Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, January 1, 2026

12:00 am

jeanne314

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

12:01 am

Rainiqui

Wishing all a HEALTHY NEW YEAR !!!

12:06 am

MetFan

Wishing all peace, joy, health and happiness

12:16 am

Rainiqui

do 8

12:18 am

ursh

hello all - fireworks were just awful from 11pm to 12.30am - terrified dogs - Happy New Year

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:31 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, ir 9

12:44 am

mkg

do 7 also

12:49 am

ursh

aw 7/80

12:55 am

mkg

ty got it

12:57 am

jeanne314

ri8

12:58 am

mich_pdx

thanks, Lickety! and Happy New Year friends (11 pm pacific time right now)

1:48 am

dcseain

A happy, healthy 2026 to all yall!

1:51 am

MetFan

Much joy, peace, health and happiness to all of you and yours in 2026. I got 39 to go and I'm pooped. Night all.

1:51 am

dcseain

sleep well MetFan

2:12 am

dcseain

phantom fifteen

2:41 am

NannyChris

Show

2:41 am

NannyChris

Show

2:41 am

NannyChris

Shower

2:42 am

NannyChris

Sorry !

5:15 am

sprite

good afternoon, babblers

5:16 am

sprite

bad start of the new year, with a K grid :D Happy New Year to you all, btw

5:17 am

sprite

ks killed

5:36 am

lbdawger

Happy New Year everyone!

5:37 am

sprite

to you too, lbd

5:48 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

7:00 am

periwinkle

Happy New Year everyone!!

7:01 am

MollyL

Happy New Year Peri

7:02 am

periwinkle

snowy and windy here

7:04 am

MollyL

Just cold here. The snow missed us, thank God

7:08 am

montreal13

Happy new year everyone !!

7:08 am

periwinkle

Happy New Year montreal!

7:09 am

montreal13

Happy new year peri ! - btw, the snow is NOT missing us...some shovelling ahead...

7:14 am

rururocks

Shoveling snow must be a lot of fun

7:16 am

montreal13

not a lot of fun but a necessity - i now take my time doing it

7:18 am

montreal13

not much shovelling in southern California i presume ru ?

7:18 am

rururocks

I'm in Northern Cal.. and no shoveling here

7:19 am

rururocks

I couldn't live in So Cal. I can't do plastic surgery

7:20 am

montreal13

oops sorry - here, every year, some people die while shovelling - i now pace myself somewhat...

7:20 am

rururocks

die from a heart attack?

7:20 am

montreal13

yep

7:20 am

rururocks

wow

7:20 am

rururocks

how old are you Monty? I have no idea

7:21 am

montreal13

i am 77 ru

7:21 am

rururocks

omg wow

7:21 am

rururocks

yes. take all the time you need

7:21 am

rururocks

I thought you were in your fifties

7:21 am

montreal13

exactly !

7:22 am

rururocks

you need a neighbor with a snow blower

7:23 am

montreal13

i had one last year but his snowblower kept conking out on him so he gave up

7:24 am

Christa

Happy New Year

7:24 am

montreal13

how young are ou ru ?

7:24 am

montreal13

*you even

7:24 am

rururocks

I'm 71 monty

7:24 am

rururocks

a wiseass beyond my years

7:24 am

montreal13

Happy new year Christa !

7:25 am

montreal13

lol ru

7:26 am

rururocks

nice grid today... hokie is going to have a field day with phantoms

7:26 am

Norma

re

7:26 am

rururocks

happy new year monty.. you need to get your neighbor to buy a new machine :D

7:28 am

rururocks

bye for now

7:28 am

montreal13

happy new year ru and tks but he swore off those infernal machines...

7:48 am

montreal13

1st pass done - bbl for last 36 - have a great day all

8:09 am

Norma

i

8:38 am

MollyL

I don't know how someone can live in Canada and not have a snow blower. But then it is beyond me why anyone would want to live where it gets that cold and snowy as well.

8:41 am

bichon

We have a snow blower. Last storm it didn't work!!!

8:42 am

penquis

I have a shovel....hello all....

8:53 am

MollyL

And I don't get those Polar Bear Plungers either. Brrr!

8:57 am

penquis

i play tennis with an English man who does that year round....

8:57 am

hokie carla

cray to the cray

9:06 am

Book Doctor Gwen

here to conquer the grid before breakfast! (ooops, already had breakfast) hi all

9:06 am

penquis

hi gwen...

9:12 am

hurshy

well it's crazy but it is supposed to be very healthy

9:13 am

hurshy

but i personally am not known for doing unpleasant things just because they are healthy

9:13 am

hokie carla

but is it healthy if it shocks your heart into stopping?

9:14 am

hurshy

well no, i mean, if you are at risk of that then you shouldn't do it, obviously, lol

9:14 am

hokie carla

yes, but you might not know you are at risk. what is the health benefit supposed to be?

9:16 am

MollyL

And then there is this..."the immediate risks of cold shock often outweigh the proven long-term benefits for most people, according to many health experts."

9:16 am

hurshy

here is a link to the cleveland clinic's info about it https://tinyurl.com/cumbsent

9:18 am

hurshy

well that's good, it sounds like benefits are marginal enough not to be worth it

9:18 am

Book Doctor Gwen

71 to go, later y'all, and no, I have never done the Polar Bear thing, and I'm still alive LOL

9:18 am

hokie carla

I'll pass

9:18 am

hurshy

so i needn't feel guilty about not wanting to do it

9:18 am

hokie carla

nope

9:18 am

hurshy

anyway, i got do7 and 8 and that is nice

9:18 am

hokie carla

pen! I just found wa5/6

9:19 am

penquis

carla!

9:19 am

BzznBea

We played that game for hours.

9:20 am

hurshy

phantoms: trifle, rifle

9:20 am

hokie carla

what game? do7 is a game?

9:20 am

BzznBea

wa5.20

9:21 am

hokie carla

oh, I just found do8 and 7

9:21 am

hokie carla

didn't know that was a game

9:21 am

hurshy

hmph, wowie isn't a word

9:22 am

hokie carla

yes, I tried it too

9:22 am

hokie carla

and wower

9:22 am

penquis

i think wowed is accepted...

9:22 am

BzznBea

It's played on a wood board and is similar to Chinese checkers.

9:22 am

hokie carla

ah

9:22 am

hurshy

fascinating

9:23 am

penquis

bea....is that the wa 5 mentioned?

9:23 am

hokie carla

it's a nickname for pen's graduate school

9:23 am

hokie carla

and a fish apparently

9:23 am

BzznBea

Yes, pen

9:23 am

hurshy

i thought it was just what you say when you're like, on a roller coaster

9:24 am

hokie carla

no, I think that's whoooo or wheeee

9:24 am

hurshy

it can be many forms

9:24 am

hurshy

in "IQ" einstein says it wa5

9:25 am

hokie carla

oh, finally found the other bottom W. it was a phantom from the top.

9:25 am

hurshy

oooh hey we do not get aw7 in the grid often - this may be the first time!

9:25 am

penquis

it's also a tree...

9:25 am

penquis

the wa word...

9:25 am

hurshy

one more T to grey the top row...

9:26 am

BzznBea

I'm finding that T difficult.

9:26 am

hokie carla

just started it

9:26 am

hurshy

left col grey!

9:26 am

hokie carla

only found one K

9:26 am

hurshy

the other one is a 5

9:27 am

hokie carla

I found a 5

9:27 am

hokie carla

oh, there's a 4

9:27 am

hurshy

oh then the other one is a 4

9:27 am

hurshy

yeah

9:27 am

hokie carla

so now left col gray

9:29 am

hokie carla

almost have our recently returned trifioso in the grid

9:29 am

hurshy

refiat

9:29 am

hurshy

scuse me

9:30 am

hurshy

that shows you the level of desperation i have reached on the R

9:30 am

hokie carla

I still need 2

9:31 am

hurshy

i just found re5/18 so now i just need 1

9:31 am

penquis

there is ri 8...

9:31 am

hurshy

well that would be the one

9:31 am

hokie carla

of course

9:32 am

penquis

i still need one R...

9:32 am

hurshy

thanks pen!

9:32 am

hurshy

did you get the re5 i just mentioned?

9:32 am

penquis

found it....

9:32 am

hokie carla

probably haven't had enough coffee for the 8

9:32 am

penquis

got them all now...

9:32 am

hokie carla

yes, I did

9:33 am

hokie carla

found the 8!

9:33 am

BzznBea

I hadn't noticed that suffix. Thanks, pen.

9:33 am

penquis

yw...

9:33 am

hurshy

doesn't look like it will get used for much tho

9:34 am

penquis

no...

9:35 am

hurshy

phantom: after

9:35 am

hokie carla

well, still need 3 on the T but moving on

9:37 am

hokie carla

A is tough as usual

9:37 am

hurshy

yeah i need 2 of those

9:37 am

hokie carla

but bottom one is nice

9:37 am

penquis

need one A...

9:37 am

hokie carla

still need 4 on top

9:37 am

BzznBea

Yes, I agree, Carla.

9:38 am

BzznBea

Think I will go get the bone broth started.

9:38 am

penquis

there are two music words with the A....

9:38 am

hokie carla

I'm thinking about doing nothing today

9:38 am

penquis

i will be shoveling...

9:40 am

hokie carla

okay, found 2 ar6 that are probably the music ones

9:40 am

penquis

yes...

9:40 am

hurshy

now you're just missing two like me

9:40 am

hokie carla

yes

9:40 am

penquis

one here...the others i have are ordinary...

9:42 am

hurshy

aHA found ad6

9:42 am

hokie carla

duh, thanks

9:42 am

hurshy

and had missed an easy one

9:43 am

hokie carla

I see my zodiac sign

9:43 am

hurshy

so that just leaves 1 T and 1 F in the top two rows

9:43 am

penquis

hmm....

9:43 am

hokie carla

I'm going by columns today

9:44 am

hurshy

phantom: woof

9:44 am

hokie carla

yes!

9:46 am

hokie carla

now I just need one upper F

9:49 am

hokie carla

phantom showiness

9:49 am

penquis

stalled with 22 left....i should check to see if it's time to shovel out my car....bye for now...

9:49 am

hokie carla

bye pen!

9:49 am

hurshy

well it's not french window

9:50 am

hokie carla

good luck, don't overdo it

9:51 am

hurshy

hmmm what can the third i be?

9:51 am

penquis

i won't....it's not too bad....

9:51 am

hokie carla

can't find it either, hursh

9:55 am

hokie carla

ah, ir9

9:55 am

hurshy

duh!

9:55 am

hurshy

thanks

9:55 am

hurshy

so down to 1 W for the third row

9:55 am

hokie carla

well when hoofiness didn't work...

9:57 am

hokie carla

oh, still need 4 upper W here

9:57 am

rururocks

you gotta clove that

9:58 am

hokie carla

oh, there's ruru to leave his print

10:00 am

hokie carla

phantom soiree

10:01 am

hokie carla

ok, 19 left after first pass

10:01 am

rururocks

hoofiness went right pasture

10:01 am

hokie carla

now you're just trying to milk it

10:02 am

hurshy

finished 5s first again, how odd

10:02 am

hokie carla

I have 8-7-2-1-0-1

10:02 am

hurshy

3-0-1-1-0-1

10:03 am

rururocks

that was just a grazing blow hokie

10:03 am

hurshy

got an H 4, now just one word in each row

10:04 am

hurshy

doesn't look like the other 9 has been mentioned in the chat :(

10:05 am

rururocks

fe9

10:05 am

hurshy

does it use the same ending as the ir9?

10:05 am

hokie carla

need one F from each, which could it be

10:07 am

hurshy

ok it's the lower

10:07 am

rururocks

no it doesn't

10:07 am

hurshy

my top F was a 4, a cheese

10:07 am

hokie carla

have the cheese

10:07 am

hurshy

well i'm just saying the 9 is from the lower

10:07 am

rururocks

it is from the lower one

10:08 am

hokie carla

is there any chance I've ever seen it?

10:08 am

rururocks

i doubt it

10:08 am

hurshy

will you give us a clue then?

10:09 am

hokie carla

i doubt it ;)

10:09 am

rururocks

fe + two letters of slightly weird + most of where cows get milked

10:10 am

hurshy

ty!

10:10 am

hokie carla

hmm, that gives me 7 letters so maybe I'm not thinking right

10:10 am

hurshy

yeah he means where cows get milked as "da7" (not in grid) not barn

10:11 am

hokie carla

ah, was thinking teats

10:11 am

hokie carla

thanks

10:12 am

hurshy

ok and does anyone have the third 7? have aw, do

10:12 am

hokie carla

those are the 2 I have

10:12 am

hokie carla

date

10:12 am

hokie carla

oops

10:13 am

hurshy

H was my last four

10:13 am

hurshy

so the 7 is either T or W

10:15 am

hokie carla

I am going to look for 4s

10:18 am

MollyL

7 is w

10:19 am

hurshy

aha, got it

10:19 am

hurshy

which leaves me one T6

10:21 am

hokie carla

well, my last A was a 4

10:23 am

hurshy

done

10:23 am

hokie carla

noice

10:23 am

hokie carla

9 here. 2-5-1-1

10:33 am

Atalante

happy new year all!

10:36 am

72 Temple Owl

happy new year, ata!

10:37 am

Atalante

hi TO!

10:38 am

72 Temple Owl

i saw your post,,,i attended a local event where they counted down at 6!!!

10:38 am

hurshy

what's the scottish holiday... um... was it yesterday? there's a scottish holiday whose name i am forgetting

10:38 am

Atalante

very sensible :D

10:38 am

Atalante

hogmanay

10:38 am

hurshy

yes, hogmanay! which day is it?

10:39 am

72 Temple Owl

last year i watched a giant peep fall. this year a hat, next year i will be shooting for kennet square where they drop a large mushroom

10:39 am

Atalante

officially yesterday, but in reality carries on till tomororw

10:39 am

hurshy

cool

10:39 am

72 Temple Owl

then go home and drink heavily

10:40 am

Atalante

its still an official holiday tomorrow in scotland

10:40 am

hurshy

wow TO you are really getting some variety :)

10:40 am

Atalante

a giant peep!!

10:40 am

72 Temple Owl

yes! too bad not made of marshmellow

10:40 am

Atalante

now that would have been amazing :)

10:40 am

72 Temple Owl

the kids were all crazy sugar highl the parents were drinking. no wonder

10:41 am

72 Temple Owl

and i was working the gate and freezing

10:41 am

BzznBea

Come to NC and you can see a catfish drop or a pickle or a flea drop.

10:41 am

hurshy

it would be an interesting science problem to drop an actual marshmallow peep by heating up the pole it was on at precisely the right rate to make it drop at precisely the right time

10:42 am

hurshy

as it got melty inside

10:42 am

Atalante

I would pay to see a catfish drop

10:42 am

Atalante

never seen anything drop at NY

10:43 am

72 Temple Owl

https://tinyurl.com/bdepxrb9

10:43 am

hokie carla

rehi - re: hogmanay I listen to a podcast at night called sleepy history and the current episode is on that

10:44 am

72 Temple Owl

lebanon pa drops a bologna

10:45 am

72 Temple Owl

pottsville a huge bottle of yuengling

10:45 am

hurshy

atalante fun fact if you start Eve of the Daleks at 11:07 you can watch the building explode and fireworks at midnight

10:46 am

72 Temple Owl

best to you , ata, time to get ready for this afternoon's hangover ball.

10:46 am

hurshy

also i am looking at the Spelling Bee now and i don't see why clinicality can't be a word

10:46 am

Atalante

amazing hurshy!

10:53 am

Atalante

I love things like that!

10:53 am

hurshy

yeah i made a note of it so i will remember in the future :D

11:45 am

cybernan

Happy New Year Everyone. May it bring much happiess, good health and adventure. )

11:47 am

bichon

And, to you too, nan

11:53 am

hurshy

unless of course you don't like adventure

11:54 am

cybernan

doees't everyone enjoy doing new things?

12:04 pm

hurshy

*shudder*

12:07 pm

BzznBea

I have to warm up to new things. I'd rather not.

12:09 pm

cybernan

for me, just going out with friends, maybe seeing a new show, is an adventure.

12:10 pm

hurshy

ok i'm playing "Combinations" and it says "beer" is a bonus word, not a regular word

12:10 pm

hurshy

it has the WEIRDEST dictionary

12:12 pm

cybernan

and enable isn't weird?

12:14 pm

hurshy

it is, but this other one is even weirder

12:14 pm

hurshy

like it just had "aros" as a normal word, which isn't even in babble, but "beer" as a bonus word, which is supposed to be more obscure words that people might not know, or that are only found in british english, or whatever

12:15 pm

cybernan

off for breakfast - bbl

12:15 pm

hurshy

it also had "oscar" as a normal word which also is not in babble and idk what it means as a non-proper noun

12:17 pm

BzznBea

Its a fish, isn't it?

12:30 pm

hurshy

idk, if you say so

12:30 pm

hurshy

oh dear

12:30 pm

hurshy

fire last night at a resort in the Alps has left at least 40 dead

1:03 pm

hokie carla

I thought it said explosion

1:04 pm

hokie carla

and yes, oscar is an aquarium fish

1:05 pm

BzznBea

I new it was a fish, just not sure it wasn't proper.

1:05 pm

BzznBea

knew

1:05 pm

BzznBea

I need a nap.

1:11 pm

rururocks

hurshy was floundering over oscar?

1:19 pm

hokie carla

I have complained more than once about oscar not being on enable

1:42 pm

MollyL

Quit carping Ru

1:46 pm

MollyL

There was a fire and then an explosion from a backdraft

1:52 pm

MollyL

Wow. Stranger Things made Netflix crash for the second time

1:54 pm

hokie carla

someone I know said they were going to watch it today unless Netflix crashed. guess they were right.

1:54 pm

hokie carla

well, terrible news either way

1:57 pm

hokie carla

anyone want to guess my missing words here goes...DDD TT F WW SS

1:58 pm

hokie carla

I know one of the W's is a 7, but don't know the 2nd letter

2:00 pm

BzznBea

wa7.44

2:00 pm

BzznBea

ends with the monster

2:02 pm

hokie carla

thanks bea, not a word I would ever use. I assume that means the wa4 babblet is a verb that goes with that. I also assume it is scottish.

2:02 pm

BzznBea

yes

2:03 pm

BzznBea

Are you missing 4s?

2:03 pm

hokie carla

I have 2-5-1 left

2:03 pm

hokie carla

but have some 4s with high point tiles

2:04 pm

BzznBea

There is a da4.13

2:04 pm

hokie carla

yeah, have one of those

2:04 pm

BzznBea

also a do8

2:04 pm

hokie carla

have all my 8s

2:04 pm

hokie carla

or do you mean do4/8?

2:05 pm

BzznBea

No I meant the 8

2:06 pm

hokie carla

guess I will just list.

2:06 pm

hokie carla

was hoping they would pop out after a break but not today

2:10 pm

hokie carla

well the w was a bs plural. I knew it is on enable but didn't look in the right direction today

2:13 pm

hokie carla

well, one of my 4s was a D that I entered into chat earlier and said oops

2:16 pm

hokie carla

well, tada. nothing I haven't seen in those last 8, though one definitely not a lot

2:17 pm

suefrad625

congratulations

2:19 pm

hokie carla

thanks, sue. happy new year, all! peace out.

3:23 pm

periwinkle

no luck finding the bigger ones today.only have one 7

3:23 pm

periwinkle

aw7 or do8 please

3:24 pm

Q

i feel a little... uncomfortable, giving away the aw7

3:25 pm

periwinkle

thankyou Q

3:25 pm

Q

:)

3:30 pm

periwinkle

I have do7 but not do8

3:34 pm

periwinkle

nm

3:40 pm

periwinkle

fe9 please

3:41 pm

Gillie

extends the previous fe4, ends with an astrology sign

3:43 pm

periwinkle

ty Gillie new word for me

3:47 pm

Gillie

yeah - for me too

4:11 pm

MetFan

Anyone need clues before I poof?

4:12 pm

periwinkle

wa7

4:13 pm

periwinkle

wa7 please

4:13 pm

moolingwa

scottish word and then a suffix :)

4:14 pm

periwinkle

hmm

4:14 pm

MetFan

A strange one - do you have the wa4/8? It's describing that - Show me the w**, but Scottish, + elliot's last name in the Untouchables

4:18 pm

periwinkle

got it thank you both

4:19 pm

MetFan

Took me a while to monkey that one.....

4:20 pm

MetFan

Anyone else?

4:21 pm

MetFan

OK - See y'all at flip. Ciao

5:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

back to struggle against the beast (hi all)

6:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

23 to go, gotta call it quits

10:47 pm

Trifioso

wow! I am sort of in the grid!

11:43 pm

licketySplitAUS

A big thank you from Catherine who donated to my Paypal account. Thank you so much. This April it will be 20 years - of having my personal computer running (and a virtual machine inside my PC too) to deliver clues everyday. Thanks to Rose and Liz for letting me know when things didn't go to plan and I had to run it again or fix something.

11:43 pm

licketySplitAUS

A big thank you TO Catherine I meant

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