Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, November 16, 2025

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Good evening to all and sundry

12:04 am

ursh

hello rain

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Hi Ursh

12:06 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:08 am

cybernan

tr 7

12:08 am

cybernan

pr 7

12:12 am

cybernan

br 7

12:29 am

cybernan

crashing - good night

12:31 am

momof5

Canta

12:53 am

broll

pa 7

12:57 am

broll

ca 7

1:03 am

broll

ac 7

1:22 am

licketySplitAUS

clues are up

1:23 am

ursh

thanks lickety - this is a tough grid

1:34 am

sprite

awesome, thanks Lickety. Morning babblers. I'd like to buy some consonants, please.

2:37 am

grannyrose

g'day sprite. can chat for a bit honey. dinner on the way soon. how are you? and, yes, the person i was trying to nail for a accompanied chat with you know who, is aware we need his input and mediation.

2:38 am

sprite

awesome, honey, that is good news. Keep me posted. I am thinking of you a lot and am huffing and puffing to be the wind beneath your wings ;)

2:39 am

sprite

I am okay. Looking forward to the hospital visit on tuesday, orthopedic surgeon and Xrays, hope all is well and I can move on to pt. Have made an appt for thursday.

2:40 am

sprite

fireflies

2:43 am

sprite

there went a squirrel, right past our Rose, and off she went too :D

2:47 am

sprite

poofing with hugs, find me in whatsapp if you need me <3

7:44 am

Norma

ce

8:53 am

Kallia

just found ca9...tasty!

8:53 am

ChampFit

THANK YOU!

8:54 am

Kallia

yw

9:09 am

phaeton

oc9?

9:10 am

ChampFit

No idea...lemme look...

9:12 am

hurshy

morning

9:13 am

rururocks

all the water's inhabitants

9:13 am

ChampFit

Got it.

9:15 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! first video game system

9:16 am

rururocks

atari

9:16 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:17 am

hurshy

phantom: pecan

9:21 am

hurshy

and peace

9:26 am

rururocks

my phantom: tacnode

9:27 am

hurshy

and then of course that means acnode is also

9:27 am

ChampFit

Mine: anaconda

9:27 am

MollyL

That is one hell of a nerdy word to know

9:27 am

MollyL

Tacnode I mean

9:28 am

ChampFit

believe me...I knew which one you meant!

9:29 am

saanichcat

Champ I tried anaconda THREE times just to make sure!

9:30 am

ChampFit

:)

9:30 am

rururocks

maybe put a boa on it

9:32 am

MollyL

Because the first two times just had to be a mistake? *Thinks of the definition of insanity

9:32 am

hurshy

probably because it's an easy word to mistype

9:32 am

saanichcat

you nailed it Molly

9:33 am

saanichcat

"make it so"

9:34 am

hurshy

how can there be ten words from the second T???

9:34 am

ChampFit

I'm still missing one

9:34 am

rururocks

missing a d 5 now only

9:34 am

hurshy

that's much better than me, i need 4

9:35 am

ChampFit

I'm missing a d too...don't know which one.

9:35 am

rururocks

some really interesting words in this one.. some scientific

9:35 am

hurshy

oh no, scientific!

9:36 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! capital of Albania

9:37 am

saanichcat

tirane

9:38 am

hurshy

almost

9:38 am

rururocks

lol

9:38 am

hurshy

that's probably what the french call it i suppose lol

9:38 am

saanichcat

tirana then?

9:38 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!!!

9:39 am

phaeton

an8?

9:39 am

ChampFit

Looking for it now...no luck so far

9:39 am

hurshy

well no wonder you wanted anaconda if there really IS an an8 anyway!

9:40 am

ChampFit

There is.

9:40 am

ChampFit

I peeked

9:42 am

phaeton

that's why I'm asking for a clue

9:42 am

hurshy

:D

9:44 am

rururocks

living without oxygen an8

9:44 am

hurshy

ty ru

9:46 am

ChampFit

Weird, I've never seen it without the -ic

9:46 am

ChampFit

Ty ru

9:47 am

rururocks

bye everyone

9:47 am

rururocks

have a nice weekend

9:47 am

ChampFit

you too!

9:56 am

ChampFit

There's a similar ae 6/24...fyi

10:00 am

ChampFit

BBL for last 15.

10:05 am

phaeton

help with the pa7/32?

10:06 am

phaeton

sorry...pa7/40

10:07 am

phaeton

nm

10:10 am

maccafixx

an 8/50?

10:11 am

penquis

it's a micro-organism that doesn't require oxygen....ends with what you put on over your pjs when you get up in the morning....

10:11 am

penquis

the an 6 is the one that requires oxygen...

10:12 am

maccafixx

ty penquis!

10:12 am

penquis

yw...

10:14 am

penquis

oops....should have said the AE 6 is the one that requires oxygen...

10:21 am

MollyL

Just a suggestion...if you read over the chat when you get here you might find that the word you are looking for was recently clued

10:29 am

penquis

have to go....bye all....

10:34 am

hurshy

antra

10:35 am

hurshy

whoops, scuse me

10:41 am

maccafixx

first ca 5/12?

10:42 am

hurshy

perhaps it is the one that means a group

10:43 am

maccafixx

it is before that one. 5/12

10:44 am

hurshy

oh sorry my eyes mixed up that with the points of the pile of stones

10:44 am

hurshy

i suppose it must be caa then???

10:46 am

hurshy

*wracks brain trying to remember if we've had a caa word before*

10:47 am

maccafixx

cae?

10:47 am

hurshy

that would not be before cad which was the word i clued first

10:48 am

hurshy

only way a ca5/12 can come before cad is to be caa

10:48 am

hurshy

cab, cac, cad, all would make more points

10:48 am

saanichcat

hurshy there is always caaba but it is not a real word

10:49 am

hurshy

and too many points

10:49 am

maccafixx

it is after the cad word

10:49 am

hurshy

oh then that's maybe the pile of stones

10:49 am

hurshy

that you use to mark a location

10:50 am

hurshy

on a trail, or for a memorial

10:50 am

MollyL

Gaelic pile of stones

10:51 am

Atalante

and non gaelic pile of stones too :D

10:52 am

saanichcat

also a small dog

10:52 am

Atalante

yes!

10:52 am

hurshy

like Toto!

10:56 am

hurshy

i think in our enthusiasm we have inadvertently overwhelmed macc

10:59 am

maccafixx

thanks for the help hurshy! I am on to the da's now!

10:59 am

hurshy

oh good :)

11:00 am

hurshy

someone called a ca7 at the flip - is it weird or normal?

11:03 am

MollyL

2 of them, both weird

11:04 am

hurshy

rats

11:04 am

hurshy

well if you wouldn't mind cluing, i would appreciate it

11:04 am

MollyL

Farm building for autos

11:05 am

MollyL

A snare for tin containers

11:05 am

hurshy

*giggle*

11:05 am

hurshy

thanks

11:06 am

hurshy

phantom: panacea

11:08 am

hurshy

right col grey!

11:17 am

BzznBea

lmost pecan which we have falling like raindrops

11:19 am

hurshy

do you mean there are pecan trees in your yard?

11:19 am

BzznBea

Eight or nine. It is a mast year.

11:19 am

hurshy

how nifty

11:25 am

crosshair

I see that Pvt. Bonespurs is banning more book to try and sanitize history again. :/ If anyone wants a copy of The State of Water, by Obi Kaufmann, just email me and I can send you a digital copy in Epub format.

11:26 am

crosshair

Brb. Puppies need to tiddle.

11:28 am

jeanne314

so "ratrace" isn't a word. I only ran it for most of my life.

11:28 am

hurshy

my sister is getting two puppies from one of those rescues in the south, they are to arrive next weekend!

11:30 am

crosshair

Yaa for puppies!

11:30 am

crosshair

What breed?

11:31 am

hurshy

maltese, but possibly other things too, idk if they know for sure?

11:31 am

crosshair

Cool.:)

11:32 am

hurshy

it's a brother and sister pair

11:35 am

BzznBea

Are they from a puppy mill?

11:36 am

hurshy

i don't think so, but i do not know the story of the mom's rescue

11:36 am

crosshair

We have a brother/sister pair of choc labs, but they were from different litters. Our boy is seven and the girls is five. If you try and seperate the for any reason now our girl, Rhyleigh, will just lay on the floor and cry. No. We don't really have mills here. From resisterd breeder in Windsor.

11:37 am

crosshair

Whew! Mad typin skillz today I see. :/

11:37 am

hurshy

nothing we can't figure out

11:38 am

crosshair

Never know--I may revive sanskirt. :)

11:41 am

hurshy

phew, done. ttfn!

11:42 am

crosshair

Re:banned books. I was lucky growing up. While my father was not a reader, he did make sure that I could get ahold of any book I wished to read. He signed off at our local library when I was ten years old so I could get books from the adult stacks. Kids today will never know the joy of getting your first adult library card. :)

12:10 pm

mkg

hi all.

12:11 pm

mkg

i am missing all E words! yikes. going in for the attack. if any stats or clues are around please send.

12:12 pm

mkg

ok got one and i doubt it is a real word. ep. onward to the others.

12:16 pm

mkg

all done

12:33 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:35 pm

mkg

hi nan

12:36 pm

mkg

any clue for the an 8 word? not seeing it at all. ty.

12:41 pm

mkg

nope cant get the an 8.

12:41 pm

cybernan

don't have the 8 nor the 9's - crashed early last night

12:43 pm

mkg

the 9 is ca 6 and add ending.

12:45 pm

cybernan

ty mkg

12:49 pm

crosshair

One of my favourite pasta dishes. :)

12:49 pm

BzznBea

Mine too.

12:49 pm

cybernan

isn't anything with bacon your favourite, crossy?

12:50 pm

crosshair

:)

12:50 pm

BzznBea

But please don't tell my mom it has egg in it.

12:50 pm

crosshair

Love eggs as well. :)

12:52 pm

cybernan

was making a "prepare ahead" dinner when the grand kids were here. Cooked butternut squash ahead of time, massked it up with a ittle butter, put it in a casserole dish and covered the top with crumbled bacon and shredded parmesan cheese - yum

12:54 pm

cybernan

*mashed

12:55 pm

crosshair

My poor beloved. We were having a meeting with her doctor. We were adjusting her diabetic med, and he says to her: " Oh, by the way, you your colesterol level is higher that everyones in this room--combined." Pretty soon they will have her eating nothing but bean sprots and distilled water. :(

12:55 pm

crosshair

Sounds tasty, Nan. :)

12:56 pm

crosshair

Damn typos. :/

12:56 pm

crosshair

Damn typos. :/

12:56 pm

crosshair

Damn typos. :/

12:56 pm

crosshair

Good grief. :/

12:59 pm

crosshair

Checking to see what book is next on my list. Look like a Just hn Irving nove

1:00 pm

crosshair

Looks like it is by John Irving, and is called A Prayer for Owen Meany. Reviews seem good.

1:06 pm

ChampFit

It's a fantastic book crossy. He's a great writer.

1:08 pm

crosshair

My book genre choices range far and wide, but I do not think I have ever read anything by John Irving. Should be interesting then.

1:08 pm

MollyL

Irving's best book, in my opinion

1:08 pm

crosshair

Good place to start then. :)

1:09 pm

MollyL

The film adaption "Simon Birch" isn't bad either.

1:11 pm

crosshair

Have a book by Edward L. Beach to finish first though. My beloved can juggle a dozen books at once, but for me it is one at a time. :)

1:11 pm

ChampFit

That's my favorite thing! Finding an author that has several books to work my way through.

1:12 pm

ChampFit

I'm one at a time too.

1:13 pm

crosshair

What genres do you like, Champ?

1:14 pm

ChampFit

Usually mystery, detective stories, etc. Historical fiction. Lots of things.

1:16 pm

crosshair

My faves at this time are post-apocolyptic, and fantasy. When I was younger it was victorian horror/sea stories, and sci-fi. :)

1:17 pm

ChampFit

Just got the latest Louise Penny, but after that maybe I'll start on some sci-fi.

1:20 pm

crosshair

So, for post-apocolyptic I suggest Swan Song, by Robert R.MacCammon, and the "Lord Valentine" series by Robert Silverberg.

1:20 pm

ChampFit

Noted!

1:21 pm

crosshair

Swan Song gives King's novel, The Stand a run for its money.

1:22 pm

ChampFit

I haven't ready Stephen King in forever, but The Stand was awesome. Thanks for the rec crossy!

1:23 pm

ChampFit

Just found the feline word that I always miss!

1:23 pm

ChampFit

***NOT a feline person.

1:24 pm

crosshair

Np. :) Swan Song is a phone book of a novel though, so make sure you are ready for it. The story has a lot of moving parts. :)

1:25 pm

ChampFit

I generally read on my tablet before I go to bed. Should take me through to 2026!

1:26 pm

crosshair

If you need a copy, just email me and I can send it to you.

1:27 pm

ChampFit

No worries...I'll download it. It'll be lighter! :)

1:27 pm

MollyL

McCammon's "Boy's Life" is his best.

1:27 pm

crosshair

That is what I mean. Can send you an Epub digital copy.

1:28 pm

crosshair

Boys Life is excellent!

1:28 pm

ChampFit

OH!!!!!! Can we do that on FB messenger? We're friends there.

1:29 pm

crosshair

Yup. Just shoot me a message so I can see you. I am pretty much an idiot when it comes to the inner workings of FB

1:30 pm

MollyL

Swan Song was too dark for me.

1:30 pm

crosshair

It is very dark in places.

1:30 pm

ChampFit

Might be for me too then. But will give it a go. Just messaged you.

1:31 pm

crosshair

K off to try it now.

1:37 pm

crosshair

Am having issues sending it through FB. Could you just shoot me an e-mail? It will be easier.

1:37 pm

ChampFit

Doing it now!

1:37 pm

crosshair

K, off to try it again

1:43 pm

crosshair

Still waiting for your e-mail to show up. Lol, used to mail letters, now we get itchy if an e-mail takes longer than two minutes. :)

1:44 pm

ChampFit

Sent if from my yahoo account. No worries. It'll show up when it feels like it, I assume. ;)

1:54 pm

crosshair

Yaa! It is on its way to you now, Champfit. :)

1:56 pm

welki

hi folks - john irving has a new book (just released november 4) - queen esther. i've read all his books, haven't been disappointed yet. i'm on the wait list to borrow this new one.

1:56 pm

ChampFit

Ty! Just found the ta6 that's similar to the small mouse te6.

1:56 pm

crosshair

If there is any other title you have been wanting just let me know. I have hundreds of books in my digital collection at this point.

1:56 pm

crosshair

Howdy, welki. :)

1:56 pm

ChampFit

Oooh...thanks for the heads up welki, and for the kind offer, crossy!

1:57 pm

crosshair

Swan Song should keep you busy for a few days anyways. :)

2:01 pm

ChampFit

Finally FW! Last word was pa7, which I haven't seen before. Off to watch the rest of the very exciting Tampa Bay/Buffalo game. Enjoy and thank you again!

2:01 pm

welki

close game, champ!! have a good afternoon

2:07 pm

crosshair

We are getting lake effect squalls today. No football. :(

2:08 pm

Atalante

this is a tricksy grid

2:08 pm

crosshair

Tricksy, my precious.

2:10 pm

Atalante

yesssssss

2:11 pm

MollyL

Queen Esther is more about the orphange in St. Clouds and Dr. Larch

2:15 pm

crosshair

I shall look it up. My T.B.R pile is already so massive that I will never get to them all before I shuffle off this mortal coil. :)

2:18 pm

crosshair

I an lucky that E-book readers came along, or our place would be nothing but bookcases with a folding cot jammed in the kitchen. :)

2:23 pm

Atalante

and my travel bags would be too full of books to hoick up into plane lockers

2:35 pm

dcseain

phantome cataract

2:38 pm

crosshair

Phantom: contract

2:40 pm

crosshair

Also retract and detract.

2:43 pm

Atalante

tarantula and tarantella

2:53 pm

swmbo

Interesting book discussion. If you like post apocalyptic fiction try Margaret Atwood's Madd Addam trilogy. Dark, but very, very good. I actually prefer it to the Handmaid's Tale. Also, Queen Esther, which I just started, and looks to be good, has only a small part at the beginning about Dr Larch and the orphanage at St Cloud's.

2:53 pm

swmbo

I love post apocalyptic fiction

2:55 pm

swmbo

I just finished Atwood's memoir also: that woman has been everywhere, met everyone and done everything! What a fascinating life!

3:05 pm

crosshair

I have yet to read anything by Atwood. I shall add ut to the list. :)

3:06 pm

swmbo

Oh, Crossy, you have such a delight before you!

3:07 pm

crosshair

Swmbo, if you like post-apocolyptic, try Down to a Sunless Sea, by David Graham.

3:07 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I think she is overrated, but I think everyone current is. because I am a snob.. I just read Daniel Fuch's Brooklyn novels and I was blown away. They're from the 1930s but are little known.

3:09 pm

crosshair

He is long passed on, but the title is readily available at used book stores, or I can send you an Epub, if you like.

3:10 pm

swmbo

Thanks, I have read it

3:11 pm

crosshair

Cool. :)

3:12 pm

swmbo

Did you read On The Beach? Brutal but also profound

3:14 pm

crosshair

Yup. Read that one.

3:14 pm

swmbo

I'm not a snob. I'll read nearly anything. Only difference is that in youth if I started it I had to finish. In old age, if it lags, or is boring, I scuttle it. Life is too short to waste on things you don't like.

3:15 pm

crosshair

I try and read a new book, followed by an old favourite. If find it "cleanses the mental palette" before each new read.

3:15 pm

mkg

hi all,

3:15 pm

crosshair

I find*

3:16 pm

mkg

any help with an 8 welcome!!!!!!!!!!

3:16 pm

crosshair

Howdy, mkg. :)

3:16 pm

mkg

any one have clues for the an 8 word? just not seeing anything.

3:16 pm

varumba

Hi all :)

3:17 pm

crosshair

Howdy, Varumba.

3:17 pm

varumba

hey crossy

3:19 pm

swmbo

Crossy I do that too. Actually I find I am almost re-reading more now than reading new material. I love my old favourites.

3:19 pm

swmbo

I am also searching for the 8

3:20 pm

crosshair

Same.The old favourite are like good friends.

3:20 pm

swmbo

an8: any clues?

3:21 pm

crosshair

But a new one is up next. See what John Irving is all about. :)

3:21 pm

crosshair

I am still looking for the 8

3:23 pm

origami

an 8 is an organism that can survive without oxygen

3:25 pm

crosshair

Had my nose in a book during science class. :/

3:25 pm

varumba

lol crossy

3:26 pm

varumba

the oly word i know that fits that def is anaerobic - which isn't in the grid

3:26 pm

varumba

ooooo but it's close to it!

3:26 pm

swmbo

Yay! Thanks Origami!

3:26 pm

varumba

ty Ori

3:26 pm

origami

You're welcome

3:27 pm

swmbo

which also gives me the opposite organism.

3:27 pm

varumba

thanks for pointing that out sw

3:28 pm

swmbo

:)

3:32 pm

mkg

any clues for the an 8? please?

3:32 pm

mkg

poops missed the clue. so sorry all.

3:32 pm

varumba

you just missed it mk - scroll down a bit

3:33 pm

mkg

got the an! ty all.

3:33 pm

mkg

i did see the clues and got it from that. so ty all cluers! and all chatters?

3:34 pm

varumba

glad you got it :)

3:35 pm

Soodle

Crossy. (If you are still here) I envy you just starting out getting familiar with John Irving’s books. You are in for a treat.

3:36 pm

crosshair

((soodles))

3:36 pm

crosshair

Yup. It is next in the lineup. :)

3:37 pm

swmbo

Soodle I agree! I love Irving. I have read all of his book, nearly, but my two favourites are Cider House Rules and Last Night in Twisted River. But all of his books are great.

3:38 pm

swmbo

Garp, Owen meany, Hotel New Hampshire, love them!

3:39 pm

crosshair

Then, after that, it is the "Odd Thomas" series by Dean Koontz.

3:40 pm

swmbo

Not a fan of Koontz, not sure why, lots of people like him but I just can't

3:41 pm

swmbo

well, it has been a nice chat and word hunt, but I must be off. TTFN.

3:41 pm

crosshair

I think of Koontz as Stephen King Lit

3:42 pm

crosshair

Lite

3:42 pm

swmbo

very lite LOL

3:42 pm

crosshair

For when you want to read a decent horror book, but you have had five drinks already. :)

3:47 pm

crosshair

I have a theory about Koontz. I think he was greatly helped along simply because of his last name and the way books are catalogued in libraries and book stores.

3:48 pm

Soodle

Ha. Enough real life horror in the world Crossy. I avoid horror books & movies like the plague. Give me a Happy Ever After any day.

3:49 pm

crosshair

Being side by side on the shelves wit Stephen King his books got amazing exposure.

3:51 pm

crosshair

Was the same every time at the public library; you groan because all the King books are out, you look to the right, see Koontz, and decide to try him.

3:52 pm

crosshair

Only happy endings for Soodles! :)

3:53 pm

crosshair

There is one on my list, I forget the author, but it is about a infant being raised by ghosts in a graveyard. :)

3:56 pm

MollyL

Also not a fan of Koontz

3:57 pm

origami

Neither am I

4:03 pm

crosshair

Anyway, I best go scratch the itch and go read something before I turn the chog into the Babble Book Club. :) Have a good night. :)

4:13 pm

periwinkle

I cant quite get the correct spelling for the an8

4:13 pm

varumba

ery close to the can survive without oxygen - just unusual ending (for me anyway)

4:14 pm

periwinkle

I am trying

4:15 pm

MollyL

Ends in what you wear over pajamas

4:16 pm

periwinkle

finally got t thanks varumba and Molly

4:16 pm

varumba

np - paying it fwd from Ori :)

5:17 pm

periwinkle

help with oc9 please

5:20 pm

periwinkle

not having success finding the ca9 either

5:20 pm

periwinkle

oh, found the ca9

5:21 pm

periwinkle

it builds off of the ca6/27

5:21 pm

varumba

italian pasta dish

5:22 pm

varumba

ah you found it

5:23 pm

varumba

phew finally done

5:23 pm

varumba

good luck all, sys

5:24 pm

varumba

Oc9 peri is another word for sea + a solo lady opera

5:25 pm

varumba

actually, not just ladies... a solo opera performance

5:25 pm

varumba

i'm off - good luck

6:11 pm

periwinkle

thank you

6:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

morning all! (is it morning yet?)

6:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt woot

6:36 pm

moolingwa

late start for me too

6:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

phantom carapace

6:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

approx 2/3 done, night all

7:00 pm

moolingwa

night gwen...still 52 left for me

7:01 pm

nrkii

crossy, in case you check back... the Odd Thomas series by Koontz is wonderful... I do like Koontz generally but some of his books are stinkers and some are just great. The Odd Thomas series is special.

7:08 pm

BzznBea

I agrree, Nellie.

7:11 pm

penquis

hello all....can anyone clue the PA 7/40?....it's my last word...

7:12 pm

penquis

nm...found it...

7:12 pm

penquis

i am done...

7:14 pm

BzznBea

Congrats, pen

7:14 pm

penquis

ty...anyone need anything before i go?

7:16 pm

penquis

guess not....goodnight all....

7:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

well good night pen

7:48 pm

cybernan

hello again

10:10 pm

cybernan

was called away and finally back again :)

11:12 pm

harpjane

found a big mammal

11:12 pm

harpjane

nard

11:12 pm

harpjane

found a nardy word

11:56 pm

cybernan

giving up on this one - hopefully the next one won't have so many odd words

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