New York Times Releases List of Most Looked-up Words
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The New York Times released a list of the 50 most frequently looked-up words on NYTimes.com so far this year. You can see the top ten most looked-up words below.
The list of the most 50 looked-up words can be found here in a PDF file from the NYT Web Analytics Group.
| Rank | Word | Reader Lookups |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | inchoate | 8,172 |
| 2 | profligacy | 6,675 |
| 3 | sui generis | 5,675 |
| 4 | austerity | 5,517 |
| 5 | profligate | 4,776 |
| 6 | baldenfreude | 4,734 |
| 7 | opprobrium | 4,627 |
| 8 | apostates | 4,553 |
| 9 | solipsistic | 4,329 |
| 10 | obduracy | 4,288 |
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