Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, July 14, 2005

12:12 am

wilson27fan

O/8/40 and O/9/54

12:21 am

wilson27fan

S/10/70 : Extremely loud-voiced Greek herald

12:23 am

bigbirdboss

S7/36

12:25 am

wilson27fan

C/7/36 and U/7/36

12:25 am

SweetTooth

C 7/36
H 7/52

12:25 am

onyx

we have a vulgar babble today

12:26 am

wilson27fan

and A/7/36 have same 3 last letters

12:28 am

wilson27fan

yes that is a second C/7/36 sorry forgot to mention that when i posted

12:30 am

wilson27fan

A/9/66:done randomly; characterized by chance, often in reference to art or music

12:31 am

wilson27fan

my hubby found that 1 , it sometimes helps to have a second pair of eyes!!!

12:36 am

wilson27fan

I have listed all the long ones i have so far,I am gonna call it a night and wait to see the other postings and hopefully stats to see how many more big ones I need.Good Luck all !!

12:40 am

SweetTooth

S 7/28

1:30 am

SweetTooth

E 7/36
E 7/28

6:34 am

Uneaixoise

H6/36

8:16 am

DarleenMB

onyx ... it's only a word. It's people who make it vulgar. :-)

8:16 am

fit1

O728 which leads to the o8 and o9

8:52 am

Uneaixoise

U7/36

9:11 am

Jeanne

Too bad we cant have healthnut...!

9:43 am

leef34

is that a 2nd U7/36??

9:45 am

Gail

Is there a clue for the O words, please?

9:46 am

Gail

Never mind, my brain just woke up and I found them all.

9:48 am

leef34

Clue for the O words: of or pertaining to the countries, customs, or people of eastern asia.

9:53 am

Gail

Thanks, leef34, I spotted it just as you posted. My brain has just not kicked in too well today, but it seems to be waking up. Just found the A9 at the same time. There's hope for me yet.

9:57 am

leef34

We all have our days...trust me.

9:58 am

EvaNadine

guess no one has any stats yet, eh?
well, until then, any clues for the U7/36?
(and did we ever determine if there were one or two of those?)

9:59 am

Owen

A9/66

10:14 am

leef34

is that a 2nd A9/66???

10:14 am

vtpri

First time stat-provider... let's hope I didn't screw anything up.

217 words

a - 19
c - 25
e - 12
h - 38
i - 3
j - 1
l - 21
n - 11
o - 12
r -12
s - 17
t - 37
u - 9

10 - 1
9 - 2
8 - 1
7 - 13
6 - 34
5 - 69
4 - 97

10:16 am

leef34

Thanks Pri!!!

10:17 am

EvaNadine

one company, one team!!
thanks pri.
;)

10:24 am

leef34

Clue for the U7/36, goes with a U6/24: Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters and found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the fourth to the eighth century A.D.

10:24 am

Owen

Sorry, leef34, missed that the A9 had already been posted. So wilson27fan has identified the 10-letter word and the two 9-letter words.

10:39 am

Judi

Totally clueless on the O8 & O9, even after the clue. If these words are really obvious, I just can't see them. Any relation to O5 - large body of salt water?

10:41 am

EvaNadine

judi -- think rugs and ethnicity

10:42 am

leef34

judi...think of a type of rug.

10:42 am

leef34

damn, evan beat me to that one

10:47 am

EvaNadine

me win! me win!
hehe

11:03 am

Judi

Oy vay. The O's were obvious. I feel brainless. As long as I'm on a roll, how about an alternate clue for the A9.

11:07 am

Gail

The word is built on a four letter word that means dice - and Babble won't take that word, at least not for me. I put that definition in a reverse dictionary and got a list of words that it was on, only with a slightly different ending. That's the only definition I could find, too.

11:16 am

EvaNadine

the last 5 letters of the A9 spell a type of contact lens worn by people with astigmatism...

11:42 am

Gail

I just spent most of my lunch hour looking for the J word. J4/11. It's a type of currency, 10 of them equal one Yuan

11:43 am

Uneaixoise

re "U" words:
4 letters: 3
5 letters: 2
6 letters: 2
7 letters: 1

11:52 am

Michelle

there's another u6!

12:00 pm

tedybeth

Gail - thanks for doing the 'leg' work on the j4 word. Doesn't take as long when you have something to work with!!

12:01 pm

EvaNadine

i have 2 U6 right now, both worth 24 -- any hints on the 3rd?

12:12 pm

Troy

It says that stent isn't a word.

12:12 pm

Gail

I knew that J word had to be an unusual one. And my power went out twice while I was trying to look for it! Big storms right now, thanks to Dennis.

12:13 pm

Gail

That's one of my biggest complaints about Babble - won't take stent and that word is in almost every grid, too.

12:14 pm

EvaNadine

troy: i never understood why, but babble just wont accept that word.

gail: be safe!

12:16 pm

Gail

I'm back at work in the doctor's office now, first aid is at hand!

12:26 pm

Judi

Thanks for the A9 clue, Evandine. I wear one of those lenses, so that was a big help.

12:28 pm

EvaNadine

i used to as well, so i got 2 words in one.
;)

12:34 pm

Uneaixoise

oops, sorry--i had 3 U6's--just didn't see 'em all!

12:36 pm

Uneaixoise

the third U6 is 27 points--think "ajar"

12:45 pm

Troy

The powers-that-be just wrote me back that they will add stent to the lexicon.

12:58 pm

Judi

Anyone have any clues on the i words?

1:03 pm

Uneaixoise

i only have one "i" word--it's 4 letters and is part of the pelvis

1:04 pm

Judi

I have two i's, both x4.

1:08 pm

Uneaixoise

ok, now i do too . . . and it's a part of the intestine

1:17 pm

Troy

Thank god for Google image search or I'd have never figured out the pelvic and intestinal words!

1:24 pm

Uneaixoise

H7/48

1:29 pm

EvaNadine

the 2 4-letter i words are just one letter different from each other. the 3rd is a 5-letter that just adds a letter to the end of one of the 4-letter words.

1:33 pm

EvaNadine

Uneaixoise: thanks for the clue on the last U6 -- though i do think theyre stretching it a bit, calling that a word...heh

1:49 pm

Uneaixoise

as you can well imagine, after many years editing and teaching . . . it PAINS me!!

1:54 pm

EvaNadine

heh, i was an english major, so i feel the same way.
especially when they allow "words" like awol and legit, but they have to "add" something like stent.

(course, i try to make up words all the time myself...hehe)

2:04 pm

Troy

Stent has already been added by the way.

2:09 pm

EvaNadine

thanks for the update, troy.
:)

3:44 pm

wilson27fan

Yeah Owens I guess i did identify the 10 and the 2 9 letter words.It helps to have an extra set of eyes.My hubby found the 10 letter word.I spend the first half hour looking for long ones because if I start small I tend not to find the longer words. :))

5:33 pm

periwinkle

Major problem here. I just type in at least 50 words and they just disappeared. All of Them. Yesterday I only got half of the words in and then I kept getting a message that the page was not available. I am not a happy camper.

5:35 pm

periwinkle

NOw I am typing in the same words and I am getting a message that I already used that word. I will sign off and try again later. Very frustrating.

5:38 pm

periwinkle

Well I just tried typing in a new word and nothing showed up in my list. Anyone else having problems with the game today?

6:13 pm

EvaNadine

peri -- i havent had any problems, but i have heard other people having a similar problem to yours...not sure what to tell you though.

7:26 pm

fit1

Hey, guys. I got Stent in there at last :)

7:30 pm

fit1

I was an English teacher at one time. One would hardly know it from my command, or lack of it, of this game :)

7:49 pm

periwinkle

Well I am back again but when I type a new word it does not show up on the list. :( Where are the words going?

7:57 pm

fit1

OMG!!!! All my words just disappeared. I had well over 100

7:57 pm

tedybeth

OK -- I just put in a word, and the entire list I had been working on since 6:30 a.m. is gone! --- nooooooo -- and there's an error message at the top ---- what's going on?????

7:58 pm

tedybeth

fit1, I feel just a bit better knowing I'm not alone!

7:59 pm

tedybeth

THE WORDS ARE BACK NOW!!!! [and yes, I'm almost shouting with joy!]

7:59 pm

fit1

Holy cow, Tedy, I typed in a word, and they all came back. Tis a puzzlement

8:00 pm

fit1

but I can't type in any new words. :(

8:01 pm

fit1

And disappeared again. I think there is a problem :)

8:01 pm

tedybeth

now they are gone again ..?????????

8:01 pm

Uneaixoise

ohmygod, I had 149 words and now they're gone!

8:02 pm

Uneaixoise

are you getting this message: Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /var/www/html/playbabble/sidebars/wordlist.php on line 21

8:03 pm

tedybeth

It was so frustrating yesterday when the puzzle went out in the early evening. They we lost our DSL due to storms - so no chance to finish the puzzle. Now this - yucko

8:04 pm

fit1

there have been all kinds of problems lately. I do hope the God of babble can fix it. It is sooooo frustrating, and it has dropped my ranking considerably

8:04 pm

tedybeth

Did we have these kinds of problems before the ads were put on?

Here in FL we blame everything on last year's hurricanes! We could try that!

8:05 pm

fit1

Une, that is the exact message I am getting too

8:05 pm

Uneaixoise

FYI I didn't have a problem until just now . . . sad sad sad

8:06 pm

tedybeth

ditto on the message

8:07 pm

Uneaixoise

are you assuming all our words have been sucked into the ether with no chance of recovery . . . ?

8:10 pm

tedybeth

Since about 8 p.m. [babble time] the words disappeared, returned, then disappeared again ... there's hope they return a second time and stay ??

8:12 pm

fit1

I worked on the words this AM and then again this evening. We saw a show in the afternoon for my birthday today. Luckily, I wasn't working on this all day, or it would have been a double bummer.

8:13 pm

tedybeth

Happy Birthday, fit1 -- hope you enjoyed the show!

8:15 pm

fit1

thanks Tedi. Indeed we did. But think what they are doing in France toaday (Bastille Day). We were actually there in 2000 for my birthday and saw their fireworks. What a wonderful b'day that was

8:16 pm

tedybeth

fit1, that must have been fun! my son's birthday is Flag Day [June 14] and when he was younger he thought people put their flags our for him!!

8:17 pm

Uneaixoise

Liberté Egalité Fraternité!!!

8:17 pm

Uneaixoise

oops, sorry, Babble garbled the French accents

8:18 pm

fit1

LOL Tedi. That's adorable. I know flag day, since my oldest daughter had her Bat Mitzvah on June 14 many moons ago ).

8:19 pm

tedybeth

LOL, une -
I think I'll go do some email catching up and come back later to see if they've fixed the 'complications'

8:20 pm

Uneaixoise

they're back!!!!

8:21 pm

tedybeth

OK - my word list is back - and I'm a bit afraid to try to enter anything!

8:21 pm

fit1

I'm afraid to enter a word :)

8:21 pm

tedybeth

gone again - that was quick

8:23 pm

Uneaixoise

in the few seconds of cautious bliss, I copied mine into a Word document . . . yes OCD is a wonderful thing

8:26 pm

fit1

une, what a great idea.

8:27 pm

tedybeth

never thought about copying them. Duh ---
What if when the words come back next time, we all get someone else's list --- sorry, imagination is flying away again.!

10:05 pm

periwinkle

Are you back on, marigold. My words are back!

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