Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, December 14, 2021

12:00 am

godthaab

flip

12:00 am

mich_pdx

Ooh, a small one. I might actually finish this one, lol

12:01 am

Jacula

I've tried to add my first word twice now. Oh, it's finally let me do so.

12:02 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:03 am

mich_pdx

Hello, Nan!

12:03 am

Jacula

Hi cybernan!

12:04 am

godthaab

ou7

12:04 am

godthaab

ou8

12:05 am

Jacula

av6.30.

12:06 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:07 am

mich_pdx

gotthaab, I have ou 6/21 - are the 7 and 8 related?

12:07 am

Rainiqui

no

12:07 am

mich_pdx

thanks, rain

12:07 am

godthaab

I don't have the 6

12:08 am

Rainiqui

you're welcome

12:08 am

godthaab

Oh, now I do.... No

12:12 am

Gillie

ou7 and 8 that are related

12:13 am

mich_pdx

get out the flashing lights, I got them!

12:14 am

Gillie

:)

12:14 am

cybernan

this one may be smaller, but certainly not easier

12:15 am

mich_pdx

agreed, Nan

12:15 am

mich_pdx

so many vowels in the left corner

12:15 am

mich_pdx

and the right side

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

mich_pdx

excellent, thank you Lickety

12:28 am

cybernan

3 blank tiles are defeating me

12:28 am

ursh

uv 4&5 complete monkey find

12:34 am

justafreep

ou7 x 2 and howdy all on a late flip

12:35 am

justafreep

(left solo O is home of one)

12:36 am

Gillie

ty - don't know how I didn't see that

12:38 am

cybernan

home of one what?

12:38 am

justafreep

one ou7

12:39 am

cybernan

oh - the ou 7 I don't have

12:46 am

ursh

for the lone O i have one lion making a bigger noise than the other

12:47 am

mich_pdx

lovely! that's a perfect clue, Ursh

12:47 am

cybernan

ty ursh -- don't see how that is the home of an ou 7

12:49 am

cybernan

just need a u and the left i for nbt, nbs

12:50 am

justafreep

all the Us are uv words (4, 5, 5) fwiw.

12:51 am

cybernan

yes - found 2 of them

12:51 am

cybernan

and 3

12:51 am

justafreep

they're all related, so you can find the last one

12:53 am

cybernan

anyone have stats for the middle col. i please?

12:53 am

justafreep

not i

12:53 am

mich_pdx

nor I

12:56 am

SueMagee

I think it’s in 5/16

12:56 am

mich_pdx

I went to the list - it's an in 5/16

12:58 am

mich_pdx

just monkeyed it!

12:58 am

mich_pdx

like a Scandi mens name

12:59 am

cybernan

ty mich

1:00 am

cybernan

off to bed now :) Goodnight

1:00 am

mich_pdx

Night, Nan - happy to help you get to bed before it's too late :)

1:01 am

justafreep

night, nan. I think I'll head off too

1:03 am

mich_pdx

Goodnight, Freep. I'm turning in soon, too. Night all!

5:41 am

Scrabbler

Not an easy grid so far.

5:57 am

ItalianGreyhound

mornin, Scrabbler

5:58 am

Scrabbler

Hi IG. I was packing my work bag with food and water for the day. How are you?

5:59 am

ItalianGreyhound

I'm good - you pack water? Must be something special

6:04 am

Scrabbler

Filtered. We have a community well and the water tastes a bit yucky.

6:07 am

ItalianGreyhound

makes sense - have a great day!

6:08 am

Scrabbler

Off to work now. Bye.

7:45 am

bichon

['

7:47 am

bichon

sorry

7:57 am

welki

good morning, folks

7:58 am

BzznBea

Good morning, welki.

7:58 am

welki

how's your mom doing, bea?

7:58 am

BzznBea

She is doing very well. Thanks for asking.

8:01 am

welki

are you having (another) houseful for the holiday?

8:03 am

BzznBea

No. The kids will come for our traditional Christmas Eve celebration then go back to Raleigh as they will have Christmas with their dad.

8:03 am

BzznBea

We may get them for a couple of overnights while they are out of school.

8:04 am

welki

nice to have the young ones around :)

8:05 am

wvteach

Good morning all

8:05 am

welki

hi, teach

8:05 am

wvteach

Hiu Welki and all

8:05 am

BzznBea

Hello, teach

8:12 am

MollyL

Glad to see that your Mom is doing well, Bea

8:15 am

BzznBea

Thanks, Molly. We are in the processs of trying to make the biologic her doctor has prescribed affordable. That will lessen her exacerrbations.

8:18 am

MollyL

Sounds like a good plan. I hope she has no trouble with it.

8:34 am

hempshow

good morning everyone, happy day

8:38 am

Uneaixoise

Morning, all!

8:39 am

BzznBea

This one has a bit of a bite.

8:45 am

Uneaixoise

Clue for ve6 please? My last word.....

8:47 am

mael

it's a sin, une

8:47 am

BzznBea

excusablein

8:48 am

MollyL

Really, it isn't a sin, see the definition

8:49 am

BzznBea

I think our resident ghost is being mischieveous today.

8:49 am

mael

as a recovered catholic, it is a sin, just not one that will damn you to hell :)

8:53 am

Soodle

I love the phrase 'recovered catholic' . :-) And you are correct, Mael. Two types of sin, the ve and the mortal (or mortlers as they are known around here).

8:55 am

MollyL

As a retired Catholic, the word ve6 is an adjective that means excusable (as Bea said) or forgivable, that goes before the word sin. Just as mortal is an adjective that goes before sin.

8:55 am

Uneaixoise

Tx! Fw!!

8:59 am

Soodle

Molly, I bow to your expertise on all things sin related. :-P

9:05 am

mael

those are the sins you have to worry about making up as a kid so you can say something at confession lol

9:13 am

NANCY

not a catholic recovered or otherwise so dont get the clue for ve 6. another one please

9:21 am

doseffing

ve + anagram of things you drive into pieces of wood with a hammer

9:36 am

NANCY

TY DOS got it

10:23 am

periwinkle

hello all. help with right corner A pls

10:23 am

dan2bit

ar6/18

10:24 am

periwinkle

ty dan will look

10:25 am

periwinkle

got it ty

10:27 am

periwinkle

lone i - in5/16 I do not see it

10:30 am

periwinkle

got it

10:43 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:51 am

hempshow

good morning

10:54 am

cybernan

good morning hemp

11:06 am

hokie carla

howdy y'all. no HOET as I haven't found a J yet. down to 23 left.

11:06 am

hokie carla

almost have jealous though

11:07 am

penquis

hello all...

11:07 am

cybernan

gm hoke - want some j stats?

11:07 am

hokie carla

sure, thx

11:07 am

cybernan

je 4 - babblet

11:07 am

hokie carla

I also want to make juvie, which is neither here nor in enable

11:07 am

hokie carla

of course, thx

11:08 am

hurshy

and ji4

11:08 am

hokie carla

ah, thanks

11:10 am

hokie carla

8-8-4. surely I can find some of those 4s.

11:11 am

hurshy

i need the left i word

11:12 am

hokie carla

in5/16

11:12 am

hokie carla

not one I've seen but I saw in the chat when I came in

11:12 am

hurshy

ty

11:12 am

bichon

la 6/27, pls

11:13 am

hokie carla

ah, it's twisty. think of a la6 of like a web page or something

11:13 am

hokie carla

compound word

11:14 am

hokie carla

or if you're into quilting you'll make a la6 of your blocks to see what goes where

11:14 am

bichon

ty carla

11:14 am

hokie carla

np

11:14 am

cybernan

ty carla - didn't have that one

11:15 am

hokie carla

thank bichon, I didn't have either

11:19 am

hurshy

sleeeeeeeeepy

11:23 am

MollyL

Sneeeeezy

11:23 am

bichon

doc

11:23 am

Shirlockc

dopey

11:25 am

penquis

bashful... ;oP

11:27 am

MollyL

Happy and Grumpy. The Seven Height Challenged and their friend Snow No Color

11:28 am

cybernan

tu 6 please?

11:29 am

cybernan

nm - monkeyed it

11:30 am

Shirlockc

share pls cyber?

11:30 am

penquis

was that the pl without a singular?

11:30 am

cybernan

tu 6/30 rhymes with what men like women to have

11:30 am

bichon

any of the ou words, pls

11:30 am

penquis

or what is not a fastball or a slider...

11:31 am

penquis

bichon....went faster, yelled louder....two OU words...

11:31 am

penquis

second one is present tense...

11:31 am

Shirlockc

lol, i was trying to think what do men like women to have <-- such a philosophical conundrum

11:32 am

MollyL

tu6/30 rhymes with what is on a winding road

11:33 am

penquis

three totally different clues.... ;o)

11:33 am

MollyL

Nothing philosophical about it, but there is no tu word that rhymes with big tits

11:35 am

Sophie512

Oh, my goodness. Once again, I logged on just in time. :)

11:36 am

Sophie512

Molly, are we sure it's not a big booty?

11:36 am

hokie carla

tuersonality

11:37 am

Sophie512

bhahahaha Carla!!!

11:38 am

cybernan

lol - wondered what kind of reactions I would get to that one :D

11:40 am

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone -- have to make a costco run today - not looking forward to it.

11:40 am

penquis

congrats...

11:40 am

Sophie512

WalMart wasn't bad at all.

11:41 am

hokie carla

I need to go to Costco.

11:42 am

Sophie512

HA!!!!! Just got it, Nan!!!

11:42 am

hokie carla

just looked up the tu6 def. that's funny.

11:42 am

hokie carla

like beeves

11:43 am

Sophie512

I had to look it up, too. Couldn't get a TU word to rhyme with MONEY!

11:43 am

hokie carla

haha

11:43 am

hokie carla

I had to use molly's winding road clue

11:44 am

bichon

Queen Bee for Mr. B

11:44 am

hokie carla

nice! I think I'm about one word away from genius but stuck

11:44 am

penquis

congrats to Mr. B....haven't looked today...

11:45 am

hokie carla

I need 6 more for queen bee. definitely a long shot.

11:45 am

hokie carla

ooh, just got genius

11:46 am

mrloser

oes

11:46 am

mrloser

noes

11:46 am

hokie carla

where's aloy? she gets a tiara today.

11:50 am

hokie carla

finally made it to 3 or less on remaining tiles

11:52 am

penquis

nice...i have 30 left to find...

11:53 am

hokie carla

there we go...just monkeyed a weird set and looked at def - archaic scot

11:53 am

penquis

almost half are fours...guess I should work on those...

11:53 am

hokie carla

9 left here - 3-5-1

11:53 am

hokie carla

there are some hard 4's. I have been looking since I had 8 left and still have 3.

11:55 am

penquis

11 missing here...

11:58 am

hokie carla

I have F R TTT V L SS

11:59 am

hokie carla

hmm, caca not accepted by Sam at the Bee

12:00 pm

penquis

i am not surprised...

12:01 pm

penquis

well i have the Fs but I am missing some of your other missing words...

12:04 pm

Sophie512

5 left..... all across the bottom row....I tend to go ABC, not word length, so ready to tackle the I words I've been avoiding

12:05 pm

hokie carla

well the F's I have are a set. can I have the stat for the other?

12:06 pm

Sophie512

fe 5

12:08 pm

hempshow

was anyone else's arm really sore the day after the first shot? i'm starting to get anxious, or maybe my heart is just racing as a side effect

12:08 pm

Sophie512

no, but booster was

12:08 pm

penquis

my arm was sore for a few days after my booster....

12:09 pm

bichon

Mildly sore. Some folks have gotten high fevers

12:10 pm

penquis

my arm was red around the shot area for several days after the booster, too....

12:10 pm

penquis

soreness is a common reaction to the vaccine...

12:11 pm

Justin

the harder it hits you the more you know it's working

12:11 pm

bichon

True that

12:12 pm

penquis

good point....i have a friend who was running a fever and had soreness for a few days after her first shot....symptoms went away for the most part after a few days...

12:12 pm

Sophie512

that's what I kept telling myself....I never hardly run a fever.....for any reason, but did with booster

12:12 pm

hokie carla

3rd one for me was killer

12:12 pm

hokie carla

but arm was incredibly sore after all 3

12:12 pm

Sophie512

Carla, did you get the F word ?

12:13 pm

hokie carla

haven't looked yet. making a panini too. will look now.

12:13 pm

hokie carla

duh, thanks

12:14 pm

Wendrie

hello all!

12:14 pm

hokie carla

hey wendrie, long time no see

12:14 pm

Wendrie

I've been picking these off during calls all day - but am stuck on my last word. 1/5

12:15 pm

Wendrie

Carla - I've been in and out while working... looking forward to some down time when I can work through

12:15 pm

Wendrie

the word starts from the I in the middle of the bottom row

12:15 pm

Sophie512

hi, welcome Wendrie, today's discussion include sore arms after vacs and what men want from women,,,,,, apparently, not money

12:15 pm

hokie carla

is that i5? it's a weird one

12:15 pm

Justin

is Dr. Gosh still in charge around here?

12:16 pm

Sophie512

dunno, I'm stuck on both I words

12:16 pm

Wendrie

Hi Sophie, I had sore arms after both main vacs and the booster.

12:16 pm

Wendrie

Carla - yep i/5

12:16 pm

hurshy

right i is in4/4

12:17 pm

hokie carla

do you want a clue?

12:17 pm

Sophie512

got that one just now

12:17 pm

Wendrie

yes please, kept hoping it would 'appear'

12:17 pm

hokie carla

justin, yes but pretty hands off

12:17 pm

hokie carla

in + math term where a number can be different things

12:17 pm

penquis

it's Dr. God...

12:18 pm

hokie carla

or I guess a factor changing depending on other influences

12:18 pm

hokie carla

and just the first syllable of that word obvi

12:18 pm

hurshy

i think Justin knows that, pen, and has perhaps a religious sensitivity such that he wishes to avoid blasphemy :)

12:19 pm

penquis

perhaps....but i have no way of knowing that...

12:20 pm

hurshy

i think it's a reasonable inference

12:21 pm

Wendrie

weird word - wouldn't have got that without the hint. Thank you!

12:21 pm

Wendrie

Now, dinner and my next meeting...

12:21 pm

hokie carla

glad you got it, huzzah

12:22 pm

hokie carla

wow, just now realized one of my missing 4s is the singular of that tu6

12:23 pm

hurshy

hahaha what a funny plural

12:24 pm

hokie carla

like I said earlier, reminiscent of the even funnier plural - beeves

12:27 pm

hurshy

i thought beef was its own plural, like deer

12:28 pm

hokie carla

nope, we've had it here before and discussed it and not long after I saw it used in an old western

12:28 pm

hokie carla

but also deers is accepted

12:29 pm

hokie carla

I always say deers to make my mom mad.

12:30 pm

penquis

taking a break...bbl to find my last 17....bye all....

12:30 pm

Sophie512

Carla, thanks for the math clue, but my eyes are crossing on that I word, and I need to take a short break....I WILL not quit, it's my last word....thanks for the help, but my brain cells need to rest

12:31 pm

hokie carla

hmm, would it help to know it's a brand of iron alloy?

12:31 pm

hokie carla

bye pen and sophie. I am going to get to work here too. BBL for last 7.

12:36 pm

MollyL

Beef the meat may be its own plural, but beef the complaint may not. If you and three other people in your apartment building had complaints, you would take your beefs to the landlord.

12:36 pm

Sophie512

Carla, just kept playing around on the keyboard, and finally got it. Sorry. Iron clue didn't help either. But thanks so much for trying. I just had a mental block on that one!!!

12:45 pm

MollyL

Oh great, now Dr. God is getting canceled by cancel culture.

12:51 pm

Gillie

Sorry?

1:06 pm

hempshow

who is Dr. God?

1:06 pm

hempshow

maybe i don't get the reference

1:16 pm

swmbo

Dr God is the Master of the Babble

1:17 pm

Gillie

He created this site, I believe

1:18 pm

swmbo

I am in desperate need of help with the in6. I have been all around and upside down. I know it is a perfectly obvious word but I CANNOT find it. HELP!

1:18 pm

swmbo

SORRY that should be ar6 Sheesh!

1:20 pm

Gillie

Sounds like a word that sometimes follows "knight", but starts with a different vowel.

1:20 pm

swmbo

And yes, of course , it was perfectly obvious *sigh*

3:31 pm

Bugsaw

inshiningarmour isn't there, Gillie. nuts

3:36 pm

origami

Ha, bugsy!

3:36 pm

Bugsaw

hello friend. Just arrived

3:37 pm

origami

Hi. I've been away purging clothing.

3:37 pm

Bugsaw

good for you. Purging can be liberating

3:38 pm

origami

I need to make room for some new clothing. I feel like I'm walking around in tattered rags :D

3:40 pm

Bugsaw

lucky you. I love Covid pyjama days

3:41 pm

origami

I had one of those yesterday :D

3:43 pm

hokie carla

hey peeps.

3:44 pm

Bugsaw

hello carla

3:44 pm

hokie carla

I like that ra4 and ra4 are here together

3:45 pm

Bugsaw

thanks, I needed one of those

3:46 pm

hokie carla

sure 😁

3:49 pm

hokie carla

hallelujah, found a word

3:49 pm

MollyL

*Looks for the marshmallow Easter candy

3:49 pm

hokie carla

hello peeps and molly

3:52 pm

hokie carla

3 left!

3:52 pm

hokie carla

now 2 - L5 and R5

4:01 pm

hokie carla

down to one here and one at the bee. but stuck on both.

4:11 pm

origami

I have two left to QB.

4:12 pm

origami

Correction ... one left.

4:14 pm

hokie carla

pretty sure mine is a 5 there too

4:17 pm

origami

I just found it. I was missing a 5 also.

4:19 pm

hokie carla

nice!

4:25 pm

hokie carla

ooh, I just found mine! queen bee! weird word to be included there but whatevs.

4:26 pm

hokie carla

now just L5 to go here

5:31 pm

origami

Nice, loki

5:31 pm

origami

*Hokie, rather. Loki is my dog :D

6:20 pm

hokie carla

well, looked at the list for my L5 and still can't get it. guess I will look it up.

6:25 pm

penquis

back to finish....hello all....

6:28 pm

origami

Hi pen

6:28 pm

penquis

hi, ori...

6:34 pm

hokie carla

pen!

6:34 pm

penquis

carla!

6:40 pm

penquis

crawling along at 14 left...

6:41 pm

origami

I'm finished. Have a nice evening.

6:43 pm

penquis

congrats and goodnight...

6:51 pm

ItalianGreyhound

finished. any clues wanted?

6:52 pm

penquis

no, thanks....haven't listed yet....

6:52 pm

penquis

congrats...

6:54 pm

ItalianGreyhound

thx

6:55 pm

periwinkle

la6 pls

6:55 pm

penquis

like the organization of a newspaper page....

6:59 pm

ItalianGreyhound

layout. oops

7:00 pm

periwinkle

thank IG

7:01 pm

periwinkle

and pen

7:02 pm

penquis

yw...

7:12 pm

penquis

well I am done....used Best Word List for the last 11 words....

7:13 pm

hokie carla

woot! I am painting a bookcase or I could have helped.

7:13 pm

penquis

oh IG offered to help but I figured I would just find as many as I could...

7:13 pm

penquis

irritating that i missed a couple fours I should have found and a few pls....

7:15 pm

hokie carla

I actually made it to 1 but then had to look it up

7:15 pm

hokie carla

I can never actually finish 😭

7:16 pm

penquis

i bet i know the word you looked up....i monkeyed it when you posted the la 5....

7:17 pm

hokie carla

yeah, and I could have sworn I tried that

7:17 pm

hokie carla

if it ain't scottish, it's extra brit letters

7:19 pm

hokie carla

btw, I listened to an interesting podcast today about english. it is episode 460 from the podcast 99% Invisible. "Corpse, Corps, Horse, and Worse"

7:19 pm

penquis

yup...

7:20 pm

penquis

interesting...never heard of the podcast, but I don't listen much to podcasts....mainly have listed to Criminal and local theater "radio" productions...

7:21 pm

hokie carla

one thing the linguist they talked to said was that webster took out all the useless silent letters but the brits were like, no, that's the American way, we've got to be different.

7:21 pm

hokie carla

I will post again tomorrow for the morning word nerds

7:22 pm

penquis

interesting....i have a Russian friend who tutors students in English and she often sends me questions about something her students were assigned...

7:24 pm

hokie carla

it is interesting how it evolves. she was talking about vowel sounds changing. for instance how the word roof is pronounced two different ways, even by the same person. I know I say it both ways.

7:25 pm

penquis

yes, i had a roommate in grad school that was a speech therapy major....association with her made me much more observant of pronunciation differences....and regional dialects...

7:26 pm

penquis

should have said "who" was... ;o)

7:29 pm

hokie carla

yeah, one of my friends is a speech pathologist who works with people in the hospital. it's funny, she is from arkansas and says a lot of things like I do from appalachia. but one time she said warsh, which mr. hokie who grew up in memphis also says, and she got all angry when we pointed it out.

7:29 pm

penquis

warsh is often heard in Ohio and states near there...

7:30 pm

dcseain

Warsh is historically the norm in central and southern Maryland.

7:30 pm

dcseain

warshinton, DC i heard a lot as a child

7:31 pm

hokie carla

one time our youngest kid was like 3 or 4 and mr. hokie said warsh and he started dying laughing

7:31 pm

penquis

i think you could draw a circle around that area of the country and find people saying it...

7:32 pm

mab

clue for ve 6/27 please please please?

7:32 pm

penquis

a minor sin...

7:32 pm

mab

oh i see it. thank you so much. babble blind.

7:33 pm

penquis

yw...

7:34 pm

penquis

carla....did you do the bee today?

7:38 pm

hokie carla

queen bee!

7:39 pm

penquis

excellent!...i am three words shy, I think...

7:39 pm

hokie carla

last one was an archaic one that I have no idea why he included it. I just was trying everything. not a word I know

7:39 pm

allyall

okay I'll ask. What is "queen bee" reference? :)

7:39 pm

hokie carla

there are 22 total and 81 pts

7:40 pm

hokie carla

allyall, the spelling bee is a game on NYT and queen bee is finding all the words.

7:40 pm

penquis

i have 19 words...

7:40 pm

allyall

ah, thank you. :)

7:40 pm

hokie carla

we just chat about it here since there isn't really another place

7:41 pm

allyall

:) I just couldn't figure it out from the chat. :)

7:42 pm

penquis

sorry about that....but as carla said, the Bee doesn't have a chat feature...

7:44 pm

allyall

no apology needed. :) was thinking it was some sort of secret status in the game LOL

7:44 pm

penquis

LOL...

7:44 pm

hokie carla

it is a secret level of that game. genius is the highest "publicized" level

7:45 pm

hokie carla

maybe pen and I should just email about it 😁

7:45 pm

penquis

:oD

7:46 pm

penquis

we are not the only ones who mention it...i first heard about Queen Bee from Bichon who mentioned that Mr. B had reached it a few times...

7:47 pm

hokie carla

yeah, she said earlier today that he'd gotten queen bee today

7:47 pm

penquis

yes....he is good....he was once on a game show with trivia as a focus...

7:50 pm

hokie carla

oh really?

7:50 pm

penquis

yes...can't remember what it was called...

7:51 pm

penquis

are there any E or K words in the bee today?

7:54 pm

hokie carla

no

7:56 pm

MollyL

There it is, Bee talk

7:56 pm

penquis

well i am missing two words...

7:57 pm

penquis

there's Bee talk and there's Bea talk... ;o)

7:57 pm

penquis

down to one.. ;o)

7:59 pm

hokie carla

woot! do you need 5 pts?

8:00 pm

penquis

yes, lol....

8:03 pm

hokie carla

it's that darn archaic word that was my last

8:03 pm

hokie carla

LMK if you want the starting letter

8:03 pm

penquis

found it....it was the lily....

8:05 pm

hokie carla

ah, mine was the A5

8:07 pm

penquis

well i am glad it's done... ;o)

8:07 pm

penquis

heading out....the crossword awaits.. ;o)

8:07 pm

penquis

goodnight all...

8:09 pm

hokie carla

the crossword might take you 5 min. good night!

8:09 pm

penquis

*waving*....

8:09 pm

hokie carla

hasta mañana

11:24 pm

allyall

2 left!

11:28 pm

allyall

fireworks tonight! :D

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