Appleton speller Jacob Martonito correctly spelled one word but missed on a vocabulary question; New Berlin speller Ethan Robert advanced.

Lauren A. Merillana, 13, of Bethesda, Md., spells her word as she competes during the first preliminary round of the Scripps ...

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The dictionary isn’t forever. Here’s the lowdown on why certain words are not in the dictionary and how they got removed.

The inclusion of words like "almóndiga" and "toballa" in dictionaries, despite being considered non-standard, reflects the ...

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The Brooklyn school soared to the top of New York’s high school rankings at the Spring 2025 Vocabulary Bowl, the world’s ...