To English teachers, the dictionary and thesaurus are unimpeachable testaments to how words should be used. To rappers, the contents of those hallowed rule books are endlessly malleable, subject to ...

Crossword puzzles, hangman and other word games are great fun--and helpful ways to practice spelling skills, build vocabulary and improve your powers of deductive reasoning. Since English words aren’t ...

Welcome to another Wack Wednesday, the Lonely Island’s promotion for their new record, The Wack Album, in which they release a new song or video every Wednesday until the album’s June 11 release. Wait ...

Some of the brightest young minds just finished showcasing their knowledge of the English language. The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee wrapped up this week with participants navigating words the ...

Spelling lists. Spelling tests. Spelling bees. Adults of a certain age who remember anything about elementary school likely recall spelling as central to their literacy instruction. That’s not ...

Fourth time's the charm: After finishing third two years in a row and ninth in 2010, Arvind Mahankali of New York won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night. His winning word: knaidel ...

President Trump’s confounding neologism “covfefe,” which stumped the internet, also tripped up 12-year-old Ananya Vinay, winner of the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Ananya appeared Friday ...

If you have accumulated a collection of misspelled words in the Microsoft Word Spelling and Grammar Check custom dictionary, you can create a new dictionary to reset the check features and start a new ...

Teen from Olathe, Kansas spelled "Laodicean" to clinch her victory. May 28, 2009 -- The fourth time was the charm for spelling bee veteran Kavya Shivashankar, who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee ...

I'm sharing one of my favorite online resources for teaching phonics and spelling—Mr. Spelling on YouTube! His rap songs break down tricky spelling patterns and rules in a way that kids love and ...

The nation is not letter perfect. Americans may be embarassed, even. Make that “embarrassed” - it’s among the common words that vex the spell-challenged in an age of spell check. According to a study ...