Wordplay

Obscure & Fun

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

Lovely, pointless, or both?

17 of the Finest Words for Drinking

Try these out at your next happy hour

9 Irregular and Unpredictable Words

Get your pencil ready

13 Unusually Long English Words

Pulchritudinous and many more

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 2

More great words, many quite pointless.

12 Words from the Wrong Side of the Law

Crime doesn't pay, but vocabulary might

Fan Favorites: Your Most Liked Words of the Day 2023

This is a list of the top ten Words of the Day that made you learn, laugh, and look up words a little more in 2023

15 Words for Creepy Creatures

Who are you calling a hodag? Time to find out!

8 Delicious Words for Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables

When we go loquat, we also go salsify

10 Words for Uncommon Colors

Color names taken from paintings, flowers, fleas & more

'Arsy-Varsy,' and Other Snappy Reduplicatives

In the jinglejangle morning we’ll be chitchatting with these

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

Some may be more useful than others.

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

Words for Dictionary Supernerds

As with all specialized fields, those involved in dictionary making employ terms in their work that most other people never encounter. If you’re a dictionary supernerd, you might be interested to know them.

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.

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

Strange Words for Body Functions

Did you know that you 'micturate' and 'sternutate'?

8 Uncommon Words Related to Love

You won't find these on candy conversation hearts, but maybe you should
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