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Quartiles Daily Puzzle — December 9, 2025

Today's themed word puzzle challenge. Form words by combining letter segments and find all target words!

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Today's Challenge

Welcome to the December 9 daily Quartiles puzzle! Each daily puzzle features a unique theme with carefully crafted word segments that form meaningful connections.

How to Play:

  • • Select 4 letter segments to form words
  • • Find all 5 target words for bonus points
  • • Discover shorter words for extra points
  • • Use hints if you get stuck

Scoring:

  • • 4-segment words: 10 points each
  • • 3-segment words: 4 points each
  • • 2-segment words: 2 points each
  • • All targets: +30 bonus points

Letter Segments Preview

Today's puzzle uses 20 segments with the theme: Emergency. Combine these segments to form words!

ha
ely
mpe
ce
nct
ul
ac
ive
ion
co
ex
ust
ti
fu
ing
nsa
pta
ted
mat
nce