Eve Washington Josh Katz and Tom Giratikanon

“Quit” is easy, but being a word scholar is hard.

A European stroll might have helped you find this week’s hardest word.

Some are so tough that you probably shouldn’t stew over them.

This week’s toughest challenge may have been a little bombastic.

A lot of players had nonanswers for this week’s toughest word.

Don’t be distracted by shiny objects. It seems like good advice, but one was the answer to the toughest challenge this week.

If you’re not one for big hullabaloos, you might have missed this week’s toughest word.

A certain monomania, the No. 2 word in this week’s list, can help get you to the top in this game.

This week featured the toughest word since this feature started in April.

The cream rose in finding this week’s most challenging word.