Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, March 13, 2024

12:03 am

TedinDurham

hi7

12:06 am

broll

ac 7

12:09 am

marksdolly

er8

12:10 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:11 am

Rainiqui

Thanks Marksdolly !

12:11 am

marksdolly

:)

12:14 am

marksdolly

he7

12:14 am

marksdolly

tinct

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

marksdolly

ty lickety

12:18 am

Gillie

ty lickety

12:18 am

Gillie

needlecasealert

12:19 am

marksdolly

ty gillie

12:19 am

rururocks

Wrong clues lickety

12:22 am

marksdolly

welp, leaving 17 till am good night all

12:22 am

Gillie

g'night

12:30 am

rururocks

Pretty provocative profile Gillie

12:57 am

dizgrannie

FWs

2:08 am

deanoz

fw

2:33 am

The Soup Nazi

Pretty awesome profile Gillie

3:19 am

mattygroves

Irritatingly, the needlecasealert isn't accepted in Spelling Bee :(

4:06 am

Deeha

i agree wholeheartedly gillie. the British invented Israel then expected the Palestinians to just walk away from their own land. Jews have been persecuted for centuries you'd think they'd have a bit more sympathy

6:18 am

MollyL

It's hard to take sides on that. Both people consider Israel holy land.

6:30 am

Sam Snead

Nothing provocative about Gillie's profile. It's not a matter of taking sides.

8:18 am

Shirlockc

first word i saw was the bad c word

8:38 am

hokie carla

phantom knight

8:39 am

hurshy

As Axed!

8:39 am

hokie carla

I found 3 and then moved on the the E below it where I only found 1.

8:40 am

hokie carla

doh, there's another e

8:40 am

hurshy

which i suppose was ea4

8:40 am

godthaab

Gillie - well said. Too bad more people don't say that.

8:40 am

hurshy

there's er5/14

8:41 am

hurshy

and ec4

8:41 am

hokie carla

I have all ac on the a. are the other 2 ac as well or ar?

8:41 am

hurshy

all 5 are ac

8:42 am

hokie carla

had the 7 but not its related 5

9:23 am

Onpaki

hello everyone

9:48 am

player girl

I am leaving this game. The hatred is too much to bear

10:03 am

rururocks

not from everyone PG..

10:05 am

MollyL

No, not from everyone.

10:11 am

player girl

Enough....

10:14 am

rururocks

Sorry PG.. some people haven't done their homework

10:16 am

sajarn

I agree with you, ru.

10:18 am

rururocks

thanks

10:32 am

The Soup Nazi

What "homework" haven't we done?

10:54 am

Buggie

You won’t get an answer, it’s too deeply ingrained into the American psyche, one of those black and white clear cut issues for them, where any nuance is treason. It’s up there with "socialism".

11:05 am

The Soup Nazi

Nuance and opposition is also anti-semitism, apparently.

11:06 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

11:07 am

Buggie

Hi nan

11:12 am

rururocks

What an irrational condescending statement that is Bug

11:12 am

Buggie

See? Just suggesting the issue might not be clear cut gets me attacked.

11:14 am

midnightbex

Getting called out for sweeping generalizations and condescension about a nation of over 300 million people is not an attack Bug.

11:15 am

midnightbex

There is a lot of nuance recognized in this situation among Americans.

11:17 am

Buggie

It’s amazing how having a French flag gets you called condescending every time people want to dismiss what you say. But yes, sweeping generalisations...

11:18 am

cybernan

Nobody likes to hear their nation being attacked. On the other hand I agree with Gillie to the extent that I do not believe the way to combat terrorism is by killing iand starving nnocent people - that goes for everywhere not just Isreal, Palestine, Ukraine and Russia.

11:20 am

midnightbex

Totally agree on all points cyber. Also it had nothing to do with your nationality Bug.

11:20 am

Buggie

Of course it didn’t midnight

11:20 am

rururocks

Your flag has nothing to do with your comment buggie

11:20 am

Nef

I completely agree with cybernan also.

11:21 am

Shirlockc

+1 with cybernan's comment

11:21 am

Nef

Caret

11:21 am

Shirlockc

nef you're in the wrong channel

11:22 am

Nef

Oops! Sorry . This is why

11:22 am

Nef

I don’t chat much, I forget which box I’m in

11:23 am

midnightbex

It happens to everyone at some point Nef!

11:23 am

Shirlockc

and a free clue is a free clue :D

11:24 am

player girl

Cybernan, you are so ill informed. I am out of here

11:24 am

Nef

I know, midnightbex, but I’ve played for close to 20 years now & still screw up!

11:27 am

Buggie

So please enlighten me, what was so horrible about what nan said?

11:33 am

dcseain

nothing that I see, Biggie.

11:33 am

dcseain

having scrolled back

11:33 am

dcseain

buggie, stupid autocucumber

11:34 am

Buggie

haha, that’s okay, no biggie ;)

11:34 am

dcseain

LOL

11:34 am

Shirlockc

people are unwilling to hear all sides and/or perceive everything as criticism -- that echo chamber is mighty big

11:37 am

MollyL

People are going to have opinions on both sides of this. Bringing the Holocaust into it was not necessary.

11:41 am

The Soup Nazi

Who mentioned the Holocaust?

11:41 am

MollyL

Gillie's profile

11:45 am

Gillie

Not every atrocity is the Holocaust - the kidnappings and murders by Hamas were an atrocity. So is Israel's assault on Gaza

11:45 am

The Soup Nazi

It's entirely necessary to mention it though considering there is an ongoing genocide being perpetrated.

11:46 am

Gillie

And I don't mention the Holocaust, although many Jewish organizations do, regularly, as though they think it justifies anything

11:49 am

The Soup Nazi

The director of The Zone of Interest, a Jewish man, was attacked for simply asking for a ceasefire. This is where we are on all this. The director of a film covering the perpetrator of one of the worst atrocities in human history being criticised for asking for all this to stop.

11:51 am

Gillie

Yes, maybe Molly misread "genocide" as Holocaust, because she thinks that's the only possible one.

11:52 am

cybernan

I have to agree with you on that, Gillie and Soup. I think it is time history is laid to rest and a peaceable solution found. The Scots and Irish were annihilated by England. They may not love the British government, but neither are they hating every Brit, seeking to destroy them, nor throwing them in jail for no good reason.

11:52 am

rururocks

The Holocaust was terrible and unacceptable, but that doesn't give Israel carte blanche to oppress or destroy another people. (molly didn't misread your profile) See above

11:54 am

Gillie

Sorry - I thought I edited it the other day. I did mention the Holocaust, simply because Jewish organizations do invoke it so regularly, rather than respond to legitimate criticism of Israel's activities.

11:56 am

cybernan

ke 7 please?

11:57 am

The Soup Nazi

Not just organisations but the actual Israeli PM himself. Who is a right-winger.

11:58 am

Buggie

The official Israeli government social network accounts mention it at least several times a week

12:01 pm

dcseain

ke7, ke7, won't be just any ni4!

12:03 pm

cybernan

don't recognize the quote, seain

12:03 pm

dcseain

west side story :)

12:04 pm

cybernan

another clue?

12:04 pm

dcseain

ends with not day

12:05 pm

Buggie

half of a nocturnal frog

12:05 pm

cybernan

ty seain

12:06 pm

cybernan

done - hagd everyone :)

12:08 pm

dcseain

yay nan

12:08 pm

dcseain

be well

12:14 pm

Buggie

a clue for re6, please?

12:17 pm

dcseain

looking for it...

12:18 pm

Buggie

ah found it!

12:19 pm

Buggie

fireworks, any clues needed before I go?

12:19 pm

dcseain

congrats, Buggie. Have a great day!

12:20 pm

Buggie

thanks, you too!

12:41 pm

hurshy

hello babblers

12:44 pm

hurshy

Ls Licked!

12:50 pm

hurshy

Ts TOppled!

12:53 pm

hurshy

Ys Yanked!

12:54 pm

hurshy

bottom two rows grey!

12:59 pm

hurshy

well it looks like i need er8 and re6, among other things

1:01 pm

hurshy

aha, build on er5 for the 8

1:05 pm

hurshy

3 left!

1:06 pm

dcseain

thanks for that, hurshy

1:07 pm

hurshy

np :)

1:07 pm

hurshy

i'm down to R, C, and H, a four and two fives

1:09 pm

hurshy

we kinda almost have hygge, but i see it wouldn't count anyway

1:09 pm

hurshy

not that it necessarily should but it is a great word

1:09 pm

dcseain

indeed!

1:09 pm

dcseain

oh, the needlcase was fishy today.

1:10 pm

hurshy

well i'm stuck and need to get back to working :( ttfn

1:17 pm

BzznBea

it thought so too, dc.

1:39 pm

hokie carla

well, an internet shortage and a bike ride later and I'm back. 50 left.

1:39 pm

BzznBea

still on vacay?

1:39 pm

hokie carla

no, we came back yesterday, just a short trip

1:45 pm

hokie carla

middle col gray!

1:52 pm

hokie carla

16 left after first pass. 3-9-1-2-1 good news on the 6's at least.

1:53 pm

BzznBea

i just finished.

1:54 pm

hokie carla

nice

1:54 pm

BzznBea

namaste

1:54 pm

hokie carla

adios

1:55 pm

dcseain

hasta, and well done, Bea

1:57 pm

dcseain

19 to go, bottom three rows and center column all greyed.

2:00 pm

hokie carla

I have R4 i2 L
C4 T
K
D left

2:00 pm

dcseain

what an odd T word.

2:02 pm

hokie carla

maybe my missing one, what's the stat?

2:05 pm

dcseain

ti5.12

2:07 pm

hokie carla

hmm, I might have that one. I think it's weird but it's allowed in spelling bee, which doesn't allow a lot of weird ones from here.

2:09 pm

dcseain

:)

2:14 pm

dcseain

firewords

2:15 pm

hokie carla

nice. I am not really looking and still have 14. 😁

2:36 pm

hokie carla

well, bottom 3 rows gray now. 8 left. 0-6-1-1
R ii L CCC T
guess I will do other things

2:42 pm

dcseain

my last i words were in5.14 and in5.12, first and last IR words.

2:47 pm

hokie carla

thanks, those were the 2 I was missing.

2:47 pm

hokie carla

and my R is NOT ruint

2:53 pm

dcseain

are ru5 your decision to work today's puzzle?

2:56 pm

MollyL

Gerund

3:18 pm

hokie carla

have that one

3:19 pm

hokie carla

has anyone else tried NYT new Strands game? today's was not great.

3:23 pm

hokie carla

found my L

3:23 pm

dcseain

yay

3:26 pm

hokie carla

guess I will list for these last 5

3:27 pm

hokie carla

but wait, there's my last 7

3:27 pm

hokie carla

now 0-3-1. surely I can finish this.

3:29 pm

hurshy

i played it for a couple of days hokie but i just didn't find it very engaging. i miss Numbers.

3:29 pm

moolingwa

51-29-11-4-1 :)

3:29 pm

hokie carla

yeah, it's not my favorite

3:29 pm

hokie carla

hey moo, you've got a long way to go.

3:29 pm

moolingwa

sure

3:30 pm

hokie carla

but it shouldn't take you long

3:30 pm

hurshy

is there an H5?

3:31 pm

hokie carla

nope

3:31 pm

hurshy

then that must be my missing 4

3:31 pm

hokie carla

what do you have left, hurshy? I have R CC T

3:31 pm

hurshy

R C H

3:32 pm

hokie carla

don't forget to explore all the 2nd letters on that H

3:32 pm

hurshy

ok got the H

3:32 pm

hurshy

now my R and C are both 5s

3:32 pm

hurshy

the one i missed was hi not hy tho

3:32 pm

hokie carla

yeah, it's weird too

3:32 pm

hurshy

got my C, a cu5!

3:33 pm

hokie carla

guessing my 6 might be the T

3:33 pm

hurshy

and my R is the same as it, but with an R!

3:33 pm

hurshy

ta-da!

3:33 pm

hokie carla

then I guess I'm missing both those and none of my c5's can make an r5

3:33 pm

moolingwa

congrats?

3:33 pm

hokie carla

*since none

3:34 pm

hokie carla

congrats

3:35 pm

hokie carla

oh, I had the R but was missing the C

3:35 pm

moolingwa

well I'm over halfway, and I'm still on the second row :)

3:36 pm

hokie carla

0-2-1 R C T

3:36 pm

moolingwa

20-14-6-2-1

3:37 pm

hokie carla

oh, just accidentally got the T

3:37 pm

hokie carla

not sure I've seen that before

3:37 pm

moolingwa

some of the best kinds of finds

3:37 pm

hokie carla

and was typing something else in my mind but my fingers had a different plan

3:38 pm

moolingwa

your fingers just knew

3:38 pm

hokie carla

yep

3:38 pm

moolingwa

7-8-2-2-1

3:39 pm

hokie carla

you've almost caught me

3:39 pm

moolingwa

hardly :)

3:39 pm

hokie carla

considering I've tried everything on the R and C already

3:40 pm

hokie carla

have also tried crunk more times than I care to admit

3:40 pm

moolingwa

first column grey (fourth row too, but not as impressive)

3:41 pm

moolingwa

bottom row grey

3:41 pm

moolingwa

5th column grey

3:41 pm

moolingwa

oh and 3rd...

3:41 pm

dcseain

That was challenging, carla

3:41 pm

hokie carla

lol, definitely catching me

3:42 pm

hokie carla

strands, seain?

3:42 pm

moolingwa

4-3-2-2

3:42 pm

dcseain

yes, 6 hints, 7ish minutes.

3:43 pm

hokie carla

today's was the hardest I've played. I think I entered about 1000 words that weren't the theme. finally found 4 that were and couldn't figure out how they were related to the theme clue or each other.

3:43 pm

moolingwa

10 to go

3:43 pm

dcseain

yeah, I'm not clear on what theme those all relate.

3:44 pm

hokie carla

well, I see it now but it took me getting the last one I had left to see it.

3:45 pm

hokie carla

also burned a clue on the last word even though that was all I had left. it doesn't animate it like squaredle, it just circles the letters, so it just circled all the letters left. it did jar my brain enough though.

3:45 pm

moolingwa

0-2-1-2

3:46 pm

hokie carla

no ideas on mine. R and C, both 5s.

3:46 pm

moolingwa

R CC T K

3:47 pm

dcseain

"cu5" in line?

3:47 pm

hokie carla

nope, found that when hurshy mentioned it

3:48 pm

moolingwa

phantom turnkey

3:48 pm

moolingwa

found my t

3:49 pm

moolingwa

well I have at least one of your words hoke

3:49 pm

hokie carla

terrific

3:49 pm

hokie carla

let's hear it

3:49 pm

moolingwa

0-1-1-1

3:49 pm

hurshy

for every action there is...

3:49 pm

hurshy

babblet, and snip again

3:49 pm

moolingwa

can't tell which one yet ;)

3:49 pm

moolingwa

R C K

3:49 pm

hurshy

two spellings of cu5 pie

3:49 pm

moolingwa

found my k

3:50 pm

moolingwa

ah, forgot the other one

3:50 pm

moolingwa

r6 left

3:50 pm

hokie carla

have all those

3:50 pm

moolingwa

the one that rhymes with a certain president?

3:50 pm

moolingwa

for the c

3:50 pm

moolingwa

or the r for that matter

3:51 pm

hokie carla

just looked at the list for the R, it rhymes with a certain leader

3:51 pm

hokie carla

and so does the C. so it's possible that is the pair hurshy was talking about and I thought she meant the gerund pair of rhyming c/r

3:52 pm

moolingwa

yeah, no

3:53 pm

hokie carla

well, I gotta get busy sewing. see y'all tomorrow, god willing and the creek don't rise.

3:54 pm

moolingwa

we're getting a major snow storm starting tonight :)

3:54 pm

dcseain

enjoy that moo. where I am trees and bulbs are abloom, and looks like cherry blossoms next week.

3:54 pm

hokie carla

oh yeah, I have another internet friend in Arvada who said his boss said not to come in tomorrow.

3:55 pm

moolingwa

nice...there were blossoms in seattle when I was there last week

3:55 pm

hokie carla

seain, we have the horrible bradford pears and the lovely tulip trees right now. and the peach trees!

3:55 pm

moolingwa

yeah, somewhere between 6-18 inches

3:55 pm

hokie carla

hope the peach blooms don't get frozen like last year.

3:55 pm

moolingwa

oh, they're saying 10-20 now

3:56 pm

hokie carla

yikes

3:56 pm

moolingwa

yeah, it'll be something...not like Buffalo of course, but a lot for here

3:57 pm

hokie carla

charlotte hasn't seen any snow in over 700 some days

3:57 pm

hokie carla

like not even a flurry

3:57 pm

moolingwa

we don't have any on the ground right now

3:58 pm

moolingwa

the foothills do, but not us

3:58 pm

moolingwa

got about an inch last friday, but it's melted quickly

4:00 pm

moolingwa

still missing this r6

4:11 pm

hokie carla

both R6 are fairly regular words. one a redo, the other is not

4:13 pm

hokie carla

the other is an alt sp but not super unusual

4:16 pm

moolingwa

yeah I have the second one I guess

4:18 pm

moolingwa

oh duh

4:18 pm

moolingwa

fw

4:18 pm

moolingwa

I was ignoring that letter

4:18 pm

hokie carla

huzzah

10:05 pm

Soodle

Reknit

10:05 pm

Soodle

Oops. Sorry

11:54 pm

rbud

woot, last minute FW! Whee!

11:55 pm

rbud

well, last 6 minutes, heehee.

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