Image : Pixabay
She stared down at the Scrabble board. ‘XERIC?’ she said.
‘Yes.’
‘That’s not a word.’
‘Yes it is. Look it up.’
Cream tiles littered the green and pink landscape, his AILERON soaring over double and triple word scores, the glacial MORAINE and CREVASSE stretching across the steppe of cardboard and plasticised paper. All she’d created so far were a few stunted nubs – CUT, FELL and SPLAT.
She refused to give him the satisfaction of reaching for the dictionary only to find he was right – as he always was.
She smiled. ‘I have something for you.’
Slowly, she produced a
DAGGER.
****************************************************
Written for My Loving Wife’s #tuesdayuseitinasentence. See the word – this week was XERIC – and think of some other words to put round it. Full Ts and Cs here.
Had to look that word up! Love learning a new word!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha! So did I. Not a word you’d use in everyday conversation. Then I thought of a Scrabble player showing off and I was away. Ta for reading, lovely. Hope you’ve got sunshine over there and bees are buzzing in your garden 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re talking to a words with friends addict here! The sun is out yes!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hurray for the sun. Hug it while it lasts 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah, those pink and green squares. The photo really grabbed me, I’ve done some climbing around glaciers like that. Terrific image, good words, triple score. I had a last date with a girl I really liked once and we played Scrabble, and I used my last “U” to make the word “Us,” and gave her a look, and that was that. Her choice, probably for the best. But we could have had some F-U-N, still.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thinks Bill. You’ve climbed glaciers? I’m very impressed! Myself – I’m more a Scrabbler than a scrambler 🙂 Wonder who that girl’s playing Scrabble with now.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Those are some deft wordplay moves, you.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha! Glad you spotted that 🙂
LikeLike
I was layghing. It was one possible way to go with that word. Thanks for taking part. Always love to read your little gens. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah, thank you. It’s a great prompt – I hope it grows and grows for you 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. Almost home where I’ll be able to handle the twitter side of it. Thanks for the wishes and again for your contribution.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Pleasure 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Gee the screen is white so. Can’t read what I’m typing. Sorry for the typos. It was “laughing” and “gems”
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha! That’s okay, I gathered as much 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
This tale reminds me of my husband, we used to play scrabble and I never outscored him, not even once. This made me smile, thank you Lynn!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Mine too! I might be the ‘writer’ but his vocabulary is excellent – and his ability to solve anagrams. Glad it made you smile. Thank you for reading 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
The pleasure is mine!
LikeLiked by 1 person