Today’s list of the day is “favorite five-letter words,” by user chained_bear. It includes gems like okapi, sprue, and shard.
Kebab
Today’s word of the day is kebab, short form of shish kebab (sometimes cabob), a dish consisting of pieces of seasoned meat and sometimes vegetables roasted on skewers and served with condiments.
Ersatz
Today’s word of the day is ersatz, which means “artificial” or “made an imitation or as a substitute, usually an inferior one.” It’s from German, in which it means “replacement,” and ultimately from ersetzen, meaning “to replace.”
Boxing
Today’s list of the day is made of boxing words like punch-drunk, flyweight, glass jaw, haymaker, and more.
Mythical creatures
Today’s list of the day is “mythical creatures,” which includes words like satyr, chiron, and minotaur.
Thropple
Today’s word of the day is thropple, an old word for windpipe or throat. A variant is thrapple. The verb form of thropple means to throttle or strangle. It might be related to the ancient throat-boll, which meant Adam’s apple.