Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, June 7, 2021

12:02 am

cybernan

go 7

12:04 am

SueMagee

Et7

12:07 am

justafreep

th7

12:11 am

justafreep

co7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

cybernan

crashing - goodnight

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:19 am

justafreep

night, nan

12:22 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs ac 8

12:23 am

dizgrannie

et 7 x 2 abd et 8

3:23 am

NonoNanette

c ooth

7:11 am

welki

*and not a creature was stirring...*

7:15 am

BzznBea

Good morning, welki. How's the move going?

7:16 am

welki

hi bea - almost finished. the last of the stuff is being taken away later this morning, signing paperwork with the realtor, scheduling cleaners/carpet cleaners and then, off to the races!

7:18 am

welki

i can't believe how much junk had accumulated over the years - and how much more i have to throw out once we get settled. was happy to give away lots

7:18 am

welki

i can't believe how much junk had accumulated over the years - and how much more i have to throw out once we get settled. was happy to give away lots

7:18 am

BzznBea

Sounds like you are almost to the finish line.

7:18 am

rururocks

where are you moving to welks

7:19 am

BzznBea

Yes, I have a lot of junk. I keep trying to eliminate it, but soemtimes get too overwhelmed.

7:19 am

welki

up to the lake, ru, to a very small house - consolidating both homes is difficult

7:21 am

rururocks

so further north?

7:22 am

welki

yep, about an hour and forty minutes - halfway between calgary and edmonton

7:22 am

welki

roti

7:22 am

welki

shoot - that's two days in a row

7:23 am

welki

i can't believe how much junk had accumulated over the years - and how much more i have to throw out once we get settled. was happy to give away lots

7:23 am

welki

and then this stupid post shows up for a third time!

7:23 am

rururocks

I'm slowly tossing stuff every weekend nowadays clearing out the garage and my back room

7:25 am

rururocks

I'm still planning on a similar sized house for me however

7:25 am

welki

i worked on purging the house for months, sold or donated what i could and tossed the rest. the guys at the dump know us now,will have to send their kids christmas presents this year :)

7:30 am

rururocks

i do agree it's amazing how much stuff you can accumulate. I'm always asking myself : Do you really need this ?

7:37 am

welki

i'm hung up on, of all things, my kitchen knives

7:38 am

rururocks

you're going to need them aren't you?

7:38 am

welki

when my father in law passed away late last year, i received his knives. we cooked together, so they mean a lot to me. now i have more than i can ever use, but can't choose which to keep

7:40 am

amelu0218

keep them all. They all bring back memories (usually good, I hope) when you use them.

7:41 am

rururocks

i agree .. no matter how you slice it

7:41 am

welki

you're sharp today

7:42 am

welki

you're right, amelu - they do (and i probably will, but where to keep them all?)

7:43 am

rururocks

get a magnetic board for the wall and attach them to that in the kitchen

7:43 am

amelu0218

Wall mounted?

7:44 am

amelu0218

Heh. great minds

7:44 am

welki

already done - plus two blocks and some stashed in a drawer

7:44 am

rururocks

ok then you have a problem then welki :D

7:44 am

welki

looks like hannibal lecter's hobby room, my kitchen

7:45 am

rururocks

as long as you don't make fava beans for dinner you'll be fine :D

7:47 am

welki

time to get this shit show on the road - first appointment at 10 and it's a long ride back to town. later, all

7:48 am

rururocks

tata

7:48 am

BzznBea

I should have let her borrow my socks. "Ringmaster of the Shitshow"

7:50 am

rururocks

Bugsaw gave me a pair of socks that say on the sole Bring me my wine!

7:51 am

BzznBea

I love funky socks and have many pairs.

8:38 am

MLFAN17

hello

8:39 am

MollyL

Those socks with the messages on the bottom perplex me. How do you get to be someone lolling about with your feet up so often that people can read your socks?

8:40 am

BzznBea

Mine are on the tops of the socks.

8:41 am

MollyL

The ones on the bottom would be pointless for me. A) I rarely wear socks B) I am rarely in the relaxing/feet up position

9:34 am

hokie carla

phantom scenario

9:40 am

hokie carla

wow, grayed the first tile right out of the gate. that never happens.

9:52 am

rururocks

*not commenting on feet up positions*

9:54 am

hokie carla

I have a bunch of Disney socks and Harry Potter socks (from 2 different Advent calendars) but they have stuff on the sides

9:54 am

hokie carla

and while we're talking about feet being up, I hate beach pics of someones toes sticking up

9:54 am

hokie carla

why do people think that's cute?

9:55 am

rururocks

toes sticking up?

9:55 am

hokie carla

yeah, they take the pic from a lounge chair and make sure their feet are in the pic

9:55 am

rururocks

oh you mean a shot of only their toes and the beach or something?

9:55 am

mael

toes are cute

9:56 am

hokie carla

yes, ru

9:56 am

hokie carla

baby toes are cute, I don't need to see a grown person's feet in a beach pic

9:56 am

mael

it's a way to be in the pic without being in the pic

9:56 am

rururocks

most of those photos are digitized anyways

9:56 am

mael

ehh, feet are cute too

9:57 am

hokie carla

very trendy, but I've never gotten on board with it

9:57 am

hokie carla

and I actually like my feet

9:57 am

mael

trendy is relative anyway :)

9:58 am

hokie carla

I've certainly never been accused of being on trend with anything 😜

9:59 am

mael

me neither and usually by the time I like something that's trending it's going the other way. Like skinny jeans. Which they will have to pry off my cold dead legs.

9:59 am

rururocks

<---is way past skinny jeans

9:59 am

hokie carla

LOL, I'm still a skinny jeans person myself. I would never be caught dead in a pair of flares or bell bottoms.

9:59 am

Shirlockc

tights <-- that's my fav and same comment with the cold dead legs

10:00 am

hokie carla

yeah, I actually wear more tights/leggings than jeans

10:00 am

Shirlockc

tights = stretchy pants, love them

10:00 am

rururocks

<--is way past tights too

10:01 am

hokie carla

hehe

10:03 am

rururocks

I wouldn't be caught dead in tights

10:04 am

phaeton

Don't think anyone wants to see you dead or alive in tights Ru

10:04 am

hokie carla

it's not my favorite look on guys, so that's good 😉

10:05 am

rururocks

amen to that phaeton

10:06 am

phaeton

😂😂

10:07 am

Shirlockc

so what is considered the equivalent of "comfort" pants for guys?

10:07 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:07 am

rururocks

shorts

10:07 am

hokie carla

moo! it's early

10:07 am

rururocks

baggy shorts

10:07 am

hokie carla

or maybe I started late

10:07 am

phaeton

SWEATS

10:07 am

hokie carla

I think joggers, shirlock

10:07 am

moolingwa

yeah

10:07 am

moolingwa

it is :)

10:07 am

Shirlockc

shorts in winter?

10:08 am

rururocks

i wear shorts nearly year round here

10:08 am

moolingwa

boring call

10:08 am

hokie carla

you're just in time moo, would you rather wear tights or joggers?

10:08 am

phaeton

nicer weather

10:08 am

hokie carla

my kids used to wear shorts year round here

10:09 am

phaeton

kids could probably wear bathing suits year round.

10:09 am

hokie carla

and they'd wait for the school bus in the winter in shorts. the bus stop was up the street and one time when the youngest was in middle school the bus driver picked him up and then stopped at our house and made him come in and get a coat 🤣

10:09 am

moolingwa

joggers

10:10 am

hokie carla

phantom steak, stogie, hoagie. they just keep coming.

10:10 am

moolingwa

no one wants to see me in tights

10:10 am

hokie carla

good, we already established that with ruru too

10:10 am

phaeton

I was a school bus driver for 20 years...we tended to treat them like our own kids.

10:11 am

hokie carla

yeah, Ms. Shirley was the best they had. she had a grandson in the same grade as my youngest.

10:12 am

rururocks

I'd better get to work.. have fun everyone

10:12 am

phaeton

Ta Ru

10:12 am

hokie carla

what's funny is of course I told him to wear a coat but he wouldn't until she made him get one.

10:12 am

hokie carla

adios, ru

10:12 am

phaeton

this

10:12 am

phaeton

oops

10:22 am

cybernan

good morning everyone

10:24 am

phaeton

hi nan

10:26 am

hokie carla

hey nan

10:29 am

hokie carla

I always try goeth and it never takes

10:30 am

moolingwa

or does it not taketh?

10:30 am

cybernan

just read the chat. I think skinny jeans and tights are great for those who have the figure to wear them. but sometimes I wonder if the girls/women I see out on the street ever look in a mirror before they leave the house.

10:30 am

moolingwa

36 to go

10:31 am

hokie carla

37 here

10:31 am

moolingwa

neck and neck

10:31 am

MollyL

Skinny jeans are people who like to show off that they are skinny. And yes Nan, it is not a good look on some. l

10:32 am

hokie carla

I feel the same about bikinis. I wouldn't be caught dead in one but I see lots of women with way more self-confidence and possibly no mirrors wearing them.

10:32 am

hokie carla

36 now moo, but you're prob at 25

10:33 am

moolingwa

32

10:33 am

moolingwa

and I'd never be caught dead in a bikini either

10:34 am

hokie carla

wow, can't find any of the left E

10:34 am

MollyL

I had a roommate in college who used to wear low-cut, skin-tight Danskin tops and then get upset when guys made comments about her bustline.

10:34 am

moolingwa

exasperating

10:35 am

cybernan

o's are giving me trouble

10:35 am

moolingwa

oh dear

10:35 am

phaeton

et x5

10:35 am

hokie carla

oh my

10:36 am

cybernan

just have an et 6-7 combo from that corner

10:37 am

hokie carla

found one!

10:37 am

moolingwa

there another et6

10:37 am

hokie carla

yeah, I think the one I found is a standalone et6

10:38 am

phaeton

et 7/8

10:38 am

hokie carla

do they all have the same 3rd letter?

10:41 am

phaeton

don't have all of them

10:42 am

moolingwa

it does not

10:43 am

moolingwa

23 now

10:46 am

phaeton

FW

10:47 am

moolingwa

congrats

10:47 am

moolingwa

still 20 to go

10:48 am

cybernan

clue for tht et 7-8 please?

10:48 am

hokie carla

nice, phae

10:48 am

moolingwa

you know those wells you drill to get water....similar sounding

10:48 am

hokie carla

still 33 here but I took a laundry break

10:49 am

hokie carla

thanks, moo. 31!

10:49 am

hokie carla

never seen that before

10:49 am

moolingwa

it comes up occasionally

10:49 am

hokie carla

moo, yesterday we had benempt

10:49 am

cybernan

thouht when you drilled for water it is a well -- don't know any other name for it

10:49 am

moolingwa

that's a new one

10:50 am

moolingwa

type of well nan

10:50 am

hokie carla

the well is kinda like the ar word for fancy bread and such

10:50 am

cybernan

the definition isn't helping, mool - I don't know it

10:51 am

marksdolly

good morning all!

10:51 am

hokie carla

dolly!

10:51 am

moolingwa

hey dolly

10:51 am

cybernan

oh - a water source that doesn't require a pump?

10:52 am

hokie carla

nan, the actual et6 def is mediterranean winds that occur annually, if that helps

10:52 am

moolingwa

yes nan

10:52 am

hokie carla

sure

10:53 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie!!

10:53 am

cybernan

well that didn't work

10:53 am

moolingwa

5-7-4-0-0

10:53 am

hokie carla

11-7-6-6-1

10:55 am

hokie carla

28!

10:55 am

marksdolly

hits

10:55 am

cybernan

well there is certainly nothing there that sounds like the well

10:55 am

hokie carla

just found the stupid 4 on the bottom

10:55 am

marksdolly

it ends like the well

10:56 am

moolingwa

only the beginning is different nan

10:56 am

hokie carla

sure there is nan, all syllables except the first sound like it

10:57 am

cybernan

I have tried etesion a milliion times - it does not work

10:57 am

moolingwa

1.56 WPT

10:57 am

hokie carla

you need to change last vowerl

10:57 am

hokie carla

vowel

10:57 am

moolingwa

you may want to look up the spelling of the well

10:57 am

marksdolly

change the last vowel

10:57 am

MLFAN17

i am not getting any type of well begin with those two letters?

10:58 am

moolingwa

it rhymes with the well, not starting the same ML

10:58 am

cybernan

thank you -- sorry -- my patience is on a very short leash right now

10:58 am

MLFAN17

got it

10:58 am

hokie carla

that's because the well starts with different 2 letters and the rest sounds like it

10:58 am

moolingwa

no worries nan

10:59 am

MLFAN17

first column o stats pls?

10:59 am

hokie carla

oo4 for the top one.

10:59 am

hokie carla

os5 for the bottom one

10:59 am

hokie carla

26!

11:01 am

hokie carla

hmm, so close on last col, middle row, and bottom row

11:01 am

MLFAN17

ty hokie should have said bottom one and i should have seen that babblet

11:01 am

MLFAN17

third column top a stats pls?

11:01 am

hokie carla

well, I didn't see it until you asked, so thank you

11:01 am

hokie carla

ae4

11:02 am

moolingwa

14 left here

11:02 am

MLFAN17

never mind

11:02 am

MLFAN17

yw lol

11:02 am

hokie carla

not neck and neck

11:03 am

MLFAN17

i got the girls name for one of the a words

11:05 am

MLFAN17

eg6 clue pls?

11:05 am

moolingwa

someone who is full of themselves

11:08 am

MLFAN17

mool do you have the o above that e?

11:08 am

moolingwa

yes

11:09 am

moolingwa

someone who likes to um...play with themselves

11:09 am

MLFAN17

stats pls.. i am trying to get nbt

11:09 am

moolingwa

oh 4/5 and on 7/28 (the clue is for the latter)

11:10 am

MLFAN17

ty got the oh 4

11:11 am

moolingwa

8 to go

11:12 am

hokie carla

26 here, stepped away

11:12 am

moolingwa

1-5-2

11:12 am

cybernan

still need one e from the corner

11:13 am

moolingwa

there's a standalone e6

11:13 am

hokie carla

9-6-5-5-1

11:14 am

hokie carla

monkeyed the on7. never seen that.

11:14 am

cybernan

that would be the one mool

11:14 am

cybernan

think I need the list at this point

11:15 am

cybernan

we've had it before carla

11:15 am

moolingwa

in the uk, they'd call them wankers :)

11:15 am

hokie carla

nan, it's et6/21, a group of people

11:15 am

moolingwa

it derives (if I recall correctly) from some ancient greek individual

11:16 am

cybernan

ty carla

11:20 am

cybernan

*!*~*!* monkeys worked well today :)

11:20 am

hokie carla

well done.

11:20 am

hokie carla

22 left here

11:20 am

cybernan

yes, But I listed and it helped more than usual today.

11:22 am

hokie carla

the men who ride horses in middle earth are here today

11:22 am

hokie carla

last col gray! 20 left.

11:24 am

moolingwa

still 8 left

11:24 am

moolingwa

1.1375 WPT

11:24 am

moolingwa

1.375 that is

11:24 am

hokie carla

19, 2.11111111 WPT

11:25 am

hokie carla

CCC NN AA HH SSSS TT O GG A

11:25 am

moolingwa

SS CC A H SS

11:26 am

penquis

uh oh....code again.... :o|

11:26 am

hokie carla

somehow I finished the first S in first pass, moo. you must not be looking hard enough.

11:26 am

moolingwa

cross the s's off

11:26 am

moolingwa

the first two

11:26 am

MollyL

Ina gotta davita

11:26 am

hokie carla

lol

11:26 am

MollyL

Hello Pen, fellow speaker of words in English

11:27 am

penquis

hi Molly...

11:27 am

hokie carla

so you would prefer we spell out which tiles we need words on

11:27 am

penquis

you can do what you like.... ;o)

11:28 am

MollyL

You two are in your own little world. Enjoy it there.

11:28 am

hokie carla

yes, I was yelled at yesterday that people can play the game however they want to, so I include myself in that

11:29 am

hokie carla

18!

11:29 am

moolingwa

1-4-1-0-0

11:29 am

penquis

do whatever is fun....no one should yell at you....i have always found you to be pleasant and tolerant...

11:29 am

penquis

and helpful...

11:30 am

hokie carla

thanks, pen.

11:30 am

penquis

yw...

11:31 am

MollyL

IOoo Carla, I missed that. You poked the bear for sure.
: D

11:32 am

penquis

my internet connection has been funky today....so if I disappear you will know why....

11:33 am

hokie carla

and I was just explaining to Une that Nan doesn't want to google

11:34 am

hokie carla

I don't even think nan took offense

11:34 am

hokie carla

anyone want to guess my bottom A?

11:34 am

penquis

i don't think she did either....heck i prefer not to google myself....

11:36 am

hokie carla

I definitely use it as a last resort. or next to last (word lookup website being last)

11:36 am

MollyL

You are not the first, nor will you be the last, to feel the wrath from that direction.

11:36 am

penquis

i occasionally use google, but rarely....clues are more fun to work with....

11:37 am

moolingwa

middle eastern ruler hoke?

11:38 am

hokie carla

I guess so. no M, so not amir. what's the stat, p&ty?

11:42 am

moolingwa

a4/7

11:42 am

hokie carla

ah, thanks

11:43 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray! 17 left.

11:43 am

hokie carla

1-6-5-4-1

11:43 am

hokie carla

CCC N AA HH SSSS TT O GG

11:43 am

moolingwa

1-4-1-0-0

11:44 am

hokie carla

wonder if our last 4 is the same one. doubtful

11:45 am

moolingwa

CC A H SS

11:45 am

hokie carla

found an S!

11:45 am

moolingwa

found my last 4

11:46 am

hokie carla

and...what was it?

11:46 am

moolingwa

h

11:47 am

moolingwa

0-4-1-0-0

11:47 am

hokie carla

hmm

11:48 am

moolingwa

found my last 6...so my last 4 are all 5s

11:48 am

hokie carla

my last 4 was a C

11:48 am

moolingwa

doesn't happen very often

11:48 am

hokie carla

WPT 1.875

11:48 am

moolingwa

was it the double letter one?

11:49 am

moolingwa

WPT of 1.25

11:49 am

hokie carla

0-5-5-4-1

11:49 am

hokie carla

yep

11:49 am

moolingwa

:)

11:49 am

hokie carla

i'm not steering this ship right apparently

11:49 am

moolingwa

oh, never realised that was the def

11:50 am

hokie carla

I've seen it in movies and TV, like when the captain leaves, they say the next in line "has the c4"

11:50 am

moolingwa

found an s

11:51 am

hokie carla

ooh, also found an S

11:51 am

moolingwa

WPT of 1.0 now

11:51 am

hokie carla

and it's a weird 5, though we've had it before, so maybe you have it

11:51 am

moolingwa

probably not

11:52 am

hokie carla

any help on my 8?

11:52 am

moolingwa

starts with a :)

11:52 am

moolingwa

if you want a more specific clue...

11:52 am

hokie carla

is it a plural of a 7?

11:53 am

moolingwa

yes

11:53 am

hokie carla

ok. is it AN?

11:53 am

moolingwa

no

11:53 am

moolingwa

that's 3 questions...17 remaining ;)

11:54 am

hokie carla

lol, I almost posted this is 20 questions. great minds yada yada yada

11:54 am

hokie carla

I found them now, thanks

11:54 am

moolingwa

us too :)

11:54 am

moolingwa

found my last c...we had it the other day

11:54 am

moolingwa

last week

11:55 am

hokie carla

not the boat?

11:55 am

hokie carla

wouldn't someone who cans food be a cannist?

11:56 am

moolingwa

no, apparently it's a troubadour's love song

11:56 am

hokie carla

0-4-5-3, this does not bode well

11:56 am

moolingwa

because apparently we need a word specifically to describe lovesongs by troubadours

11:56 am

hokie carla

yeah, so many very specific words

11:57 am

hokie carla

superfluous IMO

11:57 am

moolingwa

is superfluous superfluous?

11:57 am

hokie carla

yeah, that appears to be one of my missing C's

11:58 am

hokie carla

probably since you could just say unnecessary

11:58 am

moolingwa

:)

12:00 pm

hokie carla

what is my last N???

12:00 pm

moolingwa

n6?

12:00 pm

hokie carla

I have an NO6

12:01 pm

moolingwa

first check your plurals then

12:01 pm

moolingwa

otherwise it's a 5...and I'd guess the one that adds to the seaweed

12:01 pm

periwinkle

help with et8 or ac8 pls.hi all

12:01 pm

hokie carla

ah, the flatbreads

12:01 pm

moolingwa

there you go

12:02 pm

moolingwa

et8 - sounds kind of like a water well

12:02 pm

moolingwa

ac8 rhymes with a trainee monk or cleric

12:02 pm

moolingwa

both plurals I should say

12:02 pm

hokie carla

hi peri! et8 is a plural - rhymes with a book of the bible

12:03 pm

moolingwa

I wonder it the people in the book experienced the et8

12:03 pm

hokie carla

probably

12:03 pm

moolingwa

kind of the same area...I mean they weren't specific

12:04 pm

hokie carla

but I didn't make it to that book

12:04 pm

moolingwa

me neither

12:04 pm

hokie carla

I started a bible in a year reading plan at the beginning of the shutdown Mar 2020 and made it through about mid-April. the OT is rough reading.

12:04 pm

moolingwa

I read the narnia books and Tolkein instead

12:05 pm

periwinkle

ty for ac8

12:05 pm

hokie carla

did you see the riders in the grid?

12:05 pm

moolingwa

no

12:05 pm

periwinkle

not getting the bible clue

12:05 pm

moolingwa

see them now tho :)

12:05 pm

hokie carla

ok, try moo's well clue then

12:06 pm

moolingwa

for a moment I was going to say there's no Z, U or L

12:06 pm

hokie carla

ah, found my G's - the facial hair

12:06 pm

hokie carla

9 left!

12:06 pm

moolingwa

Moby Dick is a rough read

12:06 pm

hokie carla

have not tried to read that

12:07 pm

moolingwa

if you ever have troubles with insomnia

12:07 pm

moolingwa

Moby Dick will cure that

12:07 pm

hokie carla

noted

12:07 pm

moolingwa

unless you're somewhat fascinated with technical aspects of 17th century whaling

12:07 pm

hokie carla

found my O!

12:07 pm

moolingwa

I think I read 4 or 5 other books at the same time as I read Moby Dick

12:07 pm

moolingwa

ironically, some of them were by Philip K Dick

12:08 pm

hokie carla

I guess I won't know until I try it

12:08 pm

moolingwa

I know the Kite Runner was one of them too

12:08 pm

moolingwa

I think I finished the kite runner in about a week though

12:08 pm

hokie carla

0-3-3-2 CC HH SS TT WPT - 2 (I did that in my head)

12:08 pm

periwinkle

got the et8 ty both

12:08 pm

hokie carla

mr. homie read the kite runner but I never did

12:08 pm

hokie carla

yw, peri

12:09 pm

moolingwa

0-2-0-0-0 WPT 1.0....did that in my head too :)

12:09 pm

moolingwa

AWL 5.0

12:09 pm

periwinkle

WPT + word point total?

12:09 pm

moolingwa

Words Per Tile

12:09 pm

hokie carla

words per tile

12:09 pm

periwinkle

oh okay

12:10 pm

moolingwa

we felt babble lacked sufficient statistical representation

12:10 pm

hokie carla

true

12:10 pm

moolingwa

hurshian notation has been a real time saver tho

12:10 pm

hokie carla

trying to bring more maths to the words

12:10 pm

periwinkle

ok

12:10 pm

moolingwa

sine of the times really

12:11 pm

hokie carla

yes, hurshian notation is revolutionary

12:11 pm

periwinkle

what is AWL

12:11 pm

moolingwa

Average Word Length

12:11 pm

periwinkle

I can do with out any more math

12:11 pm

hokie carla

average word length

12:11 pm

hokie carla

LOL

12:12 pm

moolingwa

one day I expect she'll get a Nobel prize...really has changed the way we live and play

12:12 pm

hokie carla

I wonder when her last day of school is

12:12 pm

moolingwa

oh, found my a

12:12 pm

moolingwa

so now, just the odd s left

12:13 pm

moolingwa

my last day of school consisted of my discussing an apology letter with my principal

12:13 pm

hokie carla

I'm thinking I'm not finding these last 8

12:13 pm

MollyL

*Wants what Carla and her friend are smoking

12:13 pm

moolingwa

got my last one

12:13 pm

moolingwa

fw

12:13 pm

hokie carla

your last day when you were a kid? or now for your daughter?

12:13 pm

hokie carla

well done

12:14 pm

moolingwa

when I was 16

12:14 pm

hokie carla

ah

12:14 pm

moolingwa

not counting the one year of part time university I went to

12:15 pm

moolingwa

or the part time community college equivalent that I never finished either

12:15 pm

hokie carla

phantom stoic

12:15 pm

moolingwa

Have a habit of not finishing school I guess :)

12:15 pm

moolingwa

don't be so stoic Stoick

12:16 pm

hokie carla

so... you didn't finish high school or part time uni?

12:16 pm

hokie carla

I did get HO6 today which I usually miss, so at least there's that

12:16 pm

moolingwa

yeah, never finished high school - moved to Australia, TAFE (community college) - got a job - university - didn't feel like I was learning anything, and already had a job

12:17 pm

moolingwa

yes, especially if you plan on doing any farm work or going to a rodeo

12:17 pm

hokie carla

nice. meanwhile, I got an accounting degree, worked for 5 years, and then haven't done any accounting in 20 years.

12:17 pm

moolingwa

what letters you got left?

12:18 pm

hokie carla

CC HH SS TT

12:18 pm

hokie carla

I think one C is that 5 troubadour song

12:18 pm

moolingwa

C's are probably not related

12:18 pm

moolingwa

the H's possibly are

12:18 pm

moolingwa

for the h...think a certain barbarian's lesser known cousin I guess :)

12:19 pm

moolingwa

the s's could be a 5/6 combo

12:19 pm

moolingwa

there's a t6 and t7 that are related, but not plurals

12:19 pm

hokie carla

are you talking about a horrible barbarian?

12:20 pm

moolingwa

well I guess some would consider his acting fairly simplistic :0

12:20 pm

moolingwa

and it was earlier in his career

12:20 pm

moolingwa

but you always knew he'd be back

12:20 pm

hokie carla

oh, I was thinking the comic strip Hagar the Horrible

12:20 pm

moolingwa

yeah, not him

12:22 pm

moolingwa

the first movie had James Earl Jones in it...the second had Grace Jones :)

12:22 pm

hokie carla

def the T's are the 6/7

12:23 pm

moolingwa

yes, they're elementary my dear hoke

12:23 pm

hokie carla

hmm, thinking Grace Jones was in a Mad Max but don't rem. JEJ

12:23 pm

penquis

well, stuck with 14 left....though I do have the barbarian, the troubadour songs and all the Ts... ;oP

12:24 pm

hokie carla

well, the rest are easy then pen :D

12:24 pm

penquis

HAH!...heading out....bbl to finish....listing is in my near future... bye all...

12:25 pm

hokie carla

me: watson, sherlock, clues, deducing....yeah, nothing

12:25 pm

hokie carla

bye, pen!

12:26 pm

hokie carla

throwing in the flag here

12:26 pm

hokie carla

lol at myself

12:26 pm

hokie carla

waving the white flag and throwing in the towel here

12:27 pm

penquis

carla....do you have the two words that start with the Norse god?

12:28 pm

penquis

they are not a combo....

12:28 pm

hokie carla

got the 7, thanks!

12:28 pm

hokie carla

and the 6

12:28 pm

penquis

my work here is done....bye!

12:28 pm

hokie carla

I like how moo always gives me red herrings

12:29 pm

penquis

i didn't know what he was referring to, so i gave you that clue...

12:30 pm

hurshy

Ss Sunk!

12:30 pm

hokie carla

well, apparently I have the troubadour song because my missing C5 was a plural

12:32 pm

hurshy

what's this about a troubadour song?

12:32 pm

hurshy

i thought it was troubador, so now i have also learned about how to spell that word!

12:32 pm

hokie carla

a c5 I thought I was missing but apparently i wasn't and just don't know which one it is

12:33 pm

hurshy

maybe i'm missing it for real

12:33 pm

hokie carla

it seems dour doesn't it

12:33 pm

hokie carla

I think it's the one you clued for me in the last week as a toddler might say it

12:34 pm

hurshy

well i have that but the dictionary says that is a Cape in Nova Scotia, that's all

12:34 pm

hokie carla

one of my S's was a latin pl I usually get. 💩

12:34 pm

hokie carla

yeah, but I remember moo said we had it recently and that's the only C5 I don't know, so I think it's that

12:35 pm

hokie carla

argh, my other S was a pl. should have checked my list before checking lickety's

12:35 pm

moolingwa

the troubador song has no def in dictionary.com

12:35 pm

moolingwa

had to go to m-w

12:35 pm

hokie carla

oh well, that's fireworks

12:35 pm

moolingwa

yay

12:35 pm

hurshy

so is it the one we were just talking about or not then?

12:36 pm

moolingwa

the t's are related to an element

12:36 pm

hokie carla

I think so, sounds like a song to me

12:36 pm

moolingwa

a verb plus a preposition

12:37 pm

hurshy

ok a quick web search confirms it

12:37 pm

hurshy

so i am missing some other C word

12:37 pm

moolingwa

was in the board last week

12:37 pm

hokie carla

co7 maybe

12:37 pm

moolingwa

or co4

12:37 pm

hurshy

have co7

12:38 pm

hurshy

have 6 co4

12:38 pm

moolingwa

yep then its that one

12:39 pm

hurshy

aha got it

12:39 pm

hurshy

thanks

12:39 pm

hurshy

Cs Conquered!

12:39 pm

hurshy

Ns Nailed!

12:40 pm

moolingwa

o

12:40 pm

moolingwa

o's obliterated?

12:40 pm

hurshy

there's not like a designated word, you can use whatever you like :D

12:40 pm

hurshy

i do frequently say obliterated for O

12:42 pm

moolingwa

o's overcome

12:43 pm

moolingwa

not a lot of o descriptors

12:43 pm

moolingwa

organized perhaps

12:43 pm

hurshy

overcome is a fine choice too

12:43 pm

moolingwa

orchestrated

12:44 pm

moolingwa

well off to do something productive or somesuch

12:45 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I need to eat lunch and get busy

12:45 pm

hokie carla

adios

12:45 pm

hurshy

As Annihilated!

12:46 pm

hurshy

Os Obliterated!

12:47 pm

hurshy

Rs Ripped!

12:47 pm

hurshy

i words incinerated!

12:51 pm

hurshy

Hs Handled!

12:57 pm

hurshy

are there any ta words?

1:07 pm

hurshy

no, there are not

1:08 pm

MollyL

The whole troubadour conversation gave me a headache. It's about tin container for tuna + the note after fa (without the L)

1:08 pm

hurshy

is there an E8 or a G8? i know it's one or the other

1:09 pm

hurshy

ooh it must be E cause now i got my G words

1:12 pm

cherlyq

is it cheating to print off the puzzle so I can turn it different ways to see if that helps ? I am stuck at 73 words lol

1:16 pm

hurshy

each babbler creates their own definition of cheating

1:16 pm

hurshy

so it is up to you

1:17 pm

MollyL

Yep, no rules to this game. You make your own.

1:17 pm

hurshy

i certainly would not consider that cheating, if it were me, although of course the letters will not turn so you'll be looking at them sideways or upside down

1:17 pm

origami

It would be great to be able to rotate the board.

1:18 pm

MollyL

Although the HELP section does say "find as many words as YOU can find" and almost everyone uses resources outside themselves (YOU) to find words. So cheating is in the eye of they beholder.

1:19 pm

MollyL

Or the beholder

1:20 pm

cherlyq

ok ty

1:57 pm

bichon

th 6/21, pls

2:21 pm

mab

So good to play after several years!egoist

2:22 pm

mab

And immediately make major, cardinal babble error.

2:22 pm

Shirlockc

lol, mab

2:52 pm

bichon

th 6/21, pls

3:06 pm

Uneaixoise

Need that one too....

3:09 pm

origami

I can't really clue it .. but work up to the upper right corner.

3:09 pm

waskallia

similar to no 5

3:10 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx origami

3:31 pm

leighprefect

helloooooo mab! and everyone!

3:46 pm

origami

Hello leigh

4:22 pm

eieios

stats fot the 8's? are they pl?

4:24 pm

hokie carla

hello, they are both plurals

4:24 pm

hokie carla

et8 and ac8

4:24 pm

eieios

thx, hokie. i'll see if i can monkey them.

4:31 pm

hokie carla

the et rhymes with a book of the Bible, or all but first syllable is like a type of well.

4:32 pm

hokie carla

the ac rhymes with a church word - in my church it was the people that light the candles, but can also mean one who follows a certain church, etc.

4:34 pm

eieios

thx, hokie

4:41 pm

eieios

i have zero o's.... are they weird or just hiding?

4:42 pm

eieios

okay, i have two. thefood and the pledge....

4:42 pm

zoozzoom

porridge.

4:42 pm

zoozzoom

ok4

4:43 pm

zoozzoom

pleadge.

4:43 pm

zoozzoom

pledge*

4:43 pm

zoozzoom

oo4

4:44 pm

eieios

thx, zoo.

5:36 pm

Uneaixoise

Et7/28 please?

5:59 pm

ItalianGreyhound

starts with French word for summer Une

6:00 pm

ItalianGreyhound

+ most of a word meaning from the Far East

6:03 pm

ItalianGreyhound

and plural

6:14 pm

Shirlockc

any clues for the last et6?

6:16 pm

dan2bit

I am still missing an E might be the last one. the last one I have ends in charged particle

6:17 pm

Shirlockc

that's the et6/7 pair

6:17 pm

penquis

do you have the plural?

6:17 pm

dan2bit

yes

6:17 pm

Shirlockc

there's one more after that, et6

6:18 pm

penquis

then same start + french word for our....

6:18 pm

penquis

or end with not yesses....

6:18 pm

dan2bit

ty pen!

6:18 pm

penquis

yw....

6:18 pm

Shirlockc

ty pen!

6:19 pm

penquis

you're welcome...i am stalled at 11....the distraction was good... ;o)

6:19 pm

Shirlockc

12 left for me

6:19 pm

MollyL

I thought that French word had a U in it. I will never get French

6:20 pm

dan2bit

saw a post from our local weather team that we have so many cicadas that its confusing the radar into thinking we have rain

6:20 pm

dan2bit

*it's

6:21 pm

penquis

interesting....

6:21 pm

Shirlockc

ac pair clues pls?

6:22 pm

ItalianGreyhound

ends in ni 4/4

6:22 pm

ItalianGreyhound

+ plural

6:22 pm

dan2bit

https://tinyurl.com/68tjzrcn <-- cicada radar story

6:22 pm

Shirlockc

thx italian

6:22 pm

ItalianGreyhound

yw

6:23 pm

Shirlockc

marvel bad badie is in the grid

6:23 pm

penquis

i will check it out, dan...

6:25 pm

dan2bit

Thanos

6:25 pm

ItalianGreyhound

No cicadas here - just flooding!

6:25 pm

penquis

just heat here....

6:26 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Hi Pen - what passes for heat in Maine?

6:26 pm

penquis

well my outdoor thermometer was in the sun this afternoon and it said 104....don't think it was as hot as that, but it gives you an idea....

6:27 pm

ItalianGreyhound

crazy! I went to Summer camp in Maine - never seemed to get warm

6:28 pm

penquis

my area is usually the coolest in summer and the warmest in winter, compared to other parts of Maine...i think the temp was in the high 80s today....

6:28 pm

ItalianGreyhound

hotter than Texas!

6:28 pm

penquis

apparently almost half the time southern Maine gets a high temp like the one reached today...

6:29 pm

penquis

i do know that my steering wheel was too hot to handle this afternoon....also my sunglasses stored in the car...

6:30 pm

penquis

are there any AO words?

6:31 pm

ItalianGreyhound

No

6:31 pm

FrenchToast

nope

6:31 pm

penquis

ty....just have one A missing...

6:32 pm

ItalianGreyhound

several are Babblets

6:33 pm

hokie carla

ag4/7?

6:33 pm

ItalianGreyhound

is it a 4?

6:34 pm

FrenchToast

maybe you're missing an5,12 ???

6:34 pm

penquis

don't know.....have 9 left....

6:34 pm

penquis

nope, have that an 5...

6:34 pm

penquis

i have two missing fours....

6:34 pm

FrenchToast

OK

6:34 pm

FrenchToast

there are 2 ai4s

6:35 pm

ItalianGreyhound

woman's name

6:35 pm

hokie carla

did you see my guess?

6:35 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Turkish leader

6:35 pm

penquis

i have that ag 4...

6:35 pm

hokie carla

ok

6:35 pm

ItalianGreyhound

river islets

6:36 pm

hokie carla

which A? I was guessing bottom.

6:36 pm

penquis

is there more than one A word with seven letters?....i am missing one seven....

6:36 pm

penquis

i have the islets, thanks....

6:36 pm

hokie carla

no

6:36 pm

penquis

top A...

6:37 pm

ItalianGreyhound

gotta be the babblet

6:37 pm

hokie carla

and you have the licorice?

6:37 pm

dan2bit

firewords! thanks pen and lickety and all cluers

6:37 pm

penquis

congrats...

6:37 pm

penquis

yes, i have the licorice...

6:37 pm

hokie carla

well done

6:37 pm

hokie carla

someone already asked about the other an5

6:37 pm

penquis

yes, have that, too...

6:38 pm

ItalianGreyhound

an + 2 vowels

6:38 pm

hokie carla

wait, the licorice is not the top A. I need to pay attn, there are only 3

6:38 pm

penquis

have that one....

6:38 pm

Uneaixoise

Et7, 8 please?

6:38 pm

FrenchToast

do you have 5 an words?

6:38 pm

penquis

no, French....so I am missing an an word....

6:39 pm

hokie carla

woman's name, forest buffalo, and elbow are the only ones on top A

6:39 pm

penquis

found it...ty for the help....

6:39 pm

FrenchToast

yw

6:39 pm

penquis

i should just list, lol....

6:39 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Une I clued that to you. earlier

6:39 pm

hokie carla

une, rhymes with a book of the bible or change first syllable to make a type of well

6:39 pm

penquis

congrats, French....

6:41 pm

ItalianGreyhound

ET: French Summer + most of a word for Far East + Plural

6:53 pm

penquis

stuck at 7....going to list...

6:54 pm

MollyL

I think it is most of a word for far eastern person

6:56 pm

MollyL

Or et + two letter plural for the letter after R and plural Mr. Fleming

6:59 pm

hokie carla

no one has gotten my bible clue all day 🧐

7:00 pm

penquis

i didn't either....sorry....

7:00 pm

penquis

I guess my class "Histoire Sainte" didn't cover that one....

7:01 pm

penquis

i am done....two of my 8 were plurals i was sure I had entered....

7:02 pm

hokie carla

I listed with 8 as well and had the same thing!

7:03 pm

penquis

hah....a few words i didn't know at all....

7:11 pm

penquis

well i am heading out....goodnight all.....

7:11 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx Molly and greyhound!

7:33 pm

Sophie214

1. What is a bablet?

7:33 pm

Sophie214

2. If I want to give up, is there a place that shows all of the answers, at least on the next day?

7:33 pm

Sophie214

3. What is monkeying?

7:36 pm

nrkii

babblet is an obscure word that shows up in babble a lot... usually 4 letters

7:36 pm

nrkii

an4 today is an example

7:37 pm

nrkii

archives link above this chat box will show you prior grids' answers

7:38 pm

nrkii

monkeying is typing in as many combinations as you can try and having your fingers find the answer rather than your brain... it's a common desperate act among us :)

7:38 pm

MollyL

A bablet is a weird, made up word for words that y0u usually only see in these grids. Monkeying is another weird, made up word for typing randomly until you find the word.

7:38 pm

hokie carla

2. if you click archives you can pick yesterday's date and then upper right click "view word list"

7:38 pm

hokie carla

also, do you know about lickety's babble clues in the friends of babble section below the grid?

7:39 pm

hokie carla

monkeying basically comes from a monkey could do it by typing in letters

7:56 pm

Sophie214

Thanks so much to all who answered my constant questions. I've been monkeying and didn't know it! Bablets drive me crazy. (crazier) I'm packing to move.....I see someone else on here is, too. It's NOT fun. I thought I had gotten rid of so much after my husband passed. But it seems like I still have a lot! Sold 7 big pieces of furniture. I get on here in the evening to RELAX, but I can't because I stink at this game sooo much. I just can't stick with it long enough to finish. Thanks again for taking the time to answer.

8:00 pm

Mubner

Hey, Sophie, sending empathy...we are getting ready to migrate to Lake Chapala, MX...allowed two 70# bags. I am scrambling to estate sale my life...lol

8:11 pm

mkg

Hi all. Back and only have 58 words. Ugh.

8:15 pm

mkg

Great

8:15 pm

mkg

Great clues below. Ty ty ty

8:17 pm

mkg

Would love any stats and clues for the O words first column. Have neither word. Ty

8:25 pm

mkg

Got one of them. So n,m.

8:32 pm

mkg

Clue for 5th column i word and o word please. Ty.

8:33 pm

mkg

Ioops just gbot the i word. So just the o word please.

8:33 pm

mkg

Ty

8:40 pm

mkg

Still missing O word for first column O. ???????

8:42 pm

mkg

First column third row O word please, pretty please?

8:48 pm

bookwomen

os 5

8:50 pm

JoyOh

Kind of like when you have weak bones...

8:56 pm

mkg

ty got it.

9:23 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

11:29 pm

joym999

OK, finally had a chance to start working on this. Think I can finish in half an hour?

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