Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, August 18, 2004

12:15 am

boatierra

Ah, it won't take 'gerd.'

12:27 am

runningforhome

:( Snarf is SO a word!

12:29 am

boatierra

runningforhome - I feel your pain. Ever since I discovered it was not accepted, I don't even see it in the grids anymore. Snarf, snarf.

12:38 am

boatierra

50 for 464. Five 6's so far... tchauzinho a todos...

12:40 am

Q

45 for 495. seven 6's and an _8_.

it's nice to see an S again.

12:40 am

4t8

between the fraus, the trois, and the fois, i'm going loopy.

12:48 am

4t8

9 6's at this point

1:15 am

4t8

78/789 no 8; 11/6's g'night

1:28 am

runningforhome

I can only find three sixes... :(
Goodnight all.
62/4.35/510

1:37 am

granadan

My score appears to have gone down to 80? While I dont care about the rankings, how the heck did i manage that?

1:48 am

bigbirdboss

79/800: 1/8, 1/7, 8/6's
Night all...

1:54 am

aj

56 words, only 4 6s, and I'm headed for bed. 'Night.

2:55 am

granadan

6 X 6
3 start with R, 3 with S

5:58 am

lawyer-1

72 words 4.90 1000

6:43 am

Lilecama

I have a 6 starting with T

6:50 am

Lilecama

and an 8 for 45

7:02 am

jlm_mi

I'm not playing today. Here are stats:

170 words
6xA
12xD
3xE
16xF
9xG
6xN
4xO
13xP
31xR
18xS
40xT
6xU
6xY

1x10
1x9
3x8
2x7
26x6
45x5
92x4

8:33 am

Swtbtrcup

Here is a hint.... 7 for 28.. its an animal that louisiana imported and regrets it.

8:41 am

Lilecama

Swtbtrcup - 'fraid its not much of a clue for us europeans... ;(

8:47 am

Minski

or us Northerners.

9:06 am

Q

sure, but a google search finds it. :)

9:31 am

Minski

found it but it took several different google searches before I had the correct one.
thanks.

9:51 am

Swtbtrcup

I couldnt make it too easy :) I figured a small search and you would find it.... all I can say is ewwwwwwwwwww one of the girls I work with has eatten it.

10:08 am

Minski

I found the 8 for 45!

10:09 am

Lilecama

nice one!
given up on Louisiana nasty pest animal thingy.

10:30 am

Swtbtrcup

Its nutritious but not delicious...

10:42 am

Lilecama

Sorry, brain won't work the clue. maybe I need a break.

10:43 am

4t8

re: the 7: thanks...read a bit about it, how very interesting! ergh

9 g's??? i have 5

10:45 am

setting_sun

Here's an annoyance for British Babblers - 'todger' isn't allowed! :(

10:48 am

jennyb

"Its nutritious but not delicious... "

LOL!

They make coats out of them...

10:49 am

aj

So JLM_MI how do you get to find out all the words in the grid?

10:52 am

jlm_mi

aj - I used a boggle solver. There are many on the web. I use 2.

If I'm going to play a puzzle, I use one that will give me a total word count for each word length. I make a very absolute point to not look at the words, otherwise what's the point of playing. I just want the number. BUT, that solver does not use the same dictionary as babble, so it can be wrong by a few words, which can be frustrating.

Today, since I'm not playing, I used a solver that does use the same dictionary, but just gives the list of words ordered by word length and alphabetically, then I counted. This obviously doesn't work if you want to play, since you can't help but see most of the words.

I'm sure there are or have been people who use these to "cheat" and just put in all the words for a perfect score. Doesn't matter to me, but talk about boring! :-D

10:53 am

Hamadryad

Well I guess the word Traif isn't as widely used as Kosher is. Go figure. Lawyer-1, you here?

10:59 am

Wendrie

ah ha! I found the 7/28 animal a completely different way... building on a word i knew often was combined with others. When I got a 7/28 I searched on Google for that word and found it. Weird and wonderful :) Reminds me of capybaras...

11:32 am

Delta

If you watch "The Insomniac", Dave Attell hunted these (the 7 letter rodent) with the local SWAT team one night.

12:15 pm

claws

I found an 8 for 55, 9 for 66 and 10 for 84. The ten is a plural of the nine.

12:18 pm

Daisy

There's a really great 8 for 45 (starts with a d)

12:19 pm

Daisy

What does the 9 start with?

12:27 pm

Hamadryad

Well, I've got the ROUS (Rodent Of Unusual Size.) What does the other 7 start with?

12:27 pm

claws

The 9 starts with a P

12:34 pm

Hamadryad

Don't anyone tell my children that unsort is not a word! Bah!

12:58 pm

Treble99

could anyone give a clue for the 9

1:49 pm

Lilecama

Thanks for the 10 Claws. I've had the 9 for ages and was SO excited about it i totally forgot to plural it. ;)
The ROUS I'm still stuck on (any other clues muchly appreciated) and am looking for the 8 starting with P (I have the one starting with U)

1:52 pm

Lilecama

I mean the 8 starting with D (not P)
the 9 clue:
A civil servant in the dept. of employment could very likely be one of these.

2:01 pm

MammaJill

tent is back again!!!

2:08 pm

stevedallas

yikes finally got the 9 and 10 had a related 8, hours ago that seemed like it made sense but wouldnt take

2:31 pm

stevedallas

124/1404 and thats enuf

2:44 pm

Atalante

awwww doesn't take Pretoria

2:55 pm

Britneysdead

Has anybody used the 'x'?

3:16 pm

runningforhome

Atlante - you're on the right track for a 9 and 10 with that, though...

Hints for any of the eights, anyone?

3:25 pm

Atalante

oh thanks rfh!! got 'em :)

6:28 pm

periwinkle

I would love clues for the 8 letter words please.

6:46 pm

periwinkle

HELLLOOOOOO, is any one out there?

6:59 pm

lenimo

Re one 8 letter word--Starts with "D", means loose rock. Gotta run. Good luck.

7:02 pm

aj

Thanks for the clue. Finally found that AND that nasty rous :)

9:48 pm

fit1

If you can unseat someone, why can't they be unsat? huh, huh, huh?

10:02 pm

Hamadryad

Good Grief, I finally got the 9 and 10 and then had to look it up. Had no clue what it was.

10:11 pm

mommanine

Anybody have a clue for the 8 for 55?

10:19 pm

boatierra

Lilecama - R.O.U.S.'s is a reference from a movie called The Princess Bride, just in case you did not already know that :)

10:20 pm

mommanine

Never mind- we just found it!

10:27 pm

Shimmer

Prosun - means in favor of the sun... won't take it tho.

10:34 pm

Hamadryad

Loose rock he says. I've always called loose rocks scree.

10:47 pm

Hamadryad

50 4.68 610, not bad for a newbie. I'm off to bed, the baby gets up early.

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