CARLSBAD, Calif. — One of the world's top crossword puzzle writers claims he has created a system to beat the word game Wordle. In this Zevely Zone, I went to Carlsbad to meet the King of Crosswords.

Why do magicians say “hey presto”? Well, as anyone who’s ever had piano lessons will likely know, presto means “quickly” in Italian, and so has long been used by conjurors to draw attention to some ...

If you ever stop and think about language, it’s actually kind of mind-blowing. Our ability to string words together and understand each other is nothing short of magical. So magical, in fact, that ...

Words are powerful things, particularly when we know how to wield them right. From the ancient “kismet” that signaled in-group belonging to the “Hey Google” of today, humanity has long understood that ...