Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

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laconic

21 February 2026

00:01:49

encapsulate

20 February 2026

00:02:12

syllogism

19 February 2026

00:02:04

Goldilocks

18 February 2026

00:02:12

abdicate

17 February 2026

00:01:43

prerogative

16 February 2026

00:01:45

vertiginous

15 February 2026

00:01:50

canoodle

14 February 2026

00:01:35

rapscallion

13 February 2026

00:01:55

endemic

12 February 2026

00:02:41

tabula rasa

11 February 2026

00:01:52

besmirch

10 February 2026

00:02:16

fortuitous

09 February 2026

00:01:55

meme

08 February 2026

00:01:59

imbue

07 February 2026

00:01:59

sartorial

06 February 2026

00:02:04

adulation

05 February 2026

00:01:36

diaphanous

04 February 2026

00:01:39

hornswoggle

03 February 2026

00:01:53

prescience

02 February 2026

00:01:43

gargantuan

01 February 2026

00:02:07

short shrift

31 January 2026

00:02:02

preeminent

30 January 2026

00:01:48

reciprocate

29 January 2026

00:01:56

bombast

28 January 2026

00:01:56

fiduciary

27 January 2026

00:01:52

oaf

26 January 2026

00:01:51

resplendent

25 January 2026

00:02:01

garner

24 January 2026

00:01:49

astrolabe

23 January 2026

00:02:11

disheveled

22 January 2026

00:02:06

schmooze

21 January 2026

00:01:50

quiddity

20 January 2026

00:02:11

ephemeral

19 January 2026

00:02:04

elicit

18 January 2026

00:02:19

notorious

17 January 2026

00:01:39

vendetta

16 January 2026

00:01:53

cloying

15 January 2026

00:02:19

delegate

14 January 2026

00:02:00

umbrage

13 January 2026

00:01:52

brackish

12 January 2026

00:01:47

paradox

11 January 2026

00:02:11

collude

10 January 2026

00:01:57

innocuous

09 January 2026

00:02:11

gumbo

08 January 2026

00:02:08

eminently

07 January 2026

00:01:30

loll

06 January 2026

00:01:33

marginalia

05 January 2026

00:02:01

titanic

04 January 2026

00:02:00

senescence

03 January 2026

00:01:43