The couple is going to purchase the house? Or the couple are going to purchase the house? Even after all my years of editing, I can still get tripped up trying to make verbs agree with collective ...

For the past week, my family and I have started a new text message thread. It’s a sacred space. Each message is typically three words long, something like “Wordle in three.” Yes, like plenty of others ...

A couple of weeks ago, I started noticing people posting curious grids of green and yellow squares on their Twitter timelines. After ignoring them for a couple of days, thinking Wordle was probably ...

The Wordle answer for Tuesday, January 13, 2026, is GUMBO.

You probably don’t read a lot of books written in the 1820s. But if you did, you’d see the word “belie” a lot more. According to Google Ngram Viewer, in the early 1800s, “belie” appeared in books ...

Software engineer Jack Wardle created the game Wordle as a little side project for him and his partner to enjoy. Over the last few months it's gotten hugely popular. People who spend time on social ...