Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, May 13, 2021

12:02 am

chj

sa7

12:02 am

Rainiqui

di 7

12:02 am

mich_pdx

et 7

12:07 am

dizgrannie

sa 7 x 2

12:10 am

joym999

The first word in this grid expresses how I feel about 318 words.

12:11 am

chj

as7

12:13 am

dizgrannie

nbt, just need 8's

12:13 am

godthaab

sl7

12:15 am

cybernan

sa 8

12:16 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:16 am

Lizlin

te8

12:16 am

Rainiqui

Thanks Nan

12:17 am

cybernan

yw

12:17 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs, thanks

12:17 am

SuzeeQ24

el8

12:17 am

Rainiqui

ti 7

12:19 am

cybernan

ut 7-8

12:20 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Lickety

12:21 am

cybernan

sa 7 x3

12:23 am

dizgrannie

si 8

12:38 am

joym999

in 7

12:39 am

cybernan

memory banks just overloaded -- see you tomorrow

1:35 am

dizgrannie

lu 8 if not called

2:14 am

jbp

sa 8 if not called

2:49 am

rbud

okay, I have these 8's: el, lu, sa, si, te, and ut. Anyone have them all? I'm missing one.

2:53 am

lynxxx

gr7&8

2:55 am

rbud

thanks! didn't want to list yet.

5:08 am

sukee

good morning

5:36 am

Scrabbler

Hi Sukee

6:07 am

Uneaixoise

Morning, all! 99 to go!!

6:07 am

HarryHood

why can one reoil but not regas

6:07 am

Scrabbler

195 for me, Une. My columbines are ready to bloom any day.

6:08 am

Scrabbler

It's just not right, Harry.

6:09 am

Uneaixoise

Hey, scrabs! My columbines have been so pretty but are almost bloomed out :-)

6:09 am

HarryHood

it's ok. I will soldier on.

6:09 am

Uneaixoise

Peonies are lovely right now :-)

6:10 am

Scrabbler

On our neighborhood app someone asked for perennials, so I dug up columbines, as well as lilies and daisies.

6:10 am

HarryHood

we had an amazing planting of peonies in our old house - I loved watching the ants on the unopened blooms

6:11 am

Uneaixoise

How generous!

6:11 am

Scrabbler

I don't have peonies.

6:12 am

Uneaixoise

Hey, Harry :-)

6:12 am

HarryHood

good morning une

6:19 am

Uneaixoise

Off to watch the Italian Open! Later!

6:19 am

Scrabbler

I must get ready for work. Enjoy the day.

6:19 am

HarryHood

bye!

7:06 am

ItalianGreyhound

Mickeys theme park in the grid

7:10 am

ItalianGreyhound

how can a word have 4 vowels and 1 con

7:23 am

mattygroves

It can't - it's all in your head :) (Which word has that weird combo - I mean, what does it start with?)

7:24 am

dauber

"outie" -- a type of belly button. Four vowels, one consonant.

7:28 am

ChampFit

I totally agree with that!

7:41 am

ItalianGreyhound

aa 5/10

7:42 am

ChampFit

Thank you!

7:43 am

hokie carla

oh, a plural too, thanks

7:45 am

MollyL

This is the kind of gr4 where people will say "plural everything". But don't, because all the words are not plurals. : D

7:47 am

hokie carla

yeah, but if wrong guesses don't count against you, what's the downside of trying?

7:47 am

hokie carla

phantom aioli

7:48 am

MollyL

Imagine this game is guesses DID count against you.

7:48 am

hokie carla

per the early chats, it did start that way

7:49 am

hokie carla

that would be super bad for me

7:49 am

MollyL

Well I can tell you that the rankings page would look A LOT different.

8:16 am

Wendrie

glad it doesn't count!

8:17 am

hokie carla

hi wendrie!

8:17 am

hokie carla

the only 8 I found is something we can't eat :D

8:18 am

hokie carla

I have managed to gray out 5 boxes, get at least half on the rest, and find one 8. BBL for last 100.

8:18 am

ItalianGreyhound

the LU 8 is new to me

8:24 am

Uneaixoise

Me too

8:25 am

MollyL

What? No players in your medieval circle?
: D

8:32 am

mael

I'm assuming it starts with the instrument

8:32 am

ItalianGreyhound

LU player with extra cons. inserted

8:35 am

ItalianGreyhound

Ive only seen the LU 6/21 version

8:36 am

MLFAN17

hello

8:37 am

mael

thansk

8:37 am

MotherOwl

raisin

8:37 am

ItalianGreyhound

Morning!

8:37 am

MotherOwl

... and snails as phantom words

8:38 am

MLFAN17

hokie what are the stats?

8:42 am

mkg

Clue for the lu 8 please and stat. Ty

8:44 am

MLFAN17

hi mkg

8:44 am

phaeton

lu8...some one who plays the instrument

8:45 am

mkg

Got the instrtument but not seeing the how the ist connects.

8:45 am

phaeton

put a cons in

8:45 am

mkg

Got it but weird. What is the middle cons. Doing in there? Ty for clue.

8:45 am

phaeton

yw

8:46 am

mkg

Any clues for any 7s? Dont have any yet.

8:46 am

mkg

Ty

8:46 am

mkg

Tunes

8:46 am

mkg

Oops. Sorry

8:46 am

MLFAN17

i dont know it

8:47 am

phaeton

as7...to tear apart

8:47 am

MotherOwl

Oh easy woprd for once - the same as in Danish :D

8:47 am

phaeton

gr7/40;gr8/55

8:49 am

hokie carla

MLFAN, I was talking about sa8

8:50 am

MLFAN17

ok ty

8:50 am

phaeton

sl7/32...skinny

8:51 am

MLFAN17

ty phae

8:51 am

MLFAN17

bottom corner e is an et word?

8:52 am

MotherOwl

A French star?

8:52 am

mael

yes

8:52 am

MLFAN17

for what word mael and mother?

8:53 am

MotherOwl

My French star for the Et from lover left E

8:53 am

MLFAN17

french word for star or the name of a french star?

8:54 am

MotherOwl

the first guess

8:54 am

MotherOwl

last

8:54 am

MLFAN17

got them

8:54 am

MotherOwl

Sorry means the first!

8:54 am

MotherOwl

:)

8:55 am

mkg

I am having no luck with clues. Darn.

8:55 am

mkg

Sl i can only think slimmer. No m in grid. Darn

8:56 am

MLFAN17

wrong vowel mkg

8:56 am

mkg

Cant recall french star. Darn.

8:56 am

MotherOwl

Place de la Et in Paris?

8:56 am

phaeton

e + to5

8:57 am

MLFAN17

star as in in the sky

8:57 am

MotherOwl

yes *

8:57 am

MLFAN17

mkg not a celebrity its french for star in the sky

8:57 am

MotherOwl

rads

8:58 am

MotherOwl

Sorry clumsy fingers Grats I meant on finding it.

8:59 am

MLFAN17

i already had it

8:59 am

MotherOwl

Oh, double sorry.

9:00 am

MotherOwl

I'll never finish this grid. Far too many words

9:00 am

mkg

Got it. Ty

9:01 am

MotherOwl

Grats.

9:08 am

hokie carla

regas - something I can't do right now

9:09 am

mkg

Ty for great clues.

9:10 am

MotherOwl

hookie is that a clue or a statement?

9:10 am

hokie carla

a statement, we have a gas (or petrol) shortage right now, all the stations are out

9:10 am

mkg

Statement

9:10 am

MotherOwl

Oh, sad to head.

9:11 am

hokie carla

our gas pipeline was hacked and held for ransom

9:11 am

mkg

My goal is half way with no blank stats or tiles.

9:11 am

mkg

Try that goal.

9:12 am

MotherOwl

I think I'll set a modest goal today - 100 words.

9:12 am

hokie carla

I am down to 76 left. slow going now.

9:12 am

hokie carla

just need 3 R's and 1 A to finish 1st col, so I'm working on that.

9:12 am

MotherOwl

Urgh 259 left here.

9:13 am

hokie carla

well, I could never play a word game in another language, so I think that's great

9:13 am

mkg

Owl, it becomes easier the more you play.

9:13 am

mkg

Give it half a year.

9:14 am

MotherOwl

Well ... we start English in school at 12-13 years old, and i have read tonnes of books in English since, plus been working as a free-lance translator. I should be able to do it ;)

9:15 am

mkg

I am impressed owl.

9:15 am

MotherOwl

It IS easier already. I never played much scrabble or the likes, so looking for words like this is new to me.

9:15 am

hokie carla

definitely start to remember more and more the more you play

9:16 am

MotherOwl

some of those crazy words you never use ... yes those I begin to see first ;)=

9:17 am

MotherOwl

Thanks mkg ;)

9:28 am

cybernan

good morning everyone -- found 155 last night before crashing

9:29 am

hokie carla

almost half already!

9:29 am

MotherOwl

Morning - Nice catch.

9:30 am

hokie carla

definitely going to need the list today

9:30 am

marksdolly

gm everybody!

9:31 am

cybernan

for sure

9:31 am

hokie carla

dolly!

9:31 am

cybernan

hi dolly

9:31 am

marksdolly

hi Nan!

9:31 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie!

9:33 am

MotherOwl

Isn't 'aula' a word in English?

9:33 am

hokie carla

not that I'm aware

9:33 am

hokie carla

aura

9:35 am

MotherOwl

No? Oh, OK, thought like in Danish a big hall mostly in public buildings and schools.

9:35 am

hokie carla

can't even think of what that would be in English

9:36 am

MotherOwl

maybe just hall?

9:36 am

hokie carla

maybe

9:36 am

rururocks

auditorium maybe?

9:36 am

hokie carla

a hall like you walk through or a hall like you'd have dances in?

9:36 am

hokie carla

or anything

9:36 am

hokie carla

ah, or maybe like ru says

9:37 am

rastapopolous

atrium is what I use for that

9:37 am

MotherOwl

Collin's knows it:
aula in British English
(ˈɔːlə)
noun
a large place where people can congregate, such as a hall

9:37 am

hokie carla

I think of atrium more as an entryway hall

9:37 am

hokie carla

interesting

9:38 am

MotherOwl

I think I know it from Harry Potter - the one with the Yule ball ;)

9:38 am

rastapopolous

the grade school I went to had a big area, that did get used for assemblies, called it the atrium

9:39 am

MotherOwl

Atrium is for me big room with no roof.

9:39 am

hokie carla

hmm, have read HP multiple times and don't remember that. I bet they changed it in our version, like philosopher's stone to sorcerer's stone.

9:40 am

MotherOwl

I know :D Translated into American. I have the 1st in American translation ;)

9:40 am

periwinkle

good morning all

9:40 am

marksdolly

gm Peri

9:40 am

MLFAN17

hello again

9:41 am

MotherOwl

It's faster to read then in English / American than to wait for the Danish translation ... which was hurried and not so good.

9:41 am

MotherOwl

Morning

9:41 am

hokie carla

I think that's the one with the tri-wizard tournament, will have to go look in a minute.

9:41 am

hokie carla

peri!

9:41 am

hokie carla

I also have the audiobooks, which are read by a great British guy, but the British versions were read by a different British guy.

9:42 am

hokie carla

I thought that was kinda weird.

9:42 am

MLFAN17

AD5 clue pls?

9:42 am

periwinkle

"I can see clearly now"

9:42 am

hokie carla

like a traditional saying, mlfan

9:42 am

MotherOwl

Hehe, I did not know about the audio books, sounds decidedly weird.

9:43 am

hokie carla

interesting, it was Stephen Fry who read the UK version.

9:44 am

MLFAN17

ty hokie

9:44 am

cybernan

ad + longevity

9:44 am

MotherOwl

TY

9:44 am

MollyL

Just to add another thought, I always think of an atrium as a large open area with plants in it.

9:45 am

MotherOwl

Agree with you, Molly

9:45 am

cybernan

me too, molly -- and in our clime it has a glass roof on it

9:46 am

MollyL

All of the hotels that have atriums are the plants kind.

9:46 am

hokie carla

yep

9:46 am

MotherOwl

Oh yes we're not millionaires to have an atrium at home ;)

9:47 am

MollyL

I normally don't care for British accents, but I could listen to Stephen Fry read the telephone book.

9:47 am

MotherOwl

lol

9:47 am

hokie carla

I just don't know why they needed 2 different readers when they are both british. Jim Dale was amazing, but I bet Stephen Fry was too.

9:48 am

MollyL

The best audiobook readers I have heard (and I listen to a lot of audiobooks) are Mare Winningham and Bronson Pinchot

9:48 am

MotherOwl

Copyright reasons I dare bet

9:48 am

hokie carla

have not heard either of those

9:48 am

MLFAN17

EL 7 clue pls?

9:49 am

hokie carla

I've been listening recently to an Irish cozy mystery series. She's a great narrator but one of the books had Americans in it and someone should have told her we pronounce certain words differently.

9:49 am

marksdolly

it's a 7/8 combo, think of the stuff that we put in waistbands

9:49 am

LuvWordGames

e + not first + not out

9:50 am

hokie carla

thanks, luv. a 2 in one

9:50 am

MotherOwl

Tht's a new to me word!

9:50 am

hokie carla

or a two in one or 2 in 1

9:51 am

MotherOwl

Thanks

9:51 am

periwinkle

gr7/8 please

9:51 am

LuvWordGames

yw :-)

9:51 am

MLFAN17

t fr teh el 7/8

9:51 am

LuvWordGames

ends in eat out

9:52 am

hokie carla

ends in eats, peri

9:52 am

periwinkle

ty carla

9:52 am

periwinkle

ty Luv

9:53 am

MollyL

Will Patton reads the Mr. Mercedes trilogy on audiobooks. He pronounces words that start with H like the H is silent. Huge sounds like UGE. Human sounds like UMAN. It drives me nuts.

9:54 am

hokie carla

yeah, I have to listen to a sample before I can commit to a reader. I used to listen to the Bosch books and they changed readers and I didn't like.

9:54 am

MotherOwl

That's one of the reasons I don't like audiobooks; another being not able to fast forward through boring passages or savour the good ones slowly.

9:56 am

cybernan

audio books are great for long solo car trips - not that I'm doing any of those anymore.

9:57 am

MotherOwl

I have no car, and when I had, I always drove with family. So no books there ;)

9:57 am

Zcoach

Does anyone do the spelling bee in the New York Times? And looking for same type of puzzles in other sources...my morning ritual ;)

9:57 am

hokie carla

we listened to the harry potter ones on our cross country trip

9:58 am

hokie carla

I think it's penquis that does that, and maybe bichon. I occasionally do as much as it lets me without a subscription.

9:58 am

hokie carla

merriam-webster website has several games

9:59 am

cybernan

need to run - chiro in an hour and haven't had breakfat yet -- bbl

9:59 am

penquis

heard my name mentioned... ;o)

9:59 am

MotherOwl

Yes they're fun, but not really challenging ;)

9:59 am

MotherOwl

BB nan gl

9:59 am

hokie carla

I occasionally do the Jumble on there and a crossword and sudoku and ken ken. They have some other games too, but some were flash based and don't work anymore.

9:59 am

hokie carla

I wondered if that would draw you out, pen ;)

10:00 am

MLFAN17

found sa7/8

10:00 am

penquis

LOL...just happened to glance over at the chat...

10:01 am

Dorens

I do the spelling bee. more addicted to that now than I am to babble.. first thing I do when I wake up

10:01 am

penquis

Mr. Bichon is apparently very good at Spelling Bee....he's reached Queen Bee several times...

10:02 am

MLFAN17

what is this spelling bee game?

10:02 am

penquis

it's a babble like word game on the NY TImes game page...

10:02 am

Zcoach

Dorens...me too..can’t do anything else until I reach amazing status. Lol

10:02 am

rururocks

how does Jayzee feel about that penquis :D

10:02 am

MLFAN17

ohh

10:03 am

hokie carla

you make words with letters given in a circle and have to use the middle letter on each word. but you can reuse letters, which is hard for me to remember.

10:03 am

Dorens

New York TImes- gives 7 letters and you need to find words (4 letter minimum) that include the center letter. Does NOT use enable

10:03 am

MLFAN17

ruru what is that photo/pic ?

10:03 am

MLFAN17

hmm interesting ty dorens

10:03 am

MLFAN17

and hokie

10:04 am

hokie carla

also doesn't take words that are words here

10:04 am

Zcoach

Hokie.. you can reuse letters

10:04 am

Dorens

But it does take words that are not words here. The guy who makes it up is young and lots of new words are there

10:05 am

hokie carla

I have an app on my phone called whirly word, which is kinda like it but they show a list you fill in so it's somewhat easy to guess what's missing.

10:05 am

hokie carla

zcoach, I said you can reuse letters

10:07 am

Dorens

There are facebook groups that have evolved around it. One is kind of like this in that there are requests for hints. The other refers people to a few sites that have something like lickety so you know how many words are possible, how many that begin with certain letters, how many 4's, 5's, etc

10:07 am

hokie carla

wow

10:08 am

hokie carla

still need 11 S on the bottom, where are these words?

10:08 am

Dorens

I really wish I hadn't find those! Much easier when I just did what I could and was satisfied to reach the genius level and leave. Now I strive for queen Bee (every possible word) sometimes and it takes a lot of work. Have succeeded enough that I'm content now with genius

10:09 am

hokie carla

I always get cut off with "you're pretty good at this game, you should subscribe".

10:09 am

Zcoach

Cool. Know what group is called?
Dorens.. you’re better at it than me. Don’t always make genius

10:10 am

Dorens

I've subscribed to the Times for 50 years now. When they first told me this would cost I complained. And they actually comped me!

10:11 am

Dorens

z - NYTimes Spelling Bee, and NYT Spelling Bee Spoiler Extravaganza-

10:12 am

hokie carla

well, I am stuck again at 53 left. TTFN

10:12 am

Dorens

Shunn.net is kind of like lickety but goes further. His spelling Bee solver gives you various levels of help, and even all the answers if you want. Of course I don't want that much help

10:13 am

Dorens

That's respectable hokie

10:13 am

MLFAN17

you only need 11 s words from the bottom? i have only found 12

10:13 am

MotherOwl

Agree with Dorens hookie!

10:14 am

hokie carla

all the ones I have are pretty regular, mlfan. and yes, I'm still here. I swear I'm leaving now. (usually check for words again on my way out and find some)

10:15 am

penquis

that happens to me, too...

10:15 am

MLFAN17

ed5 clue pls?

10:16 am

MLFAN17

you know you want to stay hokie lol

10:16 am

penquis

ends with the ending of what you put on walls or floor, like in your bathroom....or kitchen....

10:16 am

Dorens

ed + let's not be infant***

10:17 am

MLFAN17

ty dorens grayed that e

10:17 am

Dorens

It's the only one I've grayed and I've entered 162 so far

10:19 am

MotherOwl

Oh, I just hatd to try The NY Times spelling bee. You've got to subscribe to move on :(

10:19 am

marksdolly

fireworks!! whoohoo!

10:19 am

penquis

congrats....

10:19 am

Dorens

nice job md

10:19 am

MotherOwl

GRATZ!

10:19 am

penquis

i subscribe, but only to the puzzle page....

10:21 am

periwinkle

I do the ny time spelling bee but it always asks me to subscribe if I want to move on and so far I have not done that

10:21 am

periwinkle

help with sa7/8 please

10:21 am

penquis

i subscribe because I like to do the Crossword puzzle every day and sometimes i do more from the archives....

10:21 am

penquis

peri...think crackers....

10:22 am

periwinkle

ty pen

10:22 am

periwinkle

was looking at the wrong S

10:22 am

Dorens

pen do they have the double acrostic on that page? It's always been my favorite puzzle. alternate sundays (in the real paper)

10:23 am

Dorens

thanks for that s, finally got me to over 1/2 on that S. it's been making me crazy

10:23 am

MotherOwl

I think I would have more trouble than it's worth trying to make transatlantic subscripions for the spelling bee ;)

10:23 am

penquis

they show four variety puzzles and you can click on MORE to see more....

10:24 am

penquis

one of the categories is acrostic puzzles....

10:24 am

MotherOwl

ty Penquis.

10:25 am

penquis

those are also available in archive, meaning access to more...

10:25 am

Dorens

they started the spelling bee only on Sundays with 5 letter minimum and that's what I did for years, just tried the daily the last month or two.
Pen have you done acrostic?

10:25 am

penquis

yw...

10:25 am

penquis

no, i don't do acrostic...

10:25 am

MotherOwl

And now I'm at 100 words. Taking a break. Bye for now.

10:26 am

penquis

bye MO...

10:26 am

Dorens

My mom taught me them when I was maybe 15 or so and been doing them ever since. (56 years?! Wow) Love them

10:26 am

Dorens

bye MO

10:28 am

rururocks

i couldn't handle more puzzles than this one.. this is a big enough time waster as there is

10:28 am

penquis

well i am retired...i do what i feel like doing... ;o)

10:28 am

Dorens

ru, you do well on the Sunday bee, right?

10:29 am

rururocks

yeah.. i like to just find some of the bigger words, but it doesn't hold my interest really

10:29 am

Dorens

the daily has a minimum of 4 letter words so there are lots more.

10:29 am

Dorens

so not your thing then

10:30 am

rururocks

i like finding the complete word and then other large ones.. but that's about it

10:30 am

rururocks

i spend about three minutes on it

10:30 am

Dorens

your brain is better

10:31 am

rururocks

huh?

10:31 am

Dorens

you get the bigger words more easily than I do, at least in babble. You like harder challenges,. I like easy

10:32 am

rururocks

oh

10:32 am

rururocks

i'm down to forty here but it's a lot tougher

10:33 am

Dorens

I'm just trying to get more than half for each tile and the I's are kicking my butt

10:33 am

rururocks

the i's are twisty.. all normal words

10:34 am

rururocks

one of them is sort of an odyssey

10:34 am

Dorens

:)

10:34 am

Dorens

ok, now just need 2 from the lower i and i can go plant my herbs

10:35 am

ItalianGreyhound

one is a fiber

10:35 am

Dorens

Got them! later all

10:35 am

rururocks

i get my herbs from Origami.. she grows great stuff

10:35 am

penquis

bye, Dorens...

10:36 am

Dorens

a fiber???? now i can't leave yet

10:36 am

rururocks

real herbs.. not hemp :D

10:37 am

Dorens

well, when you call it "great stuff" I begin to wonder

10:37 am

ItalianGreyhound

the IS 5/10 - 6/18 is a plant fiber per google

10:39 am

Dorens

thanks IG/ And now to the rosemary, thyme, basil, sage, etc

10:42 am

rururocks

(simon and Garfunkle are heading to Doren's house)

10:46 am

penquis

heading out to get some lunch....bbl to finish...bye all...

10:55 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:56 am

rururocks

hello mool

10:56 am

moolingwa

hey ru, happy..Thursday I think

10:56 am

rururocks

yeah.. I'm looking forward to this weekend for sure

10:57 am

moolingwa

what's the ru rating for today's grid?

10:57 am

rururocks

you mean as far as difficulty? ?

10:57 am

moolingwa

yes sir

10:58 am

rururocks

not too bad.. maybe a 4 or 5.. lots of super twisty words but nothing too abnormal

10:58 am

moolingwa

cool

10:59 am

moolingwa

got through my first 100...still lot's to go here

11:02 am

moolingwa

how's the bear republic today?

11:03 am

rururocks

foggy here overcast for now

11:03 am

moolingwa

sounds pretty normal

11:05 am

MLFAN17

i am not getting the is words abotu plant fiber

11:05 am

MLFAN17

about

11:05 am

MLFAN17

Hi mool

11:05 am

hokie carla

apostrophe abuse is a real problem

11:06 am

moolingwa

hey ML, hey hoke

11:06 am

hokie carla

74% of NC is out of gas!

11:06 am

moolingwa

air is probably cleaner

11:07 am

hokie carla

hmm

11:07 am

MLFAN17

i saw that too hokie

11:07 am

moolingwa

I'm a glass half full kind of guy

11:08 am

hokie carla

I'm curious where the 26% of stations are that have gas. No one I know has seen any.

11:08 am

moolingwa

probably out in the corners

11:08 am

MLFAN17

hokie do you have the is combo?

11:09 am

hokie carla

I have 2 is combos but not sure what you're looking for

11:09 am

MLFAN17

plant fiber?

11:10 am

hokie carla

yes, didn't know exactly what it meant - add a th on the beginning and you have a plant with thorns

11:10 am

hokie carla

a thorny weed I guess

11:11 am

MLFAN17

ty got them

11:11 am

hokie carla

np

11:13 am

MLFAN17

j words done

11:14 am

moolingwa

judicious

11:14 am

hokie carla

I still need one

11:14 am

MLFAN17

o words done

11:15 am

hokie carla

mlfan is cranking words out!

11:15 am

MLFAN17

hokie i bet you need a 5?

11:15 am

MLFAN17

trying to hokie

11:15 am

hokie carla

I have one 5

11:15 am

hokie carla

let me know when you finish the bottom S, mlfan

11:15 am

MLFAN17

okay then you need the other 5 same stats took me a while to find

11:15 am

moolingwa

I have 11 S's left

11:16 am

hokie carla

I have 11 on bottom, 4 on top S

11:16 am

moolingwa

off the bottom

11:16 am

MLFAN17

i have 12 of the bottom s

11:16 am

moolingwa

six off the top one

11:16 am

moolingwa

10 off the bottom now

11:16 am

MLFAN17

14 bottom row s words

11:17 am

moolingwa

8 off the bottom now :)

11:17 am

hokie carla

well, I'm still working on that J, but I have tried several times on the bottom S

11:17 am

MLFAN17

found 14 bottom row s words

11:18 am

MLFAN17

top row a i only have half of them

11:18 am

hokie carla

the A with 4? I still need one.

11:18 am

MLFAN17

yes

11:20 am

hokie carla

got the J, thanks!

11:20 am

MLFAN17

y is greyed

11:20 am

MLFAN17

yw

11:21 am

moolingwa

yay

11:21 am

Cosmo Kramer

ty mlfan for the j5

11:21 am

hokie carla

yippee

11:21 am

MLFAN17

np cosmo

11:22 am

hokie carla

still need 11 S on the bottom ;)

11:22 am

moolingwa

7 off that one now

11:23 am

hokie carla

I don't believe these words exist, are you sure about that

11:23 am

moolingwa

no, I'm not sure

11:23 am

MLFAN17

i sitll only have 14 from bottom s out of 47 ughh

11:23 am

moolingwa

5 off the bottom one now

11:24 am

MLFAN17

did mkg ever find that sl word?

11:24 am

hokie carla

found one!

11:24 am

hokie carla

LOL, I don't know. you have it, right?

11:24 am

MLFAN17

i have it yet

11:24 am

moolingwa

starting :)

11:24 am

MLFAN17

found two more from bottom s

11:24 am

hokie carla

I keep wanting to make salient

11:25 am

moolingwa

well, have 61 left...only 18 fours tho

11:26 am

hokie carla

51 here - only 7 4's

11:26 am

hokie carla

found 2 s's on the bottom!

11:26 am

moolingwa

oh, ignore my comment

11:26 am

MLFAN17

i have more to find then both of you put together

11:26 am

hokie carla

the ones I've found are all regular words I think

11:27 am

MLFAN17

18 from bottom s

11:27 am

MLFAN17

from where hokie?

11:27 am

hokie carla

from bottom s

11:27 am

moolingwa

6 l's is my biggest open tile

11:28 am

hokie carla

I only have 5 L's

11:28 am

moolingwa

nm, now have six tiles with 5 on them

11:29 am

MLFAN17

i have 8 greyed ti5's

11:29 am

hokie carla

bottom S is my biggest one - still 8. the rest are 5 or less

11:29 am

hokie carla

I also have 8 grayed, mlfan!

11:29 am

MLFAN17

woot

11:29 am

moolingwa

only six greyed, excluding the freebie

11:30 am

Soodle

I've just got fireworks, if I can be of help to anybody?

11:30 am

moolingwa

congrats soods

11:30 am

hokie carla

well done, soodle!

11:30 am

MLFAN17

congrats soodle

11:30 am

Soodle

It was a marathon!!

11:31 am

hokie carla

for sure

11:31 am

MLFAN17

come here and help me finish mine soodle?😜

11:32 am

MLFAN17

i jst discovered a ut 7/8 duhh

11:32 am

Soodle

LOL Fan. I can give a few of my trademark clumsy clues if required....

11:32 am

hokie carla

need 4 words to gray 1st col, 3 for 4th col, and 4 for last col

11:32 am

moolingwa

7 for the first column, 7 for the fourth, and 7 for the last :)

11:33 am

hokie carla

I guess that is my missing U's then

11:33 am

MLFAN17

lol soodle your clues are good

11:34 am

MLFAN17

ag5 clue pls?

11:34 am

hokie carla

that must be my missing A

11:35 am

Soodle

Ends in 2 vowels....

11:35 am

hokie carla

kinda like *culture (farming) and then add a letter

11:35 am

moolingwa

tx ML/Soods

11:36 am

hokie carla

now just need 4G to finish top row

11:36 am

MLFAN17

got it ty

11:36 am

moolingwa

I too need 4 G's

11:36 am

Soodle

You might be missing g plus civil unrest and plural?

11:37 am

hokie carla

not a lot of directions to go there

11:37 am

hokie carla

yep, that's 2, thx

11:38 am

MLFAN17

si that ra5?

11:38 am

MLFAN17

with the g?

11:38 am

hokie carla

no

11:39 am

MLFAN17

ok

11:39 am

hokie carla

I knew some Grinsells back home. almost in the grid.

11:39 am

MLFAN17

cant find my last a on top row

11:39 am

hokie carla

put all your worries as5, mlfan

11:40 am

MLFAN17

ty

11:41 am

hokie carla

np

11:42 am

hokie carla

phantom giardia

11:43 am

hokie carla

which is probably better than real giardia

11:45 am

hokie carla

also phantom idiot which is definitely better than a real idiot

11:45 am

hokie carla

argh, finally finished the U

11:46 am

hokie carla

now just need 1 A to finish 4th col

11:46 am

MLFAN17

need 7 from there

11:46 am

MLFAN17

i trying to find AL words

11:46 am

hokie carla

I have 7 AL

11:47 am

MLFAN17

i have 4

11:48 am

MLFAN17

the rest must be foreign lol

11:48 am

hokie carla

the ones I have are all pretty regular

11:49 am

MLFAN17

so are mine

11:50 am

MLFAN17

do you have the AL 7?

11:50 am

MLFAN17

found as 7!

11:50 am

hokie carla

I guess that's what I need to look for

11:51 am

moolingwa

well, have a bunch of calls coming up...49 to go

11:51 am

hokie carla

42 here. see you later.

11:51 am

MLFAN17

congrats mool

11:52 am

periwinkle

help with si8 or lu8 please

11:52 am

MLFAN17

found gr 7/8

11:53 am

hokie carla

don't have si8. lu8 looks like someone who plays an old instrument

11:53 am

MLFAN17

i dont have either sorry peri

11:55 am

periwinkle

ty carla

11:55 am

hokie carla

yw

11:55 am

hokie carla

mlfan, did you have the AL7?

11:55 am

MLFAN17

no idea

11:55 am

hokie carla

ok

11:55 am

MLFAN17

No AL 7

11:55 am

periwinkle

my cataract surgery on Tues went well

11:56 am

MLFAN17

congrats peri

11:56 am

hokie carla

nice! good to hear you are still doing well. I remember you were chatting that day because I asked if you could see ;)

11:57 am

MLFAN17

i dont have either hokie

12:00 pm

periwinkle

136 left, going to sit outside for a while

12:00 pm

hokie carla

nice

12:03 pm

Uneaixoise

Al7 ......ending is "not day"

12:04 pm

hokie carla

thanks, une. 4th col gray!

12:06 pm

Uneaixoise

:-)

12:11 pm

hokie carla

well, gotta go do some things.

12:18 pm

cybernan

hi again :)

12:39 pm

cybernan

name that former first lady of russia

12:53 pm

moolingwa

tulia?

1:01 pm

cybernan

raisa gorbachev

1:01 pm

periwinkle

any help with su8?

1:02 pm

cybernan

don't have it, peri

1:04 pm

periwinkle

ok

1:06 pm

cybernan

as

1:10 pm

cybernan

saw earlier that you just had cataract surgery. How long before you could get back to normal? What kind of lens? and how is it working for you? (booked for my surgery on June 18)

1:13 pm

Uneaixoise

I don't think there's an su8

1:14 pm

Uneaixoise

Sa and sit

1:14 pm

cybernan

not finding that first in 5-6 combo, any clues please?

1:14 pm

Uneaixoise

So.....not sit LOL!!

1:15 pm

Uneaixoise

Crap .....I mean si and sa

1:16 pm

cybernan

?? not sure what you are referrencing

1:16 pm

cybernan

looking for the in 5/12, 6/21

1:17 pm

Uneaixoise

Don't have that combo either

1:18 pm

cybernan

Will be so glad to get this cataract surgery - having such a hard time reading the print in the chat

1:18 pm

MLFAN17

i have 138 left

1:19 pm

Uneaixoise

In5/12 looks like in + not wet

1:19 pm

MLFAN17

ty une

1:19 pm

dcseain

thanks, une

1:19 pm

MLFAN17

hi dc

1:19 pm

Uneaixoise

Nan, fyi I had cataract surgery several years ago and it went great!

1:20 pm

dcseain

hello, mlf, une, nan

1:20 pm

cybernan

ty une

1:20 pm

cybernan

hi seain

1:20 pm

Uneaixoise

Hey seain

1:21 pm

cybernan

I was asking peri about hers but I guess she has gone

1:27 pm

cybernan

li 6/18 please?

1:30 pm

cybernan

found the lu 8

1:35 pm

MLFAN17

clue it pls cyber?

1:36 pm

cybernan

person who plays a specific instrument

1:39 pm

MLFAN17

ty got it

1:40 pm

MLFAN17

i dont have the li 6 either

1:42 pm

Cosmo Kramer

li6 - to communicate or coordinate between multiple teams/parties

1:43 pm

dcseain

ooh, very twisty, thanks, cosmo

1:44 pm

cybernan

ty cosmo

1:45 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx Cosmo!

1:46 pm

cybernan

si 7/28 please?

1:49 pm

cybernan

or si 7/32, 8/45 combo

1:51 pm

waskallia

si is a fabruc used for garment linings,,,,,ends in 2 vowels

1:52 pm

waskallia

si 7/8 somewhat winding like a snake ends in pt of eat and plural

1:56 pm

Cosmo Kramer

si7/8 -- si* (bad thing) + * vowel + past tense of having food.. and plural

1:57 pm

cybernan

ty for the si 7-8 wask -- not finding the fabric though

1:57 pm

waskallia

better clue than mine Cos :)

1:57 pm

MotherOwl

Ty Cosmo.

1:58 pm

waskallia

l is third letter...no idea how to clue it

2:00 pm

Cosmo Kramer

si7 - si**nce is golden + a*** is the largest continent

2:00 pm

MotherOwl

si 7 =Fabric must come from a part of Germany originally.

2:00 pm

waskallia

very good cos

2:01 pm

MotherOwl

... or Poland border part

2:01 pm

cybernan

ty cos

2:02 pm

waskallia

giving up now...tolerance level has been reached lol

2:02 pm

cybernan

have never seen that one before

2:03 pm

bonkler

good afternoon everyone

2:04 pm

MotherOwl

Good afternoon Bonkler

2:07 pm

bonkler

just totally guessed the et6/7 combo

2:09 pm

cybernan

hi bonkler

2:09 pm

bonkler

hi nan,owl

2:10 pm

MotherOwl

ag 5/14 I need a clue. I think I tried all combos, but am missing the right one obviously.

2:12 pm

cybernan

ag 5/14 ends with spanish river

2:13 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* tough grid

2:13 pm

bonkler

way to go nan!

2:13 pm

MotherOwl

Gz Nan

2:14 pm

cybernan

any clues wanted before I go an produce some lunch

2:16 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone - stay safe :)

2:16 pm

MotherOwl

bb and ty

2:16 pm

cybernan

yw MO

2:42 pm

Uneaixoise

La7/36 clue please?

2:43 pm

mamabook3

worst household chore - especially with lots of kids

2:44 pm

zoozzoom

Could even say dirty money.

2:46 pm

Uneaixoise

Thanks!! Was looking for latrine LOL

2:52 pm

moolingwa

well if you found down the latrine, you'd definitely need to la7

2:52 pm

Uneaixoise

True!!

2:55 pm

zoozzoom

ooh just found a LU8!

2:56 pm

hokie carla

rehi!

2:59 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Hokie

2:59 pm

hokie carla

hey zooz

2:59 pm

joym999

hi all. I'm in a boring work meeting right now, so I figured I'd multitask to keep my sanity.

3:00 pm

hokie carla

we will try to entertain you ;)

3:00 pm

zoozzoom

Not sure you will find any sanity here with enable although welcome along anyway!

3:00 pm

joym999

Pretty anything you do or say, carla, would be more interesting than the little Zoom talking heads.

3:01 pm

joym999

good point about the sanity, though, zoozzoom. Love your name BTW

3:02 pm

hokie carla

do you have zoom fatigue?

3:02 pm

zoozzoom

Thanks! It was supposed to be zoomzoom. I did it wrong and so it stayed as it was lol

3:03 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I always wondered

3:03 pm

joym999

zoozzoom seems more appropriate, although I could be projecting my own desire to zzzzz during my zoom meetings.

3:04 pm

hokie carla

whew, finally found my last 2 on the upper right T.

3:05 pm

zoozzoom

Also it had nothing to do with a car advert that said zoomzoom it was meant to be about my camera lenses that made a zoom noise when focusing. As I used to be an avid photographer.

3:05 pm

joym999

I'd love a small clue for that LU8.

3:06 pm

hokie carla

like a person that plays an old instrument

3:06 pm

zoozzoom

The person who play the instrument guitar.

3:06 pm

joym999

got it, thanks

3:07 pm

hokie carla

now just need 1 T lower to finish 5th col

3:09 pm

hokie carla

but it doesn't seem meant to be

3:10 pm

hokie carla

woot! 'twas a plural. 4th and 5th columns gray!

3:17 pm

MotherOwl

Good night. Not going to finish this one. have fun

3:17 pm

hokie carla

good night MO!

3:18 pm

zoozzoom

Toodle pips, MotherOwl.

3:18 pm

hokie carla

ooh, top row gray!

3:21 pm

moolingwa

nice

3:21 pm

moolingwa

still 47 to go here

3:21 pm

joym999

still 47 million to go there

3:21 pm

moolingwa

almost there then joy :)

3:21 pm

joym999

I mean here...but maybe it's just my perception :)

3:21 pm

hokie carla

31 here

3:22 pm

joym999

and my bad typing

3:22 pm

moolingwa

I blame my keyboard for putting the letters in the wrong places

3:22 pm

joym999

are you listing moo and carla?

3:22 pm

joym999

my keyboard is horrible that way too...the keys are always moving around

3:22 pm

moolingwa

I don't use lists myself, personal choice

3:22 pm

hokie carla

haven't yet, but I will have to

3:23 pm

hokie carla

I try to hang with moo until I completely give up

3:23 pm

joym999

I have more than 100 to go.

3:23 pm

moolingwa

she does, and she finishes most times...I don't

3:24 pm

moolingwa

10x4, 9x5, 11x6, 10x7 and 5x8 to go

3:24 pm

joym999

I rarely finish without listing, and even though only with a lot of help from the chat.

3:24 pm

hokie carla

6x4, 10x5, 8x6, 6x7, 1x8

3:25 pm

hokie carla

I def. get help from the chat, though I try not to early on. moo avoids it.

3:25 pm

moolingwa

not always successfully, but try to :)

3:25 pm

moolingwa

it's all good though, especially for big boards like this

3:26 pm

hokie carla

oh yeah

3:26 pm

moolingwa

grinja - a smiling pajama-wearing assassin

3:27 pm

hokie carla

I have gotten more 8's on my own today than usual

3:27 pm

joym999

yeh, the early chat makes me nervous. All those people racing to find the big words.

3:27 pm

moolingwa

ah yes, that can be a bit of a clue-fest....I pretty much avoid the flips now

3:27 pm

joym999

are there any EU words?

3:28 pm

moolingwa

no, no eu words

3:29 pm

joym999

good, thanks

3:29 pm

hokie carla

my open ones - R D S A i i L S. too many to say how many from each

3:29 pm

hokie carla

would love to find the Rs and A to finish out that first col

3:29 pm

moolingwa

I only have 9 grey tiles...excluding the O

3:30 pm

hokie carla

just saw the A - a 4 of course

3:30 pm

moolingwa

oh, another grey tile

3:31 pm

moolingwa

oh, and another grey tile

3:31 pm

moolingwa

haven't been focusing on them :)

3:31 pm

hokie carla

you just haven't been trying ;) work and such

3:31 pm

moolingwa

yeah, been sitting on the tiles with most left

3:32 pm

moolingwa

have five of them with 4 left

3:32 pm

hokie carla

I'm doing the opposite because those are frustrating me

3:32 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I had just started going through each tile again

3:33 pm

hokie carla

well, I guess I'll say - R3, D5, S4, i1, i4, L5, S8

3:33 pm

moolingwa

G4, R2, D4, S3, T3, I3, I2, L4, U2, T2, T4, S4, A2

3:34 pm

hokie carla

we are pretty similar

3:34 pm

moolingwa

found an i :)

3:37 pm

hokie carla

not me

3:38 pm

hokie carla

and I'm really working on the one because I just need one and want to finish that :D

3:38 pm

moolingwa

unlate - early or ontime

3:38 pm

joym999

I've got 3 Js -- two 4s and a 5. What's the 4th one?

3:38 pm

moolingwa

a 5

3:39 pm

moolingwa

and not a word you're likely to know

3:39 pm

joym999

are they all JAs?

3:39 pm

hokie carla

I wonder if you are missing the Us MLFAN gave me. really regular words but so twisty it took me a while.

3:39 pm

hokie carla

yes, joy, another ja5, same pt total

3:39 pm

moolingwa

one of those useful Hindi words

3:40 pm

hokie carla

I do rem. having it before, but don't rem. seeing the one that's part liquor before

3:40 pm

moolingwa

there are quite a lot of Hindi words in the enable dictionary

3:40 pm

hokie carla

and scottish

3:40 pm

moolingwa

I blame all those new age people from the 70s

3:41 pm

moolingwa

and those old age people from the 1700 - for the scottish words

3:41 pm

joym999

The JA5 that I have relates to beer, at least in my mind.

3:42 pm

moolingwa

yeah, the one you're looking for is not related to that

3:42 pm

hokie carla

but starts the same

3:43 pm

moolingwa

and will allow you to stay up all night in praise of a deity

3:44 pm

hokie carla

found my last i in the middle row - I literally tried that, it didn't take, then I went inside and came back out and tried again and it did take. 29!

3:44 pm

moolingwa

woot...38 left here

3:45 pm

hokie carla

almost 91%

3:45 pm

moolingwa

found my last two i's on that one too

3:45 pm

moolingwa

it's certainly been an oddysey

3:45 pm

sukee

Hi all

3:45 pm

sukee

Can you click on my icon? I have changed it but can't see 2 cats

3:46 pm

moolingwa

yep, you'll need to force refresh your browser

3:46 pm

hokie carla

I see them when I click on it, but will have to hard refresh to see in the chat. hi sukee!

3:46 pm

sukee

I have refreshed and refreshed

3:46 pm

hokie carla

are you on mac or windows?

3:46 pm

moolingwa

if on PC, hold Ctrl while you're refreshing

3:46 pm

moolingwa

On Mac, hold Shift and click refresh

3:46 pm

sukee

I'm on a chromebook, that might be it

3:46 pm

hokie carla

mac is command option R

3:47 pm

hokie carla

oh, I don't know chromebook's OS

3:47 pm

sukee

Ah, the shift refresh worked

3:47 pm

moolingwa

there you go

3:47 pm

moolingwa

by default, browsers cache pages (unless told otherwise) on your local device

3:48 pm

moolingwa

some website force refreshes every time you visit, others like this one use the default

3:49 pm

sukee

That is Tobey and Damon by the way

3:49 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I spell it differently ;)

3:50 pm

hokie carla

what are you spelling differently?

3:50 pm

moolingwa

my name

3:50 pm

hokie carla

oh, Toby

3:50 pm

moolingwa

yes

3:51 pm

moolingwa

popular amongst pet owners I have found

3:51 pm

hokie carla

I wondered if it was Tobey Mcguire (Maguire?) and Matt Damon.

3:51 pm

moolingwa

that does seem like a reasonable conclusion

3:51 pm

hokie carla

hmm, not sure I've ever known a Toby pet

3:51 pm

sukee

I think that is where their names came from. I took the names they had at the shelter. The black one's full name is Tobey Catguire

3:52 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I love a good cat name pun

3:52 pm

moolingwa

I've known many...cats and dogs mosty, but rabbits, guinea pigs...a horse, even a helicopter

3:52 pm

hokie carla

who had a pet helicopter?

3:52 pm

moolingwa

australian fire fighting service

3:52 pm

moolingwa

did some work for them when I lived there

3:52 pm

Bethjt

I fostered a rescue dog named Liam Neesom.

3:53 pm

moolingwa

did the dog bark with an irish accent?

3:53 pm

sukee

lol

3:53 pm

hokie carla

he probably had a particular set of skills

3:53 pm

Bethjt

Not really but he did have a bit of a spelling problem.

3:54 pm

moolingwa

iindeed

3:54 pm

moolingwa

ooh, found some words...32

3:54 pm

Bethjt

That group named all of their rescues after actors for about 5 or 6 years.

3:54 pm

hokie carla

nice. going through my R's now.

3:55 pm

moolingwa

out cats were named after characters from How to train your dragon

3:55 pm

moolingwa

well two of them were, the other I can't recall

3:55 pm

moolingwa

finished the bottom T

3:55 pm

hokie carla

terrific

3:56 pm

moolingwa

thanks

3:56 pm

hokie carla

totally

3:56 pm

moolingwa

still 11 7/8 letter words...yoiks

3:56 pm

hokie carla

found an R! thought it was a name but whatevs

3:56 pm

moolingwa

really?

3:57 pm

moolingwa

no curiously strong mints

3:57 pm

hokie carla

altoids!

3:58 pm

moolingwa

indeed

3:58 pm

sukee

Have to run, gla

3:59 pm

moolingwa

ooh, another two words

3:59 pm

moolingwa

laters sukee

3:59 pm

hokie carla

found my last 2 R's, could've sworn I had those already. I def. had a larger word that contained them

3:59 pm

hokie carla

bye, sukee!

3:59 pm

hokie carla

26 here

3:59 pm

moolingwa

ridiculous really

3:59 pm

moolingwa

29 now

3:59 pm

moolingwa

and my last ones were a 7/8 combo...so that was nice

3:59 pm

hokie carla

in 5 boxes, so avg of 5 per

4:00 pm

moolingwa

10 boxes here, so an average of 2.9

4:00 pm

hokie carla

that is nice

4:00 pm

hokie carla

I really don't know why other people don't join in on our stats

4:00 pm

moolingwa

it really is quite satisfying

4:01 pm

moolingwa

curiously satisfying?

4:01 pm

hokie carla

yeah

4:01 pm

hokie carla

guess I will try D now

4:02 pm

moolingwa

you know, the Hubble Space Telescope has particularly impressive lensage

4:02 pm

hokie carla

LOL, how is that not a word. I also said this morning I cannot regas right now here in NC.

4:03 pm

moolingwa

know you've been d5sed instead

4:03 pm

moolingwa

know-no

4:04 pm

moolingwa

which has had a degrinning effect on many

4:04 pm

moolingwa

and of course you can have mickey and mouse, but no disney

4:05 pm

moolingwa

oh, found a couple of D's

4:06 pm

hokie carla

disjet -

4:07 pm

moolingwa

is different from datjet

4:09 pm

moolingwa

you can have rivulets, but no drainulets

4:09 pm

hokie carla

disage -

4:11 pm

moolingwa

diregas - a particularly aromatic flatus

4:13 pm

hokie carla

still 5Ds

4:13 pm

moolingwa

2 D's

4:13 pm

moolingwa

my last two I found rhyme with other words, but appear to be made-up words

4:13 pm

mty

yoo-hoo!!

4:13 pm

mty

I hope you all are thriving

4:13 pm

moolingwa

hoo to yoo too

4:15 pm

hokie carla

not sure about thriving, but okay, thanks. :D

4:15 pm

hokie carla

hope you are!

4:16 pm

moolingwa

she doesn't have gas

4:16 pm

moolingwa

so it's like living in the late 1970s

4:16 pm

hokie carla

LOL

4:16 pm

moolingwa

well, the late 70s with internet and cellphones

4:16 pm

moolingwa

oh and streaming video

4:16 pm

hokie carla

I have 3/4 tank of gas, so I'm good

4:17 pm

moolingwa

and home delivery of almost anything

4:18 pm

moolingwa

and fewer handlebar moustaches too

4:18 pm

hokie carla

truth

4:18 pm

moolingwa

apart from that, exactly the same

4:19 pm

moolingwa

I'm down to 2.7 words per tile

4:19 pm

hokie carla

well, my car is getting 33.3 mpg, not sure anything in the 70s did that

4:20 pm

hokie carla

still 5.2 WPT here

4:21 pm

moolingwa

oh yeah, that's true...more like 3.3 miles to the gallon

4:22 pm

hokie carla

I think we have scared away mty

4:22 pm

moolingwa

it's on me

4:22 pm

moolingwa

I'm too chatty

4:24 pm

hokie carla

it's all good

4:24 pm

hokie carla

if you weren't here I'd just be talking to myself

4:24 pm

moolingwa

I do that all the time

4:24 pm

hokie carla

(cue Molly agreeing with me)

4:25 pm

hurshy

hello friends

4:25 pm

hurshy

just getting started here

4:25 pm

hokie carla

hurshy!

4:25 pm

moolingwa

hey hursh, welcome to the party

4:25 pm

hokie carla

I am stuck with 26 left, so you have plenty of time to catch me

4:25 pm

moolingwa

I have 27 left

4:26 pm

hurshy

ha

4:26 pm

hurshy

tis an awfully big grid for that

4:26 pm

moolingwa

I'm operating at about 1 word per hour, so should be done by 6:30 tomorrow

4:26 pm

hurshy

lol

4:26 pm

hokie carla

and I have 5.2 WPT left so no idea where these words are hiding

4:27 pm

hokie carla

(we've added a new stat)

4:27 pm

moolingwa

I'm 2.7 WPT, by comparison

4:27 pm

hurshy

and what a precise stat it is

4:28 pm

moolingwa

yes, we felt we were getting a bit stale

4:28 pm

moolingwa

needed to shake things up a bit

4:28 pm

hokie carla

well, my first usage of it was just an estimate in my head but then moo got all exact

4:28 pm

moolingwa

I just innovated off your innovation

4:28 pm

moolingwa

it was all you, really

4:29 pm

hurshy

yeah i prefer stats i can do in my head like 90% done :D

4:29 pm

hurshy

i mean i guess i COULD do that one in my head too, it just would be harder

4:29 pm

moolingwa

well I have 27 words off of 10 tiles...so

4:29 pm

hurshy

and do you count all 25 tiles or do you leave out tiles with 0 words, or only count the tiles that have words left to find?

4:30 pm

hokie carla

I have 80% gray tiles

4:30 pm

moolingwa

and I'm only 60% grey

4:30 pm

hokie carla

so 20/25 are gray

4:30 pm

moolingwa

15/25 here :)

4:31 pm

hurshy

well that makes sense, moo needs to grey more tiles, so he has fewer words per tile

4:31 pm

hokie carla

WPT is I have 26 words left on 5 open tiles

4:31 pm

hokie carla

it all checks out

4:31 pm

moolingwa

indeed!

4:31 pm

moolingwa

I can see this new stat is already very popular

4:31 pm

hokie carla

I knew hurshy might be the only one to like this :D

4:32 pm

moolingwa

hursh is a very supportive person

4:32 pm

hurshy

lol, suddenly you have opposite opinions

4:32 pm

moolingwa

I'm a glass all full kind of guy

4:32 pm

hokie carla

well, she's the only other stat person normally

4:32 pm

Trifioso

hi friends! JUST home from work, big grid, wow!

4:33 pm

moolingwa

there's a math teacher on here too isn't there...can't think who

4:33 pm

moolingwa

Perhaps HH would appreciate these

4:33 pm

hokie carla

yeah, maybe

4:33 pm

moolingwa

hey Trif

4:33 pm

hurshy

i am sometimes a math teacher (like currently)

4:33 pm

hokie carla

Trif, are you a math teacher?

4:33 pm

Trifioso

hello!

4:34 pm

moolingwa

or can you pretend to be one, just to humor us?

4:34 pm

hokie carla

I used to do Math Superstars when my boys were in elem. school.

4:34 pm

hokie carla

so maybe I'm the math teacher

4:34 pm

moolingwa

My wife used to teach middle school math

4:34 pm

hokie carla

I know Trif is a teacher. and howdy, Trif!

4:34 pm

Trifioso

lololol one of my students asked me for math help this week, and another, alarmed, shouted "NO Rocco! Don't ask HER!!!"

4:34 pm

Trifioso

hello hokie!

4:34 pm

moolingwa

heh

4:34 pm

hokie carla

LOL

4:35 pm

hurshy

it's super frustrating because in my special needs class i have a bunch of aides, which is great for helping with the difficult behavioral kids, but they don't really know math, so like today they were helping kids get things... wrong.

4:36 pm

moolingwa

oh yay

4:36 pm

MLFAN17

3 EN words?

4:36 pm

hokie carla

I admit to having no idea how the new math works. When my boys were learning stuff, I'd say, why are you doing that? why not this way??

4:36 pm

Trifioso

oh dear! I am sure they meant well

4:36 pm

hokie carla

uh oh, hurshy

4:36 pm

moolingwa

maybe there's some sort of correlation with those that gravitate towards math, and those who can help people?

4:36 pm

hokie carla

mlfan back to the party!

4:36 pm

MLFAN17

never mind found the missing e

4:36 pm

hurshy

which, honestly, is an argument for not making less capable children try to learn the order of operations and stuff. if the average adult doesn't remember how to use it properly, why are we trying to force it on everyone when we know that it is not going to stick?

4:37 pm

moolingwa

or negative correlation

4:37 pm

hokie carla

yes, 3 EN words

4:37 pm

moolingwa

I'd argue that only a handful of kids need to know the order of operations, regardless of whether they are special needs or not

4:37 pm

hurshy

if i had my druthers there are so many ways i would revamp mathematical education

4:38 pm

Trifioso

I do appreciate that now there are several different approaches taught - lattice method, partial sums....when I was a kid there was only one accepted way, and if it didn't work for you, you were made to feel like an idiot (me)

4:38 pm

moolingwa

I feel sometimes like education curricula never really stepped back and looked at why

4:38 pm

hokie carla

still 26 words here but y'all are more fun

4:38 pm

MLFAN17

i need a clue for the first IN 6 pls?

4:38 pm

Trifioso

the amount of adults that cannot understand order of operations astounds me

4:38 pm

MollyL

Wow, it has to be hard when your aides don't know how to properly help the students

4:39 pm

Trifioso

ooooh, man with the mouse is in the grid!

4:39 pm

hokie carla

well, I don't have any, mlfan

4:39 pm

moolingwa

the first in6..kind of sounds like a four letter flower that has two extra letters in it

4:39 pm

moolingwa

thanks for the clue too

4:39 pm

hurshy

yeah, but trif, when i was student teaching, one of my supervisory teachers was trying to make EVERY KID learn to use EVERY METHOD properly, instead of letting them choose the one that works for them and use that on the test. i said, i think that's defeating the purpose! so then she checked with other teachers and discovered that i was right, the others were letting them choose the method that worked for them.

4:40 pm

Trifioso

nice! Good for you for speaking up!!!

4:40 pm

moolingwa

and apparently there's a 5 that goes with the 6

4:40 pm

hokie carla

now just trying to think of a 4 letter flower

4:40 pm

hurshy

i've always been a speaker-upper

4:40 pm

moolingwa

so that's the i's done

4:41 pm

moolingwa

now I have 25 left from 9 tiles

4:41 pm

Trifioso

tough day today - tried to get the kids to buy in to practicing for the upcoming state testing, which i HATE. Hard to sell it to the kids when I agree with them, it's a massive waste of time. I have never seen the results used as anything but a real estate indicator.

4:41 pm

hokie carla

still 4 i's from that one!

4:42 pm

hokie carla

I must've reached the PONMW - point of no more words

4:42 pm

moolingwa

that's 2.7777777.... WPT

4:42 pm

hurshy

yeah i find many things hard. like when a kid says they don't want to be in school doing this stuff, it's like, well if i'm honest, i'd rather be at the beach myself...

4:42 pm

Trifioso

WPT is hilarious

4:42 pm

Trifioso

ahhh, gridlock - I know it well, hokie

4:42 pm

MLFAN17

hokie i was thinking ir four letter flowr?

4:42 pm

hokie carla

wow, just found in6/7, even used in6 in the chat earlier

4:43 pm

moolingwa

oh, well...yeah

4:43 pm

MLFAN17

i hve the combo

4:43 pm

hokie carla

Thank you, Trif. my new WPT is 4.8

4:44 pm

MLFAN17

or am i completely wrong?

4:44 pm

moolingwa

you're not wrong

4:44 pm

Trifioso

im calling bs on sa5 not being a word (pt of sa4.6) "The White House staff assured us the house was fully sa5 before they let the Bidens in"

4:45 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! Walt

4:45 pm

moolingwa

Whitman!

4:45 pm

moolingwa

heh

4:45 pm

MLFAN17

disney mool

4:45 pm

Trifioso

Disney! The man with the mouse I just mentioned

4:45 pm

hurshy

answers to NTPN always appear in the grid :D

4:46 pm

moolingwa

I thought sadist had six letters

4:46 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

4:47 pm

moolingwa

ooh...a 7/8 combo yay for me!

4:47 pm

hurshy

it's also interesting the amount of stamina various kids have for work. i've had two google meets one-on-one with quarantined kids this week, and one of them, after 45 mins, was clearly like I AM SO DONE BYE, where today, i had a kid go like an hour and a half no problem

4:48 pm

MLFAN17

congrats mool

4:48 pm

moolingwa

tx ML, small victories

4:48 pm

Trifioso

I found that as well, hurshy, and MAN did they struggle with the return to full in person! They were legless by the end of the second full week

4:48 pm

moolingwa

23 off 9, so now I'm now to 2.5555... WPT

4:48 pm

MLFAN17

i am good at those

4:49 pm

hurshy

we're pretty much at full in person, but when kids have exposures to known COVID positive people, then they have to quarantine at home

4:49 pm

Trifioso

us too, but without an online option

4:50 pm

Trifioso

speaking of which - need to jump a quick shower. bbs

4:50 pm

hokie carla

so, I have a peach tree in a big planter on my deck. just looked out and saw like 15 baby peaches on the ground. last year the squirrels ate them all when they got to a certain size but they weren't getting these yet. tried to roll it into the screen porch where I'm sitting and another fell off. they seem very fragile.

4:51 pm

hurshy

well, the kid i worked with today, our online options have been really failing him. his work that he submits isn't getting through to me, our emails weren't all getting through, and things i shared with him weren't showing up, it's crazy. i've emailed the tech person to alert them, cause this is just awful!

4:51 pm

MLFAN17

still not getting it

4:51 pm

moolingwa

the i6?

4:51 pm

MLFAN17

yes

4:51 pm

moolingwa

a flower from the sub-continent?

4:52 pm

moolingwa

it's from the bottom i if that helps

4:53 pm

MLFAN17

nope not helping

4:55 pm

moolingwa

start with the beginning of the country, end with the end of the flower

4:56 pm

hurshy

or stick an N in actor Id*** Elba

4:56 pm

hokie carla

what's the points, mlfan?

4:56 pm

hokie carla

ah, thanks hurshy

4:56 pm

MLFAN17

got it

4:57 pm

moolingwa

what's the points of anything really ;)

4:57 pm

hurshy

he is hot

4:57 pm

mich_pdx

great clue, moo!

4:57 pm

MLFAN17

i kept trying ini

4:57 pm

moolingwa

yw mich

4:57 pm

MLFAN17

hurshy oh my god he is!

4:57 pm

moolingwa

also, that's a plural...just so you know

4:57 pm

hurshy

and extremely talented at acting, of course

4:57 pm

MLFAN17

agreed

4:58 pm

mich_pdx

oh, Luther! especially :)

4:58 pm

moolingwa

I can't comment on his thermal condition

4:58 pm

MLFAN17

and that accent!

4:58 pm

moolingwa

But do like his acting

4:58 pm

hokie carla

ah, my last i! tried to add a letter but didn't try to subtract one

4:58 pm

hurshy

some eps of Luther gave me serious nightmares, but i still watched it, it was just too good to give up

4:58 pm

MLFAN17

Li words hokie?

4:59 pm

hokie carla

back to 5.5 WPT

4:59 pm

hurshy

i feel like we keep having aioli as a phantom lately

4:59 pm

MLFAN17

is that what you are talking about?

4:59 pm

moolingwa

yeah, was thinking that too

4:59 pm

moolingwa

like the times I look for it, it's not there

4:59 pm

hokie carla

i had phantom aioli too

4:59 pm

moolingwa

then I won't look for it, and it'll be there

4:59 pm

hokie carla

it's because we are having a ton of vowels lately

5:00 pm

MLFAN17

these vowels are too close together

5:00 pm

hokie carla

not sure what you mean, mlfan

5:01 pm

MLFAN17

the last li word you tried you added a letter?

5:01 pm

hokie carla

no, the IN words everyone helped us find

5:01 pm

MLFAN17

ohh

5:02 pm

moolingwa

a word! I found a word!

5:03 pm

moolingwa

22 to go from 9 tiles...so now I'm down to 2.44444... WPT

5:03 pm

hokie carla

eureka!

5:03 pm

hokie carla

22 here as well

5:03 pm

hokie carla

Dx5, Sx4, Lx5, Sx8

5:04 pm

hokie carla

4x4, 6x5, 6x6, 5x7, 1x8

5:04 pm

moolingwa

Gx4, Rx2, Dx2, Sx2, Lx4, Ux2, Tx1, Sx3, Ax2

5:04 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! the famous female Ghandi

5:04 pm

moolingwa

3x4, 3x5, 5x6, 8x7 and 3x8

5:04 pm

moolingwa

indira

5:04 pm

hokie carla

indira

5:04 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

5:07 pm

moolingwa

ooh, another 7/8 combo

5:07 pm

moolingwa

and a 5/6 combo...that helped

5:07 pm

hokie carla

they are mostly regular words I think

5:07 pm

moolingwa

18 to go from 8 tiles...now my WPT is 2.25

5:08 pm

moolingwa

actually the second was a 6/7 combo

5:08 pm

hokie carla

somehow my frenzied typing yielded an L - I don't know what- 21 left - 5.25 WPT

5:09 pm

hokie carla

must've been one I thought I already had because nothing looks new

5:09 pm

moolingwa

ooh, a 5 now...17 from 8 tiles down to 2.125 WPT

5:12 pm

moolingwa

R DD SS LLLL UU T SSS AA

5:12 pm

hokie carla

not really much change to justify retyping mine ;)

5:12 pm

moolingwa

heh

5:13 pm

hokie carla

would like to make it to the teens but I think that will only happen if MLFAN asks for clues :D

5:14 pm

moolingwa

underise - to put on briefs

5:14 pm

hokie carla

well, we call that underize

5:15 pm

moolingwa

well yes...

5:15 pm

hokie carla

phantom sundial

5:15 pm

hurshy

name that foreign noun! French for Monday

5:15 pm

moolingwa

lundi

5:15 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

5:15 pm

moolingwa

one for you hursh, native people of a certain part of Alaska

5:16 pm

hurshy

aleut

5:16 pm

hokie carla

inuit isn't there

5:16 pm

moolingwa

ding ding ding

5:17 pm

hokie carla

I have never had such a high WPT this many words in. can't find anything.

5:17 pm

moolingwa

which tiles?

5:18 pm

hokie carla

D S L S

5:18 pm

moolingwa

all ones I'm still looking at too

5:18 pm

moolingwa

do you have the dr5/6?

5:18 pm

moolingwa

the first ones

5:19 pm

hokie carla

I have 2 sets, not sure if there's a set before. don't think it's possible alphabetically.

5:19 pm

moolingwa

yeah I have two sets too right now

5:19 pm

hurshy

i concur with that assessment

5:20 pm

moolingwa

there's an s7/8 combo, but the 7 comes from the top, and the 8 from the bottom

5:20 pm

moolingwa

there's the cavities in your face that comes off the top s

5:20 pm

hokie carla

do not seem to have those

5:21 pm

moolingwa

the 7/8 normally has "in" in front of it

5:21 pm

hokie carla

not sulate

5:21 pm

hokie carla

though that is a 6

5:21 pm

hokie carla

LOL

5:22 pm

hokie carla

and no u at the upper S. lots of holes in that one.

5:22 pm

moolingwa

no, but vaguely in the right direction

5:22 pm

moolingwa

on the sulate that is

5:22 pm

hokie carla

got 'em

5:22 pm

hokie carla

thanks

5:22 pm

moolingwa

yay

5:22 pm

hurshy

opie is meowing as if his dinner is la4. but it is not. we're having ant issues, so i said, "well eat some ants if you're hungry!"

5:22 pm

hokie carla

ants are the worst

5:23 pm

moolingwa

I

5:23 pm

hurshy

are they? mosquitos seem to me to be worse

5:23 pm

moolingwa

I've not knowingly eaten an ant, but there are cultures I think in Africa that eat part of honey ants, and then the french had chocolate covered ants

5:23 pm

hurshy

do ants carry zoonotic diseases?

5:23 pm

hokie carla

this morning I wasn't sure if winston was trying to tell me timmy was down in a well or that he wanted to eat. decided it was just the latter, but it seemed very important.

5:23 pm

hokie carla

they're hard to get rid of.

5:24 pm

moolingwa

many ants have formic acid which is said to taste pretty bad

5:24 pm

hokie carla

phantom silent

5:24 pm

moolingwa

silend - a quietness when you have a cold or flu

5:24 pm

hurshy

but i mean, if they are in my house, eating my crumbs and garbage, is there any actual reason why i can't just decide to coexist?

5:25 pm

moolingwa

it's cheaper and less frustrating if you do

5:25 pm

moolingwa

unless they're carpenter ants

5:25 pm

hokie carla

because they'll start getting into actual food

5:25 pm

hokie carla

not crumbs and garbage

5:25 pm

hurshy

hmmm

5:26 pm

hurshy

you guys are disagreeing again

5:26 pm

hokie carla

always good to get multiple opinions

5:26 pm

moolingwa

this might be the first place I've lived that I don't get ants in my house, but they do swarm in the summer outside

5:26 pm

hokie carla

and moo is glass half full, I'm obviously the opposite

5:27 pm

moolingwa

actually I'm a totally full glass guy

5:27 pm

hokie carla

we get them quite a bit here, esp. after a lot of rain

5:27 pm

moolingwa

have the T-Shirt to explain it

5:27 pm

moolingwa

so you could still be a half-glass fuller

5:28 pm

hokie carla

I'm a whatever is wrong must be the worst possible thing kinda person

5:28 pm

moolingwa

oh yeah, my wife goes immediately to cancer

5:28 pm

hokie carla

same

5:28 pm

hokie carla

it's a rough way to live

5:28 pm

moolingwa

agreed

5:28 pm

hurshy

any TS words?

5:28 pm

hokie carla

nope

5:29 pm

moolingwa

Eliot :)

5:29 pm

hurshy

ha

5:29 pm

moolingwa

ba dum dum dum

5:30 pm

moolingwa

I thank you for giving me the opportunity to do that one

5:30 pm

hurshy

yeah pretty cool that it happened to be in the gr4

5:30 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I was looking at it before...not in the context of your ask, but because you spell his name/initials backwards

5:32 pm

moolingwa

unitoad - a one piece amphibian costume

5:33 pm

moolingwa

ah, finally found my last u's

5:33 pm

moolingwa

can stick a fork in the U's now

5:34 pm

moolingwa

15 off of 7 tiles...that's a 2.14 WPT ratio now

5:34 pm

hokie carla

unbelievable
!

5:34 pm

moolingwa

the L is a bit of an outlier, still 4 on that one

5:35 pm

moolingwa

3x4, 2x5, 4x6, 5x7 and 1x8

5:36 pm

moolingwa

almost lignite

5:36 pm

moolingwa

oh found one, didn't know it tho

5:38 pm

hokie carla

NTPN - blanket obsessed kid

5:39 pm

moolingwa

yeah, saw that one, it's close to the one I found

5:39 pm

moolingwa

a reverse image in fact

5:40 pm

MollyL

Linus, sorry to interrupt the Carla and Moolingwa Show

5:41 pm

hokie carla

ding ding ding, molly bets it all

5:41 pm

hurshy

but i am not getting any kind of reverse image of that in any way that i try, unless you swap the i for an e and then just swap the vowels' places

5:44 pm

Trifioso

hello again. back for a minute before I tutor at 7:15

5:44 pm

hokie carla

math, trif? lol

5:45 pm

Trifioso

god help us all, can you imagine?

5:47 pm

hurshy

ok, first pass sees me at 43 left

5:47 pm

Trifioso

wow, hurshy, that is wonderful!

5:47 pm

hurshy

more than i would have hoped to have left

5:48 pm

hurshy

90% in one pass is preferred

5:48 pm

hurshy

i have rigorous standards

5:49 pm

hurshy

plus, i only found one of the 8s

5:50 pm

hurshy

oHO, but now i monkeyed a second one

5:51 pm

hokie carla

they aren't that bad

5:52 pm

hurshy

well i have the crackers, and then i just monkeyed a gr8 that is unfamiliar to me

5:56 pm

hurshy

i have oi4, what is the other o?

5:56 pm

hurshy

oops, pulled a peri

5:57 pm

hurshy

why is that such a thing??!?!? so mysterious

5:58 pm

hokie carla

still haven't found moo's reverse image Linus. that would be sunil, no? or maybe he meant lunis, but not.

5:59 pm

hurshy

yeah like i said if you swap the vowels and replace one of them (actually EITHER of them) with E then you get a word

5:59 pm

hurshy

but having to swap for an e seems not reverse image-y

6:00 pm

hokie carla

one that looks like male private part?

6:00 pm

hurshy

yeah, and then i think the other might be spanish for monday?

6:01 pm

hokie carla

already have both those :(

6:01 pm

hurshy

yeah

6:04 pm

hurshy

ok well, i gotta feed the cats and do some other stuff so stopping at least for now

6:05 pm

hokie carla

adios

6:06 pm

hokie carla

found an S!

6:07 pm

hokie carla

and another!

6:27 pm

hokie carla

and another!

6:29 pm

hokie carla

WPT - 4

6:51 pm

joym999

I have been in and out all day because work is interfering with my babbling again.

6:51 pm

hokie carla

14 left, finished the 4's. calling it and going to the list. 4x5, 6x6, 4x7

6:51 pm

joym999

I still have more than 100 words to go!

6:52 pm

hokie carla

but you've been working and zooming

6:52 pm

joym999

I have been working and zooming hard, with my no4 to the gr10.

6:53 pm

joym999

How many RE words are there?

6:53 pm

penquis

three

6:53 pm

joym999

Glad to know it's not my imagination that there don't seem to be many. I have two RE4s, that's all.

6:55 pm

hokie carla

re5 is a babblet

7:09 pm

penquis

there was someone a few years back who was supposedly researching and writing something about Babble culture....would have been interesting to read...

7:09 pm

hokie carla

hmm, that would be

7:10 pm

penquis

babblets, PB, ding-ding-ding.... ;o)

7:10 pm

hokie carla

all new today: WPT!

7:11 pm

hokie carla

well my last 4 D's were easy words. not sure why I couldn't see them

7:11 pm

penquis

are you done, then?

7:11 pm

hokie carla

3 S's left I skipped. might have to look them up.

7:12 pm

hokie carla

Si6 and 2 Si7

7:13 pm

penquis

i am missing those, too...

7:13 pm

penquis

and a lot more, lol...

7:13 pm

hokie carla

haha

7:17 pm

penquis

i am always suprised to find words i have never seen before...

7:18 pm

hokie carla

me too. and I'm not even finding the Si6 with by looking it up. only two options for the 3rd letter unless I'm looking wrong.

7:21 pm

hokie carla

finally found the 6. def. new to me. if you want a clue, I will try.

7:21 pm

penquis

sure...

7:23 pm

hokie carla

well, the 7/32 is a singular mythical forest creature looking kinda like quiet not them. the 6 is a latin(?) plural

7:23 pm

hokie carla

now just a si7/28 left

7:25 pm

penquis

i got the singular....working on the pl...

7:26 pm

hokie carla

it (si7/28) is a fabric I've never heard of. there was another new fabric today too but I've forgotten it already.

7:26 pm

penquis

got it....new pair for me....

7:26 pm

hokie carla

yeah, weird ones

7:26 pm

penquis

well there was the is fiber word...

7:26 pm

hokie carla

so now I am finished!

7:26 pm

penquis

ty for the clues...

7:26 pm

hokie carla

yw

7:26 pm

penquis

congrats!

7:27 pm

hokie carla

thanks, was work indeed. :D I bet tomorrow is 400+

7:28 pm

penquis

hah...

7:32 pm

periwinkle

as7 please

7:32 pm

LuvWordGames

torn as 7/36

7:32 pm

LuvWordGames

or as + not over

7:33 pm

periwinkle

ty Luv

7:34 pm

LuvWordGames

yw :-)

7:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in, splorsh

7:42 pm

joym999

The bad news is that I have to leave and I still have almost 100 words left so I may not finish this grid...but the good news is I'm leaving to take my 14 y.o. kid to get vaccinated!

7:42 pm

LuvWordGames

just finished, any clues needed?

7:43 pm

penquis

congrats...

7:43 pm

LuvWordGames

ty pen

7:43 pm

penquis

el 7/8?

7:43 pm

LuvWordGames

e + not first + not out

7:43 pm

joym999

We can travel this summer!

7:43 pm

LuvWordGames

and plural

7:44 pm

LuvWordGames

glad to hear joy! The more vaccinated the better :-))

7:44 pm

penquis

ty...

7:46 pm

joym999

really, luv. I don't get the people who don't want to be vaccinated.

7:46 pm

penquis

it's funny....i tried a couple words this morning that weren't accepted and now they are....

7:46 pm

joym999

ok we're off.

7:46 pm

hokie carla

happened to me once today too

7:46 pm

LuvWordGames

There's a lot of things that puzzle me about people's behavior lately joy

7:47 pm

LuvWordGames

I've been having problems with having to put words in twice much more lately

7:48 pm

LuvWordGames

Ok, I'm off for the evening, have a good one everyone

7:48 pm

penquis

bye luv...

7:49 pm

penquis

silenua

7:49 pm

penquis

oops...sorry...

8:02 pm

eieios

any J clues?

8:03 pm

Dorens

green stone?

8:03 pm

Dorens

nickname for Mick of the Stones?

8:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ja4 rhymes with what you put groceries in to carry them

8:04 pm

eieios

thanks! i hatej's.can't ever see them!

8:05 pm

eieios

i will take clues for the 8's as well. :-)

8:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ja5, german word for hunter

8:11 pm

penquis

well i went through the list and still have 6 to find...

8:12 pm

eieios

yikes....

8:12 pm

eieios

tricky little grid. very twisty.

8:13 pm

penquis

there is one 4....and two are : il*** and pl like in The Il*** and the Odyssey...

8:13 pm

penquis

5 of my missing words are S words....no surprise there, I guess...

8:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

found an 8 at last

8:26 pm

penquis

anyone have the second si 7?

8:27 pm

eieios

not me.

8:29 pm

penquis

thanks anyway...

8:30 pm

eieios

stoa

8:30 pm

wht

si7/28 to imply something. Usualy with an in prefix.

8:31 pm

Gillie

Ends with the name of a popular Australian singer

8:31 pm

penquis

don't understand either clue but I just found it....thanks!

8:31 pm

Gillie

I think you mean si7/32, wht

8:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

helen reddy?

8:31 pm

eieios

pl for an 8

8:32 pm

Gillie

That's the third si7

8:33 pm

penquis

yes, just got that...i am done...

8:33 pm

penquis

thanks for the help...

8:34 pm

penquis

gotta go....goodnight all...

8:34 pm

Gillie

night, pen

8:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

lu8, a guitar-like instrument + vowel + one who does

8:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

lu8, a guitar-like instrument + vowel + one who does

8:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

sa8, a bunch of crackers

8:43 pm

hurshy

that lu8 clue does not seem to work, there is no other vowel next to the end of the guitar-like instrument, except the y... and i THINK i know the one who does that you mean but not 100% sure

8:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oops, change vowel to consonant (oops)

8:46 pm

hurshy

oh ok then it's a different ending than i thought, but i got it now, thanks!

8:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

woo hoo !

8:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

argh, no points for siderail

9:16 pm

wht

Does anyone have a clue for the al7?

9:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hunting for it now

9:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

al = al + vowel + not day

9:24 pm

wht

ty Gwen

9:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yvw

9:44 pm

joym999

Anyone have a clue for the AS7?

9:45 pm

Good Enough

Let no man put as7

9:46 pm

Cosmo Kramer

as + not above

9:46 pm

joym999

Doh! Thanks, Cosmo!

9:47 pm

joym999

and thanks good enough too!

11:58 pm

cybernan

hello everyone - here for the flip

11:59 pm

Cosmo Kramer

401 - next grid size

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