more searches

Wordie lets you make lists of words and phrases. Words you love, words you hate, words on a given topic, whatever. Lists are visible to everyone but can be added to by just you, a group of friends, or anyone, as you wish.

Then, if you're feeling social, join the discussion. Wordies are friendly! Add citations and comments to words and lists. See who else has listed the same words. Try checking out a random word.

Subscribe to Errata, the Wordie blog via RSS or Twitter for announcements and the latest lexicographical dish. Suggestions? Chime in on features or bugs. To get started create your free account.

Recent Words (feed)

melilot (5)
acumen (49)
elucidate (45)
staccato (28)
paradigm (91)
hoist (11)
cacophony (157)
charged (2)
fairy (26)
ochre (52)
apricate (10)
lien (6)
fatidic (8)
discovery (11)
decree (5)
covenant (22)
coroner (7)
deemed (3)
apricate (10)
sthenic (2)
bigamy (3)
agency (7)
firmament (38)
ochre (52)
qantas (1)
marry (2)
griddle (4)
ichor (27)
innards (6)
apogee (57)
bewarey (2)
bewarey (2)
awarey (1)
sheer (28)
mimosa (13)
jiffy (6)
second (7)
truti (1)
nimesha (1)
blink (19)
breath (21)
flash (17)
instant (7)
snippet (8)

Recent Comments & Citations (feed)

Past comments
on imprudent, rolig said:
"Surely one can be imprudent without being rude. Perhaps you are thinking of impudent?" more...
on melilot, rolig said:
"Genus: Melilotus
also called sweet clover" more...
on the list Panvocalics, whichbe said:
"I'd imagine that long ago you've gone to www.onelook.com and typed in the various wildcard variants like *a*e*i*o*u* eh?" more...
"1654 GAYTON Pleas. Notes IV. xxv. 286 He is upon his second hoyst into the Cart." more...
"The sideshow carnie's and snake-oil salesman's call. Also, a great song sung by Tom Waits." more...
on imprudent, oroboros said:
"impRUDEnt" more...
on charged, oroboros said:
"ChARgeD" more...
on fairy, oroboros said:
"FAirY" more...
"A kind of absent-minded ostrich." more...
"Cousin to Krazy Kat." more...
"Cousin to Krazy Kat." more...
"A hobo insect." more...
on don kiyote, oroboros said:
"A dignified and aristocratic Mexican coyote"." more...
on mock duck, oroboros said:
"A clairvoyant fowl of Chinese descent who resembles a coolie and operates a cleaning establishment"." more...
on joe stork, oroboros said:
"Purveyor of progeny to prince and proletarian" more...
on gardyloo, reesetee said:
"I have a friend who uses this word a lot. But not while throwing slops from the window into the street--mostly when tossing laundry downstairs from the second floor. :-)" more...
on twayblade, reesetee said:
"What a delightful word. :-)" more...
on simalucrum, reesetee said:
"I think the entry is misspelled, whichbe. :-)" more...
on grangerize, reesetee said:
"A hazard of rare book collecting." more...
on apricate, reesetee said:
"Suddenly I have a new appreciation for aprication. Does it make you resemble an apricot?" more...
"I've contacted my Writing Systems professor with reference to this -- if he gets back to me, I'll get back to you." more...
"I think you were on sabbatical when uselessness set up this page, c_b. :-)" more...
on farkles, reesetee said:
"Or maybe that star in the eye of Davy Jones when he spotted a particularly handsome woman." more...
"Galileo Galilei" more...
"I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the fandango -
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me -
Galileo, Galileo,
Galileo Galileo
Galileo figaro - magnifico.
--Queen, 1975, Bohemian Rhapsody" more...
"A genus of hydroids. Also Czech for silhouette." more...
on femtosecond, bilby said:
"*yawn*" more...
"...the rising wave has its immense refluxional current, represented by the Russian Empire...
--Stephen Pearl Andrews, The Basic Outline of Universology, p. 321" more...
on marry, mollusque said:
"To marry well is half of life.
--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1968, The First Circle" more...
"Variant of cattywampus." more...
on the list Panvocalics, mollusque said:
"Thanks, whichbe! And for helluation, which I found on Injesterly yesterday." more...
on mong, mollusque said:
"Of the verb OED2 says: "To barter, trade in, exchange; (now chiefly) to spread or trade (gossip, rumours, etc.)." more...
"Words for sale! Hot off the griddle!" more...
"LanguageHat has an article today showing that this language 'which the rulers and Princes used when they wished to converse in secret, and of which no more than a few words have been discovered' appears in pre-Dune literature." more...
on jackelope, mollusque said:
"Variant of jackalope." more...
"Oh dear, what can I do?
Baby's in black and I'm feeling blue,
Tell me, oh what can I do?

Baby's In Black." more...
"In semiotics and postmodern philosophy, the term hyperreality characterizes the inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures. Hyperreality is a means to characterise the way consciousness defines what is actually "real" in a world where a..." more...
"...or be sorry.
I.e., to watch where one treads or consider at length and breadth possible conSequences of actions." more...
"SpamMmmmalicious!

n. That curious matter that makes all ultra~processed meat~type food products both palatable, & maximizes the manufacturer's profits... Waste not, want not!" more...
"you know, that thing called consciousness." more...
on trampolice, whichbe said:
"I heard this P.S.A. whilst surfing online college radio stations today at work, it features "police" whose job it is to stop kids from jumping on unsafe trampolines. After a quick online hunt, I found this URL, but unfortuntely (or fortunately if you value your sanity) it only works with a Real Audio plugin, which I..." more...
on dreamachine, whichbe said:
"A stroboscopic flicker device that produces visual stimuli. More information is here." more...
on zeptosecond, whichbe said:
"0,000 000 000 000 000 000 001 of a second ("zs")" more...
on attosecond, whichbe said:
"0,000 000 000 000 000 001 of a second ("as")" more...
on femtosecond, whichbe said:
"0,000 000 000 000 001 of a second ("fs")." more...
on picosecond, whichbe said:
"0,000 000 000 001 trillionth of a second ("ps"). Also known as a pikosecond." more...
on nanosecond, whichbe said:
"0,000 000 001 billionth of a second ("ns")" more...
on microsecond, whichbe said:
"0,000 001 millionth of a second (" µs")" more...
on millisecond, whichbe said:
"0,001 thousandth of a second ("ms")" more...
on centisecond, whichbe said:
"0.01 hundredth of a second ("cs")." more...
Past comments

Total Words: 404,509

Unique Words: 143,874

Citations: 73,029

Word Lists: 13,298

Wordies: 7,377

Most Citations, Past 7 Days
Check out the all-time top 100
wordie (past 7 days/total)
whichbe (929/1243)
bilby (110/3712)
yarb (100/1650)
gangerh (96/1385)
oroboros (80/2796)
reesetee (75/10615)
dontcry (74/364)
chained_bear (63/6345)
fbharjo (56/591)
Wordiest Wordies, Past 7 Days
Check out the all-time 100 Wordiest
wordie (past 7 days/total)
whichbe (1390/5313)
dandy (297/297)
MissAnthropist (268/268)
mollusque (190/8669)
chained_bear (135/8069)
GPaX (106/106)
gangerh (92/2917)
oroboros (86/3680)
fbharjo (77/6201)
bilby (76/5095)
Most Wordied, Past 7 Days
Check out the all-time Wordie Hot 100!
banana (3)
blague (3)
ichor (2)
stingo (2)
kalpak (2)
mahler (2)
kloof (2)
fantod (2)
thrawn (2)
set (2)
simony (2)
qualms (2)
impel (2)
tripe (2)
acumen (2)
axilla (2)
jejune (2)
banter (2)
slake (2)
Recent Open Lists
See all open lists
archaic words (0 words)
Stuffie: Monging (13 words)
chekcoin's list (0 words)
clot (4 words)
Amos.Oz's list (2 words)
magus's list (11 words)
Ulysses (1 word)
AdjectiVes (11 words)
Recent Word Lists
Check out the last 500 lists
archaic words (0 words)
blippet (23 words)
super-fishy (9 words)
androgue (1 word)
eyefulgent (3 words)
metaflip (15 words)
unitegration (16 words)
Melphis's list (12 words)
Stuffie: Monging (13 words)
menagerie (2 words)
turn ons (11 words)
badxmaru's list (0 words)
© MURAKAMI (3 words)
chekcoin's list (0 words)
Nice (1 word)
Recent Wordies
Check out the last 100 Wordies
Zappa (0 words)
autoinsurance (0 words)
Melphis (12 words)
Soliloquial (20 words)
badxmaru (11 words)
Helga (0 words)
MissAnthropist (268 words)
chekcoin (0 words)
pradeepraos (0 words)
Umbell (0 words)
downloadmusic (0 words)
Amos.Oz (2 words)
asiansex (0 words)
Fander (0 words)
magus (11 words)
rytorres (3 words)
kdiverson (1 word)
ADoneill (0 words)
Gtra (3 words)
ggnagarwal (1 word)
digamber.tawde (2 words)
Billy (0 words)
galoot (0 words)
animesex (0 words)