Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, September 12, 2004

12:10 am

fnurt

A very nice 7/36.

12:24 am

fnurt

And a 7/32.

12:27 am

Christine

Almost 'anthrax', almosr 'drastic'... oh well, lots of other sixes... onward we go....

12:32 am

iluvtigs

66 words

1:02 am

iluvtigs

a 9 for 72!

1:13 am

iluvtigs

92 words for 1041...enuf for tonight

2:08 am

Christine

Marianne - are you playing??

5:54 am

periwinkle

Christine, do you ever sleep? Did you finally get the the "geometrical" word from yesterday's grid?

6:16 am

Christine

Hi, Periwinkle.... no, never did get that one - did you?
I don't sleep much at night, but I'm retired, so I can nap, if I'm sleepy. You too keep long/late hours on this board ... I come and go, here, leaving to read when I run out of words..... but I always come back.

6:21 am

periwinkle

Christine, Yes, the word was terete. It is a botanical word and a second clue helped me. During the week I only come on after work but on the weekends I sometimes have more time.

6:23 am

periwinkle

Found a t/7/36.

6:28 am

Christine

That word!! it drove me crazy - I googled all the words of the clue, both individually and as a group... nothing! But I did bookmark some interesting sources, to read later this weekend; and I learn at least a half-dozen new words, each week.

6:46 am

periwinkle

Wish I knew what the 9/72 started with :(.

6:47 am

Ricey

100 words...

6:49 am

periwinkle

does anyone know how many words are in this puzzle. I have 65 so far, but I just started. Which means there are 500+ words. Just kidding. Hope not.

6:50 am

Ricey

i have 101 and am struggling

6:52 am

periwinkle

marigold are you here?

6:55 am

Ricey

get in there the 9!!
9/72
7/36
7/32

6:56 am

periwinkle

Ricey, what does the 9 start with please?

6:57 am

periwinkle

Also what does the 7/32 start with please. I have found the 7/36. Thanks.

6:59 am

Ricey

t/7/32
s/9/72

7:00 am

periwinkle

Ricey, Thanks, I will keep looking for a little while and then take a break.

7:38 am

4t8

no way! this is the fastest i ever found a 9. yay!

7:43 am

4t8

:( if the p was where the t is, praxis would've been a bootiful word.

8:02 am

4t8

t/7/28

8:16 am

Britneysdead

aargh i can't find the 9.

8:17 am

4t8

go *faster

8:21 am

Britneysdead

got it thanks!

8:23 am

4t8

:)

8:44 am

Dottie

found the 9, thank you :)

8:47 am

Karin

I`m on 129/1529.
A-5
D-15
E-6
F-3
H-2
P-24
R-7
S-36
T-31

I wonder how many more there
are ?

8:48 am

keadyj

There are 138 words in this one...

9:23 am

jlm_mi

With a distribution of:

1x9
4x7
18x6
46x5
69x4

6zA
18xD
9xE
3xF
7xH
24xP
7xR
37xS
32xT

9:36 am

Boo

There are really 7 H's? I can only find two, and can't come up with any other possibilities.
Has anyone come up with more than two? I have a 6 for 30 and a 4 for 7.

9:37 am

Britneysdead

wow 7 H's seems impossible

9:37 am

Britneysdead

haha jinx!

9:41 am

jlm_mi

egads! Bad typo! There are only 2Hs. Sorry!

9:42 am

Boo

Thanks. What a relief :-)

9:50 am

marigold

Is there a clue for the 9/72? please

9:51 am

marigold

I got it. the 9/72 thanks

10:00 am

jlm_mi

Can anyone help with the one D I am missing?

I have:

3xDE4
4xDE5
6xDi4
2xDi5
1xDR4
1xDR5

10:05 am

marigold

I there a clue for the 7/32 and the 7/28. please

10:17 am

fit1

You might be late getting that 7/32 clue

11:05 am

runningforhome

Anyone have the last seven? I have the 28, 32, and 36 (in that order), all starting with T.

11:21 am

4t8

:) you're welcome, Dottie.

11:24 am

4t8

trais is too a word!
oops. am an adult. :D

11:35 am

youngster

Where are all these 7 words? I only have one T 7/36

11:45 am

Fishbulb

I'm new to this and don't understand all the 7/36's and whatnot... can anyone give me a clue as to what they mean.

Also... I can't find a single word using the X any hints?

11:48 am

youngster

Hi Fishbulb, 7/36 means 7 letters which total 36 points. No clues for using the x in todays puzzle so far.

11:55 am

Britneysdead

yeah 4x T7s?! can only find one 7

11:55 am

Fishbulb

Ah, cheers matey. I'm not so good at this (yet)

11:58 am

youngster

Britneysdead do you have the same one as me? 7/36

11:59 am

youngster

Fishbulb, aparently it gets easier, so I'm told. I've been doing this for a couple of weeks, and still can't get anywhere near the others!

12:00 pm

Britneysdead

yes i do, Youngster!

12:01 pm

youngster

shame!

12:07 pm

jlm_mi

The big words I have so far:

9/S/72
7/E/36
7/T/28
7/T/32
7/T/36

6/E/27
6/F/27
6/H/30
6/P/27
6/P/33
6/P/24
6/P/24
6/S/27
6/S/24
6/T/18
6/T/24
6/T/21
6/T/24
6/T/18
6/T/18

That is all the 7/8/9 letter words. I'm missing 3 6 letter words.

12:09 pm

Britneysdead

yeah not much help to Runningforhome are we ;)

12:12 pm

youngster

jlm_mi, any clues for teh other 7s?

12:18 pm

youngster

Also missing the T 6/24s

12:19 pm

Britneysdead

just found another T7 Youngster, starts TA

12:21 pm

youngster

Well done. how many points? And is it a common word?

12:23 pm

youngster

yeh, just got one for 32!

12:24 pm

youngster

I'm stopping for now. 6.30pm here - need food..... Will be back on in a few hours no doubt!

12:27 pm

Britneysdead

it's 28 points. Quite common but a related word more common..what's the 32 second letter? you must be in old blighty too then

12:33 pm

youngster

TA... Scotland actually :)

1:05 pm

marigold

fit1.....Thanks for the clue for the 7/32. I got it

1:20 pm

runningforhome

jlm_mi, I found another s/6/27.

2:49 pm

jlm_mi

Thanks, found it! I'm still baffled on that last D word.

I'm missing 1 D, 1P and 2S. Also, 1x4, 1x5 and 2x6. Just don't know which lengths go with which letters!

2:58 pm

jlm_mi

Found another P/6/27. It comes right after the P/6/33.

2:59 pm

meeker

The P you're missing is a 6 for 27. I'm missing the second P6 for 24, and that E7 is eluding me (and pissing me off!). :)

3:02 pm

fnurt

jlm, I have 4 S6's. 27/24/27/24

3:04 pm

jlm_mi

meeker - I think I got that P7 just as you were posting. The E7 is an odd word, but satisfying to find! It builds from an E4. There is also an E5 plural of this word. The E7 is the person who uses the E4.

3:05 pm

jlm_mi

Oh, and thank you fnurt! That should help direct my search.

3:10 pm

Treble99

can you give a clue for the P7 please

3:11 pm

fnurt

The clue is... there is no P7.

3:12 pm

marigold

Is there a clue for the 7/28. please

3:19 pm

periwinkle

found an e/7/36

3:21 pm

meeker

Neat word, jlm_mi. Thanks, and glad you found the other P6!

3:22 pm

marigold

got the 7/36 E

3:22 pm

marigold

I need a clue for the T 7/28. please

3:26 pm

periwinkle

May I have a clue please for the t/7/28 and t/7/32. Thanks.

3:28 pm

periwinkle

got the t/7/28

3:32 pm

periwinkle

marigold, you have mail!

3:47 pm

jlm_mi

fit1 hinted at the T/7/32 earlier. The T/7/28 think of Hinduism or Buddhism. The T/7/36 is a word for walking about.

3:48 pm

marigold

thanks perwinkle

3:49 pm

marigold

thank jlm-mi got it

3:50 pm

periwinkle

your welcome :)

3:50 pm

periwinkle

marigold, I only have 98.

3:51 pm

periwinkle

I have 5 A words. Are there any more?

3:53 pm

periwinkle

does anyone know how many words there are for each letter today?

3:57 pm

fnurt

See the 9:23 a.m. clue. I can't find the 6th A either.

4:02 pm

periwinkle

thanks fnurt. I didn't check all of the log before I posted.

4:03 pm

periwinkle

found the last A! Wasn't sure it was a word but it was! Yea.

4:04 pm

periwinkle

marigold, do you have all the A's?

4:04 pm

periwinkle

the last A is a 5 for 10 points.

4:20 pm

periwinkle

I need help with P, S and T words.

5:40 pm

periwinkle

marigold are you still here?

5:44 pm

periwinkle

fnurt, did you find the last A?

5:45 pm

fnurt

The A that I was missing was a 4-4 I am rather ashamed about. :)

5:46 pm

periwinkle

I am glad that you have all of them now :).

5:52 pm

youngster

Does everyone else have the E7 word? I've got the T7s, but not the E

5:54 pm

periwinkle

youngster, do you have the e/4 for 6. If so, build on that. Look at the clue at 3:04 pm. Hope this helps.

5:58 pm

youngster

periwinkle, nope. Got E 4/4 4/5 5/12

6:10 pm

youngster

periwinkle, I must be missing something very obvious. There must be a 'p' in it, but I can't get any combination to work.

6:31 pm

youngster

periwinkle, thanks. At last got the 3 linked E's. Don't fancy that as a job title though!

6:51 pm

youngster

Finally got over 1000. 1am - going to bed.

7:08 pm

fit1

113 - 1334. Trying to do I don't know what. I should be happy with that. But of course I'm not :)

7:25 pm

runningforhome

Anyone want to help me with the rest of the As? I only have a 5/10 and a 4/4 (in that order).

7:34 pm

jlm_mi

A's:

4 5
4 4
5 10
4 7
4 4
5 12

7:37 pm

meeker

Hey, jlm_mi, have you found that pesky d yet? My list of d's matches the one you posted earlier. If I've counted right, it should be a d-5 -- is that correct?

7:38 pm

jlm_mi

I haven't found it. I'm missing a 4 and a 5, and I'm missing an S and a D. I don't know which is the 4 and which is the 5, but I just can't find any other Ds for the life of me! And I thought I tried all the possible combos for 4-letter S words with no luck.

7:40 pm

meeker

I have all but the d, and count 15 s-4s.

7:41 pm

jlm_mi

Thanks, I also have 15xS4.

7:48 pm

jlm_mi

So, 5-letter S words? I have:

1xSA
1xSE
2xSi
4xSP
8xST

7:59 pm

meeker

You're missing an SE.

Okay, that's weird. I must have miscounted my S's -- your list gave me an ST that I didn't have. So now I have 138 words but still only 17 D's.

7:59 pm

periwinkle

I am missing 2 E. I have 2 ed, 3 ep, 1 es and 1 et. What am I missing?

8:51 pm

fit1

peri, you are missing an "ei". But I too am missing the last one

8:57 pm

fit1

I have 9 st/5. Do I have more than you Jim_mi?

8:57 pm

jlm_mi

Would you put curses on me and my family if I told you that I just recounted from the solver list and there are only 17 Ds, but there are actually 25 P words? I don't know if one of the Ps looked like a D or what, but I somehow had it wrong.

8:58 pm

jlm_mi

fit1 - I have 8xST5. But I can't be missing an ST5 and an SE5 unless the solver is wrong, but it's the enable solver that gave this count.

9:00 pm

fit1

never mind Jim_mi, I miscounted. I have 8

9:02 pm

jlm_mi

Phew! That's good to know. :)

I found the P I was missing. An easy one! So, just an SE5 to find.

9:11 pm

fit1

Jim_mi. Where do you go to see the enable solver :)

9:36 pm

jlm_mi

There's a boggle/tangleword solver that has the enable dictionary. I found it by a yahoo search.

9:38 pm

periwinkle

marigold, it looks like there are 25 P word :(.

9:45 pm

periwinkle

jlm_mi, And here I was so happy that I had all of the P's. I will never find the last P and that is okay.

9:57 pm

fit1

Jim_mi, I found the site, but it has all the words already solved. Where did you go to get the numbers of each letter? I don't want to cheat, after all. LOL

10:20 pm

4t8

xtras was my last-ditch effort for the night :D
95/1135; see you tomorrow.

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