Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, June 30, 2004

12:07 am

ButterfliesMamma

I don't think I like this one. :S

12:08 am

nutkin

i like it :)

12:09 am

bulldog

I don't understand the rankings. I just checked and my place moved down today. The last three days I have scored in the top fifteen. three days ago I got a perfect score. two days ago I scored over 3600 points and yesturday I was over 2100. How do I do better and move down in the rankings!!!

12:14 am

bazo0ka

the stats on this one should be interesting...

12:15 am

bazo0ka

it wont take otay! ;)

12:15 am

ButterfliesMamma

anyone find anything higher than a 5 yet?

12:16 am

Christie

I dunno how it works, but it looks like it didn't update today because I'm still in the same place, and same score as yesterday (Tuesday)

12:16 am

runningforhome

I have one six.

12:17 am

nutkin

i also have 1 six

12:20 am

4t8

1 6 as well

12:21 am

ButterfliesMamma

well dang, I'm missing something here LMAO

12:21 am

4t8

there's another 6 beginning with almost the same letters

12:22 am

bazo0ka

lol!

12:24 am

ButterfliesMamma

okay, give me a tiny hint...my brain is dead

12:25 am

4t8

think small problems - that's a hint for both.

12:28 am

nutkin

:)

12:29 am

ButterfliesMamma

I found one...but I'm too tired to figure out the other...night everyone

12:30 am

nutkin

33/320 night y'all

12:35 am

ButterfliesMamma

Yippee...go me!! I used the J, now I can go to bed. LOL

12:53 am

4t8

43/406. g'night.

1:49 am

Atalante

2 fishy words!

1:50 am

SweetPickle

35/ 290. Can't find the 6s yet. bleah. night all!

1:58 am

SugarButt

This puzzle sucks.

2:44 am

Atalante

48 / 4.27 / 458
This one is *hard*!

2:47 am

Karen

this is only my second time here - are they often this hard?

2:48 am

genny

i'm stuck on the clues....

little problems?

fishy words?

i'm not seeing either. :s

2:50 am

genny

and i keep wanting to make plateau. :D

3:00 am

genny

where do you find the "stats"--how many per letter quantity, how many per letter, etc..?

3:02 am

Karen

hmm, how hinty are you allowed to get? I found 2 6's...

3:03 am

Karen

stats? you don't mean the scoring do you?

3:05 am

hourfollowshour

They're usually a *little* more forgiving than this one, Karen. The past couple days have been excellent puzzles.

3:06 am

allstar

genny: do you have the *gun* word? If so add a *T*

3:06 am

bulldog

I think I'm done for today. 51 words 4.33 516
I' gotten 3 sixes.
the fishy one is very snake lite and the small problem is more a trite joke than anything
there is at least one word that starts with the letter Y

3:06 am

genny

just got that one
now trying to find the other that starts in the same letters? ?

3:07 am

Karen

thanks for the info... thought i might have to reconsider this site...

3:07 am

genny

i got a y word--22 points?

3:07 am

Karen

or rather my ability!

3:10 am

genny

ok--got the other "problem" one, I believe...

now the fishy one is also a 6?

3:13 am

allstar

cant help-still havent found fishy or Y words

3:13 am

Karen

I'm stuck on fishy too

3:13 am

Karen

and "y". I cheated, checked my dictionary, nada!

3:16 am

genny

i have the "y"...just luck, putting in a letter combo and it worked.

i see half the fishy one...but i'm stuck!

3:19 am

Karen

I must admit defeat! Good night

3:21 am

genny

hmmm...maybe i'm confused...maybe the fishy word isn't 6 letters! i got a fishy word with a "y"...but only 4 letters. *shrug*

3:38 am

bulldog

fish word is a four

3:38 am

genny

ok, got it then. still missing a six, though...someone had three.

3:39 am

Ant420

Cui....

3:39 am

Ant420

Cui....

3:41 am

Ant420

anyone out there

3:42 am

hourfollowshour

I've got four 6's.

3:42 am

bulldog

one six is a prefix on an easy word. one six is a cause for much alarm.
one six is nothing to worry about.
these clues will not help.

3:45 am

genny

i can't even tell which two i have of those clues. lol

3:59 am

genny

51 / 4.29 / 510
totally stuck for tonight
1 "y" word and 1 "j" word.
night!

4:02 am

hourfollowshour

One 6 is simultaneously "just a little" and a type of rich dessert.

4:21 am

COMFERT

i don not like this one!!

4:35 am

Clueless

26 words 4.23 233

Not a six in site *pout* could I have some Clues suitable for a Blonde please ?? lol

4:37 am

Clueless

sorry about that Gap dont know how it happened. Be Gentle :p

4:38 am

babbled

Where's "Ysegrim" with the stats?

5:04 am

Ncui

Still there Ant?

5:16 am

lawyer-1

50 words 4.40 555

5:19 am

bulldog

56 words 4.30 557

5:19 am

lawyer-1

56 words 4.38 606

5:28 am

Clueless

42 words now but only found one six :(

5:39 am

Clueless

Ooo Oooo make that 2 Six's ... getting happier lol

5:53 am

bulldog

60 words 4.32 614

5:57 am

eyezzz

I'm stuck at 30 words. I think ya'll are making them up ;)

6:02 am

Essentia

ya gotta be kidding.. I got only 9 words..
How do you find words? This puzzle sucks..

6:05 am

eyezzz

It won't take futs, as in Stop futsing around on babble on get to work ;)

6:11 am

bulldog

can't find fourth six ust sleep me very tired. 61 words 4.31 618

6:26 am

Tilly

Not the easiest of puzzles tonight...

6:32 am

lawyer-1

63 words 4.33 647

Your turn, Bulldog.

6:42 am

Christine

Bulldog - I think it's because the ranking depends on percentages - if you have a total of 3000 points for ten days of play and I have the same total for six days, my average will be higher than yours...
Today's diabolical grid gives me only 32 words, mostly 5s, so maybe I wont play (I'd hate to slip down even further - I was happily dug-in at 55 now I'm at 65) and that J - all I see are a couple of 3-letter words.... or maybe---.

6:48 am

Christine

Karen - "how 'hinty' are you alowed to get?" Well, the rule here is that you first email your word list to me, then I approve what can be shared with the rest of 'em :)

6:52 am

Clueless

*pours cocktails all around*

C'mon Guys give the Blonde in need a Clue for the 2 Sixes I cant see ..

Pretty Please ?? I have the Desert one and the E one!!

6:54 am

Clueless

Christine ROTFLMAO!! Love it!!

Way to go Gal ;) :) :)

6:55 am

lawyer-1

Clueless,
I guess you don't have the e2 word then.

6:58 am

Huh

Christine?? *giggles*

Has anyone told you that YOU BRIGHTEN THIS PLACE UP ??

P.S put me on your mailing list *wink* LOL

7:00 am

lawyer-1

Clueless,
Might we assume you meant "Dessert" rather than "Desert"?

7:03 am

Clueless

um ... if you mean the one meaning sortta entwine YEAH I got that one thanks ;)

N*E*X*T!! LOL

7:04 am

Clueless

Darling you are forgetting that I am Blonde thus spell accordingly << is that a word lol

7:05 am

lawyer-1

Then look within the dessert to find a clue for the 4th 6! And spelling will count.

7:07 am

Christine

Sweetie - that's the lightbulb shining above my blondish hair (more ish than blonde, these days), but the good ideas are not panning out.. American is my second lang. I'm from UK, but my grid is in Estonian, or something.

7:08 am

Clueless

43 words ( half found due to typos lol ) 391 points

7:18 am

Huh

LOL Well Christine Babes your doing Goood ;) ND me also being From the UK plus Blonde by Colour and Nature ...

Its like l@@king in a Mirror *wink* LMAO!! er... how you doing finding the six letter words btw ?? << notice how I worked that in LOL

7:24 am

Tilly

Why won't it let me have "sufi"? According to dictionary.com it is not only a noun but an adjective too!

7:27 am

Christine

Good Lord, woman - it's 5:25am in Los Angeles, I haven't been to bed, haven't had a cup of tea - you think I could decipher anything that complicated - I think not - but I'm gonna think about it in the shower.

7:33 am

Tilly

Sorry! 'tis only 10:30 pm here in the land of OZ.

7:37 am

Huh

S*T*A*D*Y Boys!! ;) nothing happening here ~ Go back to your words LMAO!!

Hey Tilly :) well my friend in Oz just tex'd me uRp saying she was tucked up in Bed in Geelong watching Big Brother *rolleyes* AND to think she could be here having fun with us wot.. wot... lol

7:38 am

Huh

Oopsy Make that STEADY Boys ;)

7:45 am

Tilly

Surely it wouldn't take to much to pull your friend away from Big Brother? Have you showed her this site? I email the link to all MY friends (complete with addiction level warning) and sit back to watch the curses roll in! Hey, if I shall forever more suffer the addiction of this game, well I may as well share it 'round.

7:54 am

Hood86

This is awful - not enjoying this one...either that or my mind is mush from last night's swim meet!

8:00 am

Huh

Actually Tilly not metioning any Names BUT she sitting Pretty in number Six spot in the Rankings :o :O LMAO!!

Watching Big Brother ?? *yawns* Rather shows the Quality of the top Ten Rankings Eh ?? ;) ROTF!!

EEK Okay.. Okay... *ducks* I Jest LOL I'm SOoo gonna be in trouble if she finds this *giggles*

8:01 am

Tilly

Whoops! Don't I feel sheepish?!

I keep wanting to put "struth" in ...

8:22 am

Tilly

2 hours, and a pitiful 41 words later...I'm calling quits for tonight.

8:31 am

Clueless

Night Tilly :)

Another Day Another Play ;)

9:51 am

eyezzz

I wish someone would post the stats for this puzzle .... does anyone know what program they use to get the stats?

10:01 am

Christine

Anceps -- are you avoiding us? please come back, we need you.

10:04 am

jayferg

Stuck...this one is not fun.

10:23 am

mellowmasher

no 6's here any clues??

10:38 am

parker313

Read the chat log from the bottom up, there have already been several clues for the 6s.

10:58 am

fnurt

There is a J word, it is actually an acronym.

11:01 am

4t8

been here an hour and nothing...done at 45/425. off to work!

11:02 am

parker313

That's better than me, I'm still working to break 300!

11:11 am

jayferg

I got all of mine last night & have not found one this morning. I think I am done until much later.

43/388

12:14 pm

runningforhome

50/4.34/512
Next puzzle.

12:38 pm

stevedallas

47/4.21/419 Im done

12:48 pm

Kaetchen

Wow, this is painful.

12:50 pm

meggiemoo

my brain is not yet functioning

12:53 pm

meggiemoo

too many letters, not enough words

1:01 pm

stevedallas

53/4.28/505 now im really done

1:06 pm

ikss

Hmm...they allowed a Proper Noun.

1:06 pm

ikss

Oh, it has more than one meaning...never mind. :)

1:28 pm

COMFERT

A bad grid for me!!

1:51 pm

Clueless

*sigh* 47 words but STILL only 2 6's :(

3:17 pm

Amber2

any stats???

3:23 pm

jlm_mi

I wish there were stats!

But I've got 53/4.32/543

stevedallas posted 53/4.28/505

So, there are definitely more than 53 words!

3:25 pm

cunninghampa

50/4.30/491

Cannot find anymore words....I'm done.

3:29 pm

Ysegrim

The Stats:
Words·/·Points:············65 / 658
Max·points/word:···········33
Word·length·distribution:··48x4,·13x5,·4x6
Letter·usage:
···8···1··17··19···5
···6··39··27···3···0
··19··11··22···2···8
···3··17··10··12··16
···1···2···2··19··12
Usage·as·start·letter:
···6···1···6···2···3
···4···3···3···0···0
···5···1··13···2···4
···0···0···0···0···4
···0···0···1···6···1

3:32 pm

jlm_mi

Thank you Ysegrim!

Looks like I've got a bit to go still . . .

3:51 pm

hood1999

damn, i thought I had ruthless for a minute there ... unfortunatley, too many e and not enough s! :(

3:57 pm

bulldog

I got'em all 65 words 4.32 658

As I understandthe ranking system. my overall position will get lower because of the low point value in todays game. this Was still many times more difficult than the last few.

4:00 pm

hood1999

5pm EST! Time to go home ... this day has been too long and this puzzle hasn't helped me get through it! :(

4:09 pm

periwinkle

Is there more than 1 word. I found one just by accident. Also found two c words, one of these by accident too.

4:09 pm

periwinkle

I meant to say is there more than one J word?

4:11 pm

periwinkle

I don't like this puzzle. Only found 18 words so far and it does not look like I will find any more. Will try for a little while longer. Then will eat dinner.

4:12 pm

periwinkle

I don't like this puzzle. Only found 18 words so far and it does not look like I will find any more. Will try for a little while longer. Then will eat dinner.

4:23 pm

periwinkle

If you put in names of people sometime they turn out to be words. Just a hint.

4:26 pm

periwinkle

Is anyone else here. I feel as if I am "talking" to myself.

4:27 pm

granadan

Im here!

4:29 pm

periwinkle

Thank goodness. Do you have more than 25 words. That is what I have so far.

4:30 pm

granadan

ive just got to 27, but theres a bit of guesswork!

4:52 pm

COMFERT

I really dont like this one...

4:57 pm

COMFERT

i have 10 words yipee

4:58 pm

parker313

44 words/4.30/440

But I haven't looked since the stats have been posted. I'll get another chance to find some words after I put the kid to bed.

5:03 pm

COMFERT

good night all!!! had enough for today..

5:14 pm

jayferg

any clues for the other 6's?

I just can't find them.

5:22 pm

meggiemoo

does anybody have any "A" words?

5:34 pm

Atalante

1 A word .... but you have to be smart to get it ;)

(yes that's a clue, I'm not boasting :P)

5:37 pm

meggiemoo

there's no hope 4 me then

5:40 pm

Huh

Yup a truck load er...

Well 3 Actually ;) lol

5:43 pm

Huh

Hmmm with one of Mine you have to be spotty to get it :O :O

*wink*

AND THAT'S A CLUE!! not an insult LOL

5:46 pm

meggiemoo

...huh....haha ironic..

5:48 pm

eshadow

Thanks Y - three t's from being perfect.

5:50 pm

Huh

CHEERS!! THANKS ALOT EDDY!! :)

*hck*

GBIFBFBFBD!! ;)

5:52 pm

Atalante

56 / 4.30 / 561

*tired*

5:53 pm

meggiemoo

it's only 6....

6:00 pm

meggiemoo

OH! i just got the smart clue. thanks atalante!

6:00 pm

eshadow

Perfect.

6:00 pm

periwinkle

38 word, 4.16, 322 Good night.

6:01 pm

meggiemoo45

is there another meggiemoo? because I don't recall posting a message.

6:09 pm

meggiemoo

haha aparently there is

6:10 pm

meggiemoo45

how is that possible? I didn't think they let people have the same name!

6:10 pm

meggiemoo

i didn't know that they let people have the same username....

6:10 pm

LPF

Hello people I'm back!!!

6:11 pm

meggiemoo

that's gonna be really confusing when ranks go out

6:11 pm

meggiemoo45

this is very strange!!!!!

6:12 pm

meggiemoo

indeed

6:12 pm

LPF

multipull meggiemoo's aliteration gone wild!!!

6:16 pm

meggiemoo

this is really weird and confusing, maybe it's because we have different passwords

6:17 pm

LPF

which meggie are u?

6:17 pm

meggiemoo45

that must be it, but like you said it's gonna make it that much harder when they post the scores

6:18 pm

meggiemoo45

all this time I thought I was improving now maybe it was you who were improving

6:19 pm

LPF

do neither of you listin to me?

6:20 pm

meggiemoo45

i'm the meggie from chicago

6:22 pm

LPF

hey sweetie!!

6:40 pm

rapsodie

bleargh ... this is a tough one!

6:54 pm

parker313

This is a rough one, I've still just got 2 of the 6s!

6:58 pm

meggiemoo45

I just changed my profile. It was just too much confusion for this little girl!

7:00 pm

runningforhome

I'm only seven words short, but unfortunately, I can't see any more.

7:04 pm

meggiemoo

i'm the meggie from alabama, i wasn't paying attention or else i would have answered
sooner

7:12 pm

bazo0ka

i give up on this one.. ;) i dont have time to sit here and tediously pick out 65 words today *there goes my #3 rank ;) *
good luck everyone! lol

8:26 pm

Amber2

43 words 4.26/ 406
ready to give up... can't see straight anymore!!

8:42 pm

maraca

where is that 33 pointer?

9:16 pm

Hood86

Arrgh! I only need one five letter f-word!

9:29 pm

LPF

this a tough one but not to bad. I've seen one where there was a z in the corner and well it seemed that it didn't want to fit in to any word so have hope you guy's at leaast there are words everyone can find.

9:30 pm

hood1999

hey hood86 ...

9:44 pm

hood1999

i give up ... i hope tomorrow's puzzle is easier! :) Night All!

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