Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, February 20, 2025

12:03 am

rururocks

Fo 8

12:04 am

rururocks

Fo9

12:16 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, re 7

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:19 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan

12:19 am

cybernan

ty ru and rain

12:20 am

Gillie

cr7

12:20 am

cybernan

ca 7

12:22 am

mkg

Re7

12:22 am

mkg

Sm 7

12:27 am

cybernan

ma 7

12:28 am

grannyrose

ca9

12:30 am

cybernan

nice find rose

12:30 am

grannyrose

thanks nan

12:36 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs - musch nicer grid than yesterday

12:48 am

cybernan

crashing -- see you tomorrow :)

12:59 am

sprite

morning babblers

1:02 am

sprite

ks killed

1:06 am

dcseain

Phantom pecan

1:14 am

sprite

mine is macaron

1:15 am

dcseain

remove a letter.

1:15 am

dcseain

oh! duh. I get it now

1:15 am

sprite

mine tastes better though

1:16 am

dcseain

indeed!

1:23 am

grannyrose

hi honey. i'm home ! * hugs * sprite.

1:24 am

sprite

welcome home, darling. Are you very miserable?

1:24 am

rebelsass

morning, everyone. *hugs sprite, grannyrose*

1:24 am

dcseain

hello, rose. I hope you're well after your adventure.

1:24 am

dcseain

hi, rebel

1:24 am

sprite

hi rebel!

1:24 am

rebelsass

morning, seain! how goes it?

1:25 am

dcseain

general well, thanks! and you?

1:26 am

rebelsass

exhausted, actually. lots going on. between learning college algebra, and spanish, i'm in the underwriting stage of buying my first house on my own....

1:26 am

grannyrose

not too bad. had a bad time when we had to back road it due to a big landslip on the highway. it was bend after bend after bend. i was green as... but now...sitting in my chair, both feet elevated, and it seems the swelling is subsiding already. i have lost count of the number of times i have gone potty since coming home.

1:26 am

sprite

exciting times, rebel

1:27 am

rebelsass

oh, and then there's memorizing two different monologues for the bfa program at the college next week....

1:27 am

dcseain

buena suerte en aprender español

1:27 am

dcseain

and may the house purchase go well.

1:27 am

grannyrose

seain, only issue is both feet and lower legs very swollen from sitting in the car for hour after hour. but i had a lovely time seeing my friend again.

1:28 am

rebelsass

i'm dreaming with numbers and in spanish at the same time. muchas gracias, amigo! necesitarlo!

1:28 am

grannyrose

and g'day rebel.

1:28 am

dcseain

typical for that much sitting. As I get older, I stop and walk around more than when I was younger.

1:29 am

sprite

very happy you are home and having your feet up. Also glad you got to celebrate with your friend. And if you do not take a plane next time, you have a huge row on your hands... and feet.... and head... :P

1:29 am

grannyrose

seain, i did feet and calf exercises every half hour while in the car. guess that's why i'm not in a hospital.

1:29 am

rebelsass

not to mention someone to help enforce that row....

1:30 am

sprite

exactly. Rebel as my witness. Rose has NOT forgotten.

1:31 am

grannyrose

giggle rebel and sprite. i know. discussed already with DH. we are working out the logistics together. i am glad Don saw what happens when i have to sit for hours at a time.

1:31 am

sprite

seain, rose did exercises every 30 minutes! And still crazy swollen and in way too much pain.

1:31 am

dcseain

I did see that. The joys of life :/

1:33 am

sprite

am also glad Don saw it, Rose. However, you do not have to wait for him to catch on. You can simply tell him it is so bad for you that you refuse to go on long road trips anymore.

1:33 am

grannyrose

not going to gym tomorrow. going to give myself at least two days of elevated feet, extra water medication,and totally relaxing.

1:33 am

sprite

very good. Your body needs it desperately.

1:33 am

rebelsass

good idea, though I would give it at least three to four days.

1:33 am

dcseain

that's a sound plan, rose

1:33 am

grannyrose

oh believe me sprite. he knows that. he has heard it loud and clear i can tell you.

1:34 am

sprite

good girl *hug*

1:34 am

grannyrose

rebel, just a couple of things i must deal with. each lasting no more than a few hours. the rest of the days will be spent doing what i said.

1:35 am

rebelsass

*thumbs up* gotcha grannyrose!

1:36 am

sprite

I spent a whole night with dreams of my mother, rose. Seriously. I dreamt that we were living in one house with her!

1:37 am

grannyrose

and of course my usual 12 weekly stay in hospital with infusion of ketamine is coming up. considering that, the new pain med GP has started me on is fantastic.

1:37 am

rebelsass

been there done that in real life. never again, if i can help it.

1:37 am

sprite

amen, rebel

1:37 am

sprite

amazing, rose!

1:38 am

grannyrose

oh no sprite. remember what i told you? about us having fr4 will, and how she chose to ignore what was already planned for you?

1:38 am

rebelsass

i just had my biweekly dose of ketamine yesterday. and man did i need it!

1:39 am

rebelsass

we got home and I CRASHED! i really needed to, too. i've been burning the candle at both ends lately!

1:39 am

sprite

yeah, it was a brutal night

1:39 am

grannyrose

rebel, i go in for five days and nights, and have sub-cut ketamine the whole time.

1:39 am

sprite

definitely sounds like it, rebel. Lots of self care in between, ya hear?

1:40 am

sprite

*giggles* Rose has whatsapp in the hospital nowadays, so I get to sit front row for her being whoozy and dreamy.

1:40 am

grannyrose

my poor sprite. i hate those sort of nights.

1:40 am

rebelsass

don't i wish! i love the stuff. it works so well for me!

1:41 am

grannyrose

* hmpfff * i don't know what you mean, sprite.

1:41 am

sprite

me too. I especially hate it when you wake up from a nightmare, get up, reset your brain, go back to bed, next nightmare. Ugh.

1:42 am

sprite

you are adorable, rose!

1:43 am

grannyrose

repeat after me... this was NOT God's perfect plan for me....now say it when she intrudes on your rest. and keep saying it !

1:44 am

sprite

okay... that was NOT Gods perfect plan for me... and now He has her in his dominion and I am fr4 of her here :D

1:44 am

rebelsass

and, yes, sprite, i've been scheduling self-care in between. i got a deep tissue massage on monday as a valentine's day present from my sister, and I scheduled another on in two weeks on purpose because i'm gonna need it, and today we got our nails done, and tomorrow i'm getting my trimmed. just smalll bits of self-care here and there, and then right back to studying.

1:44 am

rebelsass

*hair trimmed

1:45 am

grannyrose

YAY SPRITE!! exactly.

1:45 am

sprite

awesome, rebel, that is the way to get through this

1:46 am

rebelsass

aaaaaaaand right now....i'm waiting for my nighttime med to kick in so i can fall asleep.

1:47 am

grannyrose

* holds rebel gently, and strokes her forehead * sleep my dear. and dream sweetly.

1:48 am

sprite

sleep, sleep well, dear rebelsass
put down your tired ass
sleep deep and rejuvenate
now go to bed, it is too late

1:48 am

grannyrose

omg...SPRITE!! now she will start giggling non-stop.

1:48 am

sprite

*grins*

1:49 am

rebelsass

okay...i'll go. *hugs to seain, sprite, rose* see you all later. good night! *poof*

1:50 am

sprite

night night, rebel

2:04 am

sprite

fireflies. Lovely grid. Even the biggies were fun. And the Ks weren't too terrible. For Ks, that is.

2:05 am

sprite

Bye all, have a blessed day and a peaceful night. *hugs* rose. Take the best of care of you!

2:07 am

grannyrose

* hugs * sprite

2:07 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE !!!!

3:57 am

Mercy

ronccrawrew

3:58 am

Mercy

craws

3:58 am

Mercy

raws

3:58 am

Mercy

cash

6:39 am

Guernseygirl 2

Rewash

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Rewet

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Wheel

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Weel

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Weet

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Weer

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Ware

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Wart

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Whee

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Whet

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Whams

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Wham

6:40 am

Guernseygirl 2

Wase

6:41 am

Guernseygirl 2

Waeh

6:41 am

Guernseygirl 2

Warn

6:41 am

Guernseygirl 2

Warns

6:41 am

Guernseygirl 2

Wharf

6:41 am

Guernseygirl 2

Wert

6:41 am

Guernseygirl 2

Weel

6:41 am

Guernseygirl 2

Wees

6:41 am

Guernseygirl 2

Whees

6:42 am

Guernseygirl 2

Wah

6:42 am

Guernseygirl 2

Ware

6:42 am

Guernseygirl 2

Whae

6:43 am

Guernseygirl 2

Whaes

6:43 am

Guernseygirl 2

Whisk

6:43 am

Guernseygirl 2

Caree

6:43 am

Guernseygirl 2

Care

6:43 am

Guernseygirl 2

Scare

6:43 am

Guernseygirl 2

Scaree

6:43 am

Guernseygirl 2

Woops

6:45 am

MollyL

I'm

6:45 am

MollyL

jut

6:45 am

MollyL

going

6:45 am

MollyL

to

6:45 am

MollyL

push

6:45 am

MollyL

this

6:45 am

MollyL

off

6:45 am

MollyL

the

6:45 am

MollyL

front

6:45 am

MollyL

page

6:45 am

MollyL

so

6:45 am

MollyL

people

6:46 am

MollyL

won't

6:46 am

MollyL

see

6:46 am

MollyL

it

6:46 am

MollyL

and

6:46 am

MollyL

then

6:46 am

MollyL

they

6:46 am

MollyL

can

6:46 am

MollyL

find

6:46 am

MollyL

words

6:46 am

MollyL

on

6:46 am

MollyL

their

6:46 am

MollyL

own

6:46 am

MollyL

I

6:46 am

MollyL

am

6:46 am

MollyL

sure

6:46 am

MollyL

it

6:46 am

MollyL

was

6:46 am

MollyL

just

6:46 am

MollyL

a

6:46 am

MollyL

mistake

6:46 am

Guernseygirl 2

So sorry about that

6:46 am

MollyL

it

6:46 am

MollyL

helps

6:46 am

medusa

Nice move Molly

6:46 am

MollyL

to

6:46 am

MollyL

look

6:46 am

MollyL

at

6:46 am

MollyL

the

6:46 am

MollyL

grid

6:46 am

MollyL

while

6:46 am

MollyL

you

6:46 am

MollyL

are

6:46 am

MollyL

entering

6:47 am

MollyL

words

6:47 am

MollyL

and

6:47 am

MollyL

make

6:47 am

MollyL

sure

6:47 am

MollyL

your

6:47 am

MollyL

words

6:47 am

MollyL

are

6:47 am

MollyL

going

6:47 am

MollyL

in

6:47 am

MollyL

the

6:47 am

MollyL

right

6:47 am

MollyL

place

6:47 am

Guernseygirl 2

I wondered why some strange words were getting accepted

6:48 am

MollyL

If you check the bar above TILE STATS when you enter a word it flashes RED for no and GREEN for yes when you enter a word

8:01 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

8:02 am

swmbo

Good morning

8:15 am

swmbo

Quiet in here this morning

8:27 am

crosshair

It is.

8:30 am

tceicher

why would you fill the chat room with one word per box. so irritating

8:34 am

crosshair

Molly was flushing the chat of grid words mistakenly entered into chat.

8:35 am

crosshair

It happens.

8:36 am

crosshair

Especially with those of us who cannot touch type. :)

8:38 am

crosshair

You get in the groove and you just pound words in while staring at the keyboard. I am guilty of this now and again.

8:38 am

mkg

Ease

8:38 am

mkg

Easel

8:38 am

mkg

oooh so sorry

8:39 am

crosshair

Np. :)

8:40 am

crosshair

"Flushing the chog." I like that. :)

8:42 am

mkg

Does anyone have clue for the 8s or 9s> not seeing them.

8:42 am

ChampFit

I only have fo 8/0

8:43 am

mkg

Never mind i got the fo words. An 8 and a 9

8:43 am

mkg

I could use a clue for the i word, and for the e word in first column. Ty.

8:44 am

crosshair

So could I :)

8:44 am

ChampFit

is4

8:44 am

ChampFit

el4

8:44 am

mkg

Ty

8:45 am

mkg

Ty got one

8:46 am

crosshair

Ty got both.

8:47 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

8:47 am

ChampFit

gm

8:47 am

crosshair

Howdy, carla. :)

8:47 am

hokie carla

just took winston out. the wind is so loud. it's 33F feels like 16.

8:48 am

crosshair

We are sutting at minus 18 with the wind chill again.

8:48 am

crosshair

Sitting

8:48 am

hokie carla

nope

8:48 am

mkg

Yup cold days.

8:48 am

ChampFit

Same here carla. Ran with a friend and it was rough with all the wind.

8:49 am

crosshair

This is the sort of winters I remember from my childhood.

8:49 am

hokie carla

is it even daylight there, champ?

8:50 am

ChampFit

Yes...earlier and earlier. Not when I left at 6 a.m., but by the time we head back it is.

8:50 am

hokie carla

that's dedication

8:50 am

ChampFit

I'm missing lots of S's and C's

8:51 am

hokie carla

even if I had a friend I would be like, not today

8:51 am

hokie carla

I need 25 + 38 S and 43 C

8:52 am

ChampFit

The guy that runs with us wussed out.

8:52 am

ChampFit

You just started...plenty of time!

8:53 am

hokie carla

I played some of the small tiles on my ipad last night

8:53 am

ChampFit

Do you have all the K's? I'm only halfway on that one.

8:54 am

hokie carla

grayed the first T and first A on first try

8:55 am

ChampFit

I really wish shart was a word.

8:55 am

hokie carla

no, could only see 2 last night

8:55 am

hokie carla

shart is a word, so let those enable word nerds tell you otherwise

8:56 am

hokie carla

don't let

8:56 am

ChampFit

;)

8:57 am

hokie carla

NTPN - singer who put a $ in her name as a protest to her record co

8:57 am

ChampFit

Yep! I know a girl named Keisha, so keep seeing that.

8:58 am

hokie carla

✅✅✅

8:59 am

hokie carla

finally found a 7

9:00 am

hokie carla

moving on to the K

9:00 am

ChampFit

Found a hunk of S's from the top one. winning!

9:00 am

hokie carla

I got up to 22 on that

9:01 am

crosshair

Clue for T in fifth column, please.

9:01 am

hokie carla

found 2 more k's, so now I have 4

9:01 am

ChampFit

Crossy I think it's the tr4

9:02 am

hokie carla

yep

9:02 am

hokie carla

babblet

9:03 am

hokie carla

phantom marrow

9:03 am

crosshair

Found the babblet, ty

9:03 am

ChampFit

and maroon

9:03 am

hokie carla

NTPN - comedian podcaster that's been in the podcast game a very long time

9:04 am

hokie carla

and it's extra credit because his whole name is here

9:04 am

ChampFit

no clue

9:05 am

hokie carla

just looked - he started his podcast in 2009

9:05 am

hokie carla

podcast is called WTF w/______

9:06 am

hokie carla

I know if you have no clue that isn't going to help 🤣

9:06 am

ChampFit

I googled it and the first one that came up is in the grid, altho it overlaps itself.

9:07 am

hokie carla

yes

9:07 am

ChampFit

I have those! :)

9:08 am

hokie carla

but I always said 4 letter grid words are okay in the chat

9:08 am

ChampFit

I like that spelling of the his first name. Different but not crazy.

9:10 am

hokie carla

oh, there's the porsche again. will anyone remember the name?

9:11 am

crosshair

My favourite nut is in the grid today. :)

9:11 am

hokie carla

ooh, got up to 19 M's. so close.

9:11 am

ChampFit

Same.

9:11 am

hokie carla

just saw that when looking for M's, crossy. I have always hated nuts but will tolerate almonds now.

9:12 am

BzznBea

Macan

9:12 am

hokie carla

✅✅✅

9:12 am

crosshair

My beloved loves roasted sliced almonds.

9:12 am

hokie carla

how's the snow, bea?

9:12 am

ChampFit

They're lovely to add to a salad.

9:13 am

hokie carla

I like marcona almonds the best

9:13 am

BzznBea

Started falling again. We had about 5-6" yesterday.

9:13 am

hokie carla

which is also in the grid

9:13 am

hokie carla

wow

9:14 am

hokie carla

yeah, apparently it's snowing on my brothers and both my kids, but we have sunny, blue skies.

9:14 am

ChampFit

Finished the K. Ki6/7

9:15 am

crosshair

Clue?

9:15 am

ChampFit

Oh no....false alarm...that got me to 5.

9:15 am

hokie carla

I figured it was a big one. will look, thx

9:15 am

hokie carla

oh duh

9:15 am

hokie carla

why do they appear instantly when you know the stat?

9:15 am

ChampFit

Destiny!

9:15 am

hokie carla

yep, must be fate

9:16 am

ChampFit

That was my clue. My answer to carla is, because we're GENIUSES with the clues.

9:16 am

crosshair

And I am thick as a brick, it seems...

9:17 am

ChampFit

Starts with a lip pucker...

9:17 am

hokie carla

it's a word that means fate or destiny.

9:18 am

hokie carla

looks like we're in for another terrible C day. only made it to 32.

9:19 am

ChampFit

I'm at 35. It's all fun and games till you hit the wall...

9:19 am

crosshair

Found them. Never heard of the word, but ty. :)

9:19 am

hokie carla

really?

9:19 am

crosshair

Never

9:20 am

hokie carla

I was going to say it's a fairly common word but wasn't sure about canada

9:20 am

ChampFit

Really? It's odd, but it reminded me of you, and your beloved

9:20 am

crosshair

Like thise alt words for american margerine. Never heard them before Babble.

9:21 am

hokie carla

oleo?

9:21 am

ChampFit

Those are rarely used anymore. My grandma used to use them.

9:21 am

crosshair

Yup

9:21 am

hokie carla

I have some old handwritten recipes that have that on it and I had to ask my mom years ago what that was

9:22 am

hokie carla

def. prior generations

9:23 am

hokie carla

NTPN - woman sung about by the Knack and famously replaced with a lunch meat by weird al

9:23 am

ChampFit

Do we have stats for the other 8/9?

9:24 am

LuvWordGames

Sharona

9:24 am

hokie carla

I don't

9:24 am

hokie carla

I haven't found any

9:24 am

granadan

Only time I ever heard that K word was in Sunset Beach back in the 90s.

9:24 am

hokie carla

✅✅✅

9:24 am

hokie carla

we have a sunset beach in north carolina, but I assume that is not the one you are referring to 🤣

9:25 am

LuvWordGames

Weird bit of trivia: The singer from The Knack is the brother of an ambulance chasing lawyer here in Michigan

9:25 am

hokie carla

that is weird and trivial, but I love it

9:26 am

ChampFit

Very weird.

9:26 am

LuvWordGames

Along the same vein, Neil Diamon's brother invented the jacuzzi

9:27 am

ChampFit

Cleaning ladies finally got here, an hour late. Good luck! Will bbl for last 28.

9:27 am

hokie carla

I see a baseball player/manager in the grid but not sure how to clue

9:27 am

LuvWordGames

Diamond

9:27 am

hokie carla

bye champ

9:27 am

crosshair

I will not worry overmuch about not knowing it when we still get tourist up here who are astounded by the fact that we grow christmas trees, or they come up in July wish skis on the car roof ad are angry when our sk hill does not gave snow on it.

9:27 am

granadan

No it was a wonderfully tacky TV drama series. Over acted, overdramatic and it was a wonderful escape for 40 minutes a day when the children were tiny. That was my "cup of tea and a biscuit" time. It was truly dreadful and I never missed and episode.

9:27 am

crosshair

Damn typos

9:28 am

hokie carla

ohh. funny. sounds like a soap opera.

9:28 am

granadan

Thats the phrase Hokie!

9:28 am

hokie carla

wait, why are they confused about the christmas trees, crossy?

9:29 am

crosshair

Some have never seen evergreen trees I guess.

9:30 am

hokie carla

very odd. we have a lot of christmas tree farms around here.

9:31 am

crosshair

I once had a very angry American visitor at my gas station. She was angry because none of my pumps didoensed gas in gallon. Told me this was a sad little country and drove off. I will never forget her.

9:31 am

crosshair

Dispensed

9:32 am

crosshair

Was driving a pink BMW. Lol

9:33 am

hokie carla

maybe she sold mary kay cosmetics

9:33 am

hokie carla

that used to be pink cadillacs

9:33 am

crosshair

Lol. Have no idea. She just peeled off in a could of dust and rubber.

9:34 am

crosshair

Cloud

9:41 am

hokie carla

first col gray!

9:41 am

rururocks

so she left like sort of a stratus symbol?

9:42 am

BzznBea

LOL

9:42 am

MollyL

There are stupid people everywhere, not just in America

9:42 am

hokie carla

so true

9:42 am

rururocks

well we sure seem to have a boatload of them here in this country

9:43 am

hokie carla

also very true

9:43 am

MollyL

Yes, and many of them are from other countries

9:43 am

hokie carla

I blame reality tv such as the k family that shall not be named

9:45 am

hokie carla

argh, one H short

9:45 am

MollyL

I am astounded by followers of such things Carla. As I am astounded by followers in general. Don't get me started on the Taylor Swift thing.

9:46 am

BzznBea

Snowing harder and bigger flackes.

9:46 am

hokie carla

yeah, like she's a good performer but they act like she's the best musician in the history of the world

9:46 am

BzznBea

flakes

9:47 am

MollyL

When something becomes cult like it creeps me out.

9:47 am

rururocks

I don't know her music really, but she seems to be a really nice person though

9:48 am

MollyL

I have heard strange things about her. Like when that group of kids (fans) got attacked in the UK she asked her fans to donated to GoFundMe. She didn't send money herself.

9:48 am

hokie carla

I actually like her music better than a lot out there now 👵🏻 and agree she seems like a nice person

9:49 am

hokie carla

okay, that is weird

9:49 am

hokie carla

maybe she sent some anonymously

9:50 am

rururocks

she likely donated anonymously

9:52 am

rururocks

i mean she's worth a billion bucks at least

9:52 am

MollyL

It's possible although most celebrity PR people want that kind of news splashed everywhere. And her money comes from Daddy

9:54 am

hokie carla

maybe originally but she sells a bazillion concert tickets and albums, no way does her dad have more money

9:55 am

hokie carla

I don't really know her background except I remember she moved to nashville as a kid with her mom so she could try to get in the biz

9:55 am

MollyL

Well, my original point was that the mass appeal with someone with that little musical talent amazes me.

9:55 am

saanichcat

I was leery of the whole Taylor Swift thing (dislike her music) but I watched about 20 minutes of the performance on You Tube and it is incredibly well-done. A huge expense though.Still don't quite understand the whole swiftie thing...but back in the day, we had the Beatles...

9:56 am

MollyL

I can understand the appeal of The Beatles. Their music was good. And it has stood the test of time.

9:57 am

MollyL

And their songs were not all variations on "you mean boy, you broke my heart".

9:58 am

saanichcat

YOu are so right Molly and there is the difference.

9:58 am

saanichcat

but we get"I am the egg man" etc!

9:59 am

hokie carla

I guess for my gen is was NKOTB but I wasn't a huge fan of them, liked them okay.

10:00 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:01 am

hokie carla

moo!!

10:01 am

moolingwa

I see we're talking about the right stuff :)

10:01 am

hokie carla

you got it

10:01 am

rururocks

yeah.. lots of differing opinions on music I'd guess

10:01 am

moolingwa

not really my thing either

10:01 am

saanichcat

ok Carla. what does NKOTB mean

10:02 am

rururocks

I can't stand led Zepplin and get chastised for it

10:02 am

moolingwa

hey ru, happy Thursday to you

10:02 am

hokie carla

new kids on the block

10:02 am

rururocks

good morning mool

10:02 am

saanichcat

thanks

10:02 am

rururocks

it's almost another weekend.. yay

10:03 am

moolingwa

guess you're all out of love, for led zeppelin ru

10:03 am

MollyL

I am not a Zepplin fan but appreciate the integrity of their music. And no one can deny the talent of Jimmy Page.

10:03 am

hokie carla

he definitely doesn't have a whole lotta love

10:04 am

MollyL

Ru is just Dazed and Confused

10:04 am

MollyL

And it's Been A Long Time

10:07 am

moolingwa

some biggish tiles on this board

10:07 am

hokie carla

yep

10:07 am

hokie carla

but most are not super hard at first glance

10:07 am

moolingwa

but are super difficult on second glance?

10:08 am

hokie carla

have grayed 13 tiles, but no real biggies. got within one or two on a few of the biggies

10:08 am

hokie carla

IDK, haven't gotten to second glance yet

10:08 am

moolingwa

I have 2 greyed so far, plus the freebie :)

10:09 am

medusa

is there a clue for ca9 please?

10:09 am

hokie carla

30 left. 5-12-8-1-2-2
surprised about the 7s.
SS
M C6
S5 AA RR
H WW R FFFF
TTTT

10:10 am

rururocks

not a somersault

10:10 am

hokie carla

going to houseclean on this cold and windy day. may take me all day. TTFN.

10:11 am

moolingwa

good luck with that

10:11 am

medusa

thank you

10:16 am

medusa

ca8 please?

10:18 am

BzznBea

belief in a social ranking system

10:19 am

crosshair

Ty for ca9, Ruru.

10:19 am

medusa

thank you

10:23 am

BzznBea

yw

10:24 am

crosshair

Not seeing it yet

10:27 am

crosshair

I see the coyotes favourite mail order store is in the grid again. :)

10:45 am

moolingwa

ok, managed to get through a first pass

10:45 am

moolingwa

and thanks for the ca9 and ca8

11:48 am

hokie carla

lunch break. yes, thanks. the 9 is so obvious and yet, I just can't see compounds.

11:48 am

BzznBea

Snow stopped here.

11:48 am

cybernan

good morning :)

11:49 am

hokie carla

rehi bea, hey nan

11:49 am

ChampFit

Agree. Was so glad to come back and see a clue. rehi all

11:49 am

hokie carla

rehi champ

11:54 am

hokie carla

found an S. now 4OFOET

11:55 am

cybernan

phantom carwash -- a phantom in reality as well - at least until the snow melts!

11:55 am

ChampFit

VER Y slow going on these last ones, for me.

11:56 am

hokie carla

yes, only found 1 word now except for the 2 clued

11:56 am

suefrad625

Afternoon all

11:56 am

hokie carla

hey sue

11:57 am

hokie carla

just made up a weird sw5

11:58 am

ChampFit

Is it the 5/18?

11:58 am

ChampFit

There are 2 that are weird to me

11:58 am

hokie carla

5/24

11:59 am

ChampFit

Oooh...will look.

11:59 am

hokie carla

I do have 2 weird to me 5/18s

12:00 pm

suefrad625

I am using Hearts of Palm spaghetti and loving it. On Amazon I bought angel hair, lasagna, spaghetti and they have rice too. And it stands up to baking.

12:00 pm

hokie carla

never heard of it

12:01 pm

ChampFit

I tried it once, and it bloated me like crazy! Might be because I added artichoke hearts to it. It was good, tho.

12:01 pm

ChampFit

Costco was carrying it for a while.

12:02 pm

EvaNadine

i really enjoy the Palmini brand -- i regularly use it to make a version of chicken parm.

12:02 pm

ChampFit

That's the one I tried.

12:02 pm

ChampFit

Got the weird sw carla...thanks!

12:03 pm

ChampFit

Just got another weird sw5/18

12:03 pm

hokie carla

looks like it became big in 2020 or 2021. not sure how I missed it since I'm all about pastas that aren't pasta.

12:04 pm

hokie carla

I did just read it's high in sodium so I should probably stay away

12:04 pm

BzznBea

Finally got the 8/9.

12:05 pm

hokie carla

so you have 2 or 3 weird sw5/18, champ?

12:05 pm

hokie carla

what is the stat, bea?

12:06 pm

ChampFit

3

12:06 pm

hokie carla

different 3rd letter than the other two?

12:06 pm

hokie carla

not seeing it

12:06 pm

hokie carla

oh, I prob already have it

12:06 pm

ChampFit

Yes. It comes before the ones I had.

12:06 pm

BzznBea

fo8.75 and 9.96

12:06 pm

hokie carla

oh, mine comes after those

12:07 pm

hokie carla

thanks, bea. will look. do they start with golf yell? I have been looking for some of those.

12:07 pm

ChampFit

Yes

12:08 pm

BzznBea

Yes, Carla.

12:08 pm

hokie carla

well good to know I am on the right track 😆

12:09 pm

hokie carla

aha

12:10 pm

ChampFit

I have an app with named fo8. It''s through our MLS. If a client calls on a listing and I don't know them, I can use it to check up on them. Pretty cool!

12:10 pm

hokie carla

aptly named

12:11 pm

ChampFit

Yep! It's been pretty helpful.

12:12 pm

hokie carla

well you haven't been murdered showing a house, so that's good

12:12 pm

ChampFit

That's the goal!

12:12 pm

hokie carla

is saanichcat still here today? I think that's where that woman got murdered.

12:12 pm

ChampFit

idk

12:13 pm

ChampFit

Closed out the top S!

12:13 pm

hokie carla

super! still have 2

12:13 pm

ChampFit

I have 4 on the other one.

12:14 pm

BzznBea

I think there have been several true crime episodes about realtors being found dead in homes they were showing.

12:14 pm

hokie carla

I have 3 there

12:14 pm

hokie carla

found one on the top

12:15 pm

hokie carla

yes bea, I almost said that. I can think of 2. very scary.

12:15 pm

hokie carla

can't rem. where the other one was though.

12:16 pm

ChampFit

My photographer does a lot of work for Wells Fargo, taking pictures of homes they've foreclosed on. He walked into what he thought was an empty home once and woke up later. Turns out someone was inside and whacked him upside the head with a 2x4. Lucky it didn't kill him!

12:17 pm

hokie carla

omg

12:17 pm

hokie carla

did they find them? was it a squatter/former owner?

12:17 pm

ChampFit

Never found them and no idea who it was. He's a LOT more careful now.

12:20 pm

hokie carla

I'm giving up on the top S

12:21 pm

cybernan

still missing 4 from there

12:21 pm

ChampFit

Screw it! ;)

12:21 pm

BzznBea

Carla, there are 4 sm's

12:22 pm

hokie carla

have all those

12:22 pm

hokie carla

prob an easy one I just can't see

12:23 pm

cybernan

just have two

12:24 pm

hokie carla

3 fives that are regular words, nan, and one that is a one who does

12:25 pm

hokie carla

top row gray! my missing S was something a lot of people might wear outside today

12:25 pm

cybernan

that's the sn's?

12:26 pm

ChampFit

You were right...easy one.

12:26 pm

hokie carla

that was sm's I was telling

12:26 pm

hokie carla

there are just 2 SN, nan

12:27 pm

cybernan

sorry I meant to say sm

12:27 pm

cybernan

ok -- looking for 3 more then

12:27 pm

hokie carla

lol, just found a regular c4 that I do often

12:28 pm

hokie carla

and yes, I obvi had the sc5 that contains it. I said recently I should scroll through my list and look for words inside of words.

12:28 pm

dcseain

hello.

12:29 pm

hokie carla

hey seain, long time no see

12:29 pm

ChampFit

Hey seain. Still have 6 4's. Where the heck are they????

12:29 pm

dcseain

:) I have 129 still to go. Started it really late and went to bed fast.

12:29 pm

hokie carla

I'm down to 4-7-7-1

12:30 pm

hokie carla

don't like that 6s number at all

12:30 pm

ChampFit

Ha! Just found a 4!

12:30 pm

hokie carla

think I will look for the 6s and then get back to work

12:30 pm

dcseain

oooh, just got 3 sw5s

12:30 pm

cybernan

I just realized still missing 15 s's

12:31 pm

ChampFit

And another one! Yes, the S's are hard today nan.

12:35 pm

hokie carla

found my w's

12:35 pm

cybernan

missed a lot of one who's in th s's

12:35 pm

dcseain

Tracon is a company I worked for long ago.

12:36 pm

cybernan

to s finished :)

12:37 pm

cybernan

enough - off to the list

12:41 pm

Shirlockc

stats for the lone E in left column?

12:41 pm

Shirlockc

ooo, nm, i just got it

12:41 pm

hokie carla

that dumb one

12:41 pm

hokie carla

ooh, found 2 c's

12:43 pm

hokie carla

but still 2 4's left after specifically searching for 4's.
2-5-7-1
M C
SSS AA RR
H R FF
TT

12:43 pm

hokie carla

must get back to work. I think I've gone over my lunch time.

12:43 pm

ChampFit

see ya later!

12:44 pm

cybernan

bye carla

12:48 pm

cybernan

Done - hagd everyone :)

12:50 pm

ChampFit

congrats nan!

12:59 pm

MollyL

Oh no! I hope Carla doesn't get her paycheck docked.

1:11 pm

moolingwa

rehi

1:19 pm

wingding

glad to connect .. we lost power for two days, internet cables service still down .. at shop on someone else wifi ... winds wereover 60mph in PHL

1:19 pm

wingding

crews here from florida and georgia replacing broken poles

1:21 pm

ChampFit

Wow! I'm sorry you're dealing with that wingding. Hope you're reconnected soon.

1:22 pm

wingding

verizon is a problem ... seems comcast isn't an issue

1:23 pm

wingding

amrs

1:24 pm

BzznBea

Clue for sa7.36, please?

1:26 pm

ChampFit

harsh, cutting, bitter. It's twisty.

1:27 pm

BzznBea

Thanks.

1:28 pm

Shirlockc

thx from me too Champ

1:29 pm

ChampFit

yw!

1:36 pm

moolingwa

and me too, didn't have that one :)

1:36 pm

ChampFit

It was a nice surprise to find it. I typically have a hard time with words that go left.

1:37 pm

moolingwa

yeah, it's weird that the way a word appears in the grid can sometimes make it really hard...even 4 letter words sometimes

1:37 pm

Shirlockc

i have 32 C words and there's still more ...

1:38 pm

moolingwa

yeah, I'm up to 41

1:38 pm

ChampFit

yep. Shirl, it took me forever to get them all and my last one was an easy 4 that I swore I'd typed.

1:38 pm

moolingwa

and crampet is apparently not one of my remaining ones

1:38 pm

BzznBea

I need 3.

1:39 pm

ChampFit

FW! Last word was tr 6/21. Need any clues before I go?

1:39 pm

BzznBea

NOw I'm done.

1:39 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

1:39 pm

moolingwa

nice

1:40 pm

moolingwa

you know when you get the re- form of a word, but not the word it prefixes...yeah that happened for me

1:41 pm

ChampFit

Ha! We've all done it. Enjoy!

1:54 pm

moolingwa

20 to go

4:06 pm

hurshy

greetings all!

4:08 pm

hurshy

if there is anybody here that is, lol

4:09 pm

joansiebone

hi Hurshy

4:10 pm

hurshy

hello joan

4:10 pm

joansiebone

there are 73 others on line currently

4:11 pm

joansiebone

must

4:11 pm

hurshy

that doesn't mean much, if you don't log out it shows you as online but you might not really be engaging with the site

4:11 pm

joansiebone

I guess they are just lurking too

4:12 pm

joansiebone

that is true. I don't log out

4:12 pm

hurshy

oh man, i am just one P away from greying the top row

4:14 pm

joansiebone

missing a 'p' also, but I nee 2 "t s" and 8 S words

4:15 pm

joansiebone

it is a slog today

4:15 pm

hurshy

idk i'm finding it rather nice so far

4:16 pm

hurshy

Ms Managed!

4:19 pm

hurshy

phantom: ca4worn

4:20 pm

hurshy

phantom: conte5

4:23 pm

hurshy

whooooo found a 9

4:31 pm

hurshy

ok finding the lower S a bit more difficult

4:43 pm

hokie carla

rehi, finally have a clean house

4:43 pm

hurshy

hiya hokie

4:44 pm

hurshy

do you happen to know if there is a WR word today?

4:45 pm

hurshy

woot, got the other 9 and an 8 with it!

4:50 pm

hurshy

ok i have reached 95% with no help whatsoever

4:50 pm

hurshy

i call that a good grid

4:50 pm

hokie carla

I have all the W's, no WR

4:50 pm

hurshy

ok thanks

4:50 pm

hokie carla

15 left here, I feel like I am maxed out

4:51 pm

hurshy

can you guess which one i'm missing? i have one 6, six 5s, and the rest 4s

4:51 pm

hokie carla

I have M C S3 A2 R2 H R F2 T2

4:51 pm

hurshy

did you get ar5/12 and plural?

4:51 pm

hokie carla

do you have the kitchen tool for eggs or pancake mix?

4:52 pm

hurshy

yes

4:52 pm

hokie carla

no, will look

4:52 pm

hokie carla

you are missing a 5 if I counted mine right

4:53 pm

hurshy

dang it i didn't count MINE right

4:53 pm

hurshy

i have seven 5s

4:53 pm

hokie carla

nothing weird, a couple of plurals or present tense, and 3 regular singles

4:53 pm

hokie carla

LOL, so apparently I didn't count mine right either

4:53 pm

hurshy

ok so a 4 then since i messed up

4:54 pm

hurshy

no, because if you have 7 and i thought i had 6, then you would say i'm missing a 5, right?

4:54 pm

hokie carla

I have 1 6, and 7 5

4:54 pm

hurshy

you didn't count wrong, i did

4:54 pm

hokie carla

there's that babblet 4 that looks like a pl

4:54 pm

hurshy

those ar words are just babblets

4:55 pm

hurshy

i have one fo those yeah

4:55 pm

hokie carla

was going to say scottish and I was right on the w4

4:55 pm

hurshy

aHA i found it, it was tupperwa4

4:56 pm

hurshy

for M, there are two ma6 right before the thing Zorro wears on his face, the second of which is an older name for a certain golf club

4:56 pm

hokie carla

ah

4:56 pm

hokie carla

finally found the ar's, thx

4:56 pm

hurshy

perhaps you did not get the golf club in the Ms i just mentioned

4:57 pm

hokie carla

I admittedly didn't read anything when I arrived

4:57 pm

hokie carla

like a club or a club

4:58 pm

hurshy

like a driver, putter, that kind of club

4:58 pm

hokie carla

oh, you literally just mentioned it

4:59 pm

hurshy

there were more fun names before for ones that we now just call the #iron or the #wood, like, niblick, and this ma6

4:59 pm

hurshy

i know about them from reading PG Wodehouse's golf stories

4:59 pm

hokie carla

ok, that is it but I have never heard, so I will try monkeying

4:59 pm

hurshy

it ends in 2 vowels

5:00 pm

hokie carla

took me several times even though I swear I tried the eventual answer. thanks.

5:01 pm

hurshy

now for upper R, do you have the anagram pair of the ar words i just helped you get?

5:02 pm

hokie carla

no, because those aren't real words either. thanks.

5:02 pm

hurshy

and for the other R probably like if you have to do some major darning work to fix a certain part of a sock, you re6 it

5:03 pm

hokie carla

have that one. I was thinking of a boot repair

5:03 pm

hurshy

for H, not sure. maybe the last ha, which is ha5/20?

5:03 pm

hurshy

ok then my next guess for the RE is clean again

5:04 pm

hokie carla

well, I thought I tried that one but now that I think about it I think I kept trying it as an M.

5:04 pm

hokie carla

have that one too

5:04 pm

hokie carla

and the two with the microwave or stove

5:04 pm

hurshy

re4/4

5:05 pm

hurshy

*giggle*

5:05 pm

hokie carla

of course

5:05 pm

hurshy

ok now can you help me with a P and a K?

5:05 pm

hokie carla

and what's crazy is I looked specifically for 4s earlier

5:05 pm

hokie carla

still have
1-2-4-1

5:05 pm

hurshy

i need one P and one K

5:06 pm

hokie carla

5:06 pm

hurshy

that was quite a trick, i didn't know you could send a blank chat

5:06 pm

hokie carla

odd since I have those gray

5:06 pm

hurshy

5:07 pm

hokie carla

pe5 was my last

5:07 pm

hurshy

look i did it too!

5:07 pm

hurshy

i have two pe5

5:07 pm

hokie carla

I was carrying my laptop to the couch and apparently hit the enter

5:07 pm

hokie carla

there are 3

5:07 pm

hurshy

and 3 pe4

5:07 pm

hokie carla

I would say all are babblets

5:07 pm

hurshy

hmm ok

5:08 pm

hurshy

well each of the ones i have, just adds a letter to the four before it

5:08 pm

hurshy

aHA ok i got the other one

5:08 pm

hokie carla

I think that applies to all 3

5:08 pm

hurshy

no, it doesn't apply to the third one

5:09 pm

hurshy

ok what about K? have 3 ke, 2 ki

5:09 pm

hokie carla

that is the one I was guessing originally though

5:09 pm

hokie carla

ke5

5:10 pm

hurshy

no, it was ke4/8, got it now

5:10 pm

hurshy

what is the other 8 besides fo8?

5:11 pm

hokie carla

for 7s I have ca, cr, cr, ki, ma, ma, re, sm. do you know the 8th?

5:11 pm

hokie carla

ca8, kind of unusual but it makes sense it's a word

5:11 pm

hurshy

i also have one 7 missing but i'll see if it is the same as yours

5:12 pm

hurshy

no i have all the same 7s as you do

5:13 pm

hurshy

is ca8 a compound word?

5:13 pm

hokie carla

ish

5:14 pm

hurshy

urf, that is unhelpful

5:14 pm

hokie carla

I would not consider it but technically the last part is a separate word here - a belief in something

5:15 pm

hurshy

hmmm ok gotta see how to get from there to there

5:16 pm

hokie carla

can give you more if you want

5:16 pm

hurshy

there aren't that many ways to get over there, i feel like i should be able to get it, but i'm all, cawehism

5:17 pm

hokie carla

think of india maybe

5:18 pm

hurshy

ohhh you have to go UP FIRST

5:18 pm

hurshy

was using the other A

5:18 pm

hokie carla

yes

5:18 pm

hurshy

2-3-3-1

5:18 pm

hurshy

2 C, 4 S, 2 F, 2 T

5:19 pm

hokie carla

1-2-4-1

5:19 pm

ch1212

thank you hokie and hurshy -- I got it!

5:19 pm

hokie carla

yw

5:19 pm

hurshy

we are very helpful, arent' we

5:20 pm

hokie carla

well, I got it from bea earlier. would never have found that.

5:21 pm

hurshy

no wait that's ONE T

5:21 pm

hokie carla

C SSS FF TT
pretty similar

5:21 pm

hurshy

i recently got te4/8

5:22 pm

hokie carla

have that

5:22 pm

hurshy

but you could perhaps be missing a tr6/21 babblet instead

5:22 pm

hokie carla

I have one that is a regular plural, so I guess so

5:22 pm

hurshy

no, this is a singular, babblet

5:23 pm

hurshy

more towards the end of the TR words

5:24 pm

hokie carla

ah yes, thanks

5:24 pm

hurshy

ooh just caught up to you on S words with an sk4/9. that's my only sk word actually. and just one si.

5:24 pm

hokie carla

I also just have one of each

5:24 pm

hurshy

but we're missing 3 so there COULD be more

5:25 pm

hokie carla

yes

5:25 pm

hurshy

oHO te4/4

5:25 pm

hurshy

from the bottom, that was my last bottom T word

5:25 pm

hokie carla

if it goes backwards in one line, I have it

5:26 pm

hurshy

do you have tr5/18, a plural with no singular?

5:26 pm

hokie carla

and before you guess the plural looking tr5, I have that

5:26 pm

hokie carla

LOL

5:26 pm

hurshy

4 tw

5:28 pm

hokie carla

I think it has to be a TR

5:28 pm

hurshy

then it's either a plural or a normal word (or both)

5:28 pm

hokie carla

I think I have 4 te from there

5:29 pm

hurshy

no there are 5 te

5:29 pm

hurshy

latin plural for one of them

5:29 pm

hokie carla

duh, it was a pl 6. I had the latin pl.

5:29 pm

hurshy

ok i'm gonna get the list now that we're done with 4s

5:29 pm

hokie carla

well, I still have a 4 somewhere

5:30 pm

hokie carla

wondering if it's one I entered this morning

5:30 pm

hurshy

oh right

5:30 pm

hurshy

cause that was a 6

5:30 pm

hurshy

ok our missing 7 is sa7/36

5:30 pm

hokie carla

oops, I actually saw that on my break earlier and forgot

5:31 pm

hurshy

ha

5:31 pm

hokie carla

but I couldn't find it then, even with a definition clue

5:31 pm

hokie carla

you probably can though. but I don't remember what it was.

5:31 pm

hurshy

it falls before the indian garment and after the sa4/6

5:32 pm

hurshy

so maybe like sarc- something, not sarcoma tho

5:32 pm

hurshy

OH

5:32 pm

hurshy

normal word!

5:32 pm

hokie carla

aha

5:32 pm

hokie carla

yep

5:32 pm

hokie carla

one I am very familiar with

5:33 pm

hurshy

hehe

5:33 pm

hokie carla

okay, now 1-2-2
C SS FF

5:33 pm

hurshy

aw man, i missed the nut

5:33 pm

hokie carla

my C was the 4

5:33 pm

hurshy

ca6

5:33 pm

hurshy

silly me

5:34 pm

hokie carla

so gonna guess I have S5/6 and F5/6 sets

5:34 pm

hokie carla

found the f's

5:34 pm

hurshy

fo5/18 and plural, before the long ones and the 4 they're based on

5:35 pm

hurshy

looks like my S words are NOT a pair

5:35 pm

hurshy

sa5/20 is the five

5:35 pm

hokie carla

I will list for those, they could go in any direction

5:36 pm

hurshy

done!

5:36 pm

hokie carla

congrats

5:36 pm

hokie carla

I'm sure I'll eventually find the sh6 I am missing :D

5:37 pm

hokie carla

ha, a plural

5:52 pm

penquis

back for my last 35....hello all....

5:52 pm

penquis

still here, carla?

6:11 pm

hokie carla

pen!

6:11 pm

penquis

carla!

6:12 pm

penquis

have you finished?

6:12 pm

hokie carla

yes

6:13 pm

penquis

cool....26 here....fours, fives and sixes...and two sevens....

6:55 pm

penquis

well i am done....goodnight all....

6:56 pm

hokie carla

sorry, took a shower and then played ping pong

6:56 pm

hokie carla

good night!

7:00 pm

periwinkle

sa7 please

7:05 pm

periwinkle

nm

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