Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, August 6, 2023

12:08 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:08 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, fe 7 and 8

12:24 am

cybernan

missing that corner a from those stats

12:25 am

Gillie

ac5

12:25 am

dizgrannie

ac 5

12:26 am

Rainiqui

ac 5 is a really old word, never heard anymore

12:27 am

cybernan

ty

12:27 am

cybernan

leaving the rest for tomorrow -- good night :)

12:39 am

dizgrannie

FWs

2:31 am

worzel

Either my brain's fallen out or this is the nastiest grid I've seen in years

2:32 am

rbud

I've been at it for a couple of hours and still don't have a K. Finally giving up and listing with 23 left.

2:36 am

rbud

Having found them now, I feel my monkeys failed me badly, as I ought to have surely tried some of them along the way, haha!

2:38 am

worzel

Sat there staring at the W for ages then bang, 6 words in a row - I think it's tough because it's such a twisty grid

2:41 am

rbud

you're not wr5 there. ;)

2:52 am

rbud

done, yay! need help?

3:17 am

worzel

No R you're ok, I'll take it at a very steady pace. Trying to control my puppy haha so not much time on my hands!

3:18 am

worzel

Thanks for the kind offer though

7:39 am

dan2bit

morning all

7:39 am

sukee

Hi dan

7:43 am

sukee

19 left and still no hoet

7:44 am

hokie carla

14 left here and no HOET (K)

7:44 am

sukee

now I have hoet

7:45 am

sukee

The Ks are all KO

7:47 am

sukee

yay, found the 7 and 8

7:51 am

sukee

13 left, bbl

7:52 am

hokie carla

lol, just found them too. never seen those before.

7:54 am

BzznBea

you've never seen one or just the words?

7:54 am

hokie carla

I've definitely seen one, didn't know that's what it's called. never seen the words.

7:55 am

BzznBea

they smeel so pleasant.

7:55 am

BzznBea

smell

7:55 am

hokie carla

I'm sure

7:56 am

hokie carla

12 left here. 5-5-2

8:01 am

dan2bit

16 for me 6-7-3

8:02 am

hokie carla

8 now 3-4-1. had overlooked some easy ones several times.

8:04 am

dan2bit

I really want slork to be a word

8:04 am

hokie carla

yeah, I've tried a few several times, such as kong

8:07 am

hokie carla

5 now - 1-3-1 - KK CCC

8:07 am

hokie carla

think I will walk winston before it gets any hotter out.

8:07 am

dan2bit

can anyone give stats for the A?

8:17 am

Scrabbler

ac5/14

8:21 am

dan2bit

thanks scrabbs!

8:21 am

Scrabbler

New word for me.

8:21 am

dan2bit

same

8:23 am

HarryHood

phew. nbt - that was not trivial

8:23 am

HarryHood

ty for the ac5

8:23 am

Scrabbler

My monkey has been helping me this morning.

8:24 am

HarryHood

good to have a trained monkey.

8:24 am

HarryHood

17 for later - hagd!

8:24 am

Scrabbler

A well-fed monkey is key.

8:26 am

rururocks

that explains why there are never any bananas in the PB

8:27 am

Scrabbler

No fruit ever

8:29 am

dan2bit

down to the ko's

8:29 am

dan2bit

and done! thanks scrabbs and lickety and all cluers

8:29 am

Scrabbler

I have 2 ko- but need a 3rd K.

8:30 am

rururocks

one is a plural

8:30 am

Scrabbler

That's it. Thanks!

8:34 am

Scrabbler

26 left. ENjoy the day.

9:29 am

MollyL

Well fed monkeys, hilarious.

9:30 am

hokie carla

well, I thought 77F was cool enough and yet I am drenched in sweat. air you can wear out there.

9:31 am

BzznBea

same here, carla. walked q after my shower. need another one.

9:32 am

hokie carla

it's either been way more humid than usual this summer or I just sweat more now.

9:32 am

BzznBea

it's you.

9:33 am

hokie carla

haha, I'm sure that's true.

9:33 am

hokie carla

because it's always been pretty humid

9:34 am

hokie carla

I remember when I first moved to charlotte back in '95 thinking how humid it was.

9:35 am

BzznBea

i carry one of my grandma's hankies with me.

9:35 am

hokie carla

okay, I have tried everything under the sun for the K words. I know they are all KO. I have one that rhymes with a chocolate caramel candy.

9:36 am

hokie carla

yeah, I've started carrying them while mowing, but forget to take on walks.

9:36 am

rururocks

you guys can keep your humidity ugh

9:36 am

hokie carla

I wear sweat bands in tennis and cycling

9:36 am

BzznBea

there is a 4/5 combo

9:36 am

hokie carla

yeah, I'd take 110F in the desert any day

9:37 am

hokie carla

finally got them

9:37 am

hokie carla

now just 3 c's lefgt

9:37 am

hokie carla

left

9:39 am

hokie carla

there

9:39 am

BzznBea

13 c's left...

9:39 am

hokie carla

there's a set I thought I had already

9:42 am

hokie carla

of course I will never find this last C5 because I can never finish. off to squaredle.

9:44 am

BzznBea

it's a mathematics word. 5.16

9:46 am

rururocks

it's a piece of wood next to a fallen tree hokie

9:52 am

hokie carla

neither of those are helping me, what is the 2nd letter?

9:53 am

BzznBea

co

9:53 am

rururocks

what does a fallen tree become hokes?

9:54 am

hokie carla

ok, thanks both!

9:56 am

rururocks

sorry you had to go out on a limb there hokie

9:58 am

hokie carla

really had to branch out

10:01 am

hokie carla

oh, did everyone leaf?

10:27 am

rururocks

they're rooting around somewhere

10:31 am

rururocks

maybe we're barking up the wrong tree?

10:38 am

hokie carla

they're trying to stick it to us by ignoring us

10:40 am

rururocks

or splinter us into groups

10:44 am

hokie carla

I don't know where any anger would stem from

10:57 am

rururocks

well for certain people they'd be a chip off the old block

11:03 am

MollyL

Or just blockheads

11:04 am

mkg

Hi all.

11:04 am

mkg

Any clues for the D word? Ty.

11:05 am

mkg

Nm monkeys got it.

11:06 am

deanoz

2 consonants to start

11:07 am

mkg

Ty

11:08 am

mkg

Also searching for fe 7 and 8.

11:10 am

mkg

Nm got them

11:22 am

hurshy

top row grey

11:28 am

hurshy

fourth row grey

11:34 am

hurshy

have a pair of K, wouldn't mind a pointer for the third K

11:35 am

hurshy

nvm, pulled a peri

11:35 am

hurshy

down to 2 C, and 1 each S and T

11:35 am

hurshy

and i have the weird ce5 and 6 pair that we get sometimes

11:38 am

hurshy

got the T!

11:39 am

hurshy

got the S!

11:39 am

hurshy

ok so the C is a 4 and a 5

11:40 am

hurshy

and i know it's not ciao...

11:41 am

hurshy

got the 4!

11:42 am

hurshy

done!

12:58 pm

MollyL

And that's it for the Hurshy show today. Tune in tomoorow!

12:59 pm

MollyL

O r tomorrow

1:34 pm

cybernan

good morning/afternoon if anyone is still here :)

1:35 pm

Sophie512

Hi Nan just got on

1:46 pm

wvteach

stats for D please

1:48 pm

wvteach

NM

1:53 pm

MollyL

Yeah, dh4 is just a nm word 😊

1:55 pm

cybernan

hi sophie

1:59 pm

cybernan

have one k, but the pair mentioned earlier are eluding me

2:01 pm

MollyL

Christmas, The First ___ with a k and plural

2:03 pm

cybernan

the first no isn't there - nothing even close

2:03 pm

cybernan

nm -forgot I'm looking for k words!

2:04 pm

MollyL

I said with a k, you asked for k words

2:04 pm

cybernan

down to 6 now, ty -- would really like to do this listless

2:08 pm

cybernan

SHWW 5566

2:09 pm

cybernan

found an s6

2:12 pm

cybernan

he 4 x1, ho 4 x2 -- what am I missing please?

2:14 pm

cybernan

down to an h 5

2:15 pm

cybernan

*!*~*!*

2:16 pm

cybernan

the brain is coming back :)

2:16 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone

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