Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, October 20, 2004

12:15 am

fixitfmly

Yuck!! Why did I start this 'ugly' puzzle?? only one 6 so far ;-P
13/161

12:40 am

fixitfmly

time for bed here . . . 2x6; 7x5
22/257
I do not like this babble grid, I do not like it Sam-I-am

12:42 am

majenwen

I'm doing slightly better...
eight 5's, four 6's
30/380

12:54 am

fnurt

My 6s so far are a G21 and a R27.

12:57 am

majenwen

I also have a C30, L24, T22
Didn't have the R, so I'm off to find that one :)

1:03 am

fixitfmly

baby not sleeping so I'm back
2x 6G21

1:18 am

inaniloquent

I've got a seven!

1:29 am

inaniloquent

A E7 and a C7...
There's a clue about a T22.. how many letters? Is that point clue right?

1:31 am

majenwen

oops - it's a 33 - 6-letters

2:21 am

Atalante

There's 2 E7s

2:35 am

StÃ©

and a 7/72

3:04 am

Atalante

7s so far:
C 48
E 48, 60
L 72

3:48 am

goforit

Babblestats

4 ... 35
5 ... 17
6 .... 8
7 .... 5
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total 65
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A 2
C 10
D 7
E 6
G 3
H 5
i 3
L 12
R 3
S 4
T 5
U 2
Y 3

5:00 am

StÃ©

D7/68

6:25 am

Atalante

I hate finding the elusive last few words ...

6:25 am

periwinkle

Ste, may I have a clue for your D/8 please.

6:33 am

StÃ©

I have no definition for the D/7 but it starts with a D4.

6:33 am

periwinkle

Thanks.

6:34 am

periwinkle

I only have one D4 and not sure if it is the right one.

6:35 am

StÃ©

it's a D4/5

6:36 am

periwinkle

Thanks, I have 2 D/4 but not that one yet. Have to go to work. Be back later.

6:38 am

fit1

For the D7, try thinking in 2 things. such as 2 controls. That's the base word. After that, add a suffix to make it a verb

6:48 am

shortseer

I think the D7 might mean to turn into 2 parts. e.g if you want to improve a road ... to turn it into a D4 carriageway ... then you D7 the road.

7:07 am

fit1

shortseer. Is a carriageway an English term for highway?

7:10 am

Wendrie

Yeah - we haven't got those new fangled carless carriages yet ya'know! ;)

7:11 am

Wendrie

horseless rather than car-less.... that is!

7:14 am

fit1

'well, I hope you guys come into the modren world. Do you have indoor plumbing yet ? :) :):)

7:23 am

shortseer

carriageway
n : one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes

actually i'm australian ... didnt know i was using a uk-only word. We convicts might have been kicked out of england, but we still use their terminology. Or actually we often use both uk/usa terms interchangeably eg toch/flashlight, pants/trousers, trunk/boot

7:35 am

shortseer

The sixes and sevens :

C6 ... sensory appendages of some insects
C6 ... insect - male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone - variant spelling
C7 ... more like a moist sticky type of earth
D7 ... turn into 2 parts?
E7 ... moral
E7 ... pertaining to univalent organic radical, C2H5
G6 ... a trough or channel for carrying something off
G6 ... to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize
L6 ... more like a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern
L7 ... to secularize
R6 ... clothed again
S6 ... bulkier?
T6 ... of or relating to a sheath, especially a tendon sheath

finished with 65 words / 4.74 / 1090

7:44 am

Wendrie

well shortseer as a "colonial" who has returned to the motherland I get to swap back and forth between the two languages fairly often.... can be confusing when you can't remember which language that word belongs to as you say it tho'...

fit1 indoor plumbing we certainly do have and at the moment - lots and lots of rain.....

7:46 am

Atalante

Finished too. Same stats as shortseer

8:39 am

fit1

I have one a word. 4 letters. What else?

9:11 am

fnurt

A5/16

9:20 am

stevedallas

shortseer you missed a U6 meaing to speak

9:28 am

inaniloquent

so there's nine 6-letter words? the stats are wrong?

9:29 am

inaniloquent

the word I have is a five letter word, not six

9:35 am

stevedallas

wish I could count; my apologies

10:36 am

StÃ©

I need help...
I miss two 5's, I'm going me crazy!
My 5's:
1 A
3 C
2 D
2 E
2 I
2 L
1 S
1 T
1 U

(I also miss 7 4's, but, I'm stuck...)

10:37 am

Atalante

1 L, 1 Y :)

10:38 am

StÃ©

thank's!

1:20 pm

inaniloquent

I have five E's, four of which start with the same three letters. Does my last E start the same way?

1:28 pm

Atalante

Nope - it has only the first letter in common with the others

1:29 pm

Atalante

sorry that probably wasn't clear. there are 4 that start the same way, and 2 that are both different, and different from each other

1:30 pm

inaniloquent

I understood :) thanks!

3:42 pm

gwenniebenny

hi

3:43 pm

inaniloquent

I'm stuck on my last word - the A5-16. I know which two combinations of letters it might be. Which A should I be starting with?

4:07 pm

majenwen

the one on the bottom :)

5:14 pm

inaniloquent

thanks :)

5:51 pm

periwinkle

I am stuck. No A words. May I please have hints for them. Thanks.

6:04 pm

majenwen

Both A words (a 4 & 5, not related) start with the A at the bottom

6:54 pm

shortseer

A4 ... a winglike organ, or part
A5 ... i think it's a hebrew word. How about i just give the clue that it starts and ends with the same letter ;)

7:36 pm

fit1

If indeed the A5 is a Hebrew word, it means honor

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