Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, February 21, 2005

12:05 am

Krys10

Wordracer says only 43 words in this one! No 8 letter words, only one 7. (These stats are not always accurate - perhaps someone will do the detailed stats)

12:08 am

Krys10

T 7/56

12:20 am

metags

maybe Babble is giving us a break after yesterday's monster? :)

W6/63, 6/72

12:24 am

ruth

feeling tired though fatigue w5 gives u 40 can i have a clue 4 the w6 and the 7 please

12:54 am

metags

T7: person with very light colored hair

W6x2: refer to breathing difficulties

1:14 am

sprite

Ah-oh... you know it is bad when clues are given for 6-words ! Missed playing, though I had a wonderful (kidsfree) holiday - let's see if we can find all 43.

1:21 am

metags

welcome back, sprite! You would have liked yesterday's 300+ word grid -- this one is not as fun. But there's always another big one in the near future :)

1:24 am

sprite

Thanks, metags! :D
Too bad I missed such a huge one, but you are right, there will be more. I found 12 words so far and they are not coming easy... such small grids are a challenge all by themselves ;-)

1:44 am

sprite

T6/36: north american bird, also called chewink, ground robin.

2:11 am

dicktrickle

i'm at 26 words...547 points is not bad...but no WAY am i finding 17 more words

2:14 am

sprite

30/621 here... and about stuck.

2:19 am

metags

same here at 32/605, only looking at the grid sporadically to see if a fresh look once in a while would help ;-)

2:20 am

dicktrickle

well, the good news is that we have at least a few words that are different because i have 30/608 now

2:27 am

sprite

A funny W5/22: tropical marine food and game fish
I am close now, at 42 words, so I'll list what I have.

A -- 3
D -- 1
E -- 1
F -- 3
G -- 6
H -- 8
O -- 3
P -- 1
T -- 2
W -- 12
Y -- 2

------ so far 42/762

7 -- 1 (T)
6 -- 3 (T,W,W)
5 -- 10
4 -- 28

3:13 am

sprite

Found another H-word, 4/13.
Scottish word for meeting place, has appeared in grids before.
43 words / 4.44 / 775 points.

3:54 am

Treble99

Could I have another clue for the T7 please, cant get it from that one. Thanks

6:50 am

StÃ©

Sprite, your stats are OK ( 43 words)!

7:16 am

Treble99

I have A4/10 can anyone help with the missing ones please.

7:22 am

sprite

Thank you, Ste!
So then we have:

H -- 9
4 -- 29

Glad I don't have to hunt for some obscure missing word ;)
I found the Scottish word hard enough, although I had seen it before.

7:24 am

sprite

Treble99: for the 7, think of that on which those blond hairs are attached. It is a compound word.
The As go: 5/14 - 4/5 - 4/10.

8:58 am

Treble99

Thanks sprite I will try and find the As I found the T7.

9:04 am

Treble99

I have F4/7 and F4/10 can you help with the missing one also are there 9H words. Thank You

9:28 am

Treble99

I have the F word now just missing 1H I think.

9:38 am

Atalante

yes there are 9H words

9:40 am

Treble99

Thanks.

9:42 am

Atalante

2x5, 7x4

9:58 am

fit1

I'm down to 1 h and 1 w. Here's what I have: wa4, wh4x4, wh5x2, wh6x2, wo4, wo5x1
he4x2, he5, ho4x3, ho5, hu4. Can anyone help me end the misery :)

10:32 am

Krys10

fit1, I just finished my H's - I have ho4x4.

10:33 am

Krys10

All the HO4's are fairly common words except for the Scottish one sprite referred to earlier.

10:38 am

fit1

Thanks Krys. I had the hard one, and i was missing one I thought I had typed in earlier. Apparantly I didn't. So now i'm down to a w, which I think is a w5

10:48 am

fit1

I found the last double. And I'll say that word because I am done, done, done.

10:48 am

fit1

oops, that should read I found the last w

10:48 am

Krys10

fit1, it's a WA word, a fish word described earlier, and I felt like crowing it when I found it!

10:51 am

sprite

fit1, you are missing the W5 I mentioned at 02.27 am. It comes before all the other Ws and I found it by trying other startingletters for a well known Y5 email service ;-)

10:52 am

sprite

Ah, well... better late than never. Congrats for finishing!

10:56 am

Krys10

Thanks for coming to our rescue, sprite. I'm done! I'm gone!

11:47 am

dicktrickle

i seem to be missing a g/5....i have ga/5 x 2....can anyone help?

11:50 am

dicktrickle

got it by counting points....it's a g5/14 if you're curious

5:02 pm

periwinkle

I found an h/4/13 with no meaning in dictionary.com. Is it the scottish word?

5:03 pm

periwinkle

It is. I remember it from other puzzles.

7:04 pm

periwinkle

I can't find the D word. Hints please.

7:10 pm

Gail

I have been looking for the d word all day, can't find it at all...

7:20 pm

periwinkle

It's probably some obscure word we have never heard of.

7:26 pm

Gail

I don't believe there is a word. I just can't find a thing.

7:28 pm

Gail

It's a 4 letter word. I am only missing two words. The d and one g/4.

7:36 pm

Gail

d word: A lateen rigged sailing vessel used by arabs

7:41 pm

Alti

No there is a D word, though it's one that I've never heard before. Got it by luck only, it sure as heck wasn't skill. Let me see if I can give a clue that will help you...Here is the definition off of the Dictionary.com site.
n. Nautical

Any of various lateen-rigged sailing vessels, typically having a raised poop, a raked stem, and one or two masts, used along the coasts of the Indian Ocean.
n : a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs

That's the best I can do to help you without giving it away.

7:42 pm

Alti

Ah someone beat me to the definition. :D Must have posted while I was looking it up for you all. :D

7:43 pm

Gail

Once I saw the word, I knew it. I have seen the word before.

I'm done, first one I finished completely. Of course, it was a small one and it took me all day. Good thing the boss doesn't care what I do.

8:27 pm

Xanika

Can someone please tell me how you know how many words there are in each puzzle? Where does it tell you? How do you know when you are done?
Thanks

8:27 pm

Xanika

What is 'wordracer'?

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