Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

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schadenfreude

04 March 2025

00:02:00

draconian

03 March 2025

00:01:43

transpire

02 March 2025

00:02:48

factoid

01 March 2025

00:01:55

cryptic

28 February 2025

00:01:39

doff

27 February 2025

00:01:58

ignoramus

26 February 2025

00:01:52

superfluous

25 February 2025

00:01:55

quip

24 February 2025

00:01:54

tousle

23 February 2025

00:02:04

astute

22 February 2025

00:02:10

jabberwocky

21 February 2025

00:01:56

flounder

20 February 2025

00:02:18

obtuse

19 February 2025

00:02:18

chutzpah

18 February 2025

00:02:01

pertain

17 February 2025

00:01:50

non sequitur

16 February 2025

00:02:12

livid

15 February 2025

00:01:53

billet-doux

14 February 2025

00:01:53

gallant

13 February 2025

00:02:30

hagiography

12 February 2025

00:01:39

ruminate

11 February 2025

00:02:01

vestige

10 February 2025

00:01:30

ecstatic

09 February 2025

00:02:04

finesse

08 February 2025

00:01:35

malapropism

07 February 2025

00:01:44

ad-lib

06 February 2025

00:01:57

canard

05 February 2025

00:01:42

zaftig

04 February 2025

00:01:49

sarcophagus

03 February 2025

00:02:10

presage

02 February 2025

00:02:10

disputatious

01 February 2025

00:02:02

encroach

31 January 2025

00:01:53

audition

30 January 2025

00:02:06

facetious

29 January 2025

00:02:12

sward

28 January 2025

00:01:57

edify

27 January 2025

00:01:58

circuitous

26 January 2025

00:02:26

nomenclature

25 January 2025

00:02:03

divers

24 January 2025

00:01:59

wanderlust

23 January 2025

00:02:04

opine

22 January 2025

00:01:53

gourmand

21 January 2025

00:01:47

inimitable

20 January 2025

00:02:05

virtuoso

19 January 2025

00:01:50

minuscule

18 January 2025

00:02:03

apprehension

17 January 2025

00:02:04

parlay

16 January 2025

00:01:39

hackneyed

15 January 2025

00:02:30

deus ex machina

14 January 2025

00:02:07