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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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'Nip it in the butt' or 'Nip it in the bud'?

 

We're gonna stop you right there

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Its vs. It's

 

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

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'Mispronunciations' That May Be Fine

 

'Mischievous,' 'nuclear,' and other words to pronounce with caution.

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Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

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Hot Mess

 

Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

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

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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Quiz: Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Prove you're the best of the nest.
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