Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, August 2, 2022

12:06 am

cybernan

good evenig all :)

12:06 am

marksdolly

hi nan!

12:07 am

ursh

hi all

12:07 am

marksdolly

hi ursh!

12:12 am

dizgrannie

ha 7

12:12 am

jessmom

ro7/8

12:13 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:13 am

Rainiqui

Thanks Jess

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

marksdolly

ty lickety

12:24 am

cybernan

this is going to be a tough grid for me

12:25 am

rururocks

Ma8

12:30 am

cybernan

every time I think I've found one of the 7's or 8's it turns out to be a phantom

12:31 am

marksdolly

leaving 51 for morning, good night all!

12:36 am

cybernan

wd dolly

12:49 am

cybernan

not getting anywhere with this -- goodnight

1:40 am

dizgrannie

FWs

2:43 am

rbud

hope all are doing okay, haven't been in much for the last couple of weeks, cause I broke my arm, and typing on the keyboard is a chore with one hand. They say they can't cast it because it's right at the top of the humerus going into the ball up there. Not separated, so I just have to not move it for like six weeks, sigh. Hugs to all, I'll be back.

2:44 am

Deeha

hugs to you. get well soon

2:45 am

rbud

thanks. :) At least it wasn't my dominant side, whew.

4:37 am

Uneaixoise

AL7

5:34 am

MollyL

Is that a clue request or a blurt?

6:05 am

Deeha

alms

6:15 am

MollyL

Add grown boy for the 7

6:22 am

ItalianGreyhound

Thx

6:42 am

Jeff7

After Wordle, my new favorite is stardle.org/. You have to guess the name of an actor or actress instead of a word. I think it's harder than wordle but I have gotten it right the first 2 days I have played.

6:54 am

ItalianGreyhound

A pop-up ad?

7:30 am

Meatball421

why does it say "spam" does not appear in the puzzle? Am I blind?

7:43 am

bichon

spam is not an accepted word in the Babble dictionary

7:43 am

hokie carla

spam is not a word on the enable word list. it was merely a proper noun back then. apparently there was an attempt to add it to this game that didn't quite work. so it always says it's not there when it clearly is, so you are not blind.

7:44 am

hokie carla

name that proper noun - tree company with orange trucks

7:54 am

bichon

Asplundh?

7:54 am

hokie carla

✅✅✅

7:56 am

ItalianGreyhound

I was thinking the "Prime" company

7:57 am

ItalianGreyhound

but their trucks are blue

7:58 am

Shirlockc

Meatball421 is asking about spam, that is soooooo appropriate :)

7:58 am

hokie carla

they are like charcoal gray with blue writing, and that's a real word in the grid that I didn't have, thx.

8:15 am

MollyL

Asplundh trucks are orange here.

8:15 am

hokie carla

yes, IG was talking about the am6 trucks

8:16 am

MollyL

Ah,the trucks with the giant phallic symbol logo

8:20 am

hokie carla

so, all the man words and northman isn't on the list

8:20 am

hokie carla

NTPN - une's favorite tennis player?

8:21 am

MollyL

He's the titman, with gloves on

8:21 am

MollyL

Nadal

8:21 am

hokie carla

🎾🎾🎾

8:22 am

hokie carla

is it just me or is this M really hard?

8:23 am

mkg

hi all. not seeing the W words. any stats or help welcome

8:23 am

hokie carla

and the H

8:23 am

hokie carla

I have wr5/20 only

8:24 am

hokie carla

and the other is the same stat

8:24 am

BzznBea

W word think steinbeck

8:25 am

MollyL

The other is the same word, different vowel

8:25 am

mkg

steinbeck? hmmmm...thinking. ty

8:26 am

BzznBea

The Grapes of ?

8:26 am

mkg

got them!

8:26 am

mkg

ty

8:30 am

Shirlockc

stats for the lone A pls?

8:31 am

MollyL

Guess that proper noun, the devil wore it

8:31 am

mkg

shirlock i need that one too.

8:31 am

hokie carla

the gray/blue delivery trucks company, or a jungle, or a tall woman

8:31 am

BzznBea

Prada

8:31 am

hokie carla

prada

8:31 am

mkg

yes prada.

8:31 am

hokie carla

I almost posted exactly the same thing molly 😁

8:31 am

Shirlockc

eye roll, thx hokie!

8:31 am

MollyL

Ding ding! Tie between Carla and Bea. Prada bags for both of them.

8:31 am

mkg

ty for A word clues. great clues. ty.

8:32 am

mkg

i am down to no 7s or 8s. stats welcome.

8:32 am

hokie carla

shirl, don't eye roll, I think it's a proper noun! but I guess it's like adonis.

8:33 am

hokie carla

mkg, I also have no 7s or 8s

8:33 am

MollyL

Why am I not seeing a word clues?

8:34 am

hokie carla

8:31, probably snuck in

8:35 am

MollyL

Oh, there is no stats before it and I assumed that comment had to do with the earlier conversation about trucks.

8:36 am

hokie carla

well, only found 6 d's so no HOET

8:36 am

MollyL

There is no joy in Mudville

8:36 am

hokie carla

HOET! just made up a set that took

8:37 am

hokie carla

of course no definition

8:38 am

hurshy

an 8! i found an 8!

8:38 am

hokie carla

incredible

8:39 am

MollyL

Monkeypox? Seriously? Haven't we got enough to deal with about COVID?

8:40 am

hurshy

i don't think viruses care how much we have to deal with

8:41 am

mkg

any stats and clues for 7s or 8s welcome.

8:41 am

hurshy

ma8 person who decrees that it must be so

8:42 am

MollyL

Of course viruses don't care, it was a rhetorical question.

8:42 am

mkg

ty hurshy. thinking.

8:43 am

LuvWordGames

thanks hursh

8:44 am

MollyL

The other 8 is an ro and people who live around DC should be very familiar with it

8:44 am

BzznBea

thanks, hurshy

8:44 am

BzznBea

and mooly

8:45 am

BzznBea

Molly.

8:45 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! phylicia rashad's husband

8:45 am

hokie carla

hmm, I'm too slow this morning for either. maybe later.

8:45 am

hokie carla

ahmad

8:46 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

8:46 am

mkg

well not getting the ma 8. darn. slow day

8:46 am

BzznBea

Carla, most capitol buildings have them under the dome.

8:47 am

hokie carla

what about the people who don't live around DC? ah, thanks, bea

8:47 am

donnasc6dogs

madhat, ain't that what the tea party participant wore?

8:48 am

phaeton

hello...help with the ps7 please?

8:49 am

hokie carla

I just knew there was going to be a pesky ps word

8:49 am

hokie carla

not sure how I missed the obvious ones though

8:49 am

bichon

p + pink fish

8:50 am

hokie carla

thanks, bichon

8:50 am

phaeton

ty bichon

8:50 am

mkg

different spelling of the fish though.

8:50 am

mkg

great clue bichon

8:51 am

bichon

ty mkg

8:51 am

mkg

nope. not getting either 8. darn.

8:53 am

hokie carla

the ro8 is like a little fat, round building

8:53 am

mkg

in alice and wonderland, they had a tea party. the mad hatter referred to the fact that hats were dyed and the lead in them made the hatters, the people who worked with the dyes, go insane. lead in the dyes would cause this. the dyes were toxic.

8:54 am

mkg

at least i think this is what the story was.

8:54 am

MollyL

ps5 23: The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.

8:55 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! who's the boss star

8:55 am

mkg

well the ma 8 is not at all coming to me. nor is the ro and i live near DC. so not getting it at all. hm. blocked brain today

8:55 am

MollyL

Nope, that is not how the phrase came to be. It has to do with hat making with mercury in the 18th century

8:56 am

hokie carla

danza

8:56 am

MollyL

Danza

8:56 am

hokie carla

hold me closer tony danza

8:56 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

8:56 am

mkg

got the ro words!!!!!!!!!!!! think of the capitol building.

8:57 am

hokie carla

you must've missed where bea said that earlier

8:57 am

MollyL

Like Bea said

8:57 am

mkg

guess so carla.

8:57 am

mkg

apologies.

8:58 am

MollyL

mkg you might get more of the clues if you actually read the responses in the chat

8:58 am

hurshy

i see what you mean about the D, hokie

9:00 am

hokie carla

yeah, the whole middle column is bad. I need 5 T, 6 M, 7 H, 8 D. but just one U.

9:01 am

hurshy

bones

9:01 am

hokie carla

no, I just need one U

9:01 am

hurshy

ohh i see, sorry, did not read carefully

9:02 am

hokie carla

I keep trying undam but it's not that 🤣

9:02 am

hokie carla

also not unsad

9:02 am

hurshy

should be though. we can totally remove a dam.

9:02 am

hokie carla

I know!

9:03 am

MollyL

But you can't unring a bell so you can't unslam a door

9:03 am

hokie carla

so hurshy, I found these HP books in Kindle Unlimited that are bios of characters. pretty interesting reading if you are a series fan.

9:04 am

hokie carla

also can't unslap someone, ask will smith

9:04 am

hurshy

Ms Managed!

9:04 am

MollyL

Is it more stuff that was never in the stories, like Dumbledore being gay?

9:05 am

hokie carla

I've only read McGonagall's and am on Lupin's right now.

9:06 am

hokie carla

but it is stuff not in the stories, just extra details about their upbringing and stuff before coming to hogwarts

9:06 am

hokie carla

I'd love to know more about dumbledore's brother being a goat #$%#$. 🤣🤣

9:06 am

hurshy

McGonagall is one of those characters that you can't believe was ever a kid, lol

9:07 am

hokie carla

yeah

9:15 am

hurshy

hm. got to genius without finding a pangram :(

9:15 am

welki

me, too

9:16 am

welki

ohh, just got it!

9:17 am

hokie carla

I found the pangram early but just at nice

9:17 am

hurshy

woot, me too thanks welki! lol

9:18 am

hokie carla

now genius, pretty easy today

9:20 am

hokie carla

only 6 words left for queen bee. guess I will go for it today.

9:21 am

hokie carla

would love to know what indica and indicia are from yesterday, more why were they included?

9:29 am

hurshy

indicia are things that indicate, i believe

9:29 am

hurshy

never seen indica, but merriam-webster says it is a variety of cannabis

9:31 am

hokie carla

my point is both words are odd inclusions since he excludes way more common words

9:31 am

hurshy

yeah go figure

9:32 am

hokie carla

only 2 words left now for queen bee. I don't know if I'll find them or not.

9:32 am

hokie carla

44 left here. guess I will try to do something productive for a while.

9:33 am

hurshy

the version of the bee that i found elsewhere only goes up to genius

9:33 am

hokie carla

also, dickie not included. everyone knows that is a fake turtleneck.

9:33 am

hurshy

queen bee means all the words there are?

9:33 am

hokie carla

yes

9:33 am

hurshy

how many are there today?

9:33 am

hokie carla

38

9:34 am

hurshy

ok wow then i need 7 more for that

9:36 am

hokie carla

I already tried making innkeeper a verb 😜

9:37 am

hurshy

i was annoyed that "kipped" didn't count, it's british slang for slept

9:38 am

hokie carla

well, he definitely doesn't include british slang

9:38 am

hurshy

well i mean how do you decide when a word is slang and when it isn't, anyway?

9:39 am

hurshy

i still need 3 there but i found a ke4 that you might not have

9:39 am

hokie carla

it's all very arbitrary. the editor is a guy in his 20s who picks and chooses the words allowed.

9:40 am

hokie carla

yeah, just found a weird one

9:41 am

origami

There are some omissions on his list that really aggravate me.

9:41 am

origami

*from his list, rather

9:41 am

hokie carla

me too

9:42 am

hokie carla

but then it really aggravates me more when he includes ridiculous ones

9:43 am

origami

It would be nice if SB and Babble both used the Scrabble dictionary. Then at least we would know what we were dealing with.

9:44 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! a planet(?)

9:45 am

hokie carla

pluto

9:46 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:46 am

rururocks

SB?

9:46 am

hokie carla

you missed my orange truck tree company, hurshy

9:47 am

origami

Sorry, ru. Folks were talking about the Spelling Bee, so I just abbreviated it.

9:47 am

hokie carla

lol, I had no idea what ruru was asking

9:47 am

rururocks

oh i missed that

9:48 am

rururocks

thanks O

9:48 am

hurshy

orange truck tree company???

9:49 am

hokie carla

yes, a neat proper noun in the grid

9:49 am

hurshy

i'm not sure i know any tree companies

9:50 am

hokie carla

no trees up there?

9:51 am

hurshy

we have trees but all the companies that deal with cutting them seem to be small, local kinds of companies

9:53 am

hokie carla

ok, it's Asplundh

9:53 am

hurshy

wow, yeah, never heard of that

9:53 am

hokie carla

wow

9:54 am

hurshy

90%, woot!

10:05 am

rururocks

what's for breakfast ori.. cold chicken toast? :D

10:07 am

origami

Ha! No, you can only do that with piccata :D

10:12 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:12 am

rururocks

good morning nan

10:12 am

origami

Hi, nan

10:13 am

rururocks

LOL.. i've been picturing you eating saffron chicken for breakfast

10:14 am

origami

If I only had that garlic herb butter ...

10:14 am

BzznBea

I eat stuff like that for breakfast.

10:14 am

rururocks

oh god..

10:15 am

rururocks

another one

10:15 am

BzznBea

I love a cold hamburger.

10:15 am

origami

He won't even eat cold pizza for breakfast

10:15 am

rururocks

yikes

10:16 am

rururocks

hey! in Italy they serve it hot

10:16 am

rururocks

they would know

10:16 am

origami

Cold fried chicken ... yum!

10:18 am

rururocks

Julia Child just rolled over in her grave

10:18 am

hokie carla

cold fried chicken is delish

10:18 am

rururocks

omg there's a zillion of you guys

10:18 am

cybernan

ntpn - czech capital

10:19 am

origami

We're everywhere, ru. Join us.

10:19 am

rururocks

lol

10:19 am

rururocks

not ever ugh

10:20 am

hokie carla

cold chicken is better than cold pizza

10:22 am

hurshy

agreed. i have enjoyed cold poultry but i always reheat pizza

10:24 am

rururocks

I can eat sliced cold chicken breasts in a salad ... FOR DINNER.. .but not for breakfast.. that's just barbaric

10:25 am

origami

I'm savage 😀

10:25 am

rururocks

I saw that .. yep

10:25 am

hokie carla

I could eat the chicken but not the salad for breakfast

10:25 am

MollyL

Someone is a little uptight about breakfast choices

10:26 am

hokie carla

I also love breakfast for supper

10:26 am

rururocks

um.. a little..

10:26 am

BzznBea

I eat it with my hands and I am usually am standing with the door of the fridge open

10:26 am

origami

I might go out to the car and have some baguette and cheese.

10:26 am

hurshy

i think of cold chicken as like a picnic lunch food

10:26 am

rururocks

oh bea you're a savage too

10:26 am

rururocks

HAHAHA ori

10:26 am

BzznBea

I am.

10:27 am

rururocks

I was afraid to wipe off the dashboard in case you ate my arm

10:27 am

BzznBea

With this heat, we have been having cold chicken and salads for dinner.

10:29 am

MollyL

I guess Ru never has pie for breakfast either. Shame.

10:30 am

origami

Oh, yes. Pie for breakfast!

10:30 am

rururocks

uh nope

10:30 am

rururocks

I eat things like toast, scrambled eggs, omelets, bacon, cereal, oatmeal ... ya know.. that kind of stuff

10:30 am

MollyL

Pie is my go-to breakfast the day after Thanksgiving.

10:31 am

cybernan

I'm with bea - cold meats and salads for this heat

10:31 am

rururocks

nan.... your heat is a nice day here in Napa :D

10:32 am

cybernan

95 is about 20 degrees too warm for me

10:32 am

MollyL

And I'm sure you eat all that "approved breakfast food" at a duly appointed place setting with a cloth napkin.

10:32 am

rururocks

hey ori momoa is almost in the grid

10:32 am

rururocks

yes molly with my fork on the left

10:32 am

MollyL

Speaking of savages

10:32 am

origami

:D

10:33 am

rururocks

uh watch it molly.. there are jason lovers around here

10:33 am

MollyL

He played a savage in Game of Thrones

10:34 am

origami

Mmmm ... Mamoa

10:34 am

rururocks

oh.. I never watched game of thrones

10:34 am

rururocks

I've never seen him act come to think of it

10:34 am

MollyL

He is a little too "gamey" for me

10:35 am

rururocks

I think ori would love him for breakfast

10:35 am

origami

Cold or hot

10:36 am

rururocks

LOL

10:36 am

rururocks

with lemon and capers

10:36 am

MollyL

Guess that proper noun...Girl Scout cookie (a fine choice for breakfast)

10:36 am

origami

Oooooh

10:37 am

hokie carla

samoa

10:37 am

MollyL

Ding Ding! Hokie wins a box of Samoas.

10:37 am

cybernan

don't see sawdust in the grid

10:38 am

hokie carla

did y'all know girl scouts have 2 different bakeries and they cookies are the same but with different names? i think samoas are coconut delights or something.

10:38 am

MollyL

Nan, Girl Scout cookies don't taste like sawdust

10:38 am

hokie carla

*the cookies

10:38 am

cybernan

they do to me -- like they forgot the butter

10:39 am

rururocks

Une's boyfriend is in the grid too NTPN

10:39 am

MollyL

I am talking about Girl Scout cookies. Not Girl Guide cookies. Two very different things.

10:39 am

hokie carla

maybe nan gets the other bakery than what we get here on the east coast

10:41 am

cybernan

they tasete like Dare cookies here - which also are dry and tasteless, other than the icing in the middle which is mostly just sugar, flavoring and water

10:41 am

rururocks

I only buy the somosa (sp?) when the kids come to my door. I don't buy from them outside the grocery store

10:41 am

hokie carla

oh, it's caramel delites instead of samoas

10:41 am

MollyL

All the Girl Guides sell are chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies and thin mints.

10:42 am

rururocks

oh samoas

10:42 am

cybernan

that's what we ge, molly - I will buy the thin mints just to support them, but not the sandwich cookies

10:42 am

hokie carla

just found a map, looks like molly's may be different than mine.

10:43 am

hokie carla

and girl guides is a thing? I thought that was from the 50s. never heard of it being real since I've been alive and never seen any cookies from them.

10:43 am

MollyL

I just give the scouts money. That way I am not tempted by the cookies.

10:43 am

MollyL

Girl Guides are Canada's version of Girl Scouts

10:44 am

BzznBea

I do that with the boy scouts and popcorn.

10:44 am

MollyL

Boy scout popcorn is AWFUL. I always give them money instead of buying.

10:44 am

cybernan

all of them are under the same umbrella I think

10:45 am

origami

All this talk of inappropriate breakfast foods has made me hungry. I'm going to go eat something cold normally made for dinner :D

10:45 am

hokie carla

I was pack treasurer a couple of years when my boys did cub scouts. there was a grandmother in charge of the popcorn sales and she was called the popcorn colonel. still makes me laugh.

10:45 am

hokie carla

I didn't think the popcorn was bad, just expensive.

10:45 am

BzznBea

LOL!

10:47 am

cybernan

I'm not getting anywhere with this grid -- still can't find that lone a

10:47 am

hokie carla

well in the US the GS cookies are made by Little Brownie Bakers and ABC Bakers. I've always lived where it's Little Brownie. https://tinyurl.com/3x7j224p

10:47 am

hokie carla

because it's really a proper noun, nan

10:47 am

cybernan

stats?

10:48 am

hokie carla

am6/36

10:48 am

BzznBea

am6.36

10:48 am

MollyL

Not when it is used to describe a woman

10:48 am

HarryHood

ty for the A.

10:48 am

hokie carla

that's why I said earlier similar to adonis

10:48 am

rururocks

I could go for one of those right now

10:50 am

cybernan

only one I see is Amanda

10:50 am

MollyL

See how one person's comment can totally misconstrue your comment? Now people think Ru is going for an adonis.

10:50 am

cybernan

oh of course - got it

10:51 am

MollyL

Think of tall, strong women Nan

10:51 am

HarryHood

not a name nan. an online bookseller.

10:51 am

Cathyar

the lone "a'" is am6/36

10:51 am

BzznBea

Not a woman's name, nan. A type of woman BIG woman

10:51 am

cybernan

also describes a large woman

10:51 am

hokie carla

hey, ru can go for an adonis if he wants

10:52 am

MollyL

I think we have the large, tall, strong, huge woman thing down

10:52 am

hokie carla

can anyone tell me what this word is describing???

10:53 am

MollyL

No, and it's time for someone to clue it again

10:54 am

cybernan

weekly coffee gabfest in an hour, so think I will list now

10:56 am

rururocks

<---looks up amazon match.com

10:57 am

cherlyq

think a huge website you buy things from maybe

10:58 am

HarryHood

that D is tough.

10:58 am

hokie carla

still need 8 D's

10:59 am

HarryHood

10 here

10:59 am

hokie carla

there's a set that is an alt sp of the "comedian" who uses a ventriloquist dummy

10:59 am

hokie carla

I use quotes because I don't think he's funny at all

11:00 am

HarryHood

what was his name? charlie mccarthy?

11:00 am

rururocks

jeff dunam

11:00 am

rururocks

dunham?

11:00 am

hokie carla

current guy

11:01 am

HarryHood

hah

11:01 am

hokie carla

yes, ru

11:01 am

HarryHood

I actually know that word - should have had it. middle eastern unit of land area

11:01 am

hokie carla

now that is a dead giveaway 🤣

11:01 am

HarryHood

I never heard of the comedian though.

11:02 am

hokie carla

no def on the link, so thanks for sharing

11:02 am

HarryHood

got another 5/6

11:02 am

HarryHood

ends with male.

11:02 am

hokie carla

thanks, also weird

11:03 am

BzznBea

There are three dh

11:03 am

HarryHood

my nephew did his phd in hyrax communication

11:03 am

hokie carla

I tried all kinds of dh this morning

11:03 am

HarryHood

ah got 2 - ty bea

11:04 am

cybernan

got the d words only because I had the stats and monkeys that decided to work

11:04 am

BzznBea

The dh is a 6

11:05 am

BzznBea

other

11:05 am

HarryHood

got it!

11:05 am

MollyL

Middle eastern unit of land measure is a word you have committed to memory? Oy

11:05 am

HarryHood

I've spent alot of time in Israel - the lots are measured in du6

11:06 am

MollyL

Oh good, at least you have a frame of reference for it then

11:06 am

BzznBea

Has any one done the NTPN - First Lady?

11:07 am

HarryHood

eve?

11:07 am

penquis

Martha...hello all...

11:07 am

hokie carla

let's hear more about this dh6...

11:07 am

HarryHood

hi pen!

11:07 am

BzznBea

dingdingding

11:08 am

rururocks

funny harry

11:08 am

HarryHood

double vowel

11:08 am

BzznBea

hey pen

11:08 am

rururocks

you're good at ribbing

11:08 am

penquis

hi harry...., bea, ru.....

11:08 am

penquis

carla!....

11:08 am

hokie carla

you're so bad, ru

11:08 am

HarryHood

well adam is there too :)

11:08 am

hokie carla

pen!

11:10 am

hokie carla

39 left - 4-15-15-5 - usual look for the grids I struggle with - heavy in the 5s and 6s.

11:10 am

HarryHood

48 here. will bbl

11:10 am

MollyL

Slammo looks like something you would see in a Batman cartoon

11:11 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:11 am

hokie carla

oh, found a 5/6

11:11 am

hokie carla

moo!

11:12 am

cybernan

hi mool

11:12 am

moolingwa

hey hoke, how's your tuesday going?

11:12 am

penquis

hi nan...hi mool....

11:12 am

penquis

hi molly...

11:12 am

hokie carla

this is a tough one

11:12 am

moolingwa

hey nan, good to see you here

11:12 am

hokie carla

same as monday, having trouble getting motivated

11:12 am

moolingwa

ah

11:12 am

moolingwa

well I had road construction at around 7am to motivate me

11:13 am

hokie carla

it was like 82F earlier, now up to 88. why do I do this??

11:14 am

hokie carla

well, I just now got a 6 from an 8 earlier. why do I do this??

11:15 am

moolingwa

100 to go

11:16 am

hokie carla

36

11:16 am

penquis

104 here...

11:16 am

moolingwa

hey pen

11:19 am

hokie carla

well, I've had enough for now. PS - made it to queen bee. I did check the list for the last word which I don't usually do, but was so close.

11:19 am

hokie carla

BBL

11:20 am

penquis

cool....

11:20 am

penquis

bye...

11:20 am

moolingwa

very nice, I think I might be able to get there, 35 words so far

11:21 am

hokie carla

38 total, was very fast this morning

11:21 am

moolingwa

yeah, I got there in about 5-10 minutes

11:40 am

cybernan

even with the list I don't see that ma 8 I've been looking for ever since ru called it last night

11:41 am

penquis

it's the only 8 i have...

11:41 am

cybernan

a normal word? or discipline specific?

11:41 am

penquis

an order is a ma***e.....add a one who ending (not the common one)....

11:42 am

penquis

should be ma****e...

11:42 am

cybernan

ty pen

11:42 am

penquis

yw...

11:42 am

penquis

what are the stats for the other 8?..

11:42 am

MollyL

ro8

11:43 am

penquis

ty, molly...

11:44 am

cybernan

I am certain that moonart is a word

11:45 am

MollyL

Really? What does it mean? The google doodles of the moon submitted by third graders?

11:45 am

Sophie512

of course, art made by craters on the moon

11:46 am

cybernan

no moon doodles by professional "artists" who paint like 3rd graders

11:46 am

Sophie512

Molly, great idea......one I didn't think of when teaching 3rd grade all those years :)

11:46 am

MollyL

Surely that kind of word emerged after the ancient Enable word list was last updated.

11:48 am

BzznBea

Sophie, I was a third grade teacher as well.

11:49 am

cybernan

I taught grades 3-7, but mostly grade 4

11:50 am

cybernan

loved taking them from the spoonfed stage to being capable of doing some research on their own.

11:51 am

mael

huh, I get a message that "spam" does not exist in this puzzle when... it clearly does

11:51 am

mael

it doesn't say "was not found in the dictionary". That's odd

11:52 am

BzznBea

Long story there, mael

11:52 am

Sophie512

I noticed that, too

11:52 am

hokie carla

omg, how have you been here this long and never seen the spam discussion, mael?

11:53 am

mael

wow, really? I've been here ten years!

11:53 am

mael

i always try it but I've never noticed it was odd like that

11:53 am

cybernan

off for coffee hour - 30 to go

11:53 am

hokie carla

it comes up literally every time it's in the grid, which is often

11:53 am

mael

hah, wow

11:54 am

penquis

bye nan...

11:54 am

mael

I must not pay enough attention

11:54 am

hokie carla

when enable was made it was only a proper noun so not included. legend has it dr. god tried to add it to the game but then it just says it doesn't exist.

11:55 am

mael

i love me a good legend

11:55 am

penquis

some years back a player said she was writing a paper (dissertation?) on the culture of babble....wonder if she ever finished that...

11:59 am

MollyL

A dissertation on the culture of a word game chat board?

12:00 pm

penquis

yes, i guess....not sure if it was a dissertation....memory is spotty....

12:00 pm

mael

I mean, it's valuable insight into the psyche of people :)

12:00 pm

penquis

it is sort of like a community that has evolved over time....with rules, language oddities, etc....

12:01 pm

MollyL

There are some psyches here that could be the entire focus of the paper

12:01 pm

mael

I think it's cool, personally

12:01 pm

penquis

i think it was more of a sociological study,..

12:02 pm

mael

yeah, I said psyche but I meant more the social aspect of it

12:10 pm

MollyL

It is one of the remaining internet communities from when internet communities first started. There have been babies born, children grown and gone, deaths of long time players.

12:10 pm

penquis

yes...relatively long history....

12:12 pm

MollyL

I can see writing a sociology paper on it but it is not in-depth enough for a dissertation.

12:13 pm

mael

in depth is a matter of research, though

12:17 pm

MollyL

I can see using Babble as an example of the changing culture of the internet, but not as the sole topic of a dissertation. For one thing, there is no way to "research" Babble

12:21 pm

mael

I mean, like any other sociological research

12:21 pm

mael

you interview players

12:21 pm

mael

you look up stats and dates and trends

12:22 pm

MollyL

Okay mael. You win. When you find a sociology professor who will accept that as research, let me know.

12:23 pm

penquis

why is this an argument?...

12:23 pm

penquis

also, chat logs can be accessed for past dates....i am sure those could be analyzed....it's just an interesting thought to me....

12:23 pm

MollyL

It's not. It's a disagreement.

12:24 pm

mael

I only mean that it's possible to research an online community, nothing more

12:24 pm

mael

"research" is just gathering information in a diligent way

12:25 pm

mael

I've read plenty of dissertations on fan communities, for example, it's a popular topic

12:25 pm

penquis

i am down to 52....need a break....bbl to finish....bye all....

12:26 pm

mael

bye pen!

12:28 pm

MollyL

Have you read a dissertation on one specific fan community? That is all I was saying. Fan communities is a broad topic. A dissertation solely on Babble is too narrow a scope. Just my opinion.

12:29 pm

mael

yes? they have dissertations even on ONE single fanfic, never mind fan communities. You can find something to write about anything, really :)

12:32 pm

mael

because the dissertation wouldn't be about babble qua babble, it would be about how babble reflects X or Y trends in social media use and what the author thinks it proves about internet audiences or whatever

12:33 pm

mael

I wouldn't write it. but I can absolutely see a fascinating dissertation there :)

12:37 pm

MollyL

That is what I meant. The dissertation wouldn't be about Babble (too narrow a scope) but use Babble as an example of those X and Y trends. That is what I have been saying all along.

12:41 pm

mael

but that's a dissertation about babble

12:41 pm

mael

in that the research would be about the babble community

12:41 pm

mael

then you talk about how that relates to the world, but again, that's any dissertation

12:43 pm

MollyL

Didn't you just say it wouldn't be a dissertation about Babble?

12:44 pm

mael

sure, not about "Babble is an online game! let me tell you about babble!" and nothing else

12:44 pm

mael

but no dissertation is just descriptive, right? It's always an analysis

12:45 pm

mael

otherwise it's not a dissertation

12:46 pm

mael

I just think it's possible to research, well, anything. There is data and there are logs, you could track plenty of things if you wanted.

12:47 pm

hokie carla

as someone who's read a lot of the early chat, I think a great story could be told about the society here and how it's changed over the years, as well as the how gameplay, etiquette, and rules have evolved to what it is today.

12:48 pm

hokie carla

but I'm not a researcher nor a dissertation writer or reader

12:50 pm

hokie carla

what I'm saying is there's a buttload of info for almost 20 years here

12:50 pm

cherlyq

clue please for the pr 7

12:51 pm

Sophie512

sorry, not on P yet

12:51 pm

hokie carla

guess that's my missing P

12:55 pm

Sophie512

got the other PRs working

12:57 pm

penquis

i have a pr 7...want clue?

12:58 pm

cherlyq

Yes please

12:58 pm

Sophie512

got it, no idea how to clue it

12:58 pm

penquis

it's like being FOR (not against) a memo....ends in a vowel...

12:59 pm

hokie carla

thanks

1:00 pm

penquis

yw...

1:00 pm

cherlyq

Thank you both

1:00 pm

penquis

yw...

1:02 pm

MollyL

Carla you are the only one I know who has read over the entire chat log from 2004 to present.

1:03 pm

hokie carla

lol, I haven't read all that, just a lot in the beginning and then I tried to find what years I took my long hiatus and never could.

1:04 pm

Sophie512

67 left taking a break

1:05 pm

hokie carla

I'm going rollerblading. TTFN

1:06 pm

penquis

bye, carla...

1:06 pm

MollyL

You don't know the years you didn't play?

1:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

129 words and not one 7. not wven a prospect

1:11 pm

penquis

i have 141 words and one 7....not much better...

1:11 pm

moolingwa

145 words and one 7 and one 8

1:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

anyone here play nyt spelling bee?

1:12 pm

moolingwa

yes, we both do

1:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

it looks as if it reverts to the free bee the next day, but am not sure if that is the case or if the free one has a different puzzle

1:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

i've also found a totally free bee

1:14 pm

moolingwa

Not sure

1:15 pm

penquis

i don't know anything about the free Bee at the NY Times...i am a games subscriber....

1:15 pm

moolingwa

9-14-13-6-1

Not looking good

1:16 pm

penquis

i am stalled at 50...

1:16 pm

moolingwa

40 left here now...puttering along

1:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

https://nytimes-spellingbee.com/

1:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

https://freebee.fun/

1:18 pm

penquis

i play the bee every day at the NY Times as a subscriber...

1:18 pm

moolingwa

me too

1:18 pm

moolingwa

well only sometimes on weekends

1:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

but no way to tell if it's actually the same game free the next day

1:20 pm

penquis

all you have to do is ask for yesterday's pangram or letters....

1:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

just checked out today, it looks like piked with a c and an n

1:21 pm

penquis

or compare what you have for letters today....

1:21 pm

penquis

today is PICKEND...

1:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

that is what i see in free bee. how many words? do they tell you how many there should be>

1:22 pm

moolingwa

I'm told there are 38

1:23 pm

penquis

you can see that by clicking on Today's Hints....38 words today....and one pangram....

1:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

i got genius at 31/98

1:23 pm

moolingwa

up to 35 so far

1:23 pm

moolingwa

36 so far :)

1:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

working on the pangram now. sometimes they are obvious, not today

1:24 pm

penquis

i am at 34 but don't have the pangram yet...

1:24 pm

moolingwa

Genius was 95 points it appears

1:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

the site says it's yesterday's game

1:24 pm

penquis

135 points today...

1:24 pm

mael

I also don't have the pangram yet

1:24 pm

moolingwa

maybe it can see into the future

1:25 pm

moolingwa

Managed to find the pangram very early

1:25 pm

penquis

mine says it's the bee for today's date...

1:26 pm

moolingwa

yep, August 2nd

1:26 pm

moolingwa

maybe you're in the future TO

1:26 pm

moolingwa

30 to go

1:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

okay i got it. moo, a distinct possibility

1:27 pm

penquis

taking another break....bye all...

1:27 pm

moolingwa

oh, found another 7

1:27 pm

moolingwa

not a regular word tho

1:28 pm

mael

yeah, I'm at genius without the pangram, that rarely happens

1:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

well i put the url in here. that's what i use, found it while googling for a free clone

1:28 pm

moolingwa

maybe it's the same thing then

1:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

do not know why, but glad. i really like free bee because you can play anytime with a random game

1:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

36/128. but still no 7s here.

1:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

break time. later happy babbling and some 7s

1:35 pm

mael

I've got no sevens here either, today

1:49 pm

cherlyq

I have two 7s pr 7 and ps 7

1:59 pm

cherlyq

and now a ro 7 36

2:00 pm

cherlyq

make that a 7/8 combo

2:09 pm

hokie carla

rehi, made it back from rollerblading. didn't die, did burn up.

2:21 pm

MollyL

The Bee, Free Bee. what's next? Fris Bee?

2:23 pm

hokie carla

just tried tomahto just in case the enable guys know the famous song

2:27 pm

MollyL

Quilting Bee?

2:29 pm

MollyL

BeeBee? Take a "shot" at it.

2:30 pm

MollyL

Wanna Bee? (For people who only think they are good with words)

2:33 pm

hokie carla

went to list, first 2 are words I would have never ever tried

2:33 pm

hokie carla

wonder if the other 33 are like this

2:37 pm

cybernan

hi again

2:37 pm

hokie carla

hey nan

2:37 pm

periwinkle

help with lone A please/ hi all

2:37 pm

MollyL

A better dissertation would explore the psychology of people who continue playing a word game based on an outdated word list. 😊

2:38 pm

MollyL

Peri, they deliver your packages

2:38 pm

MollyL

Carla, get ready with your adonis comment.

2:38 pm

hokie carla

no, i'm tired of discussing this one today

2:39 pm

hokie carla

trying to find to7

2:39 pm

cybernan

for $11/mo. you get free delivery and prime

2:39 pm

periwinkle

I have one 7. do not have either 8.

2:40 pm

periwinkle

tough grid for me

2:40 pm

hokie carla

nan has quite the lag up there in canada. I have noticed that before.

2:40 pm

MollyL

to7?

2:40 pm

hokie carla

this is a tough one for me too, peri

2:40 pm

hokie carla

sorry, ta7

2:41 pm

hokie carla

and I know the 3rd letter but can't get it

2:42 pm

MollyL

All I can think in the way of a clue is Tibet and Bob Segar

2:42 pm

hokie carla

hmm, perhaps I will look it up, thx

2:43 pm

cybernan

pr 7 please?

2:43 pm

MollyL

Like the capital of Nepal,it ends like that

2:44 pm

MollyL

For prefix + word for a musical symbol (sharp, minor, etc) with a different last vowel

2:45 pm

hokie carla

couldn't remember the capital, but looked it up and saw the word and immediately knew based on that, thx

2:46 pm

dcseain

thank you, Molly

2:46 pm

cybernan

mmmm - sharp, flat, major, minor, key, clef, note - can't think of anything else

2:46 pm

dcseain

variant on that last on, nan, also a 4 letter word the ending.

2:47 pm

cybernan

oh - got it

2:47 pm

cybernan

ty molly

2:49 pm

periwinkle

first am6 please

2:51 pm

periwinkle

got it and now I get Mollys clue ty

2:52 pm

periwinkle

It was noallt clear because

2:52 pm

periwinkle

not clear because all my packages do not come from them.

3:01 pm

cybernan

ps 7 please?

3:03 pm

dcseain

not unlike ps5 and 6, if changing one letter.

3:05 pm

cybernan

got it - ty seain

3:05 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!* a huge number of new words for me today

3:06 pm

cybernan

any clues wanted before I leave?

3:08 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

3:50 pm

MollyL

Peri, how many packages do you get from another company that starts with am?

3:53 pm

MollyL

And Nan guessed the no4 but didn't put it together with the prefix and a different vowel ending. Hard to clue for this crowd today.

4:15 pm

NANCY

if anyone is still out there, clue please for the al 7

4:21 pm

lbuxx

Nancy - it works off of the al4.. would be someone who collects the al4

4:23 pm

NANCY

which al 4, there are two

4:24 pm

NANCY

ty, got it ibu

4:40 pm

moolingwa

18 to go...another slog

4:53 pm

dcseain

slog, indeed!

4:58 pm

moolingwa

still 18 :)

4:59 pm

moolingwa

and 11 of them are from that center column

5:00 pm

moolingwa

unsad - happy

5:01 pm

moolingwa

roadham - roadkill

5:04 pm

moolingwa

ah, a word

5:06 pm

moolingwa

on a roll, down to 15

5:06 pm

dcseain

i’m down to 86 :)

5:07 pm

moolingwa

ah, I feel for you

5:07 pm

moolingwa

3-3-5-2-1

5:09 pm

dcseain

i have a friend whose surname is sp5.12

5:10 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I tried asplund/h for a similar reason

5:10 pm

dcseain

Asplundh is a major Virgina DOT contractor for traffic signals.

5:11 pm

moolingwa

right

5:11 pm

moolingwa

and I believe they might make some heavy machinery too?

5:11 pm

dcseain

yes, i think so.

5:11 pm

dcseain

bright orange trucks

5:11 pm

moolingwa

yeah

5:12 pm

moolingwa

still have three 4s, but they elude me

5:12 pm

moolingwa

nm, there's one

5:12 pm

dcseain

just figured out the not-intuitive-to-me method of dismissing calendar notifications on iPad

5:13 pm

moolingwa

ah

5:13 pm

moolingwa

not sure I have any calendar notifications on my ipad

5:14 pm

dcseain

I’ve long coordinated my calendar across devices.

5:16 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I have it on my phone...but not ipad

5:18 pm

moolingwa

oh yikes, an easy 4 I'd missed

5:18 pm

moolingwa

had the plural too

5:19 pm

dcseain

i hate when i do that

5:22 pm

moolingwa

6 of my last 8 tiles have a single word remaining, which suggests a lot of one-off words...*sigh*

5:23 pm

moolingwa

and still haven't found the lone a

5:28 pm

dcseain

am7 comes from there like a river.

5:34 pm

moolingwa

oh, thanks

5:34 pm

moolingwa

10 to go

5:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

awaiting a boring overlong zoom meeting...

5:53 pm

dcseain

may it go quickly, TO

5:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

bot a chance

5:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

oops, not a chance

5:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

can you get into zoom before the start time?

6:10 pm

dcseain

sometimes, yes. Up to 15 min before if the set it that way. If they enabled waiting room, you’ll be there until they admit you.

6:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

i hate this meeting.

6:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

can they see that i am on another tab???

6:58 pm

hokie carla

seain, do you work for VDOT?

7:07 pm

ItalianGreyhound

Huh?

7:12 pm

ItalianGreyhound

life is good

8:38 pm

DukeJason

I entered a word in Babble, and it is valid [shows up in and shows 191 words, but it doesn't show up in the word list as entered--even after trying 6 times...what gives, and how to fix?

8:41 pm

Gillie

Maybe try refreshing the page (or closing it and then reopening it), then re-enter it if it still isn't in the list.

8:42 pm

gingentle

Jason, sign out of the game then reenter.

8:44 pm

DukeJason

gotcha

8:45 pm

DukeJason

yay--thank you very much...it worked

9:58 pm

MPittore

DC, Asphlund are tree experts in big Shiny Shiny orange trucks (got a little "Judge Judy" there, lol!)

11:21 pm

Gillie

Apparently, they have a subsidiary that also deals with traffic signals

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