Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, May 12, 2022

12:02 am

SummerBreeze44

ho7

12:04 am

justafreep

ho7 x 2

12:11 am

dizgrannie

nbt

12:15 am

Gillie

First column gray ;)

12:15 am

dizgrannie

me too

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

Gillie

And nbt now too

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:22 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs...th 8

12:22 am

harpjane

hello

12:24 am

dizgrannie

last col gray

12:38 am

rbud

why, oh why isn't "th***y" a word, it's a perfectly acceptable tame synonym for a "whatchamacallit" or a "doohickey"

12:40 am

rbud

( - or even th***amabob") ;p

12:40 am

SueMagee

And, as you get older, these are the words you use more and more.

12:41 am

rbud

isn't that the truth!?!

12:41 am

SueMagee

Reteen

12:41 am

Gillie

Wouldn't that be nice

12:42 am

SueMagee

That isn’t one of the words you use…

12:45 am

rbud

I'd like to, Gillie - but it would be more difficult these days to be a te**ager, I fear. Back in the day, I could get a job just walking in off the street, and rents were so cheap!

12:48 am

rbud

assuming that's what you meant, anyway. I'd much rather "re-twenties", actually, heehee!

12:51 am

Gillie

Well, yes

3:25 am

mattygroves

Morning all. May I have a stat for either i (eye) please?

3:27 am

ChrissieDee

Morning matty. I have in6.24 from the bottom one

3:27 am

mattygroves

I shall hunt - thanks!

3:28 am

ChrissieDee

And now it5.12 from the other

3:33 am

mattygroves

Ah hah - got the 5/12, hunting for the other

3:34 am

mattygroves

Is the in a word I'm likely to use?

3:35 am

ChrissieDee

I don’t think so. The last 4 are a common word though

3:36 am

mattygroves

Ah hah - found it, thanks!

3:45 am

dizgrannie

FWs

4:35 am

ivesy3

clue for the di 7 plz

5:23 am

ItalianGreyhound

ends in "All in the family" character mis-spelled

5:38 am

ivesy3

tyvm!

5:57 am

amelu0218

Funny. Both of the Bunkers are in here today.

6:51 am

hurshy

top row grey!

6:52 am

dan2bit

go hurshy go! I have the left column, 50 to go

6:56 am

hurshy

D has stuck a stick through my wheels

6:56 am

hurshy

oh got two dh words...

7:26 am

hurshy

ok H is worse

7:26 am

hurshy

nvm i found a whole bunch more! it's not so bad after all

7:46 am

ChampFit

What're the stats for the dh's please?

7:49 am

hurshy

idk if my two are the only ones

7:49 am

hurshy

but i have 6/24 and 5/14

7:49 am

ChampFit

Thx

7:53 am

hurshy

he always makes me mad, he's so enragy

7:53 am

ChampFit

I was just looking in that area!

8:02 am

amelu0218

dh 7/36

8:03 am

ChampFit

Ty!

8:04 am

hurshy

ack

8:05 am

hurshy

thanks

8:09 am

hurshy

90%

8:12 am

amelu0218

FW. HAGD!

8:12 am

ChampFit

Congrats!

9:43 am

aebmusica

de7.....clue please

9:49 am

pcal2

don't know if this will help aeb, but it means last in French

9:54 am

aebmusica

it did! tyvm

10:19 am

MollyL

Not to be confused with butt in French

10:24 am

Uneaixoise

Not a chance

10:26 am

Uneaixoise

20 to go....back in a bit

11:32 am

sammysmom

stuck on cu /6 ??

11:32 am

mattygroves

I believe there is a TH8, is that right? If so, can someone give me a gentle clue as to where I should be looking or what I should be looking for? Thank you!

11:33 am

penquis

cu + old piece of cloth you dust with....and a letter at the end....

11:34 am

penquis

i don't have the 8 yet...

11:47 am

sammysmom

thanks pen

11:48 am

penquis

yw....

11:56 am

cherlyq

th vowel rounded opening and sometimes vowel

11:57 am

penquis

TITT....ty....

12:01 pm

mattygroves

Thank you!

12:01 pm

penquis

taking a break....bbl to finish.....

12:01 pm

penquis

bye all...

12:08 pm

hokie carla

pen, did you really leave yet?

12:09 pm

penquis

no...was checking another site...

12:10 pm

hokie carla

I knew you'd be here 😜

12:11 pm

penquis

heh heh....

12:11 pm

hokie carla

I actually ended up making it to queen bee last night

12:12 pm

penquis

excellent!....i was three words short...

12:12 pm

penquis

missed apian, picnic and panini....all words i should have found....

12:13 pm

hokie carla

I accidentally saw there were 2 As when I was checking the point total, so I might not have gotten it without that. (apian)

12:13 pm

hokie carla

yeah, picnic and panini were late finds for me

12:17 pm

MollyL

FINALLY...Microsoft is bagging Internet Explorer. It's about time that dinosaur be put to rest.

12:18 pm

hokie carla

I thought there was a new browser that came on PCs? can't think of the name.

12:18 pm

penquis

Edge?

12:18 pm

MollyL

Edge replaced Exploder years ago

12:19 pm

hokie carla

maybe. I just remember seeing it on my kids' computers.

12:19 pm

MollyL

But people still cling to Internet Explorer

12:19 pm

penquis

i think i have Edge on this computer...

12:21 pm

MollyL

I only use Edge at work for an accounting program that will only run in that browser.

12:24 pm

penquis

i use Chrome...

12:24 pm

hokie carla

me too

12:26 pm

hokie carla

teenagy - those kids look teenagy

12:33 pm

hokie carla

HOET and 51 left

12:33 pm

moolingwa

hi all

12:34 pm

moolingwa

ZOET and 170 to go

12:34 pm

penquis

hi mool....27 left here...

12:34 pm

moolingwa

hey pen, hoke

12:34 pm

hokie carla

hey moo

12:35 pm

moolingwa

happy day of Thur hokester

12:35 pm

hokie carla

just went to play wordle - one possible letter after 2 guesses.

12:35 pm

hokie carla

thank you, you too

12:35 pm

moolingwa

interesting

12:36 pm

hokie carla

we'll see what happens!

12:36 pm

moolingwa

it's so exciting!

12:37 pm

hokie carla

got it in 4. not a lot of ways to go when you've eliminated everything

12:37 pm

moolingwa

true

12:37 pm

moolingwa

I feel somehow let down though

12:37 pm

moolingwa

I was expecting more tension

12:38 pm

hokie carla

yeah, sorry

12:38 pm

moolingwa

*sigh*

12:39 pm

hokie carla

I'm sure there will be more tension in my other games. I've dropped to 73% in quordle.

12:39 pm

moolingwa

ah

12:40 pm

penquis

do you play hurdle, too?

12:41 pm

hokie carla

yeah, hurdle is my favorite

12:41 pm

penquis

i play that sometimes....

12:42 pm

hokie carla

but only at 77% there. that's surprising because I don't remember losing that many

12:43 pm

hokie carla

I like how it takes the stress of me picking a starting word out

12:45 pm

penquis

yes...i like how each word starts differently....

12:46 pm

hokie carla

barely squeaked by in quordle

12:47 pm

penquis

i don't usually play that one...

12:53 pm

penquis

need a break....bbl to finish this and the bee....bye, carla, bye mool....

12:54 pm

hokie carla

bye pen

12:57 pm

PMS

l

12:57 pm

moolingwa

45 left here, got to get on a call

12:58 pm

hokie carla

still 51 but have finished all the other games

1:17 pm

hokie carla

ok, 37 for later. going to walk and hope it doesn't rain on me.

1:57 pm

joym999

when you take little bugs off your dog you detic.

2:01 pm

Sophie512

and DEFLEA her, too

2:02 pm

Sophie512

65 left, back later tonight

2:14 pm

joym999

clearly the Enable dict doesn't have a dog

2:22 pm

moolingwa

back for my final 41

3:05 pm

Uneaixoise

Clue for de7 please?

3:15 pm

donnasc6dogs

de 7 is totally new to me--De+abrev for nurse+comparison ending--means fashion? or style

3:15 pm

donnasc6dogs

prob french

3:18 pm

Uneaixoise

Good grief.....thought I already entered that.....jeez

3:26 pm

hokie carla

we had it yesterday

3:26 pm

hokie carla

it means final or last

3:27 pm

hokie carla

or I've confusing it with something else

3:27 pm

Gillie

Probably used most often with reference to the latest style

3:28 pm

hokie carla

just checked. we did have it yesterday.

3:29 pm

Gillie

With these odd ones, when they turn up two days in a row, I'm apt to think I've entered it because I did enter it yesterday.

3:31 pm

hokie carla

but I know something meant final or last yesterday but it wasn't this since this one doesn't have a dictionary link.

3:37 pm

Gillie

It does mean "latest" in French, and if you google it, you'll find that it means last in English.

3:38 pm

Gillie

I don't remember anything else that meant final or last from yesterday, but that doesn't mean anything

3:39 pm

Gillie

Dictionary.com isn't completely comprehensive.

3:40 pm

hokie carla

I will have to peruse the list and see if anything sticks out.

3:49 pm

Uneaixoise

French word for last

3:50 pm

Gillie

or latest (as in "le dernier style")

3:51 pm

Uneaixoise

"dernier cri'

3:52 pm

Gillie

That also means latest

3:52 pm

Gillie

(which is how google translates it)

3:53 pm

moolingwa

okay...back again, 22 to go

3:53 pm

Gillie

But you're right, I guess the usual expression is "dernier cri" rather than "dernier style"

3:55 pm

Gillie

I think it's short for "the latest cry (or shout) in fashion"

3:56 pm

hokie carla

29 left here but just starting to look again.

3:56 pm

moolingwa

8-5-4-2-1

3:56 pm

hokie carla

did you all see those houses in the Outer Banks being swept away into the ocean?

3:56 pm

moolingwa

yeah, seems to happen pretty frequently

3:56 pm

hokie carla

5-6-13-4-1

3:57 pm

hokie carla

supposedly there are 9 more on the verge

3:57 pm

moolingwa

those sixes eh?

3:57 pm

moolingwa

9 is a lot...normally just one or two

3:57 pm

hokie carla

always the 6s

3:57 pm

hokie carla

they had 2 in one day the other day and one back in Feb

3:58 pm

hokie carla

R E2
D4 T4
G2 H3
C6 A2
U2 R N2

3:58 pm

moolingwa

E2
D T4
G3 H2
C3 A J
R N

3:59 pm

moolingwa

found an e

3:59 pm

moolingwa

actually, found both my E's

3:59 pm

hokie carla

excellent

3:59 pm

moolingwa

exactly

4:00 pm

hokie carla

do you think they are my E's?

4:00 pm

moolingwa

well, they were on the easier site, so probably not

4:01 pm

moolingwa

15 to go

4:01 pm

hokie carla

still 29. probably have gone as far as possible.

4:02 pm

moolingwa

not as many weird words so far...just a little tricky to find some

4:02 pm

hokie carla

wait, found an N

4:02 pm

moolingwa

no way

4:03 pm

moolingwa

you know...on Bee yesterday, I swear I tried pinging multiple times

4:03 pm

hokie carla

I ended up getting queen bee

4:03 pm

moolingwa

ooh, very nice

4:03 pm

moolingwa

I missed three

4:03 pm

hokie carla

I accidentally saw there were 2 a's though or I might have missed by that one

4:03 pm

moolingwa

pagan, panini and pinging (which I must've mistyped)

4:04 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I got pagan and panini late. still on amazing today.

4:04 pm

moolingwa

up to 35 on it today

4:05 pm

hokie carla

only have 21

4:05 pm

hokie carla

found my R!

4:05 pm

hokie carla

top row, that is

4:05 pm

moolingwa

really?!

4:06 pm

hokie carla

right on

4:06 pm

moolingwa

still have one r off the bottom

4:07 pm

hokie carla

yep

4:08 pm

moolingwa

I am 1.85 WPT

4:08 pm

hokie carla

2.6

4:08 pm

moolingwa

1.75 now

4:09 pm

moolingwa

1.625 :)

4:11 pm

moolingwa

ah, the capital of Iran is in here

4:11 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found the bottom R and it was a 6

4:11 pm

moolingwa

really?

4:12 pm

hokie carla

I don't think the capital of iran is here, it's a phantom

4:12 pm

moolingwa

teheran

4:13 pm

hokie carla

I thought it was tehran but I don't know a lot

4:13 pm

moolingwa

nm, no second e

4:13 pm

moolingwa

oh, looks like it's sometimes spelled that way

4:13 pm

moolingwa

oh well

4:14 pm

moolingwa

I still have four 4s to go

4:14 pm

hokie carla

me too

4:14 pm

moolingwa

I still have three 4s to go

4:14 pm

hokie carla

are all the u's UR?

4:14 pm

moolingwa

I still have two 4s to go

4:15 pm

moolingwa

yep

4:15 pm

moolingwa

1.375 WPT

4:16 pm

moolingwa

final 10

4:16 pm

hokie carla

2.8

4:16 pm

hokie carla

25 left

4:16 pm

moolingwa

D T2
G H
C2 A

4:16 pm

moolingwa

R and N

4:17 pm

hokie carla

I found one DH word, is there more?

4:17 pm

moolingwa

yep

4:21 pm

hokie carla

well, not finding any more

4:22 pm

moolingwa

if you have one...

4:23 pm

hokie carla

found a U at least

4:23 pm

moolingwa

almost ootheca and tincture

4:23 pm

moolingwa

unbelievable

4:24 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I have "seen" tincture a couple of times. not ootheca though.

4:25 pm

joym999

hi folks. I am stuck on the ER5 of all things...

4:26 pm

hokie carla

it means to burp or something

4:26 pm

moolingwa

well if it had a d and an s in it, then it would mean to blow up

4:27 pm

hokie carla

also has a volcano meaning but I would use a different er5 for that

4:27 pm

moolingwa

would need a t too :)

4:27 pm

hokie carla

found a C6, 2 things I need the most of

4:28 pm

moolingwa

perhaps we should gang up and find the others

4:28 pm

moolingwa

I found a c4

4:28 pm

moolingwa

and I didn't explode

4:29 pm

moolingwa

1-2-3-2-1

Starting to look a little palindromic

4:29 pm

joym999

Got it, thanks all. I was looking at the wrong E

4:29 pm

moolingwa

exasperating

4:29 pm

hokie carla

exhausting too

4:30 pm

moolingwa

even that

4:31 pm

hokie carla

getting nowhere fast here

4:31 pm

hokie carla

23 still

4:32 pm

moolingwa

still 9

4:32 pm

moolingwa

D T2
G H
C A
R N

4:33 pm

hokie carla

4-3-11-4-1

4:34 pm

hokie carla

E2
D4 T3
G2 H3
C5 A2
U N

4:34 pm

moolingwa

those dastardly 6s

4:34 pm

hokie carla

the worst

4:35 pm

moolingwa

ah, found my last r

4:36 pm

hokie carla

found a 4!

4:36 pm

moolingwa

fourtuituous

4:36 pm

moolingwa

fourtuitous even

4:38 pm

moolingwa

ah that brief high and disappointing low when you think you found a 7, type it in, and it doesn't work

4:38 pm

hokie carla

wonder why na4-ing isn't a word

4:38 pm

moolingwa

yeah, maybe with a different letter for the 4th

4:39 pm

hokie carla

well, they didn't change it for ar6

4:40 pm

moolingwa

nope, but the na is an abbreviation of a longer word

4:40 pm

hokie carla

good point I guess

4:40 pm

moolingwa

still 8 to go

4:42 pm

moolingwa

thaucing - elmer fudd and his ketchup activities

4:42 pm

moolingwa

actually guess he had r problems

4:42 pm

moolingwa

need to think of a lisper

4:43 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

4:44 pm

moolingwa

you ignited the light and let it shine

4:44 pm

moolingwa

congrats une

4:44 pm

moolingwa

7 to go

4:45 pm

hokie carla

well done, une

4:46 pm

hokie carla

I'm about to give up and make some supper

4:46 pm

moolingwa

sounds ominous

4:47 pm

hokie carla

I don't understand why I can't find any words

4:47 pm

moolingwa

I blame Putin

4:47 pm

hokie carla

probably

4:58 pm

hokie carla

went to list. 8 left. definitely doing something else for a while. TTFN.

5:00 pm

moolingwa

well 7 left here

5:04 pm

joym999

not seeing the JE6

5:05 pm

penquis

gerund ending....

5:05 pm

moolingwa

something you might be doing to get your horse to go

5:06 pm

moolingwa

assuming you have a horse...and further assuming you want it to get going

5:06 pm

joym999

ty...that's a new one for me.

5:09 pm

penquis

yw..

5:13 pm

periwinkle

de7 please

5:13 pm

penquis

it's french for last....

5:14 pm

penquis

it's squirrelly....winds around the grid....

5:19 pm

moolingwa

was in yesterday's grid too I believe

5:19 pm

penquis

yes...

5:23 pm

joym999

I managed to finish about 75% of this grid before seeing the gerund. 😱

5:24 pm

penquis

heh heh....

5:25 pm

joym999

no redhot

5:32 pm

moolingwa

don't tell Chicago

5:35 pm

hokie carla

well, 7 left at the bee

5:35 pm

penquis

how many words today?

5:35 pm

hokie carla

39

5:36 pm

penquis

whoa....i only have 27 right now....

5:42 pm

hokie carla

it's tricky today for sure

5:42 pm

penquis

i usually go back in the evening....

5:44 pm

hokie carla

gonna try my last 8 here again before resorting to looking them up

5:44 pm

joym999

FW at last!

5:44 pm

penquis

i just listed at 19....

5:44 pm

hokie carla

I listed at 22.

5:44 pm

hokie carla

well done, joy!

5:45 pm

penquis

congrats, joy...

5:45 pm

joym999

need clues?

5:46 pm

moolingwa

7 to go...not sure I'll bother finishing

5:46 pm

hokie carla

I won't bother with clues, but thanks for the offer, joy

5:47 pm

penquis

no, thanks, joy...

5:48 pm

hokie carla

hard eye roll at myself for one of my 5's.

5:48 pm

penquis

i have also found a few I should have seen....

5:50 pm

joym999

ok bye all

5:50 pm

penquis

bye, joy....

5:51 pm

hokie carla

good night, joy

5:52 pm

hokie carla

now wishing I'd asked for di7. not even seeing that to look up.

5:54 pm

Gillie

"government in which power is vested in two rulers or authorities" - as opposed to the Queen, who is a mon----

5:55 pm

hokie carla

thanks, gillie. don't see that often.

5:55 pm

Gillie

yw

5:55 pm

moolingwa

tx, didn't have that

5:59 pm

moolingwa

what letter does the 8 start with?

6:00 pm

Gillie

T

6:00 pm

hokie carla

just looked it up

6:00 pm

hokie carla

my weak spot apparently

6:02 pm

hokie carla

well, I am going to be content with genius on the bee

6:04 pm

moolingwa

yeah, me too

6:04 pm

moolingwa

oh duh

6:04 pm

moolingwa

on the 8

6:05 pm

penquis

can someone please clue the ha 6?

6:06 pm

hokie carla

at least you found it.

6:06 pm

hokie carla

pen, it's an odd gerund, scottish

6:06 pm

hokie carla

we've had it before but it took me a while to think of it with the list.

6:07 pm

penquis

ah ok...ty....

6:08 pm

moolingwa

dang scots

6:09 pm

moolingwa

T G H C N left

6:09 pm

moolingwa

1-1-2-1

6:09 pm

penquis

last word....na 6?....

6:13 pm

moolingwa

don't have it, though I've tried to imagine a lot of n6s

6:15 pm

penquis

used Best Word List...i am done...

6:22 pm

dan2bit

thanks for pointing out there was a na6 pen :-)

6:24 pm

penquis

yw.... ;o)

6:26 pm

penquis

heading out to the Bee....goodnight all....

6:26 pm

dan2bit

ciao

7:33 pm

dan2bit

24 from lickety, 4 from wordhippo = firewords.

9:23 pm

Sophie512

42 left I'm done.... ate too much at my birthday dinner....going to bed, fatter and older :)

9:29 pm

rbud

well, ♪♪♪ happy birthday to you! ♪♪♪ :)

9:29 pm

rbud

and fw for me... laters, all!

10:25 pm

mkg

Hi all. Missing the i words. Any clues and stats welcome

10:28 pm

wht

in6,24 and it5,12

10:29 pm

wht

The it5 is a babblet.

10:30 pm

wht

in6 probably doesn't mean that you are at McDonalds.

10:30 pm

mkg

Ty. Got the it 5.

10:31 pm

mkg

Looking for the six.

10:31 pm

mkg

Got the six. Ty. Both i’s grey

10:31 pm

mkg

Need the 8 now. All clues welcome. T word but dont have swecond letter.

10:37 pm

mkg

Wht you have great clues. Ty for the in 6

10:38 pm

mkg

nEed that 8 clued please. I know the start but then what? And ends as gerund so middle is stumping me.

10:41 pm

mkg

Th and then vowel. Then i am stumped by next two letters and gerund ending????? Am i off here?

10:42 pm

mkg

Is gerund ending same spelling as in us? Or is scottish different?

10:43 pm

mkg

Giving up. Night all.

10:43 pm

mkg

No clues coming.

10:46 pm

wht

Don't have it so I can't clue it.

10:48 pm

mkg

Not seeing it in more words either.

10:48 pm

mkg

I know it is th and then first vowel. Oh well time to sleep.

10:56 pm

meowmeow7

hi guys

10:56 pm

meowmeow7

wassup

11:06 pm

wht

th8 looks like it would refer to rule by the church.

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