Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, October 27, 2004

12:13 am

sleeky

This has the earmarks of a stinker...

12:28 am

dolphin

No such thing as oreos?

12:31 am

sleeky

or.... SATAN?

12:33 am

cz

It won't take satan OR santa.....

12:40 am

sleeky

Only fair, I guess. :-)

1:10 am

Krys10

225 words in this puzzle...seven 8 letter words, 17 seven letter words! (This is using wordracer, so may be off by a word or two - hopefully someone will post full stats later...)

1:10 am

Aussie Goddess

anyone have more than a 6?

1:10 am

Aussie Goddess

oops thanks Krys we posted at the same time :)

1:54 am

sleeky

1 lousy 7/36

4:21 am

Atalante

2 7/36 LOL

4:26 am

Atalante

7/28

5:14 am

Atalante

8/40

6:38 am

marigold

what does the 8/40 start with? please

7:25 am

Atalante

R

8:29 am

Ashy & Sini

Ashy, remember to work sometime too...
S

8:41 am

Wendrie

there is a 9/54 connected to that 8/40 as well

8:45 am

Wendrie

I've also got two more 8s - for 50 and 40 in S this tme

8:47 am

Atalante

ooooooh so there is - hurray for 9s!

9:01 am

Tolinya

woot got the 8 and 9 with like a total random guess! lol the brain must be in the 'on' position today!

9:59 am

fit1

s8 50 The plot or outline of a play

10:04 am

Wendrie

2 6/7 pairs in E that "are all wrong" :)

the other s8 for 50 is a type of rodent

10:09 am

parsec

Babblestats:

9x2
8x6
7x18
6x42
5x72
4x91

Total: 231

Ax17
Cx26
Ex10
Fx2
ix18
Mx11
Nx24
Ox9
Px11
Rx28
Sx55
Tx20

10:09 am

jlm_mi

A breakdown of the 225 words from the non-enable solver:

7x8+
17x7
42x6
71x5
88x4

17xA
26xC
10xE
2xF
18xi
11xM
20xN
9xO
28xR
54xS
19xT

There are 231 words according to the enable solver, so if anyone has more words in any category, please share.

10:10 am

jlm_mi

Nevermind! Funny that we posted at exactly the same time. :-D

10:13 am

fit1

I "ran astray" with this e 6/7 combo

10:14 am

jlm_mi

Well, now. Isn't that an interesting O7 for 36?!?!?!? I'd heard the word somewhere before and tried it and it worked. Guess I never knew the definition before!

10:16 am

jlm_mi

And there's another 8/S/50 that is a religion.

10:20 am

jlm_mi

An i/8/40 related to one of the E6/7 "all wrong" combos mentioned before.

10:21 am

parsec

The other 9 is very very fast. (think planes)

10:25 am

Minski

I have a 6/7 combo that is the name of a popular beer and its plural.

10:30 am

jlm_mi

At 10:04am Wendrie said that the other S50 is a rodent. I just found an 8/S/40 rodent. So, I have 5x8 and 2x9 now, with this being my list:

8-40 i
8-40 r
9-54 r
8-50 s (religion)
8-40 s (rodent)
8-50 s (story line of play)
9-66 t

Can anyone confirm that the missing 8 is or is not an S50 that means rodent?

10:31 am

parsec

there are 4 words, including a seven, associated with that Australian guy with the nature show. I think his name is Steve.

10:35 am

jlm_mi

Good clue, parsec! Although for the sticklers, only 2 are strictly related to him. The others look similar, but one is the plural of a flower. The only definition of the 7 that I can find has to do with the color strength of saffron.

10:38 am

parsec

thanks, jlm, for the definitions. I get lazy about those.

10:40 am

jlm_mi

We are sooooo close to being able to make cornice and crescent!

10:44 am

parsec

and if there were only an E in that right corner, we could have ornate, coronate, innate, probably some others...

10:47 am

parsec

Ah! there is another S/8/40. I was noodling for possible chemical words, but actually it has to do with test scores.

10:47 am

jlm_mi

So then I think there must be no 8/S/50 rodent word.

11:09 am

jlm_mi

So, the big words. I have all the 8/9 letter words and 12 of the 18 7s:

7/36/C - crown
7/44/C - having to do with the color of saffron?
7/28/E - one who wanders about (plural)
7/28/E - mistakes in printing or writing. Funny, it's actually the plural of a plural. :-p
8/40/i - containing no mistakes
7/28/i - crazier
7/28/i - immediate
7/36/O - masturbation
8/40 R - strong and deep in tone
8/56 R - plural of 8/40/R
7/36 S - of the devil
8/50 S - religion
7/28 S - a voiced speech sound (plural)
7/28 S - musical compositions
7/28 S - a 9-point scale used for normalized test scores
8/40 S - plural of previous
7/36 S - of or relating to tin
8/40 S - a mole
8/50 S - story line of a play
9/66 T - very fast

11:15 am

jlm_mi

Add a 7/36/C to the beginning of the list. It means "resembling a tendril" but sounds a bit like a liver disease.

11:51 am

parsec

T/7/28 -- highborn female

11:52 am

parsec

and T/7/36, insectivorous mammals, variant spelling.

12:01 pm

parsec

and an m/7/44 with no definition, but it seems to be the kind of screwup that might happen at a mint?

I think that's all I have that jlm didn't list. I swear.

12:03 pm

jlm_mi

That M7 is great!

12:36 pm

Wendrie

Yep - having finished painting radiators.... I mistyped :( the s8/50 should have been a s8/40 and it was a type of rodent or mole....

2:05 pm

jlm_mi

Can anyone help me find the last i word? I have:

iN4, iN5x4, iN6x4, iN7x2, iN8
iR4x2, iR5x2, iR6

3:15 pm

jlm_mi

Nevermind. For anyone needing i help it was an iN4, very common word. I was just blind. :)

3:39 pm

fnurt

I cannot imagine how there are 55 S's. I keep trying combo after combo and I am still miles away!

3:41 pm

jlm_mi

I'm up to 47 but stumped on those last 8. Here's what I have so far, just by second letter. We can compare length if it's helpful, but it's much more work! :)

SAx7
SCx7
SEx7
Six3
SMx1
SNx2
SOx13
STx7

3:57 pm

jlm_mi

I'm still looking for Cs, Ns, Ss and Ts. I've already posted my breakdown for Ss and will now for the others:

CEx4, Cix5, COx8, CRx6
NAx9, NEx2, Nix3, NOx7
TAx12, Tix3, TRx2, TSx2

4:19 pm

dolphin

I have a total of 7 Ce's

5:03 pm

incender

satan?

5:20 pm

fnurt

I have one extra SO, but I am short one ST, so we are even.

SO4x6
SO5x3
SO6x3
SO7x2

5:22 pm

fnurt

I also have TIx4.

5:36 pm

jlm_mi

For STs I have 4,5x2,7x2,8x2

Satan is considered a proper noun by babble.

5:37 pm

fnurt

Hey, the ST5 I was missing can be made plural.

5:39 pm

jlm_mi

Indeed it can! Thanks!

6:25 pm

fnurt

RA4x4, RA5x2
RE4x2, RE5x2, RE6x3, RE8, RE9
RO4x5, RO5x3

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