Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, July 27, 2005

12:00 am

Alastyr

First message. Yay.

R4/4. :P

12:03 am

alley

SECOND!

12:09 am

alley

YAY! i got a z

12:10 am

wilson27fan

U/7/60

12:13 am

alley

thanks. got it:)

12:18 am

wilson27fan

Only 97 Words :
A - 11
C-11
E- 3
F-8
H-9
I - 5
N-7
O - 2
R - 7
T - 21
U - 9
Y - 1
Z - 3
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9 - 1
8 - 2
7 - 3
6 - 13
5 - 28
4 - 50

3:42 am

carolecs

R/7 28

3:50 am

carolecs

U/7 40

4:00 am

carolecs

Z/6 45

4:19 am

Wendrie

Y 6/27

4:35 am

Wendrie

u 8/40

4:36 am

Wendrie

u 9/72

4:58 am

carolecs

Wendrie, could I please have a hint for your 2 U's please.

5:09 am

Wendrie

presuming you mean the two I listed? They are alphabetically before the other long Us listed by others.

5:11 am

Wendrie

one was me noodling (seemed to remember an alternative spelling) and the other is a tarry substance used in waterproof coatings.

5:14 am

carolecs

yes that's what I mean't that's why I asked for a hint for your 2 U's, thanks.

6:13 am

carolecs

Got them wendrie, more everyday words from babble!!!, lol.

6:59 am

Uneaixoise

C6/42

8:27 am

leef34

C8/80 and C6/33

9:05 am

Uneaixoise

who knew it had a name?! thanks!

9:14 am

Judi

Anyone have clues for the 9 or the two 8s? Thanks in advance to those of you with larger brains than mine.

9:17 am

Uneaixoise

A natural black bitumen used in the manufacture of acid, alkali, and waterproof coatings

9:18 am

Uneaixoise

that's for the U9 already described by Wendrie . . .

9:24 am

Uneaixoise

C8/80 medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head

9:43 am

Doogle

Actually, the tarry substance is the U8, not the U9. Any hints on the U9? Thanks!

9:45 am

Uneaixoise

oh, sorry--the U9 is the same but with one added letter

9:47 am

Doogle

Thanks, Uneaixoise. Tried that, but will try harder!

Bummer that "chianti" isn't allowed. It ought to be.

9:50 am

Judi

Tarry substance eludes. Seems like no matter what I put together, it doesn't work. Damn U's anyway.

9:59 am

Doogle

Judi - the U8/U9 is named for the mountain range from which it is mined.

10:00 am

Uneaixoise

popped right up in google (from my definition posted 9:17am)

10:01 am

Uneaixoise

wow, D, you really went the extra mile! :-)

10:06 am

Judi

Finally got them. Originally left off the "A" in your definition and got bubkis. Added the "A" and got the word I needed. Go figure.

10:08 am

Uneaixoise

it's all a mystery!

10:17 am

Judi

Puzzle accepts a lot of root words, but not "intra". ???

10:24 am

ridthecancer

urantia isn't a word.... i know some people who'd be sad about that... :)

10:26 am

Uneaixoise

well and yesterday it was accepting proper nouns like "arles"--go figure!

10:38 am

Carly

Why not "afro"?

10:39 am

Judi

I could have sworn afro was accepted in previous puzzles.

10:41 am

Judi

Any clue on the Z6?

10:45 am

Uneaixoise

Z6/45: A cytokinin originally isolated from young corn kernels and found later in various other plants

10:50 am

Judi

Thanks! 59. Only 38 more to go.

11:47 am

cynnamyn

im lost

12:26 pm

Doogle

I could swear that "afro" was accepted this early a.m. when I typed it in, but it's not on my list now!

This must be part of playbabble.com's Dynamic Player Mystification Initiative.

12:49 pm

niko420

i just tried "afro", it didnt seem to work...

1:11 pm

Judi

I'm missing one of the R's. I have 3xR4, and one each R5, R6 & R87. What am I missing?

1:14 pm

Uneaixoise

there are two R5's

1:15 pm

Kim

what are the rules? I can't find them ,,,,,,

1:16 pm

Judi

I have the R5 that relates to "smallest one in the litter". Is the other one similar or possibly related to another R I have?

1:17 pm

Uneaixoise

re afro, it's never been accepted altho it's appeared in several puzzles--so much of what's accepted seems pretty arbitrary, eh?

1:18 pm

Uneaixoise

no the other one is completely different

1:18 pm

Treble99

Similar to the other one

1:20 pm

Uneaixoise

get ready . . . here's the definition :) . . . yellow crystalline flavonol glycoside that occurs in various plants (as rue, tobacco, and buckwheat), that yields quercetin and rutinose on hydrolysis, and that is used chiefly for strengthening capillary blood vessels (as in cases of hypertension and radiation injury)

1:22 pm

Treble99

Shows how much I know

1:25 pm

Uneaixoise

could i have a hint on the R6? thanks!

1:28 pm

Judi

R6: Relating to or being any of a group of flightless birds having a flat breastbone without the keellike prominence characteristic of most flying birds.

1:29 pm

Treble99

A group of flightless birds.

1:29 pm

Uneaixoise

oh, thanks, i've seen that in the puzzle before . . .

1:30 pm

Judi

I only need 30 more!

1:32 pm

Gail

I have one o4/4. Any clues for the other O word?

1:32 pm

Uneaixoise

Kim, you can just click on Babble rules at the top of this page

1:33 pm

Uneaixoise

O6/18

1:39 pm

Judi

Clue for O4: very decorative or elaborate.

1:40 pm

Judi

Oops - that's a clue for the O6, I mean.

1:44 pm

Gail

Oh, okay, thank you!

1:46 pm

Gail

I kept trying to start the word from the wrong O, no wonder I couldn't see it.

1:59 pm

Gail

I knew it wouldn't take Narnia, but I had to try...

2:51 pm

tedybeth

FYI : one of our 'babblers' got the word 'stent' added by emailing to the 'headquarters' - contact link on right side of page under the ads. Maybe we could get them to add 'afro' - since it has been in common usage since the '70's ??!!

2:54 pm

Uneaixoise

while you're at it, add "tech"--it's crazy that "techy" is OK but not "tech"

2:59 pm

tedybeth

OK - I requested 'afro' and 'tech' --- if I hear anything back - I'll post it to let ya'll know!!

3:01 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks

3:17 pm

tedybeth

Reply for 'headquarters" Afro is a proper noun, and 'tech' is an abreviation. They use the Enable dictionary and will add words when they are added in to that. So, we either have to lobby the Enable people -- or wait patiently!!!
I think a lot of words we use commonly are technically proper nouns when it comes to definitions, etc. We just don't think of them that way. We tried.

3:55 pm

mama

Then I think I'll have to ask why intro is accepted, but not intra. Both are prefixes, and if they don't use abbreviations, then intro shouldn't be accepted as one. Right?

4:07 pm

Uneaixoise

FYI: ENABLE stands for "Enhanced North American Benchmark LExicon." It's a carefully researched and meticulously compiled combination of many other dictionaries (such as Merriam Webster 10th Edition and the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary), and has graciously been made available for public use by its lexicographers.

4:09 pm

Uneaixoise

i'd never heard of it before but in a random search of online word games, it looks like it's used a LOT as the "standard" . . . interesting

4:28 pm

fit1

I don't agre that AFRO is a proper noun only. An afro hairdo was very popular several decades ago in the 60s

4:36 pm

Uneaixoise

makes no sense to lowercase Arles and cap Afro . . . !!

10:31 pm

dolphin

Help! I've got a Ta/6/18, but I'm missing the other T/6. Any clues?

10:47 pm

Doogle

R7/28

10:53 pm

lawyer-1

The 2nd t6 is an alternate spelling of a t5.

10:57 pm

dolphin

Thanks! Finally got it!

10:58 pm

lawyer-1

I retract my last message. Altho it looks as if the t6 is a variant of the t5, it is not related at all. The t6 is someone good at computers.

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