Saturday, November 7, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
Rainiqui

Hi everyone
12:00 am
MetFan

Howdy all - another manageable one
12:00 am
dizgrannie

hi all
12:02 am
ursh

hello all
12:17 am
MetFan

oy this one's like pulling teeth!!
12:17 am
CiociaJudy

Cr7
12:18 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up, today has serious potential!
12:18 am
MetFan

TY Lickety
12:18 am
dcseain

thanks, Lickety
12:18 am
dizgrannie

but Metfan you mention it was managable LOL
12:18 am
MetFan

Manageable in SIZE, DC
12:20 am
MetFan

Sorry, grannie
12:22 am
Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, co 8
12:26 am
dizgrannie

nbt/nbs, co 8
12:26 am
dizgrannie

co 8 x 2
12:28 am
dizgrannie

Rain, change the last letter to an L
12:30 am
dizgrannie

co 8 x 3
12:30 am
Rainiqui

There are 3 co 8's
12:31 am
dizgrannie

1stand 2nd co 8
1:58 am
MetFan

FWs - Love the fireworks graphics on the Babble Expert. Feels more of an accomplishment. If no one needs clues, this poof is poofing.
5:30 am
ChampFit

Phantom: recipe
7:30 am
Scrabbler

Phantom: cornucopia
7:32 am
72 Temple Owl

extension of the italian horn...
7:33 am
Scrabbler

Hi Owl. Is that a clue?
7:34 am
72 Temple Owl

yep
7:38 am
phaeton

single N stats pls
7:39 am
Scrabbler

I don't have it
7:41 am
72 Temple Owl

not there yet
7:41 am
Scrabbler

I passed halfway so am done. I found no 7s or 8s.Enjoy the day.
7:48 am
ursh

nu 4/5
7:50 am
phaeton

ty ursh
7:51 am
phaeton

right side E stats
7:55 am
ursh

en 6/21 - 4/4 - 5/12
7:56 am
ursh

ec 4/6
7:57 am
phaeton

ty
8:01 am
phaeton

phantom: uncle
8:07 am
hokie carla

ha!, I just came on and saw uncle and then came over to type phantom
8:08 am
phaeton

lol
8:44 am
rururocks

then you'd have tried to monkey it?
8:44 am
rururocks

to be a monkey's uncle?
8:54 am
welki

hi, babblers
9:12 am
rururocks

hi welks
9:12 am
rururocks

I bought my house in Washington
9:12 am
rururocks

YAY me
9:15 am
LuvWordGames

good for you ruru, a friend's daughter just move to Bellingham, WA
9:18 am
rururocks

thanks luv. I'm really excited to be moving on with my life soon. I have a little remodeling to do and then planning to move up there in the spring permanently.
9:19 am
LuvWordGames

how exciting! Where in WA are you moving?
9:21 am
rururocks

a small town called Port Townsend
9:22 am
LuvWordGames

So it's on the ocean?
9:22 am
rururocks

yes.. right on the ocean.. my house is one block from the ocean...
9:23 am
LuvWordGames

very nice, were you near the ocean in CA?
9:23 am
rururocks

no.. I live in Napa Valley the wine country
9:23 am
rururocks

right in the middle of the state
9:24 am
LuvWordGames

So this will be an exciting change for you I bet
9:24 am
rururocks

very.. always wanted to live up there... I'm just a ferry ride away from Vancouver Island too which is very exciting for me
9:26 am
LuvWordGames

Well I hope things go smoothly with the remodel and move
9:27 am
rururocks

thanks.. i have a ton of logistics to figure out for sure.
9:27 am
ChampFit

How exciting ru! I'd love to be close to Vancouver...such a great place. Congratulations!
9:29 am
rururocks

thanks champ.. it's been a long time dream of mine
9:30 am
LuvWordGames

well I'm finding this grid a little difficult. Think I'll come back after breakfast. Take care
9:30 am
ChampFit

bye! Ru...clue for the lone N please?
9:30 am
rururocks

nu4
9:30 am
hurshy

morning all
9:30 am
rururocks

hi hursh
9:31 am
ChampFit

thanks...totally blind to it. GM hursh!
9:33 am
joansiebone

Welcom to washington
9:33 am
Book Doctor Gwen

must puzzle, puzzling now, hi all
9:34 am
joansiebone

That was for ruru
9:35 am
joansiebone

We moved to bainbridge island in july
9:36 am
hurshy

this is definitely a can't-find-the-last-word-from-a-lot-o
f-tiles grid
9:37 am
hurshy

name that proper noun! the only nation with a non-rectangular flag
9:38 am
ChampFit

What shape is it?
9:39 am
hurshy

it's kinda like two triangles, the smaller one stacked atop the larger one and overlapping it some
9:39 am
ChampFit

Well that's different! Very cool.
9:40 am
Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot
9:41 am
ChampFit

go gwen!
9:42 am
hurshy

hint: it had a terrible disaster a couple months ago
9:42 am
penquis

nepal...hello all....
9:42 am
hurshy

ding ding ding!!!
9:43 am
ChampFit

I should've known! Have a friend who visited there recently.
9:44 am
Book Doctor Gwen

nepal has a cool flag -- and it's not pronounce nipple (!)
9:44 am
hurshy

among US states, there is also just one non-rectangular flag, but it's not in the grid today
9:47 am
hurshy

man there are a lot of R phantoms
9:47 am
ChampFit

agree!
9:48 am
penquis

surprising number of phantoms all around the grid....occipital, for one....
9:48 am
hurshy

good one
9:49 am
penquis

well i am stalled at 40...time for a break....bye all...
9:51 am
hurshy

ok the Cs are eating me alive
9:52 am
ChampFit

Ooooh, just found an oc8 from that pen!
9:52 am
ChampFit

Same hursh
9:53 am
hurshy

i mean i have found several C words that i am proud of finding and still need 8 from the upper C
9:53 am
hurshy

ok found a couple more babblets
9:53 am
ChampFit

I'm down to 3 there. But there are 2 more 8's apparently that I'm not seeing.
9:54 am
hurshy

oh well i only have the oc8 and the cr8
9:54 am
hurshy

but i haven't tackled the bottom half of the grid yet at all
9:54 am
ChampFit

I have a co 8/45, cr 8/55, an oc8/60
9:55 am
hurshy

ok then one of my C is that CO8!
9:55 am
hurshy

got it!
9:55 am
ChampFit

Woohoo!
9:56 am
hurshy

and another babblet gives me 20 for that tile, that's better
9:57 am
ChampFit

respectable, even!
9:57 am
ChampFit

:)
9:57 am
hurshy

and round
9:57 am
hurshy

19 is such an ugly number
10:01 am
penquis

there is a co 8/50 i just found .... looks like a compound but dk if it is....really leaving now...bye....
10:01 am
hurshy

thankee pen!
10:02 am
penquis

yw...it's a skunk from South America....
10:02 am
hurshy

aha, i just found a un8, too
10:03 am
ChampFit

You're on a roll!
10:04 am
hurshy

oh look, another country - this one in south america
10:05 am
hurshy

phantom: petal
10:08 am
hurshy

almost pancreas
10:10 am
rururocks

you're kidneying us about pancreas being a phantom aren't you?
10:11 am
hurshy

i ain't, sure as i liver and breathe
10:11 am
rururocks

sorry I have a lot of gall to bladder on about it
10:12 am
rururocks

just saw Joanie's note.. thank you Joanie. I'm excited to be a washingtonian
10:12 am
Book Doctor Gwen

are you stringing us a lung???
10:13 am
hurshy

these puns really get under my skin
10:13 am
Book Doctor Gwen

organ you glad i'm not joining in? snark
10:13 am
rururocks

you need more intestinal fortitude hurshy
10:13 am
hurshy

no, i just can't stomach them
10:13 am
rururocks

oops sorry I should have put a colon on that sentence
10:14 am
hurshy

i'm gonna need an appundectomy
10:14 am
Book Doctor Gwen

PULL MY FINGER
10:15 am
hurshy

i guess that gets right to the heart of things
10:15 am
rururocks

not that I have to exspleen myself around here
10:15 am
Book Doctor Gwen

(catchphrase of the Spleen) (from a bad but expensive movie)