Words in a Word Game #31

[JoAnne]

Welcome Vanessa!

[Karen ♐]

Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025
Level 1: 10 books
Level 2: 11-20 books
Level 3: 21-30 books
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The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE

1. Miles-Miles Ever After T.L. Swan - 9/1/25
2. Girl-Misadventures of a City Girl Meredith Wild - 9/3/25
3. Brides-Seven Brides for Beau McBride Amy Barry - 9/5/25
4. Her-Her Vampire Master Maren Smith - 9/10/25
5. Bliss-Unexpected Bliss Sophie Oak - 9/12/25
6. Bribe-The Bribe Devney Perry - 9/14/25
7. Tonight-In the Air Tonight Marie Force - 9/16/25
8. Hire-Killer for Hire Alexis Abbott - 9/18/25
9. Desire-Killer Desire Alexis Abbott - 9/23/25

[JoAnne]

Welcome Karen!

[Barbara ★]

Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025

Duration: August 15 - November 14, 2025
Level 3: 21-30 books

TITLE: CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE

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[JoAnne]

Welcome Barbara!

[Jess]

Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025

Level 1: 10 books


The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

[JoAnne]

Welcome Jess!

[Susan A]

Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025
Goal: 30/30
COMPLETE

CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE

1. BEHIND - Behind Her Mask by Molly Black Sept 1 ★★
2. INSIDE - Dead Inside by Kate Bold Sept 1 ★★
3. GIRL - Girl Nine: Gone by Molly Black Sept 1 ★★
4. LEMON - The Lemon Drop Kid by Josh Lanyon Sept 1 ★★★★★
5. HUNTING - Hunting Game by Helen Tursten Sept 2 ★★★
6. BITTER - Bitter House by Kiersten Modglin Sept 2 ★★
7. SECRET - A Marquess and a Secret by Joyce Alec Sept 2 ★★★
8. BLUES - Robert B. Parker's Killing The Blues by Michael Brandman Sept 2 ★★★★
9. GONE - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell Sept 3 ★★★★
10. REGRET - The Earl's Regret by Joyce Alec Sept 3 ★★★
11. SINGLE - Faking It With The Grumpy Single Dad by Andrea OceanSept 4 ★★★★
12. WILDER - Knox Wilder and the Lizard Man of the Amazon: A Deadly Amazonian Expedition to Find a Legendary Beast and Confront an Ancient Evil. by Ethan Blackwood Sept 5 ★★★
13. NINES - Game of Nines by James Patterson Sept 5 ★★
14. HUNT -Jurassic Hunt: Prequel to Jurassic War by RJ Nevets Sept 5 ★★
15. BRIDE - The Grump and The Runaway Bride by Andrea Ocean Sept 5 ★★★★
16. HITCHHIKERS - Hitchhikers be Ben Winters Sept 5 ★★★★
17. ROOM - The Dark Room by Lisa Gray Sept 6 ★★★
18. STUCK - Stuck with the Grumpy Single Dad by Andrea Ocean Sept 6 ★★★
19. COWBOY - My Heartbroken Cowboy by Olivia Sage Sept 7 ★★
20. ENEMY - Stuck With My Enemy Ex by Andrea Ocean Sept 7 ★★★
21. RESCUE - The Army Ranger Rescue by Jenna Brandt Sept 7 ★★★
22. RESCUE - The Fake Fiancée Rescue by Jenna Brandt Sept 7 ★★
23. RESCUE -The Whirlwind Rescue by Giiny Sterling Sept 7 ★★★
24. MYSTERY - Marshmallows, Mystery, and Mischief: A Pumpkin Hollow Candy Store Mystery by Kathleen Suzette Sept 8 ★★★
25. TRICKS - Treats, Tricks, and Trespassing: A Pumpkin Hollow Candy Store Mystery by Kathleen Suzette Sept 8 ★★★
26. NEIGHBOR - My Beautiful Neighbor by Piper Rayne Sept 3 ★★★
27. DOOR -The Single Dad Grump Next Door by Andrea Ocean Sept 8 ★★★
28. RESCUE - Rescue Agent for Dana by Jenna Brandt Sept 8 ★★★
29. IDENTITY The Mistaken Identity Rescue by Jenna Brandt Sept 8 ★★★
30. GROSS - Gross Misconduct by AJ Truman Sept 10 ★★★★

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Susan!

[Laura Z]

Words in a Word Game #31: 30/21+ - COMPLETED 09.14.25
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025

Level 3: 21-30 books

CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE

✅ 1. HOUNDING - The Hounding | Xenobe Purvis | 08.17.25
✅ 2. KITTY - Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? | Crystal Smith Paul | 08.18.25
✅ 3. GIRLS - California Girls | Susan Mallery | 08.19.25
✅ 4. BEWILDERMENT - Bewilderment | Richard Powers | 08.19.25
✅ 5. THINGS - Spectacular Things | Beck Dorey-Stein | 08.21.25
✅ 6. OLD - Too Old for This | Samantha Downing | 08.23.25
✅ 7. YOU'LL - You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey | Amber Ruffin | 08.23.25
✅ 8. TRUTH - Truth or Beard | Penny Reid | 08.25.25
✅ 9. LORE - Family Lore | Elizabeth Acevedo | 08.25.25
✅10. ISLES - Isles of the Emberdark | Brandon Sanderson | 08.26.25



✅11. CRUEL - Cruel Winter with You | Ali Hazelwood | 08.26.25
✅12. YOU - You | Caroline Kepnes | 08.27.25
✅13. WHEN - When We Walk By | Kevin F. Adler | 08.29.25
✅14. SONG - Love Is a War Song | Danica Nava | 08.29.25
✅15. EYE - Eye Candy | R.L. Stine | 08.30.25
✅16. TIME - Time After Time | Mikki Daughtry | 08.30.25
✅17. OTHER - The Other Olympians | Michael Waters | 08.31.25
✅18. YELLOW - Yellow Wife | Sadeqa Johnson | 08.31.25
✅19. BYLINE - Love on the Byline | Xio Axelrod | 09.01.25
✅20. STRINGS - Invisible Strings | Kristie Frederick Daugherty | 09.01.25



✅21. DOLLYWOOD - Once Upon a Time in Dollywood | Ashley Jordan | 09.02.25
✅22. SUMMER - The Summer We Ran | Audrey Ingram | 09.03.25
✅23. WHERE - Where You're Planted | Melanie Sweeney | 09.04.25
✅24. CREDIT - Give Her Credit | Grace L. Williams | 09.06.25
✅25. WILDE - Wilde in Love | Eloisa James | 09.06.25
✅26. BURIED - Buried Deep and Other Stories | Naomi Novik | 09.07.25
✅27. SOULS - Our Souls at Night | Kent Haruf | 09.10.25
✅28. FIRE - The House Is on Fire | Rachel Beanland | 09.12.25
✅29. YOKO - Yoko: A Biography | David Sheff | 09.13.25
✅30. MOMENT - Here One Moment | Liane Moriarty | 09.14.25

[Genevieve]

The no a is killing me this quarter :-)

[Charlotte]

Ughhh, I know?! It's so annoying!

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Laura!

[Genevieve]

Charlotte wrote: "Ughhh, I know?! It's so annoying!"

I think half the books I have read all the title words have an a in them example Dead and gondola :-)

[Caraina]

FINISHED

Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025

Level 3: 21-30 books
Completed: 30/21-30


The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. Cold: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold - John Le Carré 8/15/25
2. Lies: What Lies in the Woods - Kate Alice Marshall 8/18/25
3. Mysteries: Teas, Keys, and Mysteries - Summer Prescott 8/19/25
4. Room: Tempest in a Tea Room - Summer Prescott 8/19/25
5. Bridgerton: Because of Miss Bridgerton - Julia Quinn 8/21/25
6. Midnight: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab 8/22/25
7. Know: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou 8/22/25
8. Cross: Ali Cross - James Patterson 8/23/25
9. King’s: King's Cage - Victoria Aveyard 8/25/25
10. Homeseeking: Homeseeking - Karissa Chen 8/26/25
11. Society: Society of Lies - Lauren Ling Brown 8/27/25
12. Wishes: Dandelion Wishes - Melinda Curtis 8/28/25
13. Ghost: The Ghost and Mrs. McClure - Alice Kimberly 8/28/25
14. Rusty: Rusty - Zahra Girard 8/30/25
15. Knew: What the Lady's Maid Knew - E.E. Holmes 9/1/25
16. Time: In the Time of the Butterflies - Julia Alvarez 9/1/25
17. Secret: Secret Societies: Inside the World's Most Notorious Organizations - John Lawrence Reynolds 9/2/25
18. Bitter: This Bitter Earth - Bernice L. McFadden 9/2/25
19. Sewing: The Sewing Machine - Natalie Fergie 9/3/25
20. Little: All the Little Hopes - Leah Weiss 9/4/25
21. Things: The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy 9/5/25
22. White: White Hot Kiss - Jennifer L. Armentrout 9/6/25
23. Stone: Stone Cold Touch - Jennifer L. Armentrout 9/7/25
24. Girl: The Girl Who Was Taken - Charlie Donlea 9/8/25
25. Good: The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties - Jesse Q. Sutanto 9/11/25
26. Suicides: The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides 9/13/25
27. Murder: Murder at the Mansion - Sheila Connolly 9/14/25
28. Killer: Killer in the Carriage House - Sheila Connolly 9/15/25
29. Edge: Over the Edge - Jonathan Kellerman 9/15/25
30. Sirens: The Sirens - Emilia Hart 9/18/25

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Caraina!

[JoAnne]

FINISHED
Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - September 15, 2025
Level 3: 21-30 books
Read: 30/30


The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE

1. SUNNY Sunny Side-Up Diner Anne-Marie Meyer 8/16/25
2. HONEY Honey Bee Library Anne-Marie Meyer 8/16/25
3. TIME Time for You Renee Harless 8/17/25
4. SILENT The Silent Wife Karin Slaughter 8/18/25
5. YOU Fell for You Renee Harless 8/18/25
6. GUILTY We Are All Guilty Here Karin Slaughter 8/20/25
7. WITH Fated Love with You Whitney G. 8/21/25
8. WITH Awaited Love with You Whitney G. 8/21/25
9. BOOKSTORE The Bookstore on Marco Island Amy Rafferty 8/23/25
10. CRUEL Pretty Cruel Love Whitney G. 8/23/25
11. RETURN Return to Us Corinne Michaels 8/26/25
12. BONES Bones Don't Lie Melinda Leigh 8/27/25
13. UNDER Under the Northern Lights Lindsey Brookes 8/28/25
14. DONE What I've Done Melinda Leigh 8/29/25
15. TELL Tell Me Everything Minka Kelly 8/30/25
16. HELLS Hell's Spells Devon Monk 8/31/25
17. SECRETS Secrets Never Die Melinda Leigh 8/31/25
18. YOUR Save Your Breath Melinda Leigh 9/1/25
19. CLUB The Sweethearts' Knitting Club Lori Wilde 9/1/25
20. TRUE The True Love Quilting Club Lori Wilde 9/2/25
21. SILENCE The Silence Kendra Elliot 9/4/25
22. EGGNOG Blame It on the Eggnog Jami Davenport 9/6/25
23. ELLEN Ellen Found Carla Kelly 9/7/25
24. COOKIE The First Love Cookie Club Lori Wilde 9/7/25
25. GIRLS The Marvelous Monroe Girls Shirley Jump 9/8/25
26. GIRLS Gulfside Girls Rebecca Regnier 9/10/25
27. INN Gulfside Inn Rebecca Regnier 9/11/25
28. SISTER Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom Christine Brown Woolley 9/13/25
29. ROCKS Death on the Rocks: A British cosy mystery Hannah Ellis 9/14/25
30. ONE Finding the One Kristen Ashley 9/15/25

[Tari]

Finished

Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025
31/30
Level 1: 10 books
Level 2: 11-20 books
Level 3: 21-30 books

CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE


1. Wedding Death by Wedding Bells Tess Marlowe 8/19/25
2. Store A Car, a Corpse and a Candy Store Gwen Taylor 8/19/25
3. Murder Murder at the Mansion Danielle Collins 8/22/25
4. Scone Scone Cold Murder Tammy Alice 8/23/25
5. Dusted Dusted in Mystery Patti Benning 8/24/25
6. Guild Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library Amanda Chapman 8/24/25
7. Cruise Death by Cruise Control Tess Marlowe 8/25/25
8. Sour Sour Crime Donuts Ginger Bolton 8/26/25
9. Down Laying Down the Latte Ellie Alexander 8/27/25
10. Street Death by Street Fusion Tess Marlowe 8/27/25
11. Dead Mrs. Morris and the Day of the Dead Traci Wilton 8/28/25
12. Killer Killer Vacation S.C. Merritt 8/29/25
13. Murder Murder at the Library Ellen Jacobson 8/31/25
14. Broken The Broken Watch Lola Finch 9/1/25
15. Brew A Brew for Chaos Esme Addison 9/2/25
16. The Tails from the Crypt Sarah Fox 9/3/25
17. Storm Storm Circuit Lola Finch 9/4/25
18. Kennel Mystery in the Kennel Sharon Michaels 9/5/25
19. Block Death by Writer's Block Tess Marlowe 9/8/25
20. Witch The Batter Witch Project Sue Hollowell 9/10/25
21. Docks Death at the Docks Arthur Pearce 9/12/25
22. Crooks Crooks and Cocktails K.C. Bellinger 9/12/25
23. Book Poisoned by the Book Ellen Jacobson 9/13/25
24. Secrets Spurred Up Secrets Summer Prescott 9/14/25
25. Lies Chocolate, Lies and Alibis Morgana Best 9/15/25
26. Cruise Lethal Cruise A.R. Winters 9/16/25
27. Echoes Echoes of Betrayal Tonya Kappes 9/18/25
28. Worries The Yeast of My Worries Patsy Hicks 9/19/25
29. Vacation Splashed with Murder Daisy Belle 9/20/25
30. Skeletons Skeletons, Secrets & Speakeasies Fran Heap 9/21/25
31. Chocoholic Confessions of a Chocoholic Angela Mayble 9/22/25

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Tari!

[Tari]

JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!"

Thanks, JoAnne!

[Barb]

Finished

WORDS IN A WORD, 8/14 - 11/15
The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE
Then find words in book titles with these words; 3-letter minimum

1. Murder at KENSINGTON Gardens (Ginger Gold #6), by Lee Strauss, finished 8/16/25 ★★★★
2. The Department of Sensitive CRIMES (Detective Varg #1), by Alexander McCall Smith, finished 8/16/25 ★★★
3. Brain BUGS: HOW the Brain’s Flaws Shape OUR Lives, by Dean Buonomano, finished 8/17/25 ★★★.5
4. Seven Reasons to Murder YOUR DINNER GUESTS, by K.J. Whittle, finished 8/18/25 ★★★.5
5. A Murder MOST Fowl, by Carmela Dutra, finished 8/19/25 ★★★.5
6. My Evil MOTHER, by Margaret Atwood, finished 8/19/25 ★★★.5
7. SHORT Tails: Chet & Bernie Short Stories, by Spencer Quinn, finished 8/19/25 ★★★★
8. Badger’s MOON (Sister Fidelma #13), by Peter Tremayne, finished 8/20/25 ★★★★
9. BOOK ’Em, EDDIE (Bookmobile Cat #13), by Laurie Cass, finished 8/21/25 ★★★★
10. ONE GREEK SUNRISE, by Mandy Baggot, finished 8/22/25 ★★★.5


11. Murder UNDER a Silver MOON (Mona Moon #4), by Abigail Keam, finished 8/23/25 ★★★★
12. The Viaduct KILLINGS (Yorkshire Murders #1), by Wes Markin, finished 8/25/25 ★★★.5
13. MURDER in Miniature (Maple Bishop #2), by Katie Tietjen, finished 8/26/25 ★★★★
14. BIG TROUBLE on Sullivan’s Island (Carolina Tales #1), by Susan M. Boyer, finished 8/28/25 ★★★.5
15. Murder in a SCOTTISH Shire (Scottish Shire #1), by Traci Hall, finished 8/29/25 ★★★.5
16. LITTERED with Trouble (Whiskers & Words #1), by Eryn Scott, finished 8/30/25 ★★★★
17. Dead in DUBLIN (Dublin Driver #1), by Catie Murphy, finished 8/31/25 ★★★.5
18. Murder in an IRISH Pub (Irish Village #4), by Carlene O’Connor, finished 9/1/25 ★★★★
19. In the TIME of Five Pumpkins (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #26), by Alexander McCall Smith, finished 9/2/25 ★★★★
20. Murder at the Christmas COOKIE Bake-Off (Beacon Bakeshop #2), by Darci Hannah, finished 9/3/25 ★★★.5


21. The MEMORY Thief: The Secrets Behind How We Remember, by Lauren Aguirre, finished 9/4/25 ★★★★
22. In HOT Water (Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade #3), by J.J. Cook, finished 9/5/25 ★★★★
23. The Ship Beneath the ICE: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance, by Mensun Bound, finished 9/7/25 ★★★★
24. A BERRY Deadly WELCOME (Kylie Berry #1), by A.R. Winters, finished 9/9/25 ★★★
25. NOTHING BUNDT TROUBLE (Bakeshop #11), by Ellie Alexander, finished 9/10/25 ★★★★
26. That’s Not ENGLISH: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us, by Erin Moore, finished 9/13/25 ★★★★
27. And THEN THERE was the ONE, by Martha Waters, finished 9/14/25 ★★★.5
28. The KILL Fee (Poppy Denby #2), by Fiona Veitch Smith, finished 9/16/25 ★★★.5
29. The Zorg: A Tale of GREED and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery, by Siddharth Kara, finished 9/17/25 ★★★★
30. Newlyweds Can Be KNOCKED Off (Amish Matchmaker #6), by Amanda Flower, finished 9/18/25 ★★★★

[Angel **Book Junkie**]

Completed 09.24.2025

Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025
Completion: 30/30
Level 3: 21-30 books

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE
1. Things - Small Great Things | Jodi Picoult | 08.17
2. Million - A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime | Monica Murphy | 08.17
3. Kill - Kill Joy | Holly Jackson | 08.17
4. Summer - The Summer I Turned Pretty | Jenny Han | 08.18
5. Soul - A Vampire's Soul | Angel Lawson | 08.20
6. Born - Born in Fire | Nora Roberts | 08.21
7. Ice - Born in Ice | Nora Roberts | 08.22
8.. Tell - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You | Ally Carter | 08.23
9. Sun - Catch the Sun | Jennifer Hartmann | 08.24
10. When - When I'm Gone | Emily Bleeker | 08.26
11. Book - The Forgotten Book Club | Kate Storey | 08.27
12. Her - Catch Her in a Lie | Jess Lourey | 08.27
13. Shell - Shell Game | Rumaan Alam | 08.28
14. Belle - Belle Mer | Luanne Rice | 09.02
15. Good - A Good Mother | Michelle Dunne | 09.02
16. Club The Club | Ellery Lloyd | 09.05
17. Drowning | The Drowning Woman | Robyn Harding | 09.08
18. Med | Dead Med | Freida McFadden | 09.10
19. Turns | Death Turns a Trick | Julie Smith | 09.11
20. Duke | The Duke and I | Julia Quinn | 09.13
21. Without | Without Merit | Colleen Hoover | 09.14
22. Those | Those Empty Eyes | Charlie Donlea | 09.13
23. Sorrow One for Sorrow | Sarah A. Denzil | 09.14
24. Why Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams | Matthew Walker | 09.16
25. Note False Note | David Lagercrantz | 09.17
26. Unhoneymooners The Unhoneymooners | Christina Lauren | 09.19
27. Red | Red Queen | Victoria Aveyard | 09.20
28. Mind | Bluegrass State of Mind | Kathleen Brooks | 09.21
29. More | One More Tomorrow | Sam Vickery | 09.22
30. This | This Stays Between Us | Sara Ochs | 09.22

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Barb and Angel!

[Frankie]

Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025

Level 3: 21-30 books


The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE

30/30 Completed. Finish

01.HELLO:Hello Darling-Kayley Loring 8/15/25
02.COMES:If Tomorrow Never Comes-Allison Ashley 8/16/25
03.SECOND:Recipe for Second Chances-Ali Rosen 8/16/25
04.MORE:Love You More-Lisa Gardner 8/16/25
05.DOUBLE:Her Deadly Double Life-Tony Urban 8/20/25
06.ODDS:Against All Odds-Corinne Michaels 8/21/25
07.WORDS:Playing with Words-Kelly Elliott 8/22/25
08.LUCY:Lucy In the Sky-Kay Bratt 8/22/25
09.LOSS:Hope After Loss-Amber Kelly 8/23/25
10.CHERISHED:Cherished Enough-Kelly Elliott 8/24/25
11.KNIGHT:Her Name Is Knight-Yasmin Angoe 8/24/25
12.HUNTERS:The Hunter's Game-Elle Gray 8/28/25
13.SHOT:Killer Shot-Mary Stone 8/28/25
14.THREE:Three Girls Gone-Carolyn Arnold 8/29/25
15.MIST:The Girl in the Mist-Kristen Ashley 8/30/25
16.DOLLS:The Hanging Dolls-Ruhi Choudhary 8/30/25
17.STOLEN:Stolen Dreams-Natasha Madison 8/31/25
18.GIRLS:The Graveyard Girls-Rita Herron 9/02/25
19.LITTLE:Little Jack-Lilly Atlas 9/04/25
20.MOON:Over the Moon-Laura Pavlov 9/05/25
21.MEMO:Killer Memo-Mary Stone 9/10/25
22.THEIR:Their Haunted Hearts-D.K. Hood 9/10/25
23.WHEN:When We Break-Kristen Proby 9/12/25
24.RISE:Rise After Fall-Amber Kelly 9/13/25
25.MIDNIGHT:Countdown to Midnight-L.T. Vargus 9/18/25
26.COLD:Ice Cold-Tess Gerritsen 9/19/25
27.INNOCENCE:The Law of Innocence-Michael Connelly 9/21/25
28.SIN:Sin With Me-Brooke Montgomery 9/22/25
29.SMOKE:Hidden in Smoke-Lee Goldberg 9/23/25
30.HEIST:The Grand Heist-Elle Gray 9/24/25

[Lali & Michelle]

FINISHED

Words in a Word Game #31
Duration: August 15, 2025 - November 14, 2025

30/30

CURMUDGEON - GOBBEMOUCHE - HOBBLEDEHOY - MUCKETYMUCK - NITWIT - SNOLLYGOSTER - TROGLODYTE

No A, F, J, P, Q, V, X, Z

1. THINKING - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 8/16/25
2. BRIDE - Bride by Ali Hazelwood 8/18/25
3. THINGS - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 8/20/25
4. HUTCH - The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty 8/21/25
5. HILLS - Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson 8/23/25
6. GUIDE - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna 8/26/25
7. GUIDE - The Mechanic's Guide to Getting the Boss's Daughter by Valerie Pepper 8/26/25
8. GONE - Gone to Hot Pot: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien 8/27/25
9. BOOK - The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan 8/27/25
10. SUMMER - My Summer of Magic Moments by Caroline Roberts 8/28/25
11. SOLITO - Solito by Javier Zamora 8/30/25
12. GUIDE - The Widow's Guide to Second Chances by Valerie Pepper 8/31/25
13. MURDER - Knitty Gritty Murder by Peggy Ehrhart 9/2/25
14. THE - The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary 9/3/25
15. THE - The Solace of Bay Leaves by Leslie Budewitz 9/4/25
16. STORIES - Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 9/5/25
17. LONG - Long Shadows by David Baldacci 9/7/25
18. UNDERMINING - The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen 9/8/25
19. TENDER - Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl 9/9/25
20. DUCK'S - For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews 9/11/25
21. THE - The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce 9/14/25
22. NIGHTS - Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany 9/15/25
23. BUTTERSCOTCH -Botched Butterscotch by Amanda Flower 9/17/25
24. CROOKS - Books, Cooks, and Crooks by Lucy Arlington 9/19/25
25. GIRLS - Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna 9/20/25
26. WITCH - The Witch Is Back by Angela M. Sanders 9/21/25
27. WHISKERED - Something Whiskered by Miranda James 9/23/25
28. LOTUS - Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park 9/24/25
29. LONG - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende 9/25/25
30. WHISKEY - Death by Irish Whiskey by Catie Murphy 9/26/25

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Frankie and Michelle!