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Today's Word of the Day is hadal. Learn more about this word: https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/hadal-2023-06-08/

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Today's Word of the Day is écossaise. Learn more about this word:

"Babe, are you paying attention? You're not looking up words in the dictionary while we're talking, are you?"

Today's Word of the Day, animalcule, isn't bite-sized. But you might say it's mite-sized. 🔬 We partnered with our friends at the Boston Museum of Science to bring you this Science Word of the Week:

Happy Pride Month! Today's Word of the Day is prismatic. 🌈 Learn more about this word: https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/prismatic-2023-06-01/

Today's tasty Word of the Day is tzatziki. Grab a spoon (or a cracker), and learn more about this word: https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/tzatziki-2023-05-31/

7.8 billion people in the world. ONE of them has to be named “Dictionary,” right?

Today's Word of the Day is gazetteer. Yep, there are different types of dictionaries! Learn more about this word:

Happy Memorial Day, Bluesky! Today's Word of the Day is anamnesis. Learn more: https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/anamnesis-2023-05-29/

The word "shiv" is a noun, meaning "an improvised or homemade weapon for cutting or stabbing."

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Today's Word of the Day, and Science Word of the Week, is courtesy of our friends at the Boston Museum of Science. It's xerophyte. The Boston Museum of Science is not on Bluesky yet, because we have 0 invite codes.

There's no reason to be scared of today's Word of the Day. It's just a word. Learn more here:

Best is an adjective, meaning "of the highest quality, excellence, or standing." Here it is in a sentence: "Tina Turner was simply the best."

Happy Hump Day, fellow logophiles! Today's Word of the Day is première danseuse. Learn more about this word:

Yes, HBO Max is dropping "HBO" from their name, and no, we are not dropping "tionary.com" from our name.

Today's Word of the Day is chelonian. It means "turtle stuff," more or less. Learn more about this word:

If we had shared a Word of the Day every single day since Dictionary.com launched on May 14th, 1995, today would have been our 10,245th Word of the Day. But we haven’t, so it’s not.

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Happy birthday... to us! And Mark Zuckerberg. But mostly us! Dictionary.com was launched 28 years ago today: May 14th, 1995.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! Today's Word of the Day is cosher.

Flammable: an adjective meaning "capable of being set on fire." Inflammable: an adjective meaning "capable of being set on fire."

Happy Saturday, Bluesky! Today's Word of the Day is nickelodeon. Learn more about this word:

Everyone who learned a new word this week: nice job! 💪 Everyone who didn’t: there’s always next week. ✌️

Good morning, fellow logophiles! Today's #WordOfTheDay is bai.

We’re trying, John. We’re trying.

Almost forgot to post today's Word of the Day! We're so sorry! Today's Word of the Day is chryselephantine.

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Guise & Dolls: dolls, costumes, and Broadway show tunes.

Today's Word of the Day is pervicacious. Learn more about this word:

You just opened a new store next to Bob’s Burgers. What is the name of your store?

Today's Word of the Day is lilapsophobia. 🌪️ Learn more about this word:

We aren’t saying we’re opposed to “skeet,” but we ARE saying there are also over 100,000+ words in the dictionary.

Today's #WordOfTheDay is ipse dixit. Learn more about this word:

How words work: First you meme a word into existence. Then you meme the word into the dictionary.

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