September 28, 2004

sprite

12:23 am

There are at least 2x 8/50

bigbirdboss

12:35 am

8 for 65

sleeky

12:35 am

7 for 28 and 7 for 36

bigbirdboss

12:36 am

2x7 for 36

7 for 48...that's nice, but that 8 for 65 is nicer. i know there are far more words in here than i can even begin to see.

sprite

12:48 am

Incredible - I see the words faster than I can enter them. ;-)

4t8

1:15 am

another 8 for 65

Krys10

1:21 am

Can't decide if I want to jump in to this one... 276 words, 26 sevens and 10 eight+

sprite

1:23 am

How do you know? Do you have the stats? How does anyone GET those stats, anyway?

4t8

1:24 am

another 7 for 28 and 48. oh, why not, it'll be fun. the water's warm.

BabbleStats By word length: 4 .... 115 5 ..... 82 6 ..... 45 7 ..... 26 8 ..... 10 ========== total: 278 ========== By start letter: A .... 20 B .... 39 E .... 12 F .... 35 H .... 14 i .... 10 L .... 32 M .... 18 N .... 7 O .... 7 P .... 23 R .... 22 S .... 17 T .... 15 W .... 7 Wow! Wish i had time to play today. Have fun :)

Krys10

2:37 am

Sprite - there's at least one online solver out there - people have various methods for getting stats about the words without actually looking at the words in the list.

sprite

2:38 am

They must have an almost superhumane selfcontrol! *S*

sprite

2:40 am

I really like to play when there are stats, btw - nice to know what I'm aiming for. Thanks!

sprite

8:23 am

And an 8/75!

Anybody fancy sharing? I currently have 10 of the 15 T's: Ta4 x 1 Ta6 x 1 Te4 x 3 Te5 x 1 Ti4 x 3 Ti5 x 1 Any thoughts on what's missing??

sprite

9:09 am

There's another Ti5

Thanks Sprite :O)

sprite

9:12 am

How are you doing with the 8's? I have 5 now.

Not good! Only 3 so far, but I haven't been boggling for long...A, F and P...

sprite

9:17 am

F, H, P, P, S so far. I'll go looking for the A!

Righto, S and P for me...

The full T list is: Ta4 x 1 Ta6 x 1 Te4 x 5 Te5 x 3 Ti4 x 3 Ti5 x 2

I have A8 I'm looking for the S

sprite

9:32 am

S8 how you should behave Any clue for the A8? I keep seeing that A7...

Minski

9:35 am

The A-8-50 is the plural of an A-7-36.

I've just found an R8 for 40, meaning most turbulent.

sprite

9:39 am

The A7/36 I have has no plural... :-(

I have two Ai7 x 36 words which could explain the problem. I'm guessing you have the one that means perhaps...if so you need to look for another Ai7 x 36 and then stick an s on the end of it. A clue is it is a disorder.

sprite

9:43 am

I have a whole world to explore there, I see... I have an Am7/36.

sprite

9:45 am

I am ashamed... so very blind for the obvious! Thanks, found it.

Ha! Well, thanks for the clue, I had quite a few similar looking words, but not that one..

O7 for 28

and an E for 36.

sprite

10:04 am

There are 3 E7's for 36.

Thinking out loud about 8s, I believe the chat has so far mentioned: A, F, H, P, P, R, S So that still leaves 3 unaccounted for so far...

Now painfully aware that I am talking to myself ... there are at least three f8s in total (55,65,65). Which means there is now only one 8 unaccounted for...

Hey Kirsty - You are not alone here! :) I can't help with the 8s, and maybe not with the 7s either, but I'll list the 7s that I have because I know that not all of them have been mentioned. 7-36 A 7-36 A 7-36 A 7-28 A 7-48 B 7-36 E 7-36 E 7-36 E 7-48 F 7-48 F 7-48 F 7-36 L 7-28 O 7-36 P 7-36 P 7-40 R 7-28 R 7-36 R 7-40 W

And a 4th 7-48 F.

And a 3rd 7-36 P

Great stuff! I can add an F7x40, another 2 P7x36, and another R7x28 - which I reckon gets us up to 25 - only one more to find!

...and I wrote that before I'd seen your last post, so we're still looking for one more...

So you have 4/7-36 P at this point, right?

Yep 4 P7x36 :o)

I've just found the final 8 - it's a P for 75. I'd never heard the word before and is something to do with hair.

Kirsty - If I'm reading the posts right there are also two other 8-letter words beginning with P. Do you have the points for those?

boatierra

1:03 pm

Can almost make 'hermit'...

There is an 8-50 S that I don't think has been mentioned (I now have 2 8-50 S words). The "how you should behave" one was mentioned earlier. The one I just found is a chemical.

OK, another recap of 7s and 8s. I have (I think) all the 8s and all but 1 7: 8-50 A 8-65 F 8-55 F 8-65 F 8-65 H 8-50 P 8-75 P 8-40 R 8-50 S 8-50 S 7-36 A 7-36 A 7-36 A 7-28 A 7-48 B 7-36 E 7-36 E 7-36 E 7-48 F 7-40 F 7-48 F 7-48 F 7-48 F 7-48 F 7-36 L 7-28 O 7-36 P 7-36 P 7-36 P 7-36 P 7-28 R 7-40 R 7-28 R 7-36 R 7-40 W

Wow, the only letter I've found all of is T, thanks to clues earlier. This is a tough puzzle to get the last 25% or so words on! Anyone want to compare various starting letters? I'll start with F and S: FA4x1,FA6x1, FA7x1, FA8x1 FE4x2, FE5x1, FE6x1 Fi4x4, Fi5x4, Fi6x2, Fi7x2, Fi8x1 FO4x3, FO6x2, FO7x3, FO8x1 SE4x5, SE6x1, SE8x1 ST4x2, ST5x1, ST8x1

I have an SE5 and an ST5 you are missing.

Ps? PA4x2, PA5x1, PA6x4, PA7x3, PA8x1 PH4x1 PI4x5, PI5x2, PI8x1

fnurt

2:27 pm

There is at least one more FO4.

I have PA5x2, and PA7x4

OK, how about some that we might be able to find all of more easily. :) N: all I have are NE - 4x4 and 1x5 O: Oi5, Oi6, Oi7, OM4, OM5 W - Wi4x2, Wi5x2, Wi7, WR5

ah, missed me some plurals. Also there are two more SE5s (for a total of three) that build in various ways off of a four.

fnurt

2:41 pm

There is at least one more NE4 and a WE4.

WE4x1. Should be familiar.

runningforhome

2:49 pm

I have an OR5.

I now have two Or5

i's? iL4,iN4, iN5x2, iN6x2

I'm still on the Ps: I found a third Pi5

fnurt

3:11 pm

jlm, are there really, truly, 2 ST4's? :)

I just got a third Inx5

oops...I mean a third inx6!! :-)

fnurt - no, I apparently have ST4x1 and ST5x3. Sorry! :)

I found an imx5

any clues on that P/8/75?

The dictionary def is: Having the form of a hair It sounds kind of like something you'd use to form a small cushion (use some imagination here) ;-)

cjustine - that's the one that has to do with hair that Kirsty1 mentioned earlier. It's a compound word formed from two 4-letter words that, of course, are both in this puzzle.

Boo - did you find the iM6 that goes with your iM5 (assuming it's the same one I have)? And cute clue for the P8-75. :-D

yes, my two im words go together. Thanks :-)

and now I'm only one short. I have: il4, im5, im6, in4, in5x2, in6x3 Does that match what you have right now?

Unfortunately, yep, it's the same. Will keep searching for that elusive last i word. :)

got that P/8/75, thanks guys! :D

GOT IT! in6!!! (for a total of in6x4) Now to catch up on another letter...

I was just going to post the same thing!

I'm going to keep moving on to other letters even though we haven't completed the ones I posted earlier. We may never get some of them done! :) E: EL6, EL7, EM4, EN5, EN6x2, EN7 H: HE4x6, HE5x2, HE8, Hi4x2

I think they should give us more than 24 hours on puzzles like this :-)

It might help, but sometimes it just feels better to start with something fresh the next day. :)

I'm way behind on Es, but I got El5x2 and El6x2 (both are pairs)

Just to clarify, those are EL not Ei, is that right?

Yes, they must be. Just found one of the pairs. :)

jlm - I have just returned (having rescued a field mice from the grip of my cat, but that, as they say is another story) to see that I did indeed misinform you earlier - sincere apologies. At least I can see it didn't affect your 8 seeking cause too badly! I haven't read all the posts I've missed yet but I'm getting there with 26 left to find...

OK, a bunch more: BE4x6, BE5x4, BE6x3, BE7, Bi4x2, Bi5x2, Bi6, BL4x4, BL5x3, BL6, BR4 LE4x4, LE5, Li4x12, Li5x5, Li6x2, Li7 ME5, Mi4x5, Mi5x5, MO4, MO5x2 RE5x2, RE6x5, RE7x3, Ri4x2, Ri5, Ri7, RO4x2, RO8

The final tally for S's is: Se4 x 7 Se5 x 3 Se6 X 1 Se8 x 1 St4 x 1 St5 x 3 St8 x 1

Thanks Kirsty! Getting closer here - 35 to go, but alas, only few more minutes to find them. I probably won't be back on tonight after that.

To add to my lists below, I've found one more Li4, one Bi4 and one Bi5.

I found one Be4 more(total 7) and a total of Bi4x5.

Found an EN5 to complete the Es.

Just for the sake of completeness..the missing 7 from Jlm's list a while back is an R36

Karin - It seems so obvious now that you say that! I was missing the 6/7 combo. Maybe the fact that I'm hungry helped me find it. :)

My bad - I meant Kirsty, not Karin! :-O

Yay - I was able to find another Li4 (so I have 14 total now) to bring me over 4000, and I must go now with 252/4002. Have fun babbling, all! :)

anyone have the A list? my A's are painfully sparse

so far I have Ai7x1 and Ai8x1... any help?

sprite

4:57 pm

Af5 Ai4 Ai7 x 2 Ai8 Am4 x 4 Am5 x5 Am6 x 2 Am7 Ap6 At4 At7

thanks, sprite! :D

boatierra

5:09 pm

Questions to all...out of all the P words, do any of them begin with Ph? I currently do not have any P words to speak of.

There are clues from about 2:20 about the p words. Only one starts with ph :-)

i haven't found any Ph yet

boatierra

5:11 pm

Take it back, apparently I am totally blind to the fact that I have5 P words, the fifth one of which I just found that begins with a Ph......

boatierra

5:12 pm

Well, that must be the one I just found. Thanks Boo :)

sprite

5:15 pm

For the P's: Pa4 x2 Pa5 x2 Pa6 x4 Pa7 x4 Pa8 Ph4 Pi4 x5 Pi5 x3 Pi8

boatierra

5:16 pm

Thanks Sprite :)

sprite

5:17 pm

I simply cannot find that 3rd F8. I have an Fa8 and an Fo8. Can someone please tell me what I am missing?

fnurt

5:19 pm

There is an Fi8 that means to rule on a paternity suit. Maybe lawyer-1 could help you with that.

fnurt

5:20 pm

Actually, a Fi7/8 I should say.

boatierra

5:29 pm

I keep wanting to make Hebrew...darn it.

sprite

5:30 pm

*lol* Me too! About a million times now, I think...

sprite

5:41 pm

Thanks fnurt, found them!

sprite

5:58 pm

Could somebody please give me a clue for the R7-36? I have all the other biggies, but this one keeps hiding from me.

sprite

6:18 pm

Okay, found it myself.

Minski

10:08 pm

RED SOX WON! Time to watch the news and go to bed. Good night all.

sprite

10:09 pm

*S* Just got up... to work in an hour time. Good night to you!

Krys10

10:34 pm

go Sox! what'd they win by? (I work evenings, obviously :) )

sprite

11:27 pm

Time's too short - off to work now, with 265 words 5.05 4239 as my final score. Not bad, but wouldn't it have been nice to finish this grid!

Christine

11:55 pm

Oh no, I've entered only down to the Fa.... no time to enter A-E..... ran out of time. Tomorrow....