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Dent was educated at the Marist Convent in Ascot, an independent Roman Catholic day school. She went on to Somerville College, Oxford for her B.A. in modern languages, then to Princeton University for her master's degree in German. Dent is serves as the resident lexicographer and adjudicator for the letters rounds on long-running British game show Countdown. At the time she began work on Countdown in 1992, she had just started working for the Oxford University Press on producing English dictionaries, having previously worked on bilingual dictionaries.
2026
To Boost Every Day of the Year
2025
2024
100 Words for Joy and Hope from Britain’s Most-Loved Word Expert
2023
From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings
2023
Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder
2022
Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
2021
The Secret Languages of Britain
2016
2013
101 Questions about the English Language
2009
From Cockney to Geordie
2008
2008
English on the move, 2000-2007
2007
The Language Report
2005
The Language Report
2004
2003
