On April 2, 1935, The Stanford Daily announced its first crossword with great fanfare. “To give students ever more service and pleasure The Daily starts today a series of Crossword Puzzles ...

Elizabeth Crane is a writer, editor, proofreader, fact-checker, word nerd, and nitpicker. In fall 2019, we launched our daily crossword puzzles on Vox, initially as an experiment. We wanted to see ...

If a letter you input turns green it means you’ve placed the correct letter in that position. If it turns orange, that letter is in the word but in a different position. Gray letters are not in that ...

Here’s my 2023 language book gift guide for every type of word nerd. For the rule follower : Most people, even grammar-savvy types, don’t know about usage guides.

Today's Connections puzzle throws one of those tricky blue categories at us, the kind where you need to find a word within another word. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The ...

Although I try to keep my writing succinct, today I’m going to be far more labyrinthine because I’m preparing myself for Word Nerd Day, which takes place on Jan. 9. Like the majority of… ...