June 18, 2004

Well I was on my way to watch TV but.. I don't know.. Suddenly it was like the game was calling to me or something.

Tell me about it. I should be reading or sleeping.....but I am up to 61 words already. All short ones.

Anyone have anything higher than a six yet?

i got a 7 for 60

Hey J.....its your little daughter's fault....she is a pusher of adictive games, gets you hooked and then leaves you suffering. Well done Rodders, I see you must have had NO lessons yesterday, was it 'study tme' with your kids???

I see a 7 and an 8. (I'm sitting this one out, though)

And a 9.

Just got the 7 ....hmmm and an 8 too. Looking hard!!!

Yep S.. she is pretty darn evil now isn't she. 'Course now that I think about it.. all my kids are pretty darn evil. Gosh.. kinda makes me misty.

Two 8's, both are based on the same word.

can't find an 8, but have five 7s....

It does warm ya cockles dont it....the puzzle dont look hard btw. i am looking hard;)

Hey Joyce....your name is in the Grid !!!:D

Christine

1:30 am

Four 7s- 32.. 36.. 60 and 64

Damn!! So it was actually calling to me! Spooky!

Just got a couple of sevens for 40 and 44... got the others apart from the 32 pointer!!! Nice puzzle today :D

And another two sevens for 40 and 44, very similar to the first two.

Hi Sapphie, you just keep dangling the bait, I'll just keep on avoiding it. Have a nice day..

There's a 9 in the puzzle!

158 words 2167 think im done

Christine

3:31 am

This is fun -- seven 7s and a 9.... no 8s. Anceps, wake up, and post your findings..

--------------------------------- Max: 292 words, for 4595 points. (110×4, 91×5, 54×6, 26×7, 6×8, 5×9) Best word: 84 pts for 9 letters 'E' in upper right corner is the only one not to be used. 'N' in upper left corner is the only one not beginning a word ---------------------------------

Yeah, I got the 7 worth 64, cool

Christine

5:53 am

Sapphie---'it does warm your cockles....' are you in England??

Hi Christine! Yes I am in England. We do have the best turns of phrase I think...don't you ;) Looks like a mega puzzle today!!! WOW!!

Sapphie, I've just seen the ratings for yesterday. I have past the test.I MUST DIMINISH AND GO INTO THE WEST!!!

Errrm, don't want to knock Anceps, but I've managed to use the E in the top right corner...

Christine

7:27 am

FitzyFitz ... tell us the word, and we'll seee if you've beaten Ancep's program....

Jean

Christine

7:38 am

Oh, you trusting soul.... now we all know your word (evil grind...) actually, I tried that word, asnd it was rejected, hmmm,.. Have you noticed how many names, (m/f) are in this grid?

i get the feeling that it's probably the E that doesn't start a word, and the N that isn't used at all

Atalante

7:45 am

4 animals, 1 young bird - so far ... and the 64 pt word :) and a good lot of organic chemicals ...

Do the chemicals use -ite?

Hey-- I just noticed I got an 8 point word by accident about 10 minutes ago-- 50 points!

Atalante

8:10 am

noooo ..... mainly ine

Thanks

So that's 11 points you all owe me ;-)

Christine

8:31 am

I have an elderly man, a senile old woman, a young bird and animal, visitors, same old fish, Fitz's word... and a sign you have car trouble.. but I just can't find that bloomin' 9.,

Fitzy-- I have 10 that uses both of the other e's. Will that do?

10 point word, that is. Didn't want to get hearts racing over 10-letter possibilities

This is my first time. It's pretty hard,eh. Got a few animals, but I'm stuck at 500 odd. Any techniques on offer?

Atalante

8:47 am

oh! how could I have missed the same old fish .... *sigh*

Look for rhyming words; look for parts of words and try to add on (-ite, -ine); if you think something might possibly look like it remotely could be a word, type it in and hope.

Got ya, cheers...I keep on wanting to put gnite but it's not there/isn't a real world!

I keep seeing words that aren't there, too. 'Yogurt' is taunting me in this one.

taunting me now!

Hmm. I think anceps said earlier that the 'e' in the top-right corner isn't used but I have found one word for it. Just one, mind you, nothing major. I'm retiring at 156/4.87/2077 for now.

M&O dont know if you have this 7 letter for 36 but you have a fairly new one in your home

It let me have jean :) Yes Rodders your time is past......

Got myself a bird....a European kite.

setter-- is it a living thing?

never mind-- got it

Atalante

10:20 am

found another word using the top right 'e'!

I also have 2 with that e-- both short, though.

there are at least 3 words with that top right E

3!? How intriguing. I have one with the e at the end, and one where it's the second letter.

Sorry ... my bad ... 2 it is (at least, that I've found)

runningforhome

11:05 am

Bah, it won't accept lego. :p

No, it really is 3 ... I just temporarily mis-remembered what the 3rd one was. 2x4, 1x5.

I've just found a very clever ursine...

I absolutely can't believe that it won't accept the well-known English word NLOJEACYFTROGNLEILEASDNIT. I was nlojeacyftrognleileasdniting only last night.

Christine,I think your elderly man, senile old woman,young bird, visitor etc. You seem to have a house full.Or mabey just our family.

Woo-hoo! Finally got a 9! It's my only word bigger than 7, mind.

M&O, ar you still there?

wieeeehhhh another Robin Hobb fan!! hello fitzyfitz!

Hiya, got the URL from the website ;-)

Well, I'm stuck. 157/2167 See y'all

hihi I got the URL from the Howe site where I met crooty, who happens to also be a Hobb fan..:) weird world..

FitzyFitz, Your're right. I'm sorry, I made a mistake: the 'N' upper left is never used, and the 'E' upper right never begins a word.

Atalante

12:44 pm

Hi Signe ... I think tooty crooty is recruiting quite a few people from JH to here :)

Oh dear I'm stuck on 90 words 1260 points. Can't for the life of me find that 9 letter word!

113/4.86/1463 No 8's or 9's 6-7's, 19-6's Can't believe there are 292 words in this puzzle. (Joey)

no niet; no lego; no joly; no joyce; no cygne!!! I'm not speaking the same langage than that dictionnary!!

Your c word is close to one, though...

hi midnight! really? well i'm not finding it :( and now what is wrong with my "coyot"?!

It needs an e at the end

ah...*feels stupid* and for "login"? = logine?

Wow.... this is difficult!

4t8

4:04 pm

little late to start, but looks like fun. will play a few and bemoan another low score. :D

I have a bazillion 7s (okay, actually 17), but no 8s or 9s. Anyone care to share a hint? ;)

a hitn for a 8 ... Well, follow the line, do it again and doing it again you got an 8 ;)

My second 8 is a french word that oddly fit in the game !?! (and is not recognize in the dictionary...)

I must be really thick because I can not understand this clue for an 8 word.

I don't either... I am at 100 score 1031 no 8's or 9's...

for the hint, maybe "make" would be better than "follow". In the other hand I'm french and it's not easy to give hints so english words ;)

I have 97 word 1078 the biggest are 7's I am really not in the Big Boys league I guess I may just quit and go to bed.

Belive me Youland I think you are doing well with your English I am just a bit stupid, or even a lot stupud.

Sorry Youloud I spelt your name wrong.

Christine

5:26 pm

Little sister.... you've got a life, I just lie around, doing crosswords and Babble. Luv ya.

Thanks for the hints! I'm back from a quick nap. Off to search for those 8s. :)

Christine Do you have the word that Youloud has given the clue for? I bet you do the best I can do is a 60 point word.

periwinkle

5:33 pm

Hi all, It is my very first time here. I have been playing for about a half an hour. So far have 50 word, 550 score. I like it but am sure I will not find over 200 words

Christine

5:34 pm

FFFF -- you're very close....

Christine. You got Email.

Christine, Whats with the FFFF you swearing again?

Christine

5:43 pm

Marianne -- that's her/his 'name. Go read your email, I have a word for you.

Christine No Email

Christine

6:04 pm

Marianne -- more words.

Christine

6:05 pm

Are the rest of you beginnin to feel that you've joined our family??

Christine - Yes. And since you're sharing words with family members ... ;)

Christine no one in their right mind would want to be part of our family

Christine

6:21 pm

Okay, for all our new family-members, here's one........(drum-roll, please), .... LINE. There, welcome to our family!!

12.35am Night ALL!

runningforhome

6:32 pm

This might be my highest score ever: 280/5.03/2701

Kaetchen

6:34 pm

I hate you in a cheerful, non-threatening way, running.

Hey.. I'm not in my right mind!! So call me Auntie J. LOL!!!

Sorry for what I'm assuming is a dumb question, but this is my first look at Babble. At 4:04 am anceps said Max: 292 words, for 4595 points. (110×4, 91×5, 54×6, 26×7, 6×8, 5×9) Best word: 84 pts for 9 letters 'E' in upper right corner is the only one not to be used. 'N' in upper left corner is the only one not beginning a word I have used the 'E' in the upper right corner. So what does this message mean?

runningforhome

7:24 pm

I think he mixed up the E and the N.

141/4.82/1736 sTILL NO 8'S OR 9'S (SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE) 7-7'S, 22-6'S. GOODNIGHT. (JOEY)

I never get the 8s or 9s, don't feel bad! HINTS, anyone?

4t8

9:43 pm

can't see words for the past few days. have 95.

I found some of the longer words (my 8 and 9 are both verbs ... and i suppose they're both sewing-related). It's the smaller words that i can't see today

okay, i have two 9s now, both verbs. One in the present tense and the other in the past tense. Hope that helps.

I can't believe it won't accept oceanliner. I thought I was going to have my shining babble moment.

Christine

10:44 pm

johnny2times -- I tried that , and it said OOOPS! ...getting a leetle sick of that word.