Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, July 8, 2024

12:03 am

GroovyKiwi

Happy flippers

12:04 am

GroovyKiwi

Ho7

12:08 am

JoyOh

De8

12:10 am

GroovyKiwi

Phew I thought I was a phantom in the chat lol

12:12 am

ursh

morning - nice find Joy

12:12 am

JoyOh

I am usually here, nothing to say.

12:14 am

Gillie

br7

12:14 am

GroovyKiwi

Phantom Brandy which I’m really thinking I need after only finding 30 so far lol

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

cybernan

hi everyone :)

12:18 am

Gillie

ty lickety - hi nan

12:18 am

GroovyKiwi

Hi Nan. Cheers Lickety

12:20 am

GroovyKiwi

Be 7 x 2

12:23 am

GroovyKiwi

Ya 7

12:23 am

Gillie

ho7

12:23 am

Gillie

ho7 x 2, that is

12:36 am

GroovyKiwi

No 7

1:01 am

penquis

re 7...

4:02 am

ivesy3

clue for the no 7 plz

4:03 am

ivesy3

got it

4:09 am

worzel

br7

7:19 am

MollyL

Not Superman for the no7 if anyone else needs it.

7:20 am

ChampFit

Well I wouldn't have thought of that! Thanks Molly.

7:21 am

MollyL

Me either. Typical Babble gobblydeegook

8:19 am

72 Temple Owl

morning

8:37 am

hokie carla

I think your leg is a nonarm

8:39 am

rururocks

let's not talk about legs this morning please

8:40 am

origami

Is it any better, ru?

8:41 am

rururocks

not really ..

8:41 am

hurshy

what did you do to it? we were all wondering yesterday or whatever day that was...

8:41 am

BzznBea

uhoh

8:41 am

origami

Sorry

8:42 am

rururocks

took a hard fall at off my front porch and skidded along the walkway

8:42 am

hurshy

is it broken?

8:42 am

rururocks

no.. thankfully

8:42 am

rururocks

bruised a bit though I think

8:42 am

BzznBea

When are you traveling?

8:43 am

hurshy

:(

8:43 am

rururocks

Friday

8:43 am

hurshy

sorry you're dealing with that ru. ttfn all

8:43 am

rururocks

thankfully I didn't break my ankle.. it would have really been a problem

8:44 am

origami

broken bones would be bad right now

8:45 am

BzznBea

Ice, Ice Baby.

8:45 am

BzznBea

Also epsom salt soaks.

8:45 am

rururocks

I can barely touch it bea

8:46 am

BzznBea

I'm sorry.

8:46 am

rururocks

just me being clumsy.. my balance isn't what it used to be

8:47 am

Shirlockc

ouch, ruru

8:48 am

rururocks

I'm usually really careful where I walk and step.. but I was distracted and the dog pulled me

8:48 am

Shirlockc

doggone it, a step too far

8:55 am

MollyL

The best pain relief gel there is is Zim's Max-Freeze Gel. It got me through some rough nights when my hip was bad.

8:58 am

rururocks

oh I give does anyone have the be7/48?

8:59 am

MollyL

Where you keep buzzing insects

9:00 am

rururocks

oh god no wonder.. what a weird word

9:00 am

rururocks

thank you molly

9:01 am

Shirlockc

thx you molly and yeah, i would NOT have gotten that otherwise

9:02 am

origami

I guessed that one, but am stuck on the other be7. Any clues?

9:02 am

rururocks

most of the tiles are easy to close out .. just having trouble with the h's and that b

9:03 am

bichon

ty Molly

9:03 am

rururocks

be7 is to get called something

9:03 am

rururocks

think like Oakland

9:04 am

MollyL

Like getting called a scatologist? 😊

9:04 am

rururocks

yeah.. just like that

9:04 am

rururocks

my clue was a little racist though

9:05 am

MollyL

Slur alert!!

9:05 am

origami

Wow, thanks.

9:05 am

rururocks

thank goodness Kaplan isn't here right now

9:05 am

rururocks

:D

9:08 am

MollyL

I don't think I have ever seen the gh6 here before. Of course if it has been, I would never remember a word like that.

9:08 am

rururocks

we've had it.. before.. i found it on my own from memory

9:08 am

bichon

ty ru

9:08 am

rururocks

we''ve had it four times so far molly

9:08 am

MollyL

For Ru: Freak

9:08 am

origami

ru never forgets a word

9:09 am

rururocks

at least as long as I've been around

9:12 am

phaeton

hello...may I have a clue for the ho6/24?

9:12 am

rururocks

you'd hear it at a football game phaeton

9:13 am

phaeton

crap...was using the wrong H! Thank you RU

9:13 am

MollyL

*Faints*

9:16 am

hokie carla

hopefully you didn't have a high ankle sprain, that'd be worse than a broken ankle.

9:17 am

hokie carla

PS - I fell 3x over the weekend but I'm okay! Hope you start to feel better soon, ruru.

9:18 am

MollyL

Carla are you SURE you don't drink?

9:18 am

hokie carla

could you imagine

9:19 am

MollyL

Inner ear problems? Or are you just the incredible falling woman?

9:20 am

hokie carla

2x was on the disc golf course. first was slight hill and I stepped on like 20 gumballs and my feet just flew out from under me. second was a steeper hill with loose gravel. yesterday was in golf shoes in a monsoon and I got out of the cart at the clubhouse and yet again feet flew out from under me.

9:21 am

hokie carla

and for those that don't know what gumballs are maybe bea can tell us the actual name

9:21 am

BzznBea

sweetgum balls

9:22 am

hokie carla

winston won't even go near them

9:22 am

hokie carla

and now I gotta go. peace out.

9:23 am

phaeton

fw

9:25 am

Shirlockc

can i get a clue for that GH6 pls, I have no memory of it

9:26 am

rururocks

g + not him + two vowels

9:27 am

Shirlockc

thx ruru, i really don't remember this word

9:33 am

rururocks

got to get to work.. have a good day everyone

9:46 am

MollyL

Bye gimpy

9:55 am

moolingwa

morning all

9:59 am

72 Temple Owl

hi moo

9:59 am

moolingwa

hey TO, happy Monday

10:03 am

72 Temple Owl

dragging. travelers fatique. brutal itenarary + bad weather+ plus boneheads at british air = ugh

10:04 am

BzznBea

But did you have fun?

10:04 am

72 Temple Owl

not yesterday LOL

10:05 am

72 Temple Owl

they say travel is educational. I was well educated. and well fed.

10:05 am

72 Temple Owl

:D

10:09 am

moolingwa

you went to the UK?

10:10 am

72 Temple Owl

No greece via UK

10:10 am

moolingwa

ah, very nice

10:12 am

72 Temple Owl

it was.

10:14 am

72 Temple Owl

BTW i saw stoae. they are real things.

10:14 am

moolingwa

did you go to the islands, or mainly around Athens...or both?

10:14 am

72 Temple Owl

many many stoae/stoai

10:15 am

72 Temple Owl

packed itinerary. santorini and hydra then countryside to athens

10:15 am

moolingwa

oh, nice

10:16 am

moolingwa

I've not been yet to Greece....one day

10:20 am

72 Temple Owl

BBS

10:23 am

granadan

Santorini is beautiful, but so touristy and packed. Crete is the bomb

10:26 am

72 Temple Owl

yes heard about crete. have you done hydra?

10:26 am

72 Temple Owl

traffic jam on hydra = two donkeys and a mule.

10:45 am

BzznBea

Clue for either re6.21, please?

10:45 am

periwinkle

fix the bottom of your shoe

10:46 am

BzznBea

Thanks, peri.

10:46 am

moolingwa

to give an appelation again?

10:49 am

BzznBea

namaste

10:50 am

periwinkle

ty mool

10:50 am

moolingwa

yw

10:51 am

periwinkle

help with either be7 please

10:51 am

moolingwa

one of them is very close to a word you just got :)

10:52 am

periwinkle

ty mool

10:52 am

moolingwa

don't have a 2nd one, will look

10:53 am

Shirlockc

how many be7 are there? I have 2 so far

10:54 am

periwinkle

help with the 2nd one please

11:00 am

periwinkle

no7 please

11:14 am

Gillie

2 be7 - the other one is another word for apiary

11:15 am

periwinkle

ty new word for me

11:15 am

periwinkle

bl

12:24 pm

Deeha

Often wonder where American squirrels live? Ours live in a drey

12:26 pm

bichon

they make a nest in a tree

12:39 pm

MollyL

Same thing. The Brits just call it a drey for some reason

1:26 pm

Gillie

two syllables shorter than "squirrel's nest" - very economical

1:28 pm

Gillie

but there's never any accounting for people who insist on doing things differently from Americans

2:22 pm

cybernan

good afternoon everyone :)

2:34 pm

cybernan

just read the chat -- no hive so I am stumped on that be 7

2:37 pm

moolingwa

a fenced area for your apiarists?

2:38 pm

cybernan

ty mool

2:38 pm

moolingwa

yw

3:01 pm

cybernan

de 8 please?

3:08 pm

Gillie

add 2 letters to the preceding de6

3:21 pm

dimitri

SALUT svp vous pouvez m'expliquer le projet?

3:22 pm

Gillie

The puzzle is in English - click Help above for more information

3:37 pm

dan2bit

phantom menorah

3:42 pm

hurshy

greetings all

3:42 pm

hurshy

bit of a rough day here, i am so ready to take refuge in babble now

3:50 pm

dan2bit

hugs for hurshy

3:51 pm

hurshy

thank you dan

3:53 pm

Shellbell_o-well

Salut Dimitri! C'est vrai, parfois les mots de Babble
ne sont pas anglais !

4:00 pm

hurshy

phantom: renown

4:00 pm

Shellbell_o-well

FW... last word, me5/14, stank!

4:00 pm

hurshy

you mean the french word?

4:00 pm

hurshy

ironically

4:01 pm

dan2bit

oh the ir5!

4:01 pm

Shellbell_o-well

yup, hursh

4:02 pm

hurshy

Rs Ransacked!

4:06 pm

Shellbell_o-well

your me5/14 day, is in the rearview now!

4:06 pm

hurshy

sort of, lol

4:12 pm

hurshy

Ys Yanked!

4:13 pm

hurshy

anyone have both of that lower N? got no4

4:19 pm

hurshy

or both L? i have le4 on that

4:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

ethnic slur alert.

4:22 pm

hurshy

for the L?

4:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

and the Lost Lenore

4:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Nevermore!

4:24 pm

hurshy

*confused*

4:24 pm

Shellbell_o-well

3 N4's: 1-nine, having nine. 2-not having any. 3-seaweed

4:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Phantom Lenore. The Raven.

4:25 pm

hurshy

yes but i was asking what comes from the LOWER N

4:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

eating seaweed makes me gag

4:26 pm

hurshy

fair enough

4:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Heat's gotten to me

4:26 pm

hurshy

oh duh, i see it, no5

4:27 pm

hurshy

i know about Lenore and the Raven, what i don't know is what the ethnic slur you referred to might be

4:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

He4.

4:27 pm

hurshy

hmm, guess i need that then

4:28 pm

hurshy

aHA thanks, didn't know that was a word

4:28 pm

Shellbell_o-well

oh! sorry! didn't catch that you were looking for the n5

4:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I wish I could give you a clever clue

4:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh Lenore isn't a phantom!

4:29 pm

hurshy

not a phantom but a NTPN

4:29 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Archie Bunker used it a lot

4:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

NT" Proper noun?

4:30 pm

hurshy

Name That Proper Noun!

4:30 pm

hurshy

it's one of my auxiliary games that i invented

4:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh yeah.

4:31 pm

hurshy

i say like
name that proper noun! Cowboy-hat-logoed fast food franchise

4:31 pm

hurshy

and you say "Arby ('s)!"

4:31 pm

hurshy

and i say "ding ding ding!"

4:31 pm

hurshy

well not necessarily me, other people also do them :)

4:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I invented Name that ethnic slur, and clues that are punny, II din't know you invented NTPN.

4:33 pm

hurshy

yes, that and "GWHIM" / "GW*IM" - Guess What Hurshy Is Missing or any variant with the first letter of anyone else's name

4:33 pm

cybernan

hi again :) Did anyone ever have a clue for that de 8, please?

4:34 pm

hurshy

i MAY have been the one to coin the term phantom for its purpose, but i can't recall for sure... the memory is getting lost in the phantomy mists of time at this point

4:34 pm

hurshy

de8 is the way you present yourself, your bearing. people like those who have a calm de8.

4:34 pm

cybernan

thanks hurshy

4:35 pm

hurshy

yw

4:38 pm

hurshy

ok got le5/14, and looked it up, and that sounds REALLY gross

4:40 pm

hurshy

name that proper noun! Ms. Glossop of the Jeeves & Wooster stories

4:41 pm

periwinkle

first de5 [;ease

4:42 pm

hurshy

firs i have is like ... take the stinger off a manta, but i'm missing one D so could be something before that

4:43 pm

cybernan

de 5: undo farewells?

4:43 pm

hurshy

ahhh thanks nan

4:48 pm

periwinkle

ty nan new word for me

4:48 pm

hurshy

clue for no7?

4:51 pm

MollyL

Not Superman

4:52 pm

cybernan

looking for it also hurshy

4:54 pm

cybernan

ty molly

5:01 pm

cybernan

MHAH - Stuck

5:05 pm

cybernan

found an ho

5:06 pm

cybernan

and another one

5:11 pm

cybernan

done :) hagd

5:16 pm

moolingwa

rehi

6:00 pm

hurshy

thanks molly!!

6:01 pm

hurshy

got distracted with cats wanting dinner and then getting myself dinner and taking out the trash and whatnot...

6:55 pm

hokie carla

rehi

7:16 pm

jesdraggon

hi all

7:18 pm

hokie carla

hey jes

7:19 pm

jesdraggon

avoiding heat stroke?

7:20 pm

hokie carla

not too bad here today

7:20 pm

jesdraggon

100f here

7:21 pm

hokie carla

eek

7:22 pm

hokie carla

82 here right now but just 25 min from sunset. we did a lake tour today so I was in the water a lot. so it might've been hotter.

7:22 pm

jesdraggon

sounds nice

7:31 pm

jesdraggon

nbt

7:32 pm

dcseain

it's 88F here in Reston right now. Ugh.

7:34 pm

dcseain

And Gl5 Rd is in the grid. The Gl5 itself is the church on the grounds of Marymount University.

7:35 pm

jesdraggon

thanks dc!

7:36 pm

dcseain

:)

7:36 pm

dcseain

I'm glad that helped someone

7:49 pm

jesdraggon

my brain is not working on this... stalled out at 74

7:53 pm

hokie carla

still 93 left here. I just don't seem to care. been doing other stuff.

7:53 pm

jesdraggon

ah, no i mean i've only found 74. :P

7:53 pm

dcseain

some days are like that.

7:54 pm

dcseain

I'm at 89. and am watching a video.

7:54 pm

hokie carla

well, I've only found 67 :D

7:54 pm

hokie carla

we are watching a jesse owens biopic. pretty good.

7:55 pm

jesdraggon

I'm listening to a Murderbot Diaries book

7:55 pm

dcseain

I'm watching What Came before the Big Bang by History of the Universe on YouTube.

7:55 pm

dcseain

yay distraction!

7:56 pm

hokie carla

squirrel!

7:57 pm

dcseain

I'm debating between ice cream and a cocktail.

7:57 pm

dcseain

maybe evening meds and ice cream.

7:57 pm

hokie carla

ice cream! ice cream!

7:57 pm

jesdraggon

oooh, ice cream

7:58 pm

dcseain

Häagen Dass Strawberry :)

7:58 pm

dcseain

which is as good as their vanilla.

7:58 pm

dcseain

I had a smoothie for lunch.

7:58 pm

hokie carla

I really like their chocolate peanut butter

7:58 pm

dcseain

ooh, I'll have to look for that.

8:00 pm

hokie carla

which beegee is in the grid

8:01 pm

dcseain

hm. I found a Bryan.

8:02 pm

dcseain

and HE5, like the shirt.

8:02 pm

dcseain

and a herman

8:02 pm

dcseain

is a phantom

8:07 pm

hokie carla

well, I'm one b shy of HOET

8:08 pm

hokie carla

there it is, HOET and 60 left

8:08 pm

dcseain

I have no L, and no O, and no A form the lower right.

8:09 pm

hokie carla

do you want any stats?

8:09 pm

dcseain

I have L stats, but no luck yet.

8:09 pm

dcseain

found le4.4

8:09 pm

hokie carla

comedian/talk show host is the one L I have

8:10 pm

dcseain

yes. same

8:10 pm

dcseain

and found a fish ae

8:10 pm

dcseain

and a fishy ow

8:11 pm

hokie carla

both are ae

8:11 pm

dcseain

no 7s nor 8s yet

8:11 pm

dcseain

ho7 now

8:11 pm

hokie carla

I have 3 7s but not the 8

8:12 pm

dcseain

phantom ho5bee

8:30 pm

hokie carla

found another ho7

8:31 pm

dcseain

and I found re7

8:32 pm

hokie carla

I don't have that one

8:33 pm

dcseain

ah, got another fishy ho7, thanks

8:34 pm

hokie carla

still only have 7 on the lower H

8:36 pm

hokie carla

oh, grayed the right side R, so that 7 is the other R

8:40 pm

dcseain

yes, yes it is

9:34 pm

Gillie

I guess I could have been a bit more helpful with dimitri earlier - but it seemed unlikely that he was enjoy Babble much if he doesn't know *some* English.

9:35 pm

Gillie

*was going to enjoy*

9:35 pm

Gillie

speaking of apparently not knowing English

9:37 pm

dcseain

I went and looked, and you did provide helpful information.

9:37 pm

dcseain

without a basis in English, it would be a challenge, yes.

9:37 pm

dcseain

Perhaps in Quebec, I suppose.

9:38 pm

Gillie

I could have tried responding in French, at least, although it's been a long time since I used it much.

9:39 pm

dcseain

shell-o-bell did respond in French.

9:39 pm

Gillie

Only to comment that not *all* the words are English, I think.

9:40 pm

dcseain

yes, that's what I read.

9:40 pm

dcseain

though I'd argue they are in English, if rare.

9:41 pm

Gillie

deciding when a word is English or not can be difficult, sometimes

9:41 pm

dcseain

indeed so!

9:44 pm

Gillie

One of the funniest French words I know is "shampooing", meaning "shampoo", but pronounced very differently from how it is in English.

9:47 pm

Gillie

I'm not sure if they approve of it in France - I know they used to be sticklers for avoiding foreign words and keeping French "pure"

9:49 pm

Gillie

Anyway, I'm finished, so maybe I can offer some clues, if any are wanted?

9:50 pm

dcseain

re5.14 please?

9:50 pm

dcseain

I'm at a loss

9:53 pm

Gillie

a person who doesn't follow the rules

9:53 pm

Gillie

(or the act of going against the rules)

9:55 pm

Gillie

I mean, to go against the rules (a verb)

9:56 pm

Gillie

"the act of" doing it is a longer word, and can describe a political uprising

9:57 pm

dcseain

oh!

9:57 pm

dcseain

so many fishy today

9:57 pm

Gillie

yes, we've had a few weird grids lately

9:59 pm

Gillie

anyway, i'm off for now - good luck with the rest of it!

10:04 pm

dcseain

thanks! g'night

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