Reader's Digest Word Power Is Brain Power: More Than 100 Quick Quizzes and Fun Facts

by Reader's Digest Association (Editor)

A collection of Word Power quizzes and other fun language and grammar facts that will appeal to word nerds, knowledge hunters, and students of all ages.



Want to sound smarter in business meetings? Finally beat your brainy uncle at Word Cookies? Ace that standardized test?

Whatever your reasons for wanting to improve your vocabulary, you won’t find a funner way of doing so than Word Power (and yes, “funner” is really a word!).

For instance, do you know what these words


And do you know where to place your apostophers, when it's okay to start a sentence with “But,” and which one word, repeated eight times, makes a complete sentence?

Word Power will answer all these questions and much more for hours of language fun for word nerds and grammar gurus.



[Answers to the quiz 1) B; 2) A; 3) C.]

216 pages, Hardcover

Published March 22, 2022

About the author

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.