Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, January 16, 2024

12:04 am

rururocks

to7

12:10 am

Lizlin

po7

12:10 am

Lizlin

lu7

12:12 am

justafreep

ta7

12:12 am

justafreep

fi7

12:16 am

justafreep

al7

12:18 am

justafreep

me7

12:19 am

justafreep

pa7

12:22 am

justafreep

en7

12:23 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:30 am

justafreep

that's an awful lot of Vs

12:43 am

justafreep

well, some of them are gonna havvvvvve to wait til tomorrow. G'night, all

1:34 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

2:00 am

jbp

thanks Lickety!

4:58 am

pamrepton

help... doing EM 4/8 HAVE NOTHING TO FOLLOW IT !! HELP !

4:59 am

Deeha

cant help but did you see emfs has no definition? i wonder if half these words are just spelling mistakes!

5:02 am

pamrepton

thank you !!

5:05 am

MollyL

Wow, now we're just typing words into the chat

7:12 am

periwinkle

good morning all. the good news is that I can breathe again. my nose is not runny or stuffy. the bad news is that there is snow on my and the ground. Bleh!!

7:13 am

periwinkle

on my car and the ground

7:24 am

ChampFit

Glad you're doing better!

7:24 am

periwinkle

thanks

7:26 am

periwinkle

supposed to snow most of the day. has not started yet. will go out to clean off my car

7:26 am

periwinkle

bbut babble and breakfast first

7:27 am

ChampFit

Priorities!

7:31 am

periwinkle

bbl

8:52 am

MollyL

Glad you're feeling better Peri. We got 5 inches.

8:58 am

rururocks

5 inches isn't enough

9:00 am

hokie carla

Beech Mt. NC got 14-16". We almost moved there. My brothers got at least 6.

9:02 am

hokie carla

ewww, 25 v's. do I know that many?

9:03 am

hokie carla

how are you feeling today, molly?

9:10 am

hokie carla

is this grid hard or I'm just not fully awake yet?

9:11 am

rururocks

it's tough with the last 25%

9:12 am

hokie carla

I'm struggling to get half on each tile before moving on

9:12 am

rururocks

i have tiles done.. but certain ones missing a ton

9:13 am

hokie carla

could only find one E

9:13 am

hokie carla

well, I grayed the 1st col E

9:18 am

phaeton

first and fifth columns greyed

9:19 am

MollyL

Don't make me tell the why is a man like a snowstorm joke, Ru. 😋

9:26 am

hurshy

morning folks

9:26 am

hokie carla

howdy hurshy

9:27 am

hurshy

25 is a lot for V

9:27 am

hokie carla

I found 16, which is still a lot

9:27 am

Shirlockc

i only have 14 Vs and i've been noodling a while

9:27 am

hurshy

i've got 22 so far

9:28 am

hurshy

mostly 4s and 5s

9:28 am

hurshy

2 6s so far

9:30 am

hokie carla

well, just need one T to gray 5th col

9:31 am

hurshy

got a third v6

9:31 am

origami

This is a tough grid for me.

9:32 am

hokie carla

me too

9:32 am

hurshy

i've only done i and v so i can't say yet lol

9:33 am

rururocks

i have p's , s's, and v's to go

9:33 am

hurshy

i got to 24 on the V!

9:34 am

rururocks

5 to go there

9:34 am

moolingwa

185 here

9:34 am

hokie carla

would like to find 2 more M's and 1 T to gray the outsides

9:35 am

hokie carla

moo! 65 left here.

9:35 am

moolingwa

I'm on the first row :)

9:36 am

hokie carla

I just finished a first pass and did not get to HOET. this grid is difficult for us non super word nerds.

9:37 am

origami

I'm a subpar word nerd :D

9:37 am

hurshy

P is tough

9:38 am

hokie carla

me too, ori. but I posit you are a word nerd for coming up with that play on words

9:38 am

hokie carla

I only got to 24 P's

9:39 am

hurshy

ok got 30 of them now

9:40 am

hurshy

Os Overturned!

9:42 am

hurshy

so you must have got both left E words, hokie

9:42 am

hurshy

i'm only seeing one of them

9:42 am

hokie carla

one is an acronym

9:42 am

hokie carla

one is EN7/40

9:42 am

hurshy

that might be the one i have, the acronym

9:43 am

hurshy

yeah ok i need the 7

9:43 am

hurshy

thanks

9:44 am

rururocks

finished the p's now

9:44 am

rururocks

they were tough

9:44 am

hokie carla

perfect

9:44 am

hurshy

want to guess which two i would miss?

9:44 am

rururocks

well the pa/633/7/48 is likely

9:45 am

hurshy

dang i had the 6 but not the 7

9:45 am

hurshy

so that means i also need something else

9:47 am

hokie carla

1st col gray!

9:47 am

hokie carla

bottom row gray

9:49 am

hurshy

not loving the Ns

9:49 am

hokie carla

I only found 6 N's

9:51 am

hurshy

sn6/27 is kind of a cool word to get in a grid

9:54 am

hurshy

but paris can't have a se5ful of boats, lol

9:55 am

hokie carla

can't have a ve4ful of blood either

9:55 am

hurshy

or a pl5ful of passengers

9:55 am

hokie carla

or a vi4 of grapes

9:55 am

hurshy

or a pl6ful of life forms

9:56 am

hokie carla

do we have any legit -ful words? I still need 3 7's.

9:56 am

hurshy

yes the pa6/7 that ruru mentioned

9:57 am

hokie carla

ah, that helps. was using the wrong 4pt tile.

9:58 am

hokie carla

last col gray!

9:58 am

hurshy

phantom: javelin

9:58 am

hokie carla

I've been missing that T4 a lot lately.

9:59 am

hurshy

Js Jumped!

10:01 am

rururocks

have a good day all.. got to get to work

10:01 am

hokie carla

bye ruru

10:02 am

hurshy

ttfn

10:03 am

hokie carla

I gotta get started on my to-do list. 49 left for later.
15-22-12-2

10:07 am

hurshy

6-5-6-2

10:07 am

hurshy

not bad

10:09 am

hurshy

ok the flip had all the 7s called so that's nice

10:09 am

hurshy

i need AL and TO

10:10 am

hurshy

got the TO!

10:11 am

hurshy

got the AL!

10:11 am

hurshy

(neither of them were normal, both of them were pl)

10:12 am

hurshy

dang, we can't catch a netful of fish, either

10:31 am

periwinkle

I have 15 of the V words. not sure If I know anymore

10:32 am

periwinkle

help with Al7 please

10:35 am

aebmusica

Plural of the al6 it follows

10:35 am

periwinkle

don't have the al6 will look

10:36 am

periwinkle

not seeing gthe al6

10:37 am

aebmusica

Sounds like the main Chipmonk in the Xmas song

10:37 am

hurshy

it's like one of the Chipmunks but with an extra vowel thrown in

10:37 am

hurshy

ha jinx aeb

10:38 am

penquis

flar

10:38 am

penquis

sorry....

10:39 am

hurshy

not a word anyway

10:39 am

periwinkle

got the al6 ty but not al7

10:40 am

hurshy

there are two AL6, you may have got the second one

10:40 am

hurshy

they are anagrams of each other

10:40 am

periwinkle

ok

10:40 am

penquis

one ends in a consonant...

10:41 am

hurshy

i should be saying "at least two al6" cause i still need a couple of A words

10:41 am

periwinkle

not seeing it bbl

10:43 am

hurshy

got my lower A!

10:43 am

hurshy

10 left now!

10:47 am

penquis

35 here....taking a break.....bye all....

10:52 am

hurshy

listed for last 10. 3 were fours i should have gotten, the others were not fishy.

11:04 am

moolingwa

94 left here :)

11:46 am

hokie carla

39 here

11:48 am

hokie carla

S V & A the biggest problems

11:55 am

moolingwa

39 here too now

11:55 am

moolingwa

have 5 left of P and S as my highest two tiles

11:55 am

hokie carla

36. slow going

11:56 am

hokie carla

phantom apollo, which I just tried and didn't realize it is a word

11:56 am

moolingwa

38...found a P :)

11:57 am

hokie carla

have found 3 A's but still need 4. and need 8 V's. need 11 S's but haven't looked at it again.

11:57 am

moolingwa

need 3 V's

11:57 am

hokie carla

I just need 2 P's

11:58 am

moolingwa

still need 4 A's on that middle A

11:59 am

moolingwa

found 2 more P's

12:01 pm

hokie carla

found 3 S but still need 8

12:06 pm

hokie carla

just found a weird S6

12:10 pm

moolingwa

4-14-13-3

12:14 pm

moolingwa

4OFOET

12:15 pm

moolingwa

4 As (middle columne) and 4 Ps

12:19 pm

hokie carla

8-13-8-2 lot of 4s. but I need to get back to work. TTFN.

12:19 pm

moolingwa

gl :)

12:19 pm

moolingwa

3-11-9-2

12:22 pm

periwinkle

fi7 or ti7 please

12:23 pm

periwinkle

found the al7 thank you

12:24 pm

hokie carla

there is no ti7. yes I'm still here, forgot I was going to eat an orange.

12:24 pm

hokie carla

fi7 is last episodes of tv shows

12:25 pm

moolingwa

yes, it's important to remember to EAT oranges, as opposed to say inhale them

12:25 pm

periwinkle

ty for fi7

12:25 pm

hokie carla

yep

12:26 pm

periwinkle

ta7?

12:26 pm

moolingwa

ta 6/7 combo...to make tight?

12:27 pm

periwinkle

ty mool

12:27 pm

moolingwa

yw

12:27 pm

moolingwa

had a high of -2 yesterday here

12:28 pm

hokie carla

eek

12:28 pm

hokie carla

my son is in Vail, but he said it's been warmer there than Denver.

12:28 pm

moolingwa

was around -9 when I went to bed, but was supposed to drop to -19 (didn't wait up to see)

12:28 pm

hokie carla

it was 54 here yesterday. we missed the winter storm.

12:28 pm

moolingwa

yeah, takes the breath away for sure

12:29 pm

periwinkle

we got a few inches here

12:29 pm

periwinkle

and it is cold

12:29 pm

moolingwa

we got about 2 inches total...but very cold...

12:29 pm

hokie carla

we have crazy wind here and the temp is dropping fast. only 30 now, was 40 just a couple of hours ago.

12:29 pm

moolingwa

it's back up to 16 now

12:30 pm

moolingwa

we had wind Thursday or Friday last week

12:30 pm

hokie carla

I need to go make sure my brand new rain gauge is empty before I have another cracked one.

12:30 pm

moolingwa

then the drop in temp

12:33 pm

Gillie

It's warming up here, for a little while at least, but in the meantime the heat in my building isn't working (at least in my apartment), so I'm well dressed for indoors.

12:35 pm

hokie carla

oh, I wondered why you said it was 59 in there yesterday. Hope it is fixed soon!

12:37 pm

hokie carla

I have hand eczema and my thumbs are both in a shambles right now with cracks. this orange is very painful.

12:48 pm

Sophie512

ouch Carla that sounds very painful

12:49 pm

hokie carla

I went and put some gloves on 🤣

12:49 pm

hokie carla

how much snow did you get, sophie? my uncle in knoxville said 9".

12:50 pm

Sophie512

we have 18 degrees here in Nashville with about 6 inches of snow that won't be melting any time soon....so thankful for electricity

12:51 pm

hokie carla

well hopefully you didn't jinx yourself 🥶

1:05 pm

hokie carla

found some 4's. 3-10-7-2 now
Vx6 L PP
AAA
NN Sx4
FF LL
really getting back to work now. adios.

1:07 pm

player girl

Periwinkle, where are you that you got snow???

1:09 pm

Shellbell_o-well

my thumbs and fingertips are afflicted the same way, Carla... bandaids around my thumbs are a thing for me. 18° and snow here, too in PacNW

1:18 pm

mael

we got some snow but now it's sleeting, ugly road conditions

1:28 pm

mael

ells

1:28 pm

mael

oops

1:51 pm

BzznBea

have you been vacationing, mael?

1:53 pm

mael

alas, no, but I'm leaving for ATL for work next week

1:53 pm

mael

which is a bummer

1:53 pm

mael

I'll go to Italy in mid February for work, and then, finally, on vacation. Bahamas with the kids for a few nights, the pool will feel good

1:54 pm

BzznBea

i must be coming in after you are done

2:18 pm

periwinkle

I am in SE Pennsylvania

2:19 pm

periwinkle

heatwave here it is 28 degrees F

2:22 pm

mkg

peri where are you in Yisroel?

2:23 pm

periwinkle

I am not in Isreal. see post at 2:18

2:23 pm

mael

I've been quiet Bea, lots of super early morning babble sessions

2:24 pm

periwinkle

stuck with 35 left

2:26 pm

mkg

ok. so philly area?

2:27 pm

periwinkle

suburb

2:35 pm

Shellbell_o-well

* fw * hagd

2:35 pm

mkg

my kids live in merion. on sycamore.

2:36 pm

mkg

are you in the lower merion community?

2:36 pm

mkg

just curious

3:48 pm

BzznBea

curiosity killed the chat

3:59 pm

BzznBea

looking for an en7

3:59 pm

Gillie

put into forced servitude

4:00 pm

BzznBea

ty!

4:00 pm

Gillie

yw

4:01 pm

BzznBea

namaste

4:02 pm

hurshy

good one bea

5:06 pm

MollyL

A real knee slapper

6:19 pm

mkg

hi all. any clues for the i top left corner? ty

6:21 pm

mkg

just found it. so ty anyway.

6:21 pm

mkg

off to a meeting

7:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, dipping my toe in the shallow end . . .

7:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ha4 done, woot

7:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

NBT at last, 97 to go

10:40 pm

NANCY

can anyone offer a clue to the sa 6-21, the second one

10:42 pm

grannyrose

sa 6. tree juice + ***s and pand+ vowel

10:42 pm

grannyrose

* pans *

10:43 pm

grannyrose

ugh.... sa + ***s and pans + vowel

10:44 pm

NANCY

THANK YOU so much grannyrose

10:45 pm

grannyrose

yw. i got excited at being able to help someone... lol....

10:46 pm

NANCY

great clue, i may have some more requests. still have 18 to go

11:07 pm

NANCY

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