12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
Gillie
ty lickety
12:24 am
sprite
you are the best, Lickety. Morning babblers.
12:28 am
sprite
ks killed
1:33 am
TQ
Morning all. I couldn't get on at all yesterday, so I'm guessing Dr God had problems again.
1:34 am
sprite
yes, there were server problems again
1:40 am
TQ
Oops, see I'm doubly grateful
1:41 am
sprite
*giggles* feeling grateful is very powerful
1:44 am
TQ
I'll use the excuse of having to hold the phone and type one handed as my little chihuahua is curled up asleep in the other arm.
1:44 am
sprite
no excuse needed, but if you needed one, a pet is always a good one!
1:52 am
rebelsass
morning, everyone! *hugs sprite*
1:52 am
sprite
morning rebel
1:56 am
sprite
fireflies and poofing
1:56 am
rebelsass
have a great day!
4:24 am
Atalante
so nearly extensions from a su7
4:32 am
Atalante
aww there's a lovely marine biological in6
4:35 am
Atalante
which means a particular stage of moulting of invertebrate larvae :D
4:52 am
Deeha
I'm sorry we seem to have lost the ability to click on little question mark to see definitions. Altho it mostly said 'no such word'!
4:52 am
Atalante
I'm sad about that too
4:54 am
Atalante
NPTN: capital of Kazakhstan
5:03 am
saanichcat
Astana
5:04 am
Atalante
10 points to saan!
5:06 am
saanichcat
thank you very much! how are you? Play any golf?
5:07 am
Atalante
too full of hayfever to venture outside at the moment!
5:08 am
saanichcat
hope it clears soon, it's awful
5:08 am
Atalante
me too! I've just come back into the UK so being hit by every pollen going
5:09 am
saanichcat
seems to be getting worse each year now
5:09 am
Atalante
I really think so. I never used to be this bad
5:10 am
Atalante
and I really don't want to take antihistamine every day all summer
5:23 am
saanichcat
do you have local honey? It can help with the allergies by accustoming some of them anyway. I am fortunate to have lots of local honey where I am.
5:25 am
Atalante
good point, I should go and see I can find some. I think we do
5:31 am
saanichcat
thank you for your lovely photographs!
5:35 am
Atalante
scotland is very beautiful at the moment!
5:38 am
Atalante
firebirds :)
6:33 am
Sugrraleona
good morning anyone get the fr6?
6:34 am
ChampFit
Do you have the 4/7?
6:35 am
ChampFit
extend that
6:38 am
Sugrraleona
not getting it - I'm extending out both 4/7s LOL
6:39 am
ChampFit
it's the first one...with 2 vowels
6:39 am
Sugrraleona
got it
6:39 am
Sugrraleona
thank you champ
6:40 am
MollyL
The fold beneath the tongue. A word only doctors and people who play Babble know.
7:21 am
mkg
what is the stat for the fold word? sorry but cant think ofit now.
7:22 am
crosshair
Ty for the fr 6/27, and good morning, Babblers. :)
7:22 am
mkg
i cant get to the dictionary for babble anymore. it says it is not private and i must upload something. hmmm
7:25 am
crosshair
Mkg, start with the fr 4/7 babblet, then add a two letter slang word that means no.
7:26 am
mkg
got it. super clue. ty ty ty
7:26 am
mkg
anyone have help for the 8? ta ?
7:27 am
mael
ta8, sounds like a dance
7:27 am
mael
or a spider, easier
7:28 am
crosshair
Ty, mael. :)
7:28 am
mael
yw, I was surprised I remembered it haha
7:29 am
crosshair
I,m surprised I found it (with your guidance)
7:29 am
mael
bbl, my father in law just showed up with fresh donuts
7:30 am
crosshair
Mmm, doughnuts...
7:31 am
crosshair
I will have a honey cruller and an apple fritter, please. :)
7:32 am
mkg
that ta 8: all i can think of is tarantulas.......ugh
7:33 am
crosshair
Remove two letters from that
7:33 am
mkg
got it. ty ty tyt.
7:34 am
mkg
wish i could get to dict to find meaning of that one. ty
7:35 am
crosshair
It is a music term.
7:36 am
crosshair
A cante libre
7:37 am
hurshy
phantom: tyrant
7:47 am
crosshair
Quite a few latin spelling today. :)
7:55 am
MollyL
All you have to do to get a definition is to type the word and then "definition" in a Google search
7:56 am
hurshy
or go to dictionary.com
7:56 am
hurshy
many options really
7:56 am
ChampFit
It was nice to be able to click on the ? and get the def. I miss that too.
7:56 am
MollyL
ta8 is a horse drawn carriage
8:04 am
MollyL
I do too, Champ. You get what you pay for I guess
8:34 am
rururocks
easy grid.. just need a t6
8:36 am
rururocks
ugh.. (smacks head) and I had the boat guy
8:36 am
ChampFit
Ah yeah....took me a bit for that one too
8:44 am
hurshy
i have a pair of Ks, what's the third K
8:47 am
hokie carla
apparently I need more coffee before starting the U. hello, people.
8:47 am
ChampFit
I still need 1 there.
8:48 am
hokie carla
just found one that doesn't even make sense. it's like putting toothpaste back in the tube.
8:48 am
hurshy
3 bone words, 1 un, 1 ut4
8:48 am
hokie carla
ah, it's always the bones that get me. and I think I say every time, that is the only bone I've broken.
8:48 am
ChampFit
I need the un...figures.
8:49 am
hokie carla
that's the one that doesn't make sense in that form
8:49 am
hokie carla
now as un6 (not in grid), it is regular word
8:49 am
hurshy
well, i think that's because some of the ones that don't make sense have been made words solely in order to express the fact that you can't do it
8:50 am
hurshy
like parents might warn kids not to be mean because you can't un5 things
8:50 am
hokie carla
well, they don't accept unsee
8:50 am
hurshy
yeah idk why that one and not the other two
8:50 am
hokie carla
ok, that is a good example
8:51 am
hurshy
i am also stumped because morewords is only giving me one possible word for tr7 and that word is not in the grid
8:51 am
ChampFit
Got it...thx
8:51 am
hokie carla
what's the points?
8:51 am
hurshy
oh no, i see, my bad, i was thinking of the wrong part of the list
8:52 am
hurshy
i just found it and it is weird
8:52 am
ChampFit
I need that too
8:52 am
hurshy
can clue unless you prefer to look first
8:53 am
hokie carla
no objections here
8:54 am
hurshy
attempt + go out in a wind powered boat
8:55 am
ChampFit
wouldn't have attempted that
8:58 am
hokie carla
any ts words?
8:59 am
ChampFit
I still need 2 there, but so far no
8:59 am
hokie carla
still need 7 and stopped. will move on for now.
9:02 am
hokie carla
in case you ever wondered, sayonara is on enable
9:02 am
hurshy
no, no TS words today
9:03 am
hurshy
2 tu, 2 ty
9:05 am
ChampFit
hursh, I need a 2nd i in the last column. Have the 6. Stats for the other?
9:05 am
hokie carla
the one I have is in6
9:05 am
hokie carla
oh, I see you said 6
9:05 am
ChampFit
Me too I need the stats for the other one.
9:06 am
LuvWordGames
in 6/8 and in 6/21
9:07 am
ChampFit
Wait...6/18?
9:07 am
hokie carla
the one i have is 6/18
9:07 am
ChampFit
That's what I need
9:07 am
hokie carla
only see one letter option to make a 21 so I assume I'll stumble onto it eventually
9:08 am
LuvWordGames
I have 2 in 6's from the i in the last column
9:08 am
ChampFit
Looking for the 6/18
9:08 am
LuvWordGames
let me know if you want a clue
9:08 am
hokie carla
haha, I almost typed sl4 into the chat. you would have thought I was calling you that.
9:09 am
hokie carla
look at your 8 key, champ
9:09 am
ChampFit
Thanks for your restraint! :)
9:09 am
hokie carla
I guess I'm going to need a clue for the 6/21
9:10 am
hokie carla
found it. and it fits with me name calling.
9:10 am
LuvWordGames
in + what twinkles in the sky
9:10 am
LuvWordGames
oops that's the 6/18
9:10 am
LuvWordGames
in 6/21 is when you call someone a name
9:12 am
hurshy
sorry i didn't warn you before i did other things
9:13 am
hurshy
my angel was being really cute and i had to snap some pics of her
9:13 am
hurshy
now i'm on Spelling Bee and i can make Enola Gay but that doesn't count of course
9:13 am
hokie carla
yes of course
9:14 am
hurshy
finding a real pangram is more difficult lol
9:14 am
hokie carla
I'm still working on the wordle
9:15 am
hokie carla
are you doing NYT bee, because I just saw the pangram at first look
9:19 am
hokie carla
yes, you have to be with enola gay
9:19 am
hurshy
couldn't you tell based on my... yeah
9:19 am
hokie carla
funny how that just popped out to me
9:19 am
hurshy
yeah it is always funny why it does or doesn't
9:19 am
hurshy
my most plausible guess so far was nonlegally
9:19 am
hokie carla
it is a common word that I've only recently learned to spell so maybe that throwing you off.
9:21 am
hurshy
idk, i've always been good with spelling
9:22 am
hurshy
i accidentally closed the tab for it
9:23 am
hokie carla
me too, but this one is tricky
9:23 am
hurshy
and when i reopened it i saw it right away
9:23 am
hurshy
my mom is very into that
9:23 am
hokie carla
:D funny how that happens
9:24 am
LuvWordGames
does the tr 7/36 use the sometimes vowel?
9:24 am
LuvWordGames
thanks
9:24 am
hokie carla
hurshy clued it earlier if you need
9:25 am
hurshy
haha @ Connections
9:27 am
hurshy
the green category... in my head the category had an adjective modifying it rather than just being the noun they listed.
9:32 am
hokie carla
ok, just finished first pass here. 27 left and HOET. going back to NYT games for a bit.
9:48 am
hokie carla
rehi - hurshy, can you do the xword? it seems to be star trekkish today.
9:50 am
BzznBea
An X word?
9:51 am
hokie carla
you've never seen a crossword called xword?
9:51 am
BzznBea
Guess not.
9:54 am
hokie carla
if you google xword, it says "these are results for crossword"
10:12 am
MollyL
Does that mean xmas means crossmas? : D
10:17 am
hokie carla
somehow x= cross and christ
10:18 am
hokie carla
AI Overview
The abbreviation "Xmas" for "Christmas" comes from the Greek letter "Chi," which is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ, "Christos"
10:19 am
hurshy
i don't have a subscription so i only have access to the mini
10:19 am
hurshy
i used to do it all the time when my workplace had a subscription
10:19 am
hokie carla
well you would like today's
10:20 am
hokie carla
and just started connections - green is the only one I have so far :D
10:23 am
hurshy
well did you think it should have included the adjective "posh" in the category name?
10:23 am
hurshy
because that was my feeling
10:24 am
hokie carla
well they all are but I didn't think that way
10:24 am
hurshy
like when i was selecting them i was thinking "oh, posh _____"
10:25 am
hurshy
so i did something which turned out to be stupid
10:25 am
hokie carla
also, posh is more of a britishism and NYT doesn't do those much
10:25 am
hurshy
and it resulted in an unpleasant smell
10:25 am
hurshy
and now i cannot get the smell out of my nose
10:25 am
hokie carla
hmm, any candles around?
10:28 am
BzznBea
Saline wash
10:29 am
hokie carla
light a match under your nose, but don't burn yourself!?
10:33 am
hurshy
i lit the candle
10:34 am
hurshy
only it took two tries, the first match refused to light
10:36 am
MollyL
Old matches? The scratch pad gets bad sometimes. Especially in humidity.
10:37 am
hurshy
although it's not that humid today, 30-50%
10:39 am
hokie carla
almost tarantula
10:39 am
hurshy
i think that was discussed thoroughly when the ta8 was being discussed lol
10:39 am
MollyL
A good way to keep matches working for a long time is to keep them in a Ziploc bag.
10:40 am
hokie carla
well, since I had no idea the 8 was TA, I guess that was before I arrived.
10:40 am
MollyL
And you don't read every word of the chat before you start Carla? Shame. : D
10:41 am
hurshy
btw for anyone who wasn't around when i've mentioned it before there is a site called clevergoat.com with some nice games
10:41 am
hurshy
some easy, some harder
10:41 am
MollyL
Clevergoat? Must have been created by a Wicked fan.
10:42 am
hokie carla
well, I was going to say ain't nobody got time for that, molly, but then I remembered I have been known to read chat archives from like 2005 on here.
10:45 am
hurshy
Molly, you do read the whole chat, i think?
10:45 am
hokie carla
yes, she is a bot, remember? :D
10:46 am
hurshy
i must have missed a discussion of her being a bot...
10:47 am
hokie carla
well, if you read all the chats from the past year you will find it. ;)
10:48 am
MollyL
It can be interesting to read the archived chats. And no, I don't read the whole chat unless I am looking for something specific.
10:49 am
hurshy
oh, i just figured you did because you so frequently seem surprised when people are not aware of something said earlier in the day
10:50 am
hokie carla
yes, I found the chats from the early early days very interesting
10:50 am
hokie carla
okay, made it down to 18. 7-3-4-3-1
10:51 am
hokie carla
A E NN TT SSS A A T RRR Y E F
10:51 am
hokie carla
guess I will get some things done before our afternoon golf
10:51 am
hurshy
is it hot golf or regular
10:53 am
MollyL
Usually the surprise is because people here are very "word clever" and it seems likely that with a word like ta8, someone has already mentioned the spider thing.
10:54 am
hokie carla
well, we are in a "cold" spell right now, which is marvelous. thurs was feels like 101. current temp is 68. it has been raining some, so hopefully that will stop.
10:58 am
BzznBea
We have the doors open. It's glorious.
10:58 am
hokie carla
i'm sitting on the back porch
11:00 am
hurshy
yeah my cats love it when we can have windows open, they love the fresh air
11:02 am
welki
'morning, everyone
11:03 am
BzznBea
Hello, welki.
11:17 am
welki
bea, have you found your pup a new foster?
11:19 am
BzznBea
Yes, he has been gone a couple months. Not sure what happened to him as he is not listed to adopt any more. The rescue has not been forthcoming with any information about him.
11:21 am
april98
Hi Bea...we just moved my daughter to Durham to go to school. I was wondering if I could email you to ask a few questions about the area?
11:21 am
welki
have to hope he's found his home. rescue is an emotional rollercoaster
11:24 am
BzznBea
Certainly, April.
11:25 am
april98
Thanks! I'll put babble in the message line so you know it's me :)
12:04 pm
cybernan
good morning everyone :)
12:12 pm
crosshair
Howdy, Nan. :)
12:14 pm
cybernan
both the british and the irish represented in poetry today
12:16 pm
crosshair
Yes, Mr. keats is in da house. :)
12:17 pm
cybernan
mr yeats also
12:17 pm
crosshair
Oops, typo
12:34 pm
cybernan
oh - found an su 7
12:35 pm
Gillie
So I'm puzzled - seemed like hokie and hurshy were talking earlier about one of the Connections categories being "green" (and maybe "posh green"), but that wasn't the case for the puzzle I did. There was one a little while back that had a category of "greens", though.
12:35 pm
hokie carla
rehi - sorry for spoilers if anyone hasn't played. the category is sports and hurshy thought it should be posh sports
12:36 pm
Gillie
oh - I misunderstood you
12:36 pm
hokie carla
it's the green one today, so second hardest according to their colors
12:37 pm
Gillie
I don't remember what was in the "greens" category I'm remembering now, but some of them did seem like snooty "decorator" names for green
12:38 pm
hokie carla
I kinda got out of playing it regularly
12:38 pm
Gillie
I usually do, but I'm not great at it
12:39 pm
hokie carla
I actually have only found yellow and green today. have a group of 3 I'm pretty sure about.
12:40 pm
Gillie
I did alright today - sometimes I just end up using my guesses out of frustration to see what the groups are
12:41 pm
hokie carla
same
12:44 pm
Gillie
Do you ever look at the hints? There's kind of an obvious clue there today, I just realized.
12:45 pm
Gillie
(didn't see it before I did the puzzle)
12:46 pm
hokie carla
I don't. I just had mr. homie look at it and he saw my missing one and then I knew what the cat name for the remaining four was. I just couldn't think of this one word but then of course that was it.
12:51 pm
hokie carla
have you tried the sports connections? sometimes I find those easier but I'm not seeing anything on today's
12:54 pm
Gillie
I haven't seen sports connections, but I would probably be very bad at it
12:55 pm
Gillie
Anyway, I'm off now - good luck with the grid
12:56 pm
hokie carla
Have a good one
2:24 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I love it when new people type in the wrong box. I did it constantly! Everybody yelled at me KAPLAN!
2:24 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Welcome to the funny farm, cg.
2:25 pm
Sophie214
I would not yell, because I've done it before, too
2:34 pm
Kaplan the Magne
KAPLAN! K*A*P*L*A*N*! I remember writing creosote in the wrong box. How many times has that word even come up? Has anyone ever attempted a word frequency study?
2:35 pm
Kaplan the Magne
We've all done it.
3:05 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
good afternoon y'all
3:10 pm
Kaplan the Magne
But I can see that cg has a good method for sussing out words
3:11 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbt woot
3:25 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hoet, woot
5:20 pm
periwinkle
help with lone i please
5:26 pm
periwinkle
hi all. help with su7 or to7 please
5:29 pm
BzznBea
su7 is Muslim royalty with an added vowel
5:31 pm
periwinkle
ty Bea
5:35 pm
BzznBea
to7 is a compound that is on your feet
5:36 pm
periwinkle
sheesh, ty Bea
5:39 pm
periwinkle
looking for the ta7 without success
5:41 pm
BzznBea
Its like the Scotish plaid fabric with an extra vowel
5:42 pm
periwinkle
thanks so much Bea
6:21 pm
hokie carla
hmm, I have an su6 and have tried an extra vowel all over. guess I will look it up.
6:22 pm
hokie carla
and of course I missed that to7
6:23 pm
penquis
hello all...
6:42 pm
periwinkle
hey pen
6:42 pm
penquis
hi peri...
6:59 pm
penquis
i am done....anyone need anything before I go?
7:02 pm
penquis
guess not...goodnight all...
8:45 pm
dizgrannie
Can someone please help me with the ta please
8:46 pm
dizgrannie
Tyrant's