Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, April 30, 2004

12:07 am

Marilyn Manson

i wanna get fuct.

1:53 am

sapphie

why wont it let me have
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=twite

4:01 am

standby4sue

hmmmm knew I shouldda stayed in bed ;)

4:54 am

sapphie

or this one....
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gite

6:36 am

discodave

Any better than 6 yet?

6:55 am

sapphie

not here :(

6:58 am

burns1

Nope, can't go higher than 6 here either

7:15 am

cbullock

couple 6's, but nothing better

9:07 am

emptyb

Those ads that constantly flash surely aren't worth the money. There has to be better way.

9:07 am

burns1

I am struggling with this one today.

9:23 am

cbullock

if you use mozilla, the combination of the built in ad-blocking and this extension:
http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/flashblock
removes all the ads before rendering

9:40 am

cbullock

Dr. God -
Thanks for fixing that Q scoring thing

9:46 am

derrr

i'm seeing no Q words... am i moron? [yes, but..]

9:51 am

cbullock

there's at least 2

9:56 am

burns1

I got 1 Q. Thanks to a word I learnt ages ago from playing scrabble.

9:57 am

burns1

and thanks to that making me look at it again, I just got the second one.

9:58 am

derrr

ooh. i just got one. dictionary doesn't recognize it though. heh, like i care..

9:59 am

cbullock

yeah, you never forget certain lists of scrabble words :)

10:04 am

burns1

Well, I'm done for the day. And appallingly so today:

32, 4.44, 345

10:13 am

Funf

the Q word is actually french...
and why is 'warf' not being taken?

10:20 am

sapphie

Yeah a couple of 6's but only one 'q'..

so far 58/4.38/629

10:26 am

derrr

... wharf?

10:38 am

Funf

yeah, 'wharf'....
wasn't the character on star trek's name spelled 'warf'? maybe that tripped me up. nyaaah!

12:08 pm

Kaetchen

so close to 'euchre' and yet so far!

12:20 pm

discodave

A smidgen over 600 and that'll do me.
OK, someone'll get close to 1200 at least, but I know my limitations...

12:34 pm

CubsRotation

65 - 4.40 - 701

12:43 pm

holmes

I could not find a legitimate q word to Save My Life, and I know French? somewhat

12:46 pm

Kaetchen

holmes, it's also used by the British

1:04 pm

Leslie

i found the q word...

1:09 pm

RET

3 6-words and 627 so far - tough one - :)

1:14 pm

refusal

Freuchie is a village in Scotland...

1:18 pm

RET

OK - I admit - I got my best word - 36 points - by guessing what looks like it should be a word - if they wanted to make this hard thy would deduct for bad guesses - Anyway - up to 671 since I found a q word also (only 8 points)

1:19 pm

Funf

the Q word describes what borders the Sein River in Paris

1:25 pm

Beren

So they'll take an obscure round tar and skin boat in the Irish language, but they won't take the Irish spelling of "queer?" Oh well.

1:45 pm

libboy

I need to learn some Q words, because I can't find or think of a single one.

2:00 pm

athena

woot! thanks for that, kaetchen!

2:20 pm

CubsRotation

73 - 4.41 - 7.93 and I'm quitting before my brain melts and leaks out onto my shirt looking like vomit from eggs and bloody marys.

2:22 pm

B.B.

OK, I have 2 Q-words, but they're both short, 4-letter guys. Is there a longer Q-word out there?

2:30 pm

derrr

i think you people with two Q words are either lying or i got the wrong letters...

2:32 pm

Beren

Quaa, quaw, and quat are all Scrabble words, but don't seem to work here. Don't ask me what they mean, but...

2:36 pm

jkos31

drrr quit thinking QU remove the U and try again

2:40 pm

Beren

Thanks jkos31 -- didn't know you could take the "u" out!

2:43 pm

jkos31

Me either just happened

3:12 pm

RET

689 - must ...... make ....... 700 ......

3:15 pm

holmes

That's BULLSHIT!
It SAYS Qu so I was DOing Qu. Stupid thing: I was ripping my hair out here!
well, not really

3:15 pm

holmes

just to be clear, I typed the curse and it put in the bleep. I wouldn't write bleep myself

3:19 pm

jkos31

OK I quit enough is enough, this game is making me MAD!!!
75 words 4.45 854

3:55 pm

Delta

Hmm, my score is 666, no wonder I can't find any more.

4:10 pm

iluvtigs

qats!!!!!!!!!!!!1

4:11 pm

LPF

Hola wow I went a whole day with out Babble yesterday it was really a boring day. I missed all the fun confusion.

4:22 pm

Kaetchen

still nothing over a 6 - anybody else?

4:24 pm

jkos31

nope just 6 6's

4:39 pm

libboy

hey, thanks, this is just my third day and I didn't realize the 'u' on the Q was optional! Thanks much!

4:56 pm

Kaetchen

Ok, there are other people that know 'ragu' as an actual Italian sauce, not just a brand name, right?

4:58 pm

refusal

That's ragout, isn't it?

5:09 pm

Dr_God

The "u" in "Qu" in not supposed to be optional. It is a bug that I thought I had fixed. I guess I didn't. ;)

5:20 pm

cbullock

although it did allow Q without U, it did score it correctly this time

5:26 pm

joyce

hmm.. please note: I'm getting a late start here

5:31 pm

Dr_God

Ok, Babblers, the "Q" bug has been fixed - this time for good. Sorry "qats" lovers. ;)

5:33 pm

cbullock

but now it doesn't seem to accept any words
... i've run out of real words, but it's saying that existing chains of letters don't exist

5:33 pm

coolioisjesus

heh

5:34 pm

annobear

it's telling me that all my words don't exist in the puzzle... hmm...

5:36 pm

Dr_God

Oops... back to the drawing board...

5:38 pm

annobear

it's all good now... thanks! :o)

5:59 pm

Kaetchen

A 'ragout' is actually different from a 'ragu'. Sorry, a little obsessive about food-related stuff!

6:04 pm

Kaetchen

Dr. God, is there a reason I had to re-enter the words I had that started with 'qu'? It's perfectly ok to lose that were 'q' only, but...

6:08 pm

Dr_God

Kaetchen-

That was my fault. Sorry about that.

6:11 pm

Kaetchen

No problem! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't going crazy!

6:36 pm

Beren

Oh, maaaan! I leave for a few hours, and look what happens -- the Q and not U thing gets called a "bug" and "fixed." When the qat's away... blah blah blah.

9:18 pm

Christine

I, too, came back to find I'd lost my one-&-only Q-word, but I reentered, so there! I've been here for less than a week, but this seems the most difficult puzzle.

10:21 pm

CubsRotation

Well, with qats gone, my final (I think) is 83 - 4.45 - 939

10:22 pm

CubsRotation

Looks like this thing is central time, and I'm in Illinois. I was hoping for the rollover at 11. Oh well. Anybody know how long after midnight the finals are posted and the next puzzle starts?

10:25 pm

Delta

New puzzle starts almost right away.

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