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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 'Semantic Bleaching'?

 

How 'literally' can mean "figuratively"

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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

 

Is there one standard way?

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How to Read a French Menu

 

How to 'amuse-bouche' without begging pardon for your French

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Why did Yankee Doodle call a feather 'macaroni'?

 

What's with his feathered cap?

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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

 

What about Day Tomorrow?

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?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Name That Dessert! Hope you’ve saved room for some sweet vocabulary.
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