• 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 ...

If you’re working on a piece in Google Docs, you may need a word count to check just how long it is (or needs to be). Google Docs doesn’t make this obvious — there’s no native word counter or quick ...

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 ...