Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, February 4, 2024

12:13 am

jbp

happy flip

12:14 am

Gillie

hi jbp

12:16 am

ursh

hi all

12:16 am

Gillie

hi ursh

12:17 am

cybernan

ar 7 -- going to be a tough one I think

12:17 am

ursh

keep meaning to ask you where in SA you are ?

12:17 am

Gillie

be7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

jbp

thanks Lickety!

12:18 am

Gillie

Oh - I'm not, actually. I'm in Canada. I do love rhinos, though!

12:19 am

Gillie

ty lickety

12:19 am

ursh

oh ok - good poor rhinos

12:20 am

Gillie

I saw a show about a secret night-time rhino watering hole - it made them seem very interesting

12:22 am

Gillie

There was a young inexperienced male who tried to woo a female by bringing her some antlers he'd found as a gift

12:23 am

ursh

When you see them up close in a reserve they are incredibly huge and quite beautiful

12:23 am

dofith

So, Gillie, why the SA flag?

12:23 am

Gillie

I wish I could!

12:25 am

Gillie

Oh - I was just trying to express some sympath for the Palestinians - the colors are similar to the Palestinian flag

12:25 am

SummerBreeze44

bu 7

12:25 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ba 8

12:26 am

jeanne314

guess "webinar" hasn't made it in the dictionary...

12:27 am

ursh

haha jeanne - I tried that as well

12:27 am

cybernan

not seeing any of the 7's and 8's -- too tired. Good night

12:27 am

dofith

Ok. You should go To SA - it is so beautiful! Spend some time at aa game park or two - so wonderful.

12:46 am

SummerBreeze44

ru 7

3:38 am

dizgrannie

got all the Bs

3:39 am

dizgrannie

cete

3:39 am

dizgrannie

oopsie

7:10 am

Lizsark

just lately there have been a lot of words disallowed that are genuinely real words

7:32 am

MollyL

Nope, that happens all the time. The Enable Word List hasn't been updated in 23 years.

7:57 am

rutinka

ROSA

8:31 am

hokie carla

ugh, just noticed 54 b's

8:32 am

ChampFit

I have 43 of them, but moved on. It's mind-boggling!

8:33 am

hokie carla

I'm still on 3rd row but was typing in b's if I saw them when working on other letters. thought they were going too easy, that's because there are so many!

8:34 am

hokie carla

30 a's too🤮

8:34 am

ChampFit

Yep. Love a big grid on a Sunday!

8:35 am

hokie carla

I should've never looked until I got some things done.

8:35 am

ChampFit

Ha!

8:48 am

hokie carla

well, 101 left. need one more bottom row A for HOET. winston is whining, so I guess I'll BBL.

8:58 am

ChampFit

See ya later! I''m just on the 4th column.

9:27 am

BzznBea

salutations

9:28 am

ChampFit

Good morning!

9:29 am

rururocks

Good morning bea.. are you past all the dental stuff now?

9:30 am

BzznBea

i hope! the dentist adjusted the bite on my new crown. that seemed to do the trick.

9:33 am

rururocks

oh. good

9:34 am

ChampFit

Does anyone have both 8's? I have the Ba...what's the other one?

9:35 am

rururocks

an8

9:35 am

ChampFit

ty!

9:42 am

rururocks

just b's to go now.. whew

9:45 am

ChampFit

WooHOO! How many do you have left?

9:46 am

rururocks

18 now

9:46 am

ChampFit

Go ru, go!

9:49 am

rururocks

found the ba8

9:49 am

ChampFit

I'm surprised there aren't more words with that ending. BBL for last 57. Good luck!

9:50 am

rururocks

i have found two with that ending

9:55 am

rururocks

three now with that ending

10:01 am

rururocks

wow.. the b's were tough

10:06 am

rururocks

*waves to Dart*

10:12 am

hurshy

morning folks

10:12 am

rururocks

ah well.. time to go.. have fun with the grid everyone

10:13 am

hurshy

lol, 3 corner i words and of course i get the normal one last...

10:13 am

hurshy

aw, bye ruru

10:13 am

hurshy

top row grey!

10:15 am

hurshy

phantom: tundra

10:18 am

hurshy

Ds Demolished!

10:18 am

Shirlockc

stats for the bottom O please?

10:19 am

hurshy

oa4/4

10:19 am

hurshy

or5/10

10:41 am

BzznBea

Sunday morning in the hood...

10:41 am

hurshy

did something happen?

10:41 am

BzznBea

drive by

10:42 am

hurshy

oh dear

10:42 am

Shirlockc

omg, hurshy, thx so much NBT

10:42 am

BzznBea

no one hit.

10:43 am

hurshy

that's good

10:51 am

hurshy

phantoms: witch, bewitch

11:06 am

Shirlockc

interesting that it does be6 but not nubian

11:07 am

hurshy

enable is always "interesting" lol

11:10 am

periwinkle

hello all. more than 1/2 and no 7s or 8s

11:10 am

periwinkle

help with ba8 or an8 please

11:11 am

hurshy

well now i know what the 8s start with!

11:11 am

doseffing

ba8 ... scottish ... "like a child"

11:11 am

hurshy

there's ar6 and 7 babblets that we have sometimes

11:11 am

periwinkle

ty dose had the base word but did not think to extend

11:11 am

hurshy

the be6 that shirl was referring to plurals for a 7

11:12 am

hurshy

bu7 to polish up

11:12 am

hurshy

du6 and 7 combo, a fruit that smells really bad, according to shows on the food network

11:12 am

doseffing

... never a good assumption to make ... found far too many in the list myself of longer words showing up between a word and its plural

11:12 am

hurshy

ty dos

11:13 am

periwinkle

ty for bu7

11:13 am

periwinkle

ty for the fruit

11:14 am

periwinkle

bbl

11:15 am

hurshy

i wonder if an8 is against-something

11:15 am

doseffing

... nope

11:15 am

hurshy

nope, an7 and 7

11:15 am

doseffing

... it's some form of hormone ...

11:15 am

hurshy

7 and 8 lol have a brain-related word part in them

11:16 am

doseffing

... root word is a weak spot in an artery or vein (I think)

11:16 am

hurshy

25 to go! 9 of them Bs

11:16 am

hurshy

1-8-12-4

11:17 am

hurshy

for the lower i, i have two in words. anyone have the others?

11:18 am

doseffing

I only have is4/6 ... an unknown babblet as far as I can tell

11:18 am

hurshy

aha, that was my missing 4

11:35 am

hurshy

anyone have other 7s that didn't just get mentioned?

11:37 am

hurshy

oHO just found a ur6 and 7

11:38 am

hurshy

and i see that flip chat mentions an ru7, will look for that

11:38 am

MollyL

Added is4 to the list of words only seen in Babble

11:42 am

hurshy

found it!

11:54 am

hurshy

went to list for last 20. only 3 of them were fishy! (1 B and 2 R)

12:25 pm

BzznBea

thanks, molly.

1:09 pm

nrkii

Down to 35... what a grid! I think I will walk the dog and clear my head before I look for hints.

1:26 pm

cybernan

hello everyone. Finally got some sleep -- until 10:45 am!

1:38 pm

Caiya

Hi, everyone, newbie here. This puzzle is really kicking me in the butt. Are these words even English? Any hints for how to get started? I have 4 easy ones so far, lol

1:40 pm

cybernan

many of them are not english. Click on the Help tab just above the chat box

1:45 pm

periwinkle

need more help with the an8 please

1:50 pm

Gillie

In theory, at least, the words that "aren't English" have at least been adopted into the English language. I believe the word list is an early version of the Enable word list used by Scrabble, with some extra thrown in. It is definitely a bit strange, and many words are either archaic or used by very few, while others are downright questionable.

1:51 pm

Gillie

sorry peri - don't have it yet

1:53 pm

periwinkle

an6/7 the absence of peee

1:53 pm

periwinkle

or pee

1:54 pm

cybernan

haven't found the an 8 either

1:54 pm

MollyL

Many of the words acceoted that are not English have not been adopted into the English language.

1:55 pm

MollyL

*accepted

1:55 pm

Gillie

In Molly's humble opinion, at least

1:56 pm

MollyL

I think Nan would agree

1:56 pm

Gillie

I don't doubt it - nan wouldn't banish all latin

1:57 pm

Gillie

*would* banish all Latin

1:58 pm

Gillie

In many people's humble opinions then, bearing in mind that few if any of them are linguists.

1:59 pm

MollyL

I don't know any English adaptions of many of the Scot words accepted. Are you a linguist?

2:00 pm

Gillie

No - but presumably linguists were involved in the creation of the list

2:01 pm

Gillie

Also, you don't live in Scotland, which may have something to do with it.

2:01 pm

cybernan

found the an 8 --- think of a bulge in an artery that is fatal if it is in the brain and ruptures - begins like that and ends in not outs

2:02 pm

cybernan

I would banish all yiddish and arabic

2:02 pm

cybernan

and indian and japanese

2:03 pm

cybernan

and german and french

2:03 pm

cybernan

does that cover it?

2:03 pm

Gillie

No "sari", no "kaput", no "entree"

2:04 pm

Gillie

No "schmo"

2:04 pm

cybernan

yes! and shmear and any of the others most people have never heard of until this game

2:05 pm

Gillie

You would like a much smaller word list, I think

2:05 pm

nrkii

I think we could safely get rid of ancient foreign coins... no?

2:06 pm

Gillie

I hope you've tried Squardle - it combines the best of both words (only words deemed normal accepted for the main list, others can count as "bonuses")

2:06 pm

cybernan

the only reason I don't mind the scots and french is because I grew up in a scottish family and speak some french, but I can imagine others are just a frustrated with those as I am with spanish, german, etc

2:07 pm

Gillie

If we reduced the list to words that weren't in any way borrowed from any other language, we'd be down to mostly grunts

2:07 pm

nrkii

Yes, but Squardle has recently made their list of acceptable bonus words smaller... which I appreciate, even though it costs me some perfect rounds

2:07 pm

cybernan

need 3 more 7's - no idea what they are

2:10 pm

nrkii

and the IS babblet, which from a google search = a russian log hut... seems a tiny stretch to include in an English-based dictionary...

2:10 pm

nrkii

I need 2 more, cybernan. Shall we compare notes?

2:12 pm

cybernan

an x2, ar, be, bu, ru

2:12 pm

nrkii

I have an7, ar7, be7, bu7, du7, ru7, ur7

2:12 pm

nrkii

ah, so you are missing ur7, and then the same 2 I'm missing :)

2:13 pm

nrkii

ur7 is a plural

2:13 pm

cybernan

missing the ur and the du

2:13 pm

nrkii

ooh, you are... so I'm missing an AN

2:13 pm

nrkii

du7 also a plural

2:14 pm

Gillie

"igloo" isn't really English either, but what are we supposed to call them

2:14 pm

cybernan

was that the bad smelling flower that I don't know?

2:14 pm

nrkii

I agree with your basic premise, Gillie, that lots of foreign words have been adopted into English. Igloo is clearly one of them. IS4, not so much.

2:14 pm

nrkii

yes... think of the portrait of Do**** Gray

2:15 pm

cybernan

igloo is ok, but not iglu

2:15 pm

cybernan

ty nrkii

2:16 pm

MollyL

I agree about words like is4

2:16 pm

cybernan

did you find the an7-8 combo?

2:16 pm

nrkii

hint on the other AN7? is it an against word?

2:17 pm

cybernan

I clued the an 7-8 just before all the chat about foreign words

2:17 pm

nrkii

oh, I had that one

2:17 pm

nrkii

it's the other one I missing

2:18 pm

cybernan

similar - only 2 consonants in the word

2:19 pm

cybernan

it is the inability to pee word

2:19 pm

nrkii

got it, thanks

2:20 pm

nrkii

so are we both missing one last 7?

2:20 pm

cybernan

off to get some lunch - slept through breakfast

2:20 pm

cybernan

yes - missing one 7

2:21 pm

Gillie

no "shampoo"! (I mean, it's Turkish, for Pete's sake)

2:21 pm

nrkii

Again, shampoo has clearly been part of our lexicon for a long time

2:22 pm

nrkii

Nobody's arguing that point, Gillie

2:22 pm

MollyL

Apparently Gillie is

2:24 pm

Gillie

Well, only since the 19th century, and apparently it actually came to us via India

2:25 pm

nrkii

so only 200 years? I think common use for 200 years is a good test

2:25 pm

nrkii

When IS4 hits common use for 200 years, I will be happy to stop calling it a babblet. :) :) :)

2:26 pm

Gillie

Well, not even then - in 1903, "Berlin chemist Hans Schwarzkopf invented Schaumpon. Fast forward 25 years, he introduced Europe to the first bottle of liquid shampoo."

2:26 pm

Gillie

"By the 1970s, ads featuring hair icons like Farrah Fawcett and Christie Brinkley started doing the rounds, asserting that it’s unhealthy to not shampoo your hair multiple times a week."

2:27 pm

Gillie

So in popular use a bit more than 50 years

2:27 pm

nrkii

Fine, we can drop it to 50 years, and hitting some sort of pop-culture publicity along the way. When IS4 meets those criteria, call me. :)

2:27 pm

Gillie

Anyway, end of today's linguistic history lesson.

2:28 pm

nrkii

I don't mind babblets, and I also don't mind that people like to complain about them. It's part of the game.

2:30 pm

nrkii

Down to 20... time to list and finish this little terror

3:11 pm

cybernan

hi again - still on languages :)

3:11 pm

hokie carla

rehi

3:12 pm

cybernan

hi carla

3:12 pm

cybernan

where are you with this monster

3:12 pm

hokie carla

98 left. just did one pass this morning and just got back.

3:13 pm

cybernan

113 here

3:13 pm

hokie carla

never made it to HOET

3:14 pm

cybernan

need one more i to darken the top row

3:14 pm

hokie carla

I need 1 i and 1 c (right side)

3:14 pm

ChampFit

Me too!

3:14 pm

hokie carla

rehi, champ

3:15 pm

hokie carla

found my c

3:15 pm

ChampFit

Hola!

3:15 pm

cybernan

hi champ

3:16 pm

hokie carla

found the i - ic5/14

3:16 pm

ChampFit

The c's are all normal and mostly 4's. 1 - 5.

3:17 pm

ChampFit

Got it, thanks!

3:20 pm

cybernan

not finding it

3:20 pm

hokie carla

you prob have the wrong 3rd letter in mind

3:21 pm

MollyL

I love it when people say "got it thanks" like it's a normal word

3:21 pm

cybernan

I've tried begining with the frozen stuff and the fish disease

3:21 pm

ChampFit

Definitely not normal. But the stats helped me monkey it.

3:22 pm

hokie carla

it's a medical word for seizure or stroke apparently

3:22 pm

cybernan

got it -- like the ending Prince Harry's games

3:22 pm

hokie carla

I have no idea what that means

3:23 pm

ChampFit

Invictus.

3:23 pm

cybernan

Invic5 Games

3:23 pm

hokie carla

hmm, never heard of it

3:23 pm

cybernan

champ beat me to it

3:24 pm

MollyL

Never heard of the games either

3:24 pm

ChampFit

The Invictus Games Foundation is a charity that supports the recovery of injured and sick servicemen and women through sport, esports and adventurous challenge.

3:25 pm

MollyL

In the UK?

3:25 pm

ChampFit

I think so.

3:26 pm

hurshy

yeah i am pretty sure either William or Harry has been a supporter of that... maybe Harry bc he was in the armed services?

3:27 pm

ChampFit

Harry.

3:27 pm

hurshy

oh Harry FOUNDED them, wow

3:28 pm

cybernan

Harry initiated it and it continues to be one of his charities. The Games are sort of like a special olympics for vets and active servicemen.

3:28 pm

cybernan

(and women)

3:28 pm

ChampFit

Yes. It's his project.

3:28 pm

hurshy

says he saw something similar in the US called Warrior Games and that inspired him to start it

3:29 pm

hokie carla

might be run by Wounded Warrior?

3:30 pm

cybernan

have never heard of Wounded Warrior

3:30 pm

cybernan

Is it exclusively USA?

3:31 pm

hokie carla

it's a US charity that helps wounded servicemen/women

3:31 pm

cybernan

then I doubt very much that it would have anything to do with Invictus

3:32 pm

hokie carla

that's not what I said. was responding to hurshy's post at the US "Warrior Games".

3:35 pm

cybernan

ok - misunderstood what your reference was

3:39 pm

aebmusica

Ts6…….clue please

3:41 pm

ChampFit

Dang it...I thought there might be one but blew it off!

3:42 pm

hokie carla

no idea. I also blew off the notion of a TS this morning.

3:42 pm

BzznBea

those ts are different than the usual

3:43 pm

hokie carla

if we just had an M we could make tsunami

3:44 pm

ChampFit

Rats! Foiled again! ;)

3:44 pm

aebmusica

Yep ….tried that

3:44 pm

hokie carla

I guess if we were playing the almost game we could have a ton of words, like tunic.

3:45 pm

MollyL

Like a big brass instrument

3:45 pm

hokie carla

no almost about that one

3:45 pm

hokie carla

unless you are talking about a different one

3:46 pm

cybernan

oh ty - didn't have that one

3:46 pm

BzznBea

the ts6 is ts + the colored part of the eye but with a different vowel in the 1st position

3:46 pm

MollyL

That was the 5. The 6 ends likr

3:47 pm

MollyL

leon the author

3:47 pm

MollyL

As usual, beaten to the punch

3:48 pm

aebmusica

That was the ts5 ….still need the ts6( tried building off of the 5 but can’t find the 6

3:48 pm

hokie carla

thanks, bea

3:48 pm

ChampFit

Great clue...thanks!

3:48 pm

hokie carla

what is this 5 you all are talking about? bea clued a 6.

3:48 pm

BzznBea

yw

3:49 pm

hokie carla

is the 5 the instrument molly was talking about?

3:49 pm

BzznBea

molly clued that 5

3:50 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I thought she was responding to my almost game. had no idea that was a clue. and can't think of any word like that.

3:50 pm

BzznBea

sousaphone

3:51 pm

MollyL

The biggest brass instument

3:51 pm

aebmusica

Found it….ohh woe is me

3:51 pm

BzznBea

the deepest tone in the orchestra

3:51 pm

cybernan

talk about things not being english

3:52 pm

hokie carla

I thought that was TU4

3:53 pm

hokie carla

since when did it have an S in it

3:53 pm

BzznBea

when it is part of a japanese sword

3:55 pm

BzznBea

i've been out in my flower beds this afternoon. so rewarding getting the cleaned out. found 7 ootheca from the Chinese mantis that are heading to the landfill.

3:58 pm

hokie carla

it is cloudy here and chilly for 50F

3:58 pm

cybernan

sounds great bea -- we've been getting sleet all morning - just stopped

4:00 pm

BzznBea

that's probably heading my way, carla.

4:00 pm

hokie carla

yep

4:00 pm

hokie carla

ubis

4:00 pm

hokie carla

disregard

4:00 pm

BzznBea

nan, that's why i live in the south.

4:00 pm

BzznBea

LOL

4:02 pm

cybernan

have gone to list -- a ton of 4 letter "words" I would never have thought of

4:06 pm

cybernan

my last 7 is in 7/36 - no idea

4:08 pm

ChampFit

I'm on that one too!

4:09 pm

hokie carla

do you know which i?

4:09 pm

jesdraggon

hi all

4:09 pm

hokie carla

hey jes

4:10 pm

ChampFit

NO. I have 1 left on each I. Super helpful.

4:12 pm

cybernan

same here

4:12 pm

MollyL

Ends in 3 letter abbreviation for America with an extra vowel in it

4:13 pm

hokie carla

botany, what a shocker

4:14 pm

cybernan

ty molly

4:14 pm

hokie carla

finally got HOET

4:31 pm

hokie carla

a nice big modern word in the grid - webinars

4:33 pm

cybernan

need a break from this

4:34 pm

hokie carla

down to 64 now, but I'm just halfway looking.

4:35 pm

hokie carla

probably won't finish

4:35 pm

jesdraggon

these big ones are weird because for a while you just tap it and words fall out but after that they seem to drag on forever

4:36 pm

ChampFit

Agree

4:36 pm

aebmusica

Ru6/30…..clue please

4:37 pm

parisla

pt for the red stone

4:37 pm

hokie carla

would not have thought of that, thx

4:38 pm

parisla

neither would I... I just started looking for the points total when aeb asked :-)

4:38 pm

hokie carla

and yesterday we had pearled

4:40 pm

aebmusica

Tyvm parisia

4:40 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, parisla

5:13 pm

cybernan

hi again

5:26 pm

Aloyisius

stuck on we5.22.. any clues?

5:27 pm

cybernan

down to 5 -- one 5 and the rest 6's -- b and s -- very descriptive of many of the words in this grid!

5:28 pm

cybernan

I would guess it is scottish aloy -- do you know the words to a wee deicg an doris?

5:28 pm

dan2bit

we5/22 ends like a luxury ya5

5:29 pm

cybernan

*deoch

5:29 pm

Aloyisius

ty.. looking

5:30 pm

Aloyisius

ooh, ty so much dan2!

5:30 pm

cybernan

twas a braw bricht moonlicht nicht

5:31 pm

dan2bit

yw

5:31 pm

dan2bit

can I have just the stats for the corner O?

5:32 pm

cybernan

os 5/10 babblet

5:32 pm

cybernan

be 5/18 please?

5:32 pm

dan2bit

ty nan

5:33 pm

dan2bit

top row done. 100 left

5:33 pm

SummerBreeze44

A type of tree, Nan

5:36 pm

cybernan

ty - just found it

5:37 pm

cybernan

have that old harry lauder song running through my head now -- guessing aloy is not a scot :)

5:43 pm

MollyL

I thought it was A Wee Deoch An' Doris

5:43 pm

cybernan

that's what I said molly

5:44 pm

cybernan

si 5/12 (first one) please?

5:44 pm

MollyL

You said a wee deicg an doris

5:45 pm

cybernan

typo

5:45 pm

cybernan

even the correction dropped a letter :)

6:04 pm

cybernan

done :)

6:15 pm

BzznBea

didn't even get half way today. no shame in my game.

6:15 pm

BzznBea

nighty night

6:18 pm

periwinkle

we5/22 please

6:19 pm

penquis

ends like the expensive boat....

6:20 pm

periwinkle

ty pen

6:20 pm

penquis

yw...

6:21 pm

periwinkle

last word te5/20 please

6:22 pm

penquis

don't have it but will look....

6:22 pm

penquis

it is a pt....

6:23 pm

periwinkle

ty and done

6:23 pm

penquis

congrats...

6:23 pm

periwinkle

how many left pen?

6:23 pm

periwinkle

and thank you

6:23 pm

penquis

27....yw...

6:24 pm

periwinkle

do you need help?

6:24 pm

penquis

in 6/24?

6:25 pm

periwinkle

in+ in a hurry

6:25 pm

penquis

ah yes...ty...

6:25 pm

periwinkle

yw

6:25 pm

periwinkle

anything else?

6:26 pm

penquis

no, thanks...will plod through....

6:26 pm

periwinkle

okay then happy babbling cu tommorrow

6:26 pm

penquis

bye...

6:54 pm

penquis

i am done....goodnight all...

6:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

hmm, have you all given up?

6:57 pm

dan2bit

22 left, all B's

7:01 pm

dan2bit

it was a lot of bu words - 9 left

7:05 pm

dan2bit

finito! thanks lickety and nan and all cluers

7:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

how about su6/36?

7:15 pm

Sophie512

compound word

7:16 pm

Sophie512

plant

7:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

7:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

very twisty words - you know them but you cannot see them

7:32 pm

NANCY

not getting the su 6 36, another clue please

7:35 pm

NANCY

GOT IT

9:54 pm

Smdnjv

Is anyone else having trouble with the UR6 and 7? Also the ts?

10:12 pm

Gillie

The ts rhymes with a large brass instrument

10:13 pm

Gillie

the ur6 & 7 have the same endings as the an6 & 7

10:44 pm

Smdnjv

Thank you Gillie. FW finally. I would never have gotten those words without your help.

11:59 pm

mkg

I have no sevens or 8s. Help soon please

12:00 am

ursh

an 7&8

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