Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, May 23, 2004

12:02 am

FFFF

wah general vanya and hypo are just too good at this!

now tell me, what was this 8 letter word????

12:03 am

ladylikebag

educator

12:05 am

FFFF

aaaaaaaaaaaaaawwww!
*bumps head on the walls* I'm just too bad at thiiiis (but i'm addicted sob!)

12:05 am

ladylikebag

hah, i didnt get the word either, i looked at general vanya's word list

12:06 am

FFFF

a list??? where, where??????

12:07 am

ladylikebag

just click on anybodys name that has a score and it shows u their list

12:17 am

FFFF

OMG who can someone know so many word. I don't dare think a bout the definition of a few^^

12:19 am

ladylikebag

haha, when i get bored and start just throwing letters together, i dont even want to know the definition of some words.

12:21 am

FFFF

hurrray! I found a 45 points word by 'throwing lettres together" LOOOOOOL

12:47 am

babs

if you want the definition of any word on the list, just click on the question mark that's in the box in front of each word

12:51 am

FFFF

merciii!
wow I'm better than yesterday
23/4030/303 yay!

1:46 am

joyce

Checking in: 1100 until 0700.

2:02 am

ladylikebag

19 words 4.47 277
i might be back but i dont like this puzzle

2:22 am

joyce

I don't like this puzzle either. I was really hoping it would help keep me awake.. but I'm already stumped. And I still got almost 6 hours left on this shift.
Oh it's gonna be a looooong nite!

2:23 am

Jesic

Im stuck.

37 words 4.41 476

2:50 am

shortseer

hi jes
i'm stuck at same number of words ... but we evidently don't have quite the same list . 37 / 4.54 / 548

2:56 am

Jesic

Aw! *must try harder*

3:02 am

CalamityJames

I'm a day late to respond, but thanks, beluga. I've never seen the word admix until today (and not just from you, actually). I'll log it away until next time. =)

I did not play yesterday, and I'm not playing today. And I want you all to know that I've looked for this Solver thing and I found it. I used it on this puzzle so that I can inform you all that, according to it, you will find nothing longer than seven letters. And seven letters you will find only once. So this game is to be a contest between the masters of 4, 5, and 6-letter words.

"Your competence with six-letter words is astounding."

3:04 am

CalamityJames

My memory of Solver is now officially burned. I find the fact that it exists publicly almost disgusting. My thoughts on all this have been heard before, so I won't repeat them. But it to be reinforced that I will come clean with my beliefs, and I certainly will not be joining in this game.

3:07 am

beluga

james, sounds like you're sitting out this one; you've picked a good one to pass up, i must say. & thanks for the info--i already have the 7 letter word. :)

3:11 am

beluga

hard to believe inlaw isn't allowed. :(

3:26 am

beluga

and nare *definitely* is a word meaning bird nostril. i know because i have an avian companion.

3:39 am

shortseer

Humans have nares too you know ;)

3:40 am

derrr

?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=inca

3:45 am

beluga

Inca is proper noun,ie. capitalized. same with Ionian, which is pretty cool word.

3:52 am

beluga

i'm not stuck inside a mobile with the memphis blues again (yet) but back to sleep at 40/4.47/550.

4:18 am

skittledog

Wooo I found the 7. Only 26 words so far though - this is a nasty one.

4:33 am

beluga

couldn't sleep; counting serta sheep at 43/4.51/618

4:45 am

beluga

looking for mr. sandman with 46/4.54/665

8:02 am

joyce

I had 24 words at 0330 and I've got 24 words at 0600. I believe that makes me officially stuck.. which offically sucks.
Time to call it a night!

8:09 am

MasterStrider

This one is easier than the last..by my essay is getting too clogged with my newly discovered babble vocabulary...which is a bad thing...It makes a complex essay, more complex. Not good.

8:30 am

Dagny

Ugh, right now I'm finding this one harder than the last one.

8:46 am

beluga

found 1 more word after getting up. think i'm grinding to a halt at 47/4.53/672. don't know if i can find 3 more words or get to 700. :(

8:48 am

beluga

mind you, somebody will probably get a 1000, it always seems to happen!

9:12 am

lawyer-1

Calamity, I'm wondering about just how good your Solver is. According to it, you say there is only 1 seven letter word. I found two.

9:34 am

sapphie

I thought today would also be a good time to look at these so called 'solvers' and there are 2 I found online, and lots you can download. I wont say how many words each said there were, but one did have one 7 and the other two 7's. But I wonder how many of the words would be allowed by Playbabble, and what dictionary was used etc.

An interesting diversion, but one that I won't be using again. If I need to know all the words, I can wait for the scores and check out General Vanya's wordlist ;).

Good luck to all those babbling today :D

9:34 am

Koe

Nice, my first babble... did you know this is addictive?

29 words must... find... more...

9:52 am

B.B.

39/4.41/522

10:07 am

Mrs Often

Koe? Are you Dutch/South African/German?

10:09 am

Koe

Finnish, but I know my nick means cow in Duch ;)

10:14 am

Mrs Often

Heh, fun.

10:22 am

Mrs Often

BAH! Three letter images won't reload!! How am I supposed to play?

10:24 am

biped

Ah, Koe, your new addiction might reduce yourtime on the hobb board dramatically...

10:26 am

runningforhome

Draw them on your screen with a Sharpie, Tas. ;)

10:31 am

runningforhome

Woot, found a seven.

10:39 am

PJKurkoski

goofiest non-word for the day:

Noonarella - she may be a scullery maid for the rest of the day, but between 12 and 1 p.m. . . .

11:35 am

beluga

by a minor miracle, found the other 7 letter word. hoping to coast with 49/4.61/747 :)

11:36 am

discodave

OK, this sounds slightly dumb, but does anyone else turn their head to the side so they can see the words in a different configuration? I just found the 7 that way.

11:44 am

biped

May I recommend that babblers do not attempt to re-heat soup whilst having a quick go at the puzzle? After 5 words a burning smell reminded me of the fact that most unattented things start to burn sooner or later..

11:55 am

discodave

Beluga, I'm now looking at your post thinking it's a clue for the second 7. Is it? Or should I just here and sulk?

12:31 pm

Christine

Yay! I found seven 7s, four 8s and one 9..... unfortunately, the letters don't abut, so I guess the wods don't count.... ah me.

12:33 pm

SuperGoddess

that z is freaking me out!!! bah. :P

12:48 pm

beluga

dave, no clue; want 1? the 2nd 7 i got the hard way, just typing in stuff that could be words. that's why i said it was a minor miracle.

btw, like your suggestion about looking at in another way. you could also write it upside down on a piece of paper, with the letters rightside up of course.

i'll see if i can find a clue to the 2nd 7 letter word, but here's one for the first: it describes bill clinton--to name just 1 politician--figuratively.

12:59 pm

beluga

ah, i *have* a clue; especially appropriate if it's still sunday when you read it. so,

*WARNING* !!! SPOILER!!! (of sorts)

it's like someone who hasn't gone to confession in a long time.

1:01 pm

Christine

My time is up.... until just before closing. I have nothing over 6, but I do have four Zs.

1:46 pm

runningforhome

Can't find the other seven, but thanks to your hint, beluga, I got another six...
44/4.48/622

2:52 pm

SuperGoddess

aaaaAAaHH...tunnel vision!!! heh. :P

5:35 pm

majenwen

What does it mean VAIO isn't a word, I'm using a VAIO right now :)

6:14 pm

beluga

and i'm using a satellite but that doesn't exist in the puzzle

7:41 pm

Hypothetico

ugh. should NOT be playing today. the exams are still not graded. <sigh> okay, in an act of amazing self-control, I'm turning away now, sure that I've left just a bundle of words on the table!

10:00 pm

ladylikebag

i found 1 seven, but i dont think it goes with either of beluga's clues. maybe im just wrong

10:01 pm

ladylikebag

nvm, looked at the definition and it may go with the president clue. im really still not sure to tell the truth.

10:20 pm

ejackg22

28/4.43/368
3-6's, no 7's, 8's or 9's
Just can't see the words today.
Think I need some sleep. Good Night. (Joey)

10:38 pm

PJKurkoski

I think Hypothetico can just use random letter grading. Come on - what's more important, beating me in Babble or filling transcript entries for future moneygrubbers!!

10:40 pm

PJKurkoski

42/4.62/671

11:21 pm

ladylikebag

heh, my moms so cool, she asked what i do all day on the computer so i showed her this, and she wanted to play too!

11:30 pm

beluga

ladybug, you may be too young to remember this, or perhaps you're not from the us, but there's a political cartoon called doonesbury, and the cartoonist liked to draw something you eat at breakfast to represent president clinton.

11:32 pm

beluga

oops, i meant ladylikebag!

11:32 pm

ladylikebag

im from the us, but too young to remember that, just 15 here i remember clinton but not that =/

11:33 pm

ladylikebag

oh, and its okay, common mistake in the name, heh

11:36 pm

ladylikebag

my mom found the other 7 for me earlier!

11:39 pm

beluga

good 4 u & your mom. did either of you get my clue, or are there 3 7 letter words?

11:39 pm

beluga

the clue about confession, i mean.

11:40 pm

ladylikebag

there must be 3 7 letters bc this doesnt have to do w/ confession

11:44 pm

beluga

that's pretty interesting. my clue is a pun, so it has to do with pronunciation, not meaning. i can't believe all the boggle solvers couldn't find a 7 letter word, but i'd rather like it if that's true. :)

11:46 pm

ladylikebag

yeah, i think it has to do with my mom being a nurse and taking nutrion class things

11:48 pm

ladylikebag

*nutrition*

12:00 am

beluga

then i think it's the same word. :)

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