Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, December 17, 2023

12:00 am

dauber

D'aaaahhhhr! Got down to 83 left before the new grid generated!

12:02 am

cybernan

de 7

12:02 am

cybernan

re 7

12:02 am

dauber

el7

12:05 am

cybernan

hi dauber -- guess we are the only ones here :0

12:05 am

dauber

Lotsa people listed in the "Who's Online" tab; guess we're the only unshy ones!

12:06 am

dauber

And I'm about to sign off for now; got some other stuff to do before bed!

12:06 am

ursh

Morning all

12:07 am

dauber

morning, ursh; and 'bye!

12:07 am

cybernan

hi ursh

12:11 am

cybernan

da 7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:22 am

cybernan

good night :)

12:26 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs el 7 x2 and el 8

12:59 am

rbud

thanks, Rain. Now if I could find that lone i I'd be a happy babbler, haha!

1:08 am

ursh

ir 6/30

1:13 am

rbud

thanks, ursh! that was nbt, nbs;, over halfway, etc, etc, all those little arbitrary things I like. :D

1:14 am

rbud

(now I don't mind hitting the list at last)

1:55 am

dizgrannie

just got the fj 5 thanks to morewords

4:43 am

player girl

Hi all. I am missing the N from the bottom row for NBT/NBS, any helpers around? Thanks so much

4:45 am

lbdawger

ne4/5

4:46 am

Deeha

in UK we woild spell it with a ve ending ne4/5

4:46 am

player girl

Thank you

6:37 am

Sip

Fern

6:37 am

Sip

Ferns

6:38 am

Sip

Fern

6:38 am

ChampFit

Wrong box

8:14 am

player girl

Finally I have HOET. I almost never get there.

8:55 am

hokie carla

good morning. HOET and 35 left. now winston is whining at the door.

8:59 am

BzznBea

salutatuons

9:00 am

hokie carla

bea!

9:00 am

BzznBea

carla!

9:01 am

BzznBea

are you getting any rain?

9:01 am

hokie carla

yep, but I think we're in the 1" range. you are probably getting much more.

9:04 am

hokie carla

ooh, found the 8

9:04 am

BzznBea

looks like we may be getting 3 inches.

9:05 am

hokie carla

wow, how about wind? not too bad here.

9:05 am

BzznBea

maybe gusts. we need the rain.

9:07 am

hokie carla

ok, I think it is windier here than I thought

9:07 am

hokie carla

yeah, I'm not sure how much below our rain is still

9:12 am

hokie carla

defig - to pick figs off a tree

9:13 am

rururocks

if you were like newton you'd wait for them to fall with gravity

9:13 am

hokie carla

almost deputy

9:13 am

hokie carla

now I'm thinking of fig newtons

9:14 am

hokie carla

so many e's and p's and no epee

9:14 am

BzznBea

i would never think about a fig newton

9:14 am

hokie carla

I didn't really like them

9:14 am

mael

phantom: deluge, speaking of rain

9:15 am

BzznBea

how did you compost presentation go, mael?

9:15 am

rururocks

fig newtons used to be way better than they are now.. they're inedible now

9:16 am

hokie carla

well, I had the apple ones before I couldn't eat them anymore and they were kinda dry.

9:16 am

rururocks

compost presentation? it must have been a very manure crowd

9:18 am

mael

hah

9:18 am

mael

just setting up the infrastructure for composting at my kids' elementary school

9:19 am

mael

thanks for remembering bea!

9:21 am

rururocks

so it was a class in decomposition?

9:22 am

hokie carla

have made it to 14 left.
2-5-6-1
L D G FF E DD SSS R T

9:23 am

BzznBea

i just found an fj5

9:24 am

mael

I'm assuming it's just a weird spelling of the word if you changed the j to another letter with a dot?

9:25 am

hokie carla

yeah, I wasn't reading the chat but happened across that and monkeyed it

9:25 am

LeslieAnn

you would be correct

9:28 am

hokie carla

found an F4

9:30 am

mael

the fj was my last F

9:31 am

rururocks

kind of like fjord I guess

9:32 am

rururocks

i wonder if the Scandanavians swear they say fjuck or not?

9:40 am

mael

3 left! a G and two Ss

9:41 am

rururocks

i'm done.. just stumped for a bit on the fj and one S

9:42 am

mael

oh, my last G is a cool word

9:43 am

mael

ge6/27

9:44 am

LuvB

Ge6/27 is a Japanese woman

9:44 am

mael

FW!

9:44 am

hokie carla

darnit, have that one

9:44 am

mael

have a great day everyone, I've got to take my girl scout to sell cookies :)

9:45 am

hokie carla

good luck!

9:45 am

mael

had to list for my last word, sh6/36

9:45 am

mael

sounds like "be quiet!" but with a different consonant at the end :)

9:45 am

hokie carla

hmm, that is one of mine. thx.

9:47 am

hokie carla

of course I try shadup which doesn't fit that clue

9:47 am

LeslieAnn

it does carla, you're on the right track

9:48 am

hokie carla

well, will have to come back to that. too many letter combos for a 6.

9:49 am

LeslieAnn

nope, just a different last letter than your guess :)

9:50 am

hokie carla

feels like I have tried all the possible different last letters

9:50 am

LeslieAnn

all the reasonable ones sure

9:50 am

hokie carla

finally

9:51 am

hokie carla

pretty sure I have never seen that or the variant

9:56 am

rururocks

if you knew it you could say you knew it Well

10:05 am

MollyL

Oh come on. You are not well versed in Egyptian water retrival systems?

10:17 am

hurshy

best word of the grid: pu6/30

10:18 am

hokie carla

it does truly amaze me the words that are included vs. the ones that aren't

10:20 am

flosey

they didnt include geep... which is a hybrid goat and sheep

10:20 am

hurshy

:O

10:23 am

hurshy

phantom: defense

10:24 am

hurshy

2nd row grey!

10:26 am

hurshy

is the i word weird or should i be getting it?

10:26 am

BzznBea

ir6

10:26 am

hokie carla

not really weird, just has a suffix we don't see often on it

10:27 am

hokie carla

in the grid, that is

10:27 am

hurshy

ty!!!!

10:30 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! famed vacation planet in the Star Trek universe

10:32 am

hurshy

pretty good grid, one pass, 14 left, only 1 or 2 from any given tile, got all the 7s and the 8!

10:36 am

flosey

reisa.... check spelling

10:37 am

hurshy

yeah it's just Risa

10:37 am

hurshy

but good job :)

10:38 am

flosey

klingon spelling

10:40 am

hurshy

ha

10:42 am

hurshy

ack

10:42 am

hurshy

there is an fj5 and it's not fjord

10:43 am

MollyL

Oh no, she's found a partner in Star Trek infatuation.

10:43 am

BzznBea

flat land

10:43 am

hurshy

not that hard, molly. there are legions... how do you think they have Star Trek conventions? lol

10:47 am

hurshy

anyone got the second re6/30?

10:47 am

doseffing

... more gas needed

10:48 am

hurshy

thanks, dos

10:55 am

BzznBea

phantom - saddle

10:56 am

flosey

sadddle.... its extra large

11:12 am

BzznBea

namaste

11:32 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

11:51 am

cybernan

does anyone know the stats for the 8 please?

11:55 am

bichon

el 8/55

12:16 pm

flosey

past tense... funeral speech

12:23 pm

bichon

sh 6/36, pls

12:25 pm

flosey

homer's beer on the sim psons

12:29 pm

bichon

ty flosey

1:09 pm

hokie carla

so I was watching a movie last night with an atlatl, which I only know from here. in my mind I say it atl-atl, but apparently it is at-latl.

1:11 pm

Jeff7

clue for pu6/30 pls

1:12 pm

flosey

small pool of water

1:12 pm

disneyjessi

a pothole after the rain

1:14 pm

Jeff7

ty-thought it was a weird one not even thought of trying that lol

1:24 pm

wvteach

stats for the single I pls

1:25 pm

flosey

ir6/30

1:25 pm

flosey

and i'm done

1:27 pm

wvteach

congrats

1:30 pm

wvteach

taup

2:18 pm

cybernan

hi again - 57 to go including the 8

2:20 pm

cybernan

found the el 8 - a variation on the word that is more familiar ( or should I say familiarer?)

3:35 pm

jesdraggon

hullo all

4:01 pm

MollyL

Where have you been Jes?

4:14 pm

jesdraggon

lost in time and space ;)

4:15 pm

jesdraggon

how's things been here while I wandered off for a couple year?

4:19 pm

justafreep

Well, jes, spam is now accepted as a word, so everything has been changed, I tell ya!

4:19 pm

jesdraggon

ahahahha

4:20 pm

jesdraggon

But does it recognize that cria is real word yet?

4:20 pm

justafreep

I shoulda told you to sit down before you heard that. My apologies :-)

4:21 pm

jesdraggon

nope. just checked. Neither tegu nor cria are real animals according to Enable yet, so not *everything* is different

4:21 pm

justafreep

yeah. change is slow. lotta other words still... uh... not words.

4:21 pm

justafreep

but spam!

4:23 pm

MollyL

Jes, these people get way jazzed about things like spam

4:24 pm

justafreep

I don't know what you mean, Molly. I feel like anyone would have a six week party about that, not just me.

4:26 pm

justafreep

(for the record... I did not.) Still, what other changes would you tell jes?

5:13 pm

hokie carla

<----wondering why I wasn't invited to freep's 6 week spam party

5:38 pm

bichon

re 6/27, pls

5:40 pm

Lizlin

re 6 - touch again

5:41 pm

bichon

ty Lizlin

5:41 pm

Lizlin

yw

5:53 pm

jesdraggon

well, i'm good at this - totally just got distracted again. at least it wasn't years this time.

5:54 pm

jesdraggon

Sorry I missed the spam party, hope you all enjoyed the salty goodness :)

6:09 pm

jesdraggon

whoa. is that fj word a new addition too? I'm pretty sure I've never seen that before!

7:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

7:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fishapp -- not sure what it means but it should be a word

7:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt at last, 70 to go

7:47 pm

mkg

Any clues for the 8 or 7s? Ty.

7:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ionly have re7, build off re6, to give someone a meal again

7:49 pm

mkg

Ty

7:49 pm

mkg

Got that one gwen. Ty.

7:51 pm

nrkii

el7, el7, el8
all have to do with things you say about someone after they die

7:51 pm

nrkii

da7
more da5, which is adjective of da4 of salt

7:54 pm

mkg

The el: not getting the 8

7:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

tyvm, got the ELs and the da7

7:55 pm

mkg

got the el 7s but not the 8. Darn.

7:55 pm

nrkii

past tense

7:55 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

it's a twisty one -- angle towards the right'

7:55 pm

mabaker8

the act of soing it in the past tense

7:55 pm

mabaker8

doing

7:58 pm

mkg

I must be spellingit wrong. I have the plural 7 but it wont take the end of D……

7:58 pm

nrkii

you need the verb 7

7:59 pm

nrkii

there are 2 el7 words... one is the plural el5, the other is the action of giving an el5

7:59 pm

mkg

Oooh. Ok

7:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

rhymes with the organs you see with

7:59 pm

nrkii

fw here and dog walk time... night all!

8:00 pm

mkg

I tried eu and el and there must be a G in there so i am having trouble.

8:01 pm

mkg

Ok got them. Ty. I could swear there was a U in that word. But ty for the clues.

8:01 pm

nrkii

it's EL... not the funeral speech, but the poem for someone who has died

8:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg !!!

8:01 pm

mkg

Ty nrkii didnt know there was a difference. Ty

8:01 pm

mkg

Also still missing bottom row N words. Any help welcome.

8:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

those N words sound like the utensil you slice with

8:02 pm

mkg

just found tghe N words. So sorry

8:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

!!

8:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

46 to go, gotta run

8:06 pm

mkg

Go gwen.

8:06 pm

mkg

Just need the ir 6 to go to sleep. Clues welcome. Ty

8:06 pm

mkg

And ty for N word clues.

9:43 pm

jesdraggon

Is anybody available to clue the IR please?

9:49 pm

rururocks

to be really mad ir6

9:50 pm

rururocks

hi jes nice to see you

9:50 pm

jesdraggon

hey ruru! how's it been?

9:50 pm

rururocks

life's good.. going to move to Washington next year and retire.

9:51 pm

jesdraggon

excellent! do you know where abouts?

9:54 pm

rururocks

yeah near port townsend or Port Ludlow or Port Angeles

9:55 pm

jesdraggon

ah, the wet side ;) Will you be in need of any house critters?

9:56 pm

rururocks

i adopted two after my dog died.. i have a pair of labradors right now

9:57 pm

jesdraggon

found the ir, thanks :)

9:57 pm

rururocks

they really needed a good home

9:57 pm

jesdraggon

glad they found you!

9:58 pm

rururocks

ha.. i love them.. they make me laugh every day

9:59 pm

jesdraggon

excellent of them, good dogs :)

10:00 pm

rururocks

I'll probably only foster after these two go. I can't imagine being without and animal, but i also don't want to be tied down too far in the future either.

10:01 pm

jesdraggon

Firewords :) finished with du5/16

10:02 pm

jesdraggon

well, if you were heading for the other side of the mountains, I'd offer to set you up as a foster but that'll be a bit far to drive

10:02 pm

rururocks

congrats jes.. welcome back.. hope to see you again.

10:02 pm

rururocks

I'm heading off to go read good night

10:02 pm

jesdraggon

have a good one :)

10:03 pm

rururocks

bye for now

11:38 pm

harpjane

stats for the lone i and the middle E please? so I can at least have nbt!

11:47 pm

Nef

Middle e is 4/6; the ir is 6/30

11:47 pm

Nef

How are you doing harpjane ?

11:48 pm

harpjane

I'm good nef, and you?

11:50 pm

Nef

I’m surviving.Dear hubs has dementia & lots of physical problems, so I’m his 24/7 nurse,

11:50 pm

harpjane

I wondered how he was doing, what year was it when you were in Montana?

11:51 pm

Nef

Oh, gosh! Was that 5 years ago?

11:52 pm

harpjane

I know it was this time of year, Christmas

11:53 pm

Nef

Yep. We were out there because my baby brother had ALS & was getting worse & wanted us all together.

11:54 pm

harpjane

nbt just in time!

11:54 pm

Nef

Yay!

11:55 pm

Nef

And I just checked; it was 2017! Yikes!

11:55 pm

harpjane

6 years. seems like yesterday!

11:56 pm

harpjane

I met Mr President in australia this year

11:56 pm

Nef

Crazy how time flies, isn’t it?

11:57 pm

Nef

WOW! That must have been quite a trip & pretty neat you met Mr President too!

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