Ah yes, the groundbreaking "Square Theory" 🤔, where crossword aficionados gather in a digital town square to wax poetic about intersecting words like it's the next scientific revolution. 😂 Because nothing screams innovation like a bunch of nerds in a Discord server dissecting four-letter words. 🚀🔡
https://aaronson.org/blog/square-theory #SquareTheory #CrosswordInnovation #DigitalTownSquare #WordNerds #DiscordCommunity #HackerNews #ngated
#WordNerds
🧠 What’s the best word game you’ve ever played—and why?
I’m still hooked on Wordfeud: have played for over 10-years and it never disappoints.
What’s yours? Let’s swap favorites!
Hey #WordNerds,
You know how 'unprecedented' needed a long spell in a good paddock after being absolutely flogged during the early years of the #COVID19Pandemic? (Reminder: #COVIDisNotOver)
I think the metaphorical use of 'journey' (esp. in health settings) needs a similar chance to recover.
What say you?
#AmReading: Wow, great quote from wordsmith.org, which sends out a lovely newsletter for #WordNerds like me.)
"The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them."
-Turkish proverb
Something for #WordNerds to chew on.
https://fosstodon.org/@kate/113407944276169947
How confusing that “tear” as in “tear it up” and “tear” as in “tear-drop” are completely different words pronounced differently but spelled the same. Is there a term for this #WordNerds?
Happy New Year, fellow #edibuddies and #wordNerds! We're celebrating the new year with the premiere of episode 69, featuring author and podcaster Mignon Fogarty. Head to our YouTube channel at 4:30 PM ET to tune in!
bit.ly/ThatWordVideo
After watching the Language Jones video on making DuoLingo work (https://youtu.be/WXHtwQP9DnQ), I’ve been trying to return to learning Spanish. I’ll add one more bit of advice for fellow word-nerds to his excellent summary.
When learning new vocabulary, think about the derivation of the word or cognates in languages you already speak. Some are easy. For an English speaker, “la camisa” is clearly related to the English word “camisole,” and “la chaqueta” sounds very similar to the English “jacket.”
But what to do when there is no obvious cognate? Head over to wiktionary.org and look up the word there. You will see what other languages the word occurs in, and you can look at the etymology of the word in the language you are learning.
Enjoy!
#WordNerds #DuoLingo
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Can you guess a book by its cover in 20 seconds and six guesses? #game #games #books #nerdery #GLAM #libraries #reading #WordNerds
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bookdle.com
If you: a) Love the Spelling Bee b) Wonder where Nanobots come from c) Have ever used Spelling Bee Solver or d) Are looking for a new word game recommendation, you won't want to miss this week's episode of T&B, featuring @sbsolver. Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E17_HereComestheShunn or wherever you get your #podcasts! #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #SpellingBee #hivemind #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordnerds #wordplay #Typeshift
On today's episode of T&B we're getting social! C's mom makes a CAMEO and NYTimes Spelling Bee Facebook group admins Keith and Pat join us for a delightful Wild Card convo. Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E16_BeeingSocial or wherever you get your #podcasts. Like us? Leave a BLURB! #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #SpellingBee #hivemind #wordplay #wordnerds #nytgames #nytwordplay
Fine, so maybe we haven't PODDED recently, but we have most definitely CASTED! Check out the latest, laugh-out-loud episode of Tomtit & Baobab at https://bit.ly/S3E15_LongLiveTheBea or wherever you listen to your #podcasts. #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #hivemind #wordnerds #wordplay #nytwordplay #nytgames
Want to hear something major? How about 2 bonus clips from our recent interview with The Slowdown's Major Jackson! Happy weekend, #Hivemind! Listen at https://bit.ly/TomtitBaobab_MajorBonus1 and https://bit.ly/TomtitBaobab_MajorBonus2 or wherever you get your #podcasts. #nytsb #spellingbee #NYTSpellingbee #wordnerds #wordplay #majorjackson #theslowdown #poetry #music #language #words
This week on T&B, we're slowing down (a little!) to talk with Major Jackson about poetry, word games, and his new gig as host of The Slowdown. Join us at https://bit.ly/S3E14_RelishingWords or wherever you get your #podcasts.
#NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #nytimesgames #nytwordplay #spellingbee #wordplay #wordnerds #poetry #aglets #shoelaces #metgala #vocabulary #vocabularybuilding #hivemind
What's better than a Bee week with one X? A Bee week with two! On this week's episode of T&B: our take on last week's puzzles, the best examples of LEITMOTIFs, and why compound words are confounding. Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E13_XX or wherever you get your #podcasts. #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #hivemind #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordplay #wordnerds #compoundwords #linguistics #leitmotif #opera
Hey, #hivemind! We bet some of you #wordnerds have considered writing a children's book at some point. Find out what the process is really like from #NYTSpellingbee doer, author, and illustrator Sarah S. Brannen! Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E12_BooksAndBees or wherever you get your #podcasts. #childrensbooks #bannedbooks #wordgames #nytsb #spellingbee #nytwordplay #nytgames https://www.sarahbrannen.com
A quick #NYTspellingbee = time for a new episode of T&B! This week: HOMOPHONEs, HIRAGANA & a delightful convo w/ #childrensbooks author/illustrator @SarahBrannen. Listen @ https://bit.ly/S3E12_BooksAndBees or wherever you get your #podcasts. #Hivemind #nytgames #nytwordplay #nytsb #spellingbee #hiragana #bannedbooks #wordnerds
A quick Bee means extra time to catch up on T&B! Try your odds with last week's episode https://bit.ly/S3E10_Oddballs and find out what's in a name this week with https://bit.ly/S3E11_EverythingIsCecilia #NYTSpellingbee #spellingbee #nytsb #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordnerds #podcast #hivemind
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