Strands begins with a blank 6x4 grid filled with various letters and a box with today’s theme. Then, players will look for ...

Is it written “alongside” or “next to”? “In form” or “in form”? “OK” or “alright”? Beyond or afterlife? It often ...

Grammatical and spelling errors are also signs of a scammer, because banks and government agencies are unlikely to misspell words in their communications. But absent these mistakes, consumers should ...

From his earliest days as prime minister, a raft of official government publications — including his mandate letter to ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

Consistently poor spelling can indicate that a child has dyslexia or another related learning challenge. If that's masked by ...

Chandler acknowledges that little or non-existent spelling instruction puts children with an existing or emerging learning ...

Before Spelling Bee, before Wordle and before Connections, there was the crossword. Who invented the first published crossword, and what was it?

Preply listed nine other words that ranked as the hardest in 2025. (It looks like Aug. 13-14 was a particularly stressful period for puzzlers.) Here's a look at the top 10. EDIFY -- which means to ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

The easiest pangram of 2025 was flapping, found by 99 percent of players. The hardest pangram was philhellenic, which means ...

Most people confidently misspell at least half of these everyday words in their emails and documents—even executives and ...