Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, December 11, 2023

12:01 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:04 am

ursh

hi Nan

12:05 am

SummerBreeze44

sm7

12:08 am

grannyrose

ma 8

12:10 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, thanks Rose !

12:11 am

grannyrose

np's rain

12:11 am

Rainiqui

ma 7

12:17 am

Roses6

nbt,nbs!

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:34 am

SummerBreeze44

le7

12:41 am

SummerBreeze44

re7

12:43 am

DS927

ea7

12:52 am

GroovyKiwi

Grrr keep seeing marriage as a phantom - wonder why lol

1:11 am

grannyrose

hey ya kiwi

1:12 am

GroovyKiwi

Hey Rosie my dear friend

1:14 am

grannyrose

are you both well? we had summer on a Wednesday this year. now it's winter again...lol

1:19 am

GroovyKiwi

Same here. One day hot the next cold or wet

1:20 am

GroovyKiwi

Snow expected down south would you believe

1:20 am

mattygroves

I'm hoping for good weather down under from Thursday onwards ;)

1:20 am

GroovyKiwi

In Oz Matt?

1:21 am

mattygroves

Yarp - I fly Wednesday, arrive Thursday evening

1:21 am

grannyrose

matty, pm me re your arrival date. and if you need a pick up???

1:22 am

grannyrose

ugh kiwi... snow???

1:22 am

mattygroves

Oh, Rose, that's so kind - Tim (son-in-law) will get me as he's in Melbourne anyway for work that day, thence to Highton (near Geelong)

1:22 am

mattygroves

Hope to see you though next week!

1:22 am

grannyrose

you will be able to practice for your honeymoon....lol

1:23 am

GroovyKiwi

I’ll let you have good weather if you can give me good weather from 26th Jan til 24th Feb when I come over for 5 weeks

1:23 am

mattygroves

Yeah, I don't think there's a honeymoon in my future!

1:23 am

GroovyKiwi

There is in mine tho lol

1:23 am

grannyrose

all good matty. just pm me when you are ready.

1:23 am

mattygroves

Kiwi - I'll do my best, though January in the UK doesn't always promise good weather (or much daylight at all - it's still mostly dark here now, at 7.23 am

1:23 am

grannyrose

matty, referring to kiwi's honeymoon

1:24 am

mattygroves

Aaaah - my bad - I came into the convo late :)

1:24 am

GroovyKiwi

We are doing the whole of UK in a motorhome after going to Liverpool to watch LFC v Chelsea

1:25 am

mattygroves

Oh wow! You'll have a great time (I take it you're a Liverpool supporter!)

1:25 am

GroovyKiwi

Big big time both of us. Ask Rose about my front hall haha

1:26 am

grannyrose

just a little bit matty.

1:26 am

grannyrose

is that before or after i fall over the spinning wheel Kiwi???

1:27 am

mattygroves

LOL - I shall root for Liverpool for that game

1:27 am

grannyrose

and not forgetting Holly and George...lol

1:27 am

GroovyKiwi

Haha @ Rose

1:27 am

GroovyKiwi

Thank you Matty

1:28 am

grannyrose

we had the most wonderful time with you and P, Kiwi

1:29 am

grannyrose

* giggle * my grumpy old man is sound asleep, sitting upright in his chair. video clips on the laptop, earphones on. don't know how he does it..

1:29 am

GroovyKiwi

I’m just the bestest hostess in nz

1:30 am

grannyrose

oh yeah, the hostess with the mostest

1:30 am

GroovyKiwi

Ask that GOM where my video is please

1:31 am

grannyrose

and so is Matty. ( gotta put that in. we might need a bed again some time)

1:31 am

grannyrose

he has sent it. it's on your google drive.

1:32 am

GroovyKiwi

Oh that’s probably why I’m getting told I’ve run out of room haha

1:32 am

mattygroves

Awwww - you'd be welcome any time! I still have all those stairs, though! I think I shall be packing my suitcase in the kitchen downstairs - I discovered last year that I can't easily carry a full giant suitcase down three flights of winding stairs

1:32 am

grannyrose

also a bunch of photos

1:32 am

GroovyKiwi

Where in UK are you Matty?

1:33 am

mattygroves

I'm between Heathrow and Windsor, a village called Wraysbury

1:34 am

grannyrose

matty, saw a video on FB. they ran a line from the top down to the bottom. one person was up top send gear on hangers down, second person was downstairs putting the gear into suitcase.

1:36 am

GroovyKiwi

Nice Matty.

We are so looking forward to our trip. I even get to go to Shetland to visit relatives

1:37 am

mattygroves

Hah! Sadly, though, I'm on my own :) I plan using a laundry basket to ferry stuff down. Plus, I have a suitcase that will likely contain nothing but children's toys

1:37 am

mattygroves

Kiwi, if you find yourself in my neck of the woods, let me know - there's a good pub in the village, or an excellent brewery tap in Windsor

1:38 am

grannyrose

LOL matty. we do have toy shops over here too, you know. or are they for the adults??

1:39 am

GroovyKiwi

Well I do want to go to Windsor if my driver will let me

3:21 am

mattygroves

Ha, Rose! No, they're for the kids. What can I say?

3:47 am

mattygroves

I have a suitcase especially for them :)

4:23 am

player girl

Hello All! There is a special Chanukah word in today's grid!

4:31 am

player girl

Can anyone help me with the E in the 2nd column, 4th row?

4:34 am

bookwomen

volcano

4:35 am

player girl

Ah. I was looking in the wrong direction. TY bookwomen

4:35 am

bookwomen

yw

4:37 am

player girl

How about the 8s? Any clues there?

4:41 am

bookwomen

only one I have ma 7/8 food shop + to allow

5:11 am

Lizsark

Can you report words that are genuine but not being accepted as real?

5:12 am

Lizsark

area

5:12 am

Lizsark

apologies

5:24 am

MollyL

You can report them, but only words on the Enable word list are accepted.

5:58 am

Deeha

i have over 110 now and not a single 7 or 8!!

5:59 am

Deeha

martlet

5:59 am

Deeha

ohhh so sorry

6:00 am

Deeha

I have a 7/8 now!!!!

6:59 am

periwinkle

morning all. help with lone R please

7:08 am

MollyL

More unique

7:09 am

dromano66

comparative of one of the other r's

7:10 am

MollyL

Ha! Beat the nm

7:12 am

periwinkle

ah ty

7:56 am

mael

found some baby birds

7:58 am

rururocks

Are you doing a harpjane impersonation Mael?

7:58 am

mael

I just like baby birds!

7:59 am

mael

how's everyone today? soggy here on the east coast

7:59 am

rururocks

really cold here

8:00 am

MollyL

Too bad, it was great harpjane. Next thing is you'll be finding is ungulates.

8:00 am

mael

name that portrait painter in the grid!

8:00 am

MollyL

Residual sloppy snow here. Not much. Just enough to make me late for work. As if I care.

8:18 am

hokie carla

we had crazy winds last night

8:18 am

hokie carla

phantom arles

8:19 am

MollyL

Are there inflatable Christmas decorations flying around your neighborhood? I don't know why people put those things up.

8:23 am

rururocks

that's better than other inflatable stuff flying around the neighborhood

8:26 am

hokie carla

no one has those here

8:26 am

hurshy

lucky you

8:27 am

hurshy

i don't think the word "blight" would be too strong

8:31 am

mael

I hate those but I hate the flashing light shows more

8:32 am

mael

there's a house a few streets over from our that looks like it's trying to communicate with space and if I were the immediate neighbors I would have gon einsane

8:32 am

hurshy

remember that seinfeld ep with the chicken sign outside kramer's apartment

8:36 am

MollyL

I detest flashing lights

8:42 am

72 Temple Owl

kenny rogers roasters

8:43 am

72 Temple Owl

they didn't ask THAT at seinfeld trivia night

8:47 am

rururocks

I fortunately never watched that show

8:56 am

BzznBea

salutations

8:57 am

rururocks

good morning bea

8:57 am

BzznBea

i see your favorite group is in the grid.

8:58 am

rururocks

hmm don't see that

8:59 am

BzznBea

maga

8:59 am

rururocks

oh.. geez

8:59 am

BzznBea

lol!

9:00 am

saanichcat

elgar

9:00 am

saanichcat

oops

9:01 am

hokie carla

lol, bea. I saw it too.

9:01 am

BzznBea

carla, we had hail and heavy winds and rain yesterday.

9:02 am

MollyL

Everyone knows that Ru's favorite group is ABBA 😋

9:03 am

rururocks

good morning saanich

9:03 am

hokie carla

yeah, we did not have hail. weather app said 20mph winds with gusts up to 50, and I believe it. we did have one big light flicker but kept power.

9:04 am

saanichcat

morning ru

9:16 am

hokie carla

no matter what grid, I can never see the et4 until I get the an4

9:18 am

mael

I can't see it even after I get the at4

9:18 am

mael

I just does not register as a common noun at all

9:19 am

hokie carla

doesn't register as common or proper to me 🤣

9:22 am

hokie carla

phantom shlep

9:24 am

mael

there's a great sh6 though

9:24 am

hokie carla

well, 53 left and HOET after first pass. 12-16-14-8-3
guess I will bundle up and take winston for a walk since he's been trapped inside for 2 days.

9:25 am

hokie carla

is it yiddish? is that village or something that we have?

9:27 am

MollyL

Blurt of the day for that one

9:30 am

BzznBea

i get by with a little blurt from my friends...

9:32 am

mael

yep, all day every day

9:32 am

hokie carla

who blurted? I still don't have it.

9:32 am

BzznBea

you blurted

9:32 am

mael

but yes, it is the yiddish village

9:33 am

marksdolly

it's Jewish village

9:33 am

marksdolly

arepa

9:33 am

marksdolly

oops

9:33 am

BzznBea

i try that one too, dolly

9:34 am

BzznBea

love a good arepa

9:34 am

mael

try it every time too

9:38 am

hokie carla

too bad I can't remember the spelling of said village

9:39 am

hokie carla

guess I will look it up

9:39 am

mael

it's got more consonants than you'd think

9:40 am

hokie carla

no, I'm thinking a lot

9:40 am

hokie carla

but was thinking the 3rd one was

9:40 am

hokie carla

and it's not based on the look up site

9:40 am

mael

then it's 5 out of 6 :)

9:42 am

hokie carla

found it on best words. if only I could remember it next time.

9:45 am

hokie carla

tried larper JIC

9:46 am

hokie carla

and if you don't know what larper is, please google "lightning bolt larper" for pure early internet gold.

9:47 am

mael

larper? I hardly knew 'er

10:03 am

gramma

AR6/24 and 7/36? Clues please.

10:03 am

mael

heading out to teach some school kids how to compost! wish me luck

10:03 am

rururocks

do you know mulch about the subject?

10:04 am

mael

silver money, gramma

10:04 am

mael

I'm not rubbish at it, no

10:04 am

mael

lol

10:04 am

mael

see you all later!

10:04 am

BzznBea

i did that this year. taught 4H group about composting

10:04 am

rururocks

bye mael

10:06 am

hokie carla

sat back down to put on my shoes and thought gramma was giving me words, but I already have - ends in another word for fella(s)

10:10 am

BzznBea

legarm not a word

10:11 am

gramma

I'm not getting the silver money clue. Sorry. Anything else?

10:11 am

BzznBea

look at carlas clue

10:13 am

gramma

Oh for heavens sake. I looked for that word and didn't see it. ty

10:17 am

gramma

That led me to MA7/40 and 8. Thanks again

10:23 am

gramma

Finally spelled the jewish town right! Done.

10:24 am

gramma

Can I try to clue for anyone?

10:26 am

gramma

I'm off. See you all tomorrow

10:52 am

periwinkle

tough grid for me

11:14 am

BzznBea

omg! these A's!

11:15 am

BzznBea

namaste

11:15 am

hokie carla

oh, thanks for the M's

11:15 am

bichon

ma 6/21, first one, pls

11:17 am

hokie carla

first one I have is a bird

11:17 am

hokie carla

in fact that's the only one I have

11:17 am

doseffing

,,, double consonent

11:18 am

hokie carla

thanks dos

11:19 am

doseffing

aphet

11:23 am

hokie carla

bless you

11:42 am

LeslieAnn

a moment of silence for pegleg not being in the dictionary, please

11:50 am

MollyL

A moment of silence?

11:50 am

LeslieAnn

in mourning for the great word i found

11:52 am

ChampFit

Tried it too! Agree LeslieAnn!

11:52 am

LeslieAnn

and the plural!

11:53 am

MollyL

Okay, kids, peg leg as in Peg Leg Pete is two words.

11:54 am

LeslieAnn

huh. i thought it was at least hyphenated

11:57 am

ChampFit

I don't give a crap...should be a word!

11:58 am

LeslieAnn

haha

11:59 am

MollyL

Ooo, Champ is feisty today

12:00 pm

LeslieAnn

plus the version for children

12:00 pm

LeslieAnn

the peglet

12:00 pm

MollyL

Hyphenated words are not allowed. Which is why we get the constant complaints about yo-yo

12:01 pm

ChampFit

Ha! LOVE peglet!

12:01 pm

LeslieAnn

oh right i wasn't arguing that. i was legit shocked that it was two words, that never occurred to me

12:26 pm

alanalda

et

12:27 pm

hurshy

that upper P is challenging

12:27 pm

ChampFit

Yep! I still need 6 from that one.

12:27 pm

hurshy

i need 7

12:28 pm

hurshy

ok now 6

12:28 pm

hurshy

same with the upper G

12:30 pm

ChampFit

Down to 4 on that one...

12:31 pm

hurshy

that one is giving me a lot of phantoms

12:31 pm

hurshy

garland, garment, etc

12:31 pm

ChampFit

yep

12:33 pm

hurshy

Es Eliminated!

12:33 pm

hurshy

Hs Hacked!

12:34 pm

ChampFit

WooHOO!

1:05 pm

ChampFit

FW. Last word was pa7/40. Good luck all!

1:12 pm

MollyL

pa7/40 one who peels + abbreviation for Atlanta's state

1:13 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly

1:14 pm

MollyL

Bizarre word

1:14 pm

hokie carla

wow, that is really weird. good clue.

1:16 pm

periwinkle

ea7 please

1:17 pm

periwinkle

nm

1:28 pm

hokie carla

oh, the pa7 is a plural for an equally weird word

1:31 pm

MollyL

But the singular is not in the grid, so don't break your brain over it

1:33 pm

hokie carla

correct. and it is a PA8 if others wanted to know and if I counted correctly.

1:36 pm

hokie carla

so close to having pamphlets

1:37 pm

hokie carla

ooh, finally found an 8 (not AN8)

1:38 pm

hokie carla

(and no, I have no idea if there is or isn't an AN8(=)

1:38 pm

hokie carla

wow, my parenthesis mark correction went awry there

1:48 pm

hokie carla

phantom anklet

1:58 pm

hokie carla

phantom garage

2:04 pm

cybernan

lots of phantoms, no words -- Good afternoon eveyone

2:05 pm

hokie carla

definitely a lot of phantoms

2:12 pm

cybernan

a lot of famous people as well: music compser, alaska gov., wild west lawman...

2:17 pm

cybernan

keep seeing paragraph

2:23 pm

hokie carla

stuck again at 30 left. 6-7-10-5-2

2:40 pm

cybernan

45 here and taking a break

2:43 pm

MollyL

Well, at least you gave everyone graph.

2:44 pm

MollyL

And para

3:14 pm

cybernan

I think most people already had those, Molly

3:20 pm

cybernan

the g's are giving me grief - still need 5 and 3

3:48 pm

cybernan

tsts

3:55 pm

cybernan

ma 7-8 please?

4:03 pm

MollyL

Earlier clue... food shop + to allow

4:09 pm

cybernan

have those, ty it is the 7/40 - 8/55 that I am looking for

4:17 pm

cybernan

giving up -- the ma 7-8 and the sh 6/21 left

4:18 pm

hokie carla

rhymes with army rank

4:19 pm

hokie carla

the sh6/21 is the jewish village we have all the time but I couldn't rem. how to spell and had to look it up.

4:20 pm

hokie carla

didn't have the other ma7/8, thanks

4:26 pm

MollyL

It helps when you are trying to clue if you know which combination is being asked for.

4:27 pm

Gillie

ty for those, carla

4:41 pm

hokie carla

np

4:59 pm

moolingwa

hello?

5:08 pm

hokie carla

moooo!

5:08 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke :)

5:08 pm

hokie carla

did you already finish this grid in 9 minutes?

5:09 pm

moolingwa

no, got distracted :)

5:09 pm

moolingwa

105 words so far

5:10 pm

hokie carla

28 left here. I just cut out a quilt project I bought in Canada in 2019. It's a Christmas table runner. not sure why it's taken 4 years.

5:10 pm

moolingwa

seems about the right length of time ;)

5:11 pm

hokie carla

I bought two and made the other one for my mom a couple of years ago.

5:11 pm

moolingwa

need to pace yourself on these things

5:11 pm

hokie carla

good point

5:12 pm

hokie carla

here's what I have left if you gray any of these:
AA Rx6 EE PP
SS Gx5 AA
LL P
EE
A K

5:13 pm

moolingwa

67 left

5:13 pm

hokie carla

6-7-10-4-1

5:13 pm

moolingwa

20-18-13-9-3

5:17 pm

moolingwa

well, finished the top E

5:17 pm

moolingwa

and have one A on the second row

5:20 pm

moolingwa

and now have the 4th row E done too

5:20 pm

moolingwa

all the others I have same or more than you

5:20 pm

hokie carla

I will accept any guesses to what I need

5:21 pm

moolingwa

en6/7 on the 4th row E

5:21 pm

moolingwa

ea6/7 on the top one maybe

5:21 pm

hokie carla

I have a baby bird(s) on the top

5:21 pm

hokie carla

do not have the en6/7 so will look for that

5:22 pm

moolingwa

okay...

5:22 pm

moolingwa

e4s then

5:22 pm

hokie carla

hmm, okay

5:23 pm

hokie carla

4th row gray! not sure I've seen those e's before

5:23 pm

moolingwa

:)

5:23 pm

moolingwa

maybe k5

5:25 pm

hokie carla

I have kn5 and a plural kh5

5:25 pm

moolingwa

then k4

5:25 pm

hokie carla

figured it was, it always is a k4 that you have to make up

5:25 pm

moolingwa

8-9-8-6-3

5:28 pm

hokie carla

well, found one e4 up there

5:28 pm

hokie carla

lol, the other E was the parent bird

5:29 pm

moolingwa

oops

5:29 pm

hokie carla

lol, the missing K was the beer holders

5:29 pm

moolingwa

I'll drink to that

5:30 pm

moolingwa

l might be l6/7

5:30 pm

hokie carla

4-6-9-3-1 so many 6s

5:30 pm

moolingwa

5-8-7-6-3

5:32 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I don't have an L6/7 set

5:33 pm

moolingwa

well it shouldn't take you too long to get

5:33 pm

hokie carla

ugh, thanks

5:33 pm

moolingwa

yw :)

5:34 pm

moolingwa

25 to go

5-6-6-5-3

5:34 pm

hokie carla

21

5:34 pm

moolingwa

MMMM AAA RRRRR P
S GGGGGG A
T PP

A

5:35 pm

hokie carla

yeah, there are some weird M's but I know which ones you need

5:35 pm

hokie carla

AA RRRRRR PP
SS GGGGG AA
P
A

5:36 pm

moolingwa

found an A

5:37 pm

hokie carla

awesomesauce

5:37 pm

moolingwa

with pickles

5:38 pm

moolingwa

found two m's

5:39 pm

moolingwa

ah, thought pegleg would work

5:39 pm

moolingwa

found a p

5:39 pm

hokie carla

lol, there was a discussion earlier

5:40 pm

moolingwa

found a g

5:40 pm

hokie carla

antgear - spray and traps and stuff

5:40 pm

moolingwa

oh yes, best to be prepared

5:41 pm

moolingwa

masthelp - assistance for specific types of sailing boat repairs

5:41 pm

moolingwa

plenk - nzish for plank

5:41 pm

hokie carla

surely you can get masthelp on google

5:42 pm

moolingwa

one would think so

5:42 pm

hokie carla

🤣

5:42 pm

moolingwa

parrage - when you run your card even on the golf course

5:43 pm

moolingwa

glarp - common term used by aliens in comic strips and cartoons

5:43 pm

hokie carla

too bad none of these are actually helping us

5:44 pm

moolingwa

indeed, we'd have been done ages ago

5:44 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found an S6

5:44 pm

moolingwa

superr

5:45 pm

hokie carla

or, could've just gone with superb

5:45 pm

moolingwa

yes, I could've, but I'm anti-hyperbole

5:46 pm

moolingwa

oh that's amusing, you can find amstel and then what amstel is right off it

5:46 pm

hokie carla

😵‍💫

5:48 pm

hokie carla

found 2 g's in low places

5:48 pm

moolingwa

20 to go

3-5-6-4-2

5:48 pm

moolingwa

half of my words are the R and G in the middle column

5:49 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I have half - 18 total, 9 R's and G's

5:49 pm

moolingwa

5 of each for me

5:50 pm

moolingwa

nm,found an r

5:50 pm

hokie carla

not regas

5:50 pm

moolingwa

no, but it was a 5 :)

5:51 pm

moolingwa

almost found another one that has two words, the first being a proper noun, and the second being what that is

5:51 pm

hokie carla

if it's almost there, why speaking in code?

5:51 pm

moolingwa

well the second word is in legit

5:51 pm

hokie carla

ah

5:52 pm

moolingwa

and the first word is based on the 5 I found, though the proper noun is 7

5:52 pm

moolingwa

oh nm, it's actually 8 :)

5:52 pm

moolingwa

antlag - that one ant who is always trailing

5:53 pm

moolingwa

ah, found my last t

5:54 pm

hokie carla

terrrifffic

5:54 pm

moolingwa

it was only a 4

5:55 pm

hokie carla

hmm, can't think of one

5:55 pm

hokie carla

terr

5:56 pm

hokie carla

found a couple of R's and now I feel sick

5:56 pm

moolingwa

true

5:56 pm

hokie carla

4-4-5-2-1

5:57 pm

moolingwa

prepal - to be friendless

5:57 pm

moolingwa

2-4-6-4-2

5:57 pm

moolingwa

preale - to be beerless

5:57 pm

hokie carla

made up a weird G6/7 set
4-4-4-1-1

5:58 pm

moolingwa

vn

5:58 pm

hokie carla

2 defs listed and they seem way different

5:59 pm

moolingwa

or going greatly?

6:00 pm

moolingwa

ah, found a g5/6 combo that I'd missed

6:01 pm

moolingwa

oh, and I think I found your combo

6:01 pm

moolingwa

or maybe not, same def

6:01 pm

hokie carla

mine was cow mastitis or pokeweed

6:02 pm

moolingwa

oh, mine were both udder inflamation

6:02 pm

hokie carla

found a P

6:02 pm

moolingwa

oh I see what you mean

6:02 pm

hokie carla

did you click the dictionary.com link or look it up on your own?

6:03 pm

moolingwa

nm, just ignored the pokey bits

6:03 pm

moolingwa

2-3-4-3-2

6:03 pm

moolingwa

very palindromatic today

6:03 pm

hokie carla

ah, well, it did look a little different since it was a hyperlink

6:04 pm

hokie carla

ooh, that's a good palindrome. don't find any other words unless it's one of each size

6:04 pm

hokie carla

4-3-4-1-1

6:05 pm

moolingwa

well, gotta go do life...it's a thing with me latelty

6:06 pm

hokie carla

yep, I just listed so I could move on. good night!

6:08 pm

moolingwa

good night

6:14 pm

hokie carla

well, not a super easy list finish but I should've found the 4s

11:19 pm

Shellbell_o-well

fw. that last sh/6 had me stuck for a while

11:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg shellbell !!!!!!!!

11:20 pm

Shellbell_o-well

yessirree! ty!

11:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

74 to go here, but at least i have nbt, nbs

11:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

night all, GG and GL

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