Sunday, October 11, 2026

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:01 am
MetFan

Howdy all
12:01 am
MetFan

We're back!!
12:01 am
Robespierre

Hello! Grateful for a smooth flip today!
12:01 am
dizgrannie

hi all
12:01 am
MetFan

Flip wasn't smooth for me - I had to refresh
12:03 am
Rainiqui

Me too MetFan
12:03 am
Robespierre

Grateful for a *relatively* smooth flip today!
12:03 am
MetFan

Right, Raini???
12:04 am
Rainiqui

Yes indeedy
12:07 am
Robespierre

ch 8
12:08 am
dizgrannie

in 8
12:10 am
dizgrannie

in 7
12:12 am
cybernan

hello everyoe
12:12 am
dizgrannie

hi Nan
12:13 am
dizgrannie

nbt/nbs
12:16 am
pcal2

Sh7
12:19 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:19 am
MetFan

TY Lickety
12:32 am
cybernan

nbt, nbs - good night
12:44 am
rururocks

done.. nice grid
12:50 am
dizgrannie

FWs
3:40 am
worzel

can i have a clue for the gl6 pls
3:40 am
mattygroves

stickier
3:40 am
worzel

ah thank you
7:20 am
Book Doctor Gwen

NOW it loads! 9tried to load this game yesterday, waited a long time, I guess I left my browser open hoping it would load, Oy
7:30 am
bubba218

Could not load it at all yesterday. Tried it at different times
7:38 am
periwinkle2

could not get on babble all day yesterday
7:44 am
FrenchToast

Hi peri!
7:46 am
Dippnall

Same here, Peri - it went down - for me - on Friday pm - just when I was enjoying a juicy, big grid. Shame I couldn't finish it.....
8:07 am
ivesyj

this may be petty but i dont think we should have lost ranking points becuz the puzzle wasnt available
8:23 am
SuzeeQ24

I agree
8:24 am
ivesyj

ty . glad im not the only one
8:26 am
penquis

the site did come back up last night....no idea what time, but in time for me to play....and lickety was rebooted sometime after that....
8:27 am
ivesyj

guess they have us there then.
8:39 am
penquis

i am not at all fond of this grid...
8:40 am
ivesyj

no im not either.
8:40 am
phaeton

phantom...juice
8:41 am
penquis

good one...
8:41 am
penquis

i can't even see phantoms in this grid...
8:41 am
phaeton

well, I keep trying.
8:41 am
phaeton

*to type it
9:04 am
bookgrrl

phantom: fuchsia
9:05 am
penquis

another good one...
9:05 am
mael

clue for the in8?
9:06 am
penquis

hurts....
9:06 am
mael

oh duh, thank you
9:06 am
mael

fireworks
9:06 am
penquis

yw...
9:06 am
penquis

congrats....
9:06 am
penquis

what are the stats for the other 8?
9:06 am
mael

I thought for sure it needed an F
9:06 am
mael

ch8/50
9:07 am
penquis

ty...
9:25 am
BzznBea

<breathes a sigh of relief>
9:25 am
penquis

hi bea...
9:26 am
BzznBea

That's weird.
9:26 am
BzznBea

I made a post in that box.
9:26 am
penquis

yes...
9:27 am
penquis

just tried to get an empty post and wasn't able to...
9:27 am
BzznBea

I'm glad Babble is back.
9:27 am
penquis

me, too....
9:28 am
hurshy

hello all
9:28 am
penquis

hi hursh....
9:30 am
hurshy

top row grey!
9:31 am
penquis

go, hursh....been here a while and i don't have the top row gray....only have the bottom row gray....
9:31 am
hurshy

it's often a matter of persistence
9:32 am
penquis

i get bored and move on...
9:32 am
hurshy

exactl
9:32 am
hurshy

y
9:33 am
hurshy

phantom: gulf
9:36 am
hurshy

oh look, i fruit i want to like but don't
9:44 am
hokie carla

hello foilks.
9:44 am
hurshy

hokie!
9:44 am
penquis

carla!
9:44 am
hokie carla

I played last night so have 14 left.
9:45 am
hurshy

ah
9:45 am
penquis

you must have been up quite late...
9:46 am
hokie carla

even later
9:46 am
hokie carla

so annoying
9:46 am
hokie carla

3-3-4-3-1 I might be stuck at this. will look more.
9:47 am
penquis

20 left here....
9:52 am
hurshy

phantom: fugue
9:52 am
hokie carla

so far no words found
9:53 am
maccafixx

re 7/36?
9:53 am
penquis

it's an again word.....
9:54 am
penquis

starts with the first R in the last row....
9:54 am
hurshy

well it would have to
9:54 am
hokie carla

oh, that's my missing bottom row word
9:54 am
penquis

goes up ... and goes down.....
9:54 am
maccafixx

ty penquis!
9:54 am
penquis

yw...
9:56 am
origami

Well, yay! Glad it's back.
9:56 am
penquis

hi ori...
9:56 am
hurshy

phantom: juice
9:56 am
hokie carla

well I'm not seeing that re7. do I need more coffee?
9:57 am
origami

Hiya pen
9:57 am
hokie carla

hey ori
9:58 am
origami

Hi carla
9:58 am
penquis

perhaps....the last part means to bring something negative onto yourself....like to ***** expenses....
9:58 am
hurshy

it's always harder when the re-whatever root word starts with a vowel
9:58 am
hurshy

it's like the spanish inquisition
9:59 am
hokie carla

well, I still need H I CC I H SSS FF RR R
9:59 am
hokie carla

aha, I see it now. thanks for the twofer.
9:59 am
hurshy

for third row i they are all 4s
10:01 am
hurshy

i need twice as many Fs as you do!
10:01 am
hokie carla

there's a 4 similar to your phantom
10:01 am
mkg

any clues for the bottom corner i word? ty
10:01 am
hurshy

in8
10:02 am
hokie carla

also there are 2 very similar fr4/5 sets
10:02 am
hurshy

thanks for that 4 hokie, i think i have the sets you mean tho
10:02 am
hokie carla

found the i. that dumb alt sp.
10:02 am
penquis

the bottom corner i word is in 8....ordinary word...it's a pl with no singular in the grid...
10:03 am
hurshy

oHO the apple/mountain
10:03 am
hurshy

didn't think it would count but it DOES!
10:03 am
hokie carla

ah, thanks
10:03 am
phaeton

help with the ch8 pls
10:03 am
hurshy

oh that wasn't the other one you had that i didn't?
10:03 am
penquis

don't have it...
10:04 am
hurshy

ch8 is the fruit i want to like but don't
10:04 am
hokie carla

nope, needed it and now need one, hursh
10:04 am
hurshy

they look so yummy
10:04 am
hurshy

but blech
10:04 am
phaeton

got it ! FW
10:04 am
hokie carla

all I can think is chocolate
10:04 am
hurshy

dat's not a fruit
10:04 am
hokie carla

yes, I know that's not fruit
10:05 am
hokie carla

but can't think of a fruit
10:05 am
hurshy

it is like in8 in being plural with no singular in the grid
10:05 am
hokie carla

what does it look like besides fruit
10:05 am
hokie carla

I meant besides yummy
10:05 am
hurshy

red
10:05 am
hokie carla

ah, I hate that too
10:05 am
hokie carla

thanks
10:06 am
hurshy

oh wow
10:06 am
hurshy

a bird just landed on my window screen briefly
10:06 am
hurshy

like just in the middle of it, only grasping in the holes of it with its feet
10:07 am
hokie carla

okay. 1-2-4-2
10:07 am
hurshy

that's kinda impressive
10:07 am
hokie carla

maybe you need fu6?
10:07 am
hurshy

i have one fu6
10:07 am
hokie carla

ok, me too
10:08 am
hokie carla

do you have one that looks like the brass instrument in the army that plays Taps?
10:08 am
hurshy

no, thanks
10:09 am
hurshy

2-3-3-2
10:09 am
hokie carla

found my H
10:09 am
hurshy

what was it
10:09 am
hokie carla

lower H, still need an upper
10:10 am
hokie carla

he7, in the ch8
10:10 am
hurshy

upper has 2 ha4, 1 ha5, and 1 hi4
10:10 am
hurshy

thanks!
10:11 am
hokie carla

thanks for the upper. that was in my mind but couldn't make the turn in the right direction.
10:12 am
penquis

well i am stalled at 13....need a break...bye all....
10:12 am
hokie carla

bye pen!
10:12 am
hurshy

got my left Rs, a pair, ru5 and pl
10:13 am
hokie carla

darn, I have one of those
10:13 am
hurshy

G was gl6, more sticky adhesive
10:13 am
hokie carla

so what other 2 would I be missing?
10:13 am
hurshy

well if you have one
10:13 am
hokie carla

C SSS F RR
10:13 am
hurshy

oh i see
10:14 am
hokie carla

no, I meant I have a pair
10:14 am
hurshy

the rest are all more normal
10:14 am
hurshy

6 ru total
10:15 am
hurshy

i need a lower R tho
10:15 am
mkg

got ch 8. but dont have any 7s.
10:15 am
hokie carla

ok, ri they are, thx
10:15 am
hokie carla

drop the c for he7, mkg
10:15 am
mkg

ty carla.
10:16 am
mkg

got it. ty. still missing the bottom corner i word. any clues welcome.
10:16 am
hokie carla

when I played soccer I had a LOT of in8
10:17 am
hurshy

ideas for my lower R?
10:17 am
hokie carla

if you have the 7 the rest are all 4s
10:17 am
hurshy

oh thought i put that babblet but i guess i hadn't
10:18 am
hurshy

1-1-1-1
10:18 am
hokie carla

1-1-4-1
10:18 am
hokie carla

I have 2 ri6, are there more?
10:19 am
hurshy

one more yeah
10:19 am
mkg

any clues for first column U word? ty
10:19 am
hurshy

ur4
10:19 am
origami

Thanks for the ini8 carla
10:19 am
hokie carla

no prob, ori
10:20 am
mkg

ty got it.
10:20 am
hurshy

oh my 5 was just a plural i hadn't put in
10:21 am
hokie carla

I'm going to have to list. I got nothing.
10:22 am
mkg

i am still missing the bottom corner i word. i may have missed clues. but please send me some help. ty.
10:22 am
hurshy

and so was my 7
10:22 am
hurshy

my friend fell off a mountain and died of his in8
10:22 am
mkg

THANK YOU HURSHY!!!!!!!
10:22 am
hokie carla

mkg, I'm not going to keep doing clues when I just did clues
10:22 am
mkg

got it very quickly. ty carla.
10:23 am
hurshy

(that's true by the way, about my friend. it was tragic.)
10:23 am
mkg

omg! so sorry hurshy........wow. so sorryt
10:24 am
hokie carla

my friend's son who was in school with my youngest was found at the bottom of a mt dead of his in8. just terrible.
10:24 am
hokie carla

sorry, hurshy
10:24 am
hurshy

:(
10:24 am
hurshy

sorry about your friend's son, too
10:25 am
mkg

horrible stuff.............horrible stuff.
10:25 am
mkg

may they rest in peace. we never know when our time is up................
10:25 am
hokie carla

yep
10:25 am
mkg

when we die in old age, it is not a tragedy. but when we die younger it is indeed tragic.
10:26 am
hokie carla

I recently heard a country song called Til You Can't that is so sad. Really can appreciate it after losing my parents.
10:27 am
mkg

i just heard of a lady in her 70s who died yesterday........a long life is a blessing and we must realize that to live beyond 70 is indeed a blessing.
10:27 am
mkg

being over 70 makes me feel very lucky and blessed.
10:28 am
hurshy

i don't care much how LONG i live, i just want to have a death without a lot of pain and suffering ... something quick and easy
10:29 am
hokie carla

yep
10:29 am
mkg

amen hurshy. amen.
10:29 am
mkg

may we all die peacefully in our beds asleep.
10:31 am
hokie carla

well, last word - se6/24. do you have hurshy? I can't find.
10:33 am
hokie carla

well, looked it up. was on the right track but couldn't see the twisty. gotta get busy living. adios.
10:34 am
hurshy

looks kinda french
10:34 am
origami

See ya' carla
10:34 am
welki

greetings from snowy alberta
10:35 am
welki

guru
10:35 am
origami

Hi welki
10:35 am
welki

well, there ya go
10:35 am
72 Temple Owl

welk
10:36 am
welki

hi ori, and my fave zydeco dancing fan, owl!
10:36 am
origami

Wow, snowing! Finally dropped below 95 degrees here.
10:37 am
welki

yeah, way too hot in your neck of the woods
10:37 am
72 Temple Owl

alas, today is a rainout. poor pensacola, love it there
10:37 am
72 Temple Owl

enjoying the videos
10:38 am
72 Temple Owl

i am studying the houston ones
10:38 am
welki

the hurricane videos?
10:39 am
72 Temple Owl

no teh dance / laid back style.
10:40 am
welki

ahhh
10:40 am
72 Temple Owl

so many styles, it's interesting; horace trahan next saturday, it's a big deal. hardly ever comes north.
10:42 am
welki

fun!! (just looked him up, and listening - this video has a kid playing the washboard)
10:44 am
72 Temple Owl

yep. when at crawfish festival pensacola three years ago, there was an 11 yer old girl who played with curley taylor's frattoir player. she went toe to toe with him
10:45 am
72 Temple Owl

i have two friends who p;ay. one is now touring with a NJ group
10:46 am
72 Temple Owl

zydeco revelators/
10:47 am
welki

cool name - there's a uke company that has a line of beautiful instruments called revelator (would like to try one out someday)
10:48 am
72 Temple Owl

yes. jake Shimabukuro was just here.
10:49 am
welki

THE virtuoso. (not taimane)
11:15 am
worzel

This is sad - can I get a clue for the ha5 pls?
11:16 am
ch1212

Gretel's brother without the l
11:16 am
worzel

ah thank you
11:27 am
Christa

Greetings
11:32 am
periwinkle2

help with left corner i please
11:35 am
Aloyisius

are the ni5 and 6 weirdos? I can't even monkey them.. help appreciated!
11:36 am
worzel

think of a specialist subject
11:36 am
periwinkle2

a receding place or hollow aloy
11:36 am
Aloyisius

peri, his in8s were fatal from the crash
11:37 am
periwinkle2

thank you aloy
11:37 am
Aloyisius

oh, ty peri.. was looking the wrong way! great cule..
11:37 am
Aloyisius

clue that is, lol
11:37 am
worzel

clue for se6 24 pls?
11:38 am
Aloyisius

need that one too worzel
11:42 am
periwinkle2

the last 3 letters are the same as the word I just clued for you
11:43 am
Tabbycat2

The se6 24 is my last one too. Still looking
11:43 am
worzel

ah thank you - FWs!
11:43 am
periwinkle2

actuall the last 4 letters are the same
11:43 am
Aloyisius

yay, ty peri
11:44 am
periwinkle2

yvw
11:44 am
Tabbycat2

Thanks peri - FW
11:46 am
Aloyisius

phew, FW too.. off to chores.. Happy Babbling!