Five Hard Words Play today

Tier two of five

How to spell newsstand

What it means

a stall selling papers

How it sounds

/ˈnuˌzstænd/

Why it catches people out

News plus stand, and both s's survive the join.

The spellings people reach for

In a sentence

The newsstand opened before dawn.

First appeared in

Puzzle #93 — October 25, 2026