Thursday, April 16, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:00 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:00 am
Rainiqui

Hi everyone
12:00 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:00 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:02 am
ursh

hello all
12:02 am
justafreep

happy flip
12:03 am
dofith

G'day fplks
12:03 am
justafreep

mi7
12:03 am
dofith

slim
12:03 am
dofith

slime
12:03 am
dofith

slims
12:03 am
broll

ma 7
12:04 am
justafreep

na7
12:05 am
dofith

So sorry!
12:05 am
broll

ma 7 x 2, ra 7
12:05 am
Rainiqui

ca 7
12:06 am
broll

ch 7
12:07 am
broll

ro 7
12:07 am
justafreep

cr8
12:10 am
justafreep

se7
12:10 am
cybernan

hello everyone
12:10 am
justafreep

hi, nan
12:11 am
broll

mi 7
12:13 am
justafreep

or7
12:14 am
broll

ch 7 x 2
12:14 am
justafreep

ch7 x 3
12:17 am
Rainiqui

nbt, nbs
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:19 am
justafreep

thanks, lickety
12:29 am
cybernan

nbt, nbs and slowing down
12:38 am
ursh

stats for the loan A please
12:38 am
cybernan

ar 6/21
12:39 am
ursh

tx nan
12:40 am
cybernan

good night everyone
12:47 am
Gillie

ra7 if not called
12:48 am
Gillie

also or7 (weird one)
12:48 am
Gillie

(oh, called, I guess)
1:26 am
ursh

clue for the sc 7 please
1:36 am
grannyrose

act of soft, wet substance over a surface,eg sm5 butter on bread, add ch after first consonant
1:36 am
grannyrose

act of spreading...
1:38 am
ursh

tx rose - was stuck :)
1:38 am
grannyrose

i don't know how i remembered it, but I did. difficult to clue
1:39 am
ursh

clue was clear as a bell
1:39 am
grannyrose

good...glad to help
2:38 am
spellit

Morning all - blue sky
6:15 am
dromano66

hi all, everyday I get nervous when I sign in that babble will be down......good for today, yay!
7:08 am
Book Doctor Gwen

greetings all, diving in
7:23 am
hokie carla

well, I have finished first pass and still have 67 left. finding this a tough one. I might or might not make it back. good luck.
7:51 am
Book Doctor Gwen

agree, tough grid! i'm one tile short of nbt, just got nbs, 79 words to go. back later if i can
8:56 am
phaeton

47 M's doesn't help
9:08 am
montreal13

1st pass done - bbl for last 50 - tough little grid - have a great day all
9:26 am
mael

good morning!
9:26 am
mael

that second column A is giving me trouble today
9:30 am
phaeton

I have one from there
9:33 am
phaeton

found 6 of them
9:35 am
mael

I still only have 3
9:36 am
mael

okay, 5 now, that's half at least
9:54 am
hurshy

phantom: macrame
10:12 am
hurshy

i am so tired
10:13 am
hurshy

two nights ago was the first warm night and i wasn't used to it or ready so i didn't sleep well at all. and then last night the thunder kept me awake.
10:21 am
hurshy

anyone here? and if so do you know if there are any SN words today?
10:22 am
momof5

I’m here, but haven’t found any.
10:22 am
LuvWordGames

I haven't listed yet but with 65 words left I haven't found any
10:23 am
hurshy

phantom: isle
10:24 am
hurshy

bottom row grey!
10:25 am
LuvWordGames

Can I have stats for g please?
10:25 am
hurshy

ge4/11 adn 6/27
10:25 am
LuvWordGames

Thanks, got them
10:26 am
hurshy

i finished 4s without even noticing, whoops
10:29 am
hurshy

i call se7 and cr8
10:30 am
hurshy

ca7 and an7
10:30 am
hurshy

ma7 x 2
10:30 am
hurshy

na7
10:31 am
hurshy

oh i see some of those WERE called but had scrolled off
10:34 am
hurshy

right col grey!
10:35 am
hurshy

well i'm flummoxed about the T. i have 2 ta4, and that's it.
10:36 am
Shirlockc

stats for the lone A in right column?
10:37 am
hurshy

ar6/21
10:38 am
Shirlockc

got it, thx hurshy
10:42 am
hurshy

got any other 8s besides cr8?
10:45 am
rururocks

Sh7
10:46 am
rururocks

Actually sc 7 oops
10:46 am
rururocks

Shmear
10:46 am
hurshy

lol
10:46 am
mael

don't forget the variant spellings, ru ;)
10:46 am
rururocks

Eses
10:46 am
hurshy

rurururururu
10:47 am
rururocks

Sorry. On my cell phone
10:47 am
rururocks

On vacation
10:48 am
mael

good for you! I hope you're having a wonderful time
10:49 am
rururocks

It is beautiful here
10:49 am
hurshy

whereas i'm over hear just falling asleep at my desk
10:49 am
hurshy

*here
10:50 am
rururocks

Smear
10:51 am
rururocks

Sorry everyone
10:52 am
hurshy

and tiiiiiiiime goooes by so sloooowly
10:54 am
hurshy

still needing help with Ts and 8s if anyone can
10:54 am
rururocks

An7
10:54 am
welki

ma 8/55 x2
10:55 am
hurshy

how weird are they
10:55 am
welki

not that weird, especially if you're up on your italian nobility
10:55 am
hurshy

thankee!!
10:56 am
cybernan

hi all - know nothing about Italian nobility
10:57 am
rururocks

Thanks welki
10:57 am
rururocks

8s done
10:57 am
hurshy

well they have linguistic similarities to other european nobility, like the ma7 de sade (not in grid)
10:58 am
rururocks

Liches
10:58 am
rururocks

Damn it
10:58 am
hurshy

and the second one reminds me of a classic board game, pa******
10:58 am
rururocks

I am doing my scrabbler impression
10:58 am
hurshy

just do it with my missing T words instead
11:04 am
hokie carla

rehowdy
11:05 am
cybernan

ty for the ma 8 clues
11:05 am
hurshy

ooh fancy, rehowdy
11:06 am
hokie carla

I'm so fancy, you already know
11:06 am
rururocks

I have the t’s
11:06 am
hurshy

i just have 2 ta4s, what are the others?
11:06 am
hokie carla

I only found 2 T's, which is annoying when there's only one way to go
11:06 am
hurshy

exactly
11:07 am
hokie carla

just typed tanrec for the heck of it
11:07 am
rururocks

Ta7 and ta6 and 7
11:08 am
hurshy

i've tried lots of things already tho, gonna need clues
11:08 am
hokie carla

tansick - when you have a really bad sunburn
11:10 am
hokie carla

yep, still nothing
11:10 am
hokie carla

at least moo gives vague clues. ruru just ghosts us.
11:10 am
hurshy

boys are weird
11:11 am
hokie carla

and they have cooties
11:12 am
rururocks

You asked what you were missing? No?
11:12 am
cybernan

tanache doesn't work either
11:13 am
hokie carla

no, she said we need clues
11:13 am
hurshy

well i guess i did both
11:13 am
hurshy

sort of
11:14 am
rururocks

Ta plus consonant and most of window feature
11:15 am
hokie carla

hmm, had already tried tansil
11:15 am
hurshy

wow that is very weird, thanks
11:16 am
hokie carla

finally got that set, thanks. what about the standalone
11:17 am
rururocks

The other ta 7 is a cross of a scottish hat and an Australian marsupial
11:17 am
hurshy

or one of the gals from "Sister Sister" + extra vowel
11:17 am
cybernan

still trying to think of the window feature - not sills, panes, ledges, glass or ar 6
11:17 am
hurshy

i morewordsed it
11:17 am
hurshy

your first one was right cnan
11:18 am
hokie carla

I saw one of those sisters on a show recently
11:18 am
hurshy

ok i will make my lunchies and be back in a mo
11:19 am
hokie carla

I know her name but not getting the right combo. will keep trying.
11:19 am
cybernan

tansil doesn't work
11:19 am
cybernan

oh - got them, ty
11:19 am
rururocks

Change the n nan
11:19 am
hokie carla

reminds me of a chevy sports car
11:19 am
hokie carla

anyhoo, first column gray!
11:21 am
hurshy

back
11:21 am
hokie carla

finally saw some more A's from the left. still need 6!
11:21 am
hurshy

14 left
11:22 am
hokie carla

any guesses on my top N?
11:22 am
hurshy

i need one also
11:23 am
hokie carla

found another A
11:23 am
cybernan

don't know thae actress, and the only marsupials I can think of don't fir
11:23 am
hokie carla

do you know the chevy ca6?
11:24 am
cybernan

no
11:24 am
hokie carla

I didn't really get the marsupial either
11:25 am
hurshy

the last 3 letters are also a high-end brand of spaghetti sauces
11:25 am
hurshy

idk if they are sold in canada or not tho
11:25 am
hokie carla

I just checked, the car is. but I don't know about my favorite sauce.
11:26 am
hokie carla

found the N, hurshy. na6 that looks plural and makes me hungry.
11:26 am
hurshy

ty
11:27 am
hokie carla

how about teh lower C?
11:28 am
hurshy

also missing one there
11:29 am
hokie carla

bottom E?
11:29 am
moolingwa

morning all
11:29 am
hokie carla

moooo!
11:29 am
moolingwa

hoke!
11:29 am
moolingwa

happy Thursday
11:29 am
dcseain

i have ec4 and 5 from there
11:29 am
hokie carla

you too
11:30 am
moolingwa

tx, only 192 left for me
11:30 am
hokie carla

that's what I have, seain
11:30 am
cybernan

hi mool
11:30 am
hokie carla

still 57 left here
11:30 am
hurshy

also es4
11:30 am
dcseain

i have 140 to go, just sarted.
11:30 am
hokie carla

duh, that is my missing one
11:30 am
dcseain

thanks, hurshy, very fishiy that
11:31 am
hokie carla

phantom isle(s)
11:32 am
hurshy

ok i listed
11:32 am
hurshy

that C ends with not pa
11:33 am
hurshy

ch6/30
11:33 am
hokie carla

weird, thanks
11:34 am
cybernan

looked up chevy cars, but the only ca 6 didn't work either
11:35 am
moolingwa

I can see this one's a bit sticky
11:35 am
hokie carla

yeah, not planning on finishing
11:36 am
hurshy

there's also a weird pair of an words
11:36 am
hurshy

an + most of german word of gratitude
11:36 am
hurshy

and pl
11:36 am
hokie carla

you have to add another vowel in last syllable of the car, nan
11:36 am
hokie carla

this grid is mahem
11:37 am
hurshy

there is a band called my ch****al romance
11:38 am
hurshy

and pl
11:38 am
hokie carla

found that on first pass!
11:38 am
hurshy

really? i didn't know you could cut off the -al like that
11:39 am
hokie carla

don't the brits use it for a pharmacist? no, I guess they end in -ist.
11:39 am
hokie carla

found the a words, thanks
11:39 am
cybernan

wouldn't that make it 7 letters?
11:39 am
hokie carla

yes, it is ta7. I said the car reminds me of it. but you have to add a vowel in at the end.
11:39 am
dcseain

Thanks for an6 and 7
11:39 am
cybernan

oh - got it - ty
11:40 am
hurshy

yw seain
11:40 am
dcseain

oops
11:40 am
hurshy

figured people would want clues for those! lol
11:41 am
hokie carla

have found no new M's on my relook. still need 7!
11:42 am
hurshy

the man of la ma**** but change the last letter
11:42 am
hurshy

and pl
11:42 am
hokie carla

I did try the man of la
11:42 am
hokie carla

thx
11:42 am
dcseain

thanks
11:43 am
cybernan

and ty for the an clue
11:43 am
hurshy

and if you had a grandma but then it turned out they were trans and they transitioned, then you'd have a ma6/21
11:43 am
hokie carla

if you're talking about a 4, I have it
11:44 am
moolingwa

down to 50
11:44 am
moolingwa

11-7-16-13-3
11:44 am
hokie carla

51
11:44 am
hurshy

i'm talking about ma6/21, that's what i said, see?
11:44 am
hokie carla

thought you meant nana
11:45 am
cybernan

63 here, but going to stop for breakfast
11:45 am
hurshy

well i did not
11:45 am
hurshy

look at our canadian friend's name here
11:45 am
hurshy

and use my clue with it
11:45 am
hurshy

to make a 6
11:45 am
hokie carla

well, it's not manma, so I will move on
11:45 am
hurshy

plural for 7
11:49 am
hokie carla

this O is as bad as that A
11:49 am
hokie carla

well, rest stop time. TTFN
11:50 am
hurshy

or + dull pain. minus a letter for 5, pl for 7.
11:51 am
hurshy

the other ones are ok
11:51 am
moolingwa

40 to go...
11:51 am
moolingwa

9-5-13-10-3
11:54 am
dcseain

phantom cormorant
12:11 pm
hokie carla

rerehowdy
12:14 pm
moolingwa

still 40 :)
12:14 pm
hokie carla

still 46
12:15 pm
moolingwa

found a word!
12:15 pm
hokie carla

sweet
12:15 pm
moolingwa

was only a 4 tho
12:16 pm
dcseain

a word is a word.
12:16 pm
moolingwa

wise words seain
12:16 pm
hokie carla

yes, now you can say you have 39
12:16 pm
moolingwa

let me try...
12:17 pm
hokie carla

found the cuchi-cuchi girl
12:18 pm
dcseain

alas, she’s not a word :)
12:18 pm
hokie carla

nope, tried it
12:19 pm
hokie carla

found 3 words!
12:19 pm
hokie carla

and 2 more - all H
12:20 pm
moolingwa

let me try....
12:20 pm
moolingwa

I have 39 words!
12:20 pm
cybernan

hi again -- I think there is a double r in her name, carla
12:20 pm
hokie carla

left?
12:20 pm
moolingwa

to go, oh damn, I screwed it up
12:20 pm
hokie carla

no, she's definitely charo
12:21 pm
moolingwa

found a 5
12:22 pm
moolingwa

6OFOET
12:23 pm
moolingwa

5OFOET
12:26 pm
hokie carla

still need 8 on the C
12:26 pm
moolingwa

need 4 on the C
12:26 pm
moolingwa

need 5 on the S
12:26 pm
hokie carla

working on the S now, need 6
12:27 pm
moolingwa

4OFOET
12:27 pm
hokie carla

chancism - the belief in taking ch7
12:28 pm
cybernan

giving up on this one - still have 7 x7 to find and get no pleasure in looking for obscure words that I will never use or maybe even see again
12:28 pm
hokie carla

yeah, I'm only still playing because I'm riding in a car
12:28 pm
hokie carla

I don't even have NBT
12:29 pm
moolingwa

5-4-12-9-3
12:29 pm
hokie carla

8-4-13-8-3 left
12:29 pm
moolingwa

not that different
12:29 pm
hokie carla

nope, I was thinking the same
12:31 pm
hokie carla

M5 R O3 A2 C8 A H E2 F2 S5 M3 S I L
12:31 pm
moolingwa

T3 N M4 R2 O2 - A3 C4 - H2 F - C S3 M2 S - G E I
12:32 pm
moolingwa

found my g
12:32 pm
hokie carla

grreat
12:35 pm
hokie carla

found an M
12:36 pm
hokie carla

finally NBT
12:48 pm
dcseain

i’m listening to Dolly Parton today.
12:49 pm
hokie carla

nice choice! we're doing Queen.
12:52 pm
dcseain

Queen, another classic!
12:54 pm
hokie carla

well, I'm going to work on my 8 4s and then quit
12:57 pm
hokie carla

LOL, bohemiam polka by weird al just came on. never heard this one. but he's a national treasure, so it's great.
1:02 pm
hokie carla

found an 8!
1:03 pm
hokie carla

rhymes with things you find in trees
1:03 pm
hokie carla

or, add a c to one story houses/farms out west/delicious dressing
1:13 pm
LuvWordGames

thanks carla
1:19 pm
hokie carla

no prob
1:21 pm
hokie carla

well, have made it down to 23. 3-1-10-7-2 too many big ones left.
1:21 pm
hokie carla

M4 R O3 - A2 C2 - H E F2 - S4 M S - L
1:57 pm
periwinkle

hi all. mi7 please
1:58 pm
Gillie

Something that can happen if you're trying to listen to someone else's conversation
1:58 pm
Gillie

(or in a noisy room)
1:59 pm
periwinkle

ty thought I typed that
1:59 pm
periwinkle

anyone here watch Jeopardy?
2:01 pm
moolingwa

rerehi
2:01 pm
periwinkle

hey mool happy Thursday
2:02 pm
moolingwa

tx peri, happy Thursday to you too
2:02 pm
periwinkle

thank you. 0 degrees here but I am comfortable with windows open and blinds closed
2:03 pm
periwinkle

I meant 90 degrees!
2:03 pm
Jacula

Hi all. I just cannot work out what the ta2/21 and the ta7/32 below it are. I've got the ta7 below that.
2:03 pm
moolingwa

yeah, that would be pretty impressive having windows open at 0 degrees
2:03 pm
moolingwa

It's in the 50s here, and expecting a little snow tomorrow
2:03 pm
periwinkle

don't have them Jacula
2:05 pm
Jacula

That's two of us then, peri.
2:05 pm
moolingwa

make it 3
2:06 pm
Jacula

morewords.com isn't helping. :(
2:10 pm
periwinkle

found the ta8 in my scrabble dictionary.small buffalo in the Phillipines
2:10 pm
moolingwa

well I have a ta7, is there only one?
2:11 pm
periwinkle

will try to cluez: starts with a small hat +vowel+consonant and two vowels
2:11 pm
moolingwa

oh nm, it's the one you clued
2:11 pm
periwinkle

there are two
2:12 pm
periwinkle

I like best words better
2:12 pm
periwinkle

no one else watches Jeopardy?
2:13 pm
moolingwa

I don't really watch tv, except streaming movies and hockey
2:13 pm
periwinkle

I don't watch much Tv but I do watch Jeopardy
2:14 pm
periwinkle

bbl
2:16 pm
moolingwa

oh, found the ta6/7 combo
2:45 pm
MetFan

I'm a big fan of Best Words myself, although once in a while I have to go to Word Hippo for something Best Words doesn't list, peri
2:55 pm
MetFan

Like today's na 5 & 6
2:55 pm
BzznBea

I found the ta6/7 right away this morning.
2:55 pm
BzznBea

Peri, I watch Jeopardy religiously.
2:59 pm
MetFan

nancies
2:59 pm
Jacula

Still looking for the ta6 & 7. I'd already got the buffalo word.
2:59 pm
MetFan

sorry
3:02 pm
moolingwa

if you want a clue, let me know jac
3:02 pm
BzznBea

ta6.21 ends with the first three of a window part. It is part of India's land management.
3:03 pm
moolingwa

25 left for me
3:04 pm
moolingwa

I never knew you had such deep knowledge of Indian land management practices
3:08 pm
Jacula

I could do with a clue moolingwa, please. Soory, Bzzbea, your clue's not working for me.
3:25 pm
moolingwa

ending rhymes with those dangly things in your throat
3:25 pm
moolingwa

first part sounds like informal word for "thanks"
3:26 pm
moolingwa

middle row greyed
3:29 pm
phaeton

help with the oc6?
3:29 pm
Jacula

dangly things? I can only think of uvula!
3:29 pm
phaeton

nm
3:30 pm
moolingwa

they sometimes are removed jac
3:31 pm
Jacula

tonsils, adenoids? I don't know. Thanks for trying moolingwa.
3:32 pm
moolingwa

yes, the last part
3:32 pm
moolingwa

the first half of the word is different though, though you have 2 of those letters
3:32 pm
Jacula

Got them! Thanks moo!
3:41 pm
moolingwa

nice!