Cambridge Dictionary announced ‘Homer’ as Word of the Year 2022

The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2022 as “homer”, saying that it was inspired by the global word game sensation, Wordle.

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The word ”homer” was searched for nearly 75,000 times during the first week of May 2022, when it was an answer in the word game Wordle

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The word ”homer” was searcheIn the context of the game, ”homer” doesn’t refer to the Greek poet and author, or a character from Simpson, but refers to an informal American English word for a ‘home run’ in baseball.d for nearly 75,000 times during the first week of May 2022

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According to Cambridge, homer saw over 65,000 searches occurring in a single day on the dictionary website in 2022.

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Homer was the Wordle word of the day on May 5 this year, and this significant surge of searches occurred on that day.

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