Merriam-Webster Inc. keeps track of how many times a word is looked up on its free online dictionary and posts daily, weekly, and all-time standings. Hover over each word below to reveal its ...

The online dictionary says there has been a high volume of searches for the word's definition for several years, but 2023 saw a "substantial increase," thanks to "stories and conversations about ...

The popular Merriam-Webster online dictionary added 370 new words and definitions to its lexicon, many of which stem from an increasingly online world amid the global pandemic.

According to Merriam-Webster, lookups of the word “vaccine” in 2021 jumped by 601% from 2020 and 1048% from 2019. In fact, August of this year alone saw a 535% increase.

Merriam-Webster had touched on a stubborn taboo — the practice of ending sentences with prepositions such as to, with, about, upon, for or of — that was drilled into many of us in grade school.

The Merriam-Webster wordsmiths have added a slew of food-related words: iftar, horchata, kabocha, mofongo, zuke, zoodle, wagyu, queso and marg, for margarita, among them.

Merriam-Webster's dictionary made 640 additions to its ever-expanding collection this April, including the widely-used phrases buzzy and EGOT. EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony ...