Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, August 19, 2004

12:12 am

runningforhome

This puzzle is making me go cross-eyed...

12:15 am

jayferg

I take a few days off & come back to this?

12:28 am

Q

Lots of 6's and 7's

12:30 am

sleeky

yeah, I don't know why anyone's complaining... 28/5.11/464 so far.

12:35 am

jayferg

not as bad as I thought

46 words 4.93 665

12:35 am

allstar

39 4.79 506

12:43 am

runningforhome

50/4.82/709

12:44 am

Q

60/4.93/917

g'night

12:46 am

lawyer-1

68 words 4.74 810

12:47 am

Q

actually, 62/5.00/1001

NOW goodnight.

1:20 am

babblor

Lots of 7's? Damn, I only have 2.

1:21 am

cjustine

32/5.81/773

1:21 am

jayferg

i have 2 also

1:23 am

sleeky

I have 4 7's and 16 6's.

1:25 am

aj

I have 5 7s (3xr, 2xd). For me, that's a lot!

1:29 am

sleeky

68, 1015, I can go to bed now. :-)

1:42 am

babblor

70 words 4.91 1020

1:50 am

bigbirdboss

84 words 1210
Night all!

7:39 am

Wendrie

91 words 4.89 1272

by lots of 7s do you mean more than 5? Because that is how many I have.... and 17 6s...

7:40 am

Christine

And they just keep coming.. 87 for 1242.., and that's 5/7s and 20/6s... so many 'almost' words.... ah well, I'll try again, later.

9:05 am

stevedallas

86/1176

9:06 am

jmbdobie

I'm way behind today :{

56 words 639

9:15 am

stevedallas

90/1239 and thats enuf for now

9:32 am

jmbdobie

I'm getting closer to the posted totals so far (77 words 1087). Does anyone know the total count?

9:39 am

stevedallas

i dont know but i have 91 for 1246

10:02 am

Karin

I have 116 so far

10:17 am

claws

I have 118 so far

1xA
21xB
9xC
11xD
1xE
19xF
5xi
3xM
4xN
3xO
26xR
13xS
2xU

Don't know the final count, but I'm guessing there are quite a few more today.

10:18 am

claws

I only have 5 7's, but there are at least 26 6's

10:18 am

jlm_mi

claws - I have 6xi, 4xo, 4xu

Solver says 143 words 7x7, 30x6, 50x5, 56x4 but it's been pretty wrong lately. A couple days ago it was missing an 8-letter word and a couple of smaller ones for something like 65 points. So, use with caution!

10:19 am

jlm_mi

I have 6 7's 48,44,36,36,44,40.

10:22 am

claws

Ooo! Make that 5 by O!

10:24 am

claws

Sorry, I meant 5 by U!

10:34 am

Britneysdead

21 B's!!! Blimey

10:38 am

jmbdobie

I have a 7 letter that starts with a "b" for 36 points (plural of a 6 letter for 24).

117 words 1565
I need to take a break - I keep swearing to only do puzzles with lt 100 words. Sigh!

10:39 am

jlm_mi

OK, just got jmdobie's B, so that gives me 22 B's.

10:45 am

jlm_mi

Oh, and I have 5xM.

11:19 am

claws

Cool! 23 b's

11:28 am

fnurt

My 6's are 24, 24, 27, 27, 30, 30, 30, 30, 33, 30, 18, 24, 21, 18, 18, 27, 24, 27, 18, 21, 18.

11:37 am

jlm_mi

I think with so many the order may not help much, but here are my 6s:

24,24,27,27,27,30,27,30,30,30,33,30,18,21,18,24,21,21,18,24,27,21,18,21

12:00 pm

parsec

i have 16XS

12:23 pm

jmbdobie

I just spent 10 minutes checking all my words to see if I tried plurals of all of them and I got quite a few I had missed.

I now have 139 words for 1934 pts.

1xA
25xB
10xC
10xD (missing at least 1 "d" I see)
3xE
19xF
6xi
7xM
4xN
5xO
28xR
15xS
6xU

I think I may just stop in a few minutes.

12:31 pm

4t8

"cardio" is such a tease!

12:41 pm

sleeky

"rubic," too!

12:57 pm

parsec

and 'imbue.'

1:00 pm

Britneysdead

i'm stuck on 1128. Does anyone have an 'm' that doesn't begin 'mou..'?

1:04 pm

jlm_mi

res, one, but I'm still missing 2 M's

1:04 pm

jayferg

I have 1 MU

1:04 pm

parsec

there are two m's like that.

1:04 pm

parsec

i mean, like mou...

1:05 pm

parsec

well, plus plurals.

1:09 pm

Britneysdead

i can't find the 'mu..', thought i saw muesli for a sec :/

1:11 pm

jmbdobie

Okay - I stopped but then I ran a solver. The totals I got are :

2xA
25xB
10xC
11xD
4xE
20xF
6xi
7xM
4xN
5xO
29xR
16xS
6xU

145 words

7 X 7
30 X 6
50 X 5
58 X 4

Good luck all!!

1:24 pm

stevedallas

hmm i sorta like "acidfree"

1:34 pm

Wendrie

but babble isn't a scrapbooker so it doesn't worry about acidfree..

1:42 pm

parsec

if you are still looking for non-mo M's, try thinking of animal sounds.

1:54 pm

Britneysdead

i have 4 mou's and one mu now..but def can't find two more.Stuck on 8 c's now

1:58 pm

jlm_mi

I'm looking for an A word and think I should be able to use "arfed". Doesn't babble have dogs?

2:07 pm

jlm_mi

Oooh - I just found 3 R words by a typo! I was trying a random combo for an E word, but somehow got the letters out of order. It accepted it, but my E word was not there. It took some searching to find the R word that I had typed and it had accepted, LOL! But then was able to get two other forms of the word as well. Yay!

2:09 pm

jlm_mi

An update on the 6s. I now have 27:

24,24,27,24,27,27,30,27,30,30,30,33,30,18,21,18,24,21,21,18,24,27,18,21,18,21,18

And know I'm missing a 27 somewhere.

2:09 pm

Britneysdead

Whisper what it was, hehe

2:12 pm

jlm_mi

It's an archaic verb meaning to counsel.

2:21 pm

Minski

I finally got all 6 i words.

2:24 pm

jlm_mi

Does anyone have clues for the A's or E's? I have one of each.

A - a chemical term
E - sea eagles

2:26 pm

stevedallas

one of the e's is also chemical, its elementary my dear watson

2:35 pm

parsec

the other A isn't very English. It's a 5/16.

2:40 pm

jlm_mi

Thanks! Very helpful, both of you. Happy to trade knowledge if you need anything. ;)

2:41 pm

stevedallas

5.62 bushels = 198 liters; thats a hint

2:41 pm

QueenJennBee

D/7 = 36 meaning what we all did this morning before leaving the house. Any other big word hints? Please and thanks.

2:44 pm

jlm_mi

jennbee - You hope we did, anyway. ;) There's a combo of 4 words, 7 letters each. Two start with 1 letter, and two start with another. They have very similar patterns.

So, there are two prefixes, each used twice.
Then, 4 letters that are the same among all four words (and a 4-letter word for 7 points)
Then there are 2 different ending letters (making different verb forms) each used twice.

2:53 pm

parsec

Anybody have all six u's? I am missing one. I have 3xur and 2xus

2:55 pm

jlm_mi

You're missing a UR. There is a 6-letter UR that is the plural of the second UR. If you're not missing that one, think ashes.

2:55 pm

jlm_mi

I'm an idiot, nevermind.

The three US words are all different forms of the same word. Two are verb forms and one is a noun.

2:57 pm

parsec

heh, I'm an idiot, too. After I'd already been through my list looking for plurals! Thanks muchly.

3:11 pm

Britneysdead

yay got all the u's thanks to those hints. what's the not-very-english second letter? a..

3:11 pm

Minski

I'm still missing 2 U words.

I have all 3 US words but think I am missing 2 UR words.

The UR word I do have is the plural of a container used for funeral ashes. What are the other 2?

3:14 pm

Britneysdead

minski i would never have got it without consulting a dictionary!!

3:15 pm

jlm_mi

There's a 4 UR for 4 points and it's 6-letter plural for 18, meaning an extinct ox. Found them by random noodling.

3:15 pm

jlm_mi

Britneysdead - There are very few combinations of letters that can make the A word. It shouldn't take long to stumble across it if you do the math.

3:24 pm

QueenJennBee

thanks jlm_mi, although i tend to be better at the meaning hints rather than the technical ones. Also - it took the word for ritual passover meal despite rejecting my yiddish. Who knew?

3:28 pm

parsec

my third E is in the alphabet. Pretty stuck on the fourth, though.

3:28 pm

Britneysdead

my brain must have given up because i still can't get the a word

3:30 pm

parsec

the A sort of sounds like a star name, although that's not actually what it means.

3:31 pm

jlm_mi

Your third E is actually the 4th E. The third E has one more letter than that one, added into the second position.

3:47 pm

parsec

Thanks, jlm! Now, i am having a math problem witht he 6s. I have 29, like so:
24,27,24,27,27,30,27,30,30,30,30,33,30,18,21,18,27,24,*,21,18,18,27,24,27,18,21,18,21,18.
where the star is a 21 you seem to have that I don't. Problem is if yours are alphabetical, and I have not screwed up, it means the solver is wrong for whatever letter that 21 starts with. I think?

3:48 pm

parsec

(sorry to squish the word list like that.)

4:00 pm

parsec

and i just found the first 24, so it definitely seems like there may be 31 6s, not 30.

4:01 pm

jlm_mi

Parsec, I hope this comes out right. The top row of 6's is mine. The bottom row is yours. It should help us both figure out what we're missing. I'm up to 29 as well.

24,24,27,24,27,27,30,27,30,30,30,30,33,30,18,21,18,24,21,21,18,**,27,24,27,18,21,18,21,18
24,**,27,24,27,27,30,27,30,30,30,30,33,30,18,21,18,27,24,21,18,18,27,24,27,18,21,18,21,18 27,24,27,18,21,18,21,18

4:01 pm

jlm_mi

OK, ignore that 3rd line of numbers. Something got screwed up when I pasted. So, now, I'm just missing that 18 and you've got them all.

4:03 pm

jlm_mi

Wait scratch that completely. I put one of them wrong on my list. Gotta figure out where. Doh!

4:05 pm

jlm_mi

OK, here we go. I think you said you found that first 24, but this based on the list below:

24,24,27,24,27,27,30,27,30,30,30,30,33,30,18,21,18,**,24,21,18,18,27,24,27,18,21,18,21,18
**,24,27,24,27,27,30,27,30,30,30,30,33,30,18,21,18,27,24,21,18,18,27,24,27,18,21,18,21,18

I'm missing a 27.

4:14 pm

parsec

great. I was worried I'd have to revisit the second half of the alphabet. again. =)

4:17 pm

parsec

for the 27, babble may not have dogs (so much for "arfed") but it has other animals.

4:18 pm

jlm_mi

Yes, I got it finally. I knew what it started with, and that it contained a D somewhere. And there was the animal sounds clue earlier. But really, what does it actually mean??? I can't find it in a dictionary.

4:21 pm

parsec

I don't know. There are a lot of words that seem to be babble-ese.

4:22 pm

fit1

whoever put me on to A2Z wordfinder...bless you. It is helpful.

4:45 pm

jlm_mi

OK, if anyone wants to help me reach closer to getting them all, I'd love it. :D I'm missing 4 5-letter words and 1 4-letter word.

I'm missing 1xB, 2xF, 1xR, 1xS

I have 140 words for 1986 points.

I'm not sure how you can help. Maybe if there is one of those words that is most rare, point me in the right direction? Or, if you also have in the vicinity of 140 words, how many points? I'll keep hunting for 30 minutes till I have to go.

4:48 pm

fit1

Can someone give me a clue for the B7

4:49 pm

jlm_mi

It's the plural of a B6.

Think stock exchange.

4:52 pm

jlm_mi

Found a 5-letter S. So, still looking for 3x5 and 1x4.

5:16 pm

jlm_mi

OK, I'm quitting at 142/2022.

Checked the solver for my 3 missing words. The max possible score for this puzzle should be 145/2059.

5:48 pm

linda

how do you folks know how many words are in a puzzle and how many letters in a word?

6:34 pm

boatierra

You can plug the letters from the grid into an online puzzle solver, that will give you the stats, (and the answers), if you wanted them.

6:50 pm

periwinkle

I have three 7 letter words, d/36, d/48 and r/44. Would someone please tell me what the other 7 letter words start with, please?

6:54 pm

periwinkle

I know one starts with B. But I can't find it. At least not yet. :(

6:54 pm

a1axelady

there is an r7 that is only one letter different
from the r7 that you have
im missing the d48 that you have how about a clue for that

6:55 pm

periwinkle

Found the 7 letter B word.

6:58 pm

periwinkle

a1axelady, The d for 48 is similar to one of your 7 letter r words but with a different first letter.

7:01 pm

a1axelady

thanks got it thought i had already tried that looking at letters wayyyy to long here :)

7:02 pm

periwinkle

I am now missing only one 7 letter word. I have B/36, D/48, D/44, D/36, R/44 and R/40. What am I missing?

7:03 pm

periwinkle

Your welcome, Can you tell me which letter begins the 7 letter word I do not have?

7:06 pm

a1axelady

I cant help you there i dont have the b7 and am missing the other 7 also

7:09 pm

Atalante

R 7 for 36 ..

7:09 pm

runningforhome

Periwinkle, can you give me a hint on the b-36, d-44, or r-40? I've had sad luck with the sevens today.

7:13 pm

periwinkle

runningforhome, The clue for the B word was stockmarket. I looked up stockmarket in a dictionary and got the answer. The d/44 abd r/40 are the same except for the first letter.
A clue for the r/40: when you don't accept something. you r-------- it.

7:14 pm

periwinkle

runningforhome, another clue for the R word . Another word for trash.

7:16 pm

periwinkle

marigold, are you here?

7:19 pm

runningforhome

periwinkle, I think you mean the d-48 and the r-44. Those are almost the same and fit your clues...

7:23 pm

runningforhome

Found the r-40; can't believe I forgot to enter it before.

7:25 pm

periwinkle

Will any one help me with the last 7 letter word?

7:30 pm

runningforhome

Starts with an r, and builds on a plural form of transportation (though the definition is unrelated).

7:38 pm

periwinkle

Thanks, I got it.

7:39 pm

a1axelady

Thanks me too

8:24 pm

fit1

It must be staring me in the face, but I can't see the b/7 even with the stock market clue. Is it a common word?

8:31 pm

teddy bear

no--it's definition in the dictionary is "A stock exchange, especially one in a continental European city"

8:41 pm

fit1

thanks Teddy. I just got it by using A2z wordfinder. Whew. That makes 6 7 letter words. Is that it?

8:54 pm

runningforhome

I have seven, but I don't know if there are any more.

9:18 pm

fit1

Ok, what am I missing. I have 3 d's, 2 r's and a b

10:00 pm

runningforhome

An r. Check my 7:30 post for a clue.

11:33 pm

4t8

we have shops [here in philly] in a building by the name of the b-7, but i'd completely forgotten about it.

11:39 pm

jayferg

i am not getting that last R7

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