Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, November 11, 2004

12:10 am

testing123

R7/28

12:11 am

testing123

and R7/32 too

12:11 am

Krys10

Wordracer Stats: 117 words, one 8, twelve 7's. Remember these are usually off by a word or two.

12:12 am

testing123

Thank you Krys10. Good to know.

12:13 am

testing123

And a very good morning to you!

12:23 am

Krys10

testing123, what time zone are you in? it's still night for me, just sent my last client home twenty minutes ago.

So, I have this dorky habit when I play this game: looking for at least one word that's a repeat from yesterday's list. So far I've always been able to do it. I've already found one for today's puzzle :)

I have a sprained thumb and shouldn't be typing!

12:24 am

testing123

You are right, I think, there are always repeats! :)
I am in Europe, Holland. It is half past eight in the morning, time to feed my children and get them ready for school. Pleasant dreams to you, then!

12:27 am

testing123

G7/32 and M7/40 as well.

12:28 am

testing123

I regret 'regrets' isn't in there. :-((

12:28 am

4t8

r8/45

12:32 am

iluvtigs

negro isn't there

12:35 am

4t8

how kindly pc of babble

12:55 am

testing123

Didn't know 'negro' was an incorrect word.

1:21 am

Christine

Woo-hoo... my Baby Sistah is #10 on the list...
WTG, Marianne.

2:53 am

granadan

s7 28

6:55 am

fit1

e7 28 to plead

7:23 am

Mal

Hi Christine, I surprised myself on the rankings but I shall never be as good as sprite.

7:27 am

Mal

Christine meant to say my clever Daughter in Law Liz is doing very good as well. Clever family all round

7:49 am

fit1

r7 28 withdraw, pull back

7:52 am

fit1

r6/7 member (s) of university governing body

8:13 am

Treble99

any clues for the R8 please.

8:59 am

stevedallas

something to dissolve substances

9:01 am

Krys10

Good evening testing123!

I think negro would be omitted because it's typically capitalized.

I've been culling clues - I've got some sevens to hunt! But I have R7-32 x2 and R7-28 x2.

9:27 am

Ashy & Sini

Moooi :D

9:39 am

Ashy & Sini

Hi Ashy, welcome - quite a hard grid today. Find some words for us, please!
S

9:41 am

sprite

Mal, *blush* it is only because of all the help here and all the wonderful clues that I get the opportunity to finish a grid. Sometimes there are words I really never would have thought up myself without help. :-)

9:46 am

fit1

s7 28 more strict

9:57 am

sprite

7 q-words already! This is fun!

9:59 am

sprite

T7/32 encampment

10:03 am

Krys10

Anyone out there with detailed stats? I tried to get them myself but couldn't figure out a good way to do it without reading all the words...

10:05 am

sprite

Oh, what a nice E7/32! I am even more enthusiastic to find this one.

10:08 am

sprite

T7/40 at that place

10:10 am

sprite

G7/44 females of the red grouse

10:10 am

onyx

sprite should edit crossword puzzles, keep them coming!!!btw thanks)

10:12 am

sprite

*lol*
This is so much more fun! I used to make crosswords, actually, for a while... but in dutch.

10:12 am

Krys10

sprite, i never would have thought to try that T7-40!
I think we have all the biggies now:
E7-32
E7-28
G7-44
G7-32
M7-40
R7-32x2
R7-28x2
R8-45
S7-28
T7-32
T7-40

10:18 am

sprite

Drop the T and you have another one... a 6 of course. I like this grid!

10:21 am

sprite

A really strange M5/26 that was in another grid, recently:
aromatic gum resin, aka balm of Gilead. I'll never forget that one, had to look for it too long that first time! ;-))

10:22 am

stevedallas

got my 100 Im a happy camper now

10:26 am

stevedallas

just think frankincense

10:27 am

testing

Thanks stevedallas. That made me get it much faster than the gum arabic clue would have!

10:28 am

sprite

Took a print of this grid to work today... had to sit through a boring course. It helped! If the wordracer stats of Krys10 are right, I need one other word... but which???
I'll do a letter count.

10:31 am

parsec

Hey, just dropping by to print the grid, so no time to do the stats. But if someone else wants to, the way I avoid seeing them is to squint while copying into a word document, then change the font to wingdings. That way I can count starting symbols without reading the words.

10:32 am

sprite

I have this so far, one missing:
A x5
E x13
G x16
H x11
M x4
N x4
O x3
Q x7
R x15
S x10
T x25
Y x3

Total 116.

10:33 am

sprite

Parsec, that is brilliant!

10:40 am

sprite

Found it, I forgot a plural. The list needs one more T.
117 words / 4.97 / 1625 points

10:47 am

sprite

word lengths:
8 x 1
7 x 12
6 x 19
5 x 35
4 x 50

10:52 am

Krys10

parsec, that's so smart! I will try the wingdings thing this evening when we have a new grid.

11:10 am

Ashy & Sini

Sprite, care to hint those q's? We've only got 2!
S

11:13 am

sprite

The Qs go: 6-4-4-5-6-5-4.
Two words for inquiry, a verb (stop)and some nouns.
One plural, primitive grain mill(s).

11:27 am

fnurt

I have 3 N's (4,6,4) and 2 O's (4,5). Need one of each!

11:30 am

Michelle

There's a ne5

11:31 am

sprite

N's: 4-5-6-4
O's: 4-5-6

11:46 am

fnurt

Last letter for me...

Te4x4
Te5x2
Te6x1
Te7x1
Th4x2
Th5x3
Th6x1
Th7x1
To4x3
To5x2
To6x1
Tr5x1

11:48 am

Ashy & Sini

Thanks, got the grain mill(s), google helped a bit. So I see we have the last 4. Looking for more. S

11:49 am

sprite

Te4 x5

11:51 am

sprite

Te5 x4

11:53 am

sprite

If you miss the 1st Q, try oldfashioned/classical spelling.

11:54 am

Ashy & Sini

Whoo, found them all. Thank you sprite! It helps a lot when you know the alphabetical order. S

12:15 pm

fnurt

Still missing that last T...

12:21 pm

testing

TH5x4

12:33 pm

Mal

sprite just returned to the grid I still think your the "Bees knees"even with help I dont always get the words. Take a bow

12:34 pm

sprite

Sorry, forgot to mention the Th5 x4. Door rang...

12:36 pm

sprite

If I'd blush any more vehemently, my head would explode, Mal... but thanks for the compliment!

12:37 pm

Mal

Your welcomed sprite.

12:48 pm

Treble99

cant find the red grouse

12:52 pm

onyx

the real winner of the 2000 us election plus a female chicken minus a letter in the middle

12:56 pm

testing

Are there really 4xTE5??? It's my last word, and I'm stymied. I have the bird, the plural camping gear and the upper dorsal surface.

12:56 pm

testing

Doh! Found it. I was missing the plural of the other spelling of the bird. How obvious!!!! Same score as sprite.

12:59 pm

Treble99

great clue thanks, clues for the other 7s and 8 would be helpful

2:09 pm

athena

any hints for the M7-40? :-)

2:15 pm

Treble99

unit of land in holland or south africa

3:30 pm

TsHMS

yankee doodle...

3:31 pm

TsHMS

plooper throzle

3:38 pm

TsHMS

R7/28= best word

3:38 pm

Aree

tutu man

3:55 pm

TsHMS

1 o = shrek

4:02 pm

fit1

any clues for the r7 28 that isn't the one that means to withdraw?

4:49 pm

periwinkle

Is there a clue for the 8 letter word?

5:09 pm

bigbirdboss

The 8 for 45: a prefix plus an a6 for 21

5:12 pm

bigbirdboss

R7 for 28: the inner lining of the 4th stomach of calves (plural)

6:02 pm

xena

thanks bigbirdboss. found it.

6:03 pm

xena

the 8 for 45.

6:05 pm

xena

can't get the M7/40. tried all sorts of combinations of letters.

6:25 pm

dolphin

G7/32

9:06 pm

fit1

re 7.8.6.77.4.6.5.4.7.4
ro 5 x1. Please, what am I missing

10:54 pm

dolphin

I got an M5/26
what stevedallas said--think frankincense

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