Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, February 24, 2023

12:09 am

justafreep

se7

12:09 am

justafreep

ro7

12:10 am

Gillie

sa7

12:11 am

justafreep

ol7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:17 am

justafreep

sp7

12:18 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:24 am

cybernan

se 7 x2

12:24 am

cybernan

hi everyone :)

12:28 am

Gillie

sh7

12:29 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:33 am

justafreep

te7

12:35 am

justafreep

en7

12:35 am

cybernan

not seeing that sh 7 but crashing -- good night everyone :)

12:35 am

justafreep

night, nan

12:36 am

Gillie

It's a language used by gypsies, apparently - shouldn't be in Enable unless it has another meaning

4:55 am

MollyL

It is actually an Irish dialect and the HELP section says that "proper nouns that are not in the Enable dictionary" are not allowed, Apparently, this one is.

5:13 am

Deeha

Pele is one too. Definition Brazilian footballer!And I wasnt allowed strim - proper noun- not in UK we strim our grass all the time(like we hoover our carpet!!!)

5:14 am

Deeha

seed

5:14 am

Deeha

seeds

5:14 am

Deeha

sees

5:15 am

Deeha

oh sausages! sorry

5:16 am

ItalianGreyhound

sausage sounds good about now

5:21 am

Deeha

I'm pretending I'm a lady

5:22 am

ItalianGreyhound

and good morning, Deeha!

5:23 am

Deeha

a very good morning IG

5:31 am

ItalianGreyhound

lots of eses makes for a pretty easy grid, so far

5:58 am

ChampFit

I'm kinda the Queen of missing them though. It's annoying to go back thru and see how many I miss on the first pass.

6:05 am

ItalianGreyhound

hi, Champ

6:05 am

ChampFit

good morning!

6:05 am

ChampFit

tapa

6:06 am

ChampFit

Sorry!

6:07 am

ItalianGreyhound

tapa tapa tapa

6:08 am

ChampFit

BBL...good luck!

7:46 am

HarryHood

fun! 28 to go for later

8:09 am

MollyL

Harry probably likes root canals too. 😊

8:12 am

hokie carla

thanks IG, missed es4

8:22 am

phaeton

J stats please

8:23 am

MollyL

jo 4 and 5

8:24 am

phaeton

ty

8:38 am

Kaplan the Magne

spades

8:38 am

Kaplan the Magne

oops

8:40 am

rururocks

which way do you mean spades kaplan :D

8:42 am

Kaplan the Magne

shovel, cards. As long as there is no other meaning I can't point it out as an exclusive racial slur, it that's what you mea!

8:42 am

rururocks

oh it's a racial slur alright

8:43 am

rururocks

but I was just joking with you.

8:44 am

hokie carla

can we just call a spade a spade?

8:44 am

Kaplan the Magne

I know. It is a reach slur, but it also has other possible meanings,

8:45 am

Kaplan the Magne

that's my criterion, and I'm sticking to it

8:48 am

Kaplan the Magne

Did anyone used to play that American , possibly southern rooted, clapping game that went "the spades go tulips together, tie them together, Bring back me yove to me/what is the me-e-emening/of all these flowers/ they tell the story-o-o-ory of love for me and you

8:48 am

HarryHood

missing 0/7/5/3 on the S's

8:50 am

HarryHood

make that 0/7/4/1

8:50 am

HarryHood

gotta run - orthodontist appts and horse riding! hagd!

8:51 am

hokie carla

never heard of that, kap

8:51 am

Kaplan the Magne

Hope you don't confuse the two.

8:51 am

rururocks

tooth pulling nagging you?

8:51 am

hokie carla

isn't today Fri? why isn't Harry in school?

8:51 am

Kaplan the Magne

HAH.

8:53 am

rururocks

hope harry doesn't get races and braces mixed up too much

8:54 am

Kaplan the Magne

that's what I'm saying

8:54 am

hokie carla

speaking of the S's, I still have 1/10/8/3

8:54 am

Kaplan the Magne

seed

8:54 am

rururocks

i don't really know what those numbers mean

8:55 am

hokie carla

well, I have one left on the upper left, 10 on the upper right, 8 on the middle row S, and 3 on the bottom S. I assume that's what harry was saying about his.

8:56 am

hokie carla

I don't really know how you can't figure out what those numbers mean 😜

8:56 am

rururocks

how are we supposed to know which s is which #?

8:56 am

hokie carla

standard english reading, left to right, top to bottom

8:56 am

rururocks

you are a very complicated person hokie

8:57 am

hokie carla

LOL, you're a smart guy, this isn't hard. harry has said similar to me before, maybe it is me, but he started this one!

8:58 am

rururocks

<---longs for the old days when people said I have twenty left to go

8:59 am

hokie carla

<---longs for the days when I had twenty left.

8:59 am

hokie carla

48 left now

9:00 am

rururocks

16 it's been easy so far

9:01 am

hokie carla

nope

9:01 am

hokie carla

I have noticed though that days I think are hard others think are easy and vice versa

9:02 am

rururocks

that's what I mean.. see how complicate you are?

9:02 am

hokie carla

maybe I'm just one of those geniuses that is so smart no one notices 🤣🤣

9:03 am

rururocks

exactly

9:03 am

hokie carla

oh, found my upper left S, twas merely a different tense

9:04 am

rururocks

I'm trying to get to just s's so I can post

9:05 am

rururocks

:D

9:06 am

hokie carla

not finding a lot more s's

9:07 am

rururocks

some of them are pretty twisty

9:08 am

hokie carla

I found the j's early this morning yet keep seeing journey

9:11 am

rururocks

4 left all s's

9:11 am

hokie carla

super

9:11 am

hokie carla

I have 0/6/5/3 s's left, and 39 total words

9:12 am

hokie carla

so 36% of my remaining words are S

9:17 am

rururocks

ok.. done there's more than a few weirdo s's

9:17 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:17 am

origami

congratulations, ru.

9:17 am

hokie carla

just tried sensei even though I know enable has never taken it

9:18 am

Aloyisius

that is the name of my SIL's company.. he named it after a beloved aunt. Hi all

9:19 am

hokie carla

he had an aunt named sensei? weird.

9:19 am

hokie carla

hi aloy

9:20 am

Aloyisius

no, she was such a teacher, mentor, inspiration to him.. meaning Sensei

9:20 am

hokie carla

I see

9:20 am

Aloyisius

an aunt by marriage, of Japanese descent

9:21 am

hokie carla

makes even more sense

9:22 am

Aloyisius

and his company is all about project management, so the name really fit

9:23 am

hokie carla

well, I really have to get busy. 26 left for later. TTFN

9:23 am

Aloyisius

hagd hokie!

9:27 am

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the 7s welcome. Ty

9:30 am

Aloyisius

all 4 of the 7s I have found so far are plurals, mkg.. so look at your 6s again, like sp6 , a body organ

9:31 am

Aloyisius

first pass done and 30 to go.. break time, bbs

9:31 am

mkg

Ty got one organ. Ty

9:33 am

mkg

I missed the organs totally. Ty

9:34 am

rururocks

I was going to say something about missing organs but then thought better of it

9:34 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! tennis player who was stabbed on the court

9:39 am

rururocks

i remember the incident but not the player

9:40 am

hurshy

interesting

9:40 am

rururocks

monica seles?

9:40 am

hurshy

i am always fascinated by the workings of the brain

9:40 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:40 am

rururocks

I had to rattle the cage to get that one

9:41 am

hurshy

a good rattling can be good for a cage

9:42 am

rururocks

I seem to be rattling a lot more than I used to

9:42 am

hurshy

that is the way of life

9:43 am

rururocks

I still have a photographic memory of wine though.. so I have that going for me

9:43 am

hurshy

78 S words altogether; that is a lot

9:43 am

rururocks

don't get hokie started on that again please

9:43 am

hurshy

phantom: shlep

9:45 am

hurshy

well i have got 68 of them

9:45 am

hurshy

not too Shabby

9:45 am

rururocks

going to head out now for work.. have a nice day

9:46 am

hurshy

you too ru

9:46 am

hurshy

Ps Pillaged!

9:47 am

hurshy

As Axed!

9:50 am

hurshy

Ls Licked!

10:03 am

hurshy

Ys Yanked!

10:05 am

hurshy

Rs Ransacked!

10:05 am

hurshy

200 words found!

10:07 am

hurshy

this is a very nice grid on the whole

11:05 am

hokie carla

I didn't bother doing monica seles NTPN because last time I did no one knew her or the stabbing

11:05 am

hokie carla

which I thought was crazy

11:05 am

hurshy

yeah, i remember talking to my mom about it one day and she didn't remember it at all

11:05 am

hurshy

i was like, how can you not remember that

11:06 am

hurshy

it's so... memorable

11:06 am

hokie carla

I know, maybe it was more impressionable on us at the time?

11:07 am

hokie carla

it was very big global news and forever changed the way tennis tournament seating worked

11:07 am

BzznBea

Who stabbed her? I remember it, but not sure I knew who did it?

11:07 am

hokie carla

and it ruined a top player in the prime of her career. yeah, she came back, but was never the same.

11:07 am

hurshy

a crazed fan of Steffi Graf

11:08 am

hokie carla

it was a nutso steffi graf fan

11:08 am

hurshy

Hugh Laurie later did this funny song on "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" sort of like, this is the song this guy would sing

11:10 am

hurshy

https://tinyurl.com/yc8devh6

11:14 am

Mary

clue please for the last te6/18 & 7/28

11:15 am

Mary

tensor

11:15 am

hokie carla

yep, that's it

11:15 am

Mary

Oh so sorry, found it.

11:27 am

moolingwa

hey all, happy Friday

11:27 am

hokie carla

moooo

11:27 am

hokie carla

still snowing?

11:27 am

moolingwa

hey hoke....another week almost conquered!

11:28 am

moolingwa

wow, that doesn't happen often...first column grey, and I haven't looked at any other tiles yet

11:28 am

hokie carla

I still need one O

11:29 am

hokie carla

and yeah, not sure I've ever done that unless it was a bunch of freebies and low word count tiles

11:30 am

moolingwa

also got the E greyed in the second column now

11:30 am

hokie carla

still need 1 of those also

11:31 am

hokie carla

found my O for first col gray

11:32 am

moolingwa

woot!

11:32 am

moolingwa

well, still missing 3 s's on the second column, but rest grey

11:32 am

moolingwa

make that 2 s's

11:32 am

hokie carla

still need 5 of those S

11:33 am

hokie carla

and the E but the rest is gray

11:33 am

hokie carla

we're on a jorney here

11:33 am

moolingwa

heh

11:34 am

hokie carla

found an S! down to 24 and 13 are S

11:34 am

hokie carla

7-10-4-3

11:35 am

moolingwa

33-27-16-5

11:35 am

moolingwa

working on the P right now

11:36 am

hokie carla

need 3 P

11:36 am

moolingwa

greyed the P...only S(2), D(2) and S(3) before that aren't grey

11:36 am

hokie carla

well you're definitely passing me on your first pass

11:37 am

moolingwa

it's a bit crazy

11:37 am

moolingwa

missing one H

11:37 am

hokie carla

others have said this grid is easy but of course not to me

11:38 am

hokie carla

I have
A P3 S6
E H2
S4 D3
E
S3

11:39 am

moolingwa

S27
H1 L1
S2 D2 T3 E1
E3 Y7
S3 O3

11:39 am

hokie carla

oh, and ruru said I have a complicated mind, which I read as him calling me a genius

11:39 am

moolingwa

fair translation

11:41 am

moolingwa

well first pass complete...19 remaining

11:41 am

moolingwa

7-5-4-3

11:42 am

hokie carla

still 24

11:44 am

moolingwa

3OFOET

11:45 am

moolingwa

9 to go

3-2-2-2

11:46 am

moolingwa

S2
H
S2 T2
E
S

11:46 am

hokie carla

still 24

11:46 am

moolingwa

there are some odd words in there

11:46 am

moolingwa

and ru says they're easy all the time... :)

11:47 am

hokie carla

he did say some weird s's

11:47 am

moolingwa

yes, have found a few already

11:47 am

hokie carla

hurshy said it was easy too

11:47 am

moolingwa

two off the top right, one off the middle row one

11:47 am

moolingwa

ru's definition of easy and my definition tend to be different sometimes

11:50 am

hokie carla

maybe I should work on 4s

11:50 am

moolingwa

may help narrow the field

11:51 am

moolingwa

found a word...another odd s

11:52 am

hokie carla

found my A

11:54 am

moolingwa

amazing!

11:55 am

hokie carla

and 2 p's

11:55 am

moolingwa

some boards are more hatey than others

11:55 am

hokie carla

or you could just say hateful

11:56 am

moolingwa

yes, but given that hateful isn't in the grid...it wouldn't work as well

11:56 am

moolingwa

not trying to be hatey or anything

11:57 am

moolingwa

teens - more than one group of teens

11:57 am

moolingwa

er teenses

11:58 am

moolingwa

thasnoo - no idea, but it sounds kind of funny

11:58 am

hokie carla

phone call

12:00 pm

MollyL

Ah, it's show time.

12:03 pm

hokie carla

not while I'm on the phone, but I'm off now

12:03 pm

moolingwa

found my last 5

12:03 pm

moolingwa

7 to go

12:03 pm

hokie carla

6-8-4-3

12:03 pm

moolingwa

3-0-2-2

12:04 pm

moolingwa

found one of my t's

12:04 pm

hokie carla

wow, my E was ea4 of which I had both ea5s that contain it

12:04 pm

moolingwa

these last two were a missed plural, and a missed pt

12:04 pm

moolingwa

similar vein

12:05 pm

moolingwa

some things are hard :)

12:07 pm

hokie carla

found a PT

12:09 pm

hokie carla

oh, found all 3 of my D's

12:10 pm

hokie carla

and 2 bottom s's

12:14 pm

moolingwa

on a roll

12:14 pm

hokie carla

stuck again at 13. 1-6-3-3
P S6
H2
S2
E
S

12:16 pm

BzznBea

5 pa5's carla. Do you have all of them?

12:16 pm

hokie carla

yes

12:16 pm

hokie carla

I somehow managed to make up the foreign currency one

12:17 pm

moolingwa

who doesn't like made up foreign currencies?

12:17 pm

BzznBea

4 ph's

12:17 pm

hokie carla

me. I don't.

12:17 pm

moolingwa

S2
H
S T
E

12:18 pm

hokie carla

have those too

12:18 pm

moolingwa

pa5?

12:18 pm

BzznBea

there is on pa6 the rest are 4s

12:18 pm

BzznBea

one

12:18 pm

hokie carla

bea, what's your take on this grid?

12:19 pm

moolingwa

oh nm

12:19 pm

BzznBea

I like it. It's straight forward.

12:19 pm

hokie carla

hmm, I guess it is just me

12:20 pm

hokie carla

just tried psht just in case

12:20 pm

moolingwa

I'd say it's easier than most, but that doesn't mean it's easy to complete

12:21 pm

BzznBea

Your H might be the h4.11

12:21 pm

hokie carla

I have all the PA5, all the PH, the PA6, so it has to be a 4 and have tried all the PA4. guess I will just wait for the list.

12:22 pm

hokie carla

ah, forgot that H, thx

12:22 pm

BzznBea

yw

12:22 pm

hokie carla

so now 0-6-3-3

12:23 pm

moolingwa

3-0-1-2

12:26 pm

hokie carla

went to list and can't find my first one 🤦🏼‍♀️

12:27 pm

moolingwa

oof

12:28 pm

hokie carla

other H was a PT that I'm sure I had done.

12:28 pm

moolingwa

don't you dislike that?

12:29 pm

hokie carla

P was also a PT, pa5. bea gave me the wrong number 🤣

12:30 pm

moolingwa

oh yeah, there's 6 of them

12:31 pm

moolingwa

probably should find some 4s

12:31 pm

hokie carla

and there's an S PT

12:33 pm

hokie carla

there's a pair I've definitely never seen before

12:33 pm

moolingwa

the s6/7?

12:33 pm

hokie carla

yep

12:33 pm

hokie carla

don't really follow the turkish army

12:33 pm

moolingwa

they've come up before, I believe they can also be spelled with an i

12:34 pm

hokie carla

there's another PT. I even went down my list earlier checking for those.

12:34 pm

moolingwa

but yeah, easy to forget

12:34 pm

moolingwa

and I never knew the def :)

12:34 pm

hokie carla

yes, the def has it spelled with an i

12:34 pm

moolingwa

found one 4...was an easy one

12:35 pm

hokie carla

well, I have seen this s5 before but never would remember it

12:36 pm

hokie carla

now just the en7 left

12:36 pm

moolingwa

yeah, the one we see more often with the i

12:36 pm

moolingwa

ah, that would be my missing e

12:36 pm

hokie carla

didn't realize you still had one

12:37 pm

moolingwa

eyp

12:37 pm

moolingwa

er yep

12:37 pm

moolingwa

found it...tx

12:37 pm

moolingwa

2-0-1-1

12:37 pm

hokie carla

still looking

12:40 pm

hokie carla

and...looked it up

12:40 pm

hokie carla

guess I will get back to work

12:43 pm

moolingwa

congrats

12:50 pm

moolingwa

fw

2:28 pm

cybernan

hello - anyone still here?

2:40 pm

ch1212

hi nan - just sat down to start.

2:44 pm

cybernan

at the "struggle" stage

3:04 pm

hokie carla

hey nan, still have my computer up if you have any requests

3:47 pm

MollyL

Carla The Clue Giver Is Here! 😊

3:47 pm

MollyL

CTCG

4:07 pm

hokie carla

just offering to help

4:08 pm

hokie carla

funny coming from you, who is here at all hours of the day to give clues to all words, no matter how hard or weird. still not convinced you aren't a bot

4:10 pm

NANCY

Carla, clue for last sl the sl 5 please

4:12 pm

hokie carla

it looks too weird to be real, nancy. ends in author salinger.

4:12 pm

NANCY

I have 18 s words left and hard to find which one these words come from

4:14 pm

NANCY

well, i agree have Never seen that word before. thank you for the help

4:15 pm

MollyL

Of course I'm a bot. It explains so much.

4:15 pm

hokie carla

yw

4:15 pm

hokie carla

it really does

4:18 pm

bichon

pa 5/12, first one, pls

4:21 pm

Uneaixoise

Metal plate for Eucharist bread

4:21 pm

hokie carla

that one's kind of hard to clue. it reminds me of a teardrop shape design.

4:22 pm

bichon

need the first pa 5/12

4:26 pm

hokie carla

that is the first one. pa + * **e said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.

4:33 pm

NANCY

TO compliment someone minus the first consonant

4:34 pm

NANCY

that was for the first pa 5

5:05 pm

periwinkle

sh7 please

5:15 pm

hokie carla

perhaps places to have picnics in boston

5:30 pm

periwinkle

hmmm

5:30 pm

hokie carla

the rolling stones sang gimme *

5:30 pm

periwinkle

ty carla

6:24 pm

penquis

*waving to the lurkers*...

6:38 pm

periwinkle

hi pen back to find my last 16

6:38 pm

penquis

hi peri....24 here....

7:04 pm

penquis

i am done...had to look up mylast word....sl 5/22....would never have found it....swedish word...

7:06 pm

penquis

peri...do you need anything before i go?...

7:13 pm

penquis

guess not....goodnight all....

7:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

clue pls for sl5/22?

7:33 pm

hokie carla

look at 4:12

7:35 pm

dan2bit

ends with law degree initials

7:37 pm

dan2bit

comes from the 3rd row S

8:12 pm

cybernan

hi again -- trying to think where Bostonians have picnics if not in the pahk

8:18 pm

Retired PJs

cyber, in a park sh-----

8:18 pm

Retired PJs

structure with a roof

8:18 pm

Retired PJs

but the ending is bostonian

8:19 pm

cybernan

ty PJs

8:53 pm

cybernan

sp 6-7 combo preceding the spots for pampering please?

9:04 pm

Gillie

pampering place plus first part of old-time music/comedy show

9:04 pm

cybernan

done :)

9:04 pm

cybernan

ty gillie

9:04 pm

cybernan

strange word -- one among many

9:04 pm

Gillie

yw - congrats

9:08 pm

Gillie

Yeah - don't think I've seen it before, but I was able to monkey it

9:15 pm

Gillie

And I managed to get sl5/22 without resorting to MoreWords - but I'm sure I've seen that one before at least once

9:16 pm

Gillie

fw! Any clues needed?

9:21 pm

Gillie

Well, I'm off

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