Thursday, July 23, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:01 am
Rainiqui

Hi everyone
12:01 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:01 am
Rainiqui

same
12:03 am
justafreep

happy flip!
12:09 am
ursh

hello all
12:12 am
Gillie

Hey all - lo7
12:13 am
Gillie

I hope nobody's been put off calling the long ones. Even when I'm not having much luck finding them for myself, I enjoy trying to find the ones other people have called.
12:16 am
cybernan

only found one 7 so far -- hi everyone
12:17 am
Gillie

ei7
12:17 am
Gillie

(weird one)
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:19 am
MetFan

ty lickety
12:19 am
justafreep

thanks, lickety
12:20 am
justafreep

And Gillie - I'd be calling 'em if I was seeing 'em!
12:20 am
Gillie

Yeah - this grid's a bit sticky
12:20 am
cybernan

drawing a blank on the ei
12:21 am
MetFan

Most I've gotten is a 6
12:21 am
justafreep

Yeah. I have the 7 thanks to Gillie, but just some 6s... and not really that many at this point
12:22 am
Gillie

The ei7 is from Greek, means "unsubstantial image"
12:22 am
cybernan

the only one I have is lo 7
12:22 am
justafreep

co7
12:26 am
cybernan

ma 8
12:26 am
Gillie

well, I'm off - good babbling everyone
12:26 am
justafreep

night, gillie
12:26 am
cybernan

bye gillie
12:27 am
MetFan

Thanks for that 8, nan
12:27 am
rastapopolous

oooh - mr Beeblebrox, though spelled a little differntly...
12:28 am
cybernan

are we supposed to know who mr bebblebrox is?
12:28 am
rastapopolous

Some might - hitchhikers guide fans
12:33 am
dizgrannie

hi all, nbt/nbs, le 8/9
12:42 am
cybernan

I'm done with this. Too tired to chase after unknown words
12:45 am
justafreep

night, nan
1:00 am
dizgrannie

un 8
1:11 am
dizgrannie

re 8
1:29 am
worzel

If you can have oodles of fun surely you can have one oodle of fun lol
1:46 am
MetFan

Only half done and I'm getting cross-eyed from this. Calling it a nite.
4:55 am
bubba218

Done!!
4:57 am
ursh

yay bubba - 5 left here
5:10 am
ChampFit

an7
5:33 am
ivesyj

clue for the le 8 if anyone has it
5:49 am
ivesyj

and for the un 8 too plz
6:19 am
markbowers7

apparently "oodle" is not a word...
6:55 am
dromano66

un is one plus co/5
7:02 am
dromano66

uniplusco/5
7:10 am
ivesyj

ty!
7:37 am
rururocks

ntpn character who gave a finger for you
7:57 am
hurshy

Frodo
7:57 am
rururocks

ding ding ding
7:57 am
rururocks

one ring of power for hurshy
7:58 am
hurshy

i'll pass, and remain galadriel
8:00 am
hurshy

well i've got 8 top A and really running out of ideas for what else to try there
8:00 am
hurshy

oh wait there's one more
8:01 am
hurshy

NOW i'm out of ideas
8:03 am
rururocks

i'll start the a.. i've been working on other letters
8:05 am
hurshy

this whole top row is kinda hard
8:05 am
rururocks

you have an af6?
8:05 am
hurshy

no
8:06 am
rururocks

where you find a baseball player
8:07 am
hurshy

ty
8:08 am
hurshy

i prefer my water uniced, that should be a word
8:08 am
rururocks

i have all those a's from the top row now
8:09 am
hurshy

are the rest an?
8:10 am
rururocks

yes.. starting with an an7
8:10 am
hurshy

have that
8:10 am
hurshy

then a 4, then 5 that are all sort of similar, then a pair, then butthole
8:10 am
rururocks

there's a az4 too
8:11 am
hurshy

ok then not yes lol
8:11 am
hurshy

ty
8:14 am
hurshy

do you have both Z? i have za6
8:14 am
rururocks

top row greyed out for me now
8:14 am
rururocks

yes.. country in africa and crazier
8:15 am
rururocks

or sillier
8:15 am
hurshy

ahh i always forget that that counts
8:15 am
hurshy

ok so i only have un4 for the u :(
8:16 am
rururocks

un5 and un8
8:18 am
hurshy

got the 8!!
8:18 am
hurshy

ty
8:18 am
hurshy

is the five un- as a prefix or something weird, or what
8:19 am
rururocks

to bring together
8:19 am
hurshy

ahh totally overlooked that ending possibility!
8:21 am
hurshy

phantom: edifice
8:21 am
phaeton

hi....stats for third column i pls
8:21 am
rururocks

in7 x 2
8:22 am
hurshy

that's the fourth col
8:22 am
hurshy

but maybe that's what phae meant anyway
8:22 am
phaeton

no...you are right
8:24 am
phaeton

I need 4th column i
8:24 am
hurshy

well that's what he clued :)
8:24 am
phaeton

ty
8:25 am
hurshy

sometimes two wrongs DO make a right i guess
8:29 am
hurshy

left col grey!
8:30 am
rururocks

first three columns are grey for me
8:30 am
rururocks

:D
8:31 am
hurshy

you're so fancy
8:33 am
rururocks

not so fancy with the m though
8:33 am
origami

Show off 😊
8:33 am
hurshy

haven't tried the M, i'm trying to vanquish the vowels
8:34 am
rururocks

look what the cat dragged in
8:34 am
origami

:D
8:41 am
rururocks

got all the m's now
8:48 am
hokie carla

ugh, starting with that A
8:49 am
hokie carla

oh, just found a bunch
8:53 am
hokie carla

ugh, the U. vowel obstruction today.
8:54 am
rururocks

the c is giving me some trouble
8:54 am
hokie carla

hadn't even noticed a c yet
8:59 am
hokie carla

I am barely getting half on tiles. only found 1 U. I am unfooled there are others.
9:01 am
rururocks

finished here.
9:02 am
rururocks

:D smug look
9:02 am
hokie carla

congrats
9:02 am
hokie carla

182 left here
9:02 am
rururocks

not an easy grid today
9:02 am
origami

Nice, ru
9:02 am
hokie carla

doesn't seem to be but I'm still working on my coffee
9:03 am
rururocks

you buy special coffee hokie?
9:03 am
hokie carla

no
9:14 am
rururocks

my friend staying here in a few weeks buys gluten free coffee
9:15 am
rururocks

she's a true GF person though, gets really sick.
9:15 am
origami

Coffee doesn't have gluten.
9:18 am
rururocks

I don't know.> I'll have to ask her.. she is super careful.
9:22 am
hokie carla

it shouldn't have gluten
9:22 am
hokie carla

some flavored coffees have "artificial flavors" which can hide gluten.
9:22 am
origami

Flavored beans might, but plain roasted coffee beans wouldn't
9:22 am
hokie carla

we just buy dunkin donuts in the grocery store
9:23 am
hokie carla

one time I called the number on krispy kreme's coffee and was told "none of our products are gluten free"
9:37 am
hokie carla

mmm, cremini
9:37 am
BzznBea

Hello friends.
9:37 am
hokie carla

bea!
9:37 am
BzznBea

Carla, are you getting lots of rain?
9:38 am
origami

Hi bea
9:38 am
hokie carla

not right now. I heard some last night. need to get a new rain gauge.
9:39 am
hokie carla

looked like you were getting more
9:39 am
BzznBea

Looks like Bertha has stalled over us. I hope we get some more rain.
9:42 am
BzznBea

Ori, how is your summer?
9:45 am
hokie carla

getting lots of red boxes here
9:46 am
hokie carla

81 left and nowhere near HOET. TTFN
9:49 am
kim m

Help with the un8 please?
9:49 am
BzznBea

Yes, red boxes here too
9:49 am
phaeton

fine here in midwest
9:52 am
BzznBea

un8 - is all one shade
9:53 am
kim m

Duh. Thx Bea
9:53 am
BzznBea

yw
9:58 am
Trifioso

hello friends.
9:58 am
Trifioso

hoping babble will distract me today
9:59 am
BzznBea

I hope all is well, trif.
10:00 am
Trifioso

waiting to hear if I made it to the next round of a job interview. Said they would tell us all by tuesday. Have not heard a peep
10:05 am
BzznBea

I see why you need the distraction. Hopefully, you will hear good news.
10:05 am
Shirlockc

good luck Trif, what's the job?
10:05 am
Trifioso

thank you. If it is not where the universe wants me, then fine. Would be good to know, though is all.

Well, not fine. But I will survive. I always do.
10:06 am
Trifioso

teaching junior and senior english at a very nice high school.
10:06 am
Trifioso

a permanent position, rather than the long term sub roles I have been doing for years.
10:06 am
Shirlockc

did you tell about all the words you know thru babble? lol
10:06 am
phaeton

in7?
10:07 am
Trifioso

I am not particularly good at waiting
10:09 am
phaeton

I have the unfaithful one
10:10 am
BzznBea

The other one where the short stop plays.
10:10 am
Shirlockc

i tried the unfaithful one without the in, it should have worked
10:15 am
Trifioso

is the unfaithful one like the former cuban guy?
10:23 am
periwinkle

goood luck Trif. I hope you get the position
10:23 am
periwinkle

hello all
10:23 am
periwinkle

another tough grid
10:26 am
Trifioso

thanks all.
10:27 am
Book Doctor Gwen

Babble Before Breakfast, hi all
10:27 am
periwinkle

le8/9 please
10:41 am
ursh

le 8/9 sounds like blood cancer but with a C not a K
10:42 am
Shirlockc

great clue, thx ursh
10:43 am
cybernan

ty ursh - good clue. Been lurking - good morning everyone.
10:44 am
cybernan

Had planned to spend the morning in the garden (lots of dead heading to do) but am house bound by the smoke instead.
10:46 am
Shirlockc

stats for the lone N in the corner please?
10:47 am
Book Doctor Gwen

ty fo the LE8, ursh!
10:47 am
hokie carla

n4/4
10:48 am
Shirlockc

🙄
10:48 am
Shirlockc

thx hokie
10:48 am
hokie carla

thanks for those L's. never would've gotten that.
10:49 am
hokie carla

well, I couldn't find it earlier, shirl
10:49 am
cybernan

third col. e please?
10:52 am
BzznBea

I have ed5 and ei7
10:53 am
ursh

ed 5/22
10:54 am
marilyn992

thanks for the ed, gave me a de5 too
10:54 am
hokie carla

thanks, got the 5. tell me more about the 7
10:55 am
Book Doctor Gwen

ty, got the ed5
10:56 am
cybernan

also got the 5, ty - a normal word even!
10:56 am
Book Doctor Gwen

phantom endorfin (yeah i know it's spelled wrong)
10:58 am
Book Doctor Gwen

ooooh, monkeyed the ei7
10:58 am
cybernan

clue please?
10:59 am
Book Doctor Gwen

ei + consonant + most of your large intestine
10:59 am
BzznBea

ends in old film star chaney
10:59 am
cybernan

ty gwen
11:00 am
Book Doctor Gwen

8 - D
11:03 am
cybernan

off to breakfast - 100 for when (if) I return
11:04 am
Book Doctor Gwen

nbt at last, 120 to go
11:06 am
hokie carla

I think finally HOET here. 72 left.
11:08 am
hurshy

good job all
11:09 am
hurshy

definitely finding this a difficult grid
11:10 am
hokie carla

I think ruru said it was for him, which is all I need to know
11:11 am
hurshy

yeah
11:11 am
hurshy

nime
11:11 am
hurshy

scuse me
11:12 am
hurshy

ooh just found a nice nu7
11:12 am
hokie carla

thanks
11:12 am
72 Temple Owl

sunami
11:12 am
hokie carla

nice try
11:14 am
hurshy

name that proper noun! city with Big Ben
11:14 am
hokie carla

london
11:14 am
hurshy

ding ding ding!!!
11:15 am
hokie carla

my bff is in london right now visiting her daughter who's on a study thing. she sent me a pic and said "Grace and Ben". well, I was confused because my son is Ben. Then I saw Big Ben.
11:17 am
Book Doctor Gwen

lol
11:17 am
hurshy

:D
11:22 am
hurshy

and ruru said M was bad and yes it is
11:23 am
Book Doctor Gwen

i still don't have half the Ms (only 12)
11:23 am
hokie carla

i only have 14
11:24 am
hokie carla

I don't have anything weird or abnormal here
11:24 am
hokie carla

there is ma5 that looks like what you look at at restaurants
11:25 am
bichon

ty carla
11:26 am
hokie carla

just found me6 - wool or target brand
11:28 am
hokie carla

oh, just found ma8 that you get at a salon
11:28 am
Book Doctor Gwen

almost have america lol
11:29 am
hokie carla

funny how that came about in my mind - like I was making up a word
11:29 am
Book Doctor Gwen

Ty for ma8
11:30 am
Book Doctor Gwen

crap, don't have nbt yet, missing one little bugger
11:30 am
hokie carla

68 left now. time to get ready for golf. gonna try to get in some holes before the big rain.
11:31 am
Book Doctor Gwen

you can golf while you boggle!
11:32 am
Shirlockc

this is a tough grid
11:33 am
Shirlockc

can you clue that nu7 hurshy?
11:33 am
Book Doctor Gwen

nu7/40, an adjective, having to do with math and stuff
11:34 am
mrloser

not alphabetic but nu7
11:34 am
bichon

ty Gwen
11:34 am
Shirlockc

thx hurshy
11:34 am
Shirlockc

and gwen
11:34 am
Book Doctor Gwen

(!) and a good clue, mrloser
11:35 am
Book Doctor Gwen

phantom celadon
11:36 am
Book Doctor Gwen

getting stuck with 101 to go. fo4 break
11:47 am
hurshy

sorry i'm at work so kind of in and out
11:49 am
hurshy

one M that people might miss is a kind of sheep/wool
11:50 am
BzznBea

That's the one Carla clued, i think.
11:50 am
hurshy

oh sorry i didn't read all the chats carefully
11:54 am
bichon

great clues. Keep it up!
12:04 pm
bichon

za 5/22, pls
12:04 pm
hurshy

former name of DRC, and name of its currency
12:11 pm
hurshy

well thank goodness for MW
12:13 pm
bichon

tyvm hurshy
12:16 pm
hurshy

i see ivesy had asked for a clue for LE8 and didn't get one - that's what was thanking goodness for MW about. take the blood/bone marrow cancer and replace the hard spiky letter with a letter that sometimes sounds like it, though it wouldn't in this case according to the normal rules of english pronunciation
12:18 pm
hurshy

oh there WAS a clue later
12:18 pm
hurshy

oh well
12:20 pm
TQ

Hurshy the 9 is that one pluraled
12:20 pm
hurshy

yes, i know
12:20 pm
TQ

I didnt have either until you clued
12:20 pm
hurshy

:)
12:21 pm
hurshy

we sometimes take plurals for granted around here when cluing lol
12:21 pm
hurshy

they probably complain to their friends about it
12:22 pm
TQ

Nothing like a good complain!
12:23 pm
hurshy

90% done!
12:27 pm
hurshy

so as far as i can see the 8s that have been called are LE8, MA8, RE8, and UN8
12:27 pm
hurshy

anyone have one or both of the other 2?
12:34 pm
BzznBea

co8.50
12:34 pm
hurshy

is it related to the 6 and 7 drug words?
12:35 pm
BzznBea

yes
12:36 pm
hurshy

thank you!
12:58 pm
hurshy

any SM or SU words?
1:00 pm
BzznBea

no
1:00 pm
hurshy

hmm ok
1:01 pm
hurshy

name that proper noun! he had a show with son
1:04 pm
BzznBea

found fr8.65
1:04 pm
hurshy

oooooo
1:05 pm
hurshy

hint?
1:06 pm
BzznBea

French dissident
1:07 pm
hurshy

thanks, not sure i knew that word
1:07 pm
hurshy

ok bbl
1:42 pm
periwinkle

no idea re the fr8
1:47 pm
periwinkle

ma8 please
1:55 pm
periwinkle

found fr8 ty. scrabbled dictionary def is : rebel
2:05 pm
MetFan

ma 8 is what you do to fingernails
2:32 pm
ivesyj

tks met!
2:39 pm
MetFan

yw
3:42 pm
periwinkle

ty Met
4:19 pm
ivesyj

clue for the last de 5 plz
4:20 pm
ivesyj

oops got it lol