A word a day adds up to 350+ a year
Small, steady vocabulary habits beat cramming: learn one useful word daily and the gains quietly compound.
AI can now turn plain English into working code
Modern coding assistants generate apps and websites straight from a written description, shrinking the gap between an idea and a working product.
Word ladders were invented by Lewis Carroll
The author of 'Alice in Wonderland' created the game of changing one word into another a single letter at a time, which he called 'Doublets,' in 1877.
English is a world-class word collector
From 'ketchup' to 'safari' to 'pajamas,' English has borrowed words from hundreds of languages around the globe.
The crossword puzzle is over a century old
The first modern crossword appeared in the New York World newspaper in 1913 and quickly became a daily ritual worldwide.
A pangram uses every letter
'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' contains all 26 letters, which is why it is used to test fonts and keyboards.
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