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Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler tool sorts English words by birth year

Enter your birth year to find your linguistic companions, whether that's twerking, cornhole, or words dating back before the 12th century.

Grant St. Clair
Aug 17, 2026
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Merriam-Webster Time Traveler tool — Image: EQRoy / shutterstock.com
Merriam-Webster Time Traveler tool — Image: EQRoy / shutterstock.com

Just today, I became a time traveler. Unfortunately, you'll need to put aside the images of a humble writer running from dinosaurs or flirting with Cleopatra running through your head right now, but the reality is still pretty cool. What I mean is that I checked out Merriam-Webster's "t…

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