Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions are collectively known as hoaxes. But there's more than meets the eye.

Tonight my family played one of our all-time favorite dinner time activities, the Magic Word game. This is a game that my third grade teacher, Mrs. Mc Clintock, invented when I was little. Magic Word ...

A holdover term from Harry Potter-dom, referring to a highly trained wizard or witch assigned to investigate magical crimes. In Fantastic Beasts, Porpentina “Tina” Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) has ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — One of the world's top crossword puzzle writers claims he has created a system to beat the word game Wordle. In this Zevely Zone, I went to Carlsbad to meet the King of Crosswords.

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There’s this one word—a magical little one—that lets us parents balance for our children so much complexity in a single sentiment. It’s not our typical go-to words, like love, or care, or concern.

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Anna Scretching-Cole explains how e at the end of a word can change the vowel sound of i. Anna Scretching-Cole teaches students about the magic e. An e at the end of a word can change the vowel sound ...

Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions — collectively known as hoaxes. But there's more than meets the eye. With Halloween just a month away, NPR's Word of the Week series delves into the ...