Monday, October 19, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:05 am
Rainiqui

Hi everyone
12:05 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:05 am
dizgrannie

hi all
12:08 am
harpjane

hello
12:09 am
harpjane

found a feline
12:11 am
dizgrannie

sa 7
12:12 am
Robespierre

Hello! Here’s hoping today’s grid is a bit more forgiving than yesterday’s!
12:15 am
mkg

CA7
12:16 am
Robespierre

cu 8
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:19 am
MetFan

TY Lickety
12:24 am
dizgrannie

nbt...just need a 9
12:28 am
dizgrannie

nbt/nbs...ha 9...think dinosaurs
12:32 am
Gillie

mi7
12:43 am
dizgrannie

he 8 and 9
1:01 am
Robespierre

Thanks for those h 9s. Neither of them are words I’d ever heard of before.
2:34 am
dizgrannie

geez, just got an st 6/33
5:20 am
ivesyj

thats what im looking for ! clue plz??
5:24 am
FrenchToast

ivey it's ends with the high point tile
5:26 am
ivesyj

got it ty french!
5:27 am
ChampFit

I've never seen that before! Thanks FT!
5:27 am
FrenchToast

Yeah it's a weird one
5:27 am
ChampFit

Plants or international currency get me every time!
5:29 am
Atalante

omg the ha9 <3
5:31 am
FrenchToast

does it build off the ha4 /ha5 before it?
5:33 am
FrenchToast

Haha never mind, I found it.
6:18 am
FrenchToast

I love when I type in a word but I make a typo, but it turns out to be a word. Haaahahahahhaa
7:14 am
FrenchToast

Weirdest word: st7,32
8:05 am
pabtrek

hu
8:41 am
phaeton

hu to you too pab
8:42 am
hurshy

well it's not haphazard, whatever it is (ha9) :(
8:43 am
hurshy

that would be such a cool word to get in a grid
8:43 am
phaeton

stats for the corner E?
8:43 am
hurshy

ex4 and 5
8:44 am
phaeton

ty
8:44 am
ChampFit

hursh...dizgrannie clued it at 12:18 the ha9
8:45 am
hurshy

tx
8:46 am
hurshy

off to work, ttfn
8:57 am
mkg

is the ha 9 two words? ty
8:58 am
BzznBea

one
8:58 am
Atalante

it's a bit of a dinosaur
8:59 am
Atalante

though actually ....
9:00 am
mkg

searching. ty
9:01 am
mkg

i got it! ty.
9:01 am
Atalante

how are there 19 Ss from the right hand S
9:01 am
mkg

just luck.
9:02 am
FrenchToast

I have them all Ata, if you need a clue lol
9:02 am
FrenchToast

There are a LOT of sc words
9:04 am
Atalante

so I see :)
9:46 am
phaeton

clue for the os9?
9:47 am
BzznBea

act of shunning, excluding
9:47 am
phaeton

ty
9:47 am
BzznBea

yw
9:52 am
ChampFit

fantastic clue bea!
10:06 am
BzznBea

Thanks!
10:09 am
bichon

tyvm Bea
10:15 am
godthaab

French beavers in the grid!!!
10:20 am
FrenchToast

OMG is that what ca5 oil is made from?
10:20 am
FrenchToast

GROSS
10:20 am
FrenchToast

No wonder it stinks so bad
10:21 am
penquis

no, it's made from a plant...
10:21 am
BzznBea

The oil is made from beans
10:21 am
penquis

seeds actualy....
10:21 am
FrenchToast

Oh okay
10:21 am
penquis

seeds from a castor bean plant...i looked it up...
10:23 am
BzznBea

Thats the word.
10:30 am
FrenchToast

My fav veg is in the grid
10:31 am
BzznBea

We eat a lot of them too.
10:31 am
FrenchToast

I love them cooked with a honey mustard glaze
10:35 am
Gobias

I haven't gotten to the veg yet... but you had me at honey mustard glaze!
10:36 am
FrenchToast

Wheeeeeee Fireworks
10:37 am
FrenchToast

Clues needed before I go?
10:57 am
rururocks

no veggies here either but i found an os9
10:58 am
montreal13

thanks ru !
11:00 am
MollyL

I love the vegetable mentioned but I don't care for mustard on anything but ham and hot dogs.
11:00 am
MollyL

Oh, and hot mustard with egg rolls.
11:00 am
rururocks

mustard in salad dressings is nice
11:01 am
BzznBea

Whole grain mustard in my deviled eggs.
11:06 am
MollyL

Oh I put mustard in things like deviled eggs and baked beans. I was thinking of mustard on things.
11:19 am
rururocks

several h's i've not seen before
11:19 am
mattygroves

All I could think of was parsnip, but obvs not that...
11:20 am
BzznBea

You will slap yourself with a fish when you find it.
11:21 am
periwinkle2

hi all not getting the dinosaur clue for the ha9
11:21 am
BzznBea

You have the first two and the last four...
11:22 am
periwinkle2

"??
11:23 am
BzznBea

Look at the words in your post.
11:23 am
periwinkle2

ok looking
11:24 am
MollyL

Peri, think of the 4 letters that are in most dinosaur names
11:26 am
mattygroves

Aaah - I had the veg all along - we don't really eat them (or call them that) here - though we do have sugary spuds (if you catch my drift). I thought it would be something longer :)
11:28 am
BzznBea

Brits don't eat ca7?
11:28 am
MollyL

Why not?
11:28 am
mattygroves

Wait, I was thinking of ya4 - is there something else I'm missing?
11:29 am
BzznBea

ca6/7
11:29 am
mattygroves

Yes. Yes there was
11:29 am
mattygroves

Fish time.
11:29 am
mattygroves

Yeah, we eat lots of those :D. Hasn't helped my eyesight, sadly ;)
11:29 am
BzznBea

lol
11:32 am
MollyL

I thought I had seen ca7 on many a British table in TV shows.
11:34 am
mattygroves

So we have TWO root vegetables that are good with honey and mustard in the grid
11:35 am
rururocks

i've never put mustard on ya4's
11:36 am
MollyL

Me either. I like them with brown sugar and butter.
11:36 am
BzznBea

and a sprinkle of nutmeg or cinnamon
11:36 am
rururocks

just butter for me.. they're plenty sweet
11:37 am
MollyL

Plus you are always watching your girlish figure 😊
11:37 am
BzznBea

I do a lot of smashed sweet potatoes.
11:38 am
rururocks

well if you had the metabolism of a sloth like I do...
11:39 am
MollyL

After menopause and thyroid removal I have no metabolism at all. Looking at food puts weight on me.
11:40 am
rururocks

just s's to go now
11:41 am
rururocks

I know I eat a leaf of lettuce and gain a pound.. it sucks
11:42 am
cybernan

good morning all
11:42 am
rururocks

hi nan
11:43 am
cybernan

ho ru - no storms your way I hope
11:43 am
rururocks

no..been nice weather here mostly
11:45 am
rururocks

went swimming yesterday
11:45 am
rururocks

and the day before
11:45 am
cybernan

a little chilly for that here now even though the water is still warmer than the air
11:48 am
periwinkle2

finally got the ha9 help with he8/9 please
11:48 am
periwinkle2

ruru and Molly do you exercise?
11:49 am
rururocks

i do.. i walk and swim.
11:49 am
cybernan

isn't exercise a 4 letter word?
11:49 am
MollyL

i walk
11:49 am
rururocks

but my pool will be shutting down soon for the winter
11:50 am
periwinkle2

found the he8/9
11:50 am
rururocks

although walking around here is dangerous
11:51 am
MollyL

Crime?
11:51 am
Kaplan the Magne

I'm having mobility problems that limit my ability to walk
11:51 am
Kaplan the Magne

Sucks
11:51 am
rururocks

no.. there's a walking trail but also speeding bikes use it. I got plowed into recently on the trail walking with a friend and ended up in the hospital
11:52 am
cybernan

doesn't someone who begins beore everyone else have a he 9?
11:52 am
periwinkle2

lone D please
11:52 am
periwinkle2

not lliking this grid
11:52 am
cybernan

guess it is 2 words
11:52 am
MollyL

Don't get me started on idiots on bicycles
11:53 am
periwinkle2

nm got the D
11:53 am
Kaplan the Magne

Mei neither. They just changed some roads in my very congested city to favor bikers and make it harder to drive. Idiocy.
11:54 am
periwinkle2

they changed a road near me too to favor bikers. it was a a nice short cut for me
11:55 am
cybernan

bikers certainly have the right of way here --- bicyle lanes added everywhere -- surely there other things more important for the taxpayer dollar to pay for
11:56 am
hurshy

hello
11:56 am
periwinkle2

hi hurshy
11:56 am
hurshy

oh no, periwinkle2? did you lose access to your original account??
11:56 am
Kaplan the Magne

It was the easiest way to get from Somerville to Cambridge, and go to the supermarket and CVS in the shopping center. This will isolate me more. I've been driving a certain route for decades and it is altered so there is gridlock in another place, and I have to go a half mile out of my way
11:57 am
periwinkle2

I needed to change my email address and it would not let me use periwinkle
11:57 am
BzznBea

Nan, the ha9 is not two words. It is a prehistoric animal. Lots of clues sprinkled in the chat.
11:57 am
hurshy

hmm weird
11:57 am
Kaplan the Magne

Not everyone can bike. But we are officially a bike friendly city. Sucks when you are a senior.
11:58 am
cybernan

is the he 8-9 a compound?
11:58 am
periwinkle2

yes both common words
11:58 am
cybernan

just came on board be - guess I need to download the chat log
12:00 pm
hurshy

phantom: curtsy
12:00 pm
MollyL

The two words that make up the 8/9 are common words. The 8/9 are not
12:01 pm
hurshy

hey look at that, i just found ca6 and i am EATING a ca6 RIGHT NOW
12:03 pm
hurshy

are there any ci words today?
12:03 pm
rururocks

no
12:03 pm
hurshy

mk, thanks
12:03 pm
cybernan

tried everything bginning with the noggin, so must be something else.
12:04 pm
BzznBea

I need a clue for the st6.33, please?
12:06 pm
hurshy

rhymes with the seuss character who speaks for the trees
12:07 pm
cybernan

must have come along after my kids finished with Seuss
12:07 pm
rururocks

st** not go + yes in spanish and not dad
12:08 pm
cybernan

stop isnt in the grid
12:08 pm
rururocks

like a dog command nan
12:08 pm
hurshy

you are cluing a different word
12:08 pm
BzznBea

That's the other word you need for that he8/9 combo, nan
12:08 pm
rururocks

oh ooops
12:08 pm
LuvWordGames

ends with what you chop wood with
12:08 pm
rururocks

sorry
12:09 pm
rururocks

my mistake... not awake I guess
12:09 pm
hurshy

ruru's is 7/32 and you have to drop the Y from it
12:09 pm
cybernan

ty hurshy
12:10 pm
rururocks

I meant to add drop the sometimes vowel
12:12 pm
cybernan

not even half way and have had enough of this!
12:14 pm
hurshy

any SM, SN, or Si ?
12:14 pm
BzznBea

si
12:14 pm
hurshy

ah thanks, i tried that as an SY instead
12:15 pm
BzznBea

Finally got the st6. Thanks Luv.
12:15 pm
LuvWordGames

:-)
12:18 pm
BzznBea

If I should go missing, look in the freezer. Just kidding. Lots going on here and something needs to be paused. Babble isn't a must for now. But, I will be back.
12:19 pm
ch1212

Take care Bzzn.
12:19 pm
hurshy

back to work, ttfn!
12:36 pm
Kaplan the Magne

If I can just find the 4 letter words I'll be content. I have only 63 of them. There are so many phantoms.
12:36 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Someone tell Dr God that he threw the letters down in the wrong way today
12:38 pm
Kaplan the Magne

Its all pig-latin
1:09 pm
bichon

he 5/24, pls
1:10 pm
bichon

nm
1:15 pm
hurshy

phantom: daisy
1:17 pm
hurshy

phantom: mayhap
2:30 pm
therealblah

we need one more Y for mayday or payday
3:57 pm
hurshy

i need one more 7. have: ca, cu, mi, sa, st. anyone got the other one?
3:59 pm
welki

there are two mi7s
3:59 pm
hurshy

ahh interesting
3:59 pm
hurshy

thanks! got it!
4:00 pm
welki

:)
4:00 pm
welki

14 left here and it's slow going
4:41 pm
Kaplan the Magne

This is a not fun grid for me, anyway.
4:41 pm
Kaplan the Magne

But I came back and found two words.
4:43 pm
Kaplan the Magne

sometimes you take a break and come back later and see more stuff. Mostly fish, but still- I would just like to get the 4 letter woprds
4:44 pm
bichon

ha 9, pls
4:47 pm
movieman

a type of dinosaur bich
4:59 pm
hokie carla

oh, that's a nice one
5:22 pm
hokie carla

I see a small town in SW Virginia in the grid. would be absolutely shocked if anyone gets it.
5:32 pm
penquis

hello all....
5:32 pm
hokie carla

pen!
5:33 pm
penquis

carla!
5:33 pm
hokie carla

once again the S's are a struggle
5:34 pm
penquis

well i listed at 40...
5:34 pm
hokie carla

43 left here. 9 + 5 on the S
5:36 pm
hokie carla

need 7 P too and am tired of looking
5:37 pm
penquis

missing 7 plus 5 of the Ss and 8 of the Ps....
5:38 pm
penquis

some weird words here...
5:39 pm
penquis

i do like this updated Expert...
5:41 pm
MollyL

Haysi
5:44 pm
penquis

i am assuming that means something...
5:44 pm
MollyL

The answer to Carla's small town question
5:45 pm
penquis

ah, ok...
5:45 pm
penquis

spent time in Charlottesville a long time ago, but didn't really get to the SW part of the state...
5:47 pm
redturtlehead

Cast
5:47 pm
redturtlehead

Cuts
5:47 pm
penquis

yup...
5:47 pm
redturtlehead

Sorry
5:48 pm
penquis

no problem...been there, done that...
6:00 pm
Trifioso

hello friends. So I have seen the he9 listed as two common words stuck together to form a not so common word. Im still looking, but wonder why the 9 letter word for letting someone begin a race before someone else is not an accepted word?
6:01 pm
penquis

it's two words....the one word version is used in advertising and such, but it's not proper usage....i looked it up....
6:01 pm
Trifioso

thank you penquis. Given my years in education, I was thinking of the early ed program too....
6:01 pm
hpb

Think of holding the [root word] in place
6:02 pm
Trifioso

that did it, hpb, thank you!
6:02 pm
penquis

it's part of a sailing craft....
6:02 pm
hpb

aha
6:02 pm
Trifioso

ah. I thought perhaps millinery