Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, April 24, 2024

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

jeanne314

Thank you!

12:17 am

marksdolly

ty lickety!

12:17 am

Gillie

ty lickety - definitely going to need them

12:18 am

marksdolly

24 left here

12:20 am

Gillie

53 here

12:20 am

marksdolly

I hit a wall

12:22 am

jeanne314

34 remaining, and still no 7s!

12:22 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, dh 7

12:22 am

marksdolly

same here

12:24 am

marksdolly

ty rain

12:24 am

Rainiqui

Want a clue for the dh 7 ?

12:24 am

marksdolly

I found it

12:25 am

Rainiqui

You're welcome Marksdolly

12:25 am

marksdolly

but thank you, perhaps it will help me over that wall LOL

12:26 am

Rainiqui

Yes, it's just playing around with a word most people probably know.

12:29 am

Gillie

I can't seem to find anything for the bottom A

12:32 am

ursh

i only have ag 4/6

12:33 am

marksdolly

that's all I came up with as well

12:33 am

Gillie

ty - at least I have that now

12:33 am

Gillie

And I'm down to 30 left, which will do for tonight, I think

12:34 am

marksdolly

18 here

12:35 am

marksdolly

i think those will wait till morning

12:54 am

dizgrannie

dont forget sr 4

1:17 am

dizgrannie

FWs

1:26 am

GroovyKiwi

Well done.
Im struggling

1:56 am

GroovyKiwi

Found my first 7 - ti

4:05 am

marigold

th

4:34 am

lynxxx

ag6 & 7

7:19 am

eliotl

idea

7:34 am

Norma

r

7:43 am

Norma

th

7:44 am

MollyL

Of course, more ridiculous currency words.

7:54 am

bichon

the ag 6/24 is the former currency of Israel

7:56 am

SamanthaJoy

It's interesting the way people react to things. I'm all "oh cool, new words!" when I learn a new one.

Variety os the spice of life, I s'pose

8:04 am

MollyL

My favorite new word is supercilious

8:06 am

SamanthaJoy

Mine is querulous. It's fun to say.

8:18 am

mael

how many dh words are there?

8:18 am

LuvWordGames

5

8:18 am

phaeton

I have left, middle and right columns grey

8:19 am

mael

eek, 5? I've got 2

8:19 am

mael

thanks luv

8:19 am

SamanthaJoy

5? Darn it, I'm missing one.

8:20 am

SamanthaJoy

There it is! Thanks luv

8:21 am

mael

ohh, found all the 7s

8:21 am

mael

thanks luv

8:21 am

LuvWordGames

I'm still missing 2

8:22 am

mael

do you have the 6/7 combo?

8:22 am

mael

or the 4/5 combo?

8:22 am

SamanthaJoy

I bought a game off of Kickstarter ages ago, and got to play it for the first time on Monday night!

It's called "Dialect - A game about language and how it dies"

It was really interesting, and we're going to play it again in a few weeks! Yay!

8:23 am

LuvWordGames

I need the 6/7 combo

8:23 am

mael

change the spelling of the lone 5

8:23 am

BzznBea

double vowel in the middle

8:23 am

LuvWordGames

sounds interesting for us word freaks Samantha

8:25 am

LuvWordGames

thanks that got me the 6 but not the 7 - not plural

8:25 am

SamanthaJoy

Yeah, those of us who played it walked out with a sparkling new private vocabulary

8:25 am

LuvWordGames

aw found it

8:25 am

SamanthaJoy

The seven is the one I needed too. Just add a vowel.

8:25 am

LuvWordGames

thanks

8:28 am

SamanthaJoy

Anyone have the lone I in the upper right?

8:29 am

mael

ir4

8:31 am

SamanthaJoy

D'oh! Thanks mael

8:31 am

mael

it's a sneaky one!

8:39 am

MollyL

Mael never misses those plant words

8:51 am

mael

5 left :)

8:53 am

SamanthaJoy

Fourteen here, and considering Lickety. Allthese vowels are killing me.

9:01 am

mael

any clue what my missing O is? it's either a 5 or a 6

9:02 am

SamanthaJoy

I'm missing the same one

9:02 am

rururocks

or6

9:02 am

mael

thanks ru, that's the one. looking

9:02 am

mael

got it

9:03 am

SamanthaJoy

Thanks ru!

9:07 am

mael

FW!

9:07 am

mael

last word was the h6 compound

9:07 am

SamanthaJoy

Congratulations!

9:08 am

SamanthaJoy

Can I get a clue for that one and the D7? They're my last two

9:10 am

SamanthaJoy

Or just the Di7, now

9:11 am

mael

pull up a plant

9:11 am

MollyL

See, like I said, the plant words 😊

9:11 am

SamanthaJoy

That's fireworks. Thanks so much mael and ru; I couldn't have done it without you.

9:15 am

mael

heh molly

9:15 am

mael

you're welcome, samantha!

9:25 am

MollyL

She couldn't have done it without yoy mael

9:25 am

MollyL

Or you

11:21 am

BzznBea

twisty words today

11:21 am

BzznBea

twisty words today

11:21 am

BzznBea

twisty words today

11:33 am

BzznBea

out of juice

11:33 am

wvteach

more non-words today - words without any results in dictionary.com

11:47 am

Gillie

Dictionary.com isn't comprehensive (or even always reliable, especially when it comes to giving examples of use), just free and convenient. Generally if you Google a word that it doesn't have, another dictionary will turn out to have a definition, including some better known and respected dictionaries in some cases.

11:48 am

Gillie

Which isn't to say that the Enable word list doesn't contain some very suspect entries

11:54 am

Gillie

And of course it has many words that don't seem very current, even if they once were in use - although it can be hard to be sure, given that English is used differently in a great many parts of the world

12:03 pm

bichon

the ag 6 and 7. Old Israeli money

12:10 pm

Gillie

Don't have those yet - but I'll look - thanks!

12:16 pm

bichon

Not from the Garden of Eden

12:19 pm

Gillie

Actually - it isn't "old" Israeli money, but a current denomination of the new shekel, according to Wikipedia

12:19 pm

Gillie

(that's the ag6 - the ag7 looks like it probably shouldn't be in the list)

12:21 pm

Gillie

Actually, I guess the ag7 is an alternative spelling of ag6 - and both are plural

12:49 pm

hokie carla

just starting but something tells me I should be paying attention to this.

12:52 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I got nothin

12:53 pm

hokie carla

I'm guessing you add the h after the g for the alt sp but maybe that's where I'm going wrong

12:53 pm

hurshy

hi ho

12:53 pm

hokie carla

howdy hurshy

12:55 pm

hurshy

how's sherlokie today? lol

12:56 pm

hokie carla

fine, did a mountain bike ride and am now tired and hungry

12:56 pm

hokie carla

how's hurshy today?

12:56 pm

hurshy

am fine

12:57 pm

hokie carla

oh, last col gray out of order

12:57 pm

hurshy

top row and right col grey!

12:58 pm

Gillie

Hi carla - you do add an H, actually, just not where you thought!

12:58 pm

hokie carla

hmm

12:58 pm

hokie carla

thanks for setting me straight

12:59 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! 90s fictional prodigy, super young doctor

12:59 pm

hokie carla

doogie

12:59 pm

hokie carla

almost howser

12:59 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

1:01 pm

hurshy

ugh, 3 dh words so far, hope there aren't more

1:01 pm

hokie carla

oh, I only found 2

1:03 pm

SamanthaJoy

Sorry to be bearer of bad news, but there are 5 dh words

1:04 pm

hokie carla

ugh.

1:04 pm

SamanthaJoy

And there's a dh 6/7 combo

1:04 pm

hurshy

thanks sam

1:05 pm

hurshy

it's times like these that i am super grateful for Morewords

1:06 pm

hurshy

phantom: risotto

1:06 pm

hokie carla

well, just need those A's on the bottom for HOET so I may have to hit bestwordlist

1:08 pm

dcseain

very archaic currency from Israel.

1:09 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I picked up that much from the chat, but does nothing for me

1:09 pm

hurshy

do we know what the third A from there is?

1:09 pm

hokie carla

ag4

1:10 pm

hurshy

ah thanks

1:10 pm

hokie carla

so, bestwordlist says the ag6 is a plural of the greek marketplace, no mention of israeli currency

1:11 pm

hurshy

no, that's a different word, not in this grid

1:11 pm

dcseain

makes sense, though it feels more semitic.

1:11 pm

dcseain

thanks!

1:11 pm

hokie carla

I'm just telling you what the website says

1:11 pm

SamanthaJoy

It's actually modern currency. You can read about the 10 ag6 conspiracy theory if you like, but that's from the 90s.

1:12 pm

dcseain

:)

1:12 pm

hurshy

that doesn't make sense, greek plurals do not end with T

1:12 pm

dcseain

oh, plural, gotcha

1:12 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! hair regrowth treatment marketed to men

1:13 pm

dcseain

Hebrew masculine plural

1:13 pm

SamanthaJoy

Rogaine!

1:13 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

1:15 pm

dcseain

bottom row greyed :)

1:17 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! one who sings with blowfish

1:18 pm

dcseain

Hootie

1:18 pm

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

1:18 pm

hurshy

all edges grey!

1:19 pm

hurshy

anyone know if there are gh words?

1:19 pm

hurshy

or a gh word, i should say

1:20 pm

MollyL

No

1:20 pm

hurshy

ok good

1:22 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

1:22 pm

hokie carla

rehi

1:22 pm

cybernan

surprise!! the first word I found is Spanish

1:23 pm

hokie carla

of course I didn't see that

1:23 pm

hokie carla

top row gray!

1:24 pm

hurshy

if there's no such thing as a throg, then why is there a bridge made of its neck?

1:25 pm

hokie carla

I have no idea what you're talking about

1:25 pm

MollyL

Me either

1:26 pm

hokie carla

maybe dr who or star trek

1:26 pm

SamanthaJoy

The derivation is weird! How they got "Throggs Neck" from Throckmorton is . . . questionable.

1:26 pm

MollyL

There is a place in the Bronx called Throggs Neck

1:26 pm

hokie carla

ok

1:27 pm

hurshy

and a bridge, the throgs neck bridge

1:28 pm

hurshy

so ag, dh, ti, what 7 am i missing?

1:28 pm

hokie carla

those are the 3 I have

1:28 pm

SamanthaJoy

ti 7

1:28 pm

MollyL

di

1:28 pm

dcseain

I don''t hav the ti, but do have the other two.

1:29 pm

hokie carla

the ti is the most regular one

1:29 pm

SamanthaJoy

Wait, sorry, di 7

1:29 pm

hurshy

thanks molly and sam!

1:29 pm

dcseain

thanks, that DI was easy.

1:29 pm

hurshy

down to 6 but gtg, ttfn!

1:30 pm

hokie carla

lol, of course I can't see it

1:30 pm

SamanthaJoy

It was my last word and I had to get a clue!

1:30 pm

hokie carla

once I saw the prefix it was the first thing I tried

1:31 pm

cybernan

not seeing any of the 7's

1:31 pm

MollyL

So you didn't need a clue!

1:31 pm

hokie carla

what do you do when you turn a screwdriver right, nan?

1:32 pm

hokie carla

I know, it's a babble miracle, molly

1:32 pm

MollyL

Is this like how many Nan's does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

1:33 pm

cybernan

I turn it to the right

1:33 pm

hokie carla

I'm just waiting for nan to say she doesn't own any screwdrivers or ever use one.

1:33 pm

dcseain

oh, that ti7 should have been obvious, but alas.

1:33 pm

dcseain

thanks!

1:33 pm

MollyL

And what is that doing to what you are turning Nan ti7

1:33 pm

hokie carla

np

1:34 pm

cybernan

only when I have to and then I'm most likely to cross thread something

1:35 pm

cybernan

ty - thought I was looking for a di

1:35 pm

SamanthaJoy

You can loosen the screw by turning it to the left, nan, or you can ti7 the screw by turning it to the right

1:35 pm

MollyL

There is a di7

1:35 pm

hokie carla

there's also a di but you said you didn't have any 7s so I clued the easiest. (I thought)

1:36 pm

cybernan

probably is carla

1:37 pm

hokie carla

the di ends with what trees put in the ground

1:37 pm

hokie carla

never actually heard anyone ever use it

1:37 pm

MollyL

Usually uses the up prefix

1:38 pm

cybernan

ty -- maybe it means cutting them off rather than pulling them out, which would begin with up

1:38 pm

hokie carla

the def says up

1:39 pm

MollyL

It's the good old/ancient Enable list

1:39 pm

cybernan

I think there are too many unnecessary words being added to the English language

1:40 pm

hokie carla

I think they should get rid of all the archaic ones

1:40 pm

MollyL

I agree Nan

1:40 pm

cybernan

(a sure sign that I am getting old, I know)

1:41 pm

MollyL

Are you yelling at kids to get off your lawn? 😊

1:41 pm

cybernan

so ag and dh now -- have the ag 6 is the 7 related?

1:42 pm

SamanthaJoy

You mean get them out of Enable? I don't even know what would mean to get a word out of the language!

1:42 pm

SamanthaJoy

Yes, nan, just add a letter

1:43 pm

hokie carla

add a cons to the end

1:43 pm

cybernan

ty sam and carla

1:44 pm

hokie carla

I mean make a dictionary of archaic words so they aren't lost to history and can be referenced if necessary for reading old documents, but remove anything that says archaic out of the regular dictionaries

1:44 pm

cybernan

not even going to look for the dh --- was happy to have found the boat

1:45 pm

hokie carla

same here. found the boat and looked up the other 3

1:47 pm

SamanthaJoy

The dh 6/7 combo is related to the dh 5, if it helps

1:48 pm

SamanthaJoy

And I've got to run, just looked at a clock! Bye for now

1:48 pm

hokie carla

bye!

1:48 pm

cybernan

only dh 5 I have is a plural - boats

1:49 pm

hokie carla

and this clue is not for nan, but anyone else...the dh7 is d + h6 and the blowfish

1:49 pm

cybernan

my guess would be an indian word

1:50 pm

cybernan

lol carla - ty

1:50 pm

hokie carla

don't tell me you knew that one. :D

1:51 pm

cybernan

not quite from the dark ages!

1:51 pm

hokie carla

the 6 is drop a letter, and the 5 is drop a letter in the middle

1:52 pm

cybernan

yes got those too

1:52 pm

hokie carla

where did molly go??

1:52 pm

cybernan

actually recognize the 5 now that I see it - a garment of some sort I think

1:52 pm

MollyL

Get a word out of the language!

1:52 pm

hokie carla

a loincloth

1:53 pm

cybernan

stats for the corner i please?

1:53 pm

hokie carla

ah there she is. molly, I wanted you to see nan got a pop culture clue.

1:53 pm

MollyL

Nan knows Darius Rucker, who knew?

1:54 pm

hokie carla

i4/5

1:55 pm

cybernan

heard of it - no clue what it is -- a cartoon, musical group, musical group that is a joke?

1:55 pm

MollyL

Oh my

1:55 pm

hokie carla

no, a pretty popular musical group from the 90s

1:56 pm

MollyL

Sponge Hootie and The Blowfish

1:56 pm

cybernan

ty carla

1:57 pm

MollyL

I bet Nan knows who The Barenaked Ladies are

1:57 pm

hokie carla

doubtful

1:57 pm

cybernan

too new for me -- only new music that I like is what Webber composes or something similar

1:57 pm

MollyL

Blue Rodeo?

1:58 pm

hokie carla

ever seen the tv show Big Bang Theory, nan?

1:58 pm

cybernan

not a western music fan -- most of it is too twangy for me

1:58 pm

cybernan

yes - watched it for one season on and off

1:58 pm

MollyL

Blue Rodeo is not western, but they are Canadian.

1:58 pm

hokie carla

I do not know Blue Rodeo

1:59 pm

hokie carla

Barenaked Ladies did the theme song for Big Bang Theory

1:59 pm

hokie carla

(along with other music)

1:59 pm

MollyL

I only know them because I was married to a Canadian

1:59 pm

cybernan

don't remember it

1:59 pm

hokie carla

phantom hoosegow

2:00 pm

cybernan

thought it opened with some kind of rap think about the big bang theory

2:00 pm

cybernan

*thing

2:00 pm

MollyL

Okay, Nan watched Big Bang Theory. That's pretty pop culture. I didn't even watch that.

2:00 pm

hokie carla

not really rap but yes

2:01 pm

cybernan

not really music either

2:02 pm

hokie carla

https://tinyurl.com/5n8znzxt

2:02 pm

cybernan

getting my hair cut in an hour, so had better put some lunch together -- later :)

2:03 pm

hokie carla

bye

2:03 pm

hokie carla

I would say that's not not music

3:33 pm

moolingwa

hi ho

3:42 pm

bichon

or 6/21, pls

3:48 pm

moolingwa

sells like something you might get after straining to pass gold (in spanish)?

3:48 pm

moolingwa

sells-sounds

4:10 pm

cybernan

hi again :) New hair cut and guaranteed rain by getting a car wash ...

4:12 pm

bichon

ty mool

4:16 pm

cybernan

that clue went over my head

4:16 pm

bichon

th 6/21, pls

4:17 pm

cybernan

pl. th 5/12

4:19 pm

bichon

sorry, need the first one

4:20 pm

cybernan

only one I have

4:21 pm

bichon

ty anyway

4:23 pm

Gillie

Ends with two vowels

4:24 pm

cybernan

did you get that or 6 bichon?

4:24 pm

moolingwa

the th6 is a plural of an element

4:24 pm

moolingwa

I think

4:25 pm

cybernan

ty gillie

4:25 pm

moolingwa

well it appears not to be an element but it is a compound of two elements - plural

4:25 pm

Gillie

Not a plural, I think, but an alternate name

4:26 pm

moolingwa

oh, you're right Gillie, thought it was just the plural of the element, but it's a compound that contains the element

4:29 pm

bichon

still not getting it

4:31 pm

bichon

Or the di 7...

4:32 pm

Gillie

The th6 has much more in common with the word following it than the word before, as far as spelling goes

4:33 pm

Gillie

The di7 could mean to be used to pull a weed up out of the ground, maybe?

4:33 pm

bichon

Got the th6, thx

4:34 pm

Gillie

*could mean to pull up...* (switched wording part way)

4:36 pm

Gillie

The di7 is an alternative version of a word starting with "up"

4:36 pm

bichon

ty Gillie, fw

4:37 pm

Gillie

Congrats!

4:37 pm

cybernan

or 6 please - that spanish gold clue didn't help me

4:40 pm

Gillie

Well, it gave me the first three letters, and MoreWords gave me the rest ("---s of March")

4:41 pm

cybernan

136 :) ty gillie

4:42 pm

Gillie

Congrats - almost done here, too

4:43 pm

cybernan

want any clues?

4:43 pm

Gillie

Just one now - I'll figure it out

4:44 pm

cybernan

bye everyone :)

4:44 pm

Gillie

Got it (wo6) - new word for me, but not hard to monkey

4:45 pm

Gillie

bye nan

8:02 pm

hokie carla

bwahaha at moo's gold clue

8:03 pm

hokie carla

think I need to list for these last 9

9:56 pm

mkg

hi all. need any 7 please. not seeing them. ty.

10:06 pm

rbud

ti5 and 7, opposite of loosen

10:15 pm

mkg

got it. ty rbud.

10:17 pm

mkg

any clues for bottom row A words?

10:18 pm

mkg

nm found one. ty antwat

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