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How to spell game

What it means: An activity or competition for enjoyment.

In a sentence: Let's play a fun game in the park! ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as gaim or gam.

Same family: games, gamer, gaming, gameplay, endgame. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “game” comes from Old English “gamen,” meaning joy, fun, or amusement. Over time, it developed several slang meanings, including the idea of one’s “game” as a particular skill, style, or line of work.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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