Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, June 16, 2004

12:03 am

runningforhome

Haha, I get kneel, kneels, kneeler, and kneeled, but somehow forget knee? Go me!

12:04 am

hourfollowshour

Three I's in a row and three A's in a row. :(

12:16 am

4t8

the "mob" is joining us today apparently.

12:31 am

The Goddess

OMGoodness...I didn't realise you could have plural words, darn it - Was hoping to make it to 100 words yesterday only checked back in thinking it was a new game already and only had 2 minutes left....LOL

12:38 am

Ray

This puzzles in quite a disappointment as a opposed to yesterdays. 39/4.31/348 If I don't stop looking now I'm apt to beleive that my score will dwindell before my very eyes

12:39 am

Dani

my brain's stuck

12:40 am

4t8

yep! put those s's to work.
going at 50/441
that mob thing was a hit not a hint btw, not a comment. ;)

12:41 am

4t8

oops! not to confuse.
well, find the word and you'll get it. addled by insomnia.

12:45 am

Dani

i only have 26 and can't find another, ugh!

12:54 am

Dani

has anyone found a word that starts with an "s"?

12:57 am

jayferg

not yet.....

1:00 am

Dani

haha, finally got the "mob" hint

1:02 am

mellowmasher

56/4.36/535

1 x 7 and stuck

1:07 am

mellowmasher

1 x s so far

1:11 am

CalamityJames

Yay! No more school. Babble all day. =)
Sigh for my dreaded return. ::smiles::

1:11 am

Dani

i can' find any 's' words

1:12 am

hourfollowshour

One 's' and one 7 for me.

1:21 am

Atalante

1 7 .... no s's yet :S

1:37 am

sapphie

Lagging behind again Rodders???

WE are working with a professional artist Dimster, whereas you work with p**s artists ;) .

1:54 am

Atalante

Finally 1xs!

1:56 am

hourfollowshour

48 words for 497 points. Ugh, what a change from yesterday.

2:04 am

itzie

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=raita
Ok, how come it's not in the game? It's yummy!

2:12 am

hourfollowshour

How does it decide what words to accept/reject? It obviously doesn't base it on dictionary.com.

2:18 am

dimster

Sapphie........i heard you've worked with pros before....nothing better than an experienced pro!

2:21 am

itzie

Raita isn't in the scrabble dictionary either. I wonder why.

2:29 am

bas6y

56 / 4.38 / 536. Only one 7. I am beaten.

4:24 am

Rodders

Good morning Sapphie, good morning everybody!
I trust you had a hard day paining? I think that learning through play whilst child minding is an under rated job choice.

4:24 am

Huh

It would seem word get around Eh Sapphie ;) LOL

Just ask her about the HOT TUB guys, its were she has her better momentos hmmm *wink* Ooopsy to much information <cg> back to the Grid! LMAO!!

4:35 am

Rodders

Good morning Sapphie, good morning everybody!
I trust you had a hard day paining? I think that learning through play whilst child minding is an under rated job choice.

4:39 am

Huh

Yeah we got that Rodders ;) LOL dont worry it takes twice to get through to Sapphie ;) :) :p ROTF!!

4:43 am

anceps

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MAX: 98 words for 955 points
(67x4, 24x5, 6x6, 1x7)
Best word: 6 letters - 33 pts;
7-letters is 32 pts.
Every letter is used
Everyone but the 2 'E' start a word.
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5:17 am

Rodders

ooops

5:17 am

Rodders

ooops

5:57 am

Christine

How about a clue for the S word - like, how many points, then I can go to bed.....pleeeeease.

6:08 am

Atalante

57/4.35/536

utterly stuck now :S

6:16 am

shortseer

S word clue ... A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers ... and yet Babble says it's worth 5 points

6:21 am

signe

damn.. keep seeing thursday...

6:35 am

Christine

Shortsee -- thank you. Oddly, I'd tried this when I first signed on, because I 'saw' the word absurd (okay, no AB in place) but the board wouldn't accept my abreviation....I find that happens a lot - it will/it wont, vey tempremental board. I think I misspelled temp---

9:13 am

Mal

Christine
I have an S word.

9:19 am

4t8

have the 7, searching for the good 6.

9:24 am

Huh

Have Five S words SOoo far ~ but only the one @ the very begining

9:26 am

Huh

Yup got the 33 'r for 6 letters :)

9:28 am

4t8

why is the nursing org. named "bayada" if it's no use here.

9:28 am

Huh

I need that 7, Lets deal 4t8 *wink* LOL

9:29 am

runningforhome

Found the seven, but not the six yet.

9:31 am

4t8

tee hee.
one of your 6's needs a vowel.

10:15 am

KissTheFool

oh, this one SUCKS! Eh, guys?

11:05 am

Huh

Yup nd it l@@ks like its the only Six I DONT have *holds head in hands* LMAO!!

11:49 am

Mal

Anceps
How do you know how many words are in this puzzle

12:25 pm

SooGuy

D'oh I had 18 words BEFORE I even saw the most obvious one!

12:51 pm

CalamityJames

Numba Eight, Numba Eight

12:54 pm

CalamityJames

The S word can be prefixed by AB- to form a word that is synonymous with "ridiculous", or "preposterous".

1:28 pm

runningforhome

Mal - I think anceps wrote a program to find all the words.

1:38 pm

sapphie

Got a bird and Babble wont let me have it :( ... http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=baya

2:02 pm

bebelua

ok. so. if every letter except the "e"s starts a word, does that mean there are THREE I words? i can only find one, and all three of them can start it. anyone else have any hints?

2:04 pm

4t8

can't believe it's taken this long to break 500.

2:07 pm

sapphie

Hmmm...3 words starting with each of the "i's" .....I will have to add that to my search for the 33 point 6 worder.

2:12 pm

Suzanah

The second "i" word is a slightly longer version of the first one. ;)

2:14 pm

4t8

this is ridiculous! :D if all three can start it, the second letter's an a, and i am so very, very stumped. must type, type again.

2:17 pm

signe

pfff it's a hard one... I was hoping to make at least a good dent in them 95 words...
I got the S word, thank you Calamity James! Never heard of that and neither has my dictionary.. hihi

looking for the I words...

2:18 pm

Suzanah

That's right, 4t8. Think poetry or Shakespeare.

2:19 pm

4t8

yay! thanks...

2:20 pm

Huh

Hoy Sapphie give me a SaWeet smile nd I will leave you a clue where we make wine, for teh 33 pointer 6 Letter word *wink*

2:26 pm

sapphie

Hey Saozinha ....knew that eng Lit a level would come in handy ;)...cheers!!!

;) and a :x too Huh ma dear...see you are in the grid today!!!

2:33 pm

Dani

any kind soul want to give a hint about the "s" word.....i'm completely stumped

2:42 pm

4t8

i got it with blind dumb luck but if you go south and veer off only once, that may help. also, Calamity James had a great hint at 12:54 pm.

2:44 pm

Dani

thank you thank you 4t8
a hint for you'all, no seven letter, but my three sixes all have the same ending, two starting with "h", worth 27 pts

2:47 pm

Huh

Pound those Grapes Baby *wink*

2:50 pm

Huh

Why dont we just tell each other what we have so far hmm Darlings ?? AND impress the No shows ;) LMAO!! I'll go last *evil laugh*

2:53 pm

Dani

yeah, i was too nice..

2:59 pm

Suzanah

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. From a pretty good first try yesterday, to an abysmal score today. :( I'm still inching my way to 500. Well, there's always tomorrow's puzzle, right?

3:03 pm

signe

never mind Dani.. I had those already and am very proud of my measely 33 words.. I would like to share with everyone...
( there's a 6 worth 24 ending in the same as the others.. very fishy if you ask me...)

3:06 pm

signe

abysmal.. mmmm nope... darnit

3:07 pm

4t8

i keep hoping i can make them into words ending with ee, but no such luck.

3:10 pm

Suzanah

Oops! :x

3:12 pm

sapphie

Huh sweetie...i drink the grapes not pound 'em. Still looking, just had a hot tub break to see if it'll help ma brain power!!!

3:13 pm

Dani

thanks signe :) just found a water animal, also with same ending

3:16 pm

runningforhome

63/4.4/607
As usual, I'm seeing a ton of words that aren't there: toaster, maybe, retail...

3:17 pm

4t8

wow! 63/608
why can't muses be musy...

3:18 pm

Dani

47/456 hmph, never going to make it to 500....

3:27 pm

Atalante

65 / 4.37 / 617

3:29 pm

4t8

very blinking excited until i realized taurus was a mirage

3:36 pm

Suzanah

Okay, I have four 6-letter words, but I really need a clue for that 33 pointer!

3:46 pm

Dani

me too :) r + ?????

4:00 pm

Dani

yes!!!!!! i finally made it to 500, i can let this impossible puzzle go now :)

4:03 pm

Huh

Darling I ment GO TO THE GRAPES ;) LOL

4:49 pm

sapphie

DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:35 pm

Suzanah

Hey, how come it accepted French words yesterday, but won't do so today?

5:58 pm

runningforhome

4t8, don't feel too ripped off; Taurus was in another puzzle and it wouldn't accept it.

6:16 pm

Christine

No grape word, but almost a mai-tai

6:32 pm

hourfollowshour

What's everyone's score so far?

6:42 pm

runningforhome

69/4.36/649
I still haven't found that 33-point six though. :(

7:20 pm

runningforhome

Hmm, just found it by chance. What an obscure word. Not recognized by dictionary.com, unless it's just an alternate spelling...

7:40 pm

4t8

thanks runningforhome. won't get excited if i see sagitarrius then. ;)
just got back, so still at 64/614; any more will be a surprise.

7:44 pm

4t8

(or sagittarius)

8:02 pm

M&O

I am "dusmayed" at this puzzle. 41 lousy words, many of which I've never heard of before today.

10:12 pm

4t8

found an aromatherapy-type word

10:14 pm

ejackg22

50/4.32/456
4-6'S. Nothing higher. (Joey)

10:39 pm

joyce

I'd like to go on record as saying:
ARGH! The server thingy was down most of the day at work. My numbers are at their most all time pitiful.

Oh who am I kidding.. I probably wouldn't have found many more anyway.

11:23 pm

Annaquin

For the love of the gods, please, please can I have a clue about the 7 letter word, someone. You know it'll make you a better persoon if you do!

11:39 pm

4t8

it won't accept the language urdu.
the 7 is a six with an extra vowel, also a tweaked 5.

11:39 pm

mellowmasher

clue for the 7 letter word

A bit more crazy

Hope it helps

11:48 pm

runningforhome

Yeah, there's no way I'm going to see another word. I've maxed out even my ability to randomly combine letters.

11:53 pm

Suzanah

Thanks for the hint on the 7 letter word. And yeah, I keep typing Urdu, hoping it will change it's mind and accept it.

11:57 pm

4t8

i guess it won't accept hurdy without gurdy.
what a day!

12:00 am

Annaquin

Thanks! Got it with two minutes to go. Ah, how sad am I? That's my adrenaline for today!

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