Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, February 8, 2024

12:12 am

broll

be 7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

lynxxx

thanks Lickety

1:13 am

zTink

No clues???

1:13 am

zTink

Hent

1:17 am

rbud

I know, dreadfully quiet in here tonight. :\

1:30 am

ursh

hello all - bit of a stinker this grid !

1:32 am

jbp

hi all

1:34 am

lynxxx

another be7.

1:39 am

juniperberet

on7

2:44 am

lynxxx

4 be7 in all and one has the 8

8:04 am

hokie carla

just typed in spiders' homes like I was making up a word and then was surprised it took.

8:04 am

sukee

ty, I completely missed that one

8:05 am

hokie carla

:D who knew it was a real word? haha

8:05 am

sukee

:)

8:06 am

sukee

the be words are giving me grief. Can't get past the plural of the ice thingy.

8:07 am

hokie carla

I kinda skipped the B and am going back to it. only saw 4 off the bat.

8:07 am

Aloyisius

grumble grumble.. website IS a word!

8:08 am

hokie carla

well it is now, aloy. but apparently wasn't in 2000.

8:08 am

MollyL

It amazes me that people who have been playing for almost 20 years don't know the limits of Enable

8:09 am

hokie carla

it's easy to forget how "new" the technology words are and how much things have changed since then.

8:10 am

Aloyisius

worth a grumble.. (-: gtg, Happy Babbling!

8:10 am

hokie carla

bye aloy!

8:10 am

Aloyisius

ciao, hokie!

8:19 am

MollyL

Ciao hokie sounds like something on a Chinese food menu

8:46 am

hokie carla

HOET and 50 left

9:11 am

hokie carla

well I found one be7. still 5 b's left. 27 total. 5-8-7-6-1
going to get my hair done (or did)

9:26 am

origami

That's funny, Molly :D

9:30 am

rururocks

Chow hokie sounds like chicken, okra, and rice

9:32 am

rururocks

and mustard greens

9:34 am

MollyL

Ew, slimy okra

9:36 am

origami

I second that

9:37 am

rururocks

it'd be crispy okra you guys

9:40 am

BzznBea

salutations

9:40 am

rururocks

hi bea

9:40 am

moolingwa

morning

10:04 am

rururocks

had to look up a few b's.. never would have found them otherwise.

10:05 am

moolingwa

beautiful

10:06 am

moolingwa

I was just working on the B, have 6 left

10:09 am

BzznBea

4 b's left here

10:12 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Diving in

10:23 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Not Woot

11:02 am

BzznBea

having a bit of dyslexia today

11:06 am

periwinkle

this is the toughest grid I have seen in a long time.

11:06 am

periwinkle

hello all

11:06 am

periwinkle

glorious day here. will go up to 50 degrees. and the sun is out

11:08 am

MollyL

Okra is gross any way

11:08 am

BzznBea

I love it

11:09 am

BzznBea

you have to get the slime out of it

11:11 am

periwinkle

I eat lots of vegetables but not okra or brussel sprouts

11:12 am

periwinkle

how do you cook it Bea?

11:12 am

periwinkle

stuck with 62 left

11:14 am

periwinkle

58 left bbl

11:16 am

hurshy

greetings all

11:18 am

hurshy

i didn't know you COULD get the slime out of okra

11:19 am

hurshy

then again i've never tried to cook with it myself at all

11:19 am

BzznBea

acid helps cut the slime

11:19 am

hurshy

just tasted it once in something and avoided it thereafter

11:21 am

hurshy

is it just me or are the B words kind of difficult

11:21 am

BzznBea

not just you

11:22 am

hurshy

oh good

11:23 am

hurshy

i keep wanting to pluralize things that end in R

11:23 am

hurshy

but the Rs aren't next to the Ss

11:31 am

hurshy

4th row grey!

11:34 am

hurshy

phantom: misfit

11:36 am

hurshy

well three Vs are no problem and then i'm totally stuck on what else there can be there

11:40 am

BzznBea

do you have vi4.11

11:41 am

hurshy

no

11:41 am

hurshy

thanks!!!!

11:41 am

BzznBea

that will get you the other 3

11:41 am

hurshy

ok now i'm doing well on everything but the B!

11:42 am

hurshy

ooh found a be7

11:43 am

hurshy

ok flip chat says four be7 and one has the 8

11:43 am

hurshy

so i have 3 and i think i'm missing the one that has the 8!

11:46 am

BzznBea

be7.44 and 8.60

11:49 am

hurshy

clue?

11:50 am

BzznBea

build off the big ice fromation

11:50 am

BzznBea

its an armchair

11:50 am

hurshy

ahh thanks

11:51 am

hurshy

10 left for later! ttfn and thanks again!

12:29 pm

BzznBea

namaste

12:34 pm

marksdolly

any ideas for the Mi7?

12:56 pm

MollyL

mi7...negative prefix + looks like you ____ three inches this summer

12:56 pm

marksdolly

ty molly, an odd one, not used in my vocab :)

1:05 pm

Shirlockc

that is a weird one with that negative prefix

1:37 pm

bojazz

down to last word, desparate for help: we 7/72 ... any clues available?

1:40 pm

MollyL

Ends in fish bait

1:53 pm

bojazz

thank you, Molly...

2:09 pm

hurshy

woot, i love it when i come back to clues for words i need

2:10 pm

Dorens

just read back to all the discussion of okra. Has anyone ever fried it? Slice and dip in cornmeal, then fry till crispy golden and delicious. Absolutely no slime

2:17 pm

aebmusica

Sounds great, Dornes ……does one dip it in ranch sauce or yum yum sauce?

2:18 pm

aebmusica

Sorry I typed Dorens but automatic correct changed it.

2:21 pm

Dorens

I just eat them plain but you could certainly dip in anything you like. Ranch does sound good

2:21 pm

Smdnjv

No dips for yummy fried okra. I serve as a side to my meals. There is never any leftovers!!

2:22 pm

Dorens

I make them in the summer when I can get fresh okra at the local farms. Never did think of sauce.

2:23 pm

origami

I want to like okra. It is such an attractive veggie to grow.

2:23 pm

Dorens

Well try it fried sometime, ori. You have plenty of nice farm markets there, I'm sure you can find some.

2:25 pm

Smdnjv

So easy to harvest and freeze for winter. Just cut off of plant and put in brown paper bag and put in freezer. Do not wash or cut before freezing. Yum yum. Love me some fried okra!!(●'◡'●)

2:26 pm

Dorens

OOOH, I never knew you could freeze it, thanks for the tip

2:32 pm

Smdnjv

You are welcome Dorens. Thanks for bringing up fried okra. Just went and pulled some from the freezer to fry for dinner tonight!!²B-)

2:32 pm

Dorens

:) I wish I could do the same!

2:33 pm

Smdnjv

wish I could share wiith you.

3:03 pm

jesdraggon

heya folks

3:09 pm

Smdnjv

Hi jes. I'm a lurker

3:10 pm

jesdraggon

i'll pretend you're well hidden in shadow and not disturb you then ;)

3:23 pm

jesdraggon

NBT, half way done, back to work. have fun!

3:43 pm

cybernan

hello if anyone is still here

3:56 pm

hurshy

how did okra first come up today, anyway? how did we get this okra-fest?

3:56 pm

hurshy

hiya nan

3:57 pm

cybernan

hi hurshy

4:01 pm

MollyL

I said Ciao hokie sounded like something on a Chinese food menu. Then Ru said it sounded like a dish containing okra, and off we went.

4:02 pm

MollyL

Okra is slimy and gross and you can stick the stems to your forehead. 😮

4:04 pm

cybernan

have seen pictures of okra, but have never seen it or eaten it. I don't care for cooked spinach because of the slimeness (been playing this game too long) so don't imagine okra would appeal to me either.

4:05 pm

hokie carla

well, I love fried okra. don't care for cooked without breading.

4:05 pm

hurshy

kale holds up way better than spinach, both in the fridge and in soup and stuff. i always use kale now.

4:05 pm

hokie carla

I prefer the taste of spinach over kale

4:06 pm

hurshy

i find them pretty equally bland

4:06 pm

hurshy

anybody done with O words? missing one top one

4:06 pm

dan2bit

okra was likely smuggled to America by African women braiding seeds in their hair before being taken as slaves. It was mainly used as a soup thickener originally (gumbo was actually originally a synonym)

4:06 pm

hokie carla

I need 2 up top

4:07 pm

hokie carla

interesting

4:08 pm

hurshy

idk if "smuggled" is the right word there - that implies you're being sneaky and someone specifically wants to keep that item out...

4:08 pm

MollyL

That message was brought to you by Dan's house of useless information.

4:08 pm

hurshy

it's not useless, it's interesting

4:08 pm

hokie carla

I have 2-5-6-5-1 left
OO
GGG BBBBB W N
SS TT
HH
R

4:09 pm

hurshy

2-4-2 here

4:09 pm

dan2bit

it's not a house, it's more like a sprawling compound

4:09 pm

hurshy

oh but that means you're done with top Rs, hokie? i need one from the left one there

4:09 pm

MollyL

Depends on your definition of interesting.

4:09 pm

hokie carla

they probably weren't allowed to pack a bag, hurshy. I would say smuggled is fine for soemthing stuck in your hair.

4:09 pm

dan2bit

everything else was taken from them, so I'd still go with smuggled, but hidden if you like

4:10 pm

dan2bit

something doesn't have to be useful to be interesting

4:10 pm

hokie carla

yes, I will look for your R

4:10 pm

hokie carla

do you have the re5 that is similar to philbin?

4:11 pm

MollyL

Oh Dan, that statement explains so much

4:11 pm

hurshy

nope, that was the one! thanks

4:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

so when captured they said wait, i have to do one thing before i go"

4:11 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I was wondering about that too, TO. maybe they stored the seeds in there for later.

4:12 pm

MollyL

Hey, it's better than the way some drugs are smuggled

4:12 pm

hurshy

hokie, the first W is a 5 - they make grills. and there is a we7. all the rest are 4s.

4:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

or each fall they said let me put seeds in my hair just to keep them in case i need them?

4:12 pm

hokie carla

my home town is we5 city

4:12 pm

hokie carla

I don't have the w7

4:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

you never know when those slave traders might come along.

4:12 pm

hurshy

for N perhaps you missed ne6/30... or 4/6

4:13 pm

hokie carla

sadly I think that was true

4:13 pm

hurshy

well i guess you could say we7 is an internet crawler

4:13 pm

MollyL

Now imagining women with okra sprouts in their braids

4:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

really.

4:14 pm

hokie carla

hmm, we already established no website

4:14 pm

hurshy

CRAWLER

4:14 pm

hurshy

creeper

4:14 pm

hurshy

wriggler

4:14 pm

hokie carla

oh, that's weird

4:14 pm

hurshy

yes

4:14 pm

hokie carla

thx

4:15 pm

hokie carla

I have both those n's unless there are 2 of one

4:15 pm

hokie carla

found it

4:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

it's time to go. would you believe i raked a whole bag of leaves and branches the grey devils broke off the neighbor's arborvitae? a whole leaf bag full.

4:15 pm

hokie carla

it was a 4/8

4:15 pm

hurshy

what was it

4:16 pm

hurshy

what are grey devils?

4:16 pm

hokie carla

what's a gray devil, a squirrel?

4:16 pm

hokie carla

and what's an arborvitae? guess I will google.

4:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

my neighbor does not rake, so i end up with hers as well as mine - kils the grass along the fence line

4:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes

4:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes. there are red devils and in MD i saw a black one.

4:17 pm

hokie carla

hmm, I think we have those next to the street but I thought they were something else

4:17 pm

hokie carla

but we never have to rake them, they're evergreens

4:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

the devils break the branches for their nests.

4:17 pm

hokie carla

ah, found a G

4:18 pm

cybernan

Done - see you tomorrow :)

4:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

the leaves are from last year, the tree was cut before fall but neightbor lets them lie.

4:18 pm

hokie carla

bye nan

4:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

and shit rolls downhill

4:18 pm

hurshy

i saw quite a few black squirrels in CA when i lived there

4:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

those are the ones genetically engineered by the cia

4:19 pm

hokie carla

there are white squirrels not too far from us in Brevard, NC

4:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

those are the ones they engineered to neutralize the black ones.

4:22 pm

hurshy

STROB

4:25 pm

hurshy

it's sort of funny that there's sorbet and sherbet but not serbet

4:26 pm

hurshy

oooh got the S!

4:31 pm

bichon

we 7/72, pls

4:31 pm

hurshy

internet crawler

4:36 pm

bichon

ty hurshy

5:03 pm

Smdnjv

Is it just me, or is anyone else discovering "new" word being used in Babble that have never been used before? For the past several days, there have been words that I have never seen in Babble or any other word games I play. They seem to be "madeup" and when I have gone to Morewords for help, they are not there.

5:09 pm

hokie carla

the only new one is spam as far as I know. there are a lot of made up looking words with no definitions on the word list, but it hasn't been updated since like 2000. I don't use morewords so I can't speak to that.

5:11 pm

hurshy

got my T!

5:14 pm

hurshy

got my R!

5:14 pm

diannnmichael@ao

Bent

5:15 pm

diannnmichael@ao

Brent

5:15 pm

hokie carla

ttrrific

5:17 pm

hurshy

got my B!

5:17 pm

hurshy

ok so the missing O is a 5

5:19 pm

hokie carla

I have one O5 but it's a normal word

5:19 pm

hurshy

same

5:19 pm

jessmom

add to the last ow4

5:20 pm

hurshy

thanks jess

5:20 pm

hurshy

been so frustrated it wouldn't take the plural... sigh

5:20 pm

jessmom

yw

5:21 pm

hokie carla

I've been trying to add to it all day

5:21 pm

jessmom

the word means ox, how do you plural that?

5:23 pm

jessmom

don't know how many times I've typed that word here, but the first time I looked it up. :)

5:28 pm

hurshy

maybe the ox thing will help me remember it for next time

5:29 pm

hokie carla

LOL, I had never looked it up either

5:29 pm

hokie carla

found an H!

5:30 pm

hokie carla

speaking of plurals

5:30 pm

hokie carla

or I guess in this case it's a verb so a different tense

5:37 pm

NANCY

clue for mi 7 please

5:39 pm

NANCY

n

5:39 pm

hokie carla

I think I mi7. I'm too short.

5:41 pm

NANCY

TY carla but what a stupid word. never heard it before

5:42 pm

hokie carla

I am inclined to agree with you. I was just trying everything and it stuck

5:42 pm

NANCY

no definition so proabable made up word.

5:55 pm

MollyL

Enable is full of made uo words. And yet people obsess over this game. Go figure.

6:08 pm

NANCY

then why do exactly do you play it?

6:39 pm

nrkii

hi all... stats for the 8 please?

6:39 pm

mich_pdx

this game is fun, challenging, nutty, frustrating, and FUN. And the regulars who've been playing forever are a lovely group. Dr God is a genius, and LicketySplitAUS deserves sainthood. In my humble opinion.

6:40 pm

mich_pdx

Sorry nrkii, I don't have it yet

6:46 pm

NANCY

I totally agree with you mich.

6:50 pm

nrkii

I agree with mich AND Molly -- not mutually exclusive ideas :)

6:50 pm

nrkii

It's just about my 18th anniversary of playing this game... mind babbling

6:55 pm

mich_pdx

my start date was April 15, 2006, so me, too, nrkii. Although I took some breaks over the years.

6:56 pm

nrkii

I started right about the same time, after Starbuck and the New York TImes ran a contest, and I found a babbler through a blog post about the contest. One of our Dougs. I thought I should check out this babble thing he kept mentioning.

6:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

HEY NRK

7:00 pm

nrkii

Hey TO!

7:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

what do you think about that dance at the american legion? I am going!

7:05 pm

nrkii

I'm not sure. I am supposed to be up in MA that weekend.

7:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

great band. i was supposed to be dancing tonight but i forgot and spent an hour raking. not up for the drive

7:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

i will have to wait for next friday mardi gras

7:08 pm

nrkii

I'm completely stalled on this grid with 8 to go

7:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

well yell if you want help i am about to settle in and watch barbie

7:09 pm

nrkii

Just looking for first 2 letters of the 8

7:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

i hit a wall with about 20 left. it just crumbled eventually

7:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

let's see...

7:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

be. last word for me.

7:10 pm

nrkii

okay, it's a be7 be8 combo

7:11 pm

nrkii

I had suspected that -- it's the only tile I have 2 words left to get on

7:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

after the hunks of ice

7:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

or the hunk of ice, to be precise

7:11 pm

nrkii

that did it for me

7:11 pm

nrkii

thanks

7:12 pm

nrkii

I had tried that without the final vowel

7:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

it took me a while.

7:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

but now i can clue it too bad i am leaving

7:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

nrk, i have been gawking over my friend's iceland travelog. it's even worth the cold. amazing

7:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

stupefyingly beautiful

7:20 pm

nrkii

2 to go!

7:20 pm

nrkii

N and O
6 and 7

7:21 pm

nrkii

found the O7

7:23 pm

nrkii

ugh, I should have found the ne6 ages ago

7:23 pm

nrkii

Fw... good night!

9:23 pm

mkg

Any clues for the Be 7/8? Ty

9:25 pm

grannyrose

mkg. large piece of ice in the sea, + it's neither h*** or th***. then plural

9:27 pm

mkg

Got them granny. Ty. Perfect for the end of the night. Ty

9:27 pm

mkg

Fies

9:27 pm

mkg

oops sorry

10:37 pm

Gillie

I knew website isn't in Enable, but it's rarely been so irritating

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