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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 8, 2026 is: wistful • \WIST-ful\ • adjective To be wistful is to have sad thoughts and f...
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 8, 2026 is: wistful • \WIST-ful\ • adjective To be wistful is to have sad thoughts and f...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 7, 2026 is: dudgeon • \DUJ-un\ • noun Dudgeon is typically used in the phrase “in high d...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 6, 2026 is: flamboyant • \flam-BOY-ant\ • adjective Someone or something described as fl...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 5, 2026 is: augur • \AW-gur\ • verb To augur is to show or suggest, especially from omen...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 4, 2026 is: scrupulous • \SKROO-pyuh-lus\ • adjective Scrupulous describes someone who i...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 3, 2026 is: métier • \MET-yay\ • noun Métier , sometimes styled metier , is a formal wor...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 2, 2026 is: exasperate • \ig-ZASS-puh-rayt\ • verb To exasperate someone is to cause the...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 1, 2026 is: Beltane • \BEL-tayn\ • noun Beltane refers to the Celtic May Day festival. /...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 30, 2026 is: interlocutor • \in-ter-LAH-kyuh-ter\ • noun Interlocutor is a formal word...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 29, 2026 is: speculate • \SPEK-yuh-layt\ • verb In general contexts, speculate means "...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 25, 2026 is: juxtapose • \JUK-stuh-pohz\ • verb To juxtapose things is to place them t...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 24, 2026 is: arboreal • \ahr-BOR-ee-ul\ • adjective Arboreal is a formal and literary...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 23, 2026 is: fortitude • \FOR-tuh-tood\ • noun Fortitude is a formal word that refers...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 22, 2026 is: tantamount • \TAN-tuh-mount\ • adjective Something may be described as ta...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 21, 2026 is: orthography • \or-THAH-gruh-fee\ • noun Orthography refers to the way in...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 20, 2026 is: indoctrinate • \in-DAHK-truh-nayt\ • verb To indoctrinate someone is to t...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 19, 2026 is: nugatory • \NOO-guh-tor-ee\ • adjective Something described as nugatory i...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 18, 2026 is: hiatus • \hye-AY-tus\ • noun In general contexts, hiatus usually refers t...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 17, 2026 is: postulate • \PAHSS-chuh-layt\ • verb Postulate is a formal word used to m...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 16, 2026 is: brazen • \BRAY-zun\ • adjective Brazen describes someone who is acting, o...
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