Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, November 20, 2020

12:01 am

grannyrose

vo7

12:06 am

Gillie

gn7

12:06 am

jessmom

ma7

12:13 am

dizgrannie

grannyrose, don't say your usual co 5...lol

12:13 am

grannyrose

g'day then...loll

12:13 am

dizgrannie

lol

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:25 am

cybernan

this is going to be a nasty one, I think

12:26 am

cybernan

have no idea what that gn 7 could be

12:26 am

rastapopolous

gn8 as well

12:27 am

cybernan

nothing I've ever heard of I'm sure

12:27 am

grannyrose

thanx rasta

12:27 am

dizgrannie

the raised part of a sundial

12:27 am

Gillie

The 7 is a plural of the raised part on a sundial

12:28 am

Gillie

(among other things)

12:28 am

cybernan

I would call that an arm

12:29 am

grannyrose

an7

12:31 am

Gillie

The 8 letter is like a word meaning like a small mythical man-like creature, but with a couple of extra letters inserted.

12:31 am

cybernan

think I will give up on this one -- too many weird words takes the fun away

12:32 am

cybernan

don't know any of that mythilogical stuff

12:32 am

rururocks

Rasta? Are you ok with the fires?

12:33 am

rururocks

Got the go8 ty

12:33 am

cybernan

good night everyone - stay safe. We are on lockdown undtil Dec. 7 so no choice here.

12:33 am

Gillie

Mythic is maybe not the right word - think lawn ornament.

12:40 am

Gillie

Well, "anglo" is a word in Canada, I'm sure.

12:41 am

grannyrose

cy words x 4

12:44 am

Gillie

But not "franco", for some reason

12:51 am

grannyrose

nice little appetiser what's for mains?

12:52 am

jessmom

my7

2:23 am

rolin

well... it seems the medication i take every Friday doesn't exist in Enable...

3:50 am

Sam Snead

brand name maybe

3:51 am

Sam Snead

"folic" not allowed?

3:52 am

Sam Snead

lamy

3:57 am

Sam Snead

Carry On quote "In6! In6! They've all got it i6!" Lost on our transAtlantic cousins I guess.

6:14 am

godthaab

Is it me, or has Morewords gone wonky?

6:20 am

BzznBea

Yes, morewords is whack.

6:25 am

aslindy

morning all

6:25 am

BzznBea

Morning, lindy.

6:25 am

Uneaixoise

Howdy :-)

6:30 am

aslindy

got the 8

6:30 am

BzznBea

Me too. Glad I won't be around to have to clue it. =)

6:34 am

aslindy

so many phantoms today

6:53 am

aslindy

any clue for the my7 please?

6:54 am

aslindy

never mind

7:05 am

BzznBea

29 left. Time for me to go. See you all net time.

7:05 am

aslindy

bye bea

7:42 am

dan2bit

morning all! left column done

7:43 am

hokie carla

well done, I still need 2 from that one.

7:43 am

hokie carla

close on the 4th col too. not liking this one today.

7:47 am

hokie carla

still 42 after 1st pass

7:53 am

HarryHood

why not folic?

7:54 am

hokie carla

I tried that too even though I remembered it doesn't take.

7:54 am

dan2bit

just tried it too HH

7:54 am

HarryHood

very persnickety about acids, enable is.

7:55 am

hokie carla

but we do have a derogatory word today

7:56 am

HarryHood

co4/8 is derogatory, but that's not the co4 you mean.

7:56 am

MollyL

I think she means of4

7:56 am

hokie carla

wasn't thinking of that. it can be but it is also another word.

7:56 am

hokie carla

yes, molly is correct

7:57 am

HarryHood

ah ty! I was missing that O!

7:57 am

hokie carla

took me a while to see it since it's backwards

7:58 am

HarryHood

alinomy - what the dyslexic man pays his ex-wife

7:58 am

MollyL

Time for THE DISCUSSION

7:59 am

hokie carla

we need to discuss my 4 missing G's so I can finish that column. :D

8:00 am

hokie carla

and glam doesn't work

8:00 am

HarryHood

How do you feel about your 4 missing Gs?

8:00 am

hokie carla

I wish I could find them, but not hopeful.

8:01 am

hokie carla

also gnomy not accepted

8:02 am

hokie carla

and I know we talk about gila not being a word every time but still I try it

8:04 am

hokie carla

mofo in the grid

8:05 am

dan2bit

yeomon - a Knight of Jamaica

8:06 am

hokie carla

nice

8:07 am

dan2bit

haha carla I just tried 'nice' :-)

8:07 am

HarryHood

angla - a fisherman in the charles river

8:07 am

hokie carla

insomnya - when you try every alt spelling because you never know what enable accepts

8:08 am

hokie carla

haha, was talking to you, dan.

8:08 am

hokie carla

is the charles river in boston?

8:08 am

HarryHood

yes :)

8:09 am

welki

good morning, babblers

8:09 am

HarryHood

first pass and still missing the bottom N

8:09 am

bichon

my 7/52, pls

8:09 am

HarryHood

hallo welki

8:09 am

dan2bit

na4/4 babblet HH

8:09 am

hokie carla

na4 babblet, harry

8:10 am

hokie carla

welki!

8:10 am

welki

fyi, anomaly isn't there

8:10 am

hokie carla

bichon, haven't found any 7s yet. there are 7s? and an 8?

8:10 am

HarryHood

ty carla

8:11 am

bichon

ty carla

8:11 am

HarryHood

ty dan2bit

8:12 am

HarryHood

bichon did you take that pic?

8:12 am

hokie carla

oh, that is a pretty pic

8:12 am

bichon

no, but that's where I'd like to be

8:13 am

HarryHood

hah. looks like fall in new england - which is where you are!

8:13 am

bichon

yup

8:14 am

HarryHood

found a 7!!!

8:15 am

hokie carla

ooh, what was it?

8:15 am

HarryHood

ma6/7

8:16 am

welki

add an e to the end, hokie, and you have a lake in alberta, one you might have visited

8:16 am

hokie carla

duh, I had the word within those

8:16 am

hokie carla

thx

8:17 am

hokie carla

hmm, don't remember seeing that one, but we saw a lot of lakes

8:17 am

hokie carla

and they were all frozen!

8:17 am

dan2bit

there's a vo7 that builds off the vo5

8:17 am

welki

you might not have made it that far to jasper national park

8:17 am

HarryHood

with people building houses and driving trucks on them

8:18 am

hokie carla

well, I wondered what my other v could possible be

8:18 am

HarryHood

ah ty for that dan!

8:18 am

hokie carla

yes, we did not make it up to jasper

8:18 am

hokie carla

got it, thx dan

8:18 am

dan2bit

yw

8:19 am

hokie carla

would like to go back sometime in the summer

8:19 am

HarryHood

I was in jasper/banff at end of may/beg june

8:19 am

HarryHood

was a great trip

8:19 am

hokie carla

we were there in late Apr

8:20 am

HarryHood

but I saw simcoe lake in the dead of winter - north of toronto

8:21 am

hokie carla

we did a snowmobile trip in whistler once and went on a lake

8:22 am

hokie carla

but mr. homie & I can't remember if we rode onto the lake or just walked out on it.

8:22 am

HarryHood

ooh I climbed up to a beautiful glacial lake near whistler

8:24 am

HarryHood

34 to go. I'm having no more luck with this grid - later all!

8:24 am

hokie carla

bye, HH

8:24 am

welki

later, toots

8:26 am

hokie carla

have made it to 24 but am stuck. going to do some actual things today and then come back to finish later.

8:28 am

Uneaixoise

Hi and bye ;-)

8:33 am

Uneaixoise

An7 please?

8:34 am

Uneaixoise

Have 5 and 6

8:35 am

welki

has a tumor ending

8:39 am

MLFAN17

hello

8:40 am

welki

hi, mlf

8:40 am

MLFAN17

hi welk

8:46 am

bichon

my 7/52, pls

8:53 am

ursh

pain in the muscles bichon

8:58 am

MollyL

A form of this word goes with fibro to describe people in constant pain

8:59 am

bichon

ty Molly, ursh

9:23 am

Uneaixoise

Tx molly

9:26 am

Uneaixoise

Another clue for An7 please?

9:29 am

SamanthaJoy

First four of a woman's name + german word for grandmother

9:30 am

dan2bit

an7 - an + soldier acronym + vowel + parent

9:30 am

Uneaixoise

Thanks!!!

9:50 am

redshoes

How is "glam" not in the dictionary? I know it's technically an abbreviation, but surely it's come into its own right by now.

9:50 am

redshoes

Also, hello all. ha

9:57 am

SamanthaJoy

OK, this is embarrassing. I was at 24 left and beating my head against the wall, considering listing . . . .when I realized I'd never even started the Ms

9:57 am

SamanthaJoy

Anyway: Currently at 9 left, beating my head against the wall, considering listing . . . :D

9:57 am

rururocks

*hires painters for samantha's house*

9:58 am

SamanthaJoy

lol Thank you for the thought. It's a rental.

9:59 am

rururocks

*notifies samantha's landlord for repairs*

9:59 am

SamanthaJoy

LMAO

10:03 am

mkg

i still cant get that an 7. an and then the soldier is not working. ending i have. help!

10:04 am

SamanthaJoy

Remember the cartoon ** Joe?

10:05 am

mkg

got it! ty

10:05 am

SamanthaJoy

Welp. I listed so I'm done. See y'all another time!

10:06 am

mkg

oafs

10:06 am

mkg

oafs

10:06 am

mkg

so sorry all.

10:08 am

periwinkle

still not seeing the an7 even with clues

10:08 am

periwinkle

nm I have the an7

10:09 am

periwinkle

I am missing a 7 tho. I have an,gn,ma, my and vo

10:11 am

rururocks

cy7

10:13 am

periwinkle

ty looking

10:15 am

periwinkle

ty it is a type of squash, new word for me

10:17 am

rururocks

the grid is trying to butternut you up peri

10:20 am

KnightTime

thank gourdness I found it

10:22 am

rururocks

we will keep pumpkin the jokes for all they're worth

10:22 am

MollyL

Acorndn't find it for a while, but then I did

10:23 am

rururocks

sooner or later someone will put the kabocha on all this hilarity

10:24 am

MollyL

They butternut

10:25 am

rururocks

we should try to put this as delicata as we possibly can

10:28 am

MollyL

Where is Bea and her support zucchini when you need them?

10:29 am

Biltong

May I have a clue for vo7, please?

10:30 am

MollyL

Add most of frozen water to the 5

10:30 am

Biltong

sorry, just found it, thanks

10:31 am

Biltong

ty, Molly :)

10:35 am

gramma

Why was this so hard for me today? Finally finished but it was a struggle all the way.

10:39 am

mkg

i think this is a tough grid gramma. that is why.

10:48 am

mkg

i cant ev en get half way.

10:50 am

mkg

any clues for the 8 please? and stat as well please. ty.

10:52 am

Biltong

Despite all the squash puns, still can't find the cy7

10:53 am

rururocks

gn8 small wind instrument for garden statues

10:54 am

Haz1558

cy6 and its plural - first three letters of part of a drum kit, finish with 3 of what a pencil draws straight.

10:55 am

hokie carla

10 left here. S CC AA M i N G A. 1x4, 4x5, 5x6

10:55 am

saanichcat

thanks Haz!

10:55 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

10:55 am

Biltong

ty, Haz :-)

10:56 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

10:58 am

mkg

i tried google and get no gn small wind instrument. any other help?

10:58 am

hokie carla

do you know the little garden statues with the pointy hats?

10:58 am

mkg

got the cy! ty

10:59 am

marksdolly

mkg, it's not actually an instrument, the ending sound is like that of an instrument

10:59 am

mkg

ok got that. it is a person that is a statue right?

10:59 am

hokie carla

most of that word + you know if someone is like the devil they are de*****

10:59 am

marksdolly

gm Hokie!

11:00 am

mkg

deceptice? not seeing it

11:00 am

hokie carla

person, mythical creature. whatever you want

11:00 am

hokie carla

like a demon

11:00 am

saanichcat

finally! Thanks carla

11:01 am

hokie carla

yw!

11:01 am

mkg

ty still struggling with ending. not geetting it yet. ty

11:01 am

mkg

finally got it. ty ty ty

11:02 am

therealblah

rhymes with so 5/12

11:02 am

mkg

any clues for the middle column o word? th

11:02 am

therealblah

nm

11:02 am

hokie carla

clumsy people

11:03 am

hokie carla

hey dolly!

11:03 am

penquis

that is the O in the second column....

11:03 am

rururocks

actually of4 whitey or cracker

11:03 am

hokie carla

whoops, sorry

11:03 am

mkg

carla that is for the o top of second column but ty anyway.

11:03 am

hokie carla

still sorry

11:04 am

rururocks

<--- part of carla's handling team

11:04 am

mkg

of what does whitey mean ruru?

11:04 am

hokie carla

mkg, never heard white people called whitey or cracker?

11:04 am

rururocks

derogatory term to white people

11:04 am

mkg

got the word but what does whitey mean? ty ruru

11:05 am

hokie carla

ruru, I need some guessing

11:05 am

penquis

wonder why folic is not accepted....

11:05 am

mkg

ok googled it. never heard it before but interesting word

11:14 am

hurshy

jeepers, having a bit of trouble with C

11:14 am

hokie carla

I broke down and went to list for my last 2

11:14 am

hokie carla

last 2 c's that is, 10 total

11:14 am

hurshy

i just started a few mins ago

11:17 am

hokie carla

still 3 I can't find with the list. and only 1 of the other 7 was an everyday word I should have gotten

11:18 am

penquis

i have 3 Cs missing, too....haven't listed yet...

11:19 am

penquis

oooh.....found one...

11:20 am

penquis

and another....*i think I am morphing into carla*.....

11:20 am

hokie carla

keep the updates coming!

11:20 am

penquis

think left side of the grid...

11:20 am

hokie carla

I decided to look up my last 3. 1st one was a regular word.

11:22 am

hokie carla

think pearl harbor for my regular word I had to look up

11:22 am

penquis

i have one left.....switching to something else for a while....

11:23 am

hokie carla

and there's another tumor

11:24 am

hokie carla

and there's the last one...

11:25 am

penquis

found it....Cs done....now to the remaining 28....

11:30 am

penquis

taking a break....bbl to find my last 23....bye all...

12:06 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone -- hope this grid looks a lot better now that I am wide awake!

12:18 pm

cybernan

caolic -- should be a word -- descriptive of a specific single malt scotch

12:23 pm

moolingwa

Good morning everyone!

12:24 pm

cybernan

gm mool

12:24 pm

moolingwa

hey nan, happy friday

12:25 pm

cybernan

is it too much to ask for a little consistency with enable? aristo is a word, but anglo isn't?

12:26 pm

moolingwa

well anglo is proper no? whereas aristo just means aristocrat

12:27 pm

clg47

I agree on anglo(s) but ca4 is ok?

12:27 pm

cybernan

thought they were both prefixes

12:28 pm

moolingwa

think perhaps at some point aristo was a slang term for aristocrat...but speculating

12:29 pm

hokie carla

well what about folic, nan? other acids accepted

12:29 pm

cybernan

yes - that one too

12:29 pm

moolingwa

folic was a well known exclusion (along with prion) both of which got added to the next version of the scrabble dictionary

12:30 pm

cybernan

going to list - 45 left and the words are getting weirder

12:30 pm

periwinkle

there is no rhyme or reason as to what words are accepted which makes the game frustrating at time

12:30 pm

periwinkle

hi all

12:30 pm

moolingwa

well there is, it's just very convoluted, and lost in time

12:30 pm

periwinkle

46 left here going to the list soon as wll

12:31 pm

hokie carla

aha. have to be a long-time list follower ;)

12:31 pm

moolingwa

Basically it comes down to the rules that US collegiate dictionaries use to add words

12:31 pm

cybernan

oh boy - missed an x3 and don't have a clue on any of them

12:31 pm

moolingwa

so you'd have to go to each of them and look at their criteria

12:31 pm

moolingwa

meanwhile, we're talking about a 22 year old dictionary, so there's that too

12:31 pm

hokie carla

I made it to 10 today, but I got lucky with a lot of monkeying

12:31 pm

cybernan

so there is english and then there is US college english?

12:31 pm

moolingwa

or 20 years old I guess

12:32 pm

hokie carla

nan, did you know maskeg yesterday?

12:32 pm

moolingwa

Well enable was based off the scrabble dictionary in 1998, which in turn was based off of 6 US collegiate dictionaries

12:32 pm

moolingwa

but the scrabble dictionary had some errors and omissions, that enable tried to resolve

12:33 pm

cybernan

I monkeyed it carla -- no idea what the def is

12:33 pm

moolingwa

The guy who created enable actually went through the dictionaries and compared that with the scrabble dictionary and submitted for corrections...

12:33 pm

cybernan

another word for muskeg?

12:33 pm

hokie carla

and this game started with scrabble dictionary but I think 8 letters was the longest word size so Dr. God found enable and switched.

12:33 pm

moolingwa

In the end he worked with some others to create his own dictionary

12:34 pm

hokie carla

yes, nan, which I had never heard of but it said a bog in northern north america so I thought maybe you would know

12:34 pm

moolingwa

well the other thing is enable is online and free, so that was of interest to a lot of game developers

12:35 pm

moolingwa

but Enable hasn't been updated in 20 years...whereas us scrabble dictionary continues to be updated...and it's gotten more liberal in word additions than it used to be

12:36 pm

cybernan

always think of muskeg as being semi-frozen wetlands or swamps

12:36 pm

moolingwa

tundra bog?

12:37 pm

moolingwa

gnomal - to be like your average gnome

12:37 pm

cybernan

yes, mool

12:37 pm

hokie carla

I tried gnomy a couple of times

12:38 pm

moolingwa

once you go gnomy...

12:38 pm

cybernan

an 7 please?

12:38 pm

moolingwa

type of cancer

12:38 pm

hokie carla

it's not a tumah. okay, it is

12:39 pm

moolingwa

thanks arnold

12:39 pm

hokie carla

ahnold

12:39 pm

moolingwa

and thanks for the clue nan

12:39 pm

cybernan

so I have the first 2 and last 3 letters now

12:40 pm

hokie carla

have you seen Caddyshack? hey you, ****e, pick up that blood!

12:40 pm

moolingwa

maybe it's a british tumor :)

12:40 pm

moolingwa

Caddyshack...may have accidentally watched part of it in the past

12:41 pm

moolingwa

did eat at the Caddyshack at World Golf Village in St Augustine

12:41 pm

periwinkle

an7 is a benign tumor

12:41 pm

periwinkle

bbl

12:41 pm

cybernan

got it - ty

12:41 pm

hokie carla

line was delivered by Brian Doyle Murray - Bill's brother

12:43 pm

cybernan

also need a clue for the an 6 please?

12:45 pm

cybernan

oh good heavens the c's just keep getting worse

12:47 pm

hurshy

an + veil material

12:48 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy

12:50 pm

cybernan

those cy's are something else!

12:57 pm

hokie carla

I monkeyed 75% of them but couldn't get the shortest one

12:58 pm

cybernan

same first 3 letters + vowel

1:00 pm

hokie carla

I know, am finished, was just pointing that out.

1:00 pm

hokie carla

lunch is over now. going to give the dog a bath and then a walk.

1:00 pm

cybernan

oh - didn't know you had finished - grats

1:00 pm

cybernan

gl 6 please?

1:02 pm

hokie carla

had to look that one up - similar to the an7

1:03 pm

cybernan

ty carla

1:10 pm

cybernan

my 7 please?

1:12 pm

hokie carla

someone with chronic pain might be fibromy.....

1:12 pm

hokie carla

peace out!

1:13 pm

cybernan

ty carla

1:14 pm

cybernan

??? carla peace out what?

1:15 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* thanks for the help :)

1:16 pm

cybernan

anyone want clues before I leave?

1:18 pm

cybernan

tough grid today -- or maybe it is that all this isolation is causing my brain to stultify :)

1:18 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone and stay safe

1:41 pm

hoyamd

folic isnt a word?

1:42 pm

hoyamd

gloam

1:49 pm

MollyL

The snow began in the gl5ing
And busily all the night

2:31 pm

periwinkle

either in6 pls

2:31 pm

periwinkle

hi all

2:39 pm

periwinkle

found the first in6

2:39 pm

periwinkle

am5 please

2:40 pm

KnightTime

am5 - between for 3 or more

2:40 pm

periwinkle

found the am5

2:41 pm

periwinkle

and done

4:09 pm

dcseain

phantom kaolin :)

4:28 pm

Uneaixoise

GL6/27? Thanks

4:45 pm

Uneaixoise

Please?

4:45 pm

moolingwa

type of cancer

4:45 pm

moolingwa

type of brain cancer to be more precise

4:50 pm

moolingwa

you find it une?

5:45 pm

JaxH66

Found out someone I know has just been told her gl6 i

5:45 pm

JaxH66

has grown ðŸ˜ž

5:48 pm

Uneaixoise

Got it..... thanks

7:04 pm

FrenchToast

I'm halfway, just got nbt/nbs

7:05 pm

dcseain

i have 29 left all ig-A

7:05 pm

FrenchToast

Those gn words are gnutty!

7:08 pm

Uneaixoise

Ma6/27?

7:08 pm

FrenchToast

I don't have it Une, sorry

7:09 pm

dcseain

ma6ing someone is rude.

7:10 pm

dcseain

he ma7 everyone, never has anything nice to say.

7:14 pm

FrenchToast

Got it, but I may have strained something. Ready to quit and continue drinking wine.

7:15 pm

Uneaixoise

Thanks!! I was spelling it wrong...... pandemic brain!!!

7:15 pm

dcseain

i hear you on pandemic brain.

7:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

second mo five/twelve pls?

7:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

driving me mad

7:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah, finally. last word. good night

7:58 pm

Uneaixoise

Congrats!

8:01 pm

dcseain

firewords!

8:01 pm

dcseain

happy to clue, if needed.

8:10 pm

Uneaixoise

First co5/12? My last word.....

8:13 pm

Soodle

What GrannyRose from Oz usually uses as a greeting?

8:14 pm

Uneaixoise

Thanks!! Fw!!

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