Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, October 17, 2003

12:13 am

Dr_God

I must apologize to "modofo". I was performing surgery on two evil-doers, and I accidentally sliced the wrong artery. As a result modofo's excellent round yesterday was erased. I'm sorry. :(

12:14 am

mythrl

how are people cheating?

and this puzzle is horrible

12:15 am

modofo

it hurts so bad...

12:22 am

eyelessloki

yesterday had a word worth 54 points. that words was "zoysia" a noun "Any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia, native to southeast Asia and New Zealand and widely cultivated for lawns"

12:29 am

Dr_God

All is well again in the land of Babble. Modofo was quick on his feet, and he kept his word list from yesterday's puzzle, so balance has been restored.

12:30 am

modofo

it feels so good...

12:48 am

RadicalBender

Who took all the vowels?

2:51 am

tommyslax

grrrge?

6:42 am

zyconium

holy crap, are we supposed to make words with this puzzle?

6:47 am

PaperCrane

Well I've got 22 and I've only been at it for 15 minutes or so.. It's not _that_ bad.

6:49 am

zyconium

okay.. GRRR the other day this wouldn't let me use celtic! but today celt and celts is okay :(

7:46 am

SteveM

Can we have a rule against giving out answers in the chat? Spoils the fun when you give me a good word! And it's even worse when you do it after I've gone to bed, me being at least 5 hours ahead of most of you :-)

8:23 am

barcalounger

Can I stop now?
52 words 4.44 577

8:35 am

PaperCrane

Probably..
46 words 4.54 581

10:01 am

squant

hnx \
grv > ---> totally worthless
irr /

10:01 am

squant

err, except the x.

10:33 am

barcalounger

CURSE YOU PAPERCRANE
56 words 4.46 642

10:34 am

RadicalBender

71 words - I quit

11:07 am

PaperCrane

Dammit barcalounger! Oh well there's no way I'm going to get 71+ so maybe I should stop.
51 words 4.55 655

11:25 am

PaperCrane

Oh.. That's a 40 point word. Yaa for sweaters. ( That's a hint :) )

11:30 am

drew

grrr! don't chat, the puzzle teaches us fine vocabulary.

11:32 am

PaperCrane

Umm.. That's more like giving answers, not hints.

11:34 am

drew

it would have been funny if you hadn't POINTED IT OUT, captain literal...

11:36 am

PaperCrane

oops..

11:37 am

drew

:)

11:41 am

RadicalBender

What is that icon for archives? Is that a washing machine? What does that have to do with archives?

*confused*

11:43 am

RadicalBender

Also, while I'm spamming the chat log, can we get the word "Babble" to go back to the main page. From the subpages, there's no real way to just get back to the main page.

11:45 am

PaperCrane

I think its a safe. I second the link back to the main page idea.

11:46 am

zyconium

21 words 4.86 345
*murders papercrane and steals his list*

11:50 am

drew

zyco, there are three super-weird ones all in a row on my list

11:53 am

PaperCrane

Hmm well I have one really weird one.. Maybe I'll try some permutations. *feels guilty*

12:00 pm

zyconium

drew:are they all t words? cause I have 3 weird t words that are worth 40+ points each

1:13 pm

Dr_God

You don't like my "vault" icon, RadicalBender? (sniff, sniff)

In regards to "Babble" linking back to the main page: ask and ye shall receive.

1:14 pm

drew

i'm not telling, but i don't have three 40+ t words :(

2:05 pm

PaperCrane

Intersting.. Abbrevations for math functions seem to work.

2:29 pm

PaperCrane

66 words 4.62 876
The weekend is upon us! Have fun all.

3:07 pm

RadicalBender

Oh, that was a vault?!? Guess I failed that test...

3:59 pm

Dr_God

Aren't all vaults yellow? :)

4:24 pm

zyconium

looks like I haven't sext up this puzzle :(
27 words 4.70 401

4:28 pm

zyconium

trig strikes again!.. I thought I was done with that x)

4:40 pm

PaperCrane

Biology class gave me 53 points (2 words)

4:43 pm

tommyslax

all my russian classes give me 0 points

4:44 pm

zyconium

all my papercrane classes gave me 53 points!

4:44 pm

PaperCrane

Yeah, same with Mein Deutschen

7:17 pm

mythrl

has anyone found an 8 letter word?

my best is 7

7:18 pm

mythrl

PaperCrane: have you actually found 53 points of german words that the game counted?

8:30 pm

PaperCrane

mythrl: I was responding to tommyslax comment when zyco jumped in. German has gotten me 0 points. Acht!

9:10 pm

pinto

Ever drink Tecate?

9:29 pm

Spectra

Nope, but I'm having a nice tall glass of "this puzzle is darn tough" :)

10:03 pm

jeff

i'm only at 45/4.49/530...

10:41 pm

mythrl

im stuck at 76 words

11:01 pm

pinto

tech should be an accepted abbreviation

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