Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, May 28, 2004

1:18 am

sapphie

Let the babbling begin :)). PLus I am on holiday for the next week....so maybe more intense babbling, but less often as away from PC at times :((

1:27 am

sapphie

To Rodders and Dimwit!, I dont have the luxury of swanning about all day....some of us have to teach!!!! But I still beat you both!!!!

1:39 am

majenwen

Anyone get anything higher than a 6?

1:45 am

Rodders

To Sapphie, I'm hurt. Yesterday I taught a whole lesson!

1:51 am

KHDavies

Yep 1 7 so far. After yesterdays ignominious defeat, that really makes me feel like I'm cleaning up in this puzzle. It's the little victories, I guess! :-)

1:53 am

dimster

To Sapphie....i didn't realise that playing with sand and water was classified as teaching!....you need some 'dentist' appointments soon...;-)

1:54 am

FFFF

good morning all
ewww yesterdays puzzles was damn difficult, but I begin to hate this one too grrr

2:56 am

Sini

I play Babble offline by printing the puzzle and writing down words - then come to the computer and type them. Saves me money.

3:39 am

nil

sini, that's too hard for me. i'd at least want to use a word processor, then cut & paste my words. you could also spell check before putting em in. :)

3:41 am

nil

sapphie, i'm out of town this weekend, and wondering if i should take my laptop with me or let beluga *withdraw* for a few days.

3:45 am

nil

this one looks extremely challenging; glad to sit it out. :)

4:04 am

lawyer-1

Beluga....backing down from a toughie? I am at 1133 now. Surely you can beat that!

5:25 am

Koe

Hey, I'm in the puzzle...

5:32 am

Magican

You wanna know the stats?

11 sixes
2 sevens
1 eight
1 nine

Go get 'em guys!

6:37 am

M&O

My score from yesterday was 80-90 points higher than what is listed. Why would that be?

7:54 am

nil

i *do* have a life outside babble, counselor. :)

8:45 am

nil

but just this once, nil will play long enough to surpass 1133, so as not to disappoint beluga's public. ;)

8:46 am

Dustin

im pretty stuck, i need some hints

9:09 am

joyce

Greetings all!
Hmm.. just starting another 8 hr day but already I can tell I ain't gonna like this one!

9:19 am

nil

mammals 3 birds 0 so far

9:34 am

eeeee

I'm at 107/1039 and gunning for lawyer's 1133, but don't think I'm gonna make it...

9:56 am

lawyer-1

eeeee.....sorry, but I made it up to 113/4.46/1300 and then quit. It sounds like a good score, but the usuals will beat it by a wide margin.

10:24 am

Soz

No time to play today :( Pity, im hooked on this now

10:50 am

sapphie

I presume you wrote that comment in one of your many 'frees' Dimster.

11:03 am

sapphie

This grid is a real foka.

Hmm beluga/nil....I may just have to take the lappy with me :))

11:46 am

discodave

Well, I'm not going to beat anyone with my score, but I can beat nil/beluga's total of animals - 4 (including one slang word, admittedly).

11:56 am

nil

i left that one out on purpose, put it out to pasture so to speak

12:01 pm

discodave

Ah well, looks like I'll just have to make do with abject failure and my lowly 7 letter word...And, for some unknown reason, I keep thinking bandwidth is there, dammit.

12:04 pm

nil

yup, strange that it's so much easier to see non-existent words. :(

12:08 pm

lawyer-1

There are at least 6 or 7 animals, from the common to the arcane.

12:12 pm

sapphie

75 4.39 719 , but still no 7,8 or 9's ...bummer, i stink at gettign the longer words :(

12:15 pm

nil

found one of the obscure ones; distant giraffe relative, i believe

12:17 pm

sapphie

cheers for the giraffe clue beluga :)

12:24 pm

sapphie

aaaa.....one 7 at least!!

12:28 pm

sapphie

Oh yes and a second 7....*sapphie does happy dance*

12:41 pm

lawyer-1

The 8-letter word is an animal, and the 9 is it's plural.

12:48 pm

sapphie

Cheers l-1, will have a look for that after my tea ;)

1:09 pm

FFFF

their is at lease one bird name in the puzzle

1:34 pm

runningforhome

Gah, I'm terrible; only one six and none of the sevens/eights/nines.
61/4.31/520

1:53 pm

sapphie

Back from my tea refreshed and on a roll 100 4.42 1046 . Still no 8 or 9. And off to watch BBLB soon. but glad I got a ton up!!

2:00 pm

Dustin

alright, cant take it anymore, im done with 47/4.30/400

2:06 pm

eeeee

115/1164, still missing that 8 & 9

2:09 pm

nil

think i got de berd

2:34 pm

nil

found a legit bird :)

3:04 pm

sapphie

Dang...can't find that bird LOL!!!

3:05 pm

nil

got another 7, for 113/4.40/1185. i may regret "sitting this one out." :)

3:06 pm

nil

sapphie, look southward for the bird

3:20 pm

sapphie

LOL....gotcha beluga :)) Cheers, that was a bit obvious, like wren yesterday which took me forever to see LOL!!!

3:20 pm

sapphie

just to check...was it worth 33?

3:22 pm

Flamboyant

what? OBVIOUS? NO! I cant see anything, why am i retarded?

3:22 pm

sapphie

LOL got a second bird ....think it was yours 11 points

3:25 pm

lawyer-1

Silly me.....I thought the 11 point one was a fruit!

3:32 pm

nil

or a bloke with an odd accent

3:40 pm

Flamboyant

can i have a hint about this bird? cuz apparently im blind.

3:42 pm

sapphie

well one might be a fruit

3:44 pm

Flamboyant

thanks sapphie

3:55 pm

Flamboyant

Good clue on the giraffe relative hint.

4:21 pm

nil

aah, this is annoying. can't find 6 letter words, not even one i apparently gave a clue to! :( but no more clues on that one, please, i am determined to find this elusive creature.

5:04 pm

runningforhome

Woot, found the 8 and the 9 through the random letter method.

5:10 pm

itzie

Well, I only found one 7, and I couldn't find the 8 or 9, but I learned a lot of new words today and I'm quitting at 150.

5:38 pm

nil

got the bird, thanks to audubon society web page...116/4.41/1224 is ok for a day off.

5:46 pm

KHDavies

OK, got the birds, but this 8 letter animal is killing me. Is it a common animal? Have I heard of it?

5:51 pm

nil

1244 actually, shortchanged myself.

6:01 pm

itzie

It's driving me nuts too. I'm having a hard time walking away without having those two.

6:16 pm

sapphie

i think i know what it ends in (the 8/9 letter animal)....but having trouble getting the starting letters
...if that makes sense.

So beluga you did get the 33 point bird??? !!!

6:18 pm

nil

yes, i did; never heard of it, your bird knowledge is impressive.

6:18 pm

sapphie

Hey!!! (slightly merry now)....we should run a General Vanya sweepstake.
Like at the start of the Babble day we all guess the point score of the General!!!LOL Winner gets......zip!!!

6:19 pm

sapphie

night all going to bed....past midnight!!!

6:23 pm

Hypothetico

Hey KHDavies -- stop looking for the 8-ltr word and tell me when we're running tomorrow! ;) (oh, and btw, I've found one 7 but have yet to break 1000 pts and doubt i will. sigh.)

6:32 pm

nil

ne1 find the 8 letter word, feel free to drop as many hints as you want to. goin home with 1268

6:39 pm

Flamboyant

RFH: What's the "random letter method"?

6:45 pm

Rach_489

Random letter method is basically just trying every combination of letters you can think of until you find a "valid" word.

This 8/9 letter animal is driving me mad! I'm refusing to go to sleep till I find it.

7:07 pm

KHDavies

Still no luckon the 8/9. Hyp - lets run in the morning - say 9 ish? Any interest in going at my place on that path?
I'm stuck at 87 / 4.45 / 957. Grrr.

7:08 pm

KHDavies

Wanted: 8/9 letter word clues, chocolate and red wine. Not necessarily in that order. TGIF!

7:19 pm

Hypothetico

Alright. I give. It's Friday night and I've got places to go and things to do!! 86 / 4.42 / 870 ... KHD -- see you at 9AM at your place.

7:20 pm

runningforhome

The 8/9 is an uncommon term for a fairly common animal.

7:36 pm

runningforhome

In fact, the animal's common name is ALMOST in the puzzle as well.

7:39 pm

M&O

How pathetic would it be for me to ask you to expand on that? :)

8:08 pm

M&O

Tell Batman that KAPOW isn't a valid word....

8:13 pm

Flamboyant

Is this animal a reptile-esque name?

8:13 pm

KHDavies

OK - off to see The Day After Tomorrow. Its Armageddon! And I still didn't find that darn 8 letter animal. Alas. Calling it at 96 / 4.47 /1077

8:20 pm

majenwen

I have no ideas what the 8/9, giraffe relative, or the bird to the south is. Sigh, I don't see anything more... I only have 2 sixes, and nothing higher...

8:27 pm

Flamboyant

The giraffe relative would be tough if you've never heard that word before. It's pretty obscure.

9:58 pm

runningforhome

Why can I only see almost-words?
107/4.52/1272

10:48 pm

nil

thanks for the clues, very sporting of you, though i didn't get the 8 letter animal. wouldn't worry much about a word missed here or there, stick around & you'll get em next time.

11:01 pm

ejackg22

80/4.35/752

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