Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, December 21, 2023

12:04 am

vashongin

re7

12:10 am

Gillie

Found a sheep (well, sheepskin, apparently)

12:11 am

Gillie

mo7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:22 am

dizgrannie

needlecase

12:23 am

vashongin

a mountain

12:24 am

Gillie

The amphibian took me a strangely long time to spot

12:28 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ma 8

12:28 am

vashongin

in 8

12:28 am

Gillie

ma7

12:29 am

Gillie

in7

12:34 am

Gillie

more than halfway on everything, and 16 left, so goodnight all, and ty for the clues

2:53 am

rabbasar

out

6:56 am

mkg

Amonia

6:56 am

mkg

It wont take amonia, the chemical. I dont understand

6:57 am

dauber

Because it's "ammonia."

6:57 am

mkg

Oooh. Ok. Spelling was not my thing ever. Ty

6:57 am

mkg

Evel

6:58 am

mkg

Any clues for the 8s welcome. Ty.

6:59 am

dauber

Too early to figure those out. :)

7:00 am

mkg

Perhaps that is why i dont see the.

7:00 am

mkg

Tghem

7:00 am

mkg

Them

7:01 am

dauber

See what I mean? Too early to type too!

7:02 am

mkg

Yup

7:03 am

mkg

that sewing case i never remember from one grid to the next. Ugh.

7:03 am

dauber

Ooh! Missed that one. Thanks!!

7:04 am

mkg

Do you have the stat for the sewing case? I am not recalling what it is. Darn

7:05 am

dauber

et4/5

7:05 am

MollyL

Stats for the 8's are all in earlier chat

7:05 am

mkg

Ty

7:06 am

mkg

Not getting the eights from the stats. Darn.

7:13 am

mkg

Inoa

7:13 am

mkg

Oops sorry again

7:14 am

dauber

Ahh...got one of the in8s. Very common prefix meaning "between" followed by something i refuse to wear.

7:15 am

mkg

Ty i got it too. Fantastic clue. Ty dauber

7:16 am

mkg

I kept trying to put “let” at the end.

7:17 am

rururocks

that could be a lot of stuff dauber :D

7:17 am

dauber

WHAT ELSE COULD IT POSSIBLY BE BUT JOCK STRAP?!?!

7:17 am

Deeha

cant find basque in puzzle Dauber!!

7:19 am

mkg

What is basque?????

7:19 am

dauber

Something I NEVER said I refuse to wear. I can say no more.

7:20 am

mkg

I looked up basque and it only refers to the area of spain. Hmmmm.

7:20 am

mkg

Guess i will never know.

7:20 am

mkg

Is it a piece of clothing?

7:20 am

dauber

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_(\nclothing)

7:20 am

Deeha

thanks for clue. Did get it!!

7:23 am

mkg

Anyone have top row R word stat? Ty

7:24 am

dauber

I would be one who regrets if I told you.

7:24 am

mkg

Got it. Ru 4

7:25 am

Deeha

not a nice little word mkg I might argue that one!

7:26 am

mkg

Off to work. Ty for great clues

8:01 am

MollyL

Please use tinyurl.com for posting links. The long
links blow the chat width.

8:09 am

mael

here, let's chat a bit so we push the link down :)

8:09 am

mael

how's everyone this morning?

8:09 am

mael

tiny grid but harder than I expected

8:20 am

MollyL

We

8:20 am

MollyL

can

8:20 am

MollyL

always

8:20 am

MollyL

do

8:20 am

MollyL

this

8:20 am

MollyL

to

8:20 am

MollyL

get

8:20 am

MollyL

the

8:20 am

MollyL

offending

8:20 am

MollyL

post

8:20 am

mael

yep

8:20 am

MollyL

to

8:20 am

mael

keep

8:20 am

MollyL

scroll

8:20 am

MollyL

off

8:20 am

mael

going

8:20 am

MollyL

the

8:20 am

MollyL

chat

8:21 am

MollyL

All

8:21 am

MollyL

this

8:21 am

mael

almost

8:21 am

MollyL

to

8:21 am

MollyL

get

8:21 am

MollyL

rid

8:21 am

MollyL

of

8:21 am

MollyL

a

8:21 am

MollyL

link

8:21 am

MollyL

to

8:21 am

MollyL

lingerie

8:21 am

MollyL

Not

8:21 am

MollyL

much

8:21 am

MollyL

more

8:21 am

mael

it was lingerie?

8:21 am

MollyL

until

8:21 am

MollyL

we

8:21 am

MollyL

have

8:21 am

MollyL

chat

8:22 am

MollyL

back

8:22 am

mael

now I feel like we should have left it :)

8:22 am

MollyL

to

8:22 am

MollyL

normal

8:22 am

mael

there ya go, done

8:22 am

MollyL

The basque thing was lingerie

8:23 am

mael

do you have the stats for the 8s, Molly? :)

8:23 am

rururocks

what

8:23 am

rururocks

if

8:23 am

rururocks

we

8:23 am

rururocks

continued

8:23 am

rururocks

to

8:23 am

rururocks

talk

8:23 am

rururocks

like

8:23 am

rururocks

this

8:23 am

MollyL

I would refer to it more like a bustier

8:23 am

rururocks

everyday

8:23 am

MollyL

Carla kind of does.

8:24 am

rururocks

thanks for keeping us abreast of basque

8:25 am

rururocks

sometimes it's best to keep clues close to your chest

8:29 am

mael

found an 8, alas outerwear rather than underwear

8:39 am

mael

hilariously, my last word was ti6/21, Ru

8:41 am

BzznBea

Sun's out, puns out

8:57 am

hokie carla

what'd I miss?

9:01 am

BzznBea

someone must have posted the 8 in the chat

9:01 am

hokie carla

oh

9:02 am

hokie carla

phantom outlet

9:02 am

hokie carla

and eleven

9:04 am

BzznBea

someone blew out the chat

9:06 am

LeslieAnn

OK I want "sun's out, puns out" on a t-shirt

9:06 am

hokie carla

well, I am struggling with both e's I have encountered so far

9:07 am

hokie carla

I can definitely make a t-shirt that says that

9:08 am

BzznBea

that's where i saw it LA.

9:08 am

LeslieAnn

oh cool ready made :)

9:08 am

hokie carla

I've only ever seen sun's out guns out on sleeveless shirts

9:08 am

LeslieAnn

i did get my sister a "sun's out, tums out" t-shirt with a fat cat

9:09 am

MollyL

Those t-shirts are all over Amazon

9:11 am

hokie carla

one who flashes their butt is a no go

9:11 am

hokie carla

also a cow is a no go

9:14 am

hokie carla

well, had to see the a4 and then I knew the e4 was there

9:14 am

hokie carla

5th col gray!

9:14 am

BzznBea

good for you!

9:15 am

hokie carla

it was tough for sure 🤣

9:17 am

hokie carla

also, intel still not a word, don't try it

9:17 am

MollyL

Where there is the wager, so there is the volcano...where there is saliva, so there is gratuities.

9:17 am

MollyL

A proverb done in needlepoint that hangs in the PB

9:17 am

hokie carla

I know, it's just I can't see the volcano until I see the wager a lot of times.

9:19 am

hokie carla

also takes me a while to see both no motion and to bury

9:21 am

hokie carla

duh, another e babblet there I couldn't see

9:23 am

hokie carla

well, HOET and 30 left. 7-10-6-4-3
off to try the other games

9:23 am

BzznBea

tummy rumbles. must eat.

9:23 am

LeslieAnn

bye carla, bea

9:39 am

rbud

anyone besides me getting more warnings than usual about Babble being an insecure site> My security keeps wanting to stop me from getting here. Certificate problem? No idea what that is.

9:41 am

rbud

maybe some nefarious lowlife hackers are working behind the scenes here? I worry.

9:41 am

LeslieAnn

no more than normal. i don't believe dr g keeps his security certificate up to date. the worst that could happen is someone gets your password to this site

9:46 am

hokie carla

the biggest issue is, don't use your password for this site anywhere else. otherwise I don't think it's a problem.

9:48 am

hokie carla

notice it doesn't have https like say, your bank website does. that means it's not secure like your bank site is. that's why your security program is saying that.

9:55 am

hokie carla

hmm, isn't there a t word similar to spanish thirty? having trouble remembering the exact spelling.

9:58 am

MollyL

The number after 9 and two vowels is kind of similar

9:59 am

MollyL

The security problem here is just what was stated. Don't use a password here that you use anywhere secure.

9:59 am

hokie carla

just looked, I think the one I was thinking trientes. spanish 30 is treinte IIRC.

9:59 am

hokie carla

and I did not have that babblet, thanks

9:59 am

MollyL

And there is the possibility that your email could get hacked if you use the same password here and there.

10:07 am

hokie carla

last T just popped out at me when I came back. regular word.

10:13 am

hokie carla

well, last T on top row. still need 3 from each of the others

10:16 am

hokie carla

phantom mature

10:17 am

hokie carla

and manure 💩

10:17 am

LeslieAnn

my last t from the top was ti6/21, which is what a wearer of the sun's out guns out shirt might call himself

10:18 am

hokie carla

mine was sometimes a teenaged mutant ninja

10:18 am

hokie carla

and yes, good callback

10:18 am

LeslieAnn

ah

10:19 am

hokie carla

finding this M the hardest

10:19 am

LeslieAnn

absolutely

10:20 am

BzznBea

o7.32

10:20 am

BzznBea

mo7.32

10:20 am

hokie carla

I do have one of those

10:21 am

hokie carla

just found 2 almost identical mo5, one a very regular word

10:21 am

BzznBea

ma8

10:21 am

DS927

rbud To your earlier comment. Yes, Babble is somewhat insecure. I had a friend who had their info stolen a few years back I guess through a hack or intercepting data. Fortunately, the email address used was only for this site so no real damage done.

10:21 am

hokie carla

ok, I have no 8s so well look at that.

10:22 am

hokie carla

*will

10:22 am

hokie carla

is this ma8 a word I'm likely to have ever seen, bea?

10:23 am

rbud

I guess the warnings have just become more frequent - doesn't seem like it used to bug me to approve access nearly as often as it has recently. Every few days instead of every few weeks.

10:23 am

hokie carla

did you get a new security suite or anything?

10:24 am

LeslieAnn

or upgraded your browser

10:24 am

hokie carla

I never get any warnings for here, it just shows Not Secure in my browser.

10:24 am

dauber

Holy cow...got the te8 on just a wild guess...

10:24 am

rbud

No, not lately, but it upgrades itself all the time, as does the browser.

but thanks, all, I just changed my password again, as a precaution.

10:25 am

dauber

(and yeah, I too only just get the broken padlock in the browser; no other warnings)

10:25 am

BzznBea

ma8 is a small place to hang stockings

10:26 am

hokie carla

thanks, def. have not seen that ma8 before.

10:26 am

MollyL

Depends on what browser you use. Chrome has big warnings.

10:27 am

hokie carla

I use Chrome

10:27 am

MollyL

mashowercurtainrod

10:29 am

BzznBea

i have to wear a compression sock. getting into that thing is a real workout. i'm so glad i don't wear pantyhose anymore.

10:30 am

hokie carla

also, I have posted this before, but this website has a 12 character max password but no real warnings about it. so if you make it longer than that and then try to enter that later it will say invalid.

10:30 am

hokie carla

*unless dr. god added a warning

10:32 am

MollyL

I don't have the memory for passwords that long. And pantyhose? Ew. I wear regular stockings, for formal occasions.

10:33 am

hokie carla

well I use a password creator. and what does regular stockings mean vs pantyhose?

10:34 am

MollyL

You don't know the difference between stockings and pantyhose?

10:35 am

hokie carla

I've only ever lived in a pantyhose world. didn't realize stockings from the 40s still existed.

10:36 am

hokie carla

from a quick google it appears they are like thigh highs?

10:38 am

hokie carla

ok, dauber...any help on that te8?

10:38 am

BzznBea

do you know how the gingerbread man makes his bed?

10:38 am

hokie carla

no, how does the gingerbread man make his bed?

10:38 am

BzznBea

te8.55

10:39 am

LeslieAnn

very carefully?

10:39 am

hokie carla

oh, I thought it was a joke

10:39 am

BzznBea

with cookie sheets

10:39 am

LeslieAnn

lol

10:39 am

hokie carla

oh, it was

10:39 am

hokie carla

funny

10:39 am

LeslieAnn

banking that one for the niece and nephew visit

10:40 am

BzznBea

the te8 ends with the suffix for surgery

10:41 am

hokie carla

uhhh

10:41 am

hokie carla

oh, now I rem.

10:42 am

BzznBea

tonisllec????

10:42 am

LeslieAnn

like if you were having all your fingers stitched

10:42 am

MollyL

The suffix means to cut

10:42 am

hokie carla

btw - just thought about MLFAN

10:43 am

hokie carla

I actually was going to have that done with my biceps tendon but then they got in there are realized I had frozen shoulder.

10:44 am

BzznBea

i think of her everytime we have nisi and issei

10:45 am

hokie carla

RIP

10:45 am

MollyL

Carla, why do you think she is dead?

10:46 am

hokie carla

just had a bad feeling when she disappeared

10:46 am

hokie carla

ftr, I think everyone is dead when they disappear without saying they are taking a break

10:47 am

dauber

I'm not dead (I hope!)...just fw. :)

10:47 am

LeslieAnn

congrats!

10:47 am

hokie carla

well done!

10:47 am

BzznBea

nice work, dauber

10:48 am

hokie carla

19 left here. 5-5-4-4-1
RR L
TTT E T
MMM NN iii
AAA

10:48 am

MollyL

Wow. People quit playing word games all the time. That doesn't mean they died.

10:48 am

hokie carla

I know bea thinks the same as I do re: MLFAN

10:49 am

hokie carla

ooh, found an A

10:50 am

BzznBea

i think the same. i jsut can't see her disappearing. babble meant a lot to her.

10:50 am

MollyL

In my world, it's bad juju to think of someone as dead when you don't know for sure they are. So I will keep hoping she either lost her internet connection or quit playing.

10:51 am

hokie carla

found another A

10:52 am

BzznBea

clue for ti7?

10:52 am

hokie carla

will look

10:52 am

origami

Nef was still alive last month.

10:53 am

hokie carla

and moo was still alive, but like bea said, I think MLFAN enjoyed this site keeping her busy daily.

10:54 am

hokie carla

I got nothing on the ti7

10:54 am

hokie carla

and hey ori

10:55 am

origami

Hi hokie

10:56 am

MollyL

Hi Ori, Une is still alive too. 😊

10:56 am

hokie carla

good, haven't seen her in a bit

10:56 am

BzznBea

ti7 - miss turner + cat sound

10:57 am

hokie carla

you're telling me there's a cat sound in here?

10:58 am

MollyL

That isn't a cat sound spelling I have ever seen

10:58 am

hokie carla

well, somehow got that and an m that isn't a cat sound but is a grimace

10:58 am

hokie carla

thanks, bea

10:58 am

hokie carla

oh, the t is a bird

10:59 am

MollyL

It would be a cat sound with an i in it and a grimace with an e on the end

11:00 am

hokie carla

yes, just want to add the bs cat sound sp

11:00 am

BzznBea

there are so many enable accepted cat sounds

11:00 am

hokie carla

ok, update:
RR L
TTT E
MM NN i
A

11:00 am

MollyL

Oops, cat sound with an ia in it

11:00 am

hokie carla

I know, it's ridiculous

11:01 am

BzznBea

how about en7?

11:01 am

hokie carla

yep, will look, thx

11:01 am

hokie carla

kept wanting entitle

11:03 am

hokie carla

how many points?

11:04 am

BzznBea

36

11:04 am

BzznBea

its an alt spelling of infatuation

11:05 am

hokie carla

gracias

11:05 am

hokie carla

and before you guess, that is not my missing A

11:06 am

rururocks

MLF was kidnapped by a mexican drug cartel... they're keeping her under wraps

11:06 am

hokie carla

hmm, ruru's theory seems worse than death

11:07 am

BzznBea

namaste

11:07 am

hokie carla

bye bea!

11:07 am

hokie carla

I reckon I'm going to have to list for these last 12.

11:08 am

MollyL

MLF was really an incarcerated 60-year-old pedophile who finally got parole.

11:08 am

hokie carla

should look for my 3 4's first

11:09 am

hokie carla

hmm, now that's an interesting theory

11:09 am

hokie carla

well, of course my missing A was a 4.

11:14 am

rururocks

I'm sticking with the mexican cartel.. she went from pork and beans to rice and beans

11:15 am

hokie carla

well, down to 9 now. 1-2-3-2-1 so nice and palindromic

11:15 am

MollyL

MLF always had a hard time with this game. Maybe she found something easier and more enjoyable for her.

11:18 am

hokie carla

ooh, just saw a T6

11:18 am

hokie carla

messed up my palindrome

11:18 am

hokie carla

but I think she enjoyed the community she had here

11:22 am

hokie carla

ok, list not helping yet. should I be seeing this IN8?

11:27 am

hokie carla

got it anyway. tada.

11:34 am

moolingwa

hidey hodey

11:41 am

hokie carla

moooo

11:42 am

moolingwa

hey hoke

11:42 am

hokie carla

already finished?

11:42 am

moolingwa

26 left

11:42 am

moolingwa

6-9-5-3-3

11:43 am

hokie carla

only 2 or 3 weird ones but you probably know them

11:44 am

moolingwa

m

11:44 am

moolingwa

maybe that is

11:49 am

moolingwa

well...slowed down quite a lot

11:49 am

hokie carla

ah, you got it

11:49 am

moolingwa

20 to go now

11:49 am

moolingwa

4-6-4-3-3

11:53 am

hokie carla

see if you can get it to 1-2-3-2-1 like I had 🤣

11:53 am

moolingwa

ooh, cool

11:55 am

Guernseygirl 2

Neur

11:56 am

moolingwa

3-4-4-3-3... getting closer :)

11:58 am

hokie carla

nice

11:59 am

moolingwa

2-3-4-3-3

12:03 pm

moolingwa

2-2-3-3-3

12:04 pm

moolingwa

oh, found a dumb 8

12:10 pm

hokie carla

don't forget the dumb 7 that goes with it. unless you are talking about a different dumb 8.

12:11 pm

moolingwa

was an i7

12:11 pm

moolingwa

er i8

12:13 pm

MollyL

All the 8's are dumb

12:13 pm

hokie carla

yeah, that one didn't have a def so I didn't know if it was dumb or I was dumb

12:16 pm

hokie carla

and yeah, I was talking about a different one

12:20 pm

dan2bit

afternoon all! 2 of the 3 et4s that I just automatically type every day there is an E adjacent to a T hit in today's grid :-)

12:21 pm

hurshy

lol

12:25 pm

hurshy

you're saying there are 3 you type every time, or that there are 3 today and two of them are ones you type every time?

12:26 pm

moolingwa

well 11 to go...have to do stuff

1-2-3-3-2

12:29 pm

dan2bit

3 I type every time. today, only etas was not found in the puzzle

12:29 pm

hurshy

ok cool cause i was NOT finding a third et4 here today

12:34 pm

hurshy

got some nice christmassy words today, no4 and an6...

12:36 pm

hurshy

ugh, having much trouble with the Ms

12:37 pm

hurshy

aha, seeing that there was an 8 helped me get that and two 6s

12:39 pm

hurshy

so there are two in8s?

12:43 pm

MollyL

No just one

12:47 pm

periwinkle

hi all. ne5/20 please

12:52 pm

bichon

ti 7/36, pls

12:58 pm

dan2bit

peri you've got a lot of ne5/20 asking for a clue for that :-)

1:02 pm

periwinkle

that is ne5/16. I need ne5/20 please

1:03 pm

moolingwa

rhymes with a word that you mind associate with frequencies

1:04 pm

periwinkle

I found it. rhymes with last

1:04 pm

moolingwa

mind-might

1:04 pm

periwinkle

I found it

1:04 pm

periwinkle

rhymes with last name of Lucy's neighbors on the tv show

1:13 pm

MollyL

They actually had a sign on I Love Lucy that said Ne5 to Me5

1:23 pm

hokie carla

ne5 is a card game and I kept seeing the alt sp yesterday(?) and then didn't see it here until the list.

1:25 pm

hokie carla

and we used to play it camping but I can't rem. what my camping friend called it

1:26 pm

MollyL

Competitive Solitaire? Never thought of that as a competitive game.

1:27 pm

hokie carla

finally found it - Pounce is what she called it, and yes, it's pretty much solitaire against others as fast as you can.

1:27 pm

hokie carla

it's fun

1:48 pm

dan2bit

sorry I steered you wrong, peri

2:15 pm

hokie carla

ah, moo got close to my palindrome

2:55 pm

moolingwa

rehi

2:57 pm

hurshy

rehi from me also

2:58 pm

hurshy

ok so only 2 of the 8s have been mentioned then, i think.

3:00 pm

hurshy

no wait, finally found the third mentioned

3:01 pm

hurshy

of course finding the actual word is another matter

3:02 pm

hurshy

aHA found the clue too, now i got it

3:03 pm

moolingwa

11 left here

3:03 pm

moolingwa

1-2-3-2-2

3:07 pm

hurshy

3-6-1 here

3:11 pm

hurshy

oh duh, got a couple mo5

3:11 pm

hurshy

got my 6!

3:13 pm

hurshy

down to MATTAL

3:16 pm

hurshy

got my As!

3:16 pm

hurshy

got my L!

3:20 pm

hurshy

phantom: trout

3:21 pm

Detour

Absolutely @hurshy - keep trying to put that in.

3:25 pm

Detour

Phantom for me is also atom

3:35 pm

rururocks

both those words are there for dyslexics

3:43 pm

MollyL

Why "@" hurshy?

3:43 pm

rururocks

actually dyslexic babble would be pretty fun if you think about it

3:43 pm

hurshy

cause in various social media programs you can tag people by doing @ first, probably

3:43 pm

MollyL

WE can call it Elbbab

3:44 pm

Detour

Ah yes, that's why hurshy - didn't realise it wasn't used here. Sorry MollyL that's why I did it so hurshy realised it was to them.

3:44 pm

Detour

I used @ for at.

3:44 pm

hurshy

yeah it doesn't make it show up any special way for the person mentioned, so, we do not bother

3:45 pm

Detour

Cool, no worries. You live and learn!

3:47 pm

hurshy

i don't see how two of my last 3 words can be 4s and yet be so UNFINDABLE

3:48 pm

hurshy

phew, got ONE of them

3:49 pm

hurshy

got the other!

3:50 pm

hurshy

ok, down to one T5, from the top T!

3:52 pm

hokie carla

I think it can only be one of 2 alt sp

3:52 pm

hurshy

but i have two alt sp, both ti5

3:53 pm

hurshy

maybe it is tr or tu ???

3:53 pm

hokie carla

ok, thought those were the only 5s from there but will look again

3:53 pm

hokie carla

tr5 words were never spoken

3:53 pm

hurshy

ahhhhh thanks

3:54 pm

hokie carla

in that it is a tr or tu

4:03 pm

hurshy

yes

4:08 pm

Detour

Hah, I just made a typo for a word I was entering and accidentally got another one.

4:39 pm

moolingwa

still 11 left here :)

5:42 pm

hokie carla

you can do it

7:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, 9 tiles done, woot!

7:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom relevant

7:57 pm

dan2bit

ti7 anybody?

7:59 pm

maggiej

crash Turner who sings Rolling on the River and Disney's Mickey drop the last 2 letters

8:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

great clue, TYVM maggiej !!!!

8:00 pm

maggiej

I could use some direction of the two ne 5s ... driving me nuts!

8:01 pm

dan2bit

ty maggiej!

8:01 pm

maggiej

yw

8:01 pm

dan2bit

ne5/20 ends like a car rental co

8:02 pm

dan2bit

ne5/16 is you've got a lotta ne5

8:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ni5 = not day + consonant (alternate spelling for the otherone)

8:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

egad, wrongclue,ignore!!!

8:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, dan, gotem

8:03 pm

dan2bit

you made me double check my glasses Gwen!

8:03 pm

maggiej

geesh louise it's right there in front of me ... tyvm

8:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

NBT finally, 31 to go

8:23 pm

NANCY

EN 7 PLEASE

8:26 pm

NANCY

NM GOT IT

11:50 pm

Foxy62

Only 4 to go2

11:51 pm

Foxy62

4 to go 2 are te5

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