12:00 am
Rainiqui
hi to all
12:03 am
Book Doctor Gwen
argh, didn't finish the last one (hi flippers)
12:06 am
justafreep
ha7 and happy flip
12:08 am
Book Doctor Gwen
nbt woot
12:10 am
Book Doctor Gwen
got ha7 and jo7, thanks buds
12:15 am
hurshy
phantom: arthropod
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:20 am
hurshy
Us Undermined!
12:20 am
justafreep
thanks, lickety
12:20 am
Book Doctor Gwen
Lickety Split remains the fastest, woot
12:20 am
Rainiqui
nbt, nbs am 7 and 8
12:20 am
hurshy
Es Eliminated!
12:20 am
Book Doctor Gwen
well, my bedtime, bye now
12:21 am
hurshy
thanks rain
12:22 am
MetFan
A big, flying, Japanese horror monster is in the grid!
12:23 am
hurshy
and a big flying american one too
12:27 am
hurshy
(those last two comments are completely unrelated. at7 is not a monster.)
12:31 am
MetFan
ha7-what Governor Lepotomane in "Blazing Saddles" says he didn't get out of one guy
12:34 am
hurshy
phantom: typhoid
12:55 am
MetFan
Night all.
1:49 am
sprite
let's play babble chicken: can I finish before the site crashes AGAIN? Morning babblers
2:36 am
sprite
fireflies. Chicken won. Poofing.
4:53 am
lbdawger
gm, may I have a clue for the ph7 plz?
4:58 am
lbdawger
nm tadone!
5:37 am
sammysmom
hi... i m up !!!!
6:13 am
MollyL
Are you okay SMom? You were sad yesterday
7:29 am
crosshair
Good morning, Babblers. :)
7:55 am
Christa
Good morning Crosshair
8:07 am
hokie carla
oh, found some good 7s
8:09 am
rastapopolous
look! Pahrump is in the grid! haha!
8:11 am
rururocks
The big words are easy to find in this grid
8:12 am
rururocks
the fives ... not so easy
8:28 am
hokie carla
rehi - the u's are a bit of a mystery
8:37 am
BzznBea
All the ones I'm finding are up.
8:38 am
phaeton
there is a ur5
8:38 am
rastapopolous
I have a ur5
8:38 am
hokie carla
I have up4 and ur5
8:39 am
hokie carla
but also struggling with right side M and A so not even close to HOET
8:42 am
hokie carla
oh, also only have 2 J's. finding this grid difficult. I do still have 23 4's so will just look for those.
8:43 am
phaeton
I'm half in the grid
8:43 am
hokie carla
57 left here
8:43 am
penquis
*looking at phae with her half tiara*....
8:44 am
hokie carla
oh, I thought she meant she reached halfway. LOL.
8:44 am
phaeton
I did reach halfway also!
8:44 am
hokie carla
phantom trumpet
8:45 am
phaeton
phantom:phantom
8:45 am
BzznBea
final count on the U is 2 up4, 4 up6 and 1 ur5
8:45 am
hokie carla
what's funny is as soon as I typed phantom trumpet I was like, "oh, is phantom here?" and then typed it in.
8:46 am
hokie carla
yeah, I found one of the up6 but moved on after 50 other ones I tried didn't work.
8:47 am
phaeton
there is one up6/30....the others are up6/24
8:48 am
rastapopolous
Captain Hornblower....
8:50 am
penquis
is that a NTPN?...
8:50 am
rastapopolous
I guess so. I'm just amused to see it there
8:51 am
penquis
horatio... ;oD
8:55 am
BzznBea
Orange man in the grid.
8:58 am
penquis
yes...can't get away from him....
9:02 am
phaeton
clue for jo7?
9:02 am
penquis
ah...that is the one i am missing....
9:03 am
hokie carla
pants I think
9:04 am
hokie carla
usually an 8 with an s
9:04 am
phaeton
that's what I thought...can't make it word
9:04 am
hokie carla
I still need 3 other j's though
9:04 am
penquis
ty....didn't know you could make that singular....
9:04 am
penquis
phae...you have to throw in a consonant in the middle...
9:04 am
hokie carla
me either until I tried it with hope this morning
9:05 am
phaeton
I have 3 cons in the middle
9:05 am
penquis
you need four...
9:05 am
hokie carla
no, just 3
9:05 am
penquis
NO....sorry....you need three....
9:06 am
penquis
perhaps you need to switch the order...
9:06 am
phaeton
had the H in the wrong place
9:07 am
hokie carla
well, still have 6 4s left after looking for them. 39 total. 6-15-12-5-1. need to straighten up the kitchen. TTFN.
9:08 am
hurshy
morning all
9:08 am
penquis
bye, carla...
9:08 am
hurshy
phantom: tomato
9:09 am
penquis
hi hursh...
9:18 am
welki
ntpn - city in india, or singular of riding pants (which is not a word, i guess)
9:18 am
hurshy
to pile something, like leaves
9:19 am
hurshy
yes it is welki, you're probably just spelling it wrong
9:19 am
ChampFit
Yep. Took me lots of tries to get that word!
9:19 am
penquis
welki...it is a seven letter word...
9:20 am
ChampFit
thx for the clue hursh...needed that one.
9:21 am
welki
well whaddya know - thanks, hurshy!
9:21 am
welki
another stellar entrance
9:21 am
ChampFit
There's a tr 6/30 that I was sure wasn't in the grid either, but it was.
9:22 am
penquis
i was thinking that it was a good thing you mentioned the singular...otherwise you would not have found that word....
9:22 am
hurshy
did you stick a vowel on the front of it too champ?
9:22 am
ChampFit
Yes! Saw both at the same time more or less
9:23 am
hurshy
i wish that V were a Z instead
9:25 am
hurshy
three dings for anyone who correctly guesses why
9:26 am
penquis
trapeze?.....not sure that is how it is spelled...
9:26 am
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
9:27 am
hurshy
you can always check pen by typing a word in the box. if it is spelled right and counts, it will say "not in the grid" rather than "not in the dictionary"
9:27 am
penquis
ah, ok...ty...
9:30 am
hurshy
so the christmas song that i appear to have stuck in my head post-christmas this year is the Chipmunks' "Here Comes Christmas"
9:31 am
penquis
oooh....not a good one to have stuck in your head....
9:31 am
hurshy
idk, i don't think it's that bad
9:31 am
penquis
it would drive me crazy....
9:32 am
hurshy
it's actually sort of a pretty song if you just sing it in a non-chipmunk voice
9:32 am
hurshy
congrats phae!
9:33 am
penquis
congrats, phae...
9:33 am
phaeton
ty...any clues wanted?
9:33 am
BzznBea
Mine is "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas".
9:33 am
penquis
yes, but if you hear it with the chipmunk voices, it's a bit squeaky...
9:34 am
hurshy
i want to write my own song called "No, You Only THINK You Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"
9:40 am
hurshy
well i have probably missed the clue window with phae but if anyone wants to guess my missing H word... from the H in the middle
9:41 am
Kallia
is it a 7?
9:41 am
penquis
i am missing three there....but do you have ha 7/40?....
9:41 am
penquis
oops....it's ha 7/48....
9:41 am
hurshy
i do not have ha7
9:41 am
Kallia
It is a Ha
9:42 am
Kallia
its a sound of disgust maybe...
9:42 am
Kallia
very old word
9:42 am
hurshy
ahhh thanks
9:42 am
hurshy
i got the shorter hu5/20 sound but not that lol
9:42 am
Babbletrack
Hello everyone
9:43 am
Kallia
glad you got it :)
9:46 am
hurshy
phantom: myth
9:46 am
BzznBea
I've been studying pu5 and pu6 in native insects.
9:47 am
hurshy
have ye now?
9:48 am
penquis
your comment led me to pu 6....ty... ;o)
9:49 am
penquis
the blue guy is in the grid, too.....not an acceptable word....
9:50 am
penquis
at least an alternate spelling of him...
9:50 am
penquis
i need a break...stalled at 49...bbl...bye all....
9:53 am
BzznBea
hurshy, do your cats have sweaters?
9:55 am
hurshy
no, they have their own natural built in fur
9:55 am
BzznBea
I think our guy needs one as his neurosis makes him lick of his fur. He is bald from the midline down.
9:55 am
hurshy
aww, poor baby
9:56 am
BzznBea
We keep our house pretty cool. Think I'll do a fleece one and see how that works for him.
9:56 am
hurshy
well, let me know how it goes :)
9:57 am
mkg
hi all. any clues for the 8? ty. also i cant find any J words! help meeded.
9:57 am
hurshy
blue guy blue guy all i can think is smurph but it's not spelt that way lol
9:58 am
mkg
just found a j word. really doubt it is a word but ok
9:58 am
hurshy
there is a jo4/9 you should be able to monkey
9:58 am
hurshy
cookie monster...
9:59 am
hurshy
the navi...
9:59 am
hurshy
who else is blue?
10:00 am
mkg
that is the one i have. ty.
10:01 am
hurshy
pennnnnn what blue guy did you mean
10:02 am
hurshy
enquiring minds want to know!
10:06 am
mkg
not sure he was blue but he is part of star wars. the man who helped mape
10:06 am
mkg
oops who helped luke become a jedi
10:07 am
hurshy
yeah no he's green. but he's not in the grid either.
10:07 am
mkg
with a j instead of a y...........like the spanish pronounce the j.. a j makes a y sound in spanish from south american
10:07 am
mkg
america. sorry about my typing today
10:09 am
hurshy
phantom: metaphor
10:11 am
mkg
any clues for am words welcome!!!!!!!!
10:12 am
mkg
just monkeyed they. not sure what they mean but ok. it is am 7 and 8. similar to eu words for being very very happy.
10:12 am
hurshy
it's a greek vase/jar kind of thing
10:13 am
hurshy
that might hold oil or wine or whatever
10:13 am
mkg
nice. ty hurshy. my dictionary doesnt work. not sure why not but nice to have a meaning for these words.
10:13 am
hurshy
you can google and see pictures
10:14 am
hurshy
yes the question mark dictionary thingy hasn't worked for a longish time now, it's not you.
10:15 am
mkg
good to know hurshy. wonder if dr. god knows.
10:21 am
BzznBea
He is aware the dictionary doesn't work. That is why he is called Dr. God. He knows all.
10:22 am
mkg
ok but if he really were god he could fix it.
10:24 am
mkg
or not..........god allows disease, suffering, cruelty........and doesnt fix it
10:24 am
BzznBea
Its not a priority, I'm sure. Babble isn't his profession. Probably not even his hobby.
10:25 am
mkg
anyone know what he does?
10:25 am
mkg
he created babble so perhaps he is a computer
10:26 am
mkg
computer wiz.
10:27 am
mkg
i am betting a computer something.........
10:28 am
mkg
stuck at 89. back later.
10:32 am
BzznBea
That type of vase was a Jeopardy answer this week.
10:49 am
bichon
Great clue Bea
10:50 am
hurshy
well i'm flummoxed
10:50 am
bichon
Greek vase
10:50 am
hurshy
no i'm flummoxed about ph5/18
10:52 am
hurshy
ok i got it
10:53 am
hurshy
no vowels, sounds like what you would say to a cat to tell them to knock it off
10:55 am
hurshy
equally weird is pr5/16, rhymes with the island where Honolulu is
10:56 am
hurshy
no wonder i didn't get those without the list lol
10:58 am
hurshy
also rh5 and te6
10:59 am
hurshy
quite a few lil weirdos in this grid really
11:00 am
hurshy
the last th5 and 6 among them
11:01 am
hurshy
and ty4/8
11:01 am
hurshy
phew, done
11:20 am
Aloyisius
ph518 was the last word I found..also a weirdo with no vowel! Happy Holidays to All! poof
12:00 pm
Soodle
Hello all. Compliments of the season to you all. Slight lull in the festivities Chez Soodle…The little ‘uns have been taken to a pantomime in Dublin,& Grandma is catching her breath, enjouing a Baileys, & bracing herself for the return of the hordes.Merry Christmas.
12:02 pm
LuvWordGames
Merry Christmas Soodle. I know grandkids can be fun but they can also be exhausting. Enjoy the lull
12:45 pm
ch1212
I see He Who Shall Not Be Named is in the grid.
1:19 pm
mkg
enjoy it all soodle
1:21 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
taking a chunk of "me" time now, hi all
1:22 pm
mkg
super clue on the pr clue! ty
1:23 pm
mkg
what do you mean by he who shall not be named????? i am confused.
1:36 pm
hokie carla
well, normally that means tom riddle aka voldemort from Harry Potter, but I think she means tr5
1:38 pm
hokie carla
and don't ask me why I capitalized Harry Potter but not Tom Riddle or Voldemort
1:56 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
oooh, found the 8
2:03 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
phantom: therapy
2:11 pm
MetFan
Finally got the am7/8 myself
3:54 pm
Sugrraleona
I can't monkey the 2nd ty4
4:01 pm
Sugrraleona
nm found it
5:05 pm
FrenchToast
phantom python
5:15 pm
hokie carla
wow, monkeyed it on first try, thanks. prob not a helpful clue but it ends like Se7 makeup store in malls.
5:15 pm
hokie carla
oh, and there's the 8
6:08 pm
penquis
back for more torture....hello all...
6:10 pm
hokie carla
I have more or less given up. Just have this open while cooking.
6:11 pm
hokie carla
still 6-15-10-4
6:11 pm
penquis
i am working with the list...
6:16 pm
hokie carla
still only have 2 J's so no HOET
6:17 pm
penquis
two js use the pirate drink ending....jo 5/6....
6:17 pm
hokie carla
ah, thanks
6:17 pm
hokie carla
HOET! ;)
6:17 pm
penquis
do you have the ma 6 words?
6:17 pm
hokie carla
I do not
6:18 pm
hokie carla
do you know which M? I need 3 + 2
6:19 pm
penquis
no, i don't know...
6:19 pm
penquis
i am working on the other Ms now...
6:19 pm
moolingwa
one is chaos
6:20 pm
moolingwa
off the right m
6:21 pm
penquis
found the other.....ssame first four letters...
6:22 pm
moolingwa
I might have got it :)
6:23 pm
penquis
mu 6 anyone?
6:23 pm
hokie carla
moooo
6:23 pm
hokie carla
oh, ma6 like me
6:24 pm
penquis
is that a clue for the MU 6?
6:24 pm
hokie carla
mu6 - think of a bed that folds into the wall
6:25 pm
hokie carla
I thought the other ma6 was just a made up word
6:26 pm
hokie carla
and always heard it with an s on the end
6:29 pm
penquis
ph 7 anyone?
6:34 pm
hokie carla
has that am7 minus the am in it
6:35 pm
penquis
and add two letters?
6:35 pm
penquis
found it...ty...
6:35 pm
moolingwa
Sorry, not really here
6:37 pm
penquis
wow....ph 5/18 has no vowels....
6:38 pm
hokie carla
I heard that but never found it
6:38 pm
hokie carla
is moo having an existential crisis?
6:39 pm
penquis
do you want a clue?
6:39 pm
hokie carla
always
6:39 pm
moolingwa
multitasking
6:39 pm
hokie carla
me too
6:39 pm
penquis
the first two letter pairs are the same...add a consonant...
6:40 pm
cybernan
hi everyone - first chance to get on line today
6:40 pm
penquis
hi nan...
6:45 pm
hokie carla
time to eat!
6:45 pm
Gillie
Never seen that ph5 before (no vowels!)
6:45 pm
penquis
me either...
6:47 pm
penquis
went through the list and still have 5 to find... :o(
6:48 pm
penquis
ap 6 anyone?
6:54 pm
penquis
it's my last word...
6:56 pm
Lizlin
Ap 6 - can’t be bothered to tell you! Too lazy!
6:56 pm
penquis
ty....a TITT word....i am done...
6:57 pm
penquis
heading out....goodnight all....
6:57 pm
Lizlin
Congrats. That ap 6 was one of my last 5
7:00 pm
72 Temple Owl
may i have a clue pls for up6/30?
7:03 pm
Lizlin
Up 6 - to pile up
7:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
thanks, lix
7:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
good night
7:08 pm
cybernan
that up 6 is a new one for me
7:10 pm
cybernan
anyone have stats for the o , please?
7:12 pm
LuvWordGames
One is a promise and the other is to make a speech
7:13 pm
LuvWordGames
Sorry you asked for stats not clues
7:13 pm
cybernan
ty - guess speeches weren't on my mind!
7:28 pm
hokie carla
rehi - I guess that's an alt sp of pfft?
7:28 pm
medusa
does anyone have a lue for the jo7n please?
7:29 pm
hokie carla
it's a pair of pant
7:31 pm
medusa
thats what I thought. maybe I am spelling it wrong. Thank you
7:37 pm
medusa
Is it me or are these j words hard?
7:39 pm
medusa
jo5 24 please?
7:40 pm
hokie carla
yes, they are
7:40 pm
hokie carla
as pen told me...jo5 ends in pirate drink
7:40 pm
harpjane
what are the stats for the V please?
7:41 pm
harpjane
duh, thanks!
7:41 pm
hokie carla
oh pen left, I can't trash talk UVA with her
7:42 pm
cybernan
me 6-7 please?
7:43 pm
medusa
am 7 please?
7:44 pm
hokie carla
there is a makeup store called se7, and I checked - strong presence in UK - ends the same.
7:44 pm
cybernan
grecian urn (am 7)
7:46 pm
cybernan
me 6-7 anyone?
7:46 pm
hokie carla
still no here
7:46 pm
hokie carla
how many points on the 6?
7:49 pm
cybernan
last two me words
7:50 pm
cybernan
found them - ends with dad(s)
7:52 pm
hokie carla
weird words, thanks
7:53 pm
harpjane
is the me 7 a plural?
7:58 pm
harpjane
stats for the 8 please?
8:03 pm
harpjane
is it related to the am7?
8:04 pm
hokie carla
yes, greek pl
8:07 pm
cybernan
usually it is the 6's ad 7's that give me grief - this time it is the 5's
8:11 pm
moolingwa
it's a tricky grid
8:19 pm
hokie carla
5-13-5-2
8:22 pm
hokie carla
think I will list now
8:23 pm
moolingwa
6-9-5-4
8:23 pm
hokie carla
apparently I missed all the words ending in y
8:24 pm
hokie carla
who knows y
8:24 pm
moolingwa
we should ask who then
8:24 pm
harpjane
easy fix. just go back and add Y to every word
8:25 pm
hokie carla
smart
8:26 pm
hokie carla
is et5/16 a normal word?
8:28 pm
cybernan
don't have it
8:28 pm
hokie carla
nope, looked it up
8:29 pm
cybernan
no it isn't - look at points and you will find it
8:29 pm
hokie carla
it is a pl of et6 not in grid but means the true origin of a word
8:29 pm
hokie carla
was trying to find it with the points but couldn't manage it
8:30 pm
cybernan
last th 5 please?
8:41 pm
cybernan
7 left and have had enough - good night :)
8:42 pm
hokie carla
good night, not seeing that th5 either
8:45 pm
moolingwa
not sure if it's the last th, but I have an odd one
8:46 pm
hokie carla
probably it
8:46 pm
moolingwa
it ends in an affirmative
8:48 pm
hokie carla
I'll circle back to that - what about te6?
8:49 pm
moolingwa
hmm, don't have that
8:49 pm
moolingwa
found it
8:49 pm
moolingwa
looks greek
8:49 pm
hokie carla
of course
8:49 pm
moolingwa
rock fragments ejected in a volcanic explosion apparently
8:50 pm
hokie carla
of course
8:50 pm
moolingwa
looks like plural
8:51 pm
moolingwa
comes off the left t if that's helpful
8:51 pm
hokie carla
there is a lot of greek in here today
8:51 pm
moolingwa
it's all greek to me
8:51 pm
hokie carla
me too
8:52 pm
moolingwa
as it turns out, it is...ancient greek word for ashes
8:54 pm
hokie carla
wow, my last two u's were the most normal
8:55 pm
moolingwa
I still have 2
8:55 pm
hokie carla
this was a really hard grid for me
8:55 pm
moolingwa
I think this is definitely above average in difficulty
8:56 pm
moolingwa
still 19 left
5-7-3-4
And that's with several clues that I've picked up from chat
8:56 pm
moolingwa
found a weird u
9:00 pm
moolingwa
more than your average number of greek plurals in this one
9:01 pm
moolingwa
found an e
9:02 pm
hokie carla
how many total words left?
9:02 pm
moolingwa
4-6-3-4
9:02 pm
moolingwa
phantom jodphurs
9:03 pm
hokie carla
well...
9:03 pm
hokie carla
I did clue jo7 earlier as a pair of pant
9:04 pm
moolingwa
that would be the one I'm missing
9:05 pm
moolingwa
oh, I musta typoed
9:06 pm
moolingwa
didn't realize you could have a singular
9:06 pm
moolingwa
be like have a trouser
9:06 pm
moolingwa
I guess as an adjective
9:06 pm
moolingwa
trouser leg
9:06 pm
hokie carla
a scissor
9:06 pm
moolingwa
well it can be an action as a singular :)
9:07 pm
moolingwa
or an adjective
9:07 pm
moolingwa
well anyway, that finishes my j...kind of lame that I found it but didn't :)
9:09 pm
hokie carla
I only found that one and j4 on my own
9:09 pm
moolingwa
yeah I knew the others
9:10 pm
moolingwa
found an h
9:10 pm
hokie carla
huzzah
9:11 pm
moolingwa
found a 7
9:12 pm
hokie carla
so what's the bird in your picture?
9:14 pm
hokie carla
ah, makes sense
9:14 pm
moolingwa
maybe I'll change it
9:23 pm
moolingwa
found another 7, so just one 7 left
9:24 pm
hokie carla
think I will go wash dishes. good luck!
9:26 pm
cybernan
came back - addiction I guess.
9:27 pm
cybernan
down to 5: TT R UU
9:28 pm
cybernan
4-5-5-6-6
9:30 pm
cybernan
rh 5 please?
9:33 pm
cybernan
also looking for the last th 5-6 set, the up 4 and the last up 6
9:33 pm
cybernan
Am I the only one still here?
9:41 pm
cybernan
up 6 found
9:44 pm
moolingwa
th5 ends in an affirmative
9:47 pm
cybernan
ty - found. just need the rh 5 and the up4
9:47 pm
cybernan
feel like I've tried everything - especially on the 4
9:48 pm
joansiebone
hair style nan
9:48 pm
cybernan
oh duh - ty joansie
9:51 pm
cybernan
found the rh --- done :)
9:51 pm
joansiebone
i usually miss that one yw
9:52 pm
cybernan
everyone good - or any clues wanted?
9:56 pm
cybernan
good night then
10:33 pm
dcseain
i miss Gentlemen’s Jo7. It used to be a men’s store here in the DC area.