Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, January 23, 2022

12:00 am

ursh

oh well

12:01 am

dizgrannie

thought was there..lol

12:02 am

Rainiqui

gr 7, pr 7, nbt, nbs

12:03 am

uusue2

Sn 7

12:03 am

grannyrose

re 7

12:03 am

uusue2

Deer

12:03 am

uusue2

Deep

12:04 am

uusue2

Oops! Sorry!

12:04 am

justafreep

sn7 x 2

12:04 am

justafreep

also, clearly de4 x 2 :-)

12:06 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:09 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:15 am

Gillie

ph6/39

12:16 am

cybernan

ty - wouldn't have thought to try that

12:16 am

Gillie

I'm not sure why I did :)

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

cybernan

desperation?

12:17 am

cybernan

ty lickety

12:17 am

mich_pdx

thanks, Lickety! So glad your back in the computing world :)

12:18 am

Gillie

ty lickety

12:18 am

cybernan

crashing - 20 for the morning

12:18 am

cybernan

goodnight everyone:)

12:18 am

justafreep

night, nan

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

mich_pdx

Night, Nan

12:18 am

mich_pdx

I'm finishing 35 tomorrow, too

12:24 am

justafreep

fw here

12:24 am

ursh

good going freep - i have 11 left

12:36 am

harpjane

found some simians

4:36 am

aslindy

hello all

4:54 am

aslindy

Here's hoping for a bigger grid tomorrow

4:56 am

Deeha

isnt it odd. During the week when lots of people are at work we can get enormous grids. At the weekend when most people have more time we get silly little ones

5:29 am

MollyL

This game favors the fortunate retired, who no longer have "work days".

5:36 am

Christa

was just thinking the same thing @deeha

5:53 am

ItalianGreyhound

Hmmm.. now what

6:16 am

saanichcat

good morning all. was looking forward to a nice long one but this was fun to do. hope everyone is keeping well.

7:27 am

welki

'morning, babblers

7:35 am

MollyL

*Refrains from comment on "nice long one"

7:44 am

mael

why refrain?

7:44 am

mael

:)

7:44 am

mael

it's a little thing today, might as well get whatever enjoyment out of it that we can

7:46 am

72 Temple Owl

hello

7:47 am

mael

hi TO@

7:47 am

mael

I started ten minutes ago and I only have 4 left, quickie today

7:52 am

mael

FW! possibly the first time I've done it sans list or hints!

7:52 am

72 Temple Owl

wtg mael

7:53 am

mael

have a good day everyone, enjoy your sunday!

7:53 am

72 Temple Owl

you as well

8:14 am

Scrabbler

Still here, Owl?

8:43 am

hurshy

arrrgh

8:47 am

Scrabbler

Hi Hurshy. A small grid.

8:49 am

hurshy

3 under 100 in a row is cruel and unusual

8:50 am

Scrabbler

Agreed.

8:50 am

dan2bit

especially over a weekend

8:50 am

dan2bit

morning all! Go Bills

8:51 am

Scrabbler

Go Bills. This city is so fired up and KC is filled with Buffalonians.

8:52 am

dan2bit

I bet

8:53 am

Scrabbler

This city is so desperate for a championship.

8:54 am

hurshy

my packers lost, but, i already felt unhappy about this season due to aaron lying about his vax status, so i don't think i would have enjoyed a super bowl victory properly if we had gone all the way

8:55 am

dan2bit

just think of it as his team immunizing him against victory :-)

8:55 am

Scrabbler

Aaron never had a shot. *groan*

8:56 am

dan2bit

I don't really root in football, except against concussions

8:56 am

hurshy

as there are thousands of us team owners, i feel that he lied to his employers (us)

8:56 am

Scrabbler

True. It is a violent game.

8:57 am

penquis

small grids should not be allowed on weekends....hello all....

8:57 am

hurshy

i once asked doc to adjust the settings of the computer generating the grids, to toss anything under 100, but he said the grids are already set for like 5 years into the future

8:58 am

penquis

wow....

8:58 am

Scrabbler

I agree, penquis.

8:58 am

hurshy

while this answer did not really satisfy me, i didn't push it

8:58 am

penquis

i thought he just had a program to generate random grids....

8:58 am

hurshy

he does, they just generate them way ahead of time

8:59 am

penquis

yes, but i don't see why they would be doing that for a fixed period of time...

8:59 am

hurshy

hence the answer not really satisfying me

9:00 am

dan2bit

got down to 8 left, back after laundry

9:00 am

penquis

bye, dan...

9:02 am

Sandraf

Fireworks!!

9:03 am

Sandraf

Any clues needed before I go?.

9:03 am

penquis

no, thanks....but congrats....

9:04 am

Scrabbler

4 left and I will pick them out, sandraf, TY.

9:05 am

Scrabbler

derr

9:05 am

Scrabbler

Don't bother with that one.

9:07 am

Scrabbler

Done. Enjoy the day. Go Bills!

9:08 am

hurshy

3 left here, 2 P and 1 S

9:09 am

hurshy

got one P

9:09 am

hurshy

both remaining words are now 6s

9:10 am

hurshy

got the S!

9:12 am

hurshy

phantom: peddle

9:15 am

Scrabbler

And needle.

9:18 am

hurshy

i wonder if i am the only person on earth who still utilises the word ph4/11

9:19 am

hokie carla

well, maybe. I've never heard it.

9:19 am

hokie carla

just checked the def, sounds like something snoop dogg might have said.

9:20 am

hurshy

it was a Dickens word, actually :)

9:20 am

penquis

i've never heard of it either....

9:20 am

hurshy

it went back older than him but he liked to use it

9:22 am

hurshy

words, words, ah how i love words!

9:22 am

hokie carla

hurshy, don't try to hide your word ne4ness

9:23 am

penquis

it is also the real name of the person who illustrated a lot of Dicken's novels....weird....

9:23 am

hurshy

well i'm kind of stumped on my last p6. it is lower P, so it's not pr. i have 2 pe6, both past tenses.

9:23 am

hokie carla

I am on 2nd row

9:24 am

penquis

did you plural your face word?

9:24 am

hurshy

pen, by real name, you mean "nickname"

9:24 am

hurshy

and dickens' own nickname was boz

9:24 am

penquis

dictionary says real name...

9:24 am

hokie carla

that's a weird plural, thx

9:24 am

hurshy

pen, thank you. i thought i had tried that and that it hadn't worked, but apparently i must have mistyped.

9:24 am

hurshy

dictionary is lying

9:25 am

penquis

sorry, misread that....i think that was his nickname....

9:25 am

hurshy

Hablot Knight Browne, pen name Ph4

9:25 am

penquis

Hablot Knight Browne.....guess i would have wanted a nickname, too, if that was my name....

9:25 am

hurshy

lol

9:28 am

hokie carla

wow, I finished the 7 without trying

9:31 am

hokie carla

ok, 13 left after first pass. guess I will try a little while but I'm sure these are weird words I've never heard of. 6 4's though, so I guess I'll look for them.

9:34 am

hokie carla

derp is used a lot to describe golden retrievers. guess it wasn't a word back in enable days.

9:37 am

penquis

never heard of that....

9:38 am

hokie carla

yeah, like when you see a pic of them just looking goofy, they are a derp or are derpy

9:39 am

swmbo

nd

9:39 am

penquis

interesting...

9:40 am

hokie carla

down to 6 now - 4-1-1

9:41 am

penquis

14 here....2 - 8 - 2 - 3

9:41 am

penquis

make that missing 2 sevens, not 3....

9:41 am

hokie carla

they are all other tenses

9:42 am

hokie carla

or word forms

9:42 am

hokie carla

which is how I stumbled across them all

9:43 am

penquis

thought i did that...guess i will recheck....

9:44 am

hokie carla

well, I found 1 4 but still 3/5 of my words are 4's

9:45 am

hokie carla

oh, 3 left!

9:45 am

hokie carla

2-1

9:46 am

penquis

i bet one is re 4/6.....

9:46 am

hokie carla

yep. LOL. I usually miss that one.

9:47 am

penquis

i am still missing two fours...

9:47 am

penquis

guess I will look for those...

9:47 am

hokie carla

now I have 1 4 and 1 5 - D and P

9:48 am

hokie carla

there's just so many E's it feels like I tried everything 2x already

9:48 am

penquis

4-6-2-2 now...

9:48 am

hokie carla

now just P5 left

9:49 am

hokie carla

tada!

9:49 am

penquis

congrats....ten left here....

9:50 am

hokie carla

you can do it!

9:52 am

penquis

7 now....hate countdowns, lol....

9:53 am

hokie carla

oh, just do the countdown 😁 I am in suspense

9:54 am

penquis

i am moseying....watching tv while playing....

9:56 am

hokie carla

I'm working on the bee now. only got to great yesterday and missed some easy ones but some of those were ridiculous. not sure I'll ever understand his reasoning on his words allowed.

9:57 am

penquis

got to amazing yesterday....haven't looked today....

9:58 am

bichon

words like bibinbop, the Korean dish

9:58 am

penquis

agreed....weird word choices and rejections....

9:58 am

penquis

doesn't even accept ALEE.....

9:59 am

penquis

yet accepts HIYA....

9:59 am

hokie carla

I know, I complained about that last time

9:59 am

bichon

But, yet, we still play every day

9:59 am

penquis

the world is caving into slang....

9:59 am

penquis

more and more in the crossword as well...

9:59 am

rururocks

is the spelling bee the circle thing in the NY Times?

9:59 am

hokie carla

what is callaloo? from yesterday

10:00 am

bichon

yes, ru

10:00 am

hokie carla

yes, ruru. it is edited by a young man who picks and chooses the words allowed based on these arbitrary rules

10:01 am

hokie carla

no professional jargon, no bad words, etc

10:01 am

penquis

and he doesn't always follow his own rules...

10:01 am

bichon

I keep telling Mr. B to write him an angry email

10:02 am

rururocks

Doren used to send me those.. i got bored with it

10:02 am

hokie carla

I'm sure he gets angry emails all the time

10:02 am

penquis

we should all point out his mistakes... ;o)

10:02 am

hokie carla

too easy for ruru 😜🤣

10:03 am

hokie carla

I did email about a missing word when I first started playing. I don't rem. what it was, but he took a lot of flak that day for it.

10:05 am

bichon

How do you email him?

10:05 am

penquis

i saw his email address somewhere there...

10:05 am

hokie carla

there's a link to report missing words. I doubt he reads that personally but I don't know.

10:06 am

bichon

If you find it pen, let me know

10:06 am

hokie carla

if you click more on the upper right and then how to play, scroll down to "think we missed a word" and there's an email address.

10:06 am

rururocks

he better not mess with the babble ladies

10:07 am

hokie carla

I get the impression he has much bigger problems than us

10:07 am

penquis

buzzwords@nytimes.com.....

10:08 am

penquis

we should all email him with problem words and call him "Buzz".... ;o)

10:09 am

rururocks

or have a few select players give him a piece of their mind :D

10:09 am

penquis

i don't have a piece i can spare...

10:09 am

rururocks

ones who know how to do it :D

10:13 am

bichon

I already got a response. I asked why coon wasn't recognized. Racial references

10:14 am

penquis

that was quick....

10:15 am

bichon

Probably a standard response

10:15 am

hokie carla

yes, I try that every time for raccoon but was sure that was why they didn't allow it

10:15 am

bichon

or a coon dog

10:16 am

penquis

i do try that, too...

10:18 am

penquis

i am down to 3....

10:19 am

bichon

fw

10:19 am

bichon

Yeah baby grids

10:19 am

penquis

congrats....E R P left....all fives....

10:21 am

hokie carla

my last word was P5 that is a weird plural of a P3 that looks like a plural

10:21 am

penquis

yes, i think i just found that one....

10:22 am

penquis

the R was a pt...down to one E5....

10:23 am

penquis

a pt....i am done...

10:25 am

hokie carla

woot!

10:27 am

penquis

ty, ty....

10:29 am

penquis

well i am off to the Bee....bye all....

10:31 am

hokie carla

well, I am just at Great and struggling, so I wish you better luck

10:33 am

penquis

thanks...i am at great as well and stalled....

10:36 am

dan2bit

hi Carla! turns out we have a mutual friend in the real world :-) I work at echo360 with Paul (Randy) H.

10:48 am

cybernan

good norning everyone :)

10:50 am

penquis

hi nan....not really here....working on the Bee....

10:52 am

cybernan

not familiar with that game,although I do see a bunch of you talking about it.

10:53 am

dan2bit

it's part of the new york times crossword app I think

10:53 am

penquis

it's also just online....but full participation comes only with a Times crossword subscription, i think....

11:00 am

hokie carla

dan, is that randar?

11:05 am

cybernan

down to 7 and stuck

11:06 am

hokie carla

keep going, nan! only a couple of weird ones.

11:07 am

cybernan

probably a few missed plurals and pts, but going to the list to find them

11:07 am

cybernan

5 left now

11:11 am

dan2bit

carla yes I think so. he says his wife is the bigger "word nerd"

11:11 am

cybernan

is pe 5/14 one of the weird ones? feel like I've tried everything...

11:12 am

dan2bit

a babblet. plural latin feet?

11:12 am

cybernan

ty dan

11:13 am

cybernan

forgot mr. foxx was considered a word

11:13 am

hokie carla

yes, he hates that people use obscure words in babble and thinks you should only play words you know 🤣

11:13 am

hokie carla

start that debate with him...

11:14 am

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone :)

11:14 am

hokie carla

and BTW, I only "internet know" him, though we've known each other for many years.

11:14 am

hokie carla

good job, nan!

11:15 am

cybernan

off to find a new icon for tomorrow --- a demain

11:16 am

hokie carla

oh, dan, I mean obscure words in boggle

11:58 am

medusa

dend

11:59 am

medusa

oops

12:46 pm

harpjane

hello 58 to go

2:41 pm

cherlyq

22 to go

4:08 pm

westford

I am done and I am checking my icon.

4:08 pm

westford

still not changing

4:35 pm

joym999

hi everyone

4:36 pm

granadan

Fireworks. Very rare for me.

4:37 pm

joym999

good work, granadan

4:46 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

5:12 pm

Playwoman

Hooray! Fireworks -only my third time.

5:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

congrats!

5:41 pm

harpjane

greetings, 25 to go

5:43 pm

harpjane

oooh found the goose!

5:49 pm

harpjane

7 to go

6:09 pm

dan2bit

go harpjane go

6:22 pm

cherlyq

4 d's left

6:32 pm

cherlyq

fireworks

6:42 pm

dan2bit

woo hoo cherlyq

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