Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, December 17, 2025

12:01 am

gremlinn

re8

12:03 am

cybernan

hi grem

12:03 am

gremlinn

hey nan

12:03 am

gremlinn

bacteria(l)

12:04 am

ursh

hello all

12:04 am

dcseain

flipity flog and hi

12:07 am

MetFan

Evening all

12:09 am

SummerBreeze44

re 7

12:13 am

SummerBreeze44

ro 7

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety

12:21 am

dcseain

and bedtime. Hapy babbling yall

12:25 am

cybernan

me too - not seeing anything right now. Good night :)

12:31 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:32 am

Gillie

bi7

1:09 am

jbp

thanks, Lickety!

1:12 am

jbp

phantom:acerbic

1:16 am

sprite

don't be so bitter about it

1:29 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

6:07 am

FrenchToast

Left column gray :)

7:19 am

ivesyj

anyone have a clue for the first re 6 18 please

7:20 am

montreal13

comparative to "not in the front"

7:21 am

ivesyj

ty! got it

7:21 am

montreal13

np ivesyj

7:30 am

montreal13

bbl for last 39 - have a great day all - 'poof'

7:53 am

MollyL

With all the shocking news about Rob Reiner, I totally missed that Anthony Geary (Luke/General Hospital) died the same day.

7:59 am

hokie carla

I didn't see that either

8:01 am

rururocks

was he murdered too? was it the janitor?

8:03 am

MollyL

Geary died of complications of surgery. He was 78.

8:04 am

rururocks

that's why I never have had any surguries

8:07 am

hokie carla

well, I thought yesterday was easy but struggling with this one

8:09 am

mael

speaking of surgeries, I finally scheduled my 20 year overdue septum surgery for late january

8:09 am

rururocks

nasal surgery?

8:09 am

MollyL

Are they going to "undeviate" you?

8:10 am

mael

they are going to try haha

8:10 am

mael

yeah, I have an incredibly deviated septum and I can't breathe through my nose. I've ignored it but now it's causing trouble when I sleep so

8:11 am

hokie carla

I have had one for many years as well.

8:11 am

rururocks

wow.. good luck with that mael.. everyone is going to think you had a face lift

8:11 am

MollyL

Well, I hope it goes great and you heal quickly

8:11 am

hokie carla

ditto

8:11 am

mael

thanks :)

8:12 am

mael

my nose will be 50% straighter, said the surgeon. But I'm not touching the very roman bump on it, I've had that for 40 years, what's another 40?

8:13 am

hokie carla

I think I got mine when I got hit in the nose with a softball when I was 18.

8:13 am

hokie carla

coil

8:13 am

hokie carla

oops

8:13 am

mael

that can certainly do it!

8:14 am

mael

mine is congenital, my father's side of the family is all a mess with it

8:14 am

hokie carla

interesting, I just thought they were all from injury

8:15 am

phaeton

hello...lone E stats pls

8:15 am

hokie carla

ea6

8:15 am

phaeton

ty

8:42 am

crosshair

Found a new BBC series that looks very interesting. It is called "The War Between Land and Sea."

8:43 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

8:43 am

hokie carla

what's it about? and good morning.

8:45 am

crosshair

It seems to be a Dr. Who spinoff, but it also stand alone. A new sentient marine species is discovered that is equally, if not more intelligent that the human species, want to claim all lakes, all rivers, and all oceans as their soverign territory.

8:46 am

hokie carla

wonder if BBC A will have it

8:46 am

hokie carla

and I wonder if I get that channel. LOL.

8:46 am

crosshair

I found it on dailymotion.com

8:46 am

crosshair

The first season

8:46 am

hokie carla

guess I will google or see if hurshy knows since she's a big dr. who fan.

8:48 am

hokie carla

nm, google ai tells me on disney+ in 2026

8:49 am

hokie carla

I mean nm on me watching it anytime soon

8:49 am

crosshair

Like I said, you can see the first season on dailymotion.com now.

8:49 am

hokie carla

well, I just assumed that was only in canada, but I will look.

8:51 am

crosshair

You will have to endure ads though.

8:53 am

hokie carla

poppycock!

8:53 am

crosshair

?

8:53 am

hokie carla

ads!

8:53 am

ChampFit

Whoa now! Settle down woman! :)

8:54 am

hokie carla

lol

8:54 am

crosshair

Price we pay for early access.

8:54 am

ChampFit

Have we griped about the B's yet? Having quite a time with them...

8:55 am

hokie carla

I found 9 B and moved on

8:56 am

hokie carla

gonna have to move on from this. too much to do! 54 left for maybe later. I did get HOET at least. 10-21-18-4-1

8:57 am

ChampFit

Same. Giving it a few more minutes tho.

9:00 am

rururocks

two more b's for me

9:01 am

ChampFit

I still need 5

9:02 am

rururocks

whew.. what a grid.. damn tough today

9:02 am

ChampFit

That makes me feel somewhat better!

9:04 am

welki

'morning, folks!

9:06 am

crosshair

Morning, welki. :)

9:07 am

ChampFit

Leaving my last 32 till later. Enjoy everyone!

9:22 am

MollyL

Ru said a grid was tough? *Faints*

9:39 am

maccafixx

in 7/40?

9:40 am

maccafixx

nm

9:41 am

Norma

ia

9:49 am

rastapopolous

oh man - bacterial, so close!

9:56 am

RoundBarn

hi rasta

9:58 am

rastapopolous

hey mom! good morning!

9:59 am

RoundBarn

roan

10:05 am

RoundBarn

eeror

10:05 am

mkg

anyne have any 7s to clue me please? i have none.

11:18 am

BzznBea

I have to agree with ru.

11:22 am

crosshair

Howdy, Roundbarn. Nice to see you in the chog. :)

11:27 am

hokie carla

had to go back and check because I thought he was going to say it was easy

11:33 am

moolingwa

morning :)

11:35 am

hokie carla

mooo!

11:35 am

hokie carla

phantom vertical

11:36 am

gremlinn

phantom librarian

11:36 am

moolingwa

hoke!!!!

11:36 am

hokie carla

well, I did not see librarian, but there it isn't

11:37 am

hokie carla

PSA - tenrec is not here

11:37 am

moolingwa

good to know

11:37 am

BzznBea

Nor is tetra

11:37 am

gremlinn

phantom overlearn

11:38 am

hokie carla

isn't neocare what happens in the NICU?

11:39 am

moolingwa

I hands are still stiff from the cold

11:41 am

hokie carla

supposedly 56 here

11:42 am

moolingwa

sun finally came out now that I'm home, and it's 51..but was windy and in the 40s

11:43 am

BzznBea

50 here but its a blowin'.

11:44 am

hokie carla

phantom calorie

11:44 am

gremlinn

and cariole!

11:44 am

gremlinn

yay anagrams

11:45 am

moolingwa

lot of phantoms

11:45 am

BzznBea

civet is one of mine

11:45 am

gremlinn

cabriolet?

11:45 am

hokie carla

phantom biracial

11:46 am

moolingwa

vertical, overnear

11:46 am

gremlinn

calibrator

11:46 am

moolingwa

carob

11:46 am

moolingwa

invoicer, inverter

11:46 am

moolingwa

etc

11:46 am

gremlinn

licorice

11:46 am

hokie carla

barrier

11:47 am

moolingwa

calibre

11:47 am

hokie carla

this is easier than what we're supposed to be doing

11:47 am

moolingwa

we're supposed to be doing something?

11:48 am

hokie carla

bacon

11:48 am

moolingwa

lire

11:48 am

moolingwa

lier

11:48 am

moolingwa

oopsa

11:48 am

hokie carla

yeah, finding words that are actually here

11:48 am

gremlinn

syzygy, if we want to play "words that have no letters in the grid"

11:48 am

hokie carla

lol

11:48 am

moolingwa

zyzzya too :)

11:49 am

moolingwa

oh nm, I see

11:49 am

gremlinn

morewords tells me hushpuppy would be the longest such word

11:50 am

moolingwa

that does seem like it would be'

11:50 am

hokie carla

well I have made it down to 50. so that means I have found like 4 words on my 2nd pass lunch break. gotta go.

11:50 am

moolingwa

55 left here

11:50 am

hokie carla

9-19-17-4-1

11:50 am

moolingwa

17-18-13-4

11:50 am

hokie carla

so a lot of 4s still out there

12:46 pm

hurshy

hiya babblers

12:54 pm

welki

back for another go-round.

phantom: a beethoven symphony

12:54 pm

hurshy

you mean name that proper noun? eroica?

12:54 pm

penquis

just take out the O....hello all...

12:54 pm

welki

yes, ma'am! ding ding ding ding!

12:56 pm

welki

(foggy today, must have overdosed on laundry)

12:56 pm

hurshy

lol

12:56 pm

hurshy

didn't know that was possible

12:57 pm

welki

one of the chores i detest, but gotta have clean duds

12:58 pm

hurshy

found the 8!

1:02 pm

Sugrraleona

which r does it come from hursh?

1:02 pm

hurshy

third row

1:03 pm

Sugrraleona

ok, tx

1:13 pm

Atalante

phantom: leveret

1:57 pm

sajarn

phantom: invoice

3:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

diving in, hi all

3:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt, missing a 7 for nbs, missing 4 tiles for hoet, later buds

3:50 pm

periwinkle

hi all.I want to gray out left column but am missing 3 of the t words. can anyone guess what I am missing. they are all tr

3:51 pm

BzznBea

tr6.24 and tr6.21

3:51 pm

periwinkle

yes I am missing those

3:51 pm

hurshy

h'lo

3:51 pm

periwinkle

don't see them

3:51 pm

periwinkle

hi hursh

3:52 pm

hurshy

one ends in automobile

3:52 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh

3:52 pm

hurshy

one is like rivalries between clans

3:52 pm

hurshy

adjective that would describe that i mean

3:53 pm

periwinkle

hmm no idea

3:53 pm

hurshy

normal word

3:53 pm

hurshy

Survivor has tr6 councils

3:53 pm

periwinkle

ty hursh

3:55 pm

periwinkle

tr5/12 please

3:55 pm

hurshy

old fashioned word, i'll have it done in a tr5 (ie quickly)

3:56 pm

periwinkle

hmm

3:57 pm

hurshy

sim to a word for "3 times"

3:58 pm

periwinkle

sheesh I have that one

3:58 pm

hurshy

oh, is there another one?

3:58 pm

periwinkle

yes I need the first tr5/12

3:59 pm

hurshy

oh yeah ok

3:59 pm

hurshy

you know another word for 3, like a group of 3 people?

3:59 pm

hurshy

and then there's a weird babblet we have sometimes that just has a different last letter from that

3:59 pm

periwinkle

yes tr4/4

4:00 pm

hurshy

no, i'm referring to a tr5 that's not in the grid

4:00 pm

periwinkle

I don't know

4:00 pm

hurshy

ends with D

4:00 pm

periwinkle

ok I know that word

4:00 pm

hurshy

so then change the last letter

4:01 pm

periwinkle

thank you hursh!!

4:02 pm

periwinkle

still 114 let and will not finish

4:02 pm

hurshy

phantom: bacteria

4:02 pm

periwinkle

lone E please

4:03 pm

hurshy

one who makes money by working

4:03 pm

periwinkle

ty

4:05 pm

hurshy

not liking the B

4:06 pm

hurshy

laria

4:06 pm

hurshy

scuse me

4:09 pm

periwinkle

I only have 8 of the B words

4:10 pm

BzznBea

I have 7 left all re. yuck

4:17 pm

BzznBea

Can I have a clue for the re6.18 after the 8?

4:17 pm

hurshy

make money again

4:18 pm

hurshy

or gain back someone's trust

4:19 pm

BzznBea

Yes. Just found it. Thank you.

4:19 pm

BzznBea

This was a tough one.

4:35 pm

hurshy

i'm stuck on re6/27

4:36 pm

hurshy

urf, there, got it at last

4:36 pm

varumba

to send again

4:37 pm

varumba

French ending though (replace the y with a i

4:37 pm

varumba

ah you got it wd

4:37 pm

hurshy

thanks though :)

4:38 pm

ChampFit

thx varumba.

4:40 pm

varumba

np champ

4:41 pm

varumba

trio

4:41 pm

varumba

sry wrong box

6:47 pm

periwinkle

bi7 please

6:53 pm

LuvWordGames

If you have the bi 6/27 add a vowel to it

6:53 pm

periwinkle

dont have the bi6

6:54 pm

LuvWordGames

Ends in what grows on a cob

6:54 pm

periwinkle

ty Luv

6:54 pm

LuvWordGames

:-)

7:18 pm

mkg

would love a clue for the E word for fourth column e please. ty.

7:23 pm

penquis

onewho makes money, I think.....

7:26 pm

mkg

ty. pen

7:26 pm

mkg

great clue. got it.

7:28 pm

mkg

ty all. going to work some now.

10:08 am

moolingwa

morning all

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