Brett Smitheram, a previous World Scrabble Champion, said the new version of the game "speaks to a trend in younger people who want to avoid competitive games and sense of losing, instead ...

Merriam-Webster announced Monday that its word of the year for 2023 is “authentic,” in a nod to the rise of artificial intelligence and a spread of misinformation on social media platforms ...

In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence (AI) rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.” Authentic cuisine ...

A Merriam-Webster dictionary sits atop citation files at the dictionary publisher's offices on Dec. 9, 2014, in Springfield, Mass. Merriam-Webster unveiled its word of the year for 2023 Monday.

The 2023 Scrabble Word Cup is bringing players together from all over to spell their very best. Put on by LetsPlayScrabble, a group of players who organize tournaments in the U.S. and Canada, with ...

World-renowned Scrabble players are making their way to Albany for the 2023 Scrabble Word Cup. The event is scheduled for June 30 through July 4 at the Albany Marriott.

They will join more than 100,000 words from between two to eight letters. The book was last updated in 2018 and published through a partnership between Hasbro and Merriam-Webster.

Merriam-Webster logs some 100 million pageviews per month. The iconic dictionary picks its word of the year based solely on data, without discerning why people may be looking up a particular term.

It has possibly an idea of strategy or a long-term plan.” Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based solely on data.

It has possibly an idea of strategy or a long-term plan.” Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based solely on data.

FILE – Gas lamps illuminate St. Louis’ Gaslight Square on April 2, 1962. “Gaslighting” — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of 2022.