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Total score 0 pts.
1 5,904
2 5,904
3 5,904
4 5,904
5 5,904
6 5,904
7 5,904
8 5,904
9 5,904
10 5,904
11 5,904
12 5,904
13 5,904
14 5,904
15 5,904
16 5,904
17 5,904
18 5,904
19 5,904
20 5,904
21 5,904
22 5,904
23 5,904
24 5,904
25 5,904
26 5,904
27 5,904
28 5,904
29 5,904
30 5,904
31 5,904
32 5,904
33 5,904
34 5,904
35 5,904
36 5,904
37 5,904
38 5,904
39 5,904
40 5,904
41 5,904
42 5,904
43 5,904
44 5,904
45 5,904
46 5,904
47 5,904
48 5,904
49 5,904
50 5,904
51 5,904
52 5,904
53 5,904
54 5,904
55 5,904
56 5,904
57 5,904
58 5,904
59 5,904
60 5,904
61 5,904
62 5,904
63 5,904
64 5,904
65 5,904
66 5,904
67 5,904
68 5,904
69 5,904
70 5,904
71 5,904
72 5,904
73 5,851
74 5,840
75 5,249
76 5,159
77 4,983
78 4,933
79 4,918
80 4,797
81 4,757
82 4,715
83 4,471
84 4,199
85 4,063
86 4,000
87 3,836
88 3,810
89 3,737
90 3,613
91 3,596
92 3,582
93 3,555
94 3,499
95 3,456
96 3,440
97 3,434
98 3,417
99 3,282
100 3,271
101 3,233
102 3,185
103 3,141
104 3,089
105 3,088
106 3,048
107 3,038
108 3,004
109 2,991
110 2,980
111 2,955
112 2,910
113 2,855
114 2,847
115 2,742
116 2,690
117 2,638
118 2,623
119 2,620
120 2,578
121 2,550
122 2,533
123 2,507
124 2,490
125 2,460
126 2,415
127 2,404
128 2,402
129 2,397
130 2,384
131 2,365
132 2,361
133 2,356
134 2,349
135 2,329
136 2,328
137 2,324
138 2,321
139 2,274
140 2,228
141 2,224
142 2,224
143 2,221
144 2,221
145 2,207
146 2,206
147 2,202
148 2,201
149 2,200
150 2,188
151 2,181
152 2,168
153 2,162
154 2,158
155 2,107
156 2,102
157 2,100
158 2,099
159 2,062
160 2,042
161 2,024
162 1,985
163 1,979
164 1,960
165 1,958
166 1,955
167 1,941
168 1,940
169 1,903
170 1,893
171 1,876
172 1,872
173 1,861
174 1,858
175 1,834
176 1,820
177 1,814
178 1,804
179 1,802
180 1,797
181 1,794
182 1,792
183 1,792
184 1,791
185 1,786
186 1,784
187 1,779
188 1,778
189 1,763
190 1,741
191 1,737
192 1,728
193 1,720
194 1,716
195 1,672
196 1,651
197 1,647
198 1,643
199 1,636
200 1,631
201 1,631
202 1,606
203 1,601
204 1,599
205 1,596
206 1,567
207 1,563
208 1,556
209 1,543
210 1,527
211 1,510
212 1,503
213 1,499
214 1,496
215 1,492
216 1,490
217 1,469
218 1,463
219 1,463
220 1,438
221 1,435
222 1,435
223 1,429
224 1,427
225 1,424
226 1,412
227 1,409
228 1,394
229 1,394
230 1,372
231 1,366
232 1,357
233 1,352
234 1,346
235 1,338
236 1,334
237 1,320
238 1,312
239 1,285
240 1,272
241 1,272
242 1,267
243 1,246
244 1,242
245 1,236
246 1,234
247 1,223
248 1,222
249 1,216
250 1,207
251 1,206
252 1,206
253 1,204
254 1,198
255 1,195
256 1,192
257 1,185
258 1,185
259 1,178
260 1,171
261 1,162
262 1,136
263 1,105
264 1,104
265 1,103
266 1,093
267 1,091
268 1,089
269 1,087
270 1,082
271 1,077
272 1,074
273 1,069
274 1,063
275 1,062
276 1,061
277 1,059
278 1,056
279 1,048
280 1,047
281 1,046
282 1,028
283 1,025
284 1,012
285 1,006
286 1,004
287 1,000
288 1,000
289 984
290 982
291 979
292 978
293 976
294 974
295 958
296 949
297 948
298 948
299 946
300 935
301 932
302 928
303 928
304 927
305 926
306 926
307 919
308 872
309 872
310 865
311 864
312 864
313 864
314 863
315 863
316 863
317 862
318 856
319 855
320 852
321 847
322 831
323 810
324 810
325 797
326 793
327 787
328 780
329 772
330 771
331 766
332 763
333 753
334 740
335 740
336 739
337 720
338 720
339 709
340 707
341 703
342 703
343 695
344 689
345 688
346 683
347 680
348 676
349 673
350 667
351 665
352 653
353 645
354 635
355 634
356 633
357 628
358 621
359 612
360 604
361 591
362 590
363 573
364 571
365 570
366 565
367 552
368 550
369 541
370 540
371 520
372 503
373 499
374 491
375 473
376 472
377 463
378 458
379 456
380 447
381 438
382 418
383 413
384 398
385 398
386 390
387 389
388 383
389 369
390 367
391 356
392 354
393 321
394 315
395 314
396 309
397 304
398 288
399 284
400 284
401 267
402 267
403 260
404 253
405 252
406 251
407 250
408 241
409 239
410 221
411 213
412 204
413 203
414 200
415 198
416 180
417 179
418 174
419 171
420 166
421 158
422 156
423 143
424 131
425 128
426 127
427 126
428 116
429 114
430 109
431 106
432 96
433 93
434 88
435 68
436 40
437 40
438 32
439 30
440 22
441 19
442 14
443 12
444 6
445 4

343 total words

12:02 am

li7

12:06 am

li 10

12:08 am

li 1o x 2

12:08 am

hello everyoe :)

12:11 am

Ro7

12:12 am

li7 x 2

12:12 am

be 8

12:13 am

ma 8

12:15 am

st7

12:16 am

st7 x 2

12:25 am

li 10 x 3

12:26 am

li 9

12:27 am

li11

12:29 am

I too often miss the plurals! ty gillie

12:30 am

yw :)

12:31 am

li 11 x 2

12:32 am

na 7 20 if not called

12:34 am

li 8

12:35 am

it 9 x 2, it 10

12:37 am

en7 & 8

12:41 am

sm8

1:01 am

ig 7

1:08 am

t

1:10 am

li11 x 4

1:13 am

WHERE is lickity

1:15 am

LICKETY

Clues are up

1:37 am

Thanks, Lickety

thanks Liz for letting me know. Windows uodates rebboted my PC

1:38 am

yw

Phantom: enamel

4:29 am

Wow, big words today

4:45 am

wow. a 12!

4:48 am

an12 !!

Does anyone know if the AN12 is a common (or reasonably common) word?

5:10 am

Not common at all

5:13 am

something that prevents blood clots

5:14 am

And very twisty

5:15 am

It actually prevents a substance that helps promote blood clots (as opposed to an anticoagulant)

5:17 am

much better definition Molly!

5:23 am

Thanks to some research

Thanks guys

6:22 am

I'm not getting the an12. Is :anti" the correct beginning? Just not seeing it... Your help is greatly appreciated!

It does - try googling this (with quotes around it) " a substance in the blood that limits the blood's ability to clot (coagulation)"

6:34 am

WHOA! What a word! Thank you very much! I just wasn't seeing the "TH".

6:34 am

I don't think you have to us quotation marks in the US version of Babble

6:34 am

*use

well, I did not notice all the big words when I played last night. I appreciate the 12 clue as I do not know that word.

and all I kept seeing last night and this morning is enamel - ruru be damned!

I only meant to use quotes when plugging it into Google :)

6:46 am

I meant the US version of Google

oh, I misread Molly's post and thought she meant you don't need quotes in US google

6:47 am

You read it the way it was NOT written

looks like I misread it correctlyl 🤣

Using quotes can just ensure you get right to the word, rather than other words that may have similar meanings (I've just found it a useful trick sometimes)

no idea where that l came from

It's not required, but can be helpful

6:49 am

The other day we had a Brit player saying that doing the Google search for a definition wasn't working. I was pretty sure it works in all forms of Google.

I'm finding the early stages of this grid to be very difficult for one this size.

well, I forgot what that word was, ependyma or something, but I had trouble that day too with google giving me all sorts of things but that

6:52 am

Sometimes the word is within a paragraph under what you enter in Google. It was with ependema.

Thing with Google is, assuming you're logged it, it will sort results for where you are (i.e. health queries made in the UK will often bring up the NHS site first) and what you've done before - it tries to figure out what YOU want, rather than necessarily serving the same results to everyone

7:30 am

*Imagines Google processing "she's dumb. Give her the rube results" for me.

8:32 am

i hate when computers think they can figure out what i want. they're usually wrong.

8:33 am

wow we even have a 12 today! so rare!

8:34 am

quattrocentos/13 is the longest I've ever seen

8:34 am

well it doesn't seem to allow for anything longer than 13

8:36 am

That has been debated before

8:37 am

why debate, we could just email doc and ask what would happen

8:38 am

gtg, ttfn!

8:42 am

Depending on the way the word lays out, I think a 15 letter word is possible

Lickety has stats on his page about the biggest grids, the smallest grids, the biggest words and the smallest (I'm sure most of you guys know that though!)

8:59 am

Molly …..I really loved your shamrock icon for Saint Patrick’s Day. Was it part of a stained glass window?

9:00 am

No clue. Just an image I found while searching the web.

9:17 am

if hokie was here I'd tell her ointment was a phantom :D

9:18 am

She's off taking her crazy pills

9:18 am

??

9:20 am

She mentioned feeling like she was taking crazy pills in yesterday's discussion

9:20 am

oh

9:21 am

i missed that

9:21 am

with all the shouting :D

9:21 am

THERE WAS SOME YELLING

9:22 am

I think she thinks I'm hard of hearing

9:24 am

hello friends

9:24 am

hi bea

9:29 am

good morning to everyone!

9:30 am

hi saan

9:32 am

thanks for the 12 saan

9:33 am

new word to me

9:33 am

I was looking for it in vein ...

9:35 am

I'd also tell Hokie tiara is a phantom today too

9:42 am

Sorry Ru, no one is here who is going to throw a hissy fit over phantoms

9:42 am

apparently I did yesterday

9:54 am

Pot stirrer 😋

10:21 am

where is hokie today?

10:25 am

she was here earlier

10:25 am

must be playing tennis or something

10:25 am

ains

10:25 am

aits

10:26 am

damn it

10:26 am

sorry

10:26 am

working on the a's now

10:26 am

i'd probably have more words if i could keep my eyes open.

10:26 am

no sleep bea?

10:27 am

yes, i slept but not well, i guess

10:41 am

hello all. 150 left and slowing down but will persevere

10:47 am

I have an li/11 that is a plural. help with other li/11 please

10:48 am

nm

10:49 am

it was a plural of another li10

10:50 am

i gotta get to work.. have fun.. 37 to go here.

11:16 am

finally found that 12

11:26 am

good morning all -- what are the stats for the 12, please?

11:27 am

an12/144

11:28 am

ty molly - looking

11:35 am

It does - try googling this (with quotes around it) " a substance in the blood that limits the blood's ability to clot (coagulation)"

11:39 am

You don't need the quotation marks

11:40 am

most of us probably take blood thinners

11:41 am

really? I hope I don't have to.

11:41 am

do you take 81 aspirin?

11:42 am

no, please tell me why I would.

11:42 am

I only took a blood thinner (aspirin) after hip surgery to reduce the risk of blood clots in my surgical leg

11:43 am

Many doctors recommend one aspirin a day for heart issues

11:44 am

that is why i take it to prevent heart lung and stroke issues

11:44 am

don't have a heart issue, fortunately. I take enough meds, don't want any more

11:44 am

And it's 81 mg, not 81 aspirin tablets (way too much obviously)

11:45 am

got the first 10 letters, but not the last two

11:45 am

its 81 mg

11:45 am

not out

11:45 am

Not out

11:45 am

Anyone else?

11:45 am

ty bichon

11:46 am

i just came off a hefty dose of blood thinners because i got a clot in my leg over thanksgiving

11:46 am

yvw nan

11:46 am

Actually, if it's not indicated, you don't want to be taking anything to thin your blood

11:48 am

Exercise is your best bet to prevent blood clots

11:53 am

mmmmm, ma5/16

11:53 am

Ole! ta5/14

11:54 am

(It's blurting time)

11:54 am

morning all

11:54 am

hi mool

11:55 am

hey hursh, happy Monday to you

11:55 am

likewise

11:56 am

why do they have to put SO MUCH water in the baby carrot bags

11:56 am

thanks

11:56 am

so they don't look like old man fingers ;)

11:57 am

putting a little does that. if they put too much it just makes the carrots get slimy.

11:57 am

I suspect some of it comes from the sprinkler systems in the produce section too

11:57 am

no, cause this is INSIDE a sealed plastic bag

11:58 am

don't mind having a bigger board to come to on Monday morning

11:58 am

that bit doesn't get sprinkled and even if it did it wouldn't be able to get in the bag

11:58 am

then the only reason left is to specifically annoy you

11:58 am

i don't mind a bigger board... pretty much ever! only exceptions have been days when i was driving alllll day

11:58 am

there's a dark room somewhere in the fresh produce world, with people scheming

11:59 am

it's just the "more is better" assumption i think. people who aren't that bright figure if they're supposed to put a little water, better to err on the side of more

12:00 pm

well yes, that would make sense...I mean it's not going to hurt to have a little more

12:00 pm

except it DOES, it makes the carrots SLIMY

12:00 pm

same with packaged celery

12:00 pm

there was a House episode where this kid was sick because his older brother was giving him huge doses of kids vitamins, thinking more was always better

12:01 pm

I've never gotten a bag of carrots or celery with water in it. If I did, I would return it. They are not supposed to have water in them.

12:01 pm

the regular full size carrots do not have water, it's only the baby cut ones that have this problem

12:02 pm

oh, yeah, the baby ones will dry out without some water.

12:02 pm

i should probably just go back to buying full size, really

12:02 pm

Pre-cut vegetables?

12:03 pm

are you really unaware of the whole baby carrot phenomenon?

12:03 pm

they are hugely popular

12:03 pm

Nope, I have seen bags of baby carrots, but they are not cut and they don't have water in them

12:04 pm

they are cut, that is the way baby carrots are made. they take ugly misshapen regular carrots and cut em up and smooth em down and make even more of a profit

12:04 pm

it was a brilliant business move for ugly carrots that previously people were not buying

12:05 pm

Oh, I buy regular carrots

12:07 pm

if you don't buy the baby carrots you probably would not notice the water, it's not noticeable in the store. but when you buy them and open them you would notice.

12:07 pm

sometimes it is a fine amount and sometimes it is TOO MUCH

12:08 pm

i found a 9!

12:08 pm

found a 10 myself just now

12:08 pm

so many big words...exciting

12:09 pm

hokie's right though, it's a hard grid

12:09 pm

I'm only on the third row

12:10 pm

i'm only on the second!

12:12 pm

mmmmm, mi4 kitkats are so good

12:12 pm

(i was just eating them)

12:13 pm

phantom: instant

12:58 pm

hi all. any clues for the o words? ty

1:01 pm

nmfound two of them. ty

1:06 pm

cool, found all the 10s and 11s

1:09 pm

well does anyone have any clues for the 12 or 11 or 10 or 9? dont have any of those yet.

1:09 pm

can anyone clue the an 12 please

1:09 pm

have not found the 12 tho ;)

1:09 pm

against blood clots

1:10 pm

just found a 9 and 20/ wow. it words

1:11 pm

guess I dont know the word for blot clots, got the first 4 letters but not the rest

1:11 pm

blood

1:12 pm

the second part is th7.44

1:13 pm

tx, that did it for me

1:13 pm

actually th8/60

1:14 pm

but thanks for the other word too :)

1:15 pm

i just keep thiinking anemia.

1:15 pm

anemia i mean

1:15 pm

tyvm bee got it

1:16 pm

yeah, not that, but there's another medical term you may have heard of that ends is -sis that is related to the second part of the word

1:17 pm

well i didnt get the blood word nor the others either. darn.

1:18 pm

google dvt that will give you astarting place

1:28 pm

got to half way point -- hate these huge grids!

1:31 pm

looks for syn for bllod clots and no an words

1:34 pm

any cluesa for the 11 please? ty

1:34 pm

I don't think you are paying attention to the clues mkg

1:36 pm

the 11s and 12 are stumpingme. darn

1:42 pm

the 12 isn't attached to an 11

1:45 pm

ok. still need one of the 11s and one 12 to be done for the day. ty.

1:50 pm

the an12 has been clued ad nauseum

1:51 pm

the only 11 i have it the plural of li10 to set free

1:51 pm

ty will try ti find it.

1:52 pm

this grid is too big and too difficult to worry about cluing for others

1:52 pm

li is to set free right?

1:52 pm

li10 yes

1:53 pm

i got the li 10 but it is a plural. so there must be another one.

1:54 pm

got the li words. ty ty ty there are two li 10s.

2:04 pm

FWs

I thought I was doing pretty well but I see that although I have the 12, and one 10 & 11, I have no 9!! Any help for a 9?

The 9 will get me to NBT NBS

I never had a phantom haunt me the way enamel has been today!

2:49 pm

am8.55 and 9.72 goal/s

Thank you Bea

Mwah!

2:52 pm

yw

3:02 pm

rehi

3:10 pm

any clues for the famous 12? ty. trying to get half way in the meantime. i gave up before.

3:11 pm

second part of the word is vaguely like (first part, plus a letter) the brass instrument with the slider

3:12 pm

moo the 12 is a th word? i thought it was an.......confused.

3:12 pm

no, it has the "against" prefix in front of that

3:12 pm

there's an 8 letter word that is the second part of the word

3:13 pm

the 8 letter is th

3:13 pm

sothe against prefix, plus an 8 letter word. hmmm. and does the 8 letter word repeat itself?

3:14 pm

no, 8 unique letters in the 8

3:14 pm

i got it. whew. now that was painful. ty for clues.

3:15 pm

no problem...difficult word

3:15 pm

so it does not repeat. first and second parts are not similar. ty.

3:15 pm

and there's a 7 that is almost the same as the 8, just remove a letter

3:16 pm

about 20 words to go to half way and no blanks. whew.

3:30 pm

half done and good night

3:31 pm

76 left here

3:47 pm

that was a butt load of Ms

3:49 pm

I still have 8 Ms to go

3:50 pm

sorry 9...4 on the second row, 5 on the 4th row

3:50 pm

5 and 5 for me

3:51 pm

oh there's one

3:51 pm

4 and 4 for me now :)

3:51 pm

there is a big fish in the ma's and then a couple of variations

3:52 pm

yep, have those

3:52 pm

oh thanks, got fish and one variation anyway

3:53 pm

ones I'm finding are 4's :)

3:55 pm

have greyed only 3 tiles apart from the easy one

3:55 pm

sorry the freebie ones

3:55 pm

only one for me

3:55 pm

all grey except six tiles

3:55 pm

have the O, left E and 4th row A greyed

3:55 pm

56 to go

3:56 pm

i need the third O word

3:56 pm

yeah, it was my last tile I greyed...odd word

3:57 pm

kind of like the yellow stuff form prehistoric days

3:57 pm

from

3:58 pm

anyone have the ab9?

3:58 pm

ah thanks

3:58 pm

the A isn't next to the B

3:58 pm

ah, there is no ab9 :)

3:58 pm

i have am9, things you want to achieve

3:58 pm

am9

3:59 pm

the am9 before that one hursh

3:59 pm

I don't want to achieve anything, is that an am9?

3:59 pm

ends with a thin metal, ru

3:59 pm

then i don't have that, i didn't know there was another one

4:00 pm

oh, odd word...haven't seen that before

4:01 pm

tx BB

4:01 pm

am + male + thin metal

4:01 pm

plural

4:01 pm

i can't find it

4:01 pm

just drop that m ;)

4:01 pm

and put in another vowel

4:01 pm

and then plural it

4:02 pm

am + bird + element :)

4:02 pm

although unless you travel in the carribbean/central-south america, you might not know the bird

4:02 pm

sorry. trying to listen to a convo of one of my children...yawn...

4:03 pm

I did try and find one in Fort Lauderdale once, near the airport...but didn't

4:03 pm

thanks I see I was on the wrong track.. thanks you guys

4:04 pm

i messed that up to begin with.

4:04 pm

5OFOET

4:05 pm

still need 5 Ts and 5 Rs

4:06 pm

well that's better than me, anyway

4:06 pm

:)

4:06 pm

4OFOET...and 49 left

4:07 pm

4 M, B, T, L and R...so work to do there

4:08 pm

80% done after initial run through the grid

4:11 pm

gotta cook dinner now

4:15 pm

NTPN = Cruise movie character

4:18 pm

forget the character just the ovie title

4:19 pm

taking a much needed break...may be back for the last 50.

4:44 pm

wow.. done.. nearly 6,000 pts.. whew

4:51 pm

are all the li10s related or is one unrelated

4:52 pm

oHO one is unrelated

4:54 pm

oh maybe there is another one still, it says li11 x 4 but that is obviously not possible, maybe meant li10 x 4

4:56 pm

aha, yes, ok, li10 x 4, li11 x 2.

4:58 pm

ok so i have those and it10, anyone want to tell me what my last 10 letter word is? :)

5:10 pm

hi all

5:10 pm

ti 10/91?

5:11 pm

where trees stop growing on mountains?

5:21 pm

go 5 clue please

5:21 pm

ahhh

5:22 pm

the real dread pirate roberts has been retired for 15 years and living like a king in patago5!

5:22 pm

also not getting the trees clue from mool

5:22 pm

beautiful clue, hursh

5:23 pm

direct PB quotes are always the most beautiful :D

5:24 pm

ty hursh, great clue

5:27 pm

Rodents of unusual size

5:30 pm

MOOL, gpty

5:30 pm

mool, got the tree 10 finally thanks

6:38 pm

phantom: stamina

6:45 pm

hursh, did you get my NTPN? a tom cruise movie.

6:45 pm

erm, no, i thought of risky business and then ceased to think

hmm

6:48 pm

how about dustin hoffman

6:49 pm

oh i see, two words

6:49 pm

Ra4 Man

6:49 pm

that the one

6:50 pm

300 words!

6:50 pm

and there is batman's evil rodent cousin

6:50 pm

ratman

8:12 pm

I think this grid may win the prize for being one of the tuffest we've had in a long time. Whew! Finally finished!

8:55 pm

may i get a hint for the 12 i believe its anti ?

9:01 pm

Yes, followed by an enzyme involved in blood clotting, which is also in the grid by itself.

9:02 pm

Starts much like a word for the feeling if you hit your thumb with a hammer (a pulsing pain), but with an extra consonant

9:03 pm

Ends like a disposal container

9:03 pm

Ends *with* a disposal container

9:05 pm

I need a clue for the 12 please

9:13 pm

look immediately below

an 12 clue pls? what are we against today???

oops sorry need to read when i arrive

9:50 pm

Having the ta8/40 in two grids so close together seems like quite a coincidence, even if it's been a few days

i think it's just the way the program works- around some logic, like a wheel

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