If you dream of letter tiles with little numbers on them, then we have the game for
you: SCRABBLE Sprint. This newest addition to the Merriam-Webster
Online word game collection is a game of speed and skill: create high-scoring
words quickly and pile up points. The letter values are the same as in traditional SCRABBLE, and using all
your tiles in a word earns you fifty bonus points—and more precious time on the clock. Give SCRABBLE
Sprint a spin!
Do you know where a frog's tympanum is located? You would if you played Merriam-Webster's
Visual Dictionary Online Game of the Week.
Each Monday brings a new edition of this interactive and educational word game and features
topics ranging from comets to mushrooms to volcanoes. Test your skills by matching words to images, and be sure
to peruse the Game of the Week archives.
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In a year dominated by presidential campaigns and financial distress, it's no surprise that
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2008 was one that impacted both arenas.
"Bailout"—defined in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh
Edition as "a rescue from financial distress"—received the highest intensity of lookups on
Merriam-Webster Online over the shortest period of time, ensuring its place at the top of the Word of the Year
rankings. Check out the rest of the Top Ten here.
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