Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, December 3, 2025

12:02 am

cybernan

hello eeryone

12:03 am

Rainiqui

Hi Nan and everyone

12:03 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:03 am

ursh

hello all

12:07 am

justafreep

ch7 and hello all

12:08 am

ursh

ch 8

12:08 am

justafreep

ch7 x 2

12:08 am

cybernan

ch 7 x2

12:11 am

justafreep

also a vowelless p4 in the grid.

12:12 am

cybernan

ty freep - always miss that one

12:13 am

justafreep

yw

12:14 am

justafreep

st7

12:17 am

justafreep

sh7 (that I was sure wasn't gonna be a word. but it is.)

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:20 am

justafreep

thanks, lickety

12:20 am

cybernan

that k has me stumped

12:21 am

sprite

thanks Lickety. Morning babblers

12:21 am

cybernan

hi sprite

12:21 am

justafreep

I found a kr5/6 but will leave the rest of the Ks to sprite

12:22 am

cybernan

thought that was a proper noun

12:22 am

sprite

hi nan, hi freep. Yeah, Kueen of Ks, me. NOTTTT

12:23 am

cybernan

now to find that ch 8

12:25 am

cybernan

nbt,nbs

12:25 am

sprite

ks killed. They are odd.

12:26 am

cybernan

aren't they always?

12:26 am

sprite

true. But even in the Ks, there are gradations. These are... odd odd

12:27 am

justafreep

I told you you'd finish 'em.

12:28 am

cybernan

there goes my chances of finishing this

12:28 am

sprite

only because I won't let myself look for other words until I have the flippin' Ks.

12:37 am

cybernan

crashing - 50 for tomorrow. Good night :)

12:37 am

sprite

night nan

12:38 am

justafreep

night, nan

1:02 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

1:03 am

sprite

bye freep, have a good one

1:03 am

justafreep

Night, sprite!

1:03 am

justafreep

I follow you both....

8:19 am

rbud

whoopee, fw! morning to anyone around.

8:37 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, diving in

8:55 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

8:57 am

phaeton

first column grey

8:59 am

crosshair

Miracle of miracles. Found all the K's :)

9:04 am

phaeton

wtg

9:05 am

ChampFit

2 of them were weird and 2 look like proper nouns. I was "normal".

9:07 am

hokie carla

when were you ever normal? ;)

9:07 am

ChampFit

I meant ONE was normal. Good grief...never ME!!!!!!!!!!!

9:08 am

crosshair

:)

9:09 am

hokie carla

well, you did say "normal" like maybe you weren't

9:09 am

hokie carla

I mean with the quotation marks

9:10 am

ChampFit

I typed at least 10 words before I even hit one correct K word.

9:10 am

hokie carla

well, I have 175 to go

9:11 am

crosshair

Lord save me from being "normal." It's too boring.

9:13 am

hokie carla

first tile grayed!

9:13 am

crosshair

Yaa!

9:13 am

ChampFit

Well done!

9:15 am

ChampFit

Asshat isn't a word, asshat isn't a word...

9:15 am

hokie carla

well it is now

9:16 am

hokie carla

just not when this word list was made

9:16 am

ChampFit

I need 2 a's and asshat isn't one of them.

9:17 am

BzznBea

Probably those 2 af

9:18 am

ChampFit

Oh I fibbed...it's as5 and and au6

9:21 am

ChampFit

Now just just as...

9:23 am

ChampFit

FW!

9:23 am

crosshair

Phantom: asteure.

9:23 am

crosshair

Yaa for Champ!

9:23 am

ChampFit

too many a's today. Need anything before I go?

9:24 am

crosshair

Ch8, clue, please

9:24 am

hokie carla

congrats

9:24 am

EmaMaria

19 century political movement in the UK

9:25 am

phaeton

could be someone who makes maps

9:26 am

crosshair

Ty, got it

9:27 am

ChampFit

Sorry...looked away for a second. That ch8 seemed weird to me. Enjoy the grid!

9:29 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, phaeton, got the ch8

9:30 am

phaeton

yw

9:45 am

hokie carla

I am not getting the ch8. have an idea based on the map comment but maybe that's messing me up.

9:46 am

rururocks

it's a burnt painter hokie

9:49 am

BzznBea

Good clue, ru.

9:50 am

hokie carla

oh, a portmanteau of those two. I am very slow today.

9:50 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ch8 = ch5 (a nautical map) + three-letter ending, a person who is an expert, or follows a movement, or does stuff

9:52 am

hokie carla

a musician with a hit single

9:52 am

rururocks

you've heard of Matisse and his distant cousin Mesquite haven't you?

9:54 am

rururocks

(that was a pretty good pun)

9:56 am

Book Doctor Gwen

66 to go, BBL

10:12 am

MollyL

Babble drinking game...take a shot every time Carla uses the word portmanteu

10:15 am

BzznBea

We should do that on NYE.

10:18 am

rururocks

you'd drink more if you went with HOET instead

10:18 am

hokie carla

such a good word

10:19 am

hokie carla

cue nan saying it's a suitcase

10:20 am

welki

hi, folks (ntpn - pippi longstocking's author)

10:22 am

hokie carla

oh, I liked the (those?) book but don't remember

10:23 am

welki

hehe - i can google that for you

10:23 am

hokie carla

yeah, I can google it but that would defeat the ntpn

10:23 am

BzznBea

Astrid

10:24 am

welki

*ding ding* Bea wins a red wig, complete with braids!

10:25 am

BzznBea

Had to dig as I know it was Lindgren but forgot the first name.

10:26 am

welki

my girls loved those books

10:26 am

rururocks

Pippi Longstocking sounds like a hooker name

10:27 am

welki

ewww - but i suppose some would enjoy the cosplay

10:27 am

hokie carla

so does rururocks :P

10:29 am

rururocks

or a porn name

10:29 am

rururocks

Pippi Longstocking and the stiletto adventure

10:29 am

hokie carla

oh, found a poem

10:30 am

welki

i didn't like having to write them in school - they always sounded so incomplete

10:30 am

hokie carla

I was never good at it

10:35 am

hokie carla

name that gluten free brand in the grid. looks german to me but I believe it's italian.

10:36 am

welki

no clue

11:00 am

crosshair

Just monkied a ur5 with three vowels. :)

11:06 am

hokie carla

I remembered that today

11:06 am

BzznBea

Fun grid today.

11:08 am

hokie carla

the singular ends in not them and it is the cobra on egypt pharoah headwear (crowns?). i hvae been trying to catch up on my nat geo mags and the word is in them a lot.

11:10 am

hokie carla

well there was K talk when I got here but I didn't pay attention and now I don't see any of them.

11:10 am

hokie carla

oh, the cheese brand

11:11 am

crosshair

I find that the Nat Geo's published under the new owners are a shadow of what the magazine once was. I get more fun out of going through a box of vintage ones.

11:11 am

hokie carla

oh, I don't really have any old to compare too.

11:12 am

hokie carla

to

11:12 am

crosshair

It seems that here, in the summer, evey yard sale has boxes of them.

11:13 am

hokie carla

interesting. I would think those don't sell well at yard sales, but maybe up there they do.

11:15 am

crosshair

Well, there is a glut of them out there, but I will "cherry pick" a few that look interesting then when I am done I donate them to a local used book shop we have in town. Only the very early ones have any real value in them.

11:16 am

hokie carla

well finally finished first pass and have 35 left.

11:17 am

hokie carla

yeah, I just put mine in the recycling when I finish reading them

11:17 am

crosshair

Wow. My first pass left me 78 to find. :(

11:17 am

hokie carla

well I did not get HOET thanks to the K

11:19 am

crosshair

Do you have the 6/30 that sould like part of a volcano?

11:19 am

crosshair

Sounds*

11:20 am

crosshair

Or the five and six that starts with a mans name?

11:21 am

crosshair

Mr. Russel.

11:21 am

hokie carla

oh, just got wordle in 2

11:21 am

crosshair

Cool

11:21 am

hokie carla

thanks for the name ones, I tried as 4/5 set

11:22 am

hokie carla

I guess the 6 is the last one I need, thx.

11:23 am

crosshair

A meteor impace makes this

11:23 am

crosshair

Impact

11:23 am

hokie carla

oh, thought I tried that but maybe just tried as a 5

11:24 am

crosshair

The other six is pl mack and cheese :)

11:24 am

hokie carla

yeah, I have all the k's now

11:24 am

crosshair

Good stuff. :)

11:25 am

hokie carla

need 2 C, 1 A, and 2 D to gray the outline

11:25 am

crosshair

Haiku

11:25 am

crosshair

Sorry!

11:41 am

hokie carla

okay, made it down to 19. guess I will make lunch.

11:43 am

hokie carla

5-8-3-3, not super bad with the 6s today

11:47 am

moolingwa

77-61-29-7-1

11:57 am

hokie carla

just keep at it, moo. you got this.

11:58 am

moolingwa

18-15-8-3-1

11:58 am

hokie carla

see

11:58 am

moolingwa

like instant :)

12:02 pm

hokie carla

and now how many?

12:03 pm

hokie carla

CC A HHHH SS F A SSS U TT DD

12:10 pm

moolingwa

36 left

12:14 pm

moolingwa

finished first pass...32 left

12:14 pm

moolingwa

10-12-6-3-1

1:06 pm

hurshy

hi all

1:08 pm

hurshy

are all the C words CH?

1:09 pm

hurshy

oooh got the 8!

1:11 pm

hurshy

left col grey!

1:12 pm

hurshy

oh, drat K words!

1:16 pm

hokie carla

rehi

1:16 pm

hurshy

hiya hokie

1:17 pm

hurshy

first A has aa4, an4, 5, 6

1:17 pm

hokie carla

thought I tried the 5, thx

1:17 pm

hurshy

i need one from each of the other As

1:19 pm

hokie carla

need one from 3rd one but will look at 2nd for you

1:19 pm

hokie carla

do you have au6?

1:19 pm

hurshy

no

1:19 pm

hurshy

ty got it now

1:22 pm

hurshy

just caught up to your number of S words

1:23 pm

hokie carla

I'm pretty much stuck now

1:24 pm

hurshy

i'm still on first pass

1:25 pm

hurshy

not seeing a couple of R words

1:26 pm

hurshy

phantom: truant

1:27 pm

hurshy

oh there's one, now just need one more

1:34 pm

hokie carla

there was a ra6/18 I don't remember

1:36 pm

hokie carla

found my U. forgot about that one.

3:40 pm

mkg

clue for any of the u words please. ty.

3:41 pm

hokie carla

think of a bear

3:45 pm

mkg

got the bear. ty carla.

3:46 pm

mkg

any clues for the 8 welcome

3:49 pm

mkg

nm just found it finally

3:50 pm

crosshair

Back for a few more. :)

4:14 pm

hurshy

ah thanks that was my R

4:18 pm

hurshy

ooh just saw the nice ha5/22

4:18 pm

hokie carla

still stuck, still checking in occasionally

4:18 pm

penquis

that was a "free word" in the chat recently....

4:18 pm

penquis

and hello all...

4:20 pm

hurshy

anyone doing well on K words?

4:20 pm

hurshy

i have a kr5&6 pair

4:20 pm

penquis

missing two...

4:20 pm

penquis

there is a kr 6....usually spelled with a c...though it may have a different meaning....

4:21 pm

hurshy

ty

4:21 pm

penquis

yw...

4:22 pm

hurshy

3-5-5-2

4:22 pm

penquis

31 left here...

4:23 pm

hurshy

guess i'll get the list

4:26 pm

hurshy

the other Ks are ku5 and 6

4:27 pm

penquis

ty...

4:28 pm

penquis

new one for me..

4:31 pm

penquis

well i am down to 26 and have all the 7s and the 8...taking a dinner break....bbl to finish...bye all...

4:32 pm

hokie carla

hi/bye pen!

4:33 pm

hokie carla

still 5-6-3-3

4:34 pm

hokie carla

CC HHHH SS F A SSS TT DD

4:34 pm

hokie carla

will look for 4s again.

4:35 pm

hurshy

3rd c word is odd, ch6/24

4:35 pm

hurshy

and there's a ch5/22

4:37 pm

hokie carla

I have that 5 but not the 6. will look.

4:42 pm

hokie carla

ok, found that, thx

4:47 pm

hokie carla

found an S

4:48 pm

hokie carla

and my F

4:54 pm

hokie carla

and a D

4:55 pm

hokie carla

only found 2 4s. 3-5-2-3

4:57 pm

Gillie

two ha4/5 pairs with double vowel - that's pretty unusual

4:58 pm

hokie carla

oh, I forgot the higher point one, thx

5:00 pm

Gillie

and there's the start of the poetic form

5:00 pm

hokie carla

forgot that too, had the poem. thanks.

5:50 pm

hokie carla

okay, anyone here have the di7?

5:51 pm

hokie carla

nm

6:03 pm

penquis

hello peri...er....carla... ;o)

6:16 pm

penquis

well i am done...goodnight all....*waving to the lurkers*....

7:04 pm

MollyL

Carla channels Peri with the one minute thing

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