Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, June 13, 2004

12:20 am

Christine

Hey, little sister... we had good scores, yesterday.

1:01 am

sh

Okay... what on earth does 'mair' mean? Dictionary.com only finds an acronym.

1:10 am

shortseer

mair = more [scot.]
Err ... got any 7++ words for which you need a definition?
You find the words, i'll give you definitions ;)

1:20 am

Christine

Shortseer - your kindness to one in need is inspiring - what a very nice person you must be.

1:31 am

shortseer

I'm kindness personified :)

1:44 am

sh

indeed ;D

2:25 am

Mal

Christine
considering what a load of rubbish yesterdays game was I think we all did very well. Shortseer is person just like me very helpful.

4:34 am

Aussie Goddess

wot a crappy grid!!!

4:45 am

Dragoncarer

Too many 'R's!!!!! Too damn many!

5:15 am

anceps

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MAX: 96 words for 1138 points
(61x4, 18x5, 15x6 and 2x7)
Best: 48 pts.
2 letters aren't used
All others but 4 begin words
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5:22 am

Crooty

Why not WETA? It's an insect.

5:58 am

signe

weta is what I just got! I agree..is a valid word!
and ( on the subject) enough letters to make rohirrim =D

6:11 am

signe

yeeh got two 5 and ten fours
( only 51 more to go and 16 other fives)

sigh!

6:24 am

The Divine Miss

22 all up, 180 points
1x6
2x5 and the rest are 4's.
fluked a 5...trank...looking for meaning ;-)

7:00 am

The Goddess

I got 32 words with 281 pts pretty easily, I want to know what the limit is...?

7:04 am

The Goddess

I'll take your 'trank' Miss M and give you 'haute'

7:05 am

The Goddess

35 words 305 pts, getting into it now I have some time!

7:10 am

The Goddess

28 x 4's
8 x 5's
2 x 6's
so far...... 38 words 347 pts this one is more fun than yesterday's

8:06 am

Dragoncarer

29 words 4.41 302 methinks i need tp find some more of them 'only found with a dictionary' words eh?
2 sixes many fives and a whole bunch of fours!!!

8:11 am

Dragoncarer

yeah well the other day 'welsh' got in but 'irish' didn't AND math is only in America, we call it 'maths'.

8:40 am

The Goddess

45 words 4.38 433 points
I'm done I think, I'm still too mad that it wont accept raita

8:40 am

robinrobin

7 people found all the words yesterday. Must have been an easy one.

9:11 am

Dragoncarer

nup...going to bed with [32 words 4.44 344] and no sevens....*sigh*.
Maybe I can flout the internet services at work and try some more :O tomorrow.

9:55 am

M&O

13 words 4.38 122 points

9:58 am

M&O

Narnia!

12:03 pm

joyce

Yo bacchae.. have you risen yet?

12:47 pm

Christine

I thank you for TRANK and HAUTE, and give you MAUT.
Everyone had good scores yesterday, perhaps because there were fewer words available to us, but it was a good puzzle (I think) because we had to concentrate to get those words.

12:48 pm

4t8

35 340. found 3 words in the last 20 minutes. think that's it for today.

1:07 pm

4t8

btw, i got trank before you wrote that, but can't find a definition - do you know what it means?
there is a poisonous snake from southeast asia in the puzzle.

2:18 pm

Christine

Boy! I 'googled' the word TRAN, and got a reference to a music festival in Finland, a German family name (derived from DRUNK) and the street-name for crack cocaine.....

2:19 pm

Christine

Ooops . I actually 'googled' TRANK, of course.

2:33 pm

Mal

Christine I not doing too well but i am getting there.

2:38 pm

Mal

Christine I found our name and it did not like it

2:49 pm

signe

21 words 4.24 168

pff I hate this game.. I keep seeing dutch words or great three letter words like ewe and hoe.. darn.
I am proud of my four letter 10 pointer though!

3:00 pm

joyce

umm does this one kinda suck too.. or is it just me.. again?

3:09 pm

bulldog

37 words 291pts, this is quite a bit better than saturdays.

3:22 pm

signe

22 words 4.23 177

that's it I am giving up...how on earth does one get more words???

3:46 pm

Crooty

46 words, no 7, only 2 6's and 8 5's.

4:21 pm

majenwen

amor isn't a word?

5:02 pm

M&O

a little help here...

5:03 pm

ejackg22

48/4.33/460
4-6's, 8-5's. No 7's, 8's or 9's

5:04 pm

Christine

Oops, Marianne - we don't exist! So far, 51 for 538 points - 14/5s and 5/6s, nothing higher.

5:16 pm

Christine

Signe, is your name Norwegian? Your 10-pointer is an old Norse word, right?

5:44 pm

BonnyDawn

Joyce are you still there

5:47 pm

BonnyDawn

Bacchae?

6:44 pm

bacchae

Hey :)

6:47 pm

xena

ouch...this one is going to drop my score some more.

6:49 pm

xena

have no where near what anceps says is available. Haven't found a seven and only a few 6's.

7:00 pm

The Goddess

47 words 4.38 450 points
Thanks Christine had that one, throw me one I haven't got - like maybe a 7 letter? LOL

7:18 pm

Christine

Okay Goddess - 7 letters, total 12 points for a score of 48 - now all I need to do is find the right seven letters.....

7:28 pm

The Goddess

Is there a word ending in 'tute'...?

8:51 pm

4t8

if only romaine lettuce were romain-y

why won't babble let me Rest.

9:52 pm

The Goddess

48 words 4.38 454 pts

Anyone got a 7 letter word...?

10:01 pm

Jesic

yeah i have one 7 letter

10:04 pm

joyce

the BonnyDawn greets the bacchae babbler.. and I missed it. Either of you two still around??
And if so.. throw me some words!!!!

10:06 pm

Jesic

Blah, im stuck.

54 words 4.57 636

10:25 pm

joyce

54 words?! Arrgh!! I've got 20.
* bangs head with dictionary *
Come-on osmosis!!

10:43 pm

4t8

56 but 603

10:46 pm

shortseer

Hey jes, the 7 letter word you have ... is it the 44pt one?
I cannot find 48pt one.

10:48 pm

The Goddess

Just got another 6 letter for 33 pts, how did I miss it, so easy!

10:49 pm

4t8

there's a 6 for 42

11:32 pm

sh

anyone know what 'routh' is?

11:45 pm

Christine

sh - thanks for ROUTH - you're right, it doesn't appear anywhere..... so odd.

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