What in the word?

Balinese has long been pushed to the linguistic margins. What can revitalize it for the next generation? Collaboration, flexibility, and wiki technology! So says Alissa Stern, who founded the BASAbali…

At celebrations throughout the year, we ooh and ahh at mesmerizing fireworks displays. But what exactly are we seeing? This short list of firework terms will help you put the…

In honor of our June 4th groundbreaking ceremony, founder Ann Friedman shares her thoughts on how far Planet Word has come — and where it’s headed very soon.

Kids from around the country gather each year to test their spelling skills at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But what does it take to make it onto that stage?…

Even if you have two left feet, you’ve probably waltzed right up to someone and introduced yourself. And you definitely don’t need dance shoes to know that it takes two…

Emojis and GIFs help us express our meaning in texts and emails, and they sometimes seem like languages of their own. Some people have wondered, then: are emojis the new hieroglyphs?…