Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, July 6, 2005

9:22 am

Dr_God

Sorry again about the error this morning. I'll keep trying to iron out the problem.

9:24 am

mr me

woohoo! Thanks, Dr_God!

9:37 am

DarleenMB

Yay! Thanks Dr G!!! whew. Just in the nick of time.

9:42 am

mr me

e8/40
e7/28
i7/28
s7/28

9:46 am

mr me

s8/40

9:50 am

Uneaixoise

F7/40

10:15 am

Atalante

phew! hooray :) thanks Dr_God!

10:15 am

sprite

Today's babblestats, and thank you Dr_God, for supplying us with our daily drug ;)

8 x 7
7 x 8
6 x 18
5 x 53
4 x 94

-- 180 words --

A -- 12
E -- 9
F -- 33
H -- 1
i -- 6
K -- 4
L -- 14
M -- 15
O -- 11
S -- 35
T -- 40

10:18 am

Atalante

Words: 180

A : 12
E : 9
F : 33
H : 1
I : 6
K : 4
L : 14
M : 15
O : 11
S : 35
T : 40

4 : 94
5 : 53
6 : 18
7 : 8
8 : 7

10:18 am

Atalante

LOL snap Sprite! :)

10:19 am

sprite

lol... better safe than sorry :)

10:19 am

Atalante

m8/50

10:19 am

sprite

At least we know for sure we did a great job, Atalante... it checks out perfectly!

10:20 am

Atalante

yes! thats always nice to see!

and I totally admit I happened to see that m8/50 while doing the stats - I'm sure I'd never have got it otherwise!

10:23 am

Atalante

and I'm going to ask my computer god husband if he can write something for the whole process of stats. He's written a boggle solver before, but using a dictionary he's got on his hard drive. If he could hook that up to the one babble uses, we might just get something funky!

10:23 am

sprite

Still hunting for that one... so far no luck! Found a perfectly normal T8/40 though, a rather common verb in british spelling. :D

10:24 am

sprite

I am working on the same thing! There are solvers enough and my statsmaker is fine, but what we really want is a tool that combines the two without showing the words, right? Just put in the grid and out come the stats!

10:27 am

Atalante

Yup - we've got that - actually I could ask him to drag out the file and send it over to you if you'd like - you input the grid and out come the number of words - not sure about lengths, but thats easy enough to include. I just don't know how to hook it up to the enable dictionary

10:30 am

sprite

I would have to ask the one who made us the statsmaker - and we must get that enable dictionary somewhere. Let's see what we can do!

10:32 am

Atalante

Yes! I get the feeling its the dictionary thats the sticking point - at least from what husband has written in the past. I'll get him to drag out the files anyway, as a start! I think they're in c++ but I wouldn't swear to that!

10:36 am

leef34

i7/28 x 2

10:48 am

sprite

Another T8/40, only one letter different from the verb.

10:53 am

sprite

Atalante, could you give me a clue for that M8? Can't find it for the life of me.

10:54 am

Gail

And clues for the T8's too, please?

10:56 am

sprite

For the T8's, think of adding it all up (verb and the person doing it).

11:04 am

sprite

O7/28

11:10 am

sprite

There is a 2nd S8/40.

11:16 am

wilson27fan

Is anyone else having trouble with the site today?

11:26 am

Gail

Got the two t8 words. I can see the suffixes that the big ones will end in, but finding the whole word is a challenge.

11:33 am

modina

any clues for the 8's. i am lost on this puzzle!

11:40 am

Gail

I found an F8/55 on the a2z list that means a college of priests in ancient Rome. It's similar to the F7/40.

11:47 am

sprite

Wilson27fan: this morning there was that displaying-puzzle-error again, but that is fixed now. Only problem I have with the site, not just today but for some time now, is that it reloads quite slow every now and then. Some ads take much time reloading, I believe, and as long as it is reloading, I cannot type a new word.

12:40 pm

Atalante

LOL I'm glad its not just me that (would have had) trouble with the M8 ... its got 5 vowels ....

M8: two kinship groups based on unilateral descent that together make up a tribe or society

1:02 pm

DarleenMB

Hmmm. The f8 I found says it "pertains to declaration of war and peace; heraldic"

don't tell me there are TWO of them?!

1:13 pm

Gail

The F8 I found has no definition if you click on it, but when I googled it, it gave me that definition of college of priests in ancient Rome.

1:26 pm

Atalante

well whether there's 1 or 2 - I can't find either of them LOL

1:48 pm

EvaNadine

well, if the stats are right (which im sure they are) then there can only be one F8
:)

1:50 pm

Judi

All right... that one about the ancient college of priests is ridiculously obscure!! Not to mention (take your pick): ridiculously Latin, ridiculously Italian and/or ridiculously Heraldic. Whatever happened to MODERN English????

2:05 pm

DarleenMB

Gail, I just googled mine and its the same as yours. I found my definition from the onelook site...

2:25 pm

Judi

M8 clue: starts with the french word for "me" and ends with what men wear around their necks (when they dress up). I'll leave the dividing vowel between them a mystery.

2:31 pm

Judi

Gaaah. I quit. Too many vowel make me throw in the towel!

3:44 pm

COMFERT

hello all, thanks loads for my birthday wishes the other day. im not playing today... im slowly weening myself off babble. good luck all. have a great day. P.S I also ppassed my driving test on thursday... yes i will post warning of when i am on road. hee hee

3:52 pm

sprite

Atalante, thanx! A very obscure word, and hooray! a new one for the collection of words-I-learned-from-babble!
180 words / 4.78 / 2052 points it is for today.

4:20 pm

Atalante

Urf. I just can't do this one! I've got less than half the words and my willpower is draining away ...

4:57 pm

wilson27fan

Wow, what a tough cube

5:23 pm

wilson27fan

Whew,took me all day to finish this one,Good Luck All !!

6:02 pm

gooner

anyone got any easy clues??? not very good at this only got 4 & 5 letter words!!!

7:54 pm

periwinkle

gooner, if you look at the stats, most of the words in this grid are made up of 4 and 5 letters.

7:57 pm

periwinkle

May I have a clue for the two s/8/40.

8:01 pm

periwinkle

And the o/7/28 and i/7/28 x 2, please. This is a tough grid. I need all the help I can get.

8:05 pm

runningforhome

I only have one of those, periwinkle - an i/7/28. It's very lonely... *hint hint*

8:11 pm

periwinkle

runningforhome, thanks so much. found it right away with your great clue.

8:14 pm

runningforhome

Glad to help!
I found the other i/7/28 - a type of mineral compound, it looks like.

8:15 pm

tedybeth

peri: I have clues for 2 of them.
i7/28: sometimes called dichroite; a silicate of alumina, iron, & magnesia, having a bright blue color & luster.

s8/4-: composed of or resembling the s5/10

8:20 pm

periwinkle

tedybeth, I have several s/5/10. I am not sure which one to try. I am still working on the 1/7/28 mineral.

8:58 pm

tedybeth

periwinkle: the T5 is the one that means: a type of rock that splits into thin, smooth-surfaced layers; or a writing tablet made of a similar material; or a list of candidates running for office. :-)

9:18 pm

markschell

2HOTT hey...you have added much to the game. Thanks.

11:54 pm

runningforhome

How is 'taoist' not a word?!

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