Which Letter Is Actually the Hardest? We Counted 172,727 Words
Y begins fewer words than Q. Our dictionary contains 544 Y-words and 822 Q-words. Yet Y gives a player 27 three-letter answers,…
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Author: Kleoniq Kosova
Kleoniq Kosova is a writer in Tirana, Albania, who plays too many word games and got curious about which obscure words actually count. He writes The Verbarium's word lists, strategy guides and etymology pieces.
Color or Colour? What Our Dictionary Accepts—and Which One You Should Write
Colourful is normal British English. Find the Word rejects it. The game accepts colorful, while accepting both color and colour. That combination…
The Words You Can’t Play: 31 Familiar Cases Checked
I expected online to pass and informations to fail. Our dictionary does the opposite. It rejects online, but accepts informations. It also…
Words With No A, E, I, O or U: Complete 116-Word Round Finder
An S round has 25 accepted answers containing none of A, E, I, O or U. An X round has four. A…
Words That Start With W: 3,692 Entries, 8 Routes and 38 Three-Letter Answers
WH- and WR- contain 800 words in our dictionary. That sounds like the main W strategy until the list is limited to…
Words That Start With V: 2,735 Entries, 21 Three-Letter Words and 7 Routes
V is usually grouped with difficult letters. I think that description is too crude. Our dictionary contains 2,735 words beginning with V,…
Where Strange English Words Come From: Eight Origins You Can Verify
Boondocks and boondoggle begin with the same six letters. They are not related. Boondocks came from Tagalog bundok, meaning mountain, and entered…
30 Unusual Words Our Dictionary Actually Accepts
Phpht looks like someone struck several keys and submitted the result. It is accepted. Emoji looks unavoidable in modern English. It is…
Silent First Letters: 893 Hidden Openings Counted
The most useful silent letter in a starting-letter game is not the B in debt. It is the K in knee. A…
How to Train Word Recall in 10 Minutes: A Seven-Day Test
Close the word list. If the words disappear with the page, you were recognising them rather than retrieving them. That distinction matters…