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Pictures in the Dictionary

The story of those iconic illustrations.

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Fun, Funner, Funnest

 

Why does it sound strange to say 'funner' or 'funnest?'

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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

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The History of 'Cynic'

 

How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.

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When Body Parts Are Also Verbs

 

Head, shoulders, metaphors, and toes

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'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'?

 

We're intent on clearing it up

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How a Ghost Word Appeared in the Dictionary

 

An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary

Games & Quizzes

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Famous Novels, Last Lines Quiz Needless to say, spoiler alert.
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