Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, June 18, 2004

12:46 am

joyce

Well I was on my way to watch TV but.. I don't know.. Suddenly it was like the game was calling to me or something.

12:50 am

jayferg

Tell me about it. I should be reading or sleeping.....but I am up to 61 words already. All short ones.

1:08 am

hourfollowshour

Anyone have anything higher than a six yet?

1:13 am

Dani

i got a 7 for 60

1:15 am

sapphie

Hey J.....its your little daughter's fault....she is a pusher of adictive games, gets you hooked and then leaves you suffering.

Well done Rodders, I see you must have had NO lessons yesterday, was it 'study tme' with your kids???

1:18 am

itzie

I see a 7 and an 8. (I'm sitting this one out, though)

1:20 am

itzie

And a 9.

1:21 am

sapphie

Just got the 7
....hmmm and an 8 too. Looking hard!!!

1:22 am

joyce

Yep S.. she is pretty darn evil now isn't she. 'Course now that I think about it.. all my kids are pretty darn evil.
Gosh.. kinda makes me misty.

1:27 am

hourfollowshour

Two 8's, both are based on the same word.

1:27 am

Dani

can't find an 8, but have five 7s....

1:28 am

sapphie

It does warm ya cockles dont it....the puzzle dont look hard btw. i am looking hard;)

1:29 am

sapphie

Hey Joyce....your name is in the Grid !!!:D

1:30 am

Christine

Four 7s- 32.. 36.. 60 and 64

1:33 am

joyce

Damn!! So it was actually calling to me!
Spooky!

1:44 am

sapphie

Just got a couple of sevens for 40 and 44... got the others apart from the 32 pointer!!! Nice puzzle today :D

1:45 am

sapphie

And another two sevens for 40 and 44, very similar to the first two.

1:47 am

Rodders

Hi Sapphie,
you just keep dangling the bait, I'll just keep on avoiding it. Have a nice day..

1:58 am

hourfollowshour

There's a 9 in the puzzle!

2:14 am

mellowmasher

158 words 2167 think im done

3:31 am

Christine

This is fun -- seven 7s and a 9.... no 8s.
Anceps, wake up, and post your findings..

4:05 am

anceps

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Max: 292 words, for 4595 points.
(110×4, 91×5, 54×6, 26×7, 6×8, 5×9)
Best word: 84 pts for 9 letters
'E' in upper right corner is the only one not to be used.
'N' in upper left corner is the only one not beginning a word
---------------------------------

4:32 am

The Goddess

Yeah, I got the 7 worth 64, cool

5:53 am

Christine

Sapphie---'it does warm your cockles....' are you in England??

6:24 am

sapphie

Hi Christine! Yes I am in England. We do have the best turns of phrase I think...don't you ;)

Looks like a mega puzzle today!!! WOW!!

6:26 am

Rodders

Sapphie, I've just seen the ratings for yesterday.
I have past the test.I MUST DIMINISH AND GO INTO THE WEST!!!

7:17 am

FitzyFitz

Errrm, don't want to knock Anceps, but I've managed to use the E in the top right corner...

7:27 am

Christine

FitzyFitz ... tell us the word, and we'll seee if you've beaten Ancep's program....

7:30 am

FitzyFitz

Jean

7:38 am

Christine

Oh, you trusting soul.... now we all know your word (evil grind...) actually, I tried that word, asnd it was rejected, hmmm,..
Have you noticed how many names, (m/f) are in this grid?

7:40 am

cbullock

i get the feeling that it's probably the E that doesn't start a word, and the N that isn't used at all

7:45 am

Atalante

4 animals, 1 young bird - so far ... and the 64 pt word :) and a good lot of organic chemicals ...

7:57 am

M&O

Do the chemicals use -ite?

8:07 am

M&O

Hey-- I just noticed I got an 8 point word by accident about 10 minutes ago-- 50 points!

8:10 am

Atalante

noooo ..... mainly ine

8:11 am

M&O

Thanks

8:19 am

FitzyFitz

So that's 11 points you all owe me ;-)

8:31 am

Christine

I have an elderly man, a senile old woman, a young bird and animal, visitors, same old fish, Fitz's word... and a sign you have car trouble.. but I just can't find that bloomin' 9.,

8:39 am

M&O

Fitzy-- I have 10 that uses both of the other e's. Will that do?

8:39 am

M&O

10 point word, that is. Didn't want to get hearts racing over 10-letter possibilities

8:47 am

totoro

This is my first time. It's pretty hard,eh. Got a few animals, but I'm stuck at 500 odd. Any techniques on offer?

8:47 am

Atalante

oh! how could I have missed the same old fish .... *sigh*

8:48 am

M&O

Look for rhyming words; look for parts of words and try to add on (-ite, -ine); if you think something might possibly look like it remotely could be a word, type it in and hope.

8:50 am

totoro

Got ya, cheers...I keep on wanting to put gnite but it's not there/isn't a real world!

8:52 am

M&O

I keep seeing words that aren't there, too. 'Yogurt' is taunting me in this one.

8:55 am

totoro

taunting me now!

9:30 am

setting_sun

Hmm. I think anceps said earlier that the 'e' in the top-right corner isn't used but I have found one word for it. Just one, mind you, nothing major.

I'm retiring at 156/4.87/2077 for now.

9:40 am

allstar

M&O dont know if you have this 7 letter for 36 but you have a fairly new one in your home

9:46 am

sapphie

It let me have jean :)

Yes Rodders your time is past......

9:57 am

sapphie

Got myself a bird....a European kite.

10:04 am

M&O

setter-- is it a living thing?

10:05 am

M&O

never mind-- got it

10:20 am

Atalante

found another word using the top right 'e'!

10:23 am

M&O

I also have 2 with that e-- both short, though.

10:23 am

BIA

there are at least 3 words with that top right E

10:24 am

M&O

3!? How intriguing. I have one with the e at the end, and one where it's the second letter.

10:27 am

BIA

Sorry ... my bad ... 2 it is (at least, that I've found)

11:05 am

runningforhome

Bah, it won't accept lego. :p

11:34 am

BIA

No, it really is 3 ... I just temporarily mis-remembered what the 3rd one was. 2x4, 1x5.

11:39 am

FitzyFitz

I've just found a very clever ursine...

11:55 am

FitzyFitz

I absolutely can't believe that it won't accept the well-known English word NLOJEACYFTROGNLEILEASDNIT. I was nlojeacyftrognleileasdniting only last night.

12:04 pm

Mal

Christine,I think your elderly man, senile old woman,young bird, visitor etc. You seem to have a house full.Or mabey just our family.

12:16 pm

FitzyFitz

Woo-hoo! Finally got a 9!
It's my only word bigger than 7, mind.

12:25 pm

allstar

M&O, ar you still there?

12:25 pm

signe

wieeeehhhh another Robin Hobb fan!!
hello fitzyfitz!

12:26 pm

FitzyFitz

Hiya,
got the URL from the website ;-)

12:32 pm

FitzyFitz

Well, I'm stuck.
157/2167
See y'all

12:33 pm

signe

hihi I got the URL from the Howe site where I met crooty, who happens to also be a Hobb fan..:) weird world..

12:41 pm

anceps

FitzyFitz, Your're right. I'm sorry, I made a mistake: the 'N' upper left is never used, and the 'E' upper right never begins a word.

12:44 pm

Atalante

Hi Signe ... I think tooty crooty is recruiting quite a few people from JH to here :)

2:02 pm

totoro

Oh dear I'm stuck on 90 words 1260 points. Can't for the life of me find that 9 letter word!

2:15 pm

ejackg22

113/4.86/1463
No 8's or 9's
6-7's, 19-6's
Can't believe there are 292 words in this puzzle. (Joey)

2:40 pm

FFFF

no niet; no lego; no joly; no joyce; no cygne!!!
I'm not speaking the same langage than that dictionnary!!

2:40 pm

M&O

Your c word is close to one, though...

2:46 pm

FFFF

hi midnight!
really? well i'm not finding it :(
and now what is wrong with my "coyot"?!

3:11 pm

M&O

It needs an e at the end

3:13 pm

FFFF

ah...*feels stupid*
and for "login"? = logine?

3:44 pm

Nicole

Wow.... this is difficult!

4:04 pm

4t8

little late to start, but looks like fun. will play a few and bemoan another low score. :D

4:17 pm

Suzanah

I have a bazillion 7s (okay, actually 17), but no 8s or 9s. Anyone care to share a hint? ;)

4:39 pm

Youloud

a hitn for a 8 ...
Well, follow the line, do it again and doing it again you got an 8 ;)

4:43 pm

Youloud

My second 8 is a french word that oddly fit in the game !?! (and is not recognize in the dictionary...)

5:05 pm

Mal

I must be really thick because I can not understand this clue for an 8 word.

5:16 pm

sultana

I don't either...
I am at 100 score 1031

no 8's or 9's...

5:21 pm

Youloud

for the hint, maybe "make" would be better than "follow". In the other hand I'm french and it's not easy to give hints so english words ;)

5:21 pm

Mal

I have 97 word 1078 the biggest are 7's I am really not in the Big Boys league I guess I may just quit and go to bed.

5:23 pm

Mal

Belive me Youland I think you are doing well with your English I am just a bit stupid, or even a lot stupud.

5:24 pm

Mal

Sorry Youloud I spelt your name wrong.

5:26 pm

Christine

Little sister.... you've got a life, I just lie around, doing crosswords and Babble.
Luv ya.

5:29 pm

Suzanah

Thanks for the hints! I'm back from a quick nap. Off to search for those 8s. :)

5:30 pm

Mal

Christine
Do you have the word that Youloud has given the clue for? I bet you do the best I can do is a 60 point word.

5:33 pm

periwinkle

Hi all, It is my very first time here. I have been playing for about a half an hour. So far have 50 word, 550 score. I like it but am sure I will not find over 200 words

5:34 pm

Christine

FFFF -- you're very close....

5:35 pm

Mal

Christine.
You got Email.

5:36 pm

Mal

Christine,
Whats with the FFFF you swearing again?

5:43 pm

Christine

Marianne -- that's her/his 'name.
Go read your email, I have a word for you.

5:46 pm

Mal

Christine No Email

6:04 pm

Christine

Marianne -- more words.

6:05 pm

Christine

Are the rest of you beginnin to feel that you've joined our family??

6:12 pm

Suzanah

Christine - Yes. And since you're sharing words with family members ... ;)

6:20 pm

Mal

Christine no one in their right mind would want to be part of our family

6:21 pm

Christine

Okay, for all our new family-members, here's one........(drum-roll, please), .... LINE.
There, welcome to our family!!

6:27 pm

Mal

12.35am Night ALL!

6:32 pm

runningforhome

This might be my highest score ever:
280/5.03/2701

6:34 pm

Kaetchen

I hate you in a cheerful, non-threatening way, running.

6:37 pm

joyce

Hey.. I'm not in my right mind!! So call me Auntie J.
LOL!!!

7:08 pm

Vict

Sorry for what I'm assuming is a dumb question, but this is my first look at Babble.

At 4:04 am anceps said

Max: 292 words, for 4595 points.
(110×4, 91×5, 54×6, 26×7, 6×8, 5×9)
Best word: 84 pts for 9 letters
'E' in upper right corner is the only one not to be used.
'N' in upper left corner is the only one not beginning a word

I have used the 'E' in the upper right corner. So what does this message mean?

7:24 pm

runningforhome

I think he mixed up the E and the N.

9:27 pm

ejackg22

141/4.82/1736
sTILL NO 8'S OR 9'S (SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE)
7-7'S, 22-6'S. GOODNIGHT. (JOEY)

9:29 pm

shutterbug

I never get the 8s or 9s, don't feel bad!

HINTS, anyone?

9:43 pm

4t8

can't see words for the past few days. have 95.

10:05 pm

Now_a_Pumpkin

I found some of the longer words (my 8 and 9 are both verbs ... and i suppose they're both sewing-related). It's the smaller words that i can't see today

10:07 pm

Now_a_Pumpkin

okay, i have two 9s now, both verbs. One in the present tense and the other in the past tense. Hope that helps.

10:22 pm

johnny2times

I can't believe it won't accept oceanliner. I thought I was going to have my shining babble moment.

10:44 pm

Christine

johnny2times -- I tried that , and it said OOOPS! ...getting a leetle sick of that word.

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