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View Word List Saturday, September 4, 2004

FINAL SCORES

5057 shortseer
4798 Kirsty1
4463 DaveC
4279 eshadow
4080 Atalante
4003 Karin
3980 keadyj
3883 Krys10
3813 bigbirdboss
3634 Jstarra
3545 Michelle
3517 Mal
3441 iluvtigs
3415 Q
3349 Milly
3212 eddie
3196 Justin
3147 Christine
3059 Treble99
2945 runningforhome
2869 atlatl51
2867 SummerBreeze44
2825 King Henrik
2801 ElizabethS
2776 ChaiBee
2771 Annette
2738 bibigoogles
2712 Lains
2663 Britneysdead
2650 annfrankenstein
2628 granadan
2621 MammaJill
2616 fit1
2602 sleeky
2596 babs
2590 marigold
2579 berekah
2539 angeelu
2450 Juliet
2435 periwinkle
2409 zebobes
2376 Wendrie
2330 judson
2199 tommyslax
2071 a1axelady
2064 dimwit
1876 4t8
1782 ashleyk
1768 peridot
1764 SillyPutty
1696 jen
1689 a1axmama
1643 cemeterygates
1623 KarenA14
1609 Suzanah
1609 Xinyi
1590 ewenme
1581 skovran
1507 dolphin
1495 sally
1488 ame
1469 fuzzy
1421 Dottie
1410 Fishbait
1410 skunked
1340 soulbreaking
1325 aimless
1319 Robbo
1305 BIA
1248 hitthosekeys
1248 allstar
1217 Ashy & Sini
1187 Janice
1062 ansalon
929 carrie
875 boatierra
868 ladybird
827 Jenner
803 soul destruction
782 youngster
771 babblor
723 Neliamne
715 gcmgolfnut
644 bebelua
602 linda
572 Tolinya
557 Lowes48
555 Egregious Jones
538 trixiew
486 Dani
470 busymom
458 Rob
401 svog
399 Ashtonb
335 hapigurl
332 carol kasparian
320 kdl
276 tinyg0dzilla
272 shansun
265 sarah
241 The Divine Miss
233 Sparrow
222 Elizabeth
218 Hargitt
170 WonderboyToaster
110 sam
101 Leo
60 Larry
59 KYG
52 Jemima
50 goforit

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
Tolinya

me first
12:16 am
Tolinya

I keep seeing hippo....
12:42 am
Tolinya

Clearly the only one playing..have a good night all...logging with 52/572
12:44 am
runningforhome

Have a few sevens, but nothing better than 40 points.
12:44 am
iluvtigs

80/860
12:53 am
Janice

71/1064
12:57 am
Janice

signing-off with 74/1149
Haven't yet found many 70s worth more than 40. I did find one though worth 48. G'Night everyone!
12:57 am
Janice

oops...meant to say "7s" not "70s"
1:27 am
runningforhome

There are around 320 words in this puzzle.
1:33 am
runningforhome

Heading to bed with 110/4.78/1446. Best is a nine for 66; starts with E.
1:52 am
Ashy & Sini

For that 9 tipped by runningforhome, you've got plenty of e's to choose from...
3:00 am
Q

Also a 9 for 72, starts with a different vowel.
3:10 am
Atalante

I was *just* going to mention that 9 for 72!
4:34 am
periwinkle

Good Morning, I am getting an early start today. A clue for the 9/72 and the 9/66 would make my day. :)
4:39 am
youngster

Good morning. The most I have so far is 7/40
4:44 am
periwinkle

No 7's yet. What does yours start with youngster, please.
4:45 am
youngster

h
4:46 am
youngster

and its the plural of 6/27
4:47 am
Ashy & Sini

I've got five 7's
4:47 am
periwinkle

Thanks, I already had the 6/27 but forgot to make it plural.
4:48 am
periwinkle

Found another 7, youngster, starts with S.
4:52 am
youngster

haven't found it yet, but found one beginning with t
4:59 am
periwinkle

don't have the 7 starting with T yet but lots of sixes.
5:03 am
youngster

10x6s
5:05 am
youngster

just got a 7 s
5:08 am
youngster

stopping for now, work to do.
5:11 am
angeelu

There's an 8 for 50 starting with S.
5:20 am
shortseer

i8 ... space between things
i9 ... plural of i8
i9 ... area of low-lying land
5:23 am
Atalante

190 / 5.14 / 3143
There's millions more than this I feel but so far I've got:
9 - 1 for 72
8 - 3 for 50,55,50
7 - 24 for 36,36,36,36,36,48,36,36,28,40,48,40,40,28,28,36,28,28,40,36,40,40,28,28
5:28 am
King Henrik

got the 7 for 40.
anyone got a word count for today?
5:33 am
Atalante

A 7 / 8 singular and plural version of a fish - hooray for fish!
6:26 am
King Henrik

OK, so i'm doing rubbish but here's my word count anyway:
108 / 1624
A x 5
B x 12
C x 5
E x 2
H x 18
I x 4
L x 14
P x 10
R x 5
S x 21
T x 8
V x 4
6:40 am
shortseer

A x 15
H x 29
I x 7
6:42 am
Ashy & Sini

Hi shortseer!
6:44 am
shortseer

why it's ash and sini !
7:20 am
Ashy & Sini

100 words 4.74 1211

Whoa, I was long time stuck in 98 words...

Could we change that one l into t, please?
7:38 am
Atalante

201 / 5.16 / 3390

A 14
B 19
C 18
E 10
H 25
I 6
L 21
N 1
O 2
P 12
R 14
S 39
T 12
V 7
7:39 am
shortseer

Just combine the right 4-4 words together and you'll get:
2x B8 words

Add an s and you'll also have :
2x B9 words
7:39 am
King Henrik

ach!
stuck on 122 words.
i'll come back later when my brain recharges.
could someone post their letters please?
7:41 am
shortseer

Bx 22
P x 19
7:47 am
Atalante

So you do! Thanks Shortseer :) I would never have found those!
7:52 am
shortseer

yes ... i wasn't really expecting them to work when i tried them out :D
8:00 am
Kirsty1

Thanks for the clue shortseer - those are mad words aren't they??!
8:03 am
fit1

I just found i for 8 and i for 9!!!!!!!!1
8:04 am
Kirsty1

There are two i9s - shortseer gave clues to them both earlier
8:05 am
shortseer

Considering the points they provide, i rather like those words ;)
8:13 am
Kirsty1

Goodness, there's another (equally mad) 8 and another 9 word using the second part of those other 4+4 words...
8:16 am
shortseer

L8/L9 sequence

Narcotic alkaloid extracted from a plant that starts with L

(or you can just join 2x 4-letter words together to get it)
8:16 am
shortseer

um ... snap!
8:18 am
Kirsty1

Ha! Now I don't have to look up what it means either!
8:22 am
fit1

Thanks Kirsty. But I was soooooo excited finding them on my own. Now I have to look for the third one. Dang :)
8:28 am
Kirsty1

Aww sorry fit1 - I *so* know that feeling! Still, if you've got one you'll get the other...
8:39 am
fuzzy

Thanks for the help on the 2x4 letter b and l words. never would have tried those combos myself
9:14 am
4t8

what a lovely grid! poe would be so happy.
9:37 am
King Henrik

9 for 66 starting with e
9:47 am
Krys10

I'm fairly new to this page and I have a question of ethics - what is the consensus here about use of solvers for puzzles like this? I just did a quick google search and found a solver that has had today's puzzle entered into it twice already...
9:53 am
4t8

how cool - it shows that? basically, if you use it to find out how many words are poss./what the lengths are & how many say 8 or 9 letter words there are, that's okay. if you use it to find a word, you're cheating yourself and why bother to play.
10:01 am
King Henrik

using a solver to cheat is a waste of time.
it makes it boring and takes the challenge out of the game.
nobody gets too annoyed - its pretty obvious when people do it and it doesn't really affect anyone else.
(unless you're really uptight about your ranking!!!)
10:09 am
4t8

just realized i've been here nearly an hour. oops! 118/1664. guess that's fair - 2 words a minute or so.
10:24 am
jlm_mi

Krys10 - It was probably entered into that solver by me and runningforhome. We both use it to see the total number of words. I also have scripts that I use from it to calculate words per length and words per starting letter. When I saw that there were ~300 words today I knew I didn't have time to do it justice and decided not to even start playing, but was just checking in to see how others are doing.

Oh, and I do publish the word length and starting letter stats to help all when I calculate them. ;)

So, most days you'll find it solved by at least 2 people. :-D
11:03 am
Krys10

Makes sense - I never would have thought to even do a search until Youngster asked about it yesterday.
11:11 am
runningforhome

If 'cowpie' is a word, 'bullpie' should be too! That's discrimination!
11:56 am
Atalante

any clues for the E9? Am completely stuck on it!
12:17 pm
Treble99

any clues for the E 9 please
1:17 pm
DaveC

Where are these solvers? Just curious.....
1:19 pm
Christine

Whoo, found the E9, while trying to squeeze in an E8...
1:21 pm
sleeky

which E? Which E?
1:23 pm
Christine

EB...
1:35 pm
Christine

I have three 9s... am I missing any?
1:35 pm
Atalante

isn't it wierd - that E9 was immediately so obvious when you said EB Christine :)
1:37 pm
Atalante

yup - you're missing 3 at least
2:04 pm
Christine

Oh, pooh! I hoped I had them... I have E66, and two Is for 72.. the first was a misspelling that worked out - who knew?
2:16 pm
Atalante

you're missing the 3 that shortseer gave good clues for earlier ;)
2:21 pm
Christine

Oh, rats ... 8 trillion posts to read... back later.
2:29 pm
Christine

I checked shortseer's post, and I have the two 9s mentioned, and the EB; so I think I'll call someone to have lunch... come back with a full tummy and a recharged brain (direct connection).
2:53 pm
Atalante

Shortseer's 7:39 and 8:16 posts ..... :)
3:12 pm
dimwit

So I raced pell-mell to type in pell to the grid and it wasn't accepted ! hmph !
3:15 pm
dimwit

....and yet it will take (hyper)-bole ! Ah me, why do I do puzzles ?
Got to keep the brain cells well exercised
:-D
3:19 pm
DaveC

any clues for the EB word?
3:31 pm
Britneysdead

i just can't get the 9 word, narcotic that starts 'line..' !
3:33 pm
dimwit

people who work with me say I am Eb...
actually that I am too eb.......
it's someone who is somewhat lively and cheery
3:49 pm
Treble99

Is there more than 3 9s
3:54 pm
4t8

oh, thank you dimwit! (am now eb...)
3:55 pm
King Henrik

i've found 5 9s; the clues are scattered throughout the message log.
its late where i am so i'm off to bed
goodnight all!
157 / 2825
3:59 pm
dimwit

I have 5 x i's - has anyone a clue for the other 9 letter that is not a plural of an 8 letter ?
4:07 pm
Juliet

I think the other i (non-plural) was posted earlier as an area of low lying land.. (good luck, i'm still trying to figure it out.)
4:09 pm
runningforhome

It's really similar to the i-8/9 combo.
4:10 pm
Treble99

I have EB9, I9 and a B9,which ones are missing
4:15 pm
runningforhome

There's another b-9 and another i-9, at least.
4:16 pm
dimwit

Britneysdead @ 3.31 pm said there was a narcotic, L9 beginning with line... This foxed me, because it doesn't..
4:17 pm
dimwit

Sorry should have said it's an L8, with plural L9.
4:19 pm
runningforhome

So it does start with L, but not with 'line'?
4:21 pm
dimwit

Yes
4:25 pm
dimwit

Thank you runningforhome and Juliet, your combined clues got me the last ix9
4:27 pm
shortseer

... shortseer arrives back to try to finish babbling and reads:

At 10:24 am jlm_mi said...
[quote] When I saw that there were ~300 words today I knew I didn't have time to do it justice and decided not to even start playing, but was just checking in to see how others are doing. [/quote]

GASP!!!
No word breakdown from jlm today ...
Damn damn damn!
:(

Okaaay ... that makes things more difficult.

Well, what about all the 8/9 words?
Anybody got more to add to the following list :

---------------------
i8 ... space between things
i9 ... plural of i8
i9 ... area of low-lying land (between valleys!)
---------------------
B8/B9
B8/B9

Just combine the right 4-4 words together and you'll get:
2x B8 words

Add an s and you'll also have :
2x B9 words
---------------------
L8/L9 sequence

Narcotic alkaloid extracted from a plant that starts with L

(or you can just join 2x 4-letter words together to get it)
---------------------
E9 someone who is somewhat lively and cheery

E8 people involved in voting

--------------------

S8 fabric
S8 rowers
S8 fishies!

----------------
4:31 pm
fit1

Oh my goodness. I found the non plural i 9. so now I have the eb, the iplural, the i non plural, the b, and I'm stuck on the l 8/9. But I'd say i'm making progress :)
4:31 pm
dimwit

Hey steady on shortseer - too much too soon for a befuddled late night brain to take in there !:-{
4:39 pm
shortseer

@dimwit
sunday morning here ...
i've had a night's sleep and am now de-befuddlerised ;)
4:43 pm
dimwit

Wow, are you in Australia or something ?
4:45 pm
shortseer

yep
australia
4:46 pm
dimwit

G'day sport! (sorry couldn't resist it)

I'm being hassled off by hubby, back when he's finished his online work.
4:53 pm
shortseer

no worries, mate
5:14 pm
periwinkle

marigold, are you here. I am back from the beach. Don't forget to light the candle for Mom.
5:15 pm
Treble99

cant find the fishies for S8
5:23 pm
shortseer

You might want to go angling for the Cottidae family of fishies ...
5:24 pm
periwinkle

may I have a clue for the B8/B9. I can't seem to find the right words to connect.
5:30 pm
shortseer

not the real meaning ...
but have you ever heard the expression "the thin ---- ----" for when law enforcement officers are stetched to the limit?
That should give you one of the B8/9s
5:33 pm
periwinkle

never heard of that expression but will keep trying. Is the first part a color?
5:34 pm
periwinkle

shortseer, I got it. I remembered the expression. Thanks so much.
5:44 pm
shortseer

the other B8/9 ..
again, not right meaning ...
but what would you be left with on your body if you'd had your trousers' holderer-upperer secured too tightly? ;)
5:52 pm
periwinkle

shortseer, what an interesting clue. I will try to figure it out. Thanks.
5:53 pm
periwinkle

shortseer. It didn't take me long. I found them. Thank you soo much. :)
6:10 pm
Treble99

cant find the narcotic
6:15 pm
shortseer

It's extracted from a plant in the genus Lobelia
6:19 pm
DaveC

clue on the low lying land?
6:33 pm
shortseer

quite literally, between valley
6:37 pm
DaveC

I keep thinking ravine....but it does not fit.
6:41 pm
DaveC

got it.....thanks
7:08 pm
periwinkle

marigold, you have e-mail.
7:08 pm
periwinkle

shortseer, Thanks again for your help.
7:10 pm
periwinkle

I only have 5 A words :(.
7:51 pm
fit1

change the last letter of your I 9 plural
8:12 pm
periwinkle

thanks
8:15 pm
periwinkle

may I please have the 2nd letter of the S/8 fabric word. The only ones I know are serge, satin and sateen and they dont fit. :(.
8:16 pm
periwinkle

marigold are you here?
8:16 pm
DaveC

sa
8:17 pm
periwinkle

thanks DaveC. I will keep trying.
8:28 pm
periwinkle

I can't figure out the fabric What is it used for.
8:30 pm
marigold

periwinkle...........are you still here
8:31 pm
atlatl51

used for linings. went to the dictionary for this one. i never heard of the word.
8:31 pm
shortseer

A x 15 ....

A4 umm ... computer acronym / man's name
A5 plural of above
A4 on/to a particular side
A4 alcoholic beverages
A4 too
A5 change
A6 see above
A4 let's just say it's the god of war
A5 mountain ridge
A4 you're sittin' on it
A5 A plant of the genus Geum
A4 affirm
A5 see above
A6 anti
A4 greeting/farewell expressions

any others???
-----------------

Found an R8 ...

Def. : Half-moon shape earthworks ... or ... more fishies!
8:41 pm
periwinkle

Yes, marigold, I am still here. Did you check your e-mail. I just got the R/8 word.
8:46 pm
periwinkle

shortseer, Thanks, I now have 12 A words. :)
8:53 pm
marigold

i checked my e-mail but i there is nothing new.
8:55 pm
periwinkle

I gave you two words. Did you get them? I have all 15 A words.
8:56 pm
periwinkle

shortseer. Thank you so much. I now have all of the A words. Still don't have the S/fabric word though and lots of other words.
8:59 pm
dimwit

I'm back, just for a bit. I see you are in a very helpful mood shortseer ! - I'm getting to work on your A list right away.
9:00 pm
Juliet

Help with the i9 word... i'm going crazy trying to figure it out...
9:02 pm
shortseer

Lots of other words ...
Yes, well going by an early post of runningforhome, i too can't see a lot of words :(
9:03 pm
dimwit

change a letter at the end of the other one......
9:03 pm
atlatl51

can't find the r8. care to share the 2nd letter please? i would be most grateful.
9:05 pm
Christine

Juliet - you have the I8/9, and are missing the other I9, right? If so, just change the last letter on your 9.
9:05 pm
periwinkle

ra, I used Google to find it.
9:08 pm
atlatl51

thanks periwinkle :) did you ever hear of this word?
9:09 pm
dimwit

I have a/ 5 for 16 which is part of the name for a wild plant, field or water a....
perhaps it is the same as one of yours shortseer with another description ?
9:14 pm
dimwit

Oh yes, I just scrolled down and see you have.
9:15 pm
shortseer

sounds like it, dimwit
(not that i actually know this plant in Real Life)
9:20 pm
dimwit

I have some in my garden, quite nice, little yellow flowers:0
9:20 pm
Juliet

Christin - thanks for the hint.. worked great!
9:29 pm
Christine

Hmmm -- heard of the S-fabric, but with a difference in the spelling - a C in the middle...
9:32 pm
Juliet

That s fabric word stumped me for a bit too.. tough one
9:36 pm
dimwit

I cannot find the fabric yet either, but I found a word for rainforest whilst looking , a 5 for 16
9:41 pm
shortseer

don't forget that you can have more than one rainforest ;)
9:45 pm
dimwit

Are u saying there is another in the grid ? The one I found said it was a tropical one. ( I thought they all were)
9:46 pm
dimwit

Ah, see what you mean ...
9:48 pm
shortseer

if you can have tundra/tundras , then ....
9:48 pm
sleeky

This has been such a fun grid! So many neat words. And I've only got about a third of them... :-\
9:49 pm
shortseer

ah i see you already see what i mean
9:51 pm
dimwit

yes, very interesting words in this one. Could I have the second letter for the s8 fabric please, it's not showing itself and I have to retire for the night soon..
9:53 pm
sleeky

sa
10:01 pm
dimwit

Ta sleeky, I have it at last :)
10:03 pm
Christine

Oh, please I have five 9s - 2Bs, one E, and two Is..... tell me there're no more, please....
10:06 pm
Christine

Periwinkle and Marigold -- is that a memorial candle, for your Mum?
10:18 pm
Christine

Whoo.... forgot to pluralise the L8... so now I have six 9s..... 172 for 2963, and I don't know what I'm missing.
It's 8:15pm in Los Angeles, and soooo hot - I love L.A.
10:31 pm
DaveC

So far I have....
233 words 5.21 for 4101points

They are:
A 15 P 18
B 24 R 18
C 17 S 42
E 7 T 13
H 29 V 10

I have a total of (6) 9 pointers, (9) 8 pointers and (22) 7 pointers.

I have to thank many of you for some of them, especially shortseer. You are too generous.
I 7
L 29
N 1
O 3
10:37 pm
shortseer

No worries, Dave ... i'm collecting good karma today ;)
I see i'm missing 2x B's
I have
11x BE
4x BL
7x BO
Can you tell me where your extra ones are?
10:41 pm
DaveC

Short...you have two BO's that I don't have! You are missing one BL and three BU's. Now I gotta search for those other BO's!!!

I just found two more c's....one was a seven for 36 and the other an eight for 50.
10:48 pm
DaveC

Shortseer...my BO's are points as follows:
4,4,4,6,7.

What are yours?

The BU's are: 4,6,7.
10:48 pm
shortseer

Haven't finished with the C's yet, so can't compare.
*Locks torture room C*
*Opens up torture room B*
Well my pretty B's ... you've been holding out on me.
It's back onto the torture rack for you B's.
Muwhaahaha
10:54 pm
shortseer

@dave
you are missing a fungus, singular and plural
6,7 after the first 4
11:04 pm
DaveC

Got the fungi, short.......how you makin out with the BU's?

Any clue on that rainforest one? Starting letter?
11:10 pm
shortseer

got the 3 BU's
.. somehow the Bu's had escaped their torture rack session ;)
--------------

rainforest : s---a
11:13 pm
boatierra

The last words-per-letter count was at 7:38. Does anyone have more than 201 words, and would be willing to post their counts?
11:15 pm
Christine

What, what, ... I have two BUs - a projectile, and an animal... there's a third??
11:17 pm
sleeky

There's also a prefix on the animal word.
11:19 pm
Q

A prefix on a BU wouldn't be another BU word. :) But if I hadn't put a smiley on this, I might be classified as the third BU word. I might anyway, I guess.
11:24 pm
sleeky

A *suffix* on the animal word.
11:31 pm
DaveC

So far I have....
242 words with an avg. of 5.25 points for a total of 4354 points.

They are:
A 15
B 26
C 19
E 10
H 29
I 7
L 29
N 1
O 3
P 18
R 18
S 44
T 13
V 10

I have a total of (6) 9 pointers, (10) 8 pointers and (25) 7 pointers.
11:33 pm
boatierra

Thanks for posting that DaveC.
11:35 pm
Juliet

DaveC, you are very good at this... I am done for the night with my 132 words, scoring 2450.. wooooo, go me...thanks for the hints all.... Night
11:35 pm
DaveC

You're welcome mulh...

Shortseer.....is the second letter on that rainforest a vowel or a consonant? :)
11:36 pm
shortseer

S61
11:38 pm
shortseer

row 1 S 36
row 3 S 25
11:38 pm
DaveC

I'm not very good....this is my best puzzle ever. I am usally almost a hundred shy of the mark. :) Let's just say I spent too much time on this one.
11:38 pm
sleeky

Could I have a clue on the fungus, please?

There was a rainforest clue a few down, that pretty much spells it out. ;-)
11:39 pm
Juliet

DaveC, since i've taken so many hints from you this evening, i'll jump in with the second letter you are looking for... it's an E
11:41 pm
Juliet

20 minutes
11:42 pm
shortseer

C7/8
blade on plow
11:44 pm
shortseer

25 C's
11:44 pm
DaveC

Darn that rainforest...I can't believe that I have three of the letters and can't find it. :(
11:45 pm
Christine

I din' know nuthin' about no rainforests.... so tomorrow I'll ask someone to post the word..... put me out of my misery.
Now to find that othe BU word...
11:47 pm
Juliet

psst Dave.. I would tell ya, but i'm sure i would get hurt in here..LOL... 3 letters, 2 to go.. (Not like you need the score..)
11:47 pm
sleeky

I got it through trial and error, myself. There aren't that many possibilities.
11:47 pm
DaveC

Got the darn rainforest. Man o man!
11:48 pm
shortseer

ever been beaten up by schoolyard b----s ?
11:50 pm
Juliet

uh oh, i'm addicted... minutes left and i'm still searching for the blade on the snow plow..LOL