Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, October 24, 2004

1:21 am

boatierra

An E7/44 - E8/60 combo.

1:23 am

boatierra

59 for 616. 'Nites.

1:42 am

sleeky

4 other 7s so far

2:37 am

periwinkle

s/7/32

3:00 am

sprite

A nice 8/55!

3:04 am

KirstyM

91 for 1213 so far

3:06 am

sprite

62/740 only, just started. But finding words is easy with this one... how many words do you think it has?

3:11 am

KirstyM

Must have a lot of words now 94/1231

3:12 am

sprite

Always like the grids with many words, but they take very much time... ;-)

4:24 am

sprite

Another 8, anagram of the former 8/55.

4:27 am

sprite

94/1336 now. Must indeed have many words.

4:30 am

shortseer

babblestats

4 ..... 85
5 ..... 56
6 ..... 29
7 ..... 16
8 ...... 6
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total 192
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C 16
D 9
E 20
F 7
G 18
H 4
N 12
O 9
P 15
R 17
S 25
T 40
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what are the start letters for the 8's that have been found so far?

4:33 am

sprite

C8/55
D8/55
E8/60

Thanks for the stats, shortseer!

4:36 am

shortseer

thanks for the 8's info
i'd just started playing earlier on when i was driven offline by a storm.
Now i'm back ... so many words ... so little time. Eeek

4:46 am

sprite

I so much want to make heretic...

4:48 am

shortseer

Hah! i'm obsessed with "sentence"

4:49 am

sprite

:-D

5:11 am

sprite

A very curious Th5/18 I found by mistyping! Old English for a freeman.

5:25 am

sprite

P8/70

5:29 am

shortseer

P7/P8 sequence ... whisky (espec. illicitly distilled whisky) (sing./plural)
P6/P8 sequence ... a state of nervous activity, a fuss / to make confused, troubled, worried.

5:41 am

sprite

Got 'm, thanks. Only one more 8 now.

6:21 am

shortseer

G5/G7/G8 sequence ... colour / the state or quality of being that colour (sing./plural)

6:24 am

sprite

Never knew you could do that with a colour... *lol*
Thanks, shortseer. I only had the 5.
138/2151 now and it is getting harder.

6:29 am

shortseer

and i've only just realised that there's a G6 in that sequence too
... lol got the hard ones then spent ages looking for that last G

6:33 am

sprite

*lol*
i know what you mean. I often forget plurals or verb forms...

8:01 am

shortseer

The 7's and 8's:

C8 55 ... in the middle
C8 55 ... not in the middle!
D7 40 ... edicts
E7 32 ... went into
E7 44 ... occurring or situated in the normal place
E8 60 ... inevitable and steady deterioration of a system or society (adj.)
E7 40 ... flammable colorless gaseous alkenes
F7 48 ... platform on ship's foremast; horse's forelock
G7 44 ... verdure
G8 60 ... verdures
N7 40 ... a wind from a particular direction
O7 36 ... units of genetic material
O7 36 ... laborious; industrious; diligent.
P7 48 ... illicit whiskey
P8 65 ... P7 plural
P8 70 ... confused; troubled; worried; overly concerned with trifles.
R7 28 ... come in again
R7 28 ... crystalline compounds derived from pine tar, fossil resins, and tar oils
R7 32 ... unit of radiation exposure
S7 44 ... swerved or caused to swerve from a course
S7 40 ... machine (or operator) that produces or deals with certain flat objects?
S7 32 ... spoke in a scornful, contemptuous, or derisive manner

Finished with 192 words / 4.97 / 2911

8:02 am

Treble99

I cant find the G/7 or G/8

8:05 am

goforit

if you've found a colour, then just go to greater lenghths and you'll find them ;)
... length is an interesting word, isn't it?

8:07 am

sprite

2nd C8 should read D8, I think?
Thanks for the clues, shortseer.

8:10 am

goforit

yes D8, not C8
sorry about that!

8:12 am

sprite

goforit = shortseer?
:)

8:23 am

goforit

yeah .. the theory is if i'm logged in as goforit, i can just play on paper,and i can read the log, maybe enter a few words to check if they're valid, but NOT obsessively sit playing babble of hours on end until i find every single word.
-shortseer/goforit

8:24 am

sprite

192 words 4.97 2911 points as well, so that must be it.
Thanks for the help on the T's in your list, shortseer, that's what did it for me.

8:25 am

sprite

LOL!
Great idea! And does it help? Or does it only make you play twice? ;-)

8:26 am

sprite

T's?
I mean R's... sorry!

9:23 am

inaniloquent

mmm, looks like a fun one today. bummer i'm working from now until the puzzle closes :(

2:00 pm

runningforhome

I can't find the e/7/44 or the r/7/28 having to do with crystalline compounds.

2:03 pm

Rita

hey folks anyone to scoring above 267?

2:03 pm

Treble99

Cant find the E/8 44 or E/8 60 been looking for a while

2:06 pm

periwinkle

Treble99, I can't find them either.

2:06 pm

runningforhome

The latter part of the e/8/60 is a t/6/30. Then remove one letter and you've got the e/7/44.

2:09 pm

periwinkle

runningforhome, thanks I will try that.

2:10 pm

periwinkle

thanks, got the e/7/44.

2:11 pm

periwinkle

May I have a clue for the e/8/60 please? How many 8 letter words are there today?

2:12 pm

periwinkle

I know there is a clue for the e/8/60 but I cannot find it. Is there another clue (which is what I meant in the previous post).

2:23 pm

runningforhome

Putting an 'R' somewhere in your e/7/44 will give you the e/8.

2:24 pm

periwinkle

thanks so much, got it.

2:43 pm

Treble99

Cant get the crystalline compound R/728

3:58 pm

sprite

For the R7/28 take one of your Re4/4's and try to lengthen it to an R6/18. Then make it a plural.

4:02 pm

Treble99

I only have 2 RE4s both 4/4

4:05 pm

periwinkle

I have two Re4's. Can;t seem to lengthen them. How many Re4's are there.

4:11 pm

periwinkle

Yea, I got it. I finally used the right Re/4.

4:12 pm

inaniloquent

is this:
C8 55 ... not in the middle!
really a D8-55?

4:12 pm

periwinkle

Thanks, sprite.

4:14 pm

periwinkle

D8/55 is actually a word. place a prefix in front of a c6/24.

4:15 pm

inaniloquent

That's not what I meant.. I have a D8-55 meaning "not in the middle", so I was wondering if the C8-55 clue from 8:01 was supposed to read D8-55...

4:18 pm

inaniloquent

Soooo.. there is also an C8-55 meaning "not in the middle"? Thanks (in advance) for the clarification.

4:18 pm

periwinkle

There is a c/8/55 also meaning in the middle. Do you have that one.

4:19 pm

periwinkle

The d/8/55 is the only word that means "not in the middle".

4:19 pm

inaniloquent

LOL this is getting silly!
I have a C8-55 meaning "in the middle"
I have a D8-55 meaning "not in the middle"
I would like to know whether there is a C8-55 meaning "not in the middle.
thanks.

4:20 pm

inaniloquent

ok thanks!

4:21 pm

periwinkle

:)

6:13 pm

gwenniebenny

Hi

7:12 pm

dicktrickle

god, i still have 55 words to go....why must thou torment me, Babble?!

8:32 pm

ewenme

Still need 13 Ts. Have 7-Te [4,5,4,4,5,6,5]; 5-Th [4,5,4,5,5]; 11-To [4,5,6,4,4,5,5,4,4,4,5]; 3-Tr [5,6,6]; and one Ty4. Anyone have hints? Thank you much. Oh, and I still need three Es, and one each of C, O, P. 10 to go.

9:23 pm

ewenme

Oops, typo: 19 to go.

10:47 pm

ewenme

Time to call it a nite: still missing 3-T, 1C, and 1E. Close but no cigar.

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