Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, January 17, 2024

12:04 am

broll

sc 7

12:07 am

justafreep

sc7 x 3

12:09 am

SuzeeQ24

sh7

12:09 am

broll

ca 7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:22 am

hokie carla

sa7

12:30 am

Lizlin

sa7 x 2

12:30 am

hokie carla

HOET

1:00 am

hokie carla

well, I'm saving 10 for tomorrow. good night, y'all.

1:54 am

vinieux

The dictionary doesn't know the word 'meme' / 'memes'?

2:28 am

Deeha

it doesnt kn ow spam either. It isnt just a tinned meat anymore

3:30 am

mattygroves

Oddly, the dictionary has been updated to take spam...but no other modern words

4:46 am

worzel

OK I give up - any clue for the lone C at the bottom pls?

4:47 am

doseffing

... medical term for the large colin ... latin ...

4:48 am

worzel

all i know from that is cecum and that isn't it lol

4:49 am

doseffing

... it is the plural though

4:50 am

worzel

ah no, the ce 4 - that comes from the other c, i need the bottom lone c

4:50 am

A*n*i*t*a

ce4 = ce then repeat 1st letter and add a vowel

4:50 am

worzel

oh my bad? I apologise, didn't notice the box had gone grey, I do apologise everyone, and thank you

4:51 am

doseffing

... no problem

6:21 am

MollyL

13 degrees here on the frozen tundra.

6:55 am

markbowers7

7 here in VT

6:55 am

bichon

You are colder than we are

7:08 am

periwinkle

12 degrees in PA

7:11 am

sukee

1.4 degrees farenheit in Kitchener

7:13 am

Sugrraleona

a new super people = EFMEN - LOL

8:40 am

Shirlockc

have any of you noticed that words seem to repeat? eg., a word from today's grid may also appear in tomorrows? or maybe i just play too much lol

8:41 am

phaeton

have noticed that several times

8:52 am

hokie carla

18F here in SC

8:53 am

rururocks

we're freezing here at 49

8:54 am

LeslieAnn

/rolls eyes (12 here)

8:55 am

72 Temple Owl

a balmy 15 here. LA you had that awful freezing rain and sleet, per my local weather connection :)

8:56 am

72 Temple Owl

so we had it fairly easy here, mostly snow.

8:56 am

LeslieAnn

believe it or not, we were out of town this weekend! but yes furnace has had trouble keeping up with double-digit below zero wind chills

8:58 am

72 Temple Owl

yes, that is awful. not yet cold enough here for that, fingers crossed. I dragged out the oil radiator to avoid cranking up the heat in the evening.

9:00 am

hokie carla

my brother went and turned my mom's heat up. it is 8F there right now. I hope they don't lose power.

9:00 am

72 Temple Owl

yikes

9:01 am

72 Temple Owl

my brother keeps his at 68 then 62 overnight. i freeze when i stay there.

9:01 am

BzznBea

carla, is your mom still in rehab?

9:02 am

hokie carla

bea, she's in the same place but they kicked her out of rehab so we had to move her to long term care.

9:02 am

72 Temple Owl

let's hope we come through the week without disaster. later

9:04 am

hokie carla

she has a roommate who is 104 and they called my bro on Tues to tell him the roommate has covid. they told him on Sat they were testing everyone on the hall and told him Tues they were waiting for her results after her roommate's positive, and we still haven't heard anything. but they did get like 8' snow so may be short-staffed.

9:05 am

LeslieAnn

oof

9:06 am

BzznBea

shortER staffed. i'm sorry, carla. what a mess.

9:06 am

hokie carla

good point

9:07 am

hokie carla

she seems more alert lately than she has in months, so that's good

9:08 am

LeslieAnn

what was she in rehab for carla

9:08 am

rururocks

heavy drug use?

9:09 am

LeslieAnn

(tried to make her go to rehab and she said no, no, no)

9:09 am

hokie carla

well, she fell face first out of her wheelchair right after Thanksgiving and busted her forehead open, and she had a raging UTI, so they sent her to rehab after the hospital.

9:10 am

LeslieAnn

oh no very uncomfortable all around

9:10 am

rururocks

oh ouch

9:10 am

hokie carla

haha, I sing that every time I hear the word rehab. and funny, ruru. I do think they had her overmedicated at the assisted living.

9:11 am

hokie carla

she had a stroke last Jan and did well initially in the first rehab place but has been pretty immobile since she caught covid there back in Feb or Mar.

9:12 am

rururocks

that's a bummer.. sorry hokie.. is she near you?

9:12 am

LeslieAnn

man that's such a tricky situation with assisted living

9:12 am

hokie carla

about 2 hours drive north

9:14 am

hokie carla

yeah, one of the AL nurses had told my brother a week before that fall that she and a couple other residents didn't really belong there because they needed more help. one of those other residents was my mom's brother and he went into the hospital the day after she was moved out of the hospital and died.

9:15 am

LeslieAnn

oh rough time for your family. sending healing thoughts

9:16 am

hokie carla

thanks, LA

9:18 am

hokie carla

well, I guess I should just list since I am still stuck at 10 words left. maybe bea can guess the A.
1-3-5-1
T W M S EE C A M S

9:21 am

hokie carla

found an E4!

9:22 am

BzznBea

as6.24

9:23 am

hokie carla

yep, looking now

9:23 am

moolingwa

morning...139 to go!

9:24 am

LeslieAnn

pretty sure you'll still beat me! ;)

9:24 am

hokie carla

moo! you have plenty of time to catch me.

9:24 am

moolingwa

:)

9:24 am

hokie carla

phantom asthma

9:25 am

hokie carla

ashieu - a very posh sneezer

9:27 am

hokie carla

is this a regular word someone like me would know, bea?

9:27 am

BzznBea

yes. compound word

9:28 am

hokie carla

got it, that's a stupid one IMO

9:28 am

hokie carla

thanks

9:28 am

BzznBea

it is archaic

9:29 am

hokie carla

FTR, you cannot add an S in front

9:29 am

LeslieAnn

lame

9:30 am

hokie carla

if I had a nickel for every time enable was lame...

9:31 am

LeslieAnn

you would own many nickels

9:31 am

hokie carla

👍🏼🪙

9:34 am

moolingwa

105 down...

9:35 am

hokie carla

guess I'll go look at connections a while
0-3-4-1
PS - I know what the 7 is, just don't know which S it's from.

9:35 am

moolingwa

13-7-7-2

9:42 am

hokie carla

well not seeing much at connections or squaredle

9:42 am

hokie carla

but I did get a 2 in wordle, so I've got that going for me

9:43 am

LeslieAnn

ooOOOoooh

9:52 am

moolingwa

have the green and the yellow on connections

9:52 am

hokie carla

I have 2 idea groups but nothing concrete enough to try

9:53 am

moolingwa

took 3 on wordle

9:56 am

hokie carla

got yellow!

9:57 am

hokie carla

and green

9:57 am

moolingwa

nice!

10:00 am

hokie carla

I know what one of the groups is but can't get the right 4. if only I could figure out the 4th group that would help a lot. 🤣

10:01 am

BzznBea

i had a hard time with that same group on connections

10:03 am

hokie carla

it's a tough one today

10:04 am

LeslieAnn

fireworks! (i listed tho) any clues needed? i needed monkeys' help for last few

10:04 am

hokie carla

would love a clue for the sa7 I don't have.

10:05 am

hokie carla

I have the indian ch5

10:05 am

hokie carla

and funny how both sa7 and ch5 are here

10:05 am

hokie carla

just found my C! 🤣

10:05 am

LeslieAnn

sa + science discipline (and plural)

10:05 am

moolingwa

16 to go...

10:06 am

LeslieAnn

oh wait that's the one you have

10:06 am

hokie carla

that's the one I have

10:06 am

LeslieAnn

the other 6/7 are anagrams

10:07 am

LeslieAnn

or sa + involving engineering?

10:07 am

hokie carla

oh, so I guess the 6 is from the upper and the 7 from the lower since I need one from each

10:07 am

LeslieAnn

yep

10:08 am

hokie carla

never seen that before, thansk

10:08 am

hokie carla

oh, hebrew

10:08 am

hokie carla

okay, 0-3-2 T W M E M

10:08 am

moolingwa

4-3-3-1

10:09 am

moolingwa

SS M H SS
EE C A
S

10:09 am

hokie carla

any guess on my lower M?

10:09 am

moolingwa

m6?

10:10 am

hokie carla

maybe?

10:10 am

moolingwa

ma6

10:10 am

LeslieAnn

the m6 is silly. diminuitive ending on the ma 4/6

10:10 am

moolingwa

found my last h

10:11 am

hokie carla

hooray

10:11 am

moolingwa

found my last a

10:11 am

hokie carla

got the m6, thanks, both

10:11 am

hokie carla

awesomesauce

10:11 am

cybernan

good morning everyone

10:12 am

moolingwa

hey nan

10:12 am

LeslieAnn

there are two me5 words that just switch the third and fourth letters (hi nan)

10:12 am

hokie carla

howdy nan

10:12 am

cybernan

I have 2 m6's --- are there more?

10:12 am

cybernan

have the one just clued -- it is a golf club, btw

10:12 am

moolingwa

only 2

10:12 am

hokie carla

ok, I think that is my upper M then, will look, thx

10:12 am

hokie carla

oh yeah, forgot that word

10:13 am

cybernan

5-6 combo, carla

10:13 am

hokie carla

0-2-1

10:13 am

moolingwa

found an s

10:14 am

hokie carla

super

10:14 am

moolingwa

found my last c

10:15 am

hokie carla

ooh, found my W

10:15 am

moolingwa

wonderful!

10:15 am

hokie carla

now T E a 5 and 6. the E is not enmesh, no matter how many times I think it is

10:16 am

LeslieAnn

there is a wacky em6

10:17 am

hokie carla

of course there is

10:17 am

LeslieAnn

em + vowel + to turn off the sound is to m***

10:17 am

moolingwa

tx, didn't have that one

10:17 am

moolingwa

helped me complete my e

10:17 am

hokie carla

prob never would've tried that, thx

10:18 am

moolingwa

0-1-2-1

10:18 am

moolingwa

all s words :)

10:18 am

hokie carla

excellent

10:18 am

hokie carla

tada

10:19 am

moolingwa

woot

10:19 am

hokie carla

last t5 was a babblet I should've seen sooner

10:19 am

moolingwa

totes

10:19 am

moolingwa

found an s6

10:20 am

hokie carla

superb

10:20 am

cybernan

ty carla -missed that one too

10:20 am

moolingwa

was it the pants?

10:21 am

cybernan

no - had those

10:21 am

cybernan

my heritage is Scottish!

10:21 am

moolingwa

och aye!

10:22 am

hokie carla

it's botany apparently

10:22 am

hokie carla

also mostly scottish, nan, even though my maiden name is irish

10:23 am

moolingwa

solved connections

10:23 am

hokie carla

so, mostly scots-irish like everybody else in appalachia

10:23 am

hokie carla

nice, moo!

10:23 am

moolingwa

ah, the word you can put oo in front of

10:24 am

moolingwa

yellow-green-purple-blue the order

10:25 am

moolingwa

ah, found a 6/7 combo...so one word left

10:25 am

cybernan

guess I don't have the botany one

10:25 am

moolingwa

fw

10:25 am

cybernan

grats mool

10:25 am

moolingwa

tx

10:26 am

moolingwa

now to finish off bee

10:26 am

cybernan

still missing half of the left s's

10:26 am

hokie carla

huzzah, moo

10:26 am

hokie carla

don't forget the ST's nan

10:27 am

cybernan

have 3 of those

10:27 am

hokie carla

there are 5. you are prob missing the 5 and 6

10:28 am

cybernan

yes - just found those two so missing 2 more

10:29 am

hokie carla

the others are just 4s

10:29 am

cybernan

any sw's?

10:29 am

cybernan

have the 5 st's

10:29 am

hokie carla

no, there are 3 se

10:30 am

cybernan

ok so missing an se then

10:30 am

Kaplan the Magne

I have 4 st's. I'm always one off.

10:31 am

cybernan

got it

10:35 am

cybernan

need 3 from the s on the other side now

10:37 am

BzznBea

namaste

10:37 am

cybernan

good morning bea

10:38 am

saanichcat

God morning all! Snow day here

10:39 am

cybernan

no kidding - for the entire province I think

10:40 am

cybernan

we're up to 6cm now and not supposed to stop until late tonight.

10:40 am

saanichcat

good, that is. Agreed the whole province nan! whew, 6 inches and still coming down hard

10:40 am

cybernan

and it is a wet heavy snow - not our usual powder

10:41 am

cybernan

yes - we are usually about 3-4 hours behind you in the weather patterns

10:42 am

saanichcat

same where I am, the branches are bent with huge clumps, absolutely amazed power is still on

10:42 am

cybernan

DON'T SAY THAT!!!

10:43 am

saanichcat

and so back to finish this grid before power does go out aaagghh didn't mean to say THAT

10:43 am

MollyL

Really, don't tempt the wrath of the thing high atop yhe whatever.

10:44 am

MollyL

Go outside, turn around 3 times and spit.

10:44 am

saanichcat

you are so right Molly

10:46 am

saanichcat

about the tempting wrath that is, do I have to go widdershins as well?

10:49 am

cybernan

down to 23 - maybe some breakfast will help - back in a bit

10:51 am

cybernan

snowing harder than ever -- will have our herd of deer back again. Nine of them in my back yard yesterday and you know how tiny my back yard is, Saan -- wall to wall deer

10:58 am

saanichcat

what a sight nan, how on earth did they all get in? They have good taste if they picked your place!

11:00 am

saanichcat

anyway, time to fire up the wood stove, good luck everyone caught in this storm. I have bears here.

11:11 am

Gillie

You should get a generator, saan. Wood stoves are not healthy or good for the environment.

11:11 am

Gillie

(Although I guess there are some especially efficient models.)

11:17 am

jbp

brrrrrr,... and hi all

11:19 am

jbp

i'm looking for an E word from the 2nd row, 2nd column...

11:22 am

hurshy

hullo hullo

11:22 am

jbp

hi, Hurshy!

11:23 am

hurshy

just started so i'm not much help yet :)

11:23 am

jbp

no worries. i'm just warming up from outside. cold fingers might help my monkeys

11:24 am

hurshy

top row grey!

11:24 am

hurshy

ok you want em4/8

11:24 am

jbp

go, Hurshy!

11:25 am

jbp

ok, thanks

11:25 am

jbp

mille grazie Hurshy!

11:26 am

jbp

i'm off in search of a hot beverage. back soon

11:26 am

jbp

acht

11:26 am

jbp

oops

11:35 am

cybernan

hi again

11:35 am

hurshy

hi nan

11:38 am

hurshy

2nd row grey!

11:38 am

cybernan

stuck at 23 - time to list

11:39 am

bichon

sc 6/27, first one, pls

11:40 am

Shirlockc

plan, bichon

11:40 am

bichon

ty shirl, but that's the second one

11:41 am

bichon

got the first one, ty shirl

11:41 am

hurshy

phantom: wench

11:42 am

cybernan

plan is the second one - change last vowel for the first one

11:42 am

bichon

got it, nan

11:42 am

Shirlockc

still plan lol

11:43 am

hurshy

more like a framework

11:43 am

hurshy

or way that things are mapped out

11:43 am

cybernan

true :)

11:48 am

cybernan

a lot of words I thought I had entered - sticky n key not always registering - guess I should clean the keyboard!

11:51 am

bichon

ah

11:51 am

cybernan

hagd everyone

11:52 am

cybernan

trying to keep in mind as the snow keeps getting heavier that we really need this moisture. Hopefully we will have a slow melt.

11:54 am

hurshy

whoops, finished 4s

11:56 am

hurshy

flip chat so helpful listing 7s!

11:56 am

hurshy

only 5 words to go now!

12:13 pm

Shirlockc

phantom fetish

12:17 pm

periwinkle

hi all. this is a tough grid for me

12:46 pm

Shirlockc

randomly tried an F and it worked! F greyed

2:38 pm

Shellbell_o-well

** fw ** a lot of dejá vu, today

3:06 pm

swmbo

shift chief

4:29 pm

wvteach

++ finito ++ no definition for last word, same as yesterday

7:26 pm

Freeman

as6, please?

7:30 pm

Shellbell_o-well

Residue after a fire + more than one adult male

7:35 pm

Freeman

I think that is for the as5

7:36 pm

Freeman

ahh got it thanks

8:26 pm

mkg

Hi all. Missing the word for bottom row C. Any clues? Ty

8:32 pm

mkg

I am also missing the E for second row second column. I see it was asked for before.

8:32 pm

mkg

Mews

8:32 pm

mkg

Oops sorry

8:35 pm

mkg

Is anyone here?

8:38 pm

Shellbell_o-well

ce4 ... 3rd & 4th letters are the abrev for the largest US state on West coast

8:39 pm

mkg

Got it. Super clue shell. Ty

8:41 pm

mkg

I welcome any clues for the E word second column second row.

8:41 pm

mkg

Ty

8:45 pm

Shellbell_o-well

yw. et4 rhymes w te5... OR just drop 1st letter from te5

8:47 pm

Shellbell_o-well

I see that one often

10:27 pm

mkg

the et 4 is from the first row E. sorry

10:27 pm

mkg

still need the E word for the second row second column e. ty.

11:24 pm

Shellbell_o-well

Oh, right, was confused bc that 4 letter word does apoear twice... so, yeah 2nd row 2nd col em 4/8 word is an acronym, read or spoken as a word, connected to electric charges

11:33 pm

mich_pdx

help with the none plan sc 6/7? last two

11:33 pm

mich_pdx

non-plan

11:34 pm

mich_pdx

anyone? Bueller?

11:38 pm

mich_pdx

goodness! coulda sworn I typed that one in several times, this time it took.

11:38 pm

mich_pdx

Finito! Anyone want clues?

11:45 pm

Shellbell_o-well

Yay! 'cause I was gonna say I must have lost the plot bc don't all 5 of those sc6 or 7 words have some connection to a plan...?

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