Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, December 29, 2025

12:04 am

ursh

hello all

12:05 am

MetFan

Nobody here but us chickens

12:05 am

Rainiqui

Hi Ursh and everyone

12:05 am

mkg

hi.

12:06 am

Rainiqui

ai 7, do 7

12:06 am

Rainiqui

pu 7

12:10 am

broll

ap 7

12:14 am

harpjane

hello

12:16 am

jbp

how is the word used to described unnamed sources not a word?

12:17 am

Gillie

ap7

12:17 am

Gillie

oh - already called

12:18 am

Gillie

putting that U next to the Qu was a mean trick

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:19 am

jbp

thanks, Lickety

12:19 am

jbp

and I agree, Gillie

12:24 am

Rainiqui

ai 8

12:25 am

dizgrannie

un 8 x 2 if not called

12:28 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, do 9

12:33 am

sprite

morning babblers

12:48 am

MetFan

The scarcity of Rs the last few days has been FRUSTRATING

12:50 am

sprite

Here's a few for you to tide you over RR RRRRR RRRRRRRRRR

12:50 am

MetFan

Nobody enjoys a smart-alec Sprite

12:52 am

MetFan

But in this case I'll make an exception

12:52 am

sprite

*giggles*

12:55 am

MetFan

It was cute....

12:58 am

sprite

anything for a fellow babbler

1:00 am

MetFan

Just babblets at this point - my eyes aren't the best at this hour

1:01 am

sprite

it's a babblet-rich grid today, for sure

1:22 am

MetFan

78 words in, I'm out - Goodnight Babblers

1:26 am

sprite

night, MetFan

1:26 am

grannyrose

cooee sprite. how are you today my dear friend?

1:27 am

sprite

hi sweetie, I'm okay. SLept well for a change. How are you doing?

1:33 am

grannyrose

recovered from that dressing change. emotionally doing okay.

1:33 am

sprite

*hugs*

1:34 am

grannyrose

thankyou sweetie. are you working today?

1:34 am

sprite

nope, working on 12/31 and 1/1 only

1:35 am

grannyrose

nice. some time to devote to your translating then.. hint, hint,nudge, nudge...

1:35 am

sprite

today, I have a meeting with the ubuntu house team, and tim and lisa would come. But the roads are incredibly slippery all over the country so we just left them a message to suggest we meet some other day

1:35 am

grannyrose

good idea. no need for risk taking.

1:36 am

sprite

roflololol.... do I hear someone falling madly in love with jirella? D

1:36 am

grannyrose

over 60 pages in...

1:36 am

sprite

even though by now she is probably making your hands itch... badly...

1:40 am

grannyrose

no not too badly. they have just started warrior training, the physical part.bit of a giggle though. i know all about using muscles i didn't know i had.

1:41 am

sprite

ugh yeah. Great, now I know exactly where you are.

1:44 am

zTink

Who has all the babblets in theory folder?

1:44 am

sprite

I have a lot of them in my profile, zTink

1:49 am

grannyrose

turnin g the house upside down. i downloaded a great pattern for a beanie for Don, now i can't find it. grrrrrr

1:49 am

sprite

oh darn. That is so frustrating

1:49 am

sprite

might be nature's way of telling you he doesn't deserve one :D

1:50 am

grannyrose

and i bought the yarn, and the special round needle to knit it. sooooo frustrating.

1:51 am

grannyrose

oh well, back to the mini teddies i guess... for now.

1:52 am

sprite

absolutely. Don can get his beanie once his behaviour merits one :D (Nope, not at all a little b*tch when someone isn't nice to my bestie. Nope. Not me.)

1:55 am

zTink

Thank you Sprite.

1:55 am

sprite

yvw

1:57 am

sprite

fireflies

1:57 am

grannyrose

WTG SPRITE!!

1:58 am

sprite

rose, darling, time for me to put on my shoes and shuffle very very carefully to the ubuntu house for the meeting. Not a safe action today. *hugs* and good luck with the dressing... and with Jirella ;)

1:58 am

grannyrose

loves ya bestie

1:59 am

sprite

loves ya right back

1:59 am

grannyrose

and no more falls. tell Rob to get the bubble wrap out.

2:18 am

Book Doctor Gwen

I should be asleep but hi all, diving in

3:24 am

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt, 61 to go, 2 tiles short of HOET, good night y'all

7:21 am

Norma

s

7:35 am

Norma

ts

7:52 am

Norma

d

8:00 am

ironpete

dean

8:02 am

phaeton

yep

8:34 am

Onpaki

There is no qu word?

8:36 am

montreal13

nope

8:37 am

montreal13

bbl for last 37 - have a great day all - "poof"

8:43 am

maccafixx

te 6/21?

8:44 am

phaeton

don't have that one

8:44 am

phaeton

trying to find do9

8:46 am

ChampFit

Got the 9. Drop the S and extend one of the do4s

8:47 am

ChampFit

I need the te too mac...on the hunt now...

8:49 am

phaeton

ty champ

8:50 am

ChampFit

Got it. It's one we've had before. Ends in "not a pot but a ***"

8:50 am

phaeton

thansk

8:55 am

phaeton

ai8?

8:55 am

Sugrraleona

looking for that one now

8:55 am

ChampFit

I need it too...moved on...

8:56 am

phaeton

have the 7, can't see how to change it

8:56 am

Sugrraleona

just found it - want a clue?

8:56 am

phaeton

sure

8:56 am

ChampFit

same...got it

8:56 am

phaeton

nm

8:56 am

Sugrraleona

lol

8:56 am

Sugrraleona

good

8:56 am

phaeton

un8

8:58 am

ChampFit

There are two and both start with the same first 4 letters. un8-7-8

8:58 am

Sugrraleona

i got one - when you took something off social media you un8

8:58 am

ChampFit

I still need one P though...might go in there somewhere.

8:59 am

ChampFit

One U...duh. I need 3 Ps

8:59 am

ChampFit

got that last P. a 4...duh.

9:00 am

phaeton

there is a un8 before that

9:00 am

phaeton

same

9:00 am

phaeton

stats

9:01 am

ChampFit

Both are un8/55

9:01 am

ChampFit

The 7 is un 7/40

9:05 am

phaeton

un8...can't write rhymes

9:05 am

phaeton

ends in frozen water

9:05 am

phaeton

FW

9:08 am

mkg

great clue phae. got it. any clue for th e9?

9:08 am

mkg

the 9?

9:09 am

ChampFit

See 8:46 am.

9:09 am

mkg

ty

9:09 am

phaeton

more crazy

9:11 am

ChampFit

Ends in the lake monster

9:13 am

mkg

ty got the 9. great clues. ty

9:14 am

mkg

still missing the center E word and the fifth column i word. any help welcome

9:16 am

ChampFit

It's et4. Took me forever too!

9:17 am

ChampFit

The i is ia6/21. Hadn't seen it before, but monkeyed it.

9:17 am

mkg

ty. got the i word. used more words

9:17 am

mkg

the ia is in morewords

9:18 am

mkg

got the e word. tghanks.

9:41 am

ChampFit

Back in a bit...

9:51 am

hokie carla

you can be insane but not outsane

9:53 am

Sugrraleona

ha ha hokie

9:54 am

Sugrraleona

can anyone help with the 2 se6's? aargh

9:54 am

hokie carla

haven't really looked at the S but will now

9:55 am

hokie carla

phantom senior and senor

9:56 am

hokie carla

I only see 2 se4

10:00 am

Sugrraleona

there are 3 se4s and 2 se6s

10:04 am

LuvWordGames

Se 6/21 is a compound word ending in the opp. of in

10:04 am

hokie carla

finding this grid much harder than yesterday's

10:04 am

penquis

one se 6 ends in a vowel....we have had it before....starts with carla's phantoms (first three letters)....

10:05 am

hokie carla

thanks, both

10:05 am

penquis

yw...

10:06 am

hokie carla

I always get the reverse of the one luv clued, but never this one. I don't consider it one word

10:06 am

penquis

same here...

10:08 am

Sugrraleona

ty

10:08 am

hokie carla

phantom pancetta

10:09 am

BzznBea

A staple in my house.

10:11 am

hokie carla

well the H and A on top row are giving me a lot of trouble

10:12 am

BzznBea

Don' forget those Scottish words. I have four or five

10:12 am

penquis

missing two top As...and five Hs....never liked H words...

10:12 am

hokie carla

have all the scottish ones

10:13 am

hokie carla

need 10 H and 6 A

10:13 am

penquis

same here, i think...

10:13 am

penquis

you are propbably missing the sleep words for the A...there are four....

10:13 am

hokie carla

argh, thanks

10:14 am

hokie carla

if I had more sleep I might have seen them

10:14 am

penquis

lol

10:14 am

hokie carla

found some regular word H but still need 7

10:15 am

penquis

need four here...

10:15 am

penquis

the ones i have are ordinary or the scot words...

10:17 am

penquis

found a TITT word...ordinary

10:23 am

hokie carla

almost attitude

10:23 am

penquis

and attrition...

10:24 am

hokie carla

and attest

10:27 am

hokie carla

oh well, first pass finished and 47 left. but did get HOET at least. TTFN

10:27 am

penquis

30 here....see you later...

10:28 am

hokie carla

one last thought: isn't this world full of uncried tears?

10:28 am

penquis

i tried it, too...

10:28 am

hokie carla

and uncited works?

10:29 am

penquis

tried that, too...

10:29 am

penquis

i am missing one U....

10:29 am

hokie carla

2 here. alrighty, peace out.

10:30 am

penquis

also taking a break....bye all...

12:14 pm

hurshy

hiya folks

12:20 pm

hurshy

phantom: point

12:21 pm

EvaNadine

my phantom is: poinsettia

12:21 pm

hurshy

oooooo

12:43 pm

hurshy

interesting, i finished 5s first

12:49 pm

hurshy

2-0-6-2

12:50 pm

hurshy

phantom: otter

12:51 pm

hurshy

aha, got two ot6 instead

12:55 pm

hurshy

2-0-2-2

12:59 pm

hurshy

ok both of the 7s were weird

1:10 pm

BzznBea

Can you clue the te7?

1:16 pm

BzznBea

Got it. Thanks.

2:37 pm

redshoes

phantom: ditto

3:19 pm

periwinkle

hello all. right i please

3:21 pm

periwinkle

help with either un8 please

3:49 pm

moolingwa

not sent

3:49 pm

moolingwa

the i is a weird adjective looking word

3:57 pm

hokie carla

rehi - thanks for the un8!

3:58 pm

MollyL

The other un8 is not like a sonnet

4:02 pm

hokie carla

oh, didn't have that root, thanks

4:08 pm

ChampFit

Back for my last 3!

4:32 pm

hokie carla

still 43 here

4:42 pm

hokie carla

any guesses on my missing S from the left?

4:43 pm

hokie carla

or my N from the left?

4:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

back for more abuse (hi all)

4:48 pm

hokie carla

hey gwen

4:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi carle

4:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oops, i meant carla -- was on a diff website doing other stuff

4:56 pm

hokie carla

figured it was just a typo

4:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yepper, typpoo

5:05 pm

periwinkle

does the ai8 start with what we breathe?

5:06 pm

periwinkle

yes it does. found it

5:07 pm

periwinkle

just realized the center E is still blank for me

5:09 pm

hokie carla

it's an e4 babblet we have a bit

5:09 pm

hokie carla

like an o4 ear related babblet

5:12 pm

periwinkle

et or ea?

5:12 pm

periwinkle

sheesh I got it

5:12 pm

periwinkle

thank you

5:12 pm

hokie carla

np

5:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

if insane is a word why not outsane? LOL

5:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

37 to go, opening the list

6:10 pm

hokie carla

I asked the same question this morning

6:19 pm

penquis

back again....hello all...

6:23 pm

hokie carla

pen!

6:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

8 to go

6:24 pm

penquis

carla!

6:25 pm

penquis

down to 25 here...

6:25 pm

hokie carla

still 31

6:25 pm

hokie carla

5-7-13-4-1-1

6:25 pm

hokie carla

will look one more time for the 4s and then list

6:27 pm

penquis

i just listed...

6:27 pm

hokie carla

just found a regular 3 set of H. not sure how I didn't see those earlier.

6:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

dos

6:31 pm

hokie carla

and some other H, now just need 1 of those. weird how you can't see stuff all day and then there it is. 26!

6:31 pm

penquis

yes..

6:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

explody things woot

6:32 pm

hokie carla

woot!

6:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i am prepared to clue, and will try to avoid typpoos

6:34 pm

hokie carla

still looking before listing so I don't know what clues I need

6:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(i get to rebuild my "cheat sheet" from scratch because guess what, it was in a folder that was not getting backed up to the cloud so I lost it when my stupid computer died)

6:35 pm

hokie carla

what is your cheat sheet?

6:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

"cheat sheet" where I keep every weird word this game takes -- and two other Boggle games I play -- with tips such as anagrams (touts / stout) and stuff like that

6:37 pm

hokie carla

I see

6:38 pm

penquis

sprite has a list of babblets and such in her profile...

6:38 pm

penquis

Molly has something, too, i think....

6:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

today I added a bunch of weird ones so now I have a collection of 36 weird words woot!

6:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

the collection I lost was about 500 pages or approx 60,000 words (including cross references / dupes)

6:40 pm

penquis

wow...

6:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm a list nerd and a word nerd so it was inevitable LOL

6:42 pm

hokie carla

you can download the full enable list from freescrabbledictionary . com / enable

6:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no, I only collect the weird ones -- the ones that, when I find them, I think, "I don't know that one" -- sometimes the word is already on my list wheich means I "learned" it then forgot it

6:45 pm

hokie carla

ah

6:46 pm

penquis

anyone have ci 7?

6:46 pm

hokie carla

no, that's my missing C then

6:47 pm

hokie carla

oh, I remembered it

6:47 pm

hokie carla

related to movies maybe

6:47 pm

hokie carla

ends on the side of the country we live on

6:48 pm

penquis

ty...

6:49 pm

hokie carla

ok, 2-3-11-3-1-1. will list now but don't have a lot of hope. so many big ones.

6:50 pm

penquis

i am down to 6...

6:50 pm

penquis

ho 6/24?

6:50 pm

cybernan

hi everyoe - got it dow to 64 earlier today, but don't think this is going to be as easy as yesterday's grid

6:50 pm

penquis

hi nan....

6:51 pm

hokie carla

I swear I tried ae6 several times today. ugh.

6:51 pm

cybernan

had a bunch of guests at your house pen

6:51 pm

hokie carla

hey nan

6:51 pm

cybernan

me too carla

6:51 pm

hokie carla

pen - ho6/24 is something covered in bee stuff?

6:51 pm

cybernan

clued the ho 6/26 that I have

6:51 pm

hokie carla

not sure why that spelling takes but not the one ending in s

6:52 pm

penquis

ah, ty....had tried the pl....

6:52 pm

cybernan

ty carla - tried the s one and didn't bother with the other

6:52 pm

penquis

4 now...

6:54 pm

hokie carla

ok, ai8 should be easy but not seeing it

6:54 pm

penquis

po 6/24 (before the animals)?

6:54 pm

penquis

it ends with the loch monster...

6:54 pm

hokie carla

po6 justice?

6:54 pm

hokie carla

ah, thanks

6:55 pm

penquis

have that one...it's the next one...

6:55 pm

hokie carla

I must need it.

6:55 pm

hokie carla

did not have the loch monster either!

6:56 pm

penquis

found it....relates to the horse word....

6:56 pm

hokie carla

oh, he paid for something - po6 up

6:56 pm

hokie carla

I did have it but when you said before the animals I looked before that one too

6:56 pm

penquis

yes...

6:56 pm

penquis

pu 7?

6:57 pm

hokie carla

sickest/smallest

6:58 pm

penquis

ah, of course...

6:58 pm

penquis

down to one ....te 7....

6:58 pm

sajarn

phantom: poinsettia

6:58 pm

hokie carla

that might've been the first word I saw

6:59 pm

penquis

also someone else's phantom today...

6:59 pm

hokie carla

te7 we've had

6:59 pm

hokie carla

trying to think how to clue

7:00 pm

hokie carla

ends in small apartment or place artist works minus a vowel

7:00 pm

penquis

hm....

7:01 pm

hokie carla

exam + texter's not me + **, re, mi

7:01 pm

moolingwa

3-9-8-3-1 left for me

7:01 pm

hokie carla

mooo!

7:01 pm

moolingwa

hoke :)

7:02 pm

hokie carla

1-3-9-2-0-1

7:02 pm

hokie carla

but on the list

7:02 pm

penquis

ty....i am done...

7:02 pm

hokie carla

congrats!

7:02 pm

moolingwa

nice one pen

7:03 pm

cybernan

ty for the te carla

7:03 pm

penquis

ty....heading out....goodnight all....

7:03 pm

cybernan

good night pen

7:03 pm

hokie carla

good night, pen!

7:05 pm

hokie carla

hmm, now I can't find te6/21

7:05 pm

cybernan

anyone know what the 9 is?

7:06 pm

hokie carla

haven't seen it yet

7:07 pm

moolingwa

found a couple of 5s

7:07 pm

hokie carla

super

7:07 pm

moolingwa

and now greyed the first column

7:07 pm

hokie carla

you'll probably still beat me!

7:07 pm

moolingwa

and another 5

7:08 pm

moolingwa

2OFOET

7:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

do9

7:08 pm

hokie carla

thanks gwen

7:08 pm

hokie carla

but what about te6? ;)

7:09 pm

moolingwa

um no, I'll look

7:09 pm

moolingwa

found another 5 tho

7:09 pm

cybernan

haven't found it

7:09 pm

moolingwa

found it

7:09 pm

moolingwa

we get it reasonably regularly

7:09 pm

cybernan

found the do

7:10 pm

hokie carla

was thinking tessah but no

7:10 pm

moolingwa

3-5-6-3-1

7:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

the te6 is a weird one. te + vowel + a metal object for cooking or frying eggs

7:11 pm

hokie carla

also not tenrec. nor the kevin costner movie tincup (which is also too many points)

7:11 pm

hokie carla

oh yeah, that old chestnut.

7:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(i tried tenric) lol

7:11 pm

moolingwa

another 5

7:12 pm

cybernan

guess the metal can't be tin

7:12 pm

hokie carla

well I wish I could find a 5, moo

7:12 pm

moolingwa

running out of 5s :)

7:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(cast iron, or maybe aluminum)

7:13 pm

hokie carla

I have 2 left but can't find this particular one

7:13 pm

moolingwa

4 fives left

7:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

which one? te5?

7:13 pm

cybernan

oh - made out of metal

7:13 pm

hokie carla

no, st5

7:13 pm

cybernan

ty gwen

7:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

st5 might be someone who takes dictation

7:14 pm

cybernan

or a beer glass

7:14 pm

cybernan

beer mug

7:14 pm

hokie carla

it's the one before what you do when cooking

7:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

or a pigpen, past tense

7:14 pm

moolingwa

more like what you might do to a pig in the past

7:14 pm

hokie carla

ah, that one

7:15 pm

cybernan

ty again gwen

7:16 pm

cybernan

a clue for the i please? or stats?

7:16 pm

cybernan

* the one on the right

7:16 pm

moolingwa

ia6/21

7:16 pm

hokie carla

we have it occasionally. an adj.

7:18 pm

cybernan

ty

7:18 pm

cybernan

supper ready - guess I am done for now

7:19 pm

hokie carla

well, according to m-w it looks more like a suffix.

7:20 pm

rbud

like after ger if it's an old folk, thanks!!

7:20 pm

rbud

that one was bugging me.

7:21 pm

hokie carla

yep, I had all that typed out including ped for kid but nan said she found it so I didn't send it

7:22 pm

rbud

might still help some other straggler like me, haha

7:23 pm

hokie carla

I know, I should have sent it. I already had it typed out!

7:24 pm

moolingwa

found a 7

7:24 pm

hokie carla

okay, now can't find the ot6 between of the ear and of the ear infection. so I know the first 3 letters and probable 4th.

7:25 pm

moolingwa

looks like an enzyme

7:26 pm

moolingwa

believe it's an adjective

7:26 pm

hokie carla

hmm, haven't seen any enzyme-ish endings today

7:27 pm

hokie carla

looked it up. we have that all the time and I usually get it.

7:27 pm

moolingwa

apparently it means serving no purpose or result

7:27 pm

hokie carla

like this game

7:28 pm

moolingwa

oh this game serves a purpose

7:28 pm

moolingwa

I just don't know what it is

7:28 pm

hokie carla

keeping our ger* brains sharp

7:29 pm

rbud

hahaha! precisely. ;p

7:29 pm

hokie carla

and I've just looked up no6, which seems fitting

7:29 pm

moolingwa

I jokingly called my MIL that the other night when we were playing a game :)

7:30 pm

hokie carla

LOL

7:30 pm

hokie carla

how'd that go?

7:30 pm

moolingwa

well I laughed :)

7:30 pm

moolingwa

tx for the clue on the n6

7:30 pm

hokie carla

sure, whether you wanted it or not!

7:31 pm

moolingwa

3-3-4-2-1

7:31 pm

hokie carla

0-0-3-2

7:35 pm

hokie carla

and had to look up 2 or 3 more. no wonder this one was so difficult.

8:20 pm

moolingwa

down to 10 - 2-1-4-2-1

8:24 pm

hokie carla

it's tough

8:28 pm

moolingwa

H PP U - C - SS - D T - O

8:28 pm

moolingwa

cross off the O

8:36 pm

moolingwa

found my last 5

8:38 pm

moolingwa

and my last 4

8:38 pm

moolingwa

0-0-4-2-1

9:11 pm

rbud

woot! done. laters, all!

10:32 pm

cybernan

hi again )

11:16 pm

MetFan

Finally done. See y'all in a few

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