Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, August 17, 2020

12:03 am

cybernan

st 8

12:03 am

justafreep

se7

12:03 am

Sam Snead

GOOD MORNING

12:04 am

penquis

cr 7/8

12:04 am

justafreep

or good evening :-)

12:05 am

jessmom

te7/8

12:05 am

Sam Snead

of course.....Nos Da to you

12:06 am

Sam Snead

bore da for me

12:06 am

cybernan

de 8-9

12:07 am

justafreep

I just found a de7/8 which I think might be different?

12:08 am

justafreep

yeah, there are two de8

12:08 am

justafreep

and de7 x 2

12:10 am

jessmom

se 8 x 2

12:10 am

justafreep

make that 3 of each de7 and de8

12:13 am

penquis

de 8/9 x 2

12:17 am

cybernan

and de 7 x4

12:18 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs..xe 5

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

penquis

thanks!

12:21 am

jessmom

st 7,8,9,8

12:21 am

cybernan

good night all

12:23 am

grannyrose

xe5

12:29 am

dizgrannie

top row done

12:33 am

justafreep

ar7/8

12:34 am

penquis

ar 9

12:35 am

penquis

it’s are 8/9

12:35 am

justafreep

If I call an ar10 will you get an 11? :)

12:36 am

penquis

not on this board... ;o)

12:40 am

dizgrannie

Es Exterminated

12:40 am

justafreep

so I've got d7 x 5, de8 x 5 and de9 x 2. That's a lot of de's

12:43 am

penquis

ri

12:43 am

penquis

sorry...

12:56 am

penquis

es 7...

12:57 am

penquis

going to bed....bbl to find my last 75...goodnight all...

1:11 am

jessmom

cy6

1:19 am

SueMagee

I don’t know why I keep trying ‘ritual’. Perhaps it’s just become a habit.

1:23 am

jessmom

en7

1:59 am

jessmom

tr8

2:47 am

worzel

Yay nbt nbs - took me an absolute AGE to find an L

5:03 am

dizgrannie

nite all, 37 left for my morming coffee

6:52 am

periwinkle

good morning. help with E in right column pls

6:53 am

Uneaixoise

Er4/4

6:53 am

periwinkle

ty

6:55 am

BzznBea

I have en6.21 and 7.32 from that one was well.

6:55 am

periwinkle

ty looking

6:55 am

M3

wow i just Monkeyed a 9

6:58 am

dan2bit

morning all! a grid size fit for a Sunday. grumble grump

6:58 am

BzznBea

LOL! It is...

7:00 am

dan2bit

nbs thanks to the corner D

7:10 am

MollyL

At least fishermen know when to throw something back when it's too small.

7:17 am

BzznBea

Meanwhile, Babblers all over the world had a very productive Sunday.

7:18 am

MollyL

I did finish an interesting family history project.

7:18 am

BzznBea

Do you do geneology?

7:19 am

MollyL

No, this was about my Dad's military career.

7:22 am

bichon

When my Dad was going through a rough time [health] he wrote his autobiograqphy. Priceless

7:39 am

Scrabbler

Yay for a big grid.

7:41 am

dan2bit

morning Scrabbs & everybody

7:42 am

Scrabbler

When does Little Miss2Bit start school? Do they have a hybrid model? Most of the schools here are using that.

7:42 am

dan2bit

we are full virtual, at least for the first quarter. something to do with having a governor with an MD, perhaps?

7:43 am

MollyL

Bichon, that is priceless. I would love to have my Dad's autobiography. He was a quiet man and there is so much I don't know about his younger days.

7:43 am

Scrabbler

That is safest for all, Dan. That plan won't make everyone happy but it is safest.

7:46 am

dan2bit

she will start September 8, we pick up a laptop and art supplies for her this week. Kids with free lunch are getting free wifi hotspots as well. I think everybody is doing the best with a cruddy situation, but I could wish that everybody had masked up better in April and May so we could be where Vietnam and New Zealand and other countries are. Thank goodness she is old enough that we can manage it and still work

7:46 am

BzznBea

Full virtual for my grandsons in NC. Daughter in KS has to be in the classroom. She has elected to pay someone supervise her daughter while doing virtual classroom.

7:47 am

MollyL

You are fortunate. Day care, or lack thereof, has become a huge problem for working parents.

7:47 am

Scrabbler

Agreed, Dan. The US management of the pandemic has been laughable and tragic.

7:48 am

bichon

My 12 y.o. granddaughter stays home alone. She has a giant pet pig to keep her company.

7:48 am

Scrabbler

Haha.

7:48 am

Scrabbler

slug

7:49 am

dan2bit

we are indeed - day care in our area has always been hard to get and/or very expensive, and now that demand is up and supply is down, not to mention the risk and cost of extra vigilance...

7:49 am

Scrabbler

No criticism intended for the pig or your granddaughter, bichon. Haha.

7:49 am

bichon

The pig is not to be messed with and is very protective of her.

7:50 am

Scrabbler

Perfect.

7:51 am

bichon

Just one story from the pandemic

7:52 am

Scrabbler

I love it.

7:53 am

BzznBea

My neighbor is hospitalized with the virus. Our hood is usually bustling with people coming an going and kids out playing in the streets. Not this weekend. All is quiet.

7:53 am

bichon

They're very lucky that it worked out this way.

7:54 am

MollyL

Wow Bea, sorry to hear about your neighbor.

7:54 am

Scrabbler

Oh, no, Bea.

7:55 am

bichon

Hope she pulls through

7:57 am

BzznBea

From what I understand it was just causing her problems regulating her blood sugar. She was going to be home yesterday or today. Of course, there are about 8 people who live in the house with her.

7:57 am

BzznBea

I'm glad I just talk to her from across the drive.

8:04 am

mkg

hi all. any clues for the 9s? ty

8:06 am

hokie carla

last first day of school in our house today

8:06 am

Scrabbler

I have no 8s or 9s.

8:06 am

BzznBea

Bittersweet, Carla.

8:07 am

mkg

st 8: to get water our of noodles you put it in a st******. then plural for the 8.

8:08 am

hokie carla

yep

8:08 am

mkg

oops sorry. not in grid. here goes again:

8:08 am

MollyL

The bar is open.

8:08 am

mkg

when your deck gets old you need to re-st*** it. the person who does this is a st*****. add plural for the 8.

8:08 am

hokie carla

weird first day of school pic, but I had to take one.

8:09 am

HarryHood

taking my oldest to college on thursday

8:09 am

hokie carla

he tried to get me to wait until the day they go back in. who knows if that will ever come.

8:09 am

BzznBea

What about the college student?

8:09 am

MollyL

Wow Harry. That is a big thing.

8:10 am

mkg

clue for x word?

8:10 am

HarryHood

they come back before thanksgiving, and don't go back until 2nd term

8:10 am

hokie carla

freshman, harry?

8:10 am

HarryHood

xe5

8:10 am

HarryHood

yes - she's just starting

8:10 am

mkg

ty. will try to fin dit.

8:10 am

mkg

got x word. ty.

8:11 am

MollyL

Harry will your oldest be far away?

8:11 am

BzznBea

I think that is the way many colleges are doing it. App State is doing that.

8:11 am

HarryHood

5 hours by car

8:11 am

HarryHood

but no bus or train to speak of

8:11 am

MollyL

She must be excited.

8:12 am

HarryHood

nervous

8:12 am

hokie carla

yeah, my oldest's school calendar got changed due to the republic national convention that never happened, and they never changed the calendar back, so he doesn't start until Sep 7 and last exam is like Dec. 23. all his friends are on the finish by Thanksgiving schedule.

8:13 am

mkg

good luck to all with school. i wish they would all open up and get back to normal. what a mess

8:13 am

HarryHood

yes, it is a mess.

8:15 am

MollyL

I saw pictures of kids moving in to my former University. It is so weird to see them unloading into dorms wearing masks.

8:15 am

HarryHood

I'm not allowed to help her move in - she has to carry everything up herself.

8:15 am

HarryHood

no parents in the dorms

8:15 am

HarryHood

and they all must get tested on site negative before going in

8:16 am

HarryHood

found a 9!

8:16 am

hokie carla

he is only 20 min away but he is moving in to a townhouse (he's in 2nd year)

8:17 am

hokie carla

that stinks, HH. what floor is she on?

8:17 am

mkg

clue please harry! ty.

8:17 am

HarryHood

first! hahha

8:17 am

mkg

harry is that a clue? what is the stat please?

8:18 am

HarryHood

mkg - de9. it's a pl of a de8, which is an extension of de6

8:18 am

hokie carla

well, that's good at least!

8:18 am

ChampFit

Before my daughter went back to Penn State from Texas, she had to do a spit test online, with someone watching her do it. She also has to self quarantine for 7 days. The test was 2 weeks before school starts.

8:19 am

hokie carla

am I the only one that keeps seeing phantom urinated?

8:19 am

mkg

yes carla. i didnt see it at all.

8:19 am

ChampFit

Ha! Now I will...

8:19 am

mkg

i saw phantom urchin......

8:20 am

hokie carla

I played a little last night and that's all I could see, now I'm still seeing it

8:20 am

mkg

trying to find de9 . ty for clue harry

8:21 am

mkg

got them all! ty harry. great clues

8:21 am

mkg

got de 8 another one!

8:34 am

BzznBea

I always miss that in6

8:34 am

hokie carla

I'm finding this very difficult for a grid this size

8:34 am

Scrabbler

Agreed

8:35 am

mkg

yes it is hard.

8:36 am

hokie carla

well, bea, I don't know which in6 that is, but that helped me find an en6

8:36 am

Scrabbler

I am past halfway so I am done. Enjoy the day.

8:36 am

hokie carla

well done, have a good day, scrabbs

8:37 am

mkg

i also am half way and that is my goal for each day plus nbt and nbs. so have a good day all.

8:37 am

hokie carla

good job

8:39 am

BzznBea

I have to chaperone the old people in my house today. They both have dr. appts.

8:39 am

hokie carla

good luck, bea

8:40 am

hokie carla

making more window treatments here today

8:40 am

MollyL

Ha! Is Larry now an "old person"?

8:41 am

hokie carla

well, she has said she's a bit younger than him

8:42 am

HarryHood

90 to go

8:42 am

BzznBea

He is 72 years young

8:44 am

BzznBea

The Sssss!

8:46 am

hokie carla

you finished the S's?

8:47 am

BzznBea

Not yet! They are endlessss

8:47 am

hokie carla

yessss. I have 8 + 10 left

8:47 am

HarryHood

I'm 2/3 finished with both Ss

8:49 am

hokie carla

just stumbled onto ar8/9 out of desparation. still 9 a's left!

8:50 am

HarryHood

ty carla - got the ar8/9

8:52 am

hokie carla

the e's are exhausting too. only found 1 in the upper and 5 in the bottom right.

8:55 am

HarryHood

79 to go - will bbl with fresh eyes. hagd!

8:56 am

hokie carla

made it through each tile - 77 left - at least halfway on everything but the y and the 2 aforementioned e's

8:56 am

hokie carla

oh, and the x

8:57 am

hokie carla

got the x

8:57 am

BzznBea

The y 's are both yu4.9

8:59 am

hokie carla

saw one immediately but got both, thx

8:59 am

hokie carla

4 tiles gray!

9:02 am

hokie carla

what is the point total for the in6?

9:03 am

BzznBea

6.24

9:03 am

BzznBea

You deserve a break today. =)

9:04 am

hokie carla

mcdonalds?

9:04 am

hokie carla

ah, indeed

9:04 am

BzznBea

Yes.

9:04 am

hokie carla

thx

9:04 am

hokie carla

I always miss that one too

9:05 am

hokie carla

5 gray tiles!

9:05 am

pcal2

Morning all. Can I get a clue for ci8?

9:06 am

roncook

Hi all clue for the tr8/60 please.

9:07 am

BzznBea

ci 8 is a guitar used in days of old.

9:07 am

pcal2

Tks much Bea

9:07 am

BzznBea

or guitars as it is a plural

9:08 am

pcal2

I had the 7, but eyes kept going to upper right and was blind to the s!

9:08 am

BzznBea

tr8 is three + McDonald's sign and sometimes vowel

9:09 am

BzznBea

Government ruled by three persons

9:09 am

roncook

gottit thank you thats fireworks for me.

9:13 am

hokie carla

hmm, can't remember a guitar of old

9:13 am

BzznBea

The word always reminds of one of the Harry Potter houses.

9:14 am

Uneaixoise

Tx for tr8!!

9:15 am

hokie carla

are there any gn?

9:16 am

BzznBea

No gn.

9:17 am

hokie carla

just found a gy, how many of those?

9:17 am

hokie carla

and another

9:17 am

BzznBea

3

9:17 am

hokie carla

ok, finished the g!

9:20 am

BzznBea

My time is up. Need to get ready for the day.

9:20 am

hokie carla

bye bea. about to give up here.

9:27 am

periwinkle

just back from a 2 mile walk for the first time in over 2 months. and I did it in the same amount of time!!

9:27 am

hokie carla

nice

9:28 am

periwinkle

i have 3 of the 9's. ar, de and st. what am I missing

9:28 am

hokie carla

I only have 2, sorry

9:29 am

MLFAN17

hello

9:29 am

hokie carla

hi mlfan

9:29 am

LuvWordGames

hi MLF

9:30 am

LuvWordGames

phantom: laugh

9:30 am

hokie carla

yep, tried that one

9:30 am

MLFAN17

hi luv

9:30 am

MLFAN17

i am just starting found a st 7/8

9:31 am

periwinkle

st7,8,9,8

9:31 am

LuvWordGames

thanks for that extra 8 peri

9:31 am

MLFAN17

got a st 6/7

9:33 am

MLFAN17

i have 5 7 8

9:33 am

penquis

peri....there are two de 9s.....

9:34 am

periwinkle

ty pen looking for the other without success

9:34 am

MLFAN17

just found the de 6 8 9

9:34 am

penquis

there is de 7/8/9/8 .....uses high point letter....

9:36 am

LuvWordGames

thanks pen

9:36 am

periwinkle

tyty pen

9:36 am

MLFAN17

pen de on 2nd row?

9:36 am

penquis

yw...

9:37 am

hokie carla

just made an effort to find the 4's and I still have 8 left.

9:38 am

cybernan

good morning all -- still looking for the xe 5 and now for the ci 8 guitar (never had anything to do with guitars or western music) - another clue please?

9:38 am

hokie carla

thanks, pen. found them all.

9:38 am

penquis

nan....x + man's name....

9:39 am

hokie carla

I don't think the ci8 had to do with western music if you mean country and western. I thought she meant ancient.

9:40 am

penquis

ci + most of number after two + consonant....pl....

9:41 am

MLFAN17

ty pen for the ci words

9:41 am

penquis

yw...

9:42 am

cybernan

found the ci 7, but can't get to the s from it

9:42 am

MLFAN17

this xe word isnt working

9:42 am

penquis

remember....x + man's name....

9:43 am

cybernan

ty for the xe pen

9:43 am

penquis

yw...

9:43 am

MLFAN17

got it

9:43 am

LuvWordGames

the ci word can go in more than one direction

9:43 am

cybernan

maybe there are two ci 7's the one I found sounds like something out of Harry Potter

9:43 am

cybernan

oh yes - ty luv

9:44 am

penquis

yes, but it's a type of guitar.....or a forerunner of a guitar...

9:44 am

MLFAN17

are they both ci7/8?

9:45 am

penquis

there is only one ci 7/8....

9:45 am

LuvWordGames

there's only one ci 7/8

9:45 am

MLFAN17

ty luv

9:50 am

hokie carla

bea also said it sounded like something out of Harry Potter

9:51 am

cybernan

missing one g and one t from the top -- any ideas?

9:51 am

MollyL

You really can plural that ci7. Keep looking

9:52 am

saanichcat

anyone else getting red boxes?

9:52 am

penquis

nan.....do you have the te 8?....it's a pl.....

9:52 am

penquis

no red boxes here....

9:53 am

hokie carla

I couldn't go that direction either, but when someone tells me to plural it, I just try with s on the end and don't have to visualize it :D

9:53 am

saanichcat

must be a local glitch

9:53 am

cybernan

looiing, pen

9:54 am

penquis

you must have the 7 already....

9:54 am

hokie carla

most of the g's are weird to me so not sure I could even guess which one, nan. also, I'm missing 2 t's from up there.

9:54 am

hokie carla

guess I'm missing te7/8 then

9:54 am

marksdolly

that's really tricky w/that ci going either way

9:54 am

marksdolly

nert

9:54 am

cybernan

ty pen

9:55 am

MollyL

Nope, but with an S it works

9:55 am

penquis

yw...

9:55 am

cybernan

now for that missing g

9:55 am

hokie carla

do you have 3 gy?

9:55 am

LuvWordGames

how about ga 5/16?

9:55 am

periwinkle

tr8 anyone

9:56 am

LuvWordGames

do you have that nan?

9:56 am

cybernan

no - a gy 4-5 only - looing again

9:56 am

hokie carla

does the upper te7/8 have a definition?

9:56 am

hokie carla

bea clued it earlier, peri. governing body of 3

9:56 am

hokie carla

as opposed to england is a mo*

9:56 am

penquis

tr 8...prefix for 3 + what McD's uses as a logo....add sometimes vowel....

9:57 am

periwinkle

ty pen and bea

9:57 am

LuvWordGames

thanks carla

9:57 am

periwinkle

bbl

9:57 am

marksdolly

ty pens

9:57 am

penquis

carla...."characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day"....

9:57 am

cybernan

gy 4, 5 and ?

9:58 am

hokie carla

another gy4

9:58 am

penquis

it's a type of fever related to malaria...

9:58 am

mkg

i wish we had a tr 8 system.

9:58 am

hokie carla

a latin(?) pl

9:58 am

MollyL

The te7/8 is malaria

9:58 am

MollyL

And sorry, Pen already said that

9:59 am

hokie carla

hmm, that doesn't really help :D what is the point total?

9:59 am

cybernan

ty carla

9:59 am

hokie carla

actually, that was good molly because I thought pen was talking about another word

9:59 am

mkg

guess we do with president, chief justice of supreme ct and president of the senate and congress but over time the president himself has become more powerful. i wish our supreme court were in charge of appointing all judges in the us.

9:59 am

penquis

te 7/28

10:00 am

hokie carla

well that should be easy to figure out

10:00 am

mkg

i dont get the malaria clue. ???????

10:00 am

penquis

carla....it sort of goes diagonally.....

10:01 am

cybernan

it seems like this president is trying to make himself dictator by using is "secret powers" --- it seems to me he has already made himself dictator using presidential orders

10:01 am

MollyL

Oh here we go

10:02 am

Wendrie

afternoon all

10:02 am

mkg

what erodes our nation is that the president appoints judges. i believe that we need a new system for appointing judges.

10:02 am

mkg

any further clue for te 7???????

10:03 am

cybernan

sorry molly - but the rest of the world sees him as the man who brought the USA down --- the balance of power will probably shift to China because of him

10:03 am

hokie carla

there's not that many options for that point total and yet I still haven't monkeyed it, mkg

10:04 am

hokie carla

ok, mkg, ends like the little green man from the red planet

10:04 am

hokie carla

top row finished!

10:05 am

mkg

the balance of power shift started long ago with china. if you read about kissinger going to china in about 1979, that was when the US lost her power. just giving in to china in the UN and kicking out taiwan was the end of u.s power.

10:06 am

mkg

ty carla. so te + ? malaria? + green man???????i have ending but still not getting word

10:06 am

penquis

t + in***** (lack of movement) + the, a, ** are articles + pl letter....

10:06 am

MollyL

Well Nan, if the voters have their way, pretty soon you'll have Joe Biden to kick around

10:06 am

mkg

just got it! ty.

10:06 am

mkg

great clue pen. got it just as you sent it. ty.

10:07 am

penquis

yw...

10:08 am

cybernan

Trump has almost completely destroyed the USA in 4 years --- give him another 4 and the destruction will be complete. As it is, nobody trusts the US anymore -- treaties aren't worth the paper they are written on

10:08 am

hokie carla

I have er4 for top e and that's all I can find. are there ex's I can't see? what is my problem?

10:11 am

saanichcat

carla, there is also en6/7

10:11 am

marksdolly

try en Hokie

10:11 am

hokie carla

thanks, will look

10:11 am

marksdolly

I got a 6/7 from there

10:11 am

therealblah

ed 4/9 - antsy, or very hip

10:12 am

hokie carla

keep wanting engulf :D

10:12 am

hokie carla

got them, thx both

10:12 am

hokie carla

omg, thanks blah. RME at that one

10:13 am

therealblah

:)

10:13 am

rururocks

RME?

10:13 am

marksdolly

:)

10:13 am

hokie carla

you know I just spelled that out for you like yesterday, ru. it's my personal acronym I made up for this game. Rolling My Eyes

10:14 am

marksdolly

lol

10:14 am

rururocks

oh.. like i keep those things in my head hokie

10:14 am

rururocks

have I mentioned how i hate acronyms lately?

10:14 am

saanichcat

Carla we don't all know your personal acromyms,

10:14 am

hokie carla

you're just lurking around waiting for acronym use? ;)

10:15 am

rururocks

LIW

10:15 am

LuvWordGames

at

10:15 am

hokie carla

sorry, saanichcat, I keep trying to make it happen. I'm just giving ru a hard time because I definitely have told him.

10:15 am

Judi

Good morning, all. I share your acrimonious attitude towards acronyms, Ru.

10:15 am

hokie carla

well now that you're here, ru, can you guess my missing D from 2nd row?

10:15 am

marksdolly

gm Judi

10:16 am

hokie carla

lurking in wait or lying in wait, ru?

10:16 am

hokie carla

morning, judi

10:16 am

rururocks

lynig

10:16 am

rururocks

lying that is

10:17 am

hokie carla

there are a lot of weird acronyms in serpentine, I'm surprised that doesn't bother you

10:17 am

cybernan

do you have dy 4 carla?

10:17 am

rururocks

i only have three d's so far

10:18 am

hokie carla

nope, thanks nan. was wondering if there was a dy. will look.

10:18 am

hokie carla

got it, thx. 1st & 2nd rows gray!

10:19 am

cybernan

do you want to guess my missing d now?

10:19 am

hokie carla

and I hit 50 left. must get on with some real work now. but I'm just sewing right near my computer, so I will be looking out for clues ;)

10:19 am

hokie carla

do you have de4/7?

10:19 am

penquis

most sere?

10:20 am

hokie carla

pen's was going to be my 2nd guess

10:20 am

cybernan

ty pen - that was it

10:20 am

penquis

yw....

10:21 am

cybernan

is there an ex or more than one er?

10:22 am

marksdolly

I have 2 er4

10:22 am

saanichcat

no ex

10:23 am

cybernan

both from the top e, dolly?

10:24 am

marksdolly

1 is from the side

10:24 am

marksdolly

and the other from the lower left

10:25 am

cybernan

going to leave this for a while - back later

10:25 am

marksdolly

1 is poetic and the other is a seabird

10:29 am

rururocks

finally found the L's and G's.. stumped me for a long while

10:30 am

dcseain

phantom dendrite

10:30 am

dcseain

good morning, yall

10:30 am

rururocks

hello DC

10:31 am

dcseain

hi, ru. i'm sipping coffee hoping headache flees.

10:31 am

rururocks

oooh sorry to hear that

10:32 am

rururocks

I haven't gotten bad headaches for a while now that i'm divorced :D

10:32 am

dcseain

Eh, all good. it's been a long while since. Frankly, maybe i should take a bit of Tylenol. This is minor as such goes.

10:37 am

rururocks

finally closed out that upper d..

10:42 am

MollyL

Thank you for not saying they are "demolished"

10:45 am

penquis

the th words are driving me crazy....

10:45 am

HarryHood

hello, 65 to go here

10:46 am

HarryHood

my friend's mom used to sell lucite when I was a kid

10:47 am

penquis

i had a lucite watch i was very fond of as a teenager....

10:47 am

HarryHood

it was all the rage for about a year.

10:48 am

penquis

yes...

10:52 am

HarryHood

60! I'm listing. this is going too slow.

10:54 am

rururocks

now i gotta get to sixty

10:55 am

penquis

can't find my last word....th 5/18?

10:55 am

HarryHood

so freakin competitive ru

10:58 am

HarryHood

just got it pen

10:58 am

HarryHood

ends in secrets of the ** ** sisterhood

10:59 am

MollyL

Ru, if I was being snobby, would I refer to you as a viticulturist?

10:59 am

penquis

ty.....thought i had tried that....i am done....

10:59 am

rururocks

no.. i'm not that

10:59 am

HarryHood

wtg pen

10:59 am

penquis

this was a tough grid...

10:59 am

saanichcat

congrats pen!

10:59 am

penquis

ty, harry...

11:00 am

penquis

ty, saani.....

11:00 am

MollyL

So it's not the grapes, just the wine?

11:00 am

penquis

i am off to get lunch.....bye all....

11:00 am

rururocks

correct. I have little to do with Grapes

11:00 am

MollyL

Got it

11:22 am

HarryHood

done! time to get cookies. hagd all

11:23 am

MollyL

Lucky Harry. He gets cookies when he's done.

11:27 am

rururocks

i wonder if DC is baking them for him?

11:28 am

hokie carla

ru, what's the count now?

11:28 am

rururocks

25 but it's a bit sloggy

11:28 am

hokie carla

now I gotta get to 25

11:29 am

hokie carla

not sure how that will be possible though

11:30 am

rururocks

i'm not sure one more is possible with me

11:32 am

hokie carla

I still have 50

11:33 am

rururocks

i'm struggling with the a for some reason.. missing 6

11:34 am

hokie carla

I still need 7

11:35 am

hokie carla

can't see where any more are possible

11:36 am

MollyL

I think ar7 and 8 are pretty bizarre

11:36 am

rururocks

oh big a's

11:36 am

hokie carla

hmm, I have ar8/9. will look for those 2.

11:37 am

hokie carla

well, not arlutch

11:38 am

hokie carla

not arcsine, I keep waiting for the day that is in the grid.

11:38 am

Vicuna

There are two sets of ar7,8. One is a mineral, the other an alternate spelling of a Russian unit of length(!)

11:39 am

hokie carla

well, I guess that's 4 of my missing 7 and now ru should have know what his missing 6 are.

11:40 am

MollyL

Oh sorry Carla. I thought you were trying to find them without clues.

11:40 am

hokie carla

I think I have reached the limit of finding words without clues. and I was using them earlier.

11:46 am

rururocks

12 here but i think i have to list once i find my last four

11:48 am

MollyL

Okay. I guess I just made the assumption that if you didn't ask for clues, you wanted to clue for the word yourself. As Samuel L. Jackson says, that's making an ass out of u and umption.
: D

11:48 am

hokie carla

I went back to sewing after not seeing the ar7's :D

11:48 am

MollyL

*look for the word yourself

11:50 am

hokie carla

will look for more during lunch :D

11:57 am

hurshy

ahh, nice, 10x bigger than yesterday!

12:00 pm

hokie carla

it's harder than a usual one of this size though, hursh

12:02 pm

hurshy

hmm ok

12:03 pm

hurshy

i admit i'm having difficulty finding a third L

12:04 pm

hokie carla

la5

12:04 pm

hurshy

ah thanks

12:04 pm

hurshy

normal word and everything!

12:04 pm

hokie carla

it actually took me a while too

12:05 pm

hurshy

and of course enable doesn't know yet that te4/9 can be a verb and have a past tense :D

12:08 pm

hokie carla

enable predates that being a common thing

12:08 pm

hurshy

yeah

12:08 pm

mael

wait, la5 is the only one I can find! Stats for the other two?

12:08 pm

hokie carla

back then you had to pay extra for that on your plan plus your phone had 3 letters per button and it was very tiresome

12:09 pm

hurshy

lu5/14 and pl

12:09 pm

hokie carla

lu5/14, 6/24

12:09 pm

hurshy

that just shows that you're not too far gone as a babbler, mael, you see real words more easily than obscure ones

12:09 pm

mael

thanks, got them

12:13 pm

mael

haha

12:13 pm

hurshy

well, i've managed to find 40 of 46 T words, that's not too bad

12:13 pm

mael

but babble has ruined me for all other puzzle games because they don't accept obscure words that I KNOW are correct :)

12:14 pm

hurshy

yeah that's super frustrating

12:15 pm

hokie carla

I only have 5 T words left, all lower one

12:15 pm

bichon

We do the Spellling Bee from the NY Times. They don't accept many words that Babble does

12:16 pm

hurshy

if yu4/9 is an alt for yuck, and yuckiest would go, then why can't we also put that ending on yu4/9?

12:19 pm

hurshy

(because i can't find the other Y)

12:20 pm

penquis

just came from the Spelling Bee....love that game, but they don't take uncommon words....

12:24 pm

hurshy

anyone doing well on the top E? all i can find is er4/4

12:25 pm

penquis

ed 4...

12:25 pm

saanichcat

en 621 and pl

12:25 pm

penquis

en 6/7...

12:25 pm

hurshy

thanks cat!

12:26 pm

saanichcat

welcome hurshy!

12:30 pm

phaeton

also ed4/9

12:33 pm

hurshy

yeah, sannichcat said ed4

12:34 pm

saanichcat

that was pen. We're all chipping in!

12:34 pm

hurshy

oh, pen, yes

12:34 pm

hurshy

we are really on the ball today haha

12:35 pm

saanichcat

better than yesterday that's for sure

12:40 pm

mael

I also love Spelling Bee but find it super frustrating because it is so arbitrary in what it considers "uncommon" words

12:49 pm

hurshy

we almost have strychnine

12:49 pm

hurshy

if that lower R were an N, say, then, it would be

12:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am curious if any babblers have registered for Phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials?

12:56 pm

hurshy

i would but a lot of times you have to not be on any other meds for studies, idk if this is like that

12:56 pm

hurshy

aha but we DO have another poison

12:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

what?

12:57 pm

hurshy

we don't have strychnine in the gird but we do have ar7/32

12:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh. misread. bye

1:01 pm

hurshy

well the bottom D i got all of pretty easily, but the top D i only have 6

1:02 pm

hurshy

aHA i found the other 4, all related

1:03 pm

hurshy

9s: ar9, de9 x 2, anyone have the fourth 9?

1:06 pm

MollyL

st9/54

1:06 pm

periwinkle

st9

1:07 pm

hurshy

ok will look

1:07 pm

hurshy

got it! thanks!

1:07 pm

periwinkle

yw

1:08 pm

hurshy

that only leaves 2 left S, too!

1:08 pm

periwinkle

help with the la5 pls

1:08 pm

MollyL

The locking thing on a gate or door

1:08 pm

periwinkle

sheesh, ty Molly

1:14 pm

hurshy

oh look, we don't often get the baby swan!

1:14 pm

hokie carla

oh, did not have, tyvm

1:15 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh

1:34 pm

hokie carla

still can't find the first ar7 when I know what the 3rd, and probably 4th letters are

1:36 pm

Aussieme

*falls into chog* Hey, All!

1:36 pm

MollyL

Keep looking Carla

1:36 pm

hokie carla

hi

1:39 pm

cybernan

hi again

1:39 pm

Aussieme

Hi, Nan

1:40 pm

hurshy

ar + crepe de ______

1:41 pm

Aussieme

Hey Hursh! Long time no see

1:41 pm

hokie carla

shew, thanks, hurshy. and thanks for the encouragement, molly but I can't see anything. can't see my last 4 c's either. and I am on the list!

1:42 pm

cybernan

didn't want to hear that carla - going to the list and hoping it will help!

1:53 pm

hokie carla

still 25 left.

1:55 pm

cybernan

finding all the 4 and 5 babblets I missed

1:58 pm

cybernan

first en 6/21 please?

2:08 pm

Vicuna

en6/21 - adj of the prior words

2:10 pm

hokie carla

thx, vic. thought I had tried everything.

2:11 pm

cybernan

not seeing it

2:11 pm

cybernan

oh -- got it - ty vic

2:11 pm

Vicuna

My pleasure.

2:31 pm

cybernan

sc 5/16 please?

2:36 pm

moolingwa

268 left...

2:37 pm

cybernan

hi mool

2:37 pm

moolingwa

hey nan, busy morning so just getting started, how's things up north?

2:37 pm

Aussieme

Hey, Mool

2:37 pm

moolingwa

hey aus, happy monday

2:38 pm

Aussieme

Happy Monday Mool

2:38 pm

cybernan

really hot - supposed to be 41C with humidity index today

2:38 pm

moolingwa

tx :)

2:38 pm

moolingwa

yoiks, that's rough

2:40 pm

moolingwa

well, 100 down...and I've already found 8 eights and 2 nines...this might be a good board

2:40 pm

cybernan

not too bad -- just long

2:40 pm

moolingwa

yeah, lot of words for sure

2:42 pm

cybernan

stuck on th 5/18 though

2:43 pm

cybernan

that and the sc 5/16

2:43 pm

moolingwa

did you ever watch hogan's heroes?

2:43 pm

moolingwa

the sc is most of the guard's name

2:45 pm

cybernan

ty mool

2:45 pm

moolingwa

yw

2:46 pm

cybernan

I see nothing :)

2:46 pm

moolingwa

the th...not sure how to clue this one

2:47 pm

hokie carla

hey moo! I think this is a horrible board. I still have 24 left AFTER listing.

2:47 pm

moolingwa

do you know the country where they drank the koolaid?

2:47 pm

moolingwa

jonestown

2:47 pm

moolingwa

yikes hoke

2:47 pm

hokie carla

it wasn't kool-aid, it was the other brand!

2:47 pm

hokie carla

:D

2:47 pm

moolingwa

oh, well that country, the 2nd-4th letters are the end of the th5 word

2:48 pm

hokie carla

I just keep thinking of Col. Klink, I think that was his name

2:48 pm

moolingwa

yep, and there was the guard who would say "I see nothing"

2:48 pm

cybernan

somewhere in SA mool is all I know

2:49 pm

moolingwa

which is what nan wrote :)

2:49 pm

hokie carla

weird word, thanks

2:49 pm

hokie carla

yep, just can't think of the guard's name. I can picture him. we watch that show a lot while camping.

2:49 pm

moolingwa

just figured them both out from the stats, claim no former knowledge

2:50 pm

hokie carla

the th is a tree it seems

2:50 pm

moolingwa

apparently of the tree of life maybe?

2:51 pm

moolingwa

if it's latin name is to be translated literally

2:52 pm

dcseain

yeah, the sometimes vowel in the th5 is often a j. Both spellings are valid.

2:53 pm

moolingwa

you know, some parts of the west are gulchier than others, but arizona might be the gulchiest

2:53 pm

cybernan

don't see how to get from the 2nd letter of the country to the 4th

2:53 pm

moolingwa

the second through 4th letters of the country become the 3rd-5th letters of the word

2:53 pm

hokie carla

surprised that's not accepted

2:54 pm

moolingwa

indeed

2:54 pm

moolingwa

they shall hear from my lawyers

2:54 pm

hokie carla

haha

2:54 pm

moolingwa

once I hire some lawyers

2:54 pm

cybernan

then I don't have the correct country

2:55 pm

moolingwa

last two letters are affirmative

2:55 pm

dcseain

it's in south america. th5 ends with the ** ** Sisterhood, as someone said earlier.

2:56 pm

Aussieme

Hey, Seain!

2:56 pm

dcseain

te4ed is very much a word.

2:56 pm

dcseain

hello, Aussie, moolingwa, and nan!

2:56 pm

moolingwa

hey dc

2:56 pm

moolingwa

good mondays to you

2:57 pm

dcseain

long time since we've overlapped here, aussie :)

2:57 pm

cybernan

don't now the sisterhood can't think of a country that fits -- this is the th 5/18 right?

2:57 pm

moolingwa

yes

2:57 pm

dcseain

yes, nan.

2:57 pm

moolingwa

last two letters are affirmative

2:58 pm

Wendrie

The sisterhood is a book by Rebecca Wells

2:58 pm

Aussieme

I know Seain, very long time

2:58 pm

cybernan

well thuay isn't there, so I am stumped

2:59 pm

dcseain

i play irregularly. bothered to get out the computer today :)

3:00 pm

dcseain

i'm making bread, one milk bread, and one cinnamon raisin milk bread.

3:00 pm

dcseain

almost got it there, nan

3:02 pm

cybernan

oh -- swedish affirmative - hadn't thought of that

3:02 pm

cybernan

thanks for your patience

3:02 pm

dcseain

:)

3:02 pm

dcseain

it's a tree, google tells me.

3:03 pm

dcseain

oh, Lucite is a trademark .

3:03 pm

cybernan

think I'll just look the 6/27 up

3:04 pm

cybernan

oh - no need monkeyed it

3:05 pm

Aussieme

do love Monkeys Nan

3:05 pm

Aussieme

rats

3:05 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* thanks for the help

3:05 pm

Aussieme

oh fudge!

3:05 pm

cybernan

anyone want clues before I leave?

3:06 pm

dcseain

oh, darn! That's the end. LOL

3:06 pm

dcseain

i'm good, thanks, nan, have a great evening.

3:06 pm

hokie carla

I'm only half trying.

3:06 pm

cybernan

ok -- off to get lunch - stay safe everyone :)

3:06 pm

dcseain

i'm only halfway

3:11 pm

Aussieme

You're in the grid today dc

3:11 pm

dcseain

oh, so i am. and in the possessive case too. :)

3:12 pm

Aussieme

indeed

3:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

aussie!

3:22 pm

Aussieme

Hey, Owl!! Have missed you

3:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

my goodness, it's been ages. how are things?

3:23 pm

Aussieme

Things are good here

3:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

good to hear

3:25 pm

Aussieme

How are you, Owl?

3:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

hanging in there. damned virus.

3:28 pm

Aussieme

:( This virus really has done so much damage everywhere, killed so many people, 3 of my friends have passed away from it

3:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am very sorry to hear that.

3:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have to leave the last 50 for later. good to see you.

3:35 pm

Aussieme

It was good to see you too Owl

3:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

hope to see you again soon.

3:38 pm

moolingwa

back again, had to take some calls

3:41 pm

hokie carla

I have 4 c's I can't find - don't want to say the stats and spoil it unless you are finished, moo

3:41 pm

moolingwa

nah, 64 left here

3:42 pm

moolingwa

have 6 c's remaining

3:42 pm

moolingwa

let me see if I can find them

3:42 pm

hokie carla

ok

3:43 pm

moolingwa

nm, got to check on the cat...feel free to post the stats if you want help

3:44 pm

hokie carla

that's okay, I'm just doing other stuff too

3:44 pm

hokie carla

ooh, finally found 2

3:45 pm

dcseain

go, go carla!

3:46 pm

hokie carla

and there's the other 2 c's, didn't expect that spelling

3:52 pm

hokie carla

now just 17 left - 6 + 7 S and 4 T

3:53 pm

gramma

Any hints for the in word? please.

3:54 pm

gramma

nm got it

3:56 pm

Bethjt

Gramma, can you clue the in word please?

3:57 pm

hokie carla

think of mcdonald's or st. louis

3:57 pm

gramma

St.Louis has an **** welcoming you to the west.

3:57 pm

Bethjt

THX

3:58 pm

gramma

Actually St.Louis isn't west but the gateway to the west. I believe

4:00 pm

Bethjt

Thanks. I immediately understood.

4:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

what is up with morewords? it's been acting oddly and now it seems to have gone off the rails.

4:32 pm

moolingwa

okay, back to see if I can find the last 64

4:32 pm

dianedecoder

Moreswords was all messed up the other day....had to keep adjusting the "sort" option to A to Z, otherwise the words came up in random order every time. I haven't tried it today.

4:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

it gave me the words within the letters not the words beginning with the three i inserted. finally had to reset it.

4:34 pm

hokie carla

someone, I think Molly, posted a response from morewords about the issue and it is supposedly fixed now

4:34 pm

dianedecoder

"more swords" ....ha ha ha

4:34 pm

dianedecoder

"more swords" ....ha ha ha

4:35 pm

dianedecoder

hmmmm, sorry about the echo!

4:35 pm

hokie carla

mine changed it to forewords

4:35 pm

moolingwa

is that like those first easy words you find before you get into the middle of a grid?

4:36 pm

hokie carla

maybe

4:36 pm

hokie carla

what do you call the hard ones you struggle with at the end?

4:37 pm

hokie carla

PITAwords?

4:37 pm

moolingwa

hmm

4:37 pm

hokie carla

or horrorwords (to slightly rhyme)

4:37 pm

moolingwa

endwords would be the most logical

4:37 pm

moolingwa

but not particularly creative

4:37 pm

moolingwa

buttwords

4:38 pm

moolingwa

dregwords

4:38 pm

hokie carla

I am trying to find that sc5 that I think you were cluing earlier. was that the hogan's heroes clue?

4:39 pm

moolingwa

yes

4:39 pm

hokie carla

lol, I like dregwords

4:39 pm

moolingwa

most of the guard's name from Hogan Heroes

4:39 pm

dianedecoder

Okay, going to try Morewords for the first time today....will see how it looks.

4:39 pm

moolingwa

dregwords has a certain...je ne sais quoi

4:40 pm

hokie carla

imdb to the rescue!

4:40 pm

moolingwa

imdb is a legitimate source ;)

4:41 pm

hokie carla

now only 11 s's left and the 4 t's

4:41 pm

moolingwa

O have seven s's and 8 t's to go

4:41 pm

moolingwa

and 35 other words

4:42 pm

hokie carla

I also have the list which has not helped me much

4:42 pm

moolingwa

:)

4:43 pm

gramma

CR 7 and 8? Clues please.

4:44 pm

hokie carla

kinda sounds like an alternative to burial

4:44 pm

moolingwa

you know those bumps on the tops of castle walls gramma?

4:44 pm

moolingwa

kinda, sorta sounds like those

4:45 pm

gramma

I wish I did.

4:45 pm

gramma

Oh I got it! ty

4:45 pm

moolingwa

alternatively...

4:45 pm

moolingwa

another word for make with an additional letter thrown in

4:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

the hebrew educational institution sc5?

4:49 pm

moolingwa

I have a lot of long words remaining

4:50 pm

moolingwa

with covid19, there's a lot more airhugs going on

4:53 pm

hokie carla

there are like 6 long a's

4:53 pm

moolingwa

yeah

4:53 pm

moolingwa

figured, I still have 7 a's to go

4:56 pm

moolingwa

oh, found two...thought i'd tried that already

4:57 pm

moolingwa

three

4:57 pm

hokie carla

speaking of three, just found a fraction that I should've found already

4:58 pm

moolingwa

well no bronze medal for you then

4:59 pm

moolingwa

well I just found a 4/5 combination that is probably a result of playing this grid a long time

4:59 pm

hokie carla

I definitely did not come in that place

5:00 pm

hokie carla

ah, I miss the olympics

5:01 pm

moolingwa

When I was a kid in NZ, olympics were fun, now they don't really hold any appeal to me

5:01 pm

hokie carla

is the last th6 related to that tree from earlier? I have tried adding all kinds of letters added to that

5:02 pm

moolingwa

I don't have a th after that, so not sure...let me look

5:02 pm

hokie carla

sorry

5:02 pm

moolingwa

no worries, have 40 left...probably not going to finish

5:02 pm

moolingwa

so all good

5:03 pm

hokie carla

I wonder if the sometimes vowel is 3rd letter, but not getting that either

5:03 pm

moolingwa

yes, that was my immediate guess

5:03 pm

moolingwa

yep, it was :)

5:04 pm

moolingwa

odd word

5:04 pm

zoozzoom

TH+ sometimes vowel + most or the rude version for the bum.

5:04 pm

hokie carla

you don't say :D

5:05 pm

Uneaixoise

Ne5/16?

5:05 pm

moolingwa

to be really into something

5:05 pm

hokie carla

hmm, wondering if the rude version of bum is different in UK

5:05 pm

moolingwa

that may not be cool

5:05 pm

moolingwa

yes

5:05 pm

hokie carla

une, I am ne5 about a lot of things

5:05 pm

moolingwa

it's different in the uk

5:06 pm

hokie carla

harry potter, x-files, buffy

5:06 pm

Uneaixoise

Nm!!

5:06 pm

moolingwa

...words...

5:06 pm

Uneaixoise

Got it, hokie :-)

5:06 pm

moolingwa

maybe if you needed a drink, but could finish the word properly hoke

5:06 pm

moolingwa

couldnt

5:09 pm

moolingwa

extricrate - to try to remove your pup from their overnight home

5:09 pm

hokie carla

lol

5:09 pm

moolingwa

harder to say than type

5:10 pm

moolingwa

would need another t anyway

5:11 pm

hokie carla

well, I was reading it without the r at first and was like, what are you cluing?

5:11 pm

lexophile

you guys are soooooo far above me, linguistically! I am at a loss for words most of the time. This game has really put me in my place. ;-) In my own little world, I am considered the lexophile. Not so much here.....

5:11 pm

hokie carla

and I finally looked up the th - was looking at the bum clue the wrong way

5:12 pm

moolingwa

oh we don't really know what we're talking about lex, so don't worry

5:12 pm

hokie carla

well, moo is in a league of his own

5:12 pm

dianedecoder

Morewords seems to be back to normal. My problem today is that I have to often type a word several times before it will enter. I even changed to my newer laptop and it is doing the same thing. Is anyone else having this problem?

5:12 pm

zoozzoom

ashould of started at the bottom, Hokie LOL

5:13 pm

moolingwa

a number of words today are first timers for me

5:13 pm

lexophile

Cheers to Moo's league! May I one day be worthy to join the ranks, lol....

5:13 pm

moolingwa

the league of very ordinary gentlemen

5:14 pm

moolingwa

birds and words...two of my favourite things

5:15 pm

zoozzoom

All the time, dianedecoder. It is very annoying. I have started to refresh the babble page before I leave if I need to come back to it otherwise lots of words have disappeared.

5:15 pm

moolingwa

curds are good too, if combined with fries and gravy

5:16 pm

zoozzoom

I am stopping with 4305 points. Time for me to retire for the evening. Happy babbling everyone!

5:16 pm

moolingwa

night zoo, have a good 'un

5:16 pm

hokie carla

I am down to 11, all S

5:16 pm

hokie carla

night, zooz

5:16 pm

lexophile

I simply cannot see all the words you guys are able to (easily) find! Thankfully, I am not bothered by not finishing a grid - I have probably finished less than a dozen in 10 years....

5:17 pm

moolingwa

down to 36...all words beginning with letters

5:17 pm

moolingwa

I finish maybe a couple of times a week

5:17 pm

hokie carla

I should hope so

5:17 pm

dianedecoder

I have had words disappear overnight, but this delay in seeing the word being accepted really spoils the flow of the gamel.

5:18 pm

hokie carla

but I don't think I've ever actually finished a grid without any clues

5:18 pm

lexophile

Ha! Yes, all beginning with letters... I just don't seem to be able to find them (and so many are simply too obscure for me)

5:19 pm

MollyL

The game really needs a 50, 000 mile tune up

5:19 pm

hokie carla

today's grid was very hard for me. harder than usual for this many words.

5:19 pm

hokie carla

50,000 miles? I feel there's a lot more on this game than that.

5:19 pm

lexophile

I used to be the Boggle Queen back in the days when we played boggle in person (ChampFit and I were neighbors then)... this online crap has kicked my butt and put me squarely in my lowly place...

5:20 pm

MollyL

I was being generous

5:20 pm

NANCY

clue for ci 8 please

5:21 pm

hokie carla

I know, my friends & family in real life don't like to play me because they think I'm making up words and I destroy them, but here, middle of the pack or lower.

5:22 pm

rururocks

*looks up at middle of the pack for hokie*

5:22 pm

hokie carla

nancy, there is a br word for collective brothers. ci8 kinda sounds like that for not brothers, but ___ if someone has a lisp. and wow, what a bad clue.

5:23 pm

hokie carla

ru, you are near the top

5:23 pm

rururocks

that's a disability clue hokie even worse :D

5:23 pm

hokie carla

what if I said a spaniard instead?

5:23 pm

lexophile

I left the Houston area where we had a group of ladies who got together weekly to boggle (and drink "health drinks", of course). Moved to the OKC area where NO ONE gives a shit about words!!! Had to satisfy myself completely online. Not the same.....

5:23 pm

rururocks

I am not near the top..

5:23 pm

NANCY

ty but I finally put in the plural of the 7 which I already had. holy moly babble blindness strikes again

5:23 pm

hokie carla

you are near the top of the players I interact with

5:24 pm

ChampFit

I drank with you Lex!!!!!!!!!!

5:24 pm

hokie carla

LOL, obviously I didn't even clue the one you asked for, nancy

5:24 pm

rururocks

oh.. you should hang around the real top players homie

5:24 pm

lexophile

CHAMP!!!!! Those were some of the BEST times ever!!!!

5:25 pm

ChampFit

:)

5:25 pm

rururocks

I thought health drinks in OKC was beer?

5:25 pm

hokie carla

so i can feel stupider (probably acceptable in enable)?

5:25 pm

lexophile

drinking makes boggling so much more fun :)

5:25 pm

hokie carla

I think that's why "health drinks" was in quotes.

5:26 pm

ChampFit

It a moot point since no one in OKC boggles and bevs.

5:26 pm

lexophile

Ugh. beer.... not really, ru. Although OK just made regular beer (over 3.2%) legal maybe a year ago???

5:27 pm

ChampFit

Dear goodness...what on EARTH? How have you survived????

5:27 pm

lexophile

We always had orange juice and/or cranberry juice in our drinks.... Healthy, right????}

5:27 pm

hokie carla

I have so many interests that none of my friends share: sewing, quilting, word games. at least my camping friends like to play cards.

5:27 pm

rururocks

colorful.. not necessarily healthy

5:28 pm

rururocks

I can't post my interests here homie :D

5:28 pm

lexophile

Lol, we actually knew that, ru, but we declared it "healthy" anyway

5:28 pm

hokie carla

please don't ;)

5:29 pm

hokie carla

7 st's left, all right in a row in the list. I am missing something.

5:29 pm

rururocks

but word games is on my list :D

5:29 pm

lexophile

Word games are definitely on my survival list!

5:30 pm

rururocks

are on my list ... excuse me

5:31 pm

hokie carla

serptenine is frustrating to me because I focus on typing all the short words fast but I really need to look for longer words

5:31 pm

rururocks

OKC is Oklahoma City?

5:31 pm

hokie carla

I think moo must've turned into a pumpkin

5:31 pm

lexophile

As I'm polishing off a fifth of cheap ass vodka, I have to say that words and word games are vital for my well=being.

5:31 pm

hokie carla

LOL, yes, ru, you anti-acronymite

5:31 pm

lexophile

Yes, ru, OKC = Oklahoma CIty

5:32 pm

rururocks

my father's family is from an area near there sorta

5:32 pm

lexophile

I do play on serpentine, but it is not forgiving... You tend to stay about where you are rated... I'll never ascend beyond blue, I"m afraid

5:33 pm

rururocks

what are you on serpentine lex?

5:33 pm

lexophile

I'm in a suburb of OKC, Edmond, which is actually a beautiful place to live

5:33 pm

MollyL

*Cues up Merle Haggard: I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee

5:33 pm

hokie carla

I've never gotten out of gray there. got up to about 1150 once and dropped down to about 1000 at one time. recently got up to 1115-ish and lost like 70 in 2 days.

5:34 pm

lexophile

On serpentine, I am now cajunlexophile. The profile I first created was lost, so I had to come up with a new name....

5:34 pm

hokie carla

just found some beer mugs!

5:34 pm

rururocks

i'm trying to get back to yellow myself hokester

5:35 pm

hokie carla

it's just been a tough crowd there the last few days

5:35 pm

lexophile

Yellow? Ho Lee Shit. I can't seem to ever get past blue. Often fall down back to pink....

5:35 pm

hokie carla

I don't think I'll ever make it out of gray

5:35 pm

rururocks

i love coming on as a new player sometimes and win as a amateur and they all think i'm cheating :D

5:37 pm

lexophile

Yes! Of course they think you are cheating! I played as a guest for many months because I wasn't able to login with my original name. I was accused several times of cheating.

5:38 pm

rururocks

i know .. i just do it to get everyone's feathers ruffled there :D

5:38 pm

hokie carla

clue for either of the st8? just can't find these words

5:39 pm

rururocks

st8 is used to make candles

5:39 pm

hokie carla

why would they accuse you of cheating? guests don't get any rating or anything. what's the benefit?

5:39 pm

rururocks

I could wax on about it if necessary

5:40 pm

hokie carla

compound?

5:40 pm

rururocks

no

5:40 pm

rururocks

it is very twisty though

5:41 pm

hokie carla

so not starslut

5:41 pm

lexophile

well, some people see guests who do well as "hackers" or people who use cheat programs..(I can't be more specific because I don't understand the crap! Why the hell would anyone gain any enjoyment out of cheating at a word game??????)

5:41 pm

rururocks

starslut ? ha

5:42 pm

rururocks

homie.. you crack me up

5:42 pm

hokie carla

but my argument is you're receiving nothing even if you are cheating. accolades? that mean nothing

5:45 pm

moolingwa

back again

5:45 pm

moolingwa

I used to get accused of cheating at boggle games a lot :)

5:45 pm

hokie carla

well, looked up one word and found 4. can safely say I do not know those words. 1 left!

5:46 pm

moolingwa

woot

5:46 pm

moolingwa

36 left here

5:46 pm

rururocks

gotta run kids.. have fun

5:46 pm

moolingwa

later ru

5:46 pm

hokie carla

bye ru

5:47 pm

lexophile

You are so right, hokie. Accolades mean nothing as a guest on Serpentine. I often don't even read the chat log, as I'm trying to learn about all the words I missed that particular round!

5:48 pm

moolingwa

oh, I play some serpentine

5:48 pm

hokie carla

finished! will try some serpentine now, see how many points I lose. ;)

5:48 pm

hokie carla

who are you, moo?

5:48 pm

moolingwa

I play over there as JuliusFish

5:50 pm

hokie carla

which room? I don't recall seeing that name

5:50 pm

moolingwa

the hard room

5:50 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I occasionally start there and then move to medium.

5:51 pm

hokie carla

I know marksdolly only plays in hard room

5:51 pm

moolingwa

I don't really go out of there

5:51 pm

MollyL

Interesting. It seems many of the Babble junkies are also Serpentine junkies. How do you guys have so much time for on line word games? I can barely keep up with this one.

5:51 pm

moolingwa

I have learned to bend time

5:52 pm

hokie carla

I just found it via here in the last 6 mos or so and I haven't played that much recently due to our RV project.

5:53 pm

hokie carla

speaking of marksdolly, she's in the hard room right now

5:53 pm

hokie carla

so is moo!

5:54 pm

moolingwa

yeah, she's the one that brought me over there

5:55 pm

moolingwa

ah, well almost gotta go anyway

5:55 pm

hokie carla

not surprisingly, moo is red!

5:57 pm

periwinkle

ri6/18 pls

5:58 pm

hokie carla

one who washes shampoo out

5:58 pm

periwinkle

duh ty carla

5:58 pm

hokie carla

well, it's kinda grammatically weird

7:21 pm

sajarn

so have entered st6/24, you know, what you do to shirts to make them crisp, but it's not showing up in my list, and says I already entered st6/24, same thing when I add the sometimes vowel letter. Is this happening for anyone else?? curious...thanks

7:22 pm

Trifioso

I have had that before, sajarn. Usually I have to reload, or exit and reenter

7:32 pm

sajarn

I'll try than, thanks so much!

7:33 pm

sajarn

that did the trick.

7:36 pm

Trifioso

its a weird glitch - happens rarely, but happens

10:03 pm

dcseain

yeah, usually refreshing the page fixes that problem.

10:04 pm

dan2bit

anybody around who can clue the th6,27?

10:06 pm

SueMagee

A compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.

10:08 pm

dan2bit

oh.... of course

10:12 pm

dan2bit

could I ask for something a little dumber?

10:14 pm

dan2bit

I mean, I can google I suppose...

10:15 pm

SueMagee

Old English fotvyou, then head SE in the grid. Add a vowel.

10:15 pm

SueMagee

‘For you’

10:57 pm

dcseain

thanks, SueMagee

11:48 pm

periwinkle

insomnia strikes again

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