December 30, 2021
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206 total words
flip
te7
fl 7
cl7
au7
ntpn: mash actor
alda
gold star for liz :)
:)
Clues are up
Thanks, Lickety
just noticed there is a 9!
ferlfurl
au 9 - extends the au 7
ok - haven't found the au 7 yet
nbt, nbs
la7
la 7 x2, le 7
la9
la 7 x3
ty freep
yw. and I'm missing one of those 7s, it seems! So thanks back at you
nbt, nbs and 120 down -- back for the rest tomorrow. Goodnight everyone :)
night, nan
found the au's :)
da 7
fl 7
Would anyone happen to have stats for the lone E in the middle of the top row, please?
e 4/6
It's either ec4.6 or 5.14
nope its ey
Thanks wask!
of course it is
yw
Good morning.
Hi, Scrabbler
I knew you had to be here.
I am on call the next 2 days/night. Boo. Hiss.
I am predictable - hope all stays quiet for you
It won't. Omicron is thriving and people are sharing it well.
Yeeesh - then folks will be glad you are there
No. Parents aren't worried that their kids have COVID. "It's just a cold. I know it's not COVID." And then the test is positive.
I need to go. Enjoy your day, IG.
Ok, good luck!
Clue for da7 please
A little French prince
*makes another pot of coffee*
da7 sounds like a misspelled Flipper
thanks matty
Une, I hope you had fun celebrating your birthday
Tx for da7!
Molly, is this a short week for you?
Done, lots of strange words
Congrats!
Yes Bea, I worked Tuesday, yesterday and will a half-day today. If you can call it work. This is the deadest week in business.
Do you have big NYE plans?
No, we usually have a pretty quiet New Year's Eve. A little hooping and hollering at midnight, that's all.
My grandkids stay up to midnight, we're asleep by 10 pm
I take a nap and then get up around 11 to see in the New Year with my son.
I'm asleep by ten as well. Wake up to the gunfire.
nothing like the smell of napalm to wake you up in the morning (Marlon Brando)
Several botanicals today.
I only have one pair so far!
Oh man, you two and your out there plant words. Can't wait.
the one I have is definitely not out there :)
I have a generic one
I found another relating to my favorite plant.
Well, one of my favorite plants. There are so many.
lol
bea, I don't know if you do reddit, but I subscribe to a plant identification subreddit. those people can id something someone's posted in like 5 min or less with the scientific name. it's amazing to me.
I'll have to look into it? I am on a FB group where they identify insects. That's pretty cool.
yeah, I also follow a snake one. joined the snake one and the plant one to get things ID'd.
Carla, do you do tiktok?
no
though a lot of tiktoks creep over to instagram and reddit
Spoiler alert - clue blurt coming.
I love the word ga6.42.
hmm
just on 2nd row
I'm leaving 30 for this afternoon. Toodles.
bye, have a good one! rainy here today.
hi7 in my day was low slung jeans now a fashionable young man usually with a bushy beard and tight pants :)
i hate big bushy beards. neat and trim is the way.
ha, thanks
I also hate big bushy beards
it didn't all go down so i had to refl5 the toilet - should be a word
that makes more sense than the re5 I found
so odd nice looking men with ugly beards and nowadays if their hair is thinning the shave it off altogether - weird
i recently tried a beard but i couldn't manage it.. so i now have a goatee
oh, ursh - you get the tiara today
I really don't mind a nice, neatly trimmed beard. but the bushy ones, nope.
good morning all
phantom splint - for when ghosts break a leg 🤣
hey nan
you can have reflect, deflect, inflect, but not flect
english is weird
that is the chief lesson that we pull from this game
just went through the chat -- took me a while to connect flipper with the heir to the french throne, but ty molly
oh, I found the g word bea likes
did molly clue that on porpoise?
yes a tough one during a pandemic
phantom: sultan
oh, name that trivia game website!
Sporcle
✅✅✅
was thinking hurshy might get it. maybe molly is a bot - she always has the answers.
We don't all know French terminology. Flipper was for the non-Francophones
Molly has done a lot of work on the internet, so is familiar with relatively popular sites
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now that i see the answer i think i may have heard of that site long ago but i definitely would not have known it
I don't know any french terminology but I also don't know which word you're talking about because I didn't read the chat.
the da7 :) if you've seen movies like man in the iron mask or anything that has french royalty you could know it
well hurshy I was going to do an easy HP one but it's an actual word
Here we go, airlines are starting to cancel flights due to the COVID surge
they started that a few days ago
Pardon me for not being current on the news
of course 😜
anyone want to tell me where I can find 3 more h's?
right R, i have ra4/6, anyone know what the other one is?
I still need 3 as well
There is a Used H Lot just up the street
nope to the other R
argh, i have to go, if someone clues it and i don't say thanks, i'm sorry
t's ra6/24 - a snail's foot
there's a word for that?
snails have feet?
Or tongue, if you prefer. What they scrape along with.
monkeyed it - ty vic
Wow, that is an obscure word if I ever saw one
not me, but I'll keep trying. first pass finished. 55 left. only 1 U found so no HOET.
Looks like it is part of the mouth though
well done - I left with 80 to find last night
well, thanks to googling I know way more snail anatomy than I ever wanted to but didn't see an ra word anywhere in the drawing
type in snail body parts....beginning with RA
your google must be better - I typed exactly that and nothing. so I used bestwordlist and got it. I swear I tried that.
I need to start making a list of all of this unusual words for future puzzles. Maybe another resolution ?
there's already one made, it's called enable 😜
Having that list is one of the sure signs you play too much Babble
:)
If you want to freak someone out, play a word like ra6 in a Scrabble game and then casually say "yeah, it's part of a snail's mouth". They will look at you in a funny way and start backing out of the room.
um.. i don't want to be weird here but that was my first word
too bad, you are weird
(backs out of the room, looking at RU weirdly )
keeping my mouth shut :D
Let your freak flag fly, Ru
and my second was sp7.. i took biology what can I say
I took Advanced Biology and don't remember words like ra6
mm - want to clue that sp 7?
it's not sporcle
sp + vowel+ what the queen of england does
got it, ru, thanks
ty ru
sporeign
Carla can go 6/7 of the way to the PB
is there a difference in meaning between that and the one without the extra 2 letters?
I almost said sporely
50 - off to the list :)
ok, I have UL6. are the others weird or I should be getting them?
not weird
one ul is part of ireland
the up6 is a normal word
you should be getting them
that's the only one I have
not seeing any bone ones
have 1/3 of the words.... may be all I have time for...enjoy the game, and the chat more....have a great day all
bye sophie
have a good one, sophie
bye sophie
well, I'm going to do some things since I am stuck at 42 left and can't even see words you all say aren't weird. will try again later. TTFN.
bye hokes
hello all....
Hey, pen :-)
hi une...
Hi pen. Good morning folks.
hi ori...
hi ori, pen
Hi babblers - I am going to be in southern France for almost 2 months, starting soon. Anyone else in that area?
got any room in your suitcase?
lol
i am SO jealous....
where abouts in southern France -- know parts of it quite well
haven't seen my kids/grandkids since covid, so planning on staying awhile while I can. It's Tarbes, not far from Lourdes, flying into Toulouse
Hi rasta, France are introducing lots of restrictions at the moment just so you know
ok -- have been to Toulouse, but Lourdes. We spent most of our time around Avignon, Orange, Gordes, etc.
yes, I know about the test, got that sorted. Know about the sanitary pass, that gets dealt with once I'm there. Not going as a tourist, so if we just stay holed up in the house tht's ok. more grandma time
oh and Arles - can't forget that
That's great rasta, have a wonderful time
Have a blast, Rasta! I lived in Aix-en-Provence many years ago :-)
another beautiful spot, une - spent a couple of days there
:-)
Must run.....BBL!
bye une
su 6/30 please?
su + most of milk products
ends with sometimes vowel...
that clue is not for the lactose intolerant types
ty ru and pen
yw...
I'd best get going.. have to deliver some vino to a client before they open for lunch.
bye, ru...
have fun with the grid pen and nan
bye ru
will do!
*!*~*!* any clues wanted?
congrats!...no, thanks still have 100 to find...
hagd everyone and stay safe :)
you, too...
hi all. having trouble finding 7 letter words, only have one the la7 which I monkeyed and is new to me. do not have the au7/au9 or other 7's help pls
i have an le 7/32....it's an ordinary word....and la 7/32, also ordinary...both are pl....
and cl 7/36, also ordinary....
ty will look
can clue if you need me to...
yes pls
don't have the A words....
found the Au words...also ordinary...the au 9 is an adverb of the au 7 which is an adjective...
not seeing any of them
the au word means severe, uncompromising...
found le7 ty
yw...
ty for au7/au9
the la word has a "one who" ending...pl....one who serves the soup....
ty for la words
per chog there are 3 la7 I have 2 now
found cl7 ty
ok, thanks...
there is also an la9 I think
ok...
do you need another clue for the AU word?...
no I found them and said thanks
oh...sorry I missed that...
Her to find some more words. Lunch break.
hi scrabs...
hi Scrabs
pen posted some clue down below
found the la 9....another adverb...
ah ty for la9
it's la 7/9 combo....
yw...
already had that la7 did not think to extend it
thanks to Vicuna for that ra6
was able to monkey it
don't have that
also there is a up6 that I do not see
up6 is like... the gist, the main point or outcome of a story
compound
ty for the R stats....monkeyed it, too....
name that proper noun! the aunt/uncle/cousin with whom Harry Potter lived in childhood
Dursley?.....
ding ding ding!!!
guess that wasn't the HP one that hokie was thinking of
surprised that that name is taking up space in my brain....
since she said hers counts
wasn't here for carla's...
she didn't say anything about it other than it being an easy HP proper noun, but it counts
The Dursleys. Mean Dudley.
I am still thinking of the up6...I need more info
I found it.
sorry, was reading my mail...
I was waiting for my brain.
scarecrow?...
Precisely.
:oD
The pandemic has broken me and my brain.
aw, hang in there...
Nonstop anxiety, ordering tests, checking results, etc
it's awful....my gynecologist told me that he sees three or four women a day who have NOT been vaccinated...
The next 6-8 weeks will be very bad in the US.
yes....i am back to wearing a mask when i play indoor tennis....
This is a rural area where many people don't believe in COVID at all.
yes, rural areas are a problem here, too....but 80% of the eligible people in my county have been vaccinated...i am coastal....more older retired people, I think...
I have to go to the sick area now on the first floor. SOme parents freak out when we tell them their kid needs a CoV test. How many times will I get yelled at today?
my gynecologist said that he gets yelled at every day....and he is such a sweet person....
there was a news story about a doctor who got punched in the face by a woman whose husband died of COVID, she blamed him for it, that he didn't give him ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine and stuff
awul!
awful, not awul... ;o)
don't worry, i'm good at reading through typos
same here....have done a lot of editing....can read bad handwriting, too....my father's was atrocious....
hmmm this lowest L is troublesome
i got 3 nice words but can't see more
i have six L words from the lower L...
do yo have the LA 7/9 combo?
just found them actually!!
do you know what the other 9 is?
au 9/72....part of a 7/9 combo....
Good morning!
ty
hi...
Thank you for the 9s
yw...
awww, the tr5/16 reminded me that Sally Ann Howes from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang passed away
ok. So the dictionary allows all sorts of words but not upsot? I know some people hate the jingle bells song, but still. :)
taking a break...bbl to find my last 58....
never heard of upsot....
bye all....
Poetic form of upset... to overturn
And it's in the song Jingle Bells
yeah that's the only place i've ever heard it
i think the point was it wasn't a word, because when they say "misfortune seemed his lot, he got into a drifted bank and then he got upsot", then there's another voice in the background that goes, "upsot??"
I don't recall ever hearing that in jingle bells
I thought that, so I looked into it and it was in usage at the time.
"But, though we will only encounter it in modern usage in direct reference to “Jingle Bells,†upsot can be found in a variety of usages that don’t all refer to James Pierpont’s 1850 composition and 1857 publication of the song. (Pierpont was 28 when he wrote it.) Bob has again saved me the research time; he has sent 15 different citations (not bad for a word that’s not in the OED), found with the aid of Bartleby.com and Project Gutenberg."
Oh man, only in Babble chat.
well at least now I found another U, thanks. HOET!
and I could've totally used that in a sentence there
i am VERY STUCK
back after Spelling Bee....hello again...
pintag...now that would be an interesting game to play....
NOT....
I am just Amazing with no pangram yet
i got a little past Genius today....
found a nice combo to put me over the top....
nice
feeling any better today?
I got Queen Bee a little while ago, all doable words today!
yeah, but you're a bigger brainiac
not really, pen, but thanks
my head is still off
it's mostly rote memory and remembering which stupid words Spelling Bee accepts that enable does not... :)
did you get sick, hokie?
doable has a different meaning for different people... ;o)
I have vertigo right now, mael
oh that's brutal, I'm sorry
sneaky little grid today. it appears friendly at first...
hopefully it resolves soon
have an appt for the 7th. hoping to get in sooner.
I hope so
i will keep my fingers crossed for you... X .....
oh no, carla
thanks, guys
that is quite disabling
I can still walk the dog but that's about it for exercise
i had a coworker who had it.. she had young children at home and was so afraid there would be an emergency since she could not drive. and people kept telling her it was all in her head
I can drive since I know which direction to avoid turning my head to trigger it
ooh, ga6/42!
thanks TO!
Wait, how can you avoid turning your head in a certain direction when you drive. Most times, when you are driving you have to turn your head both ways to see oncoming traffic from either direction.
hokie, is it positional vertigo?
hokie carla have you ever been diagnosed with BPPV? If not, Google it. I've had a couple of bouts of it which were resolved with the Epley Maneuver.
I had it two years ago -- very very fixable.
Epley maneuver - there are YouTube videos on how to determine if that is what it is, and how to resolve. Though best not to do alone.
Definitely try not to do alone. Last time it affected me for hours afterward but then I was fine!
Epley maneuver worked right away for me, but it was an uncomfortable 5 minutes doing the maneuver. :)
I caused myself bigger issues by waiting to deal with it, and had secondary vertigo caused by neck tightness. Had to go for a few weeks of PT to resolve that. The BPPV was fixed right away.
It really feels like a miracle afterwards. My GP said she saw a patient run up and hug their ENT doctor at a party and thank them profusely for her cure!
Great to see input from nrkii & REG. I thought the Chog Police had branched out into the Traffic Police. It’s lovely to see positive helpful posts. ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
nrkii and hokie carla Here's a really interesting article about Dr. Epley: https://tinyurl.com/2p88dbvx
sorry, took the dog for a walk. yes, it is BPPV. I had it last Feb and a PT fixed it right away with the Epley, but I can't get in with her until 1/7. mostly a problem looking down or up high and I can't lie (lay?) on my back unless my head is turned to the left. can't lay (lie?) on my right side at all.
can't bend over, have to squat down and keep head straight.
have tried epley at home Mon and yesterday but apparently I need a professional.
Oh no! Well, in case it helps, here's a great link for it: https://youtu.be/xTnV3m4bWDg Just watching that, I realized that I would not have done it quite right if I had tried to do from memory.
aHA i finally found the easy HP noun you were talking about hokie. while you were away i did Dursley.
I saw my GP on mon for a different follow-up and told him about it. he gave me some printouts on epley and cawthorne exercises. plus I looked got some instructions on mayo for home epley. it definitely triggered hard on Mon when I did it but didn't go away so I guess I messed it up.
ha! I did not see dursley
I know with my sister-in-law it took her several tries. Good luck!
thanks
By the 7th, it may go away on its own. The crystals eventually absorb.
yeah, I've heard that from people in the know
I had to go back to PT this week for my neck. Now that I've heard about your situation, I'm so grateful I got in fast.
Some people pay money to feel like that, Carla haha. I hope you can get it sorted soon though sounds horrible.
urst
oops
actually, back in Feb it did go away. I saw an ENT and a PT on the same day and neither one of them got it to trigger because it had basically gotten better, but then I made appts with the PT for my neck and it happened to come back on a day I had an appt with her so she was able to fix it.
Damn I tried it too, Nrkii haha!
thanks, zooz. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
I think my glasses are making me feel worse so now I can't read anything because I don't want to wear them. 🤣ðŸ˜
still stuck here. 41 left.
Phantom: Strudel.
mmm. strudel
Not has strudel in years.
I definitely haven't
Just found a word for trendy person!
darnit, I have that one
that launched our bushy beards tirade this morning
That certainly would not be me then haha!
Ah I misssed all that then.
Missed*
lol, my eyes are so blurry I can't see your typo
LOL
hello
but I found some words, so now 35 left
hey joy!
Hello, Joy
oh, I just found a 7 that must be the french/flipper one nan & molly were talking about this morning. finally have half of the 7s, still no 9s.
I have a AU 9
well, I'll look for that, thx
eureka! thx
was missing the root too, so it was a twofer
: )
isn't a dog an arfer?
No idea, Carla.
lol, you know... they say "arf, arf"
Oh! haha!
Sorry I asked a question Carla. I was just curious.
That one went right over my head.
I know, Molly. I didn't think it was offensive.
well zooz, I thought it did but it probably wasn't that funny to begin with. 😜
maybe dogs don't say arf in england?
No it was a good one!
Thank you, I didn't think you would but just checking since the snippy checked in.
No they don't they say woof woof here LOL
It makes me think of the girl Eddie Murphy is supposed to marry in Coming to America when he tells her to bark like a dog while hopping on one foot.
I think she says "arf. arf. arf" but maybe she does woof. now I've gotta rewatch.
Is it a comedy? Never heard of it. Although I do not watch hardly any TV at all. So would never watch it anyway.
oh yeah, she does arf and then he says a big dog and she switches to woof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejsW9r\n1tUK8
yes a comedy from the 80s
a classic. Eddie Murphy is an African prince who comes to America to find a wife, and James Earl Jones is his father, the king.
It says this video is not available anymore.
Oh with your description I have seen little snippets of it when it was advertised years a go.
oh, it stuck the n in. take off everything after the back slash (incl. the back slash)
I've barely started this grid and I'm already having trouble. I only found 2 of the second row Ls
I have 6, nothing super weird
one is a harry potter professor that's a werewolf
All I have are 2 LU4s. Are there LEs or LYs?
How could I miss Prof. L? He's one of my favorite HP characters?
I don't have any LE or LY
lu6 has a UK lu6 spelling
There's a le6/7 combo
that must be my last 2 L's then. looking now, thx.
Just to let you know, Carla the young lady does arf arf then woof woof.
yes, I remembered that. what's funny is I almost said before I mentioned the movie that maybe arf is for small dogs and woof is big dogs, and now I know where I got that from!
Yes I can see that making sense after hearing the noise the lady made.
ah, got the L's, thanks
Damn I wanted to use my like hannible clue.
I almost said hanibal
Ah it is hannibal.
have made it to 27. no more than 3 left on each open one. probably about to reach babble blindness level.
You made it further than me that is for sure.
just checked the flip for the other 9
And?
I hate it when I keep adding words that I have already added.
didn't know if you wanted it or not. LA9. and there are apparently 3 LA7 and I have 2 so that is my last 2 L's
Thanks.
did you find it?
No sorry I was saying thank you for the stat.
no probs
tough grid for me
well, I am going to take a make supper break. must be late for you, zooz. good night!
hey peri, I've found it tough as well. BBL.
Agreed not an easy grid.
Found the LA 7 & 9 now.
well good thing I haven't left yet
Nearly 11pm here, Carla and My eyes are closing.
care to clue the LA7 and 9 before you fall asleep?
Ends in the same two letters as the other 9 , Carla.
Like a word for responding slowly
La7 utensils for dipping
ok, maybe clue the 7 then
I have that one, but thanks, une
Like a dawdler
da7 please
hi all
well, da7 is the oldest son of a french king
da 7 French prince
1349» 1830
ends like a smart aquatic mammal
ty
ty
Uses a double consonant, Carla
aha, that did it, thanks
Most welcome.
Fireworks. Happy babbling everyone!
My favorite painter, Dufy, is in the grid.
love the fauves.
me too
finally found my easy u's I couldn't find all day!
the ULs?
yes
TIL what marijuana is called in South Africa
SU 5/18 please
it's a class of drugs for bacterial infections that I try to stay away from
because the one time I took one it was like a really bad trip
TY carla got it. I should know because I am also allergic to those types.
I just read about su5 allergy and "really bad trip" is not a symptom 🤣. but I'll still try to avoid.
and yw
firewords! thanks lickety and all cluers
huzzah!
19 left here
prob gonna have to list
still have 2 very elusive 4s
clues or stats for the 9?
au9 and la9, both adverbs
have the au. just saw. lol
no ideas on the la9....
la7 rhymes with merle
interesting word. never heard of that....
as in Milton?...guess not....hello all....
yeah, not sure I have either
stick with tried and true rule of babble and try everthing.
pen!
good rule..
carla!
merle as in country singer
yes, i figured that out....already had the la words...
thx, btw, hokie. :-)
clue or stats for the lone top row e?
I went to list with 20 left I think and have 3 left now, have looked up at least 3 already on bestwordlist
ey4
ey 4/6....
au/9 clue: in an strict manner
got it, thx!
wow...i think i will list right now....don't want to spend all night here....i did finish the Bee, though....you can call me Your Highness... ;o)
awesome, I just got genius and still have 9 words left for queen
la/9 clue: in a slow-pokey manner
i struggled at the end, but all of a sudden i found some words....
did someone ask for clues and I missed it??.... :o0
having trouble with the last column a, the s's and the p's.
well, ei did but found them, but maybe steph's chat is delayed
perhaps it's time for listing, eieios.... ;o)
yeah, probably. too many too ask for clues. still 48 to go.
seriously, none of the words I've looked up have had definitions
i am listing at 51 tonight...
trying to get a couple more of those a's first.
well, i had missed aa4 and another ad5 from that col, ei
ooh, got one!
most are fours....and a few fives....
other than the 7/9, of course...
and another.
now HOET, all big words, so i can list. lol
I think you mean GATBO 😜
ok, I am done. have to go find something for my son. good luck!
ty...bye...
and congrats!
love that, hokie. i think you and i are on the same wave length. lol
clue for the fe5/20?
ends with the sometimes vowel....
thx.
yw...
i am done....goodnight all....
clue for the fe6/30?
fe6 ends like fancy lettuce type
geez, thought i tried that. thx, so much!
last word is ul6.21....
got it!
FW. yay, me!
yay you!
woo hoo
CL 7 please
bunch of stuff nancy
the dawn breaks, tyvm
yvw
clue for the au9?
nm I got it
but the la9 instead?
Build it from a 7 the same way as with au9
is it a normal word?
It's a bit antique, I think
is it related to the la6 and 7?
No, to the la7/48
ah I don't have that one
It means a slow or lazy person
ok, got that thanks
and from that the 9 thank you so much!
yw
Got half....signing off!
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