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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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What is a malaprop?

 

We'll tell you all the perpendiculars

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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'One in the same' or 'One and the same'?

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

An old-fashioned rule we can no longer put up with.

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Fun, Funner, Funnest

 

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

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Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

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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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Name That Animal: Volume 2 Can you tell a meerkat from a wombat?
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