Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, May 10, 2023

12:04 am

justafreep

the big ones continue!

12:04 am

justafreep

ra7

12:06 am

justafreep

an7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

on behalf of all of us here tonight... thanks, lickety!

12:21 am

dizgrannie

nbt/nbs...ja 7/8

12:21 am

justafreep

oh. thanks

12:21 am

justafreep

oddly... I have found all the H's.

12:21 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, et 8 and 9

12:22 am

hokie carla

hot dang!

12:22 am

dizgrannie

its compound

12:22 am

hokie carla

is it too much to ask for a grid without c's

12:24 am

justafreep

conceptually complex. can't claim certain success.

12:26 am

dizgrannie

is 7/8....think weather map

12:28 am

justafreep

huh. I think I prefer the Cs to those biggies!

12:28 am

hokie carla

hmm, I can't pick a least favorite between those

12:29 am

justafreep

it's definitely the et8/9 for me.

12:30 am

hokie carla

I don't even look for the called ones. if things pop out at me on first pass, great, otherwise I will look tomorrow.

12:31 am

justafreep

oh, this one will pop out cuz you've probably used it 50 times in the last few days!!!!!!!

12:31 am

justafreep

(you have not)

12:31 am

hokie carla

haha

12:32 am

hokie carla

have to say so far this grid reminds me of the last 2, which I hated.

12:33 am

justafreep

I am finding this a little friendlier so far

12:33 am

hokie carla

yes, a smidge

12:37 am

jeanne314

Since when is chai not a normal word?

12:37 am

jeanne314

Since when is chai not a normal word?

12:37 am

hokie carla

it is now, I guess it wasn't in 2000

12:41 am

justafreep

ta7

12:48 am

hokie carla

well, I was able to get to HOET tonight, so it is a smidge better

12:50 am

justafreep

yay for the smidge

12:50 am

hokie carla

😁

12:56 am

justafreep

I'm calling it a night here, but I am finding this much easier.

12:56 am

hokie carla

60 left for me. I should call it a night too. good night!

6:29 am

HarryHood

ntpn bass player pastorius

6:30 am

HarryHood

67 for later! hagd all

7:08 am

Sunrise

I have never heard of the slang word Ja7/8 my fingers did well. USA babbles , I think will get this faster.

7:19 am

Scrabbler

Hi Sunrise. Where do you live?

7:30 am

dizgrannie

FWs see you all tomorrow

7:32 am

Scrabbler

Congrats, grannie.

7:33 am

Sunrise

Scrabbler. I live in the uk south near the coast.

7:34 am

Scrabbler

Wonderful. Welcome to Babble.

7:36 am

Sunrise

Scrabble. Thank you. I Like to see where other babblers are from.

7:37 am

Scrabbler

I am in New York State in the US.

7:42 am

periwinkle

carla I agree with you regarding the Cs

7:43 am

Scrabbler

Hi peri

7:44 am

periwinkle

Hi Scrabbs, hello all

7:48 am

Sunrise

Scrabbler . Interesting to read all of the babblers travelling and where they are..and their experiences, one learns much of their hobbies and adventures.

7:49 am

Scrabbler

Yes, we have an interesting group here from all over the world. People arrange Babble meet-ups too. I have met several Babblers.

7:49 am

Sunrise

Scrabbler. oh how lovely.

7:50 am

godthaab

yay Jaco!

7:51 am

Scrabbler

Sunrise, I am reading a book now and one setting is Folkestone, England.

7:51 am

Scrabbler

Hi godthaab

7:52 am

bichon

Tell us about it Scrabs

7:52 am

Scrabbler

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn. My favorite genre = historical fiction. This takes place in WWI and 1947.

7:56 am

Sunrise

Scabbler. In years gone by a most import sea port and the old part is historic with cobbled streets and some Georgian buildings in both world wars the area was bombed.

7:57 am

Scrabbler

The book is about female spies in WW1 and they were stationed in Folkestone before going to France.

7:58 am

Sunrise

Brave women in all wars. with little recognition.

7:59 am

Scrabbler

This book has been educational.

8:00 am

Sunrise

leaving now, have chores to do.have a good / evening everyone.

8:04 am

Scrabbler

Bye

8:12 am

godthaab

Hi

8:12 am

godthaab

Hi Scrabbler!

8:14 am

aslindy

hello all

8:15 am

Scrabbler

Hi aslindy

8:15 am

aslindy

how's it going?

8:15 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway and need to go now. Enjoy the day.

8:16 am

aslindy

you too!

8:38 am

BzznBea

much easier grid today

8:48 am

rururocks

the a's were easier today

9:26 am

dauber

My usual modus operandi: go through each tile lefto to right, top to bottom, and get as many as possible, with a goal of getting at least 50% each tile. Then with what's left, go to Lickety's clues. Today, however, I'm finding when I go through the clues that I've missed a TON of really easy ones!!! I need a vacation.

9:37 am

aslindy

just to be different, I start in the bottom right corner, working up and down right to left. I don't really have a goal other than to get as many words as I can. then I use the list, starting at the bottom and working my way up.

9:40 am

MollyL

I hop up and down on one foot, spin around three times and then try to find all the words backward.

9:40 am

aslindy

ooo, a new challenge! lol

9:46 am

aslindy

clue for ta5,20 please?

9:46 am

origami

Wow, Molly! That's exactly what I do.

9:46 am

BzznBea

ta5.20 uses the 6 point tile in the middle

9:48 am

saanichcat

If it works for Molly, I'll try that too!

9:48 am

aslindy

is it a weird word? I am not seeing it

9:48 am

BzznBea

yes it is weird

9:48 am

BzznBea

ends in plural

9:49 am

saanichcat

it's plural so that's 4 of 5 letters

9:49 am

aslindy

got it, thanks

9:49 am

BzznBea

yw

9:50 am

MollyL

Any word with that letter in the middle is weird to me.

9:51 am

BzznBea

of course it is indian

9:56 am

saanichcat

Yes, and a corruption of the Persian word for 'the chosen one' -- mumtaz.

9:57 am

BzznBea

last word was se6.33.

9:57 am

BzznBea

see you all next time

10:11 am

MollyL

Another word with the high pointer in the middle.

10:21 am

hurshy

oh no, are there iso- words?

10:22 am

saanichcat

two of them hurshy

10:22 am

hurshy

gah

10:22 am

hurshy

the only one i ever remember is isohel

10:23 am

saanichcat

an earlier clue was that they are weather-related, a 7 and 8

10:23 am

hurshy

i mean other than something normal like isolate

10:23 am

hurshy

weather, eh? hmm

10:24 am

aslindy

not words I'd ever heard before

10:24 am

hurshy

aHA, monkeyed 'em! thanks!

10:25 am

saanichcat

new to me also

10:25 am

dauber

I was thinking they had to be weather-related. Got some monkeying to do.

10:25 am

dauber

Oh....and got 'em! That was an easy monkey!

10:26 am

hurshy

you were thinking they had to be weather-related? that's... i don't know what that is

10:26 am

hurshy

impressive in some way

10:27 am

saanichcat

weather charts etc

10:30 am

hurshy

2nd row grey!

10:34 am

hurshy

wow, i totally just made up the 9 and it worked

10:38 am

aslindy

ha, ended with a sneeze

10:42 am

MollyL

A sneeze?

10:43 am

hurshy

her last word was the sneeze

10:44 am

MollyL

Oh, I thought she meant the 9 ended with a sneeze. It reads that way since the comment was right after yours and she didn't say "I" ended with a sneeze

10:45 am

hurshy

mhm

10:45 am

hurshy

i can't find any of the J words :(

10:49 am

MollyL

Two of them are nickname for Marines

10:50 am

hurshy

ah, thanks!

10:56 am

Uneaixoise

Tx Molly!

11:00 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:00 am

hurshy

morning mool

11:01 am

moolingwa

hey hursh, happy Wednesday

11:07 am

hurshy

happy wednesday :)

11:10 am

moolingwa

HOET

11:11 am

hurshy

90%!

11:12 am

moolingwa

70.59%

11:12 am

hurshy

lol

11:12 am

moolingwa

had to use a calculator :)

11:15 am

moolingwa

5OFOET

11:17 am

moolingwa

80$!

11:17 am

moolingwa

er 80% that is

11:18 am

hurshy

:D

11:23 am

moolingwa

ah, just found the 9

11:27 am

moolingwa

90%

1:01 pm

player girl

Can someone help with the 9 and also the A from the bottom row, middle column? Please

1:19 pm

moolingwa

a4 and a5 from the bottom, the 4 is kind of a regular word, the 5 is not

1:19 pm

moolingwa

e 8/9 - not regular word at all

1:47 pm

dcseain

archaic, the e 8/9 :)

1:47 pm

dcseain

thank you for those

2:30 pm

moolingwa

np

3:27 pm

dauber

I'm really stumped on the da6. (I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm stumped on the big "J" ones too, but the da6 is really bothering me!) I have a feeling I'm missing something obvious there. Any clues?

3:34 pm

dcseain

it's weird word.

3:34 pm

MollyL

The big j ones, you don't know the nickname for Marines?

3:34 pm

dcseain

it's a type of holly tree

3:35 pm

dcseain

thanks, Molly, I'd not gotten those yet, despite growing up near MCBQuantico. :)

3:38 pm

MollyL

da + midday with a different first letter

3:39 pm

dcseain

huh. that cr6.33 was unexpected.

3:41 pm

dcseain

oops ca6,27

3:44 pm

dauber

Ah, thanks, Molly!

3:44 pm

dauber

I DO know the nickname -- I just didn't know it was a dictionary word. :)

3:44 pm

dauber

And thanks for that too. FW. :)

3:52 pm

dcseain

yay dauber

3:52 pm

dcseain

seat

3:52 pm

dcseain

oops

4:01 pm

periwinkle

I never knew the nicknames for marines. had to goggle it

4:01 pm

periwinkle

hi all

4:02 pm

periwinkle

another tough grid for me

4:06 pm

dcseain

this is a challenging grid with many weird words

5:34 pm

MollyL

And that would make this different from any other day, how? 😊

5:41 pm

penquis

back to slog through this one....

6:54 pm

penquis

well i am done....goodnight all....

7:53 pm

cybernan

hello everyone

7:53 pm

cybernan

guess Peri didn't watch NCIS

7:57 pm

dcseain

good evening, nan

8:35 pm

aebmusica

sh6/24....clue please

8:35 pm

aebmusica

shrant

8:36 pm

aebmusica

sorry......

8:37 pm

aebmusica

nvm, found it

9:06 pm

cybernan

not finding that e 9 whatever it is and not sure if it is a cr or a ca 6/33 that seain was talking about,

9:14 pm

cybernan

an 6-7 please?

9:26 pm

hokie carla

I have one an6 but not a 7

9:27 pm

Gillie

an6 ends like mo7 - another word for a ruler (so does en8)

9:28 pm

Gillie

(e.g. King Charles)

9:28 pm

hokie carla

ok, that's the 6 I have

9:29 pm

hokie carla

could've sworn I tried making it pl but I guess not.

9:29 pm

Gillie

You can make a plural of it

10:57 pm

harpjane

stats for the J words please?

10:58 pm

hokie carla

there's a ja7/8 set and a ja4/5 set. the 4/5 is a stupid acronym babblet

11:14 pm

harpjane

thanks

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