Ready for a really challenging quiz? Go take it if you dare, but brace yourself -- it’s tough: An adult spelling quiz: 5 of the hardest words in the English language It’s only five questions, but you ...

The Oxford English Dictionary estimates there are over 170,000 words in the English language, with an additional 47,000 obsolete words. Only a few other languages reportedly have more words than the ...

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As if spelling words like gyrocotylid and pohutukawa wasn't impossible enough, the Scripps National Spelling Bee added definitions to this year's contest, making you feel even more foolish than usual.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee will kick off on May 28 as 245 spellers descend on National Harbor, Maryland, for four days of competition. Ahead of the event, a word selection panel gathers to ...

Forget the dreaded Friday spelling test, and don't count on spell check to do the job. For too long, spelling has been treated as rote memorization or dismissed as unnecessary in an age of autocorrect ...