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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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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "The One-derful Won"

 

Comedian ISMO tries to figure out 'one' and 'two'

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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping"

 

Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'

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'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'?

 

We're intent on clearing it up

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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Further vs. Farther

 

They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.

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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Good Old-Fashioned Quiz Can you name these antiquated items?
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