Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, October 3, 2024

12:03 am

Rainiqui

pa 7

12:04 am

Rainiqui

ab 2

12:09 am

Rainiqui

re 8

12:11 am

SuzeeQ24

pa9

12:13 am

Gillie

dr7

12:13 am

Gillie

he7

12:13 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:14 am

Gillie

dr7 x 2

12:15 am

Gillie

sp7 x 2

12:17 am

jeanne314

there's a pa8 to go with that pa9...unless I found a different one (not very likely)

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

Gillie

de8

12:24 am

Gillie

be8

12:26 am

Gillie

at7

12:33 am

Gillie

ba8

12:36 am

Gillie

id7

12:38 am

GroovyKiwi

Hi he hi babblers

12:39 am

sprite

morning babblers. Hiya Kiwi!

12:43 am

GroovyKiwi

Hiya spritey hugs

12:43 am

sprite

*hugs Kiwi* and give your beloved one from me as well

12:48 am

GroovyKiwi

He says hi back

12:48 am

sprite

:)

12:57 am

GroovyKiwi

So many phantoms it’s doing my head in

12:57 am

sprite

lol ikr?

1:37 am

grannyrose

cooee and g'day from me. * hugs * dearest sprite. * hugs * groovey and foxy

1:38 am

sprite

*hugs rose* Hello dear friend! How are you doing?

1:39 am

grannyrose

although still testing positive feeling so much better thanks darling. and you sweetie? better with your beloved home again?

1:40 am

sprite

good to hear. Keep on pacing yourself, okay? It takes time to get over covid. And lots of energy.
I am much better now, thanks. Such a difference when you can share the load.

1:40 am

grannyrose

\

1:41 am

grannyrose

don't know where or why that came from...lololol

1:42 am

sprite

you were almost waving at us o/

1:42 am

grannyrose

WITH Don's help, started spring-cleaning the bathroom. we tackled the window, blind, and flywire screen today. omg...it was filfthy.

1:43 am

sprite

of course. When trying to battle covid, you go spring cleaning. I mean... okay I am speechless.

1:43 am

grannyrose

and my job is done...

1:44 am

grannyrose

rendered sprite speechless...* grin *

1:44 am

grannyrose

besides i was bored.

1:45 am

sprite

I really do not know what to say. You are just not hearing me.

1:46 am

grannyrose

hum de hum ho hum.... did you say something sprite?

1:47 am

grannyrose

besides you know i have to be actually dying to sit and do nothing, don't you?

1:48 am

grannyrose

awww. spritey.... don't be cross.... it's the nature of this beast, you know that.

1:50 am

sprite

I just hope you will be spared a relapse. It is not just a flu, it is serious. Not treating it that way is asking for trouble.

1:51 am

grannyrose

okay, i promise not to do any cleaning or washing tomorrow.

1:51 am

sprite

okay

1:52 am

grannyrose

how close to a ten was i? just asking for a friend.

1:52 am

sprite

still counting, long past 10

1:52 am

grannyrose

roflol..

1:53 am

grannyrose

* smooch * i luvs you spritey

2:00 am

sprite

anyway, that is fireflies for me. *poofing with hugs*

2:01 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE !!!

2:01 am

grannyrose

* hugs * dearest

2:08 am

Kamanjah

Hi Rose, I'm glad to hear you are feeling better. Don't overdo it!

2:15 am

NANCY

AME

2:20 am

NANCY

SORRY dont have a clue where that came from

7:39 am

MollyL

Great. The 9 is Spanish and weird.

7:39 am

MollyL

Well, one of them

7:43 am

bichon

is that the ba 9 or the pa 9?

7:43 am

hurshy

oh dear

7:47 am

hurshy

found the pa9, it's a past tense, i guess she must have meant the ba

7:48 am

ChampFit

Is it from the bottom p hursh? I haven't finished my first pass.

7:49 am

hurshy

yes, bottom P

7:49 am

hurshy

builds off a 6

7:49 am

ChampFit

Thx. I'll get there!

7:52 am

hurshy

one more upper H and one more upper P and i'd have those letters done

7:54 am

hurshy

and one more right col i

8:09 am

ChampFit

hursh, clue for the pa9 please?

8:16 am

mael

covered in a coat of paint

8:17 am

mael

or coat of something anyway

8:24 am

Scrabbler

A different clue, mael? I cannot see the word.

8:25 am

mael

do you have the pa6/21? I guess it refers to just rust or verdegris, technically. a sheen on a surface

8:25 am

72 Temple Owl

if you have pa6/21, make it active

8:25 am

hurshy

the statue of liberty has a green pa6, it is pa9

8:25 am

Soodle

Pa + metal container + consumed food past tense

8:26 am

Scrabbler

TY, soodle, that did it.

8:28 am

hokie carla

LOL, was thinking that word but could not see it whatsoever and wondered if it was something else. so just typed it anyway with hurshy's clue and still couldn't figure it out. guess what, there's another P on the bottom!

8:28 am

mael

lol yes there is

8:28 am

hurshy

phantom: data

8:35 am

hurshy

2nd col grey!

8:43 am

hurshy

ba9 start with famous french prison and end like summer drink

8:43 am

LuvWordGames

thanks hursh

8:43 am

rururocks

thanks hursh

8:44 am

hurshy

yw

9:10 am

periwinkle

I have the ba9 ty hursh. need ba8 please

9:13 am

saanichcat

variation on what supplies energy to devices

9:14 am

periwinkle

ty saanichat

9:14 am

rururocks

good morning saan

9:14 am

rururocks

I have a big day... will write later to respond

9:16 am

saanichcat

you are welcome peri, hi rru, OK

9:17 am

origami

A grid this size is going to break my finish streak

9:23 am

rururocks

whew.. done.. didn't need a big grid today.. have a good day everyone

9:27 am

phaeton

morning! stats for the right I please

9:28 am

doseffing

in 5/12

9:28 am

phaeton

ty

9:28 am

LuvWordGames

in 5/12, in 6/21 is 4/6

9:28 am

MollyL

Has Origami been streaking again?

9:32 am

origami

Ha!

9:34 am

phaeton

name the proper name of a beer

9:35 am

doseffing

pabst

9:35 am

ChampFit

Pabst!

9:35 am

phaeton

ding ding!

9:35 am

ChampFit

Beer me!

9:36 am

MollyL

One frosty PBR for Champ

9:36 am

ChampFit

That sounds lovely!

9:37 am

phaeton

🍺

9:37 am

ChampFit

Awww...thanks phae!

9:38 am

phaeton

a little early for one, but you can save it for later😂

9:38 am

ChampFit

That's a plan!

9:46 am

MollyL

It is never too early for a cold beer.

11:42 am

UntitledDocument

Sp4 is a word now!

11:42 am

ChampFit

Yes!

11:43 am

UntitledDocument

When did that happen?

11:43 am

ChampFit

idk

11:45 am

BzznBea

It's been at least a year or two since Dr.God added it to the accepted words list.

12:03 pm

bichon

Doesn't take meme

12:11 pm

bichon

AND it doesn't take hitman

12:12 pm

BzznBea

change the first vowel

12:12 pm

bichon

ty Bea, never wouldn't gotten that word

12:24 pm

hurshy

Fs Finished!

12:29 pm

hurshy

90%

12:36 pm

moolingwa

0% :)

12:38 pm

hurshy

that's always a fun point

12:38 pm

hurshy

the whole grid nice and fresh in front of you

12:38 pm

moolingwa

yep

12:39 pm

hurshy

looks like sa7 and 8 were not called at the flip so here i am calling them

12:39 pm

moolingwa

12.89% ;)

12:45 pm

hurshy

phantoms: stain, abstain

12:45 pm

MollyL

It looks like whenever the huggy, beloved, darling stuff starts at the flip, all the callers check out.

12:46 pm

hurshy

yes, i've noticed that

12:46 pm

hurshy

it's quite remarkable how distinct a cutoff it is

12:51 pm

hurshy

20 left, no more than 2 from any given tile, woot

12:51 pm

moolingwa

70 left here

12:52 pm

moolingwa

first pass...55 to go 5OFOET

12:52 pm

hurshy

does anyone happen to have all the right col i words?

12:53 pm

moolingwa

sure, how many you have?

12:53 pm

moolingwa

there's a 4, a 5 and a 6

12:53 pm

hurshy

2

12:53 pm

hurshy

ok i need the 4!

12:54 pm

moolingwa

that's the hardest of the three :)

12:54 pm

hurshy

ah, got it at last

12:54 pm

hurshy

that brings me to a nice even 300 words

12:54 pm

moolingwa

nice

12:55 pm

hurshy

back to seeing if i have any work to do i guess

12:57 pm

moolingwa

11-9-9-14-4-1

1:26 pm

scatterbrain

Clue pls for ar 7

1:27 pm

penquis

it's a short aria...has a french ending...

1:59 pm

periwinkle

help with the sa7/8 please

2:00 pm

MollyL

To supply to excess

2:00 pm

MollyL

To supply to excess

2:01 pm

MollyL

Sorry/sorry

2:01 pm

periwinkle

great clue, ty Molly

2:01 pm

periwinkle

missing an 8 that was not called at the flip

2:02 pm

MollyL

A lot of things were not called at the flip

2:03 pm

MollyL

ba,be, de,dr,pe,re,sa

2:04 pm

MollyL

Sometimes I think it takes longer for people to type stuff like that in the chat than it does for someone to just look at the list.

2:05 pm

periwinkle

ty Molly I am missin the dr8

2:05 pm

periwinkle

100 left. will go to list sooner than latter with this one

2:06 pm

marigold

if you had not posted I would have looked at the list

2:07 pm

periwinkle

me too marigold

2:10 pm

periwinkle

not sure I will finish but I will try, bbl

2:41 pm

rastapopolous

what? hitman is no good?

2:44 pm

MollyL

Never has been. Not in this game. But I swear it gets mentioned every time it is here.

2:46 pm

harpjane

found flying mammals!

3:30 pm

BzznBea

clue please for di7.40, please.

3:33 pm

hokie carla

hi bea! wish I had it.

3:35 pm

joansiebone

a compound word : di+1 and a normal 4 letter

3:38 pm

mkg

Not getting the sa 7/8 nor the di word. Hmmm

3:38 pm

BzznBea

Bruce Willis

3:38 pm

hokie carla

ah, thanks

3:38 pm

BzznBea

sa7 and 8 is to be full

3:40 pm

mkg

Ty. Tried some but will try again

3:40 pm

MollyL

To supply to excess about says it all for the sa7

3:40 pm

mkg

I keep tryiung saturate but no u.

3:40 pm

BzznBea

Thanks, joan.

3:40 pm

phaeton

not sure what did+1 means

3:41 pm

hokie carla

similar, but based on an s4 that means to fill up, like s4 your hunger

3:41 pm

MollyL

Use the Bruce Willis clue

3:41 pm

MollyL

And it was di + one

3:41 pm

ChampFit

It's a Christmas movie I tell you!

3:41 pm

hokie carla

lol

3:42 pm

hokie carla

the neverending debate

3:42 pm

BzznBea

I love it.

3:42 pm

MollyL

Yippee kay ay

3:42 pm

hokie carla

speaking of, phantom debate

3:42 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

3:42 pm

hokie carla

bye bea

3:42 pm

MollyL

And it is a Christmas movie

3:42 pm

hokie carla

well it's certainly set at Christmas

3:43 pm

MollyL

Complete with a giant Teddy bear

3:43 pm

phaeton

ty

3:43 pm

ChampFit

Just kidding. Every year someone says that and starts a whole FB discussioni about it.

3:44 pm

mkg

Got sa word. Ty

3:44 pm

phaeton

one vowel down!

3:44 pm

mkg

Any clues for the 9s?

3:47 pm

phaeton

phantom: abstain

3:48 pm

MollyL

Every year? Seriously? People really need to get a life beyond Facebook

3:53 pm

ChampFit

It's just a silly thing, but it sure does happen.

3:55 pm

mkg

Any clues for ba 9? Just not seeing it. Do you extend the ba 6 before it?

3:56 pm

phaeton

the boob guys are in the grid

3:56 pm

ChampFit

mkg....same first 4 letters, + not in + lemon***

3:57 pm

phaeton

champ...I think you mean not out

3:57 pm

phaeton

finally halfway!

3:57 pm

ChampFit

Of course I did! Sorry mkg

3:58 pm

mkg

Looking. Opp of in is out right?

3:58 pm

phaeton

you need opp of out

3:58 pm

ChampFit

Yeah but it's opp of out...I screwed up

3:59 pm

mkg

Got it. Ty.

4:14 pm

MollyL

Hilarious when people blurt clues like boob guys

4:20 pm

phaeton

that wasn't a blurt, it was intentional

4:27 pm

hurshy

anis

4:27 pm

hurshy

oops sorry

4:28 pm

phaeton

thanks

4:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Babbling on Rosh Hashanah is not a holy thing to do

4:28 pm

hurshy

if babbling isn't holy, idk what is

4:29 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Deep prayer and meditation. Little words forming in the brain.

4:30 pm

hurshy

well i always find the thrill of a new grid to be a transcendent experience

4:30 pm

hurshy

the world and its problems fall away from my mind and i achieve a single-minded focused state

4:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It is the birthday of the world. Please let it be a year of peace and no trump.

4:32 pm

hurshy

that would be nice

4:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

when I saw the grid this morning I knew I would be late for services. In former days I would not have opened it.

4:33 pm

hurshy

ah, the wisdom of age

4:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

psat

4:36 pm

hurshy

earned me a little scholarship money

4:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Is that what you call it.

4:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

what scholarship money

4:36 pm

hurshy

the PSAT

4:36 pm

hurshy

is what they use for national merit scholarship awardings

4:37 pm

hurshy

i was making a lil joke, i knew you were probably not referring to the PSAT

4:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Ahhh. Yes. I did the math part by doing the easier ones, and then giving up and filling the rest of the dots in a pattern, like abba, bccd,abba...

4:38 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I did that on the SAT.

4:38 pm

hurshy

:O

4:38 pm

hurshy

i will always maintain that SAT math is the funnest math

4:38 pm

hokie carla

I honestly can't remember that long ago

4:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My goal was to get out of the testing room because it was too stressful. Even with that game paying, I still got a 500 in math, which may be better than I would have done if I actually tried to solve the problems

4:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

game playing

4:39 pm

hurshy

well i've tutored kids prepping for it much more recently, so, my memory of what SAT math is like is not just from HS

4:40 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I remember the past better than yesterday which is another sign of dementia

4:40 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm going to meet a lot of nice new people every day

4:40 pm

hurshy

idk, my sister was convinced my mom had dementia, and i was like, yeah, could be, but then she went to a neurologist to be assessed and it was like, nope, totally don't have it

4:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I know I don't have it. I've been forgetful since I was a child. I never could do long division, and don't understand what the point of solving 50 problems for homework every night. Who cares what 847 divided by 56 is?

4:43 pm

hurshy

groups of 56 people who want to split 847 bucks fairly

4:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

If a train is going to Philadelphia at 80 mph, how many apples will it take for each child to get a fair allowance?

4:44 pm

hurshy

but as long as one of them is honest and can do math, the other 55 don't need to be able to i guess lol

4:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

they did have calculators

4:45 pm

phaeton

right side greyed

4:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

good for you ph!

4:47 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I can't eat certain foods in the middle of the day because of my GI problems, and two holiday meals means I will be having TUMS for dinner

4:48 pm

dcseain

that's a bummer, Kaplan. At least you know that. ;/

4:48 pm

hurshy

:(

4:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

why is hitman never a word?

4:48 pm

dcseain

great question

4:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I am not going to be fun to be near and I suddenly look pregnant. (Urp)

4:49 pm

dcseain

heh

4:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Need great answer

4:49 pm

dcseain

ENABLE

4:49 pm

phaeton

because enable thinks it's two words

4:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Is ENABLE like CODEPENDENT?

4:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

hit man. No, doesn't work.

4:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Enable doesn't think.

4:50 pm

dcseain

take a hit, man!

4:51 pm

phaeton

second column grey

4:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

If 6 children divide 4 apples on a train going to Philadelphia at 80 mph, how many years can a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea?

4:52 pm

dcseain

chill music this afternoon. Started at Counting Crows, now onto Gin Blossoms.

4:52 pm

dcseain

at least 100 million years.

4:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It doesn't fit, man

4:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to have the car keys?

4:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

These are important questions

4:54 pm

dcseain

12-16 in the US

4:54 pm

dcseain

18-21 in most of the world.

4:54 pm

dcseain

I started on a tractor on the farm at age 12.

4:54 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How many felonies can one man have before he is barred from running for president. Oops- dictator. As many as he wants.

4:54 pm

dcseain

that let me know what to do with the manual choke in my 1970 Volvo S70.

4:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You started WHAT on a tractor.

4:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

That sounds like a Johnny Cash song

4:56 pm

dcseain

driving

4:56 pm

dcseain

I learned to drive on a tractor.

4:57 pm

dcseain

ooh, now Ben Folds Five.

4:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I started on a tractor when I was just a kid

4:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Then I killed a man in Reno that's exactly what I did

4:58 pm

hurshy

speaking of things that take a lot of years

4:58 pm

dcseain

LOL

4:58 pm

dcseain

I was 32 before I felt like a competent driver.

4:58 pm

hurshy

The term "black dwarf"... refers to a white dwarf that has cooled to the point that it no longer emits significant amounts of light. However, the time required for even the lowest-mass white dwarf to cool to this temperature is calculated to be longer than the current age of the universe; hence such objects are expected to not yet exist.

4:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I didn't learn to drive until that age. I'm from Queens.

4:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hursh, what on god's green earth are you talking about?

5:00 pm

phaeton

no hitman, but if you use the e it is a word

5:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

really?

5:00 pm

dcseain

The Lemonheads

5:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I know nothing. I see nothing. I hear nothing.

5:01 pm

dcseain

hitmen also not a word

5:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh yeah, cool! Now what does it mean?

5:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Misplaced the e, dc.

5:02 pm

dcseain

ah,thanks

5:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

one day I have to look up airn and airt

5:03 pm

phaeton

chieftain of Ukraine

5:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

get rid of those rodents!

5:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I have to go and soothe my stomach

5:04 pm

dcseain

Sister Hazel :)

5:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have been using banana, it is a great antacid.

5:04 pm

dcseain

and tasty

5:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

and off to my cousin's food truck for gourmet french fry creations! ;)

5:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

and a beer

5:06 pm

phaeton

Champ...did you have your beer yet?

5:09 pm

dcseain

I should eat something other than ice cream and cookies today. Or maybe not.

5:09 pm

dcseain

maybe an orange

6:17 pm

ch1212

Does anyone on here read the NY Times? Did you read the article about the woman who writes her obituary once a year?

6:19 pm

ch1212

I wondered if anyone else on here has written theirs. I wrote to the author and shared mine. She writes hers from fresh each year; I just update mine so it's ready to go.

6:20 pm

MollyL

Sounds depressing. Why focus so much on death?

6:21 pm

phaeton

nope

6:23 pm

MollyL

And let's all eat a little more than ice cream, cookies and oranges.

6:23 pm

ch1212

You could look at it that way, Molly, but I accept death as part of my life, and it doesn't scare me or depress me. I guess because I've lost so many of my family and friends, and often helped them in their final days, that it feels natural to me to spend some time getting my affairs in order. I love organizing, so I also enjoy it! lol

6:29 pm

ch1212

May I have a clue for any of the far right column i's?

6:30 pm

MollyL

Everyone can have their own perspective. I choose to focus on life and the joy of living. Not preparing for death.

6:30 pm

phaeton

FW

6:30 pm

ch1212

congrats, phaeton! And quite so, Molly :)

6:30 pm

phaeton

is4/6

6:31 pm

phaeton

in5; in6

6:31 pm

phaeton

ty ch1212

6:31 pm

lynxxx

or prepare for death then live as joyously as you can

6:31 pm

ch1212

thanks, phaeton!

6:32 pm

ch1212

I do, lynxxx. As the younger set is saying, I'm living my BEST life! ♥

6:33 pm

lynxxx

same here ch1212

6:36 pm

NonoNanette

a clue please for the ba8

6:39 pm

origami

Nono - think of the thing that starts your car and change the ending

6:39 pm

lynxxx

ba8 - don't m ake that word a plural

6:45 pm

NonoNanette

thanks origami and lynxx, don

6:45 pm

NonoNanette

don

6:45 pm

NonoNanette

don[t know why i didnt see that

6:47 pm

origami

I got it by accident

10:20 pm

sajarn

how is hitman not a word????...don't these people watch true crime shows on TV? :P

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