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Total score 0 pts.
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119 1,391
120 1,356
121 1,296
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124 1,270
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127 1,171
128 1,147
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130 1,142
131 1,141
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133 1,113
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139 1,025
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136 total words

12:02 am

Re7

12:09 am

I am excited to get the tiara today!

12:10 am

you sure did

12:11 am

Ya have to share it with me Freep

12:11 am

and Peri

12:11 am

do 7

12:14 am

ne 7

12:14 am

ci 7

12:16 am

ne8

Clues are up

12:17 am

thanks, lickety

12:17 am

Hi, all! Thanks, Lickety

12:18 am

thanks

12:35 am

I am starting to think that 'fiancé' is not in the puzzle. I'm still not 100% sure, though....

12:38 am

ce8!

12:41 am

ah got it ty

12:43 am

keep trying 'purifier'

12:43 am

cein

12:46 am

it should also be in there. agreed.

12:52 am

ditto on fiance

12:52 am

good thought there freep

1:03 am

it's variance for me

1:47 am

what's wrong with poriacent? ok, I made it up. rifexnoupe. No scope for the imagination here, as Anne of Green Gables would say. Darn spring green field of shimmering golden letter nuggets.

2:36 am

Veer

2:36 am

Peer

2:37 am

Dune

2:37 am

Rift

2:37 am

Nicely

2:42 am

Nifine

7:25 am

good morning all. help please with the lone E and O

7:26 am

I still need the o but the e is ee5/10

7:26 am

is there more than one ee5/10 I have one already

7:27 am

No.

7:29 am

Just got the o. Or6/18

7:29 am

ty looking. still need the lone E tho

7:30 am

help with the or6 pls

7:30 am

Sorry...there are 2 lone e's! Just noticed. Let's see which that is...

7:31 am

the lone E in 2nd column. I just found it. a girl's name

7:31 am

I have it. Thought you meant the other.

7:32 am

i did not realize there were 2 lone e words

7:33 am

bbl

7:41 am

hello everyone

7:53 am

hello all could use help with the pu 6/33

8:07 am

sounds like the violet color but with a different middle consonant

8:12 am

wow mael gr clue thank you!

8:25 am

yw :)

8:28 am

well idk what two Ds i'm missing but i feel like they must be really weird

8:31 am

anyone got the X?

8:31 am

yep, dry

8:32 am

ty

8:32 am

usually associated with plantings, xe5

8:32 am

didn't know that meant that but somehow just knowing it's an adjective helps

8:32 am

I have two very weird ds, do5 and related (I think?) do7

8:32 am

I've just added that do7 ending to pretty much everything with moderate success today haha

8:33 am

then i think i need those, i def do not have a 7

8:33 am

my only do5 is like a ... one who gives/takes drugs?

8:34 am

ooh got another do5

8:34 am

not that one, add a vowel to the stern adjective

8:34 am

thankee kindly, found the 7 also

8:34 am

yw :)

8:35 am

yeah i do have ne7 with that ending

8:36 am

I also have a p and a c

8:36 am

well i'm only on the second row, so

8:36 am

man, i'm really struggling

8:36 am

there ya go :)

8:37 am

it's not a straightforward grid today

8:37 am

f6 with that ending too!

8:38 am

gtg

8:41 am

ttyl :)

8:44 am

FW!

9:11 am

phantom: avarice

9:13 am

Clue for ci7, please?

9:13 am

a yellow stone

9:17 am

ty, ruru

9:18 am

Didn't know that was another name for topaz

9:19 am

me neither.. i thought it was its own stone

can someone tell me the x stat? it's not xenon.

9:23 am

xe5/22

thanks. I was like, oh yeah, I remember that and then typed 2 wrong words before getting it.

9:24 am

:-)

9:28 am

finally found the second 8

my 3 7's feel like a victory for me 🤣

phantom orifice

9:34 am

(passes on pun.. it's too early)

HOET

9:37 am

It is a terrible thing when an opportunity like that gets wasted

9:37 am

oh if it were 2 pm.. i'd have been mercilous

I was expecting it actually

9:38 am

Are there more pearls to be clutched around this time of day?

I'm finding this grid difficult

and of course mael finished before I got here

9:39 am

Me too. So many phantoms

I thought surely peacein was a thing you old hippies did 😜

9:40 am

me just having trouble with the d u and f

I need only 2 D's. made up a couple I've never seen. I also need 2 U's but need 8 F's.

9:46 am

have all the f's now

9:46 am

two really weird ones

fantastic

well I found 3 f's

well 4

tiara for freep today

phantom referee

I see an IL city in the grid

9:57 am

done.. actually a fairly tough grid in some ways

I'm glad we agree for once 😜

well done

still 30 left here

9:58 am

well done ruru

10:00 am

Clue for ce8, please?

10:04 am

starts with penny and ends with a being verb

10:04 am

it's a square meter

10:04 am

with a french ending

10:04 am

thanks bea

10:05 am

ty :-)

10:05 am

yw

10:05 am

now I have 3 or less on everything except 4 p's. feels like the p's are always causing trouble.

10:05 am

27 left - 11-9-5-1-1 that's a pretty good ratio. I should look for 4s.

10:07 am

holy cow, that last V took too long for a regular word.

10:09 am

and somehow I'd missed our regular tiara wearer, p4

10:10 am

native grass is here

10:10 am

hmm, which letter?

10:10 am

c

10:11 am

don't think I have that

10:11 am

but I just finished the A

10:11 am

ca5.22

10:12 am

gracias

10:12 am

yw

10:12 am

phantom nitric

10:16 am

well, gotta get ready for a bike ride. 19 left. 7-5-5-1-1 DD N E U FFF RRR PP i TT N CC

10:16 am

Does the fl7 build off fl4?

10:18 am

yes

10:19 am

ty Bea

11:37 am

hello all...

11:39 am

hi pen, hi all

11:39 am

hi peri...

11:41 am

help with lone O in 2nd column please

11:42 am

nm

11:58 am

peri....what are the stats for that second column O?...

11:59 am

nm....channeling you today... ;o)

12:00 pm

or6/18 for that lone O -- at least i think that's what it is

12:00 pm

yes, i found it....ty....

12:01 pm

peri....you look nice with your tiara....

12:03 pm

well....half of a tiara... ;o)

12:13 pm

phantom: roue

12:14 pm

and prefer...

12:14 pm

and open

12:19 pm

and tiara, for that matter, lol

12:21 pm

and profit....

12:22 pm

Tough grid.

12:22 pm

yes...

12:22 pm

i definitely thought so this morning but i'm doing a bit better now

12:24 pm

why did i say that, now i've hit the C and clearly my arrogance has jinxed me

12:25 pm

missing four Cs here...

12:25 pm

same

12:25 pm

AND i have the itailan one

12:25 pm

which one often misses

12:25 pm

same...

12:26 pm

ooh got another one, easy one

12:26 pm

I have no sixes! Wow. I welcome any clues and stats. Ty

12:27 pm

found a C 7...

12:27 pm

just realized i didn't have either 8! checked the flip and it's ne8 and ce8

12:27 pm

mkg....en 6....the whole thing....

12:27 pm

don't have any 8s and I am down to 39....

12:27 pm

got the ne8!

12:28 pm

am i supposed to know that word?

12:28 pm

Ce clue below is excellent. Starts with penny, ends with form of the verb to be.

12:28 pm

erm, i mean, if you just had the last letter as S, you've probably heard of this medical condition, this is just the adj form

12:29 pm

thanks mkg

12:29 pm

Found a six

12:30 pm

Any help with the x word?

12:30 pm

i see 4 7s were called at the flip... but of course i have those 4... lol

12:31 pm

i have four 7s, too...

12:31 pm

xe 5 has that adjective ending...

12:31 pm

Ty

12:32 pm

Ty dont know the word.

12:32 pm

i believe we have had it before...

12:33 pm

yes, it's in the grid not infrequently

12:33 pm

idk why i feel like french for flower should count, this seems unreasonable of me

12:33 pm

i tried it, lol....

12:34 pm

yeah, It takes blue and bleu

12:34 pm

and a D 4 word in this grid...

12:35 pm

weirdly, my worst tile now is the top E

12:36 pm

it's my worst, too...

12:36 pm

I have three from there, two ex, one en

12:37 pm

well that tells me that i need another EX....

12:40 pm

me too, even tho, i have 5

12:40 pm

i have el, 2 en, 1 ex

12:41 pm

and eu4

12:41 pm

i thought maybe exeunt could be alt sp exeund but no such luck

12:41 pm

one EX is chemical

12:42 pm

ah thanks

12:42 pm

that ending again!

12:43 pm

90% done!

12:47 pm

what are the stats for that EX word?...

12:55 pm

4/9 and 5/20

12:55 pm

That is what i have so far.

12:55 pm

ty....

12:57 pm

Any clues for O in forth row? Ty

12:58 pm

east, or find one's direction

12:58 pm

OR 5....common word...

12:59 pm

Ty not seeing it.

1:00 pm

what we used to call the Far East...

1:00 pm

Got it. Ty

1:00 pm

yw...

1:02 pm

How about the E word for the E in third row? Ty pen

1:02 pm

Nire

1:02 pm

Oops

1:03 pm

Not a word anyway.

1:03 pm

er 5....a girl's name...

1:03 pm

Ty. Will try to find it.

1:05 pm

Now why is that a word here?

1:06 pm

any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.

1:08 pm

Wow. Ty

1:09 pm

Off for the day. By all.

1:09 pm

bye...

1:26 pm

stalled at 20....bye all...

1:42 pm

We have that er5 all the time

1:55 pm

so... er5 and heather are kind of the same girl's name only different? Interesting. And they both have tended to be used by more well-off families, at least where I grew up.

1:58 pm

I don't remember any er5, but I knew at least one Heather whose family wasn't all that well off (single mother, four kids) when I was growing up.

2:28 pm

hi all. I got the flu vaccine and the covid booster yesterday and other than some mild pain at the injections site I had no reactions.

2:30 pm

good for you peri -- had my flu shot last week, but still waiting to be called for the covid

2:31 pm

I will get flu next week at my regular check up. I'm undecided about covid. I got the original and boosters. Last booster wiped me out. Pain at the site and sick. Got Covid anyway. But nothing has ever been as bad as when I was still teaching and got strep, flu A and flu B all at once. The doctor chuckled when he got the results. If I hadn't felt so awful, I might have boinked him on the head.

2:32 pm

this years covid is for the new varient that seems to be making people quite ill

2:33 pm

thanks for the info I'll check with my dr

Hi all, trapped in waiting room

2:36 pm

hi Gwen sorry

2:57 pm

Hi Gwen ... are you at the ER or a doc visit?

I've had influenza and covid vaccines- 6 for covid. I had covid when it was a new thing and was in the hospital for 3 days. They wanted me to stay longer but it was freaking me out. I signed out AMA. Since then I have had omicron and rebound, but my last covid shot only left me feeling achy for a day. I had influenza last year too. It's been an all around disaster health wise, but I am feeling fine and safe enough to be in the gym again. I got my last booster at my doctor's office and was in and out in 5 minutes.

3:03 pm

Kaplan, thank you for staying boosted. For those of us with compromised immune systems, it is deeply appreciated. I wear a mask still when indoors at stores and such, and I get boosted too.

3:09 pm

I don't understand why all who are able don't get vaccinated. How often does medial research have to prove that it is the only way to eradicate a disease?

3:11 pm

Not to start an argument over it, but I don't think medical science has proven that vaccines will eradicate this particular disease. And I say that as an immuno-challenged person who has had 5 shots. None recently though -- my doctor and I agreed that we can put a pause on them for now.

3:12 pm

I respect everyone's decision to get boosted. Go for it. But there are legit reasons some people should not.

3:13 pm

Which is just to say, cybernan, that my definition of "all who are able" may differ from yours. I think some who are technically able will still have good reason to choose not to, at this point.

3:13 pm

nrkii, absolutely there are some folks where it is contraindicated. I wish everyone who CAN do it would, but unlike the polio vaccine, people have choices. I respect that.

3:14 pm

as a medic, we also have to accept that no vaccine is "safe". Risk is subjective. What I think is too risky is not the same as what some of my clients think, even with all the facts. Its part of being wonderfully and uniquely human and thank goodness the law protects this intrinsic part of being human by section 8 of the human rights act

3:15 pm

relend

3:15 pm

sorry. This is why I dont comment much. I always forget to swap out

3:16 pm

lol - that's okay, gran. I'm sure there are babblers who really appreciated that word :).

3:17 pm

I also work in the pharma space, so I'm a little biased about my own views of the risk/reward equation here. My 84 year old mother would be well-advised to go for it, my 30-year-old niece, not so much.

3:17 pm

why are the Fs so hard to see?

3:19 pm

I've only found 13 ...

3:19 pm

I rarely struggle with Fs.Stuck on 4 of them. Oh well, my goal is halfway on a work night and Ive got that far. Bed time. Sleep well all x

3:20 pm

I've got 12 of 17

my oldest son was required to get one back in Jan. '22 to return to college. the problem is he probably had it the week before but there was a test shortage and wasn't able to get tested, and now they say to wait a month or three so who knows what that did to him.

I have 14 F's

3:20 pm

And it's not eradicating the disease. People who have been double vacinated and boosted are still getting COVID

3:22 pm

hokie carla, the adverse events are low, even among young people, so hopefully it was simply a wasted shot... especially since so much time has passed

thanks

3:23 pm

of course molly and that will continue until everyone gets vaccineated

3:23 pm

I'm with gran -- I'm more than halfway, so I may or may not be back today. Have fun all!

3:23 pm

no, cybernan, that's not how this one is working

3:23 pm

people who get vaxxed are not protected from getting it or spreading it, so the vax will not eradicate even if everyone gets a shot

3:24 pm

it's like the flu shot

3:24 pm

polio kept going around too until everyone was vaccinated

3:24 pm

it's not a polio-like vaccine though

3:24 pm

it doesn't have that kind of efficacy

3:24 pm

it's more like the flu shot

3:24 pm

which is still great... makes the virus hit people less hard, but does not stop transmission

3:25 pm

yes and if it spreads to animals that is also problematic, but it would certainly help if everyone were to be vaccinated

I was just going to say, the flu shot works about the same.

3:26 pm

there is no way everyone is going to be vaccinated... last I heard, the latest booster is 2% of adults

3:26 pm

I could be off on that number, but it's VERY VERY low

I still need to get mine and my flu shot

3:26 pm

We were almost at 70% on the first shots

3:26 pm

yes - I have not had the flu since I began being vaccinated anually ever since the vaccine became avaiable. I have no patience with people who are too selfish to go and get a shot

oh, I didn't think we ever got that high. are you talking your state or the US?

3:27 pm

I got flu, need to get tetanus and shingles

well, hate to break it to you, but I've been getting the flu shot for at least 20-25 years and I've had the flu at least 3 times.

3:27 pm

I get talked into flu shots every year for past 8 or so, even though I swear I am 100% immune to the flu (yes, that is possibke, and yes, I really believe it based on my medical history)

I am eligible for shingles vax now too. I had shingles a few years ago so I know it's terrible, but I've heard the shot is terrible.

3:28 pm

I have not had anything even remotely resembling the flu since I was about 7. Nor stomach viruses.

3:29 pm

hokie carla, I think it got close to 70% nationwide, but that could just be some states

mr. homie gets a stomach bug like it's his business, but I very rarely do. in fact, he had one when we were in CO in Sept and I didn't get it. though it's possible I had a very mild version right before him.

3:30 pm

my autoimmune disease, I believe, has rendered me impervious to some viruses, but more susceptible to others... it was like viral russian roulette when covid emerged... will I be immune? will I be in the hospital? who knows? My Rheum couldn't predict it either. So I hid inside for about 2 years.

he is so ready for a norovirus vaccine they keep talking about 🤣

that is the thing with covid, it's so random how it affects people. no way of predicting.

3:32 pm

I get head colds, and they used to regularly turn into sinus infections and bronchitis, but zinc has kept the infections at bay for the last many years.

I used to get at least one bad head cold a year. last one I had was Feb. 2020. I'm still not convinced it wasn't covid.

3:35 pm

anyone have a clue for the ur 6/27 please?

actually I did have one bad one in june 2021, which was odd, but it was graduation party season and first exposure to people.

that must be my missing U, will look.

no idea

3:40 pm

how about the fl 7?

I saw that mentioned and haven't found it either. I heard it was related to the fl4. I only have one fl4.

3:43 pm

one of the 3 letters added to the fl 4 has to be worth 2 points

ah, got it thanks. trying to think of a clue.

ends like "are you s4?"

3:44 pm

got it

3:45 pm

was trying to think how to clue it for you :)

3:45 pm

just need the ne 8 and ur 6 now

I have an ne7. wonder if it's a similar beginning.

3:47 pm

found the ne

3:47 pm

yes it is

3:51 pm

that ur 6 (looked it up) is a new one for me. Do you want a clue?

sure

3:52 pm

ends with what peas grow in

thanks

3:53 pm

I walk away for 10 minutes, and you kindly drop all sorts of clues for words I didn't have... thank you

3:53 pm

on my way -- enjoy the rest of your day. We are having what is forecast to be the last sunny one in a while, so heading out to the garden.

enjoy

still didn't find the ne8

3:55 pm

think like someone who is obsessive, but change the middle vowel

well I was all around that, thanks

still 16 left but I'm cooking supper too

4:27 pm

OR 6 please

4:28 pm

or6 = old name for china, japan, etc.

4:29 pm

TY good grief should have had that one

4:29 pm

I have ne8, but don't have stats for the other 8.. anyone have the first 2 for that?

4:30 pm

ce 6

4:30 pm

sorry meant ce 8

4:35 pm

thanks! looking

4:38 pm

found it... down to 9 now 1-3-4-1

4:38 pm

thanks for those stats!

11 now. 3-5-3

decided to list. never seen that fi6 before.

6:41 pm

one of my missing 17, I guess....

pen!

6:43 pm

carla!

looks like a light fi7 but missing a letter

6:44 pm

ty....similar to the 7...

My laptop almost went into sleep mode. Not sure what was eating at the battery. On ipad now. I hate using the list on ipad.

I also struggle getting posts to enter

6:49 pm

yes, i don't like playing on the ipad either...

Still 8 to go

6:54 pm

i listed at 17...

6:55 pm

hokie, I have an ipad mini and I really hate playing babble on it. The only time I use it is if my desktop is already turned off for the night.

This is a mini too. I used to have a bluetooth keyboard but not sure where that went. I usually only babble on this in bed if I can’t go to sleep.

6:57 pm

can't find my last word....ur 6?

Ends in a pea holder

6:59 pm

ty....i am done....

Well done

Done here too. See y’all tomorrow!

7:01 pm

ty....and congrats...bye....

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