Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, September 29, 2023

12:08 am

harpjane

il4 was played by the same actor who played Ducky!

12:08 am

cybernan

yes -- sad that he died recently

12:10 am

vashongin

ep 6

12:13 am

Q

having JUST watched "pump up the volume", i had the wrong duckie in mind.

12:13 am

Q

pi6

12:14 am

JoyOh

Po6

12:16 am

Gillie

The As are being very difficult

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

Gillie

Well, just one of the As, now

12:19 am

rururocks

both a's are 7's

12:20 am

dizgrannie

cion

12:20 am

dizgrannie

oopsie

12:21 am

Gillie

pl6

12:23 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ap 7

12:24 am

dizgrannie

cilia

12:24 am

dizgrannie

damn

12:25 am

Gillie

ty ru

12:29 am

rururocks

finished

12:29 am

cybernan

impressive ru

12:31 am

rururocks

76 isn't all that impressive nan :D

12:32 am

cybernan

not even close to finishing - too late at night for me

12:33 am

rururocks

i'm going to bed now.. see you later.. glad you're back in your home.

12:35 am

cybernan

me too -- good night

12:35 am

cybernan

on my way as well - can't stay awake

12:43 am

dcseain

noogie isn't in the dictionary. hmph

12:44 am

dizgrannie

FWs

4:46 am

marigold

hog tie

4:47 am

marigold

sorry

6:16 am

dauber

Wow...found a word that I literally thought was made up for The Flintstones.

6:17 am

dauber

I figured, "Doesn't hurt to try!"

7:20 am

jbp

noogie isn't a word??

7:21 am

jbp

ditto for pogo?

7:27 am

MollyL

Pogo gets questioned every time it is in a grid.

7:28 am

sukee

isn't pogo a brand name?

7:37 am

mael

genericide, it's called. people associate the thing or the action with the brand so much it becomes a noun to them, like kleenex and hoover :)

7:39 am

mael

cool linguistic trick there that infuriates patent lawyers

7:40 am

mael

but anyway, good morning everyone

7:41 am

mael

name that beloved phone in the grid

7:41 am

BzznBea

nokia

7:41 am

mael

ding ding ding

7:44 am

mael

top row grey

7:49 am

mael

found the 7s, yay

7:50 am

MollyL

Nokia is a "beloved" phone?

7:50 am

mael

clearly you never had a nokia with snake as a teenager

7:51 am

mael

it was the first phone for a whole generation of us :)

7:51 am

MollyL

Clearly there were no Nokia phones when I was a teenager

7:51 am

mael

well yeah

7:51 am

mael

but that doesn't mean it's not a Thing :)

7:52 am

MollyL

I just didn't know why a phone would be "beloved".

7:52 am

mael

nostalgia

7:53 am

mael

you could switch covers too, it was kinda great

7:54 am

BzznBea

carla is in the grid.

8:01 am

mael

get the lady a crown!

8:03 am

mael

FW!

8:30 am

mkg

Any clues and stats for 7s welcome. Ty

8:41 am

Scrabbler

I have no 6s or 7s.

8:44 am

phaeton

pi6...bird

8:44 am

Shirlockc

thx phaeton!

8:44 am

Shirlockc

wont

8:44 am

Shirlockc

oops

8:45 am

Scrabbler

TY, phaeton

8:47 am

phaeton

yw

8:56 am

phaeton

both 7's are AP

9:00 am

mkg

Ty for bird

9:01 am

phaeton

yw

9:01 am

phaeton

FW

9:03 am

mkg

Any meanings for the ap 7s welcome.

9:03 am

phaeton

has to do with astronomy...a point in the orbit

9:05 am

Scrabbler

TY

9:06 am

mkg

ty phaeton. I am still lost but ty

9:07 am

Scrabbler

It is an adjective form, not the noun.

9:07 am

mkg

i got apsides which is not in grid. Ty anyway

9:08 am

mkg

Ok found one of them. Ty. Finally got google to help. Ty

9:08 am

mkg

Is other similar?

9:09 am

mkg

Ooh got the other. Ty.

9:09 am

mkg

Missing two tiles: A word in third column and i word. Help welcome

9:33 am

HarryHood

missing that third column A

9:33 am

Scrabbler

Me too.

9:34 am

HarryHood

humph

9:34 am

origami

It's an ae4

9:34 am

penquis

it's just a common four....

9:34 am

HarryHood

thank you both

9:34 am

penquis

yw...

9:34 am

HarryHood

wonder which josh allen will show up this sunday, scrab

9:35 am

Scrabbler

TY, penquis.

9:35 am

penquis

yw...

9:36 am

Scrabbler

Josh needs to be focused and under control. No erratic playing.

9:36 am

HarryHood

I will convey the message. next time I see him.

9:37 am

Scrabbler

And our defense must elevate to the fast Miami offense.

9:37 am

Scrabbler

McDermott will have the team ready. I have driven past Josh's house a few times.

9:37 am

HarryHood

ok - glad you're managing things on that end :)

9:38 am

HarryHood

I will leave things in your capable hands!

9:38 am

Scrabbler

Yep, team pediatrician.

9:38 am

HarryHood

are you actually? if the players' kids have issues?

9:39 am

Scrabbler

No, not really, but my physician is the team physician. I see him on TV every week.

9:39 am

HarryHood

ooh - well that's pretty impressive by itself

9:40 am

Scrabbler

Anyway, the boys have a chance to prove themselves. 3-1 would be nice.

9:41 am

HarryHood

and then be tied for first place

9:41 am

HarryHood

18 to go. gotta run! hagd

9:41 am

Scrabbler

Bye

9:41 am

rururocks

it will be Buffalo and Kansas City again at the end of this season

9:41 am

penquis

bye, harry...

9:42 am

Scrabbler

That would be nice, ruru.

9:44 am

Scrabbler

Today is day #1 of my retirement. It doesn't feel real.

9:47 am

rururocks

congrats scrabs

9:52 am

Scrabbler

Thanks.

9:52 am

rururocks

aren't you a bit young to retire this early?

9:54 am

Scrabbler

Yes, I turned 64 3 weeks ago, but it was time for me to be done. Mentally and emotionally.

9:55 am

hurshy

and it's a square number

9:55 am

hurshy

congrats, i'm sure the bunnies will be happy to have you around more!

9:56 am

Scrabbler

I love even numbers and symmetry. A square is a bonus.

9:56 am

hurshy

yeah 64 is my second-favorite number, being a square and a cube

9:56 am

hurshy

but 36 is my favorite because it is square and TRIANGULAR

9:57 am

hurshy

and it has more factors, a lot of factors for such a small number

9:58 am

hurshy

you know how Monk always liked round numbers like 100 and stuff

9:58 am

Scrabbler

Numbers are fun. I have thought of relearning math through differential equations, but I am not sure I want or need to.

9:58 am

hurshy

but i would think he would understand the sorts of mathematical beauty that i like too

9:59 am

hurshy

well i guess you'll have plenty of time if you decide you do want to

9:59 am

Scrabbler

Yes, it is nice to talk to people, like you, about the beauty of numbers.

9:59 am

hurshy

duolingo is quite fun if you feel like picking up a new language

9:59 am

Scrabbler

I have used Duolingo for Italian.

10:00 am

hurshy

cool

10:00 am

hurshy

they have two plushies you can buy. Duo the owl, and Lily, the teenager who loves purple

10:00 am

Scrabbler

And Babbel, books, and websites.

10:01 am

hurshy

i want Lily but i also want Bea, i love Bea. so i hope they make a Bea one.

10:01 am

hurshy

i don't care about Duo

10:01 am

hurshy

i can't find a place to put in a suggestion to tell them that i would like a Bea tho.

10:01 am

Scrabbler

We always hear barred owls when backpacking and sleeping in the forest.

10:02 am

hurshy

i have heard an owl here near my home but i do not know the sounds well enough to know what sort of owl it is

10:03 am

Scrabbler

The barred owl has a distinct sound: 8 notes split in 2 groups of 4. Numbers again!

10:03 am

hurshy

my mom has that bird app, i should probably download it too

10:03 am

Scrabbler

Merlin?

10:03 am

hurshy

erm, idk the name

10:04 am

hurshy

my niece was obsessed with owls when she was a baby/toddler

10:04 am

Scrabbler

Stereo barred owls is especially enjoyable.

10:04 am

hurshy

she would stop on the owl page in a book of various animals and just toddle around the house with it saying "ow-uh, ow-uh"

10:06 am

hurshy

i'm recently returned from the V-E-T with my two boys for their annual checkups

10:06 am

hurshy

always a bit of an ordeal

10:07 am

Scrabbler

Did anyone get hurt?

10:07 am

hurshy

not seriously, lol. opie did have blood drawn so a slight prick.

10:09 am

hurshy

we have all the right letters for various spellings of cat sounds today, but none of them connect properly

10:10 am

Scrabbler

The sun is coming out so I need to get outside.

10:10 am

hurshy

lucky, it's cloudy and rainy here

10:12 am

hurshy

oh look, it's Bert's favorite animal!

10:15 am

hurshy

woot woot i just thought of the 7s!

10:29 am

hurshy

but i can't find the center E words

10:30 am

penquis

i have one....ep 6....

10:30 am

hurshy

ok thanks, will look

10:30 am

hurshy

got it!

10:31 am

penquis

yw...

10:33 am

penquis

do you want stats for the other E word?

10:34 am

hurshy

sure

10:34 am

penquis

ei 5/18...

10:35 am

hurshy

ahh thanks

10:35 am

penquis

yw...

10:35 am

hurshy

phantoms: milk, walk

10:39 am

hurshy

10 left!

10:39 am

penquis

12 here...

10:41 am

penquis

stalled at 10...taking a break....bye all....

11:18 am

bichon

ap 7/44, pls

11:21 am

hurshy

it's like the 7/40 if you have that, they are just two different adj endings

11:24 am

hokie carla

how are you feeling today, bichon?

11:25 am

bichon

sorry, don't have the ap 7/40

11:27 am

hurshy

the root of both ap7s has to do with the point in an elliptical orbit (such as earth's) where the earth is closest to the sun

11:27 am

hokie carla

oh dear

11:27 am

bichon

Not too good. Can't wait til DH gets home on Sunday. I keep having the 3worry that all the people on the cruise have it. And, the people I sat next to on the plane, and the radiologist I saw on Tues.

11:28 am

hurshy

well that should be google-able at the very least

11:28 am

hokie carla

well, hopefully not. and hope you are feeling better soon.

11:28 am

hurshy

COVID, i take it, bichon? :(

11:28 am

bichon

yup ((((((((((((((((((

11:29 am

hurshy

sorry to hear that

11:29 am

hurshy

Sixes Sunk!

11:30 am

hokie carla

looks like that is actually the opposite word, hurshy. the perihelion is the closest.

11:31 am

hurshy

oh, sorry, mixed 'em up

11:31 am

bichon

ty hurshy

11:31 am

hokie carla

I'm still going to have to just look them up 🤣

11:32 am

hurshy

7 to go!

11:32 am

hokie carla

only 53 herre

11:36 am

hurshy

3!

11:40 am

hokie carla

ok, the word I got by googling was aphelion so I couldn't find anything, even by looking it up. now I finally found it and there's a different ap root

11:41 am

hurshy

yeah the helion refers to the sun specifically

11:41 am

hurshy

whereas the one i was talking about is any ellipse

11:42 am

hurshy

i need MP

11:42 am

hurshy

not like a British MP

11:42 am

hurshy

just an M and a P

11:44 am

hokie carla

do you have mi5?

11:44 am

hurshy

i have one, yes

11:44 am

hurshy

and two fours

11:44 am

hokie carla

okay, I still need 1 M too so we are prob missing same

11:45 am

hokie carla

did you try all weird cat sound spellings?

11:45 am

hurshy

i think so

11:45 am

hurshy

there's no U so not miaou or meou

11:46 am

hurshy

not meow

11:46 am

hurshy

miaow doesn't connect

11:46 am

hokie carla

and I just tried miaow

11:46 am

marksdolly

just found an mi5

11:46 am

marksdolly

think military for it

11:46 am

hurshy

we have that

11:46 am

hokie carla

so you have 2?

11:46 am

marksdolly

nope working on the other

11:47 am

hokie carla

no, the one I have is little white bumps on your face

11:47 am

marksdolly

this is an mi 5/12

11:47 am

hokie carla

so is mine

11:47 am

hokie carla

but has nothing to do with military

11:47 am

hurshy

yeah but hokie if you didn't know that's what it was can't you see it's like a well-armed mi7 minus "it"

11:47 am

marksdolly

and I just found mi 5/14

11:48 am

hurshy

woot, now you're talking

11:48 am

hurshy

thanks

11:48 am

marksdolly

:)

11:50 am

hurshy

phew, monkeyed my last word, pa4.9 (not the chess piece, a weirder one)

11:50 am

hokie carla

well, I had the weird one and not the chess piece

11:51 am

nrkii

First pass, 20 to go

11:52 am

nrkii

Left A and the P are the big stinkers

11:52 am

hokie carla

nice, still 38 but haven't gone through the whole thing

11:52 am

hokie carla

would have never gotten the left A without hurshy and bestwordlist.com

11:53 am

nrkii

stats for that A please?

11:54 am

hokie carla

both AP7s, different endings. one is 44 and one 40. but not in that order.

11:54 am

nrkii

thanks!

11:54 am

hokie carla

sure thing

11:56 am

hokie carla

oh, I get a tiara today

11:56 am

nrkii

how does one earn a tiara?

11:57 am

hokie carla

if your name is in the grid

11:57 am

nrkii

nice!

11:57 am

hokie carla

or partial in my case. ;P

11:57 am

nrkii

I knew those AP words, but my monkeys were interfering with my brain

11:58 am

hokie carla

I had the wrong thing in mind when I was looking

11:58 am

marksdolly

ty for those ap words Hokie :)

11:58 am

hokie carla

of course

11:58 am

nrkii

I had been trying those words again and again, but was adding extra vowels to make them too long and too unnecessarily fancy

11:59 am

hokie carla

I gotta say, this is not really my grid. finding it way harder than everyone else apparently

11:59 am

marksdolly

no it's hard for me as well

12:00 pm

nrkii

it's a beast

12:00 pm

marksdolly

I have 25 left, but it's been a struggle

12:00 pm

marksdolly

like pulling horse teeth

12:00 pm

nrkii

I have 18 left, and it's been like pulling teeth

12:00 pm

nrkii

:)

12:00 pm

hokie carla

yeah, and I am nowhere near HOET

12:00 pm

hokie carla

28 here

12:03 pm

marksdolly

onto

12:03 pm

marksdolly

somebody lace up that porker

12:03 pm

nrkii

I frankly can't see how 6 more Ps are possible

12:03 pm

hokie carla

I still have 7

12:04 pm

marksdolly

I have 8 p's left and feel that way LOl

12:04 pm

hokie carla

just found one that looks like a misspelling of teeth problem

12:04 pm

nrkii

had that, sigh...

12:04 pm

hokie carla

I keep wishing there was an S for spigot

12:05 pm

dan2bit

some small grids are easy because there just aren't that many plausible paths for words. this is not one of those

12:05 pm

nrkii

thanks for the ho6, marksdolly

12:05 pm

marksdolly

why on earth would they give us an S when we have 5 O's? LOL

12:05 pm

hokie carla

very true

12:05 pm

marksdolly

you're welcome comfy twist with that one

12:06 pm

hokie carla

oh, I didn't even realize that was a clue, thanks

12:06 pm

marksdolly

:)

12:07 pm

nrkii

How many times do I have to try adding ie to the end of some words before this silly grid will accept it?

12:07 pm

hokie carla

don't try owie

12:07 pm

nrkii

like, where you get liquor is the pa**age store, but also it's the pa**ie

12:07 pm

marksdolly

I thought about it lol

12:08 pm

hokie carla

oh, never heard that

12:08 pm

hokie carla

but we usually call them ABC

12:08 pm

nrkii

I feel like pa**ie may be a New Englander thing

12:09 pm

marksdolly

should be, probably is closer to the cities

12:09 pm

nrkii

15 to go...
4-9-2

12:09 pm

marksdolly

as kids, they always called them package stores, we lived near Boston

12:10 pm

hokie carla

I tried lacie

12:10 pm

hokie carla

I grew up on TN/VA border. TN had package stores, VA had ABC. lived most my adult life in NC - also ABC stores.

12:12 pm

hokie carla

not seeing either of the middle E

12:12 pm

marksdolly

found my last e

12:12 pm

nrkii

one builds on an i4

12:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

Hi all, happy 76 to all you Murricans

12:13 pm

hokie carla

thanks, nellie, got that one

12:13 pm

marksdolly

hi Gwen

12:13 pm

hokie carla

hey gwen

12:13 pm

nrkii

the other is an ep6

12:13 pm

nrkii

hi Gwen

12:14 pm

hokie carla

okay, found that

12:14 pm

hokie carla

these are not words for regular people

12:15 pm

nrkii

pi6 bird!!!

12:15 pm

hokie carla

oh geez

12:16 pm

hokie carla

I heard there was a homing one wandering around our neighborhood yesterday.

12:16 pm

marksdolly

cleared the H's

12:16 pm

hokie carla

still need 1 H

12:16 pm

nrkii

need an H here too

12:16 pm

nrkii

probably a 5, because most of my remaining words are 5s

12:17 pm

marksdolly

you have the how 4/13

12:17 pm

hokie carla

11-6-1 here. I should be working on 4s!

12:17 pm

marksdolly

or the ho 5/22

12:17 pm

nrkii

I do not have the 5 22

12:17 pm

nrkii

looking.

12:17 pm

hokie carla

I don't have the 5 either

12:18 pm

hokie carla

but have tried howie multiple times

12:18 pm

nrkii

got it!

12:18 pm

nrkii

it's an icky one

12:18 pm

marksdolly

go upwards, and use that icky ending

12:19 pm

marksdolly

finished the N's

12:19 pm

marksdolly

that no5 gets me most times

12:19 pm

hokie carla

I actually saw that today

12:19 pm

hokie carla

been burned too many times

12:20 pm

marksdolly

it's a word that just don't use

12:20 pm

nrkii

ooh, it always burns me too

12:20 pm

nrkii

down to 11
4-6-1

12:20 pm

hokie carla

well also I would write it as two words

12:20 pm

marksdolly

12 here

12:21 pm

nrkii

just found 2 easy 4s that I should have seen before

12:23 pm

hokie carla

yeah, my last L was a regular 4 that I just found.

12:24 pm

nrkii

Down to 8 but my boss wants to catch up before the weekend, so babble needs to wait

12:24 pm

nrkii

5 of my missing 8 are Ps!!!!

12:24 pm

hokie carla

I have twice as many as you left so I'm sure I'll still be here

12:24 pm

nrkii

Cheated, just found 2 P's (4 and 5)... now really going

12:25 pm

marksdolly

pi 5/20?

12:25 pm

hokie carla

oh, I found a ballet P

12:27 pm

hokie carla

oh geez, the o that eluded me til now. (4th row)

12:28 pm

hokie carla

now 12 - 5-6-1

12:31 pm

hokie carla

3 tiles left - still no HOET

12:31 pm

hokie carla

HOET!

12:37 pm

hokie carla

C PPPP WWW and stuck

12:37 pm

marksdolly

down to 2 4's

12:38 pm

marksdolly

fireworks!

12:38 pm

marksdolly

okay Hokie

12:38 pm

marksdolly

what are you working on?

12:39 pm

marksdolly

w's are all normal words

12:39 pm

marksdolly

don't let em get you

12:39 pm

marksdolly

w's are all 4's and 2 5's

12:41 pm

nrkii

down to 4 here

12:41 pm

marksdolly

vn good nrkii!!

12:47 pm

hokie carla

I went to squaredle so I could suck there too

12:47 pm

MollyL

*Imagines a t-shirt I SUCK EVERYWHERE

12:48 pm

hokie carla

brilliant except for the double entendre

12:48 pm

hokie carla

maybe I SUCK AT WORD GAMES

12:52 pm

hokie carla

finished with the list

12:52 pm

hokie carla

think I will nap now

12:53 pm

hokie carla

I'm also lost on connections today

12:54 pm

hokie carla

finally saw them

1:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

Well it’s 5 star Friday…

1:05 pm

Sophie512

I am enjoying squaredle thanks for the recommendation

1:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

Hego gets the crown today

1:49 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)
Do both w5's begin with wh?

1:52 pm

Sophie512

no

1:52 pm

Sophie512

do you want the 2 beginning letters of the other one

1:52 pm

cybernan

please

1:53 pm

Sophie512

wa

1:53 pm

Sophie512

wa 4 then the 5 then 2 more 4s none are weird

1:54 pm

cybernan

ty -- wouldn't call that a normal word -- slang maybe

1:56 pm

Sophie512

well at least not something I had to look up to define

1:56 pm

Sophie512

I'm in the middle of the P words

1:56 pm

Sophie512

need to leave an do middle school pickup soon

1:58 pm

cybernan

think I'm going to list to finish

1:58 pm

Sophie512

I have 17 left

2:02 pm

cybernan

23 here, my problem being I don't remember the babblets until I see the stats

2:15 pm

cybernan

HAGD everyone :)

2:16 pm

Sophie512

10 left bbl

2:20 pm

labecs

Boohoo... 5 left and I cannot figure them out :(

2:34 pm

nrkii

3 left here: M, PP, 2 5s and 1 6

2:34 pm

nrkii

So if anyone looking for something that doesn't meet that description, I'm here to help as needed

2:36 pm

nrkii

I think I'll just list for the last 3. I'm too sleepy.

2:40 pm

nrkii

Oh I'm glad I did that... my last 3 were not going to be monkeyable

2:41 pm

nrkii

pl5/14 + plural pl6/24
mi5/14

2:41 pm

nrkii

good luck everyone

5:20 pm

MollyL

This grid sucked, ho/22?

5:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

i call bs on so many words...

5:42 pm

MollyL

pi5/20?

5:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

i think alt spelling

5:46 pm

MollyL

No one spells it that way

5:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

are you actually trying to make sense of this game?

5:48 pm

cherlyq

19 left I stopped for awhile

6:31 pm

MollyL

Oh, now I'm thinking about awhile vs. a while

6:40 pm

cherlyq

ho 5 and 6 left

6:44 pm

cherlyq

man ho 6 I should have seen I am from texas lol

6:44 pm

cherlyq

anyway fire works

6:46 pm

cherlyq

see you later unless some one wants a clue

8:29 pm

mkg

Help with the second row A and i words. Ty

8:35 pm

Sophie512

have 6 words left need A also

8:35 pm

mkg

Any help welcome for the A and I words in second row. Ty. Not column, but row. Ty

8:35 pm

mkg

The middle A is whqat i need. I have the other A words. Ty.

8:36 pm

Sophie512

start at ! go down 4 letters

8:36 pm

Sophie512

A not

8:36 pm

Sophie512

A not !

8:37 pm

mkg

Huh??????

8:37 pm

mkg

What is with the exclamationpoint????

8:37 pm

Sophie512

I keep hitting it instead of A

8:37 pm

Sophie512

I'm cross eyed by now

8:37 pm

mkg

Got the ae word. Ty.

8:38 pm

Sophie512

sorry

8:38 pm

Sophie512

IL 4

8:38 pm

mkg

Ty for the clue sophie. Got one of them at lease.

8:40 pm

mkg

Looking for il but one of the il 4s is from other i in top row

8:41 pm

mkg

The il 4 is from the other i. Sorry

8:41 pm

mkg

I got it. Ik 4 was it. Ty anyway

8:42 pm

Sophie512

I have the 2 big As left, 3 ps and one L

8:46 pm

Sophie512

got the As

8:54 pm

Sophie512

2 left :(

9:30 pm

bleugirl2

FIREWORXXX!!!

9:32 pm

harpjane

could I get a hint for the PO word? thx

9:39 pm

harpjane

found a great big kitty

11:56 pm

harpjane

anyone here?

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