Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, November 17, 2004

12:08 am

iluvtigs

an 8 for 50

12:20 am

marigold

7 for 36

12:22 am

marigold

7 for 44

12:23 am

4t8

9 for 78

12:29 am

marigold

8 for 60

12:30 am

marigold

There must be alot of words in this one to. I got 100 words in 20 minutes

12:30 am

4t8

another 8 for 50

1:17 am

sprite

8/45

1:32 am

cz

Going to bed with 1x9, 6x8, 8x7
107/4.83/1464

1:34 am

sprite

2x 7/32
7/40
another 2x 7/36

1:34 am

sprite

Good night to you!

1:41 am

sprite

a 3rd 8/50

1:43 am

sprite

And a 3rd 7/32

1:46 am

sprite

and yet another 7/32 - 8/45 combo.

2:03 am

goforit

Babblestats
4x117
5x75
6x42
7x33
8x13
9x3
========
283
========

a26
d29
e11
g23
i13
J1
L13
n15
p31
r9
s32
t44
u9
v10
w17

2:04 am

sprite

Goforit, you are an angel! Quite a grid, this one...

2:07 am

goforit

the list looked like more than 283 words ... i was expecting it to come out in the 400 range.
Now i'm tempted to play ...

2:09 am

sprite

Yes, this looks manageable - but only just! ;-)

2:30 am

sprite

Starting letters of the biggies I found so far:
L8/50, L8/45
P8/50
P8/60 - 9/78
R8/60 - 9/78
S8/50
T8/45

2:46 am

shortseer

the BiggieStats:

9's: P, R, U
8's: A,E,G,i,L,L, P,P,P R,S,S,T

I've been fiddling with my report so my stats give me that info (first time i've tried it out, so not positive if it's right)

... now all i have to do is find the words ...

2:48 am

sprite

*lol* Nice experiment, shortseer. Gives me something to aim for, and a direction to look into... great!

3:09 am

sprite

i8/45

3:17 am

sprite

Yeah, thanks to your list, shortseer: found the U9/60. Spotless.

3:19 am

shortseer

yes, just got it too

3:30 am

sprite

A7/32 - 8/45 combo

3:48 am

sprite

E7/32 - 8/45 combo

Looks like your experiment works like a charm, shortseer.

3:56 am

shortseer

I think it's going to prove very useful for the letters with high word counts. It's certainly helping me work through the T's :

T4 x19
T5 x10
T6 x9
T7 x5
T8 x1
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44

3:59 am

sprite

Am looking for the G8 now. This is much more fun than yesterday!

4:06 am

sprite

G7/32 - 8/45 combo, same ending as the A7/8.

4:15 am

sprite

Found another P8/50, a word I did not know. A variety of feldspar. The first 5 letters are the same as in the other P8/50, but the words are not related. I think.

4:23 am

sprite

And the final 8: S8/55; opposed or resistant to change. Also a new word for me.

4:27 am

shortseer

i'm still working on the T's
6 more T's to go ...

4:29 am

sprite

Just joined you, but am way behind in the Ts. Found 4 T7s though, one more to go.

4:50 am

sprite

Got all the Ts, thanks to your list.

4:50 am

sprite

200 words, 3334 points. Time for a break!

6:30 am

sprite

A quite strange S6/21 meaning "defensive earthwork around hollow". Add one letter to an S5/12 meaning "Abyssinian ox".
Educative grid today, at least for me!

6:31 am

sprite

or is that "educational"?

6:53 am

sprite

283 words / 5.15/ 4518 points

6:59 am

fit1

p9 Begging

7:11 am

Rita

great going guys

8:04 am

EvaNadine

ive got a decent start on the shorter words...also got a 7, 2 8s and a 9. any clues on meanings for the longer ones?

8:28 am

sprite

A7/8: purine base(s) (chemical words)
E7/8: tropical tree(s) and shrub(s) with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood
G7: a liver enzyme
G6/7/8/7: purine base(s), alt.spelling
i8: to swamp
L7/8: border(s)
L7/8: inclination(s)
P7/8: flower(s) or color(s)
P8: variety of feldspar. The first 5 letters are the same as in the other P8/50, but the words are not related.
P8/9: appeal(s)
R8/9: eagerness(es) for plunder
S8: status
S8: opposed or resistant to change
T7/8: straight line(s) or plane(s) that touch(es) a curve or curved surface at a point but do(es) not intersect it at that point (math term)
U9: spotless

8:32 am

EvaNadine

ha! wow! thanks bunches sprite!! i wasnt expecting all that!

8:35 am

sprite

*lol*
I realised that the log didn't contain many clues, only points and wordlengths. Good hunting!

8:37 am

sprite

Oh, and maybe a better clue for the S6/21: if you use another first letter, you could park aircraft in it. ;-)

8:56 am

Treble99

I cant find the E7 and E8, I can never find E words.

9:02 am

sprite

Treble99, try starting with the greek prefix for 'good' or 'sweet'.

9:14 am

Treble99

great clues sprite, thanks

10:17 am

parsec

E6/7 stopping point(s)

10:44 am

EvaNadine

trying to enter the S5/12 (abyssinian ox) and it tells me its not a valid word. anyone else have this trouble?

10:45 am

EvaNadine

never mind...guess i had a different spelling!

10:46 am

Treble99

cant find the liver enzyme

10:47 am

sprite

The spelling with A at the end is valid.

11:25 am

EvaNadine

methinks my brain is falling asleep...hehe...

11:26 am

sprite

For the liver enzyme: start with sea bird dung, then change the last letter into a typical ending for enzymes.

11:48 am

setting_sun

thanks sprite

11:59 am

Treble99

thanks sprite

3:52 pm

fit1

I don't know if anyone hit this yet. There is an i8 that means flood (not water flood)

5:12 pm

shortseer

The A-Stats:

A4 x12
A5 x7
A6 x4
A7 x2
A8 x1
====
26

5:40 pm

periwinkle

is there a clue for the A/8?

5:54 pm

shortseer

At 08:28 am sprite said...
A7/8: purine base(s) (chemical words)

5:56 pm

periwinkle

thanks, I can't get it from that clue. will keep looking.

5:57 pm

shortseer

i'm still working on it too

6:07 pm

shortseer

A7/A8 sing./pl.
A major purine base; in animal and plant cells it usually occurs condensed with ribose or deoxyribose to form the nucleosides adenosine and deoxyadenosine.

Heh. My last words in the grid. I was fixated on putting in adenosine ... i should have been looking lower down the building-block food chain.

8:38 pm

periwinkle

marigold, are you still playing?

10:37 pm

dicktrickle

damn....168 words so far.....where are the 121 more?

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