Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, September 21, 2004

12:39 am

Krys10

There are 222 words total, 6 are 8+

12:58 am

runningforhome

It won't accept 'yarr'! Jerks >:(

1:46 am

sleeky

That's discriminatory against pirates!

1:50 am

sleeky

Bleh. Wish I hadn't started this one.

2:11 am

Q

Quittin' for the night at 61/945. I have two 8's, both for 40, and 7's for as high as 56.

2:16 am

carmen

who's got the stats?

3:29 am

goforit

BabbleStats

By word length:

4 .... 96
5 .... 67
6 .... 30
7 .... 23
8 ..... 6
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total 222
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By start letter:

A 23
C 17
D 15
E 29
G 7
H 14
i 7
N 6
O 4
R 27
S 45
T 18
U 1
W 3
Y 3
Z 3

5:20 am

granadan

My highest so far is an 8 for 50

6:45 am

youngster

Got all the 'z's

7:43 am

fnurt

Maybe I am missing an obvious prefix but it looks very hard to come up with 29 E's.

7:48 am

shortseer

i've found 26 E's ... at least i think i have. I haven't entered them yet ... so maybe babble wil knock 'em back.

7:53 am

Tolinya

I've found 1! LOL

10:46 am

Krys10

I have four 8's so far: a D, an E, an N, and an R which I did not expect to be accepted as a "real" word!

10:54 am

Stef

got the Zs too
how are you, youngster?

11:22 am

Stef

D 8/55 is my highest so far

11:29 am

Stef

also E 8/50

11:39 am

Stef

dunno about you guys but i'm finding this grid really hard work!
i don't believe there are 29 E's and i sure as hell can't find 23 A's.
Good luck everyone!!

11:40 am

Britneysdead

boo no 'aries'

12:22 pm

youngster

Stef, you still on?

12:26 pm

Stef

hello, just back

12:28 pm

youngster

Hi Stef, Going out soon, so only on for a few mins

12:33 pm

Stef

Going dancing?

12:34 pm

youngster

You asking :) No-that's Thursday

12:37 pm

youngster

What was your 'planning' word last night?

12:37 pm

Treble99

Can you give a clue for D8 please

12:43 pm

Poephol

Whew! Much relieved to find that Satan doesn't exist! Gonna enjoy myself now!

12:50 pm

Fishbulb

I can't find any of the 8's :(

12:52 pm

youngster

Fishbulb, neither can I!

12:53 pm

youngster

Stef, no intension of trying to beat you tonight. Leave your final score though, just in case.

12:58 pm

stevedallas

you know Ive drunk quite a bit of syrah for it not to be word,

12:59 pm

stevedallas

and doestn naugehyde from those cute little nauges?

1:06 pm

Poephol

hey! I grew up among the shonas. the shona tribe obliterated by playbabble? George Bush beware!

1:15 pm

jennyb

I like Babble OTAY!! :P

1:17 pm

jlm_mi

Sorry, folks, Syrah, Shona and Satan all seem to be proper nouns.

So, does anyone else believe that those word counts per letter can't possibly be right? ;)

A's and E's?

A's - 2xAi, 1xAN, 6xAR, 1xAS, 1xAY
E's - 2xEA, 3xEE, 5xER, 2xEY

1:19 pm

stevedallas

well I have 18 a's and 18 e's so far

1:23 pm

jlm_mi

So, steve, then you probably have more than I do in some of those areas. Care to share? ;)

1:27 pm

claws

i have 23 A's and 22 E's, so they must be close to right.

1:28 pm

jlm_mi

OK, I was joking about them being wrong. shortseer hasn't lead us wrong yet on the counts, it was just an exasperated whine that this grid is hard.

So, any help from anyone?

1:29 pm

claws

Hang tight. I'll psot my A's breakdown shortly

1:31 pm

stevedallas

A's= 2 ai, 7 an, 6 ar, 1 as, 1 au, 1 ay

1:32 pm

stevedallas

e= 3 ea, 1 ed, 3 ee, 6 er, 2 et, 4 ey

1:33 pm

jlm_mi

Wow! I'm missing a lot of an words. But that should help me hunt for them. Thanks!

1:34 pm

claws

A's:

1 x ae
2 x ai
10 xan
6 x ar
1 x as
2 x au
1 x ay

1:37 pm

claws

E's :
3x ea
1x ed
3x ee
1x ei
6x er
2x et
6x ey

1:38 pm

claws

I'm missing 4 c's

1:40 pm

claws

Nope, make that 2 C's

1:44 pm

Krys10

I browsed the A-list at Forthright's Phronistery and found a bunch of words that way.

1:48 pm

stevedallas

up to 20 a's and 21 e's

1:49 pm

fnurt

I am missing a ton of S's. I have Sax6, Scx4, Sex4, Shx6, and Six7.

1:58 pm

stevedallas

ive got 31 s's right now

2:00 pm

stevedallas

saX7, scX4, seX5, shX6 siX9

2:26 pm

jlm_mi

Up to 26 Es including 10xEY.

2:40 pm

stevedallas

thought I had tried the Jane words before hmmm

3:17 pm

Krys10

Jane words?

3:17 pm

Krys10

oh! yeah.

3:19 pm

jo145

I'm new at this and have just managed a 7 letter = 52 points, are there any better scores?

3:20 pm

shortseer

At 10:46 am Krys10 said...

I have four 8's so far: a D, an E, an N, and an R which I did not expect to be accepted as a "real" word!

Oh yay! I was missing one R, and one 8.
So that clue solved 2 problems in one go. :)
Of course, i'm still missing lots of other stuff ....

3:20 pm

Krys10

I have not found any more 8's since I posted at 10:26.. anyone have hints about the last two?

3:20 pm

jlm_mi

Yep. Near the beginning of the log goforit posted the complete stats - number of words of each length and number for each starting letter. Throughout the log are clues to some of the longer ones.

I highly recommend taking 10 minutes to read the log thoroughly and note the clues. There's a lot of good info there!

3:21 pm

jlm_mi

Q posted earlier that there are 2 8s for 40 points, so in addition to the D,E,N & R that I have, there is one more 40 pointer, and one more unknown 8 letter word.

3:21 pm

jo145

Thanks

3:21 pm

Treble99

I only have E8 and S8 any clues for the other 8s please

3:24 pm

jlm_mi

I'll give clues for the others, if you give a clue for the S8. ;)

D/8/55 - those who condemn openly
E/8/50 - eccentric people
N/8/40 - those who stamp things to make them official
R/8/55 - a particular poison

3:24 pm

Stef

D 8 - people who oppose

3:25 pm

Krys10

The D and N 8's are both plurals of people.

3:27 pm

BIA

S/8/40 - to ridicule

3:28 pm

Krys10

ack! British spellings get me every time. Thank you!

3:29 pm

Treble99

theres a S6 for 18 which means Irony you should get the S8 from that, Im not very good at giving clues

3:29 pm

Stef

the S 8 is to find the humour in things

3:32 pm

shortseer

D8 tenths of a particular unit of measure
D8 those who condemn openly
E8 eccentrics
N8 name of a particulr public officer (plural)
R8 the killing of a particular nasty verminous creature, or the necessary poison
S8 lampoon

That's all the 8's ;)

Now, who has what 7's ?

3:41 pm

Stef

Going to bed youngster; hope your evening was exciting. Total for this evening is 112/ 1609.

3:42 pm

BIA

A starter kit on 7s:

d/40 - die
d/40 - one who condemns openly
d/40 - condemns openly
e/36 - eccentric
e/52 - range of vision
h/40 - more hirsute
h/40 - harasses
h/40 - more gray with age
n/40 - observed
s/40 - contemptuously addressed men
t/28 - lingers
t/28 - more weepy

3:45 pm

runningforhome

shortseer, thanks! I can't believe that R one is a real word.

D7 - singular of first D8
D7 - ordains or establishes
D7 - singular of second D8
H7 - harrass or disturb
H7 - ancient looking
S7 - parodying, related to S8
S7 - rugged mountain ranges
S7 - old-fashioned way of addressing a fellow
T7 - delays; makes late

3:51 pm

Krys10

I wonder if your S7 mountain word is the same as my S7 knife word..

3:51 pm

Poephol

there is an s8/40 with an English rather than an american ending

3:52 pm

fnurt

The knife 7 and the mountain 7 are two different words.

3:53 pm

Krys10

Is the mountain one a 7/28?

4:02 pm

BIA

Krys10 - yes - mountain s7/28

4:09 pm

carmen

My heads hurting that's me done with only 61 words...boo hoo....

4:12 pm

shortseer

The 7's :

D7 die
D7 10th of a unit of measure
D7 ordains or establishes
D7 one who condemns openly
D7 condemns openly
E7 eccentric
E7 range of vision
H7 more hirsute
H7 harasses
H7 hayride 7 56
H7 more gray with age
N7 observed
S7 parodying, related to S8
S7 Arranged or occurring in a series or in rows
S7 Having a saw-toothed edge
S7 looks like badly spelt word meaning sequences
S7 An evil spirit; a fiend
S7 A rugged range of mountains
S7 contemptuously addressed men
S7 sirs (emphatic form)
T7 lingers
T7 more weepy

There's still one more not listed here!

4:14 pm

shortseer

oops
i seem to have given a rather too much of a clue there
LOL

4:15 pm

jlm_mi

Thanks for the H/7/56 shortseer. ;)

4:23 pm

fnurt

I have Cex1, Cix3, Crx6 and Rax8, Rex4, Rix8, Ryx1. Anyone with more care to share?

4:30 pm

jlm_mi

I have CEx3 but no more anywhere else.

4:34 pm

shortseer

The 4 and 5 letter S's ...

I have:

2x SA4
2x SC4
1x SE4
2x SE5
3x SH4
4x SH5
3x SI4
3x SI5

Anyone have more 4's or 5's ?

5:00 pm

fnurt

I have 3xSA4, 3xSA5, 1xSC5, and 2xSE4.

5:04 pm

fnurt

Are you SURE you have 2xSC4? :)

5:05 pm

shortseer

thanks fnurt ... sounds like you have all the ones i'm missing.
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Found the last 7-letter word:
C7 resembling a particlular type of cloud

5:08 pm

shortseer

ah. can't count.
i have 1x SC4 and 1xSC5

5:18 pm

youngster

shortseer, could you tell me the point value of the cloud one please?

5:19 pm

shortseer

C7 36pts

5:21 pm

youngster

Thanks. I'm sure I know the type of cloud you mean, but can't get it to fit. I'll keep looking :)

5:25 pm

shortseer

different ending

5:30 pm

youngster

shortseer, different ending to everything I've tried as well!!!

5:34 pm

youngster

Got it thanks :)

5:41 pm

cz

I have an SCx6 (plural of SCx5) as well!

5:44 pm

shortseer

phew!
got all the S's now with your help fnurt
thanks!

5:50 pm

granadan

there are two sc 6s too

5:58 pm

shortseer

I'm hunting for an elusive C

I have :

CE5
CE4
CE5
Ci4
Ci4
Ci5
Ci7
Ci5
Ci4
CR5
CR5
CR6
CR5
CR6
CR5
CR4

Anyone have another C ?

(and yes, this is an alphabetical listing for those still hunting for more C's)

6:03 pm

fnurt

Wait, how can you have all the S's with my help, when I am still missing 4? I guess the ones I am missing must all be 6's...

6:07 pm

shortseer

SA6
SC6
SC6
SE6
Si6
Si6
Si6
Si6
Si6

6:12 pm

youngster

I'm still struggling with D7-condemns openly, and S7 parodying, related to S8

6:13 pm

youngster

No I'm not -wrong S7! Should have been S7 Arranged or occurring in a series or in rows

6:51 pm

youngster

Stef, Finishing at 102 words 1657 :)

7:41 pm

shortseer

Oh i've been going crasee trying to criate the final C6 word.
Finally got it.
Dictionary.com hasn't heard of it.
It means grease according to my BIG dictionary.
Another one of those crasy scottish words.

All finished now .. and what an effort it was.
222 words 4.99 3326
Woohoo!
:D

8:41 pm

hitthosekeys

Shortseer there's a second cr5

8:42 pm

hitthosekeys

oops, sorry, misread your list.

8:52 pm

jlm_mi

shortseer and fnurt - when I add up all the S words you've posted, I only get 43. What am I missing?

3xSA4
1xSC4
2xSE4
3xSH4
3xSi4
3xSA5
1xSC5
2xSE5
4xSH5
3xSi5
SA6
2xSC6
1xSE6
5xSi6
SA7
3xSE7
SH7
3xSi7
SA8

9:15 pm

shortseer

5x Sa5

3x Indian garments
1x speaker

and 1 more which might be a past tense of "to say" or could be a Bolivian dish (food, not crockery). Even my BIG dictionary couldn't help me with the definition for this one :(

9:26 pm

shortseer

oops
change one of those indian outfits for a past tense of of "to say" (and this one ISN'T the possible bolivian dish)

sorry! i've overdosed on S's and become totally confused ;)

9:44 pm

jlm_mi

Thanks! According to MSN Encarta it's an alternate spelling. If you removed the A you'd get a groom (for horses) in India, though that's not the definition dictionary.com has without the A.

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