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Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Hostel," which was published in The New Yorker in 2024.

Tree where birds sing, in "Dream a Little Dream of Me": eight letters.

Light twelve lanterns and give yourself a mop-top haircut if it seems like more of a cultural invasion.

Can you sort the items into the correct order?

The decision that rejected Donald Trump's attempts to rewrite the Constitution was much too close.

If anything, this term served to reinforce the dominance of the conservative majority, its willingness to overturn precedents, and the ideological chasm between the court's liberal and conservative wings.

With nearly fifty thousand people still missing, an improvised rescue operation comprising civilians, local firefighters, and foreign brigades is racing to sift through the wreckage.

Norway's hulking striker brought his country back to the World Cup for the first time in almost thirty years. How far can they go?

Mononymous folk musician who sang "Oh, Freedom" at the March on Washington: six letters.