Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, February 7, 2025

12:02 am

hurshy

aw8

12:02 am

Rainiqui

cr 7

12:02 am

hurshy

(and two aw7)

12:04 am

ursh

hello all

12:04 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:04 am

hurshy

2 tw7, tw8

12:05 am

Gillie

wa7

12:06 am

Gillie

ne7

12:06 am

Gillie

he7

12:10 am

Gillie

cr7

12:11 am

hurshy

ex8, ex9 x 2

12:12 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, thanks Hurshy

12:14 am

Gillie

de7 x 2

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:22 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety

12:30 am

cybernan

eyes are giving out on me --- have a good night everyone :)

12:32 am

hurshy

top row grey!

12:33 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:33 am

hurshy

spritey!

12:33 am

sprite

hiya hursh! :)

12:35 am

hurshy

can't find my last H, it's irritating me

12:37 am

sprite

I can imagine. No help here yet, lol, just got 30 words in

12:38 am

hurshy

well i've Axed As and Eliminated Es and Nailed Ns, and got the Xs, so that's something

12:39 am

sprite

goooooo hursh!

12:39 am

hurshy

one away on the S, too, though

12:40 am

sprite

boil them, mash them, put them in a pot... sorry, had a LOTR moment just now

12:40 am

hurshy

ha

12:41 am

hurshy

wanna hear something else funny

12:41 am

hurshy

do you know the victorian novelist Anthony Trollope?

12:41 am

sprite

always

12:43 am

sprite

I heard of the name, haven't read him though

12:43 am

hurshy

i'm in the midst of showing my mom the BBC's Pallisers based on a series of his novels, and they focus a lot on Parliament, and tonight we were watching them talk about what a mess it was that the Board of Trade put tariffs on stuff because then of course their trade partners put tariffs on THEIR stuff in response...

12:44 am

hurshy

aHA found my S

12:44 am

sprite

yesssssssss

12:45 am

hurshy

so yeah that was just a "the more things change, the more they stay the same" kind of moment

12:45 am

sprite

lol yeah. Nothing new under the sun

12:47 am

hurshy

the other thing that cracks me up is that it was kind of an era where they were working on a lot of big reforms - disestablishing the church of england as the state church, expanding the vote, establishing tenant rights, secret ballot, etc

12:48 am

sprite

so many changes in that era

12:48 am

hurshy

but the thing that Palliser devotes his life to is trying to get them to switch to decimal coinage. and despite the fact that they passed all those huge consequential reforms, they didn't get around to decimal coinage until 1971!

12:49 am

hurshy

so humorous

12:49 am

sprite

so true. Absolutely bonkers. And still hanging on to miles and inches, lol

12:50 am

hurshy

no no they do kilometers i think - it's us Americans who are more stubborn about metric

12:50 am

hurshy

i know they do Celsius whereas we still do Fahrenheit

12:51 am

sprite

ah, I see. Always cracks me up. Especially the old coinage. Can't believe people could work with that.

12:52 am

hurshy

but what's funny is, even the poorest, uneducated people COULD work with it and very adeptly. just shows that most people actually can learn most things if they have a reason to

12:52 am

sprite

very true. And an interesting thing too.

12:56 am

sprite

I love how there is this wink to that in the Harry Potter books. Same kind of coinage. Even less logical.

12:56 am

hurshy

yes lol

12:58 am

hurshy

phantom: tawdry

12:58 am

sprite

I literally just tried that one

12:58 am

hurshy

ha

12:59 am

sprite

didn't take he4 either

12:59 am

hurshy

what, the wife of zeus?

1:00 am

sprite

I meant tawdry didn't work for me either

1:00 am

hurshy

ohhhh i see what you were doing

1:00 am

hurshy

you must remember it is now 2 AM for me

1:00 am

sprite

:D

1:04 am

hurshy

15 left, no more than 2 from any given tile

1:04 am

hurshy

but no sign of the other two 8s yet

1:05 am

hurshy

oh there's one, cr8

1:05 am

justafreep

howdy. and there's a tw8

1:05 am

sprite

doing great, especially at that hour! I am as biggie blind as ever. I have 9 7s, that is it.

1:06 am

hurshy

yes, i called that earlier

1:06 am

sprite

hiya freep

1:06 am

hurshy

i guess it has scrolled off now

1:06 am

hurshy

it's weird, i seem to do BETTER late at night, esp with biggies, idk why

1:06 am

sprite

you can open the whole chog if you want

1:06 am

hurshy

but then i feel sad the next day when i don't have a fresh grid to play

1:07 am

sprite

choices, choices, choices

1:07 am

justafreep

hi, sprite. Hi, hurshy. I only come on late at night to re-call others calls, so I would not look back that far! :-) (Ooops.)

1:08 am

sprite

lol

1:08 am

hurshy

well i've called 4 8s and the 9s :D

1:08 am

hurshy

i am very proud

1:08 am

justafreep

I have work to do!!!

1:09 am

sprite

show-offs!

1:11 am

grannyrose

cooee and g'day all. * hugs * sprite

1:11 am

hurshy

hiya rose

1:11 am

sprite

*hugs rose* Hello darling! How are you holding up in the terrible heat?

1:14 am

hurshy

down to 10

1:15 am

grannyrose

having a bit of cooler weather. but the days warm up very quickly. up to 35C by next Tuesday.

1:15 am

hurshy

de8!!!!!

1:15 am

sprite

I simply hate hot weather. Don't know how you do it.

1:15 am

sprite

gratz, hursh!

1:16 am

hurshy

i hate hot too

1:16 am

grannyrose

sprite, lots of ice... lol

1:17 am

grannyrose

does Caya have her flowers yet?

1:17 am

grannyrose

* hugs * hurshy

1:17 am

sprite

yes she does, just picked them up :) She loves them. And she especially loved your sweet gesture. Very much appreciated!

1:17 am

hurshy

a strategy i sometimes use: get in a cool shower, then after you feel better, gradually increase it up to warm, then hot. do this right before bed, then lay down in bed with a fan blowing directly on you

1:18 am

grannyrose

awww... it has been my utmost pleasure

1:18 am

sprite

sounds good, hursh. Good strategy.

1:19 am

grannyrose

hurshy, i have a small usb fan on my bedside table. i love it.

1:21 am

ursh

here in hot weather I will wring out a swimming costume wrap in water and wear it

1:21 am

grannyrose

sounds lovely.

1:21 am

grannyrose

and * hugs * ursh

1:21 am

ursh

we have also been having extreme hot weather and with high humidity it is exhausting

1:21 am

sprite

hiya ursh, yes, that works too

1:22 am

ursh

fortunately have had two days of rain so much better today :)

1:22 am

sprite

got my first 8

1:22 am

grannyrose

ikr? it's like wading through molasses... not that i have tried that.. sounds a little sticky to me.

1:23 am

hurshy

i remember telling my class of fourth and fifth graders about how you guys have summer when we have winter and they were so astounded

1:23 am

sprite

molasses in january!

1:23 am

ursh

not sticky if you have a wrap made from very light fabric - dries quickly

1:24 am

hurshy

it's always fun to blow kids' minds with facts that you take for granted lol

1:24 am

sprite

hursh, I still cannot wrap my mind around that. I know it, of course. But understand it? Nah.

1:24 am

grannyrose

ursh..lol... i was talking about the humidity.

1:25 am

sprite

I once completely destroyed a grown woman's view of things, totally unintentionally. I said that moonlight was nothing of the kind, that it was reflected sunlight. She did not know.

1:26 am

sprite

lol ursh... heat and humidity are like wading through molasses, and that sounds sticky. Not the wrap, that sounds perfect.

1:26 am

grannyrose

oh lord.. sprite... you didn't... the poor woman.

1:26 am

hurshy

i have another one - isn't it funny that the things we call "shiny" aren't the things that shine, like the sun or lightbulbs, it's only the things that reflect the shine

1:28 am

grannyrose

iconoclasts...that's what you two are... roflol....

1:28 am

sprite

poor woman indeed. Her whole philosophy was that male and female in nature were eachother's equals. Moonlight balanced sunlight. Moon as the feminine thing was as powerful as Sun as the masculine thing. She literally went to pieces before our eyes. So very sad.

1:28 am

sprite

hursh: how about colours? The things we call 'red' are not red at all. They just absorb everything except the red light.

1:29 am

grannyrose

good grief...what a strange concept to have.

1:29 am

hurshy

yes, but the thing with colours you have to get pretty far into science to know that, whereas the shiny thing, that's just a linguistic quirk that really anyone could notice

1:29 am

grannyrose

hey, if you want your minds blown...photographers are taught the three primary colours are red, yellow, and green.

1:30 am

sprite

lol yes!

1:30 am

hurshy

then there's RGB and CMYK

1:30 am

sprite

true, hursh

1:31 am

grannyrose

the first time he said that to one of my kids he ( the kid) was ready to argue. i interrupted, and said don't go there son, it was blow your brain apart.

1:31 am

sprite

it always baffles me how my beloved sees colours, compared to how I see them. I think I see hundreds more colours than he does.

1:31 am

hurshy

ok well i used the list for my last few and they were mostly weird so that's good and now have a pleasant day you people of the future

1:31 am

sprite

roflol, rose

1:32 am

grannyrose

WTG HURSHY !!

1:32 am

sprite

*hugs hursh* I hope you can grab some hours of sleep.

1:33 am

grannyrose

sweet dreams hurshy

1:39 am

sprite

Rs ravaged. So many Re words!

1:43 am

sprite

got the 9s at last

1:44 am

grannyrose

well done

1:45 am

grannyrose

i monkeyed all around them for ages then found the 8

1:47 am

sprite

my monkeys are biggie stupid

2:02 am

sprite

fireflies. Another nice one. *hugs rose* sleep well and stay cool, darling. Love ya.
Bye all! *poof*

2:04 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE !!

6:51 am

msr

awry

8:38 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

9:20 am

suefrad625

morning

11:52 am

MollyL

Wow, chat is deader than an old rusty doornail.

12:52 pm

cybernan

good morning/afternoon everyone :)

12:53 pm

cybernan

didn't find the x nor the 9 last night

12:56 pm

cybernan

and bingo - just monkeyed it

1:00 pm

mkg

Xray is not a word??????

1:01 pm

BzznBea

x-ray

1:12 pm

cybernan

ey

1:25 pm

ChampFit

Agree, nan!

1:36 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with either 9 please

1:37 pm

periwinkle

found 3 of the 8s myself

1:37 pm

ChampFit

Don't have them

1:37 pm

BzznBea

Do you have the ex8?

1:37 pm

periwinkle

no

1:38 pm

BzznBea

Ends with what a large wooden box.

1:39 pm

BzznBea

Or a kennel for a pet.

1:39 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea

1:39 pm

ChampFit

Thanks bea...got 'em all.

1:39 pm

BzznBea

Both 9's come from that

1:39 pm

ChampFit

yes

1:39 pm

periwinkle

ok will look for the 2nd

1:40 pm

periwinkle

got it thanks!!

1:40 pm

BzznBea

yw

1:43 pm

cybernan

hi again -- dozed off in my recliner for a while there :) Really cold day, so have the fp going full blast and a blanket over my lap.

1:44 pm

ChampFit

Total opposite in south Texas. Wearing shorts and sandals....and not happy about it!

1:52 pm

cybernan

I seem to have an awful lot of r's left- running out of steam here

1:53 pm

ChampFit

I have more D's than Rs'

1:54 pm

cybernan

just 2 d's left, but 8 r's

1:54 pm

cybernan

there must be a bunch of compounds with the colour that I'm not seeing

1:55 pm

ChampFit

I have 2.

1:56 pm

cybernan

don't have any - just a bunch of again words

1:56 pm

ChampFit

Wait...fibbing. I have a bunch of words that start with that prefix but they aren't compounds.

1:57 pm

ChampFit

I have 9 that start with that prefix.

2:33 pm

hokie carla

howdy folks. just popping in to say I grayed the W in one go and I'm very smug.

2:33 pm

BzznBea

Nice!

2:37 pm

ChampFit

That's awesome! I still need 2 there. Go Carla, go!

2:38 pm

hokie carla

going to a concert with my oldest tonight so probably won't finish.

2:38 pm

BzznBea

Who are you seeing?

2:38 pm

hokie carla

nothing really weird, champ

2:38 pm

hokie carla

billy strings

2:39 pm

ChampFit

I'm sure....just kinda picking at my last 18. Gotta go in 2 minutes tho...will have to pop back in for them.

2:39 pm

BzznBea

He's good.

2:39 pm

hokie carla

yep, real good

2:40 pm

ChampFit

I love going out with my kids! Hope you have a great time.

2:40 pm

hokie carla

thanks, champ. I do too. I miss them as little kids but enjoy doing things with them now.

2:42 pm

ChampFit

My middle kid is taking me to the opera on Sunday, before the Super Bowl. She was probably 10 or 12 when I took her for the first time. She's the only one of the 3 that has a true love of it.

2:42 pm

ChampFit

GTG....bbl. good luck!

2:42 pm

hokie carla

that's cool

2:43 pm

hokie carla

bye, have fun on Sun

2:46 pm

hokie carla

well, first pass finished and 51 left. gotta give winston a bath while we have nice weather. TTFN.

2:53 pm

cybernan

twaes
twae

2:54 pm

cybernan

sorry - asleep at the switch here

3:10 pm

cybernan

de 8 please?

3:18 pm

mkg

dont have any 8s nan. Sorry

3:19 pm

mkg

Any clues for bottom corner T words? Ty

3:21 pm

mkg

Nm found them. Ty.

3:21 pm

cybernan

I'm stuck on my last 11

3:25 pm

mkg

anyone have cr 8? I am sure the first four are thge word before, but then what? All i can think is cr**daddy.

3:26 pm

BzznBea

Not the same vowel as before

3:26 pm

mkg

Huh? The first vowel or second is not the same?

3:28 pm

BzznBea

It's not an A.

3:44 pm

moolingwa

afternoon, 240 to go

3:46 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

3:47 pm

moolingwa

hey BB

5:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey

5:43 pm

ChampFit

Back to finish. Blind to the de8.

5:57 pm

MollyL

Ends like a mer word that has an ending that makes it mean killer for hire

6:01 pm

ChampFit

Thanks Molly!

6:02 pm

MollyL

Dumb medieval word

6:12 pm

hurshy

good news! remember hearing about murder hornets having come to North America about five years ago? well they think they've managed to eradicate them.

6:21 pm

MollyL

Oh well, people everywhere are relieved.

6:24 pm

MollyL

By the way, the term murder hornet is a myth. Look it up.

6:43 pm

penquis

can anyone clue the tr 6/24?...it's my last word...

6:44 pm

MollyL

A peace agreement

6:44 pm

penquis

oh duh....ty, molly...

6:45 pm

penquis

i am done...goodnight all...

7:05 pm

cybernan

hi again - last he 7 and 6 please?

7:33 pm

moolingwa

he6 perhaps the hydrocarbon?

7:56 pm

suefrad625

ataway = that a way

8:27 pm

wingding

molly the 6:44pm clue helped thank you hurshy, the 6:12pm comment is great news for us in the states, now, if they can come up w/ a way to eradicate the other nusiances we have here now

8:43 pm

wingding

sue, i used to hear ataboy alot, i tried to work hard at my job, and got a few of those, along w/ a bar tab the controller would p/u

10:10 pm

mkg

I welcome any help for any 8s or 9s. Ty.

10:10 pm

mkg

Also missing x words. Help welcome

10:10 pm

mkg

Ty

10:12 pm

mkg

Just got cr 8. Whew.

10:13 pm

mkg

Now just need x words and a 9 if anyone can help.

10:26 pm

mkg

I went to lickety and i dont see any 9s listed. Any ideas out there?

10:39 pm

harpjane

hello

11:02 pm

justafreep

ex9 and ex9, mkg

11:02 pm

justafreep

(if you're still around. I mean... it's true even if you're not still around. But that's for you, is the point!)

11:21 pm

harpjane

II'm not the one who asked, but thalnk you justa!

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