Or – big change – Wordle could restart with six-letter words instead. That would really complicate things and keep it fresh. Or do four-letter words but make you play in Hard Mode the entire time.

The idea of four tenses may be difficult to get your head around if your language doesn’t divide up the world this way, but it may be easier if we think of words rather than tenses. For instance ...

In a photo illustration, a Merriam-Webster's dictionary is seen placed on a lawn on January 11, 2024 in Austin, Texas. A new study has revealed the most popular slang words in America for 2024.