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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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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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Healthy vs. Healthful

 

Why both words are equally good for you.

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Hot Mess

 

Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings

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Hopefully

 

We believe the popular usage of this word is correct

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'All over sudden' vs. 'All of a sudden'

 

Figuring it out at once

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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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Challenging Words You Should Know Vol 2 Words to the wise
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