Are you focusmaxxing today? Knowledgemaxxing? Maybe fibermaxxing? Dictionary.com has chosen “maxxing,” which can seemingly be attached as a suffix to any other English word, as its Word of the Year for 2026 .

Dictionary.com defines maxxing as “the practice of pursuing an activity to the fullest or optimizing a certain aspect of your life.” It’s not a lot different from older expressions such as taking it to the max, maxing out a credit card or feeling maxed out. Words like max, maximum and maximize have their roots in the Latin maximus — meaning “greatest” or “largest.”

But maxxing takes it to another level. The word has an additional x and can be tacked onto the back of seemingly any word. Dictionary.com said that two of the most common of these in 2026 have been looksmaxxing and tokenmaxxing.

Looksmaxxing — maximizing one’s physical appearance — was the most popular internet search term in 2026 for derivations of maxxing, according to Dictionary.com.…