An early example comes from Alex Wallace’s Sketches of Life and Character (1869): “All our readers doubtless know what a ‘gusset-house’ means — the end or front house in a line of ...

Think a bit about the different things “make up” can mean, for example. Yet no one would be accused of overusing the words “pick” or “make,” much less the word “up.” The key is how ...

Often, the same word appeared in different locations. For instance, the word “top” turned up in a spot with clothing words, as well as in an area related to numbers and measurements.

It has the words under and stand in the middle. Sometimes, people come across letter patterns in words that are pronounced the same way, for example, double E in heel or feel or kneel.