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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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The Schwa

 

The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.

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Affect vs. Effect

 

Here's the lowdown on what may be the most confusing pair of words in the English language.

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Is It 'Hanger' or 'Hangar'?

 

How to remember which is which

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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A Look at Uncommon Onomatopoeia

 

Some imitative words are more surprising than others

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The True Story of the Backward Index

 

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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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Quiz: Name That Hat! Time to put on your thinking cap.
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