Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, December 12, 2023

12:01 am

Gillie

ts7

12:02 am

Gillie

ta7, I mean!

12:02 am

justafreep

st7 and howdy

12:02 am

Gillie

hi, freep

12:04 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:04 am

justafreep

hi, nan

12:04 am

justafreep

ea7

12:05 am

Gillie

ea7

12:05 am

justafreep

ye8

12:05 am

Rainiqui

ou 7 and 9

12:06 am

JaxH66

Ta7x2

12:09 am

justafreep

thanks for those, rainiqu

12:09 am

Rainiqui

no problem Freep

12:09 am

justafreep

st7 x 2

12:10 am

Gillie

ou7 x 2

12:10 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:13 am

justafreep

to7

12:15 am

cybernan

ou 7-8

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

Gillie

ty lickety

12:23 am

dizgrannie

ye 8

12:23 am

cybernan

oops sorry - scratch that ou 7-8

12:24 am

Gillie

ru7

12:26 am

justafreep

re7

12:43 am

justafreep

ar7... and time for me to call it a night. See y'all!

1:37 am

reneeo

tsade

4:13 am

dizgrannie

FWs

4:39 am

mattygroves

Does anyone have stats, please, for the loan U in the fourth row, fourth column?

4:42 am

waskallia

ut6/24

4:42 am

mattygroves

Thank you. Shall search

4:43 am

mattygroves

And found. Cheers.

4:43 am

waskallia

yw

4:44 am

ivesy3

clue for the tu 6 21 right after the tu 8 plz

4:50 am

mattygroves

Uses a double letter....

4:51 am

ivesy3

ty !!

4:51 am

mattygroves

Assuming we're talking about the same word (I haven't listed yet)

4:52 am

ivesy3

yes , that is what i was looking for

7:10 am

Scrabbler

Phantom = usury.

7:12 am

72 Temple Owl

scrabbler

7:13 am

72 Temple Owl

yeas

7:16 am

Scrabbler

Hi Owl

7:18 am

72 Temple Owl

i sent you an email last night.

7:19 am

Scrabbler

I saw it. Thanks.

7:19 am

72 Temple Owl

you're welcome. i thought it might interest you

7:20 am

Scrabbler

Yes. I made something similar to the first one.

7:21 am

72 Temple Owl

are you working on your creations for next market season?

7:22 am

Scrabbler

The farmers' market closed 2 years ago so I make projects as gifts or upon request. I need to set up on Instagram or Etsy.

7:22 am

Scrabbler

I am focused on some home renovations now. Well, paying Mr Handyman.

7:23 am

72 Temple Owl

lucky to have one. i am looking for someone new.

7:24 am

72 Temple Owl

how are the bunnies taking the disruption?

7:27 am

Scrabbler

I have to keep their gate up. Fiona likes to exit the room and explore. Also, it has been noisy--flooring, etc.

7:28 am

72 Temple Owl

ah, i suppose flooring is a major disruption. i need the entire house done.

7:32 am

72 Temple Owl

enjoy your day.

7:42 am

gramma

Could I please have a def for ra7?

7:42 am

Scrabbler

I don't have that word. I will look.

7:47 am

doseffing

... unusual word ... meaning the state of being loud and noisy ... ... the adjective form of the word is usually used to describe "laughter"

7:47 am

doseffing

... monkeyed it

7:47 am

mael

that's where rowdy comes from

7:47 am

mael

ra7/44

7:48 am

mael

actually I lied

7:49 am

mael

but it sounds like it :)

7:49 am

gramma

That will give me a good start. ty

7:49 am

gramma

got it

7:49 am

doseffing

... well done ... phew ...

8:17 am

joshuavorbis

stopping in to say hello after many, many moons away. I have so many fond memories of this puzzle and this community!

8:22 am

phaeton

welcome back joshua

8:22 am

saanichcat

welcome back josh! Still the same fun game, stay a while

8:24 am

joshuavorbis

lately I've been pouring my energy into puzzmo, but this is perhaps the original daily puzzler for me. now daily puzzles like wordle etc are such a part of millions of people's lives

8:26 am

mael

does anyone have stats for the 9?

8:27 am

LuvWordGames

OU 9/78

8:27 am

hokie carla

OU812

8:29 am

hokie carla

you can infect but you can't outfect

8:31 am

hurshy

or just fect for that matter

8:35 am

hurshy

ooh just got an ru7 that i didn't expect to go in

8:35 am

hokie carla

ugh, I don't like doing a U this early

8:36 am

hokie carla

but I got the vowelly babblet

8:36 am

hurshy

they're all "usual suspects"

8:37 am

hokie carla

well, I managed to get 8

8:38 am

mael

thanks luv! looking

8:39 am

hokie carla

ooh, gray

8:39 am

hokie carla

are the top S all SU, or is there some weird SZ?

8:44 am

BzznBea

salutations

8:44 am

hokie carla

bea howdy!

8:45 am

BzznBea

all su\

8:45 am

hokie carla

thanks, bea. still need one.

8:46 am

hokie carla

duh

8:46 am

BzznBea

you got them?

8:46 am

hokie carla

yep

8:52 am

hokie carla

I guess people who take long breaks on eating isn't a word

8:54 am

BzznBea

they haven't unionized yet

8:57 am

72 Temple Owl

greetings

8:58 am

hokie carla

TO!

8:58 am

72 Temple Owl

carla!

9:01 am

72 Temple Owl

oops, phone. bbs

9:21 am

hokie carla

well I'm not seeing these s's on the big on

9:21 am

hokie carla

one

9:23 am

rururocks

what do you mean on the big one?

9:23 am

hokie carla

there's a small s and a big s today

9:23 am

BzznBea

missing 5 from that

9:23 am

hokie carla

4 vs 31

9:23 am

rururocks

oh.. got it

9:23 am

hokie carla

I made it up to 18 and moved on

9:23 am

rururocks

too early to speak hokie for me this morning

9:24 am

MollyL

There are a lot of big S's around here 😊

9:24 am

hokie carla

well, I'm 3 hours ahead and it's too early for me

9:27 am

rururocks

i have 30 of those s's now

9:27 am

hokie carla

geez

9:28 am

hokie carla

I've got one - smug 😜

9:28 am

rururocks

done with the s's all fairly normal

9:29 am

hokie carla

another one - salt
as in grain of

9:29 am

ChampFit

Finally got the dang ou7-9 combo!

9:29 am

hokie carla

woot!

9:30 am

BzznBea

thanks for that, champ

9:31 am

meliae

Are all the o words ou?

9:31 am

ChampFit

YW!

9:31 am

MollyL

No

9:32 am

meliae

Oh found an ot 4

9:36 am

rururocks

nice grid today for once

9:37 am

meliae

O is giving me a headache lol

9:37 am

hokie carla

for once? you never struggle.

9:39 am

BzznBea

i thought the same, ru

9:43 am

hokie carla

woot! 4th row gray at least.

9:43 am

ChampFit

wooHOO!

9:43 am

rururocks

oh i struggle with a few each week. There's always new words I've not seen before

9:44 am

hokie carla

well, I really just need 3 on the top row

9:44 am

rururocks

now queen bee is super easy for me though

9:46 am

BzznBea

phantom estuary

9:46 am

hokie carla

finally got the big o's myself. (zip it ruru)

9:47 am

joshuavorbis

welp, I started the puzzle, so I might as well finish it!

9:47 am

hokie carla

go josh!

9:48 am

hokie carla

oatier still not a word

9:48 am

ChampFit

Neither is oatiest. So annoying.

9:49 am

hokie carla

nor oaty

9:49 am

ChampFit

tried 'em all!

9:49 am

hokie carla

nor outie and innie

9:50 am

hokie carla

well, I have 56 left, must get on with my to-do list

9:54 am

72 Temple Owl

carla

9:56 am

joshuavorbis

I literally haven't played the puzzle in probably more than 5 years but it's funny how quickly it all comes right back to me

9:57 am

72 Temple Owl

well welcome back

9:58 am

joshuavorbis

thanks so much, this has always been such a warm and welcoming community

10:01 am

rururocks

hi Josh.. great to see you here again.

10:01 am

joshuavorbis

hi ruru, I definitely recognize yours and other usernames here :)

10:03 am

rururocks

It's nice when people have starting popping back in. Groovy Kiwi has just recently appeared too

10:05 am

BzznBea

welcome josh

10:07 am

BzznBea

im at 26 left. need to go make 3 dozen deviled eggs.

10:12 am

rururocks

that's a lot of deviled eggs

10:12 am

rururocks

a party?

10:15 am

joshuavorbis

ok, 75 left. back in a couple hours! good luck everyone!

11:04 am

72 Temple Owl

bye

11:06 am

sajarn

phantom: tuesday

11:35 am

hurshy

uh-oh, do we have sy words?

11:36 am

doseffing

vnope

11:36 am

hurshy

phew

11:36 am

hurshy

need 8 more S words and was afraid

11:37 am

doseffing

... a sound state to be in

11:38 am

doseffing

... three quarters was relatively not difficult ... but the rest ... I could live without

11:38 am

hurshy

is that a clue or just a comment?

11:38 am

doseffing

... comment

11:38 am

hurshy

well i found 2 more

11:39 am

doseffing

... I'm probably missing the same 8 s words but I've listed

11:39 am

hurshy

and another 2 more!

11:39 am

hurshy

down to 4

11:39 am

hurshy

phantom: satisfy

11:40 am

doseffing

five

11:41 am

hurshy

phantom: astute

11:49 am

hurshy

phantom: artifice

11:55 am

doseffing

okay ... esses done ... but sixteen others still to get ... maybe later ... luck to all

11:56 am

bichon

as 6/21, pls

11:57 am

doseffing

... to give confidence ... to remind someone that they're doing something well or correctly

11:58 am

bichon

ty dose

12:00 pm

hurshy

hmmm, bottom F seems hard

12:02 pm

doseffing

... a couple of what I'll refer to as french for "fire" babblets

12:03 pm

doseffing

... a 5/6 which I usually think of as using an s but here they don't

12:04 pm

doseffing

.. sorry ... there should be an "and" at the start of the previous comment

12:11 pm

hokie carla

any guesses on my last top F?

12:13 pm

hokie carla

not fatify, which is what desserts do to me

12:13 pm

doseffing

... fa5/22 ... a "fairy" word I'll guess ... sounds like something the little old ladies in the Gary Cooper version of "Mr Deeds Goes to Town" might have used

12:14 pm

hokie carla

hmm, will look, thanks. not sure I've ever seen any gary cooper movies.

12:14 pm

doseffing

.. oh I tried all those fatty words too ... twice ... but none of them are there

12:16 pm

doseffing

... 1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ... with Jean Arthur ... directed by Frank Capra ... ... It's where I learned the word

12:17 pm

doseffing

... learned the word "pixilated" ... which contributed to my thinking of the fa5 as a "fairy" word ...

12:20 pm

hokie carla

well I am still looking 😭

12:20 pm

doseffing

... in the past

12:23 pm

cybernan

good morning - don't have an fa 5

12:24 pm

doseffing

... I have no idea what it means ... but I'd guess the meaning is something like "to have been turned into a fairy or at least fairylike" ...

12:25 pm

cybernan

mmm - thought that would have been spelled fe*** if it means pixilated

12:26 pm

hokie carla

ah, a past tense, thx

12:27 pm

doseffing

... oh I'm sure that no one has used the word since 1936 ... I've never used it or heard it used

12:27 pm

cybernan

it used to describe someone who was somewhat whimsical or flighty

12:27 pm

hokie carla

well the present tense is here too

12:28 pm

doseffing

... much like the little old ladies in Mr Deeds ...

12:28 pm

doseffing

... must be off ... sorry if I've confused everyone

12:28 pm

hokie carla

lol, no. bye

12:29 pm

cybernan

it was also a term for someone under the effects of alcohol. Can't yoo just see it? "I'm sorry officer, but I am pixilated right now"!

12:38 pm

joshuavorbis

back and on the march to fireworks!

12:39 pm

hokie carla

I like you're can do attitude. still 55 left here and found one word on my lunch break, so back to work.

12:44 pm

joshuavorbis

carla I see you are from SC. I am from Charlotte originally but live in Toronto

12:46 pm

hokie carla

I just moved from Charlotte last year after 27 years there

12:46 pm

hokie carla

and no idea why I used you're for your

12:46 pm

hokie carla

terrible

12:46 pm

joshuavorbis

I'm headed back there on Monday for the holidays with my family

12:47 pm

hokie carla

I was mostly always north, near concord mills

12:48 pm

joshuavorbis

well if we're being specific, my family is in Belmont/Mt Holly

12:48 pm

hokie carla

now I am between Asheville and Greenville, only a 2 hr drive from CLT

12:48 pm

joshuavorbis

I have a good friend in Taylors and I frequented the Shriners Hospital in Greenville throughout my childhood

12:49 pm

hokie carla

well, I spent a lot of time at the whitewater center not too far from there

12:52 pm

joshuavorbis

after all these years it's so nice that lickety is still doing the clues thing

12:55 pm

hokie carla

yep, I remember the old days before he made that site. someone would post a list and then I'd use Excel.

12:57 pm

cybernan

BrandyJack was posting a list when I started playing

12:58 pm

MollyL

There was no list in 2005? I thought Lickety had started it by then.

12:58 pm

cybernan

no - it was after 2008

12:58 pm

marilyn992

Can someone tell me when I became a member here? I can see on others' profiles, but not on mine.

12:59 pm

MollyL

Your profile says 2008, up at the top right.

12:59 pm

cybernan

Dec. 5 2008

12:59 pm

joshuavorbis

April 7 2008 here

12:59 pm

marilyn992

thanks!

1:00 pm

hokie carla

definitely played for a few years pre-lickety

1:00 pm

cybernan

thought I had started playing in 2008, but it was 2005, so maybe lickety was running his list in 2008

1:02 pm

hokie carla

well he has a web counter on there that says since april 18, 2006 so maybe wasn't as many years as I remember

1:02 pm

hokie carla

maybe he just had the list and not the ability to input so that's why I used excel

1:03 pm

hokie carla

the bulk add was added in april 2007

1:05 pm

MollyL

You should be able to see your own start date in your profile. I can see mine.

1:06 pm

hokie carla

are you talking to me? I can.

1:06 pm

hokie carla

I thought we were pondering when lickety started the list

1:07 pm

cybernan

Lickety came on board shortly after I started playing, so I would think 2006 was the start date.

1:08 pm

cybernan

off for breakfast - 54 left for later in the day

1:16 pm

MollyL

It always makes me go "huh?" when Nan goes for breakfast at 2:15 in the afternoon. I know there is a time difference, but isn't it 11:15 in British Columbia?

1:26 pm

hokie carla

lol, I think the same

2:22 pm

cybernan

hi again - kitchen straightened up and back from my walk :)

2:36 pm

cybernan

l slept in this am, Molly and I have to wait an hour after taking meds before I can eat

2:53 pm

MollyL

Ah, I take thyroid medication withvthe same rule

3:01 pm

cybernan

4 left and stuck

3:03 pm

cybernan

da 6 24 please?

3:06 pm

cybernan

or es 6/21 please?

3:07 pm

BzznBea

es6 ends with you and me pronoun

3:07 pm

cybernan

ty bea

3:08 pm

BzznBea

yw

3:08 pm

cybernan

do you have a clue for the da 6/24?

3:10 pm

BzznBea

i don't sorry

3:13 pm

cybernan

or the tu 7/32?

3:13 pm

cybernan

it's from the top t

3:19 pm

cybernan

the tu 7 is a kiwi lizard -- like I would know that!

3:22 pm

cybernan

and the da 6 is an indian word - no idea how to clue it

3:23 pm

cybernan

ends with the egyptian su god

3:23 pm

cybernan

hagd everone :)

3:38 pm

BzznBea

ty nan!

4:35 pm

bichon

fe 5/18, pls

4:35 pm

hurshy

vowelly babblet

4:37 pm

hurshy

phantom: austere

4:37 pm

BzznBea

i need the st6.18 before the proud turkey, please.

4:38 pm

hurshy

you mean the verb that the proud turkey might do?

4:39 pm

hurshy

i think maybe it's, you know, like Sesame _____

4:39 pm

hurshy

but i'm still missing one S

4:39 pm

BzznBea

get out!

4:40 pm

hurshy

*exits stage right*

4:40 pm

BzznBea

oh forevermore

4:41 pm

hurshy

the st6 you were missing means forevermore?

4:41 pm

hurshy

if so i guess i need that

4:41 pm

BzznBea

thank you

4:42 pm

BzznBea

No, just a "curse" i say occasionally

4:42 pm

BzznBea

it was sesame place

4:42 pm

hurshy

ohhh

4:42 pm

BzznBea

see you tomorrow.

4:42 pm

BzznBea

namaste

4:43 pm

hurshy

namaste

4:46 pm

hurshy

if anyone is still around, do you know if there are 2 ou7 words, like one plural and one not, perhaps?

4:47 pm

hurshy

cause idk if the 9 is related to the one i have (a pl) or a 7 i don't have

4:52 pm

aebmusica

Sa6/21…….clue please

4:53 pm

hurshy

that's the S i'm missing!

4:56 pm

sajarn

as to the ou7s one is a plural, one is not. The one that is not is related to the ou9

4:56 pm

aebmusica

So sorry my list is from Friday …. No wonder I am having trouble …there is no sa6/21 Today

4:56 pm

hurshy

ok, and is that 7 and 9 pair weird or normal?

4:57 pm

hurshy

oh, ha aeb!

4:57 pm

marksdolly

there is are 2 ou7s

4:57 pm

hurshy

AHA found the OU pair!

4:58 pm

sajarn

yes.

4:58 pm

marksdolly

the 7 and 9 are common words

4:58 pm

hurshy

10 words left now!

4:58 pm

hurshy

1-5-3-1

5:00 pm

hurshy

Fs Finished!

6:25 pm

hokie carla

fantastic

6:40 pm

hokie carla

where is pen lately?

6:48 pm

dan2bit

evening all!

6:49 pm

hokie carla

hey dan, I think I'm it

6:49 pm

dan2bit

go carla go

6:51 pm

hokie carla

still 41 left. gonna look one more time and if I can make it to 20s I'll list but finding this one annoying.

6:54 pm

dan2bit

not even halfway yet here

6:59 pm

dan2bit

ok down to 96 left

7:02 pm

hokie carla

35 now

7:03 pm

dan2bit

57, hoet

7:04 pm

hokie carla

6-6-11-11-1. I should at least look for the 4s.

7:16 pm

hokie carla

well, I made a dent in the S. some hard to see regular words there.

7:17 pm

hokie carla

and made it to 29 so I think I will list.

7:19 pm

nrkii

hello... I'm at 18... will follow you to the list

7:22 pm

hokie carla

hey nellie

7:22 pm

hokie carla

already tripped up on the first one

7:31 pm

nrkii

done!

7:32 pm

hokie carla

huzzah!

7:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay!

7:32 pm

DR1965

congrats!

8:12 pm

dan2bit

9 left

8:15 pm

dan2bit

5 left all T's and S's

8:16 pm

moolingwa

17 here

8:17 pm

dan2bit

down to the first tu7

8:18 pm

dan2bit

got it! thanks lickety and all cluers

8:19 pm

moolingwa

tx for the clue :)

8:19 pm

moolingwa

13 left

8:23 pm

hokie carla

moo

8:26 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke

8:27 pm

moolingwa

1-1-6-4

8:27 pm

hokie carla

ruru declared this a good grid but boy did I struggle with it

8:27 pm

moolingwa

it's a moderate one for me so far

8:28 pm

moolingwa

RR SSSS AA D

C FF

8:30 pm

hokie carla

I did get to within 3 on the S before listing, so you've got at least one more in you

8:31 pm

moolingwa

that s has been problematic for me

8:31 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I needed 10 on it for most of the day

8:33 pm

hokie carla

had a late run of like 4 regular ST

8:36 pm

moolingwa

ah, found two s's

8:40 pm

hokie carla

sterrific and stuperb

10:39 pm

meliae

Could I have a clue for the lone u please and thank you

10:40 pm

Gillie

Internal female body part

10:41 pm

meliae

Dang thank you I thought I had tried that

10:42 pm

Gillie

yw

11:35 pm

rbud

☆~ done! yay! ~☆

laters, all! ♥

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