Sometimes the root form of a word isn’t enough. You need to add a group of letters to the end of a word to make a new word. For example, if the suffix ‘ing’ is added to the end of the word ‘look’, the ...

Ever wondered why European license plates -- particularly in the U.K. and E.U. -- are long and skinny, when U.S. plates are much more square? Wonder no more.

Learn the difference between hyphen, en dash, and em dash with simple rules and examples. It improves clarity, accuracy, and ...

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From "founding fathers" to "misunderestimate," U.S. presidents have come up with—and taken heat for—a wide range of words and phrases.

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Have you ever stopped to notice how so many city and town names across India end with words like “pur,” “abad,” or “ganj,” and wondered why?

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Get today's NYT Connections clues and answers for today's puzzle #988 on February 23.