Slate Pears Game 115: Dec. 9, 2025...

New Pears every day at noon! This is Pears Game 115. The longest words in Game 114 were ARROYO and GROGGY. Welcome to our 12 Days of Slatemas celebration! The longest word in this puzzle is a holiday word. Can you find it? Hint: I’m sort of cheating. Got a word to suggest? Let us know at pears@slate.com. Recent additions: GROYPER. If you don’t know that GROYPER means, read Molly Olmstead’s great and upsetting Slate piece from last week.