Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, November 8, 2004

12:19 am

sprite

Could be a nasty one. 40 words so far and only now found my first 7: T/32.

12:21 am

sprite

Okay, another one: O7/32.

12:23 am

sprite

Once you found the ending, they get easier: D7/36, another addiction of mine...

12:27 am

sprite

n8/40

12:34 am

sprite

T7/32

1:07 am

sprite

R8/40

1:17 am

fnurt

L7/32

1:18 am

fnurt

O7/28

1:23 am

sprite

So close to ontogeny. :(

1:25 am

fnurt

Are there two T7/32? I only have the one that sounds tasty.

1:28 am

sprite

O7/32: to dress up, make fancy

1:29 am

sprite

Typo: that O must read T, of course. Sorry.

1:37 am

sprite

So far I have only one T7 - I see I posted it twice. Not sure if it is another typo or just a temporary blast of insanity. Sorry anyway.

1:47 am

sprite

N9/54

2:15 am

sprite

A lenghtly speech in a classical language would have made such a beautiful 12...

2:47 am

sprite

I really seem to remember thyraton is a word... but not!

2:49 am

sprite

omg - another 9! T9/54.

3:36 am

sprite

A N8/40 I really liked finding. Comes before the other one.

3:43 am

sprite

T7/28

3:49 am

goforit

babblestats

4 ... 77
5 ... 45
6 ... 30
7 .... 9
8 .... 3
9 .... 2
======
166
======

a15
d15
e2
g1
i10
k7
L7
n21
o8
r23
t46
v7
y4

3:51 am

sprite

Goforit, thank you very much! I was really wondering where did would end, but this can be done...

5:54 am

sprite

R7/32, measure unit that has come by more often here

6:12 am

sprite

Another T7/28

6:27 am

sprite

Also another R7/32 - I believe that is the 9th. I'll list the biggies then:

9: N54, T54

8: N40, N40, R/40

7: D36, L32, O32, O28, R32, R32, T32, T28, T28

6:33 am

periwinkle

sprite, may I have clues or the 9's please.

6:33 am

periwinkle

I meant For the 9's. Thanks. It is morning here and I am just drinking my coffee. :)

6:37 am

sprite

N9: related to a fertilizer.
T9: determining the concentration of a substance in solution

I am out of my depth with the Es, have En5, can't find the second. Anyone who could help, please?

6:41 am

periwinkle

I got the T/9. Working on the N/9. Thanks.

6:41 am

Treble99

a clue for the 8s would be helpful

6:42 am

periwinkle

Got the N/9. Similar to the T/9 except for the first letter.

6:42 am

sprite

Also need another i. I have:
ik4, in4, in6 x2, io4, io6, ir4, ir5 x2.

Total 9, need one more. I am positive I tried everything possible. Can somebody please give me a clue?

6:44 am

Treble99

I dont have any Is yet

6:48 am

sprite

N8: hard to give a hint without giving the word. Related to someone who writes things down professionally.
N8: a system of figures or symbols
R8: turn, turning

6:50 am

sprite

I am stuck at 164 words / 4.93 / 2150 points. Two more words needed.
If I counted right, both are 5s.

@periwinkle: good morning! It is past noon here, wasted half my day babbling. ;-)

6:51 am

periwinkle

sprite, where are you?

6:55 am

goforit

Sprite, if you are still missing that i ... i had a look at the list since i'm not playing ..

there's an i5 that neither dictionary.com nor wordfinder knows.

ir5 ... Clorophora excelsa ... an african tree

google knows it ;)

7:00 am

sprite

Goforit, you are an angel! I googled on your definition (is that cheating?) and found it. Never heard of, I am sure.

@ Periwinkle: I am from Holland.

7:01 am

sprite

Goforit, could you please take a look at that 2nd e for me? Is that also a very weird word, or is it common and am I being dumb again?

7:03 am

goforit

personally i dont think anything is "cheating" except looking at the actual word list.
Everything else is research!

7:04 am

sprite

*lol* Well, I could have done research for that i5 until midnight without finding it, but with your definition it was easy. Thank you so much!

7:15 am

goforit

En5 ... it's in wordfinder but not dictionary.com
I can't find any english def.
Just used in latin phrases.
e.g. Occam's Razor:
"E5 non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem"

7:20 am

goforit

the other En5 is a shortened form of the word for the mushroom Flammulina velutipes

7:22 am

sprite

Goforit, you're the best! I found it, it is also a Japanese mushroom (Flammulina velutipes).
I should have known it, though... dear Occam.
"Plurality should not be assumed without necessity (or, in modern English, keep it simple, stupid)"
:-D
Thanks again - you should get points for those words you helped me find.

7:23 am

sprite

(and it was the mushroom I missed, not the razor)

7:24 am

fit1

Don't know if someone gave a clue for the O7, but it means long speech

7:25 am

sprite

166 words / 4.93 / 2186 points

7:35 am

fit1

that ir word sounds soooo Japanese :)

7:57 am

sprite

Didn't Enya have a hit some time ago that sounded like it?

8:14 am

sprite

Orinoko flow, I believe.

9:28 am

sprite

I realise I might have created some confusion by mixing up the E-words and their meaning. :-(
The mushroom is the first word, the one I was missing. (worth 18)
The other word is the one in the latin form of Occam's razor. (worth 10)
Both are 5s.

Sorry if I put someone on a wrong track. Guess I really needed to take a break from the babble grid, but was too obsessed to get it done. *lol*

9:29 am

fit1

r/8 - Think of turning

11:24 am

Krys10

I just found about 10 K words in my big dictionary that Babble doesn't accept - where the heck are the four more it will accept??

11:49 am

jlm_mi

Krys10 - It took me a bit to understand your message, as I first read it as having found 10,000 words rather than 10 "K" word. :-D But, I have all the Ks. They are:

ki, kn,kox2, kr, kyx2

11:50 am

Treble99

I only have 2 K words

11:50 am

Krys10

My goodness, you are an engineer :) I found them all a few minutes after my rant ended ;)

11:53 am

Krys10

(And thank you for coming to my rescue!)

11:59 am

fnurt

K words are some of the dumbest words ever. Whenever I see a K, I should know to just start noodling.

12:01 pm

Krys10

i'm a fan of K words, especially klaxon, but I have a hard time finding them in these puzzles.

12:03 pm

Krys10

Some really cool V6 words out there!

12:48 pm

jlm_mi

I've got several letters where I'm missing just one or two words. Can anyone help? I won't bother yet posting the letters I'm still a long way off of. :)

L: all LA - 7,4,4,4,6
O: OK, ONx2, ORx4 (total of 3x4, 1x5, 1x6, 2x7)
V: Vix4 (3x4, 1x5), VOx2 (both 6)
Y: YA, YE, YO all 4 letters

12:49 pm

StÃ©

LA5/12

12:50 pm

fnurt

You are missing a Vi6 and a Ye4.

12:52 pm

fnurt

You are also missing an La6 which is a word I remember from high school Spanish.

12:52 pm

jlm_mi

Good one fnurt. I had it with an E on the end, just not that way. :)

1:01 pm

Krys10

jlm_mi, you're missing an ON6 that is related to your ON5.

I've been having trouble with D's - been through the dictionary and I'm only missing one:
DA4x4
DA5x2
DA6x3
DA7x1
DR4x2
DR5x2

1:05 pm

jlm_mi

Krys10 - Thanks for the clues. I'm missing the same D you are though.

1:13 pm

fnurt

That ON6 is a funny word. Almost brings a tear to my eye. ;)

1:17 pm

Krys10

Are the two R7-32's at all similar?

1:19 pm

fnurt

6 of the 7 letters are the same, but I wouldn't call them similar.

1:31 pm

Krys10

I'm also looking for help finishing my A's:
ad x 1
ai x 3
al x 3
ar x 4
at x 3

1:33 pm

sprite

At x4

1:34 pm

sprite

Da6 x4

1:35 pm

Krys10

Thank you thank you!!

1:47 pm

Treble99

could I have a clue for the L7 please

1:48 pm

Krys10

L7: from teh Spanish, means a rogue-ish person

1:52 pm

sprite

Vi6

2:12 pm

bumblebee

Any help on N
Ni 4, 5X2, 9
No 4X5, 5X4, 6x4, 8x2

2:17 pm

Krys10

i finished my N's right as you posted. I think you're missing No4 and No5.

2:34 pm

parsec

the last O is an Or4

2:36 pm

parsec

sorry, nevermind, i totally counted wrong. jlm already had that.

2:53 pm

bumblebee

Thanks

5:06 pm

jlm_mi

If anyone's still here, want to compare Rs and Ts?

RA4x2, RA5x2, RA6x2
Ri4x4, Ri5, Ri6, Ri7
RO4x2, RO7, RO8
RY4

TA4x2, TA5x4, TA6, TA7
TE5x2
TH4
Ti4x3, Ti5, Ti9
TO4x10, TO5x3, TO6, TO7
TR4x5, TR5x3, TR6, TR7
TY4, TY6

5:23 pm

Milly

My list is much the same as yours, but I have RA6x3 and RO4x3.

5:28 pm

fnurt

Ra5x3
Ro4x4

5:34 pm

fnurt

Ta4x3
Tr5x4

5:37 pm

fnurt

And another Ro4 to finish them.

5:37 pm

Krys10

The T's are:
TA4x3, TA5x4, TA6x1, TA7x1
TE5x2
TH4x1
ti4x3, ti5x1, ti9x1
TO4x11, TO5x3, TO6x1, TO7x1
TR4x5, TR5x4, TR6x1, TR7x1
TY4x1, TY6x1
If you're still missing R's I can fill in the blanks.

5:43 pm

jlm_mi

Thanks for the help. Finally got them all. :)

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