Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, November 18, 2004

12:15 am

4t8

a 7 for 44. pretty words with y today.

12:15 am

fixitfmly

8/70 ;-)

12:16 am

sprite

The x-words aren't bad either!

12:19 am

fixitfmly

7/52
7/36
7/40
time for bed! happy babbling! ;-)

12:19 am

sprite

Sweet dreams!

12:22 am

metags

there's an 8/60 relevant to the situation in Iraq.

12:22 am

4t8

7 for 56

12:25 am

4t8

a 8 for 40

12:26 am

4t8

(an "a")

12:28 am

fixitfmly

sprite:
ooh! ooh! thanks for the X comment just as I was about to sign off . . . now with two more sevens at 68 & 64 I can go happily with 65/1003 . . . there's something about hitting 1000! ;-)
Must be another huge grid.

12:28 am

sprite

:-)) I know the feeling!
Sleep well...

12:30 am

4t8

70 for 60 ('nother x). am going to sleep now before it's time to wake up. 82/1174; 'night.

12:30 am

4t8

ergh! :D 7 for 60

12:35 am

sprite

A9/72

2:04 am

sprite

2x A8/40, alt. spelling

2:47 am

sprite

S8/50

2:52 am

sprite

H8/60

3:22 am

sprite

C8/70

3:31 am

sprite

H8/70! Great word!

3:44 am

sprite

265 / 4181
Breaktime. This grid must be at least as big as yesterday's.

4:13 am

sprite

7s so far:
A36 - C52 - D40 - E36 - E40 - E68 - E64
H44 - M56 - R60 - S40 - S28 - S36 - S36
T28 - T40 - T44 - T40

6:13 am

sprite

281 / 4335
Guess I am stuck without stats. :-(
Back later!

7:25 am

testing

Complete Stats:

1x9
6x8
18x7
58x6
91x5
113x4

22xA
33xC
25xD
21xE
16xG
17xH
2xi
4xM
7xO
40xR
51xS
49xT

The X is used 8 times, but never to start a word.

8:30 am

sprite

So that is 287 total?
I'm getting close, then. Thanks for the stats!

8:37 am

Treble99

any clues for the big words would be helpful.Thanks

8:39 am

testing

Sorry, yep, 287 total.

8:45 am

sprite

done, 287 words / 5.01 / 4419 points
Fun grid!

8:48 am

sprite

The prettiest from this grid for me: the H8/70. Meaning "history considered from a feminist viewpoint or emphasizing the actions of women".

8:50 am

Atalante

I still think that H/70 is the wierdest word ...

9:09 am

sprite

Actually, we were taught that word in class, when I was a school girl, in english lit. *lol* First time it came in handy...

9:12 am

Benjake

How funny...I've heard it, but always as more of a joke than actually seeing it anywhere. Can't imagine actually using it....

9:23 am

sprite

We thought it very unfair to men that there wasn't a male counterpart. ;-)

9:23 am

testing

Isn't history as it is the male counter part? ;)

9:24 am

sprite

*lol*
That was what our teacher said!

10:18 am

Atalante

I think arthrodry should be a word. Sounds funky.

11:42 am

parsec

So for people looking for word clues, here are my long ones so far. I believe many are the same as sprite's, but a few seem different:

A/8/40 one who affirms
C/7/52 negatively charged electrode
C/8/70 plural neg. electrodes
E/7/68 jazzed about something
E/7/64 verb form of the above
H/8/70 feminist term for stuff that happened
S/7/36 the study of stationary bodies
T/7/28 said in the shortest way
T/7/40 things that connect things or hold them down
T/7/44 got together secretly

11:47 am

parsec

Oh, and M/7/56: enigmatic people.

I suck at checking plurals.

11:57 am

testing

OK, I have some others. There are 2x8/A/40 with the same meaning. Then:

8/60/H (comes after the H/70): prisoners of a sort

7/44/H - singular of H above
7/60/R - took someone's money again (government)
7/28/S - organizers

12:49 pm

Benjake

Thanks, parsec and testing. The clues were great!!

1:29 pm

Treble99

Any clues for the 9 please

1:30 pm

EvaNadine

any clues on the M words?

1:39 pm

testing

M words:

think of frankincense (this was in a puzzle a few days ago)
a type of cheese (rarely heard as far as I know)
6/7 combo - enigmatic person/people

1:40 pm

Benjake

M's: one is mentioned at 11:47
One is its singular (6)
One is something Christmasy (5)
The last one has no definition (6 letters)

1:41 pm

Benjake

I'm so ALMOST helpful :-)

1:42 pm

parsec

A/9/72, an articulation or joint between bones.

1:42 pm

parsec

sorry, i meant articulationS.

1:43 pm

EvaNadine

i cant believe i didnt see those! DOH! i actually had the cheese, just had no idea what it meant...hehe...

1:50 pm

Benjake

I didn't see any clues for the last 8: S/8/50. Can anyone give a clue for that one?
Thanks for the clue for the 9, btw.

1:50 pm

EvaNadine

its the plural of S7/36

1:54 pm

Benjake

Thanks. I had one, but not the other, S7/36, and finally tried similar words and got the 7 and the 8!! :-)

1:54 pm

parsec

heh, no wonder...I'm missing both =)

1:55 pm

EvaNadine

im still not figuring out the 9, but there are still a bunch of 7s im not getting...(got all the 8s, yay!)

2:20 pm

fit1

OOOOOOOh I love that H8. Thanks for the great clues :)

2:55 pm

testing

Found the big S words!

A clue for the other S/36 (not the stationary bodies one) is that it's a flower, usually used dried. The 8 is the plural of the 7. (The bodies S/36 is a plural of a 6.)

2:57 pm

testing

Oooh - I had tried the first 6 letters of the 9 earlier, but alas it wasn't a word by itself. Thanks for the clue - I probably wouldn't have tried that on my own.

3:11 pm

Benjake

Man. I've got 6 of the O words. Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?

od4
or4
os4x2
ot5
ot6

3:12 pm

fnurt

There is an Os5.

3:14 pm

testing

For anyone wondering, as I was, if there could possibly be a T/7/40 that comes after that T/7/44, indeed there is. It's a very simliar word to the 44. Or maybe I'm the only one who didn't think to try that! ;)

3:16 pm

Benjake

thanks, fnurt. Not sure how I missed that one when I was trying os words!

3:17 pm

bigbirdboss

Benjake, you're missing an os 5

3:22 pm

testing

A clue for the D/7/36 is "lies".

3:27 pm

testing

I don't have a meaning for the E/7/36, but it might be a plural formed the same way the A/9/72 is.

3:27 pm

testing

Sorry - that's actually for the E/7/40, not the 36.

3:31 pm

Treble99

is there an E7/36

3:31 pm

testing

The entire list of 7s was given at 4:13 am by sprite.

3:35 pm

cjustine

anyone have another clue for either the A/8/40 (one who affirms) or the S/7/36 (dried flowers)?

3:37 pm

Benjake

For the S7 flowers, take the word for what happens when clothes come out of the dryer in winter, and add an e.
:-)

3:39 pm

cjustine

aaha! thanks benjake!

3:45 pm

cjustine

anything on the affirmant? A/8/40

3:46 pm

Benjake

That one's harder to come up with...anyone else feeling creative? :-)

I'm still missing the S7/36,A7/36, and two of the E's(36 and 40). Any clues there?

3:47 pm

Treble99

I have M5/6/7 any help with the missing one

3:47 pm

testing

"I can ------ to that!"

3:48 pm

fnurt

Maybe someone can help me with S's.

Sa4x1
Sa5x2
Sc4x2
Sc5x2
Sc6x1
Sc7x1
Se4x4
So4x3
So5x2
So6x2
So7x1
St4x4
St5x7
St6x7
St7x2
St8x1

3:49 pm

cjustine

the s/7/36 has to do with your dryer clue... think physics

3:49 pm

testing

For the other S/7/36, take what comes out of the dryer and add a different letter. ;)

Got a clue for the S/7/40? For the E40 see my 3:27pm clue. I don't have anything better, unfortunately.

3:49 pm

cjustine

thanks testing!

3:52 pm

testing

I have SO4x4 and ST5x8.

3:52 pm

Benjake

Oops. I had the 36 (I even gave a clue about both earlier!!) It's the 40 I don't have either.
I'll keep noodling for the E.

3:55 pm

testing

I've got 7 of the 8 words that use the X, beginning with:

A, E, E, E, R, R, T

Does anyone know what the 8th is?

3:57 pm

Benjake

One more R (along the same lines)

4:17 pm

testing

Seriously???? I have a 5 and a 7. How many letters is the 3rd?

4:20 pm

testing

Nevermind. I found it. I don't know what it means, but it's 5 letters and not related to the other 2 R words containing x.

5:10 pm

Mal

I just cannot get the H8/70 I need another clue please

5:13 pm

periwinkle

Mal, instead of history, make the first part feminine.

6:56 pm

periwinkle

Mal, did you find the H/8/70?

8:51 pm

periwinkle

anyone else still playing?

8:54 pm

fit1

me, as usual :)

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