Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, April 20, 2024

12:07 am

jeanne314

de7

12:07 am

rururocks

Re7

12:11 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:12 am

saanichcat

hii nan! did you get a cat yet?

12:14 am

cybernan

yes - a little over a week ago

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:21 am

jeanne314

Congratulations on the cat! Pretty soon you'll have cat hair all over your keyboard...and loving it!

12:21 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, di 8

12:24 am

jeanne314

well, it's NOT "dirtmote" .. I mean dust can be a mote, why not dirt?

12:26 am

saanichcat

nan that's great!

12:28 am

cybernan

she doesn't try to sit on the keyboard -- just sits and meows at me until i put the laptop aside and pay attention to her.

12:29 am

saanichcat

how old is she?

12:30 am

cybernan

nine

12:30 am

cybernan

she's a rescue - had been abandoned by her family

12:31 am

Gillie

I think dirt is too heavy to be a mote

12:31 am

jeanne314

I had a dog that hated my keyboard. I used to have a larger dog that used to knock my hand off my stenograph machine. I had to close the door to practice or to work. Then came the whining. So work had to go, LOL!

12:31 am

saanichcat

she was teaching you who the boss is. Nine! how lovely, and how kind of you.

12:31 am

jeanne314

anyways, lucky kitty!

12:34 am

Gillie

re7 x 2

12:35 am

Gillie

barrette is almost there

12:37 am

cybernan

crashsing - good night :)

12:38 am

saanichcat

night nan and cat

12:40 am

Gillie

diatribe isn't quite a phantom, but I still want to try it

12:43 am

Gillie

No 8, and I can't quite get to half way on the O, but I think I'll pack it in for tonight

1:46 am

GroovyKiwi

Airbed is so a word lol

7:41 am

MollyL

Monday is Earth Day. Do something to improve Ma Earth.

7:52 am

MollyL

Amazing. No one called the 8. I got to find it with no clue.

7:53 am

MollyL

Well someone did call an 8, but that call is incorrect

7:54 am

MollyL

Oops, no it's not, there are 2

8:22 am

pinkhatlil

di 8 i have, de 8 still hunting for

8:29 am

MollyL

de8 is a weird word

8:45 am

rururocks

i don't see either 8

8:47 am

phaeton

they both start with D

8:47 am

rururocks

yeah.. got that.. but not seeing them yet

8:49 am

phaeton

one is medical...one is like the union person

8:51 am

MollyL

You are one sharp tack Ru. de and di were both mentioned in chat and you actually saw that. 😋

8:52 am

rururocks

got the de 8 now

8:52 am

rururocks

i'm not so sharp early in the morning though

8:53 am

phaeton

di8 is a common medical condition having to do with sugar

8:53 am

MollyL

There are little blue pills for that, Ru

8:54 am

rururocks

that's never a problem for me molly :d smartass

8:55 am

rururocks

thanks phaeton.. have the di now too

9:09 am

rururocks

the grid just got tougher for me

9:13 am

welki

'morning, folks

9:13 am

rururocks

good morning welks

9:14 am

welki

*saunters up to the rail and says, 'i'll have a retina on the rocks'*

9:15 am

rururocks

you want to get dialated

9:15 am

welki

forty lashes for the punster

9:16 am

72 Temple Owl

hello welk

9:17 am

rururocks

you have to admit that was pretty quick this early in the morning

9:17 am

welki

hi owl!

9:18 am

welki

too early for optical performance

9:19 am

rururocks

just trying to be a good pupil

9:20 am

rururocks

most eye jokes are just too cornea

9:20 am

welki

iris everyone was as quick a study as you

9:22 am

welki

and on that note, i'm going to get this ol' body moving - later all. i'll leave, singing, 'i'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places...'

9:23 am

rururocks

see ya

9:27 am

hokie carla

I always forget about radii, but today I saw it

9:27 am

rururocks

there's our phantom for the day then

9:28 am

hokie carla

wasn't sure if you'd accept it as one

9:29 am

rururocks

no.. all the letters are there.. and pretty close to each other.. it's a pass

9:29 am

hokie carla

thank you for being so gracious 🤣

9:29 am

ChampFit

Mine is debride.

9:29 am

hokie carla

yeah, I saw that too

9:29 am

hokie carla

and decay

9:30 am

rururocks

debride?

9:30 am

ChampFit

yes!

9:30 am

rururocks

is that a word?

9:30 am

hokie carla

yes, debride is when you scrape out cuts to get infection out

9:30 am

ChampFit

Yes. When someone is burned the debride the skin. Not a good thing!

9:30 am

hokie carla

I think

9:30 am

rururocks

what's debriding.. leaving a wedding?

9:30 am

hokie carla

pronounced debreed

9:31 am

hokie carla

I think ruru was just grooming himself for a new pun thread

9:31 am

ChampFit

Oooh, alt def for the word!

9:33 am

rururocks

never heard that word debride before interesting

9:33 am

ChampFit

20 years of Grey's Anatomy

9:33 am

hokie carla

I think if you have a bottle of hydrogen peroxide you can find it on the label.

9:34 am

hokie carla

phantom barrettes

9:35 am

ChampFit

Tried it!

9:36 am

hokie carla

yeah, I wouldn't put it past enable to have barette

9:39 am

hokie carla

wow, struggling with the lower R

9:39 am

rururocks

all done here.. have fun with the grid.. got to go do house stuff

9:39 am

hokie carla

just had to type that and found enough for half

9:40 am

hokie carla

bye ruru

9:41 am

ChampFit

I was blind to the A's earlier, but finally woke up.

9:41 am

hokie carla

same

9:41 am

hokie carla

still need one lower though

9:41 am

hokie carla

and now the bottom D is a pain

9:42 am

ChampFit

O's aren't easy for me either. I have a whopping 3

9:42 am

hokie carla

oh, typed one I thought was a phantom but it's there

9:42 am

hokie carla

haven't gotten to that col

9:42 am

ChampFit

Ha! Love when that happens.

9:43 am

ChampFit

Oh for goodness sake! Just saw some that I def should've seen this morning...

9:44 am

hurshy

g'morning :)

9:44 am

hokie carla

it's like every tile is testing me. now stuck on the Y.

9:44 am

ChampFit

GM!

9:44 am

penquis

hello all...

9:44 am

hokie carla

found the y's!

9:44 am

hokie carla

hey hurshy

9:44 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:44 am

ChampFit

woohoo!

9:45 am

penquis

carla!

9:45 am

hokie carla

now I'm on the O and see what you mean

9:45 am

ChampFit

I need the last 2.

9:45 am

hokie carla

only found 2

9:47 am

ChampFit

Found them but have no clue what they mean. The 2nd is plural.

9:53 am

hurshy

what's the second letter of them champ?

9:53 am

hokie carla

any TM or TS?

9:53 am

ChampFit

No.

9:53 am

hokie carla

typed tsetse just in case since all the letters are there

9:54 am

hokie carla

yeah, champ...still only have 2 o's

9:54 am

ChampFit

Prudent. You never know...

9:54 am

ChampFit

Want a hint?

9:54 am

hokie carla

I know hurshy's post snuck in and you missed it

9:55 am

ChampFit

I did! Sorry hursh. A lot are ob

9:55 am

ChampFit

5 in fact

9:55 am

hokie carla

hmm, okay. will look.

9:55 am

hurshy

yes but i meant the last ones you found

9:56 am

hurshy

ok

9:56 am

hokie carla

ha, my missing 5 are all ob

9:56 am

hurshy

i have 3 of them

9:56 am

ChampFit

The last 2 I needed were ob

9:56 am

hurshy

but need the other 2

9:56 am

hurshy

there, got em

9:56 am

hokie carla

om and oy, both 4

9:57 am

ChampFit

I have 1 4 left...not sure what it is though. Down to 5

9:57 am

hokie carla

well, I found ob4 but still need the other 4. are they bigger? because nothing is working.

9:58 am

hurshy

there are 2 ob4

9:58 am

hurshy

one 6 that goes with one of the 4s

9:58 am

hurshy

and the last pair champ found, ob6 and 7

9:58 am

ChampFit

ob4,6,4,6,7,

9:59 am

hurshy

need one more top E and keep wanting to make entomb

9:59 am

hokie carla

I also need one E there

10:00 am

ChampFit

Do you have en6/18?

10:00 am

hokie carla

yes

10:00 am

hurshy

yeah

10:00 am

ChampFit

ey6?

10:01 am

hokie carla

nooooo

10:01 am

ChampFit

Weird word.

10:01 am

hokie carla

first try, thanks

10:01 am

hurshy

ty!

10:01 am

ChampFit

Great!

10:01 am

hurshy

now just one more C for top row grey

10:02 am

hurshy

and one D for bottom row grey

10:02 am

hokie carla

I'm still trying to get those 4 O's. think I will look them up.

10:02 am

hurshy

which ob4 do you have? babblet or normal word?

10:03 am

hokie carla

finally just found the normal one, that should help

10:03 am

hurshy

yeah make a 6 off that

10:03 am

hurshy

the other two, you add 'exam'

10:04 am

hokie carla

of course you do, thanks

10:05 am

hokie carla

now just need 3 T's for graying middle col

10:06 am

hurshy

same

10:06 am

hurshy

got one

10:09 am

ChampFit

Done! Last word tr7/40.

10:09 am

hurshy

guess i need that!

10:10 am

hokie carla

well done!

10:10 am

hokie carla

guess that's my last 7

10:10 am

hurshy

is that from the upper T or lower?

10:11 am

hokie carla

got it, thx

10:11 am

ChampFit

Well, it's another word for something. Had no idea!

10:11 am

ChampFit

Lower T.

10:11 am

hokie carla

means lesbian. wut?

10:12 am

ChampFit

I know!!! That surprised me. Never heard that before.

10:12 am

ChampFit

Need anything else before I go?

10:12 am

hurshy

thanks, googled it

10:12 am

hokie carla

me either, and you can't even make sense of the possible origin

10:12 am

ChampFit

Truth!

10:13 am

hokie carla

I'm about to leave for errands and exercise. 32 left.
10-16-5-0-1

10:13 am

hurshy

used to be a synonym for lesbian. The word comes from and is spelled the same in French, and the French word derives from the Latin tribas, which is a translation of a nearly identical Greek word meaning to rub. In ancient Greek the term described a woman using a dildo on herself or someone—anyone—else.

10:14 am

hokie carla

interesting

10:14 am

hokie carla

grayed bottom row on my way out!

10:14 am

BzznBea

stats?

10:14 am

ChampFit

Well...that's something! Have a great day everyone. See you tomorrow. Bea...tr7/40

10:14 am

hokie carla

tr7/40

10:16 am

hurshy

lol

10:17 am

hurshy

before i saw that bea asked for stats i momentarily thought you guys decided to start using the tr7 as an affectionate greeting/farewell

10:17 am

BzznBea

lol

10:18 am

hurshy

like how some black people use the n word

10:23 am

hurshy

well i haven't found either 8 and also need 2 more 7s

10:26 am

hokie carla

of course I'm still here. 20 left now. 4-11-4-0-1

10:26 am

hurshy

what's your 8

10:26 am

hokie carla

the 8 I found is a common disease and I thought it was a phantom but it's actually here

10:27 am

hokie carla

there are different types

10:27 am

BzznBea

i see it

10:27 am

BzznBea

thanks

10:27 am

hurshy

aha, thanks!

10:27 am

hokie carla

np

10:28 am

hurshy

well that was the bottom row D!

10:28 am

hokie carla

oh, just grayed last col

10:29 am

hurshy

for 7s i have de, ob, re x2, what am i missing?

10:29 am

hokie carla

se

10:30 am

hokie carla

usually words I miss but found today.

10:30 am

hurshy

are they BOTH se?

10:30 am

hurshy

oh no wait i see

10:31 am

hurshy

i forgot tr

10:31 am

hurshy

so that's all of them

10:31 am

hokie carla

oh, you need two? I thought you got the lesbian tr7

10:31 am

hurshy

phew

10:31 am

hurshy

yeah

10:31 am

hurshy

just one

10:31 am

hurshy

all set now

10:32 am

hokie carla

CCC
DDD TTT
A B MMM
RRR TT

a lot of threes there

10:32 am

hurshy

the last ab word is an ab4/6

10:33 am

hokie carla

I have that one

10:33 am

hurshy

c + one of the o4 words

10:33 am

hokie carla

have that

10:34 am

hurshy

hmm then i am not sure what to guess

10:34 am

hokie carla

has anyone found an -ette word? I keep trying things

10:34 am

hurshy

no, i was so mad barette wouldn't go with just one R

10:35 am

hokie carla

yeah, champ & I talked about that earlier

10:35 am

hokie carla

well, really leaving now

10:35 am

hokie carla

peace out

1:38 pm

hokie carla

wow, my peace out killed the chat?

1:39 pm

hokie carla

just saw airbed and thought I was onto something

2:15 pm

moolingwa

afternoon :)

2:16 pm

hokie carla

mooo

2:17 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke, happy weekend

2:17 pm

hokie carla

thanks, you too

2:17 pm

moolingwa

tx

2:24 pm

moolingwa

okay, first pass done

2:52 pm

hokie carla

rehi - still working? I have 19 left. got distracted.

2:55 pm

moolingwa

12 lft here

2:55 pm

moolingwa

1-5-3-1-2

2:56 pm

hokie carla

3-11-4-0-1

2:57 pm

dan2bit

0-0-3-2-2

2:57 pm

moolingwa

C E
DD T
BB M
R TT
D

2:57 pm

hokie carla

CCC
DDD TTT
A B MMM
RRR TT

2:59 pm

moolingwa

found my last c

3:00 pm

hokie carla

I think I have found all I can. seeing nothing.

3:01 pm

hokie carla

found an R!

3:02 pm

moolingwa

found a T!

3:02 pm

hokie carla

terrific

3:02 pm

dan2bit

I object to the de8

3:03 pm

hokie carla

I guess that's my 8, thanks. now will I find it.

3:03 pm

moolingwa

one of mine too :)

3:03 pm

hokie carla

found a de5

3:04 pm

dan2bit

can clue it if you wish

3:04 pm

moolingwa

decent

3:04 pm

hokie carla

I would love it. moo can hide his eyes.

3:04 pm

moolingwa

*takes eyes out*

3:05 pm

dan2bit

de8 rhymes with Jimmy Hoffa's union the international brotherhood of te8s

3:05 pm

hokie carla

weird, thanks. good clue.

3:06 pm

moolingwa

*puts eyes back in*

3:06 pm

moolingwa

saw the clue anyway, but it's okay

3:06 pm

hokie carla

hmm, a judge of the Isle of Man

3:06 pm

moolingwa

obviously has no tail

3:07 pm

hokie carla

any guesses on my missing A

3:07 pm

moolingwa

a4?

3:08 pm

hokie carla

I have the ab4 babblet if that's what you mean

3:08 pm

moolingwa

both of them?

3:08 pm

hokie carla

oh, it was the real ab4

3:08 pm

moolingwa

or 3 of them if you want to count the one in a pair

3:09 pm

hokie carla

now just need one D to finish first col

3:09 pm

dan2bit

and of course my last was a plural - firewords!

3:09 pm

moolingwa

8 words remaining, all from different tiles

3:09 pm

moolingwa

congrats dan!

3:10 pm

moolingwa

1-3-2-1-1

3:10 pm

hokie carla

well done

3:10 pm

hokie carla

2-9-4

3:10 pm

moolingwa

E
D T
B M
R T
D

3:11 pm

hokie carla

CCC
D TTT
B MMM
RR TT

3:11 pm

hokie carla

I know what your bottom D is 😁

3:11 pm

moolingwa

ah

3:11 pm

hokie carla

and it's a regular word

3:13 pm

hokie carla

found an M

3:15 pm

moolingwa

magnificient

3:18 pm

hokie carla

just found bea's fish

3:18 pm

moolingwa

well you should let minnow what it was ;)

3:18 pm

hokie carla

and the add a letter to it word

3:19 pm

moolingwa

found the d

3:19 pm

hokie carla

what type was it?

3:20 pm

moolingwa

a sweet find

3:20 pm

moolingwa

the bottom d

3:20 pm

moolingwa

found my last e

3:21 pm

moolingwa

so now 1-3-1-1

3:21 pm

hokie carla

it was a di8 joke

3:21 pm

moolingwa

oh that makes sense

3:21 pm

dan2bit

I laughed tilapia at your pun mool

3:21 pm

hokie carla

lol, that looks bad

3:21 pm

moolingwa

well there's a time and a plaice for these things dan

3:23 pm

dan2bit

i was floundering

3:23 pm

hokie carla

oh, breaking the pun wall here, moo. I keep hearing a bird when I take winston out at night and google tells me it's a chuck-will's-widow. had never heard of that.

3:23 pm

moolingwa

you'd normally only hear those at night, or in the evening

3:24 pm

moolingwa

part of the nightjar family

3:24 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I did my research 😁

3:24 pm

moolingwa

very nice :)

3:24 pm

moolingwa

D T B M R T

3:25 pm

hokie carla

still 12
CCC D T B MM RR TT
2-7-3

3:25 pm

moolingwa

very proud of you hoke...so many people go through life just ignoring the birds and wildlife around them

3:26 pm

hokie carla

😁 I admit I'm not a huge fan when the birds go crazy in the wee morning hours, but like them at other times.

3:27 pm

moolingwa

despite it snowing this morning, I saw house and gold finches, starlings, common grackles, meadowlarks, red winged blackbirds, canada geese, mallards, a GBH and a number of Ravens. Oh and a kestrel was calling.

3:27 pm

hokie carla

I did a lot of bird watching at my disney campsite last week.

3:27 pm

moolingwa

and robins come to think of it

3:27 pm

hokie carla

wow, that's a lot

3:27 pm

moolingwa

very fluffed up robins

3:27 pm

hokie carla

I saw mostly cardinals and a osceola turkey

3:27 pm

moolingwa

oh, and collared doves

3:28 pm

moolingwa

I should probably intentionally look

3:28 pm

moolingwa

there was a gull as well, but didn't identify it

3:28 pm

hokie carla

saw an armadillo on our bike ride at our GA stop (I know that's not a bird)

3:28 pm

moolingwa

I suspect we get ring-billed, but never really checked

3:29 pm

moolingwa

there was also a hawk flying, perhaps a swainson...but was a little ways away

3:29 pm

moolingwa

armadillos are fun

3:29 pm

hokie carla

oh, I did take a pic of a hawk sitting on the grill on the campsite next to us

3:29 pm

moolingwa

I saw my first armadillo in Georgia on an old military base that had become a state wildlife refuge

3:30 pm

moolingwa

would've been 2006 I believe

3:30 pm

hokie carla

hmm, sounds like where we were near. we stopped at Crooked River State Park, and it was next to a submarine base.

3:30 pm

moolingwa

yeah, that may have been it...let me look it up

3:31 pm

hokie carla

but I saw them at Ft Clinch SP in FL a couple of years ago

3:31 pm

hokie carla

was there a giant submarine in the ground?

3:31 pm

moolingwa

not that I recall, I do remember there were old runways

3:32 pm

moolingwa

It's in the right area, also went canoeing in the okefenokee on the other side of I90

3:32 pm

hokie carla

90 or 95?

3:33 pm

moolingwa

sorry, 95...90 is way further north :)

3:34 pm

moolingwa

I've done all of I90 between Seattle and Cleveland

3:34 pm

moolingwa

and 95 from Bangor to Miami

3:37 pm

hokie carla

well, I wasn't sure where 90 is but was pretty sure you meant 95 😜

3:39 pm

moolingwa

I was just looking at the interstates, I've done all of 80 except between Reno, NV and Rawlins, WY

3:41 pm

moolingwa

And probably 3/4 of I10

3:42 pm

hokie carla

can't think of any I've almost done all of. maybe I-26, which isn't that long

3:43 pm

moolingwa

maybe half of I55

3:43 pm

hokie carla

I think I've done a lot of I-81 but don't rem. where we got off in PA.

3:44 pm

hokie carla

I've done most of the blue ridge parkway, which isn't an interstate

3:44 pm

moolingwa

much of I5

3:45 pm

hokie carla

I have gone to the list and am stuck already on the C

3:45 pm

hokie carla

ok, found it finally

3:46 pm

moolingwa

and over half of I-25 too

3:46 pm

moolingwa

c5?

3:46 pm

hokie carla

yep

3:46 pm

hokie carla

curious what it means and how you found it

3:46 pm

hokie carla

the other 2 were a french set

3:47 pm

moolingwa

I knew the word, but it was my last C I found

3:48 pm

moolingwa

the pair I know the meaning of too...and it's just an anagram of one of the other words

3:48 pm

moolingwa

apparently the other one is a type of monkey

3:49 pm

hokie carla

are you looking for the co5 tonight?

3:49 pm

moolingwa

well it's been snowing, so probably not

3:49 pm

moolingwa

still overcast

3:49 pm

hokie carla

well, one of my t's I know I entered

3:50 pm

hokie carla

I have an internet friend in arvada who posted a pretty picture of the snow

3:50 pm

moolingwa

yeah, it looked pretty magical today

3:50 pm

moolingwa

oh, I hear a black capped chickadee right now :)

3:50 pm

hokie carla

my other T I could've sworn I had too

3:51 pm

moolingwa

still missing a T on the second row

3:51 pm

moolingwa

oh, and the 4th row

3:51 pm

hokie carla

yep, that's my last one. still looking.

3:51 pm

hokie carla

the 2nd row one

3:52 pm

hokie carla

t6 and I know the first 3 letters so I reckon I'll eventually find it

3:52 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I think I have that one

3:53 pm

hokie carla

finally got it

3:53 pm

moolingwa

was it the one that adds to the word before it?

3:54 pm

hokie carla

no, prob one you need. rhymes with a euro country

3:55 pm

moolingwa

yeah, didn't have that

3:55 pm

moolingwa

that was my last 6

3:55 pm

hokie carla

woot

3:55 pm

moolingwa

1-3-0-1

3:56 pm

hokie carla

the 7 is your other T. really weird word.

3:56 pm

hokie carla

I only had it because we discussed it this morning

3:58 pm

moolingwa

found my last m

4:00 pm

hokie carla

mahvelous

4:00 pm

hokie carla

m5?

4:08 pm

moolingwa

yeah

4:08 pm

moolingwa

so 1-2-0-1 remaining

D B R T

4:10 pm

moolingwa

found the d

4:11 pm

moolingwa

oh, thought I'd typed the b....so yeah

4:11 pm

periwinkle

hi all de8 please

4:12 pm

moolingwa

take a d5 and add 3 letters to the end

4:14 pm

periwinkle

hmm

4:14 pm

moolingwa

and the 5 is part of a 4/5 pair :)

4:14 pm

periwinkle

then I don't have the right de5 yet

4:15 pm

moolingwa

well the de4/5 is common

4:15 pm

moolingwa

an the 8 is decidedly rare

4:15 pm

hokie carla

dan clued it as rhyming with jimmy hoffa's group

4:16 pm

periwinkle

ty both

4:19 pm

moolingwa

I assume that 7 has an r as the second letter hoke

4:26 pm

hokie carla

yep

4:28 pm

hokie carla

it's actually a word for lesbian and I tell you that thinking it won't give anything away, but knowing you and your word nerdiness, you'll probably be like, oh yeah.

4:33 pm

MollyL

Tons of word nerdiness in that arena

4:35 pm

moolingwa

triaboy not good ;)

4:36 pm

hokie carla

nope

4:40 pm

moolingwa

well I'm gonna go do stuff

5:20 pm

cybernan

hello to everyone (anyone?) still here

5:28 pm

MollyL

Only the lurkers

5:31 pm

cybernan

hi Molly

6:44 pm

mkg

I am so not seeing the de 8 even though i have three de s.

6:44 pm

mkg

I have 4 de 5s. Just dont see it. I have a de 7 as well.

6:47 pm

mkg

just got de word. Never saw it before.

6:49 pm

mkg

Anyone need help for the de 8 still?

7:02 pm

cybernan

yes please

7:03 pm

cybernan

nm - found it

7:06 pm

cybernan

di 8 please?

7:07 pm

cybernan

found that too

7:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

re6/21 pls? first one

7:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

nm night all

8:12 pm

mkg

Is the di 8 two words?

8:13 pm

hokie carla

no, it's a common disease with 2 different types.

8:14 pm

mkg

Ty. Got it

8:14 pm

mkg

Great clue carla. Ty.

8:14 pm

mkg

Off to cook.

8:14 pm

mkg

Ty

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