Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, April 25, 2004

12:23 am

Rebecca

ok 25 words for a measly score of 153

12:45 am

teach_98

Well Rebecca you did better than I did, 20 words for 104

12:59 am

scraggle18

SATAN!!!

1:49 am

DTOX

found an 8 letter.

2:29 am

DTOX

saturn isn't a valid word? blech.

3:19 am

derrr

the 8 letter one just roars out at you, doesn't it?

3:44 am

Si

40/4.40/296 so far...

3:53 am

Si

I'll sign off at 44/4.39/318 for now...

4:48 am

patty

this puzzle is unsat

4:51 am

Rebecca

46 4.39 334

4:59 am

Rebecca

48 words 4.38 342

5:00 am

Rebecca

49 words 4.47 396

5:02 am

FalconNL

51/4.47/410

5:06 am

FalconNL

52/4.46/414

5:12 am

Rebecca

53 words 4.45 418

5:12 am

FalconNL

54/4.46/428

5:14 am

FalconNL

58/4.47/465

5:14 am

Rebecca

59 words 4.46 469

5:15 am

Rebecca

60 words 4.45 476

5:22 am

Rebecca

62 words 4.44 487

5:23 am

FalconNL

62/4.44/487

5:27 am

Rebecca

63 words 4.43 492

7:36 am

mvuijlst

Brrr. Yesterday with the Rs, today the Ts...

8:01 am

Rebecca

64 words 4.42 496

8:03 am

Rebecca

65 words 4.42 500

8:04 am

mvuijlst

Er, Rebecca, Falcon, are you going to keep this up? :)

8:13 am

Rebecca

probably not - can't seem to find much more and i always get overtaken at the last minute by someone else and im just making up for my miserbale turn yesterday :D

8:27 am

Treeshar

Awesome! I just doubled my score with a 9 letter.

8:45 am

pufferfish

Anyone found a Qu word yet?

8:46 am

Rebecca

No - I ran through the whole enable dictioanry and the only one that comes close is qurush and we cant make that

8:49 am

mvuijlst

I has high hopes for Quran, but alas...

8:56 am

Rebecca

i agree that should be a word as should satan and saturn

8:57 am

discodave

Satan and Staurn are both proper names, kids - that's why they're not valid. It's in the rules at the top right.

8:59 am

Rebecca

i know discodave but it would mean the difference between 70 words and 72 words - lol

9:02 am

mvuijlst

I'm at 76 words but still nothing longer than 5... it's driving me up the walls!

9:04 am

Rebecca

i have three over 5 letters but im still only at 71 words

9:09 am

mvuijlst

Belay that, just found three over 5 (all three starting with in...)

9:18 am

Rebecca

74 words 4.55 652
I wonder the difference in scores as I'd really like to knoiw what im missing :)
but i still have less than you in the number of words

9:18 am

mvuijlst

Nine!

9:22 am

Rebecca

i take it from that exclamation you found that nice big scoring 9 letter word ?

9:28 am

mvuijlst

Yes! AndI would've found another nine and evne a ten letter words if the dictionary behind this was a good one :)

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=trilith
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=trilithon
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=trilithons

Boo!!

9:34 am

Rebecca

yes the dictionary leaves a little to be desired - they should have used a more international one

9:36 am

discodave

It's the same dictionary as is used for Scrabble. That's the point - it's a cross between Scrabble and Boggle.

9:38 am

Rebecca

discodave I am well aware of this but there are valid words that can be found in the scrabble dictionary that aren't allowed here

9:40 am

discodave

Fair enough. I'd have known that if I was using one, but I don't really see the point. Each to their own, though.

9:44 am

lawyer-1

Big deal....I get a 9-letter word and net 54 lousy points!

9:49 am

Rebecca

mvuijlst can i ask how many 4 and 5 letter words you have - pretty please ?

9:51 am

mvuijlst

Sure. 23 fives and 60 fours.

9:53 am

Rebecca

how many of these words are obscure?

9:56 am

mvuijlst

I didn't know the meaning of five of them, but they were plausible English, and were apparently accepted :)

9:56 am

Rebecca

thanks mvuijlst btw, i thought i was doing great with my score but you are doing heaps better than me :)

9:58 am

mvuijlst

Well, I'm afraid I've run out of steam. I'm off for a couple of hours.

1:25 pm

DTOX

Soooo, Saturn is proper and therefore out, but biblical names are not? That's so lame. As a devout follower of the Greco-Roman pantheon I am totally offended by this preferential treatment.

3:40 pm

lil

rata(s): large New Zealand tree: a large New Zealand tree that belongs to the same family as the eucalyptus and myrtle and has hard red wood and crimson flowers. but it didn't count.

5:57 pm

B.B.

Just to confirm -- has anyone made use of the Qu?

6:51 pm

Christine

I'm new to this... found you through a link on another blog. So, how do we play? Must the letters abut, to make a word?? Are diagonals allowed???

6:54 pm

atlatl51

click on babble rules upper right hand corner of page.

7:04 pm

Christine

Thank you... as soon as I clicked on SEND, I saw that link..... memo to self, use eyes, then fingers! Can someone explain the significance of the numbes posted- 44/4.39/318 is one example.

7:18 pm

Alti

Well the last two days have been 10 minute attacks at the puzzle while I'm waiting for family and friends to arrive so I haven't been able to do a proper attempt. Hopefully this coming week will be back to normal and I can start making tolerable scores again. Good luck everyone and have a good "rest of the weekend" wherever you are.

7:41 pm

bacchae

I've not had much of a chance to play the last couple days either. And christine... the numbers are: words found/average word length/ score. Hope that helps =)

7:52 pm

Rebecca

ok I give up - i know someone who has this score : 126 / 4.80 / 1348 - so i think I might retire as i'm never going to find another 45 words

8:13 pm

Christine

And yet another question... if I sign off, can I return to the same list, before midnight? or will I lose the words I finally found, and need to start again?

9:01 pm

babs

yes, your list will stay as long as you log back in with the same log on

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