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Word of the Day online

A new word every day — definition, etymology, and usage examples

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How to Use Word of the Day

  1. The daily word loads automatically — it changes every day.
  2. Use Easy / Medium / Hard buttons to filter words by difficulty level.
  3. Click Another word to step through words, or Random word for a surprise.
  4. To read the definition in your language, pick a language from the dropdown inside the word card and click Translate.

Each word comes with its part of speech, phonetic pronunciation, full definition, etymology (where the word comes from), and two real-world usage examples. Difficulty levels help learners target the right challenge: Easy words are uncommon but widely recognised; Medium words appear in educated or literary writing; Hard words are rare, archaic, coined, or highly specialised.

Learning English with Word of the Day

The translation feature is designed for people learning English as a second language. Select your native language — Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese, and 20+ more — and the definition, etymology explanation, and example sentences are translated instantly so you can understand the meaning before studying the English original.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do the Easy, Medium and Hard difficulty levels mean?

Easy words are vivid and useful but recognisable to most adults (whimsical, gregarious, ubiquitous). Medium words appear in literary or educated writing (ephemeral, schadenfreude, petrichor). Hard words are rare, archaic, coined by a specific author, or drawn from specialist fields (psithurism, hiraeth, sonder, weltschmerz).

How does the translation feature work?

Pick a language from the dropdown and click Translate. The definition, etymology and example sentences are translated through a free public translation endpoint — no sign-up or API key required. An internet connection is needed for translation; everything else works offline.

Does the daily word change at midnight?

Yes — the word is selected by the day-of-year so it rotates automatically at local midnight, with no server call. Everyone in the same time zone sees the same daily word.

How many words are in the collection?

41 hand-picked words spanning all three difficulty levels, ranging from common-but-evocative (whimsical, tenacious) to genuinely obscure (apricity, vellichor, kairos). The collection is updated periodically.

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