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Merriam-webster.com- The best of online lexical fun!

Merriam-webster.com is an online encyclopedia to find the best collection of crosswords, word puzzles, word games, dictionaries and a lot more. Owned and managed by Merriam-Webster Inc, the online version of Merriam-Webster is a product of collaboration between the talented teams at the different teams at Merriam-Webster. The site offers premium services like an unabridged dictionary, collegiate dictionary and Britannica. The exclusive services of this site are much preferred by linguists and lexicographers all over the world.

The about us page of the site lists the names of the masterminds behind each of the sections offered on the site. The site content is created and managed by the electronic product development team. A wealth of information is opened up in front of the users entering this site. You can have fun with words to your heart's content, play word games, solving word puzzles and quizzes and also get to know curious facts from the encyclopedia Britannica.

The daily scoop of features provided by the site includes; daily cross word, word game, daily buzzword, learner's word of the day and daily podcast. These daily features are on top of the home page. Another panel given in blue features sections like, unabridged, collegiate and learner's dictionary along with word central for kids and encyclopedia Britannica. Users can also get help from the Merriam-Webster online search box by selecting a reference from any one of the dictionary, thesaurus, the Spanish-English thesaurus or the Medical thesaurus according to your search preference.

The open dictionary section updates users on some new word on a daily basis. Users are also free to submit new words and contribute towards the content of the site. You can also sign up with the site for the word of the day. The latest scoop can be had from the get the latest option. The homepage also features a short and brief introduction as to what is contained in each of these sections.

The latest search option from the site is the Merriam-Webster's medical dictionary with more than 59,000 fully searchable entries. This exclusive medical reference tool with several medical terminologies has become an indispensable companion of medical professionals, students and scores of other who are on the look out for a reliable medical reference guide. The word sweep is an award winning game preferred by parents, teachers as well as kids. This word game ha won the parents' and teachers' choice award and a coveted approval from the national centre for parenting. There are many other equally absorbing options like take our word please, brain surgery etc.

Explore this site for an extra dose of lexical fun! You are sure going to love it!

Vidya Venugopal.N

Hi-Tech Editorial Division