Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, October 11, 2004

12:05 am

Krys10

Lite Stats:
278 Words:
8's.. 8
7's..11
6's..46
5's..91
4's..122

12:12 am

4t8

and a 9 for 66

12:28 am

fixitfmly

Mom -- are you playing? you're in the grid today! ;-D

12:57 am

fixitfmly

bedtime for baby & me . . . only 11x6 so far and none larger ;-(
115/1277

3:12 am

Atalante

One of the 8s is for 55 and it is a *silly* word

3:16 am

Atalante

another 8 for 55 - and not a silly word :P

3:17 am

sprite

I only have an 8/45 and and 8/50 so far. And found that 9 as well. I hope *silly* was a clue! ;)

3:32 am

sprite

Another 8/45

3:36 am

sprite

I have one 8/55 now, but I am not sure it is the silly one!

3:40 am

sprite

And a quite common 8/60.

3:45 am

Atalante

the silly one - I think at least - is about as bad as catclaws etc etc

3:46 am

sprite

Mine is about escapism.

4:05 am

sprite

I have used the X once in 170 words. Anyone who used it more often?

6:21 am

sprite

What else would you call a couple of matching teacups and ditto teapot??

6:48 am

fit1

I "left" a d8 for 60 and went on

6:54 am

Treble99

I only have the D8 up to now

6:57 am

sprite

I've got 6 8-words so far.
D60
D50
i45
O55
O45
S55

7:01 am

Treble99

Have you got the 9 yet

7:02 am

sprite

The 9 builds on one of the eights.

7:38 am

sprite

And an A8/60 which I tried against my better judgement, to find the babblegods do think it is a word. Archaic word and differently spelled.

7:46 am

sprite

Cannot be sure without stats, but if Krys10 was right about the 8 biggies, one of them being a 9 though, then they are all accounted for now.
7x8 and 1x9.

8:34 am

sprite

Not sure about the lite stats.
I have 277 words now, but only 9 7's. Think I come back later, when it is more lively here. :-)

9:10 am

periwinkle

would you please tell me what the 8's start with or a clue please?

9:11 am

periwinkle

nevermind, I just read one of the earlier posts

9:26 am

sprite

I hope someone can help me with the 7's. I have for 7's:
D36 (combo with 8/50)
F44
O32 (combo with 8/55)
P40
R32 (anagram of O32)
R40
R36
S36
S32
If there are only 278 words, there must be one more.
Or there are more than 278 words and then there are at least 2 more (if the 7-count was correct, that is).

9:38 am

sprite

For the 8's and the 9:
A60 gone away (archaic and strangely spelled, at least I think so)
D60 see fit1 at 06.48 am
D50 thrushes down or out
i45 make hard, inure (combo with 9/66)
O55 (must be Atalante's silly one) escape reality.
O45 no definition. Like 'finishes a book'. Odd word.
S55 began to grow

9:58 am

Krys10

From those of you wondering whether the lite stats are trustworthy: they're from the solver that uses a different doctionary than Babble, so they are sometimes off by a word or two. Also, there is no way to distinguish between an 8 and an 8+. If someone wants to wade through the other solver to get stats, you'll have a better count.

10:02 am

sprite

That would be really nice!
If I understand rightly, there are probably 7x8- and 1x9-words and perhaps one or two more words in total (279 or 280)?
In that case, I am 2x7 short and maybe one more word.

10:16 am

inaniloquent

would someone who's close to finished mind putting up a letter breakdown?

10:20 am

sprite

I can count what I have, but I am still missing a few. Don't know exactly how much or with which starting letter.
Give me a sec.

10:26 am

sprite

My count (so not complete):
A 12
D 51 (!)
E 14
F 3
H 11
i 2
M 3
N 5
O 13
P 36
R 31
S 34
T 41
U 6
W 8
Y 7

10:27 am

Atalante

O55 - maybe its just me LOL I'd never heard that word before!!

10:31 am

sprite

:-D
Maybe you're living much more in the real world than I do!

10:33 am

Atalante

now I've never been accused of living in the real world too much before! Its usually completely the opposite :P

10:36 am

sprite

Probably depends on whom you are compared with... :P

11:25 am

parsec

So I found 129 words, then looked up a solver. I've gotta work on that getting the counts without seeing the words thing, but then again, I shouldn't have started playing today anyway. Turns out there really are 280 words:

8+ x8
7x11
6x46
5x92
4x123

Ax12
Dx51
Ex14
Fx3
Hx11
ix2
Mx3
Nx5
Ox13
Px38
Rx31
Sx34
Tx42
Ux6
Wx8
Yx7

11:31 am

sprite

Thanks, parsec.
Is there anyone who could help me with those two missing 7s? Thanks to parsec's list I know at least one must start with a P. The other either with another P or with a T. The remaining word is, if I counted correctly, 5 letters. I really cannot think of any word I haven't tried at least twice. :-(

11:38 am

berekah

There was that clue for T7/28 meaning Tootsie...is that one of the ones you're missing? (I haven't gotten that one yet, but maybe you can!)

11:41 am

fit1

off the top of my head, f/7/44 came

12:26 pm

sprite

Hi Berekah, which clue do you mean? I remember tootsie from another grid, but cannot find a clue for this one?

12:27 pm

sprite

Oh my, fit1, you are a real gentleman or gentlewoman! ;)

12:27 pm

berekah

um...oops. I use the same .txt file to save all the clues, so I don't have to scroll through the chat when I want to find a clue. Today I must not have deleted all the old info first :-) Sorry!

12:29 pm

sprite

*lol* No sorry needed, thanks for trying!

12:33 pm

sprite

I just made another nice 7, with a T... but trapesa isn't acceptably spelled! ;-D

1:11 pm

inaniloquent

Any help for my last W?
4xWA4, 2xWA5, 1xWE4

1:14 pm

Treble99

Is there more than 1 O32/7

1:42 pm

fnurt

There is a strange WA6.

1:49 pm

Minski

I just found a 7 - 64 - P that I didn't see mentioned in my notes.

1:50 pm

Treble99

I found the what I was looking for

1:58 pm

fnurt

I am missing an O! I have OD4x1, OR4x1, OR5x2, OR6x2, OU5x2, OU7x1, OU8x2, OYx1. Anyone have the last one?

2:00 pm

Treble99

I have been looking for A60 for over an hour and still no luck finding it

2:09 pm

fnurt

The 8/60 is based on a 6/27, which still may not help, but should narrow down the letter possibilities somewhat.

2:26 pm

fit1

There is another oux5

2:51 pm

sprite

Minski, could you please give me a clue about that P7?

2:57 pm

fnurt

Day in, day out, it always seems to be the same letters that give me trouble. S is a particular problem child.

SA4x3
SA5x2
SE4x1
SE6x1
SE7x2
SH4x3
SH5x1
SH6x2
SP4x3
SP5x4
SP6x3
SP8x1

Any help?

2:58 pm

fnurt

The P7 is related to a P5 expletive.

3:06 pm

sprite

Probably a P5 expletive that I don't have either! *lol* Cannot stand it, only 3 words missing and I really cannot find them.
Anyway, here are the S's you miss:
Sa5 x1
Sa6 x1
Sh6 x1
Sp4 x2
Sp5 x2
Good luck!

3:07 pm

sprite

That d#rn P and its 5-combo partner is undoubtedly another "empf"-like word, that no foreigner will ever be able to find! ;)

3:10 pm

fixitfmly

'durapet' -- an animal that can withstand the abuse of living with small children
sorry, just being silly! ;-D
since coming back I've found 1x9, 4x8, 2x7 & a bunch of 6s . . . not likely to finish this one!

3:12 pm

berekah

Are there really sh4x3?? I can find 2, but I've tried all the other options and can't find a third.

3:13 pm

sprite

Yep. I have Sh4 x3. My guess is you have two that are practically the same?

3:16 pm

berekah

yup. Well, I think so...two of the letters match ;-)
I think I'm too tired for this puzzle and should let my family take over!! But I can't...i will keep trying....

3:17 pm

berekah

never mind...I looked again, and either I got it and didn't realize, or my family IS helping me from another computer ;-)
Thanks!

3:18 pm

fixitfmly

sh4
8 *fish related to herrings
10 *a thicket or grove
10 *variant of 'show'

3:21 pm

sprite

Okay, this is madness. I found the P words. Are those REALLY words? Especially that 7??
Could somebody please give me a hand with the last 7, which must be a T?

3:21 pm

fixitfmly

berekah --
no fair!! LOL! My only 'helpers' don't spell well but *love* to press keys, esp the 16 mos old!

3:21 pm

Minski

Sure Sprite but it's kind of a difficult word to hint at.

It is related to a P-5-26. Just add a 2 letter suffix.

If someone compliments you, you might say the P/5 then that person telling someone else about the conversation might say I complimented him and all he said was P\7\64.

That's kind of vague though.

Just read the posts and realize that you might not be American Sprite. I've read this word in some Western Romance Novels, but it's not a word I would ever use nor have I ever heard it used, only read it in books.

3:22 pm

Minski

One more hint.
The 5 letter word only has one vowel in it and starts with 3 consonants.

3:22 pm

inaniloquent

It's a rather old-fashioned expletive

3:24 pm

berekah

Thanks! That helped me tremendously...the Western clue was helpful :-)
And yes, I have "helpers," but they live in a different city so I never know when they'll join me. Some days I'll hit "refresh" and have 20 new words, so all the things I find are already in there!! :-)

3:24 pm

fnurt

There are, I swear, SH4x3.

3:25 pm

berekah

I found the third. Or, rather, it was in my list when I went back and looked. Thanks.

3:28 pm

sprite

Thanks, Minski! You are right, I am Dutch. I may read quite a lot in english, but I never came across this couple. I really appreciate the explanation of their use. Now I am down to that last T7. Did anyone find it yet?

3:30 pm

berekah

Sprite, I'm so impressed. I had NO idea you weren't a native English speaker. You put those of us mono-lingual people to shame :-)

3:30 pm

fnurt

I found all of sprite's S words, but I am still 1 S short.

3:31 pm

inaniloquent

I have SP6x4...

3:33 pm

sprite

@ fnurt: I'll do a recount.

@ berekah: thanks *blush*. I really love this puzzle because I learn so much new words from it. And it is fun with this chatlog!

3:35 pm

sprite

fnurt, you need another Sp6. Sorry for the bad counting.

3:35 pm

fixitfmly

lol! I must need to update my expletive vocabulary . . . I was trying to make that P7 adding another vowel ;-)

3:39 pm

inaniloquent

is the "silly" escapism O8 a compound word?

3:40 pm

sprite

Yes, it is, and both parts are common words.

3:51 pm

inaniloquent

Got it, thank you. Still stuck on the D7/8 combo and the P7's, but getting there...

4:03 pm

fnurt

Getting closer...

DA4x10
DA5x4
DA6x2
DE4x4
DE5x2
DE6x1
DE7x1
DE8x2
DO4x3
DO5x1
DR4x1
DR5x3
DR6x2
DU4x4
DU5x3
DY4x1

4:13 pm

sprite

Fnurt, if I counted right the first time now, you are looking for another:
Da4
Da5
De5 (one of those 3 uses the X)
Do5
Dr6 x2

4:13 pm

sprite

Nobody a trace of that T7 yet?

4:18 pm

sprite

inaniloquent, that D7/8 combo is based on Latin. The first part means "down". The other part means "to push, to thrush".

4:37 pm

inaniloquent

Ah, I feel much better. Would have found it faster if I had been thinking of a similar word meaning to stick out.

4:40 pm

sprite

Now that would have been a nice hint! :) Didn't think of it.
Do you have all the 7s yet? I am really looking for someone to give me a hand with my final word.

4:41 pm

inaniloquent

I'm still missing the P's, and a T, from what you've said..

4:45 pm

sprite

The first P7 is an italian-sounding word meaning owner, manager, especially of an inn.
The second P7 is that weird word I only found by knowing it was an expletive and noodling around. There are many clues in the log.

4:47 pm

inaniloquent

Whoops, I had the second one already, forgot.
I start work on the hour, so I likely won't be able to wrap this up well! I'll pop on if I have time between client.

4:49 pm

jo145

This is such a long playbabble. I've found over 100 but haven't time to go on!

4:53 pm

sprite

I give up for tonight, it is really time to get some sleep. Perhaps I'll log on tomorrow morning and see if some friendly babblefairy left a clue. :)
You know you are addicted when you get up earlier to find that last word...

7:07 pm

jlm_mi

sprite - The T7 you are missing is a quantum physics word worth 44 points. It starts from the T in the lower row and is 2 letters added to the end of a T5 worth 18 points.

7:30 pm

fnurt

It figures that word wouldn't be found till late.

8:03 pm

onyx

thanks jlm

8:35 pm

onyx

is there really a 9 letter word? any hints?

8:49 pm

fixitfmly

onyx -- it means to harden; each time I looked at the lower left corner I wanted to make a similar word with a different prefix . . . hth!

8:56 pm

onyx

thanks fixit,
found it,

9:34 pm

fixitfmly

'deadpet' -- opposite of 'durapet' (my 3:10PM definition) . . . oh, must be getting tired to be getting this punchy!

11:52 pm

sprite

Thank you, jlm_mi! I never would have found that word on my own.
How rewarding to get up early! :-)
Done at 280 words 4.89 4275 points. And, of course, 2 words the wiser I would never have come across if it weren't for babble. *lol*

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