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Some Words Feel Truer in Spanish

My earliest relationship with language was defined by rules. As an immigrant who came to this country from Peru at…

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WordleBot’s New Preferred Opening Word: Trace

We’re adding words to the bot’s dictionary, and wiping the slate to make way for a new starter.

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Seven Things We Learned Analyzing 515 Million Wordles

Maybe it’s time to say goodbye to ADIEU?

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Who Are You Calling ‘Delulu’?

How a shorthand for delusion became popular among Gen Z-ers and young millennials.

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Progressives Aren’t Liberal

Remember when “liberal” was a dirty word? In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, who often prefaced it with a damning “tax…

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In the Beginning Were the Word Nerds

Sarah Ogilvie’s sprightly “The Dictionary People” pays tribute to the explorers, suffragists, murderers and ordinary citizens who helped create the…

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Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Sept. 23-29

Bad luck came in threes (and a seven) in this week’s toughest tests.

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New Features for an Updated WordleBot

We’ve added a 14-day average of your scores, a 90-day window to review past games and more information on players’…

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Introducing Spelling Bee Buddy: Your Personalized Daily Bee Helper

It will offer customized hints, but only if you want them.

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The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode

A year ago, the lexicographic grandees at Oxford Languages dutifully stuck out their arms and chose “vax” as the 2021…

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