Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, April 14, 2023

12:02 am

justafreep

ch7 and happy flip

12:03 am

ursh

morning ou 7 7 & 8

12:03 am

justafreep

re7

12:03 am

justafreep

ro7

12:03 am

Gillie

ro7

12:05 am

justafreep

ou7 x 2 (and I don't have the 7/8 yet....)

12:06 am

Gillie

cr7/8

12:08 am

Gillie

Well, I have ou7x2 and ou8, but the ou8 isn't related to any of the 7's

12:08 am

justafreep

ah

12:08 am

Gillie

ou7 x 3

12:11 am

justafreep

up6 btw

12:11 am

justafreep

ro7 x 2

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

Gillie

re7 x 2

12:18 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:20 am

dcseain

wr7

12:30 am

Gillie

cr7/8 x 2

12:34 am

justafreep

ta7/8

2:38 am

rbud

ch7 and 8

7:01 am

player girl

wow! A lot of birds in the grid today

7:02 am

player girl

and their home

7:27 am

Meatball421

are the ch8s normal words????

7:30 am

Gillie

They're old-fashioned - a kind of cigar

7:32 am

Meatball421

Hmmmmmmm thanks

7:33 am

Meatball421

ty got one

7:44 am

hokie carla

phantom autograph

7:44 am

mael

hello everyone

7:45 am

hokie carla

hey mael

7:45 am

mael

it's my daughter's 9th birthday today :)

7:45 am

hokie carla

nice! just had my 50th the other day.

7:45 am

hokie carla

april's a good month for birthdays

7:58 am

mael

wonderful! happy birthday!

7:58 am

mael

mine's on the 22nd and my mom's was on the 16th. It is the best month for birthdays

7:58 am

hokie carla

thank you!

8:00 am

hokie carla

happy early to you since I may not know what the date is on the actual day. 😁

8:00 am

mael

thank you! :)

8:02 am

hokie carla

well, no HOET thanks to the top row and the last R. this grid is hard.

8:02 am

hokie carla

whoever wraps christmas presents the fastest is trying to outpaper everyone else

8:03 am

mael

hahaha

8:03 am

hokie carla

and freddy was trying to outgore jason

8:03 am

mael

I've got the Rs, but not the u yet

8:04 am

hokie carla

I only have 1 upper O, no U, 1 A and only 3 of the bottom R.

8:05 am

hokie carla

wo5 HOET attempt in a long time

8:06 am

mael

want some hints?

8:06 am

hokie carla

sure

8:07 am

hokie carla

found an A

8:08 am

mael

the bottom Rs are two do-agains, two oldies, and also a babblet

8:08 am

hokie carla

I always miss the oldies! thanks

8:09 am

mael

the three Os I have are 2x 7/48 and one 8/65, all starting with the same word

8:10 am

hokie carla

I have ou5

8:12 am

hokie carla

just found 2 o7. not sure I've ever used or seen those used.

8:13 am

hokie carla

and found the 8, thx

8:15 am

mael

ohh I don't have the ou5

8:16 am

mael

got it, thanks

8:16 am

hokie carla

👍🏼

8:17 am

hokie carla

I feel like the U has to be UP but maybe that's my problem

8:19 am

mael

same

8:20 am

mael

got it! it is an up compound

8:20 am

hokie carla

did you find those cigar words mentioned in the chat? I really have no ideas.

8:21 am

mael

nope, no clue

8:21 am

hokie carla

I need 3 c's there

8:22 am

hokie carla

found a 7/8 set, so I guess now I just need the other 8

8:23 am

hokie carla

ends in a tree word

8:25 am

mael

I need two cs from there, must be the 7/8 combo!

8:26 am

hokie carla

I wonder if I'm wasting my time looking for a second ch8

8:26 am

mael

yeah, I don't think it exists

8:26 am

lynxxx

Yep - only 1

8:27 am

lynxxx

there is a cr7/8 though - in fact 2 sets

8:27 am

mael

I just found a cr8

8:27 am

hokie carla

yeah, I need both sets of those, but still need one c from the right

8:27 am

mael

ohh found the other cr8

8:28 am

hokie carla

I had the base word for one of those cr7/8 sets. of course.

8:30 am

hokie carla

I got nothing for the other set

8:30 am

mael

think hobby

8:30 am

hokie carla

and lyn, thanks for confirming I should stop looking for another ch8!

8:30 am

welki

morning, babblers (april IS a good month for birthdays, mine was yesterday)

8:30 am

hokie carla

oh, found the other set!

8:30 am

mael

happy birthday!

8:30 am

hokie carla

I knew yours was near mine, welki. happy birthday!

8:31 am

mael

I found the ch7/8, thanks for the tree clue hokie!

8:31 am

lynxxx

Birthday wishes all round

8:31 am

welki

to you, too - and mael in a week or so :)

8:32 am

hokie carla

still 30 left here

8:32 am

hokie carla

lyn, any stat help on the U? please and thank you

8:33 am

periwinkle

up6/24 it is a backwards word. stupid word

8:33 am

NANCY

UP 624

8:33 am

periwinkle

good morning

8:33 am

lynxxx

exactly Peri

8:34 am

periwinkle

another glorious day here and then it will get cooler

8:35 am

lynxxx

night folks, just realised how late it is

8:35 am

hokie carla

thanks, peri and nancy. I have tried a lot of stuff but will work on that.

8:35 am

hokie carla

good night, lyn! what time is it there?

8:40 am

periwinkle

help with lone P please

8:41 am

penquis

'it's a four...common word...

8:41 am

mael

sad face, peri

8:42 am

periwinkle

sheesh ty both

8:42 am

penquis

yw...

8:45 am

hokie carla

pen!

8:45 am

penquis

carla!

8:46 am

hokie carla

still trying to find the backwards U

8:46 am

penquis

the U word?....

8:46 am

penquis

it's up 6/24....

8:47 am

penquis

just add every four letter word possible....

8:47 am

hokie carla

yeah, I heard. still not getting it. 🤣 not a lot of options for that point total either.

8:47 am

hokie carla

ohhh, I wasn't counting the U, so now I will look again.

8:47 am

penquis

it's not a compound word that I have ever seen....

8:48 am

hokie carla

got it, but I swear I tried that earlier

8:48 am

hokie carla

finally HOET

8:50 am

marksdolly

good morn all

8:50 am

marksdolly

Hi Hokie!

8:50 am

hokie carla

hello dolly!

8:50 am

penquis

hi dolly...

8:50 am

marksdolly

good to see you all!

8:51 am

hokie carla

you too

9:08 am

hokie carla

well, I am stuck with 18 left. 3-3-7-4-1
O A
TTTT
CC C
O RR
E SSS TT

9:09 am

penquis

i am missing 50 words and they probably niclude your missing words....

9:11 am

phaeton

hello...stats for the corner O pls

9:12 am

penquis

i have three not in words....ou 7/48 x 2 and ou 5/16....

9:13 am

penquis

sorry....should have just given you the stats....

9:13 am

rururocks

and ou8

9:13 am

montreal13

have 1 OU7/52

9:13 am

phaeton

ty pen

9:13 am

penquis

yw...ty, montreal....

9:14 am

montreal13

np pen ☺

9:14 am

penquis

ty, ru....

9:14 am

phaeton

i have ou7x3

9:16 am

penquis

yes, same here....looking for the ou 8....my last O from that corner....

9:17 am

penquis

got it....

9:18 am

phaeton

still need the ou5

9:18 am

penquis

dumb word....usually seen with a gerund ending....

9:18 am

montreal13

Monopoly corner phae

9:20 am

phaeton

ty mont

9:21 am

hokie carla

hmm, looks like I need the 7/52

9:21 am

mkg

Montreal is that a clue? Monopoly corner? As in jail or ghet out of jail free?????

9:21 am

montreal13

yes mkg...

9:22 am

mkg

Looking but not seeing. Ty

9:22 am

hokie carla

or the corner you start from

9:23 am

mkg

That is go right?????hmmm

9:23 am

montreal13

bbl

9:23 am

penquis

mkg....what word begins with OU ....start with that...

9:24 am

mkg

Got it. Ty.

9:24 am

mkg

Ty. Got it.

9:24 am

hokie carla

if we could get back to the ou7/52 🤣

9:24 am

mkg

Missing the E word for fourth column E. Otherwise i am doing great. Ty.

9:24 am

penquis

well i don't want to brag, but i have it... ;o)

9:24 am

hokie carla

I know you're smug about it

9:24 am

montreal13

tors

9:24 am

penquis

that was a clue for the ou 7...

9:25 am

penquis

mkg...er 5....

9:25 am

montreal13

sorry - bye

9:25 am

penquis

bye, montreal....

9:25 am

hokie carla

bye monty

9:25 am

mkg

Ou is two words. Opp of in and then past tense of what you do with clothes. You **** them. They are ****, and yesterday i **** my new skirt.

9:25 am

mkg

Ty for er.

9:26 am

mkg

Got er. Ty.

9:26 am

hokie carla

I have that one and the other 7/48, I need the 7/52

9:26 am

hokie carla

got it, thanks, pen

9:26 am

penquis

you didn't see my clue?

9:26 am

penquis

yw...

9:27 am

hokie carla

I saw it, but couldn't think of a word for brag that was here

9:27 am

Shirlockc

think bird hokie

9:27 am

hokie carla

I have it now, but thanks. no more clues needed.

9:31 am

rururocks

I can clue it .. i can clue it i can clue it hokie

9:33 am

hokie carla

I bet you can

9:34 am

hokie carla

1st col gray!

9:34 am

penquis

missing one R from that col....

9:36 am

phaeton

do you have re7 pen?

9:37 am

penquis

yes...two of them....

9:37 am

phaeton

clue for the ro6/24 pls

9:38 am

phaeton

the other re from that r is re4

9:39 am

penquis

duh....got it....

9:39 am

hokie carla

ro6/24 is like the knitting word without the C

9:40 am

penquis

ty....

9:40 am

phaeton

ty carla

9:40 am

rururocks

down to the middle column here

9:40 am

hokie carla

np

9:40 am

penquis

found my last 8....finally....

9:41 am

hokie carla

I still have one

9:41 am

penquis

ta 7/8 was my last one...

9:42 am

hokie carla

lol, I just saw the pangram on bee but can never get that word spelled right. guess I will have to google.

9:42 am

penquis

haven't looked at the bee today...

9:42 am

hokie carla

ok, I do not have ta7/8, so will look. thanks.

9:43 am

penquis

yw...

9:43 am

hokie carla

lol, got them now, but at first I had those words in mind but kept looking the wrong way.

9:44 am

phaeton

clue for rh6 pls

9:45 am

hokie carla

ah, my missing R(s?)

9:45 am

penquis

ends with most of pt of rip....

9:45 am

hokie carla

usually ends in -ic

9:45 am

mael

sounds like speechifying

9:46 am

hokie carla

a teacher of rh-ic

9:46 am

hokie carla

4th col gray!

9:46 am

penquis

perhaps ru could clue it, too... ;o)

9:46 am

mael

aha got the last 8!

9:46 am

phaeton

ty everyone

9:47 am

hokie carla

11 now - 2-3-5-1. too many 6's

9:47 am

penquis

yw...

9:47 am

rururocks

nice grid today

9:47 am

hokie carla

anyone have all the a's?

9:47 am

mael

FW!

9:47 am

hokie carla

I knew you would say that, ruru

9:47 am

mael

yes, me haha

9:47 am

penquis

i am down to 25....taking a break....

9:47 am

mael

two 4s and an ag6 that sounds like the bread fungus

9:48 am

hokie carla

well I reckon you do, mael. guess my A.

9:48 am

hokie carla

of course a 6, thx

9:48 am

rururocks

ag6

9:48 am

mael

ag6/24

9:49 am

hokie carla

only bread fungus I can think of is mold

9:50 am

rururocks

that's a crusty response hokie

9:50 am

hokie carla

don't be a heel, ru

9:51 am

rururocks

well.. stop loafing and find it

9:52 am

hokie carla

maybe I can butter someone up for another clue

9:58 am

MollyL

It's the Salem witch trials bread fungus

9:58 am

rururocks

well when you find it we'll be sure to toast you

9:59 am

MollyL

And it sort of sounds like it

9:59 am

hokie carla

oh, I know that word but am drawing a blank. will have to come back to that, thx.

10:01 am

hokie carla

oh, I think I remember it now. just gotta make it somehow kinda sound like that.

10:02 am

hokie carla

or I can just look it up, since I swear I've tried every possible 6 letter combination.

10:05 am

hokie carla

ok, 7 left now. 1-0-5-1
A T C C SS T
break time

10:23 am

cybernan

Good Morning :)

10:30 am

sammysmom

this game is getting to be too irritating- example--- outcrw !!

10:34 am

cybernan

don't see anything to do with witches or fungus either

10:36 am

hokie carla

the fungus is ergot. can't see how to make a similar sounding ag6

10:37 am

BzznBea

ends with three letter word for decay

10:38 am

cybernan

ag 6: (in the) past + putrify

10:39 am

hokie carla

well, I definitely tried that. thanks, both.

10:40 am

sammysmom

pa 6-27 ??

10:40 am

hurshy

what's the U?

10:40 am

sammysmom

never mind

10:41 am

hokie carla

up6/24

10:41 am

cybernan

missing a whole lot of c's -- think I need a breakfast break!

10:42 am

hurshy

ty hokie

10:42 am

hurshy

phantom: proctor

10:43 am

cybernan

yes I've tried that a couple of times

10:58 am

gemini_J13

rewore???? I rewore my shirt today!!!!

11:03 am

hurshy

phantom: grocer

11:09 am

hurshy

so7 clue?

11:12 am

hokie carla

must be one of my s's. not sorcerer

11:12 am

BzznBea

not a frat but ****ity + ***eseburger

11:13 am

hokie carla

new one, thanks

11:13 am

hurshy

ty bea!

11:13 am

hokie carla

oh, that was my last 7

11:13 am

hurshy

that's me done

11:13 am

BzznBea

yw

11:13 am

bichon

ty Bea

11:13 am

hokie carla

1-0-4

11:13 am

hurshy

ugh, sixes!

11:14 am

hokie carla

yep

11:17 am

hokie carla

found my 4!

11:17 am

hokie carla

surprised it's a word, but I also thought I tried it

11:17 am

BzznBea

phantom rococo

12:01 pm

hokie carla

phantom cohort

12:04 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found a word!

12:08 pm

BzznBea

found my last 8

12:09 pm

hokie carla

nice. down to 3 6's - C S T

12:09 pm

BzznBea

do you have the bovine poop?

12:10 pm

hokie carla

that's it. not usually what we called it (i.e. the -ty)

12:12 pm

hokie carla

found the S, now just bottom T6

12:15 pm

BzznBea

tr6.24

12:16 pm

hokie carla

you got it again. so good.

12:16 pm

hokie carla

monkeyed it first try, too. thanks! TADA

12:17 pm

BzznBea

congrats

12:18 pm

hokie carla

thanks, now back to laundry

1:16 pm

mkg

I keep seeing graph in the grid and duhhhhh

1:23 pm

dizgrannie

FWs, now back to bed for me. 4:23 AM here

1:54 pm

MollyL

Yee Gods, someone is playing at 4:23 AM?

2:03 pm

periwinkle

ou8 please

2:08 pm

MollyL

What creator of the longest essay did to everyone else?

2:10 pm

MollyL

Oh I'm so old, I see an actor from F-Troop in the grid.

3:27 pm

cherlyq

borgnine/

3:29 pm

MollyL

Nope, he wasn't in F-Troop

3:30 pm

cherlyq

oh ok he was the first one I saw

3:31 pm

NANCY

STORCH

3:31 pm

NANCY

LARRY?

3:31 pm

cherlyq

that was mchales navy I was thinking about

3:31 pm

NANCY

Dont s

3:32 pm

NANCY

dont ask me how i saw that, dont even remember watching that show.

3:37 pm

cherlyq

the shows had the same producers it looks like

3:39 pm

MollyL

How did you see Borgnine in the grid?

3:40 pm

cherlyq

first name

4:28 pm

wht

o

4:40 pm

MollyL

o dear

5:22 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly for ou8

5:30 pm

Uneaixoise

Ou7/52 please?

5:32 pm

Uneaixoise

Never mind!

5:39 pm

MollyL

Une is channeling Peri

6:41 pm

cherlyq

got to 35 left and I am stuck

6:44 pm

cherlyq

and then I got a few more lol

6:50 pm

Sophie512

stuck at 35 also

6:53 pm

periwinkle

2nd ou7 please

6:53 pm

Uneaixoise

Change final letter

6:58 pm

periwinkle

sheesh, ty Une

7:56 pm

Sophie512

Fireworks!

8:54 pm

Turritopsis

any clue for en 6/18

8:54 pm

Turritopsis

it is my last one for todway

8:57 pm

Turritopsis

mever mind; monkey keys worked

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