Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, May 18, 2022

12:02 am

SueMagee

Sh7

12:03 am

justafreep

sh7 x 2

12:05 am

mab

ah, possibly my most hated ethnic slur. thanks enable.

12:09 am

justafreep

it's amazing what is in the enable dictionary and what wasn't

12:12 am

justafreep

tipo totally should be a word

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

mab

ry lickety

12:19 am

mab

or ty

12:22 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:36 am

rabbasar

diene

12:43 am

dizgrannie

pf 4, my last P

1:11 am

Gillie

Dictionaries aren't intended to judge words, just to record and define them. That said, Enable isn't actually a dictionary and definitely has some oddities as a word list.

1:30 am

rbud

sh7 x 3

1:36 am

ursh

allmost had peejays :))

5:55 am

Deeha

wont allow offon Itis a word its written on my light switch

6:40 am

jzw

nor Foofy.

6:59 am

hurshy

phantom: aeon

8:14 am

hokie carla

phantom toffee(s)

8:17 am

penquis

hello all....

8:17 am

hokie carla

hey pen!

8:19 am

penquis

hey, carla...

8:19 am

hokie carla

just checked yesterday's bee. was 2 pts from genius but couldn't get it. very annoying he has balalaika. that seems to break all the rules on his list.

8:20 am

penquis

i did get to genius yesterday....made it on my second attempt...

8:20 am

hokie carla

nice

8:21 am

penquis

never heard of babka....

8:21 am

hokie carla

you must not have watched seinfeld

8:21 am

hokie carla

there was a whole episode about a chocolate babka

8:21 am

penquis

never watched seinfeld....

8:22 am

penquis

saw a few minutes of one episode and wanted to slap a character...

8:22 am

hokie carla

it's like a bread you might find at a jewish bakery

8:23 am

penquis

there seem to be a lot of NY ethnic words that are accepted in the bee....

8:23 am

penquis

maybe the bee editor has never been out of NYC....

8:24 am

hokie carla

maybe

8:25 am

hokie carla

I listen to some podcasts with NY hosts and sometimes I just have to laugh at how clueless they are about the rest of the country.

8:25 am

penquis

i totally believe that...

8:31 am

hokie carla

eek, just got to the j

8:32 am

hokie carla

nm, saw a route that led to some words

8:32 am

hokie carla

don't panic! 😜

8:32 am

penquis

they weren't as impossible as they seemed to be....

8:33 am

hokie carla

well, I only found 7 and moved on but hopefully will see the rest later.

8:36 am

penquis

do you have the lone i ?....i could use stats....

8:36 am

hokie carla

yes, hold on

8:36 am

hokie carla

in4/4 babblet

8:36 am

mattygroves

You will kick yourself. in4/4 - babblet

8:37 am

hokie carla

yes, there are 2 - one from the other i and one from that one

8:37 am

penquis

ok, ty....

8:37 am

hokie carla

hey matty

8:37 am

penquis

got it...

8:37 am

hokie carla

where in the world are you?

8:38 am

mattygroves

Heya! How's things? I'm back in the UK - have been for two weeks

8:38 am

hokie carla

ah, how was your trip?

8:38 am

mattygroves

Tiring but lovely - it was fantastic to finally meet those kids!

8:38 am

penquis

wb, matty....

8:38 am

hokie carla

awesome!

8:39 am

mattygroves

I'm thinking of going back for a couple of weeks after Christmas. We'll see

8:39 am

hokie carla

I hope you can!

8:40 am

mattygroves

May I have stats, please, whilst you're all here, for the centre E?

8:40 am

hokie carla

ei4/5 babblet

8:40 am

mattygroves

Of course it is. My turn to kick myself! Thanks.

8:40 am

hokie carla

anyone have a 4th col O?

8:41 am

penquis

i do....

8:41 am

mattygroves

Me too

8:41 am

penquis

og 4 babblet....and pl....

8:41 am

hokie carla

weird, I thought I already had that

8:42 am

mattygroves

Bet you had the ag that's similar

8:42 am

penquis

probably have the similar ag babblet...

8:42 am

hokie carla

I do, and I know I tried aj and oj because I remembered there was an alt sp. it's aj, FYI.

8:43 am

phaeton

ogr

8:43 am

phaeton

og4

8:43 am

hokie carla

HOET!

8:43 am

phaeton

agee

8:43 am

phaeton

I'm going back to bed!

8:47 am

hokie carla

ha!

8:56 am

hokie carla

well, stuck with 29 left. think I will get ready for a bike ride. TTFN.

8:56 am

penquis

bye carla....heading out, too....bbl for my last 18....

8:56 am

MollyL

One goes back to bed, the other, for a bike ride.

8:56 am

penquis

bye all....

8:57 am

MollyL

*Waves at Saint Pen

8:57 am

penquis

i am going for a massage....yea!....

8:57 am

penquis

+ + + Bless you, Molly!....

8:58 am

phaeton

rainy and gloomy here...might as well spend the day in bed. (too bad I live alone)😝

8:59 am

MollyL

Bed, Bike or Massage. I will take what's behind door number 3.

9:12 am

hurshy

i keep thinking we have -ing but we don't

9:16 am

phaeton

fw....zzzzz

9:20 am

bichon

ge 5/16, pls

9:21 am

hurshy

change the last letter of aladdin's pal to a consonant

9:22 am

bichon

ty hurshy

9:23 am

ChampFit

There are at least 2 then.

9:23 am

ChampFit

Thx hurshy.

9:23 am

hurshy

clue the other champ?

9:24 am

ChampFit

robotic ending

9:24 am

hurshy

ah thanks

9:26 am

DukeJason

why isn't dino a valid word...it isd the dictionary--jist curious

9:27 am

ChampFit

The dictionary used by Babble is goofy.

9:28 am

bichon

It has the word "coon" which I consider a slur

9:29 am

bichon

Spelling Bee doesn't have it

9:32 am

DukeJason

ah, rhNKA

9:32 am

DukeJason

9:32 am

DukeJason

9:32 am

DukeJason

9:33 am

DukeJason

should have been, ah, danka

9:39 am

ChampFit

This isn't the last time you're going to question this dcitionary, Duke! ;)

9:47 am

Deeha

there are quite a few words in this dictionary I find offensive!!

10:02 am

MollyL

Dictionaries and word lists are non-judgemental. They are collections of words. Criteria for being allowed in either a dictionary or a list has nothing to do with the meaning of the word.

10:41 am

hurshy

I'M offended by gi5/16 for being an alt spelling of an archaic french word. alt sp, archaic, AND french? three strikes, should be out.

10:42 am

mael

does it even come close to qualifying as English at that point?

10:43 am

hokie carla

mael, did you get balalaika yesterday on the bee? I'm still offended by that.

10:43 am

mael

I am so mad because I had gotten balalaika on a previous board but not yesterday

10:43 am

hokie carla

and yes, no reason for an archaic french word not even spelled normally here.

10:43 am

mael

I'm disappointed in myself!

10:44 am

hokie carla

I don't understand why that is included when he leaves out real words people know.

10:44 am

mael

I would like to find the name of one (1) person who has used gi5 even in an academic paper in the last 20 years

10:46 am

mael

in fact, I just searched google scholar and gi5 only comes up as the last name of a few authors, not as a noun. So there, enable.

10:46 am

hokie carla

wondering if I'm going to be able to monkey this notorious gi5

10:49 am

mael

I bet

10:49 am

hokie carla

found it!

10:50 am

mael

:)

10:52 am

mael

phantom: peahens

10:57 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:57 am

hokie carla

moo!

10:57 am

moolingwa

hey hoke, how's stuff?

10:57 am

hokie carla

pretty good, how about you?

10:58 am

moolingwa

pretty good, have been getting into bike riding now that the weather is really nice

10:59 am

hokie carla

nice! I have not made it out to my bike ride yet today.

10:59 am

bichon

jo 6/48, pls

10:59 am

moolingwa

yeah, I try to go first thing in the morning

11:00 am

moolingwa

I told you bich, i BIKED, I never jo6

11:00 am

hokie carla

bichon, I jo6 yesterday but my knees started hurting

11:00 am

moolingwa

just as well you asked after I said I'd biked :)

11:01 am

moolingwa

the clue would make much less sense otherwise

11:01 am

hokie carla

we are going biking in a bit.mr. hokie did something to his tire and is waiting to see if it holds up.

11:01 am

moolingwa

ah

11:02 am

bichon

ty carla

11:02 am

hokie carla

I just ho6 all the gratitude, moo 🤣

11:03 am

moolingwa

it's all good, I'm just happy to help where I can

11:04 am

hokie carla

ooh, just found another 7.

11:04 am

moolingwa

nice, only have the one so far

11:04 am

hokie carla

8-8-7-1

11:04 am

moolingwa

22-10-9-2

11:09 am

moolingwa

10-5-6-2

11:09 am

hokie carla

I haven't found anything. but I'm watching tv.

11:12 am

moolingwa

middle column grey

11:12 am

hokie carla

I still need 4 Js

11:14 am

bichon

do you need help carla?

11:14 am

hokie carla

hmm, will give it one more try, but thanks

11:14 am

bichon

You always help me

11:15 am

hokie carla

there's 2!

11:15 am

moolingwa

6-3-4-1

11:15 am

moolingwa

ah, found my last 7

11:15 am

hokie carla

6-7-7-1

11:22 am

moolingwa

final 10

11:23 am

hokie carla

still 21

11:23 am

moolingwa

1.25 WPT in case you were wondering :)

11:23 am

hokie carla

2.1

11:23 am

moolingwa

3-3-4

11:26 am

hokie carla

moo and bichon, have you found the bee pangram(s)? still searching here.

11:27 am

moolingwa

yep

11:27 am

moolingwa

in fact, have found 2

11:28 am

hokie carla

there are only 2

11:28 am

hokie carla

maybe they'll come to me later.

11:28 am

moolingwa

well, good to know I have them both :)

11:29 am

moolingwa

found yesterday to be a toughie

11:29 am

moolingwa

missed 5 words

11:30 am

moolingwa

aback, alack, alkali, babka and blackball

11:30 am

hokie carla

I was 2 pts shy of genius and couldn't find anything more. but only missed 6 words.

11:31 am

hokie carla

all those plus balalaika

11:31 am

moolingwa

yeah, I managed to find balalaika

11:32 am

hokie carla

I've never even heard of that

11:36 am

hokie carla

is there an AE?

11:36 am

clg47

ae6

11:37 am

hokie carla

thank you

11:43 am

MollyL

News of The Bee!

11:48 am

moolingwa

thanks clg, needed that too

11:48 am

hokie carla

still haven't found it

11:51 am

moolingwa

yeah, not exactly a regular word

11:53 am

moolingwa

I must've tried tinpot like 5 times

11:59 am

Sophie512

Hello all. I have all the Js and the 7s. Putting this aside to get some things done. Still 51 to go.

12:01 pm

hokie carla

hi and bye sophie

12:06 pm

moolingwa

still 7 to go

12:06 pm

hokie carla

still 20

12:07 pm

hokie carla

still 5 4's and I have really tried to find them.

12:07 pm

moolingwa

2-2-3

12:08 pm

moolingwa

6 to go

12:09 pm

hokie carla

I have no idea why I can't find words

12:09 pm

moolingwa

I suspect someone has nefariously hid them from you

12:09 pm

hokie carla

probably

12:09 pm

moolingwa

5 to go

12:10 pm

moolingwa

2-2-1

12:10 pm

hokie carla

20 = 5-7-7-1

12:11 pm

hokie carla

T3 D A2
A
P3
F2 J2
T3 S

12:11 pm

moolingwa

1.67 WPT

12:13 pm

moolingwa

G2
P2
F

12:13 pm

hokie carla

found 2 bottom T's

12:15 pm

moolingwa

found a g

12:15 pm

hokie carla

great

12:15 pm

moolingwa

generally good

12:16 pm

hokie carla

found a P!

12:17 pm

moolingwa

particularly pleasant

12:17 pm

hokie carla

I think I've tried tinied at least 5 times

12:17 pm

moolingwa

that's very close to a word

12:18 pm

hokie carla

it's close to several, but I did just find one

12:18 pm

hokie carla

ringworm

12:18 pm

moolingwa

no, this one is a moth

12:19 pm

hokie carla

then I'm sure I don't know that

12:19 pm

moolingwa

word shows up from time to time

12:19 pm

moolingwa

and you seem to have a handle on the letters ;)

12:20 pm

hokie carla

oh, got it

12:20 pm

hokie carla

yeah, that one's way closer than the other 2

12:21 pm

moolingwa

yay :)

12:22 pm

hokie carla

found the Fs

12:22 pm

moolingwa

I still have 2 4's...this is crazy

12:22 pm

moolingwa

still have an f left

12:22 pm

moolingwa

nn, found a 4

12:22 pm

moolingwa

found my last f

12:23 pm

hokie carla

3-5-4-1

12:23 pm

moolingwa

two to go...a 4 and a 6

12:23 pm

moolingwa

I mean a 4 and a 5

12:23 pm

hokie carla

fantastic

12:23 pm

hokie carla

my 7s are SH, what is the 3rd?

12:23 pm

moolingwa

your last 7, starts with the same letters as the others

12:23 pm

hokie carla

wow, are you a mind reader?

12:24 pm

moolingwa

it's just a side job

12:24 pm

hokie carla

lol, I almost asked if mind reader was your 2nd job, so you actually are reading my mind

12:25 pm

moolingwa

heh

12:25 pm

hokie carla

shoegag- a joke you make with the things on your feet.

12:26 pm

hokie carla

got it

12:31 pm

hokie carla

and just found a pangram

12:33 pm

moolingwa

yay

12:36 pm

moolingwa

I finally hit genius

12:39 pm

hokie carla

nice

12:39 pm

hokie carla

I'm still a few pts away from amazing

12:40 pm

hokie carla

oh, found the other pangram

12:41 pm

hokie carla

still no rows or columns gray

12:48 pm

hokie carla

broke down and went to the list. very confused about my missing j's.

12:52 pm

hokie carla

oh well, 3 left. will come back later.

12:53 pm

hokie carla

holy cow, finally got the Js

12:53 pm

hokie carla

so stupid

12:53 pm

hokie carla

maybe if I had seen one in real life like some people here

12:54 pm

MollyL

You or the words? 😊

12:54 pm

hokie carla

definitely me

12:55 pm

hokie carla

and I had to look up one, a totally new word to me

12:58 pm

hokie carla

intinction not allowed at the bee

1:01 pm

moolingwa

how narrow minded can they get

1:01 pm

hokie carla

IKR

1:02 pm

moolingwa

still 2 left

1:02 pm

hokie carla

anti christian

1:02 pm

moolingwa

and one is a 4

1:02 pm

moolingwa

total cancel culture

1:02 pm

hokie carla

but no, balalaika is allowed somehow

1:03 pm

hokie carla

I think I know which 4

1:03 pm

moolingwa

maybe he's more musical than into unguents

1:03 pm

moolingwa

I probably have that one

1:05 pm

hokie carla

possibly

1:05 pm

moolingwa

it was one of my final 10

1:06 pm

mkg

Strumped by E words. Darn. Any clues for thirdcolumn E words welcome. Two Es. Ty

1:06 pm

hokie carla

they are both 4s

1:06 pm

moolingwa

one sounds like an islamic holiday

1:07 pm

hokie carla

one a regular word in life, one a regular word here

1:10 pm

mkg

What are the stats please? Ty

1:10 pm

mkg

Ty got one of them. Still need top row one pl.ease.

1:10 pm

hokie carla

ed4 and ei4

1:11 pm

mkg

Ty got ei word

1:11 pm

mkg

Got ed. ty

1:12 pm

mkg

Now just need a seven and will be done. Any clues or stats? Ty

1:12 pm

moolingwa

had a 6 to s

1:12 pm

mkg

Oops just got a seven. Ty all cluers.

1:12 pm

moolingwa

found my 5

1:12 pm

moolingwa

one to go

1:14 pm

hokie carla

ooh, 1 4 letter word left, shirley you can find.

1:14 pm

moolingwa

you'd think so...especially seeing as I have one of the 4 letters :)

1:15 pm

hokie carla

well, I gotta get ready . do keep us posted.

1:15 pm

moolingwa

thanks, will do

2:17 pm

moolingwa

fw

2:20 pm

Sophie512

congrats Mool....need to pick up grands from school...back later

2:22 pm

hokie carla

In the car on my phone but dying to know what it was, moo

2:23 pm

MollyL

She is never too far away from Babble

2:25 pm

hokie carla

And never far enough away 😘

2:34 pm

moolingwa

it was a pi

2:35 pm

moolingwa

something I thought I'd typed

2:43 pm

cherlyq

e's done

3:55 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

3:56 pm

joym999

No tinpot dictators in here...

3:58 pm

joym999

congrats une

3:58 pm

joym999

I'm just starting and having trouble with the i.

3:59 pm

joym999

although there's a really obvious one that I managed to miss

4:05 pm

joym999

my name is in the grid!

4:25 pm

Soodle

Crowning JoyM999 with the tiara!! Enjoy, Joy. (Is there an echo in here?) 😃

4:56 pm

joym999

lol

5:49 pm

Sophie512

Fireworks! Anyone need a clue?

6:04 pm

tessagram

TOFF

6:04 pm

tessagram

TOFFY

6:06 pm

tessagram

sorry

7:19 pm

DukeJason

pf

7:20 pm

DukeJason

pf?

7:36 pm

Gillie

No vowels - more a noise than a word

7:55 pm

DukeJason

1 to go...to5,12

7:58 pm

DukeJason

ty gille

8:00 pm

Gillie

Word for a hairpiece, but with only one vowel in the first syllable

8:00 pm

Gillie

(Actually a lightweight helmet or hat made from pith)

8:26 pm

DukeJason

TY, I must still have rust in the brain

10:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, been away too long

10:22 pm

mab

bienvenue doc.

10:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

howdee mab !!

10:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

15 to go, calling it a night

11:56 pm

bleugirl2

SH 7s quick!

11:56 pm

bleugirl2

7/32

11:56 pm

bleugirl2

nvrmnd

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