Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, June 14, 2004

12:13 am

Christine

Goodmorning, y'all.... in yesterday's puzzle, what were the 7s and the high 6????

12:18 am

4t8

goodmorning! :)
the 7's were outrank and mahonia.
the high 6 was mouthy.

12:23 am

The Goddess

How bizzare, straight up 7 letter and 5 x 6 letters....is this a trick...LOL

12:39 am

The Goddess

28 words 5.00 418 pts.
Why bother putting the Qu in there...? LOL Must be a lot of words to get on this one.....too easy so far!

12:44 am

4t8

46 4.48 426.
lot of big fish to find in here.

12:45 am

Marmy

I am confused - can't get rules to show and puzzle keeps rejecting very normal words???

12:45 am

The Goddess

36 words 4.86 490

12:48 am

4t8

i'm confused too - it's loading slowly, then telling me the word i just put in has already been played.

12:49 am

4t8

a 2nd 7!
anceps, what are today's goals?

12:51 am

The Goddess

2 x7's here too! ;p

12:55 am

jayferg

I got 2 8's

12:57 am

Hypothetico

WooooHOOOOO!! I didn't think it was possible, but there it is -- a 10 letter word! Wheeee!!!

1:04 am

bulldog

I got the ten also, 38,4.53,415

1:26 am

Hypothetico

Alright. 85 / 4.76 / 1016. Missing the 8's, but that's enough for now.

1:28 am

The Goddess

Just got me an 8 - too easy, staring me right in the face!
44 words 5.00 655 pts

1:28 am

bulldog

Do you have an amazing vocabulary or do you use some magical word finder?

1:30 am

The Goddess

Yeah, I'd like to know what the 'cheats' use, I want one too! LOL

1:36 am

4t8

have only the 1 8 and no 10, sleeping on 83/4.78/1020
have fun. :)

1:38 am

mellowmasher

96 for 1354 only 1 8 so far back later

1:49 am

bulldog

I've been using www.yourdictionary.com to help but I still can't come close to the monumental scores of others.

2:07 am

Hypothetico

While the puzzle definitely has many obscure words, mostly I think this is a battle of pattern recognition more than vocabulary. I always find when I look at the previous day's puzzle all sorts of easy little words I missed just sitting there mocking me. ;-)

2:17 am

bulldog

So do you just enter in random combinations of leters until something takes?

2:39 am

bulldog

It is getting easier for me , 68, 4.88, 880

3:14 am

bulldog

ecoterror isn'ta word, but ecoterrorist, come on!

3:55 am

sh

alright... does anyone know what 'dore' means?

3:56 am

KissTheFool

41 and I'm stuck.

3:57 am

KissTheFool

got a couple of 7's though.

4:02 am

KissTheFool

It means 'gilded' and is also a kind of fish.

4:07 am

bulldog

85 words 4.91 1181

4:29 am

Jesic

Dang it. Must...break...100.

92 words 4.95 1282

2 8's so far.

4:33 am

The Goddess

97 words 4.88 1288

Yeah, gotta get to 100

4:38 am

The Goddess

99 words 4.89 1328

so close......uggggh, wish I knew the 10 letter word someone supposedley has...grrrrr

4:40 am

The Goddess

100 words 4.89 1338

YAY, I'm satisfied, whew...!

4:41 am

Christine

sh - click on the little box to the left of the word, you'll get a definition, most of the time; or google the word.
Words are coming faster than my little browser can enter them. So far, 104 for 1264, but someone has stolen all the 8s, 9s, and 10s.
My 30-minutes has stretched to 40, so I'm off until tonight.

4:44 am

sh

so *that's* what they are. thanks, all of you.

4:47 am

Jesic

heh, congrats Goddess ;)

4:53 am

anceps

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MAX: 186 words for 2935 points
(79x4, 42x5, 45x6, 12x7, 6x8, 0x9 and... 2x10 !)
10-words give 91 pts each.
You knew it, 'Qu' is not used.
'N' et 'M' above 'Qu' are the only ones not to start any word.
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5:09 am

The Goddess

105 words 4.86 1370

How on earth did you get that anceps, are you one of those pple with a program to do this kinda thing...?

5:37 am

The Goddess

110 words 4.86 1437 - just going to keep coming back and trying to add - hey anceps how do you count all the 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's - my eyes can't focus long enough, you must have a cheat program huh [shrug]

6:14 am

Crooty

Yes, Anceps wrote a computer program to tell him all this. But you can hardly call it cheating, since he doesn't play... ;-)

6:54 am

Huh

Is protogenic not a word ???

6:58 am

anceps

My program computes the list of words, but display to me only the results. When I'm done, I look to the results to help others and because I'm curious, but then I won't play afterward.

7:05 am

Christine

Oh, I'm so sad, I can't find a single 8 or 10... where are my little sisters, when I need them??.. Marianne & JB, help me....

7:06 am

The Goddess

very cool anceps (I'm not comlaining) I'm frustrated....LOL
115 words 4.89 1529

7:12 am

Chani

I'm not even playing in my own language... Pretty hard...

8:05 am

M&O

I'm sure-- playing in my native language is hard

8:33 am

ciel

Man, those stupid "o's" are messing eveyrthing up!

9:30 am

joyce

*yawn*
Mornin!
Rise and shine.. ugh.
So what kinda crap-o-la we working with today?
Ooo!
Looks interesting.
And I see someone found a 10 letter word. Delightful!
Yo! Bacchae.. Bonnie. You two babbling per chance?
Sapphie? You playin today??

9:58 am

Zen

Wibble !

11:59 am

Crooty

Another fantasy character's in today's puzzle (quite easy really).

12:19 pm

Crooty

Oops... forget what I just said. *must rest*

12:20 pm

discodave

What the buggery bollocks are the 10s? Any hints?

12:22 pm

lawyer-1

DD - You included a hint to 1 of the 10 letter words in your last message!

12:35 pm

discodave

Oh dear, even my subconscious is taunting me...

12:40 pm

lawyer-1

And it's worth 91 points.

12:47 pm

discodave

Yup. And apparently there's another one worth the same. I know roughly where I'm looking, it's just getting the letters to fit. Thanks, though.

2:27 pm

sapphie

oh yeah playing here J...and suffering with these 10's.....grrrrrrrrrr!!!

2:31 pm

bacchae

Yup, I'm playing too - but seem to be having a hard time of it in here today.....certainly haven't seen any 10s yet...

3:23 pm

Prue

Wooohooo, I found a 10. By sticking a syllable in front of a 7-letter-word.

3:24 pm

M&O

Common or uncommon 7 letter word?

3:25 pm

M&O

If it's just obscure I'm not going to drive myself crazy

3:37 pm

hourfollowshour

Pretty uncommon.

3:37 pm

Crooty

This one is not so obscure, because I found it (all by myself). The other one, I don't know.

3:38 pm

joyce

Yo S & B.. How's it goin gals??

3:43 pm

runningforhome

Why can I only see almost-words? Retina, pertinent, regenerate... :(

6:41 pm

bulldog

one hundred words for 1374

7:36 pm

M&O

<shameless begging>Does anyone want to share the joy of a 10 letter word? Just a tiny hint? </shameless begging>

7:38 pm

runningforhome

100/4.89/1337

Hahah. 1337.

8:03 pm

Huh

If they woulda given me protogenic i woulda given you that one!! Im still dirty folks...it *IS* a word, but not according to BABBLE Grrrr.

8:08 pm

M&O

I'll give you credit for protogenic. I will add those points to your score tomorrow, then print out my own list with you moved up accordingly. So, that word was....? ;)

8:21 pm

hourfollowshour

I KEEP seeing the word "proven", even though I know it's not there. It continues to taunt me. kjfaksdjfkasdf.

8:22 pm

runningforhome

Well, that was a hell of a second wind.
122/5.02/1853

8:22 pm

M&O

I keep seeing "provoke"-- which is what this puzzle is doing to me!

8:30 pm

hourfollowshour

Has anyone found two 10's? I only have the one so far.

130/5.18/2114 - think I'm pretty much finished, though.

10:10 pm

KissTheFool

who wants to give me a clue for the ten?

10:18 pm

runningforhome

I've only found the one 10 as well.

10:21 pm

KissTheFool

well, it's no 10's for me. I suck! Help out an amature!

10:27 pm

runningforhome

There was a great clue earlier about adding a prefix onto one of the seven-letter words to make a ten.

10:29 pm

drewboy

I've only got 1 seven and can't put anything in front of it!

10:32 pm

KissTheFool

I've got 3 7's, but nothing's working! You couldn't give me the first letter of the 10, could you?

11:23 pm

April

OHHHHHHHHHHH wish I could play this one today but I just signed on and there are only like 36 minutes left of the day, and it seems too many words to attempt in so little time ;(

11:34 pm

mellowmasher

I only have one 10 and the first letter is e hope this helps

11:40 pm

ejackg22

102/4.85/1359
6-7's, 1-10, 20-6's= No 8's or 9's
think I'm finished. (Joey)

11:54 pm

Christine

I forgot to come back - now there's only 10minutes left, for someone to give me some clues, pretty please.
I need only 2-10s, 3-7s, 23-6s, 22-5s and some 4s--- I'll be your new best friend!.

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