Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, December 7, 2025

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi hi

12:00 am

Rainiqui

Hi hi

12:04 am

MetFan

Howdy Babblers!

12:04 am

MetFan

peen

12:05 am

ursh

hello all

12:06 am

MetFan

sorry

12:08 am

Rainiqui

st 7

12:15 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:18 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:27 am

JoyO

Ut7

12:28 am

Gillie

phantom utmost

12:28 am

Rainiqui

nbt, nbs, po 6 - Oh Happy Days !

12:30 am

cybernan

lol - ty rain

12:30 am

Rainiqui

yw Nan - I KNEW you'd get it !

12:36 am

ursh

phantom - demigod

12:37 am

hokie carla

Phantom effect. Howdy, folks.

12:38 am

cybernan

missing that 4th col. e but too tired to do any more.

12:38 am

cybernan

A demain

12:39 am

hokie carla

Oh, just spotted it

12:54 am

mkg

any hints for ut 7?

12:56 am

TedinDurham

belief in an ideal society, variant

1:46 am

Robespierre

domist

1:46 am

Robespierre

Oops, sorry.

1:47 am

Robespierre

Not even a word anyway

2:19 am

mkg

ty for ut word. how about one of the sixes?

4:32 am

Rachway

tout

4:32 am

Rachway

oops sorry

4:40 am

Deeha

Never heard of the p6 before but I suppose we cant complain about American words when the are so many stupid 'archaic scots' ones!!

6:23 am

ChampFit

di6

6:29 am

ChampFit

de6

7:04 am

Deeha

got the de ty. However did you know a word like that?!!

7:07 am

Deeha

dixit

7:07 am

Deeha

ooooh sorry

7:09 am

Deeha

obviously got the di too!! Thanks champ

7:36 am

bichon

what is the letter in the bottom row, center? pls

7:36 am

FrenchToast

si5/22 is weird

7:37 am

periwinkle

hi French Toast, hello all

7:37 am

FrenchToast

Hi peri

7:38 am

FrenchToast

Bichon, bottom row center is U

7:38 am

crosshair

Good morning, Babblers. :)

7:38 am

periwinkle

hi crossy

7:38 am

periwinkle

I do not like this grid

7:40 am

periwinkle

bichon it was clued at 12:56

7:40 am

crosshair

First run through found 51, but I think the back end is going to be a bit evil.

7:41 am

bichon

got it, ty

7:55 am

crosshair

Just as I thought--tons of babblets. :/

8:04 am

FrenchToast

fireworks

8:05 am

BzznBea

WTG FT!

8:07 am

FrenchToast

Need any clues, Bea?

8:08 am

BzznBea

I'm good, Thanks.

8:27 am

BzznBea

Perfect grid for a preChristmas Sunday. Stay warm friends

8:27 am

hokie carla

howdy folks, fell asleep with 15 left last night. wonder if I will see them today. 7-4-3-1

8:27 am

hokie carla

hey bea, you too!

8:29 am

hokie carla

well, just made up 2 I've never seen

8:38 am

hokie carla

found some words but some tiles remain a struggle. 3-3-2-1

8:45 am

penquis

hello all...

8:45 am

hokie carla

oh, it just got more difficult. 0-3-2-1

8:45 am

hokie carla

pen!

8:45 am

penquis

carla!

8:45 am

penquis

17 left here...all fours and fives...

8:46 am

hokie carla

nice

8:49 am

hokie carla

found a word!

8:49 am

penquis

cool...down to 10 here...

8:49 am

hokie carla

D SSS P

8:50 am

penquis

one of your Ss is si 5/22....a printing word....

8:50 am

hokie carla

I definitely do not have, looking, thanks

8:51 am

hokie carla

well, I just found a core exercise

8:54 am

penquis

it's so irritating when one can't find fours...

8:54 am

hokie carla

well I still haven't found the magic combo of 5 letters for that S

8:55 am

penquis

ends in a vowel...

8:55 am

hokie carla

but yes, agree with you on the 4s

8:58 am

hokie carla

well, I had to look it up because I thought I tried everything. of course I didn't go that direction.

8:59 am

penquis

i just lucked out finding it after someone here gave stats...

8:59 am

hokie carla

so now D S P - 2 6s and a 7. may as well list.

9:01 am

hokie carla

oh, I forgot about happy days

9:03 am

penquis

down to 7....P M SSS T O....two 4s and five 5s....

9:03 am

hokie carla

well, I thought about trying the S7 earlier but got distracted looking for the s5 and guess I forgot

9:04 am

hokie carla

mi5 was my last M

9:04 am

penquis

that's why I hop around...get distracted by words I see that are not in order....if I don't enter them when I see them, I can forget them....

9:05 am

penquis

stats for the M?

9:05 am

hokie carla

should I know de6? mi5/14

9:06 am

penquis

ty....no, no one knows de 6/36....uses the high point letter and looks like a pl....

9:07 am

hokie carla

hmm, reckon I'll look it up

9:08 am

hokie carla

well the definition on bestwordlist cleared it right up. not.

9:09 am

penquis

never heard of it...

9:09 am

hokie carla

do you have the p4 onamotapeia?

9:09 am

penquis

found the M...

9:09 am

penquis

do now...ty....never think of that one...

9:10 am

hokie carla

do you have the similar O to the M you just found?

9:10 am

penquis

do now...ty...

9:11 am

hokie carla

do you have a mouse adj for the T?

9:11 am

penquis

a mouse adjective?....hmm....

9:12 am

hokie carla

well part of a mouse simile

9:13 am

penquis

oh...the ti 5...yes, i have that one...

9:14 am

hokie carla

check the plurals

9:14 am

hokie carla

argument?

9:14 am

penquis

yup....

9:15 am

hokie carla

little kids?

9:15 am

hokie carla

the rest are sets

9:15 am

penquis

yup...

9:15 am

penquis

it was a pl....

9:16 am

penquis

just three S words left now....a four and two fives....

9:16 am

hokie carla

did you get the core exercise I mentioned earlier? I think of it as hyphenated and always forget it.

9:16 am

penquis

no idea what that is....

9:17 am

hokie carla

where you are on your back with your knees up and then move in a direction not down

9:17 am

hokie carla

hard to clue that without using the words

9:17 am

hokie carla

because it literally describes what you are doing

9:17 am

penquis

it's probably something i don't know anyway....

9:18 am

penquis

oh...si 5...ty...

9:18 am

hokie carla

what? it's been around for many years

9:18 am

hokie carla

there's a weird st5/14

9:18 am

penquis

found my four....

9:19 am

penquis

ah...that is my missing S....will look....

9:19 am

Atalante

hello all! do I have any hope of monkeying the de6?

9:19 am

penquis

found it...

9:20 am

hokie carla

probably not, it's greek to me (and all of us)

9:20 am

Atalante

oh joy

9:20 am

penquis

i monkeyed that de 6 but it's very odd...i was lucky....has three vowels in it....hard to clue...looks like a pl....has the high point letter....

9:21 am

hokie carla

ends in greek letters

9:21 am

Atalante

ah ty pen!

9:21 am

penquis

yw...

9:21 am

hokie carla

as in last 3 letters are a greek letter plural

9:21 am

penquis

i am done...

9:21 am

hokie carla

woot!

9:21 am

Atalante

I didn't think of 2 vowels at the start

9:21 am

Atalante

yay pen!

9:21 am

penquis

thanks for the help....

9:21 am

penquis

ty....

9:21 am

hokie carla

thank you also

9:21 am

penquis

can i help with anything?

9:22 am

hokie carla

that d6 was my last

9:22 am

penquis

nice....congrats to you, too....

9:22 am

Atalante

firebirds too

9:23 am

hokie carla

woot!

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

yay!

9:24 am

penquis

congrats....

9:24 am

penquis

i am heading out....bye all...

9:28 am

72 Temple Owl

15 left. off to kiffles making party. happy babbling

9:29 am

72 Temple Owl

first baking of the season. i am bringing walnuts. and stout.

9:32 am

crosshair

Ty for the de 6/36. It's a new one for me.

9:54 am

hokie carla

never heard of kiffles

9:57 am

MollyL

They look very labor intensive

9:57 am

hokie carla

maybe that's why they have parties to make them

9:58 am

MollyL

And they are Hungarian so I am surprised I have never heard of them since my daughter in laws parents are from Hungary

9:59 am

hokie carla

I was guessing they are more in NE US since I think TO is in Philly area

9:59 am

hokie carla

I'll have to ask if she calls spaghetti sauce gravy

10:01 am

MollyL

I always get Beigli from my daughter in laws parents and it gets tossed because we don't like poppy seeds or apricot jam

10:03 am

hurshy

maybe you could join your local Buy Nothing group and pass it on to someone who would like it

10:03 am

hurshy

g'morning

10:03 am

hokie carla

howdy

10:08 am

hurshy

hmmmmmm

10:12 am

hurshy

is there just one de word, or two?

10:20 am

rururocks

I love apricot jam

10:20 am

rururocks

poppy seeds ehhhh

10:21 am

hurshy

ruru, i got an amazing sandwich from a food truck that was "grilled cheese" but made with brie and apricot jam. highly recommend trying it at home.

10:22 am

hokie carla

2 DE words

10:23 am

hokie carla

do you all say ape or app for apricot

10:23 am

hurshy

app

10:24 am

hokie carla

my guess for both of you was app

10:24 am

hurshy

i have de5/22, what's the other?

10:24 am

hokie carla

de6/36

10:25 am

hokie carla

no one knows it, the definition is clear as mud, and it's hard to clue.

10:25 am

hurshy

ok i'll just MW it then

10:25 am

hurshy

thanks

10:25 am

hokie carla

yep

10:26 am

hurshy

one FE word or two?

10:26 am

hokie carla

1

10:26 am

hokie carla

this feels like I'm at the eye dr

10:26 am

hurshy

lol

10:27 am

hurshy

top two rows grey!

10:27 am

hurshy

have ud4, what's the other U?

10:27 am

hokie carla

ut7

10:27 am

hurshy

thanks!

10:28 am

hurshy

edges grey!

10:34 am

hurshy

argh, i can't find this si5/22 that was mentioned in chat

10:35 am

hurshy

FINALLY

10:37 am

hurshy

so is there an M7, or two S7?

10:38 am

Sugrraleona

any help with the de6? - only have one 7 - its an st7

10:39 am

hurshy

well, you know the catholic agnus *** ? combine that with greek letters that look like the high-point tile

10:40 am

hokie carla

2 st7

10:41 am

hurshy

ok thanks

10:41 am

hurshy

are they related to each other?

10:43 am

hurshy

nope

10:43 am

hurshy

done

10:43 am

Kaplan the Magne

dixie is not found in the dictionary? Like even for Dixie cup?

10:43 am

hurshy

well that would be a proper noun

10:46 am

Kaplan the Magne

dixie?

10:46 am

hokie carla

I think all usage of Dixie is as a proper noun. But that didn't keep me from trying it several times.

10:46 am

hokie carla

you capitalized it yourself in Dixie cup!

10:47 am

hurshy

and it's the land of Dixie, it's like, idk, we don't get to count Spain either

10:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

it is what it isn't.

10:47 am

hokie carla

things like texas are exceptions herre

10:47 am

hokie carla

here

10:47 am

hurshy

and we presume it has some other meaning that we don't know that is a common noun

10:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

point!

10:48 am

Kaplan the Magne

what else is a Texas?

10:49 am

Kaplan the Magne

Can't argue with a second-rate dictionary

10:49 am

Kaplan the Magne

I went ou to see if the Texas had been delivered, but there was nothing on the porch.

10:50 am

Kaplan the Magne

So I said, "oh, I feel so dixie this morning. I may as well go back to bed."

10:50 am

hurshy

ok, apparently a "texas deck" is the uppermost deck of an inland or western river steamer, and a texas is a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.

10:50 am

Kaplan the Magne

Excellent work hurshy

10:51 am

Kaplan the Magne

I capitalized Texas again. so anyway, that's done.

10:52 am

hokie carla

ok, gotta get back to cleaning the microwave

10:56 am

Kaplan the Magne

short as it is, s4 is a portmanteau, invented in L.A.

10:59 am

hokie carla

yes, yes it is

10:59 am

hokie carla

smoky fog or smoke and fog I believe

11:00 am

hokie carla

thank you for mentioning that ;)

11:01 am

Kaplan the Magne

sorry. I didn't think it was a hidden gem.

11:02 am

Kaplan the Magne

like the 36 words I haven't found yet.

11:02 am

hokie carla

no, molly gets mad at my use of portmanteau all the time and I forgot to mention this one

11:03 am

Kaplan the Magne

Why get mad?

11:03 am

hokie carla

well, I guess not mad, she just mentions it when I use the word.

11:04 am

Kaplan the Magne

Is portmanteau itself a portmanteau? I need to go back and read Alice. I tried in Spanish but it's a challenge.

11:06 am

hokie carla

well, according to nan it means a suitcase and she had never heard of it used to describe a type of word

11:07 am

Kaplan the Magne

portmanteau means suitcase? Like packing things together?

11:07 am

Kaplan the Magne

wait a minute

11:07 am

hokie carla

I've never heard of it that way

11:07 am

MollyL

It is actuyally given as a synonym for suitcase. And no, I don't get "mad"

11:08 am

hokie carla

but if you google suitcase or trunk is first def. and words blended is second def.

11:08 am

Kaplan the Magne

well, ya learn something new every day.

11:09 am

Kaplan the Magne

And practically useless.

11:09 am

MollyL

The kind of suitcase that opens into two equal parts

11:09 am

hokie carla

let's name some. motel, brunch, podcast, hangry.

11:10 am

Kaplan the Magne

Trumpence, Feed the birds, trumpence a bag, isn't it?

11:10 am

MollyL

"Hangry" makes me cringe

11:10 am

hokie carla

I can't tell if you're joking

11:10 am

hokie carla

it's tuppence

11:11 am

hokie carla

but a suitcase that opens into 2 parts makes sense as to the other def origin

11:11 am

Kaplan the Magne

Hangry is newer on the scene bu it does describe a familiar state. Can't talk to people when they're hangry. I

11:11 am

Kaplan the Magne

I know it's tuppence. I was substituting a bad b

11:12 am

hokie carla

hangry is very descriptive. I'm not mad at all at it.

11:12 am

Kaplan the Magne

pun for a portmanteau.

11:12 am

Kaplan the Magne

bad pun for a portmanteau, just to see who's awake

11:13 am

Kaplan the Magne

Speaking of Dick Van Dyke...

11:14 am

hokie carla

did he die and I forgot or he's like 100?

11:15 am

MollyL

He will be this Saturday

11:17 am

hokie carla

ah

11:23 am

MollyL

Dick Van Dykne was in Mary Poppins. That is the movie Tuuppence a Bag comes from. I think that was the connection

11:24 am

hokie carla

yes, I had figured that part out

11:26 am

hokie carla

and I break into that song all the time

11:26 am

hokie carla

but she never finished "speaking of"

11:27 am

MollyL

Just out of the clear blue sky?

11:29 am

hokie carla

the song breakout? usually it's triggered by some bird or birdfeeding mention.

11:41 am

moolingwa

morning

11:41 am

hokie carla

mooo!

11:42 am

moolingwa

hoke!

11:42 am

moolingwa

happy sunday

11:43 am

moolingwa

gods

11:43 am

moolingwa

woops

11:48 am

crosshair

Howdy, Moolingwa. :)

11:49 am

moolingwa

hey crossy, happy Sunday

11:49 am

crosshair

Same to you. :)

11:49 am

moolingwa

tx

11:49 am

moolingwa

nice casual one for us today

11:49 am

hokie carla

yes, fairly easy

11:49 am

hokie carla

happy sunday to you

11:50 am

moolingwa

tx

11:50 am

moolingwa

9 left

11:50 am

crosshair

Yup, though it is like all smaller grid--packed with obscure babblets.

11:50 am

hokie carla

I've been watching this youtuber you might find interesting - RobWords.

11:50 am

moolingwa

oh

11:52 am

moolingwa

5 to go

11:53 am

moolingwa

phantom demigod

11:55 am

hokie carla

aren't they all somewhat phantom?

11:55 am

moolingwa

I guess so

11:56 am

moolingwa

0-2-2-0

11:59 am

moolingwa

well, I should probably get to cleaning the house...leave these other 4 for later

12:00 pm

crosshair

Just found the pf4. The monkeys tossed it to me. :)

12:00 pm

hokie carla

bye moo

12:21 pm

crosshair

The second st7 word had me st7 for the longest time before I found it because it is usually spelt with a Y.

12:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, wading in

12:54 pm

crosshair

Howdy, Gwen. :)

1:18 pm

mkg

hi all. i need a clue for a 6 please. ty.

1:18 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no 6s here either, sorry

1:18 pm

mkg

amazing. i have 7s though...weird.

1:20 pm

hokie carla

do you ever sit too long, like in a car or at a desk? what happens now more than when you were young? you ****** up.

1:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

pucker up? LOL

1:28 pm

hokie carla

maybe

1:28 pm

crosshair

Be warned, ladies, the de 6/36 is a tough one. If you were really bad at hooked on phonics, and trying to spell a short form of a 1980"s weight loss medication which is now highly regulated, you might spell this word. :) sorry, best I can do with it.

1:32 pm

mkg

found po 6: extend the 4 with two vowels. is this a real word? hmmm

1:34 pm

crosshair

You mean Mr. Webber from Happy days? :) Enable is mysterious.

1:34 pm

mkg

dont know mr. webber but maybe......

1:34 pm

mkg

enough of this grid. off to other things

1:36 pm

crosshair

Down to 16 here. Will grind for a bit more, but these last ones are well hidden. :/

1:37 pm

crosshair

7-9-0-0 that is.

1:49 pm

hokie carla

well I think you have a lot of the hard ones

1:50 pm

crosshair

Its the little four leter babblets that kill me.

1:51 pm

crosshair

7-8-0-0

1:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oof, 20 to go, taking a break

1:54 pm

crosshair

6-8-0-0, just grinding along here ramdomly slamming letters together and throwing it at the grid to see what sticks.

1:56 pm

hokie carla

always a good strategy

1:58 pm

crosshair

Well, once you have exhaused the normal stuff, only the weird remains.

1:59 pm

crosshair

Exhausted*

2:11 pm

Soodle

Hey everybody. Just back from a glorious week in Lanzarote. Wall to wall sunshine for a full week. Back to the gloom & greyness of an Irish December now. Je suis desolee.

2:12 pm

hokie carla

welcome back, soodle. where is lanzarote? we are having the gloom and gray here in south carolina this week, too.

2:13 pm

Soodle

Just off the coast of North Africa Hokie. Absolutely sublime.

2:14 pm

hokie carla

oh, interesting

2:19 pm

Soodle

One of the Canary Islands. I hope to retire in early 2026. I’m thinking of selling up & moving there permanently. 365 days of sunshine is very tempting.

2:22 pm

hokie carla

yeah, I wouldn't complain about that

2:29 pm

crosshair

((Soodles))

2:47 pm

crosshair

5-7-0-0 and grinding. :/

2:52 pm

Soodle

Hey Crossy. Sorry - I’m ducking between driers & radiators trying to get my holiday clothes dtry. First World Problems.

3:04 pm

crosshair

I remember radiatir heating. Was a nice type of heating. On this side of the pond we only see it in older homes now.

3:04 pm

crosshair

Radiator*

3:05 pm

crosshair

Not so nice was bleeding the air out of them or descaling them.

3:09 pm

amelu0218

We use electric oil filled radiators in the colder months. They're wonderful as long as no one leaves an outside door ajar, lol.

3:09 pm

crosshair

Ours was an old boiler system.

3:10 pm

crosshair

To descale one was a major undertaking.

3:12 pm

crosshair

And if you got air in the system the pipes would rattle and bang.

3:14 pm

crosshair

The basement boiler was a montrosity that looked like it was hauled out of a old passanger steamship engine room. :)

3:16 pm

periwinkle

hi all. help with Middle i please and A

3:16 pm

periwinkle

found the i words

3:16 pm

periwinkle

and one of the A words

3:17 pm

crosshair

Ad 4/5 and 5/14

3:18 pm

amelu0218

We used an oil furnace. I was just an itty-bitty back then so all I know is that I was warm. I do, however, remember my mom having to strip and reseal the hardwood floors... once...

3:19 pm

periwinkle

ty crossy

3:21 pm

crosshair

Still 5-7-0-0 :(

3:23 pm

crosshair

For those interested, I tried to clue the de 6/36 at 1:28.

3:45 pm

hokie carla

there are several throughout the day

3:45 pm

hokie carla

maybe someone could read them all and piece parts together. LOL

6:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

just found the di6. weird one

6:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

argh, I mean the de6. another weird word

6:06 pm

dcseain

phantm fiftheen

6:06 pm

dcseain

phantom even

6:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

8 to go, opening the list

6:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

uno

6:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fireworks woo hoo

6:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

clues anyone ??? !?

6:28 pm

MollyL

I think the clue fest is over

6:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

k, g'nite

6:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

pien

10:21 pm

cybernan

hello everyone

11:01 pm

cybernan

can't find the de's or the mi 5/14

11:06 pm

grannyrose

nan, de 5, abbreviation of dexamphetamine

11:07 pm

grannyrose

de 6, de + roman 9 + i am, you are, it **

11:09 pm

grannyrose

mi 5, unmarried female minus last consonant + action verb

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