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Total score 0 pts.
1 2,740
2 2,740
3 2,740
4 2,740
5 2,740
6 2,740
7 2,740
8 2,740
9 2,740
10 2,740
11 2,740
12 2,740
13 2,740
14 2,740
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16 2,740
17 2,740
18 2,740
19 2,740
20 2,740
21 2,740
22 2,740
23 2,740
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25 2,740
26 2,740
27 2,740
28 2,740
29 2,740
30 2,740
31 2,740
32 2,740
33 2,740
34 2,740
35 2,740
36 2,740
37 2,740
38 2,740
39 2,740
40 2,740
41 2,740
42 2,740
43 2,740
44 2,740
45 2,740
46 2,740
47 2,740
48 2,740
49 2,740
50 2,740
51 2,740
52 2,740
53 2,740
54 2,740
55 2,740
56 2,740
57 2,740
58 2,740
59 2,740
60 2,740
61 2,740
62 2,740
63 2,740
64 2,740
65 2,740
66 2,740
67 2,740
68 2,740
69 2,740
70 2,740
71 2,740
72 2,740
73 2,740
74 2,740
75 2,740
76 2,740
77 2,740
78 2,740
79 2,740
80 2,740
81 2,740
82 2,740
83 2,740
84 2,740
85 2,740
86 2,740
87 2,740
88 2,740
89 2,740
90 2,740
91 2,740
92 2,740
93 2,740
94 2,740
95 2,740
96 2,740
97 2,740
98 2,740
99 2,740
100 2,740
101 2,740
102 2,740
103 2,740
104 2,740
105 2,740
106 2,740
107 2,740
108 2,740
109 2,740
110 2,740
111 2,740
112 2,740
113 2,740
114 2,740
115 2,740
116 2,740
117 2,740
118 2,740
119 2,740
120 2,740
121 2,740
122 2,740
123 2,740
124 2,740
125 2,740
126 2,740
127 2,740
128 2,740
129 2,740
130 2,740
131 2,740
132 2,740
133 2,740
134 2,740
135 2,740
136 2,740
137 2,740
138 2,740
139 2,740
140 2,740
141 2,734
142 2,722
143 2,722
144 2,704
145 2,694
146 2,556
147 2,546
148 2,487
149 2,467
150 2,467
151 2,457
152 2,442
153 2,412
154 2,403
155 2,395
156 2,388
157 2,386
158 2,317
159 2,298
160 2,293
161 2,260
162 2,243
163 2,238
164 2,235
165 2,228
166 2,213
167 2,205
168 2,193
169 2,188
170 2,151
171 2,139
172 2,139
173 2,103
174 2,068
175 2,066
176 2,056
177 2,052
178 2,031
179 2,029
180 2,010
181 1,998
182 1,992
183 1,992
184 1,990
185 1,980
186 1,979
187 1,973
188 1,970
189 1,966
190 1,958
191 1,938
192 1,936
193 1,925
194 1,923
195 1,911
196 1,909
197 1,892
198 1,883
199 1,882
200 1,878
201 1,876
202 1,872
203 1,858
204 1,850
205 1,848
206 1,845
207 1,835
208 1,820
209 1,820
210 1,818
211 1,814
212 1,812
213 1,802
214 1,792
215 1,789
216 1,784
217 1,784
218 1,783
219 1,782
220 1,771
221 1,765
222 1,760
223 1,749
224 1,742
225 1,741
226 1,736
227 1,733
228 1,725
229 1,715
230 1,710
231 1,707
232 1,707
233 1,706
234 1,698
235 1,696
236 1,687
237 1,674
238 1,673
239 1,673
240 1,662
241 1,657
242 1,654
243 1,653
244 1,653
245 1,642
246 1,632
247 1,628
248 1,625
249 1,621
250 1,619
251 1,615
252 1,611
253 1,609
254 1,608
255 1,607
256 1,604
257 1,603
258 1,602
259 1,598
260 1,596
261 1,593
262 1,589
263 1,588
264 1,574
265 1,574
266 1,573
267 1,572
268 1,566
269 1,560
270 1,557
271 1,557
272 1,550
273 1,545
274 1,541
275 1,540
276 1,532
277 1,532
278 1,530
279 1,529
280 1,525
281 1,523
282 1,518
283 1,509
284 1,506
285 1,505
286 1,501
287 1,499
288 1,485
289 1,482
290 1,477
291 1,472
292 1,472
293 1,467
294 1,464
295 1,463
296 1,454
297 1,454
298 1,447
299 1,441
300 1,437
301 1,423
302 1,412
303 1,407
304 1,402
305 1,394
306 1,387
307 1,382
308 1,373
309 1,372
310 1,371
311 1,366
312 1,360
313 1,340
314 1,336
315 1,336
316 1,331
317 1,328
318 1,327
319 1,326
320 1,325
321 1,325
322 1,325
323 1,324
324 1,318
325 1,316
326 1,314
327 1,312
328 1,308
329 1,298
330 1,298
331 1,297
332 1,295
333 1,289
334 1,288
335 1,275
336 1,274
337 1,261
338 1,261
339 1,259
340 1,256
341 1,256
342 1,251
343 1,249
344 1,242
345 1,241
346 1,239
347 1,235
348 1,233
349 1,231
350 1,230
351 1,217
352 1,216
353 1,210
354 1,195
355 1,192
356 1,192
357 1,190
358 1,187
359 1,175
360 1,172
361 1,171
362 1,164
363 1,163
364 1,161
365 1,159
366 1,148
367 1,142
368 1,142
369 1,142
370 1,136
371 1,133
372 1,132
373 1,131
374 1,129
375 1,126
376 1,125
377 1,118
378 1,117
379 1,117
380 1,116
381 1,115
382 1,113
383 1,113
384 1,110
385 1,109
386 1,107
387 1,103
388 1,090
389 1,087
390 1,081
391 1,080
392 1,079
393 1,065
394 1,061
395 1,059
396 1,057
397 1,051
398 1,045
399 1,043
400 1,040
401 1,039
402 1,039
403 1,036
404 1,034
405 1,033
406 1,031
407 1,028
408 1,027
409 1,023
410 1,016
411 1,015
412 1,013
413 1,013
414 1,013
415 1,012
416 1,010
417 1,005
418 1,005
419 1,004
420 1,004
421 1,003
422 994
423 993
424 989
425 987
426 982
427 978
428 971
429 960
430 949
431 948
432 929
433 928
434 928
435 925
436 919
437 918
438 916
439 914
440 908
441 896
442 891
443 889
444 888
445 880
446 877
447 876
448 875
449 875
450 874
451 869
452 867
453 861
454 855
455 847
456 841
457 839
458 834
459 823
460 812
461 810
462 808
463 797
464 784
465 784
466 783
467 783
468 780
469 780
470 779
471 778
472 768
473 763
474 763
475 762
476 761
477 758
478 758
479 750
480 748
481 744
482 741
483 738
484 737
485 737
486 731
487 729
488 722
489 720
490 706
491 697
492 694
493 688
494 686
495 683
496 680
497 678
498 677
499 675
500 669
501 649
502 630
503 618
504 612
505 611
506 587
507 584
508 581
509 580
510 567
511 557
512 542
513 539
514 528
515 527
516 521
517 520
518 512
519 509
520 503
521 498
522 494
523 493
524 492
525 489
526 487
527 475
528 456
529 455
530 453
531 422
532 418
533 418
534 417
535 415
536 403
537 398
538 392
539 388
540 380
541 379
542 336
543 308
544 305
545 303
546 302
547 267
548 258
549 252
550 240
551 235
552 232
553 222
554 213
555 204
556 204
557 204
558 194
559 194
560 191
561 165
562 156
563 142
564 132
565 122
566 121
567 104
568 94
569 94
570 47
571 46
572 25
573 5
574 4

208 total words

12:02 am

fa 7

12:02 am

po7

12:02 am

sh7

12:02 am

po 7

12:02 am

fa9

12:02 am

fa8 and 9

12:02 am

fa9 x 2

12:02 am

and fa10

12:03 am

yah, just got that fa10

12:03 am

Hola, babblers

12:03 am

hola, como estas

12:04 am

esta bien, y tu? (I don't have the espanol keyboard for inverted question mark...)

12:05 am

and I can barely see what I'm typing 🤣

12:05 am

lol

12:07 am

st7

12:10 am

in7

12:11 am

nbt, nbs

12:12 am

turns out hoser is still not a word. just have to type it every time!

12:12 am

I just typed it, too! Every time I try it, every time....DENIED!

12:13 am

tr7

Clues are up

12:17 am

ty lickety!

12:17 am

thanks, lickety

12:17 am

thanks, lickety

12:17 am

thanks, Lickety!

12:18 am

been lurking and now crashing - nbt, nbs - thanks for the clues :)

12:19 am

Night, Nan

12:19 am

nighty night, nan

12:20 am

good night, all

12:27 am

found my last 9 but I can't see if it was called. RE8 & 9

12:33 am

shia

12:34 am

le boeuf

12:34 am

sorry......

12:34 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6\nvppCI

12:35 am

i have fa8 and re8 - what is the 3rd 8 please

12:36 am

I don't have it yet....

12:36 am

me either

12:36 am

oh ok I thought I missed a call

12:39 am

HOET!

hi8

12:42 am

found it, thanks!

12:43 am

thanks!

yw

12:59 am

well, I'm going to have to save these last 29 for tomorrow. good night!

1:31 am

qu5/18.........clue please

1:32 am

me :)

1:34 am

I don't understand your clue, ursh??

1:35 am

put the q before my name

1:36 am

oh....the coin....tyvm

1:45 am

ones

The fact the re 8 and 9 are in the Babble dictionary pleases me no end

3:31 am

Not got to the R's yet lol

3:44 am

Found a f 9 & 10 but not your one yet.

Now I have too - I have all the 9s now and the 10 - woop! Still missing the lone N in the third row, fourth column though....

3:47 am

Ni 4

Got it - thanks!

3:51 am

I must of spelt the clothing wrong the first time as it took when I just tried it again. All 9s & 10 here too.

They have a very short life expectancy, those RE9s ;)

3:53 am

Ifin a movie yes lol

3:53 am

If in *

3:54 am

Has to be an American word.

3:56 am

Have no time left this morning. Happy babbling!

5:46 am

Look at the S's strategically placed.

hi, Scrabbler - FW, here

6:02 am

Good for you, IG. I hit the snooze alarm on my phone for 45 minutes then discovered there had been a power outage overnight. All of the digital clocks were flashing.

Yeeesh! So you are running late?

6:04 am

No, just less time here.

6:04 am

I am not a morning person, especially when it is still dark out.

i gotta roll - hope your day goes well!

6:11 am

I have to leave in a minute but need a word to pass halfway.

6:12 am

Bye.

6:14 am

hello all

6:29 am

hi all

6:47 am

good morning everyone!

6:47 am

hello hello

Hello people

6:48 am

everyone shows up at once!

6:49 am

hello

6:54 am

just checked my phone, and the temp dropped from 9F to 7F. glad I can stay home today.

7:05 am

wow lindy that's chilly. It's 1C here, just above freezing. Slippery road time.

7:06 am

and now it's 3F. I better stop checking.

7:09 am

good plan!

7:09 am

I wouldn't check temp under those set of facts! haha

7:10 am

the sun is just coming up, so hopefully it will start getting warmer

7:13 am

the sun is hidden behind clouds here but it is always better when you can see the sunshine

7:14 am

clouds hold in some heat, so you have to choose - sunshine and cold, or clouds and a little warmer?

7:15 am

honestly i prefer the sunshine

7:24 am

so do I. I'd rather bundle up to stay warm if I can get some sunshine!

7:25 am

there was one summer that was the worst of all possible weather. constantly cloudy and humid and hot but no rain

7:26 am

that sounds gross

7:30 am

hope everyone has some fun today; I'm off now to find some!

7:31 am

have fun Saan

7:33 am

It was so depressing and hard to grow a garden.

7:34 am

what kinds of things do you grow?

7:37 am

veggies--lettuce, tomatoes, okra, lima beans and black eyed-peas. and cut a mess of greens from my garden (mustard, collard and turnip) for Christmas dinner.

7:37 am

I also go herbs like oregano, thyme and bay because I am cheap! hahaha they are so expensive!

7:38 am

*grow

7:40 am

Herb plants aren't cheap either.

7:41 am

no but many of them are perennials so once planted I get continuous herbs.

7:43 am

At one point I had a 30 foot tall bay tree. I sold the leafs (uncertified organic) to raise money for a scholarship fund.

7:44 am

then one spring we had freeze thaw freeze thaw and the sap rose and then froze and then split the tree in two. I cried. It took me a year before I could bear to cut it down.

7:44 am

that's awesome. I tried growing bay several times but it always dies. :( most other herbs I've grown easily, though

7:44 am

my current bay is only 1 foot tall. They are not fast growing :(

7:45 am

yeah, I would have been crushed to lose that, too!

7:46 am

we are right on the edge or where you can grow bay outside.

7:46 am

here, it can only be out in the summer

7:46 am

We have a blooming bay laurel here in CT

hello babblers

7:49 am

Hi TO

got to run, catch you later

just sneaking in a few before food pantry duty today.

7:52 am

interesting bichon. . . may be there is a different variety that survives in CT

hey je

7:53 am

hi TO. Do you go every day?

7:53 am

jmc, I've never thought to use the leaves

no but until a new crew forms on Tuesday i ask if needed then as well as thursday

7:54 am

The bay laurel is the state tree

new team leader, old crew does not like her methods. she is mine on thurs, and i am used to it

besides, the doctor read the riot act to me yesterday. i need activcity

so off i go...happy babbling! i have run out of words after 145

7:55 am

well who knew. I wonder if there is a different kind of bay laurel . . . I grew mine for the leafs

7:55 am

hagd TO

je i saw a story about the exhibit in the old smithsonian and i am determined to go before it leaves in july

so i may see you in spring

7:56 am

well let me know TO

i will. bye all!

7:59 am

time for me to go. have fun all!

7:59 am

bye

8:02 am

https://tinyurl.com/ediblebays

8:07 am

I had a mountain laurel in my yard when I first moved here. It took me several years to kill it (intentionally)

8:19 am

Mine sort of died. Pruned it, and it bloomed the next year

8:26 am

the bay laurel I had never bloomed that I saw.

8:38 am

hello...seem to be word blind today...help with the qu5 pls

8:39 am

That's the one that the U isnt followed by a vowel

8:40 am

ty Bea

8:40 am

yw

8:40 am

well, it finally happened

8:41 am

my company refused to mandate the boosters (despite me continually pleading my case to HR)

8:41 am

and I ended up catching Covid from an unboosted co-worker

8:41 am

That's too bad. I'm sorry.

8:41 am

How are you doing?

8:46 am

not too bad so far, thank you Bea

8:48 am

Pleasant grid today. Off to the race that is my life.

8:52 am

hang in there Justin

8:52 am

hagd bzzn

8:52 am

Hi all.

8:53 am

Any clues for the 4th column A word? Cant find it.

8:53 am

Thanks

8:53 am

I don't have it either mkg

aa 4/5

9:13 am

ty Luv

9:13 am

should have remembered that from the other day

howdy, y'all

9:36 am

hi hokie

how goes it?

9:43 am

Got it. Ty.

9:44 am

How about the N word for the N in 4th column? Need a clue and stats. Ty

ni4/5

10:02 am

Thank goodness for the chog...and thx Bea for the qu5

10:07 am

Please may I have a clue for re8/9?

10:08 am

Starts with a color

10:08 am

compound - color, clothing

10:10 am

ty, Champ and hokie

10:11 am

it's a US college sports term

10:12 am

it is also the people who are killed first on Startrek

10:26 am

ok, stuck on 8 left. 2-2-3-1 PP D TT S H A

10:27 am

too complicated a message for me

10:28 am

*throws hokie's bottle with message back in the pool

10:29 am

the numbers represent the word stats, so I have 2 4's left, 2 5's, 3 6's, 1 7. the letters are what letters I have left.

10:30 am

hahaha

10:31 am

People keep telling her that JMC, but she keeps using the hard to understand "code"

10:32 am

well maybe she is just making it clear to herself.

10:32 am

hi molls

10:33 am

structure does make t easier for me to find words which is why i list after a few hours

10:34 am

Life is just simpler when people post I have ____ words left

10:34 am

no, people don't. some people understand and use the code too. I see hurshy lurking here.

10:35 am

each to their own

10:36 am

yes, but even though some of us embrace "the code" we aren't allowed to each their own

10:36 am

it works well as shorthand.

10:37 am

there's a lot of anti-shorthand here. no acronyms, no word counts

10:37 am

no fun

10:38 am

meh we have been using short hand since I first came in the door nbt nbs you can count down your words when you are close

10:39 am

*Passes Carla the tissues

10:39 am

yes. both work, but i like the succinct better. it's consistent and you get it right away.

10:39 am

babble language

10:47 am

every community has its own language and language, if it is used, is dynamic. It set my mother the English teacher's teeth on edge but loan is no longer solely a noun.

10:49 am

oh yes. in reg. english there are many nouns used as verbs - not wild about them.

10:49 am

however, language which fails to communicate because it is too colloquial has its own problem. Hokie gave her communication to me and i had no clue what she meant. Just as I would not understand Swahili or Cockney. So I made that clear to her and she explained it.

10:50 am

i.e. gifted - to give someone a present. don't like.

11:24 am

good morning everyone :)

11:25 am

hi nan....hi mab....hi jm....hi lurkers...

11:27 am

phantom: point

11:27 am

hi pen

11:27 am

hi hursh....

11:27 am

hi pen, nan, mab, jmc, anyone else who's here

11:28 am

not really a lurker, just too new to make any sense of this yet LOL

11:28 am

hi Just....

11:29 am

no problem with lurking....i do it all the time....

11:29 am

HI

11:29 am

that's ok, we also chat about anything and everything, not just the game, so feel free to babble in that sense too!

11:29 am

welcome, Just

11:30 am

not seeing that qu 5 someone mentioned

11:31 am

me either...

11:32 am

U is the only vowel in it (if you're looking for the 5)

11:32 am

phantom.....thirst....

11:32 am

it's the one like me!

11:33 am

ah yes...ty....

11:33 am

we like your vowel, hursh... ;o)

11:33 am

ty matty

11:34 am

any pt words?

11:35 am

or ps?

11:35 am

not in my words...

11:35 am

i have one PS and one missing top P, have not done lower P yet

11:36 am

ps 4?

11:36 am

yes

11:36 am

ty

11:38 am

nonhip should be a word -- makes as much sense as nonart

11:38 am

true...

11:39 am

missing one p from the top - probably the same as hurshy's

11:40 am

well, I didn't have the ps, thx. now I'm missing one p from the top

11:40 am

you're doing better than i am....

11:40 am

down to 7

11:40 am

wow....55 here...

11:41 am

has been fairly easy. the ps is the only one I've had help on.

11:41 am

well, I went to bed with like 29 left

11:41 am

ah....the flip head start....

11:41 am

yep

11:41 am

did that two nights ago, i think....

11:44 am

I left 85 behind last night - my problem being I can't remember what I entered way back then :D

11:45 am

i hear ya....i often retype words when i was at the flip....

11:45 am

sort of like the password I created yesterday

11:45 am

LOL...

11:45 am

ah pen --- you are my people

11:46 am

:oD

11:47 am

i did pretty well remembering the score in my tennis matches this morning....felt good about that, lol....

11:48 am

my only regret about using a password manager is that i didn't start using it sooner, cnan :)

11:48 am

I have a manager of sorts -- it's called a little red book :)

11:49 am

mine is black....with a russian drawing on it....

11:49 am

not quite as secure, that

11:50 am

do you need a password to get into your passwword manager?

11:50 am

got the 10!

11:50 am

yes, nan. but that is the only one that i have to remember.

11:51 am

the trouble with that is that if anything happens to me the password manager wouldn't help my kids.

11:53 am

ok, my biggest problems now are H and A

11:53 am

there are a lot of Hs...

11:54 am

working on the h's now

11:54 am

still have one A missing here....

11:54 am

that's one fewer than me :)

11:55 am

me too

11:55 am

one for me now

11:56 am

i just can't see past my phantom of apian

12:00 pm

Now all I can see is apian!

12:01 pm

lol...

12:01 pm

I still have one A left

12:01 pm

same here...

12:01 pm

posier

12:02 pm

nope, tried posier several times

12:02 pm

me too. sorry about that.

12:03 pm

qu 5/18, pls

12:03 pm

I still need one H too

12:03 pm

the ones i have are ai4 and ap5 and aa4

12:03 pm

bichon, it's that one we have a bit that is qu and no other vowels

12:03 pm

i need three Hs...

12:03 pm

only one H?? i need 5

12:04 pm

i have two ap 5 words....don't know which As they come from....

12:04 pm

ap 5 x2

12:04 pm

just remembered I did get the stats of a pair of H's last night so you all are prob missing those

12:05 pm

ty carla

12:05 pm

can you pass those stats on? :)

12:06 pm

hi7/8

12:06 pm

yup....missing those...

12:06 pm

ty!!

12:06 pm

ty carla

12:07 pm

i have two fa9, anyone have the other 9?

12:07 pm

found them...

12:07 pm

GATBO here

12:07 pm

re9

12:07 pm

carla, can you give a hint for that obscure qu with no other vowels?

12:08 pm

it is like meeeee roses

12:08 pm

it is like her, and we have a south african player that it's q + them

12:08 pm

thanks hursh. and carla.

12:09 pm

no prob

12:09 pm

is that re9 in a pair with an re8?

12:09 pm

yes..

12:09 pm

yes, you should know it

12:09 pm

down to 40 -- bbl

12:10 pm

not residont(s)

12:10 pm

bye...

12:10 pm

still 7 here. no one is asking for clues for words I don't have

12:10 pm

heehee

12:10 pm

compound

12:11 pm

oh a STAR TREK word

12:11 pm

technically i suppose the dictionary has the college sports meaning and not the star trek meaning but still

12:11 pm

yes, the Starfleet guys who always get killed... ;o)

12:12 pm

yes, that's what the other trekkies here told me

12:12 pm

Obviously it is really for Star Trek, not sports

12:12 pm

I gave the college sports def earlier

12:12 pm

well hello winding wake, i am pleased to meet you

12:12 pm

it is for both....dictionary says it's a character who dies soon after being introduced....

12:13 pm

woot, we made it in the dictionary!!!

12:13 pm

it also refers to a kid who is held back from starting kindergarten for a year...

12:13 pm

I've seen it in other TV show discussions, so it has crept over

12:13 pm

yesterday i learned two star trek background facts, one happy and one upsetting (slightly, in a joky way)

12:13 pm

we call them holdbacks

12:14 pm

what were your facts?

12:14 pm

the upsetting one is that James Doohan was canadian, not scottish

12:14 pm

waaaah

12:14 pm

never heard of that word holdbacks...

12:14 pm

both my boys did pre-k instead of K when they could, so I guess they are both re9

12:14 pm

i actually met him at a convention in Montreal....

12:14 pm

Really?

12:14 pm

there are a lot of scots in canada

12:15 pm

the happy one is that DeForst Kelly wanted to be a doctor for real but couldn't afford medical school, and he said that the thing that made him happiest is when fans would tell him that they became a doctor because of him

12:15 pm

yes, i had a friend who was a big trek convention person....went to a lot of them in the northeast...

12:15 pm

nice, hursh....

12:16 pm

Doohan was just always good with various accents, and i guess he was the one who suggested they make his character Scottish, because, he said, in his experience, Scotsmen were the best engineers

12:16 pm

There are Scots and then there's Sam Huegan

12:16 pm

interesting....

12:16 pm

don't know him....

12:16 pm

oh bichon, stop. he's handsome Jamie Fraser, pen.

12:17 pm

Outlander, Red Jamie

12:17 pm

ah, ok....

12:17 pm

handsome, but still not what I pictured in my mind when I read the books.

12:17 pm

don't forget David Tennant

12:17 pm

my niece said the same thing...

12:17 pm

and Pierce Brosnan

12:17 pm

he's irish

12:18 pm

he's irish, isn't he?

12:18 pm

oh, yes, i see that, i could have sworn i heard him said something about growing up in a scottish city

12:18 pm

but maybe that was a character he was playing

12:19 pm

but there's still Sean Connery to mention

12:19 pm

did we ever find that last A or P?

12:19 pm

Pleased to meet you too, hurshy. I pop in and out so just saw you say hi. =)

12:19 pm

i used to play tennis with a young scottish man....i could listen to him talk all day....

12:20 pm

i recently re-watched Shetland all the way through purely to listen to them talk

12:20 pm

yeah, I know 2 brothers here and their kids, and I love listening to all of them.

12:20 pm

i love that show...

12:20 pm

(for those not aware, i am an unpatriotic american, not actually in ireland)

12:21 pm

2-0-4-2

12:21 pm

still 35 here...between chat and tennis i am not doing very well....

12:21 pm

and back in the before times they would bring a former pro footballer over from scotland every summer for soccer camps (kids and womens) and his accent was even thicker.

12:22 pm

och, aye

12:22 pm

one time he said "you, big 'un" to this woman and we were all like, uhhh, you can't say that here! 🤣

12:22 pm

my tennis friend was so musical....

12:22 pm

you know, it's always bothered me that the demonym for people of the u.s. is American. At some distant past Usonian was used. much better.

12:22 pm

he would also tell us to go to field sex (6) which we always found hilarious

12:23 pm

America assumes we own the whole continent. annoying.

12:23 pm

agreed, mab

12:23 pm

never heard of usonian. weird.

12:23 pm

I love it when the Scots say ken, meaning understand

12:23 pm

and I don't know if US americans started calling us that or other countries, mab

12:23 pm

i never heard of Usonian either

12:23 pm

well we are the only country that uses America in its name....

12:23 pm

I certainly don't assume we own the whole continent

12:23 pm

it came along a bit before esperanto. Frank Lloyd Wright used it, among a few others.

12:24 pm

I watch all of you daily--Rastapopolous is my daughter--she defines a word occasionally. I published a Trif poem once, w/ her permission. Back to lurking. JDJ

12:24 pm

we oughtn't to own ANY of the freakin' continent. we are simply vicious, rude guests

12:24 pm

hi round...

12:24 pm

agree

12:25 pm

you go into the history of most countries and you will find some vicious, rude people....

12:25 pm

well, england ought not any anywhere either. all land in history was conquered by someone else.

12:25 pm

hi all. help with re8/9 please

12:26 pm

trek characters who get killed right away....

12:26 pm

mab idk if you saw the other day when i mentioned that i discovered there is a group called the Daughters of the British Empire. i asked if they were like enemies of the DAR, cause i thought that would be rather hilarious. but they unfortunately said no, in fact some people are in both groups! this made me want to start a new group, Daughters Against Imperialism

12:26 pm

if that is a clue for me pen, I have no idea

12:26 pm

or college freshmen who sit out their first year of a sport

12:27 pm

peri...it's a compound word....used in college sports as well....

12:27 pm

maybe you should just move to another country then if you hate it so much here

12:27 pm

I know very little about any sport

12:27 pm

compound word - color + clothing

12:28 pm

it's not that easy to move to another country, unless you have in-demand skills

12:28 pm

ty hokie and pen

12:28 pm

yw...

12:28 pm

I watch you, penquis. Thanks.

12:29 pm

yw...

12:30 pm

not sure where you can move to though that hasn't been conquered by someone else

12:30 pm

it's amazing what you can find if you actually just take the time to go through your words and find plurals you missed

12:30 pm

help with lone A please

12:30 pm

2-0-2-1

12:31 pm

aa4/5

12:31 pm

ty hursh

12:32 pm

i should just look for the many fours i don't have....

12:33 pm

i'm trying to look for my two 4s but instead i found one of my 6s!

12:33 pm

aha, there's a 4

12:33 pm

does anyone have an A6 or an A7?

12:34 pm

not me...

12:38 pm

alas, no

12:39 pm

well i said "sod it" and looked at the list, to find there is an ap7

12:40 pm

good to know...

12:44 pm

I could use a clue for the ap7

12:44 pm

All I can see is aphotic, which is so not even there

12:44 pm

This is a very phantom grid for me.

12:45 pm

ap7 is the loss of voice

12:45 pm

though it sounds more like loss of sound to me

12:46 pm

or lack of sound, rather

12:46 pm

ty...

12:46 pm

Ah, thank you!

12:47 pm

down to 17....found quite a few fours....still missing five of them, though....

12:47 pm

the ap 7 was a twisty one...

12:49 pm

got it, thx

12:50 pm

taking a break....bbl to finish....bye all....

1:17 pm

Hi all. Well i just dont see the N word for the N in 4th column. Please send stat and clues. Ty

1:21 pm

ni4/5

1:22 pm

Ty.

1:22 pm

Got it. Ty

1:22 pm

Gee i am missing the 8s, 9s and 10. Would love some stats and clues. Ty so much all.

1:23 pm

fa8, 9, 9, 10, normal words

1:24 pm

re8 & 9, compound words

1:24 pm

hi7 & 8, pretty monkeyable words

1:26 pm

Ty hurshy. Off to hunt.

1:27 pm

Got all the fa words. Ty.

1:27 pm

Got the re words. Ty.

1:28 pm

ty for the ap 7 clue -- knowing it had to do with sound helped

1:54 pm

*!*~*!* mostly a nice friendly grid today :) Take care everyone :)

1:59 pm

As opposed to the nasty, back-stabbing ones?

1:59 pm

I am really struggling with the last 2 sh

2:01 pm

scrap that, monkey typing got them

2:09 pm

to 6/21 and to 5/12. My last two and Im really really stumped on these!

The to5/12 is a heavy unit of measure +that princess who died in the 90’s

2:14 pm

youy legend, thank you

The to6/21 is in the same corner, monkeyable. A bird apparently

2:17 pm

Fireworks! thank you WW

Yay! Anytime

ah, nice to see players who have drifted away.

at least from chat.

I am always drifting. Hi!

:D

i am enjoying this grid. ask me if o am still here tonight and i may not feel the same.

I like this one. Every time I come back I find a few more

yes!

i did a lot this AM before work and have found a lot sinc ei returned

That second e is still hiding from me though

lots of word today with only one badly placed e

4:18 pm

qu5 pls. hi all

4:25 pm

Qu + 3 consonnants...

4:26 pm

ty monty

sops

4:26 pm

np peri ☺

damn

allo allo

4:27 pm

hahaha hi y'all. Hot cocoa in the penalty box.

4:27 pm

hello there Devils fan !

nom nom

bonjour montreal!

4:29 pm

salut leigh !

4:45 pm

FW ! clues anyone ?

4:47 pm

OK then ... see you all demain - "poof"

4:54 pm

whooo hooo montreal

hi all, congrats to all the finisher!!

5:04 pm

hi book

5:04 pm

giving up on emailing you since no reply again. I will donate the books to the library

nbt woot

5:05 pm

wtg book

hmmm, let me make sure you have my email address: bookdoctorgwen @ gmaill.com

(crap) gmail not gmaill

5:07 pm

with two LLs?

5:07 pm

haha clearly not okay let me go check

5:12 pm

that is the problem. I still have your yahoo email. I will resend to the correct email.

okay, many thanks

5:14 pm

dealt with.

should i check my email?

5:15 pm

sure. should be there

aha, i got it!! let me look at the pix

5:16 pm

sure

5:16 pm

I am guessing maybe one or two at most will be of interest

5:17 pm

Hi JE and Gwen!

5:17 pm

scrabs!

hi scrabbler!

5:18 pm

*runs to jump in scrabs paws*

5:18 pm

I am usually here at 0600 EST.

5:18 pm

Big rabbit hugs to you both!

5:18 pm

you always leave for work right when I am sitting down

jmc, sorry to report, nothing i'm interested in. thanks for being peristent

5:19 pm

no problem. only a good idea if they are something you want. My recollection is religious and art books

5:20 pm

I swear more days then not the last line in the chog when I sit down is Scrabbler saying "Go to go to wrok"!

well, i like any book i can sell -- but yes, religious books and music books are two of my favorite categories

5:20 pm

Well, my wish is to retire in Sept 2024 and then I can come here whenever I want.

any clues for the in6/7

in + not out

5:21 pm

I am looking for the same words, faith.

(indoors)

5:22 pm

haha well of course any book you can sell but hard for me to know what that is short of taking photos of all the books I have. . . and since I review books for Friends Journal that pile is growing rather than shrinking

thank you!

5:22 pm

scrabs I have no idea what retirement means. . .

people are always asking what kind of books do i want that that is really the best short answer LOL

5:23 pm

I cannot wait. The pandemic has broken me.

5:23 pm

my tax clients contact me with fear in their voices each year that I am going to retire.

5:23 pm

I bet, poor Scrabs. My heart goes out to all health people.

5:23 pm

It is far worse for hospital staff. So much suffering and so many deaths.

5:24 pm

Well book maybe next time I will send photos of more current books.

i keep reading about the wankers who are attacking nurses because these wankers are paranoid crapheads

5:24 pm

Yes, a dear friend of the boy's runs a low income clinic and she is worn to a frazzle and not even 40

old or new, no matter, but the more unusual the better

5:25 pm

haha the last one I reviewed was "Forget the Alamo" but I gave it to my b-h-l in Galveston, TX for Christmas.

5:26 pm

We called the police to escort a screaming, swearing man from our office. He demanded a mask exemption for his son. The things he said, he reminded me of the Jan 6 insurrectionists.

brother hin law?

5:26 pm

Ugh. I'm so sorry to hear that scrabbler :(

so sorry to hear but hopefully no one got hurt

5:26 pm

sorry fat fingers. . . .b-i-l

5:27 pm

that is awful scrabs

i once went to an estate sale for a book reviewer -- hundreds of brand-new books! but mostly fiction which is a foreign country to me

5:27 pm

That happened in September and was so frightening. Other parents scream that their ill child does not have COVID so there is no need to have testing done. Mentioning vaccination sets off many folks.

too bad we can't shoot them with a tranquilizer, like they do with wildlife, then tag 'em, vax 'em and set 'em free

5:29 pm

I review non-fiction. Next one I review I bought for the boy for Christmas: The Privatization of Everything.

5:29 pm

as a civil rights lawyer I would have to object book

yeah, i said "too bad" LOL

5:29 pm

haha I saw you did book

5:30 pm

JE, how about a part of the US where just unvaxed folks live.

5:31 pm

I got brave enough to have a lovely lunch with the boy in a restaurant now that you have to prove you are vaccinated and wear amask when not eating.

5:31 pm

no sorry scrabs. Think about the Japanese internment camps. Freedom is a bitch.

5:32 pm

On the other hand I have yet to see a legit religious exemption. The dna stuff is crap AND everyone of them use tylenol and pepto bismal and other things tested the same way. Why didn't they religiously object to that?

5:32 pm

I knew you would say that. But they are endangering the rest of us.

5:33 pm

because it is BS

5:33 pm

What is BS?

5:34 pm

I think vaccinations should be required just as they are for so many other things like polio and diphtheria

agree -- they are just making up any excuse they can to refuse vaccination -- they are "owning the libs" or some junk

5:34 pm

bull sh**

5:34 pm

I am looking forward to the CoV vaccine being required for kids to enter schools.

5:35 pm

the lefties have their share of BS going on as well. As a freedom fighter I am getting worn down too.

5:35 pm

but at least I am not getting physically attacked.

ever notice how they keep saying "lockdown" and "we have to prevent another lockdown" and yet the US never had a lockdown

5:35 pm

yes, then they can just home school or send them to a private school without the requirement.

5:36 pm

Or homeschool.

5:36 pm

Oh, you said that.

5:37 pm

it has been hard on people like me without someone living with me. But I remind myself that people have lived alone in different times for a long time.

i am feeling very sad i do not leave house and i have covid so 3 of girls that live at home now have pcr on way so do hubby

5:37 pm

At this point, how can people NOT know someone that has died of COVID or someone suffering from long COVID.

5:38 pm

Like the people hiding in attics for all of WWII

5:38 pm

Oh, no, Sarah.

5:38 pm

in Maine we had a lockdown of sorts at some point....no one was supposed to go out unless it was to a medical appointment, the pharmacy or the grocery store....the streets were quite empty.....lasted a few weeks....

i know someone who died and the hospital has been refusing to disclose cause of death (!) so I am assuming covid

5:38 pm

I am so sorry sarah that is rough. I will hold you and your family in the Light (Quaker for I will pray for you)

yes, michigan had a sort of lockdown, but not a real lockdown, because people were still allowed to go out, under certain circumstances

5:39 pm

We had that early on, penquis. Sadly the economy takes priority over health.

5:39 pm

DC had a lockdown as well. only essential workers but we were allowed to exercise and garden.

when to hospital with bad chest and did test come was covid

5:39 pm

yes, and omicron just spreads too easily....

which is what i meant by, the US never really had a lockdown

thank you jmc

5:40 pm

How are you now, Sarah?

5:40 pm

point taken book

chest is bad i have to go backif can worse

5:41 pm

Do you have an oximeter, Sarah?

so sorry to hear, sarah

as i have asthma and type 2 diabetes

i do not know didnot ask

5:42 pm

Are you fully vaccinated?

yeah

5:43 pm

Excellent.

5:44 pm

Here an oximeter can be bought at a pharmacy for $30-50. You can monitor your blood oxygen level. Check with friends to see if you can borrow one.

yesi do have one it 95 at min

5:47 pm

Good. Return to the hospital if you are < 90 or for difficulty breathing.

i will x

5:49 pm

F finished!

woo hoo jmc!!!!!!

5:51 pm

92 words left and was just told I will be laid off tomorrow.

5:51 pm

Sleep on your belly, if possible, Sarah, for better aeration of your lungs. The prone positioning is used for hospitalized patients.

unholy crap, sorry to hear that, jmc

5:53 pm

What, JE? I thought you were self-employed?

5:53 pm

meh it is part of the job you sign up for 4 weeks and work 2 years, you sign up for two years and get laid off after 3 months.

5:53 pm

sorry to hear jmc, how are you holding up?

ok iwill thank you and it is my right lung that hurts a lot

5:53 pm

hard to make a living as self employed lawyer these days

thank you book

5:54 pm

found a bird

5:54 pm

so most of us work in some contract work to make ends meet

5:54 pm

Sarah, tomorrow I will look for you here. I am here from 0500-0630 usually, Babble time.

5:54 pm

but soon the tax practice will pick up

maybe i can buy some more books from you jmc

ok scrabbler x

5:55 pm

haha not to worry book I am good. th** is more annoying than a disaster.

5:55 pm

BTW, Sarah, I am a physician.

5:55 pm

There is always someone who needs a contract lawyer.

5:56 pm

what kind of lawyer are you jmc?

5:56 pm

I love that we can ply various professions in babbleland.

5:57 pm

I do tax work, non-profits. I used to do elder law until I couldn't stand it anymore. i do religious freedom cases, free speech and demonstrators cases, voting rights, th** and that.

5:57 pm

Yes, JE, we take care of other Babblers.

5:57 pm

I loved watching your care scrabs.

5:58 pm

and i just scrolled back, ack, sarah, hope you feel better soon

5:58 pm

Being a patient is scary and risky, so I want to guide folks.

5:59 pm

I was just thinking about the time when a babbler indicated that he was super depressed so much so that a babbler contacted the police near him. The police signed in to ask how to contact him and the chog got completely quiet for several minutes. So I began talking with the police since I figured I had more practice with that than most. . .

6:00 pm

I recall that!

thanks to you scrabs and to every doctor and nurse and med-tech out there

6:00 pm

it all turned out happy but it underscored what a caring community this is even though we are in all 4 corners of the globe

6:00 pm

amen book

6:01 pm

I am in primary care. It it the hospital physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists that will never recover from this horror.

wow, didn't know about that, and good job jmc

6:01 pm

Clue for the lone A, please?

6:01 pm

aa4/5

6:01 pm

I was thinking that with so many people enjoying Wordle, perhaps we could make an effort to tell our friends about Babble!

aa4/5

i keep hearing about wordle -- is it any good? is it like babble?

6:02 pm

i play wordle, i like that it's only one a day

6:02 pm

they may scrabs. . . people often heal after trauma like wars. . . .with scars but sometimes even stronger

6:02 pm

Duh, thanks, JE.

6:03 pm

Good evening, peeps!

6:03 pm

wordle is not like babble, you get 6(?) guesses for 5 letter word

6:03 pm

I play wordle and it has a strong element of luck in it since you only get a few guesses

6:03 pm

If you go to metzger media there is 6-letter wordle. And Sweardle is for naughty words.

so, more like password?

6:03 pm

*hands scrabs a trout

6:03 pm

Hi Car!

6:03 pm

Hello my luv!

6:03 pm

Gwen, it's like Mastermind with a word.

6:03 pm

hi car!

6:04 pm

Hi jmc!!!

6:04 pm

i was thinking yatzee with letters

oh. i remember mastermind -- not my fave LOL

6:05 pm

I have qu4/7. What is the other Q word?

6:05 pm

i like queen bee better. That is like babble without a grid

6:05 pm

Gwen, this makes you think. Not time limit.

6:05 pm

qu6/18

6:06 pm

Clue please, JE?

6:06 pm

I hate timed games. I get all rattled

6:07 pm

no vowels

6:07 pm

Me too.

6:07 pm

other than the u of course

6:07 pm

Ah, I remember seeing that q word. TY.

6:07 pm

wordle is not timed, other than you get 24 hours to finish -- if it was timed, i'd likely not solve it as much

6:07 pm

Its a 5/18 not a 6!

6:07 pm

as competitive as I am I do not want stress

6:08 pm

What about the upper right i?

6:08 pm

March scrabs

6:09 pm

Another duh. Clearly I need to go to bed soon.

beware the id4 of march

6:10 pm

8looks for another trout

sending scrabbler a bucket of shrimp LOL

6:10 pm

okay time for tv (wheel of fortune and jeopardy) and then a book and bed. 91 left

6:11 pm

Hi all! Just unlurking for a second to say hello.

6:11 pm

hi nrkii!!!

6:11 pm

Hi!

night night j

6:11 pm

so nice to see your scowling face

6:11 pm

Good night!

6:11 pm

night all! enjoy

6:11 pm

stats forthe middle column i please?

6:12 pm

in6/7

6:12 pm

I can't believe I've kept my Nellie face all these years. Back when we used to have daily themes, I stopped changing it after the "who you love to hate" theme.

6:12 pm

I still love that Nellie pic!

6:14 pm

Nellie Oleson!

6:14 pm

Good night, JE.

6:14 pm

Good night, JE.

6:19 pm

I liked Friday, when our icon was also a clue!

6:21 pm

I don't remember that.

6:21 pm

I recall long ago that I changed my icon and several people said they needed the green bunny back.

loves me the green bunny

6:23 pm

And I need to go give my twin rabbits their evening snack and a good night. See you tomorrow.

6:23 pm

I'm off as well! Good night everyone!

night night youse guys

6:25 pm

ugh still need 54 words...

20 to go, getting hairy

6:30 pm

If it helps, my biggest miss was the past tense potential of the ED combo in the top right. Have a great night!

night nrkii

uno

Hello

hi owl, howday doon

oops, i mean howya doon

Okay and you?

doing good, avoiding covid, avoiding jerks (mostly)

Trouble is, after all this, many people ARE jerks. Many others appear to be jerks.

Srsdky

Today at the food pantry someone argued so violently it was very threatening

I would hate to be alone with this jerk when they allow indoor shopping again

7:06 pm

i don't understand this pandemic aggression. Unless they are of the far right; you know who seems to have opened up that side of them: The right to be hateful and threatening.

7:07 pm

and at the food bank!

does not matter. Someone has to end it.

Gandhi. Mlk

An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind

a few weeks ago a wanker yelled at me, as I was crossing a parking lot, because I put my mask on before I got out of my car -- "you don't need to wear that in your car!" he shouted in an accusing tone

7:46 pm

Honestly, I don't get people who wear masks in their cars while driving alone.

7:50 pm

The early recommendation was that people who were making multiple stops keep their masks on between stops. I guess so they didn't have their potentially germy hands around their faces multiple times.

7:51 pm

But, I agree, it is weird to see people driving around with them on.

7:53 pm

It's surely even weirder to yell at them for it

7:56 pm

I will often wear my mask while driving if I am in between stops that are close together, or if I am returning from someplace close to home. And sometimes I just forget to take it off.

7:56 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the ap7?

7:59 pm

It has a communications device at it's core (without the final letter)

8:01 pm

thanks Gillie. last word for me.

8:01 pm

yw - congrats!

8:02 pm

thanks Gillie, that is fireworks for me as well.

8:02 pm

Congrats to you too - and I just got mine as well

8:02 pm

hurray for us! tx Gillie!

8:02 pm

Congrats!

8:02 pm

I think this must be a medical condition relating to the loss of ones mobile.

8:03 pm

Yay, Gillie.

anyone watching "this is us"

good night, you babblers, you seekers of words. apologies to john irving...

9:47 pm

hello 145 to go

9:57 pm

found a jungle animal

10:35 pm

re8& 9?

11:08 pm

jane you still looking for re 8 and 9?

11:08 pm

yes

11:08 pm

babble blind

11:09 pm

colour + item of clothing

11:09 pm

thanks

11:09 pm

yw

11:09 pm

thanks, grannyrose!

11:10 pm

yw also mich

11:11 pm

there was a hint earlier about pre-K education but I didn't understandit

11:11 pm

for which word beginning?

11:12 pm

oh i see.... well i wouldn't have either

11:13 pm

I though it was for re8-9?

11:14 pm

yes it was. and if you click on the ? you will see why. it must be a term used in USA. i've never heard of it before.

11:14 pm

I didn't knowiteither

11:15 pm

(sorry, my Space Bar is stuck....)

11:53 pm

firewords! woot woot

11:53 pm

anyone need last minute clues?

11:57 pm

175

11:58 pm

222

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