Are you a fan of Wordle (thank you Josh Wardle for creating it and to New
York Times for publishing it)? If you are not, this blog is unlikely to be
of interest to you!
Anyone who has solved a Wordle will most likely have used and considered
using several words to get to the solution. One day I wondered if it were
possible to make up a yarn about something or other using those words? I
thought this would be fun to do. I’ve been surprised at the results,
especially as I don't consider myself someone with great imagination or
English writing skills.
Some of these yarns are pretty rubbish, some you can see I didn’t try very
hard, a lot are quite weird, but mostly they are funny to some extent. Some
are true / factual or partly so. Most of the characters are fictional,
though some aren’t.
I apologise in advance if any of these yarns touches a raw spot for
you.
In the yarns I highlight words I had used in my solution but which were
wrong in red, words which I thought about
using (but didn’t use) in
italic and the solution in
bold underline. I’m a creature of habit, so the first word are the same each day. I don’t
incorporate this word since (a) it would be boring and (b) it would reveal
my magic starting word! Instead, in later yarns, I include the letter(s)
that are in the solution somewhere from the first line at the beginning of
the yarn, highlighted in UPPER-CASE and latterly underlined. (For earlier posts I also had a pet 2nd line which got treated the same
way as the first line.)
On 19th September 2025 my pet first word was the solution, so from then on
I have used other first words. They are treated in the same way as to
original first word and only correct letters from the word are
indicated.
A separate page shows you historic Wordle yarns. Fresh ones should appear each day.
Since December 2023 many posts include two yarns, the first one being written by my 9-year-old granddaughter. Some of these are illustrated by her.
Enjoy or groan as you find them!
