Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, February 21, 2025

12:02 am

cybernan

cine nice

12:02 am

hurshy

whoopsies

12:09 am

hurshy

pa8

12:10 am

cybernan

hi everyone - co 7

12:10 am

cybernan

and co 8

12:10 am

cybernan

no - the 8 is a phantom - sorry

12:11 am

Rainiqui

there IS a co 8

12:13 am

hurshy

well i'm not havin a coronury

12:14 am

Rainiqui

good one Hursh !

12:14 am

hurshy

yes, i have mad skills in the mocking-myself-for-not-finding-the-act\nual-word department

12:14 am

ursh

phantom - ratrace - hello all

12:15 am

hurshy

oh drat

12:15 am

hurshy

oh, it's related to the PA8 i found!

12:15 am

Rainiqui

coarsen

12:16 am

Rainiqui

Wanna 7 ~ It's on me

12:17 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:17 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

12:17 am

hurshy

what i really want is my third corner A

12:17 am

hurshy

or my last W

12:18 am

Rainiqui

enic

12:19 am

hurshy

ar7

12:19 am

hurshy

(which is not my corner A)

12:21 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs and can't stay awake any longer :)

12:32 am

hurshy

left col grey!

12:34 am

hurshy

top row grey!

12:40 am

sprite

morning babblers

1:21 am

grannyrose

good morning dear friend. how was your night? any improvement on the last one?

1:22 am

sprite

*hugs rose* Hello darling. Yeah, much better, no nightmares and quite a few hours. How about you?

1:23 am

grannyrose

you saw the pic of of my feet. the redness is subsiding now.

1:24 am

sprite

not as bad as it could have been, but not good yet either. Keep them up! :)

1:26 am

grannyrose

giggle

1:27 am

grannyrose

my friend said to tie my feet around my neck..lol i said Don would kick me out for arsing around, and that it would leave me without a leg to stand on..

1:28 am

sprite

roflol

1:37 am

sprite

fireflies

1:38 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE!!!

1:38 am

grannyrose

* hugs * sweetie

1:38 am

sprite

*hugs* my darling. SLeep well tonight and keep on taking good care of my bestie.

6:31 am

Sugrraleona

need help with the ne6?

6:47 am

rbud

only ne6 I have so far means "almost"

6:48 am

rbud

(I just got here)

6:52 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

6:55 am

rbud

howdy, crossy

6:56 am

crosshair

:)

8:54 am

godthaab

B4 = Canada!

8:58 am

MollyL

b4 = here today

8:59 am

MollyL

20 degrees with 20 mph winds

9:00 am

ChampFit

I have a co8 and and pa8...what's the other one?

9:00 am

phaeton

9 here

9:01 am

MollyL

bo8

9:01 am

ChampFit

ty!

9:03 am

ChampFit

Phantom: burrito

9:04 am

MollyL

The Hardy Boys and The Phantom Burrito

9:04 am

ChampFit

Ha!

9:11 am

crosshair

Good game last night. Congrats to the U.S team--you were a worthy oponent and fought well.

9:12 am

ChampFit

Saw it went to overtime.

9:12 am

penquis

ty, crossy....and congrats to the Canadian team....it was a fun game to watch....

9:12 am

penquis

and hello all...

9:14 am

penquis

hockey was the number 1 sport at my high school....went to many a game at that time....

9:14 am

ChampFit

gm! Just found an alt spelling of an ar word. Getting there...

9:14 am

rururocks

not a hockey fan here.. i really don't give a puck about it

9:15 am

MollyL

Oh goalie Ru, you don't have to be so negative

9:15 am

ChampFit

Just tell him to puck off!

9:16 am

maccafixx

po 8/55?

9:16 am

penquis

ru...you can check your opinions at the door... ;o)

9:16 am

crosshair

Comment was a bit offside :)

9:16 am

maccafixx

pa 8/55?

9:16 am

ChampFit

It's pa maccafixx. Extend the 6/21

9:18 am

phaeton

hello...clue for the co8?

9:18 am

ChampFit

Uses the same word I just used in the Pa clue

9:18 am

MollyL

Part of a pair of customers or paying guests

9:18 am

hokie carla

howdy folks

9:19 am

penquis

carla!

9:19 am

hurshy

hi hokie, all

9:19 am

crosshair

Howdy, carla.

9:19 am

hokie carla

oh, I missed hockey puns?

9:19 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:19 am

ChampFit

'morning!

9:19 am

crosshair

Howdy, hurshy

9:19 am

hokie carla

hurshy! crossy! champ!

9:19 am

hurshy

hey crossy :)

9:20 am

penquis

yes, carla....missed the hockey puns....

9:20 am

hokie carla

who'd I miss?

9:20 am

crosshair

Just a few. Ruru has been penslized for high schticking.

9:20 am

maccafixx

ty ChampFit!

9:20 am

hokie carla

lol

9:20 am

crosshair

Penalized.

9:20 am

hokie carla

that's my fave

9:20 am

ChampFit

yw! I thought it was a weird word.

9:21 am

penquis

nice one, crossy!

9:21 am

hurshy

name that top villain from LotR!

9:21 am

phaeton

ty...FW

9:21 am

hokie carla

sauron

9:21 am

ChampFit

sauron

9:21 am

crosshair

Sauron

9:21 am

hokie carla

lol, I typed it into my add word box first

9:22 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:23 am

rururocks

in a way frodo was rude to sauron.. he gave him the finger

9:23 am

penquis

congrats, phae....

9:23 am

hurshy

haha

9:24 am

ChampFit

Way to go phae! Missed it in all the LoTR stuff

9:24 am

hurshy

of course Sauron probably also thought that the destruction of his power was pretty rude

9:24 am

hurshy

villains always do

9:26 am

rururocks

in his case only on orcasion

9:26 am

crosshair

Well, I would be a bit miffed as well, trudging all the way to mount doom. All Gandalf had to do was to whistle for the lord of the Eagles at the birthday party, toss Froddo on his back, and they could have flown to Mount Doom, dropped the ring, and been back to the party in time for cake. :)

9:26 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! pacific northwest airport

9:26 am

penquis

seatac

9:27 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:27 am

penquis

i am so competitive that i even love winning NTPN... ;o)

9:28 am

hurshy

:D

9:29 am

hurshy

phantom: taenia

9:30 am

rururocks

phantom sartor

9:30 am

hurshy

yeah i tried that one too

9:31 am

ChampFit

same

9:32 am

hokie carla

hate I'm missing all this LOTR talk. am wrapped up in a math problem.

9:32 am

crosshair

I see Mr. Ives is in the grid. :)

9:32 am

hurshy

oooo yay math!

9:33 am

ChampFit

He is! As soon as you mentioned him, I saw a snowman in my head.

9:33 am

crosshair

Ugh@math--English geek here.

9:34 am

hokie carla

lol, champ. I also saw the snowman.

9:34 am

crosshair

Unforgettable voice

9:34 am

ChampFit

And a Norelco razor!

9:34 am

crosshair

Him and Red Sovine.

9:34 am

hokie carla

now that I don't remember

9:34 am

MollyL

Yay math! ðŸ¤£ðŸ˜‚ðŸ¤£

9:34 am

hurshy

AND a vowel-less word that the snowman says is in the grid

9:35 am

rururocks

do you think everywhere he went he got a frosty reception?

9:35 am

MollyL

I remember the Norelco razor commercial

9:37 am

hurshy

add burrata to the list of food words that don't count

9:37 am

hokie carla

mmm, burrata

9:37 am

ChampFit

I tried it!

9:37 am

penquis

tried that one, too...

9:38 am

rururocks

and aecia

9:40 am

hokie carla

what's going on with this s? is it just me?

9:40 am

MollyL

aecia is not in the grid, but it counts as a word

9:41 am

hokie carla

lol, just made up a completely random S5

9:42 am

ChampFit

was it sl?

9:42 am

penquis

still missing 7 S words....

9:42 am

penquis

or was it sy?....that's one i just found....

9:42 am

hokie carla

I also need 7

9:43 am

hokie carla

SL5/16

9:43 am

hurshy

i only need 3 S but i need 7 B and 5 T

9:43 am

hokie carla

looks like it might be a portmanteau

9:43 am

hurshy

oh thanks hokie that was one of my 3

9:44 am

penquis

yes, it is an odd word, that SL 5...

9:44 am

hokie carla

makes sense when you think of it as a portmanteau

9:45 am

rururocks

NTPN: famous middle eastern traveler

9:45 am

penquis

there is an s 6/27 that is kind of twisty....

9:45 am

hokie carla

think I have that one

9:46 am

penquis

i like the sa 6/21 word....i like the way it sounds....

9:46 am

ChampFit

I have 1 left but have to go...CRAP!!! BBL.

9:46 am

penquis

bye champ...

9:46 am

hokie carla

bye, champ

9:46 am

hurshy

oh just remembered that roman philosopher counts too

9:47 am

hokie carla

sorry, ruru, I don't know any famous middle eastern travelers

9:47 am

hurshy

he's se6/21

9:47 am

hurshy

(the roman philosopher, not the middle eastern traveller, i mean, is se6/21)

9:48 am

hokie carla

well, I found a town in SC with those points, prob the same

9:48 am

hurshy

yeah probably

9:49 am

MollyL

That word is better known as an Indian tribe name

9:49 am

hokie carla

that's prob what this town is named after

9:54 am

hokie carla

phantom portal

9:55 am

hurshy

are other people also struggling with B and T or am i just being thick

9:55 am

penquis

still missing many from those...

9:55 am

hokie carla

just started the T and still need 11

9:59 am

hurshy

got down to 4 of each of them now. plus 3 center A, one S, and one F

9:59 am

hurshy

ooh got another B

10:00 am

hokie carla

phantom rural

10:00 am

hurshy

say, was the third 8 ever called, after i left to go to bed? we'd called pa8 and co8 but not the other one

10:00 am

hokie carla

I played a little on my ipad last night but never saw the chat

10:01 am

rururocks

bo8

10:01 am

welki

do you need stats on the last 8, hursh?

10:01 am

penquis

it's been called in the chat this morning...when I arrived....

10:02 am

penquis

gotta go....bbl for my last 71....bye all....

10:02 am

hokie carla

by pen!

10:02 am

hokie carla

bye even

10:02 am

hurshy

hmmm, thinking

10:02 am

hokie carla

I really need my keyboard cleaned

10:03 am

welki

think bach, hurshy

10:04 am

hurshy

now all i can think of is the welcome mat that says "Bach later. Offenbach sooner."

10:05 am

periwinkle

hi all. help with corner A please

10:05 am

welki

heh - and that reminds me of, 'chili today, hot tamale'

10:05 am

periwinkle

seeing any of the 8s. I know first two letters of each

10:05 am

hokie carla

ap5/14 is one

10:05 am

hurshy

a day for planting trees is ar5 day

10:05 am

hokie carla

arb/14 is one

10:05 am

periwinkle

busy day. did two loads of laundry, changed the sheets. vacummed bedroom and living room

10:06 am

hokie carla

ar5/10 is the other

10:06 am

periwinkle

still need to mop bathroom and kitchen

10:06 am

hurshy

a woman with children can look ma8 (not in grid), for pa8 you are doing the male equivalent

10:07 am

hurshy

and yes welki i will take the stats for that bo8 please

10:07 am

welki

bo8/55

10:07 am

periwinkle

ty for ar5

10:07 am

hokie carla

ugh, just got to the U

10:08 am

hurshy

the U isn't as bad as you'd think

10:08 am

rururocks

not such an ea4 grid today

10:08 am

hurshy

lots of usual suspects

10:08 am

rururocks

a lot of strange b words

10:09 am

periwinkle

ty for pa8

10:09 am

hurshy

co8 uses the same ROOT word as pa8

10:10 am

hokie carla

well that's dumb, thanks

10:11 am

hurshy

the only time i've ever heard that B word was in a Friends episode where a dance guy was showing Joey what steps the dancers were supposed to do and he said, "pas de bo7, pas do bo7"

10:11 am

hurshy

though i didn't know how it was spelled until now

10:11 am

hokie carla

hmm, too bad I can't remember that long ago

10:12 am

hokie carla

ok, I have 3 UR and that's it. are there UN?

10:12 am

hurshy

nope, all UR

10:12 am

hokie carla

wow

10:12 am

hurshy

there's the vowelly one first

10:12 am

hokie carla

found 2 more

10:13 am

hurshy

then the one that if you put a C on the start of it, it's a south american poison (and plural)

10:13 am

hokie carla

forgot the vowelly one, thx

10:13 am

hurshy

then five pee related words, and two bear words

10:14 am

hokie carla

looks like I need 4 more pee words then, thx

10:14 am

hurshy

ok so how about 7s then. i have ar7, bo7, co7

10:15 am

hokie carla

I do not have the one you need

10:15 am

hurshy

A B C ... too bad there is no D in the grid so it can't be a D7

10:17 am

moolingwa

morning all

10:18 am

hurshy

phantom: turbo

10:18 am

hurshy

morning mool

10:18 am

hokie carla

mooo!

10:18 am

moolingwa

hey hursh, happy friday

10:18 am

hurshy

happy friday!

10:18 am

hurshy

ooh found some more T words

10:19 am

hurshy

have finally hit 200 words!

10:19 am

hokie carla

totally terrific

10:19 am

moolingwa

hey hoke

10:19 am

hokie carla

50 left here

10:19 am

moolingwa

181 :)

10:20 am

Trifioso

hello! LONG time no babble!

10:20 am

moolingwa

hey trif

10:20 am

hokie carla

hey trif, it has been a while

10:20 am

Trifioso

Hello.

10:21 am

Trifioso

I cannot babble at work, so sort of fell out of it

10:21 am

hokie carla

ah, are you off today?

10:21 am

Trifioso

february vacation! ahhhhh

10:22 am

hokie carla

noice

10:22 am

hokie carla

unless you're in miserable weather ;)

10:22 am

hurshy

everyone should have a week off in february, not just schools

10:22 am

hurshy

february is a tough month

10:22 am

Trifioso

went by way too fast, but was a lovely mix of friends, catching up, projects, and rest

10:22 am

Trifioso

I agree hurshy!

10:22 am

moolingwa

I fully support more time off :)

10:23 am

hokie carla

well, finished first pass. 40 left and HOET.

10:24 am

hokie carla

grayed 11 tiles so WPT is high

10:25 am

Trifioso

wpt?

10:25 am

hokie carla

word per tile

10:25 am

hokie carla

words per tile

10:25 am

hurshy

Words Per Tile (remaining to find)

10:25 am

Trifioso

ahhh - I am so rusty!

10:25 am

welki

good to 'see' you, trif!

10:26 am

hokie carla

still have 5 S, 5 A, 8 T, 6 B, plus all the rest

10:26 am

Trifioso

fun fact - all three of my children got either engaged or married in the last seven months! lol

10:26 am

hurshy

hokie is our most avid acronym aficionado

10:27 am

hurshy

wow that's a whirlwind trif

10:27 am

Trifioso

loved up and happy

10:27 am

hokie carla

wow, congrats

10:28 am

Trifioso

its nice to have something in the US to be happy about or look forward to.....

10:29 am

hurshy

*groan* forgot to put the brit spelling of the tree word

10:29 am

hurshy

that's the last 7, the plural of it

10:30 am

Trifioso

ugh, I had forgotten how much trouble the letter i always gives me

10:30 am

hokie carla

I have that but it doesn't show in my list. should;ve refreshed

10:31 am

Trifioso

nbt!

10:31 am

hurshy

i thought of a missed linguistic opportunity this morning

10:32 am

hurshy

microscopes should have been named "specktacles" instead

10:32 am

Trifioso

do tell, hurshy! I am intrigued

10:33 am

Trifioso

lololol. A fun thing I like is pronouncing words like "Specktacles" as if it was a Greek hero Speck Ta Cleese

10:33 am

hurshy

:)

10:33 am

hurshy

well, i gotta go, gotta make my grocery list before i take my mom to the airport

10:34 am

hokie carla

BBL

10:34 am

Trifioso

nice to chat

10:34 am

hokie carla

you too, don't be a stranger

10:35 am

Trifioso

no one is stranger than I, unfortunately

11:11 am

bichon

Hi Trif

12:15 pm

periwinkle

Hi tri

12:15 pm

periwinkle

HI all

12:15 pm

periwinkle

Trif even

12:16 pm

periwinkle

help with co8 or bo8 please

12:31 pm

mirandapan

The co is co + pa 6/21

12:31 pm

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

12:44 pm

mkg

I welcome any clues for 7s or 8s. Ty.

12:47 pm

mkg

any clues for the pa 6? Ty. Not finding it. I have the bird only but not working

12:49 pm

cybernan

someone who provides financial support such as a pa6 of the arts

12:49 pm

mkg

Got the pa six and the co 8. Ty.

12:50 pm

cybernan

didn't have the bird - ty

12:51 pm

mkg

Add ending to the pa 6 for Another 8.

12:51 pm

mkg

Atroa

12:51 pm

mkg

Oops sorry

1:42 pm

cybernan

sa 6 please?

1:44 pm

cybernan

nm - found it

1:44 pm

cybernan

Hagd everyone :)

2:00 pm

penquis

hello all...

2:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hey, there are slurs in this grid!

2:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

cato

2:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

sorry

2:37 pm

BzznBea

Namaste

2:38 pm

penquis

hi kaplan, hi bea....

2:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How my husband packs in our schedule. We are leaving for Cuba early Sunday morning. We just got back from the Berkshires where my daughter, son in law and their two tile ones. Then it is sprung on me that 10 people are coming to dinner tonight. I have Travel Anxiety, clinically known as I DON'T WANNA GO ANYWHERE and am trying to not forget anything important. Can't just go to a CVS in Havana.

2:42 pm

penquis

sounds too busy for me...

2:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hi back to everyone who said hi to me.

2:43 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Way too busy for me. The trip to Cuba is curated, but I reserve the right to not go to hear AfroCuba music at 11 AM. I'm old enough to opt out.

2:44 pm

penquis

just do what you feel like doing....it's what i do...

2:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

11 PM. I mean.

2:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

OPT OUT is a legitimate choice. Of course I will miss some things, but I do not want to slog around exhausted for a week.

2:45 pm

penquis

you want to enjoy what you want to do...

2:48 pm

penquis

well i am stalled at 35...taking a break....bye all....

2:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

In Kenya last year I really had no choice. It was grueling but beautiful. Cuba - I will be visiting some artists studios, walk around, but don't need late night activities.

2:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

snew

2:54 pm

crosshair

Hiwdy, Kaplan, what's snew with you? :))

3:02 pm

crosshair

Read back. You are very, very busy it seems. :/

3:57 pm

mkg

Does anyone have clue for the top corner i word?

4:02 pm

mkg

Also missing the words for the bottom corner A. All help welcome.

4:06 pm

swmbo

Ic 5/12 more frigid

4:07 pm

swmbo

The only a I have from that spot is ap 5/14. Keeping up with

4:07 pm

mkg

Ty. I thought i tried that but guess not. Ty.

4:07 pm

swmbo

:)

4:09 pm

mkg

Got one of them so ty anyway

4:10 pm

mkg

Ok so all i need now is a seven. Ty.

4:21 pm

granadan

a flowery shady spot with both uk and usa spellings MKG

4:22 pm

granadan

atas

5:16 pm

suefrad625

hi all

5:49 pm

periwinkle

ca6 please,,my last word

5:50 pm

suefrad625

like the ra6,21

5:50 pm

periwinkle

ty

6:03 pm

penquis

hello again....

6:47 pm

penquis

well i am done....goodnight all....*waving to the lurkers*....

7:06 pm

hokie carla

rehi - I missed pen

7:13 pm

grannyrose

i'm here carla. how are you?

7:18 pm

hokie carla

hey rose, pretty good, how are you?

7:40 pm

grannyrose

apologies. while i was feeling better i went to put some washing in the machine. doing okay for now. and you?

7:48 pm

hokie carla

no worries, I have been here and there and everywhere on my computer and in my house. have you been sick?

7:49 pm

hokie carla

are you starting to get cooler temps or is it still hot summer?

8:21 pm

grannyrose

still hot here but with a little cool spell to break up the monotony . with all the traveling we have just done ( nearly 1250 miles up to Queensland, and ditto back to home) my feet became very swollen. we drove there and back because DH couldn't be bothered with all the fuss at the airports. he is now rethinking that attitude having seen what i have gone through.

8:23 pm

grannyrose

my feet were so swollen none of my shoes would fit me. i had to buy a pair of MEN'S size 12 flipflops, and cut them down at the toes and heels to give me something to wear.

8:31 pm

hokie carla

oh wow

8:31 pm

hokie carla

I have started wearing compression socks on road trips

8:32 pm

hokie carla

and I am with your husband, I hate the fuss at the airports.

8:37 pm

grannyrose

i understand about the fuss, but the alternative is not pretty. and yes, hindsight is 20/20 vision they say. i have compression stockings which in future i will wear.

8:38 pm

hokie carla

yeah, that stinks. hopefully you won't have that problem again.

8:38 pm

grannyrose

i have worked out that my wheelie walker folds up into a size which would fit into one of the overhead storage areas on a plane. which means i can get myself from a to b at the airport.

8:40 pm

grannyrose

plus with the seat on it being of material which folds up easily means if i have to sit for a bit, i can.

8:40 pm

hokie carla

oh wow, that's great. the few times I've flown, I've seen some of those that people had to drop to be checked. I assume that is similar to what we call a rollator.

8:40 pm

grannyrose

exactly carla.

8:42 pm

hokie carla

ha, my missing F's were regular words.

8:58 pm

grannyrose

really strange. i did that 400 plus word grid and only had 27 words to find after my first run through. this one? i had nearly 50 to find. why is that do you think?

8:59 pm

hokie carla

well, have made it down to 22 but still have 6 4's left, even after looking for 4's. I hate to list when I still have those, but I guess I'm going to have to.

8:59 pm

hokie carla

that one was easier than this one.

9:01 pm

hokie carla

for me it all depends on things like the proportion of words with bigger lengths, suffixes, the way the letters are set up in the grid, etc.

9:03 pm

hokie carla

so my missing W is dumb. and I tried it as an E this morning, which is just as dumb but not a word.

9:11 pm

hokie carla

completely baffled right now. I have a b4 I can't find and even tried looking it up and can't find it. a 4!

9:11 pm

hokie carla

ohh, was overlooking a letter

9:18 pm

hokie carla

alrighty, I have finished. have a good day, rose. I hope your swelling is gone next time I "see" you!

9:57 pm

grannyrose

thanks carla. sweet dreams.

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