Thursday, April 2, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:01 am
Rainiqui

Hi everyone
12:01 am
Rainiqui

neol
12:02 am
ursh

hello all
12:05 am
cybernan

hello everyone
12:12 am
MetFan

Well, the only one I've got so far is an re7
12:12 am
ursh

ditto
12:12 am
Lizlin

ro7
12:12 am
Robespierre

There’s a cr 7 too
12:13 am
Lizlin

me7
12:18 am
Rainiqui

nbt, nbs
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:19 am
MetFan

Thanks Lickety
12:22 am
cybernan

missing the lone e at the top and the i
12:22 am
Lizlin

il4
12:24 am
Lizlin

en5
12:26 am
cybernan

ty
12:26 am
Lizlin

:)
12:30 am
cybernan

going to call it a night -- see you tomorrow :)
1:08 am
Guernseygirl 2

Errs
1:08 am
Guernseygirl 2

Error
1:10 am
Guernseygirl 2

Relure
1:10 am
Guernseygirl 2

Relures
1:10 am
Guernseygirl 2

Sorry
4:55 am
ajbns87

Hello
5:05 am
Book Doctor Gwen

greetings, i missed you! (diving in)
5:37 am
crosshair

Good morning, babblers
5:38 am
Scrabbler

How are you feeling today, Crossy?
5:39 am
crosshair

Not too rough at the moment. Just taking it easy, staying hydrated, soups/broths, lots of sleep.
5:40 am
Scrabbler

Good.
5:40 am
crosshair

Just have to ride it out.
5:40 am
Scrabbler

Yep
5:41 am
crosshair

More than a man-cold, less than the full blown flu it seems.
5:43 am
crosshair

The biggest pain is everything wants to go right to the lungs, but I have my puffers at need.
5:44 am
Scrabbler

Did you do a COVID test? Best done on day 4 of illness. Swab throat, inside of cheeks, then nose.
5:45 am
crosshair

I have a test kit at the ready and will do the swab day after tomorrow.
5:46 am
Scrabbler

Good.
5:47 am
Book Doctor Gwen

hoope it's not The Rona -- good luck
5:48 am
Book Doctor Gwen

*ope (blaming the keyboard)
5:48 am
crosshair

I always blame the keyboard :)
5:48 am
Book Doctor Gwen

*hope (gadzooks)
5:49 am
Scrabbler

It's either the keyboard or autocorrect.
5:49 am
crosshair

Autocorrect drives me nuts.
5:49 am
Book Doctor Gwen

this time is *is* the keyboard
5:50 am
crosshair

Especially when using M.S Word.
5:51 am
Scrabbler

Autocorrect creates some odd mistakes. I try to be careful before hitting SEND
5:51 am
Book Doctor Gwen

i have a laptop with a keyboard that is too small so I have a spare keyboard hooked up to it, and if I type too fast I get dounle letters sometimes
5:52 am
Book Doctor Gwen

*double letters (cripes)
5:53 am
Book Doctor Gwen

thank goodness there's no autocorrect in this chatbox
5:53 am
crosshair

Lol, that would be a nightmare!
5:54 am
Scrabbler

The worst we do is toss free clues in the chat, and that is very generous.
5:54 am
Book Doctor Gwen

autocorrect prolly doesn't understand "chatbox" or "prolly"
5:58 am
Scrabbler

Prolly not
6:02 am
Scrabbler

I passed halfway so I am done. Enjoy the day.
6:03 am
crosshair

Hoping to do a test hike of the trails soon to see what shape they are in.
6:03 am
Scrabbler

It's mud season. Don't slip.
6:04 am
crosshair

Prolly a muddy, swampy mess at the moment.
6:04 am
crosshair

Still quite a bit of snow pack under the trees as well.
6:13 am
Book Doctor Gwen

36 to go, time for a break, no long hikes till you're better, dude
8:31 am
mael

good morning, my real name is in the grid today
8:32 am
mael

always a nice surprise
8:36 am
sajarn

melena is a real word, meaning black, tarry stools, (tmi!) but it should count in my opinion :-/
8:48 am
crosshair

Ouch! We just hit $1.70/per litre for gasoline today. :( I bought $50 worth and I did not even get half a tank in my Jeep. :(
8:53 am
crosshair

Just glad I no longer drive for work. :)
8:56 am
crosshair

That's $6.42/gallon for my American friends. :(
9:17 am
hokie carla

$4.69 for me last night
9:33 am
rururocks

$130 to fill up my SUV two days ago.. no one has it worse than California due to our strict gas laws.
9:35 am
Shirlockc

it's only going to get worse
9:48 am
hokie carla

what is that per gallon, ruru?
10:04 am
hokie carla

well, I am stuck stuck at 20 left. 1-6-8-5 and there's the problem. T R4 O E2 C6 L3 U S2
10:05 am
hokie carla

found a C6! but leaving the rest for later.
10:09 am
hurshy

what's the i word?
10:10 am
LuvWordGames

i 4/9
10:10 am
hurshy

oh ah, thanks
10:11 am
LuvWordGames

there's a c 5 with the same ending
10:11 am
hurshy

ty!
10:11 am
hurshy

i can remember we've had the i before but don't recall if we've had the c
10:15 am
hokie carla

glad I popped back in for that C
10:18 am
rururocks

$6.39 a gallon hokes
10:19 am
rururocks

I can't wait to move out of California
10:20 am
rururocks

that was for regular too not premium
10:20 am
hurshy

feeling like a dope on the lower O, only have one or4
10:21 am
LuvWordGames

oc 6/21
10:21 am
LuvWordGames

oc 5/14
10:21 am
hurshy

ah thanks
10:21 am
hokie carla

might need help with the oc6
10:21 am
hurshy

it's a cat
10:21 am
hokie carla

yeah, mine was 4.69 for premium, ruru
10:22 am
rururocks

it's a kitty
10:22 am
hurshy

the oc6 was easier for me than the 5 lol
10:22 am
hokie carla

oh, a bigger cat
10:22 am
rururocks

(carefully avoids the P word)
10:22 am
hokie carla

now bottom row and 4th col gray
10:23 am
Shirlockc

stats for the lone E pls for NBT?
10:23 am
hurshy

en5/10
10:23 am
hokie carla

en5, shirl
10:23 am
hokie carla

definitely took me a while to see it this morning
10:23 am
Shirlockc

duh, thx
10:23 am
hokie carla

oh, and my word of the day that's not a word (see: afro, fest, etc) is oarer
10:24 am
hurshy

yes that i what i had thought my Os were and then they weren't
10:24 am
hokie carla

well, I don't consider that a duh, shirl, as I don't know anyone who spells it that way.
10:24 am
hokie carla

anyone have all the U's?
10:25 am
hokie carla

nm
10:25 am
hokie carla

same as yesterday
10:25 am
hurshy

:D
10:26 am
hokie carla

I want seclude to be here
10:27 am
hurshy

and/or occlude
10:27 am
hokie carla

and occur
10:28 am
hurshy

but at least we have re5
10:28 am
hokie carla

yes, again
10:29 am
hurshy

any SW or are they all se?
10:31 am
hokie carla

I have 3 SE and that's it. se6 and 2 4s
10:31 am
hurshy

i've got yours plus another se6
10:31 am
hokie carla

how many points?
10:31 am
hurshy

a babblet
10:32 am
hurshy

6/21
10:32 am
hokie carla

not serosa or setose
10:32 am
hokie carla

oh, there's the points.
10:33 am
hurshy

woot, down to five already!
10:33 am
hurshy

0-3-1-1
10:38 am
hurshy

aHA
10:38 am
hurshy

the other S is a pepper
10:38 am
hurshy

got my M and R! down to 2 C now, a 5 and 6
11:02 am
moolingwa

morning campers
11:18 am
origami

Hi moo
11:18 am
moolingwa

hey ori, happy Thursday
11:25 am
hokie carla

rehi - HT moo and ori
11:25 am
origami

melt
11:25 am
origami

Oh, sorry. Hi hokie.
11:28 am
Shirlockc

didn't have that one ori, thx!
11:30 am
hokie carla

still haven't found hurshy's se6
11:31 am
Shirlockc

yeah, i only have one se6/24
11:32 am
hokie carla

have tried many things
11:35 am
hokie carla

finally got it!
11:36 am
Shirlockc

clue me hokie pls?
11:36 am
hokie carla

part of a minute + a sea bird
11:36 am
Shirlockc

so simple once you have it, thx hokie
11:36 am
hokie carla

I don't remember seeing this before.
11:37 am
hokie carla

still have one S. she never told us if there was an SW or not.
11:37 am
Shirlockc

there isn't an sw
11:38 am
hokie carla

ok, thx
11:38 am
Shirlockc

2 se6, 2 se4 and an se7
11:38 am
hokie carla

hmm,ok
11:38 am
hokie carla

ah, the pepper!
11:38 am
hokie carla

I usually miss that
11:41 am
hokie carla

found an E!
11:43 am
moolingwa

rehi
11:43 am
hokie carla

moooo
11:43 am
moolingwa

hoke!
11:43 am
moolingwa

happy thursday
11:43 am
hokie carla

oh no, just found my last 4. 0-3-5-4
11:43 am
moolingwa

5-5-4-2
11:43 am
moolingwa

top and bottom rows greyed
11:44 am
moolingwa

found a 4
11:44 am
hokie carla

still need one T on the top if you have a guess. I swear I have tried everything up there.
11:44 am
moolingwa

t6
11:45 am
hokie carla

statistically a good guess. and correct.
11:45 am
moolingwa

:)
11:45 am
moolingwa

found a 7
11:45 am
hokie carla

how many points?
11:45 am
moolingwa

6/18
11:45 am
mrloser

ores
11:46 am
hokie carla

oh that ole chestnut
11:46 am
hokie carla

thanks
11:46 am
hokie carla

R4 E C4 L2
11:46 am
moolingwa

I wonder who had all the old chestnuts...I mean you can get fresh ones
11:46 am
moolingwa

R2 M2 E C5 L3 S
11:46 am
hokie carla

not american chestnuts
11:47 am
moolingwa

no?
11:47 am
moolingwa

found another 4
11:47 am
moolingwa

and a 6
11:47 am
hokie carla

well it got decimated by a blight back in the early 1900s or so. they were like redwood sized trees. now they only grow to like 3'.
11:47 am
moolingwa

oh
11:48 am
moolingwa

so old chestnuts refer to american chestnuts then I guess
11:48 am
hokie carla

"they" are still are trying to still trying to bring it back
11:48 am
moolingwa

It's nice of "they" to do that
11:49 am
hokie carla

tree scientists? biologists? arborists?
11:49 am
moolingwa

chestnutters
11:49 am
moolingwa

found another 6
11:50 am
hokie carla

well, the wiki I'm now reading says there are mature ones outside the native region of the appalachians
11:51 am
moolingwa

well, then you can indeed get new chestnuts
11:51 am
moolingwa

"they" figured it out
11:51 am
hokie carla

I asked my grandmother about them. She was born in 1910. I think the blight was introduced in 1904. She remembered seeing them.
11:52 am
moolingwa

we had a chestnut tree in NZ, but I suspect it was a European one
11:52 am
moolingwa

phantom curlew btw
11:52 am
hokie carla

there's a lot of sciency science on what "they're" doing to make a blight resistant one in that article.
11:53 am
moolingwa

very cool
11:53 am
hokie carla

the blight came from a japanese one
11:53 am
moolingwa

ah, all the best diseases and pests seem to come from asia
11:53 am
hokie carla

where's bea, she's a master gardener
11:53 am
hokie carla

yep
11:53 am
hokie carla

see: kudzu
11:54 am
moolingwa

I imagine things that grew there saw a lot of introduced things, so adapted earlier than the new world
11:54 am
moolingwa

snakeheads, emerald borers, japanese beetles...
11:55 am
moolingwa

10 left: 2-5-2-1
11:55 am
hokie carla

still 11
11:55 am
hokie carla

I got carried away reading
11:56 am
moolingwa

I do that
11:56 am
penquis

fun fact:..Maine is currently home to more mature, flowering wild American chestnuts than any other state.
11:56 am
hokie carla

nice
11:56 am
hokie carla

pen!
11:57 am
penquis

it's because Maine didn't have as many dense areas of chestnut trees, so they weren't as decimated by the blight...and they are being montitored and preserved now...
11:57 am
penquis

carla!
11:59 am
moolingwa

They can Sustain in Maine, the chestnuts without pain
11:59 am
penquis

so many maintain...
11:59 am
mkg

hi all.any clues for bottomr row i word? ty.
12:00 pm
penquis

it's il 4/9...
12:00 pm
hokie carla

i 4/9
12:01 pm
moolingwa

oh, another c
12:02 pm
hokie carla

crazy
12:04 pm
mkg

ty
12:04 pm
moolingwa

mostly 5s left
12:05 pm
hokie carla

0-3-4-4
12:05 pm
moolingwa

1-5-2-1
12:05 pm
mkg

got it.
12:06 pm
mkg

how about top row E word? is that also a tricky 4?
12:06 pm
penquis

en 5/10....
12:06 pm
moolingwa

not if you got to college :)
12:06 pm
hokie carla

alt sp of a normal word - en5
12:07 pm
mkg

ty carola
12:07 pm
moolingwa

ah, a 5
12:07 pm
penquis

stalled at 23...taking a break...bye all....
12:07 pm
moolingwa

seeya pen
12:07 pm
moolingwa

R M CCC LL S
12:08 pm
hokie carla

bye pen!
12:09 pm
moolingwa

cerulean would've been nice
12:09 pm
mkg

that en 5 is tricky indeed. ty.
12:13 pm
moolingwa

ah, found my last m
12:14 pm
hokie carla

magnifico
12:14 pm
moolingwa

actually, the last two words I've found rhymed
12:15 pm
hokie carla

what do you think my missing 2nd col E is?
12:15 pm
moolingwa

e6
12:15 pm
hokie carla

another good guess and correct again
12:15 pm
hokie carla

2nd letter?
12:15 pm
moolingwa

I'm winning it all today
12:15 pm
moolingwa

el6
12:15 pm
hokie carla

it's like shooting fish in a barrel though
12:16 pm
moolingwa

I would never do that
12:16 pm
moolingwa

while I have fired guns in the past, I'm not pro gun...and I certainly wouldn't use one to kill anything
12:17 pm
hokie carla

but you've heard of idioms? :D
12:17 pm
mkg

i have never fired a real gun. no desire to ever do so
12:17 pm
moolingwa

:)
12:17 pm
hokie carla

I have fired guns but only at targets
12:17 pm
moolingwa

I wonder why they're called idioms
12:17 pm
hokie carla

good question
12:17 pm
hokie carla

how many points is this el6 and why can't I find it
12:18 pm
moolingwa

apparently if comes from latin via french, to mean a peculiarity in language
12:18 pm
moolingwa

and it all seems to have stemmed from greek
12:18 pm
moolingwa

it's all greek to me
12:27 pm
hokie carla

ooh, found 2 R's
12:28 pm
hokie carla

0-3-3-3
12:28 pm
hokie carla

RR E CCCC LL
12:39 pm
dauber

I'm struggling with that el6 too.
12:40 pm
hokie carla

do you know how many points?
12:41 pm
moolingwa

el6/21
12:42 pm
hokie carla

normal or weirdo?
12:43 pm
moolingwa

well I've never used the word, it's a bit silly
12:43 pm
moolingwa

found my last 7
12:43 pm
moolingwa

1-3-2
12:44 pm
hokie carla

as easy as A-C-B
12:44 pm
Flask1

hi all....clue please for the lone I word?
12:44 pm
moolingwa

that seems to be a popular ask today
12:44 pm
hokie carla

oh duh, found the el6
12:44 pm
moolingwa

i4 flask
12:45 pm
hokie carla

thanks for the silly hint
12:45 pm
moolingwa

you're welcome, kind of topical in some senses given our previous conversation
12:45 pm
Flask1

ilem
12:46 pm
Flask1

sorry!
12:46 pm
moolingwa

you can type as many phonies as you like :)
12:47 pm
Flask1

lol
12:47 pm
moolingwa

ilem, first person of ylem and xylem
12:48 pm
moolingwa

or perhaps a common greeting used by people who go by the name of "Lem"
12:49 pm
moolingwa

found my last r
12:49 pm
moolingwa

CCC L S
12:50 pm
moolingwa

sercle - illiterate alternate spelling for circle
12:50 pm
dauber

good cripes, that el6 is killing me...
12:51 pm
moolingwa

you know how some trees are just kind of basic versions of the tree, and others are more like those trees ;)
12:51 pm
Flask1

I dunno what it is but I have every 4 letter combo I can think of.....
12:51 pm
hokie carla

9 points
12:51 pm
moolingwa

probably need to expand your horizons there a little flask
12:52 pm
moolingwa

So fun story, I spent 4 hours in the lawyer's office yesterday
12:52 pm
Shirlockc

i protest that el word
12:52 pm
Shirlockc

it's knot natural
12:52 pm
moolingwa

well it works for ash and oak :)
12:52 pm
dauber

OMG, that is such a DUMB WORD.
12:52 pm
dauber

Thanks, moo.
12:52 pm
moolingwa

are you being specist?
12:52 pm
Shirlockc

i wooden have ever thought of that
12:53 pm
hokie carla

more trees
12:53 pm
moolingwa

well knock on wood, you'll remember it next time
12:53 pm
dauber

Okay, let's see if I can get Lewdle in under six clues...
12:53 pm
moolingwa

doesn't work for birch
12:54 pm
Flask1

I was told its an I4....is this wrong??
12:54 pm
moolingwa

and for sure, does not work with sequoia
12:54 pm
moolingwa

maybe it's only british trees
12:55 pm
dauber

It's definitely an i4.
12:55 pm
dauber

Wait, capital I or lower-case L?
12:55 pm
moolingwa

I
12:56 pm
moolingwa

she's asking about the I on the bottom
12:57 pm
dauber

Oh...yeah. Definitely four letters.
12:57 pm
moolingwa

yeah, good scrabble word too by the way, because it can take an s on the front as well
12:59 pm
dauber

On an unrelated note...*cough cough*....I moved to New Jersey in 1998. I became a former resident of the Prairie State.
12:59 pm
moolingwa

I've lived on either side of NJ
12:59 pm
dauber

(I'm in Chicago now though!)
1:00 pm
moolingwa

I've also lived there
1:00 pm
dauber

But I just thought that Flask1 would like to know that in 1998 I was a FORMER resident of THE PRAIRIE STATE. :)
1:01 pm
moolingwa

also sounds like a name for an online dictionary
1:01 pm
dauber

Ooooooooh....yep.
1:01 pm
moolingwa

or maybe how superman's arch nemesis introduces himself to someone new
1:01 pm
dauber

Well, got my FW, solved Lewdle in 4, dog wants out, and I have to get back for work. :) Have fun, folks!
1:02 pm
moolingwa

enjoy, and congrats
1:03 pm
hokie carla

congrats
1:04 pm
hokie carla

wait, 4 hours in a lawyers office?
1:05 pm
hokie carla

well just found 2 normal C words
1:05 pm
hokie carla

they're so mean
1:05 pm
hokie carla

RR CC LL 0-2-2-2
1:56 pm
periwinkle

hi all el6 please
2:40 pm
Gillie

It's based on a tree
2:42 pm
periwinkle

ty Gillie
2:44 pm
periwinkle

re7 pls
3:43 pm
WoolyChris

It’s a plural of a 6 - all the people you count on are re7