12:01 am
Shellbell_o-well
ha6 ha7 ha8
12:03 am
dizgrannie
and another ha 7
12:11 am
Gillie
x 3, I mean
12:13 am
Shellbell_o-well
sh7
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
Gillie
ty lickety
12:33 am
sprite
morning babblers. Omg, 22??? No way.
12:39 am
sprite
ks killed
12:50 am
jeanne314
shanks
12:51 am
jeanne314
so sorry!!! Killed a fly on my screen and there went the cursor!
12:51 am
jeanne314
(OMG - I just confessed to murder!)
12:52 am
sprite
roflol :D
12:52 am
jeanne314
OTOH, I notice sprite did too.
12:52 am
sprite
true. We will be sisters in crime then.
12:53 am
jeanne314
Sounds good to me! Now to try to kill those Ks as well. I've only got 6, and am already kinda stuck.
12:54 am
sprite
ikr? Ks are horrible. I take them out first, then I can starting babbling for fun
12:55 am
sprite
let me know if you need help with them
12:55 am
jeanne314
I need a new methodology. I just type as fast as I see things...hopefully catching on to the endings and prefixes as I go. Nothing worse than seeing an ending and then having to go through my list to see what could use it. Not efficient at all.
12:56 am
sprite
oh I am the same. Except for the Ks. I just start typing until I hit a wall.
12:57 am
jeanne314
my walls come at me way too fast some nights.
12:59 am
sprite
I have accepted the kind of babbler I am. Rather chaotic, with a deep hatred of K-words, and pretty biggie-blind. I usually end up with most biggies left to find, and a whole bunch of 4 letter words that I should have spotted much earlier... and a heap of forgotten singulars, plurals, verb forms etc. Ah well. That's me.
1:01 am
jeanne314
I always wondered what our brains would look like on an fMRI machine...seeing what lights up as we're typing, typing in words we don't think are words, but then it is...realizing you probably knew it or read it ONCE and it stuck...just different things that go on in our operating systems.
1:01 am
jeanne314
Yeah. Strange, I know, but that's me. LOL!
1:02 am
sprite
oh yes. Areas will light up where no man has gone before... and some other, usually well-trodden areas will stay stubbornly da4.
1:02 am
jeanne314
LOL!!! Good one!
1:05 am
jeanne314
At least the Ks had one of my favorite foods, of which I haven't gotten to enjoy for years. Cookbook comes out tomorrow.
1:06 am
sprite
inspiration struck? That is one good thing then, from the terrible Ks.
1:09 am
jeanne314
LOL! I just saw your "dictionary" compilation! I will keep my eyes open for such words! I used to collect names of people whose names matched their occupations. I had access to a huge military database (which I needed for my own work). So when I would find names like Horner, who was in the Air Force Band, or a food service guy whose last name was Malboeuf...well, I loved it! My fave was a guy (Turkish, I think) whose name was Bulent Tur. He worked with aircraft. When his name was last name first...well, you have fun with it.
1:11 am
sprite
oh lolol that is priceless! We used to have a spokesman for the pilots here whose name was Baksteen... which translates as stone brick :) Quite the opposite of your collection but fun
1:12 am
jeanne314
I think that is funny in its own way...I believe we have an aircraft at one time styled as "the Flying Brick." So there's some possibilities there.
1:12 am
sprite
definitely
1:12 am
jeanne314
Right in my own office was Sgt. Bonebreaker -- yup, medical services.
1:13 am
sprite
roflol! Oh dear. The jokes that man will have had to endure
1:14 am
jeanne314
...and one female captain last name of Minor at my first duty station. I couldn't wait until she got promoted to Major.
1:14 am
sprite
hahahahahaha
1:14 am
jeanne314
Anyways, language is fun, and I love this group because you have to love it to play this damn game!
1:15 am
sprite
it is true, the love for language in all its ambiguities is something that connects us all here
1:16 am
jeanne314
oooh, only 10 Ks left to go.
1:16 am
grannyrose
* hugs * my darling sprite. g'day jeanne
1:16 am
sprite
gooooo jeanne!
1:16 am
sprite
*hugs rose* Hello my dear friend! How are you doing?
1:17 am
grannyrose
not too bad for a Friday. how are you traveling sweetie?
1:17 am
jeanne314
Greetings, granny! I get so many good clues from the two of you. I'm mostly a lurker, but I may come out of my shell after a decade and half or whatever I've played this game!
1:18 am
sprite
it is lovely to see you join the chat, jeanne!
1:18 am
grannyrose
you are always welcome to join us jeanne.
1:18 am
sprite
hope to see you again soon, jeanne.
1:19 am
jeanne314
TYVM! oooh, just found that awful ssssssthnake....
1:19 am
sprite
I am okay, rose.
1:20 am
sprite
wtg jeanne! That is a nasty one, with its brothers
1:21 am
grannyrose
weren't those flowers amazing? i seem to have a black thumb with anything green.... trying to find plants i can't kill... loll....
1:21 am
sprite
honey, they are so beautiful! Well done.
1:21 am
jeanne314
I got bit a few years back here on our property...none are venomous that live near our house. But, oooh, what a surprise!
1:22 am
sprite
I have deep respect for sn5s.
1:23 am
sprite
brb, nature calls
1:23 am
grannyrose
waiting for some dryish weather so i can get out there. lots of weeding to do, and i need to prep the soil before i plant out the sarsparilla vine, and mint bush. thus far they seem content in their bigger pots.
1:23 am
jeanne314
I like them if they're not big enough to take my air away and aren't venomous. Then they are welcome. Ditto for spiders.
1:24 am
jeanne314
Anyways, you gals have a great evening, and same for all the lurkers out there as well.
1:24 am
grannyrose
ugh jeanne. you are my hero. anything with more than two legs or no legs can stay away from me.
1:25 am
grannyrose
bye jeanne
1:26 am
grannyrose
sorreeeee
1:26 am
jeanne314
I had to adapt to where I live, and it's creature-heavy. My sister-in-law pointed out one day that we had a fly ( "a" fly, singular) in our house. C'mon, I'm surrounded by cattle! That was a GOOD day!
1:29 am
sprite
we don't have many scary creatures here. Apart from people.
1:30 am
jeanne314
Sadly, we have too many scary people here too. And so much of it of our own making. But let's not go down that rabbit hole (geez, Jeanne, you bring it up!) But yeah...
1:31 am
sprite
*grins* We send them back into their rabbit holes, followed by sn5s.
1:31 am
jeanne314
!!!!! I like the imagery of it!
1:32 am
sprite
isn't that in Shakespeare somewhere? "exit, followed by a bear"?
1:33 am
jeanne314
I'm altogether deficient in Shakespeare...I'd never make the cut for Jeopardy on that alone.
1:34 am
sprite
I googled it: Exit, pursued by a bear’ in Act III of The Winter’s Tale
1:35 am
jeanne314
Now I'm seeing bears.
1:37 am
jeanne314
Speaking of bears, it's time for this one to hibernate for a bit! Thank you both for conversation and laughs (and a few inadvertent clues, for which I'm always grateful!)
1:37 am
mattygroves
Good morning all! Again, I know it's early, but has anyone stats for the bottom S? (And I like sn animals :) )
1:37 am
sprite
it was lovely to talk with you, jeanne. Have a good one!
1:38 am
sprite
hiya matty
1:38 am
mattygroves
(also, earlier in the chat you were talking about nominative determinism - I had an orthopaedist called Dr Bohne. And a rheumatologist called Dr Lim)
1:38 am
sprite
se7/28 and 8/40
1:39 am
sprite
oh that is priceless, matty, lol
1:39 am
mattygroves
Thank you for those S words - I've found them!
1:39 am
sprite
yay matty!
1:40 am
jeanne314
(quietly lurking again waiting on the clue...thanks for the name of "nominative determinism," matty! Also just reading how people come to resemble their names; i.e., "you look like a Debbie"
1:41 am
mattygroves
I got the name from New Scientist - a magazine ;) I wish I could say I made it up. Well, I could SAY it, but it wouldn't be true
1:41 am
jeanne314
that we change to match how ?society? perceives our name to look like? I think that was the thrust of the article. Okay. I really am going after I take a good stab at that S.
1:41 am
mattygroves
Jeanne - the 7 ends in a girl's name and then plural
1:42 am
jeanne314
;-} That is of great help! TYVM!
1:45 am
sprite
I was given the name Cassandra at birth, but my parents called me Sandra. When I turned 12 and went to middle school, I decided I would be Cassandra from then on... such a different feeling between those two names.
1:46 am
jeanne314
and I bet you've been told you look like a Cassandra (just don't actually BE one!)
1:47 am
mattygroves
I too changed the shortening of my name, in this case when I was 20. My mum never, ever adapted. And I don't think my brother has in his own head. Bear in mind I'm 57, so it's not like it was yesterday
1:47 am
sprite
yeah, people can be stubborn that way.
1:47 am
Kamanjah
My parents decided to call me by my middle name. I've always used first initial, middle, last - and now the banks won't accept it due to the Patriot Act.
1:48 am
Kamanjah
It's a major pita since that law passed, lol!
1:48 am
sprite
so frustrating
1:49 am
mattygroves
Those Ks are a killer - I only have half of them (not asking for anything, simply commenting :) )
1:50 am
sprite
ikr! Let us know if you need any help with them
1:51 am
Kamanjah
I can't believe there are 22 Ks! Ks are my downfall.
1:51 am
sprite
I am right with you on that
1:52 am
mattygroves
Monkeyed two more - now only 9 to find - I will shout though if necessary (though I shall be getting in the shower in the not too distant future)
1:53 am
sprite
the only way I can finish the Ks is by monkeying.
1:54 am
mattygroves
Are there any Ks longer than 5?
1:55 am
sprite
yes, a 6/7 combo and a plural 6
1:56 am
mattygroves
OK, not found those yet
1:59 am
sprite
the combo is an enzyme, if that helps
2:00 am
mattygroves
Hmmm...I shall think on it in the shower. For those whom I miss during the day, have a great one!
2:01 am
sprite
you too, matty, and enjoy the shower
2:14 am
sprite
fireflies. Time for me to go walk Nero. *hugs* to my friends, and to you all a blessed day and a peaceful night. Thanks for the fun and chat and games!
2:14 am
grannyrose
WTG SPRITE !!
2:14 am
grannyrose
see you tomorrow. * hugs *
2:14 am
sprite
bye my dear friend! *hugsssss*
4:09 am
Deeha
22b k's. I hate k's!!
4:35 am
worzel
es5/18 doesn't exist in real life!
7:49 am
dcseain
it does, just not where either of us lives.
7:58 am
aslindy
hello all
7:59 am
dcseain
phantom anorak
8:09 am
phaeton
hello...stats for bottom S?
8:15 am
dcseain
sandle was not found in the dictionary. WTF
8:15 am
aslindy
are you thinking of sandal?
8:16 am
dcseain
ah, spelled other than pronounced. Been a while since I shopped for any.
8:17 am
rururocks
well you were thong about that
8:17 am
dcseain
I'm covered in cats. Apparently early morning is very different from lat morning. I really don't recall the last time I was up this early.
8:18 am
aslindy
penalty box for me, didn't realize it was in the grid
8:18 am
dcseain
oh, so it is LOL
8:20 am
rururocks
it's 9 am where you are no?
8:23 am
dcseain
I often sleep 03-11
8:24 am
rururocks
that's restaurant hours
8:25 am
dcseain
my very first job was in a restaurant, though I was in HS then.
8:27 am
dcseain
I hear a flock of geese.
8:28 am
dcseain
this is early for migratory geese.
8:28 am
dcseain
so more signs of a real winter here.
8:28 am
aslindy
I've been seeing a lot of geese at some ponds near me, too.
8:30 am
dcseain
the chipmunks here were SO busy yesterday. Enthralled the cats.
8:35 am
aslindy
144 left after first pass, maybe finish later. Last day to pack boxes for this half of the move!
8:37 am
dcseain
127 after first pass here. When the cat gets off me, I shall bathe.
8:43 am
rururocks
I think it's going to be an early winter
8:43 am
dcseain
there are so many Spanish words in the grid today. It's kind of frustrating for me.
8:46 am
dcseain
early here means December. the worst of Winter her is usually Jan-Mar
8:48 am
MollyL
It is gross to even think about winter. It is such a depressing time of year.
8:49 am
mael
meanwhile, here in MA we can't wait for a killing frost this year
8:49 am
dcseain
early first frost here is in October. Typical is in November.
8:49 am
mael
hopefully it'll be a super early one, like next week (it won't because climate change sucks)
8:50 am
mael
average is early Oct here but it hasn't happened in years. It would be excellent if we could kill all the mosquitoes asap
8:50 am
MollyL
Why do you want a killing frost?
8:51 am
dcseain
it kills the ragweed.
8:52 am
dcseain
and the giant ragweed.
8:52 am
dcseain
and pushes poison ivy into dormancy.
8:52 am
mael
it's the EEE carrying mosquitoes that are the problem
8:53 am
dcseain
yes, the mosquitos too.
8:53 am
mael
and West Nile Virus. Many human cases this year, health department is sending out alerts, it's bad
8:56 am
dcseain
yes, west nile passed through here years ago. it took years for the local corvids to fully recover population. Lots of them died, as did a number of people.
8:59 am
mael
WNV is endemic in MA now
8:59 am
mkg
Any clues for bottom row S words? Ty
8:59 am
mael
EEE comes every four or five years
8:59 am
mael
poetry related, mkg
8:59 am
rururocks
mosquitoes don't like me
9:00 am
rururocks
only the desperate ones
9:00 am
dcseain
WNV is endemic here too.
9:00 am
dcseain
aedes, the daytime mosquitos like me. The evening ones do not.
9:03 am
mael
all mosquitoes think I'm a buffet
9:03 am
mkg
Not sure i get that clue…….poetry. Is it an se word?
9:03 am
mael
yes, and plural
9:04 am
mael
it's an Italian word, a type of poem
9:04 am
dcseain
yes, starts with a prefix for six.
9:05 am
mkg
not sure i know this word at all.
9:05 am
mkg
How many letters please dc?
9:07 am
mkg
Nope. Tried google but samplice not in grid.
9:08 am
dcseain
cat on me means I cannot reach my coffee.
9:08 am
dcseain
and plural
9:08 am
mkg
Ty. Key was seven letters and plural. Ty.
9:11 am
dcseain
and here comes the sun in the windows.
9:14 am
hokie carla
little darling
9:15 am
rururocks
anyone have the ra5/18? after the 8 I'm not seeing it
9:15 am
dcseain
do do do do do
9:15 am
dcseain
I don't have an ra8. the ra5.18 I have is a plural.
9:18 am
hokie carla
I haven't made it to the R
9:18 am
penquis
it's an odd plural...hello all...
9:18 am
hokie carla
I only got through the first two tiles before pickleball
9:18 am
hokie carla
pen!!
9:23 am
dcseain
hm. might should eat.
9:25 am
dcseain
say da6s have you seen the master.... I'm surprised to see that word in accepted.
9:26 am
rururocks
might should eat?
9:26 am
dcseain
that song is the only reason I know that word at all.
9:27 am
hokie carla
it's called a double something, ruru. just yesterday saw someone on reddit doing a study on those
9:27 am
dcseain
double modal
9:27 am
hokie carla
yes, that's it!
9:28 am
MollyL
You are probably the only one who knows that song
9:28 am
dcseain
I think in standard English it would be probably should eat
9:28 am
hokie carla
the one I use the most is a multiple "used to could"
9:28 am
MollyL
Might should is kind of backwoods
9:28 am
dcseain
wouldn't surprise me; I learned from a piano book of early American music. It's a civil war era song of jubilee. Called The Day of Jubilo.
9:29 am
hokie carla
yes, those modals are common in appalachian english
9:29 am
dcseain
I grew up speaking Appalachian dialect. not backward. Dialectal.
9:29 am
dcseain
thank you, carla.
9:30 am
MollyL
Backwoods is different than backward
9:30 am
hokie carla
where did you grow up, seain?
9:30 am
dcseain
oh, my bad, I misread.
9:30 am
dcseain
Eastern Prince William County, VA
9:30 am
hokie carla
have heard of it, but nowhere near me
9:32 am
phaeton
clue for the na7?
9:34 am
penquis
sorry, don't have it yet...
9:34 am
hokie carla
just started the top N
9:36 am
phaeton
ty....found it. FW
9:36 am
phaeton
anyone want clues?
9:37 am
phaeton
which ones?
9:37 am
penquis
and congrats...
9:37 am
phaeton
builds off the na5...nymphs
9:38 am
rururocks
ra 5/18 please after the 8
9:38 am
hokie carla
what??? ruru asking for a 5?
9:38 am
penquis
ty, phae...
9:38 am
rururocks
i just cannot find it.. tried everything
9:39 am
rururocks
ra5/18 after the 8./75 phaeton?
9:39 am
phaeton
n...vowel, vowel, vowel. cons ...na5
9:40 am
penquis
he needs the RA 5....
9:40 am
phaeton
ra5 ok the ra4/8
9:41 am
phaeton
auto correct...plural the ra4/8...the second one
9:41 am
hokie carla
is there more than one ra5/18 because I just monkeyed it first try. ruru must have babble blindness.
9:41 am
rururocks
no right after the ra 8/75
9:41 am
phaeton
ra8 means wildly usually for used for men
9:41 am
rururocks
I have two there are three
9:42 am
rururocks
would you clue the middle ra5/18 please
9:42 am
phaeton
only two ra5/18
9:42 am
LuvWordGames
there are only 2 ra 5/18's
9:42 am
LuvWordGames
both are plural
9:43 am
rururocks
oh weird sorry..
9:43 am
phaeton
ra5/18 has to do with military order
9:44 am
MollyL
Wow this chat is all over the place
9:44 am
rururocks
I thought I saw an additional one.. sorry my fault
9:44 am
hokie carla
yeah, I decided to go back to my other tile because it was too confusing.
9:50 am
penquis
bye, phae...
9:51 am
hokie carla
adios
10:09 am
hokie carla
well, down to the bottom S on my first pass and can't find one.
10:10 am
penquis
it's se 7/8...
10:10 am
dcseain
I have 92 for later, Off to feed cats, eat, bathe. Hasta luego!
10:10 am
hokie carla
well that tracks
10:10 am
penquis
bye, dc...
10:10 am
hokie carla
bye seain
10:11 am
hokie carla
is it a regular word?
10:11 am
penquis
it's italian....dc pointed out that it starts with the six prefix...i think... ;o)
10:12 am
hokie carla
well, I'm on the right track then
10:12 am
hokie carla
not the italian, but the six
10:13 am
penquis
it's a six line stanza poem...
10:15 am
hokie carla
was just about to look it up and then thought to try the answer
10:15 am
hokie carla
58 left and HOET
10:15 am
hokie carla
thanks for the S
10:15 am
penquis
i did not know it but i guessed...
10:28 am
MollyL
Someone clued it earlier as ending in a girls name
10:29 am
hokie carla
it reminds me of a brand of purses and jewelry that I'm drawing a blank on now. the bags have like local maps and pictures on them.
10:31 am
hokie carla
finally had to google that, it's spar****
10:34 am
penquis
never heard of that company...
10:34 am
penquis
handbags are not my thing...
10:35 am
hokie carla
here's one...https://tinyurl.com/bdda3jzb
10:37 am
hokie carla
you see them in boutiques usually and they have local to the area items. I don't think I've ever bought a bag but have had some of their jewelry.
10:37 am
moolingwa
morning
10:37 am
penquis
nice bag...
10:37 am
penquis
hi mool...
10:37 am
hokie carla
moooo
10:38 am
moolingwa
hey pen, hoke....we made it to another Friday
10:38 am
hokie carla
46 left here. about to take a break after I finish a 2nd pass.
10:38 am
moolingwa
161 left here
10:38 am
penquis
64 here...
10:38 am
moolingwa
just got through the third row
10:39 am
moolingwa
on my first pass
10:39 am
hokie carla
I'm going up backwards on 2nd pass and just started third row
10:39 am
welki
<-- is going nowhere fast
10:40 am
moolingwa
even nowhere is somewhere
10:40 am
hokie carla
welki!
10:40 am
welki
true, moo, but i'm already there, so going nowhere :D
10:41 am
moolingwa
if you're in nowhere, you can't be going to it ;)
10:41 am
penquis
hi welki...
10:41 am
welki
hi carla, pen
10:41 am
moolingwa
you are in a paradox...perhaps you're inside a black hole?
10:42 am
welki
mauve. i'm in a mauve hole.
10:42 am
hokie carla
whoa
10:42 am
moolingwa
oh, very nice
10:42 am
welki
i had a designer in
10:43 am
hokie carla
how'd the K go, moo? I still have 9 left
10:43 am
moolingwa
5 left on K
10:44 am
welki
everyone seems to have a problem with yellowjackets this year, but i noticed that ours are really, really big, as if instead of killing them with my traps, i'm feeding them superfood
10:44 am
hokie carla
yuck
10:44 am
welki
how big, you ask? i saw one fly off with a hamster
10:45 am
penquis
*cringing*....
10:45 am
hokie carla
we had a huge nest in our garage wall. I was out of town and mr. homie went out into the garage that morning and there were so many. he got stung twice just going into the garage. then he sprayed the hole and waited a while, then cut a bigger hole in the drywall and got it out.
10:47 am
welki
ewww - we had one under our shed, unreachable. i sprayed as best i could and then used my sifter to put a coating of diatomaceous earth all around their access points.
everyone is getting stung here - everyone knows who has the epipens
10:48 am
moolingwa
I guess our jackets are chiller hear in CO
10:48 am
welki
i'm getting in the car now, moo - will be there sunday morning
10:49 am
moolingwa
hear=here
10:50 am
welki
well, i'm still getting nowhere fast, so it's time to pack this one in for now - have a great day!
10:50 am
hokie carla
bye welki
10:50 am
penquis
bye welki...
10:50 am
hokie carla
well I found 2 k's
10:51 am
hokie carla
and 2 more
10:52 am
moolingwa
on a roll!
10:52 am
rbud
There are cicada killers around this year - they look like giant wasps but "pose little to no risk to humans and pets." This is a big cicada year, and these guys just want to kill those locusts. True facts, google them.
10:52 am
moolingwa
oh, I was about to type what I thought was a bogus word, but turns out it was a real 8
10:54 am
rbud
sorry, didn't mean to just barge in, but just got here and was reading the wasp comments. :)
10:54 am
hokie carla
join in anytime, of course!
10:57 am
hokie carla
well, taking a break with 35 left. 7-11-11-4-2
S3
H3
T N A2 K5 T2
A D3 R2 S5
O L4 E2
10:57 am
moolingwa
72 left here, just starting last row
10:58 am
rbud
I saw some of the cicada killers out on the edge of our yard, they were on a locust. If I hadn't heard about them before, I'd have thought they were the scariest wasps I'd ever seen. They burrow. But I still didn't get too close, haha!
11:01 am
welki
okay, i admit it. i'm procrastinating. rbud, scariest insect for me is tarantula hawk wasp - so big that i thought it was a hummingbird on my feeder!
11:01 am
penquis
well i am down to 42...time for a lunch break...
11:01 am
penquis
bye all...
11:04 am
rbud
wow, hadn't heard of the tarantula hawk wasp. Ewww!
11:10 am
moolingwa
down to 50
11:49 am
hokie carla
rehi- lunch not helping. still 35 left
11:49 am
hokie carla
must've reached my limit
11:54 am
bichon
half way!
11:57 am
hokie carla
go bichon!
11:57 am
dcseain
go, Bichon!
11:57 am
bichon
ty DC, don't know how much further I can go.
11:58 am
dcseain
I somehow just got to 89, you can do it.
12:03 pm
moolingwa
42 left
12:03 pm
dcseain
go, go moo!
12:03 pm
hokie carla
ooh, found a word to gray a tile
12:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
Phantom: tankard.
12:04 pm
dcseain
go, carla!
12:04 pm
dcseain
good one there, TO
12:04 pm
hokie carla
and a 4. maybe I should look for 4's.
12:05 pm
moolingwa
8-13-12-8-1
12:05 pm
moolingwa
5OFOET
12:05 pm
hokie carla
still at that
12:13 pm
moolingwa
4OFOET
12:13 pm
hokie carla
still 5 here
12:17 pm
hokie carla
found another word!
12:18 pm
moolingwa
38 here now
12:18 pm
hokie carla
have found only 1 4 in my search for 4's
12:18 pm
moolingwa
found my bottom e's
12:19 pm
hokie carla
eggcellent
12:19 pm
hokie carla
stats?
12:20 pm
moolingwa
es5/18 and 6/30
12:20 pm
hokie carla
found a d4
12:20 pm
hokie carla
thanks
12:21 pm
hokie carla
found another D4
12:21 pm
hokie carla
1 D left
12:22 pm
dcseain
I have 1 L left
12:22 pm
moolingwa
4 D's left
12:22 pm
hokie carla
3 L's here
12:22 pm
moolingwa
3 Ls also
12:23 pm
hokie carla
I feel pretty confident they are not 4's
12:23 pm
moolingwa
missed a plural :)
12:24 pm
hokie carla
phantom tsks
12:24 pm
hokie carla
ooh, found my right T's for last col gray
12:24 pm
moolingwa
terrific...that's my only grey line...by some way
12:25 pm
hokie carla
easy to miss plurals and past tenses today
12:25 pm
moolingwa
found two r's
12:26 pm
hokie carla
I still need 2. do you think they might be those?
12:26 pm
moolingwa
I need 2 more still
12:27 pm
moolingwa
found a d
12:27 pm
moolingwa
5-11-7-6-1
12:28 pm
hokie carla
dynomite
12:28 pm
hokie carla
3-8-9-3-2
12:31 pm
hokie carla
found two k's!
12:31 pm
moolingwa
krispy kreme! sorry didn't have anything
12:31 pm
hokie carla
well, that sounds delish
12:32 pm
MollyL
I hope we never have a grid with three K's in it. People will say it's racist and not woke.
12:32 pm
moolingwa
found a k
12:32 pm
hokie carla
kool
12:33 pm
hokie carla
I hope we never have another with 22 k's because this is terrible
12:34 pm
hokie carla
found a set of s's so now 3 or less
12:34 pm
hokie carla
or fewer if you're one of those sticklers
12:36 pm
moolingwa
4 S's left for me
12:36 pm
hokie carla
do you have the o gray?
12:36 pm
moolingwa
need one more o
12:37 pm
hokie carla
sdame
12:37 pm
hokie carla
same
12:37 pm
hokie carla
it's not oaty or olders, no matter how many times I try them
12:40 pm
dcseain
most old?
12:40 pm
dcseain
plural of oa4?
12:40 pm
hokie carla
oh geez, thanks. was trying to use that suffix all day.
12:41 pm
dcseain
so far my only use of it.
12:43 pm
moolingwa
oh, my missing o I thought I had already put in
12:43 pm
moolingwa
was a different 4 :)
12:44 pm
hokie carla
how about either of the lower As? still need one on each.
12:44 pm
moolingwa
25 to go
4-9-6-5-1
12:44 pm
hokie carla
2-6-7-3-2
12:47 pm
hokie carla
I think this is about all I can do without a list.
12:47 pm
hokie carla
I guess I could look for plurals
12:47 pm
moolingwa
might be worth it
12:48 pm
hokie carla
well, my middle A was a not s plural
12:48 pm
moolingwa
ah, still 3 from that
12:49 pm
moolingwa
ah, found one...perhaps the one you were referring to
12:50 pm
hokie carla
probably. I think it's the only one.
12:50 pm
moolingwa
didn't read your clue until after I found it :)
12:51 pm
moolingwa
found my last top A
12:51 pm
hokie carla
I would hardly call it a clue but a little more help than usual
12:52 pm
moolingwa
for me, the first two letters of a word, or even it's length are clues :)
12:52 pm
hokie carla
I know, you have very strict rules
12:53 pm
moolingwa
my own set, yep :)
12:53 pm
hokie carla
I gave you neither of those things but I could see how it would help
12:54 pm
moolingwa
yep, but I didn't see it anyway, just read the first part of your sentence
12:54 pm
hokie carla
oh yeah
12:54 pm
moolingwa
couple of star wars references in this one
12:54 pm
hokie carla
I'm getting bored of the plural search now. heading to the list!
12:55 pm
moolingwa
darth vader is in there too
12:55 pm
moolingwa
oh and a planet that was blown up
12:57 pm
moolingwa
found an r
12:58 pm
hokie carla
now I see anakin
12:58 pm
hokie carla
alderan?
12:59 pm
moolingwa
found two easy s's
1:00 pm
moolingwa
oh no...still 3
1:01 pm
hokie carla
no idea how my A is a word based on this dictionary entry
1:01 pm
hokie carla
my missing D was a 4
1:03 pm
moolingwa
3-6-4-4-1
1:03 pm
moolingwa
top row grey
1:04 pm
hokie carla
well, the list is not helping with my missing K's
1:05 pm
moolingwa
yeah, still 2 missing there
1:06 pm
hokie carla
mine's a 6/7 set and I know the 3rd letter
1:07 pm
moolingwa
yeah, don't have that
1:08 pm
hokie carla
well, my last 4 was a regular word
1:09 pm
moolingwa
3-5-3-4-1
1:09 pm
hokie carla
can't find an L either
1:11 pm
moolingwa
I'm missing too much to be much help
1:13 pm
hokie carla
now I have an S6 that i know first 4 letters and can't find
1:13 pm
hokie carla
oh, thought I tried that
1:14 pm
moolingwa
oh, the one that sound like an irish nickname?
1:14 pm
hokie carla
and there is another that rhymes an irish landmark that I somehow managed
1:15 pm
moolingwa
yeah, if by that you mean the stone
1:16 pm
moolingwa
ah, found my last n's
1:16 pm
moolingwa
3-4-3-3-1
1:17 pm
hokie carla
still 4 here
1:17 pm
hokie carla
0-1-2-1
1:19 pm
hokie carla
lol, looking at the chat log for clues and sprite comments on the 22 k's "no way!" and then 6 min later says she killed them.
1:20 pm
moolingwa
oh, found my k's...tx for the two clues
1:21 pm
hokie carla
little help?
1:21 pm
moolingwa
sounds like an enzyme
1:21 pm
periwinkle
hello all. I only have 9 ks
1:21 pm
dcseain
same here, peri
1:22 pm
hokie carla
I recommend just making stuff up, peri
1:22 pm
moolingwa
making stuff up works a treat
1:22 pm
periwinkle
I dislike k words as much as c words
1:22 pm
hokie carla
looking through the list, I think 5 k words I would use in real life
1:22 pm
periwinkle
I am trying mool
1:22 pm
Shirlockc
just found a pair so i have 11 Ks
1:23 pm
hokie carla
just looked up my last 2
1:24 pm
hokie carla
now S8 and L7 left
1:26 pm
dcseain
one of those is a plural
1:27 pm
hokie carla
looked up the S
1:28 pm
hokie carla
not seeing how to make a plural L
1:28 pm
hokie carla
oh, an adverb
1:29 pm
periwinkle
what are the stats for that s please
1:29 pm
hokie carla
alright, back to work here!
1:29 pm
dcseain
se7/28 and 8.40
1:29 pm
periwinkle
rats I already had them
1:30 pm
periwinkle
missing 3 8s
1:30 pm
moolingwa
still missing one :)
1:30 pm
moolingwa
but need to do some stuff
1:30 pm
hokie carla
I was missing the other S
1:31 pm
hokie carla
I think I'm finally ready to do the clearcoat on my car
1:31 pm
hokie carla
mr homie keeps telling me I'm going to have to just go to a body shop to get it repainted
1:31 pm
dcseain
hooray! that's exciting.
1:32 pm
hokie carla
ICYMI, I was trying to touch up the bumper and then went a little crazy on a bunch of other spots and then I had to do bigger to cover up places, so now it's almost the whole car
1:32 pm
dcseain
oh, yeah, might be worth a full repaint then.
1:33 pm
hokie carla
LOL, I'm sure it'll look better with the clearcoat
1:38 pm
Shirlockc
clue or stats for those S in the 4th column bottom row pls?
1:43 pm
BzznBea
Thanks, dc.
3:19 pm
Shirlockc
can i get a clue for this se7/8 pair, just not seeing it
3:24 pm
moolingwa
sounds like a latin feminine form of a group of six
3:27 pm
Shirlockc
aha! it is a twisty i didn't expect
3:27 pm
Shirlockc
thx moo
4:37 pm
BzznBea
Had that one.
4:37 pm
Gillie
yeah - everyone should by now - I don't know why I didn't
5:29 pm
Gillie
wish I'd gotten the na5/7 pair without using morewords - the na5 is a favorite of mine, though I do have trouble seeing it
6:02 pm
origami
Hiya hurshy
6:02 pm
Christa
Hello hurshy
6:08 pm
hurshy
hmm, one left col T standing between me and Toppled Ts... anyone know what it might be?
6:10 pm
cybernan
hi everyone - not sure I'll finish this
6:11 pm
hurshy
that's ok nan, as long as you have fun eh?
6:12 pm
cybernan
lol - with grids this size that is debateable
6:18 pm
cybernan
I am still surprised that the city in Provence, France is accepted
6:21 pm
hurshy
i feel like it's easiest to have fun with mid-size grids like this - plenty of normal ones to find
6:25 pm
origami
I agree, hursh. The percentage of weird words is high in the small grids.
6:39 pm
BzznBea
hurshy, do you have a ta7
6:40 pm
BzznBea
Hello, evening players.
6:40 pm
penquis
hi bea...hello everyone else...
6:41 pm
periwinkle
hi pen
6:41 pm
BzznBea
NIce to see you all.
6:41 pm
hurshy
i do not, bea, that must be it!
6:41 pm
periwinkle
did you finish yesterday. I did not/hoping to finish this one
6:41 pm
penquis
hi peri...
6:41 pm
penquis
i am down to 41....thinking of listing...
6:42 pm
hurshy
i didn't have time to finish yesterday's either
6:42 pm
BzznBea
I did not finish yesterday. Not sure I will tonight either.
6:42 pm
periwinkle
13 left
6:42 pm
penquis
go, peri!
6:43 pm
penquis
i slogged it out yesterday....i think it will be easier to finish this one...
6:44 pm
hurshy
aha, thanks, bea, found that ta7
6:44 pm
BzznBea
Who is watching tennis? <Raises hand>
6:45 pm
periwinkle
not me
6:45 pm
penquis
*raises hand*...just starting the second men's semi final....
6:45 pm
BzznBea
Me too. Rooting for Fritz.
6:45 pm
BzznBea
And Tiafoe.
6:46 pm
penquis
yes, either one will be nice...
6:50 pm
hurshy
there's a Fritz?
6:50 pm
hurshy
my tuxie is called Fritz
6:50 pm
BzznBea
He's cute.
6:52 pm
BzznBea
I had a tux. Walden.
6:52 pm
BzznBea
He was a charater.
6:52 pm
hurshy
i think i remember you talking about him!
6:53 pm
hurshy
was he like... found under a porch or in a wall or something?
6:53 pm
BzznBea
In the wall.
6:53 pm
hurshy
aHA then i DO remember
6:54 pm
BzznBea
How have things been going for you? I know you were stressed about LIFE.
6:54 pm
hurshy
yeah, i am
6:54 pm
hurshy
but at least it's friday night
6:57 pm
periwinkle
and done
6:57 pm
penquis
congrats, peri...
6:57 pm
penquis
32 here, but i am listing now...
6:58 pm
periwinkle
ty. leaving now. and going to read for a while
6:58 pm
periwinkle
go pen!!
6:58 pm
periwinkle
good luck all
7:09 pm
cybernan
monkeys died with 9 to go --- bye everyone :)
7:09 pm
penquis
bye,nan...8 left here....
7:16 pm
BzznBea
Now in adopted dialect "dranks" would be acceptable. Ha
7:17 pm
penquis
the NYTimes crossword puzzle now has lots of "slang", "modern lingo", etc words....hate it...
7:18 pm
BzznBea
The have to reach a different audience now days.
7:18 pm
penquis
guess so....building their future players...
7:19 pm
penquis
anyone have an 6/30?
7:21 pm
BzznBea
an + cyber's last three and how she enters her house minus an end sometimes vowel
7:22 pm
penquis
hmm....doesn't seem to work....
7:22 pm
penquis
ah...got it....ty...
7:23 pm
penquis
had too many Ns....
7:24 pm
penquis
how about ta 7/32?...it's my last word...
7:26 pm
BzznBea
sort of a light brown color?
7:27 pm
penquis
ty...i am done....
7:27 pm
BzznBea
congrats! Have a good weekend!
7:27 pm
penquis
thanks..you, too....back to tennis watching... ;o) .. Bye all...
7:47 pm
hurshy
name that proper noun! later known as Darth Vader
7:49 pm
hurshy
oh well, maybe someone else will pop along to answer lol
8:21 pm
mich_pdx
Andre (lol - I know that's not his name). Anakin :)
8:22 pm
hurshy
ding ding ding!!!
8:24 pm
mich_pdx
But Andre's keeping him company in the grid
8:24 pm
hurshy
andre the giant?
8:24 pm
hurshy
andre agassi?
8:25 pm
mich_pdx
but of course, Andre the Giant!
8:40 pm
hurshy
can you imagine how many fewer people would know and love andre the giant if he had only been a wrestler and not been Fezzik in PB?
8:45 pm
hurshy
ugh, there are way too many Ks
9:15 pm
hurshy
gosh, can't see what to do with that bottom S
9:29 pm
hurshy
aHA i thought of it