Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, December 30, 2025

12:05 am

cybernan

hi everyone - I hope everyone has lots of time!

12:06 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan and all

12:06 am

ursh

hello all - eeek a really big one

12:06 am

Rainiqui

as 7, pu 7, wa 7

12:06 am

harpjane

goodie a big one

12:07 am

dizgrannie

as 8

12:07 am

Gillie

sh7,st7

12:07 am

dizgrannie

assures

12:08 am

harpjane

ooh found some horses

12:09 am

harpjane

and bunnies

12:12 am

Gillie

to7

12:17 am

cybernan

up 7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:21 am

medusa

thank you

12:28 am

dcseain

The horrible winds today here are FINOALLY abating. So many weird clonks, thuds, and whistles. I was able to lean into it this past afternoon and it supported me.

12:28 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety

12:29 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, th 10

12:29 am

mkg

as 7x2

12:31 am

cybernan

good night everyone :)

12:32 am

dcseain

dang! the wind is still opening and slamming the door to my building

12:35 am

Dippnall

oh dear

12:35 am

Dippnall

oh dear

12:56 am

jeanne314

mi8, if not called

1:07 am

MetFan

Oh oh, I think the site is getting wonky again. It's taking a second or two to accept my words

1:08 am

jeanne314

I thought it was my rural satellite connection.

1:08 am

MetFan

No, the site's been wonky for some time now - Lickety said he fixed it, but to no avail

9:33 am

periwinkle

hello all

9:34 am

ursh

hello peri - yay we back

9:34 am

periwinkle

yes!

9:35 am

ursh

raid rail rake raki rami ramilie ramilies

9:35 am

ursh

oops sorry

9:42 am

phaeton

it always seems to be the big grids that crash

9:48 am

redshoes

wassup should definitely be a word. heh

9:48 am

redshoes

Thanks ursh!

9:52 am

ursh

ooofff i did a lot of the puzzle off lickity this morning and was copying across words -- so sorry

9:58 am

redshoes

I would have never gotten some of those!

9:59 am

phaeton

it won't take the as6...to feel bad about something

9:59 am

LuvWordGames

I wonder if it has to have a d at the end

10:00 am

phaeton

maybe

10:00 am

redshoes

Yeah, I can't think of an instance of the word without a d

10:01 am

ursh

as 6 = fire leftovers + a male goat

10:02 am

hokie carla

oh hello

10:03 am

periwinkle

hey carla

10:03 am

hokie carla

this is bad timing, I have step class in 30 min

10:03 am

periwinkle

help with th10 please. I have th6/27

10:04 am

Robespierre

similar to th 6/24

10:04 am

periwinkle

what is a step class, damce or exercise?

10:04 am

ursh

as you **** it

10:04 am

hokie carla

exercise

10:04 am

periwinkle

ok

10:04 am

periwinkle

don't havve th624

10:04 am

hokie carla

but you do dance-ish choreographed moves

10:04 am

phaeton

ty for the 10

10:05 am

Robespierre

I’d say start by looking for th 6/24; it’s pretty common.

10:05 am

periwinkle

not getting the 10

10:05 am

BzznBea

Peri, give it some time.

10:05 am

hokie carla

let it percolate

10:06 am

periwinkle

got the th6/24

10:06 am

periwinkle

still looking

10:07 am

hokie carla

phantom tamale

10:07 am

BzznBea

not a phantom if you spell it the spanish way

10:07 am

welki

hi folks - our hursh(y)'s in the grid today - tiara day!

10:08 am

hokie carla

hmm, I thought that was the spanish way

10:08 am

phaeton

hursh and ursh

10:08 am

welki

yes, ursh, to!

10:08 am

redshoes

"the spanish way" is singular. :)

10:08 am

redshoes

adding the "es" is plural.

10:09 am

hokie carla

I see

10:09 am

hokie carla

thanks, bea and red

10:09 am

hokie carla

that makes more sense

10:09 am

redshoes

my pleasure. Nice to be of help for once. ha.

10:09 am

hokie carla

well, gotta go. 302 left for later.

10:11 am

redshoes

Wow - I definitely conflated the th10 and exercise convos and got very confused as to what th10 had to do with exercise. Turns out, nothing! d'oh

10:12 am

BzznBea

Yes, don't assume anything based on the chat.

10:12 am

phaeton

as8?

10:13 am

phaeton

nm

10:14 am

BzznBea

Does it build off assesup? =)

10:14 am

redshoes

bwahahaha

10:15 am

redshoes

Yes, there is an as6/7/8

10:15 am

phaeton

haha

10:15 am

phaeton

as6/7/8/7

10:15 am

redshoes

sorry, as 6/7/8 triple.

10:16 am

redshoes

that builds off of the as6

10:16 am

periwinkle

there are 2 th6/24 still looking for the th10

10:17 am

redshoes

th10 starts with th6 and ends with a 4 letter word in the grid.

10:18 am

periwinkle

there are 2 th6 /24

10:18 am

redshoes

the frist th6/24

10:18 am

phaeton

th6..what you need to sew

10:20 am

periwinkle

sheesh, finally got it. thank you all

11:51 am

hokie carla

rehi

12:07 pm

hurshy

hi all

12:07 pm

hokie carla

howdy hurshy

12:08 pm

hurshy

Es Exterminated!

12:08 pm

hokie carla

almost got your full name today, but the tiara will have to go to ursh

12:09 pm

hurshy

:)

12:09 pm

hokie carla

are all the upper E's EA?

12:09 pm

hurshy

yes

12:09 pm

hurshy

one pair is compound

12:10 pm

hokie carla

not earmail ;)

12:10 pm

hurshy

indeed not

12:10 pm

hokie carla

same set as the other day, thanks

12:10 pm

hokie carla

no, that was eye

12:11 pm

hurshy

phantom: marsupial

12:15 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! Brave princess

12:15 pm

hokie carla

merida

12:16 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

12:18 pm

hurshy

hmmm

12:18 pm

hurshy

lower M is harder than upper

12:19 pm

hokie carla

yes, hate it when that happens and it also has a lot of words.

12:19 pm

hokie carla

but I still need 2 on upper. just started lower and only have 4.

12:19 pm

hurshy

i need 1 on upper

12:19 pm

hurshy

did you get the unleavened bread for 6/24

12:20 pm

hurshy

and the mh4

12:20 pm

hurshy

oh duh i forgot to plural the bread

12:21 pm

hokie carla

wondering what bread

12:21 pm

hurshy

jewish

12:21 pm

mael

trying to spell it with the available letters is not working for me

12:21 pm

hurshy

it's really more like a cracker bc of being unleavened

12:21 pm

hokie carla

ah, that was my 2

12:21 pm

hokie carla

it's ma6, mael

12:22 pm

hokie carla

in case that helps with the spelling

12:22 pm

mael

the only versions I know have a Z in them

12:22 pm

hurshy

well change the z

12:22 pm

hokie carla

replace the Z with a similar letter

12:23 pm

hokie carla

oh just found an mi8 you would like, hurshy

12:23 pm

hurshy

the plural of an old fashioned word? have that

12:23 pm

hokie carla

yep

12:24 pm

mael

... that's a weird way to spell the bread

12:24 pm

hurshy

yep

12:25 pm

hokie carla

yeah, when she first mentioned it I thought, but there's no Z

12:25 pm

hurshy

but really when you're transliterating there's often not a right or wrong choice

12:25 pm

hurshy

so it's easy to understand why it happens

12:26 pm

hurshy

3 more T to grey the top row

12:26 pm

hokie carla

I need 9 T's!

12:26 pm

hurshy

yeah they are a bit hard

12:27 pm

hokie carla

oh, just found a bunch

12:27 pm

hokie carla

now need 3

12:27 pm

hokie carla

oh, but also need 3 w's

12:27 pm

hurshy

sometimes all it takes is knowing that someone else found them, eh?

12:28 pm

hokie carla

or looking at a direction you missed the first time :)

12:29 pm

hurshy

ugh, Ks

12:29 pm

hokie carla

yeah, still need 2 there

12:31 pm

MetFan

Monkeying the spelling of pesoch bread gave me a headache!

12:34 pm

hokie carla

well, never seen that word, but googling tells me it is Passover and two other spellings of that

12:34 pm

hurshy

ack

12:36 pm

hurshy

(as4. very dangerous. you go first.)

12:36 pm

hokie carla

oh, that helped me find my w's!

12:37 pm

hurshy

:D

12:37 pm

MetFan

Never seen the word? Where do you shop for groceries, a Catholic grocery store? They have displays always set up for the Jewish holidays.

12:37 pm

hokie carla

probably moreso in NY than in SC, where I shop

12:37 pm

MetFan

You just never noticed

12:38 pm

hokie carla

probably more Protestants here than Catholics

12:38 pm

MetFan

I don't ascribe to any; I think they all make sense for those who follow.

12:39 pm

hokie carla

and I have noticed ma6 bread and saw a display recently for Hanakkuh but still have never seen the word pesach for Passover

12:39 pm

MetFan

Maybe because the Protestants run the store?

12:40 pm

MetFan

After watching six seasons of "The Nanny" over and over, I speak Yiddish as a second language

12:41 pm

hokie carla

I just think there are a lot more Jews in NY compared to SC than you must realize

12:41 pm

MetFan

harm

12:41 pm

MetFan

Sorry

12:41 pm

MetFan

You're probably right

12:42 pm

hokie carla

or really most of the mid-southeast. I grew up in VA and lived most of my adult life in NC for reference

12:43 pm

MetFan

I'm a native New Yawker

12:47 pm

hokie carla

I have recently learned that northeasterners think they are the only ones in the east, even though the east coast includes many states on its way down to FL

12:49 pm

MetFan

That's quite the approach, to lump in so many. How many Northesterners do you know?

12:49 pm

hokie carla

oh, not only do we have the snakes, hurshy, we have the plural egyptian cobra

12:50 pm

MetFan

I have friends in VA, DE, and GA

12:51 pm

hokie carla

well, I know quite a few and have not asked them, but I have heard podcasters say it and read a whole thing about it on reddit.

12:54 pm

MetFan

I don't read anything those sites have to offer, and I definitelhy don't listen to podcasts.

12:55 pm

hokie carla

so your perspective is the east is the whole east? good to get more data.

12:55 pm

MetFan

It is the whole east, who would be so egocentric?

12:56 pm

hokie carla

I wonder if it's a generational thing

12:56 pm

MetFan

Maybe. I'm 66, with age comes wisdom to accept the truth and count all else as bulls***

1:00 pm

MetFan

Probably the hipsters think that ALL southerners are like Arkansas or Louisiana. They don't realize the eastern South is more refined and cultured.

1:00 pm

hokie carla

well, I finished first pass and still have 94 left but HOET. gotta do some things. good chat.

1:01 pm

MetFan

Same here. I gotta go too, see ya later

1:22 pm

penquis

hello all...

1:56 pm

BzznBea

This one is difficult.

1:59 pm

penquis

agreed...

1:59 pm

penquis

even with a list...

2:08 pm

hokie carla

pen! bea!

2:08 pm

hokie carla

I also agree with that

2:08 pm

penquis

carla!

2:08 pm

hokie carla

where is ruru?

2:10 pm

penquis

no idea...

2:11 pm

hokie carla

haven't seen him lately declaring it easy

2:12 pm

hokie carla

well, I now just need 2 Ts to gray top row. what a mystery.

2:13 pm

penquis

i am already on the list...

2:13 pm

hokie carla

I still have 91 left. that is way too much of a slog for me.

2:15 pm

penquis

112 here...

2:33 pm

hokie carla

just found 10 S's by using a 2nd letter I missed on first pass. LOL.

2:33 pm

penquis

lol

2:36 pm

hokie carla

now if I could just find one more S there I would have top two rows with 2 or less

2:36 pm

hokie carla

keep wanting sase to be a word...anyone remember that acronym?

2:37 pm

penquis

i have no grayed columns or rows....down to 90 now...

2:37 pm

penquis

self addressed stamped envelope...

2:37 pm

hokie carla

74 here. also only tiles gray.

2:37 pm

hokie carla

ding ding ding!

2:47 pm

hokie carla

well, the 3rd row is going to be a pain. still need 7M, 11R, and 9S.

2:48 pm

BzznBea

Heads up. There is a mi6/8 which is a weird spelling of title for women of old.

2:49 pm

penquis

keyboard started acting weird....had to reboot...

2:49 pm

hokie carla

well I have the 8 but don't see the 6

2:49 pm

hokie carla

unless it is different from the one hurshy & I were talking about

2:49 pm

BzznBea

It doesn't end with y

2:49 pm

BzznBea

the 6

2:50 pm

hokie carla

huh, thanks

2:50 pm

penquis

weird....ty...

2:50 pm

hokie carla

well now I need 6 M LOL

2:50 pm

hokie carla

LOL w/crying

2:53 pm

hokie carla

almost harumph today

2:53 pm

penquis

yes, thought of that earlier...

2:54 pm

hokie carla

almost limeade

2:58 pm

hokie carla

phantom airmail

3:00 pm

hokie carla

phantom usher

3:03 pm

BzznBea

stats for the bottom r?

3:04 pm

hokie carla

yes, hold on

3:04 pm

hokie carla

ri4 is one

3:05 pm

hokie carla

re5

3:07 pm

hokie carla

hmm, the star trek guns are not a word

3:08 pm

penquis

nope....there is a ph 7 that extends the 5...

3:09 pm

hokie carla

hmm, what part of speech?

3:10 pm

hokie carla

found it

3:10 pm

hokie carla

P gray

3:11 pm

hokie carla

adj if anyone wants to know

3:13 pm

penquis

anyone have ra 7?

3:13 pm

hokie carla

nope, part of my missing 10 Rs!

3:13 pm

hokie carla

just monkeyed it though

3:13 pm

hokie carla

rhymes with F word that is plural of mother/father/kids unit

3:14 pm

hokie carla

oops, that is 8. drop the last letter for 7.

3:14 pm

BzznBea

Thanks for the r's, Carla. Still looking for the second.

3:14 pm

penquis

yes, thanks...

3:15 pm

hokie carla

lol, ra7 is an alt sp of a word for a type of wig

3:15 pm

BzznBea

What a word...

3:15 pm

hokie carla

when you lose your gun in a gunfight, bea, you have to re5

3:16 pm

penquis

there are way too many R words...

3:17 pm

hokie carla

right on

3:18 pm

BzznBea

Thanks, Carla.

3:22 pm

hokie carla

np

3:22 pm

hokie carla

anyone have both S's on the bottom?

3:22 pm

ChampFit

I do. Lemme see if I can figure out which ones they are...

3:23 pm

hokie carla

thanks

3:23 pm

hokie carla

I think you mean can you su4 it out?

3:23 pm

ChampFit

su4/5

3:24 pm

hokie carla

duh, it's si4 that I need

3:24 pm

ChampFit

so both 4'

3:24 pm

ChampFit

So many words!!!!!!!!

3:24 pm

ChampFit

What're the stats for the 10? I'm down to 36 but still need that and 3 more 8s

3:25 pm

hokie carla

I have it but don't remember. :D hold, please

3:25 pm

ChampFit

You're as bad as I am...

3:25 pm

hokie carla

ah, th10

3:25 pm

ChampFit

thx!

3:26 pm

ChampFit

Got it.

3:26 pm

hokie carla

oh, just found a similar se8. now just need 1 8.

3:27 pm

ChampFit

I was just starting to look for other words to tack on to that ending...ty!

3:27 pm

hokie carla

11-18-13-4-1

3:28 pm

ChampFit

There's another 7 with the same ending. Uses the appendage.

3:28 pm

hokie carla

ah, my last upper A, thanks!

3:29 pm

ChampFit

mine too!

3:35 pm

hokie carla

just found a hard to pronounce R word

3:35 pm

ChampFit

stats?

3:35 pm

hokie carla

ru5

3:35 pm

hokie carla

normal word, I just can't say it

3:36 pm

ChampFit

gotcha

3:36 pm

BzznBea

Everyone have their peas and collards?

3:37 pm

hokie carla

no, I don't usually do that

3:37 pm

hokie carla

but my mom & aunt always said to not do laundry on new years day, so I will plan on that

3:38 pm

ChampFit

I don't either. Not a fan of black eyed peas. Do love me some collards though!

3:38 pm

ChampFit

Maybe I'll make those tomorrow...close enough!

3:39 pm

ChampFit

asshat still isn't a word. Go figure.

3:39 pm

hokie carla

I know, crazy

3:39 pm

BzznBea

I don't do them in the traditional way. I make Chili. Use black eyes instead of chili beans and pork sausage instead of ground beef.

3:39 pm

ChampFit

That's a great idea bea!

3:40 pm

hokie carla

have made it to 2 R's left (plus 36 other words)

3:40 pm

BzznBea

It's good. Instead of corn bread, we do Fritos.

3:40 pm

hokie carla

ugh, I really hate fritos

3:40 pm

ChampFit

You're killing me bea...sounds great!

3:41 pm

ChampFit

carla, do you have the re6/18?

3:41 pm

ChampFit

Well, there's more than one...sorry. it's the first one

3:41 pm

hokie carla

I do not appear to have one of those

3:41 pm

hokie carla

aha, thanks

3:41 pm

ChampFit

There are 2. One has a lot of vowels.

3:42 pm

ChampFit

The other one is an action.

3:42 pm

hokie carla

I found the vowel one

3:43 pm

hokie carla

an action of a do-over?

3:43 pm

hokie carla

having trouble stringing 6 more one point tiles together

3:43 pm

ChampFit

The other goes up to the right. do over

3:44 pm

ChampFit

Sorry....I'm an idiot! Ignore that. ONE 6/18

3:44 pm

hokie carla

LOL, thought I was taking crazy pills

3:45 pm

ChampFit

Do you have a 5/12 right after the 6/18?

3:45 pm

hokie carla

yes

3:45 pm

hokie carla

finally 5OFOET

3:46 pm

ChampFit

You and your acronyms!

3:46 pm

hokie carla

that's one's moo's. I would say 5 or less or <=5OET

3:47 pm

hokie carla

because I'm a less is fine instead of fewer person. I just read an article about that the other day and how it is/should be acceptable.

3:48 pm

ChampFit

Don't get me started! Middle daughter "corrects" me on that all the time. I need to whack her upside her head, but she's scrappy. :)

3:48 pm

hokie carla

ha

3:49 pm

ChampFit

Taking the pups to run. BBL. Good luck!

3:49 pm

hokie carla

bye!

3:53 pm

hokie carla

33 for later for me. dishwasher is calling.

3:53 pm

penquis

bye....23 here...

3:56 pm

penquis

leaving 18 for later....*waving to the lurkers*....

4:40 pm

hokie carla

rehi - found my 2 D's so finally grayed a row!

4:44 pm

periwinkle

help with Middle E please

4:46 pm

periwinkle

nm

4:53 pm

MetFan

What you ;isten thru

4:54 pm

MetFan

listen

4:54 pm

periwinkle

not from that e

4:54 pm

MetFan

Sorry - didn't see it come from the top

4:54 pm

MetFan

erst

4:55 pm

MetFan

sorry

5:01 pm

hurshy

back for more wordies

5:02 pm

hokie carla

rehi

5:02 pm

periwinkle

hi hursh. tough for me

5:02 pm

hurshy

i'm not even far enough in to know if it's tough or not lol

5:03 pm

periwinkle

130 left

5:03 pm

hokie carla

down to 31. it's tough but they are findable.

5:03 pm

hokie carla

just takes a lot of time

5:03 pm

periwinkle

I love BAbble but I will not spend most of my day looking for wors

5:03 pm

periwinkle

words

5:04 pm

hokie carla

I have been in and out but did get lost in here a couple of times today

5:04 pm

periwinkle

how was your exercise class carla?

5:05 pm

periwinkle

have not seen ruru here today

5:05 pm

hokie carla

mr. homie went to driving range and grocery store and when he came home I said I wasn't expecting him back that soon. he said, I was gone for hours!

5:05 pm

hokie carla

It was good, thanks.

5:06 pm

hokie carla

I haven't seen ruru in the past few days. Can't remember if he was going somewhere.

5:07 pm

hokie carla

haven't seen molly either

5:07 pm

hokie carla

maybe they thought it was down all day

5:08 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found a word!

5:08 pm

hurshy

nobody who's played for a long time just thinks "it will be down all day"

5:08 pm

hurshy

we know to check

5:08 pm

hokie carla

true

5:09 pm

hokie carla

I did notice it came back about 20 min after I emailed dr. god, so I'm sure he reads my emails ;P

5:09 pm

periwinkle

126 left may be back later

5:09 pm

hurshy

what time was that hokie

5:10 pm

hurshy

i emailed him at 9:44 eastern

5:12 pm

hokie carla

no, was just checking the archive - I emailed at 10:37 eastern and first new post was 10:33 eastern, so not me

5:13 pm

hokie carla

so it was already back when I emailed LOL

5:14 pm

hokie carla

sorry, dr. g! thought I had reloaded.

5:16 pm

hokie carla

6-12-9-2-1 wish I could find those 4s at least

5:18 pm

hokie carla

T2 K H S2 A2 I M3 R S5 H L3 A3 U5

5:18 pm

ChampFit

Back for last 29.

5:18 pm

hokie carla

champ!

5:18 pm

ChampFit

carla!

5:19 pm

ChampFit

Do you have all the 8s?

5:19 pm

hokie carla

nope, still need 1

5:20 pm

ChampFit

I need two. I have as mi ra se

5:21 pm

ivesyj

i emailed about 8 eastern time this morning.

5:21 pm

hokie carla

AS, EA, MI, RA, SE are the ones I have

5:22 pm

hokie carla

oh thanks, ives

5:22 pm

ChampFit

Thanks! That must be my last e on top

5:22 pm

ChampFit

Thought I tried that dang plural!!!

5:24 pm

Gillie

there are two se8

5:24 pm

ChampFit

Thank you Gillie!

5:24 pm

Gillie

one describes a type of environment

5:30 pm

hurshy

thanks i'm just working on Ss, good timing

5:31 pm

hokie carla

what is the other one?

5:32 pm

ChampFit

we have the se 8/65

5:36 pm

hurshy

that one is "akin to a hem"

5:36 pm

ChampFit

yes

5:43 pm

hurshy

not seeing the ra8

5:44 pm

ChampFit

carla clued it earlier...rhymes with the nuclear people in your home. plural

5:45 pm

hurshy

lol

5:45 pm

hurshy

i thought "why would you have nuclear people in your home??"

5:45 pm

hurshy

as if they were radioactive

5:45 pm

hurshy

or something

5:45 pm

ChampFit

Just careless! ;)

5:46 pm

hokie carla

maybe I would hvae said what scooby doo calls his people

5:46 pm

ChampFit

good one!

5:46 pm

hokie carla

should

5:58 pm

hurshy

oh so what is the 10?

5:58 pm

ChampFit

th

5:58 pm

hurshy

thanks!

5:59 pm

hurshy

that takes care of one of my 3 top Ts

5:59 pm

ChampFit

That ending is used several times today

6:00 pm

hokie carla

okay, just died in my video game. still don't see another se8

6:00 pm

ChampFit

me either...moved on.

6:00 pm

hokie carla

ok

6:04 pm

hurshy

but i clued it

6:04 pm

hurshy

which one have you got hokie, 8/50 or 8/65

6:04 pm

hokie carla

where?

6:04 pm

ChampFit

There are 2 hurshy...we have the one you clued.

6:04 pm

hokie carla

I have the sewing one

6:04 pm

ChampFit

we have the 65

6:04 pm

hurshy

oh

6:05 pm

hurshy

well i thought you had the other one because it was clued before that

6:05 pm

hurshy

a partly dry environment

6:05 pm

ChampFit

ty!

6:05 pm

ChampFit

Got it!

6:05 pm

hokie carla

yeah, but I wasn't getting it so wanted to make sure she wasn't saying the one I had was a type of environment. there was no mention of dry before! thanks.

6:06 pm

ChampFit

GAHHHH!!! down to 14 and gotta go! Back later, probs. Enjoy!

6:07 pm

hurshy

i still need 44 :D

6:10 pm

hurshy

is there more than one RH word?

6:10 pm

hurshy

rhesus was a phantom

6:10 pm

hokie carla

oh, that was my last R, thanks!

6:10 pm

hokie carla

so the answer is no

6:11 pm

hurshy

haha i need five more

6:12 pm

hokie carla

champ reminded me of re6/18

6:12 pm

hurshy

i have one of those

6:12 pm

hokie carla

ok, not it then

6:13 pm

hokie carla

I think the ra7/8 are the only ones I haven't seen before

6:13 pm

hurshy

oh i just found one re word that i had to add an S to which makes no sense but there it is

6:14 pm

hurshy

i think the fact that re-post-a-letter doesn't work is literally driving me insane

6:14 pm

hokie carla

but it does

6:14 pm

hokie carla

no need to lose your mind

6:15 pm

hurshy

oh then what was it that it didn't take that i was shocked by

6:15 pm

hokie carla

hmm, there are so many

6:16 pm

hurshy

re-____, rattle and roll maybe

6:16 pm

hokie carla

I tried that, thinking of gallon paint cans

6:16 pm

hurshy

and how about if the police re-ra4 a crack house or something

6:16 pm

hokie carla

tried it

6:17 pm

hurshy

these are the non-words that try our souls

6:18 pm

hokie carla

yep

6:18 pm

hurshy

so yeah still need 4

6:18 pm

hurshy

Rs that is

6:18 pm

hokie carla

there are 14 ra

6:19 pm

hurshy

ok then i need 2 of those

6:19 pm

hokie carla

7 ru

6:19 pm

hurshy

have all of those

6:19 pm

hurshy

and the 1 rh and 1 ri

6:20 pm

hokie carla

ok, then sounds like 2 re

6:20 pm

hurshy

just monkeyed an odd ra4/8

6:20 pm

hokie carla

was going to guess that one

6:21 pm

hokie carla

6 ra4 in a row

6:21 pm

hurshy

i don't see how that can be

6:21 pm

hurshy

if i now only need 1 more ra

6:21 pm

hurshy

i have 4 in a row in two places

6:22 pm

hokie carla

I don't know, I'm just saying what I see on my word list

6:22 pm

hurshy

oh no i miscounted, nvm

6:22 pm

hurshy

aha it was the vowelly one

6:23 pm

hokie carla

had a suspicion it was one of those

6:24 pm

hurshy

ok so now two RE, eh?

6:25 pm

hurshy

i feel like i've tried everything re

6:25 pm

hokie carla

the only weird one I see is the re6 you said you had

6:25 pm

hokie carla

do you have a re5 after it?

6:25 pm

hurshy

it's not the weirdness of the ones that do exist that's the problem

6:25 pm

hurshy

it's the prevalence of the non-words

6:26 pm

hurshy

no, i do not have a five after it

6:26 pm

hokie carla

do you have the one involving wood cutting?

6:26 pm

hurshy

how can there be a five after it

6:26 pm

hurshy

yes have wood cutting

6:26 pm

hokie carla

why not?

6:26 pm

hurshy

ohhhh thank you got it

6:27 pm

hokie carla

add s to everything you have

6:27 pm

hurshy

the wood cutting was the one i didn't think to S before because i was thinking of it as viewed again

6:27 pm

hurshy

but then i did think of it

6:28 pm

hurshy

ok it was the 7 i hadn't got

6:28 pm

hurshy

thanks

6:28 pm

hokie carla

sure

6:29 pm

hokie carla

did you finish K? I need 1.

6:30 pm

hurshy

no i still need 2

6:31 pm

hokie carla

how about the i?

6:31 pm

hurshy

have 4/5

6:32 pm

hurshy

oh got the last one now

6:32 pm

hurshy

muslim cleric

6:34 pm

hokie carla

ah, that's it

6:34 pm

hurshy

hey look it's that poor fellow that the government has been hounding and defaming for months

6:35 pm

hurshy

oho i got another K tho

6:35 pm

hurshy

mine are all KA, are yours?

6:36 pm

hokie carla

yes, I have all KA

6:40 pm

hurshy

do yours go 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4?

6:42 pm

penquis

hello again....

6:43 pm

hurshy

hi pen

6:43 pm

penquis

re 7 anyone?

6:43 pm

penquis

does someone need a K word?

6:44 pm

hurshy

just put an s on the last re word you have

6:44 pm

hurshy

yes, hokie and i both need a k word

6:44 pm

penquis

oh duh....too tired tonight...

6:45 pm

penquis

there are two ka 5/20 words...

6:45 pm

penquis

one is a pl....

6:45 pm

penquis

also a ka 5/18.....not a plural...

6:45 pm

hurshy

ok that's the one i need

6:46 pm

hurshy

got it, thanks

6:47 pm

hokie carla

pen!

6:47 pm

penquis

carla!

6:48 pm

hokie carla

ok, I'm missing the 5/18 too

6:48 pm

penquis

not a word i am familiar with....ends in three consonants...

6:49 pm

hokie carla

oh, I've seen that here. thanks

6:52 pm

hokie carla

4-11-9-2

6:52 pm

hurshy

6-15-8-5

6:52 pm

penquis

se 8 anyone?

6:53 pm

hokie carla

which one?

6:53 pm

Trifioso

happy almost new year friends

6:53 pm

hokie carla

back atcha, trif!

6:53 pm

penquis

se 8/50

6:54 pm

hokie carla

kinda dry

6:54 pm

Jacula

se8/50 - not quite desert conditions.

6:54 pm

penquis

ty, both...actually thought of that word but didn't see it...

6:55 pm

hurshy

hiya Jacula, how are you?

6:56 pm

Jacula

Hi hursh and everyone. On the mend, thanks.

6:56 pm

Jacula

pen - the se8 is a bit twisty to see at first.

6:56 pm

penquis

hi trif....and hi jacula....

6:58 pm

Trifioso

hello pen

6:58 pm

penquis

sh 6/24? ... second one...

6:59 pm

Trifioso

count for the lone e please? I am SO rusty!

6:59 pm

Trifioso

never mind - thank you for psychic clue

6:59 pm

hokie carla

I only have one sh6/24. still need 2 + 4 S

6:59 pm

hokie carla

lol, trif I was going to help you

7:00 pm

Trifioso

you did! just sent it telepathically

7:00 pm

hokie carla

so I must have psychically sent it

7:00 pm

Trifioso

snap!

7:00 pm

Trifioso

see? it's true!

7:00 pm

hokie carla

oh yeah, telepathic is what I was looking for and couldn't remember

7:01 pm

hurshy

name that very foreign proper noun! the vulcan who set his people on the path of logic

7:04 pm

hurshy

OH!

7:04 pm

hurshy

i got that sh6 - you put one on a bagel

7:05 pm

hurshy

if you like bagels, which i do not

7:05 pm

hokie carla

ah, thx

7:05 pm

Jacula

I don't like bagels either; it's like chewing shoe leather.

7:05 pm

hokie carla

that and the pl gray my upper S

7:05 pm

hurshy

yeah they are too DENSE

7:05 pm

hokie carla

definitely chewy

7:06 pm

penquis

ty, hursh....

7:06 pm

hurshy

i still need one other upper S

7:06 pm

penquis

good bagels are not chewy....the ones i like are light and airy....

7:06 pm

hokie carla

as a person with celiac I don't miss them a great deal. there are GF bagels but they aren't great.

7:06 pm

hokie carla

but I did have some good ones back in the beforetimes

7:06 pm

hurshy

i lubz me a good english muffin

7:07 pm

hokie carla

now there are good GF english muffins. I actually like these better than real ones.

7:09 pm

penquis

i am done...a slog...

7:09 pm

hokie carla

hurshy, I have 2 SA, 2 SO, 10 ST, 2 SW. the rest are not easily separated.

7:09 pm

hokie carla

congrats, pen!

7:10 pm

Jacula

Well done, pen!

7:10 pm

penquis

ty...couldn't have done it without the list...

7:10 pm

Jacula

I've got 5 left to find.

7:10 pm

hurshy

ok i need one of the SO

7:10 pm

hokie carla

24 here

7:10 pm

hurshy

oh just plural, thanks

7:10 pm

penquis

anyone need anything before i go?

7:11 pm

hokie carla

is there a big group of U's? I still need 5 and feel I have exhausted all possibilities

7:11 pm

hurshy

i can help with those, only missing one

7:12 pm

hurshy

pen, can you give us an count of SU words?

7:12 pm

penquis

there is a 5/6/5 group...

7:12 pm

hurshy

and an SP count also perhaps?

7:12 pm

penquis

11 SU words...

7:12 pm

penquis

four SP words...

7:12 pm

hurshy

ok i need 2 SU then

7:13 pm

hokie carla

ok, don't think I have a 5/6/5 group of u, what is the 2nd letter?

7:13 pm

penquis

su 5/6 perhaps...

7:13 pm

hurshy

ahh thanks

7:13 pm

penquis

ur....two end with vowels....

7:13 pm

penquis

the other is a pl...

7:14 pm

hokie carla

ok, I need 3 SU words

7:14 pm

hurshy

hokie you know the famed south american poison and cut off the C ?

7:14 pm

penquis

there is also ur 6...ends with a vowel....

7:14 pm

hurshy

and ur7 alt sp of ur6

7:14 pm

penquis

yes...

7:14 pm

hokie carla

ok, I think I have most of those ur

7:14 pm

hurshy

i have 2 up and 3 us, the rest ur

7:14 pm

hokie carla

not ur7 or 6 though

7:15 pm

hurshy

ur6 and 7 is a medical condition

7:15 pm

hurshy

or symptom at least

7:15 pm

hurshy

yeah condition

7:15 pm

hokie carla

oh yeah

7:15 pm

hokie carla

4-11-7 now

7:16 pm

hokie carla

I cannot think of a poison

7:16 pm

hurshy

indigenous tribes of the amazon put it on their arrows

7:17 pm

hurshy

it was discussed in the Poirot book "Death in the Clouds", i believe

7:17 pm

penquis

i remember that word from old movies with dipped darts ....

7:18 pm

penquis

the words in question are UR words...

7:18 pm

Jacula

My final 2 words are ur words, too.

7:18 pm

hurshy

but the poison is a cu word

7:18 pm

hurshy

so you have to remove the C

7:18 pm

penquis

yes...

7:19 pm

penquis

there is also that ur 5 word that is mostlly vowels....

7:19 pm

hokie carla

the vowelly one is a plural of the egyptian cobra on the pharaoh head things. was so excited when I read that in nat geo so now i never forget.

7:20 pm

penquis

nice...

7:20 pm

hokie carla

the singular is a ur6 ending in -us

7:20 pm

hurshy

interesting

7:21 pm

penquis

well i am heading out....goodnight all and good luck....

7:21 pm

hokie carla

good night, pen!

7:22 pm

Trifioso

good night pen

7:22 pm

Trifioso

sorry, was in the grid

7:22 pm

Jacula

'Night, pen.

7:22 pm

hokie carla

T2 H A2 M3 S4 H L3 A3 U3

7:23 pm

hurshy

i went to list

7:23 pm

hurshy

there's a weird ar4/8

7:23 pm

hokie carla

think I will too

7:24 pm

hokie carla

well, I missed the french goodbyes. got the other words with that ending.

7:25 pm

hokie carla

and we've had that ar4 before. guess it didn't sink in.

7:27 pm

hokie carla

first as6/21?

7:27 pm

Jacula

Still can't find my last word - ur5/12 - the last one in the list.

7:27 pm

hurshy

hokie, take the earlier as6/24, remove the third letter. then stick a vowel at the end.

7:27 pm

hokie carla

looks like what men pee into if you remove a cons from the middle, jacula

7:28 pm

hokie carla

thanks, hurshy. would not have come up with that.

7:28 pm

Jacula

Thanks, hurshy! Thought I'd already put that in. FIREWORKS! *~*~*~*

7:29 pm

hurshy

yeah it took my wanderoos awhile

7:31 pm

Jacula

Thanks hokie carla, too.

7:31 pm

Jacula

Do we all have fireworks now?

7:31 pm

hokie carla

still 16 left but looking at the list now

7:32 pm

hurshy

same

7:32 pm

hurshy

well 14

7:32 pm

Trifioso

huzzah for jacula! well done!

7:32 pm

Jacula

I can give clues for a while, if needed.

7:32 pm

Jacula

Thanks, Trif.

7:35 pm

hokie carla

oh, forgot to huzzah! congrats.

7:35 pm

hurshy

huzzah from me too

7:37 pm

Jacula

Just changed profile pic of me and P to one from this Xmas.

7:38 pm

hurshy

nice :)

7:38 pm

hokie carla

well one reload didn't work

7:39 pm

Jacula

It's not showing up. :( The one of us eating fish and chips is an old one.

7:39 pm

Jacula

I've signed out and in again, too. :(

7:40 pm

hokie carla

I did think the fish and chips looked delish

7:40 pm

Jacula

They were hokie carla, we were eating them sitting by the sea in North Devon.

7:41 pm

hokie carla

go back and check your profile settings to see if the new one is still there. we might just need to reload/refresh a lot.

7:42 pm

hurshy

the one i saw doesn't have fish and chips

7:42 pm

hurshy

it has standing

7:42 pm

Jacula

That's the new one hurshy. Seems you've got it.

7:43 pm

hurshy

i ate fish & chips the week before last and my tummy said what what what are you doin here

7:43 pm

hokie carla

got it now, had to hard refresh (which I have instructions for in my profile)

7:43 pm

hurshy

i don't eat much fried food so it was not happy with the amount of grease from the fish

7:43 pm

hurshy

well actually i didn't have chips, i had fish & hashbrowns and broccoli

7:44 pm

hurshy

but the point is my tummy is not used to so much oiliness

7:44 pm

hokie carla

good god. LOL. sacrilege.

7:44 pm

hurshy

well the fish is the delicious part

7:44 pm

hurshy

fries are just fries, they aren't that exciting unless they are somewhere that has really outstanding fries

7:45 pm

Jacula

I don't eat much fried food either, but freshly-caught fish, cooked in a lager batter and fresh oil shouldn't be greasy.

7:45 pm

hokie carla

I have always been a fry person, but there are so few places I can eat them now

7:46 pm

hurshy

well i got this fish from Cracker Barrel which is a chain which is probably not, you know, the very bestest quality

7:46 pm

Trifioso

I LOVE fish and chips, but alas, like hurshy, now that I am a woman of a certain age, I can only have friend things on occasion

7:46 pm

hokie carla

there is an irish pub at disneyworld that makes gluten free fish and chips, and it is sooo good.

7:47 pm

hurshy

i have never been to a disney park

7:47 pm

hokie carla

and I miss cracker barrel so much, but I never got fish there. was always chicken & dumplins, chicken tenderloins on sourdough sandwich, or just breakfast.

7:47 pm

hurshy

i think i'm too old to go at this point - i do not have the patience for the lines

7:48 pm

hokie carla

I love going, went two years ago for my birthday

7:48 pm

hokie carla

ok, I can't find th5

7:48 pm

hurshy

t + damage

7:48 pm

Jacula

When you say 'fries', do you mean those little thin things that MacD's sell? That's what they're called here in UK. Chips are nice fat fingers of potato here. What you call 'chips' we call 'crisps'.

7:49 pm

hokie carla

we call all sliced potatoes here french fries

7:49 pm

hurshy

jacula, when we say fries in the US it includes both the thin things and the fat things

7:49 pm

hurshy

and both kinds vary widely in deliciousness depending on where you are getting them

7:49 pm

Jacula

Interesting, hurshy.

7:49 pm

hokie carla

the fat ones we call steak fries

7:50 pm

hurshy

and sometimes we call the thin ones shoestring fries

7:50 pm

hokie carla

yes

7:50 pm

hokie carla

my favorite is the crinkle fry

7:50 pm

hurshy

but if i have the choice i usually get sweet potato fries, they are soooo much better than regular

7:50 pm

hurshy

i love them

7:50 pm

hokie carla

barf, I hate sweet potato fries

7:50 pm

hurshy

how can you hate sweet potato fries???

7:51 pm

Jacula

I don't like crinkle fries, nor 'curly chips'.

7:51 pm

hurshy

more for me i guess lol

7:51 pm

hokie carla

I don't like sweet potatoes either

7:51 pm

BzznBea

We like sweet potato fries. But we like cooked sweets better.

7:51 pm

hokie carla

our friend owns a burger place and I can't eat the fries there but he always tells me I can have the sweet potato tots. no thanks!

7:52 pm

Jacula

Sweet potato wedges are nicer. Also sw fries mixed with beetroot fries and potato fries.

7:52 pm

BzznBea

That sounds delish, Jac.

7:52 pm

Jacula

It IS BzzbBea!

7:53 pm

hokie carla

jacula, speaking of McD's, they have literally no options for gluten free. I've heard in england I can eat the fries and they have buns.

7:53 pm

hokie carla

okay, finally down to my 3 UR words

7:53 pm

Jacula

I don't know, hokie carla as I never set food in McD's unless I have no choice on a long journey.

7:54 pm

Jacula

*set foot, that should be, not 'food'. lol

7:54 pm

hokie carla

I have read it on the interwebs. I obviously never go either, but used to when I was younger.

7:56 pm

Jacula

I remember coming in to land at Reykyavik airport in Iceland and seeing a big red M on the horizon as we descended. I was horrified!

7:56 pm

hokie carla

finally have achieved fireworks!

7:56 pm

Jacula

Well done, Hokie!

7:57 pm

BzznBea

Okay, all. I've got stuff to do. Work started on 2026 changes. 100 words left.

7:57 pm

BzznBea

Congrats, Carla.

7:58 pm

hokie carla

thanks

7:58 pm

hokie carla

bye bea

7:58 pm

Jacula

I'd better go now. I've got 2 medical appointments this afternoon and need to get some shut-eye in before that. Happy Babbling to those of you still working on this grid. xx

7:59 pm

hokie carla

good luck!

8:00 pm

hokie carla

think I will head out too

9:52 pm

joansiebone

thrust

9:52 pm

joansiebone

thrush

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