Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, March 6, 2024

12:05 am

justafreep

co7 and happy flip

12:09 am

justafreep

pa7

12:12 am

periwinkle

hey freep

12:12 am

justafreep

hey, peri

12:12 am

broll

py 7

12:14 am

justafreep

thanks, brill. new to me.

12:15 am

broll

hent

12:15 am

broll

hend

12:15 am

broll

sorry!

12:16 am

justafreep

(and broll, not brill!)

12:16 am

broll

yw freep

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

periwinkle

ty lickety

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:26 am

periwinkle

38 left and 19/25 if the C words. night all

12:26 am

justafreep

night, peri

12:26 am

justafreep

and I do not like that C

12:41 am

Gillie

I was going to complain about not seeing the pa7, but I just found it. 20 left for tomorrow

12:41 am

Gillie

g'night all

12:44 am

justafreep

night, gillie. I think it's that time for me, too

7:31 am

Gitel

consent

8:27 am

mkg

Any clues for the E word fifth column e? Ty

8:32 am

penquis

en 5....ends with two vowels....a word we see fairly often....

8:33 am

phaeton

fifth column E is eo4

8:35 am

penquis

oh sorry....didn't notice the fifth column....

8:38 am

phaeton

np ...you were right just wrong column🙂

8:38 am

penquis

i guess i thought the E i clued was harder to find, lol....

8:39 am

phaeton

lol

8:39 am

hurshy

does the pa7 start with what you do with money, or a thing that you cook in on the stove?

8:40 am

penquis

no idea....it's one of my 16 remaining words...

8:40 am

phaeton

stove

8:41 am

hurshy

ok

8:42 am

hurshy

got it!

8:42 am

hurshy

top row and left col grey!

8:43 am

hurshy

2nd col grey!

8:43 am

hurshy

right col grey!

8:44 am

hurshy

bottom row grey!

8:44 am

hurshy

whoa, Os Overturned on a word i didn't even think would go in

8:45 am

mael

what's my missing O, hursh? :)

8:45 am

hurshy

it's sort of like that clay-ey pigment but end w sometimes vowel

9:15 am

Scrabbler

TY, new word for me, that adjective.

9:17 am

72 Temple Owl

hello scabbler

9:17 am

72 Temple Owl

scrabbler, have you been yon italy

9:18 am

72 Temple Owl

oops to italy?

9:18 am

mael

that was the one, thanks hursh!

9:18 am

Scrabbler

I have not been to Italy but dream about seeing the villages where my mother's parents grew up.

9:18 am

Scrabbler

Near Napoli and in Sicilia.

9:19 am

72 Temple Owl

i am looking into going in

9:19 am

mael

it's a lovely part of the world, I've never been either

9:19 am

72 Temple Owl

in november

9:19 am

Scrabbler

Great, Owl.

9:20 am

72 Temple Owl

ditto here exceot not sicily

9:20 am

72 Temple Owl

mael

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

i thought you had

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

9:25 am

72 Temple Owl

did your mother speak much of her childhood? my grandfather did not.

9:30 am

Scrabbler

My mother told me a lot about her childhood.

9:31 am

Scrabbler

She told me about her grandmother that was born in 1866. Mind-blowing.

9:40 am

jesdraggon

morning folks

9:43 am

Scrabbler

jesdraggon, I haven't seen you in years. How are you?

9:43 am

jesdraggon

keeping :)

9:44 am

Scrabbler

That's good, I hope, given the challenges of the last 4 years.

9:44 am

jesdraggon

I've been struggling at work for a while, and basically had no attention/energy for outside life. Trying to get out, and cut way back on hours, so starting to get back into other things.

9:44 am

72 Temple Owl

grandpa was leaving things behind and as kids we never really asked. his sisters left as well, to france and australia

9:44 am

jesdraggon

how're you? how have things been here?

9:45 am

72 Temple Owl

his mother came over and did not like it here so returned

9:45 am

72 Temple Owl

hi jess

9:45 am

jesdraggon

hi TO :)

9:47 am

Scrabbler

Babble continues. This is my source of relaxation and meditation every day.

9:49 am

hokie carla

phantom christen. howdy y'all.

9:49 am

Scrabbler

Now I see it, carla.

9:49 am

jesdraggon

heya hokie

9:50 am

hokie carla

now you see it, now you don't :D

9:56 am

jesdraggon

is this grid deceptively hard to shake words out of, or is my brain not working?

9:57 am

hokie carla

no, was about to say the same thing

9:58 am

mael

II'm down to 36 and struggling now

9:58 am

hokie carla

33 left here. not close to HOET thanks to the U and the left E

9:58 am

jesdraggon

i'm swimming upstream to get halfway

9:59 am

72 Temple Owl

hi carla. i think i will try to get some work done, not making much progress here. later, all! happy babbling

9:59 am

hokie carla

bye TO

9:59 am

jesdraggon

have a good day, TO

9:59 am

mael

no pyro, alas

10:00 am

hokie carla

yeah, just tried pyro

10:00 am

hokie carla

sometimes mr. homie is snory

10:00 am

Scrabbler

Yes, this grid is tough and I don't like the letters.

10:01 am

Scrabbler

hent

10:02 am

Scrabbler

Free clue. YW.

10:02 am

hokie carla

I just tried tenrec so you don't have to

10:02 am

jesdraggon

i already have that one, scrabs ;)

10:04 am

jesdraggon

so close to encore

10:04 am

hokie carla

oh, found the u's. now just need that E for HOET. 25 total, 10 of which are C's and 6 S!

10:04 am

hokie carla

yeah, I keep seeing encore

10:06 am

jesdraggon

most famous centaur is here, but doesn't count as a word

10:06 am

Scrabbler

Ha, I like when we tell each what NOT to try.

10:09 am

hokie carla

everyone needs a nice panset in their kitchen

10:10 am

jesdraggon

half way! still need that e to get NBT

10:10 am

hokie carla

I feel like it's gonna be Ei but nothing

10:11 am

mael

want stats, hokie?

10:11 am

hokie carla

yes please

10:11 am

jesdraggon

i have semi-accidentally gotten 3 of the 4 u's and not convinced any of them are actually words

10:11 am

Scrabbler

Hah

10:12 am

hokie carla

that's the way it goes with u

10:12 am

mael

en5/14

10:12 am

hokie carla

you might need un4/8 jes

10:12 am

hokie carla

thanks, mael. will look.

10:12 am

jesdraggon

i've got that one, hokie. just got it trying something else

10:12 am

jesdraggon

typos for the win?

10:13 am

hokie carla

then the 5/18, which is prob the most reg of the 4

10:14 am

hokie carla

wow, that e was hard to see. thanks, mael.

10:14 am

mael

which was the one I didn't have, hah

10:14 am

mael

thank you

10:14 am

hokie carla

my missing T is not tenrec or tundra

10:15 am

jesdraggon

is it te5/14 - like a ditch missing a letter?

10:15 am

BzznBea

hello, friends

10:16 am

jesdraggon

morning bea :)

10:16 am

hokie carla

no, I have that one, thx

10:16 am

hokie carla

bea!

10:16 am

Scrabbler

Hi Bea

10:17 am

hokie carla

found it. first 2 col gray!

10:17 am

Scrabbler

Go Carla, go.

10:18 am

jesdraggon

there's that e. NBT :)

10:18 am

hokie carla

woot

10:19 am

hokie carla

still no 7's

10:19 am

hokie carla

but phantom crochet

10:19 am

Scrabbler

45 left. Time for a break.

10:19 am

hokie carla

P3 C9 O S5
5-7-2-4

10:19 am

hokie carla

bye scrabbs

10:20 am

jesdraggon

u's done, and a sad state of affairs that that un5/18 is the most normal of them :P

10:20 am

jesdraggon

bye, scrabs!

10:20 am

BzznBea

the others ar babblets

10:21 am

wvteach

stats for single E in left column pls

10:22 am

jesdraggon

en5/14

10:22 am

jesdraggon

morning, teach :)

10:23 am

BzznBea

just got a text from my daughter the 6th grade teacher. a student threw up in her class. she wants me to call her school and ask that she, my daughter be aloud to go home. haha

10:23 am

hokie carla

ha

10:23 am

jesdraggon

hah, give it a try bea :)

10:23 am

BzznBea

i told her to send me the number

10:23 am

mael

hah!

10:27 am

BzznBea

the ch combo makes for some good words

10:27 am

hokie carla

found some c's but still have 5 left

10:28 am

BzznBea

this was a D =)

10:28 am

hokie carla

yeah, I was just having my own convo, sorry :P

10:29 am

BzznBea

is mr. homie getting better?

10:29 am

bichon

pa 7/40, pls

10:29 am

hokie carla

he said he had a little better night. I moved to the other side of the house and had the best sleep I have in a long time.

10:30 am

hokie carla

still have no 7's but will look, bichon

10:30 am

bichon

ty carla

10:31 am

hokie carla

oh, found it. looks french but definition that comes up says it's mexican sugar, but that is spelled differently than this.

10:32 am

BzznBea

pa7 cooking vessel + spanish 8 with diffeent end vowel

10:32 am

hokie carla

look at bea's 10:27 post for what goes in the word toward the end

10:32 am

hokie carla

or bea's clue 😜

10:33 am

jesdraggon

thanks for the pa, NBS :)

10:34 am

hokie carla

2-5-2-3
P2 C5 O S4

10:34 am

jesdraggon

and also HOET, just to pretend I can hope to keep up with hokie

10:35 am

hokie carla

ha, I always get bogged down and drag it out all day whereas others just come in and finish and leave

10:36 am

jesdraggon

and yet you started after me, and are hitting your marks before me :P

10:36 am

hokie carla

well, I'm definitely stuck now

10:38 am

hokie carla

ooh, found another 7

10:38 am

hokie carla

a regular word, not sure why it took so long to see

10:38 am

jesdraggon

do tell :)

10:38 am

BzznBea

i found two in the c's

10:38 am

hokie carla

this was a co7

10:39 am

BzznBea

theres another

10:39 am

jesdraggon

ah, thanks :)

10:39 am

hokie carla

another as in also co?

10:39 am

BzznBea

yes

10:39 am

hokie carla

is it a normal word?

10:40 am

hokie carla

and is the 3rd letter the same?

10:41 am

jesdraggon

no, it goes the opposite corner, hokie

10:41 am

jesdraggon

diagonal, i guess, not opposite

10:41 am

hokie carla

hmm, will keep looking thanks

10:42 am

BzznBea

it is 7.36 if that helps

10:43 am

hokie carla

finally tried it after realizing there's no other way to get there.

10:43 am

hokie carla

oh, it's archaic, what a shocker

10:44 am

hokie carla

thanks both

10:45 am

mael

oh, I know the word

10:46 am

mael

thanks, latin!

10:46 am

hokie carla

just found an incredibly normal S4. like how do I miss those?

10:46 am

jesdraggon

was it the last half of the co7? I missed that .

10:47 am

hokie carla

and just now found a 5 adj with it. no, it was the stuff for showers and baths.

10:47 am

jesdraggon

oh yeah. that one fell out when I tipped my head 90 degrees to the left :D

10:47 am

hokie carla

don't forget the 5 that adds on to your s4, too, jes

10:48 am

hokie carla

PP CCC O SS
1-4-2-1

10:49 am

hokie carla

bea, have you found the last 7 yet?

10:49 am

BzznBea

no

10:49 am

hokie carla

guess I could check the flip

10:50 am

jesdraggon

3 ma words that all mean big estate

10:51 am

hokie carla

think I will work on some of the other games for a few minutes and see what pops out when I come back.

10:51 am

jesdraggon

listing at 30

11:01 am

hokie carla

well, looked at the flip and finished the P.
1-4-1 left. surely this can be done.

11:02 am

BzznBea

the last 7 is py7.40

11:04 am

hokie carla

found a c!

11:05 am

jesdraggon

he5,16?

11:05 am

hokie carla

boy

11:05 am

hokie carla

's name

11:05 am

jesdraggon

oh for crap's sake

11:05 am

hokie carla

apparently a unit of electricity

11:06 am

BzznBea

there are four cy

11:06 am

hokie carla

have all those then. will stop looking, thanks.

11:07 am

BzznBea

do you have the trumpet

11:07 am

hokie carla

yep

11:08 am

hokie carla

wonder if I'm missing a 4/5 set

11:08 am

hokie carla

any ideas on my missing o?

11:08 am

BzznBea

there is a 5 that goes with the funny co7

11:08 am

hokie carla

thanks, did not have that

11:08 am

jesdraggon

got ch5&6?

11:09 am

jesdraggon

how many c's are you missing?

11:09 am

hokie carla

yep, down to one C now. maybe I should check my plurals

11:09 am

jesdraggon

co4 odd spelling of rabbit?

11:10 am

hokie carla

hmm

11:11 am

hokie carla

I do have that, didn't know that's what it was

11:11 am

jesdraggon

or the other co4 that is a gender-neutral name?

11:12 am

hokie carla

did not have that, thanks

11:12 am

jesdraggon

names are words now, I guess :P

11:12 am

BzznBea

for the O i see a oc5.18 and or6.18

11:12 am

hokie carla

not sure I've ever seen a girl named that but parents name girls boy names way more often than the reverse.

11:13 am

hokie carla

it is the oc5. have been trying to make an oc, will see if I can now, thx.

11:13 am

jesdraggon

it's a derivation of the color word

11:15 am

hokie carla

wow, that was surprisingly hard to make happen, thanks both

11:16 am

hokie carla

will take any guesses on my S5 and S6 to wrap this one up

11:17 am

jesdraggon

st5/10 court reporter?

11:17 am

hokie carla

nope

11:17 am

jesdraggon

si5/20 that is not exactly a number?

11:18 am

hokie carla

ah, that was one. was making similar 6 words earlier

11:19 am

jesdraggon

I'm missing an so6, so if you find it, clue me in :)

11:21 am

hokie carla

that's it. how many points?

11:21 am

jesdraggon

6/24

11:24 am

jesdraggon

it's a whole lot easier to find that last t if you use the one that isn't greyed out. *facepalm*

11:26 am

hokie carla

haha, done that before

11:27 am

hokie carla

might have to look up that so6/24 unless bea has a clue for us

11:27 am

hokie carla

nothing is working and too many combos

11:28 am

BzznBea

i'm looking but not seeing

11:28 am

jesdraggon

in the meanwhile do you have a clue for the or6?

11:28 am

hokie carla

may want to turn your screen a different way, jes

11:29 am

hokie carla

all depends on how it's or6ed

11:29 am

jesdraggon

oh for craps sake, thank you hokie

11:30 am

jesdraggon

can't even blame the grid's weird words for that, just my brain

11:30 am

hokie carla

I am surprised I found that one today as it's backward and uphill

11:30 am

jesdraggon

appropriate for that particular word, i suppose :)

11:31 am

BzznBea

found the so6

11:31 am

BzznBea

what you wear on your feet + male

11:31 am

jesdraggon

Thanks bea!

11:31 am

jesdraggon

firewords :)

11:33 am

jesdraggon

thanks for carrying me over the line

11:34 am

hurshy

hiya folks

11:34 am

hokie carla

well, we've had that before but I reckon I still haven't learned it. thanks, bea. that's it for me too.

11:34 am

hokie carla

hey hurshy

11:35 am

hurshy

oh everyone's done? lol

11:35 am

hurshy

i did a bunch before work but have to do C and S

11:35 am

BzznBea

i still have 5

11:35 am

jesdraggon

happy to clue if you want them :)

11:36 am

hurshy

how many cy?

11:37 am

jesdraggon

4

11:37 am

hurshy

ok then i need one more of those...

11:37 am

hurshy

and how many ch and cr?

11:37 am

jesdraggon

3 crs

11:38 am

jesdraggon

2 ch

11:38 am

hurshy

ok all set on the cr then, cool

11:38 am

hurshy

and the ch

11:38 am

jesdraggon

most of the c's are co

11:38 am

hurshy

oh just found the nasty cu

11:38 am

jesdraggon

but there are 2 cu

11:38 am

hurshy

and the nice one :D

11:39 am

hurshy

got the fourth cy

11:39 am

hurshy

so that must leave me with one more CO

11:39 am

jesdraggon

got both co7?

11:39 am

hurshy

also need one R

11:40 am

hurshy

no, only oe 7

11:41 am

hurshy

thanks got the other now!

11:41 am

hurshy

are all the R words RO

11:41 am

jesdraggon

ro6/24?

11:41 am

hurshy

oh that'll be the one!

11:41 am

jesdraggon

yes, all ros

11:41 am

hurshy

got it, thanks

11:42 am

hurshy

that leaves me with 2 S5 now

11:42 am

jesdraggon

mexican sir?

11:42 am

hurshy

have it

11:42 am

jesdraggon

si5/20 that's not exactly a number

11:42 am

hurshy

ahhh ty

11:43 am

hurshy

other one was easy, got it

11:43 am

hurshy

tada!

11:43 am

hurshy

ty

11:43 am

jesdraggon

yay!

11:44 am

hurshy

wonder if that all helped Bea finish too

11:44 am

BzznBea

i had all those

11:45 am

BzznBea

funny i'm missing an A

11:45 am

jesdraggon

boo. need any clues before the dogs drag me out into the cold, bea?

11:45 am

hurshy

you have to stick that S in the a5, but not at the end

11:45 am

jesdraggon

an6/18 - add a letter inside the an5

11:45 am

jesdraggon

weirdly it means the same thing?

11:46 am

jesdraggon

and the puppy has gone from restless to barking at the door. off I go before he poops in the basement.

11:46 am

BzznBea

namaste

1:04 pm

jesdraggon

back again if anybody needs clues

1:49 pm

wvteach

another non-word with no definition found - just typing in random letters

2:06 pm

jesdraggon

those are always fun, teach

5:17 pm

mkg

Hi all. Back for more. Still missing the E words: for the E in first column and fifth column. Ty. Please send clues.

5:20 pm

mkg

got the fifth column. Just need first one. E 5

5:49 pm

mkg

Got other one too. So ty anyway

6:02 pm

speedfreak

Hello. Can someone please clue the or 6/18 thank you

6:10 pm

broll

China, southeast Asia is the or 6

6:18 pm

speedfreak

Wow I usually see that but kept going the wrong direction!

6:18 pm

speedfreak

Thank you so much broll!

6:21 pm

broll

yw

7:42 pm

rbud

done, woot, laters! ;p

11:27 pm

Freeman

so6, please?

11:45 pm

Shellbell_o-well

still need that so6?

11:50 pm

Shellbell_o-well

aaand, bringing up the tag end-- fireworks!

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