The 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde from Harvey, Louisiana jumped from happiness after she correctly spelled the world Murraya and became the first African American to win in the 96-year history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. This word stands for a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees. First African […]
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Brainteaser Alert: What’s the 9—Letter Word that’s a New Term each Time You Drop a Letter?
The English language is indeed amazing: adding, removing or rearranging only a single letter can change a whole word’s meaning; sometimes, this can be quite dramatic like ‘wordplay’ and ‘swordplay’. Were you aware of this? And, there’s a popular brainteaser that’s been confusing the internet for some time now and […]