Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, February 15, 2022

12:00 am

harpjane

you were very close!

12:01 am

ursh

well yay - for a change

12:01 am

cybernan

certainly better than 41

12:01 am

ursh

re 8

12:01 am

harpjane

found some little critters already

12:02 am

harpjane

and some birdies

12:04 am

harpjane

found the capital of East Timor....

12:07 am

justafreep

re7 x 2

12:11 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:13 am

justafreep

sw7

12:15 am

justafreep

bl7

12:16 am

Lizlin

sl7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

mich_pdx

thank you, Lickety

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

rastapopolous

an7

12:23 am

cybernan

crashing -- good night everyone :)

12:23 am

justafreep

night, nan

12:29 am

ursh

hmmm absail is not a word ?

12:35 am

justafreep

it's abseil, I think

12:35 am

justafreep

oops

12:35 am

Gillie

Spelt "abseil"

12:35 am

justafreep

umm. ab6/7

12:36 am

Gillie

(oops ditto!)

12:36 am

ursh

perfect clue freep :)

12:36 am

Gillie

ab7, too

12:36 am

justafreep

what's in the penalty box tonight? Anyone make some baked goods?

12:37 am

ursh

I am 71 today - so thanks for the gifts

12:37 am

Gillie

No, thank you!

12:37 am

dcseain

happy birthday, ursh

12:37 am

justafreep

h-ab-by birthday!

12:39 am

ursh

thank you - pity about the lack of cake in the pb

12:40 am

grannyrose

Happy Birthday Urshy. sorry about the cake. it looked so yummy....

12:40 am

justafreep

I will make some for you, ursh. What's your fave? (I will make it instantly cuz this is virtual!)

12:41 am

ursh

as chocolate as you can get will be great

12:42 am

grannyrose

oh oh freep, can i lick the bowl please?

12:42 am

justafreep

triple chocolate cake with chocolate ganache coming up

12:43 am

grannyrose

if not, can i please have a beater to lick? provided you turn the mixer off first though.

12:49 am

grannyrose

did i break the chog?

12:50 am

justafreep

You may have them both

1:00 am

grannyrose

thank-you freep.

1:45 am

medusa

happy birthday Ursh. hope you have a good one

1:45 am

AtlKru

happy birthday!!

2:08 am

dizgrannie

got a tw 6...to do with twilight,,,,silly word

6:21 am

mael

first word was the 8, that's a good start

6:50 am

hurshy

not my first word but got it at the end of doing that tile

6:55 am

hurshy

hmm, A is harder

6:55 am

hurshy

phantom: absinthe

7:07 am

aslindy

hello all

7:28 am

MollyL

Licorice flavored liquor, how revolting

7:32 am

Shirlockc

GM! today's wordle was hard! i still got it but my question to all players, do you think wordle is getting harder or is it just me?

7:34 am

mael

today there were actually two different words, depending on whether you'd refreshed the page and switched to the NYT version!

7:35 am

Shirlockc

i'm still playing on the original site

7:38 am

mael

ah, so you got the hard word :)

7:39 am

Shirlockc

is this some strategy to get me to the NYT one? sneaky NYT

7:40 am

mael

nah, the NYT just thought some words were going to be inaccessible (like british spellings and tricky ones like today's) so they've slightly edited their list

7:40 am

mael

I didn't even know one could stay on the old one, mine refreshed when they switched over

7:41 am

Shirlockc

i haven't refreshed lol, was too worried I'd lose my wordle streak of 37! woot!

7:41 am

mael

tinyurl.com/3f8ae5na

7:41 am

mael

I did lose my streak of 49, I was pretty grumpy

7:42 am

Shirlockc

see! i wanna see how far i can get before i miss a word

7:43 am

mael

I'll just add my longest streak to it in my head, haha

7:58 am

aslindy

never played wordle. for some reason, when anything becomes a new trend, I avoid it.

8:01 am

mael

it's really fun

8:02 am

Shirlockc

2nd mael's comment, it's only one word a day so it doesn't feel like too much of a time suck

8:03 am

Shirlockc

unlike certain grids i can think of lol

8:03 am

aslindy

if I worried aobut a time suck, would be here? lol

8:03 am

MollyL

Ah, aslindy, another Non-bandwagon jumper

8:06 am

dauber

I play three "dle" games every morning: Wordle, Dordle (really makes Wordle people look like amateurs!) and Nerdle. I do try Lewdle once in a while, but man, that's a hard one!

8:06 am

dauber

(I just don't plaster my social media walls with my scores. :) )

8:07 am

aslindy

a clue for the tw5,18 tw6,30 which I assume is plural?

8:07 am

dauber

I don't know if you and I are thinking the same tw5/18, but think Chubby Checker. And an anagram.

8:08 am

aslindy

no, I have that

8:08 am

aslindy

both of them

8:08 am

dauber

How about Vincent and Julius Benedict?

8:09 am

aslindy

yep, got that

8:09 am

dauber

d'oh!

8:09 am

MollyL

There was actually a news story about a woman who was saved from an intruder because her daughter called the police. Why did the daughter call the police? She had not gotten her mother's Wordle score of the day. Good grief.

8:10 am

dauber

Found another tw5/18 but its plural (if it does have a plural) isn't there.

8:10 am

godthaab

No rosy fingered dawn?

8:10 am

Shirlockc

i saw that article and skipped the word RECUSED in the headline so thought that the point was that the woman was being held hostage BECAUSE she didn't share her wordle score lol

8:11 am

MollyL

The tw6 is a stupid word. There is a really bad clue for it earlier in the chat.

8:11 am

aslindy

thank you, godthaab

8:11 am

dauber

Okay, aslindy -- I got all four of the tw5/18s and it doesn't appear that the tw6 is actually a plural version of any of 'em.

8:11 am

aslindy

got them now, thanks all

8:11 am

godthaab

Cheers!

8:12 am

aslindy

got to go for now, hope to come back for the last 63 later

8:13 am

MollyL

The chat starts creeping me out when people start quoting The Odyssey.

8:13 am

MollyL

tw6 is not a plural

8:17 am

mael

have you tried Quordle? guess 4 words at once with 9 tries

8:18 am

MollyL

Okay, that is taking the whole premise a little too far

8:18 am

mael

it's really fun

8:19 am

mael

and challenging, but I love logic puzzles

8:20 am

mael

the cool thing about epithets like rosy-fingered dawn is that they were a trick to remember the verses of the poem, given that it was always repeated orally

8:20 am

mael

I find it fascinating

8:20 am

dauber

ooh, I need to try Quordle! See if my never-fail start word works on that too! (It works well on Dordle.)

8:23 am

dauber

3 out of 4!

8:27 am

mael

my best was guessing all of the in 3-4-5-6 tries

8:31 am

godthaab

Jaynes talks about the transmission of oral texts as a prelude to self consciousness in the evolution of the brain.

8:37 am

MollyL

This is like a conversation around a bong in a college dorm

8:39 am

aebmusica

godthaab....I like your icon.....My nickname in college was

8:40 am

aebmusica

"Parralel

8:40 am

aebmusica

"Parallel fifths.

8:44 am

aebmusica

sorry....I am a good speller....but a bad typist.

8:44 am

mael

I took many classics classes in college so these were regular, non-stoned conversations :)

8:45 am

mael

the most stoned conversations were with my japanese history professor, who liked to pass one around after class

8:46 am

rururocks

that gives a new meaning to ohio deska

8:50 am

Aloyisius

our psych prof would pace back and forth as he lectured, flicking his cigarette.. one day a student asked why he didn't use an ash tray: he
stopped and replied;

8:50 am

Aloyisius

"the world is my ashtray".. i'll never forget it

8:51 am

rururocks

many smokers feel that way

8:52 am

Aloyisius

yeah, like when they flick their cigs out the car window

8:56 am

rururocks

my father did that all the time..

8:56 am

Aloyisius

seems it was (or is) a norm

8:57 am

Aloyisius

causes fires during the dry season

8:57 am

mael

it's really dangerous

8:59 am

Aloyisius

can't find those last ab6's

8:59 am

MollyL

Do they still put ashtrays in cars?

8:59 am

Aloyisius

don't think so Molly

9:00 am

Aloyisius

USB plugs now

9:01 am

MollyL

Well I don't think you can put a cigarette out in a USB plug

9:01 am

rururocks

they have them in Hyndai Fumes

9:01 am

Aloyisius

lol !

9:05 am

godthaab

aebmusica - thanks! I got killed lotsa times in uni! Now that I "really" write music, it's parallel city!

9:06 am

BzznBea

mael, did you find it?

9:15 am

aebmusica

What type of music do you compose godthaab?

9:17 am

hokie carla

we had a 2016 Audi with a cigarette lighter. it also had no backup camera.

9:17 am

hokie carla

oh, you were talking ashtrays, not lighters

9:18 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie!

9:18 am

marksdolly

hello to you all!

9:18 am

hokie carla

hey dolly!

9:22 am

BzznBea

NC round crackers are in the grid today. Not to be confused with four corner crackers.

9:22 am

Aloyisius

well, the al7 looks like a plural but is actually an adv. that means "perhaps", as if I've ever seen that word !

9:22 am

hokie carla

not sure I know either cracker

9:22 am

hokie carla

I can't even see an L next to an A

9:23 am

BzznBea

I think it is ai7

9:24 am

Aloyisius

sorry, it is

9:24 am

hokie carla

well, I am not seeing words today here or in the bee, so could be al

9:28 am

Aloyisius

time to do some chores.. want to play pickleball this afternoon. Happy Babbling, ciao for now

9:29 am

hokie carla

we are in Ocala, Aloy. it has been freezing here!

9:32 am

rururocks

this friggin

9:32 am

rururocks

game.. it doesn't take common french words and then accepts others.. like books

9:35 am

hokie carla

it's well established fact that the enable word list makers were smoking crack

9:36 am

rururocks

will it take Spanish Books NOOOOOOOOOO.. will it take Italian Books NOOOOOOOOOOO.. but french Books are ok

9:39 am

KnightTime

so it only takes francy words?

9:40 am

mael

it actually takes the plural of italian books!

9:40 am

mael

libri

9:40 am

mael

which is odd

9:41 am

hokie carla

oh, the french word for books? I didn't know which french books you were talking about.

9:41 am

mael

li5/6

9:42 am

hokie carla

I believe it's libro in spanish. I never know any french but will assume it's similar to the spanish and italian.

9:43 am

hokie carla

well, thank you google

9:44 am

mael

it's libro in italian too, the singular

9:44 am

hokie carla

per the def, it is a french coin and we know how enable loves every coin ever made.

9:45 am

mael

yeah, it probably means the coin or the weight (that's what LB comes from)

9:46 am

hokie carla

interesting. I have wondered in the past where lb for pound would ever come from, but I guess I hadn't thought of it since the advent of the internet.

9:47 am

mael

in italian pound is libbra, which is the same root word. latin roots help with babble!

9:49 am

hokie carla

nothing really helping me today. still 56 left. not even close to HOET.

9:50 am

hokie carla

speaking of Italy, I watch A Farewell to Arms last night. I somehow knew it was going to be depressing, yet I kept watching.

9:51 am

hokie carla

watched, cannot type

9:51 am

mael

which version?

9:52 am

hokie carla

ah, just found the 8 so I've got that going for me!

9:52 am

hokie carla

It was the Rock Hudson one

9:54 am

mael

yeah, the story goes from sad to sadder

9:54 am

mael

I haven't read the book in a while

9:56 am

hokie carla

well, I'm getting ready for a bike ride. 52 left for later. TTFN.

10:08 am

mael

have fun

10:08 am

mael

I'm heading to the grocery store

10:15 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:16 am

Uneaixoise

Hey Nan....

10:17 am

hydra

Just read that Prince Andrew has settled his case, with a large donation to charity. I still don't like the man though.

10:18 am

hydra

Sorry, should have said hello before launching into a tirade!

10:19 am

Uneaixoise

Re7/28 please?

10:19 am

hydra

Get back in your boat!

10:21 am

cybernan

I think he got the randy andy nickname for a reason hydra

10:22 am

cybernan

I feel sorry for his wife and kids -- imagine having a father like that!

10:23 am

MollyL

I used to work with someone who was friends with the kids of Robert Hanssen, the worst spy in US history. Having a father who is a famous criminal is hard on the kids.

10:25 am

Uneaixoise

Re7/28 please?

10:26 am

cybernan

get in you boat again

10:26 am

Sophie512

plural

10:27 am

Uneaixoise

Tx!!

10:28 am

hydra

cyber, I agree with you!

10:35 am

Sophie512

Good morning all! I struggle with English words, so I'll stay out of the previous chat, but I always enjoy the discussions. Got half all by myself. It doesn't take much to make me happy. :)

10:49 am

cybernan

just had to help hubby with his computer problem and learned something new. If you get the trojan that locks you computer with pop ups, do a hard power down and when you turn the power back on press the windows key + I (i) and your computer (win 10 0r 11) will restart in safe mode. You can then run your AV scan.

10:52 am

Sophie512

you are so smart.... I need to copy and paste this somewhere to have it, Nan

10:53 am

scouser

hey Hydra - you still on?

10:56 am

MollyL

You struggle with English words, or British words? If English, what language do you speak?

10:56 am

cybernan

just remember if you ever need to use safe mode restart that it will take much longer than normal for everything to boot up.

10:58 am

MollyL

Also, you can't run safe mode indefinitely. Sooner or later you are going to have to address what has infected your machine.

10:58 am

cybernan

34 and 11 are 4's

11:05 am

cybernan

that's why the first thing to do is run your av program molly -- it should put the virus if there actualy is one in quarantine for you. I ran both the av program (which didn't show anything) and crap cleaner which gets rid of the temp files and the caches. Sometimes these things are actually pop ups wanting you to buy something, but they are very annoying.

11:06 am

72 Temple Owl

doesn't your av run automatically and give real time protection? avast does. as does firefox

11:06 am

cybernan

*either that or they are phishing scams

11:06 am

72 Temple Owl

on the old pc i just shit it down. it goes away and never comes back.

11:06 am

72 Temple Owl

hahaha ha shut. who needs that sh*t!

11:07 am

cybernan

I don't often get anything questionable, so I use free versions in addition to the microsoft one. You need to run a check manually each day before shutting down.

11:07 am

72 Temple Owl

avast is free. works very well

11:08 am

cybernan

will look into it, TO

11:08 am

72 Temple Owl

will zap them real time and runs automatically for cleanup each day

11:09 am

72 Temple Owl

in rtandem with firefox works for me

11:09 am

cybernan

so far defender has been doing it's job for me.

11:22 am

cybernan

so many new and strange "words" today that I have stopped looking up defs.

11:23 am

cybernan

the last one I monkeyed wan an acronym, so I give up

11:32 am

cybernan

first sn 5/10 please?

11:33 am

cybernan

nm - was starting with the wrong sn combo

11:38 am

cybernan

4 left -- all a's (back later)

12:03 pm

cybernan

ab 6-7 combo please?

12:04 pm

hurshy

to degrade or lower; person who does so

12:05 pm

cybernan

isn't that the 5-6 combo?

12:05 pm

hurshy

whoops, sorry. got a migraine going here so i'm not totally on it

12:05 pm

hurshy

i shall have to look too then

12:07 pm

cybernan

also looking for the ai 7 and the ai 5

12:07 pm

hurshy

then so am i !

12:07 pm

hurshy

plus one other a

12:08 pm

hurshy

got ai5/16

12:09 pm

cybernan

clue please?

12:09 pm

hurshy

ummmmmm it rhymes with someone who is not a spender but a s_____

12:10 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy

12:10 pm

cybernan

another new word

12:11 pm

hurshy

ab6 stomach muscle + homonym of the breezy boat fabric thing

12:11 pm

cybernan

ai + most of a window shade (pl)

12:12 pm

hurshy

ty

12:12 pm

cybernan

boat fabric? - only think I can think of is canvas and that is not breezy

12:13 pm

hurshy

i mean it is the fabric thing

12:13 pm

hurshy

that the boat uses to catch the breeze

12:13 pm

hurshy

it is not type of fabric

12:14 pm

cybernan

no idea -- can't be what you hoist

12:14 pm

hurshy

yes it can

12:14 pm

hurshy

it is a homonym of it

12:14 pm

hurshy

so you have to change a vowel

12:15 pm

cybernan

don't see a homonym

12:16 pm

hurshy

use the end of the bridal headpiece

12:17 pm

cybernan

ty hurshy -- another new word.

12:17 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* hagd everyone :)

12:28 pm

MollyL

For anyone who uses Chrome, the Chrome stretch reminder is great. It alerts you every 30, 60 or 120 minutes to do some simple stretches. I need this at work.

12:29 pm

hurshy

thanks for the tip! is that an extension or what?

12:39 pm

hurshy

anyone have other top i words besides iw4?

12:41 pm

aslindy

I think is4,6

12:41 pm

hurshy

thanks!

12:59 pm

aslindy

clue for re7,40 please?

1:00 pm

aslindy

never mind

1:41 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with lower i in middle column pls

1:41 pm

periwinkle

and help with the re7/40 pls

1:41 pm

hurshy

in4/4 babblet and pl

1:41 pm

periwinkle

nm have the re7/40 already need h elp with other re7 pls

1:42 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh. hope your migraine goes away soon

1:42 pm

hurshy

goes back out in one's wind-powered boat

1:42 pm

hurshy

ty, i may have to take a second dose of meds, cause so far it has not

1:42 pm

periwinkle

ty for re 7 hursh

2:11 pm

Sophie512

ok, stuck on 2 5 Li 6 Si

2:20 pm

MollyL

What is 2 5 Li6 Si

2:21 pm

hurshy

she is stuck on two words, an li5 and an si6

2:22 pm

hurshy

perhaps the first li word, li5/10

2:22 pm

hurshy

and si, not gold but...

2:22 pm

Sophie512

yes, still stuck

2:23 pm

MollyL

Thanks for interpreting Hurshy

2:23 pm

Sophie512

Hurshy, oh my goodness

2:26 pm

Sophie512

ok, now for li 5 ?

2:30 pm

hurshy

is it not the li5/10?

2:30 pm

hurshy

the other things are part of combos so i figured if you are just missing one L...

2:30 pm

Sophie512

yes, it is, but I'm still stuck

2:31 pm

hurshy

it is a vine

2:31 pm

hurshy

in the jungle

2:31 pm

hurshy

could also make a nice girl's name if you wanted

2:32 pm

Sophie512

oh my word, I was trying to make it something to do with books, and getting nowhere thanks for your patience

5:43 pm

forwardbyfaith

need help with the last 3 ab6/7 words please

5:48 pm

JaxH66

Ab6/7 drop down a rock face

6:48 pm

MollyL

I never would have gotten it from that clue. Muscles you work out doing sit ups + describing bad or demon behavior without the V then plural

7:18 pm

forwardbyfaith

thanks you Molly!

7:56 pm

loredana

Jax clever clue tks

9:40 pm

rururocks

I hate rappel clues and music

9:42 pm

rururocks

sorry to descend so unseemingly on the chat

9:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

10:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

2/3 done, woot

10:06 pm

grannyrose

ruru, with a bow to your heritage, are you Con descending?

10:24 pm

rururocks

I thought all the Cons were in AUSTRALIA

10:25 pm

Hushtones

Hi ruru all :)

10:26 pm

rururocks

hi hush.. i'll post my email temporarily in my profile

10:27 pm

Hushtones

k

10:27 pm

rururocks

got it?

10:28 pm

Hushtones

yes

10:28 pm

rururocks

great.. you can write me there any time. thanks for the news on Bill

10:29 pm

rururocks

I hadn't realized he was diabetic on top of all his other problems

10:30 pm

Hushtones

yw I posted mine.. I think ha ha

10:30 pm

Hushtones

Let me know when you get it.

10:30 pm

rururocks

got it.. go ahead and delete now

10:31 pm

Hushtones

Done

10:32 pm

rururocks

thank you..

10:33 pm

Hushtones

Think I'll try playing this for a bit.. ha ha

10:36 pm

rururocks

do you understand this game yet?

10:37 pm

rururocks

i saw you were trying to figure out the word stats the other day.. those are simply a count of all the 4 , 5, 6, 7, 8 letter words.. so you know when you have found the 8 you're done with that

10:37 pm

Hushtones

Not compelely... not sure what the green numbers mean on the bottom right

10:37 pm

Hushtones

oh okay thank you :)

10:38 pm

rururocks

length of the words in the grid.. there are no 9's 10's 11's 12's or 13's in this grid.. the biggest word is an 8 letter word

10:39 pm

rururocks

as you complete the board you start closing out tiles they get dark and grey/black out

10:39 pm

Hushtones

neato

10:42 pm

rururocks

this one is a bit challenging because some words are really twisty

10:42 pm

Hushtones

I'm finding that out.. still have 75 left to find

10:45 pm

rururocks

you know how to get lickety's list when you get stuck right?

10:45 pm

lshult

straight in with re9/27
good morning all

10:45 pm

rururocks

hi ish

10:45 pm

Hushtones

not really

10:46 pm

Hushtones

revilst

10:46 pm

Hushtones

oops

10:48 pm

rururocks

if you scroll below the add word box you'll click the link on Lickety's babble clues.. that gives you a hint on all the tiles

10:48 pm

Hushtones

ty

11:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

uno

11:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fireworks woot

11:57 pm

ursh

173

11:59 pm

Q

265

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