Merriam-Webster

Dictionary and Thesaurus Data

Merriam-Webster publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Dictionaries and Public APIs.

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5.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

1 APIs

DictionariesPublic APIs

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

Composite quality — 5.7/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.7 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Merriam-Webster

Dictionary and Thesaurus Data

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Merriam Webster Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Merriam Webster Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

PublicAPIsListing

PublicAPIsListing

Source (apis.yml)

aid: merriam-webster
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/merriam-webster.png
name: Merriam-Webster
description: Dictionary and Thesaurus Data
url: https://dictionaryapi.com/
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-28'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Dictionaries
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
tags:
- Dictionaries
- Public APIs
apis:
- name: Merriam-Webster
  description: Dictionary and Thesaurus Data
  humanURL: https://dictionaryapi.com/
  baseURL: https://dictionaryapi.com/
  tags:
  - Dictionaries
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dictionaryapi.com/
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/merriam-webster-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/merriam-webster-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://dictionaryapi.com/
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com