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Learning words on Vocabulary.com may seem simple. But in fact, as you play, our game is synthesizing large sets of data on how millions of users interact with the words you're working on. All of this behind-the-scenes number-crunching is intended to make your experience with the game as efficient and enjoyable as possible. Continue reading...

John S. is a high school sophomore and a Vocabulary.com Savant. Here he talks to Vocabulary.com about using the Challenge to prepare for the SATs with his friends. Continue reading...

...the "Sparkling, Swooning and Suffering Wordlessly" Vocabulary List, created from A.O. Scott's New York Times review of Best Picture Award winner The Artist. Learn this list and impress your friends with your erudite analysis of the film. Even if, like most people, you haven't seen it.

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Writing in Sunday's Houston Chronicle, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Lisa Falkenberg shone a spotlight on the hundreds of Houston students who got hooked on Vocabulary.com, as one "campus-wide obsession" turned into a recipe for academic success. Continue reading...

I recently watched John Pollack's YouTube video of his "pun safari" where he combed the streets of New York City trying to spot images of puns (such as the restaurant sign "Ciao for Now" and the waitress's "Bored of Education" T-shirt). Even though I find this kind of humor a bit painful, the video did support Pollack's call for awareness that "puns are everywhere." The video also made me think about how useful it could be to challenge students to take their own "word safaris" to document the prevalence of the words they are learning. Continue reading...

The day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed Congress to ask for a declaration of war, famously referring to December 7th as, "a date that will live in infamy." Learn the definition of "infamy" as well as other vocabulary from this historic moment in our nation's history with this interactive vocabulary list drawn from FDR's speech. Continue reading...

The holiday season is famous for its hustle and bustle. But that doesn't mean word learning has to come to a stop. In fact, the holidays provide many opportunities to acquire and think about words. It's just a question of knowing where to look for them. Continue reading...

We know educators rely on Vocabulary.com's ready-made, curriculum-aligned resources so we revamped our most frequently assigned texts to guide teachers in this new school year. Continue reading...

With school leaderboards more active than ever, we're instituting a new reward for play: a Champions banner for monthly school leaderboard winners, emblazoned with the winning school's name. Continue reading...