Welcome, wordsmiths and language lovers!📚You may think you have an impressive vocabulary, but it’s about time to put that ...

To bee, or not to bee, has now become a tougher question to answer -- even for whiz kid spellers. The Scripps National Spelling Bee has announced that it is changing the format of its annual ...

Graduating seniors can throw their flash cards on the celebratory bonfire next year. When students sit down to try their pencils at the redesigned SAT in spring 2016, the questions about vocabulary ...

From TikTok to the kitchen table, words like “rizzler” and “skibidi” are finding a foothold in the lexicon of today’s tweens. Are you fluent enough to survive the back-to-school season? Put your ...

Ready for a test? A research study with an online vocabulary test for people in the Netherlands went viral after nationwide television coverage. In the weekend after the TV exposure, more than 300,000 ...

Vocabulary will count for 50%25 of a speller%27s overall score A %22significant change%22 in the Bee%27s 86-year history The 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place May 28 to 30 in Oxon Hill%2C ...

As is now well-known, scores on “intelligence” tests rose strongly over the last few generations, world-wide—this is the “Flynn Effect.” One striking anomaly, however, appears in American data: ...

Having a large vocabulary is certainly helpful. It can impress a potential employer, or it can greatly aid you in your line of work if you’re a writer. If you’re a student, it could give you some ...

As American kids head back to school, they’re likely to return home with an alien language their own parents may find befuddling. From TikTok to the kitchen table, words like “rizzler” and “skibidi” ...