Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, October 6, 2004

12:16 am

iluvtigs

ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:21 am

dean

that W6 27 is nice.

1:02 am

Krys10

inuff! I usually like the short ones, but so far this is grim...

1:10 am

fnurt

I have a whole 40 words and only that one 6.

1:26 am

dolphin

I found a 7 for 40, miracle of miracles

1:37 am

boatierra

Took me a while, tons of combo tries, but I finally got the W6 27. Why is it that this game's dictionary will accept a word like that, but not 'stent,'...or was it 'stint'? Anyway, who uses that W word today? Certainly not in everyday use.

1:39 am

boatierra

After playing this game for sometime, I begin to wonder just how many words did Chaucer contribute to the English language? And how many of them are sill in use?

1:48 am

boatierra

Oh sure. It'll accept a prefix meaning '9', but it won't accept 'atto.'

1:49 am

boatierra

Not that 'atto' is in this puzzle, I'm just sayin' (ranting...)

2:33 am

Krys10

Neat! I just found the eight... it's for 50 points. (By the way, Stats Lite: 60 words total, 1 eight, 1 seven, 2 sixes, 20 fives, 36 fours)

2:51 am

Krys10

I've clawed my way past the 40 word mark, I'm tackling the rest in the morning!

4:35 am

granadan

arghh
compution has such a nice ring to it though....

4:45 am

Atalante

The 8s just keep on being nice at the moment ...

(and yes thats a suitably cryptic clue :P)

4:54 am

shortseer

Babblestats

4 ... 37
5 ... 20
6 .... 2
7 .... 1
8 .... 1
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total 61
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A ... 8
E ... 7
H ... 3
i ... 5
M ... 2
N ... 7
O ... 1
P ... 12
T ... 4
U ... 5
W ... 6
Y ... 1

5:23 am

ewenme

Is there an 'e' in this puzzle or am I blind?

5:35 am

shortseer

@ 'w'nm'
No you ar'n't blind!
Th' l'tt'r b'tw'n d and f is on babbl's bann'd list today
- shorts'r

5:38 am

ewenme

Okay, I give up then...how can there be 7 'e' words?

5:43 am

shortseer

well obviously i'm trying to trick everyone.
while i'm hunting for 7x C words, everyone else is hunting for 7x E words

sorry about that ... the c looked like an e when i printed out the stats

5:48 am

ewenme

I must be easily tricked this early in the morning! Thanks...now I know why it took 'c' words anyway! ;^}

5:51 am

ewenme

Shortseer, can I ask where you find these stats? And, better yet, will you answer?

6:02 am

shortseer

why shouldn't i answer?
i found out how to do it here from jmi
but it's not straightforward
you have to use one of the online solvers
i copy the solved words into the clipboard and save them in a textfile without looking at the words.
Then i run a macro in a database which imports the textfile , analyses the words and spits out the results on my printer.
jmi does something similar using a spreadsheet i think

6:09 am

ewenme

Thanks, Shortseer, I love a challenge. Doesn't everyone know that 'ohana' means family?

6:37 am

youngster

Does anyone have the 6, 7 or 8s?

6:51 am

shortseer

A6 ... To apply oil or a similar substance
C8 ... a continuous extent, succession, or whole (plural)
I7 ... something empty of meaning or sense
W6 ... bad luck, curse, plague (to do with wanining moon) [obs]

7:45 am

shortseer

I got stuck on the last N
It was only 4 letters, so i figured i'd just "noodle" it.
LOL
It only took me 62 attempts to find it.
And when i finally did hit on it, i realised it's come up before.
(Well, at least i'm pretty sure it's permanently fixed in my memory now!)

N4 ... flat, leavened bread.

61 words / 4.51 / 643

8:02 am

sprite

Wow, this looks challenging! Can't withstand the call of the sirens... ;-)

8:22 am

Treble99

Cant find the W6

8:49 am

claws

Oooh, that N4 - if you like indian food you will know what it is right away. I love it!

8:50 am

sprite

Treble99, it is not a very common word and it doesn't end in Y.

8:50 am

sprite

Right, no trouble in that N4 department, only in the rest... ;-)

8:51 am

Atalante

61 / 4.51 / 643

9:00 am

Treble99

I cant find it and i have been looking a over an hour, I will try later

9:09 am

Atalante

It ends in the same 3 letters as an A 5 for 10, a P 4 for 6 and a U 5 for 10 :)

9:10 am

sprite

This isn't Onyx's day!

9:33 am

Treble99

Thank you. I got it at last

9:37 am

Treble99

How many Cs are there

9:38 am

sprite

7 C's.

9:39 am

claws

7 C's (where it says E it should say C)

9:41 am

Treble99

I have 3C4s and 1C8, what am I missing

9:42 am

sprite

2 C5's.

9:42 am

claws

I have that plus t C 5's. I am missing one C.

9:43 am

claws

that should say two c 5's

9:45 am

claws

A's I have 5xAN an 2 x AU. What am I missing?

9:45 am

Atalante

there's another C4

9:47 am

sprite

one more An.

9:50 am

Achates

4xc4

9:54 am

sprite

All done already. This one was easy!

9:55 am

Treble99

I found C5/14 but not the other one yet

9:56 am

sprite

C5/22 is the other one.

9:58 am

Minski

Weird. My computer keeps ringing like a phone and I don't have the software to use it as a phone. This has never happened before. Odd. Does babble make it do that sometimes?

10:00 am

claws

done! now what will distract me for the rest of the work day? :)

10:01 am

sprite

Sounds like malware!

10:06 am

fnurt

My computer started doing that yesterday too. I think one of the ads on the right side of the page may have sound.

10:06 am

ABittel

This is really strange, but my puzzle does not have an E in it!

10:08 am

Minski

There is no E in the puzzle. That was a typo. It should have read that there are 7 Cs.

10:08 am

fit1

I am having the same phone ringing problem. Very weird indeed

10:08 am

Treble99

Any clues for the C/5 for 22 please

10:10 am

ABittel

Thanks, for the info about the c words.

10:11 am

Benjake

I heard it yesterday and then again this morning...I thought I was losing my mind! It must be an ad.

10:11 am

Krys10

I figured it out using point value - there's really only one combination of letters that will do the trick.

10:14 am

sprite

C5/22 to count.

10:17 am

sprite

I have no ringing at all. I would run Adaware, to be sure.

10:57 am

Benjake

Finished!
61 words 4.51 643
:-) I think this is the earliest I've ever finished a puzzle!

11:00 am

Benjake

yup, the ringing is an obnoxious ad: "shoot the annoying cell phone guy." So it's not malware...just bad advertising!

11:08 am

sprite

Looks I have great protection against unwanted ads. :-D
No ringing here.

11:25 am

fnurt

My N's are 4/4, 4/4, 5/16, 4/4, and 5/16. Am I missing something obvious?

11:47 am

Minski

I have
NA/4X2
NO/4X1
NI/5X1
NU/5X1

I am missing 2Ns still.

11:52 am

sprite

Not too obvious, I'd say.
Na4 x3
Ni5 x2
No4
Nu5

1:55 pm

stevedallas

missing 2 i's and 2 a's

2:27 pm

Dr_God

It has been brought to my attention (albeit a little rudely by gcmgolfnut) that there is a banner ad that keeps "ringing" like a phone. I apologize. I have blocked the ad from reappearing in the rotation.

The change should take about 45 minutes to take effect. So until then, my Babble friends, keep your finger on the mute button! :)

2:33 pm

fnurt

Thank you Dr. G :)

3:06 pm

Treble99

I have i4x2 and i5x1 and i7 can you tell me what I am missing

3:15 pm

claws

an i5x2

3:27 pm

Treble99

i cant find 2i5 words

3:38 pm

fixitfmly

i5 -- when you seek someone's advice or you enter data in a computer
i5 -- The most prominent projecting point of the occipital bone at the base of the skull

4:07 pm

stevedallas

missing 2 a's have 5,6,4,4,4,5 any help out there

4:13 pm

stevedallas

ok only missing 1 A5

4:14 pm

stevedallas

gottem both nevermind finished!!

5:27 pm

vamp_gurl44

hey there, anyone still alive here?

5:31 pm

onyx

yeah i just got started, some one was talking about me earlier in the log and i had to participate. so why isn't it my day sprite or were you giving a hint i am not getting?

6:10 pm

Krys10

For those of you who have finished today's puzzle and are waiting impatiently for tomorrow's, a student just told me that there are 93 words contained in the letters PLANETS. So far I have 83 with 3 questionable ones...

6:16 pm

Krys10

(Actually, there must be more, because I have 98 without the iffy ones.)

8:34 pm

runningforhome

I'm missing a U and a W. Help?
Us: UN4x2, UN5x2
Ws: WA4x3, WA6x1, WO4x1

9:22 pm

onyx

running,
i think that the u word you are missing is a prefix for a 3 letter word- to affix
the w is a wa. hope this helps

9:31 pm

onyx

why won't it take my last n word i saw it in an earlier grid and it won't work today!

9:49 pm

runningforhome

Thank you, onyx, I got them.

10:52 pm

daisyflirt

Hint for the O word?

10:59 pm

cz

Anyone out there? Can you help
with the T's? I have 2xTi4 but that's it......

11:02 pm

cz

The O word is 4 letters and sounds a lot like a US state. I know it only because it's been in quite a few puzzles.

11:08 pm

daisyflirt

thanks cz

11:09 pm

daisyflirt

cz, tu5 x2

11:54 pm

daisyflirt

YAY MY FIRST TIME FINISHING THE ENTIRE PUZZLE!!!!!!!!!!

61 words 4.51 643

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