Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, March 18, 2024

12:02 am

Gillie

li7

12:06 am

Kateq

li 10

12:08 am

Kateq

li 1o x 2

12:08 am

cybernan

hello everyoe :)

12:11 am

hokie carla

Ro7

12:12 am

Gillie

li7 x 2

12:12 am

Kateq

be 8

12:13 am

cybernan

ma 8

12:15 am

Gillie

st7

12:16 am

Gillie

st7 x 2

12:25 am

broll

li 10 x 3

12:26 am

broll

li 9

12:27 am

Gillie

li11

12:29 am

broll

I too often miss the plurals! ty gillie

12:30 am

Gillie

yw :)

12:31 am

broll

li 11 x 2

12:32 am

jbp

na 7 20 if not called

12:34 am

broll

li 8

12:35 am

broll

it 9 x 2, it 10

12:37 am

Gillie

en7 & 8

12:41 am

jeanne314

sm8

1:01 am

broll

ig 7

1:08 am

Aloyisius

t

1:10 am

Gillie

li11 x 4

1:13 am

NANCY

WHERE is lickity

1:15 am

NANCY

LICKETY

1:37 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

1:37 am

Lizlin

Thanks, Lickety

1:37 am

licketySplitAUS

thanks Liz for letting me know. Windows uodates rebboted my PC

1:38 am

Lizlin

yw

4:12 am

mattygroves

Phantom: enamel

4:29 am

MollyL

Wow, big words today

4:45 am

mkg

wow. a 12!

4:48 am

worzel

an12 !!

5:07 am

mattygroves

Does anyone know if the AN12 is a common (or reasonably common) word?

5:10 am

MollyL

Not common at all

5:13 am

saanichcat

something that prevents blood clots

5:14 am

MollyL

And very twisty

5:15 am

MollyL

It actually prevents a substance that helps promote blood clots (as opposed to an anticoagulant)

5:17 am

saanichcat

much better definition Molly!

5:23 am

MollyL

Thanks to some research

5:51 am

mattygroves

Thanks guys

6:22 am

Bremen

I'm not getting the an12. Is :anti" the correct beginning? Just not seeing it... Your help is greatly appreciated!

6:32 am

mattygroves

It does - try googling this (with quotes around it) " a substance in the blood that limits the blood's ability to clot (coagulation)"

6:34 am

Bremen

WHOA! What a word! Thank you very much! I just wasn't seeing the "TH".

6:34 am

MollyL

I don't think you have to us quotation marks in the US version of Babble

6:34 am

MollyL

*use

6:42 am

hokie carla

well, I did not notice all the big words when I played last night. I appreciate the 12 clue as I do not know that word.

6:42 am

hokie carla

and all I kept seeing last night and this morning is enamel - ruru be damned!

6:46 am

mattygroves

I only meant to use quotes when plugging it into Google :)

6:46 am

MollyL

I meant the US version of Google

6:46 am

hokie carla

oh, I misread Molly's post and thought she meant you don't need quotes in US google

6:47 am

MollyL

You read it the way it was NOT written

6:47 am

hokie carla

looks like I misread it correctlyl 🤣

6:47 am

mattygroves

Using quotes can just ensure you get right to the word, rather than other words that may have similar meanings (I've just found it a useful trick sometimes)

6:47 am

hokie carla

no idea where that l came from

6:48 am

mattygroves

It's not required, but can be helpful

6:49 am

MollyL

The other day we had a Brit player saying that doing the Google search for a definition wasn't working. I was pretty sure it works in all forms of Google.

6:49 am

hokie carla

I'm finding the early stages of this grid to be very difficult for one this size.

6:50 am

hokie carla

well, I forgot what that word was, ependyma or something, but I had trouble that day too with google giving me all sorts of things but that

6:52 am

MollyL

Sometimes the word is within a paragraph under what you enter in Google. It was with ependema.

6:54 am

mattygroves

Thing with Google is, assuming you're logged it, it will sort results for where you are (i.e. health queries made in the UK will often bring up the NHS site first) and what you've done before - it tries to figure out what YOU want, rather than necessarily serving the same results to everyone

7:30 am

MollyL

*Imagines Google processing "she's dumb. Give her the rube results" for me.

8:32 am

hurshy

i hate when computers think they can figure out what i want. they're usually wrong.

8:33 am

hurshy

wow we even have a 12 today! so rare!

8:34 am

MollyL

quattrocentos/13 is the longest I've ever seen

8:34 am

hurshy

well it doesn't seem to allow for anything longer than 13

8:36 am

MollyL

That has been debated before

8:37 am

hurshy

why debate, we could just email doc and ask what would happen

8:38 am

hurshy

gtg, ttfn!

8:42 am

MollyL

Depending on the way the word lays out, I think a 15 letter word is possible

8:50 am

mattygroves

Lickety has stats on his page about the biggest grids, the smallest grids, the biggest words and the smallest (I'm sure most of you guys know that though!)

8:59 am

aebmusica

Molly …..I really loved your shamrock icon for Saint Patrick’s Day. Was it part of a stained glass window?

9:00 am

MollyL

No clue. Just an image I found while searching the web.

9:17 am

rururocks

if hokie was here I'd tell her ointment was a phantom :D

9:18 am

MollyL

She's off taking her crazy pills

9:18 am

rururocks

??

9:20 am

MollyL

She mentioned feeling like she was taking crazy pills in yesterday's discussion

9:20 am

rururocks

oh

9:21 am

rururocks

i missed that

9:21 am

rururocks

with all the shouting :D

9:21 am

MollyL

THERE WAS SOME YELLING

9:22 am

rururocks

I think she thinks I'm hard of hearing

9:24 am

BzznBea

hello friends

9:24 am

rururocks

hi bea

9:29 am

saanichcat

good morning to everyone!

9:30 am

rururocks

hi saan

9:32 am

rururocks

thanks for the 12 saan

9:33 am

rururocks

new word to me

9:33 am

rururocks

I was looking for it in vein ...

9:35 am

rururocks

I'd also tell Hokie tiara is a phantom today too

9:42 am

MollyL

Sorry Ru, no one is here who is going to throw a hissy fit over phantoms

9:42 am

rururocks

apparently I did yesterday

9:54 am

MollyL

Pot stirrer 😋

10:21 am

rururocks

where is hokie today?

10:25 am

BzznBea

she was here earlier

10:25 am

rururocks

must be playing tennis or something

10:25 am

rururocks

ains

10:25 am

rururocks

aits

10:26 am

rururocks

damn it

10:26 am

rururocks

sorry

10:26 am

rururocks

working on the a's now

10:26 am

BzznBea

i'd probably have more words if i could keep my eyes open.

10:26 am

rururocks

no sleep bea?

10:27 am

BzznBea

yes, i slept but not well, i guess

10:41 am

periwinkle

hello all. 150 left and slowing down but will persevere

10:47 am

periwinkle

I have an li/11 that is a plural. help with other li/11 please

10:48 am

periwinkle

nm

10:49 am

periwinkle

it was a plural of another li10

10:50 am

rururocks

i gotta get to work.. have fun.. 37 to go here.

11:16 am

BzznBea

finally found that 12

11:26 am

cybernan

good morning all -- what are the stats for the 12, please?

11:27 am

MollyL

an12/144

11:28 am

cybernan

ty molly - looking

11:35 am

bichon

It does - try googling this (with quotes around it) " a substance in the blood that limits the blood's ability to clot (coagulation)"

11:39 am

MollyL

You don't need the quotation marks

11:40 am

BzznBea

most of us probably take blood thinners

11:41 am

bichon

really? I hope I don't have to.

11:41 am

BzznBea

do you take 81 aspirin?

11:42 am

bichon

no, please tell me why I would.

11:42 am

MollyL

I only took a blood thinner (aspirin) after hip surgery to reduce the risk of blood clots in my surgical leg

11:43 am

MollyL

Many doctors recommend one aspirin a day for heart issues

11:44 am

BzznBea

that is why i take it to prevent heart lung and stroke issues

11:44 am

bichon

don't have a heart issue, fortunately. I take enough meds, don't want any more

11:44 am

MollyL

And it's 81 mg, not 81 aspirin tablets (way too much obviously)

11:45 am

cybernan

got the first 10 letters, but not the last two

11:45 am

BzznBea

its 81 mg

11:45 am

bichon

not out

11:45 am

MollyL

Not out

11:45 am

MollyL

Anyone else?

11:45 am

cybernan

ty bichon

11:46 am

BzznBea

i just came off a hefty dose of blood thinners because i got a clot in my leg over thanksgiving

11:46 am

bichon

yvw nan

11:46 am

MollyL

Actually, if it's not indicated, you don't want to be taking anything to thin your blood

11:48 am

MollyL

Exercise is your best bet to prevent blood clots

11:53 am

hurshy

mmmmm, ma5/16

11:53 am

MollyL

Ole! ta5/14

11:54 am

MollyL

(It's blurting time)

11:54 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:54 am

hurshy

hi mool

11:55 am

moolingwa

hey hursh, happy Monday to you

11:55 am

hurshy

likewise

11:56 am

hurshy

why do they have to put SO MUCH water in the baby carrot bags

11:56 am

moolingwa

thanks

11:56 am

moolingwa

so they don't look like old man fingers ;)

11:57 am

hurshy

putting a little does that. if they put too much it just makes the carrots get slimy.

11:57 am

moolingwa

I suspect some of it comes from the sprinkler systems in the produce section too

11:57 am

hurshy

no, cause this is INSIDE a sealed plastic bag

11:58 am

moolingwa

don't mind having a bigger board to come to on Monday morning

11:58 am

hurshy

that bit doesn't get sprinkled and even if it did it wouldn't be able to get in the bag

11:58 am

moolingwa

then the only reason left is to specifically annoy you

11:58 am

hurshy

i don't mind a bigger board... pretty much ever! only exceptions have been days when i was driving alllll day

11:58 am

moolingwa

there's a dark room somewhere in the fresh produce world, with people scheming

11:59 am

hurshy

it's just the "more is better" assumption i think. people who aren't that bright figure if they're supposed to put a little water, better to err on the side of more

12:00 pm

moolingwa

well yes, that would make sense...I mean it's not going to hurt to have a little more

12:00 pm

hurshy

except it DOES, it makes the carrots SLIMY

12:00 pm

bichon

same with packaged celery

12:00 pm

hurshy

there was a House episode where this kid was sick because his older brother was giving him huge doses of kids vitamins, thinking more was always better

12:01 pm

MollyL

I've never gotten a bag of carrots or celery with water in it. If I did, I would return it. They are not supposed to have water in them.

12:01 pm

hurshy

the regular full size carrots do not have water, it's only the baby cut ones that have this problem

12:02 pm

dcseain

oh, yeah, the baby ones will dry out without some water.

12:02 pm

hurshy

i should probably just go back to buying full size, really

12:02 pm

MollyL

Pre-cut vegetables?

12:03 pm

hurshy

are you really unaware of the whole baby carrot phenomenon?

12:03 pm

hurshy

they are hugely popular

12:03 pm

MollyL

Nope, I have seen bags of baby carrots, but they are not cut and they don't have water in them

12:04 pm

hurshy

they are cut, that is the way baby carrots are made. they take ugly misshapen regular carrots and cut em up and smooth em down and make even more of a profit

12:04 pm

hurshy

it was a brilliant business move for ugly carrots that previously people were not buying

12:05 pm

MollyL

Oh, I buy regular carrots

12:07 pm

hurshy

if you don't buy the baby carrots you probably would not notice the water, it's not noticeable in the store. but when you buy them and open them you would notice.

12:07 pm

hurshy

sometimes it is a fine amount and sometimes it is TOO MUCH

12:08 pm

hurshy

i found a 9!

12:08 pm

moolingwa

found a 10 myself just now

12:08 pm

moolingwa

so many big words...exciting

12:09 pm

hurshy

hokie's right though, it's a hard grid

12:09 pm

moolingwa

I'm only on the third row

12:10 pm

hurshy

i'm only on the second!

12:12 pm

hurshy

mmmmm, mi4 kitkats are so good

12:12 pm

hurshy

(i was just eating them)

12:13 pm

hurshy

phantom: instant

12:58 pm

mkg

hi all. any clues for the o words? ty

1:01 pm

mkg

nmfound two of them. ty

1:06 pm

moolingwa

cool, found all the 10s and 11s

1:09 pm

mkg

well does anyone have any clues for the 12 or 11 or 10 or 9? dont have any of those yet.

1:09 pm

NANCY

can anyone clue the an 12 please

1:09 pm

moolingwa

have not found the 12 tho ;)

1:09 pm

phaeton

against blood clots

1:10 pm

mkg

just found a 9 and 20/ wow. it words

1:11 pm

NANCY

guess I dont know the word for blot clots, got the first 4 letters but not the rest

1:11 pm

NANCY

blood

1:12 pm

BzznBea

the second part is th7.44

1:13 pm

moolingwa

tx, that did it for me

1:13 pm

moolingwa

actually th8/60

1:14 pm

moolingwa

but thanks for the other word too :)

1:15 pm

mkg

i just keep thiinking anemia.

1:15 pm

mkg

anemia i mean

1:15 pm

NANCY

tyvm bee got it

1:16 pm

moolingwa

yeah, not that, but there's another medical term you may have heard of that ends is -sis that is related to the second part of the word

1:17 pm

mkg

well i didnt get the blood word nor the others either. darn.

1:18 pm

BzznBea

google dvt that will give you astarting place

1:28 pm

cybernan

got to half way point -- hate these huge grids!

1:31 pm

mkg

looks for syn for bllod clots and no an words

1:34 pm

mkg

any cluesa for the 11 please? ty

1:34 pm

MollyL

I don't think you are paying attention to the clues mkg

1:36 pm

mkg

the 11s and 12 are stumpingme. darn

1:42 pm

BzznBea

the 12 isn't attached to an 11

1:45 pm

mkg

ok. still need one of the 11s and one 12 to be done for the day. ty.

1:50 pm

BzznBea

the an12 has been clued ad nauseum

1:51 pm

BzznBea

the only 11 i have it the plural of li10 to set free

1:51 pm

mkg

ty will try ti find it.

1:52 pm

BzznBea

this grid is too big and too difficult to worry about cluing for others

1:52 pm

mkg

li is to set free right?

1:52 pm

BzznBea

li10 yes

1:53 pm

mkg

i got the li 10 but it is a plural. so there must be another one.

1:54 pm

mkg

got the li words. ty ty ty there are two li 10s.

2:04 pm

dizgrannie

FWs

2:46 pm

player girl

I thought I was doing pretty well but I see that although I have the 12, and one 10 & 11, I have no 9!! Any help for a 9?

2:46 pm

player girl

The 9 will get me to NBT NBS

2:49 pm

player girl

I never had a phantom haunt me the way enamel has been today!

2:49 pm

BzznBea

am8.55 and 9.72 goal/s

2:51 pm

player girl

Thank you Bea

2:52 pm

player girl

Mwah!

2:52 pm

BzznBea

yw

3:02 pm

moolingwa

rehi

3:10 pm

mkg

any clues for the famous 12? ty. trying to get half way in the meantime. i gave up before.

3:11 pm

moolingwa

second part of the word is vaguely like (first part, plus a letter) the brass instrument with the slider

3:12 pm

mkg

moo the 12 is a th word? i thought it was an.......confused.

3:12 pm

moolingwa

no, it has the "against" prefix in front of that

3:12 pm

moolingwa

there's an 8 letter word that is the second part of the word

3:13 pm

moolingwa

the 8 letter is th

3:13 pm

mkg

sothe against prefix, plus an 8 letter word. hmmm. and does the 8 letter word repeat itself?

3:14 pm

moolingwa

no, 8 unique letters in the 8

3:14 pm

mkg

i got it. whew. now that was painful. ty for clues.

3:15 pm

moolingwa

no problem...difficult word

3:15 pm

mkg

so it does not repeat. first and second parts are not similar. ty.

3:15 pm

moolingwa

and there's a 7 that is almost the same as the 8, just remove a letter

3:16 pm

mkg

about 20 words to go to half way and no blanks. whew.

3:30 pm

mkg

half done and good night

3:31 pm

moolingwa

76 left here

3:47 pm

BzznBea

that was a butt load of Ms

3:49 pm

moolingwa

I still have 8 Ms to go

3:50 pm

moolingwa

sorry 9...4 on the second row, 5 on the 4th row

3:50 pm

hurshy

5 and 5 for me

3:51 pm

hurshy

oh there's one

3:51 pm

moolingwa

4 and 4 for me now :)

3:51 pm

BzznBea

there is a big fish in the ma's and then a couple of variations

3:52 pm

moolingwa

yep, have those

3:52 pm

hurshy

oh thanks, got fish and one variation anyway

3:53 pm

moolingwa

ones I'm finding are 4's :)

3:55 pm

moolingwa

have greyed only 3 tiles apart from the easy one

3:55 pm

moolingwa

sorry the freebie ones

3:55 pm

hurshy

only one for me

3:55 pm

BzznBea

all grey except six tiles

3:55 pm

moolingwa

have the O, left E and 4th row A greyed

3:55 pm

BzznBea

56 to go

3:56 pm

hurshy

i need the third O word

3:56 pm

moolingwa

yeah, it was my last tile I greyed...odd word

3:57 pm

BzznBea

kind of like the yellow stuff form prehistoric days

3:57 pm

BzznBea

from

3:58 pm

rururocks

anyone have the ab9?

3:58 pm

hurshy

ah thanks

3:58 pm

hurshy

the A isn't next to the B

3:58 pm

moolingwa

ah, there is no ab9 :)

3:58 pm

hurshy

i have am9, things you want to achieve

3:58 pm

rururocks

am9

3:59 pm

rururocks

the am9 before that one hursh

3:59 pm

moolingwa

I don't want to achieve anything, is that an am9?

3:59 pm

BzznBea

ends with a thin metal, ru

3:59 pm

hurshy

then i don't have that, i didn't know there was another one

4:00 pm

moolingwa

oh, odd word...haven't seen that before

4:01 pm

moolingwa

tx BB

4:01 pm

BzznBea

am + male + thin metal

4:01 pm

BzznBea

plural

4:01 pm

rururocks

i can't find it

4:01 pm

moolingwa

just drop that m ;)

4:01 pm

hurshy

and put in another vowel

4:01 pm

hurshy

and then plural it

4:02 pm

moolingwa

am + bird + element :)

4:02 pm

moolingwa

although unless you travel in the carribbean/central-south america, you might not know the bird

4:02 pm

BzznBea

sorry. trying to listen to a convo of one of my children...yawn...

4:03 pm

moolingwa

I did try and find one in Fort Lauderdale once, near the airport...but didn't

4:03 pm

rururocks

thanks I see I was on the wrong track.. thanks you guys

4:04 pm

BzznBea

i messed that up to begin with.

4:04 pm

moolingwa

5OFOET

4:05 pm

moolingwa

still need 5 Ts and 5 Rs

4:06 pm

hurshy

well that's better than me, anyway

4:06 pm

hurshy

:)

4:06 pm

moolingwa

4OFOET...and 49 left

4:07 pm

moolingwa

4 M, B, T, L and R...so work to do there

4:08 pm

hurshy

80% done after initial run through the grid

4:11 pm

hurshy

gotta cook dinner now

4:15 pm

BzznBea

NTPN = Cruise movie character

4:18 pm

BzznBea

forget the character just the ovie title

4:19 pm

BzznBea

taking a much needed break...may be back for the last 50.

4:44 pm

rururocks

wow.. done.. nearly 6,000 pts.. whew

4:51 pm

hurshy

are all the li10s related or is one unrelated

4:52 pm

hurshy

oHO one is unrelated

4:54 pm

hurshy

oh maybe there is another one still, it says li11 x 4 but that is obviously not possible, maybe meant li10 x 4

4:56 pm

hurshy

aha, yes, ok, li10 x 4, li11 x 2.

4:58 pm

hurshy

ok so i have those and it10, anyone want to tell me what my last 10 letter word is? :)

5:10 pm

jesdraggon

hi all

5:10 pm

Dippnall

ti 10/91?

5:11 pm

moolingwa

where trees stop growing on mountains?

5:21 pm

NANCY

go 5 clue please

5:21 pm

hurshy

ahhh

5:22 pm

hurshy

the real dread pirate roberts has been retired for 15 years and living like a king in patago5!

5:22 pm

NANCY

also not getting the trees clue from mool

5:22 pm

jesdraggon

beautiful clue, hursh

5:23 pm

hurshy

direct PB quotes are always the most beautiful :D

5:24 pm

NANCY

ty hursh, great clue

5:27 pm

moolingwa

Rodents of unusual size

5:30 pm

NANCY

MOOL, gpty

5:30 pm

NANCY

mool, got the tree 10 finally thanks

6:38 pm

hurshy

phantom: stamina

6:45 pm

BzznBea

hursh, did you get my NTPN? a tom cruise movie.

6:45 pm

hurshy

erm, no, i thought of risky business and then ceased to think

6:47 pm

hokie carla

hmm

6:48 pm

BzznBea

how about dustin hoffman

6:49 pm

hurshy

oh i see, two words

6:49 pm

hurshy

Ra4 Man

6:49 pm

BzznBea

that the one

6:50 pm

hurshy

300 words!

6:50 pm

BzznBea

and there is batman's evil rodent cousin

6:50 pm

BzznBea

ratman

8:12 pm

Aloyisius

I think this grid may win the prize for being one of the tuffest we've had in a long time. Whew! Finally finished!

8:55 pm

shorty

may i get a hint for the 12 i believe its anti ?

9:01 pm

Gillie

Yes, followed by an enzyme involved in blood clotting, which is also in the grid by itself.

9:02 pm

Gillie

Starts much like a word for the feeling if you hit your thumb with a hammer (a pulsing pain), but with an extra consonant

9:03 pm

Gillie

Ends like a disposal container

9:03 pm

Gillie

Ends *with* a disposal container

9:05 pm

Shephard

I need a clue for the 12 please

9:13 pm

lynxxx

look immediately below

9:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

an 12 clue pls? what are we against today???

9:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

oops sorry need to read when i arrive

9:50 pm

Gillie

Having the ta8/40 in two grids so close together seems like quite a coincidence, even if it's been a few days

10:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

i think it's just the way the program works- around some logic, like a wheel

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