Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, April 12, 2024

12:03 am

dizgrannie

fa 7

12:03 am

TedinDurham

se 7

12:08 am

TedinDurham

fl 8

12:08 am

TedinDurham

in 8

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:21 am

jbp

ne 7

12:23 am

ursh

fl 8

12:48 am

lynxxx

ra8

1:22 am

funhs

hins

5:49 am

ChampFit

st8

5:51 am

ChampFit

in8x2, ra8

7:57 am

mkg

Any clues for A words for bottom corner A? Ty

8:02 am

mael

haven't gotten there yet, mkg :)

8:02 am

mael

good morning everyone

8:02 am

mkg

Hi mael

8:03 am

marksdolly

az 4/5 combo

8:03 am

mkg

Ty.

8:04 am

mkg

Not sure i know those words.

8:04 am

marksdolly

yw

8:04 am

mkg

Got them but dont know them. Ty for clue.

8:04 am

marksdolly

:)

8:07 am

mael

right column gray

8:13 am

mkg

Go mael!

8:13 am

mkg

I cant find the 9s on lickety…

8:15 am

mkg

Nm just saw them. Now to get the words.

8:18 am

mkg

If anyone has clues to the meanings i would love them. Ty.

8:19 am

mkg

For the 9s that is.

8:23 am

mkg

Does anyone have the 9s?

8:30 am

lynxxx

au9 almost a town in Texas and not day

8:33 am

Sunrise

9.60. word Begins with surname of a famous British female writer from the 1800's Many of her books have been made into films and tv series - and ends with a word not day.

8:36 am

MollyL

es9/60

8:37 am

MollyL

Lickety's List has a section called LONGEST TOP 3 WORDS. That tells you the three longest words with the most points.

8:39 am

lynxxx

es9.60 where a river meets an ocean/sea

8:41 am

Shirlockc

wow, i got the 9, thx

8:52 am

penquis

nice to have a big grid on a rainy day with no need to go out....hello all...

8:52 am

lynxxx

fl6.30 a fancy fa4.7

8:52 am

lynxxx

hi Pen

8:52 am

penquis

hi lyn...

8:55 am

Scrabbler

Big grid! I'm diving in.

8:55 am

lynxxx

quite friendly too

8:56 am

penquis

hi scrabs....

8:56 am

Scrabbler

Wheeeeeeee

9:01 am

ElTrev

testes testes 1 2 3 4....

9:02 am

ElTrev

fail

9:02 am

rururocks

wow.. you had us groin there ELtrev

9:02 am

mael

you definitely had the balls to make that joke

9:04 am

rururocks

it's kind of nuts to just put it out there though?

9:05 am

Scrabbler

That clue is hanging there.

9:06 am

rururocks

like a dangling participle?

9:06 am

Scrabbler

Exactly

9:06 am

rururocks

well... like I've always said .. it takes one to scrotum

9:07 am

Scrabbler

*groan*

9:07 am

BzznBea

and that makes no sense at all

9:07 am

Shirlockc

wow i look away for a minute and the pun run arises

9:07 am

saanichcat

double that scrabs

9:08 am

BzznBea

i'm sleep deprived though

9:08 am

Scrabbler

TY for the clue, ElTrev. I hadn't found the word yet.

9:10 am

rururocks

I was thinking he was just dicking around with typing?

9:11 am

BzznBea

now things come to a head.

9:12 am

rururocks

Penile isn't just a river in Egypt

9:12 am

mael

lol

9:18 am

rururocks

<--that was a pretty good one

9:20 am

dan2bit

i give vas deferens to people who can make genital puns

9:20 am

Shirlockc

it's always stiff competition when we do these esp when ruru spurts us on

9:21 am

rururocks

gonad or go home I always say

9:24 am

hokie carla

aw nuts, just came in this?

9:25 am

penquis

carla!

9:25 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:26 am

welki

vas deferens from the sedate chat room of late :)

9:26 am

Shirlockc

never too late to join the orgy, hokie (i was waiting to use that lol)

9:26 am

Scrabbler

Let's not ignore the epididymis.

9:27 am

Shirlockc

we can all prostate before the God of Puns

9:28 am

rururocks

wow.. the puns are coming in from all erections today

9:29 am

hokie carla

this punning is getting hard

9:30 am

rururocks

everyone seems to be taking a poke at it hokie

9:32 am

Scrabbler

I passed halfway and need a break. Enjoy the grid and the chat.

9:32 am

hokie carla

daria

9:32 am

rururocks

(nice try hokes)

9:32 am

rururocks

see you scrabs

9:33 am

penquis

bye scrabs...

9:34 am

hokie carla

adios scrabs

9:34 am

rururocks

sure are a lot of twisty words today

9:34 am

hokie carla

ooh, finished the D

9:35 am

hokie carla

ugh, 53 S from one tile

9:36 am

penquis

i just noticed that, too...

9:36 am

BzznBea

93 total

9:36 am

rururocks

just s's and t's to go here

9:37 am

BzznBea

there are 46 fs

9:37 am

jeepers

wow ru, you are really on the ball

9:37 am

hokie carla

oh, f that, bea

9:39 am

rururocks

just tooling around really jeepers

9:39 am

jeepers

😁

9:41 am

jeepers

guess the balls in my court now

9:42 am

rururocks

keep it up and we'll charge you for testicular manslaughter

9:42 am

hurshy

g'mornin

9:43 am

periwinkle

hi hursh, hello all

9:43 am

jeepers

or being a jewel thief

9:43 am

hurshy

Ds Demolished!

9:43 am

rururocks

wow I had to massage one of those S's

9:44 am

dan2bit

ruru is the seminal source of this ejacularity, I assume?

9:44 am

jeepers

yes dan

9:44 am

jeepers

he just keeps them coming

9:45 am

hurshy

found an 8!

9:45 am

rururocks

hope you're not hung up Dan :D

9:48 am

jeepers

haha ru you are nuts

9:49 am

rururocks

Dan's pun was a stroke of genius actually

9:52 am

Shirlockc

there's a rhythm to it for sure

9:52 am

rururocks

he's actually a master at baiting us to pun more

9:55 am

rururocks

I have all the s's now.. wow was that tough

9:55 am

hurshy

i need 10 more - mostly from the top

9:56 am

hurshy

how many SU are there?

9:56 am

rururocks

4

9:57 am

hurshy

ok then i need one o' them

9:57 am

Norma

can anyone clue the es9 please

9:57 am

hokie carla

was just about to call a phantom but it's actually there from another S

9:57 am

rururocks

water where a river meets a sea norma

9:58 am

Norma

thanks ruru my fingers have dropped off monkeying

9:58 am

hurshy

got the kama one and the widow throwing herself on a pyre pair... what am i missing?

9:59 am

rururocks

a roman hankerchief

9:59 am

hurshy

dang, ok, will google

10:00 am

hurshy

ty, got it

10:00 am

hokie carla

oh, just typed it in

10:00 am

hokie carla

thanks, norma

10:01 am

hurshy

Zs Zapped!

10:02 am

hurshy

phantom: tsetse

10:03 am

phaeton

hello...stats for the corner A pls

10:03 am

hurshy

az4 and 6

10:03 am

hurshy

i mean 4 and 5

10:03 am

hurshy

finger slipped

10:03 am

phaeton

ty

10:05 am

hokie carla

did someone say 4 su? I can't find any.

10:06 am

hurshy

well i clued 3 while asking for the fourth

10:06 am

hurshy

then googled the fourth based on ruru's clue... alt clue for that = french south + opera song

10:06 am

hokie carla

well, I've been back and forth, just saw a mention of 4

10:06 am

penquis

i have four SU words...

10:07 am

hokie carla

oh, I thought ruru was cluing es9

10:07 am

hokie carla

which didn't make sense to me

10:07 am

hurshy

he did that also

10:07 am

hurshy

then he clued mine

10:08 am

hokie carla

well, I got one of yours, thanks

10:09 am

penquis

just google Roman handkerchief....there is actually a long entry about the history of the handkerchief in Europe....

10:09 am

hokie carla

and with a bit of finoogling found the ruru one

10:11 am

hurshy

having more trouble with the left T at the mo

10:11 am

hokie carla

but still have 2 others. I assume the widow/fire thing is a set.

10:11 am

hurshy

yes. it's an old tradition in India.

10:12 am

hokie carla

well, I think I'm moving on. not like those are my last 2 S's.

10:14 am

hokie carla

up to 40, so moving on!

10:18 am

hurshy

Top Ts Tanked!

10:18 am

rururocks

finished.. what a whopper of a grid

10:18 am

penquis

congrats, ru....

10:18 am

hokie carla

well done, ruru

10:19 am

hurshy

well done sir

10:19 am

origami

WTG, ru

10:19 am

rururocks

the s's and t's were endless

10:19 am

hurshy

phantom: east

10:19 am

hokie carla

phantom tastiest

10:21 am

jeepers

gg ru

10:22 am

hurshy

who here watches "Beyond Paradise" with Humphrey from "Death in Paradise"

10:23 am

hokie carla

is that the bahamas or somewhere cop show? have just seen a couple of episodes

10:23 am

hokie carla

of the original

10:24 am

hurshy

"Death in Paradise" is in the caribbean, yeah, fictitious island named St. Marie

10:25 am

hurshy

i just wanted to mention how funny it was on the latest ep of Beyond Paradise when Humphrey's MIL was told by a young woman to ghost a guy that she wasn't interested in having a second date with, and she thought the girl meant to put the ghost emoji

10:25 am

rururocks

got to go enjoy my day.. have fun with this monster you guys

10:25 am

hurshy

we will!!!

10:25 am

origami

Happy Friday, ru

10:26 am

hurshy

Rs Routed!

10:29 am

hurshy

that's a lot of Fs, too

10:35 am

hurshy

Ns Nailed!

10:37 am

hurshy

i words inveigled!

10:38 am

hurshy

Hs Hacked!

10:40 am

hurshy

online friend of mine got an ad for "Old Navy Lenin Blend Shorts"

10:40 am

hokie carla

lol

10:41 am

hokie carla

I got a disney email about a new movie Young Woman and the Sea, and in the subj line it said Women

10:42 am

hurshy

is it like the same story as Old Man and the Sea and they just swapped out the main character, or is it a totally other story?

10:43 am

hokie carla

you know, I think it said based on a true story. It's got the girl from the newer star wars movie. I didn't actually watch the trailer.

10:43 am

hurshy

daisy ridley?

10:43 am

hokie carla

yep

10:44 am

hokie carla

true story of Trudy Ederle

10:44 am

hokie carla

and I meant sw movies

10:44 am

hurshy

oh the woman who swam the channel

10:44 am

hokie carla

yep

10:46 am

hurshy

nice

10:49 am

hurshy

dang it, of course the 8 i'm missing is whatever one wasn't called

10:50 am

BzznBea

i don't have any 8s

10:50 am

hurshy

did you just start? :)

10:51 am

hokie carla

I don't have any 8s either, but haven't looked for any. none have jumped out.

10:51 am

hokie carla

ooh, one just jumped out

10:52 am

BzznBea

i did not just start. got the 9's though from clues

10:52 am

hurshy

well some of them are quite normal

10:52 am

hokie carla

found in8 looking for f's

10:52 am

hokie carla

I mean I was looking, not the IN8

10:53 am

BzznBea

thanks carla

10:53 am

penquis

i have FL, IN x 2, and ST....

10:54 am

hurshy

there's also ra, which is a plural, babblet

10:54 am

hokie carla

oh, and there's fl8

10:55 am

penquis

a TITT word....ty, hursh....i think i tried it with one less middle letter...

10:55 am

hurshy

yeah i did too at first

10:55 am

hurshy

cause the la6 only has the single

10:57 am

hurshy

6-7-4-1-1

10:57 am

hokie carla

still 130 left here

10:58 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! horrid Soviet dictator

10:58 am

hurshy

but at least he helped defeat Hitler

10:58 am

penquis

stalin

10:58 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

11:01 am

penquis

lunch time...bbl for last 62...bye all...

11:01 am

hokie carla

phantom infatuate

11:03 am

hurshy

right col grey!

11:03 am

hurshy

As Axed!

11:06 am

hurshy

Es Exterminated!

11:08 am

hurshy

Fs Fl7ed!

11:09 am

hokie carla

first pass finished - 77 left but got HOET, so moving on with my day. may be back tonight, may not.

11:09 am

hurshy

Ls Lambasted!

11:09 am

hurshy

down to 12 now, all S and T

11:10 am

hurshy

so that last 8 has to be S or T

11:12 am

wvteach

got more than half way - may have to be my goal for today

11:13 am

BzznBea

there is an st8

11:16 am

hurshy

yes, but there could be another S8

11:20 am

MollyL

sh8

11:20 am

BzznBea

ans so there is

11:20 am

hurshy

weird or normal?

11:20 am

BzznBea

compound

11:21 am

MollyL

Weird

11:21 am

BzznBea

its a plant

11:21 am

hurshy

hmmm

11:23 am

hurshy

thanks, was able to MW it from that!

11:23 am

mkg

Did anyone get any 9s?

11:23 am

MollyL

2 of them

11:24 am

BzznBea

good time for me to tend to laundry...

11:24 am

hurshy

indeed it is

11:25 am

mkg

An 8 clue: ra starts with rodent who carried black plague + from 13 to 19 years old one is a **** plus plural. Singular is a 7

11:28 am

mkg

Molly any clues welcome. Are the 9s two words together?

11:28 am

moolingwa

morning all

11:29 am

mkg

Hi moo.

11:30 am

moolingwa

hey mkg, happy friday

11:31 am

mkg

Happy weekend to you and all.

11:31 am

mkg

Waiting for molly to clue a 9 for me………holding my breathe

11:31 am

moolingwa

tx, looks like it's going to be a nice one here

11:32 am

mkg

It is nice here too.

11:33 am

mkg

Spring is so nice.

11:34 am

moolingwa

yeah, I do like the seasons

11:44 am

phaeton

one of the 9's is es9/60... has to do with water

11:44 am

phaeton

or rivers

11:44 am

Deeha

the 9 is an au that I had to look up as I'd never heard of it!

11:44 am

phaeton

clue for that au9?

11:46 am

Deeha

thanks for es9, had to look that uo too!!

11:46 am

BzznBea

author jane + not day

11:47 am

mkg

Got the es. Ty for the clue

11:47 am

moolingwa

yeah, wouldn't have stumbled on that

11:47 am

Deeha

au sounds like some one that lives in Texas!!

11:47 am

moolingwa

and thx on the other...may have stumbled on that eventually

11:47 am

phaeton

yw

11:47 am

mkg

Got the au. Ty

11:47 am

mkg

Super clues today! Ty so much.

11:48 am

phaeton

ty Bea

11:48 am

mkg

Never would have found them myself. Ty

11:50 am

moolingwa

well, first pass done...61 to go

11:51 am

moolingwa

did grey the right column

12:27 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone - got a third of the way through before crashig last night

1:13 pm

penquis

back to work again....hello all...

1:21 pm

BzznBea

i'm down to 32 words...keep putting in ones i've already found. may go to list when i get back...

1:24 pm

penquis

see you later then, Bea....

1:24 pm

penquis

53 left here...

1:54 pm

penquis

stalled at 35....bye all....

2:12 pm

jesdraggon

howdy folks

2:30 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with an8 or st8 please

2:31 pm

jesdraggon

sorry peri, i have no 8s yet

2:31 pm

periwinkle

ok

2:34 pm

Q

big grid on a work day, so i aim for nbt with exactly one of each tile, and nbs. so i'm finished for the day with 24 words, 10 4letter, 6 5letter, 5 6letter, and one each of 7, 8, and 9 letters.

3:08 pm

MollyL

There is no an8. st8 is a sea creature

3:23 pm

BzznBea

15 left...going to the list.

3:32 pm

BzznBea

namaste

4:22 pm

moolingwa

rehi

4:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

moo.

4:28 pm

moolingwa

hey TO...we made it to another Friday

4:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

yep

4:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

crazy spring weather

4:29 pm

moolingwa

I have nice spring weather, currently 80...first 80 of the year

4:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

the weather has been changing every hour here. now sunny but windy and chilly. but thankfully rain has ended.

4:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

leaving now. happy babbling moo

5:54 pm

Trifioso

hello friends

6:32 pm

wingding

evening .... been something like 15 yrs since i've been here ... used to take breaks while i was job hunting '08/9, took awhile to find a job, but, working steady since then

6:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

hellp

6:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello

6:43 pm

wingding

hello owl, i recall you and periwinkle

6:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh my. well welcome baxk

6:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

have fun. happy babbling

6:57 pm

wingding

two more words and i'm done ... getting dark here ...

7:21 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, wrestling giant grid to the ground, or maybe the settee

7:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nearly NBT and HOET but stuck, argh

8:24 pm

pam

welcome back, wingding! I usually lurk these days.

9:09 pm

Nef

Good evening everyone. Could I have a hint for that bottom right A please?

9:11 pm

RoundBarn

hi, Nef! jj

9:12 pm

RoundBarn

seas

9:12 pm

Nef

Hi, RB! How are you doing these days?

9:13 pm

Nef

NM on my request for that bottm A, I just found it

9:20 pm

origami

Hi nef. Nice to see you!

9:20 pm

origami

Well, she's gone.

9:21 pm

Nef

Hi ori. How are you doing these days?

9:30 pm

Nef

I haven’t been in chat latly, if I get to Babble these days, I usually just try to do NBS or NBT & usually fall asleep at that point. My dear hubby has dementia now & I don’t normally get to Babble until he’s in bed, but tonight I have a stomach ache & am just taking it easy.

9:58 pm

RoundBarn

round barn--nef i wilcall sometime when we can talk. jj

10:01 pm

RoundBarn

trifle

10:02 pm

RoundBarn

trifles

10:11 pm

hurshy

i'm so sorry to hear about your husband, Nef. *hugs*

10:28 pm

suefrad625

Nef: {{hugs}}

10:29 pm

suefrad625

rafal

11:06 pm

Nef

Thank you. It’s strange how fast that things have changed; but now looking back, I should have recognized some of his mental changes earlier. But my friends say I see the world with rose- colored glasses, so I guess I didn’t want to see the changes before.

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