Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, February 18, 2023

12:05 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:06 am

cybernan

do 7

12:06 am

ursh

hi nan

12:06 am

justafreep

good evening

12:07 am

cybernan

hi ursh, freep

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

marksdolly

ty lickety!

12:18 am

Biltong

ty lickety

12:19 am

Gillie

ch8 & 9

12:21 am

cybernan

hi Gillie - watching the Scotties?

12:21 am

Gillie

the Scotties?

12:21 am

cybernan

curling

12:22 am

Gillie

Oh - no. I rarely watch sports

12:22 am

cybernan

I don't watch much either -- major curling tournaments and some of the golf

12:25 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:25 am

cybernan

need that e for nbt and not seeing anything

12:27 am

ursh

volcano

12:27 am

cybernan

ty ursh - babble blindness

12:27 am

Gillie

And I can't seem to see the do7

12:29 am

cybernan

it is a common word 36 points

12:29 am

cybernan

not seeing the ch's either

12:30 am

Gillie

They have to do with color

12:31 am

cybernan

ty - need a clue for the do?

12:32 am

Biltong

inactive

12:33 am

Gillie

ty biltong - don't know why I couldn't see that

12:33 am

Biltong

:-)

12:33 am

cybernan

I was asking Gillie, biltong --

12:34 am

Biltong

sorry, nan

12:35 am

cybernan

not a problem --- should have phrased that better

12:36 am

ursh

monkied an oc 7/40

12:37 am

Gillie

ty ursh

12:37 am

cybernan

never do well with oc's

12:38 am

ursh

robotic ending

12:39 am

cybernan

ty

12:42 am

cybernan

crashing == good night everyone

12:42 am

Gillie

good night - think I'll go now too

12:42 am

Biltong

night nan

12:43 am

Biltong

ty ursh

3:22 am

TQ

Found the 8/9

5:57 am

aslindy

hello all

6:18 am

ItalianGreyhound

odd spelling of the Boston fish

6:25 am

aslindy

I didn't know Boston had a fish

7:09 am

Sugrraleona

ch7?

7:10 am

MollyL

Neither did I, and I have spent a lot of time there

7:12 am

MollyL

ch7 has a robot ending

7:15 am

Aloyisius

ty Molly.. hello to all

7:18 am

MollyL

Gert McBlurt has arrived! 😊

7:19 am

Aloyisius

haven't found my blurt for the day, Molly..

7:20 am

MollyL

Your sidekick Burt tried one, but nobody got it

7:22 am

Aloyisius

well, before I go I'm sure I'll find a good one

7:23 am

MollyL

You never fail

7:27 am

Sugrraleona

oy, I don't get the robot ending for the ch7

7:28 am

Aloyisius

I have an And**** phone, does that help?

7:29 am

JBV

good morning word lovers - don't you just love it when the last word you get is the perfect caption for the whole grid? It happens every so often - if you end on the yi5, you'll know what I mean -

7:30 am

JBV

I've tried to think of a creative name for such a phenomenon, coming up empty - any ideas?

7:30 am

Aloyisius

lol, congrats JBV

7:32 am

JBV

ty :)

7:38 am

MollyL

endenote

7:40 am

MollyL

A combination of end, denote and endnote

7:41 am

JBV

excellent!

8:00 am

Aloyisius

fw, so I'll go fly a ky4 bc I can't spell. Have a great day all! Poof..

8:11 am

bichon

ch 6/27, pls

8:13 am

MollyL

ch + a kind of tomato

8:14 am

bichon

ty Molly

8:25 am

BzznBea

hotman is not a compound

8:27 am

hurshy

g'morninng

8:27 am

BzznBea

morning, hursh

8:28 am

hurshy

phantom: dormouse

8:30 am

hurshy

phantom: chortle

8:30 am

hurshy

man, the C is Challenging

8:31 am

BzznBea

It's the biggies

8:31 am

hurshy

o

8:32 am

hurshy

i got a ch7 but that's the only biggie for C that i have found so far

8:32 am

hurshy

phantom: chloroform

8:33 am

BzznBea

you are getting warmer

8:33 am

hurshy

well we obvs don't have -ine

8:34 am

hurshy

ooooh COLOR

8:35 am

hurshy

for the lone O, is it weird or am i just being thick?

8:35 am

BzznBea

its normal

8:35 am

hokie carla

thick

8:35 am

hurshy

ok

8:35 am

hurshy

thanks, got it

8:36 am

ChampFit

or6/18. I found it looking at another O. I was totally thick!

8:36 am

BzznBea

Good morning, Carla. Still at Mom's?

8:37 am

hokie carla

no, came home yesterday. she now has covid. 😔

8:37 am

hurshy

:(

8:37 am

BzznBea

Oh no!

8:38 am

BzznBea

Have you had it yet?

8:38 am

hurshy

oh, bea - the last thing you said right before i came into the chat, you were so close!

8:39 am

BzznBea

I'm wondering how Scrabs is doing following her surgery.

8:39 am

BzznBea

Yes,, I got it. =)

8:39 am

hokie carla

no, I tested last night and it was negative. just waiting to get sick though. I wore a mask every time I was there, but my oldest brother wears a mask everywhere he goes and he tested positive Fri before last.

8:41 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! Poirot portrayer

8:41 am

hokie carla

I'm still trying chloro with everything and nothing's taking

8:42 am

BzznBea

its not chl Think color

8:42 am

hurshy

did you not see where i said oooh COLOR?

8:42 am

hokie carla

yeah, I saw it, so then I tried adding tan to the end 😜

8:43 am

hurshy

not A color... color ITSELF

8:43 am

hokie carla

that's okay, I got it now. thought I tried that earlier. def. tried something like it.

8:43 am

hurshy

now i'm Struggling with Ss

8:46 am

hokie carla

sorta am too

8:46 am

hurshy

haha i see what you did there

8:46 am

hokie carla

thank you 😁

8:59 am

hurshy

woohoo! Ks Killed!

9:05 am

hokie carla

HOET

9:09 am

hokie carla

leaving 40 for later. TTFN

9:17 am

phaeton

hello...clue for either sc6's pls

9:20 am

MollyL

Substitute an r for one of the vowels in learning building

9:21 am

phaeton

ty Molly

9:21 am

MollyL

The other ends in Mr. Serling

9:28 am

hurshy

ooh nice, i love it when i come back and find clues for words i need

9:29 am

hurshy

90%!

9:30 am

MollyL

Name that Death of a Salesman character

9:30 am

hurshy

Loman

9:31 am

MollyL

Ding! Hurshy wins a traveling sales bag.

9:32 am

hurshy

i never actually read/saw that play - did it say what products he was selling?

9:35 am

BzznBea

He sold many different things.

9:35 am

hurshy

ah

9:35 am

hurshy

was it like, household items? vacuum cleaners and stuff?

9:38 am

BzznBea

It's never mentioned specifically. Left to the audiences imagination.

9:54 am

hokie carla

we read and watched that in high school

9:55 am

BzznBea

My hs did the production. I did lights and stage. My brother played Willy.

10:12 am

jzw

I think he sold nylons. Didn't he give some to a woman

10:14 am

jzw

Google says like bea sez. Up to the imagination of the audience,

10:16 am

rururocks

if he sold nylons did he hose his customers?

10:16 am

hokie carla

here comes a run on puns

10:18 am

Shirlockc

nah, he socked it to them

10:19 am

rururocks

we can put a wide fishnet out to get more people involved

10:24 am

rururocks

I heard his first two customers were Polly and Ester

10:31 am

rururocks

<---didn't mean to kill the chat

10:42 am

rururocks

it's not like I put my foot in my mouth or anything

10:46 am

parisla

You've had a good run. Now maybe you can go back to re-stocking the shelves in the PB (for that ho4) :-)

10:57 am

moolingwa

morning

10:58 am

rururocks

good morning mool

10:58 am

moolingwa

hey ru, happy weekend

11:00 am

rururocks

nice to have an easy grid for once today

11:00 am

moolingwa

yeah, looks easy so far

11:01 am

rururocks

it is super easy.. flows nicely too

11:01 am

marksdolly

don't let it fool ya, mool :) and good morning!

11:01 am

marksdolly

hello to you all

11:01 am

moolingwa

hey dolly :)

11:04 am

moolingwa

well, first pass....48 left

11:13 am

rururocks

Heading out.. have a good day everyone

11:13 am

moolingwa

seeya ru

11:17 am

moolingwa

I have quite a lot of 6s left

11:21 am

MollyL

It's the porn version of Death of a Salesman where Loman sells nylons

12:56 pm

aebmusica

ro624.....clue please

1:06 pm

MollyL

ro6/21 is a man's name. There is no ro6/24

1:30 pm

mrloser

ro6/21 sometimes refers to a gun in old detective movies

1:41 pm

periwinkle

hello help with lone O please

1:46 pm

MollyL

fancy

1:46 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly

2:11 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

2:24 pm

dcseain

hello, nan. just found the 8 and 9. How are you?

2:24 pm

cybernan

good - you?

2:24 pm

dcseain

alright, thanks :)

2:40 pm

penquis

hello all....

2:41 pm

cybernan

hi pen

2:41 pm

penquis

hi nan...

2:50 pm

cybernan

just found an fy 4 that I though might be a socially unacceptable word (hereafter to be known as an su), but know -- it is a dialect in a very small area

2:51 pm

cybernan

*meant to say but no, how ever know works as well!

2:52 pm

penquis

ty for the mention.....found it... ;o)

2:52 pm

cybernan

off for lunch - bbl

2:54 pm

penquis

bye...

3:01 pm

ann

slon

4:14 pm

cybernan

hi again

4:15 pm

cybernan

r

4:30 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!*

5:04 pm

periwinkle

help with ch8/9 please

5:05 pm

periwinkle

I do not think this grid is easy

5:17 pm

Shirlockc

extend the ch6 -- ends with spouse

5:24 pm

periwinkle

ty I found it before you clue

5:34 pm

periwinkle

first in6 please

5:38 pm

periwinkle

nm

5:49 pm

mkg

Hi all. Confused by chat. Missing a lot. The ch 6 i dont have and cant find. Any clues helpful please send.

5:50 pm

mkg

And not seeing the single o word at all. Or 6 i think.

5:51 pm

mkg

I also have no sevens or the 8 or 9. Sorry to be so needy.

5:53 pm

mkg

A Spouse is husband or wife. How can a word end with those words?

5:53 pm

mkg

Oh i see the spouse now. Sorry all.

5:56 pm

mkg

Still dont have the ch 8 and 9 though

6:04 pm

Gillie

They start with the preceding ch6/27

6:22 pm

mkg

Dont have that either. If you can clue me that ch 6 maybe i will get the others. Ty Gillie.

6:24 pm

mkg

Is third letter a vowel? I think i have the ending which is spouse but to get to the first letter of that word is a struggle.

6:25 pm

mkg

Oooo h just got the words. Wow. Ty. Key is 3rd letter.

6:26 pm

mkg

Got the six too! Ty ty for clues

6:26 pm

mkg

Off to an event. Back late tonight. Ty.

7:22 pm

HarryHood

ah! found a Y. juset missing the E now.

7:27 pm

penquis

hi harry....just finished....

7:28 pm

HarryHood

wtg pen! 33 to go here.

7:28 pm

HarryHood

clue for the E?

7:28 pm

penquis

i listed at 13...just got tired....

7:33 pm

penquis

aorry....daydreaming....yet me look....

7:33 pm

penquis

E is a babblet.....common one....

7:33 pm

HarryHood

hah

7:33 pm

HarryHood

ty. I frequently miss that. 29 to go.

7:34 pm

penquis

me, too....well i am heading out....bye, Harry....

7:34 pm

HarryHood

good night!

7:41 pm

HarryHood

listing.

10:16 pm

mkg

Echo

10:16 pm

mkg

Oops

10:17 pm

mkg

E bablet, a 4 or 5 please. Ty.

10:19 pm

mkg

Stat for the E word please. Ty.

10:20 pm

mkg

Also please i have no sevens would love clue for one with stats. Ty.

10:32 pm

mkg

Got a seven. Ty anyway

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