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Pictures in the Dictionary

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Old-School Grammar

 

Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.

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The Schwa

 

The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.

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Hot Mess

 

Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings

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On Contractions of Multiple Words

 

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African American English

 

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How to Use a Dictionary

 

The best way to find information in the dictionary

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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.
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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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Word Builder Quiz Vol. 2 Pick the letter that when added to a word will ma...
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