Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, December 8, 2023

12:04 am

justafreep

fa8 and happy (big) flip

12:13 am

dizgrannie

th 8

12:13 am

Lizlin

mu8

12:15 am

justafreep

ma8

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

justafreep

re8

12:18 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

cybernan

fa 8

12:18 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:18 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:21 am

broll

mu 8

12:23 am

cybernan

tr 7

12:23 am

dizgrannie

af 9

12:25 am

justafreep

huh. thanks dizgrannie. That was one I hadn't tried

12:28 am

jeanne314

pr8

12:28 am

GroovyKiwi

Totally weird that af9

12:30 am

justafreep

pr9

12:30 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:31 am

justafreep

pr8 x 2

12:38 am

cybernan

et 7

12:38 am

cybernan

I guess there are too many 7's to call

12:39 am

justafreep

there are a lot of big ones this grid (though I am pleased with my af7 I admit)

12:39 am

GroovyKiwi

Well there are 16x8s and 4 9s which is too rude lol

12:39 am

cybernan

I haven't found it yet

12:40 am

justafreep

probably the first time I've found it, hence my pleasure at it. but sooooo many of them!

12:41 am

cybernan

found an af 6, but no 7

12:41 am

justafreep

(mine's a plural of a 6)

12:41 am

cybernan

have it now

12:42 am

cybernan

*snap

12:50 am

Shellbell_o-well

Ci9

12:54 am

Shellbell_o-well

mi9

6:21 am

player girl

Crazy grid. I have 5 of the 8's, all of the 9's and I cannot find one E from the bottom right corner. Who wants to give me a small nudge??

6:24 am

player girl

easts

6:24 am

player girl

Oops sorry!!

6:25 am

Dachef

bottom e: electronic blood suckers

6:25 am

player girl

???

6:27 am

Dachef

e + small bitey thing that sucks your blood (e4)

6:48 am

player girl

Ahhh, cute. thank you

6:49 am

player girl

fabs

6:49 am

player girl

Oh, not a word anyway

7:40 am

MollyL

Bitey thing 🤣

7:57 am

mael

sad that paneer isn't a word

8:00 am

Biltong

satsum

8:01 am

Biltong

oops, sorry

8:59 am

cybernan

good morning everyone

9:00 am

rururocks

*waves to nan*

9:01 am

cybernan

hi ru - you are up early as well :)

9:01 am

rururocks

oh yeah.. i have a 5:02 furry wake-up call

9:02 am

mkg

ANY MEANING FOR THE MI 9? Ty

9:02 am

cybernan

guess dogs can't be put on a schedule like kids :)

9:04 am

cybernan

mmm - to make something that goes awry?

9:05 am

ChampFit

That worked for me...thx!

9:05 am

rururocks

Fred Trump mi9 one of his children

9:06 am

cybernan

not finding the af 9 - something that follows I assume

9:06 am

ChampFit

Yep! You're on the right track.

9:06 am

BzznBea

af9 is a compound

9:07 am

cybernan

keep wanting aftermath

9:08 am

ChampFit

Me too! Actually typed it just because

9:09 am

mkg

I have no 7s. Yipes. But have 8s and 9

9:11 am

rururocks

you'll find some mkg there's only 26 of them

9:11 am

cherlyq

found it

9:11 am

mkg

Yup. Ty ruru

9:12 am

mkg

Got one.

9:19 am

Scrabbler

Oooh, big grid.

9:24 am

cybernan

Good morning, Scrabs. yes -- too big. back later.

9:25 am

Scrabbler

Hi and bye, Nan.

9:40 am

phaeton

phew...half-way

9:42 am

doseffing

... yeah ... me too ... but they're all short words ... not enough longer words ... ,,,, doesn't bode well for later ... but must be off ... luck to all

9:42 am

Scrabbler

Bye doseffing

9:42 am

mael

I only have 2 8s and one 9 so I'm in for it :)

9:45 am

BzznBea

anyone have stats for the t above the m?

9:49 am

phaeton

tu5/12

9:50 am

phaeton

tu4/5

9:50 am

phaeton

maybe not the 5

9:51 am

phaeton

I have 2 of them...not sure which came from them

9:51 am

origami

te 5/12

9:51 am

BzznBea

its not tu those come from the one in the first row

9:51 am

phaeton

te5/12

9:52 am

origami

and a te r

9:53 am

origami

te 4 rather

9:53 am

BzznBea

i always miss that te5. thanks

9:53 am

phaeton

yw

9:55 am

LeslieAnn

phantom tumeric

9:55 am

Scrabbler

Yes, there it is.

9:56 am

rururocks

I shouild have seen that cumin

9:56 am

Scrabbler

*groan*

9:56 am

LeslieAnn

oh dear ru's getting spicy

9:57 am

rururocks

peppering the chat with dumb puns

9:57 am

origami

Just don't get salty, ru

9:57 am

LeslieAnn

not dumb, they are worth their salt

9:58 am

Scrabbler

But ruru is a seasoned Babbler.

9:58 am

rururocks

sometimes I just can't cust the mustard

9:59 am

rururocks

mustard powder that is

9:59 am

LeslieAnn

ok thyme to wrap this up

10:00 am

Scrabbler

BRB

10:00 am

rururocks

sage advice there LA

10:00 am

LeslieAnn

ha! indeed

10:04 am

rururocks

wow.. people are going to go batty with that re8

10:04 am

Aloyisius

tra y

10:05 am

Aloyisius

oops, sorry

10:05 am

rururocks

goo d mornin g alo y

10:05 am

rururocks

are you a little spacey today?

10:05 am

Aloyisius

howdy ru

10:06 am

Aloyisius

yup.. we are selling our house and I'm rushing to get some words in before a showing..

10:07 am

rururocks

the ohio house?

10:07 am

rururocks

Florida full time now?

10:07 am

Aloyisius

no, the fla. one.. crazy, huh?

10:07 am

rururocks

wow really?

10:08 am

Aloyisius

yes.. grove is kaput and the maintenance here is too much we think for part timers.

10:09 am

rururocks

oh... that makes sense..

10:09 am

rururocks

you've had a nice run there though

10:10 am

Aloyisius

for sure! 20 plus years.. ready to stop ping ponging.

10:10 am

mael

I don't blame you!

10:13 am

Aloyisius

yes it will be nice to concentrate on fixing up the ole farmhouse as well as gardening again

10:15 am

rururocks

well good luck with selling the property aloy. I would be happy to be leaving florida if it were me

10:15 am

Aloyisius

ty ru.. good response so far.. we shall see

10:16 am

Aloyisius

down to 105, gtg;; bbl; happy babbling!

10:19 am

rururocks

this is one long ass grid to complete today

10:30 am

hurshy

morning!

10:30 am

hurshy

you think this is long, have you checked out the Hanukkah Squaredle?

10:30 am

periwinkle

morning hursh. hello all

10:30 am

LeslieAnn

was that like 500+? i opened it and then promptly closed it

10:30 am

hurshy

hi peri

10:31 am

hurshy

yeah 558

10:31 am

hurshy

i paused at 358

10:32 am

LeslieAnn

well then 321 should be no problem :)

10:33 am

hurshy

well and 358 is only how many words i've found that COUNT. i've also got 154 bonus words, things that would count here

10:35 am

hurshy

need a lot of word play to distract my brain from the horrific Nazi nightmare i had just before i woke up

10:35 am

LeslieAnn

oh no

10:39 am

rururocks

I've never had a nazi dream... like ever

10:40 am

hurshy

you can thank your lucky stars for that

10:40 am

hurshy

i have more frequent active shooter nightmares than nazi nightmares though. i've also had nightmares where i'm being tortured.

10:41 am

rururocks

holy cow hursh

10:41 am

hurshy

my brain may be pretty capable but it definitely has its drawbacks.

10:42 am

periwinkle

oh my, hursh

10:42 am

LeslieAnn

yikes any drugs for that? if i take muscle relaxers i'm totally out

10:42 am

MollyL

That sounds like therapy stuff to me

10:43 am

hurshy

i've had years of therapy, and my antidepressants do make me have fewer nightmares than without them...

10:44 am

rururocks

what could possibly be the cause of them ?

10:44 am

hurshy

the fact that there is such evil in the world and i know about it? i've never had any actual trauma myself.

10:45 am

hurshy

i hope you will all take a moment to thank your brains for not doing that to you :)

10:46 am

rururocks

there has always been evil in the world though

10:47 am

hurshy

of course

10:48 am

rururocks

the nazis were exceptionally evil though. I wonder why you dream of them.. it's odd

10:48 am

hurshy

but people vary in how they react to and handle that

10:49 am

MollyL

You probably already know that the cause of dreams like that are internalizing what you hear about evil and imagine it happening to you

10:49 am

rururocks

oh.. you said a mouthful there hursh

10:50 am

hurshy

i mean i've always been... like it doesn't matter who something happens to. it doesn't have to happen to me or someone i know in order for me to feel it deeply. that's why i get frustrated with people who only think about gun control after it happens in their own community or whatever.

10:50 am

periwinkle

200 left bbl

10:51 am

hurshy

what i really internalized deeply is probably Donne's "no man is an island" ... never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee

10:52 am

hurshy

or maybe it just resonated with me because i was naturally like that

10:52 am

hurshy

nature & nurture can't be teased apart easily

10:52 am

LeslieAnn

sounds similar to a Highly Sensitive Person diagnosis ... although i'm not sure if that's dsm or just pop psychology

10:53 am

hurshy

i don't think it's in the DSM but i definitely am one, i check almost every box on the list of it

10:53 am

hurshy

and my next sister, the middle of us three, checks virtually none of them

10:53 am

MollyL

It is also referred to as catastrophizing and it is a cognitive distortion.

10:54 am

hurshy

my mom has about half, and my dad has about half, but with very little overlap, and it seems to me that that's a significant reason why they're so incompatible

10:56 am

hurshy

catastrophizing, i used to do more. that's more where you constantly think it WILL happen, to you, etc. or that life is ALL bad. i don't think that way any more. but there's no denying that the bad is there.

10:57 am

MollyL

It sounds like you are internalizing the bad things you see and hear about and they are manifesting as happening to you in your dreams.

10:58 am

hurshy

obviously

11:01 am

MollyL

That is thinking it will happen to you, subconsicously.

11:02 am

hurshy

no, it's caring as much about others' suffering as i do about my own.

11:07 am

MollyL

Not sure how that transfers into dreams of you being tortured

11:07 am

hurshy

well i don't think anybody is sure how dreams work in general, lol

11:07 am

MollyL

If it were others you were thinking of wouldn't your dreams be about them being tortured?

11:08 am

hurshy

dreams don't always operate logically

11:12 am

mkg

Any clues for the T in fourth column, second row? Ty.

11:13 am

hurshy

you have them in your mouth

11:13 am

hurshy

minus a vowel for another

11:14 am

hurshy

haven't got the third one yet

11:15 am

mkg

TY. SUPER CLUES.

11:16 am

mkg

And i thought the h was wasted.

11:17 am

hurshy

not if you like to take a nice bubble ba4!

11:17 am

LeslieAnn

that's me at 200, break time. hursh, wishing you rest.

11:17 am

mkg

Ty missed that one too hurshy.

11:17 am

hurshy

ty LA

11:18 am

MollyL

The third t in that column ends in 3 consonants

11:19 am

hurshy

yikes

11:19 am

MollyL

I had to get almost all the t's before I found that one

11:20 am

hurshy

well i guess lots of words do end with 3 consonants, idk why i would say yikes

11:24 am

mkg

Is that third T a te or ta? Ty

11:25 am

mkg

And how many letters please. Ty.

11:32 am

hurshy

idk i still haven't found it

11:32 am

welki

for Ru and Origami:

https://tinyurl.com/j48s62je

11:32 am

hurshy

but i found a 9! (mi9)

11:33 am

Scrabbler

te6/24--a chemical ending

11:34 am

mkg

Is it from mi 6 21?

11:35 am

hurshy

it uses the mi prefix on a c6

11:35 am

mkg

Ty

11:36 am

mkg

Got it.

11:36 am

hurshy

a chemical ending that's also 3 vowels? hmm

11:36 am

Fit2knit

remict

11:36 am

hurshy

i mean 3 CONSONANTS

11:36 am

hurshy

need more tea

11:42 am

Fit2knit

LOL

11:42 am

phaeton

any clues for the pr9?

11:43 am

Fit2knit

pray

11:43 am

hurshy

what someone does to a stain before putting it in the laundry

11:43 am

phaeton

ty

11:47 am

Scrabbler

TY for pr8 and mi9.

11:47 am

hurshy

hi scrabs :)

11:47 am

hurshy

hi scrabs :)

11:48 am

dcseain

thanks for mentioning mi9, Scrabbs, found it.

11:48 am

dcseain

hello hurry, scrabbs, phae, fit

11:50 am

phaeton

hi dc

11:53 am

dcseain

yeet not accepted :)

11:59 am

MollyL

Hurry 🤣

12:01 pm

hurshy

hurry hurry hurry, before i go insane

12:09 pm

Scrabbler

I have used -ly a few times.

12:10 pm

hurshy

me too

12:10 pm

hurshy

anyone have both corner E? i only have et4

12:11 pm

Scrabbler

I just have et4.

12:13 pm

BzznBea

i that e grey but i can't figure it out

12:13 pm

hurshy

ok, the te6 does not actually end with 3 consonants. that explains it.

12:13 pm

Scrabbler

The sometimes vowel is there.

12:13 pm

hurshy

yeah. and since it is being used AS a vowel...

12:13 pm

BzznBea

the other e is et8.45

12:14 pm

hurshy

not ending with 3 consonants.

12:14 pm

Scrabbler

Name that toy with foam bullets an balls.

12:14 pm

hurshy

nerf!

12:14 pm

hurshy

thanks bea, will look

12:14 pm

Scrabbler

I will search, bea. TY.

12:15 pm

BzznBea

it is a word we usually see abbreviated

12:15 pm

hurshy

ooh

12:16 pm

Scrabbler

Aha

12:16 pm

hurshy

yeah, and i thought it was two words, like a capella

12:16 pm

Scrabbler

I thought it was 2 words, like et alia.

12:16 pm

hurshy

yeah!

12:17 pm

MollyL

In Latin it is two words

12:17 pm

hurshy

so we're not all imagining it

12:18 pm

MollyL

And sometimes or not, people think of y as a consonant

12:19 pm

dcseain

oh, that et8 is odd.

12:20 pm

dcseain

oh, chemical te6 :)

12:21 pm

MollyL

To go with my chemical romance

12:21 pm

dcseain

:)

12:33 pm

dcseain

BBL, need to eat and run some errands. a

12:34 pm

mrloser

tus

12:43 pm

hurshy

just remembered an ly5 babblet

12:44 pm

Scrabbler

Hm, I think we had it recently but I don't recall it.

12:44 pm

hurshy

still need one more L though

12:44 pm

hurshy

painting and drawing are forms of...

12:45 pm

Scrabbler

TY.

12:48 pm

phaeton

clue for the pa8/50?

12:48 pm

Scrabbler

I don't have it.

12:48 pm

hurshy

oooh must look for that

12:50 pm

hurshy

i've played with par- and pan- before with no luck

12:50 pm

phaeton

I have the pa8/55

12:50 pm

hurshy

well you may as well clue that then :D

12:53 pm

phaeton

no def...start with pa4...add theory ending

12:53 pm

hurshy

ty

12:55 pm

BzznBea

the other pa8 is golf term + another word for middle minus middle cons

12:55 pm

Scrabbler

BBL maybe

12:55 pm

BzznBea

its a legal term for heir

12:56 pm

hurshy

yikesies

12:56 pm

hurshy

ty bea

12:56 pm

BzznBea

yw

12:57 pm

phaeton

ty

12:57 pm

hurshy

must come from french

1:02 pm

hurshy

center E... i have 3 em4 and ee4... anyone got the other one?

1:06 pm

BzznBea

i'm missing one there as well

1:07 pm

phaeton

i have all the e's just don't know which one you need

1:07 pm

hurshy

well, that implies it's not another em then? there are only 3?

1:08 pm

phaeton

9 ea's; 3 en's; 3 er's; 4 et's' 1 ey

1:08 pm

hurshy

is there an ec perhaps?

1:08 pm

phaeton

no ec's

1:08 pm

BzznBea

i think it is an en

1:08 pm

phaeton

1 ee

1:08 pm

hurshy

well according to that list it's not an en

1:09 pm

hurshy

i need two ea and one er

1:09 pm

phaeton

fw

1:10 pm

phaeton

2 ea4/4;1 ea4/5; 2 ea6; 1 ea7

1:10 pm

phaeton

3 ea5's

1:10 pm

hurshy

ok it's gotta be an EA

1:10 pm

hurshy

aHA

1:10 pm

hurshy

thank you

1:11 pm

hurshy

Es EXTERMINATED!

1:11 pm

phaeton

yw

1:11 pm

hurshy

i feel like such a dalek

1:11 pm

phaeton

any more clues?

1:11 pm

hurshy

nah, i'm going to save my last 30 for later and actually do some work

1:21 pm

phaeton

hagd

1:32 pm

periwinkle

help with ci9 or mi9 please. I have ci8/45

1:33 pm

periwinkle

nm found the ci9.

1:34 pm

periwinkle

but still need mi9 please

1:38 pm

periwinkle

I found the af9

1:55 pm

dcseain

thank you for that peri.

1:55 pm

dcseain

I vacuumed the basement, stairs to the basement, part of Living Room and the steps into the living room. SO MUCH cat hair removed!

2:04 pm

MollyL

I could not handle a home covered in pet hair.

2:12 pm

BzznBea

good thing you don't have pets.

2:14 pm

dcseain

between me and the cats, there is no lack of hair in the house.

2:36 pm

cybernan

hi again

3:00 pm

cybernan

still can't find that af 9

3:01 pm

BzznBea

not before + look at your watch for the

3:02 pm

cybernan

ty bea - was certain I had tried that

3:03 pm

cybernan

et 8 please?

3:04 pm

BzznBea

et8 usually found following a list of items we usually only see the abreviation

3:05 pm

cybernan

ty again - King's favourite english word in the musical

3:06 pm

cybernan

also missing the la 7 and 8

3:07 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea for et8

3:07 pm

periwinkle

mi9 anyone?

3:08 pm

cybernan

mi 9: to make something that goes awry

3:08 pm

periwinkle

hmm ty looking

3:08 pm

periwinkle

ty nan

3:09 pm

cybernan

la 8-7 please?

3:09 pm

cybernan

I'm assuming the 7 is a latin plural

3:13 pm

cybernan

also need help with the pa 8's

3:14 pm

cybernan

the clues posted earlier didn't help

3:23 pm

cybernan

6 words left -- 5 eights and 1 nine

3:24 pm

periwinkle

I have all the 9s do you know what you are missing?

3:25 pm

cybernan

pr 8-9

3:25 pm

periwinkle

something you do to laundry before you put it in the washer

3:26 pm

periwinkle

or pre and trick or *****

3:26 pm

cybernan

have no idea - just put it in the washer

3:27 pm

cybernan

ty peri

3:27 pm

periwinkle

yw

3:27 pm

cybernan

4 eights left now

3:27 pm

periwinkle

79 left here

3:27 pm

cybernan

do you have the pa 8's?

3:28 pm

periwinkle

yes but do not know how to clue them. new words for me

3:28 pm

cybernan

I know one starts with the golf score, but can't figure out the rest of that clue

3:28 pm

periwinkle

pa8/50 is a joint heir

3:28 pm

periwinkle

or coheir

3:30 pm

periwinkle

pa8/55 starts with to peel and ends with a theory or doctrine

3:30 pm

periwinkle

they both start with golf score

3:31 pm

periwinkle

will go list soon

3:31 pm

cybernan

ok - got the 8/50

3:31 pm

periwinkle

good

3:31 pm

cybernan

and the 8/55 - ty

3:32 pm

periwinkle

the pa8/55 start with to peel, then a consonant and then theory or doctrine

3:32 pm

periwinkle

yw

3:32 pm

cybernan

that leaves me with the le 8 and the re 8/50

3:33 pm

periwinkle

don't have those

3:33 pm

periwinkle

can't be an le8

3:34 pm

cybernan

la 8, sorry

3:34 pm

periwinkle

don't have it

3:35 pm

periwinkle

I got it. it goes with la7/40

3:35 pm

periwinkle

one who does it

3:35 pm

cybernan

figured that, but don't see how - not a word I know at any rate

3:37 pm

cybernan

dropping the last letter and adding er doesn't work

3:37 pm

periwinkle

yes it does

3:38 pm

cybernan

don't know why it didn't "take" the first 2 tries

3:38 pm

cybernan

ty

3:38 pm

periwinkle

yw

3:38 pm

periwinkle

bbl

3:39 pm

cybernan

ok - thanks for the help

3:54 pm

BzznBea

the r's are killing me as usual

4:49 pm

rururocks

i have all the r's.. just finised the p's which were awful

5:23 pm

BzznBea

i'm still missing 11 think i will call it a day.

5:28 pm

hurshy

the problem with coming back hours later is you just end up typing lots of things you already put before

5:29 pm

hurshy

and you try something weird like ba5/16 and it says you already found that and you're like, wow, i totally do not remember that

6:52 pm

NANCY

CLUE for the pr 8/45 that is not part of the pr 8/9 combo please

6:54 pm

lynxxx

what you do with your tongue

6:55 pm

NANCY

TY, I TRIED that before but must have transposed letters

7:01 pm

periwinkle

last word 2nd rec/21 please

7:02 pm

lynxxx

re6 a poem or a prayer etc

7:03 pm

lynxxx

(talking it)

7:04 pm

periwinkle

sorry I meant 3rd re5/21 okease

7:04 pm

lynxxx

send out again - possibly electricy

7:05 pm

periwinkle

ty so much lyn, I always miss that one

7:05 pm

periwinkle

and done, happy babbling

7:45 pm

hurshy

i've gotten up to 500 on the Hanukkah squaredle!

8:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

evening all, diving in

8:07 pm

Smdnjv

teems

8:08 pm

Smdnjv

sorry

8:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom: tumeric

8:23 pm

lynxxx

a lot a lot of vermin - thats a new one

8:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

58% done, already getting to hair tearing stage

8:54 pm

hurshy

wooooooot, finished the Hanukah squaredle

8:54 pm

hurshy

what a rush

9:49 pm

NANCY

clue for mi 9 please

9:49 pm

joansiebone

bast

9:50 pm

NANCY

nm got it

9:50 pm

joansiebone

not a clue Nancy!

11:32 pm

rururocks

hey doren you done yet?

11:32 pm

rururocks

:D

11:41 pm

dcseain

I have 136 left, so have no hope of finishing this one.

11:46 pm

cybernan

hello everyone )

11:49 pm

dcseain

good evening, nan

11:50 pm

dcseain

I'm sipping a brandy and coke.

11:54 pm

ursh

brandy & coke - a very South African drink - we have a brand called Klipdrift - so of course it is "Klippies & Coke" - enjoy

11:58 pm

ursh

155

12:00 am

Shellbell_o-well

tapping out at 260

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