Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, October 16, 2020

12:06 am

Rainiqui

de 7

12:09 am

jessmom

to7

12:11 am

jessmom

st7

12:13 am

jessmom

ro8/9

12:17 am

Gillie

ei7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Hillsnow

Thanks, Lickety!

12:25 am

Gillie

nbt, nbs - thanks cluers!

12:55 am

jessmom

fr8/9

1:01 am

dizgrannie

hi all, late start, ei 7 if not called.

1:02 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

7:12 am

Uniquity

Halfway! Going to use the list later. I don't mind help, I need all I can get these days, hah.

7:22 am

MollyL

I spent WAY too much time looking for an e-ell 7 when it's an e-eye 7. Damn small font.
: D

7:28 am

BzznBea

I have that problem often as well.

7:28 am

BzznBea

Happy Friday, Molly.

7:34 am

MollyL

Happy Friday to you Bea. What's up for the weekend?

7:36 am

BzznBea

Making apple butter this weekend. Got to get it done!

7:36 am

BzznBea

How about you?

7:45 am

MollyL

I have a family get together this weekend. Mmm, apple butter. Making that makes the house smell SO good.

7:46 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

7:49 am

BzznBea

Hey, Carla. Getting rain?

7:49 am

MollyL

Ooo, Reginald Kenneth Dwight is in the grid.
: D

7:49 am

BzznBea

A family get together sounds wonderful, Molly.

7:49 am

hokie carla

elton?

7:50 am

hokie carla

very sunny out bea, but we had rain last night

7:50 am

hokie carla

is it raining there?

7:51 am

hokie carla

I really want eater to work but it just isn't there

7:51 am

BzznBea

Yes, it is raining here. I wish it would rain allday.

7:51 am

hokie carla

we are soaked here

7:52 am

BzznBea

We are supposed to have frost tomorrow night.

7:53 am

hokie carla

yikes, have not checked the forecast here. I guess I should.

7:54 am

BzznBea

Only a light frost here, I think.

7:54 am

BzznBea

Only a light frost here, I think.

7:54 am

BzznBea

May just pull the plants in on the porches and call it good.

7:55 am

hokie carla

most of our deck garden is done, but still some tomatoes and maybe some banana peppers out there.

7:55 am

BzznBea

Ours is just monster house plants.

7:56 am

hokie carla

last time I checked the banana pepper there were a ton of blooms. we only got 2 peppers this year. one year I had so many I had to can them.

8:06 am

hokie carla

well I got to 54 words left playing old school - in the dark, no idea how many words total or on each tile. it was interesting reading the archives and how the game play and chat has evolved since the beginning.

8:09 am

hokie carla

now I'm down to 23 left. 1 7 (thx to Molly and some random guessing) and no 8's and 9s. I'm not a long word person. :D but I'll keep looking!

8:09 am

HarryHood

found an 8/9 this morning as one of my first few words.

8:10 am

HarryHood

well two of my first few words.

8:10 am

HarryHood

:)

8:10 am

hokie carla

so you're saying there's a chance

8:10 am

HarryHood

absolutely

8:10 am

HarryHood

I have faith in you

8:11 am

hokie carla

still 5 4's left too

8:13 am

BzznBea

9 here. All T's. Imagine that?

8:13 am

hokie carla

hey, I have finished all the vowels so I've got that going for me

8:13 am

HarryHood

59 here. and still mising the lone o and lone e

8:14 am

hokie carla

I have 1 T in 1st col and 4 T in 5th col B

8:14 am

hokie carla

I did get the o on my own but I saw the e stat in Molly's post

8:20 am

BzznBea

My phantom today is toilet.

8:21 am

hokie carla

again I keep trying the Pittsburgh NFL mascot

8:21 am

BzznBea

Just make it pt

8:21 am

hokie carla

I have a few phantoms but was not seeing toilet

8:22 am

HarryHood

40 to go - gotta get ready for class - hagd!

8:24 am

hokie carla

bye!

8:25 am

hokie carla

well, I did not have the pt of course

8:26 am

hokie carla

18 left

8:37 am

MollyL

Wonders how many people looked for a word starting with pt

8:37 am

hokie carla

hopefully none since there's no p

8:38 am

hokie carla

I wonder if I'm the only one who tried svelt just in case

8:40 am

MelJewell

on

8:40 am

godthaab

How come Babble takes merde but not drole?

8:41 am

BzznBea

I need to get on with my day. See you all next time.

8:41 am

MollyL

How come Babble takes merde (shit) but not merci (thanks)

8:41 am

hokie carla

bye bea!

8:44 am

hokie carla

well I appear to be stuck with 15 left

9:44 am

marilyn992

Dolor

9:52 am

bichon

fr 8/55, pls

9:53 am

jaxx7

opposite of back and allow plus plural for 9

9:58 am

hokie carla

well now I am stuck with 13 left ;)

9:59 am

hokie carla

ooh, 12

10:00 am

bichon

ty jaxx

10:01 am

redshoes

Thanks, Jaxx.

10:01 am

redshoes

rete

10:03 am

redshoes

d'oh! Forgot to move the cursor to word box. =^/

10:12 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! Mr. Rogers

10:13 am

hokie carla

fred :D

10:13 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:16 am

mkg

hi all. need the 8s and 9s. clues and stats please.

10:16 am

hurshy

fr8 was just done if you scroll down just a pinch

10:25 am

HarryHood

my bio teacher said: what does the biologist say when he get's home? "elodea"

10:30 am

hokie carla

11 left!

10:30 am

hokie carla

just found a 4

10:31 am

hokie carla

and there's another. I swear I already entered that one. oh well. 10 left, no 4's.

10:31 am

HarryHood

35 here

10:33 am

HarryHood

30

10:33 am

hurshy

is the E weird or can i find it

10:34 am

HarryHood

don't have the e or the o

10:34 am

hurshy

the lone o is a type of window

10:34 am

HarryHood

got it. ty

10:36 am

HarryHood

25!

10:36 am

HarryHood

fondelette should be a word.

10:37 am

mkg

ty for 8/9 clue.

10:38 am

mkg

i also need that e and o word for 4th row letters. any stats or clues welcome

10:38 am

HarryHood

or5/10

10:38 am

hurshy

mkg, we just talked about the o

10:40 am

mkg

sorry missed it.

10:40 am

HarryHood

eirole: what my teenage daughter does when she thinks I'm not looking

10:40 am

mkg

ty got or.

10:44 am

HarryHood

20!

10:44 am

HarryHood

bbl

10:46 am

hurshy

i seem to be stuck at 17 left

10:47 am

hokie carla

9!

10:48 am

hokie carla

I swear I already entered that one too

10:50 am

hurshy

aha, i found the other 8/9 it is an ro pair

10:50 am

hokie carla

not surprised since I need 3 R's

10:50 am

hurshy

french for how the world goes + allow

10:51 am

hokie carla

somehow got that despite not knowing any french

10:52 am

hurshy

well it's kind of a cognate

10:52 am

hurshy

so that helps

10:52 am

hokie carla

found the last R. 6 left!

10:53 am

hokie carla

well, I didn't really see it that way, just had to figure out which letters to squeeze in between ro and the last 3

10:56 am

hokie carla

2 5's, 2 6's and 2 7's left. not very helpful.

10:56 am

hurshy

i too am missing half the 7s

10:56 am

hurshy

have de and st

10:57 am

hokie carla

st and ei

10:57 am

hokie carla

de7 would be my missing d

10:57 am

hurshy

oh, so that's the e

10:57 am

hurshy

yay got it

10:58 am

hokie carla

duh on the d. i'm always trying to short version of that and it never takes.

10:58 am

hokie carla

*the, not to

10:59 am

hokie carla

and I had also tried that ending on several "words" today.

10:59 am

hurshy

anyone watched the Acorn show "Keeping Faith"? i like it but the music they play when there's no dialogue is SO CHEESY, i hate it enough that i actually mute it

10:59 am

hokie carla

I don't have Acorn

11:05 am

hokie carla

just checked the flip for the last 7

11:05 am

hurshy

and?

11:05 am

hokie carla

has not helped me yet

11:06 am

hokie carla

to7

11:06 am

hurshy

i thought it might be a t because over half of my missing words are t

11:06 am

hokie carla

yeah, I have 3/5 T's

11:06 am

hurshy

aha

11:06 am

hurshy

it is the baby 2000 lbs one

11:07 am

hokie carla

interesting definition

11:08 am

hokie carla

was hoping my last T was a frenchified version of that but alas, not

11:08 am

hurshy

the m HAS to be me and it should not be that hard geesh

11:09 am

hokie carla

I know! has to be M5 or 6

11:10 am

penquis

all the Ms seem to be pretty ordinary....

11:10 am

Kallia

its me 6

11:10 am

hokie carla

hmmm

11:11 am

penquis

there are two M6 words....

11:11 am

hurshy

i have a weird me6/21

11:11 am

hokie carla

I do have one me6 I think is odd

11:11 am

hurshy

no, i have 3 me6 pen

11:11 am

penquis

the other is ordinary...

11:11 am

hokie carla

I also have 3

11:11 am

penquis

oh yes, there are three.....

11:12 am

penquis

they are all me 6/21.....

11:12 am

hokie carla

so I guess it's me5

11:13 am

penquis

my last me 5 (last one i found) had a pl ending....

11:13 am

hurshy

for the love of pete

11:13 am

hokie carla

lol, me too

11:13 am

hokie carla

#metoo

11:13 am

hurshy

thanks pen

11:14 am

penquis

yw....

11:14 am

hokie carla

can't possibly read backwards and up

11:14 am

penquis

it was just a little twisty....

11:14 am

hokie carla

2 left! a 5 and a 6

11:15 am

MollyL

Who is Pete and why does everyone love him?

11:15 am

hurshy

4 left here

11:15 am

hokie carla

she could say FPS, whereas I would just type FFS (FTR, I never actually use the F word IRL). enough acronyms?

11:16 am

penquis

i stopped reading after the first one... ;o)

11:17 am

hokie carla

:D

11:17 am

MollyL

Curious, if you don't speak the word, why do you use it in print?

11:18 am

hokie carla

cause that's the internet acronym! I didn't make it up.

11:18 am

hurshy

pete is a very popular guy. he walked up to me one day and said, hi, i'm pete, and now that i've met you, i know everyone in the world. i didn't believe him so i pointed to a random passerby, he called out "hello" and the person said, "hi, pete!" we traveled to the next town because i didn't believe him, but everyone we saw knew pete. then i made him take me around the world. when we got to vatican city, i watched pete go up to the pope and be greeted as an old friend. as i was shaking my head in disbelief, a man in the crowd next to me nudged me and said, hey, who's that guy up there...

11:18 am

MollyL

"Pete" is actually a substitute word for God. For people who are concerned with taking God's name in vain

11:19 am

hokie carla

yes, some people say FGS

11:19 am

hurshy

...talking to pete?

11:20 am

hokie carla

are we supposed to guess now?

11:21 am

hurshy

guess what? it is a joke

11:21 am

hurshy

just when you think i found someone who doesn't know pete, it turns out he knows pete but doesn't know who the pope is

11:21 am

MollyL

*Bets Hurshy says "jeepers" too

11:21 am

hokie carla

thought we were waiting for the punch line. I guess the joke is everyone didn't know him

11:22 am

hurshy

no, the punchline is there, at 11:19

11:22 am

hokie carla

LOL, I need to work on my reading comprehension. I got distracted at the end.

11:22 am

hurshy

see where i started with the ellipsis as the continuation?

11:22 am

SamanthaJoy

I thought the joke that was everyone knows the joke. "Hey, who's that guy up with Pete?"

11:23 am

hokie carla

I get it now. see me at 11:22

11:23 am

hurshy

i suppose it was a mistake to try to do the punchline separately

11:23 am

SamanthaJoy

Here's a riddle for you: Which S am I missing? :)

11:23 am

hokie carla

well, I was missing st5/10 for a looooong time but I thought I had it already

11:24 am

hokie carla

there is a 6 you might have missed

11:24 am

SamanthaJoy

If there's only one, I have it

11:24 am

hokie carla

nope

11:24 am

SamanthaJoy

ooooohhhhh. that's the one. I have the 5 and a 7 but not a six.

11:25 am

hokie carla

nm, the one I thought is a 7. haha

11:25 am

SamanthaJoy

lol

11:25 am

hokie carla

so, there is just one 6 but it looks like it worked out ;)

11:26 am

hurshy

i'm down to one TO6

11:26 am

SamanthaJoy

Are they all st?

11:26 am

hokie carla

yes

11:26 am

hurshy

aha, it is a city in spain and in ohio

11:26 am

SamanthaJoy

ty

11:26 am

hokie carla

good to know, I need a v and a t and a 5 and a 6. have tried literally every combo possible for v5 though.

11:27 am

hurshy

it is an alt sp of the first v4

11:27 am

hokie carla

well, I kept seeing phantom that with r in the middle

11:27 am

hokie carla

(T)

11:27 am

SamanthaJoy

FOUND IT! Don't know why that one was so hard for me, but thank you all for your help.

11:28 am

hokie carla

yep, did not try that combo of 5 letters

11:28 am

hokie carla

np, SJ

11:29 am

hokie carla

alright, I need to get busy. trying out a new sports bra pattern today. have already cut out the fabric but am procrastinating on the construction. TTFN

11:30 am

SamanthaJoy

g'bye

11:33 am

periwinkle

hi help withro8/9 pls. found the fr8/9 by myself earlier

11:34 am

periwinkle

nm found the ro8/9

11:34 am

SamanthaJoy

They end the same way.

11:34 am

SamanthaJoy

Man, I'm lagging. Makes cluing and responding hard.

11:34 am

bichon

peri, share, pls

11:35 am

periwinkle

it start like a shape but not spelled the same way

11:36 am

periwinkle

actually the first 6 letters are a word in the grid today

11:36 am

bichon

peri, don't understand

11:36 am

periwinkle

help with lone E and O in 4th row.

11:37 am

SamanthaJoy

It's a 6/8/9 combo

11:37 am

periwinkle

I don't know how to clue it otherwise

11:37 am

periwinkle

do you have ro6/21? bichon

11:37 am

penquis

or 5.....

11:37 am

bichon

no, peri

11:37 am

penquis

it's a bay window...

11:38 am

periwinkle

ty for or word

11:39 am

penquis

ro 8....the first part is a shape minus the third letter + vowel + to allow.....add pl ending....

11:40 am

penquis

yw, peri....

11:40 am

periwinkle

help with any 7 please

11:41 am

penquis

ei 7....beginning of a type of duck + vowel + most of not short....

11:41 am

bichon

ty peri, pen

11:41 am

periwinkle

yw bichon

11:41 am

periwinkle

ty pen

11:41 am

penquis

yw....

11:48 am

penquis

need a break....bbl to finish....bye all....

12:09 pm

bichon

de 7/36, pls

12:19 pm

moolingwa

morning all, back for my last 144

12:21 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

12:21 pm

moolingwa

morning nan, happy friday

12:23 pm

cybernan

shoulder muscle, bich

12:27 pm

bichon

tyvm nan

12:30 pm

Uneaixoise

St7 pt of strong metal

12:37 pm

Uneaixoise

To7 2000 lbs + allows

12:52 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* --- last word was klinger's city -- never remembere that it isn't a proper noun here

12:53 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone and stay safe

12:53 pm

Uneaixoise

Congrats!!

1:18 pm

MLFAN17

ty une

1:24 pm

MollyL

For those of you who didn't watch M*A*S*H, Kinger's city is a city that starts with To in Ohio. There is also a city by that name in Spain. It is in the grid because it also means a sword made in the Spanish city.

1:25 pm

ch1212

Or, John Denver's song, "Saturday Night in To7, Ohio is like being nowhere at all...."

1:37 pm

MollyL

'll take Elvis Costello's To7 over that one any day.

2:16 pm

sammysmom

stuck on the first me 5 /12 ?

2:19 pm

dizgrannie

pl the 4

3:10 pm

MollyL

How are you and Walter feeling SMom?

3:11 pm

origami

I llove Elvis Costello.

3:11 pm

origami

Hi folks.

4:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I love these obscure clues

4:32 pm

JaxH66

Could I have a clue for de7/36 please

4:33 pm

car.eeyore

Its a muscle

4:33 pm

wvteach

a muscle

4:33 pm

JaxH66

Thanks.

6:33 pm

dan2bit

evening all

6:38 pm

origami

Hi dan

6:46 pm

dan2bit

anybody have stats for the E?

6:46 pm

origami

ei 7/32

6:48 pm

dan2bit

ty ori

6:49 pm

origami

You're welcome. I'm finished. See you!

6:50 pm

Uneaixoise

Congrats!

6:50 pm

origami

Thanks, Une.

6:50 pm

dan2bit

woo hoo

6:58 pm

LuvWordGames

te

7:01 pm

LuvWordGames

ve 5/18 please?

7:02 pm

dan2bit

ve+ 3 consonants

7:03 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks dan, looking

7:04 pm

dan2bit

if you have the 2 ve4 add a consonant to the first one

7:04 pm

LuvWordGames

ahhhh thanks

7:05 pm

LuvWordGames

that's fireworks, any clues needed?

7:09 pm

dan2bit

just finished, thanks lickety for the last 15

8:14 pm

torgone

gross ..

9:03 pm

rbud

there is grossness?

9:04 pm

rbud

oh! nevermind, I get it now, haha!

9:22 pm

rbud

yay, done! back later

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