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12:01 am

close but no finish

12:02 am

found an eagle

12:02 am

Ws wipped

12:03 am

Js jumped

12:04 am

found a birdie

12:05 am

found part of male anatomy

12:05 am

lol, grannie

12:06 am

they are always popping up, whether you want 'em or not

12:07 am

you know what Betty White says about the male anatomy....

12:07 am

Thanks dizgrannie, I saw that popping up thanks to you. ;)

12:07 am

LOL

12:08 am

do tell, harp (I love BW)

12:08 am

pr 5 when pe 5 is cold...LOL

12:08 am

re8

12:09 am

re7

12:09 am

better not, but you can google it!

12:12 am

oh, she had some zingers

12:12 am

nbt, nbs

12:13 am

el7

12:15 am

le7

12:16 am

er 8

12:16 am

good evening all

12:16 am

Hi Nan

12:16 am

nan keeping with the theme there!

12:17 am

LOL

12:17 am

yep

12:17 am

but I thought the pr 5 made the er 8 pu 6

enable has never heard of prenups

12:17 am

it's the grid! we can't help pointing out the obvious

12:18 am

Diz started it

Clues are up

12:19 am

I'm waiting for her to come up with another

12:19 am

thanks, Lickety - as ever

12:20 am

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

well one can get some ac 6 with pe 5....thats the last LOL

12:22 am

Can ur 5 come out of a pu 6 er 8 ?

12:23 am

Oh, just found er8. lol

12:23 am

dunno, I'm a female

12:24 am

Believe it or not, I was rather normal before you got me going

12:24 am

this is the type of knowledge we men keep under wr5 (as we should with the pe5 to begin with)

12:25 am

Why isn'r prenup a word? Marriages have to be preceded by those all the time these days, so the internet would have you believe.

12:27 am

LOL justafreep!

12:27 am

freep!

12:28 am

struggling with the o's

12:29 am

slang for prenuptial agreement -- probably not recognized the last time enable was updated

12:30 am

I've found an ou5 babblet and an or6 (from the bottom right one) that is also babble familiar

12:30 am

cybernan - I guess you're right.

12:30 am

thx freep, found em both

12:31 am

65 to go now for me.

12:32 am

ty freep

12:33 am

yw

12:34 am

I'm fading, be back tomorrow - happy babbling!

12:34 am

night, mich

12:36 am

Just found pe4 - small blue flower or Babbler's name.

12:39 am

sp5/14 - what a would-be over who doesn't fancy you might do to you.

12:41 am

re8/40 - a family member.

12:42 am

have the sp 5/14, but no idea what a would-be over is

12:42 am

el7/28 - a feeling of euphoria.

12:43 am

Sorry cyber, that should have reaad would be lover.

12:44 am

Sticky keyboard and still blurry eyesight AGAIN. Sorry!

12:45 am

ir6.18 - someone who smooths fabric.

12:48 am

calling it a night - see you tomorrow

12:48 am

Just tried un in front of er5.12 for a floppy one but it didn't work. lol Did find another un5 (5.20) that might see you slightly bonkers, though. ;)

12:49 am

Night cybernan. I'm going off for now with 54 to go, too. x

Morning all. Has anyone stats, please, for the either O?

(the corner one and the one in the middle of the fourth row)

4:28 am

corner one always reminds me of 50s singer Roy O

4:29 am

no B

4:30 am

op5.12 op & the 7 deadly ***s

4:46 am

what is wrong with "acai", as in acai berry? hi all

4:47 am

hi Aloy

4:50 am

hi lynxxx.. is that your dog? looks like it could run like the wind.

4:51 am

He won $70 during his racing career!

4:52 am

wow ! What is his name? He looks sweet and a bit shy in the pic.

4:54 am

Racing name was Hurricane Patch - just Patch to us.

4:55 am

How long have you had him?

4:55 am

He is sweet and a bit of a ratbag - likes screaming around the small backyard or around the house when the mood takes him. :Like most greyhounds I have met they tend to be a bit wary until they know you. Had him 3 years now - he is 7

4:57 am

aww, am happy you adopted him.

Patch is Beautiful as always, Lynxxx

4:59 am

Hi. A close friend who has 2 whippets has just got her first Iggy! I say first as I wouldn't mind betting she gets another.

Gotta have 2 or more - then they lay on each other, rather than you all day

hi all, diving in

5:08 am

Bye all

5:08 am

bye, lynxxx

5:46 am

Anyone still here?

5:46 am

Good morning, Scrabbs

5:47 am

Hi Aloy. How are you doing?

5:47 am

okie dokie.. are you in a winter wonderland?

5:48 am

Big storm will start at about 7pm and continue until Fri morning. 9-15 inches, but the location of the heaviest snow depends on how the snowband lines up over the lake.

5:49 am

We need the snow for the ski resorts, and I want to CX ski and snowshoe.

5:50 am

yes.. lake effect snow. Do you have a bunny pen so they can go out in it and hop around?

5:52 am

Oh, no, a raptor would swoop down and take them to eat.

5:52 am

ooh, yes. Too risky.

5:58 am

I don't like this grid.

6:02 am

well, it made me laugh to see that both pe5 and er8 are in the same grid.

6:03 am

just finished.. need any hints before I scoot?

6:03 am

TY for 3 words

6:04 am

No, thanks, I soon need to get ready for work.

6:04 am

yvw.. stay warm and safe and have a great day!

6:04 am

Enjoy your day.

Surely a kitten is a precat? ;)

6:48 am

cant have a prenup either

6:51 am

found the naughty 8 right off, go me

8======D

6:53 am

eruction

6:54 am

odear lol...not in the grid

phantom (unfortunately): tapir

6:56 am

not liking this grid much

7:36 am

This grid is going no where

7:36 am

hi bich

7:42 am

grid is awful

7:44 am

at least I finished the ws...

7:52 am

name that constellation in the grid

7:52 am

orion

7:52 am

ding ding ding

7:52 am

and there's hand sanitizer in there, too :)

8:04 am

hello all

8:06 am

hello!

8:11 am

The hand sanitizer I am thinking of has two L's at the end

morning

8:14 am

helo, owl

hello welk.

8:25 am

hi all

hi je

8:25 am

hello

has dc recovered yet?

8:26 am

How often do we get pe5 and er8 in the same grid?

8:26 am

it's a blessed day, molly

8:26 am

never, I think

8:27 am

until today

8:27 am

the side streets still need attention

8:28 am

Min could write a very racy story of clues

8:28 am

yeah.. and they don't usually stick out as much either

8:29 am

I knew you would poke in here about that

8:30 am

You usually rise to the occasion

8:31 am

ah I was working off the wrong E. Now I am on top of things.

8:31 am

some people must have stiffened when they saw them

8:32 am

What has aroused you all?

8:33 am

I'm not sure punning this early rubs people the wrong way

8:33 am

Oy gvalt

8:34 am

I'm sure it's hard on them Ru

8:35 am

some people are more open to it than others Molls

8:36 am

True and others are more rigid

8:36 am

it's definitely a hardship

8:36 am

I'm sure some of those people are stuck up

This really is a ... personal anatomy grid. Not only the er and the pe, but also it can be a pain in the re6 area

8:36 am

then they should see a doctor

8:37 am

Butt they might not want to

8:38 am

They will get to the bottom of it I am sure.

8:38 am

depends on what is stuck where, honestly

8:38 am

that's a cheeky comment zooz

8:39 am

Sorry I will stop being a pain in the ass!

8:39 am

naw it's ok to spread them around

8:40 am

ty for the clue matty. . . I got it in the end

8:41 am

not to change the subject but this is a tough grid again

8:41 am

I am not enjoying it either.

8:43 am

No matter how often I try. Renew will not take.

8:44 am

under the circumstances I was mildly surprised to find pu 4/6

8:46 am

I think we are going for a record of most blurted clues ever today.

8:46 am

this group has a lot of sp5,14 today

8:49 am

clue for si7 please?

Al Capone, the whole dang name.

8:52 am

I think it is a red colour used in the middle ages.

8:52 am

hahaha thanks for sharing that rasta.

8:53 am

si7 is an auditorium for sinners

8:53 am

A reddish brown pigment used in the middle ages.

8:53 am

or a conference for sinners :D

8:54 am

two clues is ochre the top there zooz

8:55 am

haha!

8:55 am

ap 6/24, pls

8:55 am

hello...stats for either O pls

8:56 am

OR 6/18

8:56 am

thanks for the clues

8:56 am

name that Shakespeare character in the grid

8:56 am

I have 69 words left to find.

8:56 am

ty zooz

8:57 am

She had to slip that 69 in there

8:58 am

it's all about positioning molly

8:59 am

AP 6 has to do with phonetic sounds.

8:59 am

Time for a cup of tea and some biscuits.

8:59 am

si7, please?

9:00 am

just clued below freeman

9:00 am

Just clued a while ago

9:06 am

ap 6/24, pls

9:07 am

ru7/36?

9:07 am

ap, vowel, short name for western state

9:07 am

Sorry I did not get those cloes for si7. Any chance for another clue, please?

9:08 am

RU 7 a quarrel or row

9:08 am

ty phae

9:09 am

yw bichon

9:09 am

I still try inuit and always annoyed it is not allowed.

9:10 am

si7 crime against God + the country of Ethi_____ is in east Africa

9:10 am

ty Molly

9:11 am

ty molls

9:11 am

Thanks got it

9:12 am

Never heard of that ru7, must be a Brit word

9:12 am

ty zooz

9:12 am

raia

9:12 am

sorry

9:12 am

the inequities of Enable since it allows ce4/5 another people.

9:13 am

ty phae

9:13 am

Exactly, Jmc.

9:13 am

yw jmc

9:14 am

ce4 isn't allowed because it's a people. It's allowed because it also has a non-proper meaning, just like cu5, al4, and plenty of other words.

9:15 am

Ah! Thank you, Vicuna.

9:15 am

I am unaware of the non-proper meaning Vicuna

9:16 am

Yeah, I didn't know it either, but I looked it up.

9:16 am

sorry when I looked it up only came up with the proper meaning. . . .but that would make sense

9:17 am

That is a good thing about babble. We are always learning.

9:17 am

but the ? reveals all!

hello zooz

9:17 am

Oh, apparently it's some sort of stone ax.

9:17 am

ty Vicuna. Always willing to learn.

9:18 am

Hello, T Owl ❤️

9:19 am

All those words that seem strange and unknown to me are perfectly good words to a chemist or an archaeologist or a phonetician or whatever. Just like yesterday's or8 that Molly and Hokie thought was so obscure was a perfectly normal word to anyone who's familiar with classical music.

9:20 am

the words i like best for finding in babble are words like that or8 - ones that i definitely know but that don't turn up often

9:21 am

I learned several new anthropology words proofing my boy's thesis yesterday. That is one of the things I like about Babbleland

9:21 am

and the broad spectrum of people and knowledge in the group. . .

9:22 am

does anyone have that pr8?

9:22 am

And then when I do run into a Babblet in the wild I am so excited that I recognize it!

9:23 am

exactly Vic!

9:24 am

It also means I crush my older and better read sister when we play Boggle together! hahahaha (no sibling rivalry or anything)

9:24 am

To do with the church rank, Ruru. Like a cardinal,bishop etc

9:25 am

Ah, thanks, zooz. I was trying to work from the wrong P.

9:27 am

Ends with the word for facial spasm.

9:27 am

Welcome, Vicuna.

9:27 am

ty zooz

hi vi

9:28 am

Hello, TO!

9:28 am

thank you zooz.. i got tired of the hail maries on that one

i am conducting an experiment in housekeeping today. post holiday heavy cleaning.

9:28 am

Tx for the pr8!

9:29 am

I'm just done with a first pass, and off to do a stint of housework. But *heavy* cleaning does not sound appealing at all! lol

kitchen was heavily used for baking

well, needs done. and i am awaiting the thaw to go out for errands.

my goal is to have things clean enough to hire cleaners.:)

9:33 am

got to get ready for work.. have fun with the grid everyone

9:33 am

Toodle pip, Ruru!

wow, 2nd time in 3(?) days we have kid's piano concert

and isn't a kitty precat?

9:51 am

it should be

10:01 am

And the tally goes up for most blurting in one day

10:02 am

Blurting what, exactly?

10:06 am

words frequently repeat over a few days. Seems to be related to the not completely random choice of letters in the grid

10:07 am

phantom: precious

10:10 am

How are they "not completely random"?

10:10 am

the fact that words repeat over a few days means to me that they are not completely random

10:11 am

but they are... it's just a coincidence

10:13 am

then seems to me that it would be rare to see words repeated over a few days whereas I have noticed that frequently over the years. . .of course, you may be right that it is a coincidence. . .

10:15 am

it's kind of like that weird thing about how, if you have a room full of like 25 people, you wouldn't think you'd necessarily have people that share the same birthday, and yet, the odds of that are higher than you'd think, or something

10:16 am

and, of course, it is human nature to see patterns

10:16 am

yep

10:16 am

good morning everyone :)

10:16 am

"The birthday paradox, also known as the birthday problem, states that in a random group of 23 people, there is about a 50 percent chance that two people have the same birthday"

10:17 am

there's really interesting stuff out there about the phenomenon of people seeing significance in things that actually occurred without any meaning behind them. i can find a link to an article on that topic if anyone is interested

10:17 am

good morning, Nan

10:19 am

I would be interested hursh and I know about the birthday paradox. . . but that is a static group rather than the pattern exhibiting in an ever changing group

10:21 am

my theory is probably debunked by the penny flipping rule: there is always a 50/50 chance of heads no matter how many times the coin is flipped.

10:22 am

this is a good article. the phenomenon mentioned in it is called apophenia so you can also look up other things about that word. https://tinyurl.com/mryjajpp

10:26 am

ta hursh. as I said earlier I love how much I learn in Babbleland. I was aware of the phenomenon but not its name so that will help me read more, thanks

10:30 am

The birthday paradox is interesting because in my entire life I have only met one person who shares my birth date (Day/Month) and no one who shares my exact birthday.

10:31 am

yeah that's the thing - the odds are not bad that some pair of people will share a birthday, but the odds that it will be YOU (or any particular person) are much l ower

10:31 am

I don't usually know the birth date of people I meet

10:32 am

one of our friends shares the same birthday as our younger son and the couples also share the same wedding date.

10:32 am

I do know that my aunt, Richard Nixon and my friend I have know the longest all share the same birthday

10:32 am

*known

10:32 am

I wonder what the probability of that is

10:33 am

I went many years without knowing anyone with mine, then a guy I worked with had it, though a year older. then my cousin married a girl with the same exact birthday, and yes we were born in the same hospital. I know there is an actress same day and year as me, and oddly she also has celiac disease.

10:33 am

I went many years without knowing anyone with mine, then a guy I worked with had it, though a year older. then my cousin married a girl with the same exact birthday, and yes we were born in the same hospital. I know there is an actress same day and year as me, and oddly she also has celiac disease.

10:33 am

It means I will never forget my friend's birthday. . . .hahaha

10:34 am

so weird there. I refreshed before hitting enter again thank goodness or it would've been 3x posted

10:34 am

it was worth reading twice. . . .hahaha

10:34 am

One of my favourite fun with probability is the Monty Hall problem. For those who don't know, it goes like this: The game is Let's Make a Deal. Monty Hall, our host, presents you (and you are no doubt dressed like a camel or something) with three doors. Behind two of the doors is a goat, behind the third is a brand new car (let's assume you don't want a goat). Monty KNOWS where the car is (this is important). You choose a door. Monty then opens a different door, behind which is a goat. You are given the opportunity to swap doors at this point. Should you?

10:35 am

I've noticed when I listen to true crime podcasts how often they say something happened on my birthday. I was thinking about that recently. do they say other dates too and I just don't notice because they aren't my birthday?

10:36 am

good point hokie

10:37 am

also, my son's birthday is Sept. and this year he said he heard someone outside his dorm room telling someone else happy birthday. he said his birthday is like the most common in the US, so I googled and sure enough it was first or second. I think 9 of the top 10 most common are Sept. so if any of you are Sept, odds are you will know someone else with your birthday.

10:38 am

matty, I have heard that and do not remember how it works.

10:38 am

matty you picked the door you have when it had a one in three chance and now the other door has a 50/50 chance. . .

10:38 am

Yes, exactly, JMC! More later - on a call

10:38 am

well lots of people got lucky in January every year. . . haha

10:38 am

you should switch doors :)

10:38 am

both of my boys were born in Sept 😜

10:42 am

personally I think you should stand pat. . . if you have the car, Monty would have opened the door without the goat. . . to make it more suspenseful. . .the odds are not the only factor here. If they were, then you should switch.

10:46 am

but the people who write these things only deal with the odds and the only reason they mention he knows whats behind each door is to make it clear that he knew he was opening the door with the goat.

10:54 am

bbl

10:55 am

Okay, go read about the Monty Hall problem on Wikipedia and see if it doesn't make your brain explode.

10:56 am

Well, I guess we know what you all were doing in January.

10:56 am

you think that's bad, what about the latest quantum stuff - particles behave differently if they are observed.

11:00 am

I knew it! A watched pot DOES boil.

11:07 am

does paint dry slower?

11:17 am

phantom opiate

11:20 am

ru 7/36, pls

11:20 am

I think charlie daniels was a ro5er

11:22 am

definitely fire flew from the devil's fingertips when he did it

11:25 am

well, no HOET for me after first pass. still no middle O and only 2 N. only 1 7, and not the one bichon is looking for.

11:28 am

You should always switch doors. If you do, 66% of the time you'll win the car.

11:36 am

The true secret to happiness is to like goats as much as cars.

11:47 am

The devil was a ro5er. Charlie Daniels just sang about him.

11:53 am

Bichon, if you have the belching er5, you’re on the right track for the ru7/36

12:14 pm

hello again

12:15 pm

ru 7/36: if you replaced the r with an a you would be bidding on something

12:31 pm

thanks nan

12:32 pm

yw hokie - your turn is coming - 5 left and stuck

12:33 pm

43 left here

12:34 pm

oh duh - played much of this game blind, I think

12:35 pm

pr 8 please?

12:36 pm

you've heard of GATBO? I'm GNOTBO

12:37 pm

??? thought we were going to abandon the acronyms

12:37 pm

maybe you and ru decided that

12:37 pm

GOT NONE OF THE BIG ONES

12:38 pm

middle O OP5/12

12:39 pm

thanks mont!

12:40 pm

np carla ☺

12:40 pm

I'm all for abandoning the acronyms.

12:40 pm

have only 1 8 - ER 8/45

12:41 pm

I have three 8's and the ones that are not the E one are stupid

12:42 pm

figure that pr 8 has to be before something

12:42 pm

probably why i wasn't seeing them...sigh...

12:44 pm

bbl

12:47 pm

Nan, kind of yes, kind of no

12:47 pm

clue please molly?

12:50 pm

Are you ready for this? Relating to an ecclesiastic.

12:51 pm

ty -- wonder who manufactured that one

12:52 pm

tried the cleric, but a phantom

12:52 pm

si 7 please?

12:53 pm

btw - the answer to your icon is mine :D

12:55 pm

Got the pr from your clue...thx Molly. The Ca8 is stupid.

12:55 pm

hello all...

12:56 pm

hi pen

12:57 pm

hi nan...

12:57 pm

*!*~*!* an awfully long stretch for some of those "words"

12:59 pm

congrats...

1:00 pm

any clues wanted before I leave?

1:00 pm

no thanks....just started...

1:01 pm

I guess champ is ok too -- hagd everyone -- a snowy one here

1:02 pm

you, too...bye...

1:05 pm

hi all

1:05 pm

Sorry...moseyed off for a sec...yes I'm good. Going to keep picking at my last 24.

1:05 pm

just have er8

1:06 pm

no 7's

1:06 pm

Peri someone actually clue blurted that you are in the grid today. Like that is a hard one to spot. : D

1:07 pm

2nd time this year :)

1:07 pm

are there any welsh words in this grid?

1:07 pm

tough grid for me. did not finish yesterdays

1:08 pm

They might as be welsh for the luck I'm having :)

1:08 pm

not seeing pr8 even with the clue

1:08 pm

i only found 67 words and it's already not so much fun....

1:08 pm

No cw if that is what you mean

1:09 pm

I stopped playing yesterday cause it was no longer

I didn't finish yesterday either, probably won't today. thought the vertigo was gone or on its way out and had a bad spell this morning and almost threw up. now just feeling motion sick all day.

1:09 pm

found 64 words so far

1:09 pm

I am so sorry carla that sounds awful the vertigo and the motion sickness

1:10 pm

no longer fun it was I meant to say

1:10 pm

bl

1:10 pm

sorry to hear about your vertigo woes, carla....

thanks, hoping the PT can fix it on Fri

1:12 pm

.... X .... fingers crossed!

1:14 pm

there is also an re8 which is nice and normal

1:18 pm

Hi all. Carla I'm sorry you're feeling bad again just when you thought it was over.

1:20 pm

hi joy...

1:20 pm

Also, I know grids are totally random, but I think the computer program that makes grids is male and just visited the doctor or maybe indulged in another activity.

1:20 pm

Hi pen! How's the weather in Maine?

1:21 pm

warm today....45....was about 20 yesterday....weird....

1:22 pm

warm? When it's 45 here everyone freaks out and turns up the heat.

1:22 pm

yes, warm, lol....

59 here right now. I think I will try to walk Winston. He hasn't gotten many walks lately.

1:28 pm

montgomery, juneau, phoenix, little rock, sacramento, denver, hartford, dover, tallahassee, atlanta, honolulu, boise, springfield, indianapolis, des moines, topenka, frankfort, baton rouge, augusta, annapolis, boston, lansing, st. paul, jackson, jefferson city, helena, lincoln, carson city, concord, trenton, sante fe, albany, raleigh, bismarck, columbus, oklahoma city, salem, harrisburg, providence, columbia, pierre, nashville, austin, salt lake city, montpelier, richmond, olympia, charleston, madison, cheyenne

1:28 pm

on a tour of the capitals, hursh?

1:29 pm

i was blurting a clue

1:29 pm

:D

1:29 pm

glad it was disguised then... ;o)

thanks, pen 🤣 I've been sent to the PB for less.

1:31 pm

and some would say that i should be sent... ;o)

oh hey joy, thanks

yeah, but molly won't ever send you

1:32 pm

phantom: si4cu4

1:32 pm

yes, i saw that, too...

1:32 pm

and sincere

1:32 pm

yup...

1:33 pm

i can't find the actual long si, si7\

I don't have it

1:36 pm

i got it!

1:37 pm

it ends like a U word for a paradisal society

1:39 pm

I do not like this grid today. I do not like it much, I say. I do not like it in a box. I do not like it with a fox.

1:39 pm

or an ox...

well it took me too long to think of said U word but I did, thx

1:42 pm

i would not eat it with some lox, i would not play it without socks, i do not like it more than rocks

1:42 pm

or flocks...

I just knew it wasn't sinucat - when your sinuses are messed up due to felines

1:42 pm

at least it's better than having chicken pox

how about skittles pox?

1:52 pm

heh heh...

1:53 pm

I have betty whiteous; watched betty-jimmy fallon video until 5 am

1:53 pm

whiteious?

1:53 pm

you are making me yawn....

1:59 pm

Whiteitis

2:00 pm

better. itis.

2:01 pm

Hurshy is fond of blurting

2:02 pm

my pediatrician is here and he's a word.

2:03 pm

taking a break....bbl to find my last 50....bye all....

2:10 pm

has everyone heard about the plan for people to donate to local animal rescues on Jan 17 in honor of what would have been Betty White's 100th birthday?

2:10 pm

it's circling the interwebs

2:22 pm

i wonder if anyone knows how Howie is doing. I forget his last name, but he's on fb and i'm pretty sure he used to play here.

2:23 pm

He was so crazy for betty. so crazy.

2:24 pm

howie corwin is still sick with covid it appears

2:24 pm

he is still posting on fb

2:25 pm

sorry. . . covid is not confirmed

2:25 pm

sweet guy. he came over to my house once a long time ago and I practiced my ASL but mainly we wrote notes

2:26 pm

oh no. i think he contracted it many months ago and wasn't doing terribly well. hope it's not long haul. fond of him. maybe breakthrough.

2:29 pm

he just posted he was feeling ill. . . seems to be a new bout

2:31 pm

lots of difficult things he's been through. was hoping might be better, but pandemic...

2:33 pm

he has had it tough

2:35 pm

bet he's an very good teacher. I studied asl years ago. none has stuck with me. I wanted to do his online class but couldn't quite afford it then.

2:36 pm

I wasn't aware he taught ASL on line

2:37 pm

not sure it got too far off the ground, but i could be wrong.

2:38 pm

too bad. now would be a good time to launch something like that

2:39 pm

oh yes. i worry about him. even if I can't remember his name.

He is cosdem on Babble :-)

2:43 pm

:)

2:43 pm

oh right! thanks for that. totally forgot.

2:44 pm

tell him to come back.

oh, I wondered if you were talking about cosdem

2:55 pm

carla, have listened to 99 percent invisible a few times - like it a lot. the one on language so interesting tx for that. walkies go ok?

I'm glad you like it! just now getting my shoes on to go. slow moving.

2:59 pm

duh! I just got your clue hursg. . .

2:59 pm

*hursh

3:03 pm

bbl for last 40..... thanks for clues and chat between loads of laundry and cleaning up dog hairs

3:04 pm

bye sophie

Clue for the bottom row O please.

3:31 pm

OR 6 ends in opp of daughter.

3:31 pm

or6/18

Thanks, zoozoom and periwinkle.

4:09 pm

Hi all. Any hint for the or 6, like meaning? Ty

4:09 pm

a sort of supplication to higher power, mkg

4:12 pm

Ty. Like prayer i guess. Is it latin? D

4:13 pm

Got it. I actually donbt know the meaning of that word at all. Thanks.

4:13 pm

yay

4:13 pm

Ty

4:13 pm

Syn is prayer so now i know. Someday i will even be smart.

4:18 pm

Ap5/14? Babble blindness!

4:21 pm

only have donna reed wear...

4:21 pm

a+the speed in which you walk

4:23 pm

ty Krysten.

4:24 pm

who knew it would be normal word.

4:57 pm

Thanks!

5:11 pm

help with pr8 pls

5:18 pm

And the award for clumsiest clue goes to the following. PR 8/50. Prefix meaning ‘before’, How Los Angeles is affectionately known in 2 letters & facial tic.

5:19 pm

Errr. That should have been facial spasm...

5:20 pm

Gread clue. Ty

5:20 pm

Would love to get one 7 please. Send a clue soodle. Ty

5:21 pm

That AP clue: some walk fast and some slow. So what do you mean by speed? Mph is miles per hour……..not getting this.

5:22 pm

Got the ap. Ty anyway.

5:26 pm

El 7/28. A state of unbridled happiness. Add a cons to the beginning & get a next of kin for 8

I just cut off like 3" of hair and asked the youngest if he noticed and he said, I can't tell and I never will.

5:44 pm

pr8, please?

sophie just clued it/gave some away 🤣 at 5:18

5:46 pm

Thanks nice to get an easy clue

yes, it was. my first 8!

5:56 pm

oh the wisdom! my partner didn't learn that until he'd been a grown up for years and years.

5:58 pm

william after my disastrous haircut: you look so beautiful. me: what? what? i'm hideous! william: oh. well...

the youngest is wise beyond his years, has been his whole life.

when he was like 8 he played flag football and on the way home from a game he said "I don't know why all the parents are always yelling...it's not like we're getting paid millions of dollars."

5:59 pm

how old?

he is 19 now

when he first started talking he would say things that made me believe in reincarnation. just so odd and things a 2 yo wouldn't know. I wish I'd written some down but of course I didn't.

6:03 pm

clue for the re 7 please

I have one that is a piano concert like kids do

but can mean other things of course

6:04 pm

or6, please?

6:04 pm

CARLA ty as usual you come to my rescue.

6:05 pm

i love the precocious philosophical ones especially.

haha, you're lucky I had that one, nancy

freeman, it means a prayer

6:09 pm

sorry don't get it

but I sure didn't know that, so you might not. ends in not daughter.

6:10 pm

got it thanks

6:16 pm

back...

pen!

6:24 pm

carla!

made it to 25 left but still not liking this one

6:28 pm

i listed....now down to 21...

still have 5 4s

6:32 pm

one here...

and still no HOET thanks to the pesky N

6:34 pm

the N words are not bad.....all words we know or have seen....

I have the 4/5 genre and that's it

6:35 pm

i am stuck with three As left...

6:35 pm

one is a family member...

6:35 pm

Me too 6 left

6:35 pm

the other two are a 4/5 combo....

Sushi-related

LOL, anagrams of what I have. thanks y'all

and I always miss that family member

6:37 pm

i am done....

I just need 1 A from the middle row

well done

missing 7 P's

6:38 pm

I have er8 and re8. What are the stats for the pther two 8’s, please?

6:38 pm

i bet it is ap 6/24....

6:39 pm

ca 8/50...

6:39 pm

pr 8/50....

6:39 pm

Phantom = caption

yep, no ap6 here

6:40 pm

ends on top of the grid...

is the re8 a do again?

6:41 pm

no...but it's an ordinary word...

6:41 pm

ends with an ending that is common today...

oh, kin to the ni5

6:42 pm

yup...

is ca8 ordinary?

6:43 pm

-hantom = precious

were you saying the ap6 ends at the top? is it a regular word?

6:43 pm

ca not very normal

6:43 pm

i don't remember ever seeing ca 8 before...

perfect.

6:44 pm

ap 6 is not a regular word but it is logically phonetic...

if I was hurshy I'd say, oh there it is.

6:44 pm

but related to a normal word.

6:45 pm

yes, but not a word normally used in conversation...

think I will just look for the 4s and then list

6:45 pm

good plan...

6:47 pm

but wait - ca is something people don't eat very often anymore. bird + more so

good clue, Mab

6:49 pm

ap, also a food people no longer eat, lesss a letter.

6:50 pm

well i am heading out....goodnight all....

6:50 pm

ty ig. night pen.

night, pen

not sure about the food but got the ca with the last part of the clue, thanks

6:55 pm

evening all!

hey dan

any snow left?

6:59 pm

yes, we had a melt today but still 2-3 inches on the roof & lawn

7:00 pm

and miss2bit is still on extended winter break, at least through tomorrow!

any sledding going on?

7:01 pm

we did take the toboggan up to a sled hill near her cousins on Wednesday after the snow was done. Avoided any traffic jams :-)

7:02 pm

oops Monday not Wednesday

sounds fun!

7:04 pm

good evening all. down to one word and need help ... the pr 8/50 ???

sophie had an easy clue but looks like it's scrolled off.

7:06 pm

thx...

7:09 pm

got it... FW!

good job!

7:12 pm

Hi all. Back for more. Still not hafl way.

7:12 pm

Any clues and stats for any 7s? Ty

7:15 pm

just got one 7 so ok there. Ty anyway

7:15 pm

Missing the i words. All welcome with stats. Ty

7:19 pm

i words start with a household chore

7:22 pm

Ty got two of them\

7:23 pm

Got a third. How about the 4th? Ty

7:26 pm

The last i word i need is from the 5th column i. Stats and clues welcome.

7:26 pm

hang on I have it

7:26 pm

in 5,12 not uncommon here

7:26 pm

Ty

7:27 pm

almost exactly like a 5 letter E word

7:27 pm

14 left for me

7:28 pm

Dont have an en word. Sorry

7:29 pm

Just got both. Ty

7:29 pm

Curi

7:29 pm

Sorry\

7:34 pm

do I need to scroll down for 8 letter pr word?

7:36 pm

I am stuck there too, Sophie. Sorry

7:38 pm

ok dokey, how about 8 letter RE?

7:39 pm

Metis people end prayers with, All my re******s

7:39 pm

or family members if that is no help

7:42 pm

thanks

I thought you gave a clue earlier for PR8? who was that?

7:43 pm

not me. Do you remember what the clue was, carla?

7:44 pm

dunno, I'll look back later..... I've decided to be stuck on RO right now :)

oh, it was soodle, at 5:18

7:45 pm

ty

"And the award for clumsiest clue goes to the following. PR 8/50. Prefix meaning ‘before’, How Los Angeles is affectionately known in 2 letters & facial [spasm]"

but I changed the last part because she made a mistake and put the actual letters

7:45 pm

got it from her clue though!

7:46 pm

got it thanks Carla, I went back to long chat

7:56 pm

ok, got the ROs

8:06 pm

and the ERs

8:06 pm

4 left (drum roll, please)

8:07 pm

I am blind to 2 cr words

8:08 pm

5 and 6??

8:08 pm

finally spotted it and the plural. I am done

8:09 pm

nooooo

8:09 pm

do you want help with your last 4, Sophie

8:09 pm

I am not the best cluer

8:11 pm

just got one from early AM chat

8:11 pm

down to 5 op 5 ni 6 la

8:12 pm

ni is another person in your family

8:12 pm

want more?

8:13 pm

oh for goodness sakes, talked to mine today

8:13 pm

or are you a glutton for punishment as my father would say?

8:13 pm

I'll take the 5 op please Bug

8:14 pm

op and a transgression

8:15 pm

I tried optic until I was blue

8:15 pm

ok, let me struggle a while longer on the LA 6

8:15 pm

you have one correct letter in the correct position

8:16 pm

ok, la is not a common word

8:16 pm

I am off for tea. Happy Babbling

8:16 pm

great, just great

8:16 pm

how about LA and the 3rd letter, yes, I know, it's cheating

8:23 pm

never mind, guessed it

8:24 pm

Fireworks at last!

9:01 pm

Morewords is helpful

9:39 pm

13 left!

9:53 pm

fireworks! :)

10:43 pm

hello, 121 to go

10:45 pm

found a chicken

10:49 pm

22 to go....

11:02 pm

any hints for si 7?

11:03 pm

nm

11:05 pm

Clue, Maggie?

11:06 pm

just monkeyed it ... no idea what in the heck it is!

11:09 pm

1st 3 letters is a transgression. Last 4 ends like heaven on earth last 4 letters. I am not good at clueing. Sorry.

11:10 pm

Nm.....found it!!

11:39 pm

ca7?

11:42 pm

you write your name starting with a ca letter

11:42 pm

upper case ?

11:43 pm

thanks

11:43 pm

is the 6 related?

11:43 pm

knock off the L for the 6

11:44 pm

oh duh....

11:45 pm

cr 5 & 6?

11:46 pm

cr + our mixed up and plural

11:47 pm

thanks, never heard of those!

11:47 pm

sorry for the lousy clue - means coagulated blood

11:49 pm

gotit, your clue worked just fine!

11:53 pm

found a rodent

11:59 pm

did you finish ?

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