October 29, 2004

an 8 for 65. is any one else out there?

me

got the 8

2 7's 36 and 32

granadan

12:20 am

Im here - just found that 8

granadan

12:20 am

Theres a 7 for 44 too

10 for 98!

what does the 10m start with?

D

got another 8 but i can't find that 10

and two 9's from the 8

oooh, i found the d 10, now i can go to sleep.

babblestats 4 ..... 68 5 ..... 44 6 ..... 20 7 ...... 7 8 ...... 3 9 ...... 2 10 .... 1 ======= total 145 ======= A 14 C 1 D 36 E 7 F 3 N 11 O 6 P 13 Q 4 S 27 T 22 U 1 I think these stats are OK seeing there's not another U letter beside the Qu

The other bad thing about Q in that solver is that it would, for example, find words in this puzzle that begin QA with no U. But, a2z wordfinder shows only 6 QA words and none of them can be made here, so the stats should still be good. :)

Atalante

7:30 am

woohoo got the 10 :)

Krys10

9:11 am

Would someone with a background in perception and cognition please explain why A-words are harder to see?

Atalante

9:14 am

I have nooooo idea, but its definitely true!!

A9/60

Krys10

9:21 am

So there are two nines and an eight, all related, all A's?

That's right. 8/45, 9/66 and 9/60

Atalante

9:33 am

all very closely related

Krys10

9:35 am

aha! neat!

In addition to that A8 the D8/65 was mentioned early on. Does anyone know what the 3rd 8 is?

Krys10

9:44 am

Anyone interested on collaborating on D's? I'm missing three: DAx5, DEx14, Dix1, DOx11, DUx2

Could someone please tell me if the D10 is related to the D8?

Krys10

9:51 am

It's not, but it's related to two D7s.

I am missing 2xD. I have DAx6 and DOx12 but I'm missing one of your DEs. For DAs I have 4x4 and 2x5. DEs 4x4, 3x5, 2x6, 2x7, 8, 10 DOs 4x4, 5x5, 6, 2x7.

Thank you!

OK, I just found a DE6 so I guess that just leaves one more D to go.

Atalante

9:55 am

There's another DE6

Atalante

9:55 am

oops posting at the same time :P

Krys10

9:57 am

You're missing a DE6. Thanks for the help, now we're only missing one more.

Krys10

9:57 am

:P I'm way behind this morning!

I have a second DO6, which I think finishes the list. Now I can try to find the rest of the larger De's! :-)

Atalante

10:13 am

Just found that second DO6 too! Finished the Ds :)

Great! Very helpful to know. Now maybe I can get some real work done for a few minutes. ;-)

Atalante

10:29 am

Real work? Real work?? How is that important compared to Babble :P

Krys10

10:35 am

Today is my day OFF, and I actually plan to tear myself away and get some things done today besides Babble! (back later - got all the Ds as well - thanks for the help!)

I didn't say it was important, but I do have to put up a front! ;)

Atalante

11:10 am

*snickers*

Help! The Es are driving me nuts!!!!! I have 5: EP4, EP5, ET4, ET5, ET6 Can anyone help with the other 2?????

Atalante

11:47 am

Has anyone found the 3rd 8 yet??

Atalante

11:48 am

can't help at all - I've got the same as you and am getting really irritated with them!

Sorry, same problem here.

I cant find it either

Yes! Found the missing 2 E's. And the 3rd 8 as well. E7/32 - E8/45 combo. Something to conclude your writing with. ;D

Once again, when you know they're there, they jump out! Thanks testing123. :)

So, all the biggies. 9-66 A - remedied, as in a snake bite 9-60 A - remedies used above (plural) 8-45 A - remedy used above (singular) 7-44 A - free of germs 7-44 D - head downward 10-98D - offspring 7-40 D - a downward climb 8-65 D - having to do with a ruler with absolute power 7-36 D - gave 7-32 D - gives 8-45 E - a place to cite references in a book (plural) 7-32 E - a place to cite references in a book (singular) 7-36 N - coming into existence, emerging

Atalante

12:24 pm

*sigh* those were very obvious once you knew what to look for

MammaJill

12:30 pm

I am missing 1 O. I have OD4, 2 OP4's, OP5 and OP6. Any idea what I am missing?

Ot4

runningforhome

12:33 pm

jlm, if you're still missing a D, there is a DI4 you didn't say you had.

MammaJill

12:33 pm

Thanks, testing123, I got it! :)

RFH - Krys10 posted the Ds first and included that Di. I was just posting things that we had different. I'll even list the 6s since there aren't too many. Then I'll posting for a bit more help to wrap this up. 21A - positively charged electrode 27A - to climb 24 A - climb (noun) 33 D - portray 24 D - no def., perhaps to clean feet after visiting the beach? 27 D - an omnipotent ruler 24 D - acted foolishly (archaic) 21 D - to give 21 E - musical exercises 30 O - branch of physics dealing with light and vision 27 P - One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules. 27 P - resembling a foot 27 P - position of a horse when rearing on its hind legs with its forelegs in the air 24 P - spanish coin 27 P - fake 21 S - to make calm 30 S - of or relating to the presence of germs 27 S - british slang for the tool used in a car to measure rate of travel 24 T - pith helmet (plural, variant spelling) 30 T - areas of focus, particularly in a discussion

So, I did find all the Ds. Now I'm missing 1 each of A, N, P and S. 2 are 4s and 2 are 5s. Here's what I've got. They can be expanded to length if it's helpful later. AD, AN*6, AS*5, AT / 3x4, 3x5, 3x6, 7, 8, 2x9 NA, NE, NO*8 / 6x4, 3x5, 7 PE*7, Pi*2, PO, PS*2 / 6x4, 1x5, 5x6 SA*5, SC*2, SE*8, SP*9, SQ*2 / 11x4, 12x5, 3x6

There is an Ad5 and Ad4.

Nax2 (7 and 5)

Krys10

12:41 pm

You're missing an NA5. I'm still missing A's, P's, S's, and T's, so I can't help with the others.

You're also missing a PE.

Krys10

12:43 pm

Oh, I can help: I have 8 PE's: 6,6,5,4,4,4,6,6

Wow thanks for all the help! With that I found those words and determined I was missing an S4 which I noodled for. So, I believe the final tally is 145 words for 2226 points.

jim_mi, could you give some help on the T's.

Krys10

1:10 pm

BBee, for what's it's worth, I'm missing only three T's and this is what I have: TA4, TE4x3, Ti4x3, TO4x5, TO5x5, TO6x2 I know the three I'm missing are 4x2 and 5. Hope that's helpful.

I have Te4x4

Thanks, You're missing 2 TEX4

So there are 6 Te4's?

There are also TO5x6.

Krys10

1:17 pm

I think only five TE4's, because the other word I'm missing is a five-letter word.

there are 5 TEX4

Thanks! Almost there.

Another TOX5

MammaJill

1:40 pm

Any hints on the U?

sprite

1:41 pm

I have a U4.

MammaJill

1:44 pm

Thanks, found it!

sprite

1:47 pm

First time I babbled on paper and found all the words! Not a very hard grid, this one.

I'm missing an F and a Q. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have fe4, fi5 and qu4, qu5x2 (I'm also missing an S, but I think that's my fault, not reading the clues right. I'll find it if it takes all afternoon!)

got the Q. (another 5)

another qu5 and an fi4

Thanks! got it!

Can anyone help with the E7 and E8, I cant seem to find them from the earlier clues

check the great clues at 12:03 and 12:15. :-)

Finished! Yay!! :-)

Still cant find the E7/E8

runningforhome

3:31 pm

The e7/e8 is a compound word.

Does the 8 really go before the 7?

no, it doesn't. No wonder I couldn't find it.

Ooo Ooo my first 10 Letter word :) :) Yipppppeeeeeeee! Look to the past ;)

runningforhome

8:48 pm

Still missing an S and several Ds, but I just can't be bothered. The last few words always take forever.I'll be stopping at 138/4.92/2132

Personal best 714 for 58 words and two nine letters :))))

runningforhome

10:51 pm

I lied... I came back for the rest. 145/4.92/2226

ia there really an fi 7, i think i reaad that in the log but i haven't seen it yet.

MammaJill

11:18 pm

no FI7, just FI4 and FI5

MammaJill

11:22 pm

Hooray! I got 'em all! :)