The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20200930183746/https://www.merriam-webster.com/video
Merriam-Webster Logo
SINCE 1828
stylized drawing of woman pole vaulting across gap to get trophy
Challenging Vocabulary Quiz Returns!

No tricks, just difficult words.

us supreme court building
Words of the Week - 9/25/20

Words from the week of 9/25/2020

child holding iphone with puku on screen with puku logo in the corner
Set your young readers up for lifelong success

Build vocab with Puku today!

alt-5f36b629cf6d9
'Intensive purposes': An Eggcorn

We're intent on clearing it up

donald trump
Maddow: Trump Displayed 'Logorrhea'

Maddow breaks down debate performances

Videos

play emily-brewster-with-the-words-effect-affect-on-screen
How to Remember 'Affect' and 'Effect'

Most of the time.

play onomatopoeia video
A Look at Uncommon Onomatopoeia

Some imitative words are more surprising than others

play image1815466723
How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

And is one way more correct than the others?

play video ghost words
Ghost Word

The story of an imaginary word that managed to sneak past our editors and enter the dictionary.

play serial comma
The Serial Comma

Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?

Latest Videos

alt-5f36b629cf6d9 play
alt-5f36b25d24595 play
alt-5f36b0012d7e8 play
all over sudden graphic play
day today graphic play
merriam-webster eggcorns title page play

Grammar and Usage

Word History

Most Viewed

See all Videos
TRENDING NOW

  1. logorrhea Maddow breaks down debate performances

  2. shush Biden gives aside during debate

  3. moderator First debate drives searches

SEE ALL

Test Your Vocabulary

Challenging Vocabulary Quiz Returns!

  • stylized drawing of woman pole vaulting across gap to get trophy
  • Which is a synonym of fuliginous?
Spell It

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

TAKE THE QUIZ
Syn City

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ
Words at Play
Word Games