Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, October 14, 2021

12:02 am

JoyOh

Un7

12:06 am

SueMagee

Thanks, Joy.

12:06 am

jessmom

st7

12:07 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs

12:08 am

cybernan

looks like a chihuly, joy

12:12 am

JoyOh

Yes, it is. Hangs in Bellevue, WAshington (near Seattle)

12:13 am

cybernan

so you weren't trying to tell us you had come into a lot of money :D

12:13 am

harpjane

found a fish

12:13 am

JoyOh

Wouldn’t that be fun!

12:17 am

cybernan

That city on the seine is back

12:18 am

harpjane

chilluly is amazing. We saw an exhibit in Crystal Bridges,Arkansas

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

rbud

I lived up in Bellevue,WA for a year once - it was fun.

12:23 am

rbud

no, wait, I take it back, it was Bellingham. Oops! But is WAS fun! :D

12:29 am

rbud

ci 7

12:30 am

cybernan

ty rbud

12:32 am

rbud

yw. I try to atleast get nbt/nbs before I venture into lickety's - and over half if it's going well, haha.

12:32 am

rbud

so I always appreciate chog hints. :)

12:37 am

cybernan

have nbt, nbs and leaving 35 for tomorrow - can't see straight anymore.

12:37 am

rbud

nite then! sleep well.

12:39 am

cybernan

good night eveyone :)

1:30 am

joym999

stats for the lone i?

1:33 am

rbud

is 5/10

1:39 am

JoyOh

Rbud, I lived in Bellingham, too.

1:42 am

rbud

Been a while for me - about 1980-81

1:43 am

rbud

Now I'm in Illinois, I miss mountain views.

1:48 am

joym999

ty rbud

1:49 am

JoyOh

I was there in the mid 80’s

1:49 am

JoyOh

Leek

1:50 am

JoyOh

Oops, sorry

1:51 am

rbud

I loved the little second hand store area - so many little shops. Cloths, books, lots of goodies. I got a little bit of side cash by restoring old dresses for a couple of shops, I sew.

1:52 am

rbud

and rode my bicycle like 4 miles to work in a giant greenhouse setup for a while.

4:52 am

MollyL

♪♫She rode her bicycle past your window last night♫♪

5:50 am

jwr

thanks, Lickety

7:35 am

Uneaixoise

Fw! HAGD everyone

8:37 am

hokie carla

too many i's. my least favorite

8:39 am

MLFAN17

agreed

8:49 am

welki

hi, babblers

8:49 am

hokie carla

hey welki, about to give up here

8:50 am

welki

*cues up Sia*

9:01 am

welki

found an artist in the grid

9:18 am

MollyL

Klee

9:29 am

Frances

1 silts

9:37 am

MollyL

You get more than 1 for that
: D

9:39 am

MollyL

Good for Prince William. It is about time someone publicly said that all the money spent on space tourism could be better spent.

10:12 am

KnightTime

how about all the money (15M) he spent on his mansion in California.

10:19 am

aebmusica

that was his brother, Harry

10:23 am

KnightTime

ok - now I'm embarrassed.

10:25 am

MollyL

Oh, I'm sure William's house is not too shabby

10:28 am

hokie carla

that's hilarious coming from someone in the royal family

10:28 am

aebmusica

no..... he did spend 2 million pounds redecorating his rent free apartment in Kensington Palace.

10:28 am

Buggie

I don’t understand why the two things have to be opposed. There are plenty of brilliant minds working on climate change. In fact they’ve been offering solutions for decades. The problem isn’t research, or money. The problem is politics. We’d have towns on Mars and a much cleaner Earth if they’d been made priorities. Instead, the space race stopped and we’ve lost decades, and politicians and the public continue to fight any attempts to slow climate change...

10:30 am

MollyL

This is not space travel for research. It's space travel for fun.

10:30 am

Buggie

Accessible space travel will benefit research

10:32 am

MollyL

Correction to my earlier statement: William's "houses". And both of them are very lavish.

10:38 am

hokie carla

phantom angelic

10:45 am

hokie carla

and isn't an arm an unleg??

10:46 am

hokie carla

finally found 2 u's. amazing how changing direction can help.

10:49 am

hokie carla

still need a word on 3 different tiles for HOET

11:00 am

aebmusica

2nd li5/10......clue please

11:01 am

cybernan

good morning all :)

11:02 am

cybernan

fyi - most of the royal houses are owned by the queen and most of william's income comes from Charles.

11:02 am

hurshy

i think it's a fabric, aeb, and reminds me of the oldest daughter from the Sound of Music

11:04 am

hurshy

sorry, THREAD, not fabric

11:04 am

aebmusica

ty hurshy

11:04 am

MollyL

Snigo, that does not make William any less wealthy.

11:05 am

penquis

hello all....

11:05 am

cybernan

just pointing out that he does not own millions of dollars worth of houses.

11:07 am

penquis

glisten is my phantom today....

11:13 am

hurshy

third row i word?

11:15 am

hurshy

pulled a peri! is5/10

11:15 am

Aloyisius

ty hurshy, needed that one

11:16 am

hurshy

90% done!

11:18 am

Aloyisius

Mrs. Roosevelt in the grid

11:18 am

hurshy

i like it spelled elinor better

11:18 am

hurshy

that's my goddaughter's name

11:19 am

Aloyisius

a pretty one

11:19 am

hurshy

ellie for short

11:21 am

hurshy

got some very happy birds in my yard

11:21 am

hurshy

at least, their tweets sound happy to human ears

11:22 am

Aloyisius

are they flocking pre-migration?

11:22 am

hurshy

uhhh i have no idea. i don't even know what kind of birds i'm hearing. just that they are tweeting. :)

11:22 am

Aloyisius

maybe tweeting over flight plans

11:23 am

hurshy

i have two of the 7s, st7 and un7. anyone have either of the others?

11:23 am

hurshy

cile

11:23 am

hurshy

excuse me

11:24 am

Aloyisius

ci7.32, maybe it will post this time

11:25 am

hurshy

ooh ok so that's also my missing C!

11:25 am

hurshy

thanks, got it!

11:26 am

Aloyisius

yay.. I can't find el7.28

11:26 am

Aloyisius

maybe if I say it, a peri will happen

11:27 am

hurshy

ok then we'll both look

11:27 am

hurshy

it often does!

11:27 am

Aloyisius

I know which e from which it comes

11:28 am

hurshy

me too

11:28 am

Aloyisius

found it

11:28 am

hurshy

do share :D

11:29 am

Aloyisius

it curls back on itself

11:29 am

Aloyisius

a grammatical term

11:30 am

hurshy

ahhh thanks

11:31 am

Aloyisius

"the omission of a vowel, consonant or syllable in pronunciation"

11:31 am

Aloyisius

yay, you got it

11:31 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! the Barrymore who played the villain in "It's a Wonderful Life"

11:32 am

penquis

lionel?

11:32 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:32 am

Aloyisius

want to say lyle, but stumped

11:33 am

Aloyisius

ah so

11:33 am

MollyL

I see Lionel and I think train sets

11:33 am

penquis

i was just thinking that...

11:33 am

hurshy

that too

11:33 am

hurshy

are there any sc words?

11:34 am

MollyL

One

11:34 am

hurshy

mk thanks

11:34 am

hokie carla

I have one

11:34 am

hurshy

got it!

11:35 am

MollyL

It's funny how people won't look at the list, but they will ask a question like that then other people look at the list and tell them the answer.

11:36 am

penquis

everyone plays differently....

11:36 am

hurshy

hilarious indeed

11:36 am

hokie carla

I agree, but in that case I didn't look at THE list and tell her, I just looked at MY list and answered.

11:37 am

penquis

i think that is what most people do...

11:37 am

hurshy

we simply found that it was too complicated for people to handle if we requested help ONLY from people who hadn't gotten the list yet.

11:37 am

MollyL

Who is we?

11:38 am

hurshy

people who might prefer that

11:40 am

MollyL

It's just amusing what different people will and won't use. Some people won't look at the list but will ask for 30 clues in the chat.

11:41 am

Aloyisius

time to scoot.. Happy Babbling however you prefer! (-:

11:41 am

penquis

bye, aloy....

11:41 am

hurshy

well before Lickety, the list that brandjack posted didn't come for hours. so if you played early, and there were clues, one knew that the effort was collaborative but all human-driven. no computer-based help had been employed. so that was something people enjoyed at that time.

11:41 am

MollyL

Thank you for the politically correct exit line

11:43 am

MollyL

I guess my point is, help is help whether it is the list, or morewords, or asking for clues. But people seem to deem one kind of help okay, but another kind not okay. Like I said, it's amusing.

11:44 am

MollyL

Personally, I don't care how people play. I was just pointing out something that has always intrigued me.

11:45 am

penquis

one nice thing about this game is that you can play it whatever way you want... ;o)

11:45 am

hurshy

you often say things are amusing or intriguing but the impression i often get is that you're actually being critical, implying that you think it's stupid. if that's not your intent, well, that's good.

11:46 am

MollyL

How would you know what my intent was? There is no tone of voice here. No facial features. How you interpret something is on you. If I think something is stupid, I will say it's stupid.

11:47 am

hurshy

i guess the reason i interpret it that way is because you make those comments a lot

11:47 am

gingentle

It is because of how you say things in chat that we are able to assume tone and consider you to be abrasive.

11:47 am

MollyL

Oh here we go.

11:48 am

penquis

time to go....been here, done that.... bye all...

11:51 am

hurshy

i mean, if you don't mean it that way, again, that's great, and i'm glad to know that. but, if it were me, and a lot of people were getting the same impression, and it was an impression that i really did not want to give, i'd figure that it wasn't just in the ear of the hearer, if many people heard it that way, and i'd want to know about it and see if there was anything i wanted to do differently. however, if that's not something you want to know about, then, apologies for mentioning it.

11:54 am

gingentle

hurshy, this has been addressed on more than one previous occasion, and the tone and behaviour is never altered or modified, if you will. Certain folk, thankfully few, in the chat are always snarky and abrasive. It is one of the reasons I seldom interact here.

12:00 pm

hurshy

well, i don't mean to stir up something that's been addressed a lot. i just wanted to let Molly know that things were coming across as passive-aggressive to me, because i don't think i've mentioned it before, personally. again, because i'd want to know, if it were me.

12:01 pm

bichon

Amen hurshy

12:05 pm

hurshy

so who else has a cat in their lap right now? :)

12:07 pm

hurshy

anyone happen to know how long a bowling lane is?

12:08 pm

vashongin

the grid looks difficult today - haven't finished my first pass yet, though

12:08 pm

hurshy

aha, it's 60 feet

12:09 pm

hurshy

hello vashongin, i don't know if we've met

12:10 pm

vashongin

no...I have been here quite a few years, though

12:10 pm

vashongin

I usually play at night

12:10 pm

hurshy

i see you have grandkids at a cute age. my niece and nephew are growing up too fast! 12 and 14 this month!

12:11 pm

vashongin

my grandkids are now 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 but I haven't seen them in a while since they moved last year

12:12 pm

hurshy

ah, that's too bad

12:12 pm

vashongin

son-in-law is in the military and they moved to Colorado. I live in Washington state

12:12 pm

vashongin

video chats help, though.

12:13 pm

hurshy

military life can be rough, yeah

12:14 pm

vashongin

Yes. son-in-law was in Afghanistan for 8 months last year.missed Christmas and both kids birthdays before he got home.

12:15 pm

hokie carla

isn't undaunted a word? and hey, vash

12:16 pm

origami

I tried that three times, hokie.

12:16 pm

vashongin

yes, hokie :)

12:16 pm

hurshy

undaunted is a word, yeah

12:16 pm

vashongin

and hi

12:16 pm

hokie carla

not on the spelling bee list

12:17 pm

hokie carla

that's BS

12:17 pm

hokie carla

I would say that's more common than daunted

12:17 pm

hurshy

that's surprising. i know that list is a lot shorter than this one, but, that's a word i would have thought would be on it.

12:17 pm

hokie carla

hey ori

12:17 pm

origami

Hey there.

12:19 pm

vashongin

that's weird...I was one of the best spellers in my junior high...made the spelling bee finals at the school level, but I was too nervous to be on stage. I nearly fainted.

12:20 pm

hurshy

she means the New York Times Spelling Bee game

12:20 pm

vashongin

I don't know that one....

12:20 pm

hurshy

you have to make words out of the day's given 7 letters, preferably getting at least one pangram

12:20 pm

vashongin

sounds fun

12:20 pm

hokie carla

I'm only Nice today

12:21 pm

hurshy

you can play a little without an account, or more with an account. i just play a little.

12:21 pm

bichon

pen and I like to play it

12:21 pm

bichon

Mr. B always gets Genius

12:22 pm

vashongin

sounds like a good use of your brain

12:22 pm

hokie carla

I got Genius yesterday (I think), but that's my best ever.

12:22 pm

hokie carla

vash, you can use the letters more than once in the same word, so that's hard for me to remember to do after years of boggle.

12:23 pm

bichon

I'm contented if I get to nice

12:23 pm

hurshy

if you like other kinds of games, Set is great - setgame.com. and i love kenken, at kenkenpuzzle.com, which is like sudoku but more math than just plain logic.

12:24 pm

hokie carla

I like kenken. have not played Set

12:24 pm

cybernan

hello again - 16 and the list :)

12:24 pm

vashongin

I just tried it...it says I'm good at this...subscribed to reach our genius ranking

12:25 pm

hurshy

hiya nan

12:26 pm

hokie carla

23 left here

12:33 pm

hokie carla

18 now - finally got HOET

12:36 pm

cybernan

what is hoet?

12:36 pm

hokie carla

Half On Every Tile

12:36 pm

hokie carla

that is my goal as opposed to NBS

12:37 pm

cybernan

till looking for that el 7 - previous clues didn't help and it is the only el word - anyone have another clue?

12:38 pm

hokie carla

will look. first I'm hearing about it.

12:38 pm

hurshy

ends with a charged particle

12:38 pm

hokie carla

thanks

12:39 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy

12:39 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone. Need to make a costco run - hope it isn't too busy today

12:40 pm

hokie carla

me too! good luck.

12:45 pm

penquis

back to find my last 38....

12:46 pm

penquis

i am being optimistic... ;o)

12:47 pm

vashongin

that wasn't as bad as I thought It would be....have fun!

12:47 pm

penquis

ty...

1:00 pm

hokie carla

made it to 15 and then went and did some crosswording. 82 out but I guess I'll go walk Winston and look for shade.

1:01 pm

penquis

see you later then...

1:22 pm

Sugrraleona

this puzzle is awful - or I'm just dumb LOL

1:23 pm

penquis

it's not a fun one or an easy one....too many vowels...

1:24 pm

Sugrraleona

58 left and I'm pooped LOL

1:24 pm

penquis

i am down to 11....

1:24 pm

penquis

but i did take a break at about the midpoint....

1:28 pm

joym999

Hi everyone

1:28 pm

penquis

hi joy...

1:29 pm

joym999

I'm finding this grid to be kind of difficult.

1:30 pm

penquis

it's awful...almost half the letters are vowels...

1:31 pm

joym999

My rule is that I have to get 2/3 to 3/4 of the words before I list, but I got to barely 2/3 and listed today because ahhhhh.

1:35 pm

penquis

i try to finish grids under 150 without listing, but i often don't last that long... ;o)

1:36 pm

joym999

I try that too, penquis, but with limited success.

1:39 pm

joym999

I've finished small grids without listing only a few times, and always after looking at the clues in chat.

1:41 pm

joym999

I will never be one of those people who shows up at the flip, immediately posts a bunch of large words, and announces FW ten minutes later.

1:42 pm

penquis

me either....when i can't sleep and am still awake at 1 a.m., i sometimes go to the flip but only for a short time....

1:44 pm

joym999

just watching the activity at the flip often gives me a headache. It's so crazed and competitive.

1:44 pm

penquis

yes, it is a phase of the game that not too many people enjoy....

1:45 pm

penquis

but if i am at the flip, i try to follow the "rules" and just post stats for longer words.....

1:45 pm

penquis

i hate i words....

1:46 pm

joym999

I sometimes find it amusing...it's so ridiculously competitive. It makes me laugh when someone posts a stat that was previously posted, and they are chastised for it. As if they are keeping score of how many large words you post in the chat...

1:47 pm

penquis

well sometimes people just want to know if there is more than one word with those stats....

1:47 pm

joym999

true...

1:48 pm

joym999

I have the most trouble with words that start with any vowel and N.

1:49 pm

penquis

vowel words are the worst for me...

1:49 pm

penquis

i am good at finding word families...

1:50 pm

joym999

I am struggling to come up with a parallel sentence that starts with "i am good at..."

1:50 pm

penquis

;o)

1:51 pm

penquis

it's not a competition...

1:59 pm

penquis

well i am stuck at 7....will come back later to finish....bye, joy....*waving to the lurkers*....

2:00 pm

MollyL

Oh Joy, are you finding things amusing?
: D

2:05 pm

joym999

amusing?

2:06 pm

MollyL

You said earlier that you sometimes find it amusing...I said the same thing earlier and was taken to task for it.

2:08 pm

hokie carla

well the flip people aren't here to take joy to task maybe

2:10 pm

MollyL

No, Joy is safe. She is not one of the prime targets of the haters club.

2:11 pm

hokie carla

in the words of somebody (that you are sure to hate)...haters gonna hate

2:11 pm

hokie carla

(you are sure to hate the words, I had a misplaced modifier)

2:15 pm

hokie carla

14 left - 9 are 4's! guess I should work on those.

2:21 pm

origami

I have to confess that if I am on at the flip and find the first big word I will post about it. Shameless self-congratulations :D

2:21 pm

hokie carla

I totally do the same too, ori

2:22 pm

Wendrie

I'm never on the flip and tend to avoid it even if the timing works. I don't like the stress.

2:22 pm

hokie carla

these people are gonna know about it if I find a big word!

2:22 pm

Wendrie

I've just finished work and don't need any stress.... searching for words is enough ;)

2:23 pm

hokie carla

well, it's 1am for me, so it's very rare that I have both eyes open when I'm looking. and my eyes are usually so blurry I can't even read the chat.

2:24 pm

bichon

un 6/21, pls

2:24 pm

hokie carla

what you do to a sleeping bag

2:24 pm

Wendrie

what you do to fruit leather ;)

2:24 pm

MollyL

It reminds me of grade school. I got it first! I got it first!

2:25 pm

hokie carla

hmm, never heard fruit leather over here

2:25 pm

Wendrie

True Molly - and if it is all in fun, that ok but just too much energy

2:25 pm

hokie carla

but we have some candy(ish) called fruit *ups. is that the same?

2:26 pm

origami

Yes, hokie.

2:26 pm

bichon

ty Wendrie

2:26 pm

joym999

I agree...I'm sure it's fun for the people who like it, but I find the flip craziness to be stressful, and the competitiveness seems unnecessary, but if they enjoy it, that's fine. It's just not for me.

2:26 pm

joym999

anyway I'm stuck on the NE6. Is it a normal word?

2:27 pm

hokie carla

whoa...

2:27 pm

Wendrie

I had it in the US as a kid of hippies. I'm sure that very healthy version is related to the candy version ;)

2:27 pm

MollyL

Me either. The flip used to be cool. No clues or blurting stats for the first hour.

2:27 pm

origami

It's fun for me. But I will just post one if I am one of the very first. The frenetic energy is just a bit too much.

2:28 pm

zoozzoom

Think a bit like a name for an elephant in a nursery rhyme who packed her trunk.

2:28 pm

hokie carla

ps - my whoa was a clue for joy

2:29 pm

Wendrie

Ah! TY Carla, 'cause I was wondering...

2:30 pm

hokie carla

also mean girl on Little House

2:30 pm

MollyL

Thanks Zoom. Now I'm singing that song in my head.

2:31 pm

zoozzoom

:D

2:31 pm

hokie carla

well now I have 6 4's left. what are these words?

2:31 pm

Wendrie

phantom kennel...

2:39 pm

Wendrie

I had to look up a g/4 quick scottsman

2:40 pm

joym999

ty for the NE6 clue

2:41 pm

hokie carla

G G L EE i C S U S R L

2:51 pm

Wendrie

FW! Don't you hate it when the last two are common 4s? night all!

2:54 pm

hokie carla

well done and good night!

2:56 pm

hokie carla

ori, if you are still here I sent the NYT an email about undaunted (address is in the pop-up when you check what points you need for the next level)

3:14 pm

origami

Just got back and saw this. Good! I am sure there will be a lot of complaints on the Facebook group about this tomorrow.

3:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

how are you doing, Ori?

3:36 pm

origami

I'm OK, TO. How are you?

4:02 pm

Sugrraleona

ci7?

4:09 pm

hokie carla

well that's my missing 7 and my missing C. it's not a cillion.

4:14 pm

Sugrraleona

omg,I just found it by accident - I have no idea how to clue it, but II'll try - ci (tumor) - those are the first four letters then the baseball player Darling's first name LOL

4:19 pm

ChampFit

TY

4:20 pm

Sugrraleona

is5/

4:28 pm

ChampFit

akene

4:28 pm

ChampFit

SORRY!!!

4:39 pm

hokie carla

thanks, sug. no idea on the baseball player but I guessed a first name.

4:46 pm

hokie carla

just looked him up. it's funny, I did a NTPN yesterday for Dwight Gooden and no one guessed.

4:59 pm

HarryHood

he was a yalie wasn't he?

4:59 pm

HarryHood

from hawaii?

5:16 pm

hokie carla

he was from hawaii. I don't remember if it said he was a yalie.

5:46 pm

hokie carla

speaking of hawaii...found a word

6:03 pm

mich_pdx

a roasted pig word?

6:04 pm

origami

There are two hawaii-related words

6:05 pm

mich_pdx

oh, I keep seeing "angelic" but it's a phantom!

6:05 pm

hokie carla

only one I know of but maybe I found the other 10 hours ago and forgot it. broke down and went to list at 7 left.

6:06 pm

hokie carla

angelic has been a big phantom for me

6:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

stinky little grid

6:07 pm

hokie carla

yeah, not my fave

6:07 pm

mich_pdx

It is TO

6:07 pm

mich_pdx

and hok

6:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

hawaii related words, 2 inclduing the flower garland?

6:11 pm

hokie carla

oh yeah, that's the other one

6:12 pm

hokie carla

one is like a party or feast

6:13 pm

mich_pdx

10 left, bbl to finish. Good luck, babblers!

6:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am sick of this grid. will break and return with fresh eyes

6:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

just cannot see the el7

6:36 pm

MollyL

Ends in a charged particle

7:31 pm

dan2bit

evening all! had to miss a few days babbling for work

7:39 pm

mich_pdx

Hey, Dan! Welcome back

7:55 pm

mich_pdx

several French words in here, too

8:09 pm

mich_pdx

firewords!

8:18 pm

leisl

I win! My name is here.

8:19 pm

leisl

neis

9:28 pm

harpjane

stats for the lone i please?

9:38 pm

lyv4ever

is 5 10

9:51 pm

harpjane

thanks

9:53 pm

lyv4ever

yw

10:27 pm

harpjane

35 left

10:29 pm

mich_pdx

I'm back and can clue, if anyone wants it

10:51 pm

harpjane

30 to go and slowing down

11:10 pm

harpjane

en 6/18?

11:17 pm

harpjane

anybody home out there?

11:21 pm

harpjane

9

11:23 pm

harpjane

8

11:24 pm

harpjane

6

11:28 pm

harpjane

finished

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