10 November 2026PostPrattlePrattle is the cheerful, aimless chatter of a person who talks on and on about nothing much, the verbal equivalent of a brook babbling over small stones....Read More
10 November 2026PostHaltereBehind every fly's wings sit two tiny knobbed stalks that work like gyroscopes. Here is the answer to today's guess, and the story behind it....Read More
Word of the Day09 November 2026PostEccentricEccentric begins with a Greek idea of being off center, and today it fondly describes people whose habits and tastes wander well away from the ordinary path....Read More
Word of the Day09 November 2026PostPuntyA glassblower's iron rod holds a glowing vessel while its mouth is finished, and it leaves a scar on the bottom. Here is the word and the story behind it....Read More
Word of the Day08 November 2026PostPlacidPlacid describes calm that runs all the way down: a glassy lake, an unhurried temperament, a day when nothing at all seems inclined to go wrong or stir....Read More
Word of the Day08 November 2026PostSallyEvery church bell rope has a fluffy woolen grip with a name most people have never heard. Here is the word, and how ringers use it....Read More
Word of the Day07 November 2026PostIneluctableSome outcomes can't be dodged, delayed, or talked out of existence. Ineluctable is the elegant word for what simply cannot be escaped, however hard you try....Read More
Word of the Day07 November 2026PostPantlerThe medieval household officer who guarded the bread and set the lord's table is gone from English, but his job title is hiding in your kitchen....Read More
Word of the Day06 November 2026PostGerrymanderA mapmaker's trick named for a governor and a lizard, gerrymander describes drawing voting districts so cleverly that one side wins before ballots are cast....Read More
Word of the Day06 November 2026PostColumellaRun a finger under your nose and you'll find a strip of tissue with an exact name. Surgeons, snail collectors, and bird anatomists all use it....Read More
Word of the Day05 November 2026PostSuppleSupple describes anything that bends with ease and grace, from fresh leather to a dancer's spine. Its French roots once hinted at bowing low in submission....Read More
Word of the Day05 November 2026PostTickleA word you know, with a meaning you almost certainly don't. Here is the Newfoundland answer to today's guess, and the story of the water it names....Read More
Word of the Day04 November 2026PostWizenedRaisins, old apples, and weathered faces all share one word. Wizened describes anything dried up and creased by time, with roots reaching back to Old English....Read More
Word of the Day04 November 2026PostDutchmanEvery stage wall is built from separate panels, so how does the audience never see the cracks? Theater crews have one word for the fix....Read More
Word of the Day03 November 2026PostHyperboleHyperbole is deliberate exaggeration, like saying you have a million errands. Its Greek root pictures a thrown javelin sailing far past its intended target....Read More
