• A Nation puzzle solver’s blog where you can ask for and offer hints.] One of the things that crossword constructors often ponder is what’s called “word count”—the total number of words, across or ...

Staying under the prescribed word count can be a challenging task. For example, if you are writing a 500-word marketing pitch in Google Docs (you're probably using your sleek new Chromebook), the ...

For some, writing comes easy. It may feel like mere seconds for words to start flying off the page as the final word count nears thousands. For others, it may take several painstaking hours to muster ...