Research shows that using games increases classroom participation, improves collaboration, and fosters social and emotional learning. These vocabulary games for home and the classroom for kids ages 4 ...

The rising popularity of Wordle, the latest online word game, challenges players to guess a five-letter word in six moves through a combination of guesswork, logic, and vocabulary skill. You begin ...

According to a lovely New York Times profile of Wordle creator and software engineer Josh Wardle (get it?), he devised the game as a gift for his partner Palak Shah, who loves word games and crossword ...

What’s got many pieces but makes up one whole? Is it a pizza? A pie? A person? A parade? Another word that starts with P, perhaps? Oh, right—a puzzle! You may have heard that puzzles and other fun ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Today, Slate is debuting Pears, a brand ...

In a WordsRated.com survey, 65% of US adults enjoy board games. What’s more, they benefit from a boost in serotonin, the neurotransmitter that improves mood and lessens anxiety. Half felt that board ...