December 15, 2021
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ra7 (and happy big flip!)
Na7. Morning, all!
howdy all
pa7
Ro7
ra7 x 2
ro7 x 2
re7
so7
ir7
Ig7
Ig7 x 2
ig7 x 2
se7
so7 x 2
Clues are up
thanks, lickety
ty lickety
ditto what freep said :)
doat
doats
oats
oast
I did NOT say those things!!!!!
dammit - looked away from the screen, lol
*don't type while distracted!* this has been a public service announcement
on7
on8
Thanks Freep
welcome. The biggest words are not obvious, that's for sure
Thanks, freep.
nbt/nbt, si 9
err... to me they aren't! (thanks, dizgrannie)
thanks Diz as well
er7/8
ra7
(by which I mean ra7 x 3!!!!)
ar7
I just typed in an 8 letter word I'm sure is a word and it's not in the dictionary. Sigh.
ar7 x 2
Qs quipped
and dont frorget the ps 5
ah. thanks.
dr7
Diz, I love that you remind us of the odd ducks in the grid!
justafreep - what was the 8-letter word it wouldn't take?
re6/8/7
po7
It was artesian
Weird - I thought we had that the other day
Maybe it was a different word concerning aquifers
then I added an F in front of it just for fun. But also no.
no7
more gassy isn't a word, either, even tho I've used it plenty to describe my former housemate, lol
I think "oid" is about the only big ending this grid doesn't have
r07 x 3
Seems like it ought to take signorita
the vagaries of the enable dictionary!
well, time for me to call it a night. Good luck on this one!
Good night, freep
Goodnight, Freep!
IG, are you here?
HI, Scrabs
I knew you would be here. How are you?
Good - typing away. Mountain cedar fever is here so I am fighting that
A nasal allergy?
Yes - Juniper tree pollen - gives me a little vertigo
For us here in the Northeast, seasonal allergies end in October with the first frost.
Cedar fever, as they call it here, starts Dec. 1st and goes through Jan
its the only thing I have ever been allergic to
What helps you?
antihistamine, and my body slowly adjusts. No more vertigo, just a little light headed
Ever tried a nasal steroid spray? OTC Flonase, Rhinocort?
I have it in arms reach :). You are good!
Psst, I am a doctor.
so with both, I am outside almost all day - and yes I figured you were
Good luck getting through the season.
thx - hard part is over
I wanted to pass halfway before work but I will have to return later. Off I go. Enjoy your day, IG.
Bye !
hello all
the student who brought a ukulele to school and was playing it in the morning last week has come to school in traditional Scottish apparel today! i don't know this kid but i like him.
He sounds like my kind of person as well.
Worm alert
73 esses...yikes
Apparently, this student likes a lot of attention 😊
Maybe the student just wants to bring smiles to faces
when you put it that way bea, it makes it seem a lot worse (the s's)
Good morning, Carla.
hey bea
I played a little this morning when I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep. almost got HOET but it's those stupid vowels keeping me from it as usual.
hi hokie, carla, lurkers
hey welki and everyone else
Good morning, welki
I still need 27 + 4 s's. ugh.
27 + 4?
I'm LMAO...My mom has a
I have 33/60 and 9/13
I've been saying things like that forever and even ru doesn't complain
As I was trying to say...She has a Santa and a snowman that are motion activated. She is trying to sleep and they are singing and dancing.
I have no idea what is setting them off.
are you purposefully moving to activate them bea?
Complain? I asked a question.
if you can fraternize, why isn't fratern a word??
I tried that too.
she means because there are 2 S tiles, she needs 27 from the first S tile and 4 from the other one, 27 + 4 S :)
thank you for understanding, hurshy. 😠PS - I have a podcast reco for you so don't go anywhere.
And don't try freon.
for hurshy and bea and any other word nerds - the podcast is 99% Invisible and the episode is #460 - Corpse, Corps, Horse, and Worse. How English spelling and pronunciation have evolved to what they are today.
yes, I did not try freon
I did. :(
I did see it but wasn't falling for that today
Thanks for the podcast recommendation.
Mr. Bea was giving me grief the other day because I was decorationg the tree and listening to true crime pods.
heh, that's funny, bea :)
I don't listen to that one regularly because I forget but it's always good. usually it's about things we see everyday and how they came about, like there was one about the things in sidewalks/curbs (can't rem. what they are called) for wheelchairs but they ended up being beneficial to everyone. it is a nice break from the true crimes.
not a creature was stirring, not even the murderer disguised as the elf on the shelf
I'm so thankful my boys just missed elf on the shelf. boy, do I hate that.
it became a who could outdo who on FB with the staging of the elf every night
i do, too - saw a vid of one in a blender
oh, re: below - they are just called curb cuts and that is ep. 308
Another interesting podcast on spotify is Obituaries. They talk about the relationships between two people like Alexander Graham Bell and Helen Keller, Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft. Interesting stuff.
oh, I think Mo Rocca had a similar one but it seemed he stopped making episodes
or maybe he moved to spotify. I quit listening when they do that because I don't want another app and I've heard the spotify podcast interface is horrible.
I never have a problem with it.
54 R's are kinda causing me problems too
I have none of those grey yet either.
I only have 3 gray right now. well, 4 if you count the 0
3 total I mean, no R's. I need 8 + 1 + 5 + 2
I did find a 9 at least. and an 8.
Need 5 8's and 1 9.
now I have all tiles in the last col gray except the S
and I'll save y'all the trouble - you can't be more and most snipy
ooh, finished the T
I'm really lost on the middle i. I know it's not igor.
tried ipad
If you just don't pay attention to it, it'll go away.
All the I's from there are to not notice.
yes, I wouldn't ig6 the signs
oops, pb for me, sorry
heh
argh, thanks.
so stupid
I'm off to the post office. Yuck! Thankfully, I've only got one package.
hope the line is short, Bea
I just print at home now and drop it off. good luck!
well these s's sure aren't coming easy. must be some really weird ones.
just found some italian ones (clue blurt)
I wonder why the italian works but not the feudal lord... given that one is an actual english word and one isn't
I mean, an English word from the French, but what feudal English words aren't from the French??
I print at the office and it gets picked up at the office. Haven't been to the post office in years. And best of luck to anyone mailing now. The post office is moving things very slowly this year.
Mael, it allows the alt spelling with an extra vowel.
well that's just weird! thanks
My pleasure.
in hokie speak this is a hard grid to HOET and GATBO
GATBO? Get all the big ones?
ru, what is a GATBO
yes, and you can thank Molly for that one
got all the big ones
oh gee thanks for that
i definitely do not have all the big ones
me either. I did finally get half of the 7's.
what is hoet?
half on every tile
half of every tile
I played that way before I even knew it was a thing haha
ok, ty
I do have HOET now
phantom: pierogi
that won't ever be a phantom for me since I'm never sure how to spell it
you just need to know how to eat it hokie
grayed the D!
name that illegal music sharing website that led to streaming music as we know it today!
napster!
✅✅✅
what, artesian is not a word??
was going to remind y'all of that earlier
we discovered that last time we had etesian
enable's never seen a well
a word very close to that one is acceptable
ar7.28 will work
had that one, thanks! enable does as enable will :)
I know I'm going to be bugged when I finally do look at lickety
I'm still missing 25 Ss...
what bugs me is missing plurals.. never feel bad about the weird ones I couldn't have seen
Quick poll: What do you make for Christmas breakfast?
cranberry nut loaf for one
I still need 20 + 3 s's
that is to munch .. some coffee too as you open gifts. Then a quiche with some fruit
good morning everyone, large board today
indeed
christmas cookies is all that's needed for breakfast
hi hemp, have a favorite cookie?
homemade sugar cookies, frosted and decorated with childlike wonder
and THC?
^_^
it is the hempshow
forgot the gingerbread men..
you old pothead aloy !!
geez, I still need 20 p's as well
i only put trusted pharmaceuticals into my body, THC is no exception
one of these days I'll look up the words I'm monkeying
hah.. a New Year's resolution perhaps
upper A is giving me trouble
as6 ... behind the back of the boat
as5 ... a star
ty for the 6, not sure about the 5 - do you mean the same one that is a flower?
... that would have been a better clue but I was typing too quickly
mk just checking :)
clue for the sa 7 plz
ah never mind found it
Everybody wants to be Peri
4th column grey!
ha, but there is only one Peri!!
hi all
hi peri :)
help with the i in the middle pls
a group of ig words, normal words
ok will look
they went in a circle got them. thanks hursh
i have st9 (which seems pretty stupid to me). does anyone have the other 9?
that st9 is stupid. chat says there is a si9
ok
I don't have it
I agree, peri!
si6/7/9
the si9 is a new one for me. it is a pl
hm ok i have the 6 and 7
thanks, got the 9 now too
yw
only have one 8 the re8
just found er7/8
Thanks for the 9's
yw
bl
syt
syt? LOL!
so I have si6, 7, 7 that are italian. are you all saying the 9 is related to those 3?
nm, got it
We have had lots of miters and misses, but I don't remember having that one.
yeah, I thought the same this morning
I am back to work on this grid.
just on my lunch break here
We have had misters too, along with the bishop's headdress...joking
I'm resting my ankle after shopping and post officing.
this is the biggest waste of an -ing I remember
what's up with your ankle?
What happened to your ankle Bea?
It's a shame.
Don't know. My foot and ankel have been bothering me for a couple weeks.
we got all our stuff out of storage container and now I have to unpack everything ðŸ˜
I won't use the A word
Did you move again, Carla?
Did you move to a permanent house Carla?
It's like the double double question hour
nope, just decided to stay in this one for a bit longer while the youngest is away at college and we'll just travel more
**Wonders why Carla's smiley faces keep droooling
and were tired of paying the storage fee
that one's crying
I thought both your kids were in college
they are but the oldest is living in a house closer to school and rarely stays over since it's in the area.
On7 clue please?
he will graduate after next fall semester
more like ru
that weird sp of one is more cranky than others
Aw, I don't think Ru is stubborn and mean-spirited
Or cranky
I think of it as being a stinker.
well I didn't call him cranky, FTR
phantom opinion
Definition of stinkier is an offensive or contemptible person. Again, not the way I think of Ru
back to work here
Hello everyone - just back from the dentist - a 3 hour marathon *whew!*
Is your mouth numb, Nan?
sitar
Tx!
Free clue!
ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Hi Owl
nasiter
Careful, that is how the chat gets blown
Sort of a free clue. I mistyped.
scrabbler, scrabbler...we can hang out together in the PB but KEEP THE HEAT TURNED UP
i know you love your winter cold... ;)
Let me start a fire in the fireplace.
a little bit, scrabs. but most of the freezing was out by the time he had finished.
Good
stats for the lone 4 please?
Do you mean the lone E, nan?
Lone 4?
en4.6
sorry, yes meant the lone 4 ty
forgot that bablet -- never know if it means siamese twins or a short language
Two ways to remember the word, if you see it.
yes -- my memory is great - just really short and getting shorter as the years go by. Scary stuff!
good afternoon everyone, this puzzle is very challenging today!
yes it is - just passed the half way mark
Yes, it is time-consuming. I am aiming to find 200, so 7 more.
but some of these fa- words are giving me quite a bit of ease, particularly from a gas standpoint
Ease is always good from a gas standpoint
why don't they take artesian?
I think it is a proper word. We talked about this recently.
oh ok ty
drop a letter an juggle a couple and you have an ar 6, though
I found 201 so I am done. See you tomorrow.
bye scrabbs have a good afteroon
bye bye Scrabbler, you will be missed until then
need a break
I think because "artesian" originally referred to a place in France (where the wells were used), Enable treated it as a proper noun. That's obviously not correct, but Enable has many failings.
Not a proper *noun*, obviously, but proper.
Conquered the esses finally!
i've got 284 left, still a whopper and fries to eat for me
admittedly doing this with one hand and half a brain; still feeling the first shot a couple days later
Goodness - which one did you get?
Oh - hemp's gone, I guess
must have been j and j; i don't think the other 2 resulted in such a bad reaction to first shot, but maybe i'm wrong on that.
I did get a rash that stuck around for quite a while from the Pfizer, but no issues apart from that.
(Exacerbated by a reaction to the bandage and my tendency to want to scratch.)
my j and j friends didn't have such a reaction either. i don't have data or remember what i've read. rash - that's not good. i'm pfizer too. no reaction. not much of an immune system.
got sparkly band aid for booster. was very proud of my band aid.
The advice we were given was not to worry about a rash.
golly. seems so long ago to me. sort of was.
I tried to avoid scratching by replacing the original bandage with a larger one, but the adhesive seemed to cause further irritation.
Fireworks. Happy babbling everyone!
well done you! bogged down in the p's and keep getting distracted.
hello again
Hello….
still a long ways to go -- 135
don't know why you can't use that gritty paper on the woodworking project again
No idea….69 left here….
Why can’t you retar a road?….
almost got the trianon today -- I do so love Paris
Nice place…. ;o)
I was there in the fall of 2019 with my cousins….glad i went when i did…
yes -- was that before or after the NotreDame fire?
After…but before the pandemic….
Brb…
too bad
Local schools are sending kids back to remote learning due to COVID breakouts. I think they pushed the move back to the classroom too early.
have the si 9 - stats for the one I'm missing please?
st9 - a stupid gerund of a noun
good description - ty
I tried it this morning thinking it was right up enable's alley and I was right!
af6 - wondering how foot and mouth disease became the name of a pottery supplie house in Richmond, CA
too tired - going to list
pi 5/16 following the porkers please?
that's the one i'm currently looking for too
aha
um, it's weird
you double the vowel from the next pi4/7
-not the only one
ty hurshy
Tx hursh
back...
geez, the Ss are so brutal
even using the list they are brutal
yeah that's what i'm doing
have you found the se 8?
not me...
Alt spelling of a lord or ruler
very weird sp
ty une
Yes very weird!
extremely...
4 x si that I just cannot see
there are quite a few that start with the same four letters...
these, other than the 7-8 combo, are all over the place
there are 9 that start with the same three letters....
and six of those appear to be versions of the same word...
that gave me the 7-8, ty
i have them all if you need a clue...
first si 6 please?
they don't all start with the same s...
that is one that starts from the other S...
only have one s blank now
ends like what retirees are often called....
like that ending....
also ends like theither weird se 8....
sorry....the first si 6 is the mexican nap....thought you were asking about the si 7....
si 6/18 (before notice) - don't see how. It has to begin si+vowel
look at my last post...sorry to confuse you...
ty pen
I never seem to see words that I know but are not in common usage around here
i think i am too tired to clue.. ;o0
I just want to get this done.
last so 6/21 please?
i hea ya...33 left here....
guess it is the only so 6/21
don't have it...will look....
nm - found it - must be some kind of mineral
*!*~*!* thanks for the help :)
yw...
hi all help with the se8 pls
s + r**** of terror + ending for older people....
begins like the french lord of manor and ends like person who is of retirement age
ty both
sorry - lost power and it took a while for the pc to reboot
yw...
yw
any other clues wanted before I leave
at 7?
like the well with a couple of letters transpose and no n
*transposed
ty nan
ty...we have had that one before...
yw
probably the only reason I tried it!
once you mentioned the well, i remembered it...
yes I found it after someone asked why the well wasn't allowed
if nothing else is wanted, I will be on my way
too many left, but thanks....bye....
85 left here
17 here...
bye then - see you tomorrow :)
done
congrats...
thx Pen
i am done...
heading out...goodnight all....
or6 please
nm
first po6/27 pls
17 left
hi all, diving in
po is like the fish, less one consonant
hi gwen
oh, hi there mab! buried in the grid
Ng
hi Gitel
nbs at last, with 82 to go
and nbt finally
76 to go, and i'm pooped out, night all
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