Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, October 7, 2004

12:11 am

runningforhome

Oh no, the ringing banner is back!

12:19 am

boatierra

Got a 7 for 48, a compound word.

12:21 am

Krys10

rfh, what is the link to the solver you use that uses the enable dictionary? lately i've been off a word or two using the wordracer one..

12:23 am

Krys10

or what's it called, so i can google it

12:31 am

boatierra

Couple of four letter anagrams in here...so far...

12:35 am

runningforhome

The one I use is called 'boggle/tangleword solver', but it doesn't give a count, just the words, so I copy all the words into MS Word and then get a count from that. A little more work to find the count without seeing any of the words, but the stats are usually accurate.

12:38 am

sprite

For Onyx:
your name was almost in yesterday's puzzle, would have been the only word that could have used the X. But almost... not quite your day! ;-)

12:40 am

testing123

LOL i was thinking the same thing, sprite. No time to play though, yesterday...

12:41 am

boatierra

I'm stuck (and done for the night) at 33 words for 320. My largest is a 7, but I have no 6's. Later all.

12:50 am

sprite

Ow, there is a lovely 7 in here!

12:52 am

Krys10

using the sometimes-missing-a-word-or-two solver, i found this puzzle should have 81 words, no eights, 4 sevens.

12:53 am

sprite

Hi Krys10, that's nice to know! Thanks.

12:55 am

sprite

And another 7, for 48.

12:56 am

fixitfmly

g7 -- nice word to start the game off . . . and yes, that's a clue! ;-)

12:57 am

sprite

:-D

12:59 am

sprite

Always thought 'bidon' was originally an english word - appears not! :-(

1:00 am

fixitfmly

I keep wanting to make 'tidbits' ;-P

1:01 am

Krys10

me too - and "swarm"

1:09 am

fixitfmly

'addits' -- accountants ;-)

1:15 am

fixitfmly

Mr. Smee is here!

1:16 am

runningforhome

Ooh, one of my favourite X-Men characters makes a g-6/7.

1:24 am

sprite

Yes! Another 7, for 52.

1:27 am

sprite

And the 4rd. 3x 7/48, 1x 7/52.

1:32 am

fixitfmly

baby asleep finally; momma's gonna do the same . . . may be back on my 'tomorrow'
night all ;-)
35/347; 2x6; 1x7

1:39 am

sleeky

I'm so bummed it won't take titsman. ;-)

2:17 am

goforit

BabbleStats

4 .... 50
5 .... 18
6 ..... 8
7 ..... 4
=========
total: 80
=========

A .... 10
B .... 7
D .... 11
E .... 1
G .... 17
i .... 3
L .... 2
M .... 10
N .... 2
O .... 1
S .... 7
T .... 4
W .... 5

Hopefully i haven't made any typos today after yesterday's e/c mixup!

2:22 am

sprite

goforit, thanks! I always LOVE those stats!

2:23 am

granadan

wont take odd tits either...

4:09 am

shortseer

oho!
a 7-letter word for the aussies
*starts singing waltzing matilda*
Once a jolly S7 ...

5:23 am

sprite

I am really stuck on the b's! Found 5xBi and 2x Br and I truly believe I have tried every other possibility.

5:28 am

shortseer

3x Bi4
1x Bi5
1x Br4
1x Br5
1x B7

5:29 am

sprite

Okay, never mind my previous (very stupid) post. There ARE only 7 b's. And 11 d's. Some confusion in my head...

5:33 am

shortseer

not to worry, sprite
after all, i didn't figure out that you'd listed them all ;)

5:34 am

sprite

:-D
Thanks for making me feel a trifle little foolish...

5:34 am

sprite

... make that a trifle little LESS foolish...
Jee, I am really all mixed up today!

5:59 am

shortseer

Finally found all the 6's and 7's

A6 ... external boundaries; circuits
B7 ... the B7 of Alcatraz
D6 ... harm
G6 ... of or belonging to the fish family which includes the cods and the hakes
G6 ... a country in Africa (don't know why it's not excluded as a proper noun)
G6/G7 ... resinous astringent(s) extract obtained from the leaves of a woody vine
G6/G7 ... maneuver(s), stratagem(s), or ploy(s)
G7 ... of, relating to, or characteristic of certain bony fishes, such as the sturgeon and the gar
M6 ... sorcerer (variant spelling)
S7 ... once a jolly S7 camped by a billabong

6:05 am

sprite

What a great listing, shortseer! I wondered the same thing about that G6 country.

6:10 am

shortseer

dictionary.com has a listing for it with a small "g", but my "real" hard copy dictionary (which generally knows more words than dictionary.com) doesn't acknowledge it

6:22 am

Atalante

G7 ... of, relating to, or characteristic of certain bony fishes, such as the sturgeon and the gar

Shouldn't that be G6???

6:24 am

sprite

Not even my Webster does mention it with a 'g'. Only as a republic and as a river. Well, we found it anyway and it counts! :)

6:24 am

shortseer

Finished!
That wasn't too bad ... i think the ratio of common to weird words was better than usual.
Or perhaps the weird words don't seem so weird any more ;)

80 words / 4.58 / 1016

6:26 am

sprite

Good work! I have 63 words now, doing many things in between. But still lots of time left to finish in.

6:27 am

shortseer

At 06:22 am Atalante said...

G7 ... of, relating to, or characteristic of certain bony fishes, such as the sturgeon and the gar

Shouldn't that be G6???

Yes it should.
Sigh ... another typo!
Oh for the ability to edit a message!!!

6:28 am

sprite

*lol*
Wouldn't you want us to know that even the great babblers are still human?

6:29 am

Atalante

Phew! For a moment I thought I was going mad. Part of my PhD was on gars, and could I think of a 7 letter word about them ....

6:32 am

shortseer

Gosh that phD must be a great help with Babbling

6:37 am

Atalante

Only when the anatomy and classification of fish is under discussion :P

7:14 am

fit1

I'm not gonna get that fish reference. I hate fish :) BTW, is there a place to go when you have a definition to then get a word?

7:15 am

sprite

I

7:16 am

sprite

Sorry 'bout that. I use google then. Just google on the most relevant words of the definition.

7:18 am

sprite

Isn't Smaug the dragon in the Hobbit?

9:34 am

Dr_God

It appears there's another one of those ringing "phone" banners in the rotation again. I have removed the new annoyance from the ad rotation. The change should take effect by 10:30 CT.

Thanks to "bigbirdboss" for bringing it to my attention.

9:38 am

Benjake

Thank you!!!! It was pretty annoying!

10:27 am

Treble99

cant find the G6/7 resin

10:36 am

fnurt

How many points is the cod/hake G6?

10:39 am

Atalante

Cod - 27

10:40 am

Benjake

Cod/hake is worth 27 points

11:43 am

fnurt

A's are giving me a hard time (like always). I have:

5/12
4/5
4/5
4/5
4/5
5/18
6/30
4/7

11:46 am

Atalante

There's a 4 for 7 between the 3rd and 4th of the other 4s

11:50 am

Atalante

I've got 2 As to find - including fnurt's last 4 for 7, and an M ...

11:51 am

claws

there's also a 5 for 14 before the 5 for 18

11:58 am

Atalante

Thanks Claws!!! Now 1 M to find ... I have -
MA4 x 7
MA6 x 1
ME4 x 1

12:01 pm

claws

ma 5 for 20

12:02 pm

Atalante

Woohoo! Just got it - and what a cool word to end on!

Well, really, not "cool" at all LOL

12:04 pm

claws

I bet Mt St Helens thinks it's cool. Or not!

12:12 pm

Atalante

LOLLOL

12:15 pm

Benjake

any clues on the E?
I'm also missing one i:
I have
4/8
5/18

12:17 pm

runningforhome

The E is an old-fashioned exclamation.

12:18 pm

Benjake

Thanks! Got it immediately from that clue! :-)

12:27 pm

runningforhome

The last i-word is a 5/14.

12:28 pm

Benjake

Okay, I give up. I have three D's left to find, and I feel like I've tried all the options. Where am I going wrong?
Here's what I have:
da6
da4
da5
di4x3
do4
dr4

12:29 pm

claws

you're missing a da 4 and 2 da 5's

12:30 pm

claws

SCRATCH that !

that should read di 4 and 2 di 5''s

12:31 pm

Benjake

Thanks, claws and Running. it's nice to know where to look!

12:31 pm

jlm_mi

You are missing a Di4, and two of your Di4 have Di5 plural counterparts.

12:32 pm

Krys10

Is one of your Di4's really a Di5?

12:32 pm

jlm_mi

No, you're not missing any DAs. I have:

da6
da4
da5
di4
di4
di5
di4
di5
di4
do4
dr4

12:33 pm

Krys10

never mind, I'm unmixed.

12:38 pm

Benjake

man, that last i is driving me nuts. Last word to find, too.
Is it a normal word at all? Am I staring right at it? Or is it another bizarre one?

12:52 pm

Krys10

For S's, I have 4 S4, S5, S7. How many letters is my last one?

12:54 pm

Benjake

another S4

1:13 pm

Benjake

can anyone tell me which i to start from?? (i5/14)

1:18 pm

jlm_mi

Start from the I on the far right. If you added an E to the end of the word, the resulting 6 letter word would not be too uncommon, but you don't hear it in this form often.

1:18 pm

stevedallas

any help on the A for 6?

1:24 pm

jlm_mi

It means an external boundary and is a plural of an A5. Oh, and it's very similar to one of the G6/7 combos (in form, not meaning).

1:25 pm

stevedallas

tks jlm had the a5 and just didnt think to pluralize it duh!!

1:39 pm

Benjake

Thanks...whew! Finally got it. Your clue definitely helped, jlm, though at the time it seemed terribly unhelpful :-)

80/4.58/1016

1:45 pm

Treble99

Could someone please list the iS for me, I only have one i4

1:47 pm

Benjake

two i5s...one worth 14, one worth 18.

2:28 pm

boatierra

Oo, one of the anagrams I found last night consists of three words, not two...cool beans

2:30 pm

stevedallas

all my G's are ga's except for 2 gu's. Still missing 2. Can anyone tell me if they are Ga or gu or gsomething else?

2:35 pm

stevedallas

never mind gotem all!! Finished!!!

5:25 pm

runningforhome

I'm still missing an A, two Ws, and both the Ns. Any hints would be appreciated.

As: ag4x5, ag5x1, am5x2, am6x1
Ws: wa4x2, wo4x1

5:37 pm

Krys10

you're missing an AW4, an WR4, an WR5. Both Ns are four letters and they have different second letters. Both appeared in puzzles sometime in the last few weeks, which is the only reason I thought to try them!

6:10 pm

runningforhome

Thank you Krys! I found them.
80/4.58/1016

7:20 pm

periwinkle

Do any of you Babblers play other word games? If so what do you play?

7:31 pm

dimwit

I play Bog, do cryptic crosswords, mensa puzzles, and the puzzle sheets that are run up for charity, the initials type thingy. ( eg - there are 7 DITW)

8:18 pm

periwinkle

Can anyone give me websites of other online word games they play?

9:54 pm

fit1

well I'm mussing 6 words....all g's

11:39 pm

fixitfmly

fit1 --
G's:
5/16 -- cushion for Indian prince
4/6 -- different spelling from above
5/16
6/27 -- increase
4/5
4/7
4/9
6/33 -- same as African country
6/33
7/48
6/33
7/48
4/7
4/7
6/24
4/5
5/12 -- bat droppings

11:41 pm

fixitfmly

fit1 -- starting at the first G4/7, the next 9 all begin with the same 3 ltrs

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