Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, February 3, 2005

12:10 am

metags

a hot and heavy 7/40 :)

12:26 am

metags

must be a big grid, 100 so far and I'm usually pretty slow

12:30 am

4t8

z 6 for 45

12:34 am

metags

there are a couple of those z6s

1:03 am

metags

mmm a yummy D6/30

3:21 am

metags

7/32, may or may not be related to the 7/40 (tee hee)

3:26 am

Treble99

What do the 7s start with please.

3:27 am

pablo

a stressful 7/44

4:16 am

pablo

...and a stress-relieving 8/60 :)

7:35 am

fit1

There is a very flamboyant g6/30

8:10 am

Treble99

What does the 8 start with please.

9:52 am

fit1

h7 40 alluded to earlie by metags at 1:03

10:30 am

moviegrrl

p6/33

10:49 am

parsec

Total: 231

A 22
D 10
G 23
H 18
I 11
L 13
M 16
N 3
O 10
P 14
R 28
S 51
T 8
U 2
Z 2

8 2
7 7
6 33
5 68
4 121

10:58 am

parsec

a filthy O 6/7.

11:20 am

parsec

shoot, i counted wrong--there are 12 Ps and 30 Rs.

Sorry!

11:36 am

Treble99

Any clues for the the 2 8s please.

12:28 pm

Mary

new at this, any help on the z word or words

12:46 pm

athena

z's = both 6/45 = wild and crazy

3:13 pm

tmeses

one of the 8's relates to the rights of belligerant states in war a/8 45

3:14 pm

tmeses

belligerent, sorry.

3:36 pm

tmeses

the other is, as pablo said, stress relieving s/8/60

4:23 pm

periwinkle

Can't find either U word. Are they common words?

4:33 pm

periwinkle

I only have one 7: h/7/40.
would someone please tell me the starting letters of the other 7 letter words. Hints would be appreciated too; :)

5:07 pm

tmeses

here are the ones I have: a/44; a/36; i/32; o/32; s/32

5:44 pm

periwinkle

I can't find any of the other 7, May I please have some hints.

5:46 pm

periwinkle

Yea, found the s/8/60!

5:47 pm

periwinkle

s/8/60: calming

5:53 pm

periwinkle

What does the stressful 7/44 start with please?

6:00 pm

pablo

I hope it's a stress-free a/ 7 / 44

6:11 pm

periwinkle

Anyone willing to post hints for the 7's. I still have only one 7 and one 8 :(.

6:51 pm

starchaser

Here ya go:
A/44 - agonizing physicla or mental pain.
A/36 - a variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.
H/40 - having horns. Slang: sexually aroused.
i/32 - right or permission to enter
o/32 - excrement; dung.
o/40 - Any of several ferns of the genus O******, having erect, bipinnately compound fronds and deeply contracted fertile pinnules.
S/32 - think of a word that means: the mock orange and change one letter in it.

6:53 pm

periwinkle

starchaser, you are a doll. I have found most of them already. Thanks so much for your help.

7:07 pm

Mary

This is my second puzzle and I have a total of 1178 points. Noticed that rankings only go up to 990. Can someone explain? Thanks.

7:16 pm

starchaser

no problem periwinkle. :-D You help me and I help you :-)

7:18 pm

periwinkle

starchaser, I'll be glad to help you if I can. You usually get the words faster than me.

7:28 pm

starchaser

I've gotten a lot better at finding words since I started playing. teehee. Learning a lot of new words.

7:57 pm

Mary

Never mind - read the rules. Sorry.

8:33 pm

jan

I'm chagrined to admit that the clue for the a/8 didn't help me a bit; thank heavens the point count limited the noodling combinations...

11:15 pm

tmeses

There can be no chagrin in failing to recognize a ridiculous collection of letters that someone once declared to be a word: "methinks it is like a weasel".

11:19 pm

jan

Or very like a whale.

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