Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, August 30, 2023

12:02 am

justafreep

tr7/8 and happy flip

12:07 am

cybernan

good evening, freep

12:07 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:08 am

justafreep

en7

12:08 am

justafreep

how's things?

12:10 am

justafreep

an7

12:13 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:33 am

Lewandjoy

Hents

12:35 am

rururocks

In8

12:44 am

justafreep

thanks, ruru. Also... in7

7:06 am

dan2bit

morning all! right column done :-)

7:22 am

dan2bit

phantom tahini

7:32 am

MollyL

Thanks Mr. Brainiac, for the in8, which by the way, has nothing to do with the in7

7:32 am

saanichcat

morning everyone!

7:33 am

saanichcat

Molly, there is an8 -- similar to in8

7:40 am

MollyL

Thank you Ms. Brainiac. Where do you people come up with these words? Dictionary reading? 😊

7:46 am

saanichcat

well, yes. I do read dictionaries. I edit books for a living, so yes I do run across these words. They are getting harder to remember though.

7:46 am

dan2bit

those were my last 2, thanks ruru and saanich

7:47 am

saanichcat

yw dan

7:47 am

dan2bit

my wordle starter was the word today as well, so feeling pretty good this morning. never got a 1/6 before

7:49 am

saanichcat

that's great dan

7:59 am

MollyL

I got Wordle in 2. My first word is close to the word of the day. 4 out of 5.

8:05 am

saanichcat

that's incredible. terrific Molly!

8:07 am

dan2bit

nice Molly!

8:07 am

MollyL

Wordle is more luck than anything else

8:10 am

dan2bit

just try to get as many letters on as you can as quickly as you can :-)

8:28 am

hurshy

top row grey!

8:33 am

BzznBea

with wordle, and quordle, i use the keyboard to see what letters are left and what might work in that position.

8:33 am

BzznBea

if that makes sense.

8:34 am

hurshy

dan's philosophy of wordle is like the sculptors who say they just removed everything that isn't [whatever they sculpted]

8:35 am

mael

hah, that's a good way of doing it

8:35 am

mael

I usually just try the most common letter pairings depending on the spot, after trying to rule As and Es in or out

8:35 am

hurshy

one more H for second row grey

8:39 am

hurshy

but, gotta go!

8:41 am

mael

have a great day!

8:41 am

mael

first day of school today so it's blessed silence in the house

8:53 am

MollyL

Your school system starts on a Wednesday?

8:54 am

mael

yeah, and it's a half day

8:54 am

EvaNadine

several counties in MD also started on wednesdays... seems strange to me, but i guess it makes that "first week" a little more bearable. lol

8:56 am

MollyL

I read that Baltimore scratched 52 bus routes on the first day of school (yesterday). Parents are shit out of luck and have to find transportation for their kids. Lack of staffing.

8:56 am

EvaNadine

Howard isnt doing so well with their bussing either.

8:58 am

EvaNadine

my friends high schoolers waited over an hour for their bus.
parents finally drove them so they wouldnt be late.
apparently bus showed up after the middle school buses -- well over an hour after schedule.

8:59 am

MollyL

I can't believe the amount of people driving/picking up kids from the elementary school around the corner from me. The line to pull up and pick up kids is 50 cars long when I go by in the afternoon. It's insane.

9:00 am

MollyL

I remember driving my kids to school when their high school bus didn't show up. Luckily it was not that often.

9:00 am

mael

most kids in my district take the bus

9:00 am

EvaNadine

sounds about right to me, based on my experience.
i get in the pickup line nearly a half hour early so that it doesnt take an hour to grab my kid. lol

9:00 am

mael

I pick them up sometimes when they have activities that conflict with the bus schedule

9:01 am

hokie carla

yeah, I took a bus every day of my life. my kids mostly rode the bus. I hated doing the car rider line because it was crazy. and people would get there 45-60 min early and just sit in their cars waiting. like, you got nothing else to do?

9:01 am

hokie carla

actually, once I was in HS I bummed rides from friends.

9:02 am

EvaNadine

i was a "walker" in ES, but my mom usually drove me to school. i walked home.

9:02 am

EvaNadine

bus in MS and HS.

9:03 am

EvaNadine

K would be a walker if he lived with me full time.

9:04 am

mael

we're too far to walk, that would be nice :)

9:04 am

hokie carla

my neighborhood was off a narrow two-lane road with no sidewalks or even shoulders. not walkable to anywhere. though once in HS, my brother missed the bus and walked home via the railroad tracks.

9:04 am

EvaNadine

i feel like hes too young to walk alone, so im kinda happy for him to be a car rider on those icky weather days. lol

9:06 am

mael

when they are a little older I'm going to let them walk from school to the library after

9:07 am

mael

what boston just did to fix their school bus vacancies was grant the drivers' union a 36% increase in starting salaries

9:07 am

mael

and lo, it worked

9:09 am

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the second column E? Also need fifth column i word. Clues welcome for both of these. Ty.

9:10 am

EvaNadine

5th colum i is in4/4 babblet

9:10 am

mael

et4 x2

9:10 am

mkg

Got it. Ty evanadine.

9:11 am

mkg

Ty mael. Got it.

9:11 am

mkg

Ty all.

9:11 am

mkg

Off to work.

9:22 am

mael

can't say I love this grid today

9:25 am

rururocks

it isn't bad at all mael.. I just went tile by tile and it was smooth sailing

9:30 am

MollyL

That is insane spending all that time in car pick up lines

9:34 am

Aloyisius

I finished after finally realizing the en7.28 came from the top e, not the bottom.. sigh.. took a while. Happy Babbling all!

9:55 am

mael

not clicking with me, but it might be a me problem :)

9:55 am

mael

still have 30 left, no 8s

9:59 am

rururocks

i couldn't find the an8 so had to look at the chat and someone clued it

9:59 am

mael

oh but I just got an easy tr7 and 8 so I guess I just need to look more closely haha

10:00 am

mael

I'll look for that one too, ru

10:00 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Hi all, stuck in waiting room, diving in

10:22 am

MollyL

That is hilarious. You found the in8 but not the an8?

10:42 am

rururocks

yeah.. I've seen in8 in this game many times, but can't remember getting an8..

11:27 am

mael

the in8 must be my missing I then

11:30 am

mael

... and I guess the an8 is my missing 8. Hah.

11:33 am

mael

monkeyed them, what weird words

11:34 am

nrkii

those are my last 2 words

11:35 am

mael

add three single point letters to the last in5

11:35 am

mael

and then copy that for the an8

11:37 am

mael

FW! have a great day everyone

11:38 am

nrkii

thanks... ends like a stallion

11:54 am

Dorens

thanks for those clues for the 8's. I've seen the in before but don't recall the an either, ru

12:03 pm

MollyL

Probably one of the most well-known French words...notre...and Enable won't take it. Idiots.

12:07 pm

hurshy

nice grid overall, 8 left after first pass, and i haven't even looked at clues for the 8s yet so that should give me two more :D

12:08 pm

hurshy

cool yeah now 6 left

12:08 pm

hurshy

1-4-1

12:15 pm

hurshy

well 3 that i missed, i should have gotten

12:15 pm

hurshy

and the other 3 were all alike

1:20 pm

cybernan

hello everyone

1:22 pm

BzznBea

afternoon, nan

4:37 pm

MollyL

Poor dead chat

5:27 pm

Good Enough

Tone

5:52 pm

cherlyq

23 left uggh I am slow but determined do not like this puzzle lol

6:32 pm

cherlyq

woot woot finally fireworks

6:32 pm

cherlyq

lots of weird words

9:42 pm

hokie carla

errs

9:45 pm

hokie carla

wow, I was gone all day and my morning post is still on screen

11:03 pm

dcseain

it's been a low chat day

11:12 pm

hokie carla

well, have made it to 15 left. guess I should list if I want to finish this one

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