Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, April 28, 2023

12:00 am

justafreep

st8 (woot!) and happy flip

12:02 am

ursh

sp 7 and good morning

12:03 am

Gillie

ch7

12:04 am

Gillie

ch7 x 2

12:04 am

justafreep

hi7

12:09 am

lynxxx

pr7

12:12 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:13 am

mkg

No such word as st 8. Not proper english. Period.

12:14 am

justafreep

According to Merriam Webster - both superlatives "are real words in good standing."

12:15 am

hokie carla

but maxed is not allowed

12:15 am

justafreep

sp7

12:15 am

mkg

Bizarre dictionary

12:15 am

justafreep

I mean sp7 x 2

12:15 am

justafreep

And yeah, bizarre dictionary is fair

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:22 am

hokie carla

hu7 not allowed

12:22 am

mkg

Yes carla. Very weird.

12:23 am

justafreep

Yeah

12:27 am

hokie carla

HOET

12:45 am

hokie carla

well, 32 left for me. good night!

6:08 am

aslindy

morning

6:38 am

aslindy

I updated my profile pic to the dogs outside. I wonder how long it will take to actually show up?

6:44 am

sukee

I just see a blank picture

6:46 am

aslindy

I've changed it 3 different ways. I see the blank, too. why is it so difficult

6:53 am

aslindy

ok, I resized the image and uploaded it again. I can see it now.

6:53 am

sukee

I see it now

6:53 am

aslindy

oh good. thanks!

6:54 am

sukee

Cute pups.

6:54 am

aslindy

thank you. Lavender looks so goofy with her tongue hanging out!

8:46 am

mael

phantom: spermicide

8:48 am

BzznBea

almost

8:49 am

mael

damn that last missing E

8:50 am

mael

how is everyone?

8:50 am

rururocks

sounds like spermicide is hard to come by

8:50 am

welki

'morning, everyone - beautiful day here

8:51 am

mael

here too :)

8:51 am

rururocks

it's looking good here too

8:51 am

rururocks

Love spring and early summer here

8:51 am

hokie carla

we got almost 3" of rain yesterday

8:52 am

welki

going to play golf today, it's opening day. i should actually say, going to pretend to play golf today; i really stink at it

8:52 am

hokie carla

😁 have fun at least

8:53 am

hokie carla

are you back in canada?

8:53 am

welki

fun and a couple of robax after :)

8:53 am

welki

yes, we got home mid february

8:53 am

welki

...and i keep seeing aphid in the grid

8:53 am

hokie carla

is robax a painkiller?

8:54 am

hokie carla

I keep seeing suprema

8:54 am

hokie carla

I mean supreme. because suprema really is there

8:54 am

welki

yep - and muscle relaxer (ibuprofen and methocarbamol)

8:54 am

hokie carla

nice

8:55 am

hokie carla

I could use some of that sometimes for my neck

8:55 am

welki

neighbors are having a barbecue and fire afterwards

8:55 am

mael

hah, just found the te6/27

8:55 am

welki

i'll bring some down for you next season :D

8:56 am

hokie carla

<----quickly looked for tenrec (I know, not 27 pts)

8:56 am

mael

always look for tenrec! lol

8:56 am

hokie carla

:D

8:56 am

rururocks

thanks mael

8:57 am

rururocks

it was getting tiresome trying to find that one

8:57 am

hokie carla

hmm. and that is obviously my missing T.

8:57 am

welki

i have the six, but not the seven

8:57 am

hokie carla

aha

8:57 am

welki

oh wait, i misread - no seven

8:58 am

hokie carla

I have no T's left and can confirm no 7

8:59 am

hokie carla

now if someone would just blurt my missing L

9:02 am

rururocks

i know what it is hokie

9:02 am

mael

la6/27

9:02 am

mael

add a consonant to a hurt horse

9:03 am

hokie carla

well, thanks mael for being more helpful than ruru. 😜. will look.

9:03 am

rururocks

gimpy + acronym for dear husband

9:03 am

hokie carla

thanks both. funny ruru would use an acronym in a clue.

9:03 am

BzznBea

lamedic

9:04 am

hokie carla

and is it just me or is that a dumb word?

9:04 am

hokie carla

and how did you all find that?

9:04 am

rururocks

with the points

9:04 am

hokie carla

ooh, just found my A on the bottom too to make that row gray.

9:04 am

mael

point total and tacking on random letters :)

9:07 am

hokie carla

phantom medium

9:07 am

BzznBea

hebrew letter similar to the greek

9:09 am

hokie carla

25 left - 7-6-7-5

9:09 am

BzznBea

change the last letter of that phantom, carla

9:10 am

hokie carla

yeah, already grayed the M, but thanks. normally I would not get that. 😜

9:11 am

MollyL

I used to think DH stood for dickhead. I think in some cases, it does.

9:11 am

mael

totally

9:12 am

marksdolly

good morning all!

9:13 am

hokie carla

hello dolly!

9:13 am

marksdolly

hi Hokie!

9:13 am

mael

hah I just found the hi7 too, good word

9:13 am

hokie carla

is that from the bottom because I cannot find another H there

9:13 am

rururocks

found my missing s

9:13 am

mael

top

9:14 am

mael

I'm missing one H from the bottom too

9:14 am

hokie carla

I still need 4 s's because I am st6

9:14 am

welki

groovy, carla

9:14 am

mael

oh got it, it's a hu4 babblet

9:14 am

welki

hi, dolly!

9:14 am

marksdolly

hi welk

9:14 am

hokie carla

think I have the hu4 babblet

9:15 am

hokie carla

I can't even believe enable knew hi7 in the early 2000s. thanks for the help, welki.

9:15 am

mael

the other two are hu5s, related

9:15 am

hokie carla

thanks, I swear I tried that. 4th row gray!

9:16 am

mael

I think modern hi7s were labeled with an older word :)

9:17 am

hokie carla

phantom remix

9:17 am

welki

was very different being a hi7 from one whose moniker ended with ie

9:17 am

hokie carla

ooh, found my R

9:18 am

BzznBea

i alwas thought hepcat was funny

9:18 am

hokie carla

me too

9:18 am

welki

*snaps fingers in a beatnik sort of way*

9:19 am

mael

FW!

9:19 am

hokie carla

well done. down to 20 here. 6-5-5-4

9:21 am

hokie carla

18 now, just noticed the 6 c's I have left.

9:26 am

hokie carla

uhoh, just found a slur

9:29 am

hokie carla

finally found a c. but going back to other things for now. 15 left for later. TTFN.

10:23 am

hurshy

g'morning

10:24 am

hurshy

woohoo, got the 8!

10:28 am

hurshy

ooh man we are so close to having sp7ide

10:29 am

phaeton

clue for me6/27 pls

10:31 am

hokie carla

rehi - it's like between small and large but a diff last letter

10:31 am

hokie carla

you know when someone is giving you the finger, flipping the bird, etc., that's what they're using.

10:32 am

phaeton

ty carla

10:33 am

hokie carla

np

10:34 am

hurshy

see, you're so knowledgable!

10:34 am

phaeton

FW

10:34 am

hokie carla

well, I just took a stab earlier and it took

10:34 am

hokie carla

well done, phae

10:34 am

phaeton

ty ... hagd

10:37 am

hokie carla

ooh, found a word finally

10:40 am

hokie carla

and another - 4's ending in the same letter. one I knew and one I made up

10:41 am

hokie carla

ok, the made up one is so dumb

10:44 am

hokie carla

and there goes the 4's. 12 left - 0-4-5-3. freaking 6's.

10:45 am

hokie carla

SSS A P HH D CCCC

10:45 am

hokie carla

ooh, found a good c7

10:46 am

Sophie512

you'll get them! I just got here, found 53 and will probably poop out soon quite a bit to do here today

10:47 am

hokie carla

yeah, I need to get busy. got one roman shade finished and hung, now I hope I can duplicate the other without too much trouble.

10:51 am

periwinkle

hello all. help with either ch7 please

10:51 am

Sophie512

sorry don't have

10:51 am

hurshy

ch7 by the dozen

10:51 am

periwinkle

found the one in a book. still need the other please

10:52 am

periwinkle

ty got that one

10:52 am

periwinkle

not I did not. thank you hurshy

10:52 am

hurshy

:)

10:52 am

Sophie512

thanks for that one

10:53 am

hokie carla

there are 3 ch7 at least

10:55 am

hurshy

would you clue the one that we didn't say?

10:56 am

hokie carla

it's like a noun slang of something that doesn't cost much

10:57 am

hurshy

ty

10:57 am

Sophie512

and thank again

10:57 am

hokie carla

oc

11:20 am

cherlyq

got an sp

11:21 am

cherlyq

sorry should be sp 7 36

11:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

One racial/ethnic slur.

11:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

t

11:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

midi

11:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

maid

11:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

medic

11:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

pedi

11:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

OH SORRY

11:31 am

Kaplan the Magne

It came up in the right place, but also in the cat- how did that happen that I could enter the word and still be in chat?

11:47 am

cherlyq

st8 things have happened Kaplan not sure

11:59 am

hokie carla

I believe I have reached the point of being incapable of seeing new words.

12:05 pm

moolingwa

I believe I've reached the point of starting this board

12:06 pm

hokie carla

got down to 11. 0-4-5-2

12:06 pm

moolingwa

I'm down to 149

64-48-28-8-1

12:07 pm

hokie carla

went to list, skipped 1st one. found 2nd one but never seen it before.

12:07 pm

moolingwa

oh, found the 8 at least

12:07 pm

hokie carla

yeah, was one of my first words

12:09 pm

hokie carla

okay, these are just ridiculous. I'm very glad I went to the list.

12:10 pm

hokie carla

oh, a bedbug

12:13 pm

moolingwa

okay, first quick pass done...40 to go

7-13-14-6

12:14 pm

moolingwa

5OFOET

12:14 pm

hokie carla

still 6 left here. found one PT that I know I entered.

12:16 pm

cherlyq

I have 57 left lol

12:16 pm

moolingwa

27 now :)

12:17 pm

hokie carla

finally one on the list that is a regular word I should have gotten.

12:19 pm

hokie carla

okay, 3 left that I have no idea. S A H

12:19 pm

moolingwa

almost epidemic

12:21 pm

hokie carla

did you play squaredle today? I've found today's and yesterday's the hardest yet.

12:21 pm

moolingwa

not yet

12:22 pm

hokie carla

and just amazing at the bee though I did make genius yesterday

12:22 pm

moolingwa

I kind of forgot about it yesterday, but almost finished it

12:22 pm

moolingwa

I missed one word yesterday: biff of all things

12:22 pm

moolingwa

just amazing so far today

12:23 pm

hokie carla

just looked up my A. ridic.

12:23 pm

moolingwa

20 to go

12:23 pm

moolingwa

2-5-8-5

12:24 pm

moolingwa

I have one a left, from the top

12:24 pm

hokie carla

yep, that's it

12:25 pm

hokie carla

you've prob seen it before but I hadn't

12:25 pm

hokie carla

ah geez, looked up my S, and it's a regular word

12:27 pm

hokie carla

got the H without looking it up. not a regular word but at least I've seen it before. so 2/11 of my last ones weren't ridiculous.

12:27 pm

moolingwa

I have 1 H left

12:27 pm

moolingwa

top h

12:29 pm

hokie carla

yep

12:30 pm

cybernan

there is a ch 6/27 following the foliage growing pet that I cannot find - any hints?

12:31 pm

hokie carla

add my country to the end

12:31 pm

hokie carla

one of the ridiculous foreign ones today

12:32 pm

cybernan

ty carla

12:34 pm

cybernan

I'm at the point where I've lost interest in looking up the defs.

12:39 pm

hokie carla

yeah, no need

1:03 pm

hurshy

phew, finally hit 90%

1:05 pm

moolingwa

I have 15 left, and am being distracted :)

1:09 pm

hokie carla

well you have to at least get to 11.

1:09 pm

cybernan

dh 5 and hi 6 - don't think I'm going to find them

1:09 pm

hokie carla

maybe 14, I think I got help on 3

1:10 pm

hurshy

dh5 rhymes with it's your du4 (not in grid) to help someone in an emergency

1:10 pm

hokie carla

dh5 looks like it would rhyme with your obligation to do something

1:10 pm

hurshy

jinx

1:10 pm

hokie carla

hi6 means winter

1:10 pm

hurshy

not even just rhyme, be a homophone of

1:12 pm

cybernan

found the dh, ty - only hi I word I know that means winter is hiver and that is french

1:12 pm

hurshy

pr7? (phantom: predict)

1:12 pm

hokie carla

so, you are saying a rhyme would be like booty, but this sounds exactly like it and a rhyme doesn't?

1:13 pm

hokie carla

it's an adj type word, nan.

1:13 pm

hurshy

yes, that is what i am saying, hokie

1:13 pm

hurshy

(of course that's assuming it's even pronounced the way we think it is...)

1:14 pm

hokie carla

ok, just wondering what the nuance was

1:14 pm

cybernan

are you asking for a pr 7 clue?

1:14 pm

hurshy

yes, i am

1:14 pm

cybernan

use the old fashioned telephone ahead of time

1:15 pm

hurshy

thank you!

1:15 pm

hokie carla

hi6 - hi + spelling of letter of the alphabet + mr. gore

1:15 pm

hokie carla

I didn't even see that, was wondering who nan was talking to about the pr7.

1:16 pm

hurshy

done

1:16 pm

moolingwa

14 to go :)

1:16 pm

cybernan

done 2 :) hagd everyone

1:16 pm

moolingwa

oh, another 7...finding 7s now it seems

1:22 pm

moolingwa

10 to go, but did see that there was pr7 and an hi6...so that helped me get those

1:23 pm

hokie carla

what's left?

1:24 pm

moolingwa

S A
T
D C4
M
L

1:24 pm

moolingwa

1-3-5-2

1:24 pm

moolingwa

found a c7

1:25 pm

moolingwa

almost chimera

1:26 pm

hokie carla

yep, I tried it just in case

1:29 pm

moolingwa

found an m4...which finishes my m's and my 4s :)

1:30 pm

moolingwa

laicide - to kill a church congregation?

1:30 pm

hokie carla

see, if you'd posted that earlier I wouldn't have had to look up su7

1:30 pm

moolingwa

lamedia - what MAGA supporters call left leaning media

1:31 pm

hokie carla

pretty close to your last L

1:31 pm

moolingwa

oh, duh...I had missed that :)

1:31 pm

moolingwa

that completes my 7s

1:31 pm

moolingwa

so 2 5s and 5 6s remaining

1:31 pm

hokie carla

oh, the S not the L

1:32 pm

moolingwa

yeah

1:32 pm

moolingwa

that was my last s

1:32 pm

periwinkle

help with either sp7 please

1:32 pm

hokie carla

your L is close to your fake L

1:33 pm

hokie carla

those nachos are sp7 than regular chips

1:33 pm

periwinkle

ty carla

1:33 pm

hokie carla

the other relates to what males send out in search of eggs

1:34 pm

periwinkle

ty got it

1:34 pm

moolingwa

tx, got the l

1:34 pm

moolingwa

A T D CCC

1:35 pm

hokie carla

the a and the c's are all ridiculous

1:36 pm

moolingwa

ah, well

1:36 pm

hokie carla

the d is prob the one hurshy & I were talking about with nan but you were ignoring or on a call

1:36 pm

hokie carla

the T is prob a real 6 that you just don't see

1:38 pm

hokie carla

do the words "an augur of ancient rome" mean anything to you?

1:39 pm

moolingwa

ah, no

1:40 pm

hokie carla

then I've given nothing away!

1:41 pm

moolingwa

yeah...

1:41 pm

hokie carla

do you know your bedbugs?

1:41 pm

moolingwa

nope

1:42 pm

hokie carla

how about ottoman empire officials or turkish sergeants?

1:42 pm

hokie carla

or weird alt words for the thing on your house the smoke goes through?

1:43 pm

moolingwa

nope

1:44 pm

hokie carla

well, you're screwed

1:45 pm

hokie carla

don't let the T6 set in though

1:47 pm

moolingwa

lol

1:47 pm

moolingwa

I do have a t6 off that second row t

1:47 pm

dcseain

so do I :)

1:47 pm

dcseain

hello

1:48 pm

moolingwa

hey seain

1:48 pm

hokie carla

hey seain

1:48 pm

hokie carla

there are 2 from that one

1:48 pm

dcseain

shortly, I'm going to start on bread and vacuum.

1:48 pm

dcseain

consecutively.

1:48 pm

hokie carla

but sounds like you have the one I thought you didn't

1:49 pm

moolingwa

normally would see it with "in" in front of it

1:49 pm

hokie carla

making bread or eating bread? because I would wait to vacuum until eating the bread.

1:49 pm

hokie carla

hmm, so you have both T6 from that T?

1:49 pm

dcseain

make: flour, salt, sugar, water, yeast.

1:49 pm

moolingwa

no, just one off that one

1:49 pm

MollyL

Oh I thought he was opening a Bread & Vacuum, a new take on Bed & Breakfast

1:50 pm

moolingwa

think I'm going to go do some squaredle

1:51 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I like the bread and vacuum idea

1:52 pm

MollyL

It's clean and tastes good. Butter and jam are extra though.

1:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Maxed isn't a word? Tell that to the authorities when I have maxed out my credit cards.

1:57 pm

hokie carla

I know, big oversight. you know maxed out was in use when enable was made.

2:00 pm

dcseain

agreed, Kaplan

2:01 pm

dcseain

well, off to go get going on the bread. might BBL

2:08 pm

hokie carla

now I want to make bread

5:00 pm

moolingwa

well, found two of the c's

5:07 pm

moolingwa

and the t, that was boring for sure

5:12 pm

Scrabbler

Hi Moo. I am trying to get to halfway. I didn't get there this morning.

5:15 pm

moolingwa

yeah, a good number of tough words today

5:15 pm

moolingwa

good luck

5:25 pm

NANCY

CLUE for te 6 27 please

5:25 pm

moolingwa

I can give you a boring clue

5:27 pm

NANCY

ty again today for the clue. got it.

5:28 pm

MollyL

te6/27 a state of boredom

6:29 pm

periwinkle

help with 3rd ch7 please

6:35 pm

MollyL

Slang for something inexpensive

6:37 pm

periwinkle

thanks Molly

6:37 pm

periwinkle

22 left may not finish

7:20 pm

Jain

Some strange c words today.

7:54 pm

Gillie

I

7:54 pm

Gillie

I'd never wondered before what the singular of aupices was

8:08 pm

Gillie

OK, pr4/10 definitely deserves to be retired from the dictionary

9:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, 8 squares greyed out, woot! (diving in)

9:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

left column done, woo hoo

9:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

st8

9:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt nbs

9:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

60 to go, getting stuck now

9:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hoet and 48 to go, that's it for me, bye ntill next ti4

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