Wordnik Word List API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Wordnik Account Word List API
  description: 'Wordnik is the world''s biggest online English dictionary. The Wordnik API exposes

    word definitions (from five dictionaries), etymologies, real example sentences from

    millions of sources, audio pronunciations, related-word relationships, frequency data,

    hyphenation, phrases, scrabble scores, random words, reverse-dictionary lookup,

    word-of-the-day, and user word lists.'
  version: '4.0'
  contact:
    name: Wordnik API Team
    email: apiteam@wordnik.com
    url: https://developer.wordnik.com
  termsOfService: https://www.wordnik.com/about
  license:
    name: Wordnik Terms of Service
    url: https://www.wordnik.com/about
  x-providerName: wordnik.com
  x-apisguru-categories:
  - text
  x-logo:
    url: https://wordnik.com/img/logo-wordnik-home.png
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-29'
  x-origin:
  - format: openapi
    url: https://developer.wordnik.com/api-docs/swagger.json
    version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4
  description: Wordnik v4 production API
security:
- api_key: []
tags:
- name: Word List
  description: Read and write operations on an individual user word list.
paths:
  /wordList.json/{permalink}:
    get:
      operationId: getWordListByPermalink
      summary: Return A Word List By Permalink
      description: Returns the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
      tags:
      - Word List
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: permalink
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Permalink of the word list.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: auth_token
        in: header
        required: true
        description: A valid user auth token.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The WordList payload.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WordList'
    put:
      operationId: updateWordList
      summary: Update A Word List
      description: Updates the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
      tags:
      - Word List
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: permalink
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Permalink of the word list.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: auth_token
        in: header
        required: true
        description: A valid user auth token.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/WordList'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: WordList updated.
    delete:
      operationId: deleteWordList
      summary: Delete A Word List
      description: Deletes the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
      tags:
      - Word List
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: permalink
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Permalink of the word list.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: auth_token
        in: header
        required: true
        description: A valid user auth token.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: WordList deleted.
  /wordList.json/{permalink}/words:
    get:
      operationId: getWordListWords
      summary: Return Words In A Word List
      description: Returns the words contained in the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
      tags:
      - Word List
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: permalink
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Permalink of the word list.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: auth_token
        in: header
        required: true
        description: A valid user auth token.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sortBy
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Attribute to sort by.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - alpha
          - createDate
      - name: sortOrder
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Sort direction.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - asc
          - desc
      - name: skip
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Results to skip.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 0
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of WordListWord entries.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/WordListWord'
    post:
      operationId: addWordsToWordList
      summary: Add Words To A Word List
      description: Adds one or more words to the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
      tags:
      - Word List
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: permalink
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Permalink of the word list.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: auth_token
        in: header
        required: true
        description: A valid user auth token.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StringValue'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Words added to the WordList.
  /wordList.json/{permalink}/deleteWords:
    post:
      operationId: deleteWordsFromWordList
      summary: Delete Words From A Word List
      description: Removes one or more words from the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
      tags:
      - Word List
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      x-schema-source: sdk
      x-sdk-repo: https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-clients
      parameters:
      - name: permalink
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Permalink of the word list.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: auth_token
        in: header
        required: true
        description: A valid user auth token.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StringValue'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Words removed from the WordList.
components:
  schemas:
    WordListWord:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      properties:
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        numberCommentsOnWord:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        numberLists:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        userId:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        username:
          type: string
        word:
          type: string
    StringValue:
      type: object
      properties:
        word:
          type: string
    WordList:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      properties:
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        lastActivityAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        name:
          type: string
        numberWordsInList:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        permalink:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - PUBLIC
          - PRIVATE
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        userId:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        username:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: api_key
      in: query
      description: Wordnik issues per-account API keys; pass via the `api_key` query parameter on every request.
    auth_token:
      type: apiKey
      name: auth_token
      in: header
      description: User auth token returned by `/account.json/authenticate/{username}`; required for user-scoped account and word-list operations.
externalDocs:
  description: Wordnik Developer Documentation
  url: https://developer.wordnik.com