Word Of The Year 2025 Merriam Webster List. It also highlighted nine others that the dictionary publisher said “stood out” in search volume on its website this year:. What is the 2025 word of the year?

As our team reviewed the words that stood out in 2025, these words also made an impact and our shortlist. Polarization, most commonly used to mean causing strong disagreement between opposing factions or groupings, captured the mood of.