Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, August 16, 2023

12:02 am

justafreep

oh, a little one. Happy flip anyway!

12:03 am

justafreep

qu7

12:04 am

justafreep

ri7

12:05 am

justafreep

ra7

12:11 am

justafreep

du7/8

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety!

12:20 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, gu 8 and 9

12:20 am

justafreep

gu8/9

12:20 am

justafreep

yeah. them.

12:21 am

Rainiqui

Can't believe it took so long to see them, they're easy enough

12:21 am

justafreep

I know. Particularly with other words I did find and call....

12:22 am

justafreep

small grid but some good words, at least.

12:46 am

justafreep

well, my final word is an s8, so I'm calling an s8

12:49 am

justafreep

sc8 and fw

7:10 am

HarryHood

nbt and nbs and 21 to go

7:10 am

HarryHood

hoet and 20.

7:21 am

HarryHood

scarium: the element of surprise

7:21 am

HarryHood

10 for later. bye

7:22 am

MollyL

Oh, so close to a real word

7:31 am

hokie carla

have tried a ton of things close to that. what is the stat of said close word?

7:38 am

hokie carla

well, I certainly got hu5

7:41 am

hokie carla

24 left. time for tennis. TTFN.

7:52 am

player girl

Hi all. Can anyone help me please with the Lone E? Thanks in advance

7:53 am

dan2bit

e5/12 - ends with wound evidence

8:08 am

lshult

help with the bottom h's, plz

8:14 am

hurshy

hu4/7

8:15 am

hurshy

and the way the weather often is in a tropical rainforest

8:15 am

lshult

thanks

8:25 am

hurshy

eesh, 6 left, 5 5s and a 6

8:31 am

mael

67 words?? come on

8:32 am

BzznBea

i was disappointed too. mael. now i won't be able to procrastinate much.

8:33 am

hurshy

boards like this are sent to remind us of the fleeting nature of life

8:33 am

mael

hah

8:33 am

penquis

that's deep....

8:33 am

penquis

hello all....

8:33 am

mael

I guess it's a message from my neglected inbox

8:35 am

mael

hey pen

8:35 am

penquis

hi mael...

8:36 am

mael

oh but the q words are very cute

8:38 am

BzznBea

now I want breakfast

8:39 am

mael

grudgy is totally a word, or ought to be

8:39 am

penquis

agreed...

8:47 am

MollyL

The q words are cute?

8:52 am

penquis

for me they are still nonexistent....

8:53 am

mael

very cute

8:53 am

phaeton

Q words are food

8:53 am

mael

a cute word for a cute food, yes :)

8:54 am

72 Temple Owl

we could have snails, for lack of a properly placed o

8:56 am

72 Temple Owl

bur for lack of a properly placed o, that is

8:57 am

penquis

ty, phae....

8:59 am

72 Temple Owl

i can only think of quince

8:59 am

penquis

think eggy....

9:00 am

72 Temple Owl

hmmmm

9:01 am

72 Temple Owl

ah, ty

9:01 am

penquis

yw...

9:02 am

72 Temple Owl

time to get moving. happy babbling.

9:02 am

penquis

bye TO...

9:02 am

mael

bye TO!

9:05 am

mael

missing two, a 6 and an 8. M and S

9:05 am

mael

hmmm

9:05 am

BzznBea

the 8 is an s

9:06 am

BzznBea

m6 is a kind of compound

9:06 am

mael

thanks!

9:07 am

MollyL

I never thought of that food as cute I guess.

9:09 am

mael

got the m, what a weird word

9:09 am

mael

FW! thanks for the help

9:10 am

MollyL

He punched him mi6

9:10 am

penquis

ty, molly....

9:11 am

penquis

congrats, mael.....

9:11 am

mael

he's got very good aim them, I'd just say he punched him in the regular last half of the compound...

9:13 am

mael

I'm stumped at connections today

9:14 am

dcseain

thanks, molly

9:19 am

Biltong

clue for ra7 please?

9:19 am

Biltong

radium

9:19 am

mael

plural of a ra5

9:19 am

BzznBea

plural of the 5 cowboy workplace

9:20 am

Biltong

ty, mael and Bea :-)

9:29 am

moolingwa

morning all

9:30 am

penquis

hi mool...

9:30 am

moolingwa

hey pen, happy wednesday

9:31 am

penquis

ty...ditto to you....

9:31 am

moolingwa

tx

9:32 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Hi all, zooming through

9:33 am

penquis

hi gwen....

9:33 am

moolingwa

hey gwen

9:40 am

MollyL

Is it redundant when gr4 is in the gr4?

9:40 am

penquis

another philosophical post.....

9:45 am

moolingwa

fw

9:45 am

penquis

congrats...

9:46 am

moolingwa

tx, last word was a 4

9:46 am

penquis

i have two left....a five and a six...

9:48 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Nbt woot

9:48 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Gotta run

9:48 am

moolingwa

let me guess an m, and maybe a g?

9:49 am

penquis

nope....an R and a C....

9:49 am

Biltong

Clue for sc8, please

9:49 am

moolingwa

the right c?

9:49 am

penquis

left...

9:49 am

moolingwa

it's elemental bilt

9:50 am

penquis

sc 8....what the clerk does to your groceries at checkout....ends with a chemical ending...

9:51 am

penquis

elemental bilt?.....what's bilt?

9:51 am

moolingwa

I was cluing the 8 for Biltong

9:51 am

Biltong

my babble name :-)

9:51 am

penquis

LOL...

9:52 am

Biltong

ty, mool

9:52 am

moolingwa

if you are indeed missing a c off the right one, I can clue it

9:52 am

Shirlockc

ooo got 2 words from that sc clue -- thx for pointing out the chemical ending

9:52 am

penquis

yw...

9:53 am

penquis

no....it's the left C....

9:54 am

moolingwa

then it's probably an adjective type word that you probably haven't heard of before

9:54 am

penquis

of course...

9:55 am

penquis

hah...it was an ordinary 5....

9:55 am

Biltong

got the sc8 ty.

9:55 am

moolingwa

almost the same letters as another 5, but need to shift one and change one

9:55 am

penquis

so i am down to an R 6....

9:55 am

moolingwa

do you have the other elemental one?

9:55 am

penquis

yes...

9:56 am

moolingwa

which r?

9:56 am

penquis

left...

9:56 am

moolingwa

then you'll kick yourself...might want to check endings

9:56 am

penquis

will do...ty...

9:57 am

Biltong

sorry I only have 3 from the left R at the moment

9:57 am

penquis

it was a TITT word.....was sure i had entered that....ty....

9:57 am

penquis

i am done...

9:57 am

moolingwa

yay!

9:57 am

penquis

i don't really like small grids...

9:58 am

moolingwa

I don't mind them...allows me to be more productive in my day :)

9:58 am

Biltong

congrats pen

9:58 am

moolingwa

any clues before I go be productive?

9:59 am

Biltong

I'm ok, ty mool. Have a good day

9:59 am

moolingwa

u2

10:05 am

penquis

ty....heading out also...bye all....

10:15 am

bichon

gu 8/65, pls

10:16 am

dan2bit

are you asking for gu8 on the gu8, bichon?

10:17 am

sajarn

good one. ty

10:18 am

bichon

yes, dan

10:21 am

MollyL

That one went right over the proverbial head.

10:27 am

bichon

Mr. B found it for me

10:30 am

origami

Good morning. Thanks for that clue, Dan.

10:31 am

dan2bit

np

10:32 am

dan2bit

are there more than 3 ch words?

10:51 am

dcseain

I have 3, and am still missing a C

10:53 am

origami

There are only 3.

11:21 am

Shirlockc

clue for the cy5, i feel like it should be easy but i'm just not seeing it

11:28 am

periwinkle

cy5 starts like the person who rides a bike and those annoying notices on tv

11:28 am

periwinkle

help with the E please

11:29 am

Sophie512

thanks Peri just got on and saw your clue

11:29 am

BzznBea

es5

11:29 am

bichon

es + motor vehicle

11:29 am

Shirlockc

e+ mark on skin

11:29 am

periwinkle

yw Sophie

11:29 am

bichon

tu /, pls

11:29 am

periwinkle

ty Bea and Shirl

11:30 am

bichon

sorry

11:30 am

bichon

tu /, pls

11:30 am

periwinkle

and Bichon

11:30 am

Shirlockc

got the cy, thx

11:30 am

bichon

yw peri

11:30 am

periwinkle

tu5 ends like the hu5/18

11:30 am

BzznBea

tu5 is like the heavy summer air

11:31 am

bichon

ty Bea

11:31 am

mkg

Tumid

11:31 am

mkg

Oooh sorry

11:39 am

Shirlockc

mi6? clue pls?

11:40 am

BzznBea

center and name for stomach

11:48 am

bichon

gu 5/16, pls

11:51 am

bleugirl2

alt spelling of the greek wrap

11:56 am

HarryHood

5 left here

11:58 am

HarryHood

3

11:59 am

HarryHood

2 left. C and S, 5 and 8

12:00 pm

BzznBea

the s8 is a rare element

12:01 pm

HarryHood

oh! got it! ty bea

12:01 pm

HarryHood

heh I almost blurted that earlier, and didn't see it

12:01 pm

BzznBea

yw

12:02 pm

BzznBea

try ca5.22

12:02 pm

MollyL

I figured you didn't see it Harry. You are not a blurter.

12:03 pm

HarryHood

yes that is my missing C

12:03 pm

HarryHood

done!

12:03 pm

BzznBea

congrats

12:03 pm

HarryHood

but I like my element better.

12:04 pm

HarryHood

hard to get motivated to do anything

12:06 pm

bichon

ty Blue girl

12:06 pm

HarryHood

hi bichon - we're in CT

12:08 pm

Shirlockc

thx buzz for the mi clue and i eye rolle

12:15 pm

MollyL

What are you doing in The Nutmeg State Harry

12:25 pm

HarryHood

we rented a house for a few days on the shore

12:28 pm

HarryHood

later all

12:37 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :) 10:37 and already 81F -- going to be another scorcher today

12:38 pm

MollyL

We have warm weather and low humidity. It's gorgeous.

12:39 pm

cybernan

sounds much better than hot and smokey

12:57 pm

cybernan

don't know what a greek wrap is --- is there another clue for the gu 5?

1:03 pm

cybernan

3 g's left: 5, 8, 9

1:06 pm

cybernan

monkeyed the gu 5

1:06 pm

cybernan

oh -- 8-9 common words!!!

1:06 pm

cybernan

That does it for me :)

1:12 pm

MollyL

Someone needs to take Nan out on a "round the world" eating tour and broaden her cuisine vocabulary.

1:44 pm

periwinkle

the gu5 is a south american musical instrument

1:44 pm

periwinkle

the greek wrap starts with gy

1:45 pm

periwinkle

altho they may be pronounced the same

1:45 pm

MollyL

Someone thought they were being clever using the Greek wrap clue 😊 Not for Nan though.

1:49 pm

MollyL

Although they are pronounced the same

1:51 pm

akazev

F=GRID

1:54 pm

MollyL

Duran=Duran

1:56 pm

cherlyq

15 left

1:58 pm

periwinkle

first ra6 please

1:59 pm

periwinkle

nm

1:59 pm

periwinkle

done, happy babbling

2:09 pm

westford

hello everyone I finally changed my icon Just checking

2:11 pm

MollyL

Yep, it's another cat statue

2:21 pm

westford

I like Jim Shore's cats.

3:01 pm

bleugirl2

FIREWORXXX!!!

3:12 pm

cherlyq

Fire works here

3:13 pm

Sophie512

9 left here

3:18 pm

Sophie512

4

3:21 pm

Sophie512

1

8:04 pm

mkg

Were there any clues for the cy 5 word? Hope so. Ty

8:04 pm

mkg

Send all help for that one.

8:13 pm

mkg

Doesnt anyone have a clue for the cy 5? Ty

8:17 pm

dcseain

hm. sort of like a shortening of the bugs we had LOTS of in 2021

9:35 pm

mkg

Ty great clue. Got it.

9:42 pm

mkg

THIS GRID has a lot of words missing the en in front of them.. hm.

9:43 pm

mkg

any clues for the sc 8 word? Ty. Is first part of it the 4 from before it?

9:44 pm

mkg

NM monkeys just worked.

11:53 pm

mkg

First time i finished a grid in a long time. Back for the flip

View Word List Wednesday, August 16, 2023

FINAL SCORES

ENTIRE CHAT LOG