Esther Chilton

Here’s your Thursday story challenge. Can you tell a story in 57 words using the following words in it somewhere:

• CAT
• PIES
• TRAVESTY
• DIAMONDS
• CHAIR
• STATIONERY

The previous challenge was to write a story in 28 words using the following three words in it somewhere:

• SCRABBLE
• POLICE
• UNDERWATER

Here are your entertaining stories:

Crystal:

As I play Scrabble with a homeless guy who is a stranger then I see it all the police around us pulling us out from being underwater.

Sillyfrog’s Blog:

Too Late

The Scrabble Tournament suddenly turned violently ugly!

Because staffing was underwater, police arrived too late to shut down the bloodbath.

Headlines described the incident as a Red-Letter Day.

Lenster:

The police diver scrabbled through weeds on the lake bottom, searching for the unfortunate soul who had disappeared underwater. Lost in the murk, much like his life above.

Fandango:

The scrabble tiles drifted underwater from the wreck, spelling warnings the police couldn’t ignore as divers realized the victim had predicted his own murder long before anyone noticed.

Lou by the Sea:

Rules of the pool

The Scrabble Police are out in full force at the 2026 underwater championship. No tile surfing, skimming or skating allowed in the pool. No heavy petting or floaters.

Graeme Sandford:

The Underwater Scrabble Police (U.S.P. – definitely not to be confused with the parcel service U.P.S.) refereed the annual Scrabble game between the Mediterranean-Mermaids and the Marmara-Mermen. 

Squirreljan:

Ever played underwater scrabble? I don’t recommend it. The police just arrested me for being offensive to fish. They didn’t like the word Lauwiliwilinukunukuoioi. Thank you, AI!

Rohini:

Bubble Trouble

During underwater Scrabble, the police arrived, puzzled, because our words floated away, spelling “help” accidentally, while we argued if bubbles counted as vowels or suspicious evidence very seriously.

Susan Batten:

As a police officer on the Dive team, I’m sick of scrabbling in the mud for evidence. I’m applying for a transfer, get away from the underwater scene!

John W. Howell:

The game of underwater scrabble was broken up by the police when it was discovered the players were betting using their clothes as chips.

Pictures Imperfect Blog:

Smoke on the Water

The final scrabble match had begun. The Police and Deep Purple were present for the punishment of the loser – being thrown into lake Geneva and kept underwater until.

Pensitivity101:

It was a bit of an underwater scrabble when the police dog jumped into the pool after the bad guy.

It was no surprise that the dog won!

Murray Clarke:

The search for the missing teenage girl intensified as the local police scrabbled through the long grass alongside the overgrown riverbank. Sadly, a bloated body was found underwater.

iMartist:

Word Games

Scrabble sucks ! I grab the highest scoring tiles Q, Z, J and X watching them sink underwater in the toilet. My sister begs Mom to get the police.

The Afterlove Voice:

Underwater, we played scrabble with drifting letters, until police sirens echoed above.

Words blurred, meanings sank, and we surfaced laughing, spelling freedom in breaths stolen from a world too loud.

Dawgy Daddy Responds:

My second try in one day to scrabble something silly while my mind felt like it was underwater. I stammered when the WordPress police showed up questioning me.

Christine Mallaband-brown:

‘Scrabble cake for tea,’ said the police man. ‘I’m just adding the tiles… underwater – that’s a score of fourteen points. The next word will be clue,’ he chuckled…

Lily’s Corner:

Cave

Snorkeling partially underwater to the opening of McCrusty, The Dreamer’s cave was quite tedious, but the scrabble clue he needed was there and inside a crate labelled, police.  

poetisinta:

Neville’s Games

Neville ate trifle underwater with cheer,

While police chased vowels vanishing mid-year,

Played Scrabble with pigeons wearing hats of blue,

Then lost to a sausage who rhymed better too!

Ann Edall-Robson:

Part One

The scrabble tiles found in the boathouse spelled one word, underwater. It was all the police had to go on except the jewelry heist itself and no witnesses. 

Part Two

Thinking about the cold case and the picture of the word written with scrabble tiles, the police detective walked toward the fountain. “It’s not underwater, it’s under water.”

Part Three

People playing scrabble on the patio of the coffee shop watched the police remove the underwater display, piece by piece, from the fish tank on the brick base.

Part Four

The police detective leaned on the ledge of the brick base watching the scrabble players through the window. A brick shifted. underwater or under water? Cold case solved!

Rall:

The police found the dead dog underwater with a scrabble board nearby. They have never located the owner to this day. It remains a mystery. Another unsolved crime.

The Elephant’s Trunk:

Deep Sieze

Waving handcuffs, the police raided our underwater Scrabble game.

“Freeze! Illegal tiles!” they gurgled.

I tried hiding the 10-point Z tile but the seaweed didn’t provide enough cover.

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