Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, March 9, 2005

1:03 am

bigbirdboss

A/7/40, L/7/44

1:06 am

bigbirdboss

R/7/44

3:02 am

carolecs

M/6/33/7/48

3:52 am

bigbirdboss

P/8/70

3:54 am

Atalante

A7/36

3:56 am

Atalante

S7/44

4:45 am

dawny

any clues on the p8/70

5:17 am

Atalante

another A7/36

5:45 am

bigbirdboss

P/6/70: discussed terms of truce with the enemy

5:46 am

bigbirdboss

oops, that's P/8/70

5:47 am

Atalante

E7/44

5:49 am

Atalante

duh - that P8 is so obvious when you know what you're looking for!

6:49 am

dawny

the second letter to the p8 please

6:54 am

carolecs

i too am stumped on the P8 even with the clue

7:20 am

Atalante

Pa

7:21 am

baggo

here are stats....
8-2
7-11
6-31
5-56
4-77

177 words

a-15
d-23
e-13
f-10
i-3
l-13
m-26
o-5
p-18
q-1
r-17
s-17
w-13
y-3

ste or sprite i hope they are right...check my husband got them for us....he doesn't babble...

7:29 am

Atalante

Oh gosh, and I thought I was doing well ... only 67 more words to go!

10:02 am

sprite

I have a late start, but let's see how far I can get tonight! ;-) Looks promising for sure.

10:07 am

sprite

baggo, your husband did a great job! Thanks, you both, for the stats. :-)

10:10 am

Mary

Why wont it take yearly? Am I not seeing straight?

10:11 am

sprite

Because you try to use the same Y twice for 'yearly'.

10:35 am

sprite

P8/65

10:35 am

Mary

Duh - dumb.

10:40 am

sprite

:-D Mary... happens to me all the time!

11:16 am

sprite

Another R7/44

11:18 am

Treble99

I'm getting better at finding As and Es

11:20 am

sprite

Great, Treble99 ;-)
I haven't found the E7 yet.

11:20 am

Treble99

I have it if you need a clue

11:28 am

sarcasticah

Clues are always good!

11:31 am

Treble99

E7/44 butterfly or a moth

12:17 pm

Sikozu

I've only gotten 37 words and 343 points, not doing so well... Oh, well =)

12:19 pm

Gail

103 words, 1520. I am getting stumped, though.

12:21 pm

tedybeth

Is it possible for a brain to turn to silly putty? Only 49 words ....

12:21 pm

Sikozu

Hey, slowly but surely. This is kind of hard when you don't speak english as your mother tongue. But I'm sure there's many besides me. Heh.

12:25 pm

Gail

C'mon Tedybeth, you can do it. You finished right behnd me yesterday.

12:25 pm

sprite

Must be possible... even with Treble's clue I am blind to that E7. Guess I am having my stupid day.

12:27 pm

testing

Treble's clue is a bit misleading. The E7 is a type of butterfly or moth, but does not mean butterfly or moth. Consider a monarch (not the butterfly kind).

12:27 pm

Gail

I can't find the e word, either. Nothing seems to work.

12:28 pm

sprite

Possible that my brain has turned to silly putty, I mean. And yes, Sikozu, there are more not-native speakers here; I am one of them (from Holland).

12:31 pm

Sikozu

testing, that was a good clue, got it instantly. Thanks. And this is great for learning new words sprite. You seem to be doing well, always. =)

12:34 pm

sprite

It's just that I am a kind of pitbull terrier ;-)
Just don't know how to quit before I have found all words. Learning new words is certainly part of the fun for me as well!

12:36 pm

Sikozu

I enjoy it too, very much. but sometimes it is really hard for me to find the longer words. I also like to keep on for a long, long time. If I only had the time.

12:40 pm

tedybeth

Yeah! got the e7. Thanks, testing, the clue really helped!

12:42 pm

sprite

For me too, testing, thanks! If I had been any less stupid, it would have jumped out of the grid for me.

12:44 pm

Gail

I got it, too. And I speak English. Well, in Vernont, sort of English. I have trouble following the words that twist all around.

12:49 pm

Sikozu

I'm totally missing the P8... Although I found a dozen other words while searching for it.

12:53 pm

testing

Sikozu - Both P8s are basically the same word (past tense of a verb, and the one who did it). this clue may not make sense to a non-native english speaker, but think about pirates.

12:56 pm

Sikozu

I get the past tense, I guess I'm just tired and can't just see it. I'm going to try anyway, thanks.

12:57 pm

sprite

With thanks to a visiting friend: i7/32.
He claims it is a military term, used to describe the curved path a bullet will take when fired. I quote: "If you don't keep the i7 curve in mind, you will miss your target."

12:59 pm

Sikozu

Thank you testing, finally got them!

1:42 pm

kitz75

got one.. d/6/33

1:58 pm

sarcasticah

And a d/6/36

4:03 pm

Mary

The P8/65, can I have a clue please?
I have the other P8/70

4:09 pm

Michelle

It goes along with the other p8.

4:13 pm

Mary

Duh, got it, thanks

5:21 pm

PLH

How ironic that Pirates of the Caribbean is playing and I just heard the word for the p/8s!

5:30 pm

periwinkle

Having trouble finding F words. Just have one: f/4/9. Help, please.

5:32 pm

periwinkle

Now have 5 F words. Still 5 short though.

9:30 pm

thesnark

Does anyone have another clue for the i7/32? I'm not good with military terms...also, any clues for the Q? I think I've gone blind...

9:36 pm

dicktrickle

the q/4/11 is a small cow, i think...the i/7 is not in dictionary.com, but if you take an i prefix and add it to what you have to do to hit a moving target, you should get it

9:49 pm

thesnark

Thanks dicktrickle for the help!

10:03 pm

dicktrickle

no problem.....what is the last 7?
a x 3, e x 1, i x 1, l x 1, m x 1, r x 2, s x 1....and what??

11:24 pm

boatierra

Speaking of learning new words...I wish there was a version of this game in Spanish and Portuguese, (and maybe Esperanto). Span and Port are the two languages I study on the side. English is my first.

Of course, then I'd want a version in Hawaiian, Latin, Romanian, French, Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, Irish and Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Greek, Sanskrit, and just about any other language out there. Navajo would be difficult, but I bet it would be doable :)

11:47 pm

boatierra

Swirler - a female whirling dervish :)

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