Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, November 27, 2023

12:01 am

cybernan

sa 7

12:04 am

Gillie

lo8

12:05 am

SummerBreeze44

re8

12:06 am

SummerBreeze44

Oops, sorry! Should be re7

12:06 am

Gillie

lo7

12:07 am

Gillie

lo8 x 2

12:07 am

SummerBreeze44

do7

12:10 am

justafreep

so7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

Gillie

re8

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:23 am

Gillie

na7

12:23 am

Gillie

re7 x 2

12:24 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, re 9

12:33 am

Gillie

an7

12:35 am

broll

ad 8

12:36 am

Gillie

Good one

12:38 am

broll

ar 7

1:04 am

harpjane

oooh a big grid!

6:52 am

sukee

Good morning, we have snow on the ground for the first time this year.

8:43 am

saanichcat

good morning to all. We have fog here (zero visibility, plus slippery roads. This grid is harder than it looks

8:46 am

MollyL

God I hate winter 😝

8:46 am

BzznBea

do you have snow, molly?

9:40 am

doseffing

... one problem with big grids is working hard to get two thirds done and finding that you still have more than one hundred to find ... oh well ... maybe later ... luck to all

10:14 am

Sophie512

Molly L, I agree..... fall then back to spring is what I need

10:49 am

periwinkle

hi all. have the ad8. what are the other 8s please

10:49 am

Scrabbler

Hi Peri. I have no 8s.

10:49 am

periwinkle

there is an re8 that I have not found

10:49 am

periwinkle

hi Scrabbs

10:49 am

periwinkle

do you a clue for the ad8?

10:50 am

penquis

i have lo 8....and re 8/9

10:50 am

Scrabbler

I am not good at seeing big words.

10:50 am

ChampFit

I have an lo 8/40, re8/40 and 9/54,

10:50 am

Scrabbler

Yes, please.

10:50 am

ChampFit

The ad is to chastise

10:50 am

periwinkle

ad8 to scold

10:50 am

periwinkle

I found two lo8

10:50 am

Scrabbler

TY.

10:51 am

bichon

ty peri

10:51 am

periwinkle

yw

10:51 am

penquis

ty, peri....

10:51 am

periwinkle

help with re8/9 please

10:51 am

ChampFit

Oooorh...thx peri! Got the other lo8

10:52 am

ChampFit

The re8 clue - echoing

10:53 am

penquis

ends with picnic pest....

10:53 am

periwinkle

ty both

10:53 am

penquis

yw...

10:53 am

penquis

need a lunch break....bbl.....bye all....

10:55 am

periwinkle

bbl

10:55 am

Scrabbler

TY for re8. Help with lo8s, please?

10:56 am

ChampFit

They build off the lo5/10.

10:56 am

ChampFit

They build off the lo5/10.

10:57 am

Scrabbler

TY, I found one.

10:57 am

Scrabbler

And now the other. TY.

11:07 am

Scrabbler

Time for a break.

11:11 am

hurshy

woohoo

11:12 am

hurshy

soooo many S words!! i've found 61 and still need 22!!!

11:12 am

rururocks

i just finished the s's working on 54 L's now

11:13 am

hurshy

do you have all the E's? i need one from the middle, have a pair

11:13 am

rururocks

en7

11:14 am

hurshy

weird?

11:14 am

rururocks

no.. just extend the previous word

11:15 am

hurshy

thanks

11:19 am

hurshy

how is so4ish not a word

11:20 am

ChampFit

I've tried that ending on several words that should work but don't. Annoying!

11:20 am

hurshy

:)

11:21 am

hurshy

woot, only 9 more S words now (i mean besides all the other letters)

11:22 am

MollyL

It has gotten trendy to add ish to words. Doesn't mean they are recognized words.

11:23 am

hurshy

one of the few ways i'm trendy, i guess

11:27 am

hurshy

i see one of everyone's favorite ON7 words is back

11:28 am

rururocks

and pt6 too

11:28 am

hurshy

dang it, what's that one?

11:32 am

MollyL

I didn't realize on7 is a favorite

11:32 am

hurshy

phantoms: noodle, needle

11:34 am

rururocks

and soodle

11:35 am

hurshy

yes

11:35 am

hurshy

but can you clue pt6?

11:36 am

rururocks

like an artistic person ending

11:36 am

hurshy

thank you!

11:40 am

hurshy

ttfn!

11:48 am

hurshy

Ts Toppled!

11:52 am

MollyL

I love it when people say goodbye and then don't leave 😊

11:52 am

hurshy

well i was going to go to something and then i realized i couldn't yet

12:10 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

12:14 pm

mael

hi nan!

12:21 pm

caps

Ptisan

12:22 pm

caps

Sorry

12:22 pm

cybernan

stats for the first col. n please?

12:23 pm

ChampFit

na6/18

12:24 pm

cybernan

ty champ -- a 5-6 or a 6-7?

12:24 pm

ChampFit

6-7

12:31 pm

cybernan

monkeys not working

12:32 pm

rururocks

*tosses out bananas*

12:33 pm

cybernan

hi ru

12:50 pm

cybernan

I really dislike these huge grids - too many words to miss

12:50 pm

MollyL

I don't like them either Nan

1:07 pm

cybernan

still 109 left -- guess it is time to look for pl's and pt's

1:07 pm

rururocks

what constitutes "HUGE" ?

1:07 pm

cybernan

anything over 250 for me

1:09 pm

cybernan

finding I'm not as sharp as I used to be - noticing a big difference this year. Not sure if it is age or living alone.

1:09 pm

rururocks

oh I hear that.. I'm not as sharp as I used to be either

1:10 pm

joansiebone

sssoil

1:10 pm

joansiebone

sorry

1:11 pm

rururocks

do you mean dddddirt?

1:11 pm

cybernan

still missing a bunch of 7's and 8's with no idea as to what they might be

1:12 pm

joansiebone

1 groan!!!

1:12 pm

cybernan

more likely ssshit

1:12 pm

LeslieAnn

lol put it on the board ru

1:14 pm

rururocks

I'm barely scraping by nowadays on my pun count.

1:15 pm

joansiebone

Nan, was wondering about your shortbread. Is it an old family recipe? I am curious about the aging requirement

1:15 pm

cybernan

yes - it was my grandmother's recipe, but a very common one for scottish shortbread

1:20 pm

joansiebone

Ingredients have changed over the years. I remember my grandmother insisting that butter made in the spring was too oniony for making cakes and pastries

1:20 pm

MollyL

We have become a bunch of dullards 😊

1:26 pm

cybernan

my recipe is 1 cup butter, 2 cups sifted flour, 1/2 cup of castor or icing sugar (sifted). Butter shoud be at room temp. and the secret is to knead it until it has a silky feel, then a bit more for good measure :) Form into long blocks about 2" wide x 1/2" thick and prick with a fork. Chill for 1 hour before baking in 300F oven for 1 hour (edges turn slightly golden). Slice when hot. Cool and store in metal container for 3 weeks. Storage time enhances the flavour.

1:29 pm

cybernan

Unfortunately, the shortbread has not been as "melt in your mouth" since the dairy farmers started adding palm oil to their cows' feed.

1:32 pm

MollyL

Wait, when is butter made in the Spring still around at Christmas time?

1:33 pm

cybernan

it isn't -- remember when the butter and milk tasted off after the cows first started eating spring grass? I have never had that problem, because shortbread was always a Christmas treat for us.

1:45 pm

LeslieAnn

anyone have so8? i have put in a ridiculous number of compound words that are not it

1:46 pm

cybernan

don't have it, but looking

1:46 pm

cybernan

found a 7

1:47 pm

LeslieAnn

the 8 definitely starts with "pop"

1:48 pm

cybernan

ty - add the same ending as for one who perfoms by him/herself

1:48 pm

LeslieAnn

aha thanks

1:49 pm

cybernan

(with a consonant in the middle)

1:49 pm

LeslieAnn

s's smashed :)

1:53 pm

cybernan

working on m's -- missing one

1:53 pm

LeslieAnn

one uses the high-point letter

1:53 pm

LeslieAnn

and there are two similar mo6 words

1:53 pm

cybernan

have 4 mo's and 13 mi's

1:54 pm

LeslieAnn

5 mo words

1:54 pm

cybernan

have the mi 4/10

1:54 pm

LeslieAnn

and all the mo words have the same third letter

1:55 pm

cybernan

down to 75 -- think I'm going to list - getting tired of this

1:55 pm

LeslieAnn

that was about when i li**ed - it helps!!

1:55 pm

cybernan

missing the 6/24

1:56 pm

LeslieAnn

just change the last letter of your 6/21

1:56 pm

cybernan

ty leslie

1:56 pm

LeslieAnn

yw

2:01 pm

LeslieAnn

ar7?

2:04 pm

joansiebone

Nan,

2:04 pm

joansiebone

Thanks for posting your recipe

2:05 pm

cybernan

yw joan

2:05 pm

cybernan

ar 7 is a babblet that ends with a facial feature

2:06 pm

LeslieAnn

oh bother, thanks nan

2:21 pm

LeslieAnn

two left: al6 and an6 (the second)

2:21 pm

cybernan

missing the al 6 also

2:22 pm

cybernan

an 6 ends with mr. gore

2:22 pm

doseffing

al+ how some refer to me

2:22 pm

LeslieAnn

ok i tried every possibility other than that, apparently

2:22 pm

cybernan

on 7 please?

2:23 pm

LeslieAnn

uses "one who" ending

2:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

has anyone used x yet?

2:24 pm

LeslieAnn

oh geez and the al6 ends with a serving of medicine

2:24 pm

cybernan

mi 4/10 TO

2:24 pm

LeslieAnn

hi TO! i believe it is only used once

2:27 pm

cybernan

not finding that on 7

2:28 pm

hurshy

woot, come back to A clues and now i have As Annihilated!

2:29 pm

LeslieAnn

awesome :)

2:29 pm

hurshy

anyone done with i words?

2:29 pm

LeslieAnn

start with o + your name :)

2:29 pm

LeslieAnn

yeah i just finished. i assume you need is7?

2:30 pm

BzznBea

you probably are lookiing for the is7

2:30 pm

cybernan

ty --- thought you meant the other one who ending

2:30 pm

hurshy

clue?

2:31 pm

LeslieAnn

also ends in the medicine serving hursh

2:31 pm

hurshy

thanks

2:31 pm

hurshy

i'm at the retina doctor waiting for my eye injection that i have every few months :(

2:33 pm

BzznBea

i'm sorry, hurshy

2:34 pm

hurshy

it's not SO bad, just not my favorite... sigh

2:34 pm

hurshy

at least i'm doing well with the grid, 20 left now!

2:36 pm

BzznBea

ive been away all day. probably not going to finish.

2:37 pm

cybernan

27 and struggling even with the list

2:37 pm

hurshy

16 left now, no list yet!

2:37 pm

hokie carla

324 left

2:38 pm

hurshy

ooh you just started

2:38 pm

hurshy

that's the fun part

2:39 pm

hokie carla

definitely funner when you can just keep finding words and not be stuck.

2:39 pm

hurshy

yeah

2:40 pm

hurshy

oh dear

2:40 pm

hurshy

1-1-5-6-2

2:40 pm

hurshy

i'm all at 6s and 7s lol

2:41 pm

hokie carla

yuck

2:42 pm

cybernan

I'm coming across words I've never seen before

2:44 pm

cybernan

6 x2 and 7 x1

2:45 pm

cybernan

al 6 please?

2:46 pm

hokie carla

oh did soodle get a tiara?

2:47 pm

hokie carla

nm, no e next to L

2:47 pm

hokie carla

because I tried noodle

2:48 pm

cybernan

anyone have the an 6?

2:48 pm

cybernan

sorry - the al 6?

2:48 pm

hokie carla

I'm on the top row, sorry

2:49 pm

hokie carla

just found one for you that ends in medicine amt

2:50 pm

BzznBea

al + medicine amount

2:50 pm

cybernan

ty bea

2:50 pm

cybernan

and carla

2:51 pm

hokie carla

<-------chopped liver🤣

2:51 pm

Shirlockc

stats for the left column N? i'm not seeing anything

2:51 pm

cybernan

just the 2nd re 6-7 set ow

2:52 pm

hokie carla

just found na6/18

2:52 pm

Shirlockc

aha! got it

2:52 pm

hokie carla

and well the other is a pl

2:52 pm

Shirlockc

thx hokie

2:54 pm

cybernan

ah - a babblet

2:54 pm

cybernan

and finally done :)

2:55 pm

cybernan

anything needed before I go for lunch? (wasted the entire morning at this!)

2:57 pm

cybernan

hagd :)

3:01 pm

hurshy

missing one center O

3:04 pm

hurshy

aHA

3:04 pm

hurshy

it was oi7

3:10 pm

hokie carla

does it relate to what the tin man needed?

3:11 pm

BzznBea

yes

3:11 pm

BzznBea

compound word

3:11 pm

hokie carla

so I'm on the right track but as always can't see it

3:11 pm

BzznBea

plant baby

3:11 pm

hokie carla

oh, weird. some kind of plant?

3:12 pm

hokie carla

ha

3:24 pm

jbp

hi, all --can someone clue me the left side N?

3:25 pm

doseffing

na6/18 7/28 ... looks like a country

3:25 pm

hokie carla

na6 and 7, like anatomy relating to the nose I assume. looks like a noun.

3:26 pm

jbp

ok, thanks --i'll chew on that a bit

3:27 pm

hokie carla

hmm, I would never think those two words looks alike. must be a canadian thing😜

3:28 pm

hokie carla

*look alike

3:29 pm

jbp

oh, looks like a country, the word, not a specific country,.THANKS!!

3:29 pm

doseffing

... nope ... it's just me .... it's what came to my strange mind first time I saw it on the grid ... it's what it sounded like in my head

3:30 pm

hokie carla

I mean technically it's one letter off from a country

3:30 pm

hokie carla

but in my head it's a zzhh sound vs a sh sound

3:37 pm

hokie carla

well, I have 85 left and HOET. but no big ones and only found six 7s. BBL. or not.

5:42 pm

penquis

*looking around an empty room*....

5:44 pm

doseffing

... hey ... it's a big grid ... and it's dinnertime ... and I'm supposed to be making stuff ... but the list is sooooo long

5:46 pm

MollyL

So dinner waits for Babble?

5:47 pm

doseffing

... she talking to her sister on the phone ... and I can avoid the sister like the plague ... so dinner can wait while I finish the "r" list

5:56 pm

penquis

hi Molly, dose....

5:56 pm

doseffing

... oops .. gotta go ... and hide my screen

5:58 pm

MollyL

Clandestine Babble player

5:59 pm

penquis

what babble players have to go through... :o|

6:09 pm

MollyL

I thought people only hid porn on their screens

6:09 pm

penquis

apparently not...

6:14 pm

dcseain

I made potato bread dough tonight to bake tomorrow

6:15 pm

penquis

nice...

6:16 pm

dcseain

this time with starchy white potatoes instead of waxy red potatoes to see how it's different. I really loved the red potato bread.

6:16 pm

penquis

cool....don't think i have ever had that...

6:17 pm

dcseain

it was a bit odd seeing bits of the red -- rather purple after baking -- potato skin bits in the bread, but tasty all around.

6:18 pm

penquis

sounds good....my father used to bake bread every once in a while in the wintertime mainly....

6:18 pm

dcseain

I bake it year round. Due to my barley allergy, it's annoying, but not impossible, to buy bread.

6:20 pm

penquis

well i think he would have made it more often if he wasn't working 60 hour weeks...he seemed to enjoy it....worked in a bakery for a bit when he was young...also went to some kind of cooking school when he went in the army...that was before they handed him a bazooka and sent him to Belgium....

6:22 pm

dcseain

neat! how classic for his age group.

6:24 pm

penquis

yes, i suppose....luckily he was able to soon ditch the bazooka to work for the headquarters unit....they found out he was fluent in French....

6:25 pm

dcseain

how lucky for him in terms of personal safety!

6:26 pm

penquis

yes....but he was almost shot when he was stopped by a guard who asked him who won the last World Series....he grew up in Canada and had no knowledge of sports....and he spoke with an accent....

6:27 pm

dcseain

:/ War is reactionary like that.

6:28 pm

penquis

yup....but overall he was very lucky....made it through...and so did his two brothers....

6:28 pm

dcseain

one of my great-grandfather moved from Germany to France to Quebec to Ohio, and had an accent, and fluency in German, French, and English.

6:28 pm

dcseain

how lovely that they all came home!

6:30 pm

penquis

yes, very nice, especially for my grandparents....my father's family came to Canada in the early 1600s....moved to Maine after the turn of the century for a few years, back to Canada, and permanently to Maine in the early 1930s...

6:30 pm

mkg

hi all.

6:31 pm

dcseain

good evening, mkg

6:31 pm

penquis

hi mkg...

6:33 pm

mkg

big grid. wow. any tricky ones to clue?

6:34 pm

penquis

too many to think about...

6:35 pm

mkg

gulp.

6:38 pm

mkg

missing N words for first column N. clues welcome with stats. ty

6:39 pm

penquis

na 6/7....like the word for country only change the middle consonant...and pl....

6:43 pm

mkg

got them. ty

6:43 pm

penquis

yw...

6:45 pm

mkg

well i have 153 words but no 8s or the 9. help welcome. ty

6:46 pm

mkg

enon

6:46 pm

penquis

ad 8....to scold....

6:46 pm

mkg

got it. great clue. ty

6:46 pm

mkg

sorry for en word. not a word anyway

6:47 pm

penquis

yw...

6:47 pm

penquis

RE 9 is a pl....word means echoing....ends in picnic pest....pl...

6:57 pm

BzznBea

ad, li,re, so...what are the other 8's please?

6:57 pm

penquis

there are two LO 8 words....related...

6:57 pm

Lizlin

lo8 x2

6:58 pm

Lizlin

Good morning :)

6:58 pm

penquis

hi liz...

6:58 pm

penquis

i don't have the SO and i am missing one more...

6:58 pm

mkg

got re 9. ty super clues this eveing.

6:58 pm

mkg

evening

6:58 pm

mkg

thanks all

6:59 pm

penquis

yw...

6:59 pm

mkg

still missing top row third column E words. darn.

7:00 pm

Lizlin

en4 / en5

7:01 pm

mkg

got them. how did i miss that? ty.

7:01 pm

mkg

nbs, nbt. whew.

7:02 pm

mkg

now just need to get half way and i am done for the evening.

7:05 pm

mkg

made it half way. whew. ty to all cluers. and off for the evening to read.

7:05 pm

penquis

well i just went through the list and still have 10 to find...

7:05 pm

BzznBea

i'm at 79

7:05 pm

maggiej

the ssss just won't end ... ugh

7:06 pm

penquis

i listed very early tonight...

7:06 pm

mkg

yes, amazing

7:06 pm

Lizlin

8 left but using morewords now - real word blindness on this grid

7:08 pm

penquis

same here....you have done well...

7:08 pm

BzznBea

i'm done here.

7:08 pm

BzznBea

namaste

7:09 pm

penquis

bye Bea....

7:09 pm

penquis

anyone have DA 6/24? ... Second one....

7:09 pm

Lizlin

And done here too. Tough grid. Have a good day / evening everyone and thanks for the clues.

7:10 pm

Lizlin

da 6/24 - natives of a Scandinavian country

7:10 pm

Lizlin

Or a pastry - but I'd've thought both were proper nouns.

7:11 pm

penquis

oh duh....ty....

7:11 pm

Lizlin

Yw - and bye now.

7:11 pm

penquis

bye....

7:21 pm

penquis

well i am done....goodnight to the lurkers....

8:49 pm

harpjane

stats for the middle O please?

9:11 pm

rururocks

od512 and od6/21 oi4

9:12 pm

rururocks

oi7/32

9:12 pm

rururocks

os5/10

9:15 pm

harpjane

thanks nbt . it feels a bit like progress....

9:16 pm

rururocks

you're welcome.. do you ever run into jillyjill?

9:23 pm

harpjane

not as much as I used to but I still see her a few times a month

9:24 pm

Dorens

say hi to her for me please

9:31 pm

harpjane

I will do that!

10:24 pm

harpjane

could I get a hint for is7?

10:32 pm

grannyrose

still here jane? still need the is7?

10:33 pm

harpjane

I certainly do!

10:34 pm

grannyrose

is 7. is + vowel + medication amount

10:34 pm

harpjane

aha! thanks

10:34 pm

grannyrose

np's

10:36 pm

grannyrose

any others you need a clue for?

10:36 pm

harpjane

sure, the do 6-7?

10:37 pm

harpjane

I don't do this often enough to be really quick

10:37 pm

grannyrose

game with black tiles and dots instead of numbers

10:38 pm

harpjane

wow, there's a whole nother D down there, isn't there!>==

10:39 pm

grannyrose

* giggle *

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