In the past 25 years, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and the occasional grousing older brother or sister have increasingly accompanied children on tricycles, bicycles, scooters, foot or in ...

The Oxford English Dictionary estimates there are over 170,000 words in the English language, with an additional 47,000 obsolete words. Only a few other languages reportedly have more words than the ...

The easiest pangram of 2025 was flapping, found by 99 percent of players. The hardest pangram was philhellenic, which means ...

Feeling stuck on today’s puzzle? We can help. By New York Times Games Hi, busy bees! Welcome to today’s Spelling Bee forum. Enter the comments section to see hints, conversation, helpful tips and ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is here, representing one of the most vigorous - and prestigious - academic competitions in America. Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national ...

How can you make a spelling bee into a musical? For the next several weeks, UA musical theater students are showing audiences that one small competition can turn into an explosion of comical satire, ...

Parents need to know that Words With Friends 2 is a word game that tests player's spelling and language skills. It's simple to learn and play, with tutorials and FAQs for people who have questions.

There was a time, back in the late 70s and early 80s, when spellchecking software only worked with word processing programs. These programs held a finite database of words that it would use to check ...

Neil Maes of Belton, South Carolina, is one of the top spellers in the country. — -- An 11-year-old South Carolina boy who was born deaf has made it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Neil ...

Check spelling as you type, or not? Choose here. You use Word’s spelling checker every day, and probably just as often encounter some of the tool’s puzzling behavior. Do you know how to get rid of a ...