Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, January 9, 2023

12:03 am

Gillie

ma7

12:03 am

marksdolly

ma 9

12:03 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:05 am

marksdolly

hi nan

12:05 am

marksdolly

trip

12:09 am

Atbeat

Qu 8 x 2

12:12 am

Gillie

So is a librarian a qu8?

12:13 am

jessmom

Os7

12:13 am

cybernan

co 7

12:16 am

Atbeat

Make that qu8 x 3

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:27 am

Gillie

in7

12:33 am

jessmom

Gi8

12:39 am

Gillie

qu7

12:59 am

Gillie

31 left. think I'm going to leave it for now and list later

12:59 am

Gillie

goodnight all

1:06 am

cybernan

not seeing one of the qu 8's nor the 7 -- maybe tomorrow. Goodnight everyone :)

1:52 am

grannyrose

cooee.... anyone here??

1:53 am

m9f9l

Hi rose!

1:54 am

grannyrose

hey m9. can you please put me out of my misery. i cannot for the life of me see the an 7/36.

1:55 am

m9f9l

ohh.. I don't have.. but give me a mo

1:56 am

justafreep

it's a gerund

1:56 am

grannyrose

you've got to be kidding me...

1:56 am

m9f9l

got it

1:57 am

m9f9l

Hi freep!

1:57 am

justafreep

I regret to say... no. I am not.

1:57 am

m9f9l

Looks like freep already clued :)

1:57 am

justafreep

hi!

1:57 am

grannyrose

for heavens sake. some one hand me the fish. don't bother opening the can.

1:57 am

m9f9l

*slap!*

1:58 am

justafreep

it's a rather odd looking word, I must say. Fish or not.

1:58 am

grannyrose

thanx freep and thanx m9 for trying to help. bless you both.

1:59 am

grannyrose

how are you both? not gloating, but i have still not had the dreaded covid.

2:00 am

justafreep

you're welcome. And I had not til October, but then had it. (And it was fine. And I'm vaxxed, which I assume helped). Otherwise, I am well

2:01 am

m9f9l

I had a very mild case way back.. but nothing since.

2:02 am

grannyrose

quadruple vaxxed here. apparently the variant from your neck of the woods has made it to our shores. highly contagious, but mild if you have been vaxxed properly.

2:03 am

m9f9l

But life swims along. I was recently diagnosed ADHD inattentive, and it's put a lot of my life in perspective! :)

2:03 am

justafreep

Ah, yes. I can imagine it does.

2:04 am

grannyrose

oh m9. but you now have answers which makes it easier to bear.

2:06 am

grannyrose

my old pain doc retired at the beginning of last December. i am seeing a new pain doc tomorrow. he has supposedly been trained by my old doc.

2:07 am

m9f9l

I hope that goes well for you!

2:07 am

justafreep

Oh, I hope he's a good fit for you. Retiring medical folk is a bit nerve-racking

2:08 am

m9f9l

Oh.. ha ha.. I had a hard time with the I in the final column.. and I'm a tax preparer! Share your fish with me??

2:09 am

grannyrose

lol... m9, hope you like salmon...

2:10 am

grannyrose

freep. it's scary getting to my age when your medical professionals start to retire.

2:11 am

m9f9l

I love salmnn... and works with my eating plan ;)

2:12 am

justafreep

I can imagine it is. Losing connection and the knowledge.... Not fun. Particularly on something so critical. So I really hope it goes well!

2:13 am

grannyrose

i'll let you know tomorrow. the danger is that a pre-judgement is made and that can be difficult to overcome.

2:14 am

m9f9l

Pre-judgement by you or by the doc?

2:15 am

grannyrose

good question. i will probably be hypersensitive. and he will be very cautious.

2:16 am

m9f9l

Ah. Well if you liked the retiring one and this one was trained by... hopefully that's a good thing!

2:17 am

justafreep

YEah, that combination has worked for me in the past. I hope it does for you, too

2:23 am

justafreep

I should probably call it a night. I hope the appointment goes well. And here's to Babble fish slapping being the worst part of any of our days!

2:23 am

grannyrose

time for me to go. have a good day/eve. catch you tomorrow.

2:23 am

m9f9l

I've decided to start my own business(es) and it's kind of scary ;)

2:23 am

m9f9l

Night to both of you!

2:23 am

grannyrose

m9. email me and please share. xx

2:24 am

m9f9l

Will do. Take care!

2:25 am

justafreep

Oh. that is exciting.

6:24 am

HarryHood

anybody have the Y?

6:27 am

HarryHood

ah well. 83 for later. have a fun day!

6:37 am

aslindy

hello all

6:38 am

saanichcat

hi aslindy

6:38 am

Scrabbler

Hi aslindy and cat

6:39 am

saanichcat

hi Scrabs,how are you.

6:40 am

Scrabbler

Tired. I woke up at 4:30 instead of my alarm at 7. Shoulder pain. MRI is in 2 days.

6:42 am

saanichcat

oh that'miserable' hope it's fixed soon

6:44 am

Scrabbler

I don't want surgery but I want to be pain-free. I will know so4.

6:44 am

saanichcat

fingers crossed

6:45 am

Scrabbler

I have had 3 months of physiotherapy and no improvement. :-(

6:48 am

aslindy

I pray the MRI helps you find a better treatment plan, then

6:48 am

Scrabbler

Thanks. I am mentally prepared to have surgery.

6:51 am

aslindy

if you do have surgery, I hope you have someone to help afterward. my husband needed help with even getting dressed for a while

6:52 am

robwhy

11 Q words?????

6:53 am

Scrabbler

Cousin, sister, and neighbor. I want to return to work ASAP.

6:53 am

Scrabbler

I have 3, Rob.

6:53 am

robwhy

Man, i am not seeing them

6:54 am

aslindy

11 is the qu8 of Q words, yes.

6:55 am

robwhy

thanks!

6:55 am

aslindy

phantom quince

6:55 am

robwhy

who knew the root word of qu8 was a word? Not me.

6:56 am

Scrabbler

Yes, I see quince now.

6:57 am

saanichcat

there are 3 q 8s

6:57 am

hurshy

ugh, monday morning and so sleepy...

6:57 am

hurshy

thank goodness for babble

6:58 am

Scrabbler

Hi hurshy. Babble makes us sharp.

6:58 am

hurshy

my tea helps too

6:58 am

hurshy

but it's still just a bit too hot

7:02 am

aslindy

what's your favorite kind of tea?

7:03 am

hurshy

idk if i have one favorite, but i like fruity ones. but in the morning, i always just start with regular black tea.

7:04 am

hurshy

then in the afternoon i might have pomegranate, peach, or mango

7:05 am

Scrabbler

I am going to buy hibiscus tea today.

7:05 am

hurshy

i only like hibiscus when it is blended with other things... it's too strong and tart for me all by itself

7:05 am

aslindy

never had hibiscus tea, hmm

7:06 am

aslindy

lately I've had a lot of black tea with lemon and honey to help with this cough

7:07 am

hurshy

when i have a cold i like to have Vitamin C Shine, but i also just got a Blackberry Citrus with Zinc to try

7:09 am

aslindy

why isn't noogie a word?

7:09 am

Scrabbler

You're right.

7:14 am

hurshy

wow, i have no idea what the Ys can e

7:14 am

hurshy

be

7:15 am

jylcat

or mosh

7:18 am

Scrabbler

I need to go. Enjoy the day.

7:18 am

MollyL

Total weirdos, Hursh

7:20 am

hurshy

clues?

7:21 am

MollyL

If you were born in 1960, that is the year of your....

7:21 am

hurshy

ty!

7:21 am

MollyL

They are Scot words

7:22 am

aslindy

thanks molly

7:22 am

hurshy

idk why i feel so much worse this morning than usual

7:24 am

hurshy

ah but i just achieved a new level of peri-ness

7:24 am

hurshy

i saw the word WHILE i was typing my request and thus averted actually asking it

7:25 am

MollyL

I think she does that, but hits ENTER anyway. That is the only way to explain the one second between ask and NM

7:25 am

hurshy

lol

7:27 am

aslindy

clue for tr8?

7:29 am

MollyL

The tr4 + the 4 letter ending for what is in gasoline. Rated 87, 92, etc

7:29 am

hurshy

it's like migraine meds + e

7:29 am

aslindy

could have sworn I tried that, guess not. thanks!

7:30 am

hurshy

(that clue probably only works for migraine sufferers and medical personnel)

7:31 am

MollyL

Okay, well my clue is for those who do not know their migraine med 😊

7:31 am

aslindy

very familiar with those meds

7:31 am

hurshy

guess that covers all the bases then lol

7:34 am

MollyL

Ah, the Celtic tree alphabet. Finally some obscure words that I DO know

7:34 am

hurshy

??

7:35 am

MollyL

The og words

7:35 am

hurshy

oh cool. i had those but i didn't know what they were. i need the other two Os from there still

7:38 am

hurshy

phantom: co4tose

7:44 am

hurshy

what's the 9?

7:45 am

mael

ma9

7:46 am

hurshy

ok thanks

7:46 am

mael

also the th5, if we're talking old english

7:47 am

hurshy

got it!

7:47 am

mael

I got the 9 first thing, but I started with the M this morning. That was satisfying

7:47 am

hurshy

:)

7:51 am

mael

what, is noogie not a word??

7:56 am

bichon

That reminds me of my childhood

7:57 am

sukee

Oh Todd!

8:03 am

mael

I only have one 8 so far

8:05 am

BzznBea

I have 3. All q's

8:07 am

hurshy

oh i have 2 q and the tr cause it was asked about

8:08 am

hurshy

my Qs are "amount" and "a person who practices a particular form of mysticism"

8:08 am

hurshy

can you tell me which of yours i do not have?

8:09 am

hurshy

phantom: mongoose

8:10 am

BzznBea

different suffix to the silence

8:10 am

hurshy

hmm, i already tried -ish and -ise and even -ity

8:11 am

hurshy

BOY am i a DOOF

8:11 am

hurshy

thanks

8:12 am

hurshy

a folie à deux should be a comania

8:15 am

MollyL

Imagine if Hurshy and DCSeain had a conversation. Would you understand any of it? 😊

8:18 am

hurshy

i'm pretty sure we have had conversations

8:18 am

hurshy

i think they may have been pretty ordinary

8:33 am

periwinkle

I am pretty sure I would understand theirconversation

8:34 am

periwinkle

good morning all. help with ma9 . I have ma7

8:34 am

periwinkle

nm

8:34 am

periwinkle

:-)

9:09 am

penquis

hello all...

9:11 am

aebmusica

hi pen

9:12 am

penquis

hi aeb....

9:16 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

9:17 am

hokie carla

I do not have HOET or even NBT because I can't find a singl O on the 4th row

9:18 am

penquis

i was just trying to find an O....

9:18 am

hokie carla

I played last night and found the bottom row O and half of everything else

9:18 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:19 am

penquis

carla!....nice...i have 77 to find and all the Os...

9:19 am

rururocks

what pigs say during sex og5

9:19 am

hokie carla

74 here

9:20 am

hokie carla

ugh, now picturing porky pig saying some og5 word

9:20 am

rururocks

b-b-b-b-b-that's good

9:21 am

penquis

ty, ru...

9:22 am

hokie carla

oh, also just realized I don't have any Y

9:23 am

welki

morning, all

9:24 am

hokie carla

and only 5 q's, so I guess I'm really nowhere near HOET and I don't like this grid.

9:24 am

welki

'course, i had to type in yoshi

9:24 am

hokie carla

welki!

9:24 am

hokie carla

I tried yoshi as well

9:24 am

penquis

hi welki...

9:29 am

Aloyisius

suffering from eg8 as I found it.. hi all

9:29 am

rururocks

yi rhymes with the planet we're on

9:29 am

rururocks

(at least some of us) :D

9:30 am

penquis

hi aloy....

9:30 am

MollyL

I'm pretty sure we have had those Celtic alphabet words before.

9:30 am

penquis

ty, ru....

9:30 am

hokie carla

got the y, thx

9:30 am

MollyL

What is wrong with you people? Not fluent in Scot words?

9:31 am

hokie carla

hmm, just found 2 eg6, are they related to the 8?

9:31 am

hurshy

well "naeing" doesn't count

9:31 am

hokie carla

we should be by now as scot seems to be the predominant language here

9:31 am

Aloyisius

sorta, yes hokie

9:32 am

hokie carla

nae I canna get it to work, hurshy

9:32 am

rururocks

that seems off kilter to me

9:33 am

MollyL

No one gives a hoot, man

9:33 am

Aloyisius

lol, g1 ru

9:34 am

MollyL

g1?

9:34 am

Aloyisius

good one

9:34 am

MollyL

I seriously give up on ever understanding all these abbreviations.

9:34 am

hokie carla

just found gi8. I'm definitely not suffering from that.

9:35 am

Aloyisius

are you a shorty, hokie?

9:35 am

rururocks

how was your anniversary dinner out hokes

9:35 am

hokie carla

I was 5' 3.75" at my tallest

9:35 am

hokie carla

delish, ruru.

9:35 am

MollyL

Are you shrinking?

9:36 am

hokie carla

I think maybe a little.

9:36 am

hokie carla

my mom has shrunk at least 3 inches

9:36 am

rururocks

I'm shrinking a bit

9:36 am

rururocks

in height

9:36 am

Aloyisius

lolol ..

9:36 am

rururocks

had to clarify that before molly jumped all over it

9:37 am

MollyL

I call foul on that. If age makes us shrink, it should also make us shed pounds.

9:37 am

rururocks

I totally agree on that

9:38 am

hurshy

well it does, when you get close enough to the end of life that you no longer want to eat much

9:38 am

MollyL

Instead, our metabolisms slow down and it makes losing weight even more difficult.

9:38 am

Aloyisius

Mr. Magoo in the grid

9:38 am

MollyL

Hurshy, always one with a cheery thought

9:39 am

MollyL

Ah Magoo, you've done it again

9:39 am

MollyL

That should get everyone go4

9:39 am

Aloyisius

hope so !

9:40 am

Aloyisius

if they don't already have it..

9:41 am

hokie carla

I have a go4 but no idea

9:42 am

Aloyisius

have 3 go4's

9:42 am

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the 9 or 8s welcome. Ty

9:43 am

mkg

With stats please. Ty.

9:43 am

hurshy

phantom: smooch

9:43 am

Aloyisius

ho8.50 ..

9:45 am

hurshy

ma9, perhaps "to use electricity to increase the attractive power of a metal rod"

9:45 am

hurshy

ty for the ho8 alo

9:46 am

Aloyisius

yvw hurshy

9:48 am

Aloyisius

qu8.65, just stumbled on it

9:49 am

rururocks

2 qu8

9:49 am

Aloyisius

ooh, ty ru

9:49 am

hokie carla

I stumbled onto one last night, are they related?

9:49 am

saanichcat

3 qu 8

9:49 am

Aloyisius

no hokie

9:49 am

hokie carla

quazy

9:49 am

Aloyisius

found I had the other one, yay

9:50 am

marksdolly

2 of them have the same base word

9:50 am

marksdolly

gm Hokie!

9:50 am

marksdolly

gm fellow babblers

9:50 am

hokie carla

hello dolly!

9:50 am

Aloyisius

hi marksdolly

9:50 am

penquis

hi dolly...

9:52 am

marksdolly

hi epn!

9:53 am

hokie carla

I always want thang to work

9:54 am

Aloyisius

ty for the prompt, hokie.. found th5.12

9:54 am

hokie carla

don't forget molly's fave, th5/16

9:55 am

Aloyisius

got it, actually remembered it

9:58 am

Aloyisius

looked it up, and it is an alt. sp of the word before it.. now I'll look up the meaning..a man holding land by military service in Anglo-Saxon England.. but of course!

9:58 am

hokie carla

don't forgot it had the word scot or scotland there too

9:59 am

hokie carla

*forget

9:59 am

penquis

Macbeth... ;o)

9:59 am

penquis

well i am heading out....still 55 to find, but at least I found my Os....bbl....bye all....

9:59 am

hokie carla

anyone else try hoity and toity?

10:00 am

hokie carla

wow, still o-less. but 51 left. bye, pen!

10:01 am

Aloyisius

bye penquis, have a great day!

10:02 am

MollyL

My favorite?

10:02 am

rururocks

finished here.. everyone have fun with the grid.. it's kind of a fun one today

10:02 am

hokie carla

I've seen you complain about it before

10:02 am

MollyL

O-less sounds like a personal problem

10:02 am

Aloyisius

wtg, ru.. enjoy your day!

10:03 am

hokie carla

it is NOT kind of a fun one, ruru. I might stop and not look again today. but congrats.

10:03 am

MollyL

I agree. I don't get it when anyone calls these grids fun.

10:07 am

saanichcat

this grid isn't nice or fun. I keep going away and coming back just to get it over with.

10:17 am

Aloyisius

well, "fun" time is over for now.. have to scoot. till next time, poof.

10:18 am

hurshy

maybe sinatra would sing "Grid, Be a Lady" about this grid

10:36 am

cherlyq

ok I am trying to put a word in and its saying cant do that but it is there it would be a 9 change last letter

10:38 am

cherlyq

weird it says there is only the one 9 just think its funny not funny you know

10:49 am

marksdolly

any clues for the en6?

10:50 am

justafreep

you're a living, breathing en6/24

10:50 am

justafreep

and Cheryl, I have a feeling your 9 uses the same square twice (the first and last, perhaps?)

10:51 am

marksdolly

awww ty just!

10:51 am

cherlyq

yeah just realized that

10:52 am

cherlyq

thank you

11:02 am

justafreep

Yw. And I"m not saying I didn't enter that 9 more than once. :-)

11:03 am

justafreep

It's always amazing when you come back to the grid and the grid blindness leaves and you see, for example, all your missing C words that are all common but you couldn't see AT ALL before.

11:09 am

cherlyq

I still have 124 left and 8 are c's thank you for there being hope lol

11:20 am

marksdolly

only a couple of those C's were new to me.. keep plugging :)

11:22 am

cherlyq

got two C's left yeah some of them are like why did I not see that

11:25 am

PMS

african language

11:27 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:27 am

hokie carla

well, my blindness is still here

11:27 am

hokie carla

moo!

11:27 am

hokie carla

good afternoon

11:27 am

moolingwa

hey hokes, down to 182 to go here

11:28 am

hokie carla

nice

11:28 am

hokie carla

50 left here

11:28 am

hokie carla

10-19-10-5-6

11:28 am

moolingwa

81-57-23-8-8-1

11:28 am

hokie carla

but it's not a fun grid, no matter what ruru says

11:29 am

hokie carla

and I don't believe freep that the c's are common

11:35 am

moolingwa

well, first past done...60 to go

20-16-12-5-7

11:37 am

hurshy

anyone know what we are against for the an8?

11:38 am

moolingwa

only have one 8 so far sorry, and it's not that one

11:39 am

hokie carla

I didn't know we were against anything. will look.

11:40 am

moolingwa

5OFOET

11:41 am

hokie carla

not me, I don't even have HOET

11:41 am

hurshy

50 from each tile?

11:41 am

moolingwa

I don't either...one tile missing on HOET

11:41 am

hokie carla

5 or fewer of each tile

11:41 am

hurshy

jeepers

11:42 am

hurshy

you could say WPT < 5 for that also

11:42 am

hurshy

or rather <=

11:42 am

moolingwa

more things to type then ;)

11:42 am

hurshy

the average would be less than five, so depending on whether you're referring to the average, or each one individually...

11:43 am

moolingwa

Every tile is 5 or fewer remaining :)

11:43 am

hokie carla

olaf from frozen is antiheat

11:43 am

hurshy

right, but what i'm saying is "Words Per Tile" could refer to any given tile, or to the average of all the tiles

11:43 am

moolingwa

ah yes

11:44 am

hurshy

so if you have some tiles with five and all the others are 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, the average is obv less than 5

11:44 am

hurshy

mmm this new blackberry citrus tea is YUMMY

11:44 am

moolingwa

yes, I have just under 3 WPT

11:45 am

moolingwa

2 15/16 to be precise :)

11:45 am

hurshy

if only all my students were that comfortable with fractions...

11:45 am

moolingwa

I can go either way

11:46 am

moolingwa

2.75 now

11:46 am

hokie carla

still 50

11:46 am

moolingwa

46

11:47 am

hurshy

AHA

11:47 am

hurshy

air pollution is what we are against

11:47 am

moolingwa

still 5OFOET tho

11:47 am

hokie carla

ooh, found a word! grayed a tile!

11:47 am

moolingwa

found three words...didn't grey a tile tho

11:47 am

hokie carla

ah, grayed another tile, thx hursh

11:48 am

hokie carla

still have no o's on the 4th row

11:48 am

moolingwa

have 2 there

11:48 am

moolingwa

HOET

11:49 am

hokie carla

just found a regular Q I hadn't noticed

11:49 am

moolingwa

4OFOET

11:49 am

hokie carla

and there's a weird 8 with that one

11:50 am

hokie carla

2 weird 8s

11:50 am

moolingwa

tx

11:50 am

moolingwa

that got me two 8s

11:50 am

moolingwa

38 to go

11:50 am

hokie carla

10-18-9-5-3

11:50 am

moolingwa

12-10-8-3-5

11:52 am

hurshy

man, i am really disappointed in myself over some of the things i missed

11:52 am

hokie carla

ooh, found 4 n's and grayed that

11:52 am

moolingwa

yeah, i just recently greyed the n too :)

11:52 am

moolingwa

found another 8

11:53 am

hurshy

ok so

11:53 am

hurshy

there's an og4 and 5 pair, and then there's an alt sp of the same words (i'm assuming) that are a 5 and 6

11:54 am

hurshy

from that O

11:54 am

hokie carla

ok, will try. also missing the other O.

11:54 am

moolingwa

oh, didn't have the alt

11:54 am

moolingwa

30 to go

11:54 am

moolingwa

2.5 WPT

11:54 am

hokie carla

ok, grayed the 4O, thx.

11:54 am

moolingwa

well, might take a break

11:55 am

hokie carla

don't feel bad about missing any of those

11:55 am

hokie carla

I need to eat lunch so I can go on a bike ride later.

11:55 am

hurshy

no, indeed not

12:12 pm

mkg

I am confused by the below chat.

12:12 pm

mkg

Apologies for coming in and out. But i still need clues for the 9 and any 8s. Ty

12:21 pm

NANCY

OS please

12:29 pm

MollyL

os is a benign tumor

12:29 pm

cherlyq

finally got the an 8

12:30 pm

cherlyq

against pollution is closest I can clue it

12:31 pm

cherlyq

the other 8 I have is qu8 65 the amount of something

12:32 pm

MollyL

That is how it was clued earlier

12:32 pm

hokie carla

the pollution is a great portmanteau

12:32 pm

MollyL

You can go get in on the Hurshy/DC Seain conversation now Carls

12:32 pm

MollyL

Sorry, Carla

12:33 pm

hokie carla

no prob, molls

12:34 pm

MollyL

Hurshy: Can you elucidate?
DC Seain: Only if you give me the penultimate reason.
Carla: Great portmanteau!

12:36 pm

NANCY

THANKS molly, got it

12:44 pm

cherlyq

first column grayed out

1:08 pm

cherlyq

found three qu 8s now

1:08 pm

cherlyq

two have only the last letter different

1:30 pm

cherlyq

C's done uggh I thought for sure I had those two words already

2:10 pm

hokie carla

still haven't found a single C since this morning. 6 c's left + 29 other words.

2:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

carla.

2:16 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with i in right column plase

2:20 pm

hokie carla

money you make on a job, peri

2:20 pm

hokie carla

hey TO

2:21 pm

periwinkle

thank you carla

2:30 pm

cherlyq

58 left

2:35 pm

cybernan

good afternoon everyone

2:35 pm

periwinkle

hi nan

2:36 pm

periwinkle

70 left bbl

2:37 pm

cherlyq

3 8s left

2:47 pm

cherlyq

so I fat fingered a th 5 word I never heard of before or seen

2:48 pm

cherlyq

must be scottish

2:58 pm

cybernan

the 7's and 8's are eluding me today

3:05 pm

hokie carla

there are 2 spellings of a th5 scottish word. one might be english.

3:11 pm

hokie carla

I only have 4 7s nan, and 5 8s

3:14 pm

moolingwa

I'm the other way round...5x7 and 4x8

3:15 pm

hokie carla

mooo

3:15 pm

hokie carla

still 35 left here. but I have only been looking at the C in vain

3:15 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke, made it back :)

3:21 pm

hokie carla

I never made it on a bike ride. ate lunch, walked winston. I did ride my bike to the wellness center to get my recently strung tennis racquet though.

3:23 pm

cybernan

the c is one of the few I've been able to close out

3:23 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found one word

3:23 pm

hokie carla

I don't know what it is about the c. I keep hearing they're common but I still have 6 and have looked everywhere.

3:24 pm

hokie carla

are there CG or CN words? haven't looked at that.

3:24 pm

hokie carla

oh, there's 2 space ones

3:25 pm

hokie carla

I reckon that is a regular word

3:25 pm

cybernan

do you have the brooch(es)?

3:25 pm

hokie carla

ah, no. and thanks

3:25 pm

moolingwa

I have 4 C's left...1 or 2 from every other one

3:26 pm

moolingwa

2OFOET

3:26 pm

hokie carla

30 now - 7-11-5-4-3
QQ
TT TT E
HHHH GG
SSSS AA CC
T MMMMM NNN

3:27 pm

hokie carla

guess I finally got 5OFOET

3:27 pm

moolingwa

21

5-6-3-3-4

AA
TT T EE
HH G
SS AA CC
T MM N

3:28 pm

hokie carla

mine is a fatter version of yours

3:28 pm

moolingwa

heh

3:29 pm

hokie carla

found an M! 4OFOET

3:29 pm

moolingwa

marvellous!

3:29 pm

hokie carla

and napoleon dynamite's G

3:30 pm

moolingwa

ah, a native american casino from Connecticut is there

3:30 pm

hokie carla

hmm

3:31 pm

moolingwa

found an s

3:31 pm

hokie carla

super!

3:32 pm

hokie carla

me too

3:32 pm

moolingwa

superb!

3:33 pm

hokie carla

hamon - what michael jackson was always singing about

3:33 pm

moolingwa

nocame - didn't show up

3:35 pm

hokie carla

wonder what my 2 q's are

3:36 pm

moolingwa

yeah, there's an odd pair

3:36 pm

moolingwa

mooncan - alternative packaging for moon pies

3:37 pm

cybernan

I have one normal q and one weird one -- which is part of the pair?

3:38 pm

moolingwa

there's a scottish sounding one that is a pair

3:38 pm

cybernan

or did you mean a combo rather than a pair of 8's?

3:38 pm

moolingwa

combo

3:38 pm

hokie carla

I thought he meant combo like a sing/pl

3:38 pm

moolingwa

and they're not 8s

3:39 pm

moolingwa

that would be the combo I was referring to hoke

3:39 pm

cybernan

so if they are not 8's what are they?

3:39 pm

moolingwa

6/7 combo

3:40 pm

hokie carla

hmm, do not have any qu6 or 7 so I reckon that's them

3:40 pm

moolingwa

anthome - where ants live

3:40 pm

hokie carla

I believe that's called an anthill

3:40 pm

moolingwa

let's not make a mountain out of a molehill

3:41 pm

hokie carla

finally got the right letters for the q, thanks

3:41 pm

hokie carla

top row gray!

3:41 pm

moolingwa

very nice, still looking for two A's there

3:42 pm

hokie carla

and I know what my missing E is but not what it is if you know what I mean

3:42 pm

moolingwa

left row grey

3:42 pm

moolingwa

left column that is

3:42 pm

hokie carla

still need one T for that

3:43 pm

hokie carla

it is not toity

3:43 pm

moolingwa

no, but that was close to my last one from that t :)

3:43 pm

hokie carla

then I'm probably missing a different one

3:44 pm

moolingwa

noogie still doesn't work

3:44 pm

moolingwa

found an n

3:44 pm

hokie carla

nope, tried it last night

3:44 pm

hokie carla

are there any TE from the bottom?

3:45 pm

moolingwa

nope

3:46 pm

hokie carla

so I'm missing a TO or a TS I don't know

3:46 pm

moolingwa

pretty sure I know which one you're missing

3:46 pm

hokie carla

feel free to guess, with full stat

3:46 pm

moolingwa

to6

3:47 pm

hokie carla

good guess

3:47 pm

hokie carla

not really full stat but I'll see what I can do🤣

3:47 pm

moolingwa

6/27

3:48 pm

hokie carla

not toshty

3:48 pm

moolingwa

found a t

3:48 pm

hokie carla

terrific!

3:48 pm

moolingwa

3-5-4-3-4

3:48 pm

moolingwa

getting a little concerned I'm not finding the big words

3:49 pm

cybernan

haven't found the qu 6-7 but there is a pair of 8's that are weird

3:49 pm

hokie carla

one of them is reaallly big

3:49 pm

moolingwa

yes, but they don't sound scottish

3:49 pm

Gillie

There are 3 qu8's, but one of them is pretty ordinary

3:49 pm

hokie carla

qu + what looks like an alt sp of how the scots say yes, nan

3:50 pm

hokie carla

welcome to the partay, gillie

3:50 pm

Gillie

hi carla

3:50 pm

cybernan

ty carla - found

3:51 pm

hokie carla

np

3:51 pm

cybernan

down to 29 -- heading for the list

3:51 pm

moolingwa

17 left here

3:51 pm

moolingwa

16 left here

3:51 pm

hokie carla

25 here. still looking for that TO6

3:51 pm

moolingwa

G's complete

3:52 pm

moolingwa

ah, found an 8

3:52 pm

hokie carla

toemag - reading a magazine with your foot or reading one about a foot?

3:52 pm

hokie carla

need one G

3:52 pm

moolingwa

hognet - mesh material used for catching pigs

3:53 pm

moolingwa

alternatively, swine online

3:53 pm

hokie carla

found an M while trying to make up G words

3:55 pm

hokie carla

3OFOET

3:58 pm

moolingwa

magnificent!

3:58 pm

hokie carla

found an A

3:58 pm

moolingwa

amazing!

3:59 pm

moolingwa

aniquate - southern US variant of antiquate

3:59 pm

hokie carla

hah, that is right

3:59 pm

hokie carla

argh, I just tried a million things for my E forgetting that I know what it needs to be

4:00 pm

cybernan

missing ag x2 and I'm using the list!

4:01 pm

cybernan

oh - found one of them

4:02 pm

hokie carla

I have 2 AG, are there more?

4:03 pm

cybernan

sorry - meant eg

4:03 pm

cybernan

found them both now

4:04 pm

moolingwa

oh, the ones that are full of themselves?

4:04 pm

hokie carla

I can't find the EG8

4:05 pm

moolingwa

ah, found the 8

4:05 pm

moolingwa

tx hoke

4:05 pm

hokie carla

LOL, little help please

4:05 pm

hokie carla

found an S

4:06 pm

hokie carla

20 left - 2-8-4-3-3

4:06 pm

moolingwa

well it's related to two other eg words, just goes a different direction :)

4:06 pm

moolingwa

14

2-5-2-3-2

4:07 pm

hokie carla

looked it up. prob should have seen it since I just found the other part of the word 10 min ago

4:07 pm

cybernan

all of the eg's begin with the same 3 letters

4:08 pm

hokie carla

found an N!

4:09 pm

moolingwa

noice!

4:11 pm

hokie carla

18 - 2-7-4-3-2
TT TT
HHH G
SS A CC
T MMM N

4:11 pm

hokie carla

think I will go to the gym now. TTFN

4:11 pm

cybernan

we had a weird yt quite a while ago - is that what we have here?

4:12 pm

Gillie

No

4:13 pm

Gillie

The y word rhymes with a word that you could use to describe the measurement of your waist

4:13 pm

cybernan

ok back to the list then

4:13 pm

hokie carla

or our planet (thanks ruru)

4:13 pm

hokie carla

ok, now I'm out 🤣

4:13 pm

cybernan

it rhymes with big?

4:16 pm

Gillie

Anyone's waist - I wasn't casting shade :)

4:16 pm

cybernan

lolo

4:30 pm

Gillie

Phantom enigma

4:39 pm

periwinkle

en6 please

4:42 pm

bookgrrl

en6 = thing with distinct and independent existence

4:45 pm

periwinkle

ty bookgrrl

4:57 pm

cybernan

hi again

5:09 pm

cybernan

tr 8 please?

5:12 pm

cybernan

stuck: tr 8, os 7, an 7 and an 8 --- any help appreciated

5:18 pm

cybernan

found the an 8

5:23 pm

MollyL

tr8 the tr4 + last 4 of gasoline additive measured in 87, 92, etc

5:25 pm

MollyL

Starts with oc

5:25 pm

cherlyq

os 7 32 bone related new growth?

5:30 pm

cherlyq

an 7 36 the act of increase the amount of a bet

5:37 pm

HarryHood

hello! 74 to go here. unlikely to finish.

5:41 pm

HarryHood

64! amazing what a fresh look can do

5:46 pm

HarryHood

50

5:48 pm

penquis

Go, harry.....hello all....

5:48 pm

HarryHood

woo found the 9!

5:48 pm

HarryHood

hi pen!

5:49 pm

cybernan

ty molly

5:49 pm

penquis

hi harry....

5:49 pm

penquis

hi nan....

5:49 pm

HarryHood

hi nan!

5:49 pm

cybernan

and cheryl

5:50 pm

cybernan

hi harry

5:51 pm

cybernan

looking for the os 7 now

5:51 pm

HarryHood

ooh I have an os7!

5:51 pm

cybernan

and done! thanks for the help everyone

5:52 pm

HarryHood

wtg nan!

5:52 pm

penquis

congrats...

5:52 pm

HarryHood

I have NO words from the other O!!!

5:53 pm

cybernan

which other o?

5:53 pm

HarryHood

3rd column

5:54 pm

cybernan

all og words

5:54 pm

cybernan

and all new ones to me

5:54 pm

HarryHood

ty nan - got 2

5:54 pm

cybernan

and all versions of the same word pair begiining with og 4/7

5:56 pm

HarryHood

ah! got them! ty!

5:57 pm

HarryHood

40 to go

5:57 pm

penquis

is am 7 a word i should know?

5:57 pm

penquis

is am 7 a word i should know?

5:59 pm

HarryHood

don't have it

5:59 pm

HarryHood

missing 3 7s and 3 8s

6:00 pm

penquis

missing one 8 and five 7s here...

6:06 pm

HarryHood

30 to go. found another 8

6:07 pm

penquis

cool....i think the one i am missing starts with AN....

6:09 pm

HarryHood

listing my last 30.

6:09 pm

penquis

i listed....not fond of this grid...

6:10 pm

HarryHood

agreed.

6:13 pm

HarryHood

wow that q6/7 is quite the word.

6:13 pm

penquis

don't have it....

6:14 pm

HarryHood

looks like a charlie brown expression of frustration

6:15 pm

penquis

monkeyed it....ty....

6:20 pm

HarryHood

3 left.

6:24 pm

penquis

17 here....slow brain tonight...

6:25 pm

HarryHood

done.

6:25 pm

HarryHood

needed morewords for the last 3.

6:26 pm

HarryHood

you need any help?

6:26 pm

penquis

yes...

6:27 pm

HarryHood

do tell

6:27 pm

penquis

am 7....and an 7 and an 8....

6:27 pm

HarryHood

am7 ends in a camping spot

6:27 pm

HarryHood

an7 is gerund of putting money in the poker pot

6:28 pm

HarryHood

and an8 is against urban air pollution

6:29 pm

penquis

ty...

6:29 pm

HarryHood

yw! good night!

6:30 pm

penquis

goodnight...

6:44 pm

penquis

finally done....goodnight all...

6:47 pm

hokie carla

do you think anyone is for air pollution?

6:47 pm

hokie carla

enable thinks not

6:47 pm

Gillie

Yes, if they can profit from it and it's not too near where they live

6:48 pm

hokie carla

I was more wondering if pro* was a word

6:48 pm

Gillie

the an8 is probably about getting rid of it

6:49 pm

hokie carla

like an8 measures taken. I could buy that

6:49 pm

Gillie

As in an8 device

6:51 pm

Gillie

I'm a little too quick to go to MoreWords sometimes - as for ma7 (the first one)

6:52 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I get annoyed when I do that. I only have one ma7, the fruits

6:52 pm

Gillie

The other one is a color

6:52 pm

hokie carla

aw, geez

6:52 pm

hokie carla

I didn't even have to look. this grid is imprinted on my brain. 🤣

7:01 pm

Nef

Good evening.

7:02 pm

Gillie

Hi nef

7:03 pm

Nef

Gently working my way back into playing Babble again. I like the grid “so far.”

7:04 pm

Gillie

It's got some tricky ones - and a lot of 8's

7:06 pm

Nef

I have 2 7’s & 2 8’s already but haven’t found the 9 yet.

7:07 pm

hokie carla

the 9 is easy if you think about alt sp

7:08 pm

Nef

Thanks for the hint, hokie,

7:09 pm

hokie carla

👍🏼

7:10 pm

Gillie

Well, I'm done - last word en6. As I suspected, not really a hard one - I was just looking the wrong way.

7:10 pm

Gillie

Any hints wanted?

7:11 pm

Nef

I’ve really just started the grid, so too early for me yet.

7:12 pm

Gillie

OK - good night all

7:12 pm

hokie carla

oh, thanks. just stepped away. congrats.

7:12 pm

Nef

Good night!

7:13 pm

hokie carla

think I will list for my last 17

7:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

carla are you here?

7:35 pm

Nef

Hi TO

7:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

well hi, nef, how are you>

7:40 pm

Nef

Still kicking. It’s been a long time.
How are you doing?

7:41 pm

hokie carla

back now, hey TO.

7:44 pm

Nef

Did you get your last 17 yet, hokie?

7:44 pm

origami

Hey Nef! It's been a while.

7:45 pm

hokie carla

having to look up the last 5. can't find them with the list.

7:45 pm

Nef

Hi ori! How are you?

7:48 pm

origami

Doing OK.

7:49 pm

Nef

How’s your weather?

7:50 pm

origami

Very wet and windy lately. How about yours?

7:51 pm

hokie carla

well, I am finished and must fold towels. you all have a lovely evening.

7:52 pm

Nef

Cold -around 10 degrees (f) today- &2

7:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

i don't see myself finishing this one. too many empty bozes.

7:53 pm

Nef

We have around 18” of snow on the ground.

7:54 pm

Nef

I finally got all 3 O’s!

7:56 pm

origami

I am glad it doesn't snow here.

7:57 pm

Nef

I’m glad we don’t have earthquakes & oceans here!

8:02 pm

origami

Ha!

8:06 pm

Nef

I think we both ended up in places where we each prefer the environment we like then.

8:36 pm

origami

Well, the winters are OK. But summer is unbearable here. Most days are over 100. I will hopefully be moving to Northern Washington sometime.

8:43 pm

Nef

Really, Ori? You may move Up North (but not out of the US?)

I would hate your summer temps, but we do get temps up into the 90’s at time but it doesn’t stay that hot that long.

8:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have gone babble blind....*head desk*

8:49 pm

Nef

Need help, TO? I’m rusty & not done yet, but I have a bunch of weird words

8:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks, nef. let me give it one more once over.

9:00 pm

Nef

I have the 9 if that would help

9:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

maybe os 7? had a bit of a rough day, so want to finish and be done.

9:02 pm

Nef

:) And you asked a nurse! It’s a bone tumor! ( Just go along the bottom 2 rows

9:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh heck

9:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

that m just disappears.

9:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am feeling punky but do not want to fall asleep too early, lest i wake up too early.'

9:04 pm

Nef

I know. I still have 12 of them to find.

9:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

do you want help?

9:07 pm

Nef

No, I’m notgoing to finish, I’m just trying to get back in to Babbling again & trying to work my brain. But thanks for the offer!

9:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

okay. i hope you are doing well.

9:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am going now. good night.

9:11 pm

Nef

Good Night

9:27 pm

Nef

Good thing we have Lickety’s list. I definitely need it to finish.

11:11 pm

Nef

40 left yet. But I’m tired & can’t even find a stupid ti 4/4, so guess it’s about time to quit for tonight.

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