Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, December 25, 2025

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Happy Holidays to all !

12:06 am

jeanne314

Merry Christmas from USA Central Time Zone!

12:14 am

Rainiqui

ne 7

12:16 am

jbp

and to you, Raini

12:17 am

Rainiqui

Merci Jbp

12:17 am

jbp

ra 7

12:17 am

Rainiqui

te 7

12:17 am

justafreep

Merry flipmas to all

12:17 am

dcseain

happy Xmas to all who celebrate!

12:18 am

Rainiqui

te 7 x2

12:18 am

jbp

tu 7/8

12:19 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

justafreep

en7

12:19 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:20 am

justafreep

ea7/8

12:21 am

justafreep

le8/9

12:23 am

dcseain

i long ag dated a guy from Alpuna, Michigan. he lives in Sacramento, California today.

12:27 am

dcseain

i learned today how to make quince pie. Many steps. May pick up a few and give it a go again.

12:27 am

dcseain

cant

12:27 am

dcseain

oops

12:30 am

dcseain

phantom antenaa

12:32 am

sprite

morning babblers. So sad when the first phantom is cannabis

12:32 am

dcseain

may your day look up from there, sprite. Getting older is so not a game for the weak.

12:33 am

sprite

still beats the hell out of the alternative though

12:33 am

dcseain

agreed!

12:37 am

justafreep

Evening, Sprite

12:38 am

MetFan

I hear ya, seain, I'm 66 and retired now for a year.

12:38 am

sprite

hiya freep :)

12:38 am

dcseain

the 1927 Nosferatu is available in full on YoeuTube, i learned that today.

12:38 am

dcseain

i still love that film.

12:38 am

MetFan

Merry Christmas and Happy Festivus

12:38 am

MetFan

Nosferatu was 1922

12:38 am

sprite

best wishes to you too, MetFan

12:38 am

dcseain

my bad, thanks for the correction

12:39 am

MetFan

Have you seen the new one from 2024? A gorgeously fimed and acted version.

12:39 am

dcseain

i’ve not, i’ll try to check it out soon.

12:40 am

MetFan

Thanks Sprite

12:41 am

dcseain

the 9 is fishy.

12:42 am

justafreep

perhaps if we all had more of them, we'd find it less so?

12:42 am

dcseain

maybe, it is a rather ba5 word

12:42 am

MetFan

And seain, "Shadow of the Vampire" , a reimagining of the making of the 1922 Nosferatu with Willem Dafoe is also worthhy

12:43 am

dcseain

oooh, thanks!

12:44 am

dcseain

phantom guano. Happily, i don’t have much need for fertilzer.

12:46 am

dcseain

phantom tarantula. a very phantasmic grid

12:47 am

sprite

*pictures a tarantula high on cannabis dancing in a pile of guano* Okay, mind pictures are boggling

12:49 am

dcseain

Hah!

12:54 am

dcseain

i’m getting tired. 122 for after sleep. Happy Babbling and X;mas to all!

12:54 am

sprite

night seain

12:55 am

MetFan

Night seain

12:56 am

MetFan

phantom: naught

12:57 am

sprite

ah well, that's nothing

1:05 am

sprite

be back soon, time to take care of neighbour's cat before work shift

1:19 am

sprite

back

1:52 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

4:19 am

Deeha

Merry Christmas everybody

4:38 am

MollyL

Merry Christmas

4:58 am

crosshair

Merry Christmas, Babblers! :)

5:06 am

ursh

fireworks - i wish all players a peaceful and happy Christmas :)

5:13 am

Sugrraleona

Merry Christmas everyone - it's 6:15 am here in New York - blessings xox

5:41 am

sammysmom

un-- ???

5:51 am

ChampFit

Good morning and Merry Christmas! It's a gift to not have a tiny grid today. wooHOO!

5:53 am

MollyL

au SMom. Merry Christmas

5:54 am

sammysmom

sorry.. mdidmnot mmean to mdisturb anyone..guess mi,ll gomand finish my crying jag.

6:04 am

lbdawger

Merry Christmas everyone!

6:04 am

ChampFit

thx lbd!

6:09 am

ChampFit

Phantom: incarnate

6:20 am

MollyL

Aw Smom, what's wrong?

6:51 am

dromano66

merry Christmas, everyone

6:51 am

ChampFit

merry christmas!

7:00 am

A*n*i*t*a

merry christmas everyone

7:11 am

ChampFit

MC!

7:14 am

saanichcat

Merry Christmas to all!

7:15 am

rururocks

Bah humbug!

7:18 am

ChampFit

Suck it up, ruru!

7:18 am

ChampFit

:)

7:36 am

Book Doctor Gwen

merry merry, diving in

7:38 am

ChampFit

It

7:38 am

ChampFit

Oops...it's not bad at all. Whittled down to 35.

7:59 am

montreal13

Merry Christmas everyone

8:00 am

ChampFit

MC!

8:00 am

ChampFit

Can you tell I'm getting lazy? ;)

8:01 am

montreal13

or more efficient ?

8:02 am

ChampFit

Let's go with that!

8:02 am

montreal13

ok - diving in

8:08 am

montreal13

bbl

8:18 am

MollyL

Wow. MC for Merry Christmas. That's right up there with ts and ps for thoughts and prayers. Some things should be spelled out.

8:19 am

ChampFit

I said I got lazy and I stand by that. :)

8:27 am

rururocks

you have hokie-itis

8:28 am

ChampFit

Perhaps.

8:31 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbs, 122 to go, BBL maybe

8:31 am

BzznBea

Merry Christmas every one.

8:31 am

ChampFit

Have a fabulous day bea!

8:40 am

hokie carla

Merry Christmas, y'all!

8:41 am

ChampFit

Merry Christmas!!! Welcome to a not-so-bad grid!

8:42 am

hokie carla

will have to wait for later. good luck!

8:43 am

ChampFit

BAck at ya!

8:45 am

ChampFit

FW. Enjoy everyone!

8:53 am

BzznBea

So many phantoms.

9:35 am

dofith

Merry Christmas, everyone. It's nearly over for us here in West Aust. A record 42C - I think that's about 107F. I'd rather be with you guys who are enjoying snow. I'd even offer to come and help you shovel the stuff!

9:37 am

hurshy

Merry Christmas! God bless us, every one!

9:39 am

Shirlockc

Merry Merry everyone!

9:39 am

hurshy

oh look at that, you have no flag! i didn't even know you could leave it blank

9:43 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! man who was instrumental in defeating the Nazis by developing the first computer and then was treated horribly because he was gay

9:43 am

phaeton

Merry Christmas!

9:47 am

MollyL

Treated horribly? Chemical castration. I'd say so. Turing

9:47 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:50 am

hurshy

it always makes me so mad

9:50 am

hurshy

the man SAVED you from hitler, show a little gratitude

9:53 am

hurshy

ooh i just made up a ta7 and it worked

9:56 am

hurshy

phantom: taurine

9:56 am

hurshy

phantoms: table, tu4table

9:59 am

origami

How appropriate that santa is in the grid today :D

10:00 am

hurshy

:)

10:08 am

hurshy

i just heard a loud motorcycle go by on the main road

10:09 am

hurshy

isn't it interesting that there are people whose idea of fun on christmas morning is riding their motorcycle?

10:09 am

hurshy

so many different kinds of people in the world

10:10 am

origami

People were setting off fireworks here last night. It takes all kinds, I guess.

10:10 am

hurshy

i hate fireworks

10:11 am

origami

Amen

10:12 am

origami

Enjoying a brief moment of blue skies here.

10:12 am

hurshy

that song is in White Christmas so that makes sense :D

10:14 am

hurshy

looking for A words is making my head spin

10:16 am

phaeton

phantom: banana

10:17 am

hurshy

Hs Hacked!

10:19 am

phaeton

still need 4 h's

10:19 am

hurshy

you shouldn't have too much trouble with them

10:20 am

phaeton

any hu's?

10:20 am

hurshy

no

10:21 am

phaeton

peta

10:21 am

phaeton

ty...oops

10:21 am

hurshy

Es Eliminated!

10:23 am

hurshy

Ns Nailed!

10:25 am

phaeton

bottom N stat?

10:25 am

hurshy

nu6/21

10:26 am

phaeton

figures, it wouldn't be anything easy

10:26 am

hurshy

we have it reasonably regularly

10:27 am

hurshy

it rhymes with someone whose DNA went awry in the early stages of their development

10:27 am

hokie carla

x-men

10:27 am

hurshy

such as them, yes

10:27 am

BzznBea

turtles

10:27 am

phaeton

ty

10:28 am

hurshy

or them

10:28 am

periwinkle

hi all. help with the u please

10:28 am

BzznBea

there are two us

10:29 am

hurshy

the left U has ur5 and ur4, the other one has ut4 and i'm looking for the second

10:29 am

phaeton

I have ur5 and ut4

10:29 am

hurshy

oh un4

10:29 am

periwinkle

got the ur5 ty

10:30 am

phaeton

corner I stats?

10:31 am

hurshy

ig6, 7

10:31 am

phaeton

ty

10:31 am

periwinkle

is4/6 and plural

10:31 am

hurshy

nice teamwork

10:33 am

hurshy

i'm not doing well with the upper S

10:33 am

phaeton

have 5

10:34 am

hokie carla

ooh, found the 9

10:35 am

hokie carla

but need to get back to the kitchen.

10:35 am

periwinkle

it goes with the le8 and I have neither. help with le8/9 please

10:35 am

hurshy

oh those will be my two missing L words then

10:35 am

hurshy

no i had the 8

10:35 am

periwinkle

found them

10:35 am

hurshy

just needed to plural it

10:35 am

hokie carla

it's kind of a weird plural

10:36 am

hurshy

so i still need some other one L

10:36 am

hokie carla

but if you have ea8 - what you made at a job

10:36 am

hurshy

aha, Ls Lambasted!

10:36 am

hokie carla

oh, peri found them

10:37 am

hurshy

candy ca4 is another apt word for today :D

10:39 am

periwinkle

tu7/8 please

10:40 am

hurshy

so if you have tu5, what the Ghost of Christmas Past was wearing

10:40 am

hurshy

add a vowel for 6

10:40 am

hurshy

latin pl for 7

10:40 am

hurshy

verbify it for 8

10:40 am

phaeton

got the 7...need the 8

10:41 am

phaeton

got it

10:42 am

periwinkle

need the 8

10:42 am

hurshy

or maybe the 8 is an adj. it's an ending that can be a verb ending or an adj ending

10:42 am

periwinkle

got the 8 thanks hurshy

10:43 am

hurshy

:)

10:48 am

hurshy

ahhhh, bing crosby singing the christmas song

10:54 am

hurshy

any GN words?

10:58 am

BzznBea

no

11:00 am

hurshy

hmmmmmm

11:01 am

BzznBea

8 gu

11:01 am

hurshy

well i just need one more of them

11:02 am

BzznBea

2 gi

11:02 am

hurshy

aHA i changed the second letter of a gemstone and it made a word

11:02 am

hurshy

bottom row grey!

11:10 am

hurshy

what about SN? anyone got any such words?

11:24 am

LuvWordGames

No SN words

11:27 am

hurshy

pooooor neglected Ns

11:30 am

hurshy

ohhh there are two sa8, well, that helps with S

11:31 am

hurshy

wow

11:31 am

hurshy

i was thinking about what christmas song i wanted to hear and IT CAME NEXT ON MY SHUFFLE

11:31 am

redshoes

Happy Thursday to all and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!!

11:32 am

redshoes

Phantom: Cannabis

11:32 am

hurshy

right backatcha redshoes

11:36 am

BzznBea

Thanks for the sa8's

11:37 am

hurshy

yw

12:46 pm

ivesyj

clue for the en 7 please

12:53 pm

BzznBea

uses the gerund

12:56 pm

ivesyj

does it work off of the 5?

12:58 pm

BzznBea

no

12:59 pm

BzznBea

it is an insurance term

1:00 pm

ivesyj

whew tks .. got it!

1:11 pm

periwinkle

help with either sa8 please

1:12 pm

BzznBea

fill is a liquid

1:12 pm

BzznBea

fill with a liquid

1:12 pm

periwinkle

got it thanks Bea

1:13 pm

periwinkle

got the other one too

1:16 pm

periwinkle

an8 please

1:17 pm

BzznBea

add the gerunds to the an5

1:17 pm

periwinkle

I have several am5

1:18 pm

periwinkle

an5 even

1:18 pm

periwinkle

found the right one ty

1:21 pm

BzznBea

yw

1:28 pm

sajarn

phantom: plethora

1:34 pm

phaeton

does the si7 build off the si4?

1:35 pm

periwinkle

no

1:35 pm

phaeton

ty

2:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, back to find 122 more mean nasty sneaky little words

3:35 pm

Atbeat

stane

3:36 pm

Atbeat

sorry!

3:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

not gonna finish, 72 to go, later, buds

4:23 pm

Nef

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all my Babble friends!

7:00 pm

hurshy

stranger thiiiiiiiiiiiiiings

9:00 pm

rbud

yes we are..... ;p

10:22 pm

WoolyChris

Neat

10:23 pm

WoolyChris

Neats

10:23 pm

WoolyChris

East

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