Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, February 11, 2005

12:45 am

sprite

54 words so far and nothing surprising. C4/9 is by far the least common word I found so far, that is saying enough. ;-)
Let's see if we can find some biggies...

12:49 am

sprite

M7/36

12:49 am

metags

78 with no big ones so far either

12:51 am

sprite

The M-biggie is a chemical word, a monosaccharide.

1:00 am

metags

sweet, found it :)

1:19 am

Krys10

ooh, there's a great 7/68!

1:30 am

sprite

T8/80... still looking for that 7/68 though!

1:31 am

sprite

Ooow... found it! Nice one!

1:34 am

sprite

A7/40, grallatorial birds

1:37 am

sprite

And a really fertile S7/64!

2:00 am

sprite

130/1947 so far. I do not believe there will be very many more words, so I'll do a count of what I have and hope some of you will point me to the missing ones. ;-)

8 -- 1
7 -- 5
6 -- 14
5 -- 38
4 -- 73

------- (130 so far)

A -- 14
C -- 10
E -- 2
G -- 2
H -- 17
M -- 29
N -- 13
O -- 3
Q -- 2
R -- 8
S -- 19
T -- 4
V -- 4
Y -- 3

2:25 am

StÃ©

sprite, the end is not so far...

stats:

8 1
7 5
6 15
5 39
4 75

---- 135 ----

a 14
c 10
e 2
g 2
h 17
m 30
n 15
o 3
q 3
r 8
s 20
t 4
v 4
y 3

2:56 am

helmet

Mosh - not a word, c'mon, ever been to a Ramones gig?

5:33 am

sprite

I agree, Helmet! :)
Ste, thanks for the stats. Am stuck now at 134/4.65/2002. I just cannot find a 3rd Q for the life of me... so I am hoping this will turn out to be one of those non-enable-dictionary Q-words that we have seen before.

8:26 am

Treble99

Any clues for the T8 please.

10:08 am

sprite

T8: government or rule by God

10:33 am

Treble99

I think I have the first 4 letters

12:49 pm

Atalante

how on earth are there 14 As ion there?? LOL!

1:30 pm

Treble99

I only have 8 As and I still cant find the T8

1:50 pm

Milly

There is a third Qu word. It's a strange one and the U is the only vowel. No dictionary definition. Q5/24.

2:04 pm

qc

got it. tx Milly

2:05 pm

metags

the Q5 is a coin or monetary unit used in Saudia Arabia, and formerly in other Middle Eastern/N. African countries.

2:08 pm

Jade

do you have 91 words 4.47 1089 ?
I do so far

2:22 pm

kcbabble

"novate" is a word. In Webster's anyway.

3:28 pm

periwinkle

tried to make savy but then realized it needs to V's. :(.

3:29 pm

periwinkle

TWO V's

3:37 pm

Treble99

can I please have some more clues for the T8.

3:48 pm

Jade

try replacing that second v with an o if you haven't already

4:03 pm

dicktrickle

what the hell kind of moonman talk is that? moonman isn't a word?!

4:06 pm

sprite

Right, that makes 135 words / 4.65 / 2026 points then. WEIRD Q-word that is! Thanks for the help, Milly and metags, would never have found that one on my own.

4:34 pm

periwinkle

thanks, Jade

4:52 pm

periwinkle

can't find any Y words. HInts, please.

5:34 pm

cjustine

monogamy, anyone?

6:48 pm

Michelle

What does the 7/68 mentioned start with? I have been looking.....and looking....

9:50 pm

boatierra

It won't take 'voom'? What's up with that?!?

10:08 pm

boatierra

'Scythe,' so close...

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