Merriam-Webster chooses each word of the year based on lookup data—how often a word was searched in its online dictionary. Last year, the winning word was “authentic,” while “gaslighting ...

A spokesperson for Scripps explained to Fox News Digital that all words Scripps uses in its program are pulled from the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, which has the alternate spelling for ...

the organisation relies exclusively on the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary for its word lists. The alternate spelling “womyn” is included because it is recognised by Merriam-Webster as a ...