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

Top 12 Sophisticated Compliments

'Urbane,' 'incisive,' and other good things to be

9 Whiskery Words for Facial Hair

A tonsorial tutorial

8 Uncommon Words Related to Love

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

12 Words from the Wrong Side of the Law

Crime doesn't pay, but vocabulary might

Words For Things You Didn't Know Have Names, Vol. 4

Sitzmarks! Jarkmen!! Pronking!!!

Nine Obscure Beer-Related Words

Crack open a cold (or warm and eggy) one and enjoy

Ahoy! Ten Words for Talking Like a Pirate

Whether on International Talk Like a Pirate Day or any day!

Words That are Their Own Opposites

Do I contradict myself?

Strange Words for Body Functions

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

8 Delicious Words for Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables

When we go loquat, we also go salsify

15 Words for Creepy Creatures

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

'Apricity' and Other Rare Wintry Words

Hiemal, brumation, & rare wintry words

Ten More Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary

Simple But Intelligent Word Choices, Vol. 2

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.

7 Words for Bad Endings and Rough Situations

When it doesn't go as planned

Dice, Dice, Baby: 8 Dungeons & Dragons Words

Chaotic and good, like English itself

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

So beautiful. So useless.

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

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

More great words, many quite pointless.

9 Fun Words for Ghosts and Goblins

Dressing up this Halloween? Be our barghest!

13 Unusually Long English Words

Pulchritudinous and many more
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