Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, October 28, 2004

12:16 am

Krys10

According to the Wordracer solver, 86 words, 2 eights, 4 sevens.

12:30 am

dolphin

We got a 7 for 60!!

12:34 am

dolphin

Another 7 for 48

1:21 am

Aussie Goddess

An 8 for 90 woo-hoo!

1:58 am

roomette

Sorry, but I am out of the loop. What is the Wordracer solver?

2:42 am

dicktrickle

damn...a few letters away from phenylalanine...that would be a babbler's dream

4:04 am

Huh

mmm hmmm and that 90 Pointer just rolls of your tounge huh Darlin ? LOL I was jumping for jess when I found it <wink> but l@@ka whom beat me to it ;; LMAO!!

^*~~ ^~ GBIFD ^~ \X/~

8:17 am

Minski

RED SOX RULE!!!

Sorry but I had to get that out of my system!

9:19 am

Krys10

So Minski, which player are you naming the baby after? ;)

roomette - there are a few online solvers for puzzles like these. The one I use, which is easier to use without seeing the words, is called the "Boggle/Wordracer" solver. It uses a different dictionary than Babble does, so sometimes it's off by a word or two. Hopefully soon someone will post stats that are more detailed from the Enable solver, which uses the Enable dictionary just like Babble does. Hope that's clear - I just woke up :)

9:20 am

stevedallas

found both 8s but no sevens oh well back to work for a while

9:22 am

Krys10

This puzzle's like pulling teeth for me today.. are the sevens and eights everyday-language words, or words like phenylalaine?

9:25 am

jlm_mi

The O/8/40 is an every day word. The A/7/28 isn't tooooo bad. The other 8 is uncommon. I've found 2 of the 3 missing 7s and they are both uncommon. This is one of the worst puzzles I've seen. I usually like the ones with fewer words, but uggh!

I'll post stats in a minute.

9:29 am

jlm_mi

From wordracer: 86 words (88 from enable solver, so 2 missing)

2x8+
4x7
9x6
27x5
44x4

18xA
4xD
4xE
10xH
2xi
17xL
2xN
4xO
4xP
5xR
13xT
1xW
2xY

As always, until someone posts enable stats, if you have more in any category please post.:)

9:32 am

fit1

I'm a Yankee fan. WWAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH (Official Noo Joisey whine)

9:38 am

Boo

Me too...can't wait until next spring. (I'm due the end of April and have decided our baby will be born on a day the Yankees win. But there will be a lot of days for the baby to choose from :-)

9:44 am

Minski

Sorry Fit1 but I am a born and bred Boston 'Burb Brat and a diehard Red Sox Fan.
This is a banner day!!!!

9:48 am

Minski

We know it's a girl, but if it were a boy the name would be Pedro Trot (we are naming our 1st after my husband's brother and his initials are PT).
Since it's a girl we have decided on Paige Tracey.

9:53 am

Krys10

Minski, where are you from? I grew up in Newton...

10:00 am

jlm_mi

6/7/8 letter words. I'm still missing 2 6's.

8/90/A - a ridge of cartilage
7/28/A - a workshop
6/30/D - a hebrew letter
6/36/H - A translucent product of some degenerative skin conditions
7/52/H - variant of previous word
6/18/L - having woolly hairs
6/18/O - to make familiar with
8/40/O - of or having to do with the far east
6/54/ P - a magical bird (alternate spelling)
7/60/P - a chemical, C20H42
7/48/P - a form of amylase in the saliva
6/18/T - something you are good at
6/27 T - relating to the palm of the hand

10:04 am

parsec

6/42/P--a chemical, C6H5

10:11 am

jlm_mi

I have 2 ELs and an ET. Does anyone know what the 4th E is?

For As I'm also missing one. I have:

AA, ALx6, ANx6, AT, AXx3

10:17 am

Boo

I have an AL5

10:17 am

Boo

never mind...re-read your numbers. You're WAY ahead of me/us still!!

10:23 am

Minski

Hi Krys10 ~
I grew up in Hingham, work in Newton, and live in Stoneham.
Where are you now?

10:27 am

Krys10

Minski - I moved to California ten years ago, and I miss the snow and apple-picking season, but not shoveling!

This puzzle is giving me a headache.. will be back later.

10:32 am

jlm_mi

The missing words are 2 N words, both 4 letters. So, there are 4xN and 46x4.

10:34 am

jlm_mi

And I found my missing E. It was another ET.

10:36 am

jlm_mi

And the missing A was another AL, a 6 for 27 that is a chemical CH3CH(NH2)CO.

So, 88/1233 for the final.

11:33 am

parsec

so many chemicals! I hate chemicals!

11:40 am

fnurt

These words are rough!!! jlm, you must have done a lot of noodling.

11:40 am

Atalante

This puzzle is hideous! *goes back to putting random letters together*

11:46 am

fit1

When I see a chemical clue, I just eliminate that word as a possibility for me. I can't even noodle a second 4-letter n :( I am unhappy with this puzzle

11:48 am

fit1

Ooops. I found a second n4.

11:51 am

parsec

My problem is an unhealthy dose of stubborn. If I know it's there, I have to find it, even if I have to noodle -ine -yl -ol -ix argh!

12:15 pm

jlm_mi

Yep, a lot of noodling and old babble words.

Chemicals often end in yl and ane. ;)

And there are 3 4-letter N words. One of them comes up allll the time in babble (indian bread). One is spanish and the other is also pretty common in babble and means grandma.

12:23 pm

stevedallas

c20h42 is eicosane wonder where the P is? Must be silent

12:49 pm

Atalante

mmmm I'm wondering the same thing stevedallas!

12:56 pm

parsec

I found that P-- the word doesn't look much like eicosane. Also dictionary.com doesn't believe in it.

12:58 pm

jlm_mi

I've searched for this word on the internet (Merriam Webster's dictionary lists it as C20H42). The references I've found list molecules by carbon count, but don't include the Hydrogen count. This word and eicosane are both listed right next to each other as C20.

12:58 pm

Krys10

Are any of the P words PT?

1:04 pm

parsec

Anyone want to compare T's or L's? I'm missing 2 Ts and an L:

La: 4x3, 5x4, 6
Le: 4
Li: 4x6, 5

Ta: 4x3, 6
Te: 4
Th: 4x2, 5x2, 6
Ty: 4

1:06 pm

jlm_mi

Yes, there is one PT word.

You are missing an LA5, a TA4 and a TH5.

1:10 pm

stevedallas

there is a PT7

3:41 pm

Atalante

Are there 3 or 4 N words? I'm confused ....

3:43 pm

jlm_mi

4

See my post at 10:32

3:47 pm

Atalante

followed by 12:15: And there are 3 4-letter N words. ;)

3:47 pm

Atalante

oh *sigh* am I asleep? I think so - so there are 3 N4 and 1 N5???

3:53 pm

jlm_mi

Yep! :-D

At the later time fit1 indicated having trouble finding a second 4-letter N word, so I was just pointing out that there were actually 3 of them, so not to give up looking after the second.

This puzzle really does leave a bad taste in the mouth though!

4:36 pm

Atalante

thank you! *shakes head* I must really be asleep today!

Got it - thank goodness - this puzzle has been utterly horrid. I normally like the shorter ones, but not this one!

6:57 pm

periwinkle

Do all 4 N words start with Na?

7:20 pm

Krys10

nope, there's an NY!

10:37 pm

MeTarzanUJane

hello

10:42 pm

Krys10

Hello Meredith! :)

10:45 pm

MeTarzanUJane

hey
im totally lost!

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