Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, October 22, 2004

12:05 am

Christine

Inaniloquent -- sorry about shortening your name... I was running out of time, but wanted to acknowledge your post.
Thanks, again.

12:52 am

Tolinya

ick double ick and triple ick (not the puzzle just life) I'm going for drinks at 8am. Anyone gonna join me? (that'd be in about 8 hours...)

12:58 am

Tolinya

woot got a 7 for 32 without any hints

still going for drinks at 8am

1:01 am

Tolinya

and why wouldn't regoon be a word? wouldn't that to be gooned again??

1:03 am

Tolinya

ok quitting for the night.

37 @ 340

me and my bad mood are retiring..or being regooned LOL...

poof

1:05 am

iluvtigs

an 8 for 65

1:18 am

sprite

There is a 10! For 91.
I think I'm gonna like this grid. Tried to lengthen a C8 with a prefix and it was accepted! :)

1:25 am

sprite

There must be hundreds of words in this grid, I keep on finding new ones...

1:29 am

sprite

8/50 - 9/66 combo

1:40 am

Christine

What was yesterday's 'sturgeon' word.... I just couldn't see it.
TIA

2:19 am

granadan

R 10 FOR 91 !!!!!!!!!!!

2:59 am

sprite

Could be another of those 400+ grids, because I found 298 words now. I'll list the biggies I have so far:
A8/50 - A9/66 combo: hormone(s)
C8/55: something you find on windows and glasses
C8/55 : causes to solidify
C8/55: member of same group
E8/50: to bring into being
N8/55: related to what this game teaches me every day
2x N8/40: related to nerves (2 related 7's as well, and a 6)
R10/91: to C8 again
S8/60: a substance that humans and sharks share... funny idea! I recently read oldfashioned watchmakers use it too, to oil fine mechanics.
S8/65: to waste

3:04 am

sprite

So far I used the Q 3 times, and only once to start a word with. Back later!

3:49 am

Fishbulb

since when is pogo not a word! ;)

4:09 am

Atalante

and pongier!

5:49 am

Fishbulb

Thanks for the tip on the 10 sprite - I got it! Hurrah!

Nice grid today.

6:21 am

sprite

You're welcome, Fishbulb. :)
I really hope someone will come up with the stats, I cannot find more words than I have so far. It would help to know what to look for.

7:49 am

testing

I'm not sure I'm playing today, but probably won't be able to resist. In any event, I have stats from the non-enable solver, so in total there are 307 words but here are 305 of them:

11x8 (this includes any words longer than 8 also)
20x7
54x6
99x5
121x4

21xA
34xC
19xD
15xE
26xG
6xi
38xL
26xN
15xO
35xP
1xQ
33xR
35xS
1xU

If anyone has found the 2 words that aren't accounted for, please post where you have more for both starting letter and length.

7:54 am

sprite

Testing, thanks! I'll go see what I am missing and if I find any missing words, I'll post it right away.

7:55 am

sprite

21 x a

8:00 am

sprite

And I have 36 x p. That should account for the 2 missing words in the count, I think.

8:02 am

sprite

No, sorry, misread the stats.
I read the 20x7 for 20 x A.

8:06 am

sprite

The other missing word is a word I don't have yet. I am still 5 short.
If I counted right though, I have 12 biggies, not 11. I'll count the 7's I have, don't have time to count all the others now. :(

8:09 am

sprite

Okay, got 20 x 7, just as your solver. So one missing wordlength is a biggie, the other 6 or less.

8:09 am

sprite

Stupid of me - unless one of my missing ones is a 7. Forget this post and the one before this...

8:22 am

sprite

I checked my plurals and found another R6, that makes 34 x R in total. Still one word short, an S.
Anyone there who wants to compare?
I have
Sa x7
Se x 15
SL x 3
Sn x7
Sq x2
Total 34 x S.

9:14 am

inaniloquent

Ok, so, to recap: the stats kindly posted at 7:49 by testing are correct with the addition of an R6 and a P, is that correect? How long is the missing P word?

9:15 am

testing

No, the R6 is not necessarily the missing word. There are two words missing from the stats, and they do start with R and P, but sprite doesn't know which of his/her R and P words are the missing ones.

Sprite does have 12 words of 8 or more letters, but doesn't know the length of the other mystery word yet.

9:40 am

parsec

how is noogie not a word?

9:43 am

Dr_God

I just wanted to pass on a quick congratulations to "pam" for being the 3000th Babbler to sign up!

Keep on Babblin', my fellow Babblers!

9:52 am

fnurt

NEENER should be a word.

9:52 am

testing

parsec - I also tried noogie. And I think redeal is perfectly valid as well.

10:40 am

sprite

Thanks testing, you are correct. The stats are right, we only should add one P and one R word.
I hope someone can help me with that d*rn missing S, because I am out of my depth making new ones. When I am done, I'll try and do a count of word lengths as well.

10:41 am

testing

I've only got 32 Ss. Wish I could help. I'm missing the one you are, plus one of your SAs and one of your SEs.

10:52 am

sprite

Perhaps this helps one or both of us ;)
My list of S's is:
Sa4 x3
Sa5 x3
Sa6 x1
Se4 x7
Se5 x6
Se6 x1
Se7 x1
SL4 x1
SL7 x2
Sn4 x2
Sn5 x4
Sn6 x1
Sq8 x2

Though come to think of it: those Sq8's actually use only 7 tiles, of course. That Q counts double, as Qu.

10:57 am

testing

I have exactly the same as you, except that I'm missing the SE7. That should help me find it, but doesn't help us find the missing one. I just double checked my stats, and it really does say that there are 35xS, so that wasn't a typo.

11:03 am

inaniloquent

I have two SL7's...

11:04 am

inaniloquent

oh sorry, i misread

11:04 am

parsec

and I have two Sa6s.

11:05 am

inaniloquent

I'm stuck in a potentially boring all-day conference and will be babbling on paper :)

11:06 am

sprite

No, I think your stats must be accurate, testing. I am missing one S of those 35 and one word in total too, so that adds up. With the P and R all is accounted for. Only that S-word... aaarrrggghhh! Senour? Seol? Sanneg? *lol*

11:07 am

fnurt

Where is that U word hiding?

11:08 am

sprite

Parsec, yours must be the missing one! I have Sa6: tool to smooth wood. Could you please give me a hint for that other one, cause I really cannot think of any option I haven't tried.

11:10 am

parsec

your third guess was close, sprite. it means "Native American married man."

11:10 am

testing

The U word is 5 letters and has appeared in the puzzles before or I wouldn't know it. It is a stage of rust.

11:10 am

sprite

The U-word is one I learned from Babble. A nasty kind of rash or some part of the life cycle of rust.

11:11 am

testing

Is the SE7 a common word, or obscure?

11:13 am

sprite

Obscure to me, also a word I learned from a prior grid.
It is a plant genus.

11:15 am

sprite

Right!
Parsec, thanks a million! Wouldn't have found it if it weren't for your hint, I noodled it from my 3rd guess. NEVER heard of the word.

Done!
307 words 5.04 4460 points.

Nice grid. I'll do a wordlength count now.

11:22 am

parsec

no problem! thanks in return for all the lovely clues!

11:30 am

testing

Anyone wanna compare 7s?

A28 - hardens a metal or glass
A48 - don't have a definition, but sounds like a word that is the furthest point from the center of an orbit
C40 - to solidify
C40 - central African republic, or black tea (plural)
i36 - did not pay attention to
N28x2 - nerve related
P36 - peasant
R32 - one who goes back on a promise
S36 - plant genus
S32 - false malicious statement
S32 - thin

11:34 am

sprite

Okay, here they are:

1 x 10
1 x 9
10 x 8 (one of the biggies was missing)
20 x 7
54 x 6
100 x 5 (that's the other one)
121 x 4

11:38 am

parsec

C/36 open spaces in a defensive wall

11:39 am

Benjake

There's a R7/36 meaning Exercise of sovereign power, as by a monarch (found by my East half) :-)

11:42 am

testing

Thanks, sprite, for the counts and others for the clues!

11:43 am

parsec

Oo, and G/40 common or descriptive

11:46 am

fnurt

G36 currency; sounds like it should be related to a G5/14

11:48 am

sprite

Other 7s:
C36: open spaces in battlement or wall
G40: of an entire group
G36: Haitian currency (plural)
O32: trials
R36: ruled
R32: goes back on a promise
R28: enzyme
R28: insecticides

Good hunting!

11:50 am

sprite

Must learn to use that refresh button BEFORE posting...!
Sorry for the duplicates.

12:25 pm

testing

How about N words?

NE4x5, NE5, NE6x2, NE7x2, NE8x3
NO4x5, NO5x3, NO6

or A words?

AE4, AE5
AL4x4, AL5
AN4x2, AN6, AN7, AN8, AN9
AP4, AP6, AP7
AS4

12:27 pm

incender

senor but not coeur?

12:28 pm

Benjake

Guess they like Spanish better than French ;-)

12:36 pm

parsec

The As I have:
AL5x3, An4x3, An5

The only extra N I have is an Na5

12:36 pm

sprite

AL5 x3
An4 x3

12:37 pm

sprite

And An5

12:40 pm

sprite

No4 x6
No5 x4
No6 x2

12:43 pm

Benjake

Aslan should be a word :-(
(I suppose the fact that it's a Turkish word or a name would keep it away, but it should still be accepted.)

12:46 pm

parsec

Can I get a clue for the third Ne8? I have the two nerve ones.

12:54 pm

testing

sprite's clue earlier was "related to what this game teaches me everey day" and that's exactly it. It means related to new words. :)

12:55 pm

testing

Oh - it's also actually the first NE8.

1:06 pm

parsec

Thanks, testing. That was driving me batty.

1:22 pm

Treble99

I cant get the A7/48 clue

1:43 pm

sprite

The A7/48 is a rather obscure word. I guess it means something like "far away from the earth". I found it when I tried to make "apologetic" - that really isn't there. ;)

1:45 pm

Benjake

Thanks for that great clue ;-) I wanted to make apologetic too, but at that point I was playing on paper so I couldnt' try other options.

1:51 pm

sprite

Yes, I found that playing on paper doesn't really work for me. ;-)
I cannot try words that I do not know, but still look like words - and some words I find aren't valid after all when I enter them. *lol*

1:59 pm

testing

More specific than "far away from the earth" -

In any orbit there are two points defined that are the closest to the center of the orbit and the farthest from the center of the orbit. In general, orbits are not circular. This could be an object orbiting around earth, but earth wouldn't have to be at the center of the orbit.

The A/7/48 sounds like this word that would be at the farthest point of the orbit. It's not that word, but similar.

2:11 pm

Treble99

does it start with apog

2:16 pm

sprite

It does.
And I suppose you are right, testing - for my earthly definition the word should take an a in the ending in stead of an e, I think.

2:31 pm

Treble99

I cant get it, tried lots of different ways

2:40 pm

sprite

Frustrating, I know! ;-)
All letters of the ending are in the right corner of the grid, on the 2 lower lines.

2:41 pm

testing

Have you worked out the points of the letters that must be in it? That will narrow it down almost entirely.

3:12 pm

Treble99

thanks for the help

3:32 pm

Treble99

I have 2 N/8s 40 am I missing any

3:36 pm

Benjake

there's a third N8...see the clues at 12:54 and 12:55 :-)

4:51 pm

periwinkle

Doesn't anyone have any stats for this game. It helps to know what I am looking for.

4:54 pm

periwinkle

Nevermind, I found the stats in the log

7:22 pm

periwinkle

anybody else playing?

7:25 pm

boatierra

I'm playing :)

7:35 pm

periwinkle

Hi There, I have half of the words, pretty sure that I will not get all of them. But I will keep trying.

7:36 pm

boatierra

Ya, right now I have 103 for 1477. I won't get all but I'm doing well on the long words.

7:40 pm

periwinkle

I just found the N word meaning relating to new words.

11:39 pm

onyx

anyone out there? are there really 300 and some words in this puzzle?

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