The 9-Letter Word Puzzle - Challenge #7

Hi sozobe -- I'm so glad you're here!! I was keeping my fingers crossed for TUOE, but no matter how many times I typed it into the Dictionary website, it just wouldn't work!!

Now, I'm looking for a plant that begins with an L

Liquor would be ALE

Plant would be L _ _ _

E _ _ _ A L _ _ _

LIME would be EIMEAL _ _ _

I can't find a plant that begins with LU or with LY

I'm looking at the LA section now!!

Hi Bib -- Really???

Which one??? It must be RYE

<back to new little blank lines....>

Hmm, that means the # 6 spot is definitely a Y (either RYE or YUCA).

That also means the plant starts with a "y", and the liquor has a "y" in the middle. Offhand, it seems like there are more plants that start with "y" than liquors with "y" in the middle, so I'd pursue "rye" plus another plant that starts with "y".

(Hi PaL! Didn't see ya there.)

Plus, once we get those two things, the first 6 letters are taken care of, so the rest should be easy.

I tried to use YULE (as in Yule Log?).... but that didn't work.....

Bib's sentences, up above, have clues in them. I was thinking that if 'dry' was a clue, that would work for RYE (not only do they rhyme, but a 'rye' sense of humor is a 'dry' sense of humor?)

I think 'milked' was a clue, and I think 'drip-fed' was a clue. 'Milked' might be a clue for 'cowslip', but that's more than 4 letters. Or, maybe it's a clue for the language???

Oh Dear, I can't find any more plants that begin with the letter Y.

huff huff puff puff Breathlessly rushing to get here .

EUCALYPTI

Lye - the liquid obtained by leaching wood ashes

Yuca - shrubby tropical American plant

Tupi - language of South American people living along the coast of Brazil, or the Amazon River valley, and in Paraguay

TEAMWORK - that's what did it And Bib thought he had us beat.

It was yuca that gave it to me.

Congratulations Raggedy!

EUCALYPTI is the answer

LANGUAGE = TUPI
LIQUOR = LYE
PLANT = YUCA

Nine different letters were A, C, E, I, L, P, T, U and Y.
Four vowels were A, E, I and U.

Terrific team effort - well done!

Congratulations, Raggedyaggie!!!!!

ahhhh....... peace of mind, knowing that there really was an answer!!

Thanks, Bib, that was a great puzzle!!

Thank you Peace & Love. I've been going crazy over this one. It was a real group effort.

Any more, Bib?

I'm glad you all enjoyed that one.

Just think of all the new 3, 4 and 5 letter words that you've now added to your vocabulary!

OK, now go to Challenge #8

RaggedyAggie, you rock! :-D

LOL....

Yes, I learned some new words!!

a NYE is a flock of pheasants.

a TYE is a mining term for the trough used for washing ores.

P&L: there ya go! That's what makes these word games interesting - the expansion of one's knowledge.