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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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Old-School Grammar

 

Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.

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Is It 'Hanger' or 'Hangar'?

 

How to remember which is which

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Is It 'day today' or 'day-to-day'?

 

What about Day Tomorrow?

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Words of the Year: 1066

 

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest

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Its vs. It's

 

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

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How a Word Gets into the Dictionary

 

What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.

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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?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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13-Letter Word Quiz Thirteen words, thirteen letters each. It’s you...
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