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View Word List Thursday, September 23, 2004

FINAL SCORES

2759 jlm_mi
2759 fnurt
2743 claws
2715 Karin
2599 Kirsty1
2593 berekah
2577 bumblebee
2489 parsec
2442 sprite
2305 runningforhome
2287 stevedallas
2265 marigold
2211 true_felicity
2148 busymom
2030 bigbirdboss
2023 Juliet
1994 Atalante
1980 keadyj
1865 cathycal
1861 sophiebug
1849 fit1
1832 alimaya
1801 Treble99
1778 periwinkle
1758 Christine
1737 krysia
1733 Milly
1707 dspike
1704 pat7936
1704 eddie
1633 Karen
1624 shyly
1595 Poephol
1576 4t8
1527 jan
1513 ctjoueur
1488 granadan
1471 King Henrik
1467 jennyb
1414 xena
1411 Wendrie
1375 ame
1305 Dottie
1295 cragesmure
1283 carmen
1276 tommyslax
1265 MammaJill
1225 Rabbit
1196 Xinyi
1072 Minski
1058 skovran
1033 Leslie
1023 youngster
1022 Lains
1019 undermom
1018 erindee
1012 twinangel
1008 ansalon
1006 Donkey
995 tset
987 Lowes48
948 KAMS
927 Stin
911 play
883 ChaiBee
846 onyx
837 Egregious Jones
819 Suzanah
813 dimwit
811 Adam
810 Britneysdead
802 jo145
797 defenestrate99
778 sleeky
741 hitthosekeys
730 cbullock
720 Ashy & Sini
708 Palavra
697 sally
697 ElizabethS
673 ABittel
670 bibimbop
628 a1axmama
625 brathead
619 carrie
610 aimless
609 dnlowrance
603 Lou
599 jojo
553 cheryl
505 Krista
461 grasshopper8
460 Maj
449 Neliamne
442 newby
438 gcmgolfnut
418 jennie
409 boatierra
387 Larry
372 pennypooh
357 KarenA14
348 ro_man99
336 Jenner
335 Sté
321 vaughne
315 HarleyNan
301 hikat
301 shirley
292 suprina73
285 sbroyster
272 freerangelettuce
262 ccoyne
259 Matthew
221 saila
219 hood1999
201 babblor
194 jenleigh22801
160 tabyorky
155 fifi
126 Elizabeth
113 linda
113 soul destruction
104 goforit
97 amackinnon
93 Fantasy
84 Kitlee
78 RalphMalph
22 a1axelady
9 subseti

ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:06 am
Christine

Did y'all see that lovely 'golden' word, yesterday - AUREATE - I like the sound of that.
Onward, onward...
1:18 am
Larry

Ah come on..It won't take HOSER!! Must not be a Canadian Game eh!
1:32 am
jo145

Where are you early birds - or night owls? Yesterday someone had worked out what to aim for, but I'm struggling and will have to go to work soon. sree you tonight.
1:32 am
Atalante

This is such a fishy puzzle! Woohoo!
1:35 am
Atalante

there's an 8 for 70
1:52 am
goforit

Babblestats

By word length:

4 .... 102
5 ..... 73
6 ..... 23
7 ...... 5
8 ...... 2
==========
total: 205
==========

By start letter:

A ..... 12
C ..... 2
D ..... 19
E ..... 7
F ..... 2
H ..... 27
J ..... 7
L ..... 11
M ..... 26
N ..... 6
O ..... 7
R ..... 33
S ..... 32
W ..... 14
3:10 am
twinangel

79 / 4.53 / 1012

TIme for bed. Nice to come back to not a rediculously hard puzzle.
7:31 am
fnurt

There is a word that my girlfriend slapped me for trying, but the puzzle took it nonetheless.
7:39 am
fnurt

Anyhoo, I have the 8 for 70 (it starts with R), but not the other 8, and only one 7 for 48 so far (it is related to the 8). Anyone having better luck?
8:08 am
goforit

D7/D8 sundew plant(s)
8:10 am
Atalante

An S 7 for 52
8:14 am
carmen

S7/52: Bees tend to do this
8:20 am
Juliet

Any clues for the R8/70
8:26 am
carmen

R8/70: My mircowave did this to my tea this morning
8:30 am
Juliet

Thanks Carmen.. got it quickly with that clue
8:38 am
jlm_mi

fnurt - did you get slapped for a J word? Ewwwwwww!
8:39 am
carmen

Has anyone managed to find any c's or f's yet?
8:41 am
Minski

Thanks Carmen.
That was my 1st word!
8:41 am
berekah

Berekah West, am I seeing words miraculously appear?!
8:41 am
carmen

Atalante- I see what you mean now about a fishy puzzle, I thought you were reffering to the obvious one, but there are several!!
8:42 am
berekah

Yes you are, Berekah East. You've gotten all the good ones!!! But I got the C's ;-)
8:42 am
jlm_mi

Yes, have found both Cs and both Fs. The Cs are a 4/5 singular/plural combo. The Fs are both 4 letters and are unrelated.
8:44 am
carmen

I think I'm missing something really obvious with the M's I only have 7,
3xMa
3xMo
has anyone done better?
8:46 am
carmen

I can count, that should be mox4
8:48 am
berekah

I had the same number you did, but just found 5 Me's.
8:53 am
Atalante

18 Ms so far
9:17 am
jlm_mi

24 Ms here.

7xMA
7xME
10xMO
9:25 am
fnurt

I have the same 24 (well, it might be the same)
9:30 am
jlm_mi

A/7/36 meaning needlelike.

6s (in alphabetical order):

21,33,36,27,30,24,24,24,21,30,33,21,33,30,36
9:44 am
goforit

ME4/ME5 cat noise/s
ME4/ME5 plateau/s on hill/s
ME4/ME5 blackbird/s (variant spelling)
ME6 solid portion between two crenels in a battlement or crenelated wall
ME5 of, characterized by, or adapted to a moderately moist habitat

that's one more ME there
Bet you're missing the last one

Actually, i haven't entered the words in so maybe babble will reject it.
But i doubt it.

See, I'm not playing today.
*Glances at lists of words on paper:
25x M , 33xR, 25x H, ...
So tempting to login and start entering the words ...
Nope. Not playing today.
- shortseer
9:46 am
jlm_mi

No, silly me - I had forgotten to enter the plateau plural. (rolls eyes) The wet word is accepted. :)
9:47 am
jlm_mi

And hey - I thought the point of not playing was to save time. If you're going to spend the time babbling, why not get credit for it? ;)
9:50 am
goforit

Heh.
Well the plateau word is my number 9 M word.
And the plural form only made it on my list in the no. 18 position.
9:51 am
jlm_mi

Just found the last M word. It's an MA word. The one I found is southern for "master" but not defined at dic.com.
9:54 am
goforit

It's those last few niggly words that take so much time.
Maybe i'll be tempted to enter them all tomorrow.
< Looks at clock to discover it IS tomorrow! >
1am ... ooops ... when did that happen?
This Clayton's Babbling isn't working out too well for me ;)
10:04 am
fnurt

jlm, I can offer you a 6/30 at the start of your list, a 27 between the 30 and the 33, and an additional 21 after that 33.
10:07 am
jlm_mi

Thanks fnurt. I'm sure those will be helpful. :)
10:36 am
fnurt

I found yet another 6/30 before the start of the list.
10:50 am
sprite

carmen, 2 c's (4/5) and 2 f's (2x4) so far. The C's are fishy.
11:13 am
carmen

Thanks everyone I finally have the ones I wanted!!!
11:32 am
fnurt

I am missing one lousy H. So far I have Ha4x5, Ha5x6, Ha6x2, Ho4x8, Ho5x3, Ho6x2.
11:33 am
claws

i have 13 x HA, 14 xHO
11:35 am
claws

you are missing an HO x 5
12:20 pm
jlm_mi

Oh, thanks for posting that! I was also missing just one H an HOx4. :)
12:29 pm
sprite

Missing a Ha5 and it's driving me nuts! Positive I tried every possible combination... but still 12! Must have missed one...
12:31 pm
jlm_mi

Of the 6 5-letter HA words:

4 are just adding an S to the end of a 4
1 adds a D to the end of a 4
The other can have an S added to it to make a 6
12:39 pm
Treble99

can anyone give a clue for the 8s please
12:41 pm
jlm_mi

The were clued at 8:08 and 8:26. I think all of the 7s have also been clued.
12:44 pm
jlm_mi

OK, I'm still missing the first 2 30s, and 3 of the 6s have not been listed anywhere yet, but I found another so here is an updated list:

30,30,21,33,36,27,30,24,24,24,21,30,37,33,21,30,21,33,30,36
12:45 pm
sprite

jlm_mi, thx! It was the +d hint that helped me out. Thought I had that one for some time, but didn't...
12:47 pm
sprite

One 6/30 is of a 4/5/6 combo (4/8 and 5/18) and can be found using a piece of wood. ;-)
12:53 pm
Treble99

cant get the microwave clue
12:55 pm
fnurt

The first two 6/30s are anagrams of each other :)
12:57 pm
parsec

jlm, one of your unlisted sixes is a 24-pointer, one of the fishy words. For me, it is right after the second-to-last 21, but it also might be after that 30.
1:03 pm
fnurt

I just found the fishy 24, and it is after the 21 and before the 30 (which I also just found, nice work jlm!)
1:18 pm
jlm_mi

Yeah, I could not believe that 6/30 was accepted! I tried it's 5 letter form just on a whim and voila!. :)
1:19 pm
sprite

I am still one 7 short. Don't think it has been clued yet.
I have an A7, D7, R7 and S7. Has anyone a clue for the 5th?
1:25 pm
jlm_mi

Thanks for the clues! I thought I had already tried the 6/30 that goes with the 4 and 5, but I guess not. :) And it's anagram! Should have seen that earlier >:-|

Not sure I would have found the fish one either, though it's certainly a popular fish!

I don't think the other 7 has been clued yet either. But, given the letters that I've found all of and it's not in them, I'd say it has to start with one of these:

E, R, S, W

Can anyone eliminate any of those?
1:26 pm
Treble99

Can you give a clue for the R8 please
1:28 pm
sprite

R8: what it needed after cooling down.
1:31 pm
Treble99

Thank you sprite
1:32 pm
sprite

Found a 6/27. Is there really a 6/37 between the 30 and 33 or could that be a 27?
1:33 pm
jlm_mi

Sorry, typo. Can't make a 6/37, but that's definitely a 6/27.
1:51 pm
fnurt

The 7 is not a W, I have all of those. We are still missing an 8 right? Probably a 7/8 combo in that case.
1:53 pm
sprite

We have the 8's. R8 and D8, and the D is indeed of a 7/8 combo. See 8.08 am
1:54 pm
stevedallas

already have the two eights sundew and the r word

1:56 pm
Poephol

I would like to say I couldn't be arsed that it doesn't accept my most interesting word but I could!
2:00 pm
parsec

The seven is not an E, either.
2:09 pm
fnurt

My bad. I guess I have both 8's as well.
2:11 pm
sprite

I have only 4 E's.
5-5-6-4. Could you please give me some clue, parsec?
2:11 pm
jlm_mi

Do all of the E words start with ER? I have 2x4, 3x5, 1x6
2:12 pm
jlm_mi

4,5,5,6,4,5 for my Es, in order.
2:12 pm
fnurt

You are missing a 4 at the beginning, a 5 at the end, and one more I don't have either. All of my E's start with Er.
2:14 pm
sprite

Embarrassed about the 4 and the 5... how blind can I be? Thanks!
2:17 pm
parsec

one E is not an ER. It's a wierdo word with no definition, but you can find it by typing in 4-letter combos that really, really shouldn't be plural words.
2:19 pm
fnurt

The middle two letters of that 7th E word are pretty much how I reacted when I found it.
2:24 pm
jlm_mi

LOL fnurt! Got it. :)
2:25 pm
jlm_mi

Oh, and you didn't answer earlier. Was it the J word you got slapped for? ;)
2:26 pm
jlm_mi

OK, I need 1 more W, along with 2 S words and 6 R words. Since it feels so good to finish off letters, I'll list Ws to swap with people. :)

9xWA, 4xWO

8x4, 4x5, 1x6
2:27 pm
sprite

Or the A-word? ;-)
2:28 pm
sprite

10 Wa, 4 Wo
2:29 pm
sprite

You need another w5.
2:33 pm
jlm_mi

The J words is way worse than the A word, I think. It's just a gross word. Makes me shudder.
2:33 pm
jlm_mi

Oh, and thanks! A Wa5 is what I'll search for. :)
2:44 pm
sprite

Still sparring with the last E... So it is a 5, ending in a S? Or am I just being very stupid?
2:45 pm
fnurt

Rrrrrr matey! I have Rax6, Rex12, Rox11, hunting for 4 more.
2:46 pm
stevedallas

and I m stil trying to find that last WA!!!
2:47 pm
jlm_mi

sprite - it's a 4 ending in S. And it's a stupid word.

And sorry fnurt, I have only 28 Rs, the same counts as you except I'm missing an RA.
2:47 pm
stevedallas

theres at least 1 rh
2:48 pm
jlm_mi

steve - try adding a d to the end of one of your 4s. At least that's the one that took me the longest to find.
2:48 pm
sprite

All Wa5's are 4/5 combo's. Only one gets a d. The others an s.
2:49 pm
stevedallas

tks jlm that was just it
2:50 pm
jlm_mi

I keep wanting to make slalom!
2:50 pm
sprite

Yes, I have a Rh 4. No other with Rh so far.
2:50 pm
stevedallas

ive tried salome a million times
2:50 pm
jlm_mi

yeah, that too
2:54 pm
parsec

alright, mateys--going with the pirate theme here--I have no help for you as far as R totals, but I can say that there is a 6/7 combo in the REs: bohemian dance(s). The 7 is 44 pts.
2:56 pm
sprite

Parsec, you found the missing 7! Thx!
3:03 pm
jlm_mi

OK, those are odd words. But, they bring me soooo close to finishing.

I am now missing one R and one S, and one 5 and one 6.

For Rs I have 15x4, 9x5, 5x6, 2x7, 1x8
For Ss I have 13x4, 12x5, 5x6, 1x7
3:07 pm
parsec

wait a sec, i have 15xRE now, is that your missing one?
3:09 pm
jlm_mi

Yes, it appears it is. I only have 14.
3:10 pm
parsec

I'd go play with plurals, that's what got me.
3:14 pm
jlm_mi

Yep, that was it. Or rather, adding and S to change verb form. I saw the verb as a past tense form, but it can also be present tense with a totally different meaning. So, that makes the complete list of 6-letter words:

30,30,21,33,36,27,30,24,24,24,21,30,30,27,27,33,21,24,30,21,33,30,36
3:25 pm
jlm_mi

OK, I think that's it folks. My last word was a 5 letter SO word meaning a soldier in India.

205/2759
3:30 pm
fnurt

205 here as well! Awesome teamwork today, was a lot of fun.
3:35 pm
marigold

I am missing one 7 letter word. Does anyone know what letter it starts with? please
I have 1A7, 1D7, 1R7 and 1S7.
3:41 pm
sprite

You need another R7.
I still need that E4... can't believe I cannot find such a short word! >:-|
3:42 pm
jlm_mi

sprite - use the uppermost e
3:47 pm
sprite

Thanks a million, jlm_mi - found it at last. What on earth e**s means I probably never know... ;-))
3:47 pm
Minski

It took me all day to find the fishy S/6/24. I feel so stupid now.
DURHH
3:57 pm
4t8

ooh! i love the s-7-52! okay, that's probably all i'lll have time to write today...
3:59 pm
4t8

and the like 8-70, yay!!!
3:59 pm
Minski

5:00 pm.
time to go home and start babbling on another computer.
tonight is CSI then ER and a Red Sox game so I might not get much babbling in.
4:19 pm
marigold

thanks sprite I got the last 7 letter word
4:19 pm
4t8

oh, yum, fish!
4:21 pm
sprite

Time to stop for me! Can't keep my eyes open any longer... perhaps tomorrow morning a few more.
170 / 2330 isn't too bad, though.
5:11 pm
runningforhome

As a Canadian, I'm upset that it won't take 'hoser'. :(
11:14 pm
sprite

Back for the finals... :-)
How nice to wake up and find two more at first glance!
11:25 pm
runningforhome

Can anyone help me with the a-7?
11:30 pm
sprite

The A7 means needlelike. And it ends in a flower that pricks as well.
11:46 pm
sprite

runningforhome, use the uppermost a and go down.
11:47 pm
runningforhome

Thanks sprite, I got it.