Word #66: Intransigent

It's the last day of the year! What are you going to do to celebrate? Don't forget to set some goals for the new year!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/31_INTRANSIGENT.php

Word #65: Verdant

Now that we're quite well into winter, it sure is easy to miss summer! Here's one of those things that's easy to miss.

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/30_VERDANT.php 

Word #64: Chimerical

Celebrate Tick Tock Day with today's word: CHIMERICAL

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/29_CHIMERICAL.php 

Word #63: Expatiate

Already so close to the end of the year? Time to EXPATIATE!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/28_EXPATIATE.php 

Word #62: Parsimonious

With Christmas over, it's time to be PARSIMONIOUS!  

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/27_PARSIMONIOUS.php 

Word #61: Munificent

Here's hoping you had a wonderful Christmas! Hope you got some great things to enjoy, but more importantly, that you gave someone something special. Gifts are funny things; when it's all said and done, the price doesn't matter, it's what it means to them that does.

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/26_MUNIFICENT.php 

Word #60: Sedulous

Today is Christmas! Let's have some fun with some Christmas song lyrics, shall we?

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/25_SEDULOUS.php 

Word #59: Acta

It's Christmas Eve!!! Seriously!! That means it's almost Christmas! Like, really really close! Today's word is all about one of Santa's most important things.

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/24_ACTA.php 

Word #58: Impuissant

It's almost Christmas, but today is Festivus! Did you know it was actually celebrated by one of the Seinfeld's (the show, that is) writers long before the show made it popular? 

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/23_IMPUISSANT.php 

Word #57: Specious

It's almost Christmas time... Do you have everything decorated? Even just some paper with some candy canes or ornaments colored on them would do; it's the spirit, not the money, that counts! 

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/22_SPECIOUS.php 

Word #56: Lucifugous

It's the winter solstice today, a day that comes about only one time a year (shhh, yes I know every day is only once a year hush!).

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/21_LUCIFUGOUS.php 

Word #55: Solidarity

Today is International Human Solidarity Day, a day to remind us how important SOLIDARITY is! But wait, what the heck is SOLIDARITY anyway? 

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/20_SOLIDARITY.php 

Word #54: Klatsch

Christmas time is a time when people love to get together: families, friends, even people we don't really want to be around any more than we have to be... Today's question is about the last group, enjoy the question more than you'd enjoy hanging out with them! 

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/19_KLATSCH.php

Word #53: Fastidious

... And here is another shopping-related question, for those FASTIDIOUS folk... 

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/18_FASTIDIOUS.php

Word #52: Logorrhea

Do you know someone who suffers from logorrhea? Oh, I'll bet you do... But the odd thing is that it's generally the people around them that suffer the most!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/17_LOGORRHEA.php 

Word #51: Infracaninophile

What a heck of a word, huh? It's actually 3 pieces, though... Infra-canine-phile. You can do this! Trust me, if the Announcer can say it, so can you :)

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/16_INFRACANINOPHILE.php

Word #50: Eructating

December 14th is the day that Nostradamus was born. With so many crazy end-of-the-world predictions (albeit perhaps more because of those "interpreting" what he wrote than the man himself), we figured we'd come up with a few of our own... And don't worry, death by laughter isn't one of them, so enjoy!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/14_ERUCTATING.php

Word #49: Jocund

Today is Kung Fu Panda 2's release on DVD! WOOHOO! Celebrate with a word that Po would be proud of!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/13_JOCUND.php

Word #48: Catchpenny

We at the Critterverse have come up with a new game, want to play? Play today's word to find out how!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/12_CATCHPENNY.php

Word #47: Gregarious

With all the holidays and celebrations and parties this time of year, we just figured it'd be a good time to help you out with your party planning. Now you'll know who to invite!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/11_GREGARIOUS.php

Word #46: Apogee

International Shareware Day is today! Apogee Software and id Software were two of the major game developers during shareware's heyday... And since the id is a more well-known word, today focuses on APOGEE! Anyone old enough to remember Shareware?

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/10_APOGEE.php

Word #45: Abecedarian

Yep, that's right, the word is "abecedarian" and is pronounced like "a-b-c-darian!" It absolutely has to be one of the most fun words in the entire English language, particularly of the words that are never used.

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/09_ABECEDARIAN.php

Word #44: Yegg

It sounds like egg, yes, and we're nowhere near Easter I know... But just play it already! And leggo my YEGG-o!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/08_YEGG.php

Word #43: Foofaraw

Ah, December... A time of many things; one of the most common being today's word! You should have no trouble using it around this time of year...

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/07_FOOFARAW.php

Word #42: Eleemosynary

Today is Saint Nicholas Day, the saint that Santa Claus is largely based upon. They're both very ELEEMOSYNARY people. To see what they have in common, you'll have to play today's word!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/06_ELEEMOSYNARY.php

Word #41: Darkle

Well well, Annual Day of the Ninja has snuck up on us, and we'll celebrate with the word DARKLE! While it sounds like the cutesy, innocent "sparkle," darkle is much more sinister... Play to find out what it means!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/05_DARKLE.php

Day #40: Dice

It's national dice day, so today's word... Dice! You can definitely do this one!

Plus, at 10pm eastern time tonight I'll be drawing a winner, so get your stories in as quick as you can! Any of the November words will work :)

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/04_DICE.php

Day #39: Autoschediastical

Here is a fun word for you today! Consider it a challenge using it in your day... 7 syllables!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/03_AUTOSCHEDIASTICAL.php

Day #38: Nonplussed

Make sure you have your volume up today, you'll get to hear some fantastic voicing! Set your face to laughter!


http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/02_NONPLUSSED.php

Day #37: Cognizance

Cognizance is a very important word, and an even more important concept! December is a month to celebrate and remember it, by the way, so celebrate by playing. You can even use the word today to let other people know how important it is, how easy is that?


http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/12/01_COGNIZANCE.php

Day #36: Hale

Today is an absolutely awesome holiday that more people need to celebrate. You'll have to play today's word to figure out which one I'm talking about!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/30_HALE.php

Also remember, only four more days (including today!) until a winner is chosen! Get your entries in now!

Day #35: Vestiary

Over 100 years ago, on this day, C.S. Lewis was born! Here's a great word to celebrate it!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/29_VESTIARY.php

Day #34: Gimcrack

It's cyber monday! Practice your F5 skills and get yourself some gimcracks!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/28_GIMCRACK.php

Day #33: Foetoscope

Did you know that the day after Thanksgiving is also the National Day of Listening? If you happened to have a foetoscope lying around, there's something pretty cool you could listen to! What is it, you ask? You'll have to play to find out!

Plus, this is just a fun one to say! Foetoscope! If I made the pronunciation key, this one would be "feet-o-scope!"

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/27_FOETOSCOPE.php

Day #32: Promethean

Ah, Small Business Saturday, now if there's going to be a holiday based around shopping, this is the one I'm behind! Stand up for your local businesses, support some great people and get some awesome stuff all at the same time by learning today's word. You can tell the people working there about how promethean they are!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/26_PROMETHEAN.php

Day #31: Demotic

So, did you have a good Thanksgiving? Did you celebrate your unique talent(s)? Well, if one of your unique talents is being able to survive gigantic crowds, pushy people and a gauntlet of chaos then Black Friday is the day for you! Here's a new word to help you celebrate it!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/25_DEMOTIC.php

Day #30: Gormandizing

I'm just gonna send this one quickly, no wit today, I wanna go eat turkey! We famous announcers eat a lot on Thanksgiving too!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/24_GORMANDIZING.php

Days #28 (Brumal) and #29 (Xenophobia)

It's Doctor Who Day today! No better way to celebrate than to play today's word, and you know it!


http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/23_XENOPHOBIA.php

And as for yesterday (Day #28)... Definitely a very fitting word for this time of year!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/22_BRUMAL.php

Day #27: Ameliorate

Today is World Hello Day! Saying hello to someone does a lot of good for everyone - it makes you a more confident, outgoing person and it brightens up someone's day! Imagine if everyone you bumped into or came across greeted you, you'd feel special! Make everyone feel special today and every day!


http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/21_AMELIORATE.php

Day #26: Neologisms

This is our tribute to NaNoWriMo!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/20_NEOLOGISMS.php

Day #25: Ordure

And here is another easily misheard word that you can sound extra smart for using; just laugh and remind them that they're wrong and their vocabulary needs to be increased! It is ALSO a holiday today though, so you get two for the price of one today!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/19_ORDURE.php

Day #24: Morton's Fork

Okay, so today's "word" is kind of cheating, since it's a "phrase of the day" instead, but trust me it's worth it!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/18_MORTONSFORK.php

Day #23: Ennui

Is your day filled with ennui? If you don't know what it means, or you do know what it means and your day IS filled with ennui, come play today's word to learn what it is, and to help fight off that dreadful ennui...

And if your day isn't filled with it, keep battling it off by playing ;)

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/17_ENNUI.php

Day #22: Genethliac

A very happy birthday to Angelique Drummond, co-developer of MDW (often doing writing and always supportive!) Today's word is for her: http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/16_GENETHLIAC.php

Day #21: Osculate

A great synonym today, and also a great way to trick people into trying to correct you with what you're saying!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/15_OSCULATE.php

Day #20: Extemporize

Today's word is not only a great word anyway, it's also a little bit of a look behind the scenes!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/14_EXTEMPORIZE.php

Day #19: Choler

Today is yet another awesome holiday? Oh, but it's a secret until the game is over, huh? Okay then, I guess you'll have to play it to find out, and to learn today's word!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/13_CHOLER.php

Day #18: Bonhomous

Be bonhomous today with today's word, bonhomous! The best way to get the world happier and friendlier is to be friendlier and happier yourself! Learn today's word to find out how.

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/12_BONHOMOUS.php

Day #17: Armistice

Happy Veterans Day! Celebrate our Armed Forces, current and previous, with today's word:

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/11_ARMISTICE.php

Day #16: Philomath

I know, I know, any word that has "math" in it may sound scary, but this one is awesome! Plus, here's a bonus reason to listen: hear me try to pull off a Dr. Doofenshmirtz accent from Phineas and Ferb!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/10_PHILOMATH.php

Day #15: Pedagogue

Some of you may actually be seeing a pedagogue today, so it'll be super easy to use it today! In fact, I bet if you call them a pedagogue it'll impress them! Give today's word a play, then let me know later how you used it :)

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/09_PEDAGOGUE.php

Days #13 (Otiose) and #14 (Pungent)

Oops... Forgot to post yesterday's word here. I got it on Facebook but forgot to do anything else with it! So here are both; and since I forgot, you can even make up a story for yesterday's word (otiose) on how you would use it, then submit that!

Day #13: http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/07_OTIOSE.php

Day #14: http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/08_PUNGENT.php

Day #12: Ratiocinator

Captain's log, stardate 11-6-11. I... have found... a very huge word... and I... don't know what it means! It appears I... must... play some hilarious game... to figure it out! Bones, can you help?


Dang it, Jim, I'm a doctor not a linguist! Just play the game!


http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/06_RATIOCINATOR.php

Day #11: Quincunx

A new one here for people who play any sort of game involving dice rolling... Board gamers and RPG lovers I'm looking at you!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/05_QUINCUNX.php

Day #10: Tyro

Try-o this word out: Tyro!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/04_TYRO.php

Day #9: Bromide

Even negative traits can be sold with the proper wording... Don't be such a bromide, play today's word! http://bit.ly/sEBf9D

Day #8: Edacious

Happy Cookie Monster Day everyone! Today's word definitely celebrates the blue monster, enjoy!

bit.ly/uVFFe7

Day #7: Carfax

The commercials are pretty popular, "show me the carfax." But carfax meant something long before the vehicle report came about... What did it mean before?

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/11/01_CARFAX.php

Day #6: Hallow

Happy HALLOWeen! Halloween is also known as "All Hallows Eve", but what does HALLOW actually mean? You'll find out soon :)

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/10/31.php

Day #5: Horripilate

Did you know there's a Haunted Refrigerator Day? I guess after the other 364.25 days of the year being a slave to keeping your food cool/frozen, it gets one day of revenge a year... Sounds fair to me!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/10/30.php

Word #4: Sanguinary

Only a couple days left until Halloween, and today's word is once again very closely related to it! How? Play to find out!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/10/29.php

Word #3: Amalgam

Halloween is just around the corner, but did you know there's another holiday today that celebrates one monster in particular? You'll have to play today's word to find out which one!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/10/28.php

Word #2: Confrere

Today is Cranky Confrere Day! Don't know what that means? You'll have to play to find out! http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/10/27.php

First Word and a Big Surprise!

Hello everyone!

We have just launched the Word a Day, and the first word is right here! http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/2011/10/26.php

Don't forget to come back and submit your story!

Also, as a big, huge surprise, Million Dollar Words: Halloween Edition is live now too!! Check it out on Newgrounds: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/582352

Halloween Edition had some issues, so severe that it caused The Announcer to pass out in nervousness, so I will pass on his words later on :)

The Days Begin Tomorrow!

Well hello! The Announcer asked me to pass on a message for him, but he isn't so great at all this technology stuff. He says that maybe if his name was The Computerguy he might have better luck... Anyway, here's the message:

Hey everyone!

The first word of the day will be up tomorrow! Can you contain your excitement? I sure can't! My grandpa, host of the super-popular The Cost is Accurate, is looking forward to it too! Are you? Join the newsletter to know exactly when it's posted!

Here's a link, and not only will you find out when tomorrow's word is posted (and get a link directly to it), you'll also find out when every word is put out, PLUS you'll get a reminder in the evening to submit your story!

http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/joinnewsletter.php

Website Launched, Games Soon!

Greetings, salutations and other multisyllabic terms of welcome! The website has now launched, and so has this blog actually! Check us out EVERYWHERE!

Website: http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/index.php

Blogger: RIGHT HERE!

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/mdwdaily

Join the Newsletter for Emails: http://www.thecritterverse.com/milliondollarwords/daily/joinnewsletter.php

PLUS, we'll be releasing the Halloween Edition next week, AND kicking off the daily edition next week as well!