Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, December 5, 2025

12:04 am

Rainiqui

Hi everyone

12:04 am

ursh

hello all

12:07 am

MetFan

Howdy all

12:08 am

Gillie

mi7

12:08 am

Gillie

bi7

12:08 am

Gillie

sp7/8

12:08 am

Gillie

wi7

12:13 am

MetFan

gl7/8

12:13 am

Gillie

im7

12:14 am

Gillie

re7

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:18 am

Gillie

gr7

12:19 am

ursh

pi 8 & 9

12:19 am

Gillie

le7

12:19 am

ursh

dill

12:19 am

ursh

oops

12:20 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs

1:05 am

sprite

morning babblers

1:07 am

MetFan

Half done, nodding. 'Night all.

1:09 am

ursh

nice flowing grid

1:38 am

dizgrannie

FWs

1:39 am

sprite

fireflies and poofing

5:47 am

ChampFit

I haven't seen that pi spelled that way before.

5:56 am

MollyL

Wow. Only 5 vowels

5:57 am

MollyL

That pi spelling is the European one

5:58 am

ChampFit

I'm sure it is, and I just haven't come across it before.

5:58 am

MollyL

Me either

6:06 am

ChampFit

BBL for last 9. Missed a lot of plurals in my first pass...be on the lookout!

7:33 am

phaeton

hello...stats for the bottom S pls

7:34 am

rururocks

plural

7:37 am

Sugrraleona

good morning - I'm missing an se4 - ha ha ha - cannot find it for the life of me - not asking for hints as there are so many of them but Im stumped and me monkeys are tired - leavling it for later

7:37 am

periwinkle

I do not see that bottom S either

7:38 am

periwinkle

nm found it

7:38 am

Sugrraleona

the bottom s is a plural - when you get too much electricity you get a power se6 (plural)

7:39 am

phaeton

I have that word and it doesn't come from that S

7:39 am

periwinkle

no it was a sp6/21

7:39 am

Sugrraleona

the plural does

7:39 am

phaeton

ty peri

7:40 am

periwinkle

yw

7:41 am

Sugrraleona

i thought I saw someone looking for the se6 from the other lower s - my bad

7:47 am

rururocks

do you mean surge?

7:48 am

Sugrraleona

yes, but use se instead of su

7:48 am

rururocks

ah got it

7:48 am

Sugrraleona

sorry for the confusion

7:48 am

rururocks

no problem. I like to say sounds like to help I had the word

7:49 am

Sugrraleona

:)

7:49 am

rururocks

these plurals are killing me

7:49 am

phaeton

S's kaput!

7:50 am

MollyL

Alternate clue: power burts material : D

7:50 am

MollyL

Or burst

7:52 am

MollyL

We have light snow here. I am working from home. You can see how hard I'm working : D

7:53 am

MollyL

I actually get a lot more done from home. Less interruptions

7:53 am

godthaab

What do you do, Molly?

7:54 am

MollyL

I work for a dry utility design consultant

7:54 am

godthaab

What is a dry utility?

7:54 am

MollyL

Electric, Telecom and Gas

7:54 am

godthaab

Ahhhh!

7:55 am

MollyL

As opposed to water and sewer/wet

7:55 am

rururocks

kind of working two grids at the same time?

7:55 am

godthaab

That makes sense!

7:56 am

MollyL

Cute Ru

7:57 am

MollyL

I thought we all learned our utilities playing Monopoly. Water Works and Electric Company

7:58 am

godthaab

I had never heard of utilities in that context.

8:00 am

godthaab

Name that Proper Noun; British Prime Minister

8:18 am

Sugrraleona

OMG, I just found that se4 i couldn't find - knocked off the s's whoop

8:19 am

ChampFit

Was it the one that sounds like men?

8:19 am

Sugrraleona

the one that ends with a t LOL

8:20 am

ChampFit

:) gotcha. Just finished. Anyone need anything before I go?

8:22 am

ChampFit

Enjoy everyone!

8:38 am

Book Doctor Gwen

sneaking in, hi all

8:53 am

hurshy

morning

8:53 am

hokie carla

howdy

8:56 am

hurshy

phantom: talent

8:57 am

MollyL

That's what I said about Taylor Swift : D

8:58 am

hokie carla

well, let me know when you finish the T because I only found 15

8:58 am

hokie carla

wait, got 2 more

9:04 am

hokie carla

phantom senate

9:13 am

hokie carla

phantom pilsner

9:13 am

LuvWordGames

add a vowel in there somewhere and it's a real word

9:14 am

penquis

ty luv for the 8/9....and hello all...

9:15 am

LuvWordGames

hi pen

9:18 am

hokie carla

ah, I believe we have had that spelling before, thanks.

9:18 am

hokie carla

pen!

9:18 am

penquis

carla!

9:18 am

Book Doctor Gwen

tyvm for the 9, Luv !!!

9:19 am

hokie carla

phantom dimples

9:20 am

hokie carla

and riblet

9:22 am

rururocks

wow those pi8 clues came up sudsingly

9:22 am

penquis

yes, i could beerly contain myself....

9:23 am

hokie carla

don't make us all hop out of here

9:23 am

penquis

i will stay a little lager...

9:23 am

rururocks

you knew I'd pun sooner or lager

9:23 am

rururocks

ah you beat me to it pen

9:24 am

penquis

:oD

9:24 am

rururocks

I'll be aleing for the rest of the day

9:26 am

rururocks

I'll have to draft up some new ones

9:26 am

Book Doctor Gwen

running off, errands, byeeee

9:26 am

penquis

i have had enough of this drink for now....going to pass out of this conversation... ;o)

9:28 am

hokie carla

well I can barley wait for it to end

9:28 am

rururocks

I know it can be too malt sometimes

9:29 am

origami

Hoppy Friday, all

9:29 am

hokie carla

hey ori

9:29 am

penquis

hi ori...

9:29 am

rururocks

:D

9:29 am

rururocks

too good to be brew ori

9:30 am

origami

:D

9:30 am

rururocks

I'm trying to be a modelo citizen this morning

9:30 am

hokie carla

try harder, bud

9:31 am

rururocks

we need to have pen attend a corona-tion

9:32 am

rururocks

I'm mugging it up at this point

9:32 am

MollyL

A sadder Budweiser Ru

9:33 am

rururocks

of coors we are molly

9:33 am

hokie carla

oh, just found a nice grammar word

9:33 am

rururocks

is it a portmanteau?

9:33 am

hokie carla

nope

9:33 am

rururocks

damn

9:33 am

rururocks

I better get going .. lots to do today

9:33 am

rururocks

have fun all

9:34 am

hokie carla

...

9:34 am

penquis

bye, ru..

9:34 am

origami

Have a nice day ru

9:34 am

hokie carla

bye ruru

9:35 am

hurshy

grr

9:35 am

hurshy

too many N phantoms

9:35 am

hokie carla

I have the N gray

9:35 am

hurshy

me too but the phantoms really irked me along the way

9:35 am

penquis

me, too...top row gray...

9:35 am

hurshy

nettle, natter

9:35 am

hokie carla

oh

9:36 am

hurshy

pen which T do you think i'm missing?

9:36 am

hokie carla

nice, pen. I still need 2 T

9:36 am

penquis

latin pl?

9:36 am

hokie carla

I have one latin pl

9:36 am

penquis

or ta 6....looks like a pl...

9:36 am

hurshy

i have one latin pl as well

9:36 am

penquis

it's ta 6/18....

9:37 am

hurshy

i have a ta6 plural

9:37 am

hokie carla

I have a ta6 that is a pl of a 5

9:37 am

hurshy

yeah

9:37 am

penquis

yes, but this word has no sing....

9:37 am

hurshy

i see

9:37 am

hokie carla

both look like they shouldn't be words

9:37 am

hokie carla

umkay, looking

9:37 am

hurshy

ty

9:38 am

penquis

old word with multiple meanings....not familiar with it...

9:38 am

hokie carla

think I found what you are talking about. now need 1 T.

9:38 am

hurshy

rhymes with what guitar players develop on their fingers, hokie

9:38 am

hurshy

oh you got it faster than i anticipated :D

9:38 am

hurshy

did you get Nikola the inventor

9:38 am

hokie carla

how rude ;)

9:38 am

hokie carla

aha, that's it, thx

9:40 am

hokie carla

my 3rd guess in wordle today was a complete anagram

9:40 am

hurshy

of that inventor?

9:40 am

hokie carla

no, of the answer

9:41 am

hurshy

oh, fun

9:41 am

penquis

i am stalled at 12...time for a break....bye for now...

9:41 am

hokie carla

I don't rem. ever having 5 yellows before.

9:41 am

hokie carla

nice, pen. still 26 here.

9:41 am

hurshy

yeah i doubt i have ever had that either

9:45 am

hokie carla

phantom settler

9:47 am

hokie carla

ntpn - detective/crime novelist

9:49 am

hurshy

maybe i will spot it as i proceed through the grid but i've really only read the OG ones, nothing modern

9:50 am

hokie carla

I never read any of his but there was a tv show in the 80s or 90s with his name in the title along with the character

9:51 am

hurshy

Ls Lambasted!

9:51 am

hokie carla

still need 2 + 1

9:52 am

hurshy

li5 fabric might be your lower 1

9:52 am

hokie carla

nope, have that one

9:54 am

hurshy

all the other li are really normal

9:55 am

hokie carla

phantom simple

9:55 am

hurshy

for the upper, maybe le5/14 and pl

9:55 am

hokie carla

oh, it was the arm or leg or tree part

9:55 am

hokie carla

I have that upper set but thanks

9:56 am

hurshy

6 la, rest le

9:56 am

hokie carla

ok, will look for le, thx

9:57 am

hokie carla

oh, found them

9:57 am

hurshy

phantom: sleet

9:58 am

hokie carla

0-7-5-1-1

10:01 am

hokie carla

what if your power goes out midpress? you won't get the wrinkles out!

10:01 am

hurshy

or the whole publication

10:01 am

hokie carla

true

10:04 am

mkg

help with the 9 please. clues and stats welcome

10:04 am

mkg

snowing in Md.

10:04 am

hokie carla

well, I am stuck. E S GGG RRR RR MMM 6-5-1-1

10:04 am

hokie carla

just rainy and 40 here, the worst

10:05 am

BzznBea

Didn't even know there was a 9. I never look at stats.

10:05 am

hokie carla

the 9 is a plural type of beer, with an extra vowel than we're used to seeing.

10:05 am

BzznBea

Yes, its ugly here today, carla.

10:05 am

hokie carla

I'm the same, bea. I don't know the stats, just have to stumble onto the words.

10:05 am

hurshy

i hate it when you go along finding pairs and then you're down to 2 and then you find one that you can't plural cause the S isn't in the right place for it and then you have one left

10:06 am

mkg

ilove the snow......so white and clean. I grew up with snow all winter and i still think it is beautiful and wonderful. i grew upp in Connecticut. from dec. to march a white world.

10:07 am

mkg

as to beer i only know al*......not a 9. please send stat. ty

10:07 am

hurshy

pi8 and 9

10:08 am

hurshy

<---- hey look, this angel kitten's name is in the grid! she doesn't need a tiara tho, she has her halo

10:10 am

mkg

GOT THE BEER! TY TY TY

10:11 am

mkg

i heard this term in advertisements. ty for super great clue.

10:11 am

mkg

by the way when i googled type of beer pi, nothing came up! so weird.

10:12 am

mkg

gee missing the S word for the fifth column s. any help welcome

10:12 am

hurshy

because parts of words like that aren't really something that google search is suited to

10:12 am

mkg

oops just got it with monkeys.........ty anyway

10:13 am

hurshy

unless you can type more and it can auto-predict what you're looking for, it can't really SEARCH for what you want

10:13 am

hurshy

it's weird that way

10:13 am

hokie carla

sometimes it works for me though

10:13 am

BzznBea

If you had stopped at types of beer you would have found it

10:13 am

hurshy

yeah that is probably more likely

10:14 am

hokie carla

I'm surprised "type of beer pi" wouldn't return it

10:14 am

hurshy

human brain and computer brain do not work the same

10:14 am

hurshy

computer brain doesn't get that you're saying you want the first two letters of the word to be "pi" and that you don't know what that word is

10:15 am

hokie carla

I agree, but I'm saying I do that all the time when I see something here and it usually brings it up.

10:15 am

hokie carla

but I probably do say "starting with pi"

10:15 am

hokie carla

found an M!

10:16 am

hurshy

plus these days you get so many crap results, AI generated web pages that don't actually say much of any use

10:17 am

hokie carla

or top results are shopping options

10:17 am

hurshy

15 left here!

10:17 am

hurshy

if i find my last 8 then my other length stats will be symmetrical

10:17 am

hokie carla

it's hard to even find a company website when googling a product because you can only get shopping results.

10:18 am

hurshy

yeah google is probably no longer the best search engine

10:18 am

hokie carla

12 here. 0-6-4-1-1 nothing symmetrical

10:19 am

hurshy

i guess the last 8 has not been mentioned in the chat

10:19 am

hurshy

phantoms: simple, dimple

10:19 am

hokie carla

I haven't looked and got here the same time you did.

10:20 am

hokie carla

so I have not seen anything about our 8

10:20 am

hurshy

i just scanned the chog and found only the ones i have mentioned. gl, pi, sp

10:20 am

hokie carla

oh thanks. didn't have the GL.

10:20 am

hokie carla

so what do I have that you don't? looking...

10:20 am

hurshy

that was (only the ones i have) mentioned. not only (the ones i have mentioned).

10:20 am

hokie carla

oh, I even spelled it out earlier. EL8

10:21 am

hurshy

you spelled it out? then i scanned too fast

10:21 am

hurshy

thanks

10:21 am

hurshy

got them now

10:21 am

hokie carla

well, I put the grammar symbol in

10:21 am

hurshy

oh but because it had a 7 i lost my symmetry lol

10:21 am

hurshy

3-4-4-2

10:21 am

BzznBea

it's an el7/8

10:22 am

hokie carla

okay, now. 0-6-4 E S G RRR RR MM

10:22 am

hurshy

phantom: riblet

10:22 am

hurshy

i need 3 S and 3 G

10:23 am

hurshy

and a B

10:23 am

hurshy

for R let's see did you get the re6/18 that looks like a spanishy sort of plural of the first 4?

10:23 am

hurshy

and did you get re5/14

10:24 am

hurshy

and re5/12 and plural?

10:24 am

hurshy

just found my last E, it was a bird

10:24 am

hokie carla

ok, got the re6, thx

10:25 am

hokie carla

that was the last E I found, but still need one

10:25 am

hurshy

left or right?

10:25 am

hokie carla

right

10:25 am

hurshy

did you get the electric sea creatures

10:26 am

hokie carla

okay, re5/14 was good guess, now just need one R there.

10:26 am

hokie carla

do have the electric

10:26 am

hurshy

3 ea words all from the right

10:26 am

hurshy

plus the bird and the en pair

10:26 am

hokie carla

oh, didn't have one of those

10:26 am

hokie carla

probably because I haven't ea5 this morning

10:27 am

hurshy

:O

10:27 am

hokie carla

your B might be a 4 - do you have 4s left?

10:27 am

hurshy

yes, and it was, and i just found it as your comment was popping up

10:28 am

hurshy

lol

10:28 am

hokie carla

do you have gr7 that goes with a 5?

10:29 am

hokie carla

might need a si6/7 set

10:36 am

hurshy

i do not have gr7

10:37 am

hurshy

ty

10:37 am

hurshy

i do also need this si set

10:37 am

hurshy

got it thanks

10:39 am

hurshy

now we are mostly missing the same stuff

10:39 am

hurshy

only you still have one other G i haven't got i think, are you at 7 left?

10:43 am

hurshy

i think i have accomplished an online miracle

10:43 am

hurshy

i made a comment which people misunderstood, they got mad, i explained what i meant, and then they stopped being mad, and understanding was reached

10:44 am

welki

'morning, folks - hursh, your cat gets the tiara today :)

10:44 am

hurshy

oh i missed the plural of the letter that garden starts with, that was the G you have that i do not!

10:44 am

hurshy

well now i do have it

10:44 am

hurshy

yes i was mentioning that a few mins ago welki! only she doesn't want it, cause she already has her halo

10:45 am

welki

oops - i should read back before i post

10:45 am

hurshy

i often do not read back before i post right when i've just come in

10:46 am

hurshy

i think many of us don't

10:46 am

hurshy

hard habit to break

10:46 am

welki

well, i remembered her name

10:46 am

hurshy

yes, which impressed me and i appreciated

10:47 am

hurshy

i often do not remember lots of stuff about other chatters

10:48 am

hurshy

i can get mixed up as to what information goes with which babbler

10:49 am

hurshy

like ok there is a dog Winston, that is hokie's dog i THINK?

10:49 am

welki

after this many years, it's easy to do

10:50 am

welki

phantom pilsner

10:51 am

hurshy

add in a vowel and you're golden

10:52 am

welki

ha! i'd never have found that on my own. thanks

10:53 am

welki

... and ms. cather's in the grid, too

10:53 am

hurshy

indeed

10:54 am

hurshy

last right R was re6/24, hokie!

10:58 am

hurshy

*groan* my last 4 was also so easy... i am proud to be one of the grogs in the gl4

10:58 am

hurshy

*FROGS

10:59 am

hurshy

missing M pair was french 1000

10:59 am

hurshy

and missing R pair rhymes with those

11:11 am

crosshair

Ty for the pi8 and 9, Hurshy. :)

11:16 am

hokie carla

rehi - took a shower and then couldn't get out

11:18 am

hokie carla

now wondering which garden plural hurshy is talking about

11:22 am

BzznBea

What's the count on it, Carla

11:23 am

hokie carla

I don't know, she just said "oh i missed the plural of the letter that garden starts with, that was the G you have that i do not!" and I don't know if that's my missing G or not.

11:23 am

hokie carla

I only have 5s and 6s left

11:23 am

hokie carla

but I don't see a word that looks like a singular garden

11:26 am

BzznBea

I have no idea

11:26 am

MollyL

If it's the word I have it's a really obscure reference to gardens

11:26 am

BzznBea

unless it is gr4 and 5

11:26 am

hokie carla

was hoping to make tomato soup but don't have any or any ingredients. guess I will settle on mac & cheese.

11:27 am

hokie carla

what do you have, molly? oh, I bet you're right, bea. she said starting with, and I guess you can grow gr5s in the garden.

11:29 am

BzznBea

I made suet for the birds and left it on the back porch last night to get firm. Most of it has been eaten this morning.

11:29 am

hokie carla

so I still have a missing G

11:29 am

hokie carla

do you think it was the birds or was it squirrels?

11:29 am

BzznBea

I'm still missing 3

11:30 am

BzznBea

It was probably the raccoon orr the possum.

11:31 am

hokie carla

I have caught a possum on our cameras but not any raccoons yet

11:32 am

BzznBea

I keep cat food on the porch fo the community cats. The other wildlife know its there as well. Found a bonus last night.

11:34 am

hokie carla

my countertop pellet ice machine appears to be on the blink

11:35 am

hokie carla

this is quite annoying

11:48 am

hokie carla

found my bottom R's!

11:52 am

hokie carla

and the M's

11:52 am

hokie carla

now 0-2-1 S G R

11:52 am

hokie carla

this one really hasn't been bad

12:05 pm

hokie carla

but thinking I won't find these last 3 without the list

1:27 pm

cybernan

good moring - our snowless days are over. Getting big fluffy flakes that covered the ground in 15 minutes. :(

3:12 pm

periwinkle

54 left and stuck

3:22 pm

hokie carla

just listed for last 3 and had to look up one of them

4:17 pm

bojazz

stumped by pi 8/9 ... amyone foy clues?

4:18 pm

mich_pdx

don't have it yet, sorry :)

4:19 pm

FrenchToast

bojazz it is a type of beer

4:20 pm

bojazz

Thank you Toast!!

4:21 pm

mich_pdx

ditto, toast - now I have it, too :D

4:23 pm

mich_pdx

leaving 51 for later - happy babbling, friends!

4:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

odd spelling. had a sample today, not spelled that way.

4:49 pm

MollyL

It's not an American spelling. As usual for Babble.

5:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have mislaid my glasses again. off to search. need built in air tags

5:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

funny, am usually in german area but they still use american spelling.

5:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

okay a public service announcemt

5:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

i swear by asics for gym and every day wear. found out i could but directly from asics with free shipping, btter base price and additional 10% discount for joining their club. score!

5:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

and it was the personnel at the outlet who told me about it. on line direct costs less than the outlets.

6:00 pm

harpjane

found a fish

6:06 pm

harpjane

may I get the stats for the lone S please?

6:10 pm

hokie carla

it's se6, a verb form of an se5 from the upper

6:11 pm

hokie carla

I mean, the se5 is a verb, so this is like present tense. many people would just call it a plural

6:11 pm

hokie carla

so I might've made it more confusing

6:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, back to find 75 more (if possible)

6:12 pm

harpjane

thanks

6:12 pm

hokie carla

you can do it, gwen

6:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty for the lone S, hokie

6:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

HOET at last and 35 to go

8:21 pm

nrkii

Smiling at the chat below... "plural of the letter that Garden starts with" is literal... what letter does it start with? I know we're hours and hours past that point, but it still made me smile

9:25 pm

moolingwa

well, just starting

10:12 pm

cybernan

hello again The only beer I know that begins with pi is pilsner and that isn't there

10:13 pm

moolingwa

alternate spelling :)

10:14 pm

cybernan

othing even close though

10:14 pm

moolingwa

I can assure you it's there :)

10:14 pm

moolingwa

perhaps if you knew the town where it was purportedly from

10:15 pm

moolingwa

at least one of it's spellings

10:15 pm

cybernan

no idea

10:15 pm

moolingwa

wells it's not pilsn :)

10:16 pm

cybernan

got it - ty

10:17 pm

moolingwa

yw

10:17 pm

cybernan

wine over beer any day

10:17 pm

moolingwa

still 9 to go here

10:18 pm

cybernan

59 here

10:19 pm

moolingwa

found 2

10:22 pm

cybernan

no sewers at enable

10:22 pm

moolingwa

yeah

10:23 pm

moolingwa

or perhaps they just like to go hemless :)

10:24 pm

cybernan

they just don't like their seams finished

10:24 pm

moolingwa

seamingly so :)

10:28 pm

moolingwa

yay, another word

10:30 pm

moolingwa

ooh, a 6

10:30 pm

moolingwa

4 to go

10:37 pm

cybernan

finding words I know I entered this morning

10:38 pm

moolingwa

3 of my remaining words are R

10:39 pm

cybernan

missing 3 r's from the bottom corner and a lot from the right

10:40 pm

moolingwa

1 from the bottom, 2 from the right

10:44 pm

moolingwa

oh, found one of them

10:45 pm

moolingwa

and my last 4

10:45 pm

moolingwa

just r5 and r6 left

10:48 pm

cybernan

listing for last 24

10:49 pm

moolingwa

oh, duh...one of them was a plural

10:50 pm

moolingwa

so just an r5 off the right to go

10:50 pm

moolingwa

fw

10:51 pm

moolingwa

unassisted today, which is nice

10:51 pm

cybernan

well done mool

10:52 pm

moolingwa

tx, need any assists?

10:52 pm

cybernan

3 re's that I can't find

10:52 pm

cybernan

last 3

10:52 pm

moolingwa

there's a couple that look plural

10:53 pm

moolingwa

that have no singular because they're not plurals :)

10:54 pm

moolingwa

then there's a 6 that's odd

10:55 pm

cybernan

monkeys have gone elsewhere

10:55 pm

cybernan

missing the 5, 5, 6 at the end

10:55 pm

moolingwa

oh

10:56 pm

moolingwa

well related to kidneys, then a pair that looks like "to live at"

10:58 pm

cybernan

ty mool

11:00 pm

moolingwa

yw

11:01 pm

cybernan

9 left - t's and w's

11:04 pm

cybernan

and musk's car - always miss that oe

11:06 pm

cybernan

doen

11:07 pm

cybernan

done even :)

11:09 pm

moolingwa

nice

View Word List Friday, December 5, 2025

FINAL SCORES

ENTIRE CHAT LOG