Words

National spelling bee

Pop quiz: Can you spell these peculiarly named places in the Philly area?

Wordle, the viral daily word game, is harder than it looks; here's how to play

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Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2019 is 'they'

Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'they'

Merriam-Webster gets 'hangry' with additions of 'avo,' 'guac' and hundreds of other words

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Philly Word Art’s Dan Duffy debuts Super Bowl parade print

Philly Word Art’s Dan Duffy debuts Super Bowl parade print

‘Dumpster fire’ and ‘mansplain’ among hundreds of new words added to dictionary

Thanks to Trump, liberals and conservatives choose different 'most annoying word'

'Alt-right,' 'dog whistle,' 'troll' among 250 additions to Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Man bun, sext and slay among 300 words added to Dictionary.com's online database

Ask Hickey: Unicorns, Lionel Messi and Philly's worst traffic lights

Oxford Dictionary chooses an emoji as Word of the Year

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Bill trims 'handicapped' and 'addict' from N.J. law

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