Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, December 8, 2004

12:24 am

Krys10

BabbleStats

10 - 1 (woo hoo!)
9 - 0
8 - 5
7 - 13
6 - 38
5 - 79
4 - 101
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total: 237
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A - 22
B - 25
D - 22
E - 9
H - 28
i - 3
N - 3
O - 9
R - 25
S - 41
T - 30
U - 7
W - 13

12:45 am

iluvtigs

got the 10

12:45 am

iluvtigs

119 points

3:05 am

Krys10

Ok, *gotta* go to bed. Starter list for teh biggies:
10/119 i
8/70 i
8/75 S
8/55 O
(two eights missing)
7/32 A
7/44 E
7/44 H
7/28 N
7/36 O
7/40 O
7/56 W
(six sevens missing)
Too tired to come up with definition hints now - in the morning!

7:24 am

Atalante

1 to add ...
S7/44

8:19 am

EvaNadine

a second W7/56

8:35 am

Treble99

I cant find the I 10

8:40 am

EvaNadine

i still have a lot of them to find, but i havent found the 10 yet either

9:24 am

Lains

10 for 119 - i

9:29 am

Serenade

How does this work? Can I use any tiles? Do they have to be in order? Or can they be completely selected from random on the board?

9:43 am

EvaNadine

serenade - the tiles you use in each word must be touching (top, bottom, sides, diagonally) and you can only use each tile once per word

9:46 am

Serenade

thanks, I found the rules.

9:47 am

Serenade

when you say you haven't found the 10 does that mean there's a 10 letter word?

9:52 am

Krys10

Check out the first posting, seranade. it lists how many words of each length and how many words of each starting letter.

the i10/119 is related to the S8/75.

9:53 am

iluvtigs

yes it is worth 119 points

9:53 am

Krys10

... and an S7/52.

9:54 am

Serenade

thanks for the help

10:12 am

Krys10

i10/119 relates to 8/70i

i8/70 put away a blade
S8/75 put away a blade
O8/55 stubborn, hardened
(two eights missing)

A7/32 several definitions: 1) resembling gold 2) having ears
E7/44 put underground
H7/44 1) encouraged or 2) what the tin man aspired to be
N7/28 (pl) characteristics or qualities
O7/36 1) more indirect or 2) an angle closer to 180 deg.
O7/40 (arch) to have penned superior literature
S7/44 (for most of us) moved toward the equator
S7/52 related to S8/75
W7/56 ranted ?
W7/56 squirmed
(three sevens missing)

10:23 am

EvaNadine

thanks for the clues Krys!

10:44 am

parsec

A 7/32: supplied with oxygen

10:46 am

Daisy

The other 8s are variously spelled courtesans.

10:55 am

testing

And there is a 7/H/40 that goes with them. (The 8s are both H/55).

11:20 am

EvaNadine

ok, i need to work on all 3 of the "courtesan" words. also need to keep working on the N7, the )7/40, and the S7/52. any news on the last 7?

11:45 am

Ricey

4.93/3643

12:14 pm

Krys10

Found all the H words - thank you, Forthright's Phrontistery! Ricey, what was that last 7 we were looking for?

12:42 pm

EvaNadine

krys: id never heard of that site before, just checked it out and its fab!!

12:43 pm

parsec

So I am short one elusive B. Can anyone help?

Ba4x7, Ba5x4, Ba6
Be4x3, Be5
Bo4x2, Bo5
Bu4x2, Bu5x2, Bu6

12:53 pm

testing

Amazingly, I can! I'm still missing 6 Bs, but you're missing a BH4. :)

1:06 pm

parsec

ah, didn't occur to me the second letter might not be a vowel. Thanks, testing!

1:09 pm

EvaNadine

i could use some help on the N7/28, O7/40, and the S7/52...havent found any of the Ns yet, actually...

1:14 pm

testing

If those are the only big ones you're missing, then you've already got the S/7/52. It's a part of another word. ;)

For the O - consider a contest among authors (akin to a pie-eating type of contest). The winner would be said to have "O******" the others. It's a bit archaic, but does make sense and isn't totally obscure.

The N is plural of an N6 which is a very common, everday type of word. Think outdoors. The third N is an N5/10 that appears in these puzzles pretty often.

1:14 pm

parsec

all i have of those is the S. Think about how one carries a sword.

1:26 pm

EvaNadine

ahh, i had the S6 version of that word...didnt know about the variable in spelling!

1:30 pm

EvaNadine

ok, got the O7, now i just gotta work on the Ns...none of them are popping out at me, so i think i gotta noodle! hehe

1:30 pm

testing

I believe the 6 is the noun and the 7 is the verb.

1:34 pm

EvaNadine

ahh! finally got the N6/7 combo! one of those *DUH* moments! gonna noodle around for the N5 now!

1:35 pm

parsec

The last 7 is a D/44--it's an obscure spelling of an obscure cereal grain that's shown up here before--play with a gloomy D4 to find it.

1:36 pm

parsec

(and three shorter variation(s))

1:39 pm

testing

BTW - My 6/7 verb/noun statement below is about the S words - not the Ns, in case it confuses anyone. :)

1:41 pm

EvaNadine

ahh, that makes sense then, testing :)

1:50 pm

EvaNadine

hrmmm...this D7 is gonna drive me bonkers, isnt it? hehe

1:57 pm

Krys10

my goodness, you guys have been productive over the last hour!
I'm close to finishing the H's and the O's: OBx3, OUx5 (missing one)
HA4x7, HA5x5
HE4x2, HE5x3, HE6x2, HE7x2, HE8x2
Hi4x1, HU4x1
(missing three)
Can anyone help?

1:59 pm

parsec

There are Oux6--one does not share the others' third letter

2:00 pm

testing

HA4x8, HA5x6, HE4x3

You're missing an OU. I have 1x5, 4x6 and 1x7.

2:04 pm

Krys10

Much thanks to you both!

2:05 pm

parsec

i thought there were only five eights?

2:06 pm

parsec

sorry, nevermind, i can't read.

2:06 pm

testing

Yep.

2:06 pm

testing

Hee hee - that was in response to your question - I'm not saying you can't read! :-D

2:18 pm

testing

OK, I'm going to do a dump of all the letters that I'm still missing something. I'm only missing 1 or 2 of each, so hopefully they'll help someone. And hopefully someone can help me. :)

AA4
AB4x4, AB5x3, AB6
AE6, AE7
AR4x3
AU4, AU5x4, AU6, AU7

DE4, DE5x2, DE6
DO4x4, DO5x4, DO6x3, DO7
DU4x3, DU5x2

RA4x6, RA5x3
RE4, RE5x3, RE6
RH4, RH5
Ri4, Ri5
RU4x5

SA4x2, SA5
SE4x3, SE5, SE6x2
SH4x2, SH5x4, SH6x2, SH7, SH8
SN4, SN4x2, SN6x2
SO4, SO5, SO6x2, SO7
SU4x4, SU5x4, SU6x3

TA4x7, TA5x3
TE4, TE5, TE6
TH5, TH6x2
Ti4x2, Ti5, Ti6
TR5x2
TU4x2, TU5
TW4x2, TW5

2:30 pm

Krys10

You're missing an AR5. you've given me what I needed too, A-wise.

2:35 pm

Krys10

RA5x4

2:38 pm

testing

And that led me to an RA6. :)

2:46 pm

Krys10

I'm missing a ton of S's, but I have SA5x2

3:05 pm

Krys10

Found the last D: DU4x4

3:07 pm

testing

Doh - That was easy once you said so. Why don't they appear the first time you look?????

So, that leaves for me a T5 and a T6 that add up to 39 points.

3:18 pm

testing

Nope, make that 38 points.

3:20 pm

testing

TU5x2

3:21 pm

testing

and TA6.

3:52 pm

Treble99

can anyone give a clue for the AU6 and Au7 please.

4:38 pm

Atalante

Treble99 - this is a golden clue ...

10:44 pm

Treeshar

Bah! I have a paper due on Friday!

11:34 pm

Achates

treeshar! papers are for suckers. especially when there's babbling to be done.

11:41 pm

Treeshar

Well, my paper is babble, so there you go. If I were to take my paper, and put it up in a 5 x 5 grid, how many coherent throughts do y'all think you could make out of it?

11:42 pm

kcbabble

rfnh3cuyf br4fvtcuvrewxcyt3aerwcqytderxcwtyxret3wrecrev

11:43 pm

kcbabble

qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm7yq3b7134 z

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