Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, August 9, 2004

12:05 am

Christine

Marianne, I can't believe you---- you've either taken smart pills, or you've been and gone and got smarter, on me... what the heck is going on??

12:10 am

4t8

interest is so almost there...

12:11 am

sleeky

and after two really good ones - a stinker!

12:22 am

4t8

2 whole 6's.

12:24 am

fnurt

7 for 40.

12:27 am

babblor

And "tent" makes a comeback...

12:45 am

4t8

6-6's: c, d, o, s(2), t; h-7
45/572...'night

1:26 am

Christine

Why doesn't STENT make it? It's in the dictionary.... yet so often words without a definition get in..... ah me.

2:10 am

Mal

Morning Christine are you still there?

2:14 am

granadan

Ive just looked at some word lists from yesterday - I cant BELIEVE how many easy ones I missed (groan and beats self over head with a soggy nappy)

3:10 am

Christine

Marianne - curtseying to you...you rock!!
Last grid was great, but this one??? Have only about 30 words.
What waws yesterday's word that was a detergent?

3:20 am

Christine

It still doesn't like HENCH - what's a poor henchman to say to his family?

4:02 am

Kukana

52 words 4.67 653

Anyone know how many there are to be found altogether? I have two 7s, one for 40 and one for 28 and six 6s as listed below in the log. Any more??

4:23 am

ConXshun

there's about 85 words in this puzzle

4:54 am

Kukana

68, can't see any more!

5:09 am

Christine

Kukana - will you share the starting letter for the 7/28??

6:11 am

Kukana

It's A

6:11 am

Kukana

An American sort of word!

6:18 am

Atalante

uh oh American words ...

6:51 am

Atalante

ah! got it :)

7:13 am

fnurt

65/708

Ax7
Cx6
Dx2
Ex3
Fx7
Hx11
Ix2
Jx1
Nx4
Ox1
Rx7
Sx9
Tx5

7:14 am

lawyer-1

74 words 4.72 1001

7:36 am

fnurt

Wow lawyer, you must have a lot more big words than me. I have 2x7 and 6x6.

7:39 am

soho72

There's an Fx7 for 68.

7:43 am

fnurt

Wow, that one was easy to figure from the point total. Up to 68/840 now...

7:44 am

Kukana

Oh, thankyou! And a related 6 for 48. Now I have 74 words too, but only 956 total so I must be missing some other longish ones. I have three 7s now, and eight 6s.

7:47 am

fnurt

My 6's are 33, 36, 48, 18, 27, 33, 33. What am I missing?

7:52 am

Kukana

There's another 33 in between the 48 and the 18

7:53 am

Kukana

76 now, here's my breakdown:

a - 8
c - 6
d - 2
e - 3
f - 9
h - 15
i - 2
j - 2
n - 4
o - 1
r - 7
s - 9
t - 8

7:55 am

fnurt

That 6 jumped right out at me. It's funny how easy they are to find sometimes once you know they're there.

7:56 am

fnurt

I have Sx10.

8:00 am

Kukana

77 now (I realised one of my ts could be pluralised) but I still haven't got to 1000 in total!

8:13 am

Kukana

Wooo, 80 words 1017

8:16 am

Minski

There's another word that keeps showing up in most of the grids. It's a 5 for 14 C word.

9:15 am

Boo

Does anyone know the laundry detergent word from yesterday?

9:19 am

Boo

Never mind. I looked at yesterday's puzzle to find it out. :o)

10:43 am

Christine

Boo, I can't access the word lists (I use a browser, not a computer), and that word is driving me crazy.
Another thing driving me crazy is that bloomin' 6/33, tucked between the 48 and the 18.... aaargh.

11:02 am

stevedallas

think hiho should be acceptable as in Hiho Hiho off to work we go

11:04 am

parsec

yes. bloomin' 6/33. but i found 7 c words.

11:11 am

soho72

The nine letter N from yesterday is nearshore - certainly a new word for me. And I can't find that 6 for 33 either.

11:21 am

Christine

I think I had NEARSHORE, yesterday?? but I've never heard of a detergent named that - it's not in teh Los Angeles area, I'd guess.

11:22 am

parsec

hah, found it-- it's an H, if that helps...

11:22 am

soho72

Not on the East Coast either, Christine.

11:25 am

Christine

Thart 6/33 seems to be between Fand O, but that doesn't seem to help me too much.

11:27 am

Christine

The tiles need to add up to 11, that means we must use the H and the C and four singles....

11:27 am

stevedallas

think sheep Christine

11:29 am

jayferg

How do you figure out the words from points? I can't figure out the F7 or A7 based on the points.

11:29 am

parsec

and don't think C.

11:31 am

soho72

Eureka!!! Thanks!

11:33 am

Christine

From the list on the right, you can see how many points the tiles add to... for a seven lette word, divide by 4....
Now, a sheepish word - meadows or sleep, hmmm.

11:33 am

stevedallas

ok Im stuck on 74 and 944

11:36 am

parsec

jayferg--taking a 6/33 for example, you divide by 3 coz it's a 6-letter word, leaving 11 points' worth of letters. So some of the letters are going to be worth one, but others have to give you the extra six points. It can help you know where to look.

11:36 am

parsec

sorry, copies Christine--mine doesn't refresh so often.

11:37 am

Christine

Don't look at me, I'm blushing... I didn't even consider those letters...another senior moment.

11:42 am

Christine

Thanks, eveyone, for the clues... gotta run away, now; back soon

11:48 am

jayferg

Thanks. Got them both.

12:59 pm

parsec

Kukana said there were two 7's-- a 28 and a 40. Can anyone give me a clue on the 40?

1:05 pm

Daisy

The 7 for 40 - think about people who lift stuff. I'm still working on the 7 for 28. There's also a 7 for 68.

1:06 pm

parsec

duh, lifting, got it. i have the 68. thanks!

1:14 pm

Daisy

argh! I cannot find the A7. Help? please?

1:30 pm

jayferg

Think of being unable to sit still for the A7

1:36 pm

Daisy

doh! thank you - I've got it now.
ConXshun says there's 85 words, but I can only find 84. And I'm giving up.
Here's my stats: 84 words/ 1070 points

Ax8
Cx6
Dx2
Ex3
Fx10
Hx17
Ix2
Jx2
Nx5
Ox1
Rx7
Sx12
Tx8

1:39 pm

jayferg

You are missing a C Daisy.

1:48 pm

faeanna

Anyone have a clue for the first 6x33?

2:01 pm

Kukana

That first 6 is a plural of a 5 for 20. It's apparently something to do with meat. (or do what I did and try a possible letter on a 4 for 9, and then make it plural!)

I'm puzzled by the 10 Fs. I have 9 of them. One fr-, three fat-, five fan-. I can't see any other possible starting combinations, and I've tried those ones in a2zwordfinder thinking I was missing one, but can't see anything I hadn't thought of. Clues??

2:14 pm

czdad

Kukana: At this point, I have only 53 words, but can offer the following hint. The missing F is not among the F's beginnings that you listed. Think Scandanavian! (anything more specific would be a giveaway).

2:17 pm

czdad

That should have read Scandinavian...

2:18 pm

Kukana

OHHHHH! Of course, thankyou! I see it immediately when I think that way!

Still missing an S and an H but giving up for tonight (and probably won't log on before it ends tomorrow so I'm finishing with 83)

2:18 pm

jayferg

thanks for the F clue....i got it.

2:30 pm

parsec

i am at 83 words, but I have a c and a t that Daisy didn't have. So there are at least 86 total.

2:45 pm

lawyer-1

Parsec...u r assuming Daisy can add. Based on the statistics she posted, the total was 83, not 84. If you add your c & t words, that makes 85.

2:47 pm

jlm_mi

I have

7xA
7xC
2xD
3xE
10xF
17xH
2xI
2xJ
4xN
1xO
7xR
11xS
9xT

which is 82 words for 1052 points. According to stats posted throughout the log, I'm missing 2xA, 1xN and 1xS, so 4 words, which will make 86 if I can find them all.

2:49 pm

jlm_mi

Hmmm - Now I can't find anywhere where anyone posted having 9xA, so maybe I'm only missing 1xA for 85 words total. Hmmm . . .

2:51 pm

parsec

good point, i never checked the total. no wonder i was having trouble finding the other of hers i was missing!

2:52 pm

parsec

i only have 8 a. I think lawyer's right, there are just 85.

2:56 pm

runningforhome

Please tell me I'm not the only one seeing 'rhino' every time I open the puzzle.

2:59 pm

Boo

you're not the only one :-)

3:01 pm

parsec

you are not. Also, I hate the letter h.

3:02 pm

fixitfmly

I keep seeing 'stretch' ;-P

3:03 pm

Boo

I gotta stop reading the posts. I hadn't seen stretch until you said it, now it's the first (and only) thing I see.
ARGH ;-)

3:05 pm

parsec

I have 10 he, 4 hi, and 2 ho -- can someone spare a clue about the one I'm missing?

3:06 pm

jlm_mi

You are missing an HO. It is an archaic form meaning the same as your 5 letter HO.

3:07 pm

jlm_mi

Now can you help me with A words? ;) I'm missing a 5-letter A word. I have one that is a very common word for 16 points, and another that is a plural for 10 points.

3:08 pm

Daisy

Lawyer-1 is right - I can't add. According to my husband, that's why I went to law school, not med school.
I have 7 Cs.

3:09 pm

parsec

the third is an odd one I found by entering random letters that sounded like words... but it is second alphabetically.

3:25 pm

jlm_mi

OK - 85/4.65/1090

3x7, 9x6, 28x5, 45x4

8xA
7xC
2xD
3xE
10xF
17xH
2xI
2xJ
5xN
1xO
7xR
12xS
9xT

Does anyone else with 85 words have the same point total?

3:30 pm

runningforhome

I'm missing one of the sixes... can someone point me to the list of them?

3:40 pm

fixitfmly

runningforhome --
there was a list given earlier but it's missing one --
33, 36, 48, 33, 18, 27, 33, 33
I'm missing that one and the 18 so far ...

3:43 pm

runningforhome

Thanks fixit - I have all those.

3:51 pm

fixitfmly

aaah! got the 6 for 18 now -- was somehow 'blind' to the O at the top ;-P
JLM -- hints on the remaining 6??

3:53 pm

jlm_mi

6's - 33, 36, 48, 33, 18, 27, 33, 18, 33

The 6/18 you are missing is plural, but does not end in S.

3:54 pm

runningforhome

I'm still missing 10 words:
2-A,1-C, 1-E, 3-H, 1-N, 2-S.

5:03 pm

fixitfmly

runningforhome --
The Hs are
5, 2x4, 5, 4, 6, 4, 5, 6x4, 2x5, 7 in alpha-order
HTH! ;-)
Still looking for several myself . . .

5:45 pm

Kirsty1

Hi jlm_mi, I've just checked in to see if the total went over 85 - just for the record my 85 are for exactly the same points etc as yours, so it does look like that is it :o)

5:53 pm

periwinkle

It won't take antsie.

6:09 pm

czdad

I've hit the wall at 72. I'm missing
Ax1, Ex3, Nx2, Rx2, Sx3, and Tx2.

I can't for the life of me see the E's ;-(

6:22 pm

granadan

Add another letter periwinkle

6:41 pm

periwinkle

granadan, I did add another letter before I saw your post. Thanks anyway. :)

7:05 pm

cz

czdad,

i've got 2 E's...one is a bird and the other is a plant.

:-)

7:11 pm

soho72

The third E is a geographical name that should be a proper noun.

8:09 pm

jlm_mi

It is a proper, geographical name, but it is also a small cooking apparatus, which would not be capitalized.

8:14 pm

soho72

Thanks. I guess that's the whole point of this game. I had no idea it had another meaning.

8:31 pm

fit1

I'm going bonkers trying to find the E's, bird and plant not withstanding. Who invented this..er...game :)

8:37 pm

Christine

fit1 - do you have the T bird? the E word is another name, drop the T, add an S.
Now for that bloomin' plant (no pun intended).

8:38 pm

fixitfmly

The E bird, although not similar in size & family, is similar letter-wise to a T bird you probably have.
The E cooking apparatus is similar to an American insurance co that begins A

8:40 pm

Christine

Soho72 - the third E is an Italian volcano/lab vessel

8:41 pm

fixitfmly

Christine --
'great minds' and all that . . . ;-)
you have the plural T bird too, right?

8:43 pm

Christine

Ooops on the bird clue.
Now, other than ERICA, what darn plant begins with E? aaargh...

8:47 pm

fixitfmly

Christine:
A variety of taro

8:48 pm

Christine

Knew I should not've come back - now I'll be trapped in the dreaded babble grid.
My little sister is beating me, day after day -- and that's sooo wrong.

8:49 pm

periwinkle

Christine, Don't feel bad, my younger sister is beating me every day too.

8:51 pm

periwinkle

fixitfmly, Thanks so much for the taro clue. I had to look it up in my scrabble dictionary. I also was focusing on the wrong E. The plant starts with the top E.

8:52 pm

soho72

I've had the third E for a while, Christine. I just didn't know that it was also a common noun.

8:55 pm

fit1

You guys are top drawer. Got the bird, the plant and the cooking apparatus, all of which I never heard of, thanks to your clues. Am I a genious or what? LOL

8:56 pm

Christine

Yhanks for the clue - looked it up on dictionry.com - cheating or a learning experience, as our Mums taught us?
Now, those little 'uns - I guess it's a credit to us, as older sisters, right?

9:27 pm

Christine

Periwinkle, Daisy, Marigold - are y'all sistes? like the flowe- women in "Keeping Up Appearances"?

9:34 pm

marigold

periwinkle and me are sisters

9:42 pm

jayferg

any clues for the other 7 for 18? I got the O. I am having the hardest time today.

9:46 pm

jayferg

I mean 6 fro 18

9:47 pm

czdad

CZ: Well, it's awfully handy when your daughter is a bioscientist. I have all 3 of the E's now, and had only ever heard of one before today.

9:48 pm

fixitfmly

jayferg --
I'm assuming you mean 6/18 not 7 -- it's related to your chest bone, add a letter to a 5/10 you probably have.

9:49 pm

jayferg

Got it! Thanks.

9:57 pm

jayferg

grrrrrr....I can not find the other 2 HI words.

9:57 pm

Christine

That FR eludes me, 'tho I'm sure I've tried evey combination for a 4 or 5 letter word (obviously not).
I need 3xA, 3xC, 2xH, 2xN, 2xE, 4xS, 4xT and, 1xF

10:02 pm

fixitfmly

jayferg --
The two you are most likely missing . ..
1 has no def in the dictionary but is common on the grids (I only enter it b/c I've seen it before) think of the sound a snake makes but put a weird letter at the end
2 think of an abbreviation for a college course of past world events

10:04 pm

fit1

I thinkthey should accept afro. it was a popular hairstyle in the 60s :(

10:05 pm

fixitfmly

Christine --
it is a cleaving tool
"Do your ears hang low? do they wobble . . ."

10:08 pm

fixitfmly

I'm still missing 1 C and 1 R
I have 3x CH, 2x Ci, and 1x CR
5x RE, 1X RO
Any hints for me??

10:11 pm

fit1

Thee is a fourth ch

10:16 pm

fixitfmly

fit1 --
Thank you for that stylish little word -- I was fixated in the wrong place! ;-)
Now to look at that R with 'new' eyes!

10:26 pm

jayferg

thanks for the HI clues. I already had one of them and got the snake clue. Still need one more HI
but....15 more words to go.

10:29 pm

fixitfmly

Christine:
Do you have the geeky N word?
I'm bored with this R that I can't find but I can't pull myself away with just one more word to find

10:31 pm

fit1

fixitfmly. you must have the cattle group word. change the first letter and you've got a geek

10:32 pm

fixitfmly

jayferg --
one HI means to go quickly
the other is what I'm giving you now ;-D

10:33 pm

fixitfmly

fit1 --
yes, I have the geek. Just missing one R word and I'd have them all.

10:34 pm

jayferg

do you have the RE that is part of the hebrew alphabet? Just found that by accident.

10:35 pm

fit1

fixitfrmly. Could you be missing the kingly type word?

10:48 pm

fixitfmly

I have the Hebrew letter. Not sure about the kingly word -- one word I have is a coin and also used in the East for 'person of authority, esp captain of a ship' . . . but that's the closest to 'kingly' on my list.
But DH just got home and I'm being sent to bed for my own good ;-D
After all, tomorrow is another grid . . .

10:55 pm

jayferg

how many TR words are there?

10:57 pm

fixitfmly

jayferg --
just 3 TRs 6, 4, 5
really leaving this time! ;)

10:58 pm

jayferg

I think the RE you are missing is another word for "real"

11:00 pm

jayferg

Got the last 2 TR's. I swear I tried that combo a million times......

11:22 pm

runningforhome

Still need 2 As, an N, and an S...

11:27 pm

jayferg

I need 1 A, 2 N's and 3 S's

11:28 pm

jayferg

I should really give up instead of wasting the next 33 minutes.

11:50 pm

Christine

fixit - I have the geeky word - 'think sheep' with an N to start....
What R are you missing?
I still don't have the FR word - how hard can THAT be??
Only 11 minutes, then I'm out of my misery -- until 13 minutes from now.

11:52 pm

jayferg

The FR word is all on the top row.

11:55 pm

Christine

Jayferg -thank you - I just KNOW I tried that, and every other, combo.aaargh...

11:58 pm

jayferg

I think I am done with 4 words to go. I have tried every combo I can think of and they are still hiding from me.

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