Merriam-Webster'sWord of the Day Hyphenated

Apr 01

sham-bles

Apr 02

ethere-al

Apr 03

lam-baste

Apr 04

prax-is

Apr 05

metic-u-lous

Mar 01

in-vet-er-ate

Mar 02

prox-im-ity

Mar 03

con-nive

Mar 04

salu-bri-ous

Mar 05

lu-mi-nary

Mar 06

ad hominem

Mar 07

de-scry

Mar 08

Weltan-schau-ung

Mar 09

ger-mane

Mar 10

obei-sance

Mar 11

re-fur-bish

Mar 12

ul-te-ri-or

Mar 13

ca-coph-o-ny

Mar 14

em-u-late

Mar 15

hege-mo-ny

Mar 16

queru-lous

Mar 17

blarney

Mar 18

taw-dry

Mar 19

al-lege

Mar 20

flo-ra

Mar 21

scur-rilous

Mar 22

dra-goon

Mar 23

pedan-tic

Mar 24

megillah

Mar 25

gen-u-flect

Mar 26

kismet

Mar 27

aux-il-iary

Mar 28

flout

Mar 29

brag-gado-cio

Mar 30

hap-haz-ard

Mar 31

ex-pi-ate

Feb 01

damask

Feb 02

prog-nos-ti-cate

Feb 03

ac-quis-i-tive

Feb 04

zeit-ge-ber

Feb 05

gra-tu-itous

Feb 06

signet

Feb 07

ab-solve

Feb 08

fis-sile

Feb 09

MacGuf-fin

Feb 10

cal-lous

Feb 11

quirk

Feb 12

in-veigh

Feb 13

mal-adroit

Feb 14

Cu-pid

Feb 15

en-er-vate

Feb 16

tur-bid

Feb 17

rap-port

Feb 18

fathom

Feb 19

pres-ti-gious

Feb 20

but-tress

Feb 21

lam-poon

Feb 22

hag-gard

Feb 23

op-pro-bri-um

Feb 24

vo-ra-cious

Feb 25

cat-er-waul

Feb 26

ret-inue

Feb 27

translu-cent

Feb 28

jeop-ardy

Feb 29

de-mean

Jan 01

in-cip-i-ent

Jan 02

posse

Jan 03

dili-gent

Jan 04

skulk

Jan 05

ac-co-lade

Jan 06

cir-cum-spect

Jan 07

retronym

Jan 08

fer-ret

Jan 09

omi-nous

Jan 10

tenet

Jan 11

man-gle

Jan 12

Elysi-an

Jan 13

gar-goyle

Jan 14

cos-play

Jan 15

oneir-ic

Jan 16

bunkum

Jan 17

whinge

Jan 18

ax-iomatic

Jan 19

ha-rangue

Jan 20

kin-dred

Jan 21

con-flate

Jan 22

sar-casm

Jan 23

un-fet-tered

Jan 24

ca-pit-u-late

Jan 25

vi-va-cious

Jan 26

lex-i-cograph-er

Jan 27

docile

Jan 28

ne plus ul-tra

Jan 29

emote

Jan 30

baili-wick

Jan 31

quo-tidi-an

Dec 01

bi-fur-cate

Dec 02

hive mind

Dec 03

dex-ter-ous

Dec 04

av-oir-du-pois

Dec 05

smite

Dec 06

per-me-able

Dec 07

tinc-ture

Dec 08

in-tre-pid

Dec 09

con-va-lesce

Dec 10

foolscap

Dec 11

quixot-ic

Dec 12

men-tor

Dec 13

ex-hort

Dec 14

ge-ni-al

Dec 15

aplomb

Dec 16

delve

Dec 17

vis-cer-al

Dec 18

racon-teur

Dec 19

over-ween-ing

Dec 20

bowd-ler-ize

Dec 21

Kafkaesque

Dec 22

purview

Dec 23

nob-by

Dec 24

lu-mi-nar-ia

Dec 25

en-vis-age

Dec 26

chap-fall-en

Dec 27

sangfroid

Dec 28

ubiq-ui-tous

Dec 29

glower

Dec 30

ar-du-ous

Dec 31

fu-tu-rity

Nov 01

fulig-i-nous

Nov 02

ana-logue

Nov 03

parse

Nov 04

mael-strom

Nov 05

req-ui-site

Nov 06

ter-raform

Nov 07

cocka-mamie

Nov 08

mien

Nov 09

au-da-cious

Nov 10

suf-fuse

Nov 11

val-or-ous

Nov 12

bug-bear

Nov 13

grav-i-tate

Nov 14

ex-i-gent

Nov 15

chimera

Nov 16

woe-be-gone

Nov 17

hall-mark

Nov 18

dis-abuse

Nov 19

in-or-di-nate

Nov 20

lais-sez-faire

Nov 21

ransack

Nov 22

boil-er-plate

Nov 23

scrump-tious

Nov 24

neb-bish

Nov 25

ab-ne-gate

Nov 26

ol-fac-tory

Nov 27

cul-prit

Nov 28

kinetic

Nov 29

de-tritus

Nov 30

fe-lic-i-tous

Oct 01

echt

Oct 02

con-fec-tion

Oct 03

faze

Oct 04

splenetic

Oct 05

afi-ciona-do

Oct 06

de-mar-cate

Oct 07

por-ten-tous

Oct 08

ob-tain

Oct 09

junc-ture

Oct 10

berserk

Oct 11

vo-rac-ity

Oct 12

gullible

Oct 13

cir-cum-vent

Oct 14

fo-liage

Oct 15

hir-sute

Oct 16

acronym

Oct 17

mol-ly-cod-dle

Oct 18

om-nipotent

Oct 19

quin-tes-sence

Oct 20

du-bi-ous

Oct 21

in-cul-cate

Oct 22

be-hold-en

Oct 23

threshold

Oct 24

re-gale

Oct 25

ex-tra-ne-ous

Oct 26

cadre

Oct 27

shill

Oct 28

iras-ci-ble

Oct 29

pan-de-mo-ni-um

Oct 30

were-wolf

Oct 31

el-dritch

Sep 01

em-bar-go

Sep 02

co-pacetic

Sep 03

up-braid

Sep 04

gaunt-let

Sep 05

am-bigu-ous

Sep 06

parei-dolia

Sep 07

disin-gen-u-ous

Sep 08

re-dound

Sep 09

bell-wether

Sep 10

oro-tund

Sep 11

in-junc-tion

Sep 12

fal-li-ble

Sep 13

ab-stain

Sep 14

har-bin-ger

Sep 15

de-mure

Sep 16

mel-liflu-ous

Sep 17

shofar

Sep 18

zen-ith

Sep 19

pon-tif-i-cate

Sep 20

churlish

Sep 21

regimen

Sep 22

mes-mer-ize

Sep 23

tene-brous

Sep 24

li-on-ize

Sep 25

quorum

Sep 26

grok

Sep 27

nepo-tism

Sep 28

fer-vid

Sep 29

coax

Sep 30

palmy

Aug 01

perquisite

Aug 02

con-tigu-ous

Aug 03

in-car-cer-ate

Aug 04

gump-tion

Aug 05

ag-gran-dize

Aug 06

debonair

Aug 07

malaise

Aug 08

preen

Aug 09

ret-i-cent

Aug 10

en-comi-um

Aug 11

boy-cott

Aug 12

fun-gi-ble

Aug 13

trav-es-ty

Aug 14

asun-der

Aug 15

nex-us

Aug 16

chasten

Aug 17

volatile

Aug 18

inkling

Aug 19

slake

Aug 20

balmy

Aug 21

fris-son

Aug 22

lack-lus-ter

Aug 23

du-plic-ity

Aug 24

em-pir-i-cal

Aug 25

qui-escent

Aug 26

suf-frage

Aug 27

myr-i-ad

Aug 28

as-say

Aug 29

oxy-moron

Aug 30

caustic

Aug 31

pundit

Jul 01

whim-si-cal

Jul 02

prowess

Jul 03

em-bez-zle

Jul 04

gi-ran-dole

Jul 05

ab-scond

Jul 06

dog days

Jul 07

mit-i-gate

Jul 08

rec-ti-tude

Jul 09

thwart

Jul 10

bon vi-vant

Jul 11

lo-qua-cious

Jul 12

forte

Jul 13

out-landish

Jul 14

com-prise

Jul 15

sal-vo

Jul 16

co-gent

Jul 17

homily

Jul 18

glom

Jul 19

daunt-less

Jul 20

va-gary

Jul 21

ame-lio-rate

Jul 22

il-lus-tri-ous

Jul 23

corol-lary

Jul 24

evince

Jul 25

null

Jul 26

stoic

Jul 27

plain-tive

Jul 28

dis-avow

Jul 29

bul-ly pulpit

Jul 30

filch

Jul 31

an-cil-lary

Jun 01

gist

Jun 02

ob-sti-nate

Jun 03

meet-cute

Jun 04

con-cate-nate

Jun 05

yips

Jun 06

tren-chant

Jun 07

blan-d-ish-ment

Jun 08

eti-quette

Jun 09

sat-ur-n-ine

Jun 10

ad-vo-cate

Jun 11

re-dux

Jun 12

inch-meal

Jun 13

fruition

Jun 14

dis-sem-ble

Jun 15

vox pop-uli

Jun 16

peren-ni-al

Jun 17

mi-cro-cosm

Jun 18

rec-on-cile

Jun 19

in-domitable

Jun 20

nud-nik

Jun 21

as-suage

Jun 22

jaun-diced

Jun 23

hash-tag

Jun 24

sashay

Jun 25

lam-bent

Jun 26

con-sigliere

Jun 27

pun-gent

Jun 28

kludge

Jun 29

dyed-in-the-wool

Jun 30

fa-cil-i-tate

May 01

Beltane

May 02

plau-si-ble

May 03

im-por-tune

May 04

chival-ry

May 05

epony-mous

May 06

ful-crum

May 07

sa-ti-ate

May 08

deep-fake

May 09

unc-tu-ous

May 10

laden

May 11

af-ter-math

May 12

cor-dial

May 13

flo-res-cence

May 14

en-gen-der

May 15

maudlin

May 16

dis-ap-pro-ba-tion

May 17

rar-efied

May 18

zephyr

May 19

cen-sure

May 20

telegenic

May 21

gamut

May 22

of-fi-cious

May 23

bower

May 24

ad-um-brate

May 25

hob-by-horse

May 26

sapi-ent

May 27

in-ter-po-late

May 28

flave-do

May 29

sacro-sanct

May 30

neme-sis

May 31

en-thrall

Apr 01

shenani-gans

Apr 02

dé-marche

Apr 03

in-fan-tilize

Apr 04

be-lated

Apr 05

ger-ry-man-der

Apr 06

seder

Apr 07

equiv-o-cal

Apr 08

cir-cum-scribe

Apr 09

aus-pi-cious

Apr 10

foible

Apr 11

orac-u-lar

Apr 12

vicinity

Apr 13

Mac-Gyver

Apr 14

lack-adaisi-cal

Apr 15

con-trap-tion

Apr 16

pacify

Apr 17

hack-les

Apr 18

do-lor-ous

Apr 19

un-der-gird

Apr 20

for-ti-tude

Apr 21

wist-ful

Apr 22

be-guile

Apr 23

gravamen

Apr 24

rep-re-hen-si-ble

Apr 25

or-thography

Apr 26

carouse

Apr 27

vi-cis-si-tudes

Apr 28

ar-bore-al

Apr 29

ex-pe-d-ite

Apr 30

sinecure