Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, August 15, 2004

12:21 am

boatierra

Lothar (of the hill people) is in this puzzle...hehehe

12:21 am

boatierra

too bad it's not a word 'word'...

12:21 am

4t8

found a hip-hop artist for 16. also a g-7 & an L-7

12:23 am

4t8

and t-7

12:24 am

Christine

The previous grid had AGAPE, AGAPAE.... what was the 7letter word???

12:24 am

boatierra

I keep seeing 'allele'.....

12:25 am

boatierra

Got the T for 7, a tornado target...

12:36 am

boatierra

Got a 7 for 32,...a person who gathers

12:43 am

daisy

those e's and r's are very nicely placed for 'er' words.

12:44 am

boatierra

Christine - I looked at Stevo's list for the last puzzle, and he had agapae, and agapeic. So there you go. Two new words for me.

12:45 am

boatierra

"At 12:43 am daisy said...

those e's and r's are very nicely placed for 'er' words."

No doubt :)

12:50 am

4t8

falling asleep (1:49 eastern here) - "good night & have fun" at 71/847.

12:54 am

Christine

I swear to goodness, there was ONLY ONE combo I didn't try.... iec..... aaargh.
Thanks mulher.
I don't mind that I didn't get the points, it drives me dotty to not get a new word... and now we have two.
Yay, our team.

12:56 am

boatierra

Ha-Ha! Took me a bit, but I got the hip-hop artist.

12:58 am

qc

got an A for 7 but can't find the L-7

1:04 am

daisy

i-7 for 40

1:05 am

Christine

My browser won't let me get into the previous day's lists... so I can't learn the words I missed, unless I ask a favor.... thank you, all you favor-givers.
I think I must sign off, the swimmers are amazing..

1:09 am

qc

got the L-7, now gotta find the I

1:13 am

boatierra

Got the i-7 for 40, thanks for pointing it out. I just looked and there it was.

1:21 am

qc

got an e-7 for 40, still looking for the i

1:26 am

fnurt

8 for 40

1:28 am

boatierra

I must depart. 77 for 903. Here's my breakdown for so far:

a x 2
e x 1
f x 6
g x 7
h x 18
i x 7
i x 10
n x 4
o x 1
r x 10
t x 8
(th x 4)
y x 3

I've used the X once.

In order:

6-27 7-32
6-36 7-40
6-27 7-28
6-27
6-27
6-27
6-27
6-27
6-18
6-18
6-18
6-18
6-18
6-27
6-27

Phew! That's all folks ;)

1:32 am

boatierra

Just got two more before leaving...Add a 6-18 at the top of the list, and a 7-28 right below the 7-40.

Okay, now I'm really done. Toodles!!

1:38 am

Q

seems like there are so many 6's it's not worth listing them.

4:29 am

Atalante

jlm_mi - glad you finally got benthic ;) I finally realise the advantages of being a marine biologist by trade ...... ;)

5:06 am

Christine

Atalante - are you and I alone, here?? but I must leave soon - early day tomorrow (well, today - it's already past 3am on the Left Coast) One more cup of tea.
95/1140; 17-6s and 5-7s.
How're you doing?.

5:13 am

granadan

Im here. 76 and slowing down. kids want to go out for lunch...

5:16 am

Christine

Granadan - are you in UK, or in Europe?
Early Sunday in Los Angeles, very quiet except for a herd of fire-engines going by on the freeway.... big fires just north of L.A.
Isn't that A7 the oddest word? and no definition in dictionary.com

6:32 am

granadan

Dont have the A7, but yes, Im in UK

7:10 am

periwinkle

In yesterday's puzzle I had the word ponce and tried every ending but ING. Oh well, live and learn new words.

7:57 am

Christine

An R-8

8:11 am

Krista

Entrail should be a word!!

8:31 am

eyezzz

Two spellings of an oriental tobacco pipe ~ one is 7 for 32 and the other is 8 for 60

8:58 am

fit1

Would I like what goes in the pipe better? :)

9:06 am

fit1

Thanks for the clue,eyezz, and thanks to google. Got both words, neither of which I ever heard of :)

9:18 am

Atalante

A7? R8? I've obviously missed excitement while having a sleep!!!

9:34 am

fit1

a/7 is wierd. R 8 I didn't get yet

10:19 am

Atalante

whats the points total for the A7????

10:23 am

fit1

83 words, 1010 points. Still no R 8. But that a 7 is not in the dictionary as Christine said earlier. WAAAYYYY weird

10:23 am

fit1

a7=28

10:28 am

Atalante

oh gosh, it really is type in random letters till a word comes up then! No help from needing a 2 or 3 or 4 or anything LOL

11:08 am

eyezzz

Fit1 ~ You may not have heard the word for that pipe, but I bet you've seen them in pictures: http://deanoman.com/mideast02.JPG

11:09 am

eyezzz

The A7 is a five letter word with a suffix

11:17 am

fit1

here's the best hint I can think or. There are no more than 1 point letters in the word....7 of them :)

11:18 am

fit1

yeah eyezzz, when I googled, there it was :)

11:23 am

fit1

eyezz, is that you in the pic?

11:29 am

eyezzz

LOL!!

11:35 am

jlm_mi

There should be approx. 157 words:
3x8
11x7
33x6
37x5
73x4

11:36 am

jlm_mi

And I currently have:

6xA
7xE
8xF
9xG
19xH
7xI
15xL
9xN
2xO
16xR
9xT (thx4)
0xX
3xY

6's: 18,18,27,36,27,21,27,27,27,27,27,18,18,18,18,18,18,27,18,18,27

7's:
28,40,32,40,28,32,28,28,28

8's:
60,40

11:49 am

jlm_mi

And a 9 for 90!!!! I found it by accident because I was looking up the definition of another word, and it was there in the dictionary. It builds off of the 6/36.

12:07 pm

eyezzz

Now I've gotta find a 6 for 36 ...

12:11 pm

Atalante

ooooh I've never known it spelt like that!!!

12:32 pm

fit1

Let's do the math, Jim_mi. I need it too. so, is it two fours and 4 1's? Sounds good :)

12:34 pm

Atalante

yup it is

2:10 pm

jlm_mi

And if you haven't yet found it, you can see where it is relative to some other 6s below. The 9 comes before both the 8s.

3:10 pm

boatierra

"At 01:38 am Q said...

seems like there are so many 6's it's not worth listing them."

Well, since a listing of 6's has been done in the past, I assumed it would be OK. Besides, it is not often that I get so many 'large' words so early in the game. I mostly find the 4's and 5's, and only find the longer words with the help of clues. So I felt kinda cool being able to list the ones I had found. If you don't care for the listing, don't look at it.

3:14 pm

boatierra

jlm_mi - Thanks for the clue for the 9. That's awesome you found that :)

3:48 pm

jlm_mi

Has anyone got more words per letter than I posted below, or more 6s or 7s, or just different 6s or 7s? I'm up against a wall and would love some guidance. :)

3:49 pm

jlm_mi

And, you're welcome, mulhermujer. I was very excited to see that!

3:50 pm

Karen

I've found 5 works with Th

3:50 pm

Karen

words, sorry

4:09 pm

Wendrie

A x 8
E x 9
F x 8
G x 15
H x 19
I x 7
L x 20
N x 9
O x 2
R x 16
T x 14
X x
Y x 3

4:10 pm

Wendrie

oh and 7 of those T words start with TH

4:15 pm

jlm_mi

Thanks! That gives me a lot of work to do. I had just found a 5th TH after Kate's post. I thought even that was impossible. :-p

I've found some in addition to what I had earlier, and have more than you in a few categories:

Fx9
Hx20
Ix8

4:38 pm

Treble99

can you tell me what the 9 starts with

4:48 pm

Treble99

got the 9 now

5:07 pm

dimwit

i'd rather like to know what the nine starts with ? I don't have a 6 for 36 yet

5:14 pm

Treble99

it starts with f

5:15 pm

dimwit

Thanks, I can work from one direction now !

5:53 pm

dimwit

It will not take nargil, which is an old type of pipe, is there another spelling ?

5:54 pm

jlm_mi

See 8:31AM

6:14 pm

coma

Too bad it won't take "anthole". Tried to trick it without spacing but it
didn't work.

6:14 pm

dimwit

Thanks, that is interesting, I have found 5 ways of spelling that word now, yet the puzzle only takes 2 even though all are legit ! Odd }(

6:58 pm

boatierra

What does the oriental tobacco pipe start with?

6:59 pm

onyx

n

7:01 pm

boatierra

Thanks :)

7:06 pm

onyx

how many words in this puzzle? i counted 130...are there more?

7:14 pm

boatierra

At 11:35 jlm_mi said there's are at least 157 words.

7:28 pm

periwinkle

Which R does the 8 letter word start with, please?

7:31 pm

onyx

bottom row not in the corner

7:33 pm

onyx

oops, next to the corner

7:40 pm

periwinkle

Stuck at 64, can't find the 9 letter word or the 6 to build it on. Have not found the E-7 or R-8 or I-7 either :(.

7:42 pm

periwinkle

Spoke too soon, just found the R-8 :).

7:43 pm

boatierra

What is the subject of the R-8 word?

7:44 pm

boatierra

periwinkle - For the 9 and 6 ltr combos, think of a informal word used to call a man, then build off of that. Hope that helps...

7:45 pm

periwinkle

The R word start with a 5 letter word for 10 meaning to discover. Once you have this word make it past tense and add a prefix.

7:46 pm

runningforhome

mujer, great hint, I just got both of them!

7:48 pm

boatierra

*tapping fingertips together*

Exxxcellent ;)

7:49 pm

Karin

Ive got an R for 8.Can anyone tell how many more 8`s there are please ?

7:50 pm

jlm_mi

There may be a few more or fewer than 157, but that's in the right ballpark. I have personally found 134 and know I'm missing at least one G and at least one L. But I'm sure there are many more.

7:51 pm

boatierra

I think just the pipe one for 8-60.

And good lord, I would have never found that R-8 word. I didn't know you could do that over again, in the past...;)

7:51 pm

jlm_mi

Karin - See my post at 11:35. The 3 8s include any 9 letter words, of which there is one in this puzzle. There are many hints throughout the chat log for that one.

7:51 pm

periwinkle

Is there a definition for the 9 letter word or the 6 letter word that is used to build it?

7:57 pm

onyx

mujer,
the r 8 has to do with education
what ya do in school

7:57 pm

Karin

Thanx

7:59 pm

boatierra

For the 9 and 6 ltr's...

A peasant or agricultural laborer in an Arab country, such as Syria or Egypt.

7:59 pm

boatierra

"At 07:57 pm onyx said...

mujer,
the r 8 has to do with education
what ya do in school"

Ya, I got it. Thanks ;)

8:03 pm

fit1

Onyx, I just read mujer's reply to you and got the words. Thanks, thanks, thanks. Now for the six and nine

8:07 pm

periwinkle

mulhermujer, I have the base word for the 9 and I used Google but it is spelled differently here and I can't figure it out.

8:08 pm

onyx

oye mujer
the definition for the 6& 9 did it thanks....

8:30 pm

4t8

ah. thank you so much.

8:33 pm

fit1

I got them!!! Can I play with the big boys now? whew

8:33 pm

coma

I'm not doing that great but I do have Hx21

8:43 pm

4t8

one more than i've got. :)
have the margarine type O but not the other

8:46 pm

coma

one O also. Same as you

8:49 pm

coma

Just found the other one

9:28 pm

4t8

can't find it. even tried to make oil "oeil." :D
finished with 83/1113

9:33 pm

dimwit

Hi, still struggling here and it's well past beddybyes time. Got base 6 f word but all combos for 9 are not right. Could I have the 7th letter please ? I won't be able to sleep if I cannot get this blasted word !

9:37 pm

4t8

'tis the 5th letter of the alphabet

9:38 pm

fit1

dimwit, if you are willing to go do a google for "Syrian agricultural laborer" you will get the answer.

9:47 pm

dimwit

Already been there, plural is 8 letters and doesn't fit (sigh) tried everywhich way but cant get it. Working on your letter, thanks 4t8

9:54 pm

fit1

Well, I managed to find 100 words for 1348. I'll never make the Guiness book of records, but I got the ones we were discussing. it's beddy bye time. Niters all. :)

10:04 pm

dimwit

Yayay ! (silly dance) finally got the 9. Really living up to my id name tonight!
( well I have been ill the last two weeks :-(.......) thanks all, I have to give up now - shower and then dawn approacheth.. Night!

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