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Chicken Scratch

Meg Mezeske

Writing on pop culture, food, and other miscellany by Meg Mezeske. Home of Wordle by Wordle: A Wordle-of-the-Day Serialized Novel.

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Latest Issues

Wordle by Wordle: A Retrospective

What is “Wordle by Wordle”?

At the start of 2024, I set out to write and publish daily installments of a serialized novel that incorporated that day’s Wordle answer. And hey, I did it!

So, I’d like to take a moment to revisit “Wordle...

a year ago
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Wordle by Wordle: Day 240 - THE END!

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Wordle #1181 – BRASS

Bree’s eyes ask me the same question. She looks at me expectantly, waiting for me to break. A few seconds pass.

“So…” Bree slowly draws out the word, an invitation f...

2 years ago
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Wordle by Wordle: Day 239

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Wordle #1180 – AISLE

“I don’t even have Lola.” Bree seems the most devastated by this consequence, a fresh wave of tears springing to her eyes.

I’d heard that Roy’s mother, Sue, had adop...

2 years ago

Wordle by Wordle: Day 238

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Wordle #1179 – REBEL

“But I was wrong. I was so, so wrong,” Bree sobs with a sudden outburst of emotion, still shaking her head. The tears that she had been assiduously keeping at bay fin...

2 years ago

Wordle by Wordle: Day 237

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Wordle #1172 – FAINT

“You’re right,” Bree says, lowering her voice to avoid further attention. “It’s not like I set you up on accident. Obviously…”

She lets out a faint, humorless laugh...

2 years ago

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