Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, August 1, 2004

12:03 am

boatierra

7 for 28.

12:08 am

boatierra

This puzzle rocks :) :) :) :)...Oh, and a 6 for 27.

12:14 am

boatierra

7 for 32.

12:22 am

nutkin

8 for 40

12:23 am

nutkin

7 for 44
2 7s for 28

12:25 am

boatierra

7 for 44, 7 for 40, 6 for 21, 7 for 32.

12:26 am

bigbirdboss

8 for 60

12:28 am

nutkin

mom quit cheating

12:29 am

boatierra

Man, it won't take boer.

12:30 am

bigbirdboss

you da cheater...hehehe

12:31 am

boatierra

80 for 1047 . I'm outtie. tchauzinho

12:46 am

bigbirdboss

10 for 98

12:47 am

bigbirdboss

9 for 72

12:49 am

pat

what does the 10 begin with?

12:51 am

bigbirdboss

R

12:53 am

runningforhome

Found the 10.

12:55 am

ctjoueur

another helpful hint, runningforhome?

1:09 am

pat

92 for 1233.......going to bed

1:22 am

4t8

it took a french tushy for 45

1:24 am

alimaya

I have no idea what a french tushy is..........any help would be gratefully accepted :-)

1:25 am

4t8

word for tushy in french ;) begins with a d and is 8 ltrs long.

1:26 am

Christine

4t8 -- it wouldn't take it, for me.....

1:27 am

Christine

Oooops... that was misspelled; now I'm okay.

1:30 am

4t8

that's weird - ??
how did you spell it? (isn't that a hard question to answer)...like, where are your double r's and um - ?

1:31 am

4t8

cool!

1:31 am

alimaya

sok I got it too - misspelling sucks :-)

1:44 am

Christine

I forgot the E on the end.... or on it's tushy, I guess.

1:53 am

Atalante

I don't think I've ever got a 10 before!

2:58 am

mellowmasher

157/2395 hows everyone doing? must have missed lots

3:07 am

Pleonastic 1

The agony of defeet...

3:41 am

bulldog

seven eights a nine and a ten. whoh, there must be over 4000 points in this one. about time. seems like this grid is trieing to make up for the past week.

3:44 am

bulldog

thirty 7's

3:46 am

bulldog

the 8's are worth 60,45,55,60,55,40, in alphy order.

3:47 am

bulldog

the nine and the ten are ver similiar, and are worth 72 and 98 respectively

3:49 am

bulldog

and 27 fours each worth 4

3:49 am

bulldog

good luck all

4:05 am

mellowmasher

Hi Bulldog you say you have 7x 8 could I ask you to give the value of the other one please

4:45 am

mellowmasher

Its ok got it

5:11 am

mellowmasher

195/3346 I think thats the highest ive ever had

6:15 am

Christine

Goodmorning, y'all
So far, I have four 8s, for 60-45-66-40 points, plus one each 9 and 10.
Let's hear it for the letter R

6:27 am

Christine

Do we know how many words there are in this grid??

6:54 am

Mal

G'morning Christine How are you?

7:12 am

Christine

Marianne - Goodmorning, Love.... Ijust signed on, again, to see if there was a numbe posted.
How're you doing, on this game? Lotta words, here...

7:15 am

periwinkle

Would someone be kind enough to tell me which R the 10 letter word starts with. :o)

7:17 am

periwinkle

marigold are you here?

7:24 am

Christine

The R on the far left..

7:26 am

periwinkle

Thank you Christine. I will keep trying.

7:27 am

periwinkle

I thought that was the one but the longest word I have so far is 7 letters.

7:32 am

periwinkle

Taking a break. Will be back to look for that 10 letter R word.

7:35 am

Christine

periwinkle - do you have an F7 for 40 points? Add RE

7:38 am

Christine

I'm awa' to ma wee bed... I've been babbling and reading all night, need some sleep.
Did you all remember to say "white rabbits", this morning - and click on the Breast Cancer site?

7:55 am

Mal

sorry Christine will speak ro you later. Marianne

8:23 am

Krista

Shouldn't 'setee' be a word?? But I'm not complaining. Love the vowels!

8:40 am

periwinkle

I'm back. Christine, I don't have an F 7 for 40 points yet. Will try now. Thanks for you help. :)

8:40 am

periwinkle

I meant thanks for your help.

8:41 am

periwinkle

I believe this is the way settee is spelled.

8:45 am

periwinkle

Having trouble finding the F7 for 40 points. Clue please. :)

8:51 am

periwinkle

I also cannot find the 10 letter word starting with R. Clue(s), please. I am getting a headache.

8:51 am

Milly

F7 for 40 - think coffee

8:52 am

periwinkle

Thanks, Milly, I will keep trying.

8:52 am

soho72

Haven't seen any breakdown posted. I'm sure there are many more, but in the event this will help anyone:

Bx1, Dx22, Ex15, Fx16, Gx6, Hx3, Ix5, Lx8, Ox3, Rx59, Sx19, Tx19.
176 words, 5.19, 2812.
Still missing two sevens.

8:57 am

Kirsty1

222/5.2/3646 Does anybody know how many there are supposed to be?

8:59 am

periwinkle

Milly, the coffee clue is not helping me:(

8:59 am

GeneralVanya

Milly, I have that 7 and I don't see where coffee comes into it...

9:00 am

BIA

I have a different F7 for 40 (a mode of transport), but "coffee" doesn't seem to be firing any of my synapses for the F7 serving as the foundation for the R10.

9:00 am

soho72

No idea, but I obviously have a lot more work to do.

9:01 am

BIA

Never mind - the penny dropped on the F7 ... and its related words.

9:04 am

Milly

Maybe you don't have that type of coffee in the US - I'm British.

9:05 am

periwinkle

Are there two F 7's for 40 then. I got the mode of transportation.

9:06 am

Milly

I have the F7 mode of transport, but I can make a 10 out of it. The other F7 for 40 I have can be made into a 10 letter word.

9:07 am

BIA

There are (at least) 2 F7s for 40. As an alternative to the "coffee" clue, perhaps "purification" will help ...

9:07 am

Mal

Hi Milly another Brit here

9:09 am

Milly

Hi Mal. I'm from Portsmouth.

9:10 am

Mal

Im a Londoner the weather is great here.

9:13 am

periwinkle

Thanks BIA. Still looking. Must have gotten too much sun yesterday.

9:24 am

4t8

just got the F10 and 9...re: coffee, what about a lack of giardia as well.

9:30 am

periwinkle

what is giardia?

9:32 am

runningforhome

Anyone else find the 8-letter d-word for 45? It made me giggle.

9:34 am

4t8

around 01:30, teehee

9:34 am

periwinkle

If it is the French word for tushy I have that one.

9:36 am

4t8

a protozoa occasionally found in our h20 and human/animal intestines

9:38 am

periwinkle

Need another break. See you later.

9:44 am

Christine

peiwonkle - there's an F6 word (27 points) that's the base for the R10... think coffeemaker, or water treatment.

9:46 am

Christine

periwinkle - sorry about mucking-up your name... I need sleep ... this bloody game is too addictive, I can't get away from it.

9:47 am

Mal

Christine you have mail

9:52 am

runningforhome

Apparently there are 259 words.

9:52 am

Christine

Hey, Milly - I'm a Brit, too - I'm Marianne's sister living in California.

9:55 am

Mal

runnigforhome says there are 259 words, I best go make a packed lunch I shall be here for ever

9:58 am

Milly

Hi Christine - nice to have fellow Brits here!

10:02 am

Mal

Christine, Thank you my big ( as in older) bestist sister, yes I did.

10:03 am

Christine

Marianne - you have email...
Do you have all the 7s??

10:07 am

Christine

Hey, Little sister, I lost 8pounds since I last saw Dr.Joey (2 months) -- oh, I've also lost another inch, sigh - it's height, not waistline - sigh, again.

10:10 am

Mal

Christine, how may 7's are they I have about 8 I think. My computer is so slow this afternoon I think I need a new elastic band!!

10:11 am

Mal

I shall be putting on pounds sitting here eating sweets.

10:17 am

I\'mTryin

help here

10:18 am

I\'mTryin

hello?

10:19 am

I\'mTryin

is anyone there?

10:20 am

I\'mTryin

hello? hello? hello?

10:20 am

Treble99

Can't understand why it won't take 'resit'...

10:21 am

Mal

I 'm here

10:23 am

Mal

Thought that it should have taken resit, it is in the dictionary. Well the English Dictionary!

10:24 am

I\'mTryin

hi peps

10:25 am

I\'mTryin

they take weird words in french and stuff but not in english!

10:28 am

Christine

I have eleven 7s - there must be more, because I have only 124 words, out of a possible 250-plus....

10:28 am

Mal

Crazy game, but addictive

10:29 am

4t8

wish "terrified" wasn't teasing me. am taking a break with half the words. 136/2384.

10:29 am

Mal

Still only got 8 7's but I shall have to have a coffee my brain is in backward parking.

10:29 am

I\'mTryin

at least deers is a word

10:30 am

ctjoueur

christine: I have fourteen 7's with 136 words...if that helps.

10:33 am

4t8

i think i have 19 7's/139 words. (not sure, it was a quick count.) be back later tonight.

10:37 am

Milly

I've got 21x7 and 167 words, but I bet there are more out there.

10:42 am

Christine

Isn't it odd that this dictionary accepts DEERS as the plural of DEER - I always understood there was one word for one or many deer..I got it by noodling, thinking there was an alternate definition, but I guess not. Live & earn through Babbling!

10:44 am

Mal

or of course you could end up brain dead Christine.

10:45 am

I\'mTryin

47 words 609 points i just started not that long ago

10:46 am

Christine

Oh, I gotta get outta here -- that last post should've read "Live & Learn Through Babbling"

10:48 am

I\'mTryin

retilt isn't a word :( :( :(

10:48 am

Christine

It's not my brain I'm worried about - but the part I sit on, for so long, playing this bloomin' game.

10:48 am

Krista

Wow, if we EARNED through Babbling, we'd NEVER be away!

10:50 am

I\'mTryin

4four 7's :( 627

10:51 am

I\'mTryin

thought you where getting out of here!

10:52 am

I\'mTryin

8 for 60.

10:56 am

Mal

Christine too much detail don't get personel.I DON'T DO PERSONEL111

10:58 am

Tolinya

if we earned through babbling after the past 6 puzzles i'd be sleeping on the street and eating out of dumpsters....

11:02 am

Krista

Yes, we'd be holding up signs saying, "Will work for vowels!"

11:05 am

Tolinya

i need a hint...i'm willing to pay for it HAHAHAH...for the 10 that starts with the 'r'

11:05 am

Krista

How is everyone doing? I'm at 119/5.00/1733, working in between hh chores.

11:06 am

Krista

Tonlinya...if you try to get it out, and it doesn't work, then do it again (that was a hint).

11:06 am

Tolinya

and i'm watching the sex in the city dvd's while the child sleeps not doing my hh chores...sigh

11:06 am

Krista

past tense

11:06 am

Tolinya

LOL at the hint and the sex in the city episode i'm watching

11:07 am

Krista

Did you get the word, then?

11:12 am

Tolinya

nope but i got a 6 and a 7 that'd i'd like to do now instead of waiting another 30 years...sigh

11:16 am

Krista

hmmm.....(scratches head)...

11:23 am

Tolinya

700 other words except for the 10....got like 5 7's and 4 6's though...sigh

11:35 am

Tolinya

50/660 must go shopping...

11:49 am

4t8

has anyone been able to use "geri" in a word?
no, i couldn't stay away...

12:24 pm

periwinkle

The two F words I have for 27 are ferrel and ferret. Are either of these a help in finding the 10 letter R word?

12:26 pm

GeneralVanya

No, unless you have ever used a ferret to make coffee ;)

12:27 pm

GeneralVanya

The word in question gives you one 6, one 7, two 8's, two 9's and the elusive 10

12:28 pm

periwinkle

GeneralVanya, Ha, Ha, your response made me laugh. No, I have not used a ferret lately to make coffee. Any other hints for me?

12:30 pm

sleeky

Thanks General, that did it for me. :-)

12:31 pm

GeneralVanya

erm... I don't know of any hints that haven't been given that don't make it obvious enough already, read the messages I really think you should be able to get it from what is here. Good Luck

12:31 pm

runningforhome

I don't have a second 9 from it...

12:31 pm

periwinkle

I am trying, really I am.

12:32 pm

Christine

Can't decide if FERREK is a wild animal, or the tip on an umbrella or cane... but I'll trade a word FILTER

12:33 pm

GeneralVanya

Sorry my bad it's just the one 9

12:34 pm

Christine

OMGawd... that should've been FERREL.....

12:36 pm

Mal

Christine you really are having a lot of SENIOR MOMENTS today

12:36 pm

periwinkle

Thanks Christine, don't know why I didn't find that base word all by myself.

12:38 pm

periwinkle

TA DA, finally got the 6,7 8, 9 and 10! :)Thanks all of you for your help,especially Christine.

12:43 pm

Christine

I've not been to sleep - reading & babbling along - and my fingers just settle where they will.
I'm off, to meet my daughter for lunch. See y'all later.
You'll just have to imagine what this message looked like, before I proofread it ... and to think, in my young and silly days, I was an editor for TV Guide!!

12:45 pm

Mal

Chritine Bye.

12:48 pm

periwinkle

Does anyone know how many times a letter is used to start a word. It would help me to keep on looking.

12:57 pm

soho72

Bx1
Dx24
Ex16
Fx21
Gx10
Hx5
Ix6
Lx11
Ox4
Rx64
Sx22
Tx19

There are people who have more words than I do, and I'm still missing two eights. Hope this helps.

12:57 pm

periwinkle

Are there really 15 I (eye) words?

12:57 pm

periwinkle

soho72, yes it helps, thanks.

12:59 pm

periwinkle

Ignore, my question about the I (eye) words.

1:09 pm

periwinkle

Need to take another break

1:23 pm

im sara

anyone want to give a hint with to the 10 "r" word

1:34 pm

lfaerie

Look on the log starting around 7:35 a.m. there are several clues.

1:38 pm

im sara

thanks lfaerie, i'm still looking

2:24 pm

ewenme

10 letters: take an 6f word and make it past tense for 8f, then go back to the beginning and do it again.

2:38 pm

periwinkle

Stuck at 122, time for another break.

2:41 pm

allstar

ewenme: on your 6f-put a prefix in front and you have a 10 for 98

2:52 pm

ewenme

That's what I was trying to say without being too blunt...make them work a little harder! ha ha ha

2:58 pm

fixitfmly

hi mom! ;-) I just started playing -- how are you doing today? baby still has a fever today :-P

3:03 pm

ewenme

Hi Sweetie, it's hot here...even with the fan going. She still has the FH&M? Poor kiddo. I hope your AC is working.

I've got 137 words on this one, but I need to get back to the mundane work: hh chores. ugh. Mom

3:16 pm

fixitfmly

ac working well -- everyone else wants coats but must suffer through my pg! ;-)
94/1533 so far

3:17 pm

Krista

Hi fixitfmly..sorry baby's sick. Coxsackie?

3:27 pm

fixitfmly

Krista --
had to look that word up -- it would be a good one for a babble grid someday! ;-) Yes. Ped says hand, foot & mouth disease is going around -- she's had a fever for a few days & he said her throat looked like it was quite sore, yesterday she had tiny red spots on feet and face -- generally grumpy but nothing tragic, fortunately! ;-) She sleeps w/tylenol and I can babble . . .;-)

3:32 pm

Krista

I only know it because both my kiddies have had it. I was pretty weirded out the first time, because they referred to it as 'hoof and mouth disease.' I thought she had some barnyard malady!

3:34 pm

fixitfmly

DH & I are calling it hoof & mouth too ;-)

3:34 pm

Krista

I'm slowing down at 133...congrats on being listed first a few days ago!

3:35 pm

Krista

LOL! It's right up there with ringworm for savory disease names.

3:38 pm

fixitfmly

that was quite a quirk! -- there were probably more than 20 people who all had the same score. It blew my theory that people with the same score were listed in order they completed on CBT (Central Babble Time) -- b/c I know I finished later than most of the others who had all the words. My 15 min of fame! ;-D

3:44 pm

Krista

Well, hey, fluke or not, I was proud of you. :) Yes, and that order mystery to the list. And it wasn't alphabetical, either, was it? Back to my spaghetti sauce...think I need to come back later with fresh eyes.

3:46 pm

Krista

I meant "add" it to the list of Babble mysteries.

4:13 pm

sleeky

Just curious - has anyone used the N in the right hand top corner at all?

4:23 pm

periwinkle

Sleeky, no, I have not used the N

4:27 pm

Treble99

No I have not used thetop N

4:45 pm

periwinkle

I'm done. I have more than half of the words. It is getting to be too much of a struggle. Good luck all.

5:49 pm

babblor

How are people getting so many "e" words, I only found too... Man I suck.

5:57 pm

soho72

I've been stick at 203 for hours. I'm finished!

6:20 pm

bulldog

247 words 5.20 4006

6:35 pm

im sara

how many "O" words are there?

6:43 pm

marigold

i have 4

6:57 pm

babblor

Yah I have 4 as well.

7:00 pm

im sara

only 2 for me

7:28 pm

im sara

I only have 5 eye words, how many are there? or how many do people have?

7:34 pm

babblor

I have 5.

7:36 pm

babblor

6 now.

7:49 pm

bulldog

nine "i" words

8:08 pm

runningforhome

I wish 'bogus' would stop jumping out at me...

10:28 pm

lfaerie

And "bogie"...

10:43 pm

im sara

i'm stuck at 163 words

11:20 pm

babblor

Me too, what a strang cooincedence.

11:25 pm

fixitfmly

if you found the weasel like animal, nearby (same beginning) are two iron containing words for 7/8 worth 40/55 -- it's encouraging to watch the score jump suddenly! ;-)

11:29 pm

im sara

i fouind the weasel, it was like my first word, but iron containing words? what do you mean?

11:36 pm

fixitfmly

the archaic term for iron

11:40 pm

sleeky

I'm pretty sure I know the beginning you mean, but damned if I can make another word from it.

11:41 pm

im sara

FE? same, i can't make anymore words, i'm resorting to things i've never heard of, and just typing random things that look like they might work

11:44 pm

fixitfmly

has an -ite ending

11:44 pm

Tolinya

it's not taking the iron word...unless i'm spelling it wrong

11:46 pm

Tolinya

got it

11:47 pm

sleeky

ooo, thanks, tasty!

11:48 pm

sleeky

thisis my best score ever, not that that's saying much.

11:48 pm

fixitfmly

I have 5 words that begin with those same 4 ltrs

11:49 pm

im sara

ooo i got it too! thank you

11:51 pm

im sara

166 words...*sigh* i'm too slow to play this game

11:51 pm

Tolinya

eh 53/754...brain is in the off position

11:53 pm

im sara

54 being your words?

11:53 pm

im sara

woops meant 53

11:55 pm

Tolinya

oh yeah...although i only played for about 4 hours today...life got in the way

11:56 pm

im sara

well you still did better then me with the time you had. i think i played for, well i'm not sure

11:57 pm

Tolinya

usually i can play more during the "work week" hehe

11:57 pm

Tolinya

hard to play on the weekend...

11:58 pm

Tolinya

everyone's gotta start somewhere this is the best puzzle we've had in about 5 days....

11:58 pm

im sara

i just discovered the game, and am probably losing so badly because i don't have a broad vocab, either that or my teenage brain can't handle the capacity of it all, who knows. i'd probably spend all my summer hours doing this just cause i'm that bored.

11:59 pm

Tolinya

good for you keeps the brain alive and you can always learn new things

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