Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, June 13, 2024

12:01 am

penquis

RA 7

12:03 am

justafreep

ta7

12:05 am

Gillie

st7

12:05 am

justafreep

st7

12:07 am

Gillie

ti7

12:08 am

penquis

Br 7

12:08 am

penquis

And br 8

12:09 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, br 8

12:09 am

Rainiqui

remats

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:25 am

penquis

Ipad keyboard has run out of juice …. Goodnight all…

12:26 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:27 am

justafreep

morning, sprite

12:30 am

sprite

hi freep!

12:31 am

justafreep

how's things? It's bedtime here, but the puppy is sleeping on me, so I'm trying hard not to move

12:32 am

sprite

lol I know that feeling! Things are fine here, how about you?

12:32 am

justafreep

I've got a puppy asleep on me, so they're excellent. :-)

12:34 am

sprite

:D Isn't it amazing, the way they make everything excellent?

12:34 am

justafreep

Yes. And how you can forget all the different things they chewed cuz they are cute and asleep now

12:35 am

sprite

exactly :) Heartmelting monsters.

12:35 am

justafreep

plus, a reminder to be endlessly curious and excited by the world

12:35 am

justafreep

I mean, maybe not THAT excited about EVERYTHING. But in general!

12:36 am

sprite

that too. And a constant reminder to live in the NOW.

12:37 am

justafreep

for sure. And to insist that everyone you meet pets you and... well... okay, maybe not that.

12:38 am

sprite

nah, not that. Just a select few.

12:39 am

justafreep

That's wiser.

12:39 am

justafreep

Plus a fun grid today.

12:39 am

sprite

sure is.

12:41 am

Mercy

sita

12:51 am

justafreep

an an7 just as I was gonna call it a night

12:53 am

sprite

bbs

12:54 am

justafreep

enjoy the day, sprite. I'm taking my puppy and calling it a night

1:19 am

sprite

back. Night night, freep

1:19 am

sprite

and puppy

1:35 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

7:09 am

hokie carla

phantom enact

7:26 am

penquis

hello all...

7:34 am

hokie carla

pen!

7:34 am

penquis

carla!

7:34 am

hokie carla

this looks like another tough one so far

7:35 am

penquis

not too bad for me....down to 12....was up at the flip...

7:35 am

hokie carla

91 left here

7:35 am

hokie carla

but still a LOT left on first row

7:36 am

hokie carla

phantom castle

7:36 am

penquis

missing three Ss and 3 Ts in that row...

7:36 am

hokie carla

and curfew

7:37 am

hokie carla

need 10 S and 8 T

7:37 am

penquis

yes, i kept wanting to type in those words...

7:37 am

hokie carla

is this i word something I should be seeing?

7:38 am

penquis

it's a normal 6...

7:38 am

penquis

we don't see it often here...

7:38 am

hokie carla

keep seeing phantom istle

7:38 am

hokie carla

aha

7:39 am

EmaMaria

phantom menarche

7:39 am

hokie carla

I don't even know what that means🤣

7:40 am

penquis

that will never be my phantom, lol....

7:40 am

EmaMaria

Def. first menstrual period in a female adolescent

7:41 am

hokie carla

I see

7:41 am

hokie carla

here they just ask "when was your first menstrual period"

7:44 am

hokie carla

phantom snatch

7:46 am

penquis

close to another word...

7:47 am

MollyL

Oh don't do that right after the first period conversation

7:47 am

hokie carla

just found a regular set of 4 from top S. not sure how I missed that.

7:47 am

hokie carla

yeah, have that already pen

7:48 am

MollyL

And that menarche word is the way doctors talk, not regular people. The only reason I know that word is from doing medical transcription.

7:48 am

hokie carla

yeah, but I'm wondering if they do actually use it in UK

7:49 am

hokie carla

almost elbow

7:49 am

EmaMaria

No I would say it is more a medical word than commonly used...

7:50 am

MollyL

I am trying to imagine a group of twelve-year-old girls and one of them says "I reached menarche today". Not happening.

7:50 am

hokie carla

lol

7:51 am

hokie carla

I could see Cher in Clueless using it

7:51 am

mael

hah, it's a common word in Italian

7:51 am

mael

I tried it without the E at the end, just in case

7:52 am

hokie carla

I did too after Ema told us about her phantom

7:54 am

MollyL

Here's one for you, oligomenorrhea. Irregular periods.

7:54 am

hokie carla

I thought that was a different word that ends the same. what am I thinking of?

7:55 am

penquis

sounds like a word for the national spelling bee....oh, guess not given the meaning... ;o)

7:56 am

hokie carla

maybe I'm thinking of the heavy period word whatever that is

7:58 am

EmaMaria

dysmenorrhoea is painful periods

8:01 am

penquis

there must be a weird 4 because i can't find it...only have 8 left...

8:02 am

hokie carla

don't think I've found any weird 4's yet but still have 10

8:03 am

hokie carla

what letters do you have left, pen?

8:04 am

penquis

SS TT C RR N...

8:04 am

hokie carla

just found 3 th words I forgot to look for, there is a 4 babblet in that

8:05 am

penquis

i have three TH words and one is a babblet...

8:05 am

hokie carla

also a ti set. not a word I use but we have it here a bit.

8:06 am

penquis

yes....have a set of those...

8:08 am

hokie carla

do you have the word that the umps are kind of?

8:09 am

penquis

yup....and the word that sounds like a plural of the city department in charge of leisure activities...

8:09 am

hokie carla

7-14-13-2 so not sure why I'm trying to help🤣

8:10 am

penquis

lol.... 1 - 3- 4 here...

8:15 am

hokie carla

so are your c's the bottom one? I have that gray.

8:15 am

penquis

no...missing one C in second row...

8:15 am

hokie carla

ok, I still need 3 of those

8:16 am

hokie carla

is my missing 2nd col E a regular word?

8:16 am

penquis

i think all my other Cs are pretty ordinary....

8:17 am

penquis

i think so....

8:17 am

penquis

well ordinary for Babble...

8:17 am

penquis

it's a four....

8:18 am

hokie carla

I have a 4

8:18 am

hokie carla

oh, see it now

8:20 am

MollyL

Ordinary for Babble is an oxymoron

8:22 am

penquis

true... ;o)

8:22 am

hokie carla

well, I gotta get moving. leaving 28 for later.
3-11-12-2

8:26 am

penquis

found a ch 6 word i haven't seen before...

8:27 am

mael

the one that looks like a truncated word for letters?

8:28 am

penquis

not sure what you mean....mine looks like a pl without a singular....

8:31 am

ChampFit

Oooh...thanks for that pen!

8:31 am

penquis

yw...

8:34 am

penquis

well i am leaving 7 for later....bye all....

8:35 am

rururocks

WE'LL ALL BE DONE WHEN YOU GET BACK PEN

8:35 am

rururocks

sorry for the caps

8:37 am

penquis

ooh....found two odd R words....hard to leave with so few left... ;o)

8:41 am

ChampFit

Are they a 5/6 combo? I need 'em!

8:41 am

penquis

yes...RE...

8:46 am

ChampFit

weird words

8:47 am

penquis

yes..

8:49 am

penquis

really leaving now....bye all....

8:49 am

ChampFit

bye!

8:55 am

rururocks

down to one c 6 and can't find it

8:55 am

ChampFit

Do you have ca6?

8:56 am

ChampFit

I'm sorry...ch6?

8:57 am

rururocks

I don'

8:57 am

rururocks

i don't

8:57 am

rururocks

thanks

8:57 am

rururocks

that was it.

8:57 am

ChampFit

Great. Just finished. Have fun!

8:57 am

rururocks

i'm outta here for the day .. have a good day all

9:12 am

mael

name that may day festival in the grid

9:12 am

MollyL

Beltane

9:13 am

mael

ding ding ding

9:29 am

mael

FW!

10:14 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:38 am

periwinkle

hi mool

10:38 am

periwinkle

hello all

10:38 am

periwinkle

help with the i please

10:38 am

periwinkle

nm

10:51 am

MollyL

Well, that took care of it6

11:55 am

BzznBea

Namaste

12:38 pm

hurshy

heidy ho good neighbours

12:44 pm

SamanthaJoy

Hey hey hurshy

12:44 pm

hurshy

howzit sam

12:44 pm

SamanthaJoy

Not bad. I should be at the gym, but here I am instead.

12:45 pm

hurshy

much more fun

12:45 pm

SamanthaJoy

I'll do a quick callisthenic workout in my backroom later and call it good enough.

12:46 pm

hurshy

i approve

12:46 pm

SamanthaJoy

The Hurshy Seal of Approval is a valuable and coveted thing. I shall treasure it always.

12:47 pm

hurshy

teehee

1:00 pm

hurshy

left col grey!

1:00 pm

SamanthaJoy

Do you start upper left and work down systematically?

1:01 pm

hurshy

i try to be systematic in some way, but sometimes i move around in a different direction

1:01 pm

SamanthaJoy

Ah. I'm scattershot. Unmedicated ADHD, because wo can even find the meds these days?

1:02 pm

hurshy

:(

1:02 pm

hurshy

is there a shortage or do you have an insurance problem?

1:03 pm

SamanthaJoy

There's a shortage, has been for years. A bunch of people with time on their hands got diagnosed during the pandemic (it's a lengthy process) and it's been in short supply since then.

1:04 pm

hurshy

weird, i'm sorry to hear that

1:04 pm

hurshy

guess i'm lucky that did not happen with any of my meds

1:05 pm

SamanthaJoy

Yeah. I'm lucky that it's not one I need to be functional. If I don't finish Babble most days any more, no one gets hurt, and I've got coping mechanisms out the wazoo for the important things.

1:06 pm

hurshy

that's good

1:07 pm

SamanthaJoy

Weirdly it changed my politics a little. I'm now more supportive of the US government's commitment to subsidizing farmers.

1:08 pm

Shellbell_o-well

aaak! ADHD meds shortage is my nightmare as well

1:09 pm

hurshy

well, i gotta get back to work, 9 left for later, ttfn all!

1:09 pm

SamanthaJoy

Since it showed how bad capitalism is at stepping up to meet a sudden demand, it makes sense to have an abundance of absolutely crucial things like arable land at the ready in case of emergency.

1:09 pm

SamanthaJoy

Bye hursh

1:10 pm

Shellbell_o-well

scattershot is a good word...

1:10 pm

SamanthaJoy

Yeah, Shell, I have friends who have been dependent on their meds for years and suddenly can't find them. It's not good.

1:50 pm

Gillie

I knew a wealthy couple with a "ranch" in the Colorado mountains that they visited during the summer, who would buy horses locally to graze there every summer, then resell them at the end of the summer (by pre-agreement), just so that they could claim that their property was a farm and reduce their taxes accordingly. U.S. farm subsidies apparently benefit families with higher-than-average incomes and a lot of corporations beside, and tend to distort production.

1:54 pm

SamanthaJoy

They absolutely distort production. There's no real way for government subsidies not to.

1:55 pm

Gillie

I mean in the sense of determining what actually gets produced, vs what is needed and economical.

1:57 pm

Gillie

A lot goes to low-quality corn that ends up being used as a mandated fuel additive

1:58 pm

Gillie

This was supposed to reduce fossil-fuel use, but in practice it doesn't really do that

1:59 pm

Gillie

Anyway, subsidizing farms may be a good idea in theory, but the way it's evolved is a bit of a mess

2:25 pm

wingding

gillie, i am so sorry to hear about the 'wealthy farmer' the NJ governor did something like that decades ago with 'christmas tree farm' .. i for one, support local farmers whenever possible ... our country was founded / feed by them ..

3:45 pm

moolingwa

rehi

3:56 pm

hurshy

i'm back too for my last 9 words

3:58 pm

hurshy

looks like ta7 x2 was not called, only one of them

3:58 pm

hurshy

that still leaves one more 7 uncalled

4:00 pm

hurshy

aHA dug it out of the recesses of my babblet memory - an7

4:00 pm

hurshy

*feels very proud*

4:01 pm

hurshy

ooh found my B!

4:02 pm

moolingwa

I have 21 left

4:02 pm

moolingwa

4-6-9-2

4:02 pm

hurshy

found a C!

4:03 pm

moolingwa

found 2 C's and 2 S's :)

4:04 pm

moolingwa

and an R

4:04 pm

hurshy

found 2 S's also!!!

4:05 pm

hurshy

we are on rolls!!

4:06 pm

moolingwa

I'm on a kaiser roll

4:07 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! author Louis who wrote Holes

4:08 pm

moolingwa

sorry, no idea

4:09 pm

moolingwa

found a b

4:10 pm

hurshy

got my last S!

4:10 pm

moolingwa

super

4:11 pm

hurshy

phantom: caramel

4:11 pm

moolingwa

the best kind

4:11 pm

moolingwa

an m

4:13 pm

hurshy

got my Ms!

4:13 pm

hurshy

last word is therefore a C6

4:13 pm

moolingwa

of course

4:14 pm

moolingwa

just found a c6 that is odd

4:14 pm

hurshy

is it ca, ch, or cr?

4:15 pm

hurshy

oHO i think it is CH because i just found it

4:15 pm

moolingwa

ch6

4:15 pm

moolingwa

found my last 2 n's

4:15 pm

hurshy

go mool go!

4:15 pm

moolingwa

found my last r

4:16 pm

moolingwa

10 to go...

3-3-3-1

6:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, swoosh

6:40 pm

Shellbell_o-well

hey there bdgwen!

6:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wazzap shell-bell-o-well!

6:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

are you karen?

6:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

guess not -- NM

8:47 pm

Shellbell_o-well

sorry, had to step away!

9:01 pm

Shellbell_o-well

all done.

9:07 pm

dcseain

Yay shellbell!

9:16 pm

Shellbell_o-well

tyvm!

9:28 pm

hokie carla

rehi - let's see if I can find any new words

9:43 pm

Shellbell_o-well

reflect

9:43 pm

hokie carla

on the day?

9:43 pm

Shellbell_o-well

stupid auto-correct... refleb

9:47 pm

Shellbell_o-well

arcats; Noah's feline friends

9:47 pm

hokie carla

how could I miss the madagascar mammal? I type it when there are like only 3 of the letters in the grid.

9:49 pm

hokie carla

oh well, finished with the list. good night!

9:52 pm

Shellbell_o-well

ta!

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