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Pictures in the Dictionary

The story of those iconic illustrations.

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'?

 

We're intent on clearing it up

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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

 

Is there one standard way?

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

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'All over sudden' vs. 'All of a sudden'

 

Figuring it out at once

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'One in the same' or 'One and the same'?

 

Is it all the same anyway?

Games & Quizzes

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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.
Blossom Word Game You can make only 12 words. Pick the best ones!
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?
Missing Letter A crossword with a twist
winning words from the national spelling bee logo
Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli...