Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, May 23, 2024

12:05 am

rururocks

St7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

cybernan

hi ru

12:24 am

GroovyKiwi

Afternoon campers

12:24 am

cybernan

hi kiwi

12:25 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ne 7

12:25 am

sprite

morning peeps

12:29 am

GroovyKiwi

An7

12:46 am

cybernan

good night everyone :)

12:47 am

sprite

night nan

12:50 am

rbud

hi, sprite, how are things?

12:50 am

sprite

hi rbud, not too bad, and you?

12:51 am

rbud

stil putzing along, can't ask for much more, I guess. :)

12:51 am

sprite

:)

12:52 am

GroovyKiwi

Has anyone found any use for that J or can I just ignore it totally? 😜

12:52 am

sprite

so far not used it at all

12:54 am

anike

Aj 4

12:55 am

sprite

ah, thanks

12:55 am

GroovyKiwi

Phhht but thanks

12:56 am

GroovyKiwi

Actually easy peasy now I know lol

1:03 am

sprite

aj5 and 6 too

1:11 am

sprite

fireflies. A blessed day and a peaceful night to you all.

1:12 am

GroovyKiwi

Well done spirit

1:13 am

GroovyKiwi

Sprite too

2:53 am

rbud

aha, st7 x 2

7:41 am

mael

phantom: naysayer

7:41 am

mael

tsar

7:41 am

mael

darn, another freebie

7:59 am

welki

'morning, babblers

7:59 am

hurshy

phantom: satay

8:04 am

hurshy

not having any luck finding a second st7

8:05 am

periwinkle

I have one who wanders hurshy. what do you have?

8:05 am

hurshy

same one

8:06 am

periwinkle

ok

8:06 am

hurshy

well at least the Ms were easy

8:07 am

hurshy

first col grey!

8:08 am

welki

it might be st7/36

8:11 am

periwinkle

I have an st7/36

8:12 am

MollyL

It's a chemical that forms rubber

8:12 am

hurshy

ah, thanks molly

8:12 am

periwinkle

I got it. thanks Molly

8:13 am

mael

thanks molly

8:13 am

MollyL

The clue was for Hurshy

8:13 am

mael

usually think of it with many- suffix

8:13 am

hurshy

you mean prefix right mael?

8:13 am

mael

prefix, geez

8:14 am

mael

yep, I blame allergy meds

8:14 am

hurshy

:D

8:14 am

hokie carla

hello, first word I see is variety
(waiting for ruru to tell me it's not there)

8:14 am

hurshy

i'm sorry you have allergies mael

8:15 am

hurshy

hey look there is an animal that was only a phantom in a recent grid

8:16 am

hokie carla

mr homie has the flu so I am sitting outside on this fine morning

8:19 am

hurshy

well, sad for him but glad you are enjoying the outdoors

8:19 am

hokie carla

well, the only problem is there are these terrible bushes that stink to high heaven

8:20 am

hurshy

:(

8:20 am

hokie carla

seriously, why are these planted??

8:21 am

hurshy

maybe it's like cilantro, some people have the gene that makes it taste like soap. maybe this bush smells ok to some and awful to others

8:21 am

mael

the bradford pears?

8:21 am

hokie carla

mmm, I love cilantro

8:21 am

mael

because that smells awful to everyone

8:21 am

mael

cilantro is delicious

8:22 am

phaeton

yuck

8:22 am

hokie carla

no, these are ligustrum japonicum, wax leaf privet

8:22 am

hokie carla

but yeah, hate the bradford pears too

8:25 am

hurshy

man, how DOES sprite do it

8:32 am

hokie carla

this R is tough

8:32 am

hurshy

finding aj5 and 6 i mean, crazy

8:33 am

hurshy

i didn't think the Rs were too bad

8:33 am

hokie carla

so according to that def, j4 should be a word

8:34 am

hurshy

lots of usual suspects

8:34 am

Norma

es

8:34 am

hokie carla

well I'm certainly not seeing them. still have 5 left.

8:37 am

hurshy

mostly ra. 2 each of re, ri, ry

8:38 am

hurshy

ttfn

8:38 am

hokie carla

adios

8:40 am

mael

oh, found a v bird

8:41 am

hokie carla

I just found a regular v set. not sure how I missed that before.

8:42 am

ChampFit

There's a weird set too. (to me, anyway)

8:43 am

hokie carla

only v bird I can think of is vulture

8:43 am

ChampFit

It's not one I'm familiar with. I don't even know why I typed it. My fingers are smarter than my brain, clearly.

8:43 am

hokie carla

ha

8:45 am

rururocks

maybe you're getting digitized champ?

8:46 am

ChampFit

ah-HAH!

8:50 am

BzznBea

Heading to the Magic Kingdom today. Oyvey!

8:50 am

rururocks

wow.. how far a drive is that bea

8:51 am

ChampFit

Good luck, Bea! May your lines be short, and the weather not too hot.

8:51 am

BzznBea

about 15 minutes.

8:51 am

mael

well that's nice!

8:51 am

BzznBea

We are in Orlando at an AB&B.

8:51 am

rururocks

oh wow.. I didn't realize you were that close to florida

8:51 am

rururocks

oh.

8:52 am

rururocks

got it

8:52 am

hokie carla

ooh, exciting bea. wish I was going with you.

8:52 am

rururocks

I'd go too except I'm too Goofy

8:52 am

BzznBea

I just hope Momma handles it well.

8:52 am

mael

I have to say that I have very deliberately concealed the existence of Disney parks from my children

8:53 am

ChampFit

smart!

8:54 am

rururocks

did hokie say oyster is a phantom?

8:54 am

BzznBea

My daughter's family does Disney every year.

8:55 am

hokie carla

It was nice in Apr but I bet it's already hot now.

8:55 am

rururocks

isn't it super hot in Florida right now?

8:55 am

BzznBea

gotta go!

8:55 am

ChampFit

Enjoy!

8:55 am

mael

anyone wanna guess what my last word is? s5

8:55 am

hokie carla

bye bea! good luck!

8:56 am

Norma

sn

8:56 am

hokie carla

from right side S? haven't made it to that tile.

8:56 am

rururocks

the half beast and half man sa5

8:56 am

rururocks

the half beast and half man sa4

8:56 am

rururocks

the half beast and half man sa5

8:56 am

hokie carla

LOL

8:56 am

rururocks

the game is wonky for me today I have to keep refreshing

8:56 am

ChampFit

I'm guessing se5/10

9:03 am

MollyL

Good guess Champ

9:04 am

MollyL

That or the Scot word for male deer

9:05 am

ChampFit

Stupid Scot words!

9:08 am

MollyL

Crivvens!

9:09 am

MollyL

Speaking of Gaelic, negative 20 points to Enable for not accepting eejit.

9:10 am

MollyL

And if your blue skirt is faded, mine is navier than yours.

9:11 am

hokie carla

I definitely typed navier

9:13 am

hokie carla

so is mael keeping us hanging?

9:13 am

hokie carla

could be the pig call she needs

9:13 am

MollyL

She just needed some attention

9:18 am

hokie carla

ha, really struggled to find my last w and it was the incredibly common past tense existence word

9:18 am

hokie carla

bet no one would've guessed that

9:20 am

rururocks

not sure which word you're talking about hokes

9:21 am

hokie carla

you were trying to guess my w and were not able to?

9:22 am

rururocks

oh.. ok i see your last w now

9:23 am

hokie carla

23 total left. biggest problem is the right side S with 6 left.

9:24 am

rururocks

11 st 2 sy

9:25 am

rururocks

2 so

9:25 am

rururocks

9 se

9:26 am

hokie carla

have all those except for 2 st, thx

9:28 am

MollyL

Didn't we just go through the st7 thing earlier?

9:28 am

hokie carla

IDK, did we?

9:28 am

hokie carla

found one more st. will go look at the chat.

9:28 am

MollyL

I thought you were in on that conversation, maybe not

9:30 am

hokie carla

as soon as I read chemical, I knew it was in the grid without looking. thanks.

9:31 am

hokie carla

and I must've miscounted because ruru listed 24 and I'm just showing 23.

9:34 am

hokie carla

oh, I must've posted that before his 9 se post because I only have 6, but I have 3 so. there's definitely a more efficient way. 20 left now. Will make a run on the 4s and then list.
6-6-6-2

9:53 am

moolingwa

81-46-19-4 left here

9:54 am

hokie carla

mooooo!

9:55 am

moolingwa

hey hoke, just got a couple of minutes before my next call, sneaking in a few

9:55 am

hokie carla

4-4-6-2

9:55 am

moolingwa

69-35-15-4

9:57 am

hokie carla

I am pretty much stuck for now

10:00 am

moolingwa

okay gotta go....

9-7-10-4

10:02 am

moolingwa

oh nevermind, I set the call up at the wrong time

10:06 am

hokie carla

did you miss it?

10:06 am

moolingwa

no, I set up for next Thursday by mistake, just moved it back to another time today

10:07 am

hokie carla

SS N
VV AAAA E
Y SS
TT
A

10:07 am

moolingwa

that right S I have 6 left on....all the others are 3 or fewer

10:08 am

moolingwa

SS NN
AA EE
RR SSSSSS
TT A
AA

10:08 am

hokie carla

I had 6 left and then ruru listed some out that helped me

10:09 am

moolingwa

ah

10:09 am

hokie carla

I think at least one of my v's is a bird but no ideas

10:09 am

moolingwa

yep, there's a bird in there

10:10 am

hokie carla

any stat help on it?

10:10 am

moolingwa

vi5/6 combo

10:19 am

hokie carla

that will be my two then

10:20 am

hokie carla

I think maybe I've seen that before. maybe next time I can remember it.

10:27 am

moolingwa

they live in your part of the world :)

10:27 am

moolingwa

white-eyed and black-whiskered at least I believe

10:28 am

moolingwa

likely a bunch more

10:29 am

moolingwa

3-5-7-2

10:30 am

hokie carla

I heard and saw a nice tiny bird earlier when I was out on the porch but have no idea what it was. it had a nice song.

10:30 am

moolingwa

if it was brown and loud, then probably a wren

10:30 am

moolingwa

if it was greenish, probably a warbler

10:31 am

moolingwa

although there's other colored warblers too

10:31 am

moolingwa

yellow is popular amongst warblers :)

10:31 am

hokie carla

I think it might've been black and white

10:31 am

moolingwa

then there's song sparrows, but they tend to prefer to be near ponds

10:32 am

hokie carla

it's kinda shady out there right now

10:32 am

moolingwa

well there is a black and white warbler as well as the blackburnian warbler

10:32 am

hokie carla

just looked at the warbler, don't think it was that

10:33 am

hokie carla

more solid black on the breast and white on the bodies

10:33 am

moolingwa

carolina chickadee, but I suspect you know what those look like

10:33 am

hokie carla

body

10:33 am

hokie carla

well, I was kinda thinking along that line but will look for audio to confirm

10:34 am

moolingwa

yellow rumped warbler if it was more streaky

10:35 am

moolingwa

black-throated green warbler in that area too

10:35 am

hokie carla

pretty sure it was the carolina chickadee

10:35 am

moolingwa

yep, they're fun

10:36 am

moolingwa

15 to go...

SS
AA E
RR SSSS
TT
AA

10:37 am

hokie carla

14...4-3-5-2
SS N
AAAA E
Y SS
TT
A

10:37 am

moolingwa

3-4-6-2 here

10:37 am

hokie carla

any guesses on the N? and I have the card game

10:38 am

moolingwa

n5?

10:38 am

moolingwa

unless that's a card game

10:38 am

moolingwa

there are 2 n5s

10:38 am

hokie carla

na5/10 I have. the card game is ne5/10

10:39 am

moolingwa

ah, well then it's a 4 or a 7

10:39 am

hokie carla

of course it's the 7. have you played this guessing game before?

10:39 am

moolingwa

:)

10:40 am

hokie carla

what's the 2nd letter P&TY

10:41 am

hokie carla

well, one of my t's was an animal I should've seen

10:43 am

moolingwa

ne

10:43 am

moolingwa

found my t's...they were not animal related

10:44 am

hokie carla

is the ne7 a new word?

10:44 am

moolingwa

not at all

10:44 am

moolingwa

common word

10:45 am

hokie carla

too subtle? I meant does it start with the new prefix

10:45 am

moolingwa

nope

10:47 am

hokie carla

well, moving on. what about the Y?

10:48 am

hokie carla

nm, found it

10:48 am

moolingwa

well y6 would be my guess given you don't have the n7 :)

10:48 am

hokie carla

nm, yeast is merely a phantom

10:48 am

hokie carla

and yes, y6 I do not have

10:48 am

moolingwa

found a 6

10:49 am

hokie carla

and I still have no idea on either

10:50 am

moolingwa

the n is a common word, the y not so much

that's the most I can clue

10:50 am

hokie carla

ha, found my bottom A at least

10:53 am

moolingwa

awesome

10:55 am

moolingwa

maybe I should have said the closest I can come to giving it away

10:55 am

hokie carla

found a 4 in the right side S

10:55 am

moolingwa

sure

10:55 am

hokie carla

well, I knew that's what you meant

10:56 am

Gillie

the ya6 is the superlative of the first ya4

10:56 am

moolingwa

well that'll give it away ;)

10:56 am

hokie carla

thanks, gillie!

10:56 am

Gillie

I guess so - strangely I still don't have the n7

10:57 am

hokie carla

she knew I was never getting it otherwise

10:57 am

moolingwa

surely you're close though Gillie :)

10:57 am

hokie carla

well it's not naryest

10:57 am

moolingwa

Apologies if that came across wrong, you clue however way you want to Gillie...it's all good

10:58 am

Gillie

np - you were right about giving it away

10:58 am

moolingwa

I've been close to giving the other one away anyway

10:58 am

hokie carla

I needed it given to me

10:59 am

hokie carla

oh boy, that is common but so hard to see

10:59 am

moolingwa

you might want to scroll down to 10:48

10:59 am

hokie carla

helped me get an a6 too

10:59 am

Gillie

Yeah - just typed it in - but I still cant' see it

10:59 am

moolingwa

ah, well never mind :)

10:59 am

Gillie

Oh, now I do

11:00 am

parisla

so close and yet so far...

11:00 am

moolingwa

it's such a short distance, in fact you couldn't come any closer ;)

11:00 am

hokie carla

2-2-3-1

11:00 am

moolingwa

2-3-4-2

11:01 am

moolingwa

ah, found my last r

11:01 am

hokie carla

rad

11:01 am

moolingwa

really

11:02 am

MollyL

Johnny Cash had a song with the n7 in it but he's probably not to popular with this crowd.

11:02 am

MollyL

Or too popular

11:02 am

hokie carla

I like Johnny Cash

11:03 am

moolingwa

found my bottom two a's

11:03 am

hokie carla

amazing

11:03 am

Gillie

I don't think I've seen the aj5/6 pair before

11:03 am

moolingwa

and another a

11:04 am

moolingwa

comes up in scrabble from time to time

11:05 am

hokie carla

yeah, me either. and of course it's like the antonym of a j word that is not in the dictionary

11:05 am

Gillie

I found it in the dictionary - but it didn't really help

11:06 am

hokie carla

well, not in the enable dictionary I meant

11:06 am

moolingwa

ah, found two more s's

11:06 am

hokie carla

found two upper As

11:06 am

moolingwa

1-1-1-2

11:06 am

Gillie

Ah - another Enable failure

11:06 am

hokie carla

SS A E S T

11:07 am

moolingwa

SS A E S

11:07 am

hokie carla

wow, we are so close today

11:07 am

hokie carla

if I could just find that T

11:07 am

moolingwa

you still missing a 4 right?

11:08 am

hokie carla

1-1-3-1 and just looked at the chat for my last 7

11:08 am

hokie carla

but it's not jumping out at me

11:12 am

moolingwa

found my last two s's from the top

11:12 am

moolingwa

1-0-0-2

11:12 am

hokie carla

and I do have the russian ruler, if you're guessing that for the T. I know it's my nemesis, so a good guess.

11:12 am

moolingwa

ah

11:13 am

moolingwa

then I'd check plurals, and there's a 5 without a singular

11:13 am

hokie carla

super, what were your s's?

11:14 am

moolingwa

old english/biblical type words

11:14 am

hokie carla

oh, already have one of those

11:14 am

moolingwa

there are two :)

11:16 am

hokie carla

well, one of mine was least crazy. now one more.

11:17 am

moolingwa

found my last a

11:17 am

moolingwa

E and S remaining

11:17 am

hokie carla

well, now I can ask for help with an7

11:17 am

hokie carla

S A E S T

11:18 am

moolingwa

latin plural...it's actually made of the best rack in scrabble...you can make the most anagrams (by some way) from these seven unique letters, plus they combine with one more to make a huge number of 8s

11:20 am

moolingwa

found my last e

11:20 am

moolingwa

so now just the s

11:20 am

hokie carla

excellent

11:20 am

moolingwa

fw

11:21 am

hokie carla

well done. still 5 here.

11:21 am

moolingwa

so if you have the biblical word, do you have the alternate spelling?

11:22 am

hokie carla

have not been able to find one

11:22 am

moolingwa

the e is probably a 6 that builds off a 5

11:22 am

moolingwa

well how many letters is the one you have?

11:23 am

moolingwa

tr5 which is a stand alone word

11:23 am

moolingwa

maybe

11:23 am

hokie carla

sa6

11:23 am

hokie carla

I have tr5

11:23 am

hokie carla

I have one e6 that builds off a 4 not in grid, so will work on that.

11:23 am

moolingwa

well, maybe you need to think shorter ;)

11:24 am

moolingwa

no, this e precedes a 5 that is in the grid

11:24 am

hokie carla

well, I did and took out the wrong letter before, but got it now

11:25 am

hokie carla

so that means my 4 is right side S or T

11:25 am

hokie carla

1-0-2-1

11:25 am

hokie carla

and the other 6 is S or T

11:26 am

moolingwa

if it's t6, then it's part of a pair

11:26 am

moolingwa

there's an odd s6

11:27 am

moolingwa

ends in a 4, but not related to it

11:30 am

hokie carla

I am giving up and going to the list. I appreciate the effort though.

11:34 am

hokie carla

had to look up the A but could've sworn I tried that. also the first one I tried (different last letter) is not on enable of course.

11:34 am

MollyL

It's like watching someone carry a runner over the finish line

11:35 am

hokie carla

I know, I have fallen, thrown up

11:35 am

hokie carla

was completely on the wrong track for the E. and it doesn't fit the hints at all.

11:35 am

hokie carla

well, actually it does but I misunderstood

11:41 am

periwinkle

ne7 please

11:45 am

ChampFit

Just got it. Extend the 4 before it.

11:46 am

hokie carla

ok, several distractions but finally got those last 4

11:47 am

ChampFit

Way to go! Just got back for my last 11. Down to 8.

11:48 am

hokie carla

last word was se6. I've seen it before and therefore it wasn't hard once I knew what to look for. but not a regular word.

11:49 am

ChampFit

i have an se6. 6 of my last 8 are S's. Working on them now.

11:51 am

hokie carla

there is just one, as there is just one champfit

11:52 am

ChampFit

Ha! Thanks.

12:00 pm

ChampFit

Done. One of the goofy archaic sa words. Have a good day all!

12:04 pm

MollyL

Goofy words in a Babble grid? 😲 Never

4:42 pm

periwinkle

I have an abscessed tooth. My right lower swelled up yesterday. I was able to see my regular dentistand a specialist today. both at short notice.

4:43 pm

periwinkle

The specialist drained some of the infection/pus out. It was very unpleasant. My jaw is still swollen

4:43 pm

periwinkle

root canal scheduled for next Friday. lucky me

4:45 pm

dan2bit

evening all! once again a grid where I'm grateful that eagles have no idea how to spell their nests

5:16 pm

BzznBea

I'm sorry about all the dental issues, peri. The pain is almost as bad as the payment.

5:18 pm

hokie carla

yes, me too. have had an abscessed tooth and it was very terrible. hurt too bad to sleep and then I was like 3 days without sleep, which is even worse. Hope the antibiotics kick in soon.

5:33 pm

periwinkle

thanks Bea

5:33 pm

periwinkle

thanks carla too

6:13 pm

ch1212

peri, I'm so sorry! I've been there myself. It's criminal they can't get you in sooner. {{ hugs }}

dan2bit - hilarious!

7:19 pm

scatterbrain

6 letter beg ar pls

7:20 pm

penquis

ar 6? ... more talented in painting and drawing than me...a comparative....

7:32 pm

penquis

can anyone clue the YA 6?

7:32 pm

penquis

it's my last word...

7:37 pm

penquis

found it...i am done....goodnight all....

8:12 pm

cybernan

hello to anyone still here :)

8:16 pm

Christa

Hello @ cybernan

8:39 pm

cybernan

off for supper - bbl

9:18 pm

cybernan

these s's are tough

9:36 pm

NANCY

MIRS

9:37 pm

NANCY

sorry cursor is jumping around

9:40 pm

cybernan

hi Nancy -- down to the last sa 5/14 but striking out

9:40 pm

cybernan

found it :) have a great evening everyone

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