Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

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Merriam-Webster

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Jul 11, 2026

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boondoggle 27.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 27, 2026 is: boondoggle \BOON-dah-gul\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

onerous 26.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 26, 2026 is: onerous \AH-nuh-rus\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

juxtapose 25.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 25, 2026 is: juxtapose \JUK-stuh-pohz\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

arboreal 24.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 24, 2026 is: arboreal \ahr-BOR-ee-ul\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

fortitude 23.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 23, 2026 is: fortitude \FOR-tuh-tood\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

tantamount 22.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 22, 2026 is: tantamount \TAN-tuh-mount\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

orthography 21.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 21, 2026 is: orthography \or-THAH-gruh-fee\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

indoctrinate 20.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 20, 2026 is: indoctrinate \in-DAHK-truh-nayt\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

nugatory 19.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 19, 2026 is: nugatory \NOO-guh-tor-ee\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

hiatus 18.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 18, 2026 is: hiatus \hye-AY-tus\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

postulate 17.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 17, 2026 is: postulate \PAHSS-chuh-layt\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

brazen 16.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 16, 2026 is: brazen \BRAY-zun\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

mayhem 15.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 15, 2026 is: mayhem \MAY-hem\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

enjoin 14.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 14, 2026 is: enjoin \in-JOIN\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

kibitzer 13.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 13, 2026 is: kibitzer \KIB-it-ser\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

recondite 12.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 12, 2026 is: recondite \REK-un-dyte\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

subterfuge 11.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 11, 2026 is: subterfuge \SUB-ter-fyooj\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

glaucous 10.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 10, 2026 is: glaucous \GLAW-kus\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

decry 09.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 9, 2026 is: decry \dih-KRY\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

panache 08.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 8, 2026 is: panache \puh-NAHSH\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

laudable 07.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 7, 2026 is: laudable \LAW-duh-bul\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

cotton 06.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 6, 2026 is: cotton \KAH-tun\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

verdant 05.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 5, 2026 is: verdant \VER-dunt\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

wiseacre 04.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 4, 2026 is: wiseacre \WYZE-ay-ker\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

adroit 03.04.2026

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 3, 2026 is: adroit \uh-DROYT\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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