Let’s rethink Wordle starter word strategies. So I went back to the Wordle drawing board, deciding I needed to try a three-starter-word strategy. Usually guessing TRAIN and CLOSE as my first two words ...

Parsnip. Magnanimous. Sepulcher. This could be the beginning of a particularly esoteric New York Times Connections puzzle, but it is also how I chose to begin this week’s column. By selecting and ...

They speak! Few words are as eagerly anticipated as your baby's first. After the initial excitement and cooing over their genius subsides, many of us wonder whether that first word was a common one.