words from wordle 1,953
HOLEY naturally pulled this group toward damage, gaps, worn things, and comic wordplay. Diana turns it into a grim punchline in one poem and shabby hungover style in another; auntie jj gives us a literal damaged house; Lari leans into the “holy moly” sound; Mark embraces absurdity; and Mick makes the holes useful, turning cliffs into possible shelter.
The strongest uses of HOLEY made the word do something structurally important rather than merely describe an object. It became consequence, character, shelter, or punchline. That’s where this constraint really came alive.
Diana Marie 4/6
Poem 1
His last SMART bet placed
GLIDE past bookie, WELCH on vig
A HOLEY man found
Poem 2
Brunch comes too EARLY
Still DOPEY from night before —
HOLEY Levi’s… Chucks…
Robo 6/6
Keep the BEAST in CHECK
HOOVE plant hit HOMER over
HONED high HOLEY fence
Jonesy 4/6
A MORAL NOBLE
creating a LOVEY reign
and HOLEY ruler.
auntie jj 4/6
EAGLE print wet, torn
le FLEUR candle MELTY mess
roof HOLEY, house trashed
Mark 5/6
RAISE the wooly BLEND
No way MOTEL fits in here
LOVEY HOLEY socks
Lari 4/6
A PLAID jacket and
SMELL of a LETCH approaches.
Oh HOLEY moley!
Mick 3/6
Poem 1
lost, WEARY COVEY
follows leaden sky, seeking —
Here! These HOLEY cliffs
Poem 2
WEARY, leaden sky
follows the homeless COVEY —
Here! These HOLEY cliffs