Word Games
The green, yellow, and gray tiles of this daily online game became a viral sensation after it was acquired by The New York Times.
What is Wordle?
Slang for a messy, carefree persona, this lime-green title of Charli XCX's 2024 album defined the mood of that entire summer.
What is Brat?
In 1889, this Dutch post-impressionist painted The Starry Night through the window of his room at the Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
Boasting hits like "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," his 1982 masterpiece Thriller remains the highest-selling album in global music history.
Who was Michael Jackson?
Fittingly named for a phantom, this modern verb means to abruptly drop all contact with someone online or via text without warning.
What is ghost?
If you rearrange the letters of a data representation like a graph, you get this 5-letter word for a mechanism with teeth, like a ratchet.
What is ratch?
This block-building phenomenon officially celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2024 as the best-selling video game of all time.
What is Minecraft?
Melting pocket watches drape over a barren landscape in his iconic 1931 surrealist masterpiece, The Persistence of Memory.
Who is Salvador Dali?
This British powerhouse swept the Grammys with her smash album 21 in 2011, and followed it up years later with the chart-topping single "Hello."
Who is Adele?
Borrowed from the title character of an obsessive Eminem song, this term is now a standard dictionary word for an intense, unyielding fan.
Who is a stan?
Tied at 10 points each, these are the two highest-value individual letter tiles in standard English Scrabble.
What are Q and Z?
In late 2023, Forbes officially added this pop superstar to the billionaire list, largely driven by the historic economic revenue of her Eras Tour.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This Pop Art pioneer turned mass production into high art with his famous 1962 silk-screen series of Campbell's Soup Cans.
Who is Andy Warhol?
She changed how the music industry handles release schedules by dropping her self-titled visual album on iTunes completely unannounced in December 2013.
Who is Beyoncé?
Short for "charisma," this hyper-popular piece of internet slang for romantic charm was crowned Word of the Year by Oxford in 2023.
What is rizz?
In a "Rhyme Time" category, this would be the 2-word answer for a piece of headwear belonging to a domestic feline.
What is a cat hat?
The devastating "Dance of the Dragons" civil war officially began when Season 2 of this HBO prequel series premiered in mid-2024.
What is House of The Dragon?
This Mexican painter channeled her experiences with chronic pain, identity, and indigenous culture into striking, raw self-portraits.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
Armed with an astonishing four-octave vocal range, he commanded global stages as the legendary frontman of the rock band Queen.
Who was Freddie Mercury?
To show off or flaunt your wealth, status, or athletic build is to perform this muscular-sounding action.
What is flex?
A 20-sided letter die and a mechanical timer govern this classic pen-and-paper game where players rush to list unique nouns in specific categories.
What is Scattergories?
This visionary French-Canadian filmmaker received widespread critical acclaim for directing the epic sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Two.
Who is Denis Villeneuve?
Though he spent 1508 to 1512 painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, this Renaissance master famously wrote in letters that he was actually a sculptor.
Who is Michelangelo?
With over 300 million records sold, the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes this "Material Girl" as the best-selling female artist ever.
Who is Madonna?
This phrase, or the one-word slang "real," is widely used online to confirm that a statement makes total sense or aligns perfectly with the facts.
What is "that tracks"?