Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, May 5, 2021

12:03 am

jessmom

Ta7

12:05 am

Rainiqui

im 7

12:06 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:06 am

justafreep

im7 x 2

12:06 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:08 am

Lizlin

mu7

12:08 am

CiociaJudy

Mu7

12:09 am

SuzeeQ24

ca,7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Lickety

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:19 am

Gillie

ty Lickety

12:19 am

Gillie

I've now got the 5 7's that were called, but only 3 6's

12:19 am

justafreep

orca

12:20 am

justafreep

sorry

12:21 am

cybernan

only have one im 7

12:22 am

Gillie

They're very similar

12:22 am

Lizlin

But not in meaning!

12:22 am

chj

li7

12:23 am

cybernan

was that the chevy on the levee, I wonder?

12:23 am

cybernan

ty gillie

12:24 am

Gillie

yw

12:29 am

cybernan

at 7

12:30 am

cybernan

still need the r - wondering if it is an rh

12:31 am

Gillie

Yes - rh5

12:33 am

cybernan

ty gillie

12:33 am

Gillie

yw

12:35 am

cybernan

and so to bed -- see you tomorrow :)

12:35 am

Gillie

Goodnight nan

12:38 am

Gillie

Well, it would be nice to have more than 8 6's, but I guess I'll leave it for tonight

12:38 am

justafreep

al7

12:38 am

justafreep

and yeah... I have more 7s than 6s still.

12:43 am

justafreep

di7

12:50 am

justafreep

mo7

2:40 am

dizgrannie

22 left for the morrow, nite all

3:40 am

Frances

pa id

6:52 am

HarryHood

is the R and ro or rh?

6:53 am

BzznBea

rh5

6:53 am

Haz1558

rh5/16

6:53 am

HarryHood

got it ty

7:24 am

dan2bit

morning all! bottom row done

7:35 am

dan2bit

my grandmother would be perplexed that "hoity" is not a word

7:36 am

welki

what's a hoity without a toity? *lol*

7:36 am

dan2bit

true

7:37 am

aslindy

morning all

7:37 am

Judi

Good morning, all. Name that proper noun: Elaine's on/off again boyfriend in Seinfeld.

7:38 am

welki

puddy?

7:38 am

dan2bit

Puddy

7:38 am

Judi

Ding! Ding! Ding! Welki wins a black and white cookie.

7:38 am

welki

thanks, judi! been years since i've had one!

7:39 am

Judi

Or, you have your choice of chocolate babka.

7:39 am

welki

mmmmm...babka

7:40 am

Judi

Yeah, I'd pick the babka too.

7:40 am

MollyL

Judi is in a bakery kind of mood today

7:41 am

MollyL

seal

7:42 am

MollyL

Well crap, sorry

7:43 am

Judi

Not eating sugar right now. Repenting for last summer when I ate everything in sight in support of local businesses. Gained weight. Yuck.

7:44 am

BzznBea

I was going to respond with the D word, but then I saw it was in the grid...

8:00 am

HarryHood

chocolate babka - love it

8:00 am

HarryHood

not a big fan of the cinnamon

8:01 am

HarryHood

or babka with random pieces of fruit

8:01 am

HarryHood

I mean really.

8:04 am

welki

agreed - chocolate only

8:05 am

welki

even then, unless you bake it yourself or have a great bakery, it can be dry

8:05 am

HarryHood

I've never baked a babka. yes - heavily bakery dependent

8:08 am

HarryHood

phantom homilies

8:11 am

welki

it's not an easy bread to bake - now that i think of it, i might just go back to the black and white cookie

8:12 am

HarryHood

another classic

8:12 am

HarryHood

but I think a bad black&white is worse than a bad babka

8:12 am

welki

should come with a side of insulin

8:13 am

HarryHood

two basic schools of b&w: the gooey frosting and the crunchy frosting

8:13 am

HarryHood

and an enormous mug of coffee

8:14 am

welki

judi brought up the black and white cookie - as a gift for knowing elaine's boyfriend's name. can't remember having one as an adult, though

8:15 am

HarryHood

oh - puddy was hilarious

8:16 am

HarryHood

I eat too much junk like that.

8:17 am

welki

calgary is so white bread that i'm pretty safe from temptation

8:18 am

welki

my spring joy is finding the big boxes of matzo at safeway

8:19 am

welki

some people squeal at the sight of the first crocus. for me, it's matzo :D

8:19 am

phaeton

hello...may I have U stats pls

8:20 am

MollyL

up4/7

8:20 am

welki

up 4/7

8:20 am

phaeton

ty

8:22 am

hokie carla

morning y'all. all I can see is families, and it's not even there!

8:24 am

welki

carla!

8:24 am

hokie carla

welki!

8:25 am

HarryHood

ah ty for the U. nbt :) and 62 to go

8:25 am

HarryHood

yeah after passover the matzah is incredibly cheap

8:26 am

welki

can't get it any other time of year - and it's expensive

8:27 am

HarryHood

I imagine Calgary is not the matzah capital of the world.

8:27 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

8:27 am

HarryHood

hi nan

8:27 am

welki

the understatement of the morning :)

8:28 am

hokie carla

I got some gluten free matzo crackers once to try in a recipe. don't think I ever ended up trying the recipe but I did try one of the squares.

8:28 am

HarryHood

the matzah gets trampled by the stampede

8:28 am

welki

you need lots of butter, carla, or it's like eating crunchy cardboard

8:29 am

HarryHood

we spread spaghetti sauce and melt some cheese on it

8:29 am

rururocks

urg

8:30 am

welki

i am a purist. with butter, or in matzo brie

8:30 am

cybernan

just read the chat and am in complete sympathy with welkik. When we first moved to Lethbridge I had to start making my own bread again -- there wasn't a loaf of whole wheat bread to be found anywhere.

8:30 am

welki

or matzo ball soup - that's about as far as i go with it. it's so precious i have to use it sparingly

8:30 am

HarryHood

oh yeah - I make matza brie too.

8:30 am

hokie carla

I was going to use it for cracker candy.which normally uses saltines. there is a lot of butter IIRC

8:31 am

rururocks

IIRC?

8:31 am

hokie carla

if I recall correctly

8:31 am

welki

it makes great candy crackers

8:31 am

HarryHood

https://tinyurl.com/3hfjbfaz

8:32 am

HarryHood

later - gotta proctor this english exam.

8:33 am

hokie carla

yep, the youngest is at school taking it

8:35 am

cybernan

Isn't it a little early in the year for standardized exams?

8:36 am

rururocks

harry is a slave driver

8:37 am

hokie carla

AP exams are always first week of May

8:37 am

phaeton

help with ta7 pls?

8:37 am

hokie carla

some schools get out end of May but ours never ends before June 10.

8:37 am

cybernan

AP ?

8:37 am

hokie carla

advanced placement

8:38 am

hokie carla

and those have been around as I took one 30 years ago. guess not in Canada.

8:39 am

hokie carla

scores are 0-5 and if you score at least 3 some colleges give you credit for those classes. so, the one I took was calculus and I squeaked by with a 3. then I didn't have to take calculus my freshman year of college.

8:40 am

cybernan

No - we have university entrance exams for Grade 12 students that fall in May, but all other standardized exams (and they are Province wide,not canada wide) are usually in the first 2 weeks of June for other grades. But then, our schools don't close until the end of June.

8:42 am

cybernan

I guess that could have changed -- our kids all graduated more than 30 years ago. Our three grandkids that are still in school are still in the elementary grades -- the rest have all graduated as well,

8:43 am

welki

we have the international baccalaureate program, which is like AP

8:43 am

hokie carla

there are AP classes the students can take, and they don't have to take this AP exam, there is usually a final exam from the teacher (maybe state-wide) too. But if they do take and pass it can be college credit. also, the exams are run by the same group that does the SAT, and they are same days nationwide so no one can cheat (though I'm not sure how that works with time zones)

8:44 am

hokie carla

we have some IB schools here but I don't know a lot about them

8:44 am

cybernan

yes - I remember a couple of the grandkids being in that, welki, now that you mention it.

8:44 am

welki

higher level IB classes can count for university credits

8:45 am

HarryHood

IB is killer.

8:45 am

HarryHood

harder than AP.

8:46 am

HarryHood

hagd everybody. meeting time.

8:46 am

cybernan

bye Harry

8:47 am

bichon

nan, what is your icon

8:47 am

welki

my stepson participated in IB - it opened a lot of doors for him. ended up an astrophysicist

8:48 am

cybernan

it is the flag of British Columbia, bichon

8:48 am

bichon

thanks nan. It's nice

8:48 am

welki

unfortunately, not much demand here for them, so he now does some fancy mathematics for a bank

8:49 am

rururocks

well when you reach for the stars...

8:50 am

cybernan

It represents our connection to the British Commonwealth, the Pacific Ocean and the setting sun

8:51 am

welki

true, ru - he's a quarky fella

8:53 am

rururocks

does he have a little twinkle in his eyes?

8:53 am

hokie carla

wow, have been struggling with the a's and the one straight across was the 14th one I found

8:56 am

cybernan

14 here as well

8:56 am

hokie carla

well did you get the one straight across?

8:57 am

cybernan

yes and straight across with a dip down

8:57 am

hokie carla

didn't have that, thanks!

8:59 am

cybernan

still missing one from the right and one from the top right

8:59 am

rururocks

i have all the a's if you need help

8:59 am

hokie carla

haven't moved past the L yet

9:04 am

cybernan

have as 4 and al 5, 4 from the top right - missing please?

9:04 am

rururocks

al 7

9:05 am

Uneaixoise

Was surprised al7 is fabric, not ice cream :-)

9:05 am

hokie carla

aha, didn't have the 5, thanks. well, or the 7 but still looking

9:05 am

LuvWordGames

wow I thought that al 7 was 2 words not one

9:05 am

cybernan

ty -- that is definitely 3 words though

9:06 am

hokie carla

thanks, never heard of that as fabric

9:06 am

Uneaixoise

Yep

9:06 am

Uneaixoise

Me either, hokie

9:07 am

rururocks

yes a pie shaped fabric :D

9:08 am

LuvWordGames

with ice cream on it

9:08 am

hokie carla

only with ice cream

9:08 am

Uneaixoise

Hee hee

9:08 am

rururocks

for people with a crusty sense of humor

9:09 am

hokie carla

just found at7 but almost forgot at4. ugh

9:10 am

rururocks

or maybe for seamstresses who want a new slice of life?

9:11 am

rururocks

or would she then be called a tart?

9:11 am

cybernan

struggling to find my last s

9:12 am

hokie carla

I still need 3

9:12 am

cybernan

probably a ttit

9:12 am

cybernan

should look at what I"m doing---- titt

9:12 am

hokie carla

do you have sa5 that looks like weird fish plural?

9:15 am

cybernan

sa 6/21?

9:15 am

cybernan

oh no, you said sa 5

9:15 am

cybernan

yes I do

9:17 am

hokie carla

so, there's an sa6? one of my 2.

9:18 am

cybernan

shout if you want a clue

9:19 am

hokie carla

ok, thx. will keep looking for now.

9:21 am

hokie carla

wow, phantom satchel

9:24 am

rururocks

just a few weird words but a nice easy grid for once

9:24 am

hokie carla

LOL

9:24 am

cybernan

you finished? grats, ru

9:25 am

hokie carla

well done

9:25 am

cybernan

still have 55 to go here but taking a breakfast break soon

9:25 am

MollyL

**Looks around for the easy grid

9:26 am

hokie carla

111 left, but just on the i for first pass (left to right, top to bottom)

9:26 am

marksdolly

good morning to you all!

9:27 am

bonkler

morning all!

9:28 am

cybernan

missing one i still

9:28 am

hokie carla

I'm a little mad homies is not accepted

9:28 am

cybernan

good morning dolly and bonkler

9:28 am

marksdolly

hi Nan!

9:28 am

mkg

I am not getting clues below. Need al 7 and dont understand the fabric clues.

9:28 am

hokie carla

dolly! bonkler!

9:28 am

marksdolly

Hi Hokie!

9:29 am

bonkler

hiya

9:29 am

hokie carla

think of it more as ice cream with pie on a menu, mkg, normally 3 words

9:29 am

cybernan

mkg -- think of pie with icecream on top

9:30 am

hokie carla

nan, now I am down to one i

9:30 am

mkg

Got it. Ty. That is french not english and two words. Weird. Ty.

9:30 am

hokie carla

apparently it is a fabric as one word

9:30 am

mkg

Missing the u word first column u. Stat please. Ty

9:31 am

mkg

Also missing the R word last column. Must be rh......

9:31 am

hokie carla

haven't made it to 3rd row yet

9:31 am

cybernan

found the sausage did you?

9:31 am

mkg

Sausage? Need stat please nan.

9:33 am

hokie carla

found the i, nan

9:34 am

cybernan

stats please?

9:34 am

hokie carla

il5/12

9:35 am

cybernan

of course -- ty

9:35 am

marksdolly

ty Hokie, that was my last i as well

9:35 am

hokie carla

np

9:36 am

marksdolly

ortho

9:36 am

marksdolly

oops

9:36 am

hokie carla

thanks, good clue!

9:37 am

marksdolly

lol

9:39 am

cybernan

found my last s -- sa 5/12 archaic verb

9:40 am

cybernan

and that gave me 2 more

9:41 am

hokie carla

oh, I have that one. still need 2 S's

9:42 am

mkg

Any clues for the U first column? Ty. Stats welcome too.

9:42 am

marksdolly

needing 3 s's here

9:43 am

cybernan

up 4

9:43 am

mkg

Ty

9:43 am

cybernan

down to 49 and stomach is growling - bbl

9:44 am

mkg

How did i miss that? Ty for up.

9:44 am

mkg

Go eat nan.

9:44 am

mkg

Any clues for R word fifth column? Ty

9:46 am

mkg

Got rh 5 as stat.

9:47 am

MLFAN17

i was abotu to tell you that but i dont have it

9:48 am

mkg

Just cant find it.

9:48 am

MLFAN17

me either

9:48 am

mkg

Got it but never saw or heard of it before.

9:48 am

mkg

Rh + sometimes vowel and then up

9:49 am

mkg

Weird

9:49 am

mkg

Off to work.

9:49 am

MLFAN17

got it ty

9:54 am

marksdolly

got the S's done

9:54 am

MLFAN17

mark do you have the middle o?

9:54 am

marksdolly

I don't have yet

9:54 am

marksdolly

I have 1 off of it

9:54 am

MLFAN17

me either

9:55 am

marksdolly

the one I have means to leave something out

9:55 am

hokie carla

I have od5 and om4

9:56 am

marksdolly

I found 1 od 5

9:56 am

MLFAN17

om 4 duhh

9:58 am

marksdolly

the 3rd d is also a de 5 go downwards for it

10:00 am

cybernan

hi again -- no de's here - so missing at least 3 of them I guess

10:00 am

MLFAN17

had to look at flip for 7s have one so far

10:00 am

MLFAN17

22 d words total

10:01 am

cybernan

have 16 of the d's, just no de's

10:01 am

hokie carla

did dolly mean od? instead of de?

10:02 am

MLFAN17

no de words

10:02 am

cybernan

ty mlf

10:03 am

marksdolly

there are no de words

10:03 am

MLFAN17

yw

10:03 am

marksdolly

yes Dolly meant OD

10:03 am

marksdolly

I'm sorry

10:03 am

marksdolly

2 OD 5's

10:04 am

hokie carla

I have the one that goes down. guess I will look up for the other.

10:04 am

hokie carla

got it

10:04 am

marksdolly

:)

10:05 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:05 am

hokie carla

moo!

10:05 am

cybernan

ty - had missed the theatre

10:05 am

marksdolly

gm Mool!!

10:05 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray!

10:06 am

hokie carla

1st pass finished, still 41 left

10:06 am

moolingwa

205 to go :)

10:06 am

cybernan

hi mool

10:06 am

cybernan

43 to go here

10:06 am

marksdolly

keep plugging Mool!! LOL

10:06 am

hokie carla

well, ru declared it easy

10:06 am

marksdolly

61 left here

10:07 am

hokie carla

need 4 L's to gray middle column

10:07 am

moolingwa

then it shall be henceforth be known as an easy board

10:08 am

cybernan

none of them are easy for me

10:08 am

hokie carla

I don't always trust ru's proclamations, but it should be easy for you

10:08 am

marksdolly

ooohhh don't know that I would call it easy

10:08 am

marksdolly

Ru must be wayyyy better than me

10:09 am

hokie carla

he's special alright ;)

10:10 am

hokie carla

wow, the 2nd F should not have been as hard as I was making it

10:10 am

marksdolly

lol

10:10 am

moolingwa

you just have to believe you can find it

10:11 am

hokie carla

I know

10:11 am

moolingwa

100 to go

10:12 am

hokie carla

40 here :D

10:12 am

marksdolly

wow! you're fast

10:13 am

moolingwa

all those boggle like games

10:13 am

hokie carla

dolly's obviously fast in serpentine

10:13 am

hokie carla

so I don't know what she's on about ;)

10:14 am

marksdolly

:) and I play a boggle game and scrabble as well :)

10:14 am

zoozzoom

All the homies in the house say yo!. Homies not allowed though.

10:14 am

hokie carla

I know, I already complained about that

10:15 am

cybernan

have run out of patience

10:16 am

zoozzoom

Are you a dentist or doctor, Nan haha!

10:16 am

hokie carla

ok, that made me chuckle

10:17 am

moolingwa

50 to go

10:17 am

hokie carla

39 here. very very very slow going

10:18 am

Uneaixoise

38 here.....

10:19 am

cybernan

listed at 39 -- have found 5 more - only one was fishy

10:21 am

hokie carla

maybe ru is on drugs?

10:22 am

cybernan

anyone have a ca 6/24 please?

10:23 am

hokie carla

no

10:23 am

zoozzoom

C +three different vowels + two letter word for mother.

10:24 am

marksdolly

ca + vowel + an ending for tumor

10:24 am

hokie carla

thanks zooz

10:24 am

cybernan

ty dolly and zoom

10:24 am

moolingwa

yes, tx zoo...wouldn't have stumbled on that one

10:25 am

hokie carla

me either

10:25 am

hokie carla

one C left!

10:27 am

moolingwa

me too

10:29 am

hokie carla

M &T are the biggest problems

10:29 am

cybernan

only one I had trouble with was just clued

10:29 am

hokie carla

so you got the 7? I remember cluing that one time for you and it was kind of a disaster.

10:31 am

cybernan

yes - got it last night

10:33 am

hokie carla

found the C!

10:33 am

moolingwa

found some food

10:34 am

hokie carla

now just 2 S's to gray last col

10:35 am

moolingwa

I have 7 words left in the last column...one in the first

10:35 am

hokie carla

3 P's for 1st, 4 L's for middle and 2 S's for last

10:36 am

zoozzoom

Ps are reasonbly straight forward.

10:36 am

moolingwa

perfect

10:37 am

moolingwa

found my last p

10:38 am

hokie carla

hmm, they are perfectly hiding from me

10:39 am

zoozzoom

Four of them work around the word for when blood goes from your face.

10:40 am

hokie carla

ok, missing one of those

10:41 am

cybernan

tiet the root of those

10:41 am

hokie carla

found it

10:41 am

hokie carla

not sure what nan is saying

10:41 am

cybernan

dad's meadow?

10:42 am

moolingwa

nice clue nan :)

10:42 am

hokie carla

that's the one I found

10:43 am

hokie carla

all PA?

10:43 am

cybernan

*executing a curtsy :D

10:43 am

moolingwa

no..one is not pa

10:44 am

hokie carla

found it

10:45 am

moolingwa

25 to go

10:45 am

MollyL

Dad's meadow is one of the best clues I have seen in a long time. Reminds me of when clues used to be clever and not just spelling out the word. Well done Nan.

10:45 am

hokie carla

33 here

10:46 am

hokie carla

still one P

10:46 am

moolingwa

preposterous!

10:48 am

hokie carla

darn it, thought it was palais

10:49 am

moolingwa

would be in french :)

10:49 am

cybernan

mo 6/27 please?

10:49 am

moolingwa

add a 4 letter word nan

10:49 am

moolingwa

oh sorry, wrong one nan

10:50 am

hokie carla

not motchy

10:51 am

moolingwa

lots of vowels in it nan

10:51 am

hokie carla

hmm, how lots of vowels with the high points

10:51 am

moolingwa

that was my last m...greyed the second row

10:51 am

moolingwa

quite a conundrum hoke

10:52 am

hokie carla

marvelous, I still need 6 M's!

10:53 am

cybernan

that's my problem -- lots of vowels with high points?

10:53 am

moolingwa

more to come :)

10:53 am

hokie carla

monkeyed it

10:53 am

moolingwa

woot hoke

10:53 am

hokie carla

no idea how to clue other than ends in sometimes vowel

10:54 am

cybernan

my monkeys died

10:54 am

hokie carla

any p's biggger than a 5?

10:54 am

moolingwa

a french person talking about their alien..and then saying there?

10:55 am

MLFAN17

none of mine are

10:55 am

moolingwa

no big p's

10:56 am

cybernan

ty mool - believe it or not I got it from that!

10:56 am

hokie carla

enable is pre paleo

10:56 am

moolingwa

awesome!

10:56 am

MLFAN17

fa5 clue pls?

10:57 am

moolingwa

if you believe in it, you'll find it ML

10:57 am

hokie carla

george michael once said you gotta have it, mlfan

10:57 am

MLFAN17

ohh ty both

10:57 am

cybernan

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

10:57 am

moolingwa

yw

10:57 am

moolingwa

18 to go

10:57 am

hokie carla

well done, nan. still 32 left here

10:58 am

MotherOwl

gz!

10:58 am

moolingwa

hey MO

10:58 am

hokie carla

good morning, motherowl

10:58 am

cybernan

sometimes it helps to know a little french

10:58 am

MotherOwl

Good morning - or afternooon ;)

10:58 am

moolingwa

wouldn't it be afternoon?

10:58 am

moolingwa

nm

10:58 am

MotherOwl

choi

10:59 am

hokie carla

nan, I will take that sa6 clue now if you're still here

10:59 am

cybernan

Hi MO

10:59 am

MotherOwl

toooo many vovels in this grid ;) '

10:59 am

MotherOwl

HI nan

10:59 am

cybernan

sa 6 = italian sausage

10:59 am

hokie carla

I agree MO

11:00 am

hokie carla

hmm, can't think of another word for that other than italian sausage

11:00 am

MotherOwl

In all to many words. Again I won't finish today

11:00 am

cybernan

found in most deli's and maybe even in your kitchen

11:00 am

hokie carla

aha, now I get it

11:00 am

marksdolly

minus the last letter

11:01 am

hokie carla

now one S left

11:01 am

moolingwa

I have 3 S's left

11:01 am

MLFAN17

are ca 5 and 7 related?

11:01 am

cybernan

leave a vowel out of the sausage for sa 5/12

11:01 am

hokie carla

no, 5 is like a pl

11:02 am

hokie carla

7 is the C part of CRT (tv's, monitors, etc)

11:02 am

hokie carla

are you cluing the sa5 I asked you this morning if you had?

11:03 am

hokie carla

ha! last one was what I'm sitting in

11:03 am

cybernan

maybe carla

11:03 am

MLFAN17

no idea on either of those hokie

11:04 am

hokie carla

well, Im sure if you google CRT you might see the 7

11:04 am

cybernan

ca 7: beginning of zeta-jones + one of shelley's poems

11:04 am

hokie carla

the 5 is like blanchetts

11:04 am

MLFAN17

got the 7 i googled it

11:05 am

MLFAN17

ca6 clue pls?

11:06 am

cybernan

beginning of roman emperor + ending of a brand of christmas lights

11:08 am

marksdolly

it is interesting to see several clue the same word, we all come from different walks, so we think about different ways to clue , tis what makes this game fun!

11:08 am

hokie carla

yeah, I'm not sure we have that brand of Xmas lights here

11:08 am

MLFAN17

yeah no idea

11:08 am

cybernan

I could have said a cancerous roman emperor, but didn't think she would get it from that :)

11:09 am

cybernan

yes I think you do

11:09 am

moolingwa

that's pretty funny

11:09 am

moolingwa

I like that clue

11:10 am

MLFAN17

woudl that be the first four of the roman emporoer?

11:10 am

hokie carla

3

11:10 am

moolingwa

16

11:10 am

cybernan

first 3 and last 3 of the christmas tree lights brand

11:10 am

hokie carla

wow, 28

11:10 am

MLFAN17

i thought it was cali but it isnt

11:11 am

cybernan

julius

11:11 am

cybernan

or augustus

11:11 am

hokie carla

the roman emperor that has a salad and a method of birth

11:12 am

hokie carla

moo, have you finished the H?

11:12 am

moolingwa

yes

11:12 am

hokie carla

I have one HY and the rest HO, but need 1

11:13 am

moolingwa

another hy

11:13 am

cybernan

hy 4 and hy 5

11:13 am

MLFAN17

I GOT IT

11:13 am

marksdolly

there are 2 HY

11:13 am

hokie carla

hmm, that's what I was afraid of

11:13 am

cybernan

which one do you need?

11:13 am

MLFAN17

ty for the hy4

11:13 am

moolingwa

guessing the 5

11:14 am

hokie carla

the 5, doesn't appear to be a pl

11:14 am

moolingwa

nope, it's an adjective

11:14 am

marksdolly

it has that alien ending to it

11:14 am

cybernan

no - ends like the gland in your throat

11:14 am

MLFAN17

ty cyber

11:15 am

MollyL

Cancerous Roman emperor, Nan is on a roll today
: D

11:15 am

MLFAN17

you shouudl have just said salad lol

11:16 am

cybernan

I didn't even think of caligula when I was writing the clue

11:18 am

hokie carla

just took me 5 min to come up with the gland in your throat and I knew it started with th but was having complete mental block. 👵🏻 and alien ending had me trying to end with ET.

11:18 am

hokie carla

thanks all

11:18 am

marksdolly

lol

11:18 am

moolingwa

thorax...no that's not it

11:18 am

MollyL

It's a robotic ending, isn't it

11:19 am

cybernan

yes

11:19 am

hokie carla

kept thinking thoracic and knew that wasn't right

11:19 am

MotherOwl

:D

11:19 am

MollyL

Or aster or meteor ending

11:20 am

hokie carla

now back to these other letters. still need 5 M's and 5 T's! along with 16 other words.

11:20 am

cybernan

obiously you don't take a little green/pink/blue/beige pill every day !

11:20 am

MollyL

*Thinks it is good that Carla is not a surgeon

11:20 am

MollyL

I do Nan : D

11:20 am

hokie carla

is that supposed to be for memory, nan? my mom keeps talking about one she sees advertised.

11:21 am

hokie carla

or for thyroid?

11:21 am

MollyL

No its for that gland in your throat

11:21 am

hokie carla

yeah, not yet

11:22 am

cybernan

no -- it's to boost the hormones produced by the gland in your throat

11:22 am

maccafixx

am 5/16?

11:23 am

hokie carla

think of the town in Jaws...

11:23 am

maccafixx

ty!

11:23 am

hokie carla

or part of the village with the haunted house

11:23 am

hokie carla

np

11:24 am

cybernan

I thought am5ville was a different movie than jaws

11:24 am

marksdolly

fireworks!

11:24 am

marksdolly

any clues needed before I scoot?

11:24 am

cybernan

grats dolly

11:25 am

hokie carla

it is, but the town in jaws is just am5, no ville

11:25 am

MotherOwl

Gz!

11:25 am

hokie carla

well done, dolly! still 25 to go here

11:25 am

moolingwa

down to 12

11:25 am

marksdolly

ty hokie!

11:25 am

cybernan

waiting to see mool and carla out :)

11:26 am

hokie carla

ok, moo. Ax3 Lx4 P Mx5 EE Dx4 Tx4 EE

11:26 am

moolingwa

I'm on calls, so not looking very hard

11:26 am

cybernan

there are just so many good cryptic clues for the words in this one

11:27 am

hokie carla

I'm about to go do some things and come back this afternoon. 6x4, 8x5, 8x6, 3x7

11:28 am

moolingwa

1x4, 6x5, 3x6 and 2x7

11:28 am

cybernan

did you get the fort (where everyone eats pie & icecreaam)

11:28 am

hokie carla

found a T!

11:29 am

hokie carla

yes

11:30 am

hokie carla

it's the first A I need 3 on

11:30 am

hokie carla

found 1!

11:30 am

cybernan

do you have im 7 x2 mool?

11:31 am

moolingwa

yes

11:31 am

cybernan

there are a big chunk of am's carla - 8 of them

11:31 am

hokie carla

I have 8, so I guess something else

11:32 am

cybernan

and al x3 including a 7

11:32 am

hokie carla

I even have the spelling of the letter

11:32 am

cybernan

scratch that -- including a 6

11:33 am

hokie carla

I'm counting 6 AL from that A

11:34 am

hokie carla

but I don't have an AL6 so will look for that

11:34 am

cybernan

yes there are more - those 3 begin with the same 3 letters

11:34 am

cybernan

do you have trebec? I always miss that on the first run through

11:35 am

hokie carla

yeah

11:35 am

cybernan

only I think it was an x for trebek

11:35 am

hokie carla

hey moo, did you find your last 2 last night?

11:36 am

cybernan

did you find the al 6? naked donation to the poor

11:36 am

moolingwa

no, didn't bother coming back

11:36 am

hokie carla

yes, was going to point that out, nan, but didn't. I always think of a smart ****.

11:36 am

hokie carla

it was harlot and flattop

11:36 am

moolingwa

ah...oh well

11:37 am

hokie carla

hmm, not getting the naked part of the clue

11:38 am

hokie carla

nm, got it

11:38 am

cybernan

most of naked

11:38 am

moolingwa

tx for that one nan

11:38 am

hokie carla

and the 5. A's finished

11:39 am

hokie carla

nan, any other guesses on my missing P?

11:40 am

cybernan

pa 5/12 x3

11:40 am

hokie carla

I have 2 with same 3rd letter and 4 with same 3rd letter

11:40 am

moolingwa

5 with the same 3rd letter

11:40 am

hokie carla

wow, huge face pa**

11:41 am

moolingwa

I was going to clue that one

11:41 am

moolingwa

was my last p :)

11:41 am

cybernan

all of the pa's begin with a good buddy

11:41 am

hokie carla

okay, 20 left. must get on with my day. BBL. thanks for the help.

11:41 am

cybernan

oops except for the first one

11:42 am

hokie carla

not all of them, nan, there are 2 that don't!

11:42 am

cybernan

bye carla

11:42 am

MotherOwl

Bye

11:42 am

cybernan

you ok mool or do you want a clue for something?

11:42 am

MotherOwl

bye

11:42 am

MotherOwl

Slow chat, sorry

11:45 am

cybernan

nm MO -- I am always amazed by those of you who play this game when english is your 2nd language

11:46 am

MotherOwl

THank you. Often I do not finish ;) But it's fun.

11:47 am

cybernan

carla is correct - the first 2 pa's have a different 3rd letter from the rest.

11:48 am

cybernan

I speak a little french -- just enough to get me by as a back up language when travelling in Europe, but not enough to play a game or carry on a conversation.

11:49 am

MotherOwl

I speak many languages that well (if you can call it well) But only Danish, English and German well enough for games. ;)

11:51 am

MotherOwl

And I lived in Germany for a year so ... that's a bit cheating.

11:52 am

cybernan

It is very noticeable when travelling in Europe that most of the people speak at least 2 languages and most of the young people speak at least 3 if not 4 or 5. On this side of the pond very few speak 2 languages unless they are born to it. I needed a 2nd language for university entrance, so took French. A lot of people who live in the southern states also speak spanish.

11:53 am

MotherOwl

We can't avoid other languages while travelling, we do not have duped movise, we're exposed to foreign languages from day one.

11:54 am

moolingwa

sorry, participating in myh call

11:54 am

cybernan

I think that is great, MO -- our kids would be much better off for the same exposure.

11:55 am

MotherOwl

I was born in Elsinore - we learned Swedish as a natural part of our life when kids. TV and people in the streets - you could even pay in Swedish currency in most shops.

11:55 am

MotherOwl

And yes. Language exposure is great. Some of our children were wiht us in Germany. They became fluent very fast.

11:57 am

cybernan

Our daughter started school in Quebec and had french classes from kindergarten to Grade 5, but lost most of it when we lived in Ontario, then picked it up a bit with French classes in high school in Alberta, but that was mostly a review for her.

11:58 am

MotherOwl

It will return fast when she's exposed to French again - It's buried, but not forgotten.

11:59 am

MotherOwl

And now I've got to. Dinner won't cook itself, unfortunately. Have fun.

12:00 pm

cybernan

Yes I discovered that when our youngest married a girl from Lyon ( she didn't speak much English and her parents spoike none)

12:00 pm

cybernan

have a good evening MO

12:01 pm

MotherOwl

Thansk same.

12:01 pm

MotherOwl

Oops day to yoy - forgot time difference ;)

12:01 pm

cybernan

on my way - hagd everyone - stay safe

1:01 pm

crosshair

lol! great clue for the al6 "naked donation to the poor!" ty

1:02 pm

sukee

lol

1:03 pm

joym999

great clue

1:28 pm

periwinkle

don't get the al6 clue. hi all.

1:28 pm

periwinkle

also help wit rh5 please

1:29 pm

periwinkle

nm found the al6

1:29 pm

periwinkle

still need rh5

1:29 pm

sukee

first three letters of charity for the poor, last two letters of other word for naked.

1:29 pm

periwinkle

I found it sukee but ty

1:29 pm

joym999

what the stats on the RH5?

1:30 pm

sukee

Missed that comment

1:30 pm

periwinkle

stats for the U pls

1:30 pm

periwinkle

don't know stats for rh5

1:30 pm

periwinkle

don't know stats for rh5

1:30 pm

periwinkle

don't know stats for rh5

1:30 pm

sukee

UP 4/7

1:30 pm

periwinkle

I am often fast in finding a word once I ask for a clue

1:30 pm

adubin77

RH 5/16

1:30 pm

periwinkle

ty for up4

1:33 pm

joym999

the RH4 ends in the British thanks.

1:34 pm

periwinkle

ah ty adubin and joy

1:34 pm

sukee

Ty joy

1:36 pm

joym999

I somehow read UD instead of UP and I couldn't figure out why I couldn't find it.

3:01 pm

hurshy

greetings... if anyone is here

3:02 pm

hokie carla

just back in. howdy!

3:02 pm

hurshy

hi hokie

3:05 pm

hokie carla

wonder if I will see any words after my extended break

3:06 pm

hurshy

i just started so i see lots

3:06 pm

hokie carla

I slowed wayyyyyy down around 42 and then made it to 20

3:08 pm

hurshy

any ae words?

3:08 pm

hokie carla

have found 3!

3:08 pm

hokie carla

not ae, that popped in when I hit enter

3:08 pm

hokie carla

no ae

3:09 pm

hurshy

i thought that might be what happened but i figured you'd clarify :D

3:11 pm

hurshy

it's that top right A that made me wonder, i got as4 and al4, then got stuck

3:13 pm

joym999

Hi all just got back

3:13 pm

hurshy

ooh i just remembered that the texas fort counts

3:13 pm

joym999

the texas fort is also a tree, apparently

3:15 pm

hokie carla

you can extend that to ice cream on pie, hurshy

3:15 pm

hurshy

well that's funny

3:16 pm

hurshy

one of my favorite mo6 words is here

3:16 pm

hokie carla

it is apparently a fabric though I've never heard of it

3:16 pm

hokie carla

mo6/27? I still need 5 M's

3:16 pm

hurshy

yes, mo6/27

3:17 pm

hurshy

don't forget that you can add an "e" to the thing the postal service brings you

3:19 pm

hokie carla

thanks, that was 2

3:19 pm

hokie carla

IOW, I did forget

3:19 pm

hurshy

:D

3:24 pm

hokie carla

just looked up the def of that mo6/27. had no idea!

3:24 pm

joym999

hurshy clue for that MO6,27 plz?

3:25 pm

hurshy

it is a very small amount, like almost a token amount

3:25 pm

joym999

it's not mothra

3:26 pm

hokie carla

well, the first def says half, and then the next one says a portion

3:26 pm

hurshy

well i may have misunderstood what it meant then! i see it also has a chemistry definition that's separate

3:27 pm

hurshy

i could have sworn that the context i read it in was someone being paid a mo6, where that was a very small amount, but perhaps they were being paid half the money and i just didn't get that

3:30 pm

hokie carla

I think there was an anthropology definition too

3:30 pm

hurshy

yeah

3:30 pm

hurshy

what a versatile word

3:30 pm

hokie carla

lol

3:32 pm

hokie carla

15 left here

3:33 pm

hurshy

some nice C words today

3:33 pm

hokie carla

Lx4 Mx3 Ex2 Dx3 Tx3

3:34 pm

Soodle

Declares self utterly lost in recent clueing. Not the cluers fault. Soodle-stupidity to blame.

3:34 pm

hokie carla

found an M!

3:34 pm

hokie carla

which word, soodle?

3:34 pm

hurshy

well it's certainly partly my fault if i thought i knew what the word meant and was actually wrong about it

3:35 pm

hokie carla

the mo6/27? it's M then a bunch of vowels, then a cons., then a sometimes vowel.

3:38 pm

Soodle

Whaddya know? Got the MO word. Thank you Carla. (Feeling slightly less stupid now).

3:39 pm

hurshy

bottom row grey! one H left to grey the row above it too

3:40 pm

hokie carla

glad I could help, it's kind of ridiculous

3:43 pm

hokie carla

found another M!

3:43 pm

hokie carla

and the last! 12 left

3:47 pm

hokie carla

oh, just found a DY, are there more?

3:48 pm

hokie carla

found an L! 10

3:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

Carla!

3:55 pm

hokie carla

TO!

4:00 pm

hokie carla

I think I'm going to have to list

4:03 pm

hokie carla

if anyone out there has ta7 is it a regular word?

4:03 pm

periwinkle

75 left and stuck. need a P to gray out left column

4:03 pm

periwinkle

don't have it

4:04 pm

hokie carla

my last P was part of your hand or the state tree of SC

4:04 pm

periwinkle

found it not a regular word

4:04 pm

periwinkle

ty carla that was the one

4:05 pm

periwinkle

do you need help with the ta7?

4:05 pm

hokie carla

yw. any clues for the ta7?

4:05 pm

periwinkle

starts with beginning of rapid heartbeat and ends with not off

4:05 pm

hokie carla

thanks, kept trying all around that

4:06 pm

hokie carla

if I had just done the math

4:06 pm

periwinkle

yw

4:09 pm

hokie carla

well, that's it for me

4:10 pm

periwinkle

are you done?

4:11 pm

hokie carla

yep

4:11 pm

hokie carla

need any help?

4:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

homies: not accepted.

4:40 pm

hurshy

i tried that one too

5:07 pm

MollyL

Happy Cinco de Mayo. We are having quesadilla's, rice and guacamole.

5:08 pm

HarryHood

I couldn't face making dinner - I bought indian food.

5:14 pm

MollyL

Oh well then happy Diwali to all the Hoods

5:14 pm

HarryHood

cinco de delhi

5:22 pm

MollyL

Ole om

5:40 pm

hokie carla

I'm having fish. We just had tacos on Sat.

5:54 pm

MollyL

Cinco de Tilapia

5:57 pm

hokie carla

I think it's actually cod

5:58 pm

hokie carla

and just one, so uno. on the cinco de mayo.

6:08 pm

MollyL

We don't celebrate-0

6:50 pm

penquis

hello all....*waving to the lurkers*....

7:06 pm

MollyL

*Not lurking, waves back

7:09 pm

penquis

hi Molly...

7:26 pm

penquis

can anyone clue to eh ca 6/24?....it's my last word...

7:30 pm

mich_pdx

hi pen, i don't have the ca6 yet.

7:30 pm

penquis

hi...thanks for checking...

7:34 pm

penquis

found it...i am done...

7:34 pm

mich_pdx

aha! morewords helped me get it, too. No idea how to clue. Glad you found it, too. Congrats, pen!

7:35 pm

penquis

thanks...need anything before I go?

7:36 pm

mich_pdx

no, I'm only 1/2 way. Cheers, pen!

7:37 pm

penquis

cheers!...bye all....

7:53 pm

gemini_J13

mite

8:46 pm

Dorens

mite not

9:04 pm

grannyrose

vegemite, marmite, promite..... loll

9:09 pm

SueMagee

Ifvwe’re travelling, Dolomite.

9:12 pm

grannyrose

*giggle*

9:51 pm

dan2bit

firewords! tx peri, lickety, cybernan and all cluers

9:52 pm

harpjane

hello

9:55 pm

dan2bit

hiya harpjane

9:57 pm

grannyrose

WTG DAN2BIT!!

9:57 pm

grannyrose

g'day jane too

10:02 pm

harpjane

found an insect

10:13 pm

flosey

Hi there Grannyrose

10:37 pm

rururocks

flosey's son again? or daughter?

10:38 pm

flosey

no, it is me this time

10:38 pm

rururocks

oh my god.. Hi Flosey

10:39 pm

rururocks

how are you two?\

10:39 pm

flosey

Hi Rururocks

10:39 pm

rururocks

say hi to george for me

10:40 pm

flosey

will do ruru,

10:41 pm

flosey

George and I will try to play more often

10:42 pm

rururocks

oh great. I still have to come back to your island again when Canada decides to let me in :D

10:43 pm

flosey

it will be great to see you again Ru

10:45 pm

rururocks

that was so much fun... I don't think Jilli ever forgave me for using every plate she owned :D

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