Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, January 31, 2024

12:01 am

justafreep

se9 and happy flip!

12:01 am

jeanne314

sku

12:02 am

justafreep

tr7

12:03 am

Gillie

ski7

12:03 am

Gillie

re7

12:04 am

justafreep

te7

12:05 am

cybernan

hi everyone -- 51 t's !!! That's got to be a record

12:06 am

Gillie

so7

12:07 am

Gillie

sn7

12:08 am

Gillie

sh7

12:11 am

jeanne314

no8

12:13 am

justafreep

re7 x 2

12:14 am

Gillie

sh7 x 2

12:15 am

marksdolly

sn8

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

marksdolly

ty lickety

12:26 am

Gillie

se7

12:26 am

Gillie

(just found the se9!)

12:35 am

cybernan

found the se 8, but no 9

12:37 am

Gillie

Well, I don't have an se8

12:37 am

Gillie

te7 & 8 (possibly same te7 called earlier?)

12:43 am

Shellbell_o-well

Ke7

1:49 am

jbp

sn8 if not yet called

5:21 am

Junttura

Ke7 = protein in nails, hair and skin

5:27 am

lbdawger

can I get a clue for the 2 sh6/33's pls?

5:27 am

lbdawger

the first 2

5:40 am

lbdawger

nm found them tadone!

5:57 am

ChampFit

aero

5:58 am

ChampFit

So sorry! Was skipping the T's and saving for last. 51!!!

6:13 am

ChampFit

bbl for last 35

6:52 am

bubba218

first sh 6,33 please, last two words

6:55 am

LuvWordGames

I haven't listed but the one I have is plural of to not take responsibility

6:55 am

lynxxx

a word for non-jewish woman

7:01 am

saanichcat

different last letter for each word, same meaning

7:20 am

periwinkle

good morning all. help with bottom N please

7:21 am

LuvWordGames

Goose

7:21 am

periwinkle

sheesh, ty

7:29 am

bichon

the sh 6/33 is used pejoritivly

7:30 am

MollyL

I have a friend who calls me his favorite Irish sh6/33 and it is so not used as a perjorative.

7:33 am

MollyL

It's a long road through the T's today. And all from the same tile.

8:06 am

mael

if amnesia means without memory, mnesia should mean the opposite, right?

8:06 am

mael

this is to say that M is being a pain

8:10 am

bubba218

Thanks for the sh Finished

8:20 am

hokie carla

Go hokies

8:53 am

mkg

hi all. any help with the se 9 welcome. ty\

8:55 am

gemstan

se9 builds from s7/28

8:56 am

mkg

ty. got it

8:57 am

gemstan

can anyone help with the re6,30? it's my last one and just can't get it

9:00 am

mkg

it means to again put into water

9:00 am

MollyL

To submerge in water again

9:00 am

hokie carla

Put something in water again

9:00 am

gemstan

ahh knew it would be obvious, thanks so much

9:00 am

MollyL

Oh lord

9:00 am

mkg

and leave it in the water.

9:13 am

hokie carla

I have managed 45 Ts

9:13 am

moolingwa

morning all

9:13 am

phaeton

T's done!

9:13 am

moolingwa

I have managed 0 Ts

9:14 am

hokie carla

But cannot manage half on three vowel tiles

9:15 am

moolingwa

still 0 Ts

9:15 am

hokie carla

Mooooo!

9:15 am

hokie carla

Thanks for the update

9:15 am

moolingwa

yw....5 to go on the first row

9:16 am

hokie carla

I need 8 S on first row

9:16 am

moolingwa

I need 4

9:16 am

moolingwa

have greyed everything else, moving onto the second row

9:18 am

hokie carla

Some beauty pageant contenders are sashier than others

9:18 am

moolingwa

for sure

9:23 am

moolingwa

106 down...still no Ts

9:24 am

hokie carla

61. Still no HOET

9:27 am

saanichcat

but you have the tiara today!

9:28 am

moolingwa

hah

9:29 am

godthaab

Name that Proper Noun: spy organization

9:30 am

moolingwa

NSA?

9:31 am

moolingwa

well, first pass done...46 to go

9:31 am

moolingwa

8-11-16-7-4

9:32 am

hokie carla

💍 (can’t finda tiara)

9:32 am

moolingwa

and I have 4 T's remaining

9:33 am

godthaab

Monolingual, no it is a fictitious organization

9:33 am

moolingwa

oh, KAOS

9:33 am

godthaab

But very famous

9:34 am

godthaab

Yes!!!!! You win a sh4 ohone !!!!

9:34 am

saanichcat

sorry carla, phantom

9:35 am

moolingwa

7OFOET

9:37 am

hokie carla

9-18-15-10-7

9:37 am

moolingwa

a lot in the middle of the lengths today

9:39 am

rururocks

good morning all we have imaginary tiaras around here... actually hokie, lots of imaginary stuff, like monkeys, cabana boys, penalty rooms, etc

9:40 am

moolingwa

sanity...

9:40 am

moolingwa

5OFOET

9:43 am

hokie carla

Hokies is actually here. I don’t know why you all can’t see it.

9:43 am

MollyL

Yes Ru, it's not unlike those places that have padded rooms 😊

9:47 am

moolingwa

I did see it

9:49 am

hokie carla

Found my last M but still can’t see the E in first column

9:49 am

rururocks

you're actually a word in the grid today and a description too

9:50 am

hokie carla

Didn’t have the description. Thx. Need one H now.

9:50 am

mael

thanks ru

9:50 am

moolingwa

it's not difficult hoke

9:50 am

rururocks

first two columns grey now

9:51 am

rururocks

and almost the top two rows

9:51 am

hokie carla

Thx moo. Found one

9:52 am

moolingwa

not close to greying anything except the first row

9:52 am

hokie carla

First col gray

9:52 am

moolingwa

okay, first column grey

10:01 am

hurshy

woot woot got the yiddish sh6

10:01 am

moolingwa

who doesn't want to woot under those circumstances

10:01 am

hurshy

good question

10:02 am

rururocks

white chicks don't

10:02 am

moolingwa

definitely worth consideration

10:02 am

hurshy

i'm a white chick!

10:02 am

BzznBea

i was excited to get the as5.18

10:02 am

hokie carla

I see nothing. Going to play the other games. 52 left.
9-16-11-9-7

10:02 am

moolingwa

appears your hypothesis may need some tweaking ru

10:02 am

moolingwa

27 left here

10:02 am

hurshy

you must mean a different one than "person who poses a question", bea

10:03 am

hokie carla

I have oneof those, bea. Is there another?

10:03 am

BzznBea

yes, it's is a bablet

10:03 am

MollyL

Ru tries not to tweak in public

10:03 am

BzznBea

there are 3 carla

10:03 am

rururocks

my hypothesis?

10:03 am

hurshy

3! yikes

10:04 am

BzznBea

and i got the sh6, thanks hurshy

10:04 am

moolingwa

yes, you posited that white girls would not want to woot under those circumstances, and it was immediately challenged by a "white girl"

10:04 am

hokie carla

Found one more. Finally hoet

10:04 am

moolingwa

who did indeed "woot"...in fact twice

10:06 am

rururocks

white girls wouldn't like the sh word it's derogatory

10:06 am

MollyL

I have never considered it deragatory

10:06 am

MollyL

Or derogatory

10:06 am

hurshy

what i like is being knowledgeable, so, that's why i wooted

10:07 am

rururocks

it is sort of in yiddish mollie

10:07 am

moolingwa

a woot to knowledge

10:07 am

BzznBea

i've been called much worse

10:08 am

hurshy

i mean, i don't really blame any oppressed peoples for having words for outsiders that are slightly derogatory.

10:08 am

MollyL

The only way I like the word woot is when it's used in The West Wing for "woot canaw" (root canal)

10:09 am

MollyL

*Looks around to see when I started spelling my name Mollie*

10:09 am

hurshy

well idk what this third as5/18 can be

10:09 am

mkg

does anyone have a clue for the first column E words? ty

10:10 am

BzznBea

ends with two vowels

10:10 am

hurshy

those are not the hard puzzles, those are the ea6

10:10 am

BzznBea

hurshy

10:10 am

hurshy

ah thanks bea

10:11 am

mkg

ty got the word. ty.

10:12 am

hurshy

phantom: oasis/oases

10:14 am

moolingwa

wouldn't that be a mirage hursh?

10:14 am

hurshy

guess so!

10:15 am

hurshy

i also thought a wine could be oa6 but i guess not

10:15 am

moolingwa

you wood think so right?

10:15 am

hurshy

if you had me over a barrel

10:16 am

moolingwa

that sounds pretty whiskey to me

10:17 am

hurshy

any port in a storm

10:18 am

moolingwa

madeira, you are certainly punny today

10:19 am

hurshy

yes, my brain has a lot of clarety

10:19 am

moolingwa

as long as you're not getting bordeaux

10:20 am

penquis

it's like watching a tennis match.... ;o)

10:20 am

hurshy

with you around, mon sherry?

10:20 am

moolingwa

that's the spirit!

10:21 am

hurshy

my sister's dog truly cannot hold his licker

10:21 am

moolingwa

with all this punning, I am certainly aware of ru's absinthe

10:21 am

rururocks

put a cork in it you guys

10:21 am

hurshy

you want to bottle up all this fun?

10:22 am

rururocks

no.. just trying to stave off the oakier jokes

10:22 am

moolingwa

nah, I'm still ready to rum-ble

10:23 am

rururocks

well life can be a cabernet mool

10:23 am

hurshy

we need to gin up more support for punning

10:24 am

moolingwa

now I'm drawing a blanc...a chenin blanc

10:24 am

rururocks

if you can't liquor them beat them

10:25 am

moolingwa

I can keep it coming until the moonshines

10:25 am

hurshy

but will you be hung over tomorrow?

10:26 am

rururocks

don't be such a dram-a queen hursh

10:26 am

moolingwa

I know a good curacao for hangovers

10:27 am

hurshy

you mean a cure for what ales you?

10:27 am

rururocks

on the cointreau mool, that's not a great cure

10:28 am

Smdnjv

I vant tequilla dis chat but my friend, Margarita vant let me. Salty ole woman she is!!

10:28 am

moolingwa

vodka you gonna do?

10:29 am

hurshy

we're not going to get off scotch free here

10:30 am

rururocks

ya gotta take a shot at it hursh

10:30 am

moolingwa

as long as they don't brandy us as poor punsters

10:30 am

hurshy

well you know i like brandying words

10:30 am

hurshy

jinx

10:31 am

moolingwa

or is that ginx?

10:31 am

moolingwa

or drinks?

10:31 am

hurshy

it's just jinx, lol, cause we both used brandy at the same time

10:33 am

moolingwa

yeah, just trying to mixer it up

10:34 am

hurshy

oooh found no8

10:35 am

rururocks

fun grid today

10:35 am

rururocks

lots of interesting words

10:36 am

hurshy

having trouble seeing how there can be 5 more A words though

10:36 am

hurshy

well i was taking a break from work to babble, now i think i will take a break from babble to work

10:42 am

mael

story of my life, hursh!

10:44 am

MollyL

No Puritan work ethic in this place

11:55 am

bichon

We saw two bluebirds at our suet feeder

12:08 pm

hurshy

back again

12:10 pm

hurshy

found the 9!

12:16 pm

hokie carla

Rehi

12:16 pm

hurshy

hiya, how's the tiara?

12:17 pm

hokie carla

Shiny

12:17 pm

hurshy

cool

12:18 pm

hurshy

stupid K words

12:19 pm

hurshy

by which i mean, there are too many of them

12:19 pm

hokie carla

Yeah, still need 8

12:20 pm

hurshy

i have 10 4s, 2 5s and a 7 for them

12:20 pm

hokie carla

Normally you can just make up k4 words but not today

12:21 pm

hurshy

well i did do that with some of them

12:21 pm

hokie carla

I mean yes still did that but not enough

12:21 pm

hurshy

yeah

12:23 pm

hokie carla

What about that 7?

12:24 pm

hokie carla

Found ka6

12:24 pm

marksdolly

that ka7 builds off the 6 before it

12:24 pm

hurshy

ke7/44 fingernail material is what i got

12:24 pm

hurshy

ok i need the ka6 and 7

12:25 pm

marksdolly

think of a type of bun for the 6

12:25 pm

marksdolly

then add to it to make the ka8

12:25 pm

marksdolly

there is no ka 6/7

12:25 pm

hurshy

7? or 8? or both?

12:25 pm

hokie carla

Not seeing how to build on that but will keep trying

12:25 pm

hurshy

well you had initially said ka7 builds off the 6 before it...

12:26 pm

marksdolly

if it's not out, it's --

12:26 pm

hokie carla

What she said

12:26 pm

hurshy

ok got the 8 thanks!

12:26 pm

marksdolly

:)

12:27 pm

hokie carla

Got the ka8 and the ke7

12:29 pm

moolingwa

I got nothin

12:29 pm

hokie carla

Any kh?

12:29 pm

moolingwa

oh nm, got the ke7

12:30 pm

marksdolly

fireworks!!

12:30 pm

hokie carla

Congrats

12:30 pm

moolingwa

still working on fire here

12:31 pm

hurshy

90%!

12:31 pm

marksdolly

keep plugging, you're almost there!!!

12:32 pm

hokie carla

42 left

12:32 pm

moolingwa

I need 1.1 more words for 90%

12:33 pm

hurshy

one rounds off

12:33 pm

hokie carla

Hurshy are both your k5 plural?

12:33 pm

hurshy

no, but they both do go with a 4

12:34 pm

hokie carla

Hmm

12:34 pm

hokie carla

Nm, i have 2

12:35 pm

moolingwa

well that would be type, set and match then

12:36 pm

hurshy

there were se8 and te8 called earlier but idk if they are both actually correct - anyone have one or both such?

12:36 pm

hokie carla

That k8 was my first 8

12:37 pm

hurshy

sometimes people say 8 when they mean 7 or 9...

12:37 pm

hokie carla

And I always had both k5, just couldn’t see the other. Still need 3 k

12:38 pm

hurshy

same, 3k missing

12:39 pm

hurshy

phantom: season

12:39 pm

hokie carla

Any guess on my bottom row R?

12:41 pm

hurshy

let's see... re4/4, re5/10, re6/18 and 7/28, re6/18, re7/28... all pretty normal

12:41 pm

hurshy

you just have to say to yourself, "ok, i need to also use the other R for it to need to come from the bottom"

12:41 pm

hokie carla

Youcan derat but not rerat

12:42 pm

hurshy

yeah cause who wants to rerat?

12:42 pm

hokie carla

Oh it’s already been said

12:44 pm

hokie carla

Ok, I think it’s the 5. Will work on that.

12:44 pm

hurshy

ttfn

12:45 pm

hokie carla

Lol, it’s always that word. My nemesis

12:46 pm

hokie carla

Now just need one other R. That one will be a little trickier.

12:48 pm

hokie carla

Maybe not, just realized I hadn’t tried a one who does word and it was that

1:08 pm

periwinkle

I peeked at the list. there is no te8

1:10 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

1:10 pm

MollyL

You don't have to peek. It's right there for everyone to look at whenever they want to. And full of useful information about solving the grid.

1:23 pm

cybernan

se 8/45 and te 8/40 (have both)

1:25 pm

cybernan

which tiara are you wearing today, carla?

1:53 pm

Gillie

peri needs to get new peeking glasses

2:00 pm

cybernan

stuck and getting tired of this -- suspect a lot of latin and greek in here

2:29 pm

Gillie

Wondering what sets cybernan's shortbread recipe apart from all the others? The ingredients seem to be completely standard, but she evidently isn't concerned about overworking the dough.

2:29 pm

BzznBea

salutations

2:30 pm

Gillie

greetings

2:31 pm

Gillie

(my mother used to like to say "greetings & salutation")

2:31 pm

Gillie

*salutations

3:13 pm

Gillie

Don't remember her ever saying "namaste", though, and certainly not "ahoj"

3:16 pm

Gillie

I'm trying to get off paroxetine (using trazodone in hopes of easing the sleep issues), and my brain definitely doesn't seem to be operating at speed. I've been researching way too many drugs.

3:18 pm

Gillie

It seems that Bacopa monnieri has been found (in limited studies) to be beneficial for short-term memory, and "well-tolerated", but you have to take it for a while to benefit, and it doesn't seem to be very widely available.

3:21 pm

Gillie

I strongly recommend against taking paroxetine (Paxil). Unfortunately, I've been taking it for quite a while. I've tried coming off it before, with very nasty withdrawal symptoms. (Brain buzzing, very bad dreams, possible paranoia, and they didn't seem to be getting any better.) I'd hoped to go back on a different anti-depressant, but my doctor at the time pretty much insisted on putting me back on paroxetine. Now I find that it may well contribute to a long-term decline in mental functioning, so I'm trying again.

3:24 pm

jesdraggon

Hi all :)

3:25 pm

Gillie

Hi - sorry for the rant

3:28 pm

jesdraggon

hope you get meds straightened out okay, gillie

3:28 pm

Gillie

ty

3:34 pm

BzznBea

no reason to be sorry, gillie.

3:40 pm

BzznBea

i too hope you find the meds right.

3:57 pm

BzznBea

these t's will never end...

4:14 pm

BzznBea

i know the tiara wearer of today had trouble with the A's...

4:17 pm

Gillie

Took me a long time to get through the S's today, but only 6 T's left now, so hopefully not too much longer

4:17 pm

jesdraggon

way ahead of me gillie

4:18 pm

BzznBea

found my last 8 36 to go

4:23 pm

Gillie

Done! Have a good day everyone

4:28 pm

jesdraggon

yay gillie!

6:53 pm

BzznBea

leaving 15 in the bucket. Missing Judi.

7:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

RE 6/30 CLUE PLS?

7:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

7:49 pm

doseffing

... to place washing in water again

7:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty.

7:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt and thanks for the re, dos!

8:03 pm

mkg

hi all. can i have a clue for the se 8? i have a 7 and 9 but no 8. ty

8:14 pm

mkg

by all.

8:18 pm

doseffing

... mkg ... still looking for se8? .... try where do you find the beach?

8:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

100 to go, losing brain juice, night all

8:22 pm

doseffing

... 'til next time

9:07 pm

doseffing

... and done .... may I offer any clues for anyone? ...

9:11 pm

doseffing

... well then ... good night and good luck to all who continue the struggle ...

9:42 pm

wvteach

sh 6/33 x 2 clues p;s - last words

10:35 pm

MPittore

Why can't I scroll "my word list" any more?

10:50 pm

bcguy

sh6/33 plural of sh5/20

11:41 pm

ursh

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