Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, December 13, 2023

12:01 am

grannyrose

ar 8

12:06 am

SuzeeQ24

ca7

12:13 am

Gillie

as8

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

Gillie

aw7

12:21 am

Rainiqui

ed 8

12:23 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, in 7 and 8

12:26 am

Gillie

st7

12:26 am

Gillie

mo7

12:33 am

Shellbell_o-well

nbt, nbs

12:33 am

Shellbell_o-well

Waist

12:34 am

Shellbell_o-well

Oops

12:41 am

Gillie

wa8

12:41 am

Gillie

(a little more obvious than ed8)

12:44 am

mkg

In 7/8

12:45 am

Gillie

Still can't find the ca7, but I'm leaving it for now

12:45 am

ursh

si 7 & 8

12:51 am

Shellbell_o-well

ca7

1:42 am

dizgrannie

ed 8

3:47 am

GroovyKiwi

There’s a sw7 if anyone wants to know lol

7:40 am

godthaab

Name that Proper Noun - Name that Secret Service

7:51 am

mael

mossad

7:59 am

Scrabbler

I just watched the movie, Munich, last month. It was intense.

8:00 am

mael

I've never seen it. was it good too?

8:01 am

Scrabbler

Oh, yes. It was about the 1972 Munich Olympics and aftermath.

8:02 am

Scrabbler

Spielberg directed the movie.

8:03 am

saanichcat

good morning early birds!

8:03 am

bichon

-

8:04 am

Scrabbler

Hi saanichcat. It's 9:03 here.

8:04 am

Scrabbler

Hi bichon

8:04 am

saanichcat

6:04 here. how are the bunnies?

8:05 am

Scrabbler

They are happy because I just gave them their morning salads. Parsley this morning. Plus a biscuit treat.

8:06 am

saanichcat

lucky friends, sounds great!

8:08 am

bichon

Scrabs, how's your renovation going

8:10 am

Scrabbler

I have new vinyl plank flooring in 2 bedrooms and it is beautiful--pine. Next a tub surround will be installed in a bathroom, with a new cabinet and towel racks. I will paint the bedrooms soon.

8:10 am

bichon

Cool

8:11 am

Scrabbler

It's far easier to get this done now that I am retired.

8:13 am

mael

nice!

8:13 am

Scrabbler

st 7/32--I tried it and it worked.

8:14 am

bichon

Everything's better when you're retired

8:14 am

Scrabbler

My brain and body are quite happy with retirement.

8:26 am

mkg

Bichon how are things there today? My granddaughter is in the IDF and others are studying there so i keep tabs.

8:27 am

mkg

Gave tons of Tzadakah to help and do what i can

8:30 am

hokie carla

mkg ,you have a clue for the in7/8? that's keeping me from HOET.

8:31 am

hokie carla

nm, monkeyed it

8:31 am

rururocks

in + vowel and a location

8:31 am

hokie carla

ha, too slow, I peri'd that, but thanks, ruru

8:32 am

Scrabbler

TY

8:32 am

hokie carla

HOET and 61 left. 8-21-18-9-5
gotta go paint a window trim so I can hang the roman shade I made later. TTFN.

8:34 am

bichon

mkg I lived in Israel in '68-69. Wish I could return. My cousin's whole family there and I fear for them.

8:36 am

aebmusica

Ai7/44……clue please

8:37 am

Scrabbler

I bet it is a compound word.

8:38 am

aebmusica

I’d tried so many of them……

8:39 am

Scrabbler

Ends in si4

8:39 am

Scrabbler

No, not accepted by Enable.

8:40 am

rururocks

oxygen + to be old and smart

8:40 am

Scrabbler

TY, Ruru.

8:41 am

aebmusica

Tyvm Ruru

8:46 am

Scrabbler

85 left. Maybe I will return tonight. Enjoy the day.

9:29 am

hurshy

morning babblers

9:29 am

BzznBea

salutations

9:29 am

hurshy

howzit

9:30 am

BzznBea

meh

9:30 am

hurshy

phantom: awash

9:31 am

rururocks

is Flosey's son or grandson on line? How is she?

9:31 am

Shellbell_o-well

ahoj

9:32 am

hurshy

we need Une, her town is in the grid :)

9:34 am

hurshy

well, i just put in an ai7 that unexpectedly worked

9:36 am

MollyL

So did we when Ru clued it earlier 😊

9:36 am

hurshy

oh ha

9:55 am

BzznBea

we got a Christmas tree yesterday. it's a prelit artificial. now the challenge for us old people is getting up in the attic for the decorations.

10:01 am

hurshy

:O

10:02 am

hurshy

be careful bea

10:02 am

hurshy

phantoms: cwms, crwth

10:02 am

hurshy

(i had to)

10:02 am

BzznBea

mosaic as well

10:05 am

hurshy

anyone have both left R words?

10:06 am

BzznBea

i have ra4.8

10:06 am

hurshy

yeah me too, stumped on the other

10:08 am

BzznBea

ra6.33

10:08 am

hurshy

the capital of poland counts! good thing i checked before doing it as a NTPN

10:08 am

hurshy

thanks bea

10:10 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! jerk who patented lots of things but mostly just used other people and was nowhere near as smart as nikola tesla

10:11 am

BzznBea

edison

10:11 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

10:11 am

flosey

hi ruru.... flo's son here

10:12 am

MollyL

I think Ru is offline. I'll see if I can dig him up.

10:12 am

hurshy

but he'll see it at some point and i'm sure everyone would like to know how flosey is

10:13 am

flosey

we have her home today. but we have to take her back to her extended care.

10:15 am

hurshy

how is her mood in general?

10:16 am

flosey

mood is pretty even... just in a daze

10:16 am

MollyL

I'm sure it was nice for her to get home and around family.

10:18 am

rururocks

oh.. ok.. thanks.. I'm glad she's holding up.> How is George?

10:19 am

flosey

well.... he misses her.... but visits daily.

10:19 am

rururocks

your mom is such a lovely person. I was very happy to have met her.

10:20 am

rururocks

give him my best please. I think of them often.

10:20 am

flosey

will do

10:22 am

rururocks

thank you for responding. I have been really worried about her and curious as well. I'm glad she's hanging in there.

10:22 am

flosey

she's getting quite frail.... but she's 91

10:23 am

rururocks

aw... she's a tough one though I bet

10:29 am

Lewandjoy

Phantom cartoonist

10:30 am

hurshy

just remembered a weird in7 that we have had a few times before i think

10:31 am

hurshy

but idk what the other bottom i word is

10:33 am

hurshy

this is a tough grid. the Ss are really doing my head in

10:36 am

rururocks

the s's are the toughest tiles

10:36 am

rururocks

and some of the a's too

10:36 am

hurshy

i just found a bunch more of them though so now it's not so out of line with the rest of them

10:40 am

BzznBea

ive managed 17 and 7 on the esses...moving on

10:41 am

hokie carla

I only have 13 and 5

10:42 am

hokie carla

hurshy the other bottom i is a plural (or sing if you have the pl) 😁

10:42 am

hokie carla

oh, you said you have the 7

10:43 am

hurshy

ah thanks!

10:43 am

hurshy

one more E will grey my bottom row

10:43 am

hokie carla

i need 2 e's and 3 r's on the bottom

10:43 am

hurshy

got it!!!

10:43 am

hurshy

es6

10:43 am

hokie carla

make that 1 R

10:43 am

hokie carla

I have the es6 darnit

10:44 am

hurshy

the other Es are normal

10:44 am

hokie carla

oh, was missing the ex's

10:44 am

hokie carla

because I can't go backward you know

10:44 am

rururocks

heading out for the day.. have fun everyone.

10:44 am

hokie carla

bye ruru

10:45 am

hokie carla

hurshy, any guesses on my bottom R?

10:46 am

hurshy

hard to say... all "usual suspects", nothing sticks out

10:46 am

hurshy

nothing longer than 6 letters

10:46 am

hokie carla

surprised re6 can't be plural since I know it's used in movies and photography but I'm sure we've talked about it before.

10:47 am

hurshy

i feel like it's probably just a pt verb

10:48 am

hokie carla

I have pt that might be used with a shoelace

10:49 am

hokie carla

found it

10:50 am

hurshy

no i meant the re6 you were discussing is probably just a pt verb, hence no plural

10:50 am

hokie carla

the one I was missing was "I couldn't re6 pulling that prank"

10:50 am

hurshy

ahh

10:51 am

hurshy

you can make nineteenth and twentieth from the same spelling bee letters and STILL not have a pangram!

10:52 am

hurshy

(not the NYT bee, doing a free one)

10:52 am

hokie carla

yes, realized that. the NYT one jumped out at me first thing. easy today.

10:53 am

hokie carla

but I'm just on great 🤣. only the pangram was easy.

10:54 am

hurshy

yeah i just get the pangram on the NYT and then put in random other things until it stops me cause i haven't subscribed

10:54 am

hurshy

the letters on this other one are HOTWINE

10:55 am

hokie carla

I still need to try to talk them down on my sub price

10:55 am

hokie carla

it's going up

10:55 am

hokie carla

well all I can see now is hotwine

10:56 am

hokie carla

ooh, found 3 s's

10:56 am

hokie carla

still need 8 😭

10:56 am

hokie carla

oh, 2 more

10:57 am

hurshy

take the number after 59 and change the last letter

10:57 am

hurshy

and pl

10:57 am

hurshy

if you haven't got those already

10:57 am

hokie carla

thanks, think we've had that before

10:58 am

hokie carla

found another, now 3 left on each s

11:00 am

hurshy

do you have si6/18

11:01 am

hokie carla

no, will look

11:02 am

hurshy

and how about, like, a chauvinist

11:02 am

hokie carla

typed siesta JIC. missed that one yesterday.

11:04 am

hokie carla

I don't see pig

11:04 am

hokie carla

I did find someone who likes to be cruel

11:04 am

hokie carla

which S is that si6 from?

11:11 am

hokie carla

phantom sister, that's for sure

11:11 am

BzznBea

hurshy, did you get the other e on the bottom?

11:12 am

BzznBea

carla, there is a si6.18 similar

11:13 am

hokie carla

finally got it

11:13 am

hokie carla

anyone watch orphan black? reminds me of that

11:17 am

BzznBea

48 left for this afternoon. time to get the decorations down...

11:19 am

hokie carla

be careful!

11:21 am

hokie carla

phantom carwash

11:28 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

11:29 am

periwinkle

good morning nan, hello all

11:35 am

periwinkle

help with H in bottom row please

11:36 am

periwinkle

nm

11:36 am

maggiej

change the 1st letter in a exam

11:37 am

periwinkle

ty found it as you clued

11:49 am

joshuavorbis

hi everyone. two days in a row! let's do this

1:18 pm

doseffing

... seventeen to go and it's hard work even with the list ... lots of longer words out of morewords ...

1:26 pm

BzznBea

whittled down to 19...may got to list when i come back

1:41 pm

melody17

carts

1:41 pm

melody17

cars

1:45 pm

moolingwa

whittled down to 168 left

1:52 pm

MollyL

Whittled some wood

1:52 pm

MollyL

Whittler's Mother

1:53 pm

MollyL

Whittle while you work

2:10 pm

periwinkle

ca5/22 please. it is my last word

2:10 pm

moolingwa

the one off the top c?

2:10 pm

moolingwa

something a crow did?

2:10 pm

moolingwa

sorry only one c

2:10 pm

penquis

a pt?

2:11 pm

periwinkle

shhh, ty. I was getting a headache looking for it'

2:11 pm

periwinkle

hit me with a wet noodle :)

2:11 pm

penquis

yw...

2:11 pm

periwinkle

how are you mool. have not see you in a while

2:11 pm

moolingwa

getting there...hope you're doing well

2:12 pm

BzznBea

mool, were you ill? don't mean to be nosy...

2:13 pm

moolingwa

some, but it was a confluence of events that started with work

2:14 pm

periwinkle

good to see you, sorry you were not up to par, mool

2:15 pm

BzznBea

ah...it's good to see you. your absence was noted

2:15 pm

periwinkle

hope to see you again soon, mool. bye for now

2:20 pm

moolingwa

thx to both of you...has been a journey that's for sure

2:31 pm

BzznBea

i tried the military wagon earlier, but didn't spell it correctly...hmph

3:06 pm

gramma

AS8? Clues, please

3:06 pm

moolingwa

I'm really surprised you haven't found that :)

3:08 pm

BzznBea

i object to the gambling forum with an extra cons. the spelling in the grid is proper...double hmph

3:10 pm

BzznBea

done griping about enable.

3:10 pm

BzznBea

namaste

3:14 pm

gramma

moolingwa, if that was a hint, I'm really not getting it.

3:15 pm

moolingwa

yeah, it was a clue with *surprise* being the key word, to "take aback"

3:16 pm

gramma

got it ty

3:31 pm

doseffing

... too many words needed from Morewords today ... not a fun grid at all ... luck to all!

3:39 pm

gramma

How about we6/30??

3:42 pm

gramma

It's my last one. A def would do if you can. Please?

3:43 pm

gramma

nm

3:44 pm

gramma

I let my fingers play around. See you all tomorrow

3:49 pm

MollyL

Ru could have a field day with that.

4:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

warmhos

4:09 pm

MollyL

Better than coldhos

4:16 pm

leighprefect

better than nohos

4:18 pm

cybernan

hi again - could I have some help with that we 6 please?

4:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

leigh!

4:36 pm

cybernan

stuck on last 4: da 6, os 7, ra 6 and we 6
Help please?

4:38 pm

ChampFit

Da6 is like the dog that rescued Timmy from the well. Os 7 is os+ cons+ ra** car, change the last vowel. Working on the we now...

4:42 pm

ChampFit

for the we....it's similar to the word that describes a time of year. Right now we're in the fall se****.

4:42 pm

ChampFit

Good luck!

4:43 pm

MollyL

Elmer Fudd

4:44 pm

cybernan

got them all - ty Champ. It may be fall where you are, but it is definitely winter here!

4:45 pm

cybernan

yes thought that too - elmer's impetus for doing something

4:45 pm

cybernan

hagd everyone :)

5:37 pm

flosey

hi cyber.... flo's son here. just saying hello to all my mum's friends.

6:10 pm

MollyL

I think Nan checked out but I will relay your message

6:12 pm

flosey

appreciated

6:13 pm

Christa

Good Evening

7:50 pm

penquis

Anyone around? Can’t find my last word….it’s a ca 7…anyone?

7:50 pm

penquis

I think it’s the second one….

7:55 pm

penquis

*waving frantically to the lurkers*….

8:08 pm

welki

~sings, over hill, over dale, as we hit the dusty trail, and the ca7s go rolling along~

8:09 pm

penquis

I have that one….need the other one…ty….

8:09 pm

welki

or maybe, a bond movie, ca7 royale with a little added extra

8:09 pm

penquis

That was it….ty so much! I am done…

8:10 pm

welki

congrats, pen! have a nice evening

8:11 pm

penquis

Ty, you, too. Bye!

8:27 pm

mkg

Great clue welki. Ty. Got it.

8:27 pm

mkg

I wonder if todays school kids sing these same songs or not.

8:27 pm

mkg

Also the royale. Ty. Two super clues

8:45 pm

hurshy

so there's another ca7 also?

8:47 pm

hurshy

oh i see, two clues. wow i know the tune of that song but i so did not know the lyrics well enough, did not know that was a word

8:49 pm

hurshy

the one 7 that appears not to have been mentioned all day: di7 - if you want a PhD you have to write a di7ation

8:50 pm

hurshy

(pretty much the reason i've never wanted to attempt a PhD)

8:52 pm

hurshy

lol, my last word (after going to the list for my last 13) was not-narrow

8:52 pm

hurshy

you're never safe from humiliation in babble

8:54 pm

hurshy

night all

9:02 pm

Gillie

Well, I'm certainly not as slow as you to go to the list, but one of the ones I'd missed was not stupid

10:13 pm

Shellbell_o-well

fw... one covert babbler leaving to unscramble her brain. laters

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