Wordle: Crinkum-Crankum


With an appetency for all things surreal
It is easier to surrender the truth rather than bend reality
Disbelief echoes at aught scanned within the immediate vicinity
Whilst tripping through the scent of all manner absurd
Bane sipped
Disport commenced
We sail the moonshine through sea smoke
Creating a sooth sliver ‘tween now and never
That binds and stitches fourscore plus realms and domains
As we follow our dream for a guerdon,
Zigzagging with a wild izzard through heat and hoar,
With nay measure of moil to be otherwhere
Still in the land of the quick,
We grasp the archaic science and reach our destination

And now the translation…

Crinkum-Crankum (anything full of twists and turns)

With an appetency for all things surreal A natural tendency or affinity.
It is easier to surrender the truth rather than bend reality
Disbelief echoes at aught scanned within the immediate vicinity Anything at all
Whilst tripping through the scent of all manner absurd
Bane sipped  poison
Disport commenced frolic
We sail the moonshine through sea smoke fog
Creating a sooth sliver ‘tween now and never truth between
That binds and stitches fourscore plus realms and domains eighty
As we follow our dream for a guerdon, reward
Zigzagging with a wild izzard through heat and hoarthe letter z frost
With nay measure of moil to be otherwhere no dance drudgery elsewhere
Still in the land of the quick, the living
We grasp the archaic science and reach our destination knowledge

I’m playing with words for today’s Wordle. It’s all the word ‘archaic’s fault… it sent me completely down the surreal route. Only a mooncalf (foolish person) would attempt to take on archaic words and use them in the correct context, methinks (it seems to me), and I’m now feeling a little mazed (bewildered) by it all… but naught ventured, naught gained. An otiose (lazy) attempt this week, perchance (by some chance) but being a piepowder (wayfarer) through words and time it had to be assayed (attempted).

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12 responses to “Wordle: Crinkum-Crankum”

  1. thecobweboriumemporium avatar

    You’ve given my brain cell a headache with this one Tom. 😣 🤢

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Sorry, Cobs. I had to invoke the use of my emergency brain cells after writing this… they haven’t been invoked for years! I was all over the place! 😀

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      1. thecobweboriumemporium avatar

        … tellin’ me! eeeek! lol ~ C. x

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          😀
          I shall warn you the next time this is about to occur! 😉

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  2. bcparkison avatar

    My goodness…..Glad we had a translation. hehe

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I thought it might help, Beverly.

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  3. colorfulpen avatar

    I was thankful for the translation, but still enjoyed reading before it, too. I couldn’t figure out how to work archaic into mine, so I left it out. Props on not only using the word itself but the archaic language as well.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Isn’t it strange, Lynn, how we see things differently? Archaic jumped out at me as the defining word!

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  4. prenin avatar

    OK you had me there Tom! 🙂

    The archaic is a wonderful place to wander!!! 🙂

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Hehehe! Thanks, Prenin.
      Always good to get back to modern times, though… methinks! Gadzooks! 😀 😀

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  5. Diane Henders avatar

    What fun! I love discovering new words (new to me, anyway)… even if they’re ancient.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I love new words, Diane, new or old. I love playing with them.
      The thing is, there are probably words out there that have been around for years and we may never discover them!

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