November 18, 2004

4t8

12:15 am

a 7 for 44. pretty words with y today.

8/70 ;-)

sprite

12:16 am

The x-words aren't bad either!

7/52 7/36 7/40 time for bed! happy babbling! ;-)

sprite

12:19 am

Sweet dreams!

there's an 8/60 relevant to the situation in Iraq.

4t8

12:22 am

7 for 56

4t8

12:25 am

a 8 for 40

4t8

12:26 am

(an "a")

sprite: ooh! ooh! thanks for the X comment just as I was about to sign off . . . now with two more sevens at 68 & 64 I can go happily with 65/1003 . . . there's something about hitting 1000! ;-) Must be another huge grid.

sprite

12:28 am

:-)) I know the feeling! Sleep well...

4t8

12:30 am

70 for 60 ('nother x). am going to sleep now before it's time to wake up. 82/1174; 'night.

4t8

12:30 am

ergh! :D 7 for 60

sprite

12:35 am

A9/72

sprite

2:04 am

2x A8/40, alt. spelling

sprite

2:47 am

S8/50

sprite

2:52 am

H8/60

sprite

3:22 am

C8/70

sprite

3:31 am

H8/70! Great word!

sprite

3:44 am

265 / 4181 Breaktime. This grid must be at least as big as yesterday's.

sprite

4:13 am

7s so far: A36 - C52 - D40 - E36 - E40 - E68 - E64 H44 - M56 - R60 - S40 - S28 - S36 - S36 T28 - T40 - T44 - T40

sprite

6:13 am

281 / 4335 Guess I am stuck without stats. :-( Back later!

Complete Stats: 1x9 6x8 18x7 58x6 91x5 113x4 22xA 33xC 25xD 21xE 16xG 17xH 2xi 4xM 7xO 40xR 51xS 49xT The X is used 8 times, but never to start a word.

sprite

8:30 am

So that is 287 total? I'm getting close, then. Thanks for the stats!

any clues for the big words would be helpful.Thanks

Sorry, yep, 287 total.

sprite

8:45 am

done, 287 words / 5.01 / 4419 points Fun grid!

sprite

8:48 am

The prettiest from this grid for me: the H8/70. Meaning "history considered from a feminist viewpoint or emphasizing the actions of women".

Atalante

8:50 am

I still think that H/70 is the wierdest word ...

sprite

9:09 am

Actually, we were taught that word in class, when I was a school girl, in english lit. *lol* First time it came in handy...

How funny...I've heard it, but always as more of a joke than actually seeing it anywhere. Can't imagine actually using it....

sprite

9:23 am

We thought it very unfair to men that there wasn't a male counterpart. ;-)

Isn't history as it is the male counter part? ;)

sprite

9:24 am

*lol* That was what our teacher said!

Atalante

10:18 am

I think arthrodry should be a word. Sounds funky.

So for people looking for word clues, here are my long ones so far. I believe many are the same as sprite's, but a few seem different: A/8/40 one who affirms C/7/52 negatively charged electrode C/8/70 plural neg. electrodes E/7/68 jazzed about something E/7/64 verb form of the above H/8/70 feminist term for stuff that happened S/7/36 the study of stationary bodies T/7/28 said in the shortest way T/7/40 things that connect things or hold them down T/7/44 got together secretly

Oh, and M/7/56: enigmatic people. I suck at checking plurals.

OK, I have some others. There are 2x8/A/40 with the same meaning. Then: 8/60/H (comes after the H/70): prisoners of a sort 7/44/H - singular of H above 7/60/R - took someone's money again (government) 7/28/S - organizers

Thanks, parsec and testing. The clues were great!!

Any clues for the 9 please

EvaNadine

1:30 pm

any clues on the M words?

M words: think of frankincense (this was in a puzzle a few days ago) a type of cheese (rarely heard as far as I know) 6/7 combo - enigmatic person/people

M's: one is mentioned at 11:47 One is its singular (6) One is something Christmasy (5) The last one has no definition (6 letters)

I'm so ALMOST helpful :-)

A/9/72, an articulation or joint between bones.

sorry, i meant articulationS.

EvaNadine

1:43 pm

i cant believe i didnt see those! DOH! i actually had the cheese, just had no idea what it meant...hehe...

I didn't see any clues for the last 8: S/8/50. Can anyone give a clue for that one? Thanks for the clue for the 9, btw.

EvaNadine

1:50 pm

its the plural of S7/36

Thanks. I had one, but not the other, S7/36, and finally tried similar words and got the 7 and the 8!! :-)

heh, no wonder...I'm missing both =)

EvaNadine

1:55 pm

im still not figuring out the 9, but there are still a bunch of 7s im not getting...(got all the 8s, yay!)

fit1

2:20 pm

OOOOOOOh I love that H8. Thanks for the great clues :)

Found the big S words! A clue for the other S/36 (not the stationary bodies one) is that it's a flower, usually used dried. The 8 is the plural of the 7. (The bodies S/36 is a plural of a 6.)

Oooh - I had tried the first 6 letters of the 9 earlier, but alas it wasn't a word by itself. Thanks for the clue - I probably wouldn't have tried that on my own.

Man. I've got 6 of the O words. Can anyone tell me what I'm missing? od4 or4 os4x2 ot5 ot6

fnurt

3:12 pm

There is an Os5.

For anyone wondering, as I was, if there could possibly be a T/7/40 that comes after that T/7/44, indeed there is. It's a very simliar word to the 44. Or maybe I'm the only one who didn't think to try that! ;)

thanks, fnurt. Not sure how I missed that one when I was trying os words!

bigbirdboss

3:17 pm

Benjake, you're missing an os 5

A clue for the D/7/36 is "lies".

I don't have a meaning for the E/7/36, but it might be a plural formed the same way the A/9/72 is.

Sorry - that's actually for the E/7/40, not the 36.

is there an E7/36

The entire list of 7s was given at 4:13 am by sprite.

anyone have another clue for either the A/8/40 (one who affirms) or the S/7/36 (dried flowers)?

For the S7 flowers, take the word for what happens when clothes come out of the dryer in winter, and add an e. :-)

aaha! thanks benjake!

anything on the affirmant? A/8/40

That one's harder to come up with...anyone else feeling creative? :-) I'm still missing the S7/36,A7/36, and two of the E's(36 and 40). Any clues there?

I have M5/6/7 any help with the missing one

"I can ------ to that!"

fnurt

3:48 pm

Maybe someone can help me with S's. Sa4x1 Sa5x2 Sc4x2 Sc5x2 Sc6x1 Sc7x1 Se4x4 So4x3 So5x2 So6x2 So7x1 St4x4 St5x7 St6x7 St7x2 St8x1

the s/7/36 has to do with your dryer clue... think physics

For the other S/7/36, take what comes out of the dryer and add a different letter. ;) Got a clue for the S/7/40? For the E40 see my 3:27pm clue. I don't have anything better, unfortunately.

thanks testing!

I have SO4x4 and ST5x8.

Oops. I had the 36 (I even gave a clue about both earlier!!) It's the 40 I don't have either. I'll keep noodling for the E.

I've got 7 of the 8 words that use the X, beginning with: A, E, E, E, R, R, T Does anyone know what the 8th is?

One more R (along the same lines)

Seriously???? I have a 5 and a 7. How many letters is the 3rd?

Nevermind. I found it. I don't know what it means, but it's 5 letters and not related to the other 2 R words containing x.

I just cannot get the H8/70 I need another clue please

periwinkle

5:13 pm

Mal, instead of history, make the first part feminine.

periwinkle

6:56 pm

Mal, did you find the H/8/70?

periwinkle

8:51 pm

anyone else still playing?

fit1

8:54 pm

me, as usual :)