Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, July 6, 2004

12:10 am

bulldog

yikes a hard one

12:15 am

Jeanette

a 6 pointer I'm so excited

12:15 am

Jeanette

er 6 letter lol

12:16 am

AlyMac

and I thought yesterday's was hard...

12:17 am

Jeanette

can I buy a vowel in the right place please?

12:18 am

bulldog

17 words 4.18 102

kick'n myself for starting this one

12:19 am

spewie

35 4.20 280

12:19 am

Q

32/4.28/276

12:21 am

Q

TWO six letter words, woo! :-/

12:21 am

Atalante

51 / 4.22 / 401
Ick

12:24 am

spewie

POAS anyone? lol

12:26 am

AlyMac

pee on a stick?

12:26 am

Q

I knew i recognized that acronym from somewhere...

12:26 am

The Divine Miss

At 12:24 am spewie said...

POAS anyone? lol

ROFLMFAO I seen that one straight up...had a giggle lol

12:30 am

AlyMac

anyone who is TTC knows about POAS!!

12:31 am

Jeanette

I didn't see POAS right away but I saw WTF

12:31 am

Atalante

a 7 for 52

12:32 am

AlyMac

too bad we can't get points for that...

12:33 am

spewie

I can't see nothing over a 5 :(

12:34 am

alimaya

*is not TTC and WTF ????* Are we doing pregnancy tests here?? Be a little kind and thoughtful people to those of use who have no idea what you are talking about.

Om shanti

12:35 am

slt

hunh?

12:37 am

Jeanette

WTF is what the f*ck just a little humor
sorry

12:39 am

slt

alimaya what are you talking about??

12:40 am

bulldog

there is a seven for 28

12:41 am

Trena

What's the big deal about using acronym's. Chill.

12:42 am

Jeanette

nobody has done any recently

12:44 am

eyezzz

Yeah!! Found a 6!!

12:46 am

tommyslax

angry people. this real babble?

12:46 am

alimaya

I'm talking about the use of abbreviations and there being no explanation for those of us new here.

12:47 am

tommyslax

AYCGFYS

12:48 am

Trena

How many points for that word? LOL

12:50 am

Q

alimaya- it's references from other lives, not babble. "TTC" is "trying to conceive", as in "have a baby". These days, when you TTC, you ""POAS"- pee on a stick... which is to take a home pregnancy test (it's a stick, you pee on it), to see if you were successful. "POAS" is a letter combination available on this board, and some those who are or have been TTC'ing saw it and recognized it.

does that help at all?

i still haven't found any 7's.

12:52 am

tommyslax

is it a special kind of stick? i gots lots o sticks in my yarrd!

12:54 am

alimaya

It does help, but it doesn't. I understand about the whole thing of pissing on a stick and trying to conceive, but I really don't understand what it has to do with what we are all doing right now.

Om shanti

12:54 am

bulldog

a six for 36

12:55 am

Trena

Basically someone saw TTC and POAS in the puzzle. They just made a comment about it. That's all.

12:55 am

tommyslax

we're not doing anything. except peein' on sticks.
yep.

12:56 am

Jeanette

I have two sixes for 18 each

12:56 am

nutkin

peeing on things is a fun and that means it is also fun to talk about. that is what it has to do with what we are doing now.

12:57 am

alimaya

Thank you for explaining.

Om shanti

12:58 am

slt

I think that a lot of people who play babble also take part in a TTC message board...Ovusoft

12:58 am

AlyMac

were were just having a little lighthearted fun...sorry to have ruined your party...

12:59 am

tommyslax

if not, the crossover potential is stupendous!

12:59 am

AlyMac

Tommy- I hope to heck you aren't peein on any of those sticks from your backyard....

1:01 am

Trena

We have to have something to keep our minds off TTC.

1:01 am

tommyslax

uh. no. i swear. i'm bein good. i swear. yes.

1:01 am

eyezzz

60 words 4.23 498

only one 6 and no sevens :/

1:03 am

AlyMac

Trena- are you an obsessor too???

Tommy- You keep those sticks nice and dry now, ya hear?

1:04 am

Trena

Yah.. unforunately.

1:05 am

AlyMac

I am seeing nada, zip, zilch in this puzzle...

1:06 am

Trena

I've only found 29 words.. 27 highest point so far. Blah

1:08 am

Jeanette

does anybody have any "a" words?
I have none

1:09 am

Trena

what about Arf? lol

1:09 am

The Divine Miss

50 words 4.26 383

I only have 2 6's...nothing higher...plenty of 5's though ;)

1:09 am

eyezzz

I do now ;)

1:12 am

AlyMac

ummm...I only have 17 words..I'm such a slacker..

1:13 am

Trena

35 words now. 5 6's

1:13 am

AlyMac

anyone got any Js Vs or Ws???

1:14 am

Jeanette

38 words 4.37 329
just my two stupid 6s for 18 each

1:15 am

Mooiplaas

I could really kill the person who told me about this game - I am so hooked! And yet I'm very, very, very bad at it.

But... I got a 33 on this one! I'll be so depressed when I see how many thousand points somebody else ends up with... :\

1:15 am

Jeanette

me too amy

1:15 am

Trena

36 words 4.47 366

1:16 am

Jeanette

just got a six for 24 yippee

1:17 am

eyezzz

70 words 4.21 561

Still hunting sixes

1:17 am

twinangel

2 6 ltr each 24

1:18 am

AlyMac

Amy-
hmmm...I too recently found out about this game...and by my previous post, you can tell I'm not so swift either!

1:20 am

Atalante

Woot! 100 / 4.41 / 948

1:21 am

twinangel

how do you veterans find so many words so fast??? It just boggles my mind (pardon the pun). :)

1:21 am

eyezzz

Atalante ~ That's great!!! Keep going, see if you can break 1000!!

1:29 am

slt

I'd like to see the stats...

1:30 am

Atalante

104 / 4.45 / 1016
and now I can guarantee I won't see another word all day *sigh*

1:31 am

eyezzz

30 more words than what I'm seeing ;)

1:31 am

Atalante

(with 10 6's and 1 7 if anyone's interested)

1:37 am

Atalante

I don't think I've ever been "ahead" of other people before! But lets just wait till bazooka and lawyer get on ... then we can all feel inadequate again :P

1:41 am

eyezzz

Good point about the others coming on eventually :) I'm taking a shopping break. Maybe I'll find those 6ers when I get back ;)

1:44 am

Trena

52 words 4.40 500

1:48 am

bulldog

alante is kickin my male tushy
80 words 4.55 827

1:49 am

slt

why does it matter that your a male?

1:50 am

bulldog

cause tushie is a girlie werd. kiester is the male one.

1:52 am

slt

ahh I see

1:54 am

rightmoon

Heh - 107 / 4.42 / 1039

Now I'm off to get ready for an early flight, and I bet when I check back into babble much later today, my score will seem wee. Ah, well. It's all about perspective, I guess.

2:10 am

Trena

I just can't see any more words.

62 words 4.44 613

2:12 am

mellowmasher

115 / 1103 need a break now

2:17 am

jayferg

87 4.38 772

time for bed.

2:31 am

bulldog

116 words 4.57 1285

2:32 am

Huh

Morning Guys :) Cant believe I messed up nd missed the Opera 7 nd 8 letter word yesterday *groan* I was *this* close I tells ya!! LOL

Oh well another day another Play! ~ Back to the Gri'Nd ;) we playing nice today ??

Sue x

2:32 am

Atalante

123 / 4.45 / 1211

2:42 am

Huh

I swear the Rankings are the Greatest puzzle of all!! <scratches head> cant understand how Genral Vanya went down to 47 spot though 2nd in yesterdays Grid :O :O nd lil moi goes up one in the Rankings yet only got 9th place ??

Not that I'm complaining you understand *wink* LMAO!!

2:46 am

Huh

*reads log* hmmm see the A Party List is not around yet ;) :p LOL

3:03 am

Trena

72 words 4.40 702

Stopping there.. I suck! LOL!

3:36 am

bulldog

rankings give much consternation I agree. I score very high, last two weeks I have been in the top fifteen, several times get perfect score!! Yet I am hovering around 131> suggestion to go zenlike, want for nothing, Nirvana-like bliss overcomes. Rankings not matter, only beating others in day to day, most important to beat Lawyer person, though said person very talented and polite.

3:36 am

bulldog

140 words 4.55 1542

3:47 am

bulldog

done for night, please post own effort so I am forced to try harder.
148 words 4.59 1690

4:18 am

lawyer-1

Hey, bull....I noticed that you were assuming yesterday. Might I assume you now know why one must never assume?

4:59 am

lawyer-1

Bull, calling me polite can ruin an attorney's reputation! ;-)

5:13 am

Huh

Never Asssume ;) as it makes an

ASSofUandME LOL

6:29 am

Christine

MK -- are you out there??.
So far, I have nine 6s,nothing higher..
Time for a cuppa, then I'll try to expand on some of these words - but don't you just loooove the upper right corner??
106 words for 1016 points..

6:33 am

lawyer-1

It must be a slow day for me. I haven't broken 100 word nor 1,000 points yet.

6:35 am

eyezzz

Back from a very successful shopping trip but still can't seem to find all these darned 6s or 7s :/

6:41 am

Pakal

2 7's, 23 6's
185 words/ 4.58/ 2101 and I think I'm done.

6:43 am

lawyer-1

Pakal, I'm impressed!

6:44 am

eyezzz

23 6s???!!! i'm either blind or completely stupid :O

7:02 am

eyezzz

Found two sixes but now it's nap time :P

77 words 4.26 636
two 6s
zillion 4s & 5s

7:18 am

Krista

Found 7 sixes so far...brain hurts from seeking sixteen more!!

7:59 am

Atalante

23 6's!!! eeeeeeek

8:15 am

Pakal

Here is a breakdown by letter - hope it helps... especially and we seem to be lacking the stats postings for a few days now.

A 7
E 13
F 19
G 6
H 6
I 4
L 8
N 12
O 6
P 23
R 18
S 34
T 28
U 1

8:22 am

Pakal

Meant to say - this is a breakdown of the words I have found, not of all the words that can be found.

8:28 am

Atalante

there's at least 7 g's

9:00 am

Atalante

aww it won't take spondyls :(

9:07 am

Pakal

Ta Atalante, just for 2 more G's now (total of 8)

9:58 am

rapsodie

90 / 4.37 / 817 ... I'm going off for a break now. Dang, I don't know how you guys do it!

10:19 am

stevedallas

117-1119 not an easy one

10:28 am

Justin

154 / 4.52 / 1616

If nothing else, a good puzzle to hone your ability to spot "this looks like it might be a word so I'll type it" words.

11:05 am

baby#3

anyone know where to find the stats for this puzzle?

11:08 am

parker313

They haven't been posted today.

11:10 am

baby#3

where do they get the stats from?

11:16 am

parker313

Not sure, I think it's a custom computer program but don't really know.

11:17 am

Christine

anceps -- please call home -- we miss you (and your stats).

11:19 am

eyezzz

Finally found a few 6ers .... only 18 or so go :p

11:32 am

Jeanette

I'm stuck. Any help with some sixes or sevens?

11:33 am

eyezzz

97 words 4.35 897

I'd like to break 100 or 1000 but I'm not sure it's in the cards (or tiles :p) today :D

11:36 am

jayferg

Stuck at 96 words. If I break 100 I will be happy. Many 6's to find.

11:53 am

Jeanette

none of my six letter words are working lol

11:57 am

Pakal

A clue for 7 - pick a number and add to it.

11:58 am

Pakal

There are some geological words in here (7 & 6) - being a geologist helped me with them.

12:00 pm

Pakal

There's a 6 with a fruity theme.

12:01 pm

Atalante

there are??? hmmm 4 years in a geology dept didn't help me much then :P

12:02 pm

Pakal

One is kinda pretty, the other a bit mucky. ;)

12:03 pm

Atalante

*sigh* got them now I actually look :S

12:04 pm

eyezzz

I got the pretty one .... hmmm on the yucky one ....

12:08 pm

Atalante

there's at least 3 chemicals - well, I've got three but I'm pretty sure there are more in there somewhere

12:15 pm

eyezzz

100 words 4.34 911

Time to call it a night. Good luck!! See you on the flip side.

12:38 pm

statsonly

I don't have total point values or character counts.

189 words

106x4
58x5
23x6
2x7

Starting characters from grid:

1 0 0 0 15
0 0 3 6 8
0 7 18 6 23
11 9 10 7 20
3 4 18 12 8

1:40 pm

Pakal

Final stats:
189 words 4.58 2138

1:46 pm

Argamon

nerf isn't a valid word

2:11 pm

boatierra

Arg, 41 words, 4.27, 314. And that's pretty much all I'm gonna get today. I don't think I'll have access to the Net until the next puzzle. I am proud of my one 'u', my one 'g', my one 'o', my two 'h's, and my two 'p's. And I have one 6er. Although, my top scoring is a 5 for 20. Wee-hoo. Laters!!

2:21 pm

tanya

Hi, its my first game! I've got 113 for 1078 points. Only 10 6 pters and no 7's so looks like I'm missing some good ones. I'd quit but I want to find the 189 others have... getting tired of no luck with my guess-a-words :)

2:28 pm

stevedallas

136 and 1348 Im done for good

2:47 pm

Pakal

Thanks for the stats, statsonly. :)

2:55 pm

babblingbrook

How long do you all spend doing this? I only play on my lunch break at work, but you've got me wanting to play all the time just to see if I can get my word count that high!

3:23 pm

tanya

138/1479. ok I really must do something else now but I want to find the other 6's and 7's. Got 14 and 1.. also trying to find more A words - have 4 baffled how there can be 7.

4:23 pm

4t8

didn't realize phylo [dough] is spelled phyllo.

4:46 pm

Jeanette

finally I got another 6- the pretty one I think

4:57 pm

Tolinya

afternoon....

4:57 pm

boatierra

It won't take 'neato'

5:04 pm

Jeanette

got the fruity one too booyah!

5:15 pm

Argamon

I have 2 6-letters for 18 pts each, but one of my 5-letters is 26 points.

5:19 pm

AlyMac

any more hints on the fruity or mucky ones? Got the pretty...

5:30 pm

periwinkle

why does it take retag but not retop

5:33 pm

AlyMac

heheh...thanks Periwinkle!

5:41 pm

bulldog

Just read lawyer-1's comments, hah,but I was right you did have more points. I should have gone into law, I actually considered it but lawyers were considered the devil when I was entering college.

5:47 pm

BooMom

Hi Tolinya - u still on?

5:49 pm

Tolinya

Kinda why?

5:51 pm

BooMom

Just wondering...I keep popping on here and finding a word or two, then going back to work. :(

5:58 pm

yiddishkopf

Can the letters be shuffled

5:59 pm

AlyMac

I wish!

6:18 pm

Tolinya

yeah this puzzle is depressingingly hard (is that a word??)

Told Jeff about Robert falling down the stairs..he's gonna call CPS...hahah!

6:20 pm

Tolinya

probably won't finish this one..need to go to swim lessons and then meet you guys for dinner. toodles all..maybe i'll play better tomorrow i'm in the office...sigh.

6:31 pm

bulldog

OOOH I've got 13 n words and the grid only lists 12.

7:15 pm

maraca

i have 15 f words where they said there were only 12

7:22 pm

jlm_mi

Actually, there are 19 f words listed in the grid - 7 from the one on the left and 12 from the one on the bottom.

7:28 pm

maraca

i didn't add them. i've been keeping track of which one i used for each word.

7:38 pm

periwinkle

Only have 70 words, doesn't look like I will find any more.

8:06 pm

4t8

no "high-5" but do have 2 6's for 27

8:09 pm

4t8

gad, i feel dumn/b, lol. i do have that 5. never mind.

8:44 pm

bulldog

and i have 24 p words

9:14 pm

lawyer-1

Thus spaketh lawyer-1: Trust ye not in the stats lest ye be woefully misled.

9:18 pm

bulldog

trueur wors not be spakest thus

9:38 pm

Amber2

ok my brain hurts... going to bed!!
94 words 4.40/ 938

9:43 pm

fixitfmly

going to bed early tonight. I quit!
125/1271
only 12x6 and NO 7s ;-(
babble doesn't like southerners -- doesn't take 'entar' as in 'he ate the entar thing' ;-D
off to bed before I get any worse!

9:46 pm

fixitfmly

is there a 12 step program for babblers? Not that *I* have a problem but I have this 'friend' . . .

9:54 pm

lawyer-1

I found 12 'v' words.

Unfortunately, none of them are in this grid.

9:57 pm

bulldog

ha ha hah ha hah ha

9:57 pm

bulldog

Where yaws at Law type person?
172 words 4.59 1968

9:58 pm

lawyer-1

Well, bull, I have exactly 4.59 as well!

10:00 pm

lawyer-1

That puts both of us precisely .01 words ahead of Pakal.

10:04 pm

bulldog

yer jest afeared o' yappin' abouts yer score

10:15 pm

lawyer-1

ok....this time, I have more words than you.....how un-lawyer like!

10:18 pm

bulldog

dagnabbit

10:20 pm

bulldog

176 words 4.59 2004
score is year ;)

10:37 pm

marigold

Hi perwinkle - I only got 93 does not look I will get anymore

11:13 pm

Tolinya

oh yeah well how bout 13/4.23/108...signing off. Will play in the morning....

11:16 pm

bulldog

184 words 4.59 2092
unhappy cannot find more, eyes bleeding

11:22 pm

jayferg

made it to 100. And with a really easy word staring me right in the face.

11:32 pm

Judi

got 100 - just in time. Wish my wife hadn't hooked me on this game...

11:58 pm

runningforhome

Found the 26-point five, just in time.

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