Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, May 19, 2023

12:02 am

justafreep

li9! and happy flip

12:03 am

gremlinn

and a related li8

12:03 am

Gillie

le7

12:03 am

Gillie

li7

12:09 am

ursh

tr 6&7

12:10 am

Gillie

ea7

12:13 am

gremlinn

au7

12:17 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

Jain

gl7

12:27 am

gremlinn

te7 x2

12:33 am

SummerBreeze44

ne7

12:34 am

gremlinn

ah, and ne8, that's the one I was missing

12:38 am

justafreep

de7

12:40 am

gremlinn

de9 x2 but not in the game's dictionary

12:41 am

gremlinn

0.1 times 1000 cm^3, plus the British spelling

12:42 am

justafreep

but there IS a de9

12:42 am

gremlinn

ah, I've yet to find that one

12:42 am

justafreep

it's more liquid

12:43 am

justafreep

(and not British)

12:46 am

justafreep

(I think this is the word you were working with??? Maybe there's a vowel difference?)

12:46 am

gremlinn

mine was a -ter vs -tre pair

12:47 am

justafreep

yeah. the Tre doesn't take

12:47 am

gremlinn

oh wow, I had just typoed the other one, heh

12:47 am

justafreep

check your fourth letter, maybe?

12:47 am

gremlinn

I probably typed an E for an I

12:48 am

justafreep

yeah. typing too fast

12:48 am

justafreep

but it's only one de9 in the end

12:48 am

gremlinn

yep, thanks, leaving the last 13 for tomorrow

12:49 am

justafreep

I'm doing that too. And a few dozen before those 13 :-)

1:14 am

dofith

IIs the name of a snake a proper noun? Can't think why else du6 is not accepted - common venomous snake here.

1:15 am

dofith

gits

1:15 am

dofith

Sorry!

2:07 am

dizgrannie

FWs

6:23 am

Scrabbler

Nie big grid. The poor Q is useless.

6:25 am

aslindy

hi scrabs

6:31 am

aslindy

oh, found a 9

6:32 am

Scrabbler

Hi aslindy. Clue, please?

6:33 am

aslindy

li9,72 a person who uses a particular worship style

6:33 am

Uneaixoise

Clue for na7 please ?

6:34 am

sukee

ty aslindy, I actually got that :)

6:34 am

Scrabbler

Tough one, aslindy. I will look. Hi Une, I will look.

6:34 am

Uneaixoise

Tx aslindy!

6:34 am

aslindy

scrabbler, it's very twisty in the grid

6:35 am

Scrabbler

I can guess the last 3 letters.

6:38 am

Scrabbler

I found the 9. I didn't give up.

6:39 am

aslindy

well done

6:44 am

Uneaixoise

Na7 please?

6:44 am

aslindy

don't have it

6:46 am

Uneaixoise

Ok

6:52 am

Scrabbler

na7 = plural of a type of seashell...bad clue, I can do better

6:53 am

Scrabbler

cephalopod with irregular plural

6:54 am

mael

that's a good clue, scrab :)

6:56 am

aslindy

hey, I got it!

6:56 am

Scrabbler

Yay.

6:59 am

mkg

Wish i knew it.

6:59 am

mkg

Any help for either 9 or either 8 is welcome. Ty

7:00 am

aslindy

clued li9 at 6:33

7:07 am

Kiani

morning

7:07 am

Scrabbler

Welcome kiani

7:08 am

aslindy

hi kiani

7:12 am

Kiani

I am not understanding the na7 clue

7:14 am

Kiani

nm got it finally

7:15 am

Kiani

I was confused about the "irregular plural" - clearly I remember too much of my Latin studies

7:16 am

aslindy

that took me a minute, too

7:17 am

aslindy

hey, it's the end of the 2 weeks today, right?

7:17 am

Kiani

yes indeed

7:17 am

aslindy

yay, you made it!

7:17 am

Kiani

yay!

7:18 am

Kiani

I wish I had been able to make more progress on this project tho. It's back with dev for fixes and I can't really afford to be losing all this time

7:19 am

Scrabbler

What project?

7:19 am

Kiani

a work project - big new enhancement development that our customers are excited about

7:20 am

Kiani

it's pretty sweet :) but it is a ton of effort

7:20 am

Scrabbler

What kind of work do you do?

7:21 am

Scrabbler

Software?

7:21 am

Kiani

quality assurance - design and testing primarily - for an EHR

7:22 am

Scrabbler

AAAAH. I am a physician that uses EHR and there is much room for improvement. We use Medent which I mostly like.

7:23 am

Kiani

That is not the one I work for :)

7:23 am

Kiani

I agree there is always room for improvement.

7:23 am

Scrabbler

At another clinic we have Athena which is terrible. My sister has been using Epic but they will change to Cerner soon so all of the hospitals have the same system.

7:24 am

Kiani

It's the eternal line of doing our best to make new things that make work easier for you, and still adhering to the govt regulations that bind us all :D

7:24 am

aslindy

took me a couple minutes to figure out what EHR stands for.

7:24 am

Kiani

lol sorry aslindy

7:24 am

Scrabbler

There are different needs--ED, inpatient, primary care, specialists. Medent is very intuitive and user-friendly.

7:24 am

Kiani

electronic medical record. Usually I just say healthcare IT

7:24 am

aslindy

and I know what you do!

7:25 am

Scrabbler

Almost all pediatricians in our area use Medent.

7:25 am

Kaplan the Magne

I'm a dinosaur. I still use paper records.

7:26 am

Kiani

I used to work on our transplant specialty team, for over a decade. Loved it. But I recently moved over to the OR team to help with the need there

7:26 am

Scrabbler

At the Native American clinic where I work once weekly the EHR goes down often, then we use paper.

7:26 am

Scrabbler

Interesting, kiani.

7:28 am

Kiani

I'm sure you could figure out which company I work for, but I'll abstain from saying so I can pretend I have the veil of anonymity :)

7:28 am

Kiani

everything I say here is purely my opinion. There, ass covered. :D

7:29 am

Scrabbler

That's fine. I am fascinated because I have used several systems and when I review a kid's prior medical records I see the EHR that the previous physician used.

7:30 am

Scrabbler

EHR is an ongoing work in progress, as we are.

7:30 am

Kiani

v true

7:31 am

Scrabbler

But I will probably retire soon because my 4 partners want to end the mask requirement in our office and I cannot be a part of endangering everyone in our office.

7:32 am

Kiani

my company has a mandatory vaccination requirement (which I support ofc) unless there is a legit exception

7:33 am

Kiani

I was amazed when I heard some of the then-recent new hires quit because they didn't believe vaccines were good. How/why did you even take this job?? Blew my mind.

7:33 am

Scrabbler

Current vaccines don't prevent infection or transmission, but do prevent hospitalization and death. We need improved vaccines ASAP.

7:34 am

Kiani

yep

7:34 am

Kiani

we don't have an enforced mask policy but we do have many people still wearing them in public areas, and offer mask-only options for larger meetings. We also use Teams for virtual meetings

7:34 am

Scrabbler

People that do not fear and respect SARS-2 blow my mind. This pandemic is a mass-disabling and killing event.

7:35 am

Scrabbler

Virtual meetings are smart.

7:35 am

Kiani

I had it last summer. Took me out for a month, but thankfully didn't put me in the hospital

7:35 am

Scrabbler

BRB with breakfast.

7:35 am

Kiani

yay food!

7:37 am

aslindy

very rare to see anyone masking around here

7:38 am

Kiani

I really want to get back to going to church in person but very few masks there either

7:38 am

aslindy

barely anyone ever masked at our church

7:41 am

Scrabbler

Use the app "MyCOVIDRisk."

7:58 am

aslindy

just found 2 words that use all 3 of the i

7:58 am

Scrabbler

Eye disease?

7:58 am

aslindy

yes indeed

8:01 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway and must get ready for PT. Enjoy the day.

8:01 am

aslindy

you too!

8:03 am

Kiani

cya

8:15 am

mkg

any clues and help with a 9 and an 8 welcome.

8:15 am

mkg

ty

8:24 am

mael

hello everyone

8:27 am

rururocks

hi mael.

8:27 am

rururocks

just waking up her

8:27 am

rururocks

here that is

8:30 am

MollyL

I thought you were waking mael up and I was going to start Babble gossip

8:31 am

mael

hah

8:32 am

mael

let's gossip about my serious lack of 8s and 9s

8:32 am

MollyL

Blah, what is juicy about that?

8:34 am

rururocks

missing 8 and 9 here too

8:35 am

phaeton

found a 9!

8:40 am

MollyL

Bless you my child

8:40 am

aslindy

clued li 9 at 6:33

8:43 am

MollyL

de9 is absurd

8:44 am

MollyL

Harry would probably get it in an instant

8:50 am

mael

hah, once you said it was a li9 I didn't need the clue, I'd been trying to make that word all along

8:52 am

mael

the d9 is another matter... hmm

8:53 am

Uneaixoise

Clue for de9?

9:01 am

aslindy

de9 is a unit of liquid measurement

9:01 am

montreal13

ty aslindy !

9:04 am

Uneaixoise

Another clue please....

9:05 am

ChampFit

isle

9:05 am

montreal13

metric system Une

9:05 am

ChampFit

Sorry!

9:09 am

Uneaixoise

Tx!!

9:09 am

montreal13

☺

9:10 am

mael

thanks lindy!

9:11 am

mael

I got tripped up by thinking it should be 10x not 0.1x

9:14 am

montreal13

finally got the Li9, i had the base word in mind but could not come up with the actual word, sigh

9:19 am

rururocks

this grid's vocabulary is way past mine

9:21 am

montreal13

am at the bottom R and i have over 100 words yet to find !

9:24 am

montreal13

bbl for last 94 - tough grid - have a great day all

9:24 am

MollyL

Past my vocabulary too Ru

9:24 am

rururocks

by monty

9:25 am

JenMO16

hi ruur

9:25 am

montreal13

by ru - poof

9:25 am

JenMO16

ruru

9:25 am

rururocks

durrie

9:25 am

rururocks

hi jen.. long time no see

9:25 am

rururocks

whoops.. sorry about that

9:25 am

JenMO16

yeah, been out of it too long, only have 14 words

9:26 am

rururocks

have you just been busy or ?

9:27 am

JenMO16

been playing other games

9:27 am

rururocks

oh

9:29 am

rururocks

well good to see you pop back in

9:29 am

JenMO16

nice to see you!

9:51 am

rururocks

finished.. this grid kicked my ass today

9:53 am

Uneaixoise

Congrats!

9:55 am

phaeton

need a better clue for the de9...pls

9:59 am

phaeton

it's my last word

10:01 am

MollyL

Short for last month + vowel + unit of metric liquid

10:03 am

phaeton

ty...fw

10:05 am

phaeton

it would have helped if I had looked for a de9 instead of an eight...lol

10:09 am

mkg

the DE 9: it is de and then the short for last month???????i am stumped by that one i dont see a P in grid.

10:09 am

mkg

shortened version has a P in it.

10:12 am

mkg

ok. got it. not the month that just passed but the last month of the year. ok. ty. got it.

10:14 am

mkg

can anyone send a clue for the 8s or one of them please?

10:20 am

Uneaixoise

Ne8 doesn't take good care of

10:22 am

Uneaixoise

Li9 one who assists the pastor in Sunday worship

10:37 am

cybernan

good morning everyone

10:39 am

MollyL

li8 is relating to the Sunday service. Li9 is the one who is.

11:05 am

cybernan

102 after first pass -- bbl

11:10 am

hurshy

morning

11:28 am

hurshy

:( girlier not a word :(

11:29 am

MollyL

But take the r off and there you go

11:29 am

hurshy

thanks

11:46 am

hurshy

phantom: irrigate

11:48 am

hurshy

Ss Stomped

11:49 am

hurshy

weird that we can have the british spelling of li5 but then it doesn't apply for de9

11:53 am

mrloser

sice

11:58 am

dauber

Ooh, thanks for the clue, Hurshy!

11:59 am

hurshy

np

12:04 pm

sammysmom

this game has changed so that it is no longer fun!!

12:06 pm

mkg

Any clues for either of the 8s welcome. Just not seeing much today.

12:08 pm

mkg

Got the ne 8. Ty for clues below. Missed them before. Ty ty ty

12:09 pm

mkg

Still searching for li words. More help needed please. Ty

12:11 pm

mkg

Got the li 9. Ty

12:11 pm

hurshy

phantom: agenda

12:13 pm

mkg

Got the li 8 as well. Whew. Not easy. But ty all cluers

12:16 pm

dauber

nace

12:20 pm

mkg

Nope. Not a word dauber

12:26 pm

hurshy

anyone else having Trouble with that left T?

12:27 pm

dauber

Yeah, I'm stuck on two of 'em.

12:27 pm

hurshy

i need 4

12:29 pm

dauber

Ooh, just found the tu7. It's a weird one.

12:29 pm

dauber

Think of the red-themed discount department store, pronounced with a thick Irish accent, and with a vowel at the end.

12:30 pm

dauber

OH....exact same for the te7!

12:30 pm

hurshy

thanks dauber!

12:31 pm

hurshy

bottom i, have eye part and disease of same, anyone got the other one?

12:32 pm

dauber

Same.

12:34 pm

dauber

I know this much:

12:34 pm

dauber

it's the il/7

12:34 pm

hurshy

ah thanks

12:34 pm

hurshy

got it

12:35 pm

hurshy

another disease

12:35 pm

dauber

Now....can you provide a clue? :)

12:35 pm

hurshy

bottom row grey!

12:35 pm

dauber

Ahhh, nice. Thanks!!

12:40 pm

dauber

Ooh...down to one!

12:40 pm

dauber

steica

12:41 pm

dauber

crap!

12:42 pm

hurshy

rhymes with my kitten (pictured) who is so ang----

12:43 pm

dauber

lican!

12:43 pm

dauber

Got it!

12:44 pm

dauber

Thanks!

12:44 pm

hurshy

lol

12:44 pm

dauber

And thanks to your Anglican kitten!

12:44 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! body of water twixt greece and turkey

12:48 pm

Kiani

Aegean Sea

12:48 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

12:55 pm

cybernan

hi again

1:08 pm

BzznBea

hello, friends. happy friday!

1:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, thus i dive

1:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom ugliest

1:54 pm

cybernan

a lot of phantoms in this one

1:54 pm

dcseain

that

1:54 pm

dcseain

that there is

1:58 pm

cybernan

only au word I can come up with is autre and that is french

2:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

made a dent, 115 to go, BBL

2:02 pm

cybernan

going to list

2:02 pm

cybernan

omg -- there are 5 au words!

2:09 pm

cybernan

got them - whew

2:09 pm

MollyL

All weird to me.

2:16 pm

cybernan

yes -- the monkeys are ready to drop

2:59 pm

periwinkle

hello all. help with de9 please

3:15 pm

moolingwa

hey all, just getting started on this one

3:22 pm

BzznBea

prei, still here?

3:22 pm

BzznBea

peri

3:30 pm

MollyL

de9...Short for last month + vowel + unit of metric liquid

3:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Lucky I popped in for that little clue...I'm not doing well with this grid.

3:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I still have about 30 4-letter words left. and not many of the others.

3:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

a lot of stupid fish

4:49 pm

cherlyq

don't care much for this one uggh

4:49 pm

BzznBea

now you tell me...

4:50 pm

Scrabbler

I am here for relaxation.

4:51 pm

BzznBea

are you on call this weekend, scrabs?

4:51 pm

Scrabbler

No, last weekend I was.

4:51 pm

BzznBea

I'm glad you can relax.

4:52 pm

Scrabbler

Not working is wonderful.

4:53 pm

BzznBea

my daughter teaches 6th grade english. she used the word "feral" abot some of her students yesterday. End of school is a beast!

4:54 pm

Scrabbler

For years we have noted that about 80% of kids are feral. It's quite sad.

4:55 pm

MollyL

80% of kids are feral?

4:55 pm

BzznBea

we had a discussion a couple weeks ago about those children. it was the first time i had heard the term used.

4:55 pm

Scrabbler

Parents have relinquished their roles as parents. No more teaching, leading, guiding, setting limits, saying the word "no."

4:56 pm

Scrabbler

I live in a rural area with a high percentage of ignorant parents. But even in the suburbs there are problems.

4:56 pm

BzznBea

and then you throw covid isolation into the mix...

4:57 pm

MollyL

feral...definition...of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage

4:58 pm

BzznBea

no more talk. you need to relax, scrabs

4:58 pm

Scrabbler

Another term = Perpetual Toddlerhood Syndrome. Egocentrism, emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, tantrums. Any teacher will tell you.

4:59 pm

Scrabbler

TY, Bea. I can't fix it. Parents have to choose to be the center of the family, like the solar system.

5:03 pm

cherlyq

My grandson graduated prek today he is full of vim and vinegar and gets in trouble alot his parents are determined he will not act like that

5:06 pm

BzznBea

kids like your grandson were some of my favorite students.

5:06 pm

MollyL

Prek?

5:06 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly for de9

5:06 pm

Scrabbler

Yay for them, cherly. One of my great-nephews is in pre-K. Finn is very meek and quiet.

5:06 pm

periwinkle

Pre Kindergarten

5:07 pm

cherlyq

pre kindergarten for 4 year olds he just turned 5 the other day

5:07 pm

BzznBea

there are also early childhood classes for children at risk.

5:10 pm

Scrabbler

There are Head Start preschools in 3 towns around here.

5:10 pm

Scrabbler

gets

5:10 pm

cherlyq

yeah both of my kids had speech problems at first and did head start but Connell has a big vocabulary

5:10 pm

Scrabbler

Free clue. YW.

5:12 pm

cherlyq

change the vowel Scrab

5:19 pm

Scrabbler

TY, cherly.

5:24 pm

rururocks

80% really?

5:26 pm

hokie carla

I must be unsage because I can't find more than 2 u's

5:27 pm

rururocks

U's are easy hokie

5:28 pm

hokie carla

grain of salt

5:28 pm

hokie carla

found one more, moving on

5:29 pm

rururocks

one of them is womb much

5:29 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, ruru, it bodes poorly for the future of our country.

5:30 pm

hokie carla

[pregnant pause]

5:30 pm

rururocks

wow.. that's really, really sad scrabs

5:30 pm

Scrabbler

Amniotic sac has popped.

5:31 pm

rururocks

but on the bright side there'll be more trump voters coming up

5:31 pm

Scrabbler

The work force has been dealing with these kids for 20 years of more. Poor work ethic. Bad behavior.

5:32 pm

hokie carla

they can't be wrong, everyone else is

5:32 pm

MollyL

I am a little optimistic I guess. I don't believe 80% of all kids are feral.

5:35 pm

cherlyq

I think the ones that are just get more attention so thats why it seems like that

5:36 pm

Scrabbler

In our little rural village it's bad. Teachers confirm what we see.

5:38 pm

MollyL

Good point cheryl

5:39 pm

rururocks

yep.. we're too busy spending billions of dollars overseas instead of improving our education system

5:39 pm

cherlyq

I do have to admit some of the kids around here you know were raised right and they get to a certain age and just turn into followers of what they see other kids do

5:48 pm

Scrabbler

The parents creating respectful, responsible, kind kids humble me. These parents are leaders for their kids.

5:50 pm

cherlyq

unfortunately some parents seem to think that is the schools job and leave it all up to the teachers and some teachers undermine some of the parents even if they dont mean to

5:51 pm

Scrabbler

Yes

5:52 pm

MollyL

And some parents really love their kids and raise them right. So let's not forget about them.

5:52 pm

cherlyq

yeah that is so true

6:01 pm

Gillie

I really think it should accept "girlier" (even though the chat spell-check doesn't like it either)

6:01 pm

Scrabbler

I agree with you.

6:03 pm

Scrabbler

98 left and I am done. See you in the morning.

6:06 pm

hokie carla

I have HOET and 82 left. maybe will come back later.

6:14 pm

cybernan

hi again

6:16 pm

cybernan

Just read the chat -- if computers and cell phones ever fail, current generation of school children will be hopelessly lost.

6:40 pm

BzznBea

back from feeding the herd...79 left

6:49 pm

Gillie

The web certainly has made it easier to look things up but with the risk of getting incorrect answers, of course, and the difficulty of selecting the right one.

6:49 pm

Gillie

I once bought a small carved buffalo in an interesting stone that was identified as "argite". A google search found no useful information on this, so I showed it to a geologist I knew who said she thought it looked like serpentine embedded with au6 crystals.

6:50 pm

BzznBea

that's cool, gillie

6:51 pm

cybernan

stuck on last 4, but need to get ready to out for dinner. bfn

6:51 pm

BzznBea

have fun, nan

7:00 pm

BzznBea

why are the l's so tough today

7:49 pm

BzznBea

1 left...

7:51 pm

periwinkle

re6 please

7:53 pm

periwinkle

nm

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