Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, August 28, 2023

12:05 am

justafreep

fa7 and happy flip

12:05 am

justafreep

ea8

12:06 am

dizgrannie

ra 7

12:06 am

Rainiqui

su 8

12:06 am

justafreep

huh. thanks for that one. Would not have known....

12:07 am

Gillie

gr7

12:07 am

Rainiqui

I thought it was weird

12:07 am

justafreep

gr8

12:09 am

justafreep

tr7

12:10 am

Gillie

re8

12:11 am

justafreep

fa7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

Gillie

po7

12:18 am

Rainiqui

gr 8, nbt, nbs

12:18 am

Gillie

Is that fa7 x 2, freep?

12:19 am

Rainiqui

Sorry Freep, wilt thou forgiveth me ?

12:20 am

justafreep

yes, it is! sorry. fa7 x 2

12:21 am

justafreep

and I forgive. I forgive. <jots note in the official records> it's all good. :-)

12:21 am

penquis

Po 7…hello all….

12:21 am

Rainiqui

Oh goodeth !!!

12:22 am

penquis

Sorry, Gillie….hard to keep track… ;o)

12:22 am

justafreep

way to make an entrance, pen

12:22 am

Gillie

no problem!

12:25 am

Rainiqui

gr 9

12:35 am

justafreep

ea7

12:37 am

penquis

Re 8…

12:37 am

penquis

Did it again, gillie….lol…

12:38 am

Gillie

:)

12:42 am

Gillie

Somehow managed to monkey that gr9, but I still don't have anything for the lone E

12:46 am

penquis

Well found an ER 7 but from a different E…

12:46 am

grannyrose

gillie, en7, to make angry

12:47 am

Gillie

Of course - ty

12:47 am

grannyrose

sorry that's en6. ketamine brain here

12:48 am

Gillie

Well, I got it anyway

12:48 am

grannyrose

;-)

1:04 am

penquis

Pi 7….

1:10 am

rbud

sooo... are there 2 re8's and two gr8's? they both got called twice, looks like to me.

1:13 am

penquis

Only one of each….but i am missing an 8….

1:15 am

rbud

ahhh. same here. I have the four from chat now.

1:16 am

penquis

Well it will wait….heading out….goodnight all…

1:16 am

rbud

yes - not feeling like hitting the list just yet.

6:51 am

dan2bit

huh I didn't think enable HAD seven Z words. Morning all!

6:51 am

HarryHood

hi dan

6:52 am

HarryHood

missing 3 Zs

6:52 am

HarryHood

bottom row is tough

6:55 am

HarryHood

40 for later. hagd

7:18 am

Scrabbler

Good morning. I will start with the Z, Dan.

7:18 am

MollyL

When I first looked at the grid (pre-coffee) I read it as 17 z words and said WTF??

7:20 am

Scrabbler

I have 3 and am going random with the grid now.

7:23 am

mael

7 is plenty of Z words!

7:24 am

mael

I also only have 3, alas

7:25 am

MollyL

It was the sixes that were tough. And JMC's favorite words, but I have those committed to memory.

7:28 am

Scrabbler

Buona mattina, mael.

7:28 am

mael

buongiorno anche a te, scrab! :)

7:28 am

Scrabbler

Where did you grow up in Italy?

7:32 am

mael

lake garda, in the Dolomites

7:32 am

mael

we were back home just a few weeks ago with the kids

7:33 am

Scrabbler

Ah, up north. My mother's mother grew up in the province of Caserta and her father in Sicily, in Gualtieri Sicamino.

7:33 am

mael

the South is beautiful but I have to admit I've never visited

7:34 am

mael

I always thought there was time and then I moved to the US...

7:34 am

Scrabbler

I would like to visit their villages.

7:35 am

mael

it would be the trip of a lifetime!

7:36 am

Scrabbler

Yes. My grand-fa6 had 3 siblings that stayed in Sicily so family is there.

7:39 am

mael

it's curious because most people from Northern Italy emigrated to South America, not North America. All of my grandfather's siblings went to Uruguay. It all depended on following someone you already knew, so they clustered in different parts of the world

7:40 am

mael

no farro, enable is as usual behind the times :)

7:42 am

MollyL

Not updated since the year 2000. Not sure why people keep expecting words of recent years.

7:42 am

mael

I'm not surprised, Molly

7:43 am

mael

it's just always curious to see which words were pre-2000. Orzo is accepted but farro is not, it's a strange cultural divide!

7:45 am

Scrabbler

Mael, my grandparents emigrated to east Utica, NY where everyone was Italian. They met in a textile mill.

7:46 am

mael

it's always a great story, scrabb

7:46 am

mael

heading out for a while, 35 left. Managed to finish the Fs but still only 3 Zs and no 9 :)

7:46 am

mael

see you all later

7:49 am

Scrabbler

Ciao

9:33 am

MollyL

su8 just doesn't sound right

9:38 am

saanichcat

agreed Molly, apparently a real word though

9:40 am

MollyL

Some sound better with more and a shorter version, like more su6

9:54 am

mkg

Su 8 not a real word

9:56 am

dauber

Freedictionary.com and a couple of other dictionaries acknowledge it.

9:59 am

dauber

(or are we talking another su8?)

10:02 am

BzznBea

i have always said that enable takes great liberties with that suffix. But just because it doesn't sound right to our ears doesn't mean it isn't a real word. Just not a word you might not use frequently

10:09 am

MollyL

I was talking about su8/55.

10:12 am

MollyL

The su8/70 is just whacked

10:22 am

72 Temple Owl

already a few comparatives here

10:23 am

72 Temple Owl

worse than po7?

10:25 am

MollyL

Yes, po7 is amusing. su8/70 is just weird.

10:26 am

MollyL

And so is the 9

10:26 am

72 Temple Owl

haven't reached that point

10:27 am

72 Temple Owl

but you can give stats if you care to

10:27 am

MollyL

gr9/78

10:27 am

72 Temple Owl

ty

10:28 am

rururocks

the po7 didn't stick out to me at first

10:28 am

phaeton

I would like a clue for the gr9 pls

10:28 am

penquis

have I come at a bad time?....hello all....;o)

10:30 am

72 Temple Owl

no, you've come at lunch time. got to see what i can rustle up

10:30 am

penquis

just ate...

10:40 am

MollyL

Did it need to be pointed out Ru?

10:42 am

rururocks

sometimes I need a little poke to get this grid going

10:43 am

MollyL

It's an up and down thing I guess

10:58 am

rururocks

could i get a hint on the gr9?

10:59 am

penquis

starts like the golfer Gr 4 Norman....

10:59 am

rururocks

thanks

10:59 am

penquis

yw...

11:00 am

penquis

i monkeyed it....never heard of this parasite....

11:03 am

MollyL

I'm glad to hear that Pen. It keeps you another step further from total geekdom.

11:03 am

penquis

*phew*....

11:03 am

MollyL

I thought it had to do with monks 😊

11:03 am

penquis

i was up at the flip and saw the call....

11:03 am

mkg

cant get the 9/ have the 7 and 8 before it and just not seeing the 9. darn.

11:04 am

mkg

any help welcome for ending assuming it is same first 5. ty

11:04 am

MollyL

The flip is another story when it comes to total geekdom.

11:04 am

penquis

it's a stand alone....

11:05 am

penquis

i clued the first part of the GR 9....

11:06 am

mkg

ty. i now see it is not from the gr 5 i though. so it is a weird word yes?

11:07 am

penquis

yes...

11:07 am

penquis

ends like the fruit tange****....

11:07 am

periwinkle

hi all. help with center R please

11:08 am

mkg

ty. does it have a z in it?

11:08 am

penquis

extend the ra 5/20...

11:09 am

periwinkle

ty need to find ra5/20

11:09 am

penquis

it comes from the other R...the center is ra 5...

11:09 am

mkg

i have it. but it is from the R in third column and so confused.

11:10 am

penquis

the singular is from one R and "one who" is from the other R...

11:10 am

periwinkle

got it ty pen

11:10 am

penquis

yw...

11:11 am

mkg

one who gr***s is not in grid. so confused. i assume it is g and then the r 5 word?

11:12 am

penquis

i did not say that the gr is a "one who"....it's a parasite.....i gave two clues...one for the start and one for the end....scroll down....

11:13 am

penquis

the "one who" comment referred to the ra 5...

11:13 am

mkg

yes.

11:14 am

mkg

sorry. all i see is the end. will look further back.

11:15 am

mkg

oh i found it! ty! missed the second g in grid. ty

11:15 am

penquis

yw...

11:16 am

mkg

i totally missed the clue about the golfer. sorry.

11:18 am

penquis

it's ok...

11:21 am

mkg

now stumped by e in second column. trying to find it.

11:22 am

penquis

en 6....to make someone angry....

11:22 am

doseffing

... to make someone very angry

11:23 am

mkg

got it.

11:23 am

mkg

ty

11:23 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

11:23 am

mkg

ty much all cluers. ty.

11:23 am

mkg

hi carla

11:23 am

penquis

well i am down to 24....taking a break...bye all....

11:27 am

hokie carla

112 left here

11:27 am

EvaNadine

afternoon, babblers!
sent kiddo off to his 1st day or first grade today.
::SNIFFLE::

11:31 am

bichon

awwwww

11:32 am

hokie carla

next thing you know he'll be in college

11:33 am

EvaNadine

he will be taller then me in like a week. LOL

11:36 am

hokie carla

true

11:43 am

MollyL

Did he go to all day kindergarten or half day?

12:02 pm

hokie carla

well, was on track for HOET until the bottom row. 39 left. 11-8-11-5-3-1

12:04 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

12:07 pm

hokie carla

hey nan

12:25 pm

hokie carla

some people are gropier than others

12:31 pm

cybernan

free clues from carla?

12:31 pm

MollyL

Some guys are definitely gropier than others.

12:32 pm

cybernan

and Molly?

12:32 pm

MollyL

gropier is not a word

12:33 pm

hokie carla

even though it is

12:33 pm

cybernan

lol

12:34 pm

cybernan

had tried it - didn't realize it was declared not a word

12:35 pm

MollyL

What dictionary did you find gropier in Carla?

12:36 pm

hokie carla

no, I was saying it is a word in real life but not in enable

12:43 pm

hokie carla

HOET finally

12:48 pm

hokie carla

25 now. 4-6-8-4-2-1

12:48 pm

hokie carla

anyone seen moo lately? did someone run him off last week?

12:49 pm

cybernan

not liking this grid much

12:54 pm

hokie carla

it was okay

12:54 pm

hokie carla

not sure why I said was since I'm still working but stuck

1:11 pm

cybernan

I need one f and one t to turn the left side black

1:12 pm

cybernan

got the f

1:12 pm

hokie carla

I need 1 F, but the F is in the middle

1:13 pm

hokie carla

I need 1 T in 1st col and 2 T in 2nd col. 1 F and 2 A in middle col, then the 4th and 5th are all white.

1:14 pm

cybernan

yes -- I am just missing a t from the first col. to turn the left 3 col. black

1:14 pm

hokie carla

any guesses on my 2 T's in the 2nd col?

1:14 pm

cybernan

there isn't anything new in the f's

1:15 pm

cybernan

maybe you are missing a comparative or a plural

1:15 pm

cybernan

working on the p's now -- need 5 of those

1:16 pm

hokie carla

I have 4 p's left

1:17 pm

hokie carla

oh, one was an ER word

1:17 pm

hokie carla

one of my T's that is

1:22 pm

cybernan

missed the adult rated ones

1:22 pm

hokie carla

completely monkeyed my last T in 2nd col. that's a word people know?

1:22 pm

cybernan

and the abbreviation for your poltical leader

1:23 pm

hokie carla

ah, I did not have that one

1:24 pm

cybernan

taking a lunch break then heading for the list

1:25 pm

SquidLP

hey all, can I get stats for the lone e in that second column?

1:26 pm

hokie carla

en6/24

1:26 pm

SquidLP

thanks

1:26 pm

hokie carla

no prob

1:27 pm

SquidLP

that's less helpful than I was hoping it would be lol! You wouldn't happen to have a clue for it too, would you?

1:28 pm

hokie carla

it might make you mad when you see it

1:28 pm

hokie carla

but hopefully it won't en6 you

1:29 pm

SquidLP

WOW what an appropriate word, thank you

1:29 pm

hokie carla

haha

1:41 pm

hokie carla

well, I went to the list and still have 10 left. guess I will take a break.

1:42 pm

cherlyq

never heard of er7 32 kinda fumbled upon it lol

1:43 pm

cherlyq

not doing so great today have 58 left this one seems like a kicker

1:56 pm

hokie carla

that's one of my 10 if you can spare a clue

2:03 pm

MollyL

ends like rise and s____

2:04 pm

hokie carla

gracias

2:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

carla

2:48 pm

Smdnjv

th

2:51 pm

Smdnjv

So sorry!!

3:27 pm

hurshy

babble time!

3:45 pm

hurshy

i thought toerag was an insult

4:58 pm

cybernan

hello again

5:17 pm

cybernan

su 8/70 please?

5:22 pm

rururocks

a variation on Susan and wet weather

5:23 pm

MollyL

Great clue

5:24 pm

cybernan

ty ru -- looks familiar, will have to see the def

5:28 pm

cybernan

gr9 please - don't even know where to start after the first 2

5:29 pm

hokie carla

yeah, it took me a while to look it up even. looks kinda like the gr chant but kind of a blue/green gem ending

5:30 pm

hokie carla

ruru, did you actually know the su8? never seen that before in my life. like who knew there was even a word that means that?

5:31 pm

MollyL

Man's name + end of the citrus that starts with tang

5:32 pm

cybernan

I remembered seeing it in a historical tome I had to read for one of my history courses after I saw the def.

5:32 pm

penquis

nan...the gr 9 starts with a man's name....

5:32 pm

MollyL

Like I said

5:33 pm

cybernan

ty Molly. My younger son's name!

5:35 pm

cybernan

sounds like the parasite you would inject into lawns to kill grubs

5:36 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

5:36 pm

penquis

well it is a parasite...

5:36 pm

penquis

bye, nan...

5:41 pm

MollyL

The su is a parasite not the gr

5:45 pm

penquis

dictionary.com.... type of sporozoan parasite that inhabits the digestive and other cavities of various invertebrates and produces cysts filled with spores.

5:47 pm

nrkii

other way around

5:47 pm

penquis

the definition was for the gr 9....

5:48 pm

nrkii

sorry, meant other way around - su8 is not parasite, ge9 is

5:48 pm

nrkii

gr 9

5:48 pm

penquis

exactly...

5:49 pm

nrkii

I'm surprised pi7 was not a proper noun

5:49 pm

MollyL

Right

5:50 pm

penquis

we have had that pi 7 before....makes me want to sing "Au claire de la lune...mon ami Pi 7".....

5:57 pm

MollyL

The non proper is a white faced French actor. Mime?

5:58 pm

penquis

yes, with a pointy hat...

5:58 pm

nrkii

the proper is a specific male character, the non-proper is a buffoon who dresses up like that guy

5:59 pm

nrkii

I didn't know the non-proper version existed

5:59 pm

nrkii

Missing 2 Z words.. any suggestions?

5:59 pm

penquis

me either...

6:02 pm

penquis

i am missing three....

6:02 pm

nrkii

I

6:02 pm

nrkii

I'm down to 8 words now...

6:03 pm

penquis

17 here...

6:03 pm

nrkii

Px2, Rx2, T, Zx2, Gx1

6:03 pm

nrkii

still missing one 8-letter word

6:04 pm

penquis

same here...

6:04 pm

penquis

i am still missing your letters with a few more...

6:04 pm

penquis

only missing one R...

6:04 pm

nrkii

I have ea8, gr8, su8, su8

6:05 pm

penquis

found my last R...

6:06 pm

penquis

you are missing the RE 8....

6:06 pm

nrkii

thanks!

6:06 pm

nrkii

that got me 2!

6:06 pm

penquis

i am missing one of the SU 8 words....

6:07 pm

nrkii

sweeter?

6:07 pm

penquis

monkeyed it...

6:07 pm

penquis

had the sweeter....monkeyed the other...

6:10 pm

penquis

my grandfather's name is in the grid...Azerie....

6:11 pm

penquis

stalled at 15....listing....

6:11 pm

nrkii

stalled at 6 here... still missing one 4-letter word, can't believe I can't monkey it

6:12 pm

nrkii

ooh, found it... pi4

6:13 pm

penquis

cool....missing four fours....

6:18 pm

nrkii

pi5! one of several words that are shortened words

6:19 pm

penquis

yes...working on an S word...then it's one T word and three Z words...

6:19 pm

nrkii

I'm still short 1 G

6:19 pm

nrkii

plus one T and 2 S

6:21 pm

penquis

you have ga 6/24 x 3?

6:21 pm

penquis

no....x2...

6:21 pm

nrkii

I have ga6/24 x 2

6:22 pm

penquis

they are all ordinary, I think....oh...do you have a 5 that ends in a vowel other than E?

6:23 pm

nrkii

no

6:23 pm

nrkii

ooh found it!

6:23 pm

nrkii

thanks!

6:24 pm

penquis

yw....can you clue the first SA word?

6:24 pm

nrkii

did you find the S word?

6:24 pm

nrkii

sa x 2, su x 3

6:24 pm

nrkii

sa 6/27... a trip to see wild animals

6:24 pm

penquis

duh...ty...

6:25 pm

penquis

i am done....

6:25 pm

nrkii

I'm down to 3 now... you?

6:25 pm

penquis

what letters?

6:25 pm

nrkii

T, Z, Z
5, 6, 6

6:26 pm

penquis

tr 6/27?

6:27 pm

penquis

there are two ZA 6/51 words...

6:27 pm

nrkii

I will look, thanks!

6:27 pm

nrkii

oh, other T

6:27 pm

nrkii

I had tr 6/27

6:27 pm

nrkii

I need a TO or TH

6:28 pm

penquis

th 5 like a voyage with an extra letter?

6:28 pm

nrkii

have that one

6:28 pm

penquis

to ending in two vowels?

6:29 pm

nrkii

have it :)

6:29 pm

penquis

how many letters?

6:29 pm

hokie carla

to6/21?

6:30 pm

nrkii

I have 4 TH5, 1 TO5 ... no TH6, no TO6

6:30 pm

hokie carla

rhymes wiht pooh's word

6:30 pm

nrkii

shoot, I do have that!

6:30 pm

penquis

must be carla's suggestion....

6:30 pm

nrkii

ack!

6:31 pm

penquis

th 5/12 x 4?

6:31 pm

hokie carla

oh, you need a 5?

6:32 pm

nrkii

no, missing one of those... I have th5/14 and th 5/12x3

6:32 pm

nrkii

either a 5 or a 6

6:32 pm

hokie carla

the first th5/12 maybe

6:32 pm

penquis

don't know what she needs at this point, lol...guess it was a five...

6:32 pm

penquis

that would be my guess...

6:32 pm

hokie carla

it's a babblet

6:33 pm

nrkii

have that... my goodness, I am missing something obvious

6:33 pm

hokie carla

possessive?

6:33 pm

nrkii

found it!!

6:33 pm

hokie carla

biblical?

6:33 pm

nrkii

ends in two vowels

6:33 pm

hokie carla

spasm?

6:33 pm

nrkii

yep

6:34 pm

hokie carla

oh, pen said that earlier and you said you had it but must have been responding to another post

6:34 pm

nrkii

thank you so much for your patience!

6:34 pm

penquis

yup....i was typing that definition in when you found it....

6:34 pm

hokie carla

oh, nm

6:34 pm

nrkii

down to 2 6-letter Z words

6:34 pm

hokie carla

that was TO5 that I was confusing

6:34 pm

hokie carla

glad you found it

6:34 pm

penquis

no problem, nrkii....

6:35 pm

penquis

the Zs must be ZA 6/51 x 2..

6:35 pm

penquis

first four letters are the same...

6:35 pm

nrkii

wow... that should be easy

6:36 pm

penquis

i think they are alt spellings of the same word....a word I never heard of...

6:37 pm

hokie carla

I looked up my last 10 words and those 2 were in there. tho I had tried similar.

6:37 pm

nrkii

DONE!!!

6:37 pm

hokie carla

looks kinda like the pan flute guy

6:37 pm

penquis

congrats, nrkii....

6:37 pm

hokie carla

oh, nice!

6:37 pm

nrkii

phew...

6:38 pm

penquis

are you done, carla?

6:38 pm

nrkii

sorry I didn't just go to the list... I should have given up when I hit 6

6:39 pm

penquis

oh well....

6:39 pm

hokie carla

yes, I think I listed at 25 and then had to look up 10

6:39 pm

hokie carla

maybe 9

6:39 pm

penquis

my monkeys had to work hard... even after listing...

6:39 pm

hokie carla

there were a lot of weird words today

6:40 pm

penquis

yes...

6:40 pm

hokie carla

and I'm just at great at the bee

6:40 pm

penquis

well i am heading out...goodnight all...

6:40 pm

hokie carla

good night!

6:40 pm

nrkii

me too. exhausted

6:40 pm

nrkii

thank you again!

6:40 pm

penquis

yw...

6:40 pm

penquis

bye!

6:57 pm

periwinkle

re6/21 please

7:15 pm

periwinkle

the re6/21 is my last word and I do not see it

7:16 pm

periwinkle

sheesh, I just found it. done

7:16 pm

periwinkle

I was sure I had typed that one in earlier

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