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'Za' and 9 Other Words to Help You Win at SCRABBLE

10 words expert players use

10 Words for Lesser-Known Games and Sports

Are you ready for some stoolball?

Terroir, Oenophile, & Magnum: Ten Words About Wine

Raise a glass to some full-bodied vocabulary.

What It Means to ‘Touch Base’

Just checking in with it

9 Idioms from American Football

Tackle these phrases from the gridiron.

Why Is the Sport Called ‘Pickleball’?

The origin story is clearer than most sports

A Player's Guide to 'Q' without 'U' Words

Remember this and win.

These Are Fighting Words

Common terms that come from boxing and wrestling

Winning Scrabble Words for Everyday People

You don't have to be a pro to play these words.

Know Your Baseball Idioms

'Southpaw,' 'can of corn,' and other phrases

Are You Ready for Some Football (Words)?

So you can do more than smile and nod when talking about the big game

A Ravel of Knitting Words

Knit, purl, frog? Discover the whimsical and historical lexicon of knitting.

The Scoop on 'The Proof Is in the Pudding'

A delicious question

8 Prohibition-Era Words

From bathtub gin to the blind pig

Why 'Love' Means "Nothing"

In tennis. This is about tennis.

12 Words From Basketball

Plus a few terms that never quite made it

19 Palindromes You Might Not Know

Learn some fun vocabulary with these palindromes!

10 Scrabble Words Without Any Vowels

We'd like to not buy a vowel

Popular Gaming Terms Explained

Nerfs, MMORPGs, and who the final boss really is

8 Words Traded on Wall Street and in Sports

Words from both investors and athletes.

6 Actual Names For Historical Spelling Bees

Why is it called a 'bee'?

'Derby', 'Hack', 'Bidet', and 8 More Horsey Words

No horseplay. These are serious word histories.

Words Added to the Scrabble Dictionary

More words for Scrabble
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