Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, December 22, 2004

12:00 am

periwinkle

woo hoo, I am the first to post

1:55 am

BIA

C 6/7 for 39/56

7:48 am

testing

148 words this time. And only 2 A words! :)

1x8
5x7
16x6
44x5
80x4

2xA
28xC
15xD
4xL
10xM
12xO
11xP
3xQ
8xR
23xS
24xT
1xU
4xW
3xY

9:33 am

testing123

Q7/52

9:37 am

testing

At least for me, this is a tough puzzle!

I have the two 7s mentioned so far, and the C6, plus the following 6s. Anyone else got biggies?

6/36 M
6/36 Q (goes with 7/52)
6/27 S
6/21 S
6/30 S
6/24 T

9:39 am

parsec

C7/52

9:41 am

parsec

C6/33
C6/55
O6/24
S6/27

It's hard for me too--I usually get more than half the first time around.

9:43 am

parsec

oh, and M5/6 20/33

9:44 am

parsec

argh, and the C6/55 is actually worth 45.

9:51 am

parsec

found a T6/7 worth 21/32 while looking for testing's other T6. There seems to be a small theme of city names.

11:25 am

testing

Found another 6. Here's a list of 7s and 6s known so far, with hints:

7-56 C - farm dung (plural)
7-52 C - a lawn game
7-52 Q - minimum number of members required to hold a meeting (plural)
7-32 T - a fine tempered sword or steel blade (plural)

6-39 C - farm dung
6-33 C - a wild animal
6-45 C - a soft cheese made from curds
6-33 M - computer peripherals
6-36 M - a place of worship
6-24 O - a nocturnal wildcat
6-33 O - a hyothetical hydrocarbon radical
6-36 Q - minimum number of members needed to hold a meeting
6-27 S - locations known for vice and corruption
6-21 S - went alone
6-30 S - decorated, or made look good
6-27 S - a slender, pointed instrument or weapon
6-21 T - a fine tempered sword or steel blade
6-24 T - An animal, plant, or natural object serving among certain tribal or traditional peoples as the emblem of a clan or family (plural)

11:45 am

Michelle

r6/30

11:47 am

testing

Has anyone found the U yet? Any clues would be appreciated!

11:48 am

testing

Nevermind. Found it as soon as I posted. It's a 5/18.

12:20 pm

baggo

u5/18 scottish variation of whiskey
r6/30 term used in croquet

12:30 pm

baggo

found both by noodling

12:51 pm

testing

The last 6 is a T/27 (comes between the T/21 and the T/24). It's a chemical also called cresyl.

1:00 pm

testing

The 8 and remaining 7 begin with S for 36 and 50 points.

A tunic worn in the Middle Ages by a knight over his armor. (sing. and pl.)

1:05 pm

testing

I just realized that my stats don't add up properly to 148 by word length. There should be 46x5.

1:20 pm

testing

OK, for those of you that remember being maddened by the word "emfs" in a puzzle a while back, this one will get your goat even worse!!!!

I got down to missing one word - a C4. I noodled all the combos that seemed like they could be words. No luck. So then I just systematically went through every possible combo till I finally found it. It's a C4/11 and is the stupidest word I've ever seen. It comes from Welsh, so that may make it make more sense, but not in English!!!!

Anyway, I'm done. 148/2034.

1:22 pm

keadyj

okay, so some random WELSH word counts, but Lysol doesn't? This is so unfair! :-)

2:21 pm

kazik

uha uha

6:03 pm

onyx

and how is that c word
pronounced?

10:35 pm

bulldog

Been a long time since I played, I don't even have a player ranking anymore. This is still a great game though. How is Lawyer-1 feeling these days?

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