#wordlesentence
“Slick with oil the basil breadstick was bent like a serif foot, amongst the mess her brood had made at dinner, as she wished herself wiser, in a child-free oasis that befit her writerly spirit.”
3/26: BEFIT
3/25: WISER
3/24: BROOD
3/23: SERIF
3/22: BASIL
3/21: SLICK
3/20: OASIS
This week's #wordlesentence - Detox Edition
“Drama in rehab—amply displayed in group with eaten pride and ankle biting—as junkies clasp twelve steps to make the grade.”
3/19: REHAB
3/18: AMPLY
3/17: CLASP
3/16: DRAMA
3/15: GRADE
3/14: ANKLE
3/13: EATEN
This week’s #wordlesentence: Lamb Rustling Edition!
“Call me slime, but the theft of Dan’s sheep was a fluke, a dizzy lark with a linen sheet I tossed over the hydra-headed herd to net the slowest.”
3/5: SHEEP
3/4: THEFT
3/3: LINEN
3/2: SLIME
3/1: FLUKE
3/28: HYDRA
2/27: DIZZY
New #wordlesentence! Homeowner Edition
“Yesterday stank and shred my nerves like a lance turns a knight’s head into guava jelly; I shivered awake in the drafty attic, and found not one single buyer for the house.”
2/26: LANCE
2/25: SHRED
2/24: BUYER
2/23: ATTIC
2/22: GUAVA
2/21: AWAKE
2/20: STANK
This week’s #wordlesentence: Cowboy Character Actor Edition!
“Ain’t no mogul but a mooch; he hoist his rowdy squad up here and roost in the busted barn, like moss that bloom acrost a cow skull.”
2/19: HOIST
2/18: MOGUL
2/17: SQUAD
2/16: ROOST
2/15: SKULL
2/14: BLOOM
2/13: MOOCH
This week’s #wordlesentence: Columbo Edition
“Allot me one jumbo cigar to swoop in my mouth, and chide me not if said stogie stays unlit as I weigh and puzzle out spiny mysteries.”
2/5: SWOOP
2/4: CHIDE
2/4: WEIGH
2/4: CIGAR
2/4: SPINY
1/31: ALLOT
1/30: JUMBO
This week's #wordlesentence: Aristocrat Comeuppance Edition
“The evening light was dusky as the baron, a notoriously cruel, flaky freak, was seen to strut off the edge of a high cliff.”
1/29: FLAKY
1/28: CRUEL
1/27: DUSKY
1/26: FREAK
1/25: STRUT
1/24: CLIFF
1/23: BARON
New #wordlesentence
“In the clink the racer paced a filthy cell, careful not to sully his waxen jumpsuit festooned in logos, now and then glancing out a one-cubic-foot window: bushes of fiery red sumac.”
1/22: CLINK
1/21: CUBIC
1/20: SULLY
1/19: WAXEN
1/18: SUMAC
1/17: FIERY
1/16: RACER
New #wordlesentence: Courtroom Drama Edition!
“Eight minutes until the trial I was manic to avoid; the gumbo I gulped for lunch sluiced up the chasm of my throat and I wished myself tiny as a quark.”
1/15: CHASM
1/14: AVOID
1/13: GUMBO
1/12: TRIAL
1/11: QUARK
1/10: MANIC
1/9: EIGHT
This week's #wordlesentence: Banghra Cowboy Edition!
“A raga blast from the sitar-shredding dude on the pecan-colored filly gave the posse proof of his oomph.”
1/8: BLAST
1/7: PECAN
1/6: OOMPH
1/5: FILLY
1/4: POSSE
1/3: SITAR
1/2: PROOF
This week's #wordlesentence
“A diptych of an obscure fable—a batch of rotting fruit, a siren serenading a ship making speed through waves—was the only extraneous décor the abbot kept in his office.”
1/1/2026: FABLE
12/31: SIREN
12/30: DECOR
12/29: FRUIT
12/28: ABBOT
12/27: BATCH
12/26: SPEED
new #wordlesentence!
“Spicy tendrils of myrrh incense rose as I stared hard into the conch, my eye following a glint down its white, calcium spool, a prism or quilt of light, particolored and spinning.”
12/25: PRISM
12/24: SPOOL
12/23: GLINT
12/22: CONCH
12/21: QUILT
12/20: WHITE
12/19: MYRRH
New #wordlesentence: British Sport Edition!
“Built like a truck but a dodgy miser with the rugby ball, Clive would segue from locker room to grass pitch, warming up with a violent leg swing.”
12/18: RUGBY
12/17: GRASS
12/16: SEGUE
12/15: DODGY
12/14: SWING
12/13: MISER
12/12: TRUCK
New #wordlesentence: Socially Awkward Holiday Party Edition!
“Guess who’s among the festive snide, draining a postprandial flute of fizz and wishing he could erase the gravy stain on his bulging waist.”
12/11: GUESS
12/10: ERASE
12/9: SNIDE
12/8: GRAVY
12/7: FLUTE
12/6: WAIST
12/5: AMONG
This week's #wordlesentence. Maternity & Floriculture Edition!
“A gruff mother made haste one muggy morn past a tulip field shriveled from mineral leach, her baby with colic and prickly as a patch of cacti.”
12/4: TULIP
12/3: HASTE
12/2: CACTI
12/1: LEACH
11/30: MUGGY
11/29: GRUFF
11/28: COLIC
New #wordlesentence Evil Landlord!
“Plead no more, I loathe each supplicant vowel; to remain in this dismal hovel, remit one thick bunny ready for the pot, and turn that dough into something I might butter.”
11/27: REMIT
11/26: HOVEL
11/25: PLEAD
11/24: DOUGH
11/23: BUNNY
11/22: THICK
11/21: VOWEL
New #wordlesentence: Alt-Arthurian Legend Edition!
“Wield well the sword, Sir Kevin; clamp it in hand as you clung to nursery toys, and I opine you shall speed any knave to his maker in a lurid grave.”
11/20: GRAVE
11/19: MAKER
11/18: OPINE
11/17: CLAMP
11/16: WIELD
11/15: CLUNG
11/14: LURID
New #wordlesentence Las Vegas Swindle Edition!
“If I play the deuce, a fugue of peril may arise, bringing a tabby-cat scarlet tinge to my cheeks, as I pray casino security don’t spy the gizmo stuck in my ear.”
11/13: TINGE
11/12: DEUCE
11/11: GIZMO
11/10: TABBY
11/9: FUGUE
11/8: ARISE
11/7: PERIL
This week's #wordlesentence: Extended Halloween Edition!
“I awoke in a roadside motel (a sleazy venue to match my vampiric guise) to find a short, rabid bat perched on my chest—an occurrence I tend to abhor.”
11/6: GUISE
11/5: SHORT
11/4: VENUE
11/3: AWOKE
11/2: RABID
11/1: MOTEL
10/31: ABHOR
New #wordlesentence!
“I gripped the marking gauge like a hammer and crouched behind the lathe as the plump elf, decked in holly, each finger a fetid pink tuber, pawed at the new toys with a greedy glare.”
10/30: LATHE
10/29: GLARE
10/28: HOLLY
10/27: FETID
10/26: PLUMP
10/25: GAUGE
10/24: TUBER
This week's #Wordlesentence: William S. Burroughs Edition!
“Trapped in some detox haven, urged to attain a neurochemical ideal in limbo (a gross, puritanical stunt) when all I want is to drill that vein.”
10/23: DRILL
10/22: STUNT
10/21: DETOX
10/20: LIMBO
10/19: IDEAL
10/18: HAVEN
10/17: GROSS
This week's #wordlesentence: Pugilist Edition!
"Hefty boxer with funky footwork, drool pooling in his scowl as he started to boast and caught a stray hook in the kisser."
12/19: STRAY
12/18: HEFTY
12/17: SCOWL
12/16: BOAST
12/15: FUNKY
12/14: DROOL
12/13: BOXER
Friday #wordlesentence: Child's Play Edition!
“From the patio, Hortensia flung another hyena cackle at me and I, vying to outdo her, plumb lost my mind and gave the toddler a shove down the hilly field.”
12/12: VYING
12/11: PLUMB
12/10: PATIO
12/9: FLUNG
12/8: HYENA
12/7: HILLY
12/6: SHOVE
