so, yes, after I asked, but perhaps that was a response to a different question

11:17 am

Trifioso

its all good, found it

11:17 am

hokie carla

mlfan, do you have the leader of a college?

11:18 am

Trifioso

my dog chased a red squirrel into the house this morning - it's been an interesting day already!

11:18 am

MLFAN17

what are the stats hokie?

11:18 am

hokie carla

ewww

11:18 am

hurshy

ok and di8 is similarly a medicalish term

11:18 am

hurshy

that's 8s done, and 8 other words to go lol

11:18 am

hokie carla

de4/5, mlfan

11:19 am

MLFAN17

yes have that word...why?

11:19 am

hurshy

i think i must list

11:19 am

hokie carla

I was just trying to guess your missing d from 2nd col

11:19 am

MLFAN17

its a de word but no idea

11:20 am

hokie carla

nm, going back to my own missing words ;)

11:20 am

hokie carla

something that happens to us all eventually? de5/14

11:21 am

Uneaixoise

Not seeing di8......have two di7

11:21 am

MLFAN17

have that hokie

11:22 am

hurshy

apparently you can spell the world's fastest land animal with only one e...

11:22 am

MLFAN17

une chocolate and peanut butter candy take out a vowel

11:22 am

MLFAN17

the end of the word

11:22 am

hokie carla

yes, I had those already, hurshy. still need 8 c's though.

11:22 am

hurshy

di8 sounds like you want peanut butter cups to kick the bucket

11:23 am

MollyL

Hursh, I read that as world's fattest and could NOT figure out what you were talking about. : D

11:23 am

Trifioso

you can pluralize it too!

11:23 am

hurshy

lol

11:24 am

MLFAN17

i am mssing a 4

11:24 am

Uneaixoise

Got di8!!

11:24 am

MLFAN17

congrats une

11:24 am

hurshy

i liked my di8 clue, did you?

11:24 am

MollyL

Well I clued hi8 as conceal the red flowers of love, but then it got all confused as a compound word.

11:25 am

hokie carla

what is my missing a (not an8)

11:25 am

hurshy

an, di, he, hi, st x 2

11:25 am

Uneaixoise

Not concealing flowers?

11:26 am

hurshy

no une, she DID conceal the flowers, the ones that by any other name would smell as sweet

11:27 am

Uneaixoise

Tx hursh!!

11:28 am

Trifioso

I liked your di clue very much, hurshy!

11:29 am

Uneaixoise

Still need he8.....

11:29 am

hurshy

yay, thank you trif :D

11:29 am

hurshy

he8, more like a scottish landscape?

11:29 am

hokie carla

it's a comparative, une

11:30 am

Trifioso

i absolutely STINK at cluing, so I bow to anyone who can put together a truly helpful one

11:30 am

MollyL

Well if we are stuck on candy today, it's more like the toffee bar : D

11:30 am

Trifioso

im running over the alloteed lunch break I gave myself, but this is way more fun!

11:31 am

hokie carla

good one. by the way, Skor is way better than He5

11:31 am

hokie carla

but harder to find in stores

11:31 am

MollyL

Alas, I can't eat that kind of candy anymore. Too much fragile dental work.

11:31 am

hokie carla

I bought a whole box when we went to hershey. and yes, both brands are hershey.

11:31 am

hurshy

could someone help me with the first T word, first ta6 that is?

11:31 am

hokie carla

yes, it does tend to stick to your teeth

11:32 am

hokie carla

first one I have is a plural, hurshy

11:32 am

hurshy

is it a plural of something you have the singular for? cause if so, that's not it

11:32 am

hokie carla

but I am missing one t from each of those upper t's, so that could be it

11:32 am

Trifioso

I can vouch for the dark chocolate peanut butter cups trader joe's makes - they are truly superiour

11:32 am

hurshy

this one is before the first ta4

11:33 am

hokie carla

yes

11:33 am

72 Temple Owl

ditto, trif

11:33 am

hokie carla

trif is suddenly canadian?

11:33 am

MollyL

t + what you say when you open wide + abbreviation for your brothers wife

11:33 am

hokie carla

I like the TJ mini PB cups

11:34 am

hurshy

thank you, molly! not a bad last word, no shame in it :D

11:34 am

72 Temple Owl

ido not like the dark chocolate almonds, though.

11:34 am

hokie carla

wow, thanks

11:34 am

Trifioso

oh, now that ta word is just an everyday useful thing - eyeroll

11:34 am

72 Temple Owl

i do love the dark chocokate with bits in it- yum!

11:34 am

MollyL

More of the obscure Babble currency

11:34 am

hokie carla

LOL at the def

11:35 am

hokie carla

I love the TJ little sea salt caramel balls but can't eat those anymore

11:35 am

72 Temple Owl

what's a zila? wait, i really do not care.

11:35 am

MollyL

Oh,not currency. I thought a zila was money

11:36 am

hokie carla

yeah, that's what I was LOL'ing at the def. who knows what a zila is.

11:36 am

72 Temple Owl

i do not like looking for a bunch of plurals, past tenses, and ones who

11:38 am

72 Temple Owl

but the last few prior grids have been fun, interesting words.

11:42 am

Wendrie

phantom disease (and diseased/diseases)

11:42 am

Trifioso

my phantom today is the thing men can't ever find anyway

11:43 am

hokie carla

uh, is it dirty, trif? :D

11:43 am

Trifioso

its anatomical. nuff said

11:43 am

MollyL

Yeah Hokie, that is exactly where I went too

11:43 am

hokie carla

'cause that's not a phantom, it's there

11:44 am

JaxH66

Keys is nowhere to be seen!

11:44 am

Trifioso

lol jax, not that one!

11:44 am

hokie carla

and yes, I did try it earlier

11:44 am

Trifioso

not the whole word, though - yeah, the shorter version is there though.

11:45 am

MollyL

Well there are men who know exactly what they are doing in that department, so don't give up hope.

11:46 am

hokie carla

I have managed to get to 29 left but I am going to the list now.

11:46 am

hokie carla

just realized I have 10 7's left. hopefully they are easy ones with the list and not like yesterday (or the day before, can't rem.)

11:50 am

Trifioso

my goats are eating grapevines while i quietly sit babbling - ahhhhh

11:53 am

Trifioso

okay - kick me off at 1, please? I have to get stuff done, although I would MUCH rather babble all day

11:53 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 8s out there? would love stats and clues please.

11:54 am

Trifioso

you just missed most all of them, mkg - scroll down about an hour's worth

11:56 am

mkg

ty

11:58 am

hokie carla

well, with the exception of a few, most of my missing words were based on words I did have. oh well, time for lunch

11:58 am

Trifioso

yes, me too - calling it. back later to finish, hopefully. xoxo

12:02 pm

mkg

not finding clue for an 8. ???????

12:10 pm

mkg

i have the two st 8s but missing all others. went to chat and not finding the clues. cant find clue for an 8 either. all help welcome.

12:12 pm

doseffing

... picnic pest + not her = short for not a brother but change the vowel

12:12 pm

mkg

got it. great clue doseffing. ty

12:12 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone

12:13 pm

doseffing

... too much spelling for my taste but sometimes ya just gotta do it

12:13 pm

doseffing

... morning nan

12:22 pm

periwinkle

hi all. looking for the th6 so I can find the an8

12:23 pm

doseffing

... two of what you write to get a PhD

12:23 pm

periwinkle

ty dose found them both

12:24 pm

cybernan

thought you could put your knife or sword away again

12:27 pm

periwinkle

help with he8 pls

12:28 pm

cybernan

more like a he 5

12:28 pm

doseffing

... think of the park in Hampstead, London

12:29 pm

periwinkle

I must not have right he5

12:29 pm

periwinkle

not helping dose but thanks

12:29 pm

MollyL

This chat gets confusing sometimes. The conversation below makes it look like both th6 are what you write to get your PhD

12:29 pm

MollyL

Peri, more like the toffee candy bar

12:29 pm

periwinkle

that is the only th6 I have Molly

12:30 pm

periwinkle

thank you all for he8

12:30 pm

MollyL

Peri, the other th6 is plural Greek letter

12:30 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly

12:47 pm

M3

wow this is a biggie, why do i get biggies when i have limited time ;(

1:20 pm

Aloyisius

I know what you mean, M3 ! I finally finished, squinting because the drops haven't worn off that the eye doc put in this morning. Hope you can finish also - am off to rest my dilated eyes! Happy Babbling..

1:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

has anyone seen kap lately?

1:34 pm

origami

Hi folks. I just finished sending 403 emails for work. The data I needed to be sent was not in a format I could use to do a mail merge so I had to do each email separately. Ugh, I need a break!

1:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

*opens the bar* what's your pleasure, ori?

1:47 pm

origami

Single malt, neat, please!

2:13 pm

Uneaixoise

200 down.....

2:21 pm

kittychan

phantom - ersatz

2:23 pm

Sam

A fake phantom.

2:23 pm

Sam

hehs

2:24 pm

Sam

sorry

2:24 pm

MollyL

Stupid mosquitoes : P

3:38 pm

periwinkle

down to 88 left and stuck

3:38 pm

moolingwa

17 left here peri, if I can help, let me know

3:38 pm

periwinkle

thanks mool. not listed yet so not sure what I need

3:39 pm

periwinkle

have all the 8's

3:39 pm

moolingwa

still missing 2 myself

3:39 pm

periwinkle

do you know what you are missing?

3:39 pm

moolingwa

nope

3:40 pm

moolingwa

it's okay, will continue to try and work my way through this

3:40 pm

periwinkle

do you want me to list the 8's?

3:40 pm

moolingwa

nah, that's okay...thanks anyway

3:40 pm

periwinkle

I will list soon

3:40 pm

periwinkle

ok

3:41 pm

periwinkle

taking a break bbl. you will probably be done then

3:41 pm

moolingwa

maybe, probably not

3:41 pm

moolingwa

often don't finish

3:59 pm

hokie carla

still 17, moo? would totally play guess my missing word if you want.

3:59 pm

moolingwa

12 left now

4:00 pm

moolingwa

still a couple of fours to find

4:00 pm

moolingwa

11 and one 4 :)

4:08 pm

moolingwa

10 to go...sheesh

4:09 pm

hokie carla

sorry, I got distracted. glad I could help. ;)

4:09 pm

moolingwa

thx!

4:11 pm

moolingwa

4s done...9 to go

4:13 pm

hokie carla

riveting!

4:13 pm

moolingwa

yeah, and I still do have those 2 8s missing :)

4:14 pm

moolingwa

ah, 5s completed...7 to go

4:14 pm

hokie carla

I think you can finish. most of my missing ones were plurals/past tenses, etc, that I should've gotten. yeah, I did get help on some 8's but you'll probably get them.

4:14 pm

HarryHood

40 here

4:14 pm

moolingwa

well I did get that one 8 from the two first letters you gave

4:15 pm

moolingwa

but that was an odd one

4:15 pm

moolingwa

some oddish c words

4:15 pm

moolingwa

ah, c's complete

4:15 pm

moolingwa

5 to go

4:16 pm

hokie carla

so I'm guessing you don't know which 8s you're missing or you would find them

4:16 pm

moolingwa

right

4:16 pm

moolingwa

6,6,7,8,8 left

4:17 pm

moolingwa

just checking if I've missed any plurals

4:17 pm

hokie carla

there are 2 that go together

4:17 pm

moolingwa

yeah, have those

4:17 pm

hokie carla

what letters are left?

4:17 pm

HarryHood

I have those 2.

4:18 pm

HarryHood

missing 3 8s.

4:18 pm

moolingwa

one second

4:18 pm

hokie carla

will just guess on my own and not give anything away

4:18 pm

moolingwa

I have D, H and T left...I'm assuming there's a h7/8 combo

4:19 pm

HarryHood

my h8 is not related to a 7

4:19 pm

doseffing

nope

4:19 pm

moolingwa

oh, well then that helps

4:20 pm

hokie carla

there is a weird h7 unrelated to anything

4:20 pm

moolingwa

then one of them has to be a D8

4:20 pm

HarryHood

35

4:20 pm

hokie carla

I suspect one of your 6's is a weird t that I've never seen before

4:21 pm

HarryHood

gotta go rustle up some supper

4:21 pm

moolingwa

then both my missing 8s would be d's

4:21 pm

hokie carla

was going to say it's early, but somehow it's 5:21!

4:21 pm

hokie carla

but that is still early for supper for us in the summer

4:22 pm

hokie carla

well, there's also an unexpected h8

4:22 pm

hokie carla

only seeing one d8 on my list

4:22 pm

moolingwa

oh well I have one h8, if there's 2, then missing one

4:23 pm

doseffing

he5/14 8/50 .... hi8/50

4:23 pm

hokie carla

yep, a new one to me

4:26 pm

hokie carla

your missing d is probably a 6, but it is hard to play that game with you because you know all words and sometimes miss easy ones

4:26 pm

hokie carla

so maybe d6, d8, t6, h8, h7

4:27 pm

moolingwa

I have that d I think

4:27 pm

hokie carla

there are 2 d6 I had in mind

4:29 pm

doseffing

... how about dr6/24 ... the Hannukah thing ... with apologies for spelling

4:29 pm

hokie carla

that was the 2nd one I had in mind, but I try not to give it away :D

4:32 pm

hokie carla

and I in no way am saying you are giving things away, I just know how moo plays

4:35 pm

moolingwa

yeah, that was the one I was missing, forgot to make it out of clay

4:36 pm

moolingwa

sorry had to do work stuff for a couple of mins

4:36 pm

moolingwa

4 to go

4:36 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I almost said earlier that you could make it out of clay

4:36 pm

moolingwa

so missing an h8 and a d8

4:37 pm

moolingwa

and probably an h7 and a t6

4:37 pm

hokie carla

so, d8, h8, h7, t6

4:37 pm

hokie carla

yes

4:37 pm

moolingwa

yeah

4:37 pm

hokie carla

lag

4:38 pm

hokie carla

the t6 I'm thinking is a foreign word

4:42 pm

moolingwa

is the d8, de or di?

4:42 pm

hokie carla

di

4:42 pm

moolingwa

oh, there it is

4:42 pm

moolingwa

3 to go

4:43 pm

moolingwa

not fond of all theses s's

4:43 pm

hokie carla

same

4:44 pm

moolingwa

ta for the 6?

4:44 pm

hokie carla

yes

4:44 pm

moolingwa

yoiks, that's a word

4:45 pm

moolingwa

2 to go

4:45 pm

moolingwa

ah, an Indian word apparently

4:45 pm

hokie carla

I love that the def. has a word in it that i have no idea what it means

4:45 pm

hokie carla

h7 and h8?

4:45 pm

moolingwa

is the hi8 a compound word?

4:46 pm

hokie carla

nope, yet another pl. with the ending du jour

4:46 pm

moolingwa

oh yay

4:48 pm

MollyL

How do English speaking people just "oh there it is" for words like the ta6? I will never get that.

4:49 pm

moolingwa

not sure that I truly speak english, some approximation maybe ;)

4:50 pm

moolingwa

ah, found the 7...pure guess

4:50 pm

hokie carla

thanks for asking exactly what we were all thinking, molly

4:51 pm

hokie carla

was about to tell you the 7 was another plural without a singular in the grid. well done.

4:51 pm

moolingwa

so just this 8 now...

4:52 pm

hokie carla

oh, I thought you had them all.

4:52 pm

hokie carla

can give you a def, but that may be too easy for you

4:53 pm

moolingwa

oh...something I do for valentines day each year

4:53 pm

hokie carla

excessively sweat?

4:53 pm

moolingwa

ah yeah, no

4:54 pm

moolingwa

I conceal the gifts

4:54 pm

hokie carla

FTR, Molly clued it similarly earlier and that led to confusion about it being a compound word or not

4:55 pm

moolingwa

yeah, not every clue I've ever given has translated either

4:55 pm

moolingwa

but I do like lateral clues

4:55 pm

periwinkle

hi all. back to finish with list. 70 left

4:55 pm

moolingwa

wb peri, just fireworked with the help of hoke and dos

4:56 pm

periwinkle

wd mool

4:56 pm

hokie carla

ru had a very clever clue this morning and now I can't remember it. have to check the log.

4:56 pm

moolingwa

enough with the s's tho

4:58 pm

hokie carla

well, of course I can't find it

4:59 pm

hokie carla

alright, guess I will go work on supper. 'til tomorrow.

4:59 pm

periwinkle

bye carla

4:59 pm

moolingwa

have a good evening hoke, seeya in the morning

5:00 pm

moolingwa

need any help before I head out peri?

5:04 pm

periwinkle

no thanks I am ok

5:05 pm

periwinkle

24 left

5:06 pm

Uneaixoise

64 to go here.....sigh

5:06 pm

moolingwa

okay, heading out...night all

5:13 pm

MollyL

I need to start doing that. Oh yeah, ta6, there it is. Like that word is just the easiest thing in the world for me to see. Nah, I wouldn't do that. : D

5:19 pm

HarryHood

Hi all. listing my last 35.

5:26 pm

cybernan

hi again -- not seeing the di 8 nor the hi 8 -- thought the concealed gifts might be flowers, but that didn't work

5:26 pm

cybernan

oops - it did!!!

5:27 pm

cybernan

now for the di 8 -- any clues ?

5:30 pm

MollyL

di8...to expire...consonant...plural of the fifth letter

5:30 pm

cybernan

ty molly - new one for me

5:38 pm

HarryHood

last 2 - ch6/7 after sternum

5:39 pm

HarryHood

nm

5:39 pm

HarryHood

done.

5:39 pm

MollyL

Fast cat, spelled differently

5:39 pm

HarryHood

or popular cheese, spelled very differently

5:39 pm

MollyL

Harry, too fast for me. Like a ch6

5:40 pm

HarryHood

for a bostonian

5:45 pm

HarryHood

good night all

5:50 pm

cybernan

dr 6/24 please?

5:51 pm

cybernan

nm - found it

6:03 pm

MollyL

It's "need a clue, nm found it" day. : D

6:04 pm

cybernan

seems so, Molly

6:06 pm

cybernan

he 7 please?

6:19 pm

penquis

Still looking??

6:21 pm

penquis

oh! So am I, lol.....it's an he 8 that I have...

6:23 pm

cybernan

yes and for the re 6 that follow warms again

6:28 pm

penquis

i am also missing that one...

6:29 pm

penquis

RE 6....employ again....

6:29 pm

cybernan

ty pen

6:32 pm

penquis

yw...

6:38 pm

cybernan

do you have the first ta 6 pen?

6:38 pm

Lizlin

Good morning all :)

6:38 pm

Lizlin

ta + consonant + abbreviation for my brother's wife

6:39 pm

cybernan

ty liz

6:39 pm

Lizlin

yw

6:40 pm

MollyL

he7...the place where you are + first three of I Love Lucy's husband (real name)

6:40 pm

penquis

ty molly....

6:40 pm

MollyL

That ta6 clue has worked all day

6:41 pm

penquis

and ty, liz....

6:41 pm

Lizlin

I think it was your ta clue that worked for me, Molly, so thanks.

6:42 pm

MollyL

So many weird words in this one. Especially the ones with the es endings.

6:42 pm

Lizlin

ch 6/27 pls - after the young person

6:43 pm

Lizlin

Clues in the chat have helped me a lot with this grid.

6:43 pm

penquis

add a vowel to the previous word....ch 8

6:43 pm

penquis

sorry....CH 6 not 8

6:43 pm

cybernan

ty molly

6:44 pm

Lizlin

Thinking!!! Is that the right ch 6?

6:46 pm

penquis

yes....after the non adult....

6:46 pm

Lizlin

Thanks - makes sense now

6:48 pm

penquis

yw...

6:49 pm

penquis

i am done.....not a bad grid for other than a couple words i have never seen .....

6:49 pm

Lizlin

Can't believe how long it took me to find the 2nd h in the 4th column!!!! :(

6:49 pm

Lizlin

Congrats. Down to 6 here.

6:51 pm

penquis

nice...

6:51 pm

penquis

my last word was a PT....

6:52 pm

Lizlin

On large grids it's often pt and plurals which are missed

6:52 pm

penquis

too true....

6:52 pm

Lizlin

Or simple words like re 5/10 - to look again, which I've just found.

6:54 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* whew -- thanks for teh help :)

6:54 pm

Lizlin

Fireworks.

6:54 pm

penquis

congrats....

6:54 pm

Lizlin

Congrats, nan. Thanks for all the help from me too.

6:55 pm

penquis

i am heading out....goodnight all....

6:55 pm

cybernan

me too -- goodnight everyone

6:55 pm

Lizlin

Have a good evening, night or day everyone.

9:39 pm

SuzeeQ24

clue for di6,21 plz

9:41 pm

grannyrose

di6. not live + oceans minus a vowel

9:43 pm

grannyrose

suzee, your user name was my father's nickname for me, because i could scream so loudly... loll

9:43 pm

SuzeeQ24

ty rose....spent forever looking for that one

9:43 pm

SuzeeQ24

that's funny rose

9:46 pm

grannyrose

np's

11:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

diving in, argh

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