Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, June 6, 2022

12:06 am

rbud

hi de ho, Babblerinos!

12:07 am

SueMagee

Good morning!

12:09 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:09 am

dizgrannie

xy 4, hi all

12:09 am

cybernan

all over but the shouting, sue? Doesn't look like the queen made it to many of the events.

12:10 am

Rainiqui

xy 5

12:11 am

SueMagee

It is, nan and no, she didn’t. It’s worrying when she didn’t even get to the Derby.

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:19 am

Rainiqui

na 7

12:20 am

jessmom

do7

12:25 am

cybernan

not seeing them, but crashing now. Goodnight :)

12:41 am

Frances

ya rds

12:43 am

jessmom

st7

1:51 am

dizgrannie

FWs, last word fa 6

5:02 am

Deeha

loads to go but I just got the fa6!

5:44 am

Deeha

t re

6:38 am

ItalianGreyhound

Phantom "Lynx"

6:59 am

hurshy

do4 is also a phantom in the sense that it is extinct *tee hee*

7:01 am

Meatball421

people liked it so much they ate them and their eggs, no more do44/5

7:02 am

Meatball421

do/4/5

7:11 am

mattygroves

Is the do7 a common word?

7:11 am

BzznBea

No

7:11 am

mattygroves

May I have a wee clue, please? :)

7:12 am

BzznBea

It's a fish. Spanish golden

7:12 am

hurshy

ty bea

7:16 am

donnasc6dogs

phantom farina

7:16 am

hurshy

woot woot i found both x words!

7:20 am

mattygroves

Thank you!

7:21 am

BzznBea

yw

7:55 am

hurshy

this grid is a little on the hard side

7:56 am

BzznBea

The X in the middle makes it interesting.

7:56 am

hurshy

idk why it makes the right column disproportionately difficult

8:15 am

Scrabbler

Uh, oh. Hurshy says the grid is a little on the hard side.

8:38 am

cybernan

good morning all

8:38 am

Scrabbler

Hi Nan. How are you today?

8:40 am

cybernan

ok scrabbs, ty. Still having trouble sleeping, but don't want to take any sleeping pills if I can avoid it.

8:41 am

hurshy

*hugs*

8:47 am

Scrabbler

Do what works for you, Nan.

8:48 am

welki

morning, everyone

8:49 am

Scrabbler

Hi welki. Still in Saskatchewan?

8:49 am

rururocks

some very, very strange words in this grid

8:49 am

Scrabbler

Hi ruru

8:50 am

hokie carla

I'm already discouraged by the first D

8:50 am

welki

Nope - we got home yesterday afternoon. We had such a good time :)

8:50 am

Scrabbler

Nice, welki.

8:51 am

Aloyisius

diving in with trepidation after scanning chat.. hi all

8:51 am

rururocks

the x is used a lot more than you think in this grid

8:51 am

welki

this week the boat goes on the lake and we might try float tubing (flyfishing) on a small lake

8:51 am

Scrabbler

Hi carla and loy

8:52 am

hokie carla

but not sexy

8:52 am

Scrabbler

*aloy

8:52 am

hokie carla

hey scrabbs, et al

8:52 am

welki

(and maybe some golf. this is the first year in both of our lives that we can actually plan to have some fun)

8:52 am

Scrabbler

Aloy, our Catholic school in town, St Aloyisius, is closing due to low enrollment.

8:53 am

Scrabbler

astor

8:53 am

Scrabbler

Not a word. Sorry.

8:53 am

Aloyisius

aww, sorry to hear Scrabbs..

8:54 am

Scrabbler

In a rural area it is tough to maintain a Catholic school.

8:54 am

hokie carla

well, finished the o on first look, so it was okay.

8:54 am

Aloyisius

yes, the tuition ..

8:54 am

rururocks

i'm not big on the catholic church you might have lower population growth in Buffalo now

8:54 am

Scrabbler

And keeping teachers was tough.

8:55 am

hokie carla

I remember my MIL saying years ago they couldn't find any nuns in Va Beach for the schools

8:55 am

Aloyisius

the times they are a changing

8:55 am

Scrabbler

I work 35 miles south of Buffalo, in a poor farm town.

8:57 am

rururocks

did the nuns fall out of the habit of teaching hokie?

8:57 am

Scrabbler

Haha.

8:58 am

hokie carla

I guess you would say that

8:58 am

Aloyisius

ok, ru.. add a groan

8:58 am

hokie carla

but I don't know enough nun puns to carry on, sorry

8:58 am

hokie carla

you missed a good clue pun I had last night

8:59 am

hurshy

a groan or a wimple?

8:59 am

rururocks

:D aloy

8:59 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway. Time to shop for my mom. See you tomorrow. FYI, my alter ego is Sister Mary Pediatrica.

8:59 am

Aloyisius

lol hurshy.. good one

8:59 am

Aloyisius

bye Scrabbs.. have a great Monday

8:59 am

hokie carla

bye scrabs

9:02 am

hokie carla

definitely not getting HOET today, I'm either graying tiles or only finding 1 or 2

9:03 am

hurshy

want help?

9:05 am

hokie carla

I don't know what kind of help I need for this inability to see words. I have 2 left D's, 1 W, 7 R. did finally barely make half of other D and 2nd A

9:06 am

rururocks

< just a's to go here

9:06 am

hokie carla

just found 3 d's, now have 5 total

9:06 am

hurshy

did you get the gold dream city of El Do6, and plural

9:07 am

hurshy

and the da4/6 babblet and plural

9:07 am

cybernan

ty hurshy

9:07 am

Aloyisius

too bad xray is hyphenated

9:07 am

hokie carla

no and maybe yes

9:08 am

hokie carla

thanks

9:08 am

Aloyisius

ooh, ty hurshy

9:08 am

hurshy

there are 3 ri and 11 ro

9:08 am

hurshy

all Rs are 4s and 5s

9:08 am

hokie carla

ok, found another W for half there

9:09 am

hokie carla

I decided to work down the columns today since across the top row was so frustrating

9:10 am

cybernan

might be listing for the last 50 today

9:10 am

hokie carla

I quit yesterday at 30 left, may be sooner today

9:11 am

rururocks

this is a tougher grid.. but doable

9:13 am

hokie carla

what's the x stats? ain't nobody got time for this.

9:13 am

Aloyisius

you would think so bc so many words are short ones.. first run half done

9:14 am

hokie carla

found one

9:14 am

cybernan

ntpn: city in WA

9:15 am

cybernan

lol -- except it is a phantom :)

9:16 am

hokie carla

so, I can name any city? seattle

9:16 am

cybernan

nope -- it was astoria until I had a 2nd look

9:16 am

hokie carla

ah, the goonies town

9:18 am

cybernan

why is it called that?

9:19 am

hokie carla

we almost have an NC town too. I better say it since no one will guess - swannanoa

9:19 am

hokie carla

do you remember the 80s movie, the goonies? your kids probably saw it. pretty sure it was set in astoria.

9:20 am

cybernan

never heard of it, carla

9:20 am

rururocks

swannanoa sounds like a waterfowl buffalo cross

9:20 am

hokie carla

goonies or swannanoa?

9:21 am

hokie carla

I'm going to guess swannanoa is an indian/native american word/name

9:21 am

cybernan

never heard of a movie entitled goonies

9:21 am

hokie carla

oh, looks like there's one in new zealand too, will have to ask moo next time he's on

9:25 am

hokie carla

well, the movie has Josh Brolin and Sean Astin, both from Hollywood families and still famous actors today.

9:25 am

rururocks

it's a movie about the republican party nan

9:26 am

hokie carla

don't listen to ruru, it's about a group of kids who identify as goonies who are about to lose their houses so they go on a treasure hunt

9:26 am

hokie carla

and never mind, it is astoria, OR, not WA

9:30 am

hokie carla

ok, swannanoa is named after the river that goes through it. swannanoa, NZ, was named by an american who settled there and named it after the river in NC.

9:30 am

cybernan

OH is Astoria on the OR side of the river? Just remember a column commemorating something and a huge bridge over the Columbia

9:31 am

hokie carla

no idea, just no the astoria I was talking about is in OR

9:31 am

hokie carla

I have never been to WA

9:32 am

hokie carla

in OR, I have been to Bend and drove there from Crescent City, CA.

9:37 am

hokie carla

and of course I meant "know" below, geez.

9:38 am

MollyL

The Goon Docks was definitely in Astoria.

9:38 am

hokie carla

yes, but was astoria only in OR or is there one in WA like nan remembers?

9:39 am

MollyL

It's in Oregon

9:39 am

hokie carla

have you seen the goonies then, molly?

9:40 am

MollyL

Many times

9:40 am

hokie carla

I mean, I would be surprised if you hadn't

9:40 am

rururocks

I lived in Bend Oregon briefly before moving to Sisters Oregon

9:40 am

hokie carla

ruru and nan, OTOH, I would not be surprised they hadn't seen it

9:40 am

MollyL

It was one of my kid's favorite movies.

9:40 am

hokie carla

I loved it in Bend, wouldn't mind living there.

9:41 am

rururocks

<never saw the goonies

9:41 am

MollyL

Ru will tell you he doesn't like Anne Hathaway movies

9:41 am

rururocks

it has grown a lot now hokie .. it's a much bigger town

9:41 am

hokie carla

yeah, I was there in 2014 and it was "up-and-coming"

9:42 am

rururocks

I liked Anne Hathaway in Devil Wears Prada.. she was good in that

9:42 am

hokie carla

haven't seen that

9:42 am

rururocks

couldn't stand her in Princess Bride though

9:42 am

hokie carla

I could see why

9:42 am

Uneaixoise

Clue for st7 please?

9:43 am

rururocks

rocky une

9:43 am

cybernan

ix 5/20 please? thought I tried everything, but apparently not

9:43 am

Aloyisius

a bush nan

9:43 am

rururocks

ix + most of what monica and bill did

9:43 am

MollyL

It is an xy Nan, not xi

9:43 am

Aloyisius

it has red flowers, at least ours does

9:44 am

MollyL

Oops, my mistake

9:44 am

Uneaixoise

Tx ru!!

9:44 am

Aloyisius

ru, you are naughty!

9:44 am

rururocks

:D

9:44 am

rururocks

had to get something nan could know

9:45 am

cybernan

lol - ty ru

9:45 am

rururocks

*waiting for MKG to say Blow isn't in the grid*

9:45 am

hokie carla

I know what they did but having trouble

9:46 am

rururocks

:D glad you got it nan.. it's a weird word

9:46 am

MollyL

Oh there would be a water accident if she did

9:46 am

hokie carla

also not getting the rocky clue. yes, I know who played rocky.

9:46 am

MollyL

Think clinically Carla

9:46 am

Aloyisius

try an adverb hokie

9:46 am

rururocks

no.. rocky like pebbles and rocks

9:47 am

hokie carla

I guess it would help to look at both s's

9:47 am

Aloyisius

use the top one

9:48 am

hokie carla

shew, thanks

9:48 am

hokie carla

ok, back to the clinical sex act

9:49 am

rururocks

clinical only because it involved a desk

9:49 am

hokie carla

I keep seeing pig latin

9:50 am

hokie carla

got one by monkey

9:50 am

Aloyisius

wa6 was my monkey success today

9:52 am

hokie carla

hmm, what's the points on that one?

9:53 am

Aloyisius

wa6.30 hokie

9:54 am

hokie carla

well, my monkeys went back to sleep but thanks

9:55 am

Aloyisius

most of the word is negatively charged if that helps

9:56 am

hokie carla

thanks, that did help

9:56 am

cybernan

sa 6 please?

9:56 am

Aloyisius

yay ..

9:58 am

Aloyisius

nan it ends with one of the to4.4 words, hard to clue without giving it away

9:59 am

cybernan

ty aloy

10:00 am

hokie carla

aaron spelling's daughter, but I'm sure that won't help

10:00 am

cybernan

don't feel badly about missing it when it isn't english :)

10:01 am

Aloyisius

wondering if sy6 is english..

10:01 am

hokie carla

what's the points on that one?

10:01 am

Sophie512

Good Morning all ! Good to "see" you, Nan!

10:01 am

Sophie512

sa 6 18?

10:01 am

hokie carla

hey sophie

10:02 am

Aloyisius

sy6.39 hokie

10:03 am

hokie carla

well, I'm guessing it has the x, but not going to bother. too many possibilities.

10:03 am

cybernan

don't think so - probably latin

10:04 am

Aloyisius

ty for looking anyway, I'm moving on too.. it must also have the x bc of the high tile count

10:04 am

hokie carla

oh, looks like I did actually make it to HOET

10:04 am

Aloyisius

wtg !

10:04 am

Sophie512

thanks carla, got it

10:05 am

marksdolly

good morning all!!

10:05 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie!

10:05 am

hokie carla

got what? I didn't do anything. and if it's the SY6, please clue.

10:05 am

hokie carla

hello dolly!

10:05 am

Aloyisius

hi marks

10:05 am

cybernan

sy 6: most of a needle + high pt tile

10:06 am

Aloyisius

wow, tyvm nan

10:07 am

cybernan

yw aloy

10:07 am

hokie carla

guess I will look it up, but thanks for trying

10:07 am

cybernan

monkeys went to work for a change

10:07 am

Aloyisius

passing a banana of gratitude..

10:09 am

hokie carla

for the record, I was thinking a sewing needle

10:10 am

hokie carla

anyone else struggling, it's like a thing to inject medicines with

10:10 am

cybernan

sorry - should have said hypodermic

10:11 am

hokie carla

no prob

10:11 am

cybernan

still too early in the moring here

10:11 am

hokie carla

here too 😜

10:11 am

rururocks

you took a good poke at a clue nan

10:12 am

hokie carla

now we're stuck in a pun thread

10:12 am

rururocks

I had to take a shot at it hokie

10:12 am

cybernan

the point is I am now done :)

10:13 am

hokie carla

just trying to infuse the chat with humor, I guess

10:13 am

rururocks

are you needling us nan?

10:14 am

cybernan

guess so -- now to start the day and hopefully get through the last of the paperwork :) hagd everyone

10:14 am

hokie carla

good luck, nan

10:14 am

rururocks

good luck nan..

10:15 am

cybernan

* after wordle of course - every bit of procrastination helps!

10:15 am

hokie carla

of course

10:15 am

rururocks

whatever makes you feel better nan.. who cares

10:17 am

hokie carla

what 7 am I missing? have ST and DO

10:19 am

hokie carla

still 16 4's left. guess I will look for those

10:19 am

rururocks

na7

10:19 am

Aloyisius

na7.28 hokie

10:20 am

hokie carla

I always miss that, thanks. I guess since this is the only place I ever see it.

10:20 am

rururocks

add a Spielberg alien to the previous word

10:20 am

hokie carla

oh, I saw it as soon as I knew it existed

10:21 am

hokie carla

but I am shocked you know the spielberg alien

10:21 am

Aloyisius

done.. and off to get some chores done too.. Happy Babbling!

10:21 am

hokie carla

well done, have a good one

10:22 am

hokie carla

oh, the youngest just invited me to go play pickleball. 40 left for later.

11:36 am

hokie carla

I actually beat him this time

11:51 am

hokie carla

that handyman is pretty fixy

11:52 am

Vicuna

He takes things to his fixary to fix.

11:53 am

hokie carla

totally. and he's fixn to fix the things.

11:54 am

Vicuna

And when it's bigger stuff, he uses his fixyard.

11:54 am

hokie carla

alas, none of these are my missing F's

11:55 am

Vicuna

Heh. I'm still missing a bunch, so probably can't help.

11:56 am

hokie carla

I still need 6 and 6 N's. plus 4 A's from that column. definitely my biggest problem.

11:57 am

hokie carla

found 2 a's at least

11:58 am

Vicuna

I need 7 x F and have barely even looked at that N. Only just reached the final column for a first pass.

11:58 am

hokie carla

well, they are the worst 😁. even though the whole grid started bad for me with the D's.

11:59 am

hokie carla

ooh, but have just grayed the 2nd col

11:59 am

Vicuna

Hooray!

12:04 pm

hokie carla

ha, just found an F with a typo

12:16 pm

ItalianGreyhound

finished this morning - any F clues wanted Carla?

12:17 pm

m9f9l

Good morning

12:17 pm

hokie carla

have made it to 4 F's and 4 N's left in that column, plus 10 other words. am going to just try again later, but thanks, IG.

12:17 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Mornin, afternoon here tho

12:17 pm

hokie carla

howdy m9, after lunch time here!

12:17 pm

m9f9l

Good afternoon then

12:18 pm

m9f9l

West coast USA is just 10:18 am

12:19 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Im on Central time here in Texas

12:19 pm

m9f9l

That bottom A is keeping from 1/2 way on all tiles. And I have no 7 yet.

12:19 pm

m9f9l

So the time marker in the chog is accurate for you!

12:20 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Yes it is

12:20 pm

hokie carla

think of a singing voice in a choir, m9

12:21 pm

hokie carla

do you want the 7 stats?

12:21 pm

m9f9l

Gah, how did I miss those. Thanks, now I'm over 1/2way on all.

12:21 pm

bichon

pls

12:21 pm

hokie carla

woot!

12:22 pm

hokie carla

easy, to miss, they go backwards

12:22 pm

m9f9l

No, that's ok. I read down and saw that it's na do and st.

12:22 pm

hokie carla

bichon, pls on the 7 stats?

12:22 pm

bichon

yes, carla

12:23 pm

m9f9l

I'll just put it down to being a soprano, so it's all about me. LOL!!!

12:23 pm

hokie carla

there you go, bichon, NA, DO, and ST

12:23 pm

ItalianGreyhound

the ST 6/33 sounds rather Seuss-ish

12:23 pm

hokie carla

haha. I am a soprano too, but love singing the other in christmas songs. for some reason that's the only time I can hear it.

12:25 pm

m9f9l

Interesting. When we sing hymns at church I challenge myself to sing first verse soprano, next verse alto, and next tenor, and if there's four verses I try the bass up an octave. Sometimes raise the tenor too.

12:26 pm

bichon

ty IG

12:26 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I can usually do it if I see the music

12:27 pm

hokie carla

hmm, must be my last S

12:27 pm

m9f9l

Seuss.. hmmm...

12:27 pm

ItalianGreyhound

yw, Bichon

12:27 pm

hokie carla

got it, thaxnk

12:28 pm

hokie carla

lol, not sure what happened there

12:28 pm

hokie carla

have never read it or seen the movie, but I believe it's about the environment, m9

12:30 pm

m9f9l

I'm assuming there's a cross in it.

12:30 pm

hokie carla

the seuss character starts with L

12:35 pm

m9f9l

interesting that the seuss character is about saving trees and the st6 is a tree.

12:36 pm

hokie carla

I thought so too

12:40 pm

m9f9l

not in the grid but just found out do4 -ism is a word. Going to have to use that one.

12:42 pm

hokie carla

the belief in dumb birds?

12:43 pm

m9f9l

ha. close. ludicrously outdated beliefs

12:50 pm

m9f9l

yay, got all the 7s

1:38 pm

joym999

hello. How is everything in Babbleland today?

2:12 pm

markbowers7

phantom: lynx

2:50 pm

penquis

hello all....

2:51 pm

joym999

hi pen

2:51 pm

penquis

hi joy...

3:03 pm

Uneaixoise

Clue for fa6 please?

3:06 pm

penquis

don't have it but will look...

3:06 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx :-)

3:06 pm

penquis

has the end of the weepy veggie...

3:09 pm

penquis

that was my clue for the fa 6....

3:10 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx!!!

3:11 pm

penquis

yw...

3:20 pm

penquis

i am not finding this grid very much fun....

3:27 pm

hokie carla

hey pen, joy. I agree, pen.

3:27 pm

penquis

hey, carla...

3:39 pm

hokie carla

what'd you think of yesterday's bee? 70some words. I made it to great and gave up.

3:41 pm

penquis

i got to Amazing and gave up....

3:41 pm

penquis

only got one of the pangrams...

3:41 pm

penquis

no, got two...

3:46 pm

hokie carla

I only got one. would never have thought of committeemen and hard to think of new words like emoticon after years of this game.

3:48 pm

penquis

i did not find committeeman either....did get emoticon....

3:49 pm

hokie carla

6 words left today there. 16 left here.

3:49 pm

penquis

i still have 52 words left here.... :o(

3:52 pm

hokie carla

this one was very slow for me

3:55 pm

penquis

snail's pace here...

3:58 pm

penquis

well i got the 7s anyway....

4:02 pm

hokie carla

5-10-1

4:02 pm

hokie carla

and I have looked for 4's

4:03 pm

penquis

47 here....i should look for my 19 fours...

4:05 pm

Uneaixoise

12 to go here.....

4:06 pm

hokie carla

nice

4:06 pm

penquis

go, une!

4:06 pm

hokie carla

I have D D RR ii NNNN L FFF W A

4:09 pm

penquis

i am missing some at all those letters...

4:10 pm

joym999

rehi. I'm back for my last 25 or so.

4:10 pm

hokie carla

hey joy

4:10 pm

penquis

wb...

4:10 pm

joym999

I didn't notice there was an RI until I listed. I really need to pay more attention.

4:11 pm

joym999

And RY too. I must have been asleep while I was doing the Rs.

4:13 pm

penquis

babble blindness...

4:18 pm

hokie carla

think I'll just list

4:18 pm

penquis

i am close to that myself....34 left here....

4:22 pm

joym999

not seeing the ST7

4:22 pm

penquis

like a rock...adverb...

4:22 pm

joym999

ty pen

4:25 pm

penquis

yw...

4:25 pm

hokie carla

so weird, I had the NA7 but not the 4 and 5

4:26 pm

penquis

that is weird...

4:27 pm

penquis

i looked for my fours and still have 8 of those missing... :o(

4:28 pm

hokie carla

not surprised. this is not a great grid.

4:29 pm

penquis

hate it...

4:29 pm

hokie carla

I'm struggling with some of these 5s even with the list

4:30 pm

penquis

i am at 30...i am listing...

4:32 pm

hokie carla

well, there's an incredibly weird 4

4:32 pm

penquis

stats?

4:32 pm

hokie carla

fa

4:33 pm

penquis

very weird...

4:35 pm

hokie carla

ok, 3 left now after the list

4:35 pm

penquis

that

4:35 pm

penquis

that's not too bad...

4:35 pm

hokie carla

found 2 - alt sp

4:36 pm

hokie carla

there's the other!

4:37 pm

penquis

congrats!...

4:37 pm

hokie carla

thanks

4:42 pm

joym999

FW finally and now I should do some work before they fire me...

4:42 pm

hokie carla

😁

4:42 pm

penquis

congrats...

4:49 pm

penquis

well i have been through the list and still have 3 to find....i doubt they are alt spellings...

4:52 pm

hokie carla

do you want help?

4:52 pm

penquis

sy 6?

4:54 pm

doseffing

.... sounds similar to the egyptian monument that sits out in front of the Giza pyramids

4:55 pm

penquis

hmmm....no clue...but thanks for trying...

4:55 pm

penquis

oh...got it...thanks...

4:55 pm

penquis

i am done...

4:55 pm

doseffing

... yw

4:57 pm

hokie carla

sorry, luckily dos is here

4:59 pm

penquis

no problem...

4:59 pm

penquis

well i need to get supper started....bye all...

5:00 pm

hokie carla

bye pen

5:33 pm

periwinkle

dr5/18 please. hi all

6:01 pm

Uneaixoise

Not wet + a commercial or promo

6:03 pm

MollyL

Two of them. One is a plural, the other one looks like an adverb of not wet.

6:07 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx Molly!

6:12 pm

Uneaixoise

Clue for an6 please?

6:36 pm

periwinkle

merci Une

6:59 pm

MollyL

an6 a yearly record of events, plural

7:17 pm

Uneaixoise

Tx Molly

7:55 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

9:23 pm

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the x words? Ty

9:24 pm

mkg

I tried xray and wont take it.

9:29 pm

mkg

NO CLUES FOR THE X WORDS? WOW.

10:05 pm

Jshap3542

X 5/24

10:05 pm

Jshap3542

X 4/11

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