12:00 am
hokie carla
oh I hope something ends in ology
12:01 am
justafreep
that ws my first thought, too!
12:01 am
hokie carla
well, besides OL5. LOL
12:01 am
hokie carla
did you also try muditology?
12:02 am
justafreep
I did not
12:03 am
justafreep
yay, ursh!!!!
12:03 am
hokie carla
aha!
12:04 am
hokie carla
aha again!
12:16 am
justafreep
you own that bottom corner, Jain!
12:16 am
Jain
Thanks Freep for as9 and 10
12:17 am
Jain
thanks Freep - getting better at finding them!
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:18 am
cybernan
hello everyone - late start tonight
12:18 am
justafreep
hi, nan
12:18 am
justafreep
and thanks, lickety
12:19 am
justafreep
ooohhhhh! PA12
12:19 am
Rainiqui
pa 12, nbt, nbs
12:20 am
Gillie
Whoops - cancel that hi7
12:21 am
Lizlin
Thanks, Rain and Freep
12:22 am
Rainiqui
you're welcome Liz
12:23 am
justafreep
yw. I am not used to finding 12s in the wild!
12:23 am
hokie carla
yeah, too rich for my blood. I fold.
12:24 am
hokie carla
the single M and single i are keeping me from HOET too.
12:25 am
Lizlin
Same again
12:26 am
hokie carla
must be some crazy words then
12:26 am
hokie carla
only rainiqui holds the key :D
12:27 am
justafreep
mu6/30
12:27 am
grannyrose
mu 6/30
12:27 am
Rainiqui
mu 6-30 and is 6-24
12:27 am
grannyrose
or what freep just said.. loll
12:28 am
hokie carla
well, thanks...I'm sure sometime tomorrow I'll find them.
12:30 am
hokie carla
it made me find an os6 I didn't have
12:32 am
hokie carla
alright, saving 54 for tomorrow or never. good night!
12:36 am
justafreep
G'night!
12:38 am
ursh
that pa 12 barely fits into the add word box :)
12:46 am
Gillie
I keep wanting to enter trilogy
12:48 am
justafreep
you should keep trying it! The third time will be a charm....
12:48 am
Gillie
Well, that makes sense
12:51 am
Gillie
Well, I'm not seeing the pa12, but I'm going for now
12:51 am
justafreep
I wish you luck with it tomorrow
12:57 am
cybernan
found the pa 12 -- off to bed now
12:57 am
cybernan
haven't found an 8 though
12:57 am
cybernan
nor the lone m and i
5:15 am
ItalianGreyhound
that GY ending looks interesting - looking for science (?) words
5:18 am
Scrabbler
Good morning, IG. Were you hit by the storm and power outages?
5:19 am
ItalianGreyhound
hI, Scrabbler - yes! Ice everywhere, but power is back on
5:19 am
Scrabbler
How long was you power out?
5:19 am
MollyL
Yep, big science word
5:20 am
ItalianGreyhound
havent found it yet - not long (on the power)
5:21 am
Scrabbler
I am glad you're ok, IG.
5:21 am
ItalianGreyhound
If you sit down in my driveway, you will slide all the way down (80 feet)
5:21 am
Scrabbler
Wheeeee
5:22 am
ChampFit
I was typing the same thing,Scrabs!
5:23 am
ItalianGreyhound
freezing rain is ending, so I will be tackling that issue at sunrise - HI Champ
5:23 am
Scrabbler
A perfect sledding hill except needing to stop before going into the road.
5:24 am
ChampFit
Well, the pictures look pretty from here! ;) We just have cold rain.
5:24 am
Scrabbler
as9 = Zodiac-based non-science
5:25 am
ItalianGreyhound
there it is!
5:27 am
ItalianGreyhound
this grid is fun!
5:28 am
ChampFit
Stats for the left corner M? Makes me feel stupid when i can't get the first tile...
5:29 am
Scrabbler
mu6/30= adjective for snot
5:29 am
waskallia
biochemistry word
5:31 am
ItalianGreyhound
eeww - dont have it, dont want it
5:31 am
ChampFit
Thank you! That plays right into my "can't go left" weakness. :)
5:31 am
Scrabbler
Ha. My weakness is continuing beyond 4 letters.
5:32 am
ChampFit
We all have some handicap!
5:32 am
ItalianGreyhound
my weakness is my perfection
5:35 am
ItalianGreyhound
wow - beautiful icicles (sp?) outside!
5:38 am
Scrabbler
Correct spelling.
5:41 am
aebmusica
hi Scrabbler......I wish you well o your upcoming surgery. In 2020 Chad my shoulder muscle ripped in half with a dislocated shoulder and it had to be woven back to gather again. Then therapy and then 11 months later a shoulder replacement.
5:42 am
Scrabbler
Oh, no. Yes, I must get repaired. Pain for 7 months is too much. How is your new shoulder?
5:49 am
aslindy
hello all
5:50 am
Scrabbler
Hi aslindy
5:52 am
aebmusica
Yes sorry for your pain. I was in pain before my surgery for 7 weeks and then after the weaving I not only had to wait for the healing, but because of the onset of covid I had to wait for 11 months more of pain to get a time slot for shoulder replacement surgery. My shoulder now has 95% mobility which is great! Still cannot sleep on my side. And have become an insomniac because I have had to sleep on my back now for in total 3 years.....and I am a side sleeper. The other problem in Ohio ..... even though I have never been a drug abuserer one to take a lot of medicinal drugs, I had to BEG for a two week supply of Percocet.
5:53 am
Scrabbler
Undertreating post-op pain is a sin. I do expect a short course of an opioid then I will switch to naproxen ASAP.
5:54 am
Deeha
wow that 12 is a windy word
5:56 am
ChampFit
!!! Way to go Deeha!
5:56 am
aebmusica
sorry for such a long-winded answer. And good luck with the naproxen.
6:00 am
aebmusica
When do you start on your surgical journey, Scrabbler?
6:01 am
Scrabbler
February 14. My valentine is my orthopedic surgeon.
6:01 am
Scrabbler
I didn't notice that we have 10s and a 12.
6:02 am
ChampFit
Ooooh...just got a 10! Need another one and the 12.
6:04 am
ItalianGreyhound
things that feed on others - science endings
6:06 am
Scrabbler
I got pa12.
6:06 am
ItalianGreyhound
thats for PA 10 and 12
6:07 am
ItalianGreyhound
end like that MU word, Scrab
6:08 am
aebmusica
I had to change doctors because the first did a very good job with weaving the muscle back to gather and attacking torn tendon, but was not very human when I begged for a second week of Percocet. He said," Oh, are you really in pain? My second orthopedic doctor for my shoulder replacement was much nicer and sympathetic even though he could only give me 2 weeks of Percocet and then tramadol, which did nothing for the pain.
6:08 am
aebmusica
attaching... not attacking
6:08 am
ItalianGreyhound
I have weird lights on outside since the power came back on - gonna go investigate
6:09 am
ChampFit
Put your aluminum hate on, just in case!
6:10 am
ItalianGreyhound
no alum haters here
6:10 am
ChampFit
HAT! oops...
6:11 am
ItalianGreyhound
I kinda like aluminum - Ok gotta go
6:11 am
aebmusica
got the 12 and the two 10s and one nine so far.
6:17 am
Scrabbler
Off to work. Enjoy the day.
6:30 am
aslindy
is the si8 a compound word?
6:34 am
Kiani
morning all
6:35 am
aslindy
morning kiani
6:44 am
Kiani
this grid is weirdly hard for me this morning
6:45 am
aslindy
not just you
6:53 am
Deeha
me too. And i always forget US/UK spellings
7:03 am
dan2bit
morning all! phantom rosary
7:09 am
aslindy
the list is getting a workout today
7:36 am
mael
I don't think there's anything weird about this grid being hard today :)
7:36 am
periwinkle
good morning all. got the pa12 but not the pa10 help please
7:37 am
mael
I only have the 12 too
7:37 am
aebmusica
add the study of to the 10
7:37 am
aebmusica
subtract the study of the ten,....starts out the same
7:38 am
Aloyisius
study of creatures that live off other creatures
7:38 am
NANCY
I have the 10 but not the 12
7:38 am
mael
I just can't see a non-study word, hah
7:39 am
mael
oh got it, ends like a robot
7:40 am
periwinkle
ty for pa10
7:44 am
periwinkle
got the as9 but not the as10
7:45 am
mael
same, is it a similar deal?
7:47 am
mael
oh duh, it's one who does as9
7:48 am
periwinkle
ty mael
7:49 am
marksdolly
good morning all!
8:00 am
mael
phantom: modicum
8:03 am
MollyL
Honorable Mention to Carla for being the first to comment at the flip and blurting while doing so. That is a special skill. 😊
8:04 am
mael
I found a nice bird, that's always a treat :)
8:07 am
MollyL
I'm putting money on Hurshy calling soliloquy as a phantom.
8:07 am
mael
I'm not taking that bet
8:08 am
MollyL
You don't strike me as the betting kind.
8:09 am
mael
you'd be correct! how are you today?
8:11 am
MollyL
No bad. Yourself?
8:11 am
mael
decent, it's supposed to get bitterly cold this weekend
8:12 am
MollyL
Here too, but then 50's all next week.
8:12 am
mael
yeah, it's been a strange winter
8:12 am
mael
no real snow to speak of up here, warm january
8:13 am
MollyL
I'm loving the no snow part. I know you dig that kind of weather so sorry Ma Nature hasn't obliged.
8:16 am
mael
I do! but I'm glad there's upsides to no snow :)
8:16 am
mael
3 left, all Ms
8:23 am
Aloyisius
wtg, mael.. congrats!
8:50 am
BzznBea
I just looked at the stats.
9:07 am
mkg
Hard grid. I only have 4s and 5s. Ugh
9:07 am
dan2bit
153 point word! love it
9:08 am
mkg
Any clues welcome for the large words.
9:08 am
rururocks
phantom : diaspora
9:11 am
welki
'morning, folks
9:13 am
rururocks
gm welki
9:13 am
saanichcat
hi there welki, ru and all
9:15 am
rururocks
hi saan
9:15 am
rururocks
<moving slowly this am
9:15 am
saanichcat
late night?
9:16 am
rururocks
sort of Buddy had dental surgery yesterday so we were up taking care of him
9:17 am
saanichcat
awww poor thing, hope he is OK
9:17 am
rururocks
he's a little better today.. i'm staying home with him
9:18 am
saanichcat
then he is in good hands
9:18 am
welki
we should all be as lucky as buddy
9:19 am
mkg
Well i am sure the long words make use of tghe ogy….or the logy. But not seeing any. Hints welcome
9:19 am
saanichcat
this grid is taking forever, off to finish last few. and Welki you are right!
9:20 am
saanichcat
as: 9, 10: person who studies stars and the science of that study
9:20 am
rururocks
i have slowed way down at 74 left
9:20 am
dan2bit
can I have stats for the lone M?
9:21 am
saanichcat
last 19, going nuts
9:21 am
mkg
Ty got the 9.
9:21 am
rururocks
mu 6 dan
9:21 am
saanichcat
mu 6/30
9:21 am
mkg
Ooops so so sorry all
9:21 am
saanichcat
have fun with that
9:22 am
dan2bit
got it saan & ru ty
9:22 am
rururocks
i was salivating when i found it dan
9:22 am
saanichcat
well done both!
9:22 am
mkg
Darn. Apologies to all.
9:23 am
dan2bit
that snot a surprise ru
9:23 am
rururocks
well that word was nothing to sneeze at for sure
9:24 am
dan2bit
I was besinus myself trying to find it though
9:24 am
rururocks
gland you found it after all
9:26 am
MollyL
I thought of Ru when I saw this yesterday. She's a vegetarian? I never knew that about herbivore.
9:27 am
rururocks
I've been punning in serpentine and they are all ignoring me there too :D
9:28 am
welki
i haven't played serpentine since we hit the road - connection isn't fast enough
9:29 am
rururocks
i'd never be able to play serpentine on a lap top
9:30 am
MollyL
I don't know how people play Babble on a cell phone
9:30 am
rururocks
well.. when traveling and you need to finish.. you make it work.. it's a lot harder though But I've done it a lot
9:33 am
MollyL
That "need to finish" thing left me long ago. Now I just play for fun when I have time.
9:34 am
rururocks
well. I have my reasons
9:34 am
rururocks
this grid sucks by the way
9:35 am
MollyL
I agree, though this morning someone said "This grid is fun!"
9:42 am
saanichcat
sure was not fun. see you tomorrow!
9:43 am
saanichcat
free bee still works
9:43 am
rururocks
bye saan.. chat sunday
9:43 am
Book Doctor Gwen
Hi all, diving in
9:44 am
saanichcat
for sure ru, hope Buddy is OK
9:44 am
rururocks
thanks.. i'll update then
9:45 am
hurshy
hm, well, i'm stuck already with this lone M
9:47 am
BzznBea
In the chat, hurshy. Ru and Dan have been punning aboout it.
9:48 am
hurshy
i was wanting to put that root with an -ology ending instead
9:49 am
hurshy
but it wouldn't be a word, even if it were in the grid
9:51 am
hurshy
here's a linguistic question... why is a person who studies biology a biologIST, but a person who studies astrology is an astrologER
9:52 am
hurshy
were they purposely given a different ending to mark them out as non-scientists?
9:53 am
hurshy
anthropologIST, sociologIST
9:54 am
rururocks
polygamist
9:54 am
rururocks
is not a scientist
9:54 am
hurshy
but that doesn't come from an -ology ending
9:54 am
hurshy
i'm trying to hone in on -ology words
9:54 am
rururocks
no.. that comes from an orgy ending :D
9:57 am
hurshy
whoops, i guess i should go to the PB, didn't realize they were letting the suffix count as a word on its own
9:58 am
rururocks
um yeah.. i was going to say something but you were on a roll
10:00 am
hurshy
i think i'm siding with the "this grid sucks" crowd
10:01 am
rururocks
i haven't found the second 10 yet
10:01 am
hurshy
i haven't found either 10 yet
10:01 am
hurshy
THAT's in the grid
10:01 am
hurshy
double PB for me
10:02 am
hurshy
this is what you get for proceding tile by tile
10:05 am
cybernan
good morning everyone
10:05 am
hurshy
morning, nan
10:05 am
cybernan
Just have the as 10 -- anyone know what the other is?
10:05 am
rururocks
no clue
10:06 am
hurshy
how about the right-hand i word?
10:06 am
ItalianGreyhound
PA 10 and 12
10:06 am
cybernan
hi ru -- got home late last night -- will answer your last email today.
10:07 am
rururocks
ok no hurry. just when you have time
10:11 am
cybernan
parasology - the study of umbrellas
10:19 am
car.eeyore
lolol
10:20 am
hurshy
should these pa10 and 12 be ... um... not too hard for us to find, or are they weird?
10:20 am
BzznBea
they are not weird.
10:21 am
hurshy
ooh i got the 12
10:21 am
BzznBea
start with the organism that needs a host
10:21 am
hurshy
now i try to work backwards
10:22 am
hurshy
and what's the 8, anyone know?
10:24 am
hurshy
thankee both!
10:24 am
dan2bit
take the prefix off the 12
10:24 am
hurshy
weird stats remaining... 9-5-2-9
10:27 am
cybernan
also stuck on that lone m
10:27 am
cybernan
and the io 6
10:27 am
hurshy
the M has robot ending
10:28 am
hurshy
it's is6, not io6
10:29 am
cybernan
ty again Bea
10:31 am
cherlyq
got the ten twelve
10:33 am
cybernan
whe - finally monekeyed the is - ty hurshy
10:41 am
suefrad625
it has been a long time. I pray everyone has peace.
10:41 am
cybernan
back after breakfast
10:43 am
hurshy
whoa... letterboxed changed the font of the letters
10:46 am
cherlyq
I got the corner m
10:47 am
periwinkle
hi all. help with i in 2nd column please
10:48 am
cherlyq
Is 6 24 Peri
10:49 am
cherlyq
lot of science type words in this grid
10:50 am
periwinkle
ty got it
11:15 am
cybernan
di 7 please?
11:15 am
hurshy
you know you're an anglophile when... the crossword clue is "make out" and you have S_O_ and you put SNOG but it turns out it's actually SPOT
11:17 am
hokie carla
I still can't find the M or the i with the stats. guess I will look them up.
11:17 am
hurshy
oh good i wanted to talk about 7s, i only have two
11:17 am
hurshy
hokie, M has the robot ending
11:17 am
hokie carla
thank you!
11:17 am
hurshy
the is6 end's with Captain's ____, Stardate whatever
11:18 am
cybernan
mu 6 has a robotic ending
11:18 am
hokie carla
ah, thanks. got the is too. kept trying to make the other ending work
11:19 am
hokie carla
which would've been a lot more points
11:19 am
cybernan
is 6 -- maybe a lone chunk of tree trunk?
11:19 am
penquis
the di 7 means to change the shape of something....or change an idea into something that wasn't meant....
11:19 am
cybernan
yes -- is is not spelled correctly as far as I am concerned
11:20 am
hurshy
ahhh thank you pen
11:20 am
hurshy
i had phantom: disparate
11:20 am
penquis
the di 7 is not spelled correctly?
11:20 am
hokie carla
thanks pen. how else would you spell the di7, nan? looks right to me. or are you saying the is6 should end in ue?
11:21 am
cybernan
no the is should end with 2 vowels I think
11:22 am
hokie carla
that's because you're a wacky canadian who likes to add unnecessary letters like the brits.
11:22 am
cybernan
all I can say to that Hursy is that the language is English!
11:23 am
hokie carla
ha, that was me, but this is english too
11:23 am
hurshy
ME? i am the anglophile, i will happily accede to the English spellings
11:23 am
MollyL
Correction, it is a US spelling of the IS that ends in two vowels
11:23 am
cybernan
oops - sorry -- it was carla that made that comment, not hurshy
11:24 am
hurshy
well that's an interesting twist, molly!
11:24 am
hokie carla
do you know when I read things like neighbour I read them differently than neighbor?
11:24 am
MollyL
I do too Carla. And colour and humour
11:24 am
hokie carla
any of them
11:25 am
hurshy
i have my spell check set to British so it's always underlining things when i am typing them for settings in which i am using american spellings, lol
11:25 am
hurshy
like mostly -ize words, instead of -ise
11:25 am
MollyL
US brains are conditioned to read our like the ending of sour
11:25 am
hurshy
idk, i think i think of it more like neigh-boor, than like sour
11:26 am
MollyL
Why do you have your spell check set to British?
11:26 am
hokie carla
oh, I read it more like neigh-BORE as opposed to neighburr
11:26 am
hokie carla
because hurshy wants to be british
11:26 am
hurshy
or irish or scottish
11:26 am
cybernan
hurshy will have a french flag soon :D
11:26 am
hurshy
france is good too
11:26 am
hokie carla
well, I was including all of them or I would have said english
11:27 am
cybernan
agreed -- love France
11:28 am
mkg
Any clues for pa 10 and 12? Is it two words or one?
11:28 am
hurshy
what i actually have, fo' reals, i a pan-celtic flag, which is six sections, it includes Bretagne, Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Cornwall, and Wales
11:28 am
hurshy
and also, Northern Ireland is part of the UK but Ireland IS NOT!!!
11:28 am
MollyL
I am reminded of a Stephen King story called "Word Processor of The Gods" in which if the protagonist typed something, it made it so.
11:28 am
penquis
that's cool....
11:28 am
MollyL
Brings a new twist on DELETE
11:29 am
hokie carla
I am aware
11:29 am
MollyL
*Starts singing "Give Ireland Back To The Irish"
11:30 am
mkg
Got the 12. Is the 10 similar?
11:30 am
hokie carla
I don't have either
11:30 am
cybernan
10 has robotic ending
11:31 am
hurshy
speaking of american vs british spellings, if you watch the movie Official Secrets (2019, stars Keira Knightley), which is based on a true story, there is a key part that hinges on the different spellings, it's kind of crazy (and it does reflect what really happened)
11:31 am
hokie carla
the 12 is AS, right?
11:31 am
hurshy
no, it's PA
11:31 am
cybernan
carla -- they are derivatives of the little bug you do not want living in your gut
11:32 am
mkg
Any clues for the 10? That is pa as well i think.
11:32 am
cybernan
gluten isn't a bug
11:32 am
MollyL
Sorry, there was no way I could not say that.
11:32 am
MollyL
It was a joke Nan
11:33 am
hokie carla
there's a lot of little bugs I don't want in my gut, so not especially helpful yet.
11:33 am
hokie carla
oh, was there an AS10 then
11:33 am
MollyL
Carla,think tics, leeches, etc.
11:34 am
cybernan
beginning with pa, carla
11:34 am
mkg
It refers to all of them. They are all pa******s. This is a different form of the word.
11:34 am
hokie carla
now that I know it's PA I realize it's more general. gotta get the right ending, thx
11:34 am
mkg
Oh gee i just realized i. Have no 7s or 8s. So i welcome any of those words with stats please. Ty.
11:34 am
hokie carla
study of, thanks me and everyone else.
11:35 am
MollyL
Ha! She thanks herself
11:35 am
hokie carla
pat pat on the shoulder
11:35 am
hokie carla
taking a bow
11:36 am
hokie carla
so the 10s are PA and AS?
11:36 am
MollyL
I gave you an Honorable Mention earlier for blurting on the first comment of the flip
11:36 am
hokie carla
thank you, I thought that was pretty good
11:36 am
mkg
Yes. The as 9 and the pa 12 have same ending.
11:36 am
cybernan
correct
11:37 am
mkg
Missing the m word top corner left. Any stats? Ty
11:37 am
hokie carla
yes, I have both those. trying to find out if the 10s are PA and AS.
11:37 am
hurshy
mu6, robot ending, mkg
11:37 am
hurshy
yes they are hokie
11:37 am
hokie carla
thank you
11:37 am
MollyL
The flip used to be rabidly anti-blurt, anti-clue for the first hour. Then a bunch of new people took over and changed all the flip rules.
11:38 am
hokie carla
then I show up and just give a word within 2 or 3 min
11:38 am
MollyL
They weren't really rules, just kind of gentlemen's agreements.
11:38 am
hokie carla
no actually, it was right at 12:00
11:38 am
mkg
Gee i still abide by the one hour rule.
11:39 am
MollyL
It was reasonable. People wanted an hour with a new grid to find words on their own. Now it's a pissing contest to see who can call the words first.
11:39 am
hokie carla
I guess I never flipped then
11:40 am
cybernan
There were usually calls at the flip I thought, but no clues
11:40 am
mkg
I agree. Who needs to call them out. I just find them
11:40 am
justafreep
Molly, it's not a pissing contest.
11:40 am
penquis
it is what it is....some people enjoy it that way....no one has to look at the chat....
11:41 am
cybernan
I don't think I would find half of those words without the calls
11:41 am
hurshy
did you say the WHOLE WORD, hokie? and was it an accident of wrong box, or did you just not realize the word you wanted to say was in the grid, or what?
11:41 am
hokie carla
freep, you're just salty I beat you at telling a word 🤣 j/k of course
11:42 am
justafreep
You did!@
11:42 am
hokie carla
yes, I said something like I hope there's an ology word
11:42 am
MollyL
Nope, no one has to look at the chat. I'm glad we have a way to turn it off.
11:42 am
hokie carla
and yes, I didn't realize ology is a word
11:43 am
dcseain
oh, i had no idea of that either, thank you.
11:43 am
cybernan
don't think of that as a blurt -- ology sort of sticks out like a sore thumb when you just glance at the grid.
11:43 am
hurshy
well i had the same problem, just not at the flip
11:43 am
hokie carla
and then everyone else found all the -ology words. but only because I told them! :D
11:43 am
mkg
Ty i also didnt know that was a word. Isnt ism a word too in this crazy game?
11:44 am
penquis
besides, it's only a five letter word... ;o)
11:44 am
hurshy
AND i said the whole as10 not realising it was present
11:45 am
mkg
I typed the 9 before. So anyone who reads the chat can have a good time.
11:45 am
hurshy
ok so what other 7s do people have? i've got di7, op7, pa7
11:45 am
justafreep
This means ologies would be a word, too, which... I don't think I've ever seen
11:45 am
mkg
I am still not getting the mu word. Any clues on meaning?
11:45 am
hokie carla
guess I need to read the chat then
11:45 am
hurshy
has to do with snot, mkg
11:45 am
justafreep
mkg - it's an adjective having to do with snot
11:46 am
penquis
or..Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
..
11:46 am
hurshy
you know most of us are science-ignorant, pen
11:46 am
mkg
Working on it.
11:46 am
penquis
well she asked for a definition...
11:47 am
dcseain
thanks for meth mu :)
11:47 am
justafreep
Resembling the Mucins sounds like a bad comedy movie title
11:47 am
mkg
I got it. Ty
11:47 am
justafreep
hurshy - I've also got a do7 and an ae7
11:47 am
mkg
Ok so two more tiles missing:
11:48 am
mkg
The right bottom corner o and the a above it. I welcome clues.
11:48 am
hurshy
ooh thanks freep, will look!
11:48 am
hurshy
how did i miss that ae??
11:48 am
justafreep
oh, and a gl7
11:49 am
cybernan
mo 7 please?
11:50 am
penquis
mkg....or 6....a speaker....
11:50 am
hokie carla
I only have 3 7's because I don't really read the calls at the flip, I have to see them or I don't see them
11:50 am
dcseain
robot ending, nan
11:50 am
mkg
Ty pen. Got it. Ty.
11:50 am
mkg
I still have NO sevens or 8s. Cant believe it.
11:51 am
hokie carla
anyone want to give a grammar hint for the pa10 ending? i.e. type of word? kthx
11:51 am
justafreep
the 7s seem quite elusive in this grid
11:51 am
hurshy
ack, how can i get an mo7 with a robot ending?
11:51 am
hurshy
there only seem to be a few ways and they don't work
11:52 am
justafreep
the mo7 doesn't have a robot ending
11:52 am
mkg
Just got gl 7. Whew. Now just jeed an 8…….and i am missing the i word second column i. So hints welcome.
11:52 am
dcseain
oops, i misread mu
11:53 am
hurshy
chop pa12 to get si8
11:53 am
justafreep
I don't know what it is, but I am positive that's not the ending
11:53 am
cybernan
not finding the way to get to that robot ending
11:53 am
moolingwa
morning all
11:54 am
hurshy
*we all yell, "SEAIN!!"*
11:54 am
penquis
nan....mo does not have a robot ending....
11:54 am
mkg
Hurshy i got it. Ty.
11:54 am
cybernan
the c, d and g are the only possible 3rd letters as far as I can see
11:54 am
hokie carla
moooo
11:54 am
hurshy
got the gl7!
11:54 am
mkg
I am done for today. By all.
11:55 am
hokie carla
moo better hide
11:55 am
hokie carla
bye, mkg
11:55 am
justafreep
bye, mkg
11:55 am
dcseain
oof, that SI8 was unexpected by me, thank you
11:55 am
mkg
Ooops still missing that i word. Darn. Sorry carla but i am still here. Ty.
11:55 am
hokie carla
I actually have that, still trying to get the 10
11:55 am
mkg
Sorry justafreep, i am still around.
11:55 am
cybernan
oh ty pen - just caught your post
11:56 am
dcseain
very twisty grid today.
11:57 am
penquis
mkg...the is 6 ends in what you put in the fireplace...
11:57 am
justafreep
carla, at the risk of causing renewed chaos, for the 10... think robot ending
11:58 am
mkg
Got it pen. Ty all for great clues.
11:58 am
cybernan
still not finding that mo 7
11:58 am
hokie carla
ok, just looked up right before, but thanks, freep. it was indeed that. ;P
11:58 am
mkg
Anyone need any before i leave? I only got 108 words but still……..
11:58 am
hokie carla
no idea why I wasn't thinking that ending /s
11:58 am
penquis
no thanks, mkg....bye...
11:58 am
cybernan
mo 7 please
11:59 am
hokie carla
what's the points, nan?
11:59 am
cybernan
36 points
11:59 am
hokie carla
hmm, will look
12:01 pm
dcseain
mo7 looks Itlalian to me.
12:01 pm
dcseain
just found it
12:01 pm
MollyL
It ends like the rav starting pasta
12:01 pm
cybernan
ty molly - new one for me
12:01 pm
dcseain
BBL, off to do some things around the house.
12:02 pm
justafreep
ahh. thanks, Molly.
12:02 pm
hokie carla
bye seain
12:02 pm
cybernan
I wish enable would eliminate latin body parts
12:02 pm
hokie carla
never seen it either. I guess we can tell who here have never studied anatomy.
12:02 pm
hurshy
i might need a clue for do7 also? unless you think i should be seeing it.
12:03 pm
hokie carla
to bend soemthing out of shape
12:03 pm
hokie carla
sorry, that's di7
12:03 pm
justafreep
it's a 6/7.
12:03 pm
hurshy
that's di7, isn't it?
12:03 pm
hokie carla
I keep seeing doxology even though there's no x.
12:04 pm
hokie carla
ah, thanks freep
12:04 pm
justafreep
the do is a compound (and oddly, Carla, there's... not overlap, but something like that with your clue)
12:04 pm
hokie carla
what you will often find in library books, hursh
12:05 pm
MollyL
The bad page marker
12:05 pm
justafreep
oldshoppinglists starts with ol, though....
12:05 pm
hokie carla
haha
12:06 pm
hurshy
a compound with a canine?
12:06 pm
hurshy
woot woot
12:07 pm
hokie carla
wow, my last c was a regular word that was just invisible
12:11 pm
hokie carla
phantom mosque
12:11 pm
cybernan
my last r was the same
12:11 pm
hokie carla
(still need 1 M)
12:12 pm
hokie carla
oh, just found my last R and it was a plural
12:18 pm
penquis
need a break....bbl....bye all...
12:18 pm
moolingwa
later pen
12:18 pm
cybernan
*!*~*!* If anyone manages to finish listless to day, revel in your awesomeness :)
12:19 pm
hokie carla
bye pen
12:19 pm
hokie carla
good finish, nan
12:19 pm
moolingwa
congrats nan
12:19 pm
moolingwa
and hey hoke, happy Thursday
12:19 pm
hokie carla
hey moo
12:19 pm
moolingwa
back home?
12:20 pm
cybernan
bye pen - hi and bye mool
12:20 pm
hokie carla
nope, sitting in the hospital with my mom
12:20 pm
moolingwa
how she doing?
12:21 pm
hokie carla
not great, they think maybe she had a stroke. we are waiting for an MRI. but she is actually a little better today I think.
12:22 pm
moolingwa
sorry to hear that, but hopefully if she's feeling better she's heading in the right direction
12:22 pm
moolingwa
how are you doing?
12:23 pm
hokie carla
well, most all of tues was in a bad ER chair. this recliner is better but my back is starting to feel it today. and I don't have my therapy dog with me.
12:23 pm
hokie carla
thanks for asking
12:24 pm
moolingwa
yeah, hospitals aren't generally designed for comfort for some reason
12:24 pm
hokie carla
I know, definitely never expect to rest as a patient either
12:25 pm
moolingwa
how far away from home are you?
12:25 pm
hokie carla
2 hours
12:25 pm
moolingwa
at least that's not too far
12:26 pm
hokie carla
will prob try to go home this weekend for a couple of days. last night I left when my brothers got here after work, so that helped.
12:26 pm
moolingwa
yeah, good to be able to get some breaks in there
12:27 pm
moolingwa
Can really wear you down
12:27 pm
moolingwa
and seems to fall on the daughters moreso than the sons unfortunately
12:28 pm
hokie carla
yep. and I was thinking surely i'm losing weight by eating protein bars for lunch but still I've managed to gain a pound.
12:29 pm
moolingwa
Well stress, tiredness and worry don't help the body, or the mind..
12:29 pm
hokie carla
well, my brother that lives a couple of miles from her has done a lot so he's going in to work
12:29 pm
moolingwa
that's good
12:29 pm
hokie carla
are you a wellness coach? is that what your calls are? :D
12:30 pm
moolingwa
Not by any stretch, but have been through a few of these sorts of situations
12:30 pm
hokie carla
I'm wishing I had brought my night guard over here as I keep clenching my teeth.
12:31 pm
moolingwa
But supporting my partner and their relative...
12:31 pm
moolingwa
Don't have any advice on teeth clenching
12:32 pm
hokie carla
my spelling bee has really been suffering. I think I've been doing good and nice and solid.
12:32 pm
hurshy
regular practice of meditation could help reduce stress thereby reducing teeth clenching
12:32 pm
moolingwa
Yeah, well, I'm sure they'll forgive you :)
12:32 pm
hokie carla
I did at least get the pangram today
12:33 pm
hokie carla
thanks, hurshy, maybe I'll turn on that meditation thing on my apple watch.
12:33 pm
moolingwa
reading Moby Dick will also relive stress, but may institute extreme boredness
12:33 pm
hokie carla
if I just had my therapy dog!
12:33 pm
moolingwa
But it is good for putting you to sleep
12:33 pm
hokie carla
it will relive stress, hmm
12:33 pm
hurshy
lol, so true
12:34 pm
moolingwa
well i guess if you're really into 17th century whaling, then yeah, it might be very captivating
12:34 pm
moolingwa
nothing like reliving stress
12:34 pm
hokie carla
I'm not sure I've ever read it. can't remember the classics we read in high school.
12:34 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I generally don't want to relive it
12:35 pm
moolingwa
I often recommend it for those suffering from insomnia
12:35 pm
moolingwa
and I'm not even joking
12:35 pm
hokie carla
just realized I have 13 s's left. couldn't figure out how I still had 31 words when I have 2 or 1 on most everything.
12:35 pm
hurshy
in the intro part of the book of The Princess Bride, wherein William Goldman is pretending that what he has done is to abridge a much longer book of that title written by "S Morgenstern", he talks about how boring the parts he "cut" are, and he says something like, "... just as the sections on whaling can be omitted by all but the most punishment-loving reader of Moby Dick..."
12:36 pm
moolingwa
That pretty much sums up my experience
12:36 pm
moolingwa
Though I did learn what Ambergris was
12:37 pm
moolingwa
I think pretty much every other fact I quickly forgot
12:37 pm
moolingwa
but if you ever yearn to know the details of wailing, and how to rig a whaling ship, then Moby Dick is the book for you
12:37 pm
moolingwa
whaling
12:37 pm
moolingwa
sheesh
12:39 pm
moolingwa
disparator - a machine for making things different
12:42 pm
hurshy
sometimes once i hit the list, and find words i missed, i feel like such a dingus
12:44 pm
moolingwa
i just accept i wont see some eassy words
12:44 pm
hurshy
and now, the dingus is done
12:45 pm
moolingwa
congrats hursh
12:45 pm
hokie carla
nice
12:45 pm
moolingwa
i have 46 to go
12:45 pm
moolingwa
17-10-8-8-1-0-2
12:49 pm
moolingwa
well, found the 8
12:49 pm
hokie carla
8-15-3-5
12:50 pm
moolingwa
got those 6's in hand todya
12:50 pm
moolingwa
15-8-5-6-0-0-2
12:52 pm
hokie carla
I know, miraculous
12:54 pm
moolingwa
I love when I mistype something and it turns out to be a word
12:54 pm
hokie carla
the best
12:58 pm
moolingwa
finally got above freezing here today
12:58 pm
moolingwa
it's now 33
1:07 pm
Sophie512
Nashville no snow, just ice. Today is day 3 snow (but only ice) day for schools in this district.
1:15 pm
moolingwa
Well. we're sending sunshine your way soph
1:19 pm
Sophie512
Good! Not a fan of these dreary days!
1:33 pm
hokie carla
just cold and rainy in the northeast end of the state, sophie
1:35 pm
periwinkle
help with si8 please
1:35 pm
hokie carla
do you have pa12, peri?
1:36 pm
dcseain
pa12 is a related to pa10
1:36 pm
periwinkle
I have pa12
1:36 pm
dcseain
that includes the si8
1:36 pm
hokie carla
yes, but si8 is within pa12
1:36 pm
periwinkle
got the si8 ty carla
1:38 pm
MollyL
What is this? Tag team cluing?
1:39 pm
hokie carla
whoomp, there it is
1:41 pm
MollyL
See, that's what I like about Carla. She has a sense of humor and her Wheaties have never been peed on.
1:41 pm
hokie carla
because she can't eat wheaties!
1:44 pm
MollyL
Okay, your Honey Bunches of Oats have never been peed on.
1:48 pm
cherlyq
ok I am confused why is it not taking astroid?
1:50 pm
moolingwa
asteroid
1:51 pm
cherlyq
yes but the math one is In mathematics, an astroid is a particular type of roulette curve: a hypocycloid with four cusps. Specifically, it is the locus of a point on a circle as it rolls inside a fixed circle with four times the radius.
1:51 pm
MollyL
Scrabble and Words With Friends won't take astroid either.
1:52 pm
MollyL
They are probably not hip to the math terminology
1:53 pm
cherlyq
with all the science ones in this puzzle just surprised me
1:54 pm
hokie carla
gee, cheryl...turn down the nerd a little😜
1:54 pm
moolingwa
I say bring it on!
1:55 pm
hokie carla
you would
1:55 pm
moolingwa
yes, I probably would
1:56 pm
hokie carla
28 still. are you in the teens yet, moo?
1:56 pm
moolingwa
nope, 23 here
1:56 pm
moolingwa
8-5-4-5-0-0-1
1:56 pm
hokie carla
still 12 S's. what is the deal with them?
1:57 pm
cherlyq
uggh I have 87 left but least I got past the half way mark
1:57 pm
moolingwa
found my other 10
1:57 pm
moolingwa
my mother was one, so I should have seen that
1:57 pm
MollyL
It's a herd of nerds who know freakish words
1:58 pm
hokie carla
you can do it, cheryl. lots of nerd words still even without astroid.
1:58 pm
moolingwa
t'is true
1:58 pm
moolingwa
plenty of nerdish words, including some absurd
1:58 pm
hokie carla
I hope you're talking about the AS, moo, and not the other one.
1:58 pm
moolingwa
the 10, she was a 10
1:59 pm
moolingwa
skepticism skipped over her and went straight to me
2:00 pm
hokie carla
I only got the AS10 because hurshy was complaining about the ending and typed the whole thing out. But I'm with her, I was looking for the other ending too.
2:01 pm
hokie carla
as long as you weren't calling her pa10
2:01 pm
moolingwa
well I got the "science" but not the practiioner
2:01 pm
cherlyq
finally got it
2:02 pm
moolingwa
ah no, although she does have some unusual views on what affects her health
2:02 pm
hokie carla
I wonder if a day will come that I don't try sorta. that seems like perfect slang for enable.
2:03 pm
moolingwa
yeah, it sorta makes sense
2:05 pm
hokie carla
finally found an S. still 11.
2:06 pm
hokie carla
M H D GG i LL Q E T OO S11 T PP
2:06 pm
hokie carla
7-12-3-5
2:09 pm
MollyL
How word freaks play the dozens. "Yo momma was a pa10"
2:10 pm
hokie carla
never heard that - are you baltimoring right now?
2:11 pm
hokie carla
I mean, yeah, I've heard yo momma jokes, never heard of playing the dozens.
2:11 pm
hokie carla
but I just googled and found a wikipedia article
2:14 pm
BzznBea
baltimoring?
2:15 pm
BzznBea
the M uses the robot ending
2:16 pm
hokie carla
I didn't know if playing the dozens was a baltimore saying
2:16 pm
hokie carla
oh, it's the other M that I am missing one from
2:16 pm
dcseain
as one who lives near Baltimore, I'm not even sure what that means
2:16 pm
hokie carla
finally found 2 more s's, both 4's
2:17 pm
moolingwa
M
H DD G
L EE
TT SSSS A
RR T P
2:18 pm
UntitledDocument
which M you stuck on?
2:18 pm
moolingwa
failrly similar
2:19 pm
moolingwa
the right m
2:19 pm
hokie carla
mine's the right side
2:19 pm
moolingwa
but not really stuck :)
2:19 pm
UntitledDocument
okay, I haven't gotten that one yet
2:20 pm
hokie carla
found my Q
2:20 pm
moolingwa
found me r's
2:20 pm
moolingwa
you can have eyelids, but not earlids
2:22 pm
moolingwa
found the L
2:22 pm
moolingwa
and the G
2:23 pm
hokie carla
nothing
2:23 pm
moolingwa
and my bottom T
2:23 pm
moolingwa
but now I'm 7 heavy
3-2-4-5
2:24 pm
hokie carla
what was the bottom T?
2:24 pm
moolingwa
latin plural
2:24 pm
moolingwa
for hand bones
2:24 pm
hokie carla
that's it, thanks
2:26 pm
hokie carla
I think I will read for a while. Tired of staring at this.
21 - 5-9-2-5
2:27 pm
moolingwa
still 14
2:46 pm
moolingwa
I continue to stare, but have found 2
3:49 pm
72 Temple Owl
stats pls for the top left m?
4:12 pm
montreal13
MU 6/30
4:35 pm
montreal13
Fw ! good luck to all finishers - poof
4:47 pm
moolingwa
I'm T-12 to fw
5:12 pm
hokie carla
still 21
5:42 pm
penquis
back for 56...ugh...
5:43 pm
NANCY
BACK for 35 double ugh....
5:58 pm
cherlyq
I am have 68 left
6:01 pm
hokie carla
well, I decided to list and had some stupid misses and thought this is easy, then I had to skip the last 4.
6:01 pm
hokie carla
3 of them are 7s. that tracks.
6:01 pm
penquis
well i have whittled mine down to 39....
6:02 pm
hokie carla
oh, you can do more
6:04 pm
penquis
still missing a 9 and a 10....
6:05 pm
hokie carla
down to 1 7 now
6:06 pm
hokie carla
aha, finally found it
6:06 pm
penquis
congrats...
6:06 pm
hokie carla
do you want the stat for the 9 and 10 you don't have?
6:08 pm
penquis
i think the 10 is as....i think someone said it had a robotic ending, but i did not find it.....don't know about the 9....i have the hi 9....
6:09 pm
hokie carla
as10 and as9. as10 is one who "practices" as9
6:10 pm
penquis
geez...i thought it had a robot ending....no wonder i did not find it....have both now....ty....
6:10 pm
hokie carla
good! gotta do some things, will check back in later.
6:42 pm
periwinkle
first lo5 please
6:43 pm
penquis
ends with a short word that you hear sometimes when people hesitate while speaking....
6:49 pm
periwinkle
ty pen
6:49 pm
periwinkle
26 left
6:49 pm
periwinkle
tough grid
6:51 pm
penquis
yes...do you have the mo 7?...
7:04 pm
cherlyq
well going to do something else I am tired for now
7:05 pm
MollyL
mo7 ends like the pasta that starts with rav
7:06 pm
Lizlin
Thanks, Molly. Was just looking for that.
7:06 pm
penquis
got it...ty, molly....i am done...
7:06 pm
Lizlin
Congrats, pen
7:06 pm
MollyL
Hi Liz, how are you?
7:07 pm
penquis
ty, liz...
7:07 pm
penquis
well i am off....goodnight all...
7:07 pm
Lizlin
Good thanks - hot down here right now. Hope all's good with you.
8:33 pm
origami
ni back atcha
8:36 pm
wht
Hi orgami. It looks like I am impersonating the knights that say "Ni" tonight.
9:01 pm
MollyL
We have brought you your shrubbery
9:04 pm
wht
Thank you so much, Molly. Almost no one brings a shrubbery anymore.
9:05 pm
Gillie
I don't think anyone has ever brought me a shrubbery
9:07 pm
wht
Come to think of it, I think that several people gave us shrubbery as housewarming gifts.
9:08 pm
wht
But now, can someone bring me a clue for the gl7?
9:08 pm
Gillie
"the opening at the upper part of the larynx, between the vocal cords"
9:15 pm
wht
I am down to the pa10 and 12. Any hints?
9:15 pm
HarryHood
it's all about the harmful organisms invading your body
9:19 pm
wht
thank you Harry. It took a little noodling around but that is fireworks.
9:19 pm
HarryHood
wtg wht!
9:19 pm
HarryHood
still 43 here
9:20 pm
wht
Do you need any clues before I go?
9:20 pm
HarryHood
no thanks. gonna call it quits soon
9:23 pm
HarryHood
40 now. good night1