Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, July 31, 2004

12:01 am

majenwen

it was tannin

12:10 am

boatierra

Ya, I looked. Oh, well. I'll do better next time.:)

12:10 am

majenwen

good luck

12:19 am

boatierra

Can almost make soiree...

12:29 am

boatierra

I'm done for the night. Here's my countdown for so far:

l x 8
n x 1
o x 3
p x 6
r x 1
s x 12
t x 8....for a total of 39 for 269.
G'nite all.

12:34 am

4t8

still wishing stent would work

12:38 am

jayferg

Ifeel like I have done this one before.

12:38 am

majenwen

Anyone have a total for this one?

12:42 am

majenwen

2 6's so far...

12:49 am

runningforhome

136 words today.

12:51 am

majenwen

Found a 7 for 36

12:51 am

runningforhome

If it starts with i, then I have it too.

12:59 am

ShanV

2 6s so far .. can't find anything bigger

1:00 am

Atalante

I like that "i" 7!!

1:08 am

Atalante

3 x 6

1:30 am

Atalante

It really should take neopet and neopets :P

1:40 am

majenwen

6 6's and one 7 so far, with 38 words to go

1:51 am

nutkin

i found a 9

1:58 am

majenwen

how many points is the 9?

2:01 am

nutkin

72

2:11 am

majenwen

found a 6/7 combo

2:23 am

Atalante

Russian authors, anyone?

2:35 am

majenwen

116 words out of 136

Ax1
Ex1
Ix2
Lx10
Nx9
Ox5
Px14
Rx13
Sx30
Tx31
Yx1

2:39 am

majenwen

only Ox4

3:52 am

Pleonastic 1

Wow, 32 words starting with X so far. This is fun!

5:37 am

ConXshun

finally! a 6 for 24

6:02 am

Kirsty1

124/4.60/1274 so far but mine are sufficiently different to majenwens that I thought they might be useful:

Ax2
Ex3
Ix2
Lx12
Nx10
Ox4
Px16
Rx13
Sx34
Tx27
Yx1

6:51 am

practice

how many letters in the Y word?

7:28 am

Kirsty1

5 for 16

7:32 am

practice

thnks Kirsty1 that should help

7:36 am

practice

Kirsty1
found it
thanks

7:46 am

Kirsty1

I'm completely stuck on 134 for 1412, has anyone got more than this?

7:56 am

Krista

once again..stent!

7:59 am

practice

Kirsty1 I have 30 T's

How many do you have?

8:01 am

Kirsty1

The only changes from my list below are :
Sx36
Tx35

9:52 am

jlm_mi

Since when is itsy not a word???? :-D

10:05 am

runningforhome

Found the 9!

10:10 am

Atalante

any clues for the 9???????

10:23 am

runningforhome

Has to do with having fame or prestige... I'm terrible with clues.

10:25 am

BIA

Perfectly good clue, runningforhome - thanks!

10:29 am

ConXshun

thanks for the good clue runningforhome!

10:39 am

Tolinya

i can't see anything in this puzzle..i've been working on it for an hour and a half and i have 8 words

not a good babble day at all

10:49 am

runningforhome

There's an alternate spelling of a certain drug for 6/33, and its plural for 7/48.

11:11 am

King Henrik

Kirsty1 - how the hell have you managed to find so many S and T words?
I've only got 14 S and 7 T

11:27 am

King Henrik

i must have my stupid head on today :)

11:34 am

Kirsty1

Nah, I'm just home alone today so I've spent more hours on it than is stricly healthy! I don't even know what most of the S and T words are - there are some mad ones that I just got through trial, error and then more error!

11:49 am

King Henrik

stor and stoor are perfectly good words - i checked them - but it won't accept them.
Particularly annoyed by "stoor", its a good scots word. Anyone else had these rejected?

12:11 pm

majenwen

What letter does the 9 start with?

12:19 pm

King Henrik

it starts with N

12:19 pm

ConXshun

I had the 'st' words rejected as well.
Dictionary certainly doesn't know all.

12:20 pm

ConXshun

the only drug I can find in there is an 'e' short... and I'm fixed and stuck on in. any clues on other drugs?

12:21 pm

ConXshun

ah. dinner break.
back later ;)

12:33 pm

runningforhome

ConXshun, you're on the right track with that drug.

12:52 pm

jlm_mi

That's the drug I keep trying to make too. Driving me nuts! I should not have started this puzzle. Don't have time to play, but can't keep it out of my mind.

12:55 pm

jlm_mi

Uggh! Just keep trying end letters where you're missing the E and you'll find it. Who knew?

12:57 pm

runningforhome

'Tolstoy' is not a valid word. :(

1:08 pm

ConXshun

thanks for the further drug clues! have succeeded :) and yeah - who would've thought eh?

1:24 pm

jlm_mi

I've got 6s for 27, 33, 24, 18, 18, 18 (in alph. order). What have you all got?

1:26 pm

runningforhome

I'm missing two of the 18s, but I have one for 24 ahead of the 27.

4:25 pm

boatierra

"At 03:52 am Pleonastic 1 said...

Wow, 32 words starting with X so far. This is fun!"

Am I reading this correctly that Pleonastic has 32 words that start with the letter X? I didn't think that there were that many words in the English language that begin with X...lol

4:32 pm

boatierra

Ahhhhhhh, won't take rolos....

4:35 pm

practice

anybody know what's out there? I have
A=2
E=3
I=2
L=11
N=10
0=4
P=16
R=13
S=32
T=31
Y=1
126/1280

4:38 pm

jlm_mi

Between ~2AM and ~8AM there were some starting letter counts posted. Some of the categories have more than you listed. There are around 134 words in this puzzle.

4:38 pm

runningforhome

I'm fairly sure that was a joke.

4:40 pm

boatierra

l x 12
o x 5
s x36
t x 35

4:41 pm

boatierra

That's what I was thinking, but you never know. Suddenly one might think about brushing up on X words...ugh, what a chore that would be...lol

4:47 pm

boatierra

Has anyone used the X within a word?

4:55 pm

Kirsty1

I've assumed that was a joke too! I've got 134/1412 (without a single x used) and I keep checking back in because early on somebody said there were 136 and I just can't find any more...

5:03 pm

boatierra

Aww, come on...it won't take pooey?...

5:05 pm

ConXshun

osteopals - friendly practices?

5:06 pm

ConXshun

and it wont take poos either... :(

5:35 pm

jlm_mi

kirsty1 - The solver I used said 134 words. 1x9, 2x7, 14x6, 45x5, 72x4

5:39 pm

tommyslax

514/7000

5:46 pm

tommyslax

7/183

5:48 pm

tommyslax

x x 7, t x 78, s x (-78)

5:55 pm

Kirsty1

Thanks jlm_mi, that's good enough for me :o)

6:47 pm

King Henrik

still can't find the drug word. i'm giving up in disgust!

6:57 pm

periwinkle

Can you please give me a hint about the drug word or the letter it begins with. :)

6:57 pm

periwinkle

I am stuck at 49.

7:12 pm

shortseer

drug: hallucinogen - from mexican plant

7:23 pm

im sara

it's not peyote so what is it?

7:35 pm

4t8

mmph. tolstoy isn't a word yet. :D

7:36 pm

marigold

perwinkle did you get the 9 letter word
starting with N

7:47 pm

practice

mulhermujer, can you confirm.
L=12
O=5

Anyone got more than 2 I's??

7:50 pm

runningforhome

Drug word starts with P.

7:51 pm

im sara

what the next letter in the nine letter "N" word?

7:57 pm

marigold

i do not know what the second letter is.
maybe someone can help

7:58 pm

babblor

the next letter is "e"

7:58 pm

babblor

nah i'm just fucking with you, i really don't know

8:02 pm

shortseer

you might find it more rewarding to focus on the N in the 3rd row, 1st column

8:02 pm

im sara

is there even a word with nine letters starting with "N"

8:08 pm

shortseer

yes

8:10 pm

marigold

Yea! I got it. There are two clues early . If you focus on the clues earlier
you will be able to get.

8:17 pm

im sara

so it's in the first column row throw
and it's nine letters?

8:24 pm

marigold

yes it is the n in the firs column.

10:40 pm

fixitfmly

rotent -- when your campsite is flooded

Not doing as well today. That bleeping N9 is driving me crazy!

10:42 pm

lfaerie

Anyone have a hint for the 7 letter i word?

10:46 pm

runningforhome

Has to do with chemistry and the periodic table.

11:00 pm

lfaerie

Thanks! Got it.

11:00 pm

ctjoueur

another good clue, runningforhome. thx

11:42 pm

fixitfmly

arrrggghh! The only N word I'm missing is the 9! Still many words away from total. Was hoping to reach 1000 but must go to bed ;-P
106/977

11:46 pm

4t8

you could go to an online thesaurus, if that helps.

11:49 pm

4t8

if anyone still needs the drug, its ending is similar in spelling to the sausage's. (earlier guesses weren't far off of the mark.)

11:53 pm

fixitfmly

Aahhh! *banging head on keyboard* I just saw it before I pulled myself away. Saw another obvious one too! Now I *really* have to go to bed! ;-)
108/1069

11:57 pm

boatierra

"At 07:47 pm practice said...

mulhermujer, can you confirm.
L=12, O=5"

Sorry to not have responded earlier. I got offline not to long after that bit of playing I did.

11:59 pm

Pleonastic 1

Yes, my "X" word count was a joke. I just thought it would give people fits for awhile trying to think of where 32 X words could come from. :)

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