October 4, 2022
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sp7
mu7
mu7
nbt, nbs
Hey - it took sp4/6
at last
About time!
al7
FWs
WTG Jess
Wow Jess. Still have 9
3 left here
and done here too
Congrats jess and rose
thanx gillie
and fw for me now too
Clues are up
Fixed the word I had missed. I previously had marked it as a "Not in Babble" word
tyvm lickety.. fw, gnite all
tx lickety - se5 had me beat :)
and done.
al7, please?
al + naked with a different 3rd consonant
thanks
28 words to find. Will leave them for later.
fire works
woo …. the word previously unknown to babble is now accepted. crack open a can and enjoy!
sp4/6?
yes m’aam - and what are you doing up at this ridiculous time of day? (we’re in nevada, it
it’s nearly 3 am
I woke up at 4 EST to pee and that was it for me. I was awake for the day.
So why are you awake?
having a low, waiting for numbers to go up
I don't understand.
i’m hypoglycemic
Ah. Do you have an alarm on a Dexcom?
dexcom
I learn from my kids with T1DM.
i’m hypo unaware and often sleep through the alarms. this one, for some reason, woke me up. my better half usually has to get me up
My rabbit sitter's husband is like that. The Dexcom is connected to her phone too.
the monitor is expensive, i use the phone, too. this episode was pretty bad, will have to adjust basal
the monitor is expensive, i use the phone, too. this episode was pretty bad, will have to adjust basal
Yes.
oops - connection here is weird. but i see what you mean - we use the follow app, too, so we both get notified
okay, safe to go back to bed. bye for now
Sleep well.
That wasn't bad at all. Didn't try the "previously not accepted" word till the end. Surprise! Have a great day!
Bye Champ.
6 left, all As.
Done. A lot of new words for me.
rats, it's not even 7 am and I'm finished!
just getting started, no wait, fw
hah
10 left here.
will come back after coffee. have a fun day
Hi, Harry - late to the grid today (for me)
hi all. help with al7. saw a clue but still not seeing it
Hi, Peri - AL 7/40 its plural of the 6/27
don;t have the al6/27
Al+wgat pigs wallow in + vowel
AL + mis-spelled way of feeling. "IM in a bad ____"
ty Luv
ty IG
3 colums and 12 left bbl
1 left here, an S5
and it's not sumac
do you want a clue?
sure
oh i found it!
se a type of plant
WTG!
Well, the canned meat is now officially an accepted word.
huzzah, huzzah
Who knew that a block of congealed pork product was so important to someone that they wore down Dr. God to include it. 😊
weird. I didn't think I'd ever see the day.
it must be the only word pretty well forced on him
No, for some reason, people got all up in arms about stent when it wasn't included and he broke the rules for that one too.
yeah, now he opens himself up for people pestering him about the slurs
Oh God, how would you like to open your email every day and find THE DISCUSSION
now if it would only work on sam at the bee to add adit
I have no idea what The Spelling Bee criteria is. There are a lot of words not accepted there that should be.
it's curated
an obsolete Portuguese unit of measurement of volume ... now there's a babblet for ya~
by an editor, who decides which words are most likely to be recognized (I disagree with that editor quite a bit)
I think he grew up in or spent a lot of time in NYC and his word list is biased that way.
but the exclusion of adit is baffling since it's in so many crosswords
I think he is in NYC, yes
I do appreciate the inclusion of words that ought to be in enable too, by now :)
I keep reminding myself that we are dealing with the globe here -- who knows what syllables lurk in its dark corners.
but I will never forgive the day Spelling Bee didn't accept UNDAUNTED. I wrote him an email about that one lol
did you get an answer
he says he has criteria but it's very random
no! especially since they accepted DAUNTED, which is, IMHO, the lesser used one
everyone wrote in that day. I did too. have written a few times. they do a canned response, jwr.
there's something "off" about "random criteria
Enable seems like random criteria. Some foreign words accepted, some not.
fecklessness
the editor has honestly said that it's based on what he feels is a common word or not, so it's not so much random as it is subjective
I anoa how you feel about enable
and his experience, like hokie says, is very much colored by present day NYC
oh great! a subjective dictionary
enable is fossilized in 1960, pretty much
bad ru
if all the words that are accepted in enable ended up in the bee no one but the super duper extra nerds like us would ever finish :)
and even then!
true
at least the anoa is an animal and not a "no definition"
I think I needed 4 the other day and I looked and they were all something ridiculous and I thought, how do those possibly fit his "rules"?
he purposefully leaves some "hard" words in there
I
I'll see if I can find that interview they did of his process
one of the rules is no technical or occupation specific jargon, and yet...
but I have a whole facebook group with my friends dedicated to complaining about words that are totally words and yet not accepted in the Bee lol
enable now takes spam
I tried and had a moment, ru
I think I've read that, or at least similar, mael. it was on the link for "today's hints".
I thought I'd missed it!
it hasn't all the years I've played but today it does
ty, I probably wouldn't have tried it again
well, this started out easy with the first 3 columns
it's an easy grid hoke
this is my reward for persevering and alwyas always always trying spam
10 minutes max
how are there 13 a's here
the only thing giving me trouble is the bottom A
well, spammit! Now we have to go back and alter all our numbers
that's ok,mael. we're all adults here. You can spell it out.
hah
i was just going to ask, did they update something? i thought previous spam did NOT work
it did not
Ru, if the grid isn't difficult, Carla will have nothing to talk about. And she and her sidekick won't have things to discuss for hours later on. 😊
maybe now ramen will work too!
I'm laughing at how many tried spam. I never would have.
alas, ramen is still not in the dictionary
amuse
eek, sorry
There are people who say they try words they know are not accepted all the time. Like awaiting some kind of miracle.
I do that, but spam is different, so i never try it
I try afro a lot. tech, ramen.
oh I say I try them and I actually do try them, every time. My brain sees a word and I type it. Afro and ramen and tech are absolutely ones I try, and udon, and many foods
watch, Dr. God will realize this aberration and never have spam work again! so we can all go back to our Sisyphean disappointment
now 1 S and 4 bottom A left
i'm glad it finally made it and fingers crossed for ramen, udon, tech, etc
I just typed them all in shirlock and no luck
just spam
FTR, my last S is not spam
I only have 4 left, all A
same 4 A I need
oh nm, FW! got them, I hadn't thought of that
Sisyphean? Do you use words like that often? Are you a friend of DCSeain?
they're all related
found the A's! now just need the one S
I use Sisyphean all the time
ramen just means noodles....
and yes, those a's are not words I know
so does pasta, but that's accepted :)
prob would help if I noticed it's an S4 I need
the As are some of those aforementioned "no definition" words, lol
but it is not spam!
penne, ravioli accepted, there is a bias towards certain foods
but pasta (in English) refers to the meal itself
yeah, foods that were already relatively common in the 70s haha
ziti is accepted too, for example, and spaghetti
Shirlock - nothing but spam is spam
finished all by myself except for spam
tartines are not accepted
ramen and udon were more common to me in the 70s than ravioli etc
it's honestly that enable is a very dated dictionary
that's using your noodle shirl
ru, that's another word I try every time
that's why it accepts obsolete words for regional hats or whatever but not tech
techie - yes, tech - no
another gray and rainy day. going to get my car inspected this morning
7nleft
what's a regional hat?
sunny and 56 here, peri
46 here
there goes ru, carbing it up for everyone
57, cloudy
yesterday's bee, mael - corrida. really? everyone's supposed to know that?
dark here
what" You didn't grow up watching bullfights, carla
nope
I did take geometry in 9th grade but also missed toroid
THAT'S JUST BULL
6 left and 3 of them are M words. all 4 and 5 letters and stuck
whoops - didn't mean to hit the Big Letter thingy
stop with the caps jwr, you're cowing everyone
the moooo,the butter
nothing gets pasture shirloc
you all just gonna milk another pun thread
you just milking it for all it's worth
it's better than a bum steer
ru's mind churns all the time
It is better to heifer noticing things
the stirk reality of a this game
the bum steers ride in cattle cars
that's having a lactasical attitude shirl
lt
I know corrida, but I'm from Europe :)
ru is ud5-ly relentless in the pun quest
Waitng for someone to use sisyphean
Oh, then you must know her Norwegian cousin Ole
exactly, mael - just wondering how corrida fits in his rules
someone did, earlier, Molly.
you really don't use sisyphean, molly?
I don't.. but I'm not as smart as you mael
jwr, she's salty because I used it earlier, yeah :)
As I walked down the corrida, I ran into my sister Phea
I do not, but it would be a sisyphean task for me to do so
I don't think it's got anything to do with smarts, but again, maybe it's because I didn't grow up in the states and have a more classical mindset? we were taught it in school
sisyphean sounds like a urinary tract disorder
I try not to use words that will make people look at me funny and back away slowly
tantalus is part of that greek myth too, and that's a more common word
And I'm not "salty".
Or walk up and slap your face!
do they make you look at me funny and back away slowly? because that hasn't been my experience in life and if that's been yours I'm truly sorry :)
that's why we have tantalizing
More peppery, I think. Makes people walk up to me and sneeze
and prognosticating
Try some garlic powder. It keeps people away
al 7/40, pls
so does walking around with a vampire
I miss Zoozoom
part of an al5/6/7/6 combo
whatever happened to . . .
bichon - al5 = al + wet dirt, then all the rest of those are related
sounds like the Jewish religious text
Hopefully Zoom will return after a while. He did last time.
i hope so.. such a nice guy
ty mael
and a teacher from Canada
Zoom is a teacher from Canada?
I'm terrible with names. No, someone else, really nice guy
I wonder what happened to MLF too.. it's kind of odd when players just vanish. unless there's a serial killer slowly stalking all of us and polishing us off one at a time
What happened to Sprite
The Word Nerd Assassin
well that's cheery
Sprite is still around in the off hours for most Americans
hmmmph
sprite has been around recently usually late at night
I know that MLF was confined to a wheelchair
not sure why they'd go after some of those before the rest of us, though, ruru. 🤣
Yeah we could send him a list hokie :D
I think MLF lost her wifi
thanks for the info, ru.
I'm old, too tough and stringy
kind of like Santa's list.. who's been naughty and who's been nice
is there DEF for the al7?
jeffrey Daumer is gone now jwr
If he was knocking off the naughty ones, I would have been first on the list
yes, it's that Portugese thingy I put in the chat earlier
nm, I found it
nope meatball, no definition
never saw that word in my whole life
Remember, Google is your friend
my best friend
Daumer: Santa's little helper, eh?
google isn't my friend
google is a scary stranger, in fact
It is when it comes to looking up definitions
alright peeps, have a great day!
it isn't when they read your emails
bye mael see you later
OK, he's not warm and fuzzy, but he can square dance and play checkers
Okay pedants, remember, a search engine is your friend
ta, Molly
It makes me laugh that people think there is still such a thing as internet privacy
what do you mean "still"
I don't do any (anti)social media.Never started, thank goodness..
I'm off of social media as well.
wow ty for that AL quartet. 6 to go.
I never understood the appeal.
In fact,this Chatterbox is the only conversation I've ever gotten into online, barring debates on a couple of political blogs I've followed for at least ten years.
I just knew I was in exceptionally bright company!!
3!
I'm off to watch something on Britbox. Farewell, my lovelies.
yw, harry (I'm pretending someone saw my clue)
bye jwr
bye jwr
this will be one of my few chances for fireworks. Need 10 more
tata
you can do it, meatball
last word
you can do it, harry
done.
<---got to queen bee today third time this week
very strange. I thought the canned meat didn't work.
and oh so smug
lol, harry. that is the news of the day. good for you for trying it.
< --- smuggy
ah ok. well have a nice day all!
Someone added the canned meat?
my last word too harry
I thought Spelling Bee was too easy for you
It is.. but I'm trying it out.. there have been a few tough bees recently
*Imagines a bee with brass knuckles and a switchblade
and tattoos and piercings molly.. rough bees
I haven't even made genius today
I'm at amazing
ok, now at genius
did you get gnocchi hokie
Wow! Just read the chat about the meat.
nopey
It is very gracious of you to refer to that stuff as meat
it will be nice.. no more comments I can't believe it doesn't take sp4
no, the comments are "it says this word isn't there but it's clearly there"
FW
Exactly. Carla.
First time in a while
WTG, sukee
gla
GLA?
I need an al6/27 and not the Portuguese one *((*&&^%^%$#
Gleefully living alone?
is it a normal word?
it is a plural meaty
geographically lost again?
General ledger account?
Glad list aided?
genial loving associate?
ok tks ruru
5 left
sw 5/18, pls
The top of a soft serve cone, bichon
ty Bea
yw
FW, at last
Well, I feel like a butt.
I logged out of Babble Expert. How do I log back in?
LOL Bea
why bea?
Does Larry know about this ? :D
I called animal control to come pick up a dog.
oh.. that's a drag..
Hallulah! This is a big deal for me
what is meat?
I wouldn't stress about it. you obviously had a good reason to.
She is the sweetest thing and is at our house all the time. Owners left here to fend for herself while they went away for two weeks. She was her all that time.
I talked to the
owners that would do that don't deserve a dog
oh god. I would just kill them (the owners)
that's abuse
I would turn them in
ruru that I finished a grid
and butting in on that dog conversation . . . WTH is wrong w ith those people?????
oh.. ok.. you don't finish often?
no Ruru this might be the second time. Too many weird words in the big ones
ok.. good for you then
I'm not even doing what I want tomorrow because I didn't want to leave Winston alone for 12 hours.
they've apparently never heard of Petsitters
or kennels
what assholes
Well, they came to get her and she ran off. She is a smart thing.
Has the word list been updated? there's an s4 I distinctly remember not being allowed previously
Yes, that word is now accepted.
Do we know when that update happened and if other words were added?
No idea
I'm just curious, I've been around here for a few years (on different accounts) and haven't seen many updates
This is the first one I have seen in 14 years/
Good to know - I meant to say "any" not "many"
What I gathered from the chat is one person made a big stink about it to Dr. God and he added it. For a while after that, when spam was in the grid and you added it, it said "spam is not in the puzzle". Now it is a totally accepted word. No idea why.
How do you log back in to Babble Expert?
Havent seen a grid with it, wonder if plurals or use as verbs are allowed. s----ed etc
People have been trying other words all day and so far, no one has hit on any other new additions.
I Don't use Babble expert no idea
No plural, no past tense
What is babble expert?
I would imagine you get back in the same way you got in in the first place
what other accounts were you Untitled?
THE.MRS
strictly lurking though
oh ok.. i know that name
Babble expert was designed by Lickety to show the grid and the word list on the same page. Link: http://tinyurl.com/asayuk8
Okay thank you. Seems to be a windows application, so I'm unable to open it. Thank you anyway
Yeah, I seem to remember it not being available to Mac users.
ty Molly
Bichon, I got that link from your profile
just heard Loretta Lynn died
good morning :)
hey nan, it's an easy one today
and hint - try words that previously didn't work
yes - I always try the sp 4 and wow - today it is accepted :)
Sad news about Loretta Lynn. She was a classic.
just waiting for someone to ask who it is 🤣
heavens - she must have been in her 90's (assuming she just died?)
yes, it said 90
Wow, I never knew Crystal Gayle was her sister.
yes, I asked that as a trivia question on my other place and no one has answered
but I did know it from back in the 80s
It was uncanny how much Sissy Spacek looked like her in the movie. I heard that Loretta chose her.
down to 5 -- this is an easy grid so far
SS P AA 4 4 5 5 6
NO --one 4 and 2 x6
ss p
*!**~*!* hagd everyone :)
Fw!!
bummer...don't like small grids...hello all...
well i am stuck at 5...bbl...bye all....
Pen, if you are still here, the canned meat product counts now
and I'm guessing the rest are the AL words
pen!
thanks for the AL words :)
of course
MSSA :)
and firewords1
morning all :)
fw...nice short one today
Hi guys. Any clues for the E bottom corner? Ty
missing 6 words, 3 of them are m words
I had a cool toy when I was a kid - et4 a sket**
4 words and 1 is an m word
2
missing 2 of the 4 letter words one an S and one an A form right column. sheesh
two from the S and one from the A
just missing one 4 letter S word. would hate to go to the list for one small word . I have se5.16 and spam
I found it!!
Please send me any 7s. Have none yet. Ty
Any clues for bottom corner E???????ty
Got it. Sorry. Ty anyway
MU 7 a type of tire
Ty
most of the sevens are extensions of other words mkg, if that makes it any easier
GOT IT. As in hello mu****, hello fadder……….by my son the folk singer.
Alan sherman song
is he your son?
My Son The Folk Singer is an album by Alan Sherman
is Alan Sherman your son, molly?
OOOHHHH sorry. I had no idea. apologies for ignorance!
Thanks all.
Fireworks!! Thanks for the clues! (and the song I'll be humming the rest of the day :) )
Alan Sherman is everyone's son 😊
He was the original Weird Al
No he wasnt. But his record albums were so so funny. Full of jewish comedy. I dont know how non jews understood it but my entire family loved his stuff as did my husbands family. My uncle met him.
well, hello muddah is the only one I've heard and as a non-jew i can say it is easily understandable .
Yes that one is. Go to you tube and you can hear all his recordings and albums.
They are all wonderful carla. Let me know what you think.
Alan Sherman;s humor was not directed entirely to Jews
OMG Dr. God finally figured out how to include that SP word.
SP4!!! Wow.
It's SO EXCITING!!
i refuse to complain about this understaffed grid (hi all)
left two columns done, woot
middle column
nbt, nbs
3 to go, stuck hard
uno
fw
Just checked in...congrats!
F W
found a big kitty
checking my icon
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