Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, July 17, 2022

12:01 am

dizgrannie

1st col done lol

12:01 am

justafreep

<applause>!

12:02 am

justafreep

ro7

12:02 am

justafreep

em7

12:03 am

harpjane

flip

12:03 am

Gillie

de7

12:03 am

Gillie

x 2

12:04 am

harpjane

found a teeny bug

12:08 am

justafreep

te7

12:08 am

justafreep

de8

12:11 am

justafreep

co7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:32 am

justafreep

me7

12:57 am

jessmom

to9

12:58 am

jessmom

tr7

1:08 am

lynxxx

on8

1:16 am

Queue

that moment when you've been blithely finding words and suddenly realize there's gerunds.

1:25 am

ursh

nice find lynxx

3:56 am

Uneaixoise

Clue please for on8?

4:18 am

Soodle

Not sure if you got it, Une, but the on 8 could be described as traffic driving towards you.

6:01 am

pbc

timed

6:23 am

lbdawger

clue please for the to9?

6:26 am

lbdawger

nm found it.

6:26 am

mattygroves

I don't have it yet - would you mind giving me a gentle clue, please?

6:40 am

lbdawger

it measures frequencies of tones, like a tuning fork

6:42 am

Meatball421

great clue

6:48 am

ItalianGreyhound

Ooh - got the 8/60. fun word

6:49 am

ItalianGreyhound

ON 8/60 that is

6:54 am

mattygroves

Thank you!

6:57 am

Bogwoggle

`amor

6:58 am

ItalianGreyhound

add a T, Bog

6:58 am

Bogwoggle

oops sorry cat laid on the keyboard and moved cursor

6:59 am

ItalianGreyhound

thats right, blame it on the cat! :)

7:00 am

Bogwoggle

well, he is a cat! A very spoiled one, high on catnip at the moment. lol

7:08 am

Uneaixoise

Tx for on8 clue!!!

7:10 am

Uneaixoise

And tx for to9!!

7:17 am

bichon

what was the clue for on 8, pls

7:18 am

bichon

nm

7:53 am

player girl

I need help with the O in the bottom right corner? Please?

7:54 am

periwinkle

on4/4

7:55 am

rururocks

left column grey

7:59 am

MollyL

Guess that proper noun...Naval detention camp in Cuba

8:00 am

rururocks

gitmo

8:00 am

MollyL

Ding ding! Ru wins a box of Cuban cigars

8:01 am

rururocks

ugh i hate cigars

8:02 am

MollyL

Give them to a client. They are an impressive gift. I love the smell of a good cigar.

8:03 am

rururocks

ok.. sounds like a better option

8:06 am

MollyL

There is a very cool cigar store/club in Annapolis, complete with a cigar store Indian out front.

8:07 am

rururocks

how un PC

8:10 am

MollyL

Correction. Used to be. Another small business gone under. It was a great place. Going in there was like stepping back into the 1940's

8:12 am

rururocks

i remember one somewhere in my childhood.. but i think smoke shops are a losing proposition these days

8:30 am

hokie carla

1st col gray!

8:43 am

mkg

well i dont even have any 6s......just 4s and 5s. and nbt. weird.

8:44 am

MollyL

I wonder how many people are going to say that today/ (First column gray!)

8:45 am

rururocks

all of us

8:46 am

mkg

didnt take much to get that first column grey. .....yup.

8:46 am

hokie carla

how dare you all downgrade my small victories 😜

8:47 am

mkg

we are all so proud of you carla!

8:47 am

hokie carla

😁

8:48 am

rururocks

Puts up award in PB

8:48 am

hokie carla

2nd column not gray

8:52 am

mkg

anyone have any sixes or 7s to clue?

8:53 am

hokie carla

there are a few -ing words, look for those

8:54 am

rururocks

i just need a t9

8:54 am

hokie carla

well, I definitely don't have that

8:55 am

mkg

ty carla. got one. itis a six.

8:55 am

penquis

hello all...

8:55 am

hokie carla

I have only found 11 6s and 3 7s, but haven't finished first pass and still have 77 left.

8:55 am

hokie carla

pen!

8:56 am

penquis

carla!

8:58 am

hokie carla

hmm, can only find 1 O from the middle col

9:05 am

hurshy

morning crew

9:05 am

penquis

hi hursh...

9:06 am

hokie carla

almost morning in the grid, hey hurshy

9:06 am

hurshy

which one did you find, hokie

9:06 am

hokie carla

om4

9:06 am

hokie carla

oh, see on4 now

9:06 am

hurshy

there's also on4

9:07 am

hokie carla

HOET!

9:09 am

hokie carla

and now finished first pass, 50 to go.

9:10 am

cybernan

good morning all

9:10 am

BzznBea

Good morning, friends.

9:10 am

hokie carla

nan! bea!

9:10 am

penquis

hi bea...

9:10 am

penquis

hi nan...

9:11 am

hurshy

phantom: indemnity

9:12 am

penquis

very nice...

9:13 am

hurshy

:)

9:14 am

cybernan

a lot of d's

9:15 am

penquis

yup...and Ts...

9:21 am

hokie carla

almost detriment

9:24 am

hurshy

and tontine

9:24 am

BzznBea

NTPN: Detainment camp

9:25 am

hurshy

gitmo

9:25 am

BzznBea

ding ding

9:32 am

MollyL

That's twice for Guess the noun GITMO

9:33 am

BzznBea

I don't read through the chat.

9:33 am

cybernan

down to 64 - now the work begins

9:33 am

penquis

45 here...

9:36 am

Uneaixoise

15 here...

9:36 am

penquis

go, une!

9:36 am

hurshy

phantom: cameo

9:37 am

MollyL

Guess that proper noun...Thurber character Walter with a secret life

9:37 am

hurshy

Mitty

9:38 am

MollyL

Ding ding! Hurshey wins a gift certificate to Barnes & Noble

9:38 am

hurshy

oooooh wow

9:38 am

hurshy

i would like that prize

9:39 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! ancient greek play/character in the play

9:40 am

BzznBea

Medea

9:40 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:41 am

hurshy

phantom: monitor

9:42 am

cybernan

bbl

9:42 am

hurshy

so i just looked back and someone said the 9 is a T word, is that right?

9:45 am

hokie carla

that is right that it's what ruru said. no idea if it is actually a T

9:45 am

rururocks

it is to 9/72

9:45 am

penquis

i peeked...it is to 9....

9:45 am

hurshy

what about 8s? have de8

9:45 am

hurshy

ok ty

9:46 am

penquis

on 8...

9:46 am

MollyL

on8

9:46 am

hurshy

ahh, no wonder we didn't get the third O

9:47 am

hurshy

got it!

9:48 am

periwinkle

good morning all. help with on9 please

9:48 am

BzznBea

it's on8

9:48 am

penquis

it's on 8...

9:48 am

hurshy

get out of the way of that on8 car!

9:48 am

periwinkle

I have on8

9:48 am

BzznBea

You might meet on while driving

9:48 am

periwinkle

then what is the 9 please

9:48 am

MollyL

the 9 is to

9:48 am

hurshy

The Doctor is the On8 Storm

9:48 am

BzznBea

one

9:49 am

periwinkle

ty Molly

9:50 am

Shirlockc

the 9 is to? not grokking that clue

9:50 am

hurshy

it's not a clue, it's just information

9:50 am

hurshy

the 9 begins with the letters to

9:50 am

sukee

I so want tomato to be in this grid

9:50 am

Shirlockc

oooooo

9:50 am

hurshy

to9

9:51 am

periwinkle

not seeing that to9 there was a clue earlier but it did not help me

9:52 am

BzznBea

It ends like a math study of shapes

9:53 am

hurshy

ty bea!

9:53 am

penquis

ty, bea...

9:55 am

periwinkle

I got it. ty Bea

9:55 am

BzznBea

yw

10:00 am

penquis

I wish i could stop my laptop from typing words backwards ... permanently!

10:14 am

cybernan

back just in time to pick up that clue - by bea

10:15 am

cybernan

*ty bea

10:16 am

BzznBea

yw

10:16 am

penquis

i need a break....bbl to find my last 33....bye all....

10:39 am

cybernan

gi 5/18 please?

10:57 am

NANCY

NAN, nickname for Virginia

11:25 am

periwinkle

help with de8 please

11:26 am

BzznBea

Losing rank

11:26 am

periwinkle

ty Bea

11:26 am

BzznBea

yw

1:12 pm

marksdolly

what you make cotton with Nan

1:19 pm

MollyL

One person's cotton maker is another person's Tanqueray

1:38 pm

cybernan

ty -- just got back :)

1:49 pm

cybernan

first te 5/12 please?

2:02 pm

cybernan

or the me 7?

2:03 pm

cybernan

or the on 8??

2:03 pm

moolingwa

o8 - traffic going the other way?

2:04 pm

cybernan

scratch the 8 - found

2:04 pm

cybernan

ty mool

2:04 pm

moolingwa

me7 - to measuring?

2:05 pm

cybernan

just nee the me 7 and the te 5 now

2:05 pm

moolingwa

you have the te5/12 with the unusual double letter?

2:05 pm

cybernan

ty again

2:05 pm

cybernan

I have the babblet

2:06 pm

moolingwa

okay there's two babblets in a row

2:06 pm

cybernan

need the first one

2:07 pm

moolingwa

the first has the weird double letter, then there's same starting one next....not sure if there's one in front...still 9 t's to go off that one

2:08 pm

cybernan

the one in front is putting the ball on the golf spike

2:08 pm

moolingwa

okay, I have two 5/12s immediately after that

2:09 pm

moolingwa

they only have one letter different

2:09 pm

cybernan

can't make using any of the double letters add up to 12 points

2:10 pm

cybernan

or 6 as the case may be

2:10 pm

moolingwa

has a double vowel in it

2:11 pm

cybernan

oh - there it is - didn't notice that one! ty mool

2:11 pm

cybernan

That does it for me. want any help with your remaining ones?

2:11 pm

moolingwa

I'm good thanks, happy to help

2:12 pm

cybernan

hagd - a nice sunny 75 F here today.

2:13 pm

moolingwa

over 100F here today :)

2:13 pm

cybernan

oh it will be in the high 80's by 3pm

2:14 pm

cybernan

100 is way too hot for me.

2:14 pm

moolingwa

It was 75 around about 8 in the morning

2:14 pm

moolingwa

only 94 here so far, just looked

2:15 pm

moolingwa

just hot

2:16 pm

cybernan

yes

2:16 pm

cybernan

bye

2:17 pm

moolingwa

bye nan, enjoy your day

2:25 pm

periwinkle

in the 90s here today and upper 90s the rest of the wee

2:25 pm

periwinkle

hi all

2:26 pm

periwinkle

60 left

2:26 pm

periwinkle

bbl

4:52 pm

DukeJason

am 5/16?

4:57 pm

Uneaixoise

Spanish friend

4:57 pm

DukeJason

gracias

4:58 pm

Uneaixoise

De nada

5:05 pm

hurshy

the weirdest thing just happened to me over on weboggle

5:05 pm

hurshy

it kept saying "rail" was not in the dictionary

5:05 pm

hurshy

i tried several times, retyped it really slowly and carefully

5:06 pm

hurshy

but it kept saying "not in the dictionary"

5:06 pm

hurshy

so strange

5:08 pm

Sophie512

weird, and aggravating

8:33 pm

plisque

Hi all. I'm new. Can anyone help me understand the tile stats? thanks!

8:36 pm

Gillie

The numbers on the letters below the grid indicate how many words start from that letter. Sometimes the same word could start from a different spot, but it's counted on the first possible tile going right and down from the top left.

8:39 pm

plisque

oh, so because there are two As in the grid, there are two in the tile stats? I think that was where I was confused. I didn't see the one to one relationship between the tile stats and the grid! Thank you!

8:44 pm

Gillie

yw - do you know about Lickety's list?

8:44 pm

plisque

nope

8:46 pm

Gillie

There's a link (Lickety's Babble Clues) at the bottom of the page under the "Friends of Babble" heading. It lists the first two letters of each word in alphabetical order, with the length and score of each one.

8:48 pm

plisque

oooh, that sounds helpful! and explains a bit some of the chatter

8:48 pm

plisque

Thanks again.

8:50 pm

plisque

I have to go now but I will try tomorrow's puzzle with Lickety's list. It sounds like fun!

10:20 pm

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for 8s or 9s? Ty

10:25 pm

mkg

Just cantget any 8s or 9s. Darn.

10:26 pm

mkg

So any ing words that are 7s but not seeing 8s or 9s.

10:26 pm

bookwomen

de 8/60 to lose a position, gerund end

10:28 pm

mkg

Ty

10:28 pm

mkg

Got it. Ty

10:28 pm

mkg

Ty

10:29 pm

bookwomen

yw it is the only one I have

10:29 pm

mkg

Time for sleep. Ty book

10:35 pm

Uneaixoise

Fw!!

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