Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, February 21, 2024

12:02 am

justafreep

si7 x 3 and happy flip

12:02 am

justafreep

ga8

12:03 am

justafreep

qu7 x 2

12:06 am

broll

in 8 & 9

12:07 am

justafreep

ha7

12:07 am

Rainiqui

ta 7

12:07 am

justafreep

ta7

12:08 am

justafreep

gi7

12:10 am

justafreep

he7

12:11 am

joym999

SE7

12:14 am

dizgrannie

en 7

12:14 am

joym999

ha7

12:15 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:28 am

Shellbell_o-well

ga6,7,8

12:29 am

jeanne314

re8

12:29 am

justafreep

re9 too

12:34 am

joym999

and an unrelated re7

12:36 am

justafreep

ta7 x 2 (so maybe rainiqui and I were calling different ones!)

1:05 am

Gillie

ta7 x 3

1:22 am

dizgrannie

FWs...took me ages to find the se 7 after the se 6, kept trying for some sort of plural....no relation at all...LOL

2:20 am

player girl

hi all. I am stuck on the lone N from the 1st column/row, the E from the same column and the N from the 4th row/column. Any help gladly accepted. Thank you in advance

2:21 am

lynxxx

ne4.7 is the corner N

2:22 am

lynxxx

the e is probably ec4.6 , a colour or there is anotherec4.6 too

2:23 am

lynxxx

n

2:58 am

player girl

Thanks Lynxx

2:59 am

player girl

Now I just need the other lone N in the 4th row/column

2:59 am

Onpaki

hi all! looks like a fun grid.

3:06 am

DTins

comes after eighth player girl

3:47 am

Book Doctor Gwen

morning all, diving in

4:15 am

Book Doctor Gwen

2 tiles shy of HOET, BBL

6:38 am

ivesy3

clue for the se 7 36 plz

6:49 am

ivesy3

found it

7:46 am

MollyL

I was se7 that you would

7:47 am

periwinkle

I don't havethe se7

7:48 am

ivesy3

lol good one molly! clue for the in 8 please

7:49 am

MollyL

Put in before we _____ together to seek the Lord's blessing, plural

7:50 am

MollyL

Peri, you have 5 of these. Touch and smell are 2. Gerund form.

7:51 am

ivesy3

ty!!

7:51 am

periwinkle

ty Molly

7:55 am

ivesy3

i need a coffee break!

7:56 am

mkg

Hi all. Any clues for the 9s welcome

7:57 am

MollyL

It helps to read the chat before asking for clues.

7:59 am

mkg

Yu

8:04 am

saanichcat

thanks Molly for the se 7!

8:51 am

BzznBea

this grid looks like it might not be friendly

8:52 am

BzznBea

good morning, friends

8:52 am

hokie carla

not super friendly. hey bea!

8:59 am

hokie carla

ginnery - place where gin is made

9:08 am

hokie carla

46 left after first pass. almost got the 5th col - 2 pesky i's

9:09 am

rururocks

cursage... when you're mad at your prom date

9:09 am

hokie carla

so you pin it to them?

9:11 am

hokie carla

finally found an 8. there are 5??

9:12 am

hokie carla

found an 8/9 now to finish the 5th col

9:13 am

hokie carla

now just need 2 A's for 4th col. maybe this grid is getting friendlier.

9:17 am

hokie carla

there's another 8/9 set. 3-8-11-7-2

9:22 am

hokie carla

thought for sure putting ashes in a vase would be urning

9:24 am

hokie carla

ok, the R is still very unfriendly

9:28 am

ChampFit

Too bad "rehi" doesn't work carla!

9:28 am

hokie carla

I know!

9:28 am

MollyL

*Very glad it doesn't

9:28 am

BzznBea

i always try it any way

9:28 am

hokie carla

rehi molly

9:29 am

MollyL

Hello @carla

9:29 am

ChampFit

Ha! I was just thinking she forgot the @!!!!

9:29 am

hokie carla

good point

9:30 am

hokie carla

ruru made one post and then went into hiding

9:30 am

MollyL

I can see why

9:32 am

hokie carla

22 left and kinda stuck. 1-5-9-5-2
the 6s are why I'm kinda stuck I guess
F
Q AA
R7 S5
C5 U

9:32 am

hokie carla

a big WPT

9:34 am

BzznBea

your missing a may be the an6/7

9:36 am

hokie carla

if it rhymes with the carolina nfl team, I have those

9:36 am

ChampFit

Thx Bea!

9:36 am

BzznBea

then it could be the ag7/8

9:37 am

hokie carla

definitely that

9:38 am

hokie carla

are these like normal words since you didn't guess them first?

9:39 am

BzznBea

no. use the alchohol

9:41 am

hokie carla

wow, had to look that up. thought you meant an alcohol suffix. never seen that before.

9:41 am

BzznBea

sorry

9:41 am

hokie carla

thanks. last 2 col gray!

9:43 am

hokie carla

anyone finished the q?

9:45 am

BzznBea

yes

9:46 am

hokie carla

any single weird one?

9:46 am

BzznBea

no

9:46 am

hokie carla

duh, found it. a comparative

11:34 am

hurshy

heidy ho good neighbors

11:35 am

jesdraggon

*Minnie Pearl impression* Howwwwwwdyyyyy!

11:35 am

jesdraggon

how's it, hurshy?

11:35 am

hurshy

oh fine

11:35 am

hurshy

you?

11:36 am

MollyL

*Checks Jess's hat for a price tag

11:36 am

jesdraggon

pretty good. puppy is on my lap snoring loudly enough to hurt ear drums.

11:36 am

jesdraggon

Morning, molly :)

11:36 am

hurshy

awwwwww puppy

11:37 am

hurshy

Qs Quashed!

11:37 am

jesdraggon

quite impressive!

11:39 am

hurshy

it's weird that we can plural the adj ea5/14, but not make a comparative. i would think if you could do one or the other, it would be the latter

11:40 am

hurshy

oh no wait nvm, it says "does not exist IN THE PUZZLE"

11:40 am

MollyL

Um Jess, is that nail polish on your dog's nails?

11:40 am

jesdraggon

probably not, but it's an old pic, lemme go look

11:41 am

jesdraggon

no, those are nail caps. rubbery tips superglued on. When I first got her, she was terrible about scrabbling/scratching at legs to be picked up and while I was working on stopping that I capped her nails to decrease the damage

11:42 am

jesdraggon

she's a total punk though, and climbed into my bed between the sheets to chew them all back off

11:42 am

MollyL

Ah, I see. Some people do paint their dogs nails. It looks a little weird.

11:43 am

MollyL

As do dogs wearing shoes. That freaked me out the first time I saw it.

11:43 am

jesdraggon

I absolutely do dress her up in little sweaters and stuff though, I've become one of those!
And the cats all get nail caps regularly.

11:43 am

jesdraggon

She does have boots but we only use them when it's too cold out and the ground hurts her feet (20f or lower)

11:44 am

jesdraggon

well, and sometimes in freezing slush, because that's awful.

11:44 am

jesdraggon

she's only 9.5 pounds so she gets cold easily.

11:45 am

bichon

I have a snow suit for Marco

11:46 am

MollyL

But no little boots to go with?

11:47 am

MollyL

I am getting today's laugh looking at pictures of dogs in snowsuits and boots

11:47 am

bichon

No, he has to tought it out

11:47 am

jesdraggon

The boots I have for Victory are "walkee-paws" if you need another laugh, molly. they're ridiculous but at least she doesn't lose them

11:48 am

hurshy

speaking of dogs being extremely domesticated - this is a funny little vid: http://tinyurl.com/4ess55fe

11:49 am

MollyL

The bulldog totally loses his butch look in the metallic blue boots 🤣

11:50 am

MollyL

Oh yeah Jess, that is quite the look

11:53 am

jesdraggon

I think I just changed my picture to one of victory in boots and coat

11:54 am

jesdraggon

but it's not showing up in my profile for me

11:54 am

hurshy

sometimes you have to refresh a bunch

11:54 am

hurshy

but i'm not seeing a new one either

11:54 am

jesdraggon

well, it's showing up here, but not in profile. weird

11:55 am

jesdraggon

opened again in a new tab. maybe that'll work.

11:56 am

bichon

I looked it up on Amazon, they are expensive

11:56 am

jesdraggon

yeah, i wait for sales. and not as expensive as buying decent boots she loses one of every time we go out

11:59 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! name of a profit-focused alien race on Star Trek, taken from a Hindi term for white people who colonized India

11:59 am

jesdraggon

ferengi :)

11:59 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:59 am

jesdraggon

didn't know the etymology, thanks :)

12:00 pm

hurshy

yeah it really floored me when i learned it - i was like OMG the Ferengi are US!

12:02 pm

hurshy

Ns Nailed!

12:04 pm

jesdraggon

nicely done!

12:06 pm

hurshy

Us Upended!

12:07 pm

hokie carla

rehi - what do you think my missing U is?

12:08 pm

hurshy

ur6

12:08 pm

hokie carla

good guess, now can I find it

12:08 pm

hokie carla

yes!

12:08 pm

hokie carla

thanks

12:08 pm

hurshy

it's related to the first 2 U words

12:08 pm

hokie carla

now any guesses on my missing F?

12:09 pm

hurshy

i am also missing one F

12:09 pm

jesdraggon

unbelievable!

12:09 pm

hurshy

i have one fi, the rest fe

12:17 pm

MollyL

2 fi, one 6 one 4

12:18 pm

hurshy

hmm, it's not fiacre

12:18 pm

hurshy

oh oh i see it!

12:19 pm

hurshy

you know you've been babbling too long when you think of weird babblets before regular words

12:21 pm

hokie carla

well, I am definitely missing fi6

12:21 pm

hokie carla

not fiacre

12:21 pm

hurshy

tyra banks always told her top models to be...

12:21 pm

hokie carla

oh, a regular word

12:21 pm

hokie carla

good clue though

12:22 pm

hokie carla

also rupaul sang that in his hit

12:22 pm

hokie carla

or said it maybe

12:22 pm

hurshy

that show (ANTM) used to be my guilty pleasure

12:22 pm

jbp

good clue!

12:22 pm

player girl

Why isn't Tagine a word?

12:23 pm

hurshy

we know not

12:23 pm

hokie carla

ok, 16 left now on 3 tiles! 1-5-6-3-1
R7 S5 C4

12:23 pm

hurshy

17 for me but a lot more tiles

12:24 pm

jbp

may I have a clue for the top left N?

12:24 pm

hurshy

anyone know if there are any SN words?

12:24 pm

hokie carla

I did type tagine today, thinking it was a word. googled it, seems like it's right up enable's alley.

12:24 pm

jbp

nm.

12:24 pm

hurshy

ne4/7 jbp

12:24 pm

jbp

as usual, I got it as soon as I aked

12:24 pm

hurshy

ye olde peri principle

12:25 pm

player girl

-Hmm I am still looking for the lone N in the 4th column/row.

12:25 pm

jbp

lol.

12:25 pm

hokie carla

think number related, PG

12:25 pm

hokie carla

it took me a while to see it

12:25 pm

hurshy

the one that comes after 8 but before 10

12:25 pm

player girl

I know Hokie, it is a real word. Maybe not English??

12:25 pm

player girl

TY Hurshy

12:26 pm

player girl

No, I have those from a different N, the one in the 5th column

12:26 pm

hurshy

diff form

12:26 pm

jbp

the 4th column N is not the number one. and I need it too. ;-)

12:26 pm

hurshy

eccleston was the ni5 Doctor on Doctor Who

12:27 pm

player girl

I have no idea what you are talking about, but thanks for the stats

12:27 pm

jbp

omg, tyvm

12:27 pm

hurshy

he wasn't first or second or third or...

12:27 pm

player girl

Ohhhhh. Serious face palm moment

12:28 pm

jesdraggon

thanks hursh

12:29 pm

hurshy

ordinal, that's ordinal, right? cause it refers to the order in which things come?

12:29 pm

hurshy

and cardinal is just regular numbers?

12:29 pm

player girl

Yes, than you very much!! Hursh

12:29 pm

jesdraggon

that nailed the n's for me too :)

12:29 pm

hurshy

i always fear mixing up the words ordinal and cardinal

12:30 pm

joym999

hi all

12:30 pm

hurshy

ttfn...

12:30 pm

jbp

cardinals have feathers you can count, that's how i remember it

12:30 pm

jbp

hi, joy

12:31 pm

jesdraggon

hi joy :)

12:31 pm

hokie carla

I was going to clue it originally as an ordinal but wasn't sure

12:31 pm

player girl

Hi Joy

12:31 pm

hokie carla

hey joy

12:31 pm

hokie carla

how've you been?

12:31 pm

jbp

almost halfway --hope to bbl

12:32 pm

joym999

I'm good. I'm retired now so I have lots of time for word games, although I haven't been babbling all that much.

12:32 pm

jesdraggon

bye, jbp :)

12:34 pm

jesdraggon

O's ousted

12:34 pm

hokie carla

yeah, haven't seen you in a while. happy retirement!

12:35 pm

joym999

how've you been, hokie?

12:36 pm

hokie carla

can't complain I guess

12:36 pm

MollyL

Oh my God, ordinals, cardinals and Dr. Who. I need a drink.

12:37 pm

hokie carla

we should do a drinking game - take a drink every time molly needs a drink

12:37 pm

hokie carla

found a word!

12:38 pm

mael

i'm coming in at the right time then

12:38 pm

jesdraggon

morning mael

12:39 pm

hokie carla

mael! are you back in the country?

12:39 pm

mael

yes! just until friday, then I go on vacation with the kiddos for 4 days

12:39 pm

mael

the idea of getting on another plan makes my skin crawl at the moment but I'll manage :)

12:40 pm

hokie carla

haha

12:41 pm

hokie carla

does anyone have all the 8s? I tried looking at the flip chat but couldn't keep track. it's either R, S, or C that I'm missing

12:41 pm

jesdraggon

sorry hokie, i have none

12:42 pm

periwinkle

just peeked at the list there is an ag8 that I do nothave

12:42 pm

jesdraggon

morning, peri

12:42 pm

MollyL

It is a really dumb word Peri

12:42 pm

periwinkle

also an ag7 that I do not have either

12:42 pm

periwinkle

hi jes

12:43 pm

MollyL

The singular of the ag8

12:44 pm

hokie carla

a + one who drinks things with tonics

12:44 pm

jesdraggon

thanks hokie

12:44 pm

periwinkle

found them ty

12:44 pm

mael

... what a weird word

12:45 pm

periwinkle

58 left bbl

12:45 pm

jesdraggon

twinsies, peri :)

12:49 pm

MollyL

Mael, did you get a vacation WITHOUT your kids?

12:49 pm

jesdraggon

well, chores await, i'll probably be back later to try and finish. happy days to all of you, and scritches to all the critters :)

12:50 pm

hokie carla

bye jes

12:51 pm

hokie carla

not mael, but if my stalking files are correct (yes, that's a joke), she went to Italy for work.

12:51 pm

mael

yep

12:52 pm

mael

not a vacation at all, alas

12:52 pm

mael

but I did get to see all my elderly family members so that's something

12:53 pm

hokie carla

that's nice

12:54 pm

hokie carla

you usually have to regas on long road trips. why, enable???

12:58 pm

joym999

Also, when I went away and came back to the dinner table I resat, right?

12:58 pm

hokie carla

or if you sat for an exam and failed, you probably resat for it

12:58 pm

hokie carla

really at a loss on my missing 7 r's

12:59 pm

hokie carla

and yes, I have the set that looks similar to our 80s prez

1:01 pm

hokie carla

doh, just found the alt sp of go back on your word

1:03 pm

hokie carla

WPT down to 4.3

1:11 pm

joym999

I'm totally stuck on the first CE6 (not the color)

1:13 pm

hokie carla

I think that must be one of my missing 4 c's

1:14 pm

hokie carla

oh well, off to walk winston.
1-3-5-3-1 left for later. what a nice palindrome.

1:14 pm

joym999

bye hokie

1:28 pm

MollyL

It's an anagram of the color

1:34 pm

hokie carla

you cannot be serious! okay, really leaving this time.

2:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

i call bullsh*t on ye7/44!

2:37 pm

ChampFit

Heck yeah!

2:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

and now to ponder a ce6 color....later

2:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

champ, is your recipe a soup?

2:43 pm

ChampFit

No, it's doesn't come out that watery. More of a hash, I guess.

2:54 pm

cybernan

hello everyone - don't see a ce colour either. Just a phantom colour

2:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

do you serve it over rice?

3:08 pm

cybernan

has anyone found the bottom n?

3:11 pm

MollyL

After eighth

3:11 pm

aebmusica

Re50…..clue please

3:12 pm

cybernan

ty molly

3:13 pm

cybernan

re 50? Did you mean re 8/55?

3:14 pm

aebmusica

Re 50 please

3:14 pm

MollyL

re8/50 ends in picnic pest

3:18 pm

cybernan

ty Molly - didn't have that one -- just the root

3:18 pm

cybernan

1:18 here - guess I should have lunch

3:23 pm

hokie carla

well, I have re and picnic pest but can't figure out the middle. is there a definition? or a hint on the root?

3:24 pm

aebmusica

But I don’t have the root……?????

3:24 pm

cybernan

short swear in the middle

3:24 pm

hokie carla

I have no idea if I do or not. still need 5 R's.

3:25 pm

aebmusica

Recusean

3:25 pm

cybernan

the root is a verb

3:25 pm

hokie carla

thanks, nan. I did have the root

3:25 pm

hokie carla

so close, aeb

3:26 pm

hokie carla

only you didn't end in picnic pest

3:26 pm

aebmusica

I typed it by mistake

3:47 pm

MollyL

Oh, that explains so much

4:00 pm

hurshy

hokie do you have a clue for ag7 and 8? i don't get bea's clues for you

4:04 pm

hurshy

oh i finally get it! the alcohol that goes "___ & tonic"

4:04 pm

hurshy

3-0-3-1

4:05 pm

hurshy

got a C4!

4:05 pm

hurshy

got an E4!

4:06 pm

hurshy

got an H6!

4:07 pm

hurshy

help with the G breakdown? i have: 4 ga, 2 ge, 3 gi, 1 gn

4:07 pm

hurshy

peri'd again! another ge

4:07 pm

aebmusica

Re7/36……clue please

4:08 pm

hurshy

i have two, both plurals of a queen

4:08 pm

hurshy

found an S6!

4:11 pm

hurshy

oh and then there's the one that's plural of what so resembles 80s president Ronald

4:12 pm

aebmusica

Tyvm hurshy

4:14 pm

BzznBea

finally back...105 left

4:58 pm

hokie carla

11 here. RRRR SSSS CCC 1-3-4-3

5:08 pm

BzznBea

i'm down to 49 but i'm helping mr. bea pack.

5:09 pm

moolingwa

afternoon all, down to 206

5:31 pm

cybernan

Hello again

5:39 pm

moolingwa

hey nan

5:52 pm

BzznBea

namaste

5:53 pm

hokie carla

what's the count now, moo?

5:54 pm

hokie carla

bye bea

5:56 pm

moolingwa

22, but I'm doing other stuff now :)

5:56 pm

moolingwa

5-2-6-5-3-1

5:57 pm

hokie carla

I haven't looked again since I posted last one.

6:17 pm

cybernan

Done - had to look the last 3 up: sa, se and ur 6 (never remember that one)

6:19 pm

hokie carla

I had to get reminded of that one earlier

6:31 pm

MollyL

I always forget about those

6:36 pm

jesdraggon

back again

6:40 pm

MollyL

Walkee paws

6:40 pm

jesdraggon

they're fantastic :)

6:42 pm

MollyL

Well, at least she has a coat and boots. What's the point of a coat and no boots?

6:44 pm

jesdraggon

right?! then she'd be skipping because her toes hurt

6:45 pm

jesdraggon

she actually has a sweater on too - sweater then boots then coat]

6:45 pm

jesdraggon

getting dressed to go outside is a whole thing sometimes.

6:48 pm

jesdraggon

I don't have any the right size for the puppy, so he got to wear bandages on all his feet for about a week when it was -19f here

6:57 pm

hokie carla

feels like I'm gonna need the list for these last 11

7:07 pm

jesdraggon

happy to clue what i can, hokie, but you're ahead of me so i probably don't have them

8:05 pm

hokie carla

well, I started with the list and then got distracted. so still 10 left

8:26 pm

hokie carla

wow, never seen the haiku word before

9:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

i do not like this grid.

10:25 pm

NANCY

clue for se 6 please

10:40 pm

NANCY

FOUND IT

11:17 pm

jesdraggon

oof. power went out, just back now. Still have 42 words left

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