Name the word of the year (sometimes a two-word phrase) for both the UK & US for each year as determined by Oxford University Press. Many years just have one for both countries. 2020 did not have a single word of the year. Year, edition, and definition shown. You must be exact with the word, there may be other words with the same definition.
Name the English heteronyms (also called heterophones), which are words that have different pronunciation and meaning from another word but the same spelling. Words are in pairs and you get two answers for each word pair guessed. The type of speech and definition of each word in the pair is shown. Words sorted A-Z.
Each day at midnight US Central Time, you'll get a new set of 5 unique letters. Your goal is to form as many valid words as possible (from the official Scrabble word list) using only those letters. You don't need to use all the letters, but no others are allowed.
Example (letters: abelp): valid words include peal, babble, bell, etc.
Longer words (8+ letters) earn time bonuses. Points are awarded by word length:
1-letter: 1 pt
2-letter: 2 pts
3-letter: 3 pts
4-letter: 4 pts
5-letter: 5 pts
6-letter: 7 pts
7-letter: 9 pts
8-letter: 12 pts
9-letter: 16 pts
10-letter: 20 pts
11-letter: 30 pts
12-letter: 40 pts
13-letter: 50 pts
The leaderboard resets daily at midnight. Before starting, you can play a previous day's quiz by clicking on 'Play A Previous Date' and choosing an available date (in red) from the calendar.
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That is NOT what I thought FTFY meant…
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