B 3 A 1 B 3 B 3 L 1 E 1
← Archives

September 28, 2022

Closed
I 1
L 1
N 1
R 1
A 1
B 3
N 1
P 2
E 1
P 2
H 2
M 2
O 1
R 1
T 1
E 1
C 2
S 1
E 1
W 5
A 1
R 1
E 1
R 1
D 2

Your Words

No words submitted.

Total score 0 pts.
1 4,425
2 4,425
3 4,425
4 4,425
5 4,425
6 4,425
7 4,425
8 4,425
9 4,425
10 4,425
11 4,425
12 4,425
13 4,425
14 4,425
15 4,425
16 4,425
17 4,425
18 4,425
19 4,425
20 4,425
21 4,425
22 4,425
23 4,425
24 4,425
25 4,425
26 4,425
27 4,425
28 4,425
29 4,425
30 4,425
31 4,425
32 4,425
33 4,425
34 4,425
35 4,425
36 4,425
37 4,425
38 4,425
39 4,425
40 4,425
41 4,425
42 4,425
43 4,425
44 4,425
45 4,425
46 4,425
47 4,425
48 4,425
49 4,425
50 4,425
51 4,425
52 4,425
53 4,425
54 4,425
55 4,425
56 4,425
57 4,425
58 4,425
59 4,425
60 4,425
61 4,425
62 4,425
63 4,425
64 4,425
65 4,425
66 4,425
67 4,425
68 4,425
69 4,425
70 4,425
71 4,425
72 4,425
73 4,425
74 4,425
75 4,425
76 4,425
77 4,425
78 4,425
79 4,425
80 4,425
81 4,425
82 4,425
83 4,425
84 4,425
85 4,425
86 4,425
87 4,425
88 4,425
89 4,425
90 4,425
91 4,425
92 4,425
93 4,385
94 4,385
95 4,102
96 4,019
97 4,017
98 3,984
99 3,982
100 3,953
101 3,904
102 3,803
103 3,775
104 3,696
105 3,578
106 3,463
107 3,457
108 3,429
109 3,402
110 3,374
111 3,362
112 3,298
113 3,298
114 3,297
115 3,238
116 3,173
117 3,150
118 3,017
119 3,010
120 2,991
121 2,912
122 2,877
123 2,866
124 2,847
125 2,816
126 2,808
127 2,803
128 2,777
129 2,774
130 2,763
131 2,742
132 2,739
133 2,730
134 2,730
135 2,721
136 2,695
137 2,681
138 2,679
139 2,675
140 2,667
141 2,661
142 2,654
143 2,644
144 2,642
145 2,642
146 2,633
147 2,620
148 2,608
149 2,607
150 2,607
151 2,586
152 2,546
153 2,541
154 2,523
155 2,519
156 2,508
157 2,500
158 2,454
159 2,449
160 2,434
161 2,427
162 2,409
163 2,403
164 2,399
165 2,389
166 2,389
167 2,387
168 2,374
169 2,374
170 2,362
171 2,350
172 2,348
173 2,347
174 2,344
175 2,301
176 2,296
177 2,293
178 2,274
179 2,264
180 2,257
181 2,251
182 2,248
183 2,244
184 2,241
185 2,238
186 2,221
187 2,216
188 2,210
189 2,207
190 2,203
191 2,201
192 2,184
193 2,160
194 2,150
195 2,147
196 2,139
197 2,138
198 2,130
199 2,108
200 2,091
201 2,090
202 2,090
203 2,081
204 2,080
205 2,078
206 2,077
207 2,076
208 2,063
209 2,061
210 2,060
211 2,059
212 2,053
213 2,023
214 2,015
215 1,997
216 1,976
217 1,975
218 1,967
219 1,965
220 1,959
221 1,958
222 1,942
223 1,934
224 1,930
225 1,920
226 1,903
227 1,898
228 1,897
229 1,889
230 1,881
231 1,879
232 1,874
233 1,870
234 1,855
235 1,851
236 1,850
237 1,826
238 1,824
239 1,805
240 1,804
241 1,800
242 1,791
243 1,780
244 1,771
245 1,771
246 1,765
247 1,763
248 1,762
249 1,757
250 1,756
251 1,742
252 1,742
253 1,738
254 1,715
255 1,715
256 1,715
257 1,714
258 1,713
259 1,692
260 1,691
261 1,689
262 1,666
263 1,660
264 1,645
265 1,633
266 1,632
267 1,626
268 1,620
269 1,620
270 1,602
271 1,602
272 1,602
273 1,595
274 1,578
275 1,572
276 1,572
277 1,552
278 1,551
279 1,548
280 1,544
281 1,537
282 1,534
283 1,531
284 1,531
285 1,525
286 1,510
287 1,505
288 1,494
289 1,492
290 1,491
291 1,487
292 1,485
293 1,483
294 1,480
295 1,479
296 1,470
297 1,429
298 1,414
299 1,390
300 1,381
301 1,371
302 1,364
303 1,353
304 1,351
305 1,314
306 1,310
307 1,299
308 1,296
309 1,285
310 1,282
311 1,280
312 1,263
313 1,258
314 1,245
315 1,244
316 1,243
317 1,238
318 1,230
319 1,230
320 1,200
321 1,197
322 1,184
323 1,167
324 1,142
325 1,115
326 1,113
327 1,111
328 1,085
329 1,078
330 1,075
331 1,073
332 1,073
333 1,068
334 1,068
335 1,059
336 1,056
337 1,052
338 1,048
339 1,045
340 1,042
341 1,041
342 1,033
343 1,030
344 1,019
345 1,014
346 1,014
347 1,013
348 1,004
349 990
350 988
351 986
352 958
353 957
354 951
355 925
356 918
357 917
358 908
359 899
360 889
361 883
362 879
363 876
364 857
365 847
366 841
367 808
368 804
369 804
370 803
371 797
372 794
373 764
374 726
375 717
376 709
377 700
378 695
379 684
380 666
381 662
382 642
383 636
384 610
385 601
386 595
387 590
388 584
389 581
390 581
391 580
392 567
393 566
394 561
395 557
396 533
397 520
398 516
399 512
400 511
401 495
402 494
403 492
404 470
405 466
406 460
407 451
408 446
409 441
410 413
411 408
412 387
413 387
414 385
415 379
416 379
417 379
418 369
419 356
420 339
421 331
422 327
423 321
424 317
425 311
426 288
427 287
428 286
429 281
430 276
431 265
432 262
433 258
434 251
435 239
436 225
437 222
438 218
439 187
440 178
441 159
442 146
443 141
444 138
445 128
446 126
447 103
448 101
449 96
450 34
451 28
452 17
453 10

297 total words

12:01 am

re 8 and 9

12:02 am

re 8 x2

12:03 am

re7 x 2

12:04 am

tr7

12:05 am

co7

12:06 am

co8

12:06 am

re8 x 3

12:07 am

co 8 x2

12:07 am

nbt, nbs

12:07 am

re8 x 4

12:09 am

po7

12:09 am

sm7

12:10 am

sc7

12:10 am

es8

12:13 am

nbt/nbs

so8

12:17 am

re8 x 5

Clues are up

12:17 am

thanks, lickety

12:18 am

thanks lickety

12:18 am

so 9

12:21 am

needlecase alert

12:22 am

crashing -- goodnight everyone

12:22 am

night nan

he7

12:28 am

re7 x 4

12:31 am

re9

12:31 am

Sorry - already called

12:46 am

The lower left E is a bit troublesome

12:50 am

em 5, 6, 6

12:52 am

ea 4, 4

12:55 am

co7 x 2

1:46 am

ty diz - just realized those were for me

1:48 am

I got distracted trying to find long ones that had been called

1:53 am

167 found. I30 for later.

1:55 am

Sorry! Just passing through so don't have time to comment until later.

not looking good for Naples/Ft. Myers area

6:30 am

Yes, and Babbler Aloysius is in the path.

6:30 am

I need to get to work. Bye.

Naples is a wealthy vacation area, Ft Myers more working class - small but dense pop.around 70,000 near the water. I lived there years ago

6:36 am

the whole state of florida is in big trouble right now, I live ocean side and waiting to lose power any minute. Lots of wind and rain. scary stuff. Now a cat 4 and just short of a 5

good luck, Nancy - hope youre not on the South West Coast

6:39 am

take care nancy - so, so scary. can you evacuate safely?

6:39 am

I am ocean side in Melbourne.

6:40 am

not evacuating, No place to go that is safe. All of Florida is in danger for the next two days.

you should be ok, except for power outage, and poss. tornados

6:41 am

oh, is that all.

sorry - didnt mean to minimalize it

6:42 am

Ten inches of rain forecasted for my area. wind at 140 right now.

6:44 am

that ok grey, i know you didnt mean to minimalize. Just really scary stuff because Florida is so thin there is apt to be flash floods from both sides with a hurricane this size.

6:45 am

I've been praying for the people in Florida, may God protect you Nancy

6:45 am

News says Ian is expected to be a cat 5 when it hits.

6:46 am

It is daylight here but still dark. Weird.

looking at the map, Ft Myers is about to be under water

6:47 am

Thank you marksdaool

6:47 am

140 - i've never heard of such wind force as that. and you're in the dark at 8 still. worrying. to say the very least.

6:47 am

yvw, I will continue to pray throughout the week

6:48 am

stay safe, Nancy! I hope your power stays on and that your house is in a higher spot

6:48 am

marksdolly and all of my Babble friends. If I disappear, you will kmow my power is out.

hope people left town, but I doubt many did. Ians winds are now at 155

7:24 am

I am not brave enough to hang around for a Category 5 hurricane. I would drive hours away and sleep in my car if I had to.

prob have to since hotels are filled up; as power goes out no gas, even up-state. Thats why so many just hunker down

my cousin just moved to Tampa a few months ago. I hope she went somewhere.

7:42 am

I hope she did too Carla. Scary stuff coming down there.

my inlaws in Jax never leave

Floridians tend to think "it will prob.miss us". Until it doesnt, as in Ft Myers right now

hey, found an 8/9!

and I love finishing a big tile on first pass

my cousin just sent a screen shot of where they are. she said they are out of evac zone c, whatever that means.

7:53 am

you also really don't want to get caught in gridlock traffic when the hurricane comes, sometimes leaving late is worse than not leaving at all

7:59 am

Oh I wouldn't leave late. I would scurry on out at the first indication of trouble. I'm a big chicken. I probably wouldn't even live in a place that could get hurricanes.

8:00 am

Holy shit. Cuba's power grid completely collapsed. 11 million people without power.

yeah, I saw that. horrible.

8:01 am

wow, bad bad news for all from the hurricane

8:04 am

are they expecting the hurricane up your way hokes?

8:08 am

:(

8:11 am

pr 7 40 please

we're definitely getting rain from it, not sure what it will be when it gets here, ruru

8:12 am

ok.. stay safe

we have been doing lots of outdoors stuff since it's going to rain for like 5 days starting Fri.

and now I'm going to walk winston - today is his 6th birthday!

8:14 am

happy birthday, winston!

8:22 am

pr 7 40 let's get going

8:23 am

Or, before we pr7 further

ooh ty got it

8:27 am

top row grey!

8:28 am

still stuck on that pr7 - any alternate hint?

8:29 am

You may pr7 to the next level

8:29 am

my driving app always says "pr7 to the route" at first, when i'm in a big parking lot

8:30 am

derp, ty (btw, derp is not accepted and I find this .. unacceptable) :)

8:30 am

lol

8:31 am

phantom: paper

8:31 am

Happy birthday to Winston!

8:32 am

I guess the free spelling bee still isn't working right because it is stuck on yesterday.

8:33 am

curiouser and curiouser

I've got 150 and wallowing

8:39 am

I found wordle to be very hard today

8:40 am

wordle was tricky today -- i got lucky

8:40 am

It was tricky. But some zen master here will say they got it in two.

8:42 am

mech

8:42 am

oops not a word anyway

8:43 am

hello all....

8:45 am

hi pen

8:45 am

hi hursh....doing better today?

8:45 am

somewhat, yes

8:45 am

good...

8:46 am

ty

8:51 am

do you know how you caught covid hursh?

8:51 am

Mech sounds like a Yiddish word. Like drek

8:52 am

Probably from the COVID virus molecules flying around attacking everyone. Especially lone drivers in their cars.

8:52 am

well, my dad was sick, but his PCR test was negative. then my mom, then my sister (after visiting here), but they didn't get any reliable testing done. so that's one possibility. the other is i got it from one of the kids in tutoring

8:53 am

They can shoot you with their tiny COVID attack missiles.

9:00 am

ooh, so close to ceremony

9:02 am

I almost got it in 2, I was so mad at myself :)

9:02 am

off to get my new covid booster, wish me luck!

9:02 am

good luck, mael....

9:20 am

phantom: desert

9:20 am

and propose....

9:33 am

you know it's interesting about wordle

9:33 am

just hearing people say that it was hard was a clue in itself for me, made it easier for me to get

9:34 am

i think the ones that require more than two or three tries are more satisfying than the ones one gets in two....that, to me, is luck....

9:34 am

Told you some Zenner would say it was easy

9:34 am

agreed....when someone says that, i try less likely words....

9:36 am

i'm not saying it WAS easy, just that someone saying something about it made it easiER, because of what pen said

9:51 am

hi all. help with so9 please

9:54 am

hi peri...

9:54 am

do you have so 6?....it builds on that

9:55 am

so9 is like a person who is in a club about a certain kind of poetry. There was a club in the 60's that Annette Funicello was in like it.

9:55 am

it is a so 6/8/9 combo...

9:55 am

There were also three guys with muskets like it.

9:58 am

i think of swords with them rather than muskets but i guess they did have muskets

9:59 am

well they weren't called the three swordsmen.. ;o)

9:59 am

Okay, that helps me with the last 4 or 5 letters

9:59 am

Yeah, musket is where the name came from.

9:59 am

The poetry part of the clue is supposed to help with the beginning. Starts with so...

10:00 am

doh...got it

10:01 am

i have the 6 and 9

10:01 am

ty Molly

10:01 am

there is a pt...

10:02 am

well i am heading out....bbl for my last 50...bye all....

10:03 am

and have the 8

10:10 am

Hi. I am stuck on the E from the 3rd column and the one from the 4 th column. I have 5 8's, both 9's and some E words are throwing me off!

10:11 am

And Smore is SO a word. Babble may just be being unAmerican!

10:11 am

lol

10:19 am

it's s'more

10:19 am

that's the problem

10:20 am

similar to why we don't get to have yo-yo if that is present

10:20 am

I love s'mores

10:20 am

or "isn't" for that matter!

10:20 am

third column E, i have an ec4, playergirl

10:21 am

4th col has es5 and es6 (the latter is a normal word)

10:22 am

i too would be glad to know what the other 3rd column E is

10:22 am

*Lights the fire and gets the chocolate, grahams and allows for Origami

10:22 am

*mallows

10:25 am

25 left!

10:26 am

i have been finding this a nice grid. Ps not harder than other letters, which is a nice change for me

10:39 am

good morning :) Started out the day with wordle. Is it my imagination, or are the words getting a little less common as time goes on?

10:40 am

dunno. i’ve found it easier as the words have gotten less common, though that’s about me, not the game, i think

10:43 am

have a question on behalf of my granddaughter who is writing a skit for her film class -- do or did the people living in the southern US have a slang word for cigarettes that was peculiar to that region?

10:44 am

not, to my knowledge, at least in the Virginias and Kentucky.

10:44 am

cigarillo was heard some when i was young, mostly from younger people, though.

10:44 am

so just called smokes down there?

10:45 am

bum a smoke is a common phrasing, historically.

10:45 am

i meant older not younger below, oops. cat on my chest and wrists,

10:49 am

I've heard "a cig"

10:49 am

.. clue for the first sc 7 plz

10:50 am

and rehi, peoples

10:50 am

Google says a southern states slang for cigarettes is "joe" but I have never heard that. Cig and smoke are the more common ones.

10:50 am

oops nv got it

10:50 am

huh. never hear joe for cigarette, that means coffee.

10:51 am

A cigarillo is a cigar not a cigarette.

10:51 am

I thought a cigarillo was a tiny cigar

10:51 am

also agree on joe being coffee, but wasn't camel's mascot Joe Camel?

10:52 am

maybe that's why google is confused

10:53 am

All I can tell you naysayers is that if you do a Google search for "southern states slang for cigarettes" joe comes up. As I said, I have never heard it either.

10:54 am

I have found two so6 and 8"s but cannot find the rest 9 for the life of me.....?

10:54 am

pull the ending from volunt***

10:55 am

The only slang word I have ever heard for cigarettes is stogie but that was used many years ago. It made it into Roger Miller's "King of the Road"

10:56 am

I thought stogie was a cigar

10:56 am

Or maybe stogie was a cigar too

10:56 am

tyvm Molly....sorry to the rest of you clears for being so dense.:(

10:57 am

Now joints, they have a lot of slang terms.

10:57 am

I am still doing first pass so ignoring all clue posts, so no biggie

10:58 am

I thought joints were always pot

10:58 am

No, I mean words that mean joint, like doobie, blunt, fatty, etc.

10:59 am

oh, you're saying now take joints for ex, not joints currently. I got ya.

10:59 am

Thank you - have passed this along.

11:00 am

Sure Carla. I have no idea what that meant, but sure.

11:02 am

What a convo to come in on...

11:06 am

e

11:09 am

speaking of E, these lower E's are an enigma

11:09 am

or are enigmas I should say

11:10 am

4th row

11:11 am

yes - only have one from each

11:11 am

same

11:12 am

from that left hand E there is a 5/6 combo using 3 of the same vowel

11:13 am

closed the bottom one with an ec 4 babblet

11:13 am

ah, thanks, dolly. I always miss that since it's initials.

11:13 am

yvw

11:14 am

ty dolly and carla

11:14 am

yvw

11:16 am

there

11:16 am

are 2 6s to go with that combo

11:17 am

phantom emperor

11:17 am

geez, I still have 15 c's left and have looked everywhere

11:17 am

escort

11:17 am

escar

11:17 am

poop

11:17 am

wrong box dolly

11:18 am

well, thanks for that es5 clue, that was my last one there 😜

11:18 am

lol

11:18 am

yw

11:18 am

me too 0n the 4th col. one

11:19 am

just need 2 more for the 1st col. e now

11:19 am

I just have one left there

11:19 am

glad I could be of help

11:19 am

I have ea4 plus the 3 em's

11:20 am

missed an em so down to one as well

11:20 am

same

11:21 am

another ea4

11:21 am

wow, did not see that, thanks, bea

11:21 am

ty bea

11:21 am

off for breakfast :)

11:22 am

yw

11:22 am

I need to eat lunch

11:25 am

well, HOET after first pass but still 62 left. so many left on the P & C.

11:29 am

I did not get the so9 even with clues

11:30 am

found an so8

11:31 am

oh, thanks for the 9. I did see some partial clues for that earlier so now it makes sense.

11:32 am

I have so6 and so8 help with so9 please

11:32 am

it's one who composes so6, but there's an extra vowel in there, such as in some retired folks do v* work.

11:33 am

annette funicello was a famous mouske*

11:33 am

ah got the so9 thanks

11:35 am

ty carla

11:36 am

no prob

11:39 am

hidey hodey

11:39 am

hey moo

11:39 am

hey peri

11:42 am

moooo

11:44 am

too early for stats? 8-17-19-10-6. yeah, maybe.

11:46 am

Sad that people don't know the Annette Funicello club and The Three Musket----

11:48 am

My Mom bribed me to stop watching the Howdy Doody show and watch Mickey Mouse Club

11:50 am

I mean, I wasn't even born yet but know AF

11:50 am

What did she have against Howdy Doody?

11:51 am

9-7-14-5-1-1

11:52 am

Too childish for a 10 y,o.

11:53 am

Never saw either of those shows. I was 13 before TV reception came to our town and my kids watched Sesame Street.

11:55 am

I lived in NYC and we got all those shows

12:01 pm

alright, I decided to make waffles for lunch

12:01 pm

sounds ambitious

12:02 pm

sounds yummy - only waffles I make now come out of an eggos box

12:02 pm

the hardest part was finding where I put the waffle plates for my cuisinart griddler.

12:02 pm

hi folks! getting ready for a long camping trip - and packed the waffle maker (same as yours, hokie)

12:03 pm

I don't consider Eggos to be the same thing. I actually thought for most of my life that I didn't like waffles because I'd only had Eggos.

12:03 pm

where are you headed welki?

12:03 pm

ooh, welki, sounds fun!

12:03 pm

Mr. B makes Belgian waffles every Friday

where to ?

12:03 pm

back to california for a month and then

12:03 pm

, destination unknown for another two-three months

wow

12:04 pm

that is a long trip.

12:05 pm

we're planning on doing a LOT of fishing. bought a small (but very sturdy) inflatable boat and trolling motor, plus we'll flyfish streams/rivers as they turn up

12:05 pm

we were going to bring our float tube set ups, but the lake in california is a big one - very tiring if the wind whips up and sails you across to the other side

12:05 pm

please make sure the water is safe --- you don't want montezuma to come for a visit!

12:06 pm

Sounds wonderful, welki.

12:06 pm

hey, we're south of you but not mexico!

12:06 pm

it does sound wonderful

boring slog of a grid

12:06 pm

with a little luck, we won't end up in the water, nan; and we catch/release, so no worries from the fish

12:06 pm

where are you, hokie?

12:07 pm

yes but with all the drought we have had the streams aren't as pure as they used to be

12:07 pm

no, it's the same in california - the lake is very low, streams are slow

you are going to mexico? my friends just moved to rosarita

12:07 pm

well, we moved to SC, but was just pointing out to nan that montezuma's revenge is from drinking the water in mexico.

12:07 pm

(no mexico for us)

12:08 pm

ok - if you aren't eating the fish then it doesn't matter. Only time I've been fishing is every weekend when I was akid -- always looked forward to having rainbow trout for dinner :)

12:08 pm

ohhhh, hokie, i thought you meant you were on a road trip

they are building. high end $() SF compared to $3-400

12:08 pm

we have our motorhome on consignment at a dealer right now. no idea if they are even getting any bites.

12:09 pm

not only mexico carla -- had a visit from montezuma while touring France and China.

what class motorhome?

12:09 pm

we have an f150 powerboost with the 7.2 generator on board - we tested running the trailer with it yesterday - winner!

12:09 pm

we have a class A

12:10 pm

(which means we can boondock if we want to)

like a bus?

12:11 pm

yeah, we didn't do a lot of boondocking, but it was nice having a generator.

12:11 pm

yes, the class A is like the bus type that rock bands, etc. have.

12:12 pm

not the partridge family *lolol*

they are very hard to come by because so many bands are on the road now all at once

12:13 pm

sorry, got distracted

12:13 pm

I would think the price of gas would prohibit a lot of travel in those things.

okay so who's going to mexico?

12:13 pm

yeah, ours is a diesel which is very high right now

12:14 pm

back to packing - later, folks

12:14 pm

Or (in Carla's case) the Barbie Dream Camper

12:14 pm

bye welki

12:14 pm

not me - staying home. With gas back up at $1.89/litre it is cheaper to fly.

time to do some housework. this grid is that boring.

12:15 pm

and now that masks are no longer mandatory on planes, I'm not going to be flying either.

12:15 pm

I never had the dream camper. my neighbor did.

12:17 pm

I agree TO - going to list just to get it over with

12:17 pm

Aren't you protected as long as you are wearing a mask?

12:17 pm

keep seeing innermost, which clearly isn't there

12:18 pm

only about 30% if everyone isn't wearing one, molly

12:19 pm

30 left here

12:20 pm

still 60 here

12:20 pm

first row grey

12:21 pm

are there some big i's?

12:21 pm

biggest one is a 7

12:22 pm

still need 1 L and 1 A there too

12:24 pm

a's are pretty normal, except perhaps the french word, ad another odd one that shows up a reasonable amount

12:24 pm

got the french one surprisingly

12:25 pm

we can talk about that afterwards then :)

12:25 pm

thought there are two french a's

12:25 pm

I only know it from skiing

12:26 pm

what's the other one, nan?

12:27 pm

I believe she may be referring to the 5/6 combo

12:27 pm

along with the other one

12:29 pm

yes - mool is correct

12:29 pm

phone call

12:39 pm

tree service is here to cut dead branches out of my maple tree --- don't think there will be much left when they have finished. Between the extreme heat and extreme cold we've had over the last year and a half, there are a lot of dead limbs.

12:39 pm

ok, I think I have those

12:40 pm

is it changing colors yet, nan?

12:40 pm

You have dead limbs Carla?

12:41 pm

well, probably but was referring to the a5/6 combo

12:41 pm

not yet -- haven't had any frost other than 2 nights ago when it went down to 2C.

12:41 pm

that sounds cold

12:41 pm

19 to go

12:42 pm

4-3-8-3-1

12:42 pm

we have some maples turning red here

12:42 pm

56 to go

12:42 pm

7-16-17-10-6

12:43 pm

40 here...hello all...

12:43 pm

hey pen

12:43 pm

pen!

12:43 pm

cold but still above freezing

12:43 pm

carla!

12:43 pm

hi mool....

12:43 pm

40s at night here...getting close to the 30s

12:44 pm

was 50 here when I got up so am assuming it hit 40 something

12:44 pm

first column grey

12:44 pm

refresh...

12:45 pm

oh...misunderstood...

12:45 pm

66 here now....

12:45 pm

66 and sunny here

12:45 pm

good thought tho...if you go outside and it's not the temperature you expect...refresh and check again

12:45 pm

sunny also....

12:45 pm

how often does that happen, SC same as ME

12:45 pm

71 and partly cloudly last time I looked, supposed to get to mid 80s

12:46 pm

i think this is the warmest day of the week here....cool fall....

12:46 pm

yeah, I wondered what pen was telling us to refresh

12:47 pm

ah, completed my 4s...14 to go

12:47 pm

repeat of yesterday, I am slow

12:47 pm

0-3-7-3-1

12:48 pm

63 and sunny right now, but supposed to get up to 78 today

12:57 pm

ha! my last A up top was ae4, very common miss for me.

12:57 pm

ah :)

12:57 pm

now just need an L and 2 i's on top row

12:58 pm

I can guess the L

12:58 pm

please do

12:58 pm

L6

12:59 pm

thanks, had tried that with 2 other last letters but didn't see it until you said that

12:59 pm

tweet

12:59 pm

tweet

12:59 pm

woot

12:59 pm

the I is probably a 6/7 combo

12:59 pm

yes, I never found the 7 you mentioned before

1:04 pm

13 left PP E M TT C SSSS RR

1:04 pm

pr7?

1:05 pm

to move forward BB?

hmm, don't have that, but I have tried what aretha wanted to get several times

1:05 pm

just a little bit...

not propel

1:06 pm

no, we are all antipel on this board

not process

ps - yes I know propel is not even a 7

1:07 pm

indeed, too much bureaucracy

1:08 pm

earpose - something that ear models strike - yes there's such a thing as an ear model

maybe for an earring shop

1:08 pm

right

1:09 pm

12 to go

45

1:10 pm

0-3-5-3-1

1:10 pm

I'll work on it. Ty

1:10 pm

it's an ordinary word...

1:11 pm

so terribly ordinary

I just spent several minutes saying prepose in my head and wondering what the real word was if that wasn't in the dictionary 🙄

1:12 pm

yeah, it's just not acceptable in this dictionary

also I am finished with the small P so I know this has to come from the other

1:13 pm

it's a little twisty...

1:13 pm

Now that I realize I'm looking at the wrong P, might be a bit easier...

1:14 pm

last column and middle row greyed

1:14 pm

possibly B

1:14 pm

it would work from both Ps....

glad I could help someone if not myself 😜

eureka!

do it with caution

1:15 pm

california!

1:15 pm

*discreet clapping*....

1:15 pm

much fewer odd words than yesterday

I must've been dumbed down yesterday then

1:16 pm

final 10... 3-5-2-1

1:16 pm

oops, 0-3-5-2-1

I did get :09 on the NYT mini crossword, which is a new record for me

1:17 pm

sounds impressive :)

found some words!

1:18 pm

That was too hard...

1:18 pm

ty

agree, bea

1:26 pm

pr 7/40 please?

look for it nan, but pr7 with caution

1:27 pm

duh - ty carla

yeah, that's so easy I don't know how you missed it 😜

1:28 pm

me neither - getting bored with this

well, bea and I struggled with it literally just below, so I was joking

oh, just finished my 4's with 37 words left. not good.

0-11-14-7-5

1:31 pm

I'm assuming that ra 8/50 is a compound, but not seeing anything

1:31 pm

oh - found it

do not have but will look

1:32 pm

botany -- might have guessed

so, not a compound?

1:33 pm

no but could give a clue

1:33 pm

it is ends with a large deer missing a vowel

hmmm

1:35 pm

lol - was going to say topo gigio without a vowel

1:36 pm

Well I have learned something new today. I did not know that a Bullwinkle was just a large deer.

1:36 pm

or competing mickey or minnie without one vowel

1:36 pm

actulally he is an elk

1:36 pm

tx, needed that one

1:36 pm

0-3-4-2

thanks, could not think of anything

1:37 pm

According to Google they are all the same animal family. Elk, deer and the other.

bullwinkle's last name is moose

1:38 pm

Yeah, I was trying not to use that word.

I know, and I didn't care 🤣

1:38 pm

not seeing that ra8 even with clues

1:39 pm

You so often don't.

how about a running contest + a rodent minus a vowel

1:39 pm

That was to Carla, not you Peri

LOL, was just going to say I can't believe you would say that to peri 🤣

1:40 pm

Worked for me! Thx carla

1:40 pm

U got the ra8 thanks

1:40 pm

I'm not going to finish this one. Been a rough day. See you all tomorrow.

1:40 pm

meant I got the ra8 thanks

bye, bea. hope tomorrow is better.

1:45 pm

back from laundry....

1:45 pm

I did laundry today too

1:45 pm

and some packing

1:46 pm

did you find a new place, peri?

1:46 pm

yes

1:47 pm

cool...i know you have been looking a long time...

1:47 pm

I have my own washer and dryer and a dish washer. central air.

1:47 pm

10 minutes from where I am now

1:47 pm

wow...i am envious!

awesome! glad you found somewhere.

1:47 pm

it is nice. but the landlord will not let me have a cat :(

1:47 pm

moving day 11/1

1:48 pm

ceiling fan in bedroom

1:48 pm

ah, that's too bad....

1:48 pm

but it sounds really nice...

oh, that stinks

1:49 pm

it is near a nice shopping center that I can walk too and a super market is close by. another market is a little bit farther but I am familiar with it

1:49 pm

sounds like a great location for you....

1:49 pm

maybe when he see that I am a good tenant he will change his mind about the cat

1:49 pm

my room mate is moving back to Mass

1:50 pm

perhaps...my old landlord accepted a few pets after saying he would not....

1:50 pm

so your find comes at a good time...

1:52 pm

110 left and stuck

as a landlord, I would be more likely at accepting a dog than a cat. no offense to cat people but I have been in too many houses with cats that just smell bad. I know some people do a better job with the cat litter than others because I have also been in plenty of houses with cats where you'd never know.

1:53 pm

both of my neighbors here have cats and you would never know

1:54 pm

and I feel the same about dogs -- dogs do smell! you can clean up cat litter every day, but few people bathe their dogs every day.

1:55 pm

agree nan

1:55 pm

missing 4 of the 8s but did not see them clued in the chat

true too, nan. would never bathe my dog every day though, for multiple reasons, the main one being it would smell like wet dog every day.

1:56 pm

it all goes back to the owner and not the pet....

yes, and a landlord just isn't going to take the chance

I mean some do, obviously

1:57 pm

I understand but I do not like it

1:58 pm

bbl

1:58 pm

yes....here there is a significant extra deposit and monthly fee for someone with a pet....and it's counted by the number of pets...

1:58 pm

I agree with Carla about pet odor. Cat odor is much more pronounced than dog odor.

yes, now that we don't have our motorhome I have been looking at vrbos and airbnbs that allow pets and it's ridiculous how many have a weight limit for dogs.

1:59 pm

Probably because dogs don't do their business in the house.

1:59 pm

probably because they do their business IN the house....

1:59 pm

LOL....

1:59 pm

Not to mention the cat hair everywhere in a cat owner's house.

like winston is going to cause more damage than a dog that weighs 40lbs. I mean, he is going to leave more dog hair than others, but not because of his weight.

2:00 pm

No clue what Pen means but okay

2:00 pm

we pretty much said the same thing...

pen just said the same thing as you and was laughing about it

2:01 pm

:oD

you said dogs don't, pen was saying cats do

2:01 pm

here it is, lunchtime, and I have been at this all morning and still have 29 left. So much for productivity. bbl

2:01 pm

i am stuck at 25....

2:02 pm

bye, nan...

I am stuck at 36. think I will look at the bee and then go outside.

2:02 pm

the Bee isn't bad....bye for now...

2:26 pm

gotta go...bbl....bye all....

2:33 pm

Big grid, must be fun.

3:00 pm

someone said yesterday that the wordle 2 spelling bee on nyt was up and running, but it doesn't seem to be running today - just a blank page

3:02 pm

rehi, back to see if I can knock off these last 9

3:08 pm

hi again it is the sc's that are my nemesis

3:19 pm

bi 6 please?

3:20 pm

nm - monkeyed it

3:21 pm

Not a fan of that word. BBL for last 7

3:21 pm

no idea what it means

what's the points?

3:22 pm

bi 6/27

3:23 pm

shortened form of the actual word

no idea

3:23 pm

I have at least three pairs, though one is currently unlocatable

3:24 pm

I use them for one of my interests :)

ah

thanks

3:24 pm

yw

3:24 pm

co 7/40 please?

3:24 pm

still 9

3:25 pm

so it is a shortened version of a visual aid?

don't have that co7

3:26 pm

follows the contestant words

you know, nan, what people use for like bird-watching

3:26 pm

yes nan

3:26 pm

which co7/40?

3:26 pm

oh

3:27 pm

sounds like a last person's name

3:27 pm

can you tell I had 4 hours sleep?

3:28 pm

yes - you do seem to be struggling

3:28 pm

anyway...same stem as the others

3:28 pm

but goes the other way

3:28 pm

but a surname could be anything, so isn't helping me

3:28 pm

and thanks for the clue...didn't have it

3:28 pm

0-3-4-1

3:29 pm

monkeyed it though

3:29 pm

apparently an ecclesiastical term

I'm talking to my brother and trying to play so of course not paying attention to either

3:30 pm

ah, found a word!

3:30 pm

7 to go

3:30 pm

and another (related)

can I get some help with the in6/7 I can't manage

3:31 pm

perhaps you're more familiar with the adjective form, which has ntly on the end

3:32 pm

or the sticky word that isn't in the grid

ah, thanks

3:32 pm

or more bluntly...we're not out there

3:33 pm

lol

ooh ,found my last 2 m's

3:34 pm

magnificent

0-11-11-5-4

P6 E2 H O R2 T3 C10 S3 R3

3:37 pm

0-2-3-1

3:37 pm

PP E SS R

3:38 pm

sc x 4 and stuck

3:40 pm

do you have the yiddish ones?

3:40 pm

sc 7/40 please?

3:40 pm

don't know any yiddish

3:40 pm

so no

3:40 pm

heh, just found that before you posted

3:41 pm

sc 7/40 is what they call a blob of creamcheese on a bagel in New York City

3:41 pm

yiddish has roots in german if that helps

3:41 pm

was my last 7...

3:41 pm

I have a sc 5 that is like the little blue blobs that were in the cartoons a long time ago -- suppose that could be yiddish

I actually have that one

3:42 pm

got the sc 7 - ty

3:42 pm

there's a 5/6 combo

3:42 pm

sc, yiddish

3:43 pm

I don't know german nor yiddish, so I just don't think of that word

3:43 pm

right

3:43 pm

lived in NYC a couple of times, so came across it there

3:43 pm

*!*~*!* --- a long dreary grid today, I thought

3:44 pm

congrats nan

3:44 pm

5 left for me

3:44 pm

I'm getting to the point that it is the company in the chat that is what keeps me coming back :)

3:44 pm

one of the reasons I stick around nan :)

me too

3:46 pm

as I said in the philisophical blurb I posted in my profile -- I am thankful that all of you are passengers on my train.

3:46 pm

that's a very sweet thing to say nan

3:46 pm

* sorry - fingers getting tangled up there

3:47 pm

definitely enjoy the company and the banter here

3:48 pm

Back. 202 left.

3:48 pm

hey scrab

3:48 pm

Have we heard from our Florida Babblers?

3:48 pm

hi scrab - just about to move on unless any clues are wanted?

3:49 pm

No, I am fine.

3:49 pm

enjoy your afternoon nan

3:50 pm

if Ian hit Florida as badly as Fiona hit Nova Scotia, they may not have any power.

3:50 pm

yeah, I was watching some live camera footage from Fort Myers...they already had almost 6 feet of water over the barrier island

3:51 pm

Enjoy your evening eveyone -- have a date to play cards at the clubhouse tonight, so think I'd better grab a nap.

3:52 pm

help with bi6 please

3:52 pm

29 left

3:53 pm

something you might use to watch things more closely peri

3:56 pm

hmm

3:56 pm

An abbreviation but plural, Peri.

3:56 pm

have no idea

3:57 pm

Not monocs

3:57 pm

ty both dumb word

3:58 pm

Yes, a stupid word.

3:58 pm

both Bs today were weird

3:59 pm

I need the other B.

3:59 pm

bl4.6

4:00 pm

Ah, short for the crepe-like food?

rehi

4:02 pm

I would like some 8s or 9s please, carla.

4:03 pm

ca6/21 and ca8/45

well, one of the 9s can be found in newspaper bylines

4:03 pm

re8/8/9

4:03 pm

so6/8/9

4:04 pm

I will look.

I think that ca8 is bs

but of course I tried it earlier thinking stranger things have been on enable

4:04 pm

me too

4:05 pm

you've never lost control of your car ;)

that would have an n

4:05 pm

actually it can also be as it's spelled

4:05 pm

first in6 please

of course no def if you click it

4:06 pm

a verb to move swifty in an uncontrolled manner

4:06 pm

just look up the stem

4:06 pm

I imagine some people's professional life also do that

I still call BS 😜

4:07 pm

as you are most entitled to do so :)

4:07 pm

still 5 to go

have no idea on my 10 c's though

4:07 pm

PP E S R

4:08 pm

0-2-3

4:08 pm

oh, found a 6

I just tried like 5 4's even though I don't need any 4'

4:09 pm

it's good to be certain

4:11 pm

porsche is unacceptable if you were wondering...not that I need a 7

phantom compare

and prepare

4:13 pm

specter :)

compel

4:13 pm

you can't make me

mr. homie needs some bi6, he was just telling me about this big bird in one of our trees, so I'm thinking hawk or eagle, and then I finally see what he's talking about and it's like robin size.

4:15 pm

more help with in6 pllease

4:16 pm

not that many robin sized birds :)

4:16 pm

not out there peri ;)

4:16 pm

any markings or colours hoke?

not a cardinal

looked kinda boring. was not a robin.

4:17 pm

well that eliminates one of the 600 or so possible options ;)

4:17 pm

ty moo

4:17 pm

a thrush maybe...the american robin is part of that family

of course it flew off when I finally saw it

4:17 pm

of course

I don't think thrush, just looked and I think it was bigger than that

4:18 pm

I had a juvenile redtail that was actually flying lower than me on my bike ride yesterday...tried sneaking up on a squirrel

4:18 pm

the squirrel was not amused

4:18 pm

So cool.

haha, squirrels have it coming

4:19 pm

yeah, it actually flew past me just over my head, and hen down just above the ground

4:20 pm

I once put my thanksgiving turkey carcass out in my yard when I lived on land in PA...got a redtail on that too...and some turkey vultures too

4:20 pm

Haha.

4:20 pm

that was my best wildlife house

4:21 pm

I have a pair of broadtail hawks living near me in the woods. They start whistling and I go look for them.

you know, it might've actually been a female cardinal but I don't think there was any red on the wings

4:21 pm

would have thought I'd find the e by now

4:21 pm

hard to see the red on the wings

4:21 pm

but the black on the face normally is pretty prominent

4:22 pm

plus the bill shape is distinctive

def not close enough to see the bill

4:22 pm

robins have pointy beaks for catching bugs...cardinals have triangular ones to crack seeds

which E? I still need 2 upper but have all the others

4:22 pm

cardinals also a bit smaller than robins

4:22 pm

one upper E

4:23 pm

it's a 5 or 6 tho :)

I'm currently looking at the top 31 backyard birds in SC

4:23 pm

I passed halfway. Now I need naproxen to knock out this weather-triggered migraine.

ugh, good luck

4:23 pm

let me guess... House Sparrow, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Northern Cardinal...

4:24 pm

Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay, American Robin, Mourning Dove...

4:24 pm

Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse (maybe), European Starling

have only seen the cardinal out of those so far. have heard mourning doves here but not right now and it wasn't that, but probably about that big.

yes to the chickadee

I can give you the link

4:25 pm

it's okay

american crow #6. we have a buttload of those, but obviously it wasn't that.

4:26 pm

obviously

4:27 pm

looks like they're projecting Ian to loop back around into South Carolina after getting restarted some in the Atlantic

I have not seen any turkeys today, and I would consider that a large bird

yep, we

yep, we're def getting rain. looks like here and charlotte (where my oldest is) might get hit.

maybe I should get into bird watching since I'm old and live with old people

4:29 pm

hah

4:30 pm

Hurricane Ian is getting a lot of news coverage in this part of the world. I hope all Babblers and everyone else are safe and dry. Prayers with all...

it's a big one, soodle

the painted bunting is pretty. I'd like to see one of those.

4:31 pm

yep

4:31 pm

I saw my first one in SC, albeit near Hilton Head

yeah, it says southern part of the state

4:33 pm

I got a bunch of female ones in my yard in Miami once

I'm guessing the male is the pretty one

4:33 pm

that's a good guess

finally made it to 29

4:43 pm

still 4

went to list. have skipped 2 r's.

4:44 pm

I only have one r left

a 7 and a 6

4:45 pm

all the 7s are regular words, with perhaps the last one being a bit contrived

well the 6 was easy, not sure why I missed that twice

now I know which R the 7 is from

geez

I am sorry about that for sure

4:47 pm

:)

argh. pe6. how am I missing all these? I am losing my mental faculties.

4:49 pm

well it curves back

I hope the first pe6 is not that easy because I can't find it

4:51 pm

still can't find my missing e

4:51 pm

no, it's an odd one

4:51 pm

not seen it before

I am working from the bottom, so I haven't found mine either

do you have any clue that I might understand?

4:52 pm

measurement of really long periods of time?

4:54 pm

for instance, something that very really happens, might happen once pe6

4:54 pm

really=rarely

thought I tried that, thanks

4:55 pm

r

my missing e's were easy

4:55 pm

great

probably one of those is yours

because the rest are easy too

4:56 pm

heh

4:56 pm

well it's the top e

but one is a word I know but don't really use

4:57 pm

uneven one?

not sure what that is, it is a 5 I learned in a bible study group several years back

now to the c's - 9 left

4:59 pm

oh, the time period one maybe

yep, that was one

4:59 pm

yah, had that

the other of mine might describe molly when we post our stats and stuff /s

5:00 pm

a small decorative purse :D

😡 just realized I have 4 c8 left

um, no

5:00 pm

ah, found it

5:00 pm

not that I would have used that term

5:01 pm

the c8 all start with the same begining

the en6?

5:01 pm

teah

5:01 pm

er yeah

5:01 pm

so 0-2-1 to go

5:02 pm

the year 1800 was preted

of course the most regular of those co words gave me the biggest trouble

5:03 pm

of course

well, another crappy game of babble in the books, but as nan said, at least the company is good.

5:05 pm

heh

what letters do you have left?

5:05 pm

crappy? i was enjoying it

5:05 pm

well 3 left, a P an S and an R from the bottom

5:05 pm

two 5s and a 6

5:05 pm

middle p for reference

5:06 pm

i have 20 left

crappy for my performance, hurshy. I'm sure you're doing great.

5:07 pm

ah, found my 6

5:07 pm

dumb word

the S could be anything. R might be re6.

5:08 pm

so a P and an S to go...both 5s

5:08 pm

hello all...

pen!

5:08 pm

r was re6

5:08 pm

carla!

5:08 pm

12 to find...

but was it re6/30?

5:09 pm

yes

5:09 pm

hence my comment

s may be alt sp of yiddish but I think you have all those. or it could be rocks at the bottom of a hill, but I doubt it.

5:10 pm

I have the 5/6 combo

5:10 pm

need 5

5:11 pm

found it

5:11 pm

p5 to go for the win

5:11 pm

i need co7 after the ones about what you do in like sports or games

there's a P that's italian plural musical term

it's almost like me talking about my performance today, but with a letter removed

5:12 pm

I am not a big fan of musical terms, of which the vast majority seem to be italian

(that was for hurshy)

5:12 pm

oh

(music clue was for moo)

uh-oh, still confusion

5:12 pm

AH

5:13 pm

a ty

5:13 pm

fw

5:13 pm

that's an alt-sp of an evening service

5:13 pm

in churches

5:13 pm

something about voice parts - italian

it's a mark for like row row row your boat, telling the next group when to start singing

yeah, never heard that before, hurshy

5:15 pm

I see, well the italian clue worked enough, thanks

of course

5:15 pm

not too many new words in that one

5:15 pm

fewer than 10 clues gained or needed...so not too bad

I feel there were a lot of new ones to me

time to cook supper. see y'all tomorrow.

5:21 pm

bye, carla....

5:21 pm

any clues needed before I leave?

5:22 pm

the bi 6?

5:23 pm

used for watching feathered friends

5:25 pm

hmmm...

5:26 pm

its an abbreviation

5:26 pm

ah, ty...

5:28 pm

uh, pretty stumped here on ro6

5:28 pm

it's a "one who" word...

5:29 pm

oh wait i also need a 4 there so that is contributing to my confusion

5:29 pm

silly me

5:29 pm

there is a 4/6 combo...

5:29 pm

i thought it was between the next two ro4 that came AFTER that, so i was like aaaack

5:38 pm

do you have the first re 6/21?

5:40 pm

found it...i am done...

5:41 pm

hursh....do you need anything before i go?...

5:46 pm

guess not....goodnight all....

6:41 pm

The finishers are done. The Itchy and Scratchy Show is over.

6:49 pm

pr7/40.....clue please

6:49 pm

preport

6:51 pm

anyone out there?

6:54 pm

please......

6:55 pm

presew

I'm looking for the same word aeb, can't find it even on word list

6:55 pm

ty for responding back Luv

found it- "pr 7/40 with caution"

to go forward

or if you make a donation, the pr 7/40 go to your favorite cause

6:59 pm

ty so much.... I had tried everything as one can see on the past chatlist

6:59 pm

Many had trouble with that pr7

yw welcome, was hard to see

10:02 pm

Bi 6 should not be legal in the grid. I hate all the abbreviations. You dont know what will be used and what will be rejectecd.

co7/40 # 2 pls?

oops found it!

Loading…

No words submitted.