Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, January 31, 2025

12:04 am

hurshy

wowee

12:10 am

dcseain

ca8

12:10 am

hurshy

phantom: ipecac

12:11 am

dcseain

ca8*2 at least

12:14 am

hurshy

phantom: iterate

12:15 am

ursh

te 7 & 8

12:15 am

jeanne314

oooh....on of us is on the list tonight... sp6!

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

hurshy

phantom: deteriorate

12:20 am

Gillie

ta7 & 8

12:21 am

hurshy

phantom: decrease

12:22 am

jeanne314

hursh, you are on a roll tonight!

12:22 am

hurshy

yes, i'm very good at finding all the words that aren't there

12:22 am

hurshy

it's a more specialized skill than finding the words that ARE there, really

12:23 am

jeanne314

I have that unfortunate habit as well. Except my phantoms are just plain goofy.

12:23 am

hurshy

i love goofy!

12:24 am

jeanne314

well, next time I have a real winner, I'll post it just for you!

12:24 am

hurshy

thank ye kindly

12:24 am

Gillie

re7 & re8 x 2 (at least)

12:25 am

jeanne314

phantom: attache

12:25 am

hurshy

attagirl!

12:26 am

jeanne314

gittin' my phantom-fingers fine-tuned!

12:27 am

jeanne314

didn't need that second hyphen.

12:27 am

hurshy

it didn't do any actual harm tho

12:28 am

hurshy

to8 & 9 thank you very much

12:28 am

jeanne314

lol! I was a proofreader for many years (legal) and I can't bear it when I make a typo or worse.

12:29 am

hurshy

but the typo that got Ed fired from his big city lawyer job was the best thing that ever happened to him

12:29 am

hurshy

so, you know, while not fond of typos in general one must recognize those few occasions when they are for the best

12:30 am

jeanne314

wait...what? Is this a cool story I know nothing about?

12:30 am

hurshy

yes, the show Ed, 2000-2004, lovely little show

12:31 am

jeanne314

you just slipped that to8/9 in! I just now see it! what a multitasker you are!

12:31 am

jeanne314

Will have to check that one out, for sure. Just "Ed"???

12:32 am

hurshy

www.imdb.com/title/tt0247091/

12:33 am

hurshy

Ds Defeated!

12:34 am

hurshy

te9

12:36 am

jeanne314

Just sent link to hubby's phone for him to check out. He's the movie maven in our house. It sounds cute as heck (and I'm from Ohio originally!)

12:38 am

hurshy

i should just warn you though, to this day, i cannot see Rena Sofer in any role without immediately saying, "it's that bad, bad Bonnie Hane!"

12:39 am

jeanne314

so it's got good punchlines. I need something a bit more cheerful these days. Thanks for the recommendation!

12:40 am

hurshy

yes, it is pretty cheerful

12:40 am

hurshy

and some very excellent comic actors like justin long and michael ian black

12:41 am

jeanne314

oh, that sounds fantastic!

12:41 am

hurshy

and one episode carries a very important statistical lesson that everyone would really benefit from

12:42 am

hurshy

it was one of those shows with a not-large-enough-apparently cult following who were all heartbroken when it got cancelled

12:42 am

jeanne314

I shall keep my eyes and ears open!

12:49 am

hurshy

man this is tantalizing

12:49 am

LuvWordGames

Name that proper name: The friendly ghost

12:49 am

hurshy

casper!

12:49 am

jeanne314

I kept trying it too.

12:50 am

LuvWordGames

Ding, ding!

12:53 am

hurshy

phantom: apricot

12:54 am

jeanne314

I was juuuust about to say you were going off to left field when...I saw it!

12:55 am

hurshy

o ye of little faith

12:56 am

jeanne314

ph: static

12:56 am

hurshy

not a phantom

12:56 am

jeanne314

oh, fer XXXXX sake!

12:57 am

hurshy

in fact also st7 & 8 flowers if you stick a vowel on

12:57 am

jeanne314

sorry!!! I'll bow out of phantoms for a bit...

1:00 am

hurshy

you don't have to bow out, you just have to try them first to make sure they aren't really there :D

1:01 am

jeanne314

boy, that's a fact! I wasn't looking in the "right" place, so it was a phantom where my eyeballs were. That is rather funny, and I'm just glad I'm behind a screen! My face went rather red, lol!

1:02 am

hurshy

i just try to make it a habit to check them

1:02 am

hurshy

like buckling one's seatbelt

1:02 am

hurshy

consequences of forgetting less deadly here

1:02 am

jeanne314

but I'm sure most folks would rather see your clues than my maunderings!

1:03 am

hurshy

once again reminding me that Diana could possibly still be alive today if she had buckled her seatbelt

1:05 am

jeanne314

I know. That whole thing was so needless, all the way around. The paparazzi, the driver's drinking, and no seatbelts.

1:05 am

hurshy

Es Eliminated!

1:06 am

hurshy

well, the one dude did have his seatbelt on, he survived (front passenger - bodyguard or whatever)

1:07 am

hurshy

new first rule at bodyguard training: make sure the person you are bodyguarding buckles their seatbelt

1:08 am

jeanne314

I know. Safety starts with self, first and foremost.

1:08 am

jeanne314

each person's self, I mean.

1:09 am

hurshy

i should probably go to bed, despite being one O and one T away from finishing each of those letters

1:10 am

hurshy

and despite still having no freaking idea what the left i words can be

1:11 am

jeanne314

I'm zero for the top A and that I as well. But I'm waaay behind you! Having great fun nonetheless! I should retire as well. It's 1 a.m. here.

1:12 am

hurshy

oh the top A is ae5/14

1:12 am

hurshy

and i'm one other A away from finishing those too

1:12 am

jeanne314

oooh, thanks! So which US time zone are you in?

1:12 am

hurshy

2 AM :(

1:13 am

hurshy

not currently working fridays, leading me to do Bad Things like staying up this late

1:13 am

jeanne314

at my age, I just keep the hours I enjoy. Hubby doesn't care. You could set a chronometer by him. Not me!

1:14 am

hurshy

ahh, to be old

1:21 am

swmbo

Don’t wish to be old. It comes fast enough

1:22 am

swmbo

Can’t sleep. Woe is me

1:22 am

jeanne314

like a freight train on the through-line.

1:23 am

jeanne314

g'night all. Thank you for the company!

1:45 am

sprite

morning babblers. Yay, a big one!

1:47 am

jeepers

good morning sprite

2:00 am

Kamanjah

Hiya Sprite! You are in the grid!

2:15 am

sprite

hiya Kam! Sorry, got distracted. So I am!

2:15 am

sprite

several of me even

2:15 am

sprite

hiya jeepers

2:15 am

granadan

Morning Sprite

2:16 am

sprite

hiya granadan

2:16 am

granadan

caper

2:16 am

granadan

arghhhh

2:54 am

saanichcat

sprite wears the tiara today!

2:54 am

sprite

yayyyy :D

3:28 am

grannyrose

cooee and g'day sprite. * hugs * dearest. how was your night?

3:29 am

sprite

*hugs rose* Hello darling. Okayish. Still struggling here. How are you?

3:30 am

grannyrose

dying... we are expecting 3 days in a row of 38C. i just can't seem to get cool enough. sitting in front of the fan, and my face is burning.

3:30 am

sprite

that is really awful. I just hate heat.

3:32 am

grannyrose

returned to the gym today. i promise i took it very slowly. did my whole program but with much reduced number of each exercise.

3:32 am

sprite

very good. Easy does it.

3:34 am

grannyrose

Caya's birthday coming up. will you be home Monday?

3:34 am

sprite

yes, most of the day. Will be at school helping with reading in the morning

3:35 am

grannyrose

should be okay then. i wanted to send some flowers to her, but at your address right?

3:36 am

sprite

that is so sweet. Yes, that should work. She will come collect Lewi in the afternoon after work, so we could hand them over then.

3:36 am

grannyrose

well that works out well.

3:38 am

grannyrose

has she come down from cloud nine yet? after finally finishing her course?

3:40 am

sprite

not really on cloud nine yet, just very relieved and feeling a little numb. I can relate. Works that way with me too.

3:41 am

grannyrose

so is there going to be some sort of ceremony? when?

3:42 am

sprite

yes, on feb 28 but it is not yet clear if Caya can be there. She is planning on going to Italy to a friend and the exact date is not decided upon.

3:47 am

grannyrose

oh dear. please tell her i missed my graduation ceremony, and i have regretted it ever since. it's a once in a life time event.

3:48 am

sprite

wellllll not really. She already had one for her Bachelor's and her Master's. This study was a necessary evil, she needs the diploma to be a full teacher.

3:50 am

grannyrose

okay then. i see now.

3:51 am

sprite

that was one of the things that made it really tough. She was already doing the full job. Better than most people with a diploma. But rules are rules.

3:54 am

grannyrose

that's silly. if she already had her bachelor's AND her masters, why did she have to do the diploma?

3:56 am

sprite

her university degrees are for linguistics. To be allowed to teach children in elementary school, you need a pedagogic degree as well. She got a few ... whatitcalled... parts that she did not need to do because of her other degrees. But not many.

4:00 am

sprite

exemptions?

4:01 am

grannyrose

now i see. yes, the educator part. would the word you are looking for be 'units'.

4:01 am

sprite

or dispensations?

4:01 am

grannyrose

exemptions, yes.

4:02 am

sprite

right. She has a cambridge english degree, so she was allowed to skip that. But nothing much else.

4:03 am

grannyrose

one has to learn how to teach the kids. it's not enough to have a degree in the subject matter.

4:04 am

sprite

yes, exactly. And standards in the netherlands are very high. It is another 3 to 4 years' study.

4:04 am

grannyrose

like with nursing. to be able to teach nursing people have to also have a degree in education, specifying which age group.

4:05 am

grannyrose

like early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary.

4:06 am

sprite

indeed. Here, the PABO teaches people to teach children up to around 12. For high school, it depends. For some, it suffices to have a degree in the subject matter. But it really helps to know how to teach, not just what to teach.

4:28 am

sprite

fireflies. Very lovely grid. Apart from the italian greeting and the on the ocean word, but what else is new. Poofing with hugs.

4:28 am

grannyrose

getting late here sprite. it's been a long day.

4:28 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE!!

4:28 am

sprite

bye sweetie, sleep well. Good luck with staying as cool as possible.

4:28 am

grannyrose

* hugs * darling

5:03 am

ChampFit

300+ words on a Friday.....wooHOO!

7:27 am

suefrad625

morning

7:48 am

periwinkle

56 C words blah!!

7:56 am

periwinkle

good morning all

8:02 am

periwinkle

and I am in the grid again :)

8:28 am

BzznBea

You are always in the grid.

8:39 am

wingding

p.windle is see you are in the grid :)

8:40 am

wingding

guess you can tell from my spelling, i'm not all together awake yet ... morning all.... a rainy day here in PHL

9:15 am

hurshy

phantom: specter

9:16 am

hurshy

appropriately enough

9:18 am

hurshy

sp9 x 2

9:31 am

rururocks

at least it wasn't p swindle

9:38 am

hurshy

phantom: critter

9:43 am

periwinkle

I found 5 8s by myself but no nines

9:43 am

hurshy

i called te9 and to8 &9 at the flip too :D

9:43 am

periwinkle

well done hursh

9:44 am

hurshy

the TO would be the most normal of those four, though the others are not weird to me, they're just less every-day-use

9:45 am

periwinkle

ty got the to9

9:45 am

periwinkle

and the to9

9:45 am

periwinkle

and the to8 is what I meant

9:45 am

Shirlockc

yes, thx for that nudge hursh

9:45 am

hurshy

:)

9:48 am

periwinkle

foiund the sp9s in my scrabble dictionary :)

9:58 am

phaeton

te9 looks like having balls...but it's not :D

10:00 am

Norma

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10:00 am

moolingwa

morningall

10:03 am

hurshy

morning mool

10:05 am

moolingwa

hey hursh, we made it to another friday

10:05 am

Shirlockc

decat is a word, I decat when I get up because hello, cat

10:08 am

hurshy

doing pretty well here except for the left C and left i

10:08 am

moolingwa

I too have experienced decatting

10:09 am

rururocks

<--avoids this conversation

10:11 am

moolingwa

no need to pussyfoot around it ru

10:12 am

hurshy

oh and the P

10:12 am

hokie carla

when you lose a cat do you recat, shirl?

10:12 am

moolingwa

only if you are precat

10:16 am

Shirlockc

are you not feline it, ruru?

10:17 am

Shirlockc

i have recatted twice

10:17 am

hokie carla

he just gets in trouble and only has 9 lives here

10:18 am

moolingwa

cat's got his tongue

10:18 am

hokie carla

lol

10:19 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:20 am

phaeton

de7...not sobs

10:20 am

saanichcat

please don't encourage him

10:20 am

saanichcat

morning nan

10:20 am

Shirlockc

no kitten, ruru has purrfected the pun game

10:20 am

moolingwa

hey nan

10:25 am

hokie carla

well, I have achieved HOET. gonna leave 128 for later. TTFN.

10:29 am

MollyL

Is that like achieving Nirvana?

10:55 am

cybernan

stats for the corner a please?

10:56 am

moolingwa

ae5/12

10:56 am

cybernan

ty mool

10:56 am

moolingwa

yw

11:06 am

periwinkle

te9 please

11:10 am

hurshy

it's to do with like wills

11:10 am

periwinkle

ty will look

11:11 am

periwinkle

I found it ty

11:14 am

mkg

What are like wills?

11:14 am

MollyL

te9 is to do with wills but naturally, my gutter mind went directly to male anatomy

11:15 am

cybernan

half way - time for breakfast :)

11:15 am

mkg

I got te 7 and 8. Must be different ending for the 9

11:16 am

periwinkle

the te9 is a plural

11:16 am

periwinkle

I don't have te7/8

11:17 am

periwinkle

I do have a te7/8 but they do not have to do with wills

11:17 am

mkg

The seven 8 is: exam giver is a te****. More so ending is the 7 and plural the 8

11:18 am

MollyL

The te7 associated with te9 is not in the grid because it ends in y.

11:18 am

mkg

sorry: exam giver is a te**er. Add vowel to make it more so.

11:19 am

mkg

Well not sure how to do that 9. Are first 4 the same?

11:19 am

periwinkle

yes

11:19 am

mkg

The 8 is more so to the max.

11:19 am

periwinkle

I have them mkg ty

11:19 am

periwinkle

bbl need to check on laundry and then lunch

11:20 am

mkg

Still cant get the 7/9

11:20 am

MollyL

There is no 7. Read what I posted. The te7 is not in the grid because it ends in y.

11:20 am

mkg

What comes after first four? Te** and then what?

11:21 am

hurshy

it's really so much easier if you love victorian novels

11:21 am

MollyL

No one is going to spell the word out for you.

11:22 am

cybernan

the te 7 meaning to have a will ends in e -- but don't see how to get a 9 out of that

11:23 am

ch1212

I agree nan.

11:24 am

hurshy

you are thinking of one 7, there is another 7 that ends differently and is a noun rather than an adjective

11:24 am

ch1212

ah, thanks hurshy.

11:24 am

hurshy

of course neither of those 7s in the grid

11:26 am

cybernan

ok - thought of the noun, but still haven't been able to come up with the 9 -- assuming you drop the y and add something else

11:27 am

mkg

the te 5 is before the 9. It has vowel at the end. I am stumped.

11:27 am

MollyL

Think of the plural for words ending in y. It is three letters.

11:28 am

cybernan

whew - ty molly

11:31 am

penquis

ooh...a big grid!....hello all....

11:31 am

mkg

I am still stumped. I went to more words and dont see it there either. Ugh.

11:31 am

hurshy

hiya pen :)

11:31 am

mkg

Off to the pool

11:32 am

penquis

hi hursh...

11:36 am

mkg

Oops too early. Have 15 min more.

11:37 am

moolingwa

hey pen

11:37 am

mkg

All i can think is te**ify and no f in grid.

11:42 am

mkg

Does word begin by going to bottom of grid or top? Not that this will do much to help me.

11:43 am

penquis

hi mool, mkg....just getting started here....

11:43 am

mkg

Going to look for other words. Forget this 9

11:50 am

ch1212

mkg, plural the word policy. add the last 4 to the te5/10 above the word you're looking for.

11:52 am

penquis

phantom: spectate....

11:54 am

hokie carla

ah, like the little details are inticra**** (not in grid), thanks, ch, et al.

11:54 am

hokie carla

rehi

11:54 am

penquis

carla!

11:55 am

hokie carla

pen!

11:56 am

penquis

well the first 200 words were fun... ;o)

11:56 am

hokie carla

intrica****, sorry

11:56 am

penquis

i knew what you meant...

11:59 am

BzznBea

Hello, friends.

11:59 am

hokie carla

bea!

11:59 am

penquis

hi bea...

12:00 pm

moolingwa

hey BB, rehi all

12:00 pm

hokie carla

moo!

12:01 pm

moolingwa

hey hoke, happy day of fri-ing

12:01 pm

hokie carla

thanks, you too

12:01 pm

moolingwa

69 left for me...slow going

12:01 pm

moolingwa

tx

12:02 pm

hokie carla

127 here

12:02 pm

penquis

169 here...

12:03 pm

BzznBea

364

12:03 pm

moolingwa

almost done BB ;)

12:13 pm

moolingwa

this p....

12:13 pm

hokie carla

I only need 24 more

12:13 pm

moolingwa

need 6 more...but it's my highest tile, and I've been working on it

12:14 pm

hurshy

i finally went to the list, with 24 (total) words to go

12:14 pm

moolingwa

I've noodled my way down to 57

12:15 pm

hurshy

unsurprisingly, for a grid this size, i did miss some easy ones. but some others are harder.

12:15 pm

moolingwa

yeah, big ones it's easy to miss "easy" ones

12:16 pm

hurshy

one has to make more allowances for only being human on big grids lol

12:17 pm

moolingwa

oh, so you're really human :)

12:18 pm

moolingwa

I thought I was in a simulatio

12:19 pm

hurshy

well i mean i suppose that's always a possibility, but i don't see what difference it makes.

12:19 pm

moolingwa

touche

12:19 pm

hurshy

as long as we're stuck in it and have to experience pain as if it's real, what do we care whether it's "real" or "a simulation"? it doesn't make any practical difference to our lives

12:20 pm

moolingwa

unless we recognize it's a simulation and then are able to break out of it

12:20 pm

moolingwa

in which case, it probably gets weirder at that point

12:20 pm

hurshy

except even the scientists who think we might be in a simulation haven't got any ideas about breaking out of it

12:21 pm

moolingwa

and until they do, then perhaps they're more like philosophers :)

12:21 pm

hurshy

i mean i think you're thinking of the matrix, but we could be more just, i mean, our existence IS ONLY in the simulation, like mario exists in mario games, he can't get out of them and exist in our world

12:22 pm

moolingwa

well simulation could mean a lot of things

12:22 pm

BzznBea

Or can he?

12:22 pm

moolingwa

we could be in something more like the running man, and we actually paid for it

12:22 pm

moolingwa

not running man, total recall

12:23 pm

hurshy

i don't think mario would like our world much anyway

12:23 pm

moolingwa

yeah, we have speed limits

12:24 pm

moolingwa

only have 6 greyed tiles, and the freebie

12:24 pm

moolingwa

ah, there's the bottom E greyed

12:24 pm

hurshy

good golly i'm hung up on a pa4

12:25 pm

moolingwa

that sounds frustrating

12:25 pm

moolingwa

I had missed a pa4, but had the 5...

12:25 pm

hurshy

i'll come back to it

12:25 pm

moolingwa

5OFOET

12:26 pm

moolingwa

5-11-9-14-5-3

12:26 pm

moolingwa

oh that was nice, found a 7/8/8 combo

12:27 pm

welki

hi, babblers

12:27 pm

hurshy

hi welki

12:27 pm

moolingwa

hey welks

12:27 pm

penquis

hi welki...

12:28 pm

welki

i see beethoven's third symphony

12:28 pm

penquis

yes, i saw that too...

12:28 pm

Shirlockc

found a bunch of i words and glad it tried them, didn't think they'd work

12:29 pm

moolingwa

soooo many phonies

12:29 pm

penquis

good to know....was just looking for i words...

12:29 pm

moolingwa

or phantoms if you prefer

12:30 pm

moolingwa

ah, top T greyed

12:30 pm

penquis

tried an io 6 word and that led to a 6/7/7 combo...

12:31 pm

welki

tierce

12:31 pm

welki

oops

12:31 pm

BzznBea

Didn't have that one. Thanks.

12:32 pm

penquis

me, too...ty.. ;o)

12:34 pm

Shirlockc

thx welki!\

12:34 pm

welki

my pleasure

12:34 pm

Shirlockc

a triplet!

12:34 pm

hurshy

ro9

12:34 pm

hurshy

is a compound

12:35 pm

moolingwa

tx pen, thought I had those

12:35 pm

penquis

yw...

12:36 pm

Shirlockc

thx hurshy wouldn't have thought to try that word

12:36 pm

hurshy

me neither!

12:37 pm

hurshy

*groan* st9, easy one really

12:39 pm

penquis

oh, had that one...but thy for the ro 9 nudge....

12:40 pm

hurshy

ok so now i gotta go back for my last word, a pa4

12:41 pm

penquis

are there more than 7 pa 4 words?

12:42 pm

hurshy

no

12:42 pm

hurshy

i got it

12:42 pm

Shirlockc

broke the 100 barrier

12:42 pm

penquis

go, shirl!

12:42 pm

hurshy

just something that i must have typed wrong when i would've tried to put it in earlier

12:42 pm

penquis

i am down to 125...

12:43 pm

moolingwa

39 left here

1:07 pm

cybernan

hello again

1:08 pm

penquis

hi nan...

1:34 pm

cybernan

not seeing that ro 9 -- so many possibilities for the first part

1:34 pm

penquis

starts with tree part....then stay in the top two rows for the five more letters (another word)....

1:34 pm

penquis

never heard of it myself...

1:38 pm

cybernan

can't find another word in the top two rows other than the fruit of palms

1:39 pm

penquis

farms were settled as home*****s in the 18th century....

1:40 pm

cybernan

ty -- thought you said it started with a tree part

1:40 pm

penquis

it does....then the home word...

1:41 pm

cybernan

the word I found begins with a street, avenue or pathway

1:41 pm

penquis

so sorry....starts with the street and ends with the home word....

1:41 pm

penquis

been at this too long....think i need a break!

1:42 pm

cybernan

lol

1:42 pm

cybernan

taking it 1/2 hr at a time

1:42 pm

penquis

good plan...

1:43 pm

penquis

i am down to 81....taking a break....bbl....bye...

1:45 pm

periwinkle

not seeing the easy st9

1:45 pm

periwinkle

or the ro9

1:45 pm

periwinkle

rainy day here

1:46 pm

BzznBea

climb it, peri

1:47 pm

periwinkle

I have st5/10 does it build off of that?

1:48 pm

cybernan

yes

1:48 pm

BzznBea

yes

1:48 pm

periwinkle

ok looking

1:49 pm

periwinkle

not seeing it :(

1:50 pm

cybernan

missing one 9: ro, sp x2, st, te, ?

1:50 pm

periwinkle

I need help with ro9 please

1:51 pm

periwinkle

to9 nan

1:51 pm

cybernan

just clued peri: avenue + settlers claimed a home*****

1:52 pm

cybernan

ty peri

1:52 pm

penquis

there is a to 5/7/8/9 combo....the 9 ends like a superlative...

1:53 pm

periwinkle

ty for ro9

1:53 pm

periwinkle

still need st9 please, clues not helpingme

1:53 pm

cybernan

got it - ty pen

1:54 pm

penquis

just went back and looked at my other comparative words to add the most ending....

1:54 pm

periwinkle

just found the st9 sheesh, ty all

1:54 pm

cybernan

what you climb + think of the Nancy Drew Mysteries: The **** of the missing something or other

1:55 pm

periwinkle

got it nan thanks

1:55 pm

penquis

well that took me down to 77...now a real break... bye....

2:04 pm

periwinkle

st7/8 please

2:06 pm

BzznBea

The 7 ends with frozen water.

2:12 pm

periwinkle

ty Bea

3:07 pm

wingding

nan, ty for the st 9 .. i've a problem w/ compound words, and that doesn't bode well on this grid

3:08 pm

wingding

bea, ty st 7/8 combo

3:32 pm

mkg

any clues for the st 9? Or the te9?

3:33 pm

BzznBea

st9 is what you climb to get to the upper level

3:38 pm

mkg

i have the st 5. Not seeing how to get it longer. St*** what?

3:38 pm

mkg

Not my day. Cant find ro 9 either.

3:39 pm

BzznBea

What is the entire set of st5 called?

3:39 pm

mkg

Got the ro!!!!!!!! Whew

3:39 pm

mkg

Ooh my. Ty bea

3:39 pm

mkg

Got it!

3:40 pm

BzznBea

Nice.

3:41 pm

BzznBea

need a break.

3:41 pm

mkg

Any clues for the te 9? Have first four but then unable to find it.

3:45 pm

Mary

best i can do is an exam and the top card plus a vowel added in front of the second vowel. confused yet?

3:46 pm

cybernan

exan + most of the highest card + plural for words ending in y

3:47 pm

Mary

I need help on the PE6/24 and 7/36. Help would be appreciated.

3:49 pm

mkg

no matter how i try not getting te 9. First four i know. Then two vowels and then last two of top card. Is this correct?

3:51 pm

mkg

Finally got the te. Ouch. Weird and not easy word. Ty ty ty

3:52 pm

mkg

the last column R word must be rir or ror. But not seeing it. Help welcome

3:56 pm

mkg

I have only 155 words so far. Doubt i will make it to. Half way

3:57 pm

mkg

missing fifth column R words and first column i word. Any help welcome

3:57 pm

mkg

Ty

3:59 pm

mkg

Got both r words. Sorry

4:08 pm

mkg

cant get i words for first column i. Any help welcome.

4:11 pm

penquis

i only have one of those i words...it 5....common word...

4:16 pm

marksdolly

the other I is an IC7 that pertains to that 5

4:17 pm

penquis

ah....guess i need the 5 then....must come from the other i....

4:19 pm

penquis

well i misspoke....i have the it 5, not it 5....

4:21 pm

Gitel

ape

4:22 pm

Gitel

Tapes

4:22 pm

penquis

type in the box under the grid...

4:22 pm

Gitel

Phooey! Sorry!

4:22 pm

penquis

no problem...

4:23 pm

penquis

i misspoke again!....or mistyped....i have the it 4 not the it 5....

4:25 pm

penquis

going back to lurking now... ;oP

4:31 pm

mkg

I am so confused. Which it is for the i in first column?

4:32 pm

penquis

it 4...common word...

4:32 pm

mkg

I got one of the it words. So no blanks anymore. Ty.

4:32 pm

mkg

Ty got it

4:32 pm

penquis

yw...

4:41 pm

penquis

phantom: critter

4:44 pm

penquis

and apricot....

4:58 pm

penquis

stalled at 58...dinner time....bye again....

5:32 pm

cybernan

hello again

5:52 pm

penquis

back again....feeling like a yo-yo... ;o)

5:58 pm

cybernan

think I've had enough of this one -- keep finding one more word though

5:58 pm

penquis

i am going to list for my last 50...

6:02 pm

cybernan

still have 130 to go and losing interet

6:02 pm

penquis

i have been here on and off all day...

6:07 pm

cybernan

good for you to have made it that far

6:08 pm

penquis

thanks...

6:09 pm

cybernan

going to get supper started, then read for a while

6:09 pm

penquis

see you later then...

6:32 pm

BzznBea

I'm leaving 83. Si are 8's and 2 are 9's.

6:32 pm

penquis

i have the nines if you want the stats....missing two 8s here...

6:35 pm

ChampFit

I'll take stats pen!

6:35 pm

penquis

which 9s do you have already?

6:36 pm

ChampFit

te and to

6:36 pm

penquis

ro 9/66...

6:37 pm

penquis

sp 9/72 and sp 9/66 ...related words...

6:38 pm

ChampFit

Thx so much!

6:40 pm

penquis

st 9/60....and yw....

6:41 pm

ChampFit

:)

6:47 pm

hokie carla

rehi folks. still 127 left

6:47 pm

penquis

carla!

6:47 pm

ChampFit

Hola! I'm at 81, and just kinda picking at it.

6:47 pm

penquis

i listed at 50...went through the list and now have 12 more to find....

6:47 pm

hokie carla

pen! champ!

6:48 pm

ChampFit

!!!

6:48 pm

hokie carla

phantom detract

6:49 pm

ChampFit

I have a zillion phantoms today

6:49 pm

hokie carla

yep

6:52 pm

penquis

does anyone have the EC 7?

6:52 pm

ChampFit

I don't but will look...

6:52 pm

hokie carla

I do not. how many points and I will try.

6:52 pm

penquis

found it...channeling Peri tonight... ;o)

6:53 pm

hokie carla

which E is it from?

6:53 pm

penquis

second row E....

6:53 pm

hokie carla

gotta put leftovers up. BRB

6:53 pm

ChampFit

Top e...just got it

6:54 pm

penquis

anyone have the ic 6?

6:56 pm

hokie carla

nope

6:56 pm

hokie carla

which i?

6:57 pm

penquis

fourth column....

6:57 pm

ChampFit

I have the 6/26 and it annoyed the crap out of me because it comes from the right side i.

6:57 pm

hokie carla

phantom ecstatic

6:58 pm

penquis

close to what is there, though...

6:58 pm

ChampFit

Ditch the s

6:58 pm

hokie carla

well that's not a real word

6:58 pm

ChampFit

agree

6:58 pm

ChampFit

Like "deathful" yesterday. Call bullcrap on that

6:59 pm

hokie carla

I believe I did do just that yesterday

6:59 pm

penquis

what 6/26 are you referring to, champ?

6:59 pm

ChampFit

my first I word is an ic6/27

6:59 pm

penquis

there is no ic 6/26....

7:00 pm

ChampFit

But I'm missing 1 on the left and 4 on the right.

7:00 pm

hokie carla

I guess this enable list was made before iceroad truckers

7:00 pm

penquis

can you please clue that?

7:00 pm

hokie carla

the show, not the truckers

7:00 pm

ChampFit

Frozen water + hat

7:01 pm

hokie carla

aha

7:01 pm

hokie carla

thanks

7:01 pm

penquis

oh duh....ty....

7:01 pm

penquis

i was going down instead of up...

7:02 pm

hokie carla

what about the other R in last column? I have one you can use to mash potatoes

7:02 pm

ChampFit

I suck at going left at all times...up, down, whatevs.

7:03 pm

penquis

ri 6/18...

7:03 pm

hokie carla

well it's not roastier

7:03 pm

ChampFit

Do you need it?

7:04 pm

hokie carla

oh, dear departed john

7:04 pm

hokie carla

I usually get that

7:04 pm

penquis

no...carla asked about that r...

7:05 pm

ChampFit

That's the last name of one of my husband's friends. Seems weird that it's a word. But my last name is too....keep forgetting CLINE

7:06 pm

penquis

i am down to 5....all Ps!

7:06 pm

ChampFit

Go pen go!!!!!!!!!

7:06 pm

hokie carla

neither my maiden name nor married name is a word

7:06 pm

ChampFit

OH my maiden name is Italian, so no way.

7:07 pm

hokie carla

oh you'd be surprised at the italian words here

7:07 pm

hokie carla

mine is a 7 letter irish one, so I've never even seen it in the grid

7:10 pm

penquis

i am done...used BWL for my last few Ps...

7:10 pm

hokie carla

congrats

7:10 pm

hokie carla

only 120 left here

7:11 pm

ChampFit

Way to go pen! Doubt I'll finish. Losing interest.

7:11 pm

penquis

ty...the Ps and Cs were tough for me today....

7:11 pm

penquis

both had over 50 words!

7:11 pm

ChampFit

agree!

7:11 pm

penquis

heading out to watch the Celtics....need anything before i go?

7:12 pm

hokie carla

still 24 p's left and 17 +8 C's

7:12 pm

ChampFit

Nah....too many to bother you with. Have a great evening!

7:12 pm

hokie carla

bye pen!

7:12 pm

penquis

thanks...goodnight all!

7:40 pm

hokie carla

finally made it to 100 left

7:42 pm

ChampFit

Way to go!

7:44 pm

hokie carla

lol

7:45 pm

hokie carla

thanks for the encouragement

7:45 pm

ChampFit

Hey, I'm in for celebrating the wins.

7:50 pm

hokie carla

now down to 86 but only 7 4s left. this about to get ugly.

7:51 pm

ChampFit

so, so ugly.

7:52 pm

hokie carla

I just don't understand how there are still 21 P's. where are they?

7:52 pm

hokie carla

doh, there's a regular set

7:53 pm

ChampFit

I still have 4 left. Was the set you just found having to do with a woman thing?

7:53 pm

hokie carla

yes, or grammar

7:54 pm

ChampFit

I saw it recently too. DUH

7:55 pm

ChampFit

Phantom: Peridot

7:55 pm

hokie carla

and just now saw the before word

7:55 pm

ChampFit

The before word gave me 4

7:56 pm

ChampFit

More, but some aren't compounds.

7:57 pm

hokie carla

are you talking about pr5? like, pr5 to that

7:58 pm

hokie carla

or a different before word

7:58 pm

ChampFit

Oh...I misunderstood you. I thought you meant the prefix...not the whole word. Sorry.

7:59 pm

hokie carla

no prob, bob

8:01 pm

hokie carla

just found a PR8 but nothing else with that

8:01 pm

ChampFit

8/55?

8:03 pm

hokie carla

yes

8:03 pm

ChampFit

Shorten it and plural

8:04 pm

ChampFit

Crap...there are 2. You may have the second one.

8:04 pm

hokie carla

hmm

8:05 pm

hokie carla

I preciate it

8:05 pm

ChampFit

You know I tried that!

8:06 pm

hokie carla

I may have typed it multiple times today

8:10 pm

hokie carla

anything weird in the M? I still need 3.

8:11 pm

ChampFit

Me too now that you mention it.

8:11 pm

hokie carla

should be easy with only one way to go for 2nd letter, right? right?

8:12 pm

hokie carla

and that lower O is driving me batty. still need 3 there.

8:12 pm

ChampFit

I just found a pt of beef. Why?????

8:12 pm

ChampFit

Same

8:13 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I have that one and we already had it this week. but I agree. why??

8:13 pm

hokie carla

I just found an M plural I'd missed.

8:13 pm

ChampFit

annoying

8:14 pm

ChampFit

just found a singular I'd missed

8:14 pm

hokie carla

mespace - the first name they tried for myspace

8:15 pm

hokie carla

I think that's even more annoying!

8:15 pm

ChampFit

Ha!

8:15 pm

ChampFit

Greyed it! Me 5/14 was the last M for me

8:16 pm

hokie carla

mahvelous!

8:16 pm

hokie carla

I know it is not merci

8:17 pm

hokie carla

how about the A's? need 1 on 2nd row and 2 on 4th row.

8:18 pm

ChampFit

4th row, do you have ai 6/18?

8:19 pm

hokie carla

no, I have one from the upper A

8:20 pm

ChampFit

Columns or rows? I have all of them so should be able to figure it out

8:21 pm

hokie carla

need one on the A with 16 and 2 on the A with 10

8:22 pm

hokie carla

just found the lower 2

8:22 pm

hokie carla

so now just need 1 on the 2nd row/4th col

8:23 pm

ChampFit

The ai 6/18 was my last there. maybe the ac6/24?

8:23 pm

hokie carla

it must be another ai6/18 then. I just have one but it's from the other A.

8:23 pm

hokie carla

any clue for it?

8:24 pm

ChampFit

ends it small blood sucking insect

8:24 pm

hokie carla

omg, we've pulled 4 off winston's head in the last few days

8:24 pm

hokie carla

I hate them so much

8:25 pm

ChampFit

Poor thing!

8:25 pm

hokie carla

well, they've just been crawling along trying to penetrate his floofiness

8:25 pm

ChampFit

Still....ICK.

8:25 pm

hokie carla

wait, how is it 6/18 if it ends in that?

8:26 pm

ChampFit

You gotta throw in a vowel. It's twisty

8:27 pm

hokie carla

now I'm confusing myself. might just look at the A's on the list.

8:27 pm

hokie carla

ok, I'm missing an AT6/18

8:27 pm

ChampFit

I can at6 to that!

8:28 pm

hokie carla

argh, thanks

8:29 pm

hokie carla

I think I will do the list piecemeal with the small tiles and just give up on the big ones. still 72 left here.

8:32 pm

ChampFit

I'm at 49 and about to throw in the towel. Still need a boatload of S's....20 to be exact! Calling it quits for sure. See you tomorrow! Good luck!

8:32 pm

hokie carla

of course I need an ic from each i so the list doesn't help much

8:32 pm

hokie carla

good night!

8:32 pm

ChampFit

My point exactly. Too many options. 'night!

8:33 pm

hokie carla

yep

8:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

HELLO

8:36 pm

hokie carla

hey TO, was hoping to see you

8:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

it's been a night.

8:36 pm

hokie carla

we are camping and my tv froze up right in the special report

8:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

which one?

8:38 pm

hokie carla

the philly plane crash. did something else happen?

8:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

IDK. i turned on the ABC station, big mistake. I will have difficulty sleeping tonight so I took a benedryl

8:39 pm

hokie carla

oh, mine was on NBC

8:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

I got rid of my stash of little bottles of liquor

8:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

well, mine is local. i lived and worked there, walked home from that mall once.

8:40 pm

hokie carla

oh, it hit a mall? I thought they said houses

8:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

when they show it, i know exactly where it is.

8:41 pm

hokie carla

yeah, that makes it so much more real

8:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

commerical and residential. mall across the street from rowhomes.

8:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

so now i am watching the jefferson documentary

8:42 pm

leighprefect

hey all. 91 to go, there's no way i'm going to finish this one. man!

8:43 pm

hokie carla

we have some kind of relaxing guitar music playing from the calm app.

8:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi leigh

8:43 pm

hokie carla

hey leigh. welcome to the not finishers club!

8:43 pm

leighprefect

i'm in good company, then. <3

8:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

leigh did i ask you if you worked with a teacher named steffani?

8:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh look at all those pr and re words! o.0

8:48 pm

hokie carla

yeah, ridic

8:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

by the time i get these last 50, some will disappear. that is why i have come to hate large grids.

8:53 pm

hokie carla

yep

8:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

my tea is tepid. off to the microwave bbs

8:59 pm

hokie carla

42 left now. all C, P, or S

8:59 pm

leighprefect

TO, no! Never.

9:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

probably would not have asked outright on here. privacy.

9:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

the worst part of this is i will get down to 10 or so and have to hunt for clues and beg if not found. so a waste of time to even try to finish.'

9:11 pm

hokie carla

I've looked up several already instead of asking for clues or mining the chat :D

9:11 pm

hokie carla

now 26 p's and c's

9:12 pm

hokie carla

really just doing it because I have nothing else to do

9:19 pm

hokie carla

now 13 p's

9:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

i call bs on ro9

9:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

well since it's friday i worked it on the train.

9:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

but had 167 left

9:21 pm

hokie carla

yeah, never seen that before. and just, why?

9:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

why, indeed.

9:22 pm

hokie carla

wow, I had 4 pa4's did I really miss them or did they not take this morning?

9:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

i saw a band called palmyra today. from NoVA, just signed to Oh Boy records.

9:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

sadly it may be they disappeared.

9:23 pm

hokie carla

yep, happens to me with good internet and this was bad internet

9:23 pm

leighprefect

oh gosh i have the worst case of deja vu right now

9:23 pm

hokie carla

as in me hotspotting off a weak cell signal

9:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

no leigh - it's real.

9:24 pm

hokie carla

probably really happened. TO & I complain all the time about disappearing words

9:24 pm

hokie carla

others don't believe us

9:24 pm

leighprefect

no, this exact conversation, how i'm sitting on my couch...it's all been done before

9:25 pm

leighprefect

i do believe, btw. ;)

9:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

well i have no evidence but i sweat it's enable, if this is programmed to an on line repository. because i have played other enable based games and have had the same thing happen i bleieve.

9:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

if only i didnt need all re and pre

9:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

OMG i was going crazy for ri 5 and turns out it was a plural i am sure i entered this morning

9:28 pm

hokie carla

I only needed 6 R's before the list and I don't think any of the ones I missed were hard.

9:29 pm

hokie carla

now down to 5 PR ugh

9:29 pm

hokie carla

ok, pretty sure one of them I entered already

9:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

pre8 55. I am determined to find this.

9:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need 6

9:30 pm

hokie carla

yeah, down to the first 3 PR, that is one

9:31 pm

leighprefect

i'm down to 49, losing steam

9:31 pm

hokie carla

but there are two pr8/55

9:32 pm

hokie carla

ok, it's kinda dumb

9:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

second one

9:33 pm

hokie carla

mine says 0 left, so hopefully they all are in there. anyhoo, time to get ready for bed. good night!

9:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

night

9:34 pm

leighprefect

good night!

9:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

nigh, leigh

9:37 pm

leighprefect

good to see you, TO

9:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

that 8 is my last word

9:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

scond pr 8 55. then i will have to watch the news again.

9:51 pm

grannyrose

TO, pr 8 pr + *x*****, enthusiastic, eager, in past tense

10:04 pm

cybernan

back again :)

10:04 pm

cybernan

what's on the news, TO?

10:14 pm

hurshy

an awful lot

10:15 pm

cybernan

My blood pressure goes so high everytime I hear about what Doofus is doing and saying that I'm not watching right now.

10:15 pm

hurshy

elon musk seems to have gone in and taken control of the government's payment system, which pays medicare and social security benefits, etc, which like very very few officials generally have access to

10:16 pm

cybernan

I'm not sure if your government is becoming an oligarchy or a dictatorship, but it certainly doesn't seem much like a democracy right now

10:16 pm

hurshy

people are reeling from this helicopter crash with the passenger plane, and then a small plane crashed in philly (which of course may be very different since small planes crash far more often)

10:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

anyone have pr8/55 #2?

10:17 pm

hurshy

oh and the air traffic controllers at a small airport near san francisco are all resigning as of this weekend due to their contract being given to a different company which wanted to slash their pay significantly

10:18 pm

hurshy

P + said a poem from memory

10:18 pm

cybernan

just have one: before + made reference to

10:18 pm

hurshy

you need the earlier one nan - put on a play ahead of time?

10:18 pm

cybernan

lol - same word, 2 descriptions

10:19 pm

cybernan

ty -- a 3fer :)

10:19 pm

hurshy

US citizens are being brought in by ICE and beaten for being, you know, not white enough

10:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty still looking

10:20 pm

hurshy

umm what else

10:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

that is the second -r8?

10:20 pm

cybernan

hitler all over again

10:20 pm

hurshy

RFK jr...

10:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

okay i need to destress more than finish. night

10:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

because the pre 8 just clues ith the first and i have it, need the other one.

10:21 pm

hurshy

well i'm confused, you said you were going to watch the news

10:21 pm

hurshy

how will that destress you

10:22 pm

cybernan

just got down to 100 --- headed for the list

10:22 pm

hurshy

i clued the second one TO, then after that i clued the first one for cybernan

10:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

P + said a poem from memory?

10:24 pm

cybernan

and I clued the 2nd one right behind hurshy

10:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty i am just confused and babble blind

10:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

keep trying prerecite

10:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

which is not the stupidest word in this grid

10:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

okay one to go fingers crossed

10:28 pm

grannyrose

TO, remove the second R, and past tense it

10:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

so i will say good night

10:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

and ty rose, hope all goes well for you today.

10:29 pm

grannyrose

sweet dreams TO

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