Daily Kish Words

By @Dez in Stumptown and @Julia of the Bay Area.

A scratchpad for and a history of a month of choosing Wordleable words to play from the passages selected by Matt Kish for his project to illustrate every page of Moby-Dick, publishing one image per day.

This list was introduced April 30 and May 1, 2025, as @Dez wrapped up the year of playing REMIT and with @Julia worked out how we wanted to continue the Moby-Dick exploration beyond that point. We used this method to pick follow-up words to a variety of theme starters for the rest of May 2025.

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Matt Kish:

Contents:

  1. Chapter 86 The Tail
    1. Page 367 Dissect him how I may…
  2. Chapter 87 The Grand Armada
    1. Page 368 …the circus-running sun…
    2. Page 369 ...here's the ark!
    3. Page 370 ...up-playing and sparkling...
    4. Page 371 ...Ahab's brow was left gaunt...
    5. Page 372 ...like King Porus' elephants...
    6. Page 373 ...a white gash in the sea...
    7. Page 374 ...into the innermost heart of the shoal...
    8. Page 375 ...another and still stranger world...
    9. Page 376 ...the umbilical cord of Madame Leviathan...
    10. Page 377 ...tossing the keen spade about him...
    11. Page 378 The waif is a pennoned pole...
  3. Chapter 88 Schools and Schoolmasters
    1. Page 379 In cavalier attendance...
    2. Page 380 ...every baby an exotic.
    3. Page 381 ...a solitary Leviathan...
  4. Chapter 89 Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish
    1. Page 382 ...vexatious and violent disputes...
    2. Page 383 A Loose-Fish is fair game...
    3. Page 384 ...yet abandon her he did...
    4. Page 385 What all men's minds...but Loose-Fish?
  5. Chapter 90 Heads or Tails
    1. Page 386 ...si rex habeat caput...
    2. Page 387 It is his.
    3. Page 388 ...is the Queen a mermaid...?
  6. Chapter 91 The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud
    1. Page 389 ...the stranger showed French colors...
    2. Page 390 ...the Frenchman had a second whale alongside...
    3. Page 391 ...the likeness of a huge drooping stalk... 🥀
    4. Page 392 ...vigorously puffing tobacco-smoke...
    5. Page 393 ...their destined victim appeared...
    6. Page 394 ...tell him I've diddled him...
    7. Page 395 ...this, good friends, is ambergris...
  7. Chapter 92 Ambergris
    1. Page 396 ...we are sown in dishonor, but raised in glory...
  8. Thanks @Julia for doing all the word lists!
  9. UNPLAYED

Chapter 86 The Tail

Page 367 Dissect him how I may…
  • TIMES, GRACE, HEARD, SIGNS, PARTS, TAILS, FLUKE, FACES

Chapter 87 The Grand Armada

Page 368 …the circus-running sun…
  • RACED, FIERY, QUEST, DRINK, ALIEN, CARGO
Page 369 ...here's the ark!
  • YEARS, WATER, HENCE, PORTS, GRAIN, FLOAT
Page 370 ...up-playing and sparkling...
  • CHAIN, CLEFT, BOUGH, SPOUT, THICK, SPARK
Page 371 ...Ahab's brow was left gaunt...
  • ABOVE, GREEN, ROUTE, BRAIN, GAUNT, BLACK, BEACH, STORM
Page 372 ...like King Porus' elephants...
  • SHIRT, AFTER, TOKEN, CHASE, INERT, GALLY, THICK, PANIC, FLOCK, SHEEP, FOLLY
Page 373 ...a white gash in the sea...
  • BLIND, WHALE, SHEER, SPEED, LEECH, CRAZE, WHITE, BESET, STEER, STRAIT
Page 374 ...into the innermost heart of the shoal...
  • FORCE, GLIDE, WHALE, HEART, SHOAL, STORM, GLENS, HEARD, SATIN, SLEEK, QUIET, MOODS
Page 375 ...another and still stranger world...
  • NEATH, STILL, WORLD, GAZED, VAULT, FORMS, NURSE, WHALE, THOSE, THEIR, GIRTH, DEPTH, HUMAN, YOUNG
Page 376 ...the umbilical cord of Madame Leviathan...
  • WHALE, FLOAT, SHOWS, COILS, WHICH, YOUNG, RAPID, CHASE, LOOSE, AMOUR, CIRCLE
Page 377 ...tossing the keen spade about him...
  • WHALE, WHILE, TOWED, COILS, ROUND, LOOSE, FLESH, SPADE, WOUND, WHICH, CAUSE, FLAIL
Page 378 The waif is a pennoned pole...
  • WAIFS, THREE, WHICH, WHALE, PLACE, TOKEN, PRIOR, BOATS, OTHER, CLUMP, DENSE, MIGHT

Chapter 88 Schools and Schoolmasters

Page 379 In cavalier attendance...
  • GROWN, ALARM, TRUTH, ABOUT, WORLD, WHILE, THIRD, DOZEN, ROUND, WAIST, WHOLE
Page 380 ...every baby an exotic.
  • LOVER, MIGHT, NAMED, TASTE, BOWER, LEAVE, WORLD, EVERY, ARDOR, YOUTH, YEARS, DUMPS
Page 381 ...a solitary Leviathan...
  • PUPIL, WHALE, PROVE, BEARD, WATER, WIVES, KEEPS, MOODY, YOUNG, TIMID

Chapter 89 Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish

Page 382 ...vexatious and violent disputes...
  • WOULD, OFTEN, ARISE, WHALE, MINOR, GRAND, WEARY, CHASE, LOOSE, STORM, DRIFT, THERE
Page 383 A Loose-Fish is fair game...
  • PARTY, CATCH, WHICH, ALIVE, THEIR, KNOCK, AMONG, CASES, WHERE, MORAL
Page 384 ...yet abandon her he did...
  • JUDGE, WITTY, YEARS, OTHER, LOOSE, ALONG, MIGHT, FOUND, STICK
Page 385 What all men's minds...but Loose-Fish?
  • TOWNS, LANCE, THESE, WHOLE, WHICH, ROYAL, RIGHT, WORLD, LOOSE, MINDS, GLOBE

Chapter 90 Heads or Tails

Page 386 ...si rex habeat caput...
  • CAPUT, BOOKS, WHICH, ALONG, MEANS, WHALE, COAST, GRAND, APPLE, FORCE
Page 387 It is his.
  • IDEAS, GREAT, PERIL, DUKES, PAINS, FORCE, SHARE, SEIZE, MONEY, THINK
Page 388 ...is the Queen a mermaid...?
  • BENCH, BLACK, QUEEN, THERE, ROYAL, STYLE, WHALE, LIMIT, TENTH, CROWN, SEEMS, DENSE

Chapter 91 The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud

Page 389 ...the stranger showed French colors...
  • VAPOR, ASIDE, THERE, WHALE, GLIDE, COLOR, CLOUD, SWOOP, PLAIN, BLAST, FLOAT
Page 390 ...the Frenchman had a second whale alongside...
  • WHALE, FIRST, TRUTH, THOSE, THEIR, PLACE, BLAST, SWEPT, SPADE, LINES, THESE
Page 391 ...the likeness of a huge drooping stalk... 🥀
  • TASTE, UPPER, CARVE, DROOP, STALK, PAINT, GREEN, THORN, SPIKE, THERE, WHOLE, COLOR
Page 392 ...vigorously puffing tobacco-smoke...
  • OTHER, STEMS, PIPES, SHORT, SMOKE, THEIR, ABAFT, FIERY, WHICH, AFTER, AVOID, COULD
Page 393 ...their destined victim appeared...
  • THEIR, CABIN, SMALL, LARGE, WATCH, FIRST, BEGIN, JUDGE, SPOKE, FEVER, WHALE, EAGER, SINCE
Page 394 ...tell him I've diddled him...
  • VALUE, LIVES, LOOSE, CABLE, CHAIN, WHALE, ASIDE, CABIN, DRINK, THANK, ADMIT, LIGHT
Page 395 ...this, good friends, is ambergris...
  • BEING, RIVER, ALONG, PURSE, SPADE, HANDS, MIGHT, THUMB, WORTH, OUNCE, BOARD, WOULD

Chapter 92 Ambergris

Page 396 ...we are sown in dishonor, but raised in glory...
  • FOUND, ROUND, SMALL, ABOUT, GLORY, WORST, ABOVE, OWING, REPEL, OFTEN, WHICH, MINDS, MIGHT

>> And that's a wrap on 30 days of Kish words! <<

Thanks @Julia for doing all the word lists!

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Page 397

  • COAST, TIMES, GREAT, ORDER, PLACE, WHALE, FLEET, TRIED, BEING, TAKEN, WORKS, FORTH, SAVOR
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Pub: 01 May 2025 02:39 UTC

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