HTML & CSS · Senior · Question 57 of 75

What does `hyphens: auto` need to work correctly?

✓Correct answer: A correct lang attribute, because hyphenation rules are language-specific
2A hyphenation dictionary loaded with JavaScript
3word-break: break-all

Explanation

It helps narrow columns in languages with long words (German, Ukrainian). overflow-wrap: anywhere is the fallback for strings like URLs.

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