I’ve been a professional journalist for 43 years, but that doesn’t mean I can spell a lot of fairly common words correctly.

Merriam-Webster, the dictionary, asked people to share a word they wish could be spelled differently. I'll never get it right ...

At the end of 28 rounds, Dominic Cicconetti spelled “auburn” correctly to take the title of Holmes County Spelling Bee ...

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris served up her signature “word salad” while attempting to deliver an inspirational speech to the cast of Broadway’s “A Wonderful World: The Louis ...

Elon Musk Steps Up Efforts to Cull Federal Work Force Mr. Musk said federal workers must summarize their accomplishments for the week or be forced to leave, borrowing a tactic he used at his ...

This word has appeared in 78 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The Learning Network This word has appeared in three articles on NYTimes.com in the past year.

The sharpest spellers from area schools descended on Minot State University on Wednesday, duking it out at the Ward County Spelling Bee. The competition began with a 50-word written test ...

Prepare to get schooled If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about ...

Parker Zimmerly of Amboy Junior High School reacts to winning the Lee, Ogle, Whiteside County Spelling Bee on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at Dixon High School. Zimmerly correctly spelled "illicitly" to ...

Hundreds of Wordle puzzles have passed since the game was first unleashed onto the world, and there's now a burgeoning repository of words that now cannot be used for any future Wordle puzzles. If you ...