Wordplay

Obscure & Fun

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 3

Lovely, pointless, or both?

Top 12 Sophisticated Compliments

'Urbane,' 'incisive,' and other good things to be

17 of the Finest Words for Drinking

Try these out at your next happy hour

10 Better Ways to Say Underwear

Get your knickers in a twist

16 Glee-ridden Words from Schitt's Creek

Don’t watch without reading this, you little frippets!

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 1

Some may be more useful than others.

Words for That Certain Person

Specific behaviors and those who embody them

'Arsy-Varsy,' and Other Snappy Reduplicatives

In the jinglejangle morning we’ll be chitchatting with these

13 Wonderful Words That You're Not Using (Yet)

Words as delightful as they are rare

Nine Obscure Beer-Related Words

Crack open a cold (or warm and eggy) one and enjoy

Uncommon Opposites

Yes, it is possible to be kempt, couth, ruly, and gruntled

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 4

More words, more beautiful, more useless

Words for Dictionary Supernerds

Know the language of the lexicographer

Words For Things You Didn't Know Have Names, Vol. 3

When thingummy and whatsit won't do

9 Fun Words for Ghosts and Goblins

Dressing up this Halloween? Be our barghest!

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

So beautiful. So useless.

'Flummadiddle,' 'Slumgullion,' and More Silly Words from the 19th Century

It was a different time. But you can still use these highfalutin words.

Palter, Dissemble, and Other Words for Lying

Trust us

8 Words to Kill Your Appetite

Don't read this list while eating

Obscure Words for Everyday Feelings

There has to be a word for it.

Dice, Dice, Baby: 8 Dungeons & Dragons Words

Chaotic and good, like English itself

Words About Words

As your friendly dictionary, we know some things about words. We also know lots of words about those words. This is a list of some of them.

'Apricity' and Other Rare Wintry Words

Hiemal, brumation, & rare wintry words
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