words from wordle 1,938
MAJOR turned out to be unusually flexible, working as rank, scale, status, consequence, and even a kind of comic intensifier. Diana and Paulette get especially good mileage from the MAYOR/MAJOR pairing, turning their collaboration into a little social scene, while Debbie uses the word more quietly, sending us down every MAJOR road before reminding us that potholes come with the trip. Lari finds a different register entirely, where a rumor produces MAJOR social blowback.
The strongest pieces let MAJOR modify something that was already happening rather than making it carry the whole poem. That gave this round a nice spread—from pool halls and traffic jams to parties, gossip, travel, media spectacle, and one unexpectedly improved night’s sleep.
Diana Marie 4/6
GRUNT of lone player
ROOMY hall — new OMBRÉ cue
CAROM… MAJOR meh
Collaboration: Diana Marie poem, Paulette Carmelita words
Poem 1
PIECE of cake in MOUTH
Stately MANOR of MAYOR
MAJOR social coup!
Poem 2
PIECE of shrimp in MOUTH
As MANOR hostess presents:
MAYOR and MAJOR
Robo 4/6
ALIGN the solders
PASTE the path to victory
MARCH with the MAJOR
Debbie Wilson 2/6
Poem 1
Come ALONG with me
Travel every MAJOR road
Which direction first?
Poem 2
Come ALONG with me
Travel every MAJOR road
Potholes expected
Jonesy 4/6
Piped SMOKE suffocates.
They MOUNT the stage and MAMBO
for MAJOR ratings.
auntie jj 0/6
CRASS! RATIO off
CAROL did FAVOR, cooked in
MANOR or MAYOR
Lari 4/6
Such FROST from ROOMY
Because a nasty RUMOR
Had MAJOR blowback.
Mark 5/6
STARE at the madness
Drivers GROAN, insults CAROM
MAYOR, “it’s MAJOR dude”
Mick 2/6
a bad DREAM cycle
had a nice, MAJOR upgrade —
the night was cooler