Animals A to Z: 217 Animal Names, With Fun Facts From the List
A hand-checked list of 217 animals from A to Z, which letters have the most animals, and ideas for using them in games and lessons.
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Two-Word Names: How Many Usernames and Team Names Are Possible?
979,933 adjective + noun pairs sounds endless, but with 1,000 users the chance of a clash is 40%. The maths of random names and how to make yours unique.
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Does Learning a Word a Day Work? What the Research on Spacing Says
A word a day adds up to 365 a year, but only if they stick. A major review of 839 studies explains why spaced review beats cramming, and a simple routine to use.
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95 Emotion Words to Name Exactly How You Feel
A list of 95 emotion and feeling words, grouped into families, and why research links naming emotions precisely to better coping.
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How to Use Random Words as Writing Prompts: 7 Methods That Work
Random words break writer’s block by forcing unexpected connections. Seven practical methods, from the three-word story to character building, with examples.
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12 Random Word Games for the Classroom (No Prep Needed)
Quick vocabulary, spelling, grammar and speaking games that run on random words, from five-minute warm-ups to full-period activities.
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133 Charades Ideas: Easy, Medium and Hard Words to Act Out
Hand-picked charades words in three levels, the classic hand signals, and a short history of a parlour game that began as written riddles in 18th-century France.
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274 Pictionary Words: Easy, Medium and Hard Lists That Can Actually Be Drawn
Hand-picked Pictionary words in three levels (99 easy, 107 medium, 68 hard), plus rules, scoring and tips for running a great game.
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How Many Words Does the Average Person Know? About 42,000
A Ghent University study estimated that the average 20-year-old American knows about 42,000 words, rising to about 48,000 by age 60. What that means and how to grow yours.
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The Most Common Letters in 5-Letter Words, Position by Position
In 1,197 common five-letter words, E appears in 47.6%, A in 43.7% and R in 39.1%. S is the top first letter and E the top last letter. Useful for word puzzles.
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One-Syllable Words: 35% of Easy Words, 11% of Hard Ones
3,122 words in our list have one syllable. They make up 35% of the easiest words but only 11% of the hardest. The longest is “strength”, with eight letters.
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Words That Are Both Nouns and Verbs: 1 in 4 Common Words
25.4% of common English words can be both a noun and a verb, rising to 37.8% of the easiest words. Why English does this and 40 examples.
