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Wordnik

Wordnik is the largest online English dictionary by number of words. Its v4 REST API exposes definitions from five dictionaries, etymologies, real example sentences from millions of sources, audio pronunciations, related-word relationships, frequency over time, hyphenation, bi-gram phrases, scrabble scores, random words, reverse-dictionary lookup, word-of-the-day, and authenticated user word lists.

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Wordnik

The v4 Wordnik API exposes single-word lookups (definitions, etymologies, examples, pronunciations, related words, frequency, hyphenation, phrases, scrabble score, audio), cross...

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Pricing Plans

Wordnik Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits

Wordnik Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps

Wordnik Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies

Wordnik Context

37 classes · 116 properties

JSON-LD

API Governance Rules

Wordnik API Rules

45 rules · 9 errors 30 warnings 6 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Structure

Wordnik Api Token Status Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Audio File Structure

14 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Audio Type Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Authentication Token Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Bigram Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Category Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Citation Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Content Provider Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Definition Search Results Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Definition Structure

16 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Example Search Results Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Example Structure

12 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Example Usage Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Facet Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Facet Value Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Frequency Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Frequency Summary Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Label Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Note Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Part Of Speech Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Related Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Root Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Scored Word Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Scrabble Score Result Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Sentence Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Simple Definition Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Simple Example Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik String Value Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Syllable Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Text Pron Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik User Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Word List Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Word List Word Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Word Object Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Word Of The Day Structure

12 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Word Search Result Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Wordnik Word Search Results Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Example Payloads

Wordnik Api Token Status Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Audio File Example

14 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Audio Type Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Authentication Token Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Bigram Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Category Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Citation Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Content Provider Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Definition Example

16 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Definition Search Results Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Example Example

12 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Example Search Results Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Example Usage Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Facet Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Facet Value Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Frequency Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Frequency Summary Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Label Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Note Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Part Of Speech Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Related Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Root Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Scored Word Example

11 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Scrabble Score Result Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Sentence Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Simple Definition Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Simple Example Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik String Value Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Syllable Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Text Pron Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik User Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Word List Example

11 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Word List Word Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Word Object Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Word Of The Day Example

12 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Word Search Result Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Wordnik Word Search Results Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Resources

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Website
Website
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Documentation
Documentation
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Pricing
Pricing
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GettingStarted
GettingStarted
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Signup
Signup
📰
Blog
Blog
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StatusPage
StatusPage
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GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
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Support
Support
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TermsOfService
TermsOfService
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Plans
Plans
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RateLimits
RateLimits
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FinOps
FinOps
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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SpectralRuleset
SpectralRuleset
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JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext
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Wordnik Public Word List
OpenSource
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NYT First Said
OpenSource
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Language Museums Dataset
OpenSource
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PublicAPIsListing
PublicAPIsListing

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Raw ↑ 
opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
  name: Wordnik
  version: '4.0'
request:
  auth:
    type: apikey
    key: api_key
    value: '{{api_key}}'
    placement: query
items:
- info:
    name: Word
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Fetch Audio Metadata For A Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/audio
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to get audio for.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word (e.g. 'cats' -> 'cat').
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
    docs: 'The metadata includes a time-expiring fileUrl which allows reading the audio file

      directly from the API. Currently only audio pronunciations from the American Heritage

      Dictionary in mp3 format are supported.'
  - info:
      name: Return Definitions For A Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/definitions
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to return definitions for.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
      - name: partOfSpeech
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: CSV list of part-of-speech types.
      - name: includeRelated
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return related words with definitions.
      - name: sourceDictionaries
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Source dictionary to return definitions from. If 'all' is received, results are returned from all sources.
          If multiple values are received (e.g. 'century,wiktionary'), results are returned from the first specified dictionary
          that has definitions. If left blank, results are returned from the first dictionary that has definitions. By default,
          dictionaries are searched in this order:- ahd-5, wiktionary, webster, century, wordnet.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word.
      - name: includeTags
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return a closed set of XML tags in response.
    docs: Returns definitions for the given word from one or more source dictionaries.
  - info:
      name: Fetch Etymology Data For A Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/etymologies
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to return etymologies for.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word.
    docs: Returns the etymology entries for a word, typically as XML-tagged strings.
  - info:
      name: Return Examples For A Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/examples
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to return examples for.
      - name: includeDuplicates
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Show duplicate examples from different sources.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word.
      - name: skip
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Results to skip.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
    docs: Returns real-world example sentences for a word.
  - info:
      name: Return Word Usage Over Time
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/frequency
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to return.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word.
      - name: startYear
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Starting year.
      - name: endYear
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Ending year.
    docs: Returns a frequency summary describing how often a word has been used per year.
  - info:
      name: Return Syllable Information For A Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/hyphenation
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to get syllables for.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word.
      - name: sourceDictionary
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: 'Get from a single dictionary. Valid options: ahd-5, century, wiktionary, webster, and wordnet.'
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
    docs: Returns the syllabification (hyphenation) data for a word.
  - info:
      name: Fetch Bi-gram Phrases For A Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/phrases
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to fetch phrases for.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
      - name: wlmi
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum WLMI for the phrase.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word.
    docs: Returns the top bi-gram phrases that include the given word.
  - info:
      name: Return Text Pronunciations For A Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/pronunciations
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to get pronunciations for.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word.
      - name: sourceDictionary
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Get from a single dictionary.
      - name: typeFormat
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Text pronunciation type.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
    docs: Returns one or more text pronunciations for a given word in any of the supported formats.
  - info:
      name: Return Related Words From The Word Graph
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/relatedWords
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to fetch relationships for.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word.
      - name: relationshipTypes
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Limits the total results per type of relationship type.
      - name: limitPerRelationshipType
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Restrict to the supplied relationship types.
    docs: Given a word as a string, returns relationships from the Wordnik Word Graph (synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms,
      etc.).
  - info:
      name: Return The Scrabble Score For A Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/scrabbleScore
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to get scrabble score for.
    docs: Returns the scrabble score for a given word.
  - info:
      name: Return A Top Example For A Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/:word/topExample
      params:
      - name: word
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Word to fetch examples for.
      - name: useCanonical
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return the canonical form of the word.
    docs: Returns a single top example sentence for a given word.
- info:
    name: Words
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Return A Single Random Word
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/words.json/randomWord
      params:
      - name: hasDictionaryDef
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Only return words with dictionary definitions.
      - name: includePartOfSpeech
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: CSV part-of-speech values to include.
      - name: excludePartOfSpeech
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: CSV part-of-speech values to exclude.
      - name: minCorpusCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum corpus frequency for terms.
      - name: maxCorpusCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum corpus frequency for terms.
      - name: minDictionaryCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum dictionary count.
      - name: maxDictionaryCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum dictionary count.
      - name: minLength
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum word length.
      - name: maxLength
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum word length.
    docs: Returns a single random WordObject filtered by part of speech, length, dictionary count, and corpus count.
  - info:
      name: Return An Array Of Random Words
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/words.json/randomWords
      params:
      - name: hasDictionaryDef
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Only return words with dictionary definitions.
      - name: includePartOfSpeech
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: CSV part-of-speech values to include.
      - name: excludePartOfSpeech
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: CSV part-of-speech values to exclude.
      - name: minCorpusCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum corpus frequency for terms.
      - name: maxCorpusCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum corpus frequency for terms.
      - name: minDictionaryCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum dictionary count.
      - name: maxDictionaryCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum dictionary count.
      - name: minLength
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum word length.
      - name: maxLength
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum word length.
      - name: sortBy
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Attribute to sort by.
      - name: sortOrder
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Sort direction.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
    docs: Returns an array of random WordObjects filtered by part of speech, length, dictionary count, and corpus count.
  - info:
      name: Reverse Dictionary Search
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/words.json/reverseDictionary
      params:
      - name: query
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Search term.
      - name: findSenseForWord
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Restricts words and finds closest sense.
      - name: includeSourceDictionaries
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Only include these comma-delimited source dictionaries.
      - name: excludeSourceDictionaries
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Exclude these comma-delimited source dictionaries.
      - name: includePartOfSpeech
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Only include these comma-delimited parts of speech.
      - name: excludePartOfSpeech
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Exclude these comma-delimited parts of speech.
      - name: minCorpusCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum corpus frequency for terms.
      - name: maxCorpusCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum corpus frequency for terms.
      - name: minLength
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum word length.
      - name: maxLength
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum word length.
      - name: expandTerms
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Expand terms.
      - name: includeTags
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Return a closed set of XML tags in response.
      - name: sortBy
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Attribute to sort by.
      - name: sortOrder
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Sort direction.
      - name: skip
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Results to skip.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
    docs: Returns the words that best match a natural-language query string.
  - info:
      name: Search Words
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/words.json/search/:query
      params:
      - name: query
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Search query.
      - name: allowRegex
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Search term is a regular expression.
      - name: caseSensitive
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Search case sensitive.
      - name: includePartOfSpeech
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Only include these comma-delimited parts of speech.
      - name: excludePartOfSpeech
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Exclude these comma-delimited parts of speech.
      - name: minCorpusCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum corpus frequency for terms.
      - name: maxCorpusCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum corpus frequency for terms.
      - name: minDictionaryCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum number of dictionary entries for words returned.
      - name: maxDictionaryCount
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum dictionary definition count.
      - name: minLength
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Minimum word length.
      - name: maxLength
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum word length.
      - name: skip
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Results to skip.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
    docs: Searches for words matching the supplied query (literal or regular expression).
  - info:
      name: Return The Word Of The Day
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/words.json/wordOfTheDay
      params:
      - name: date
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Fetches by date in yyyy-MM-dd.
    docs: Returns the Word of the Day, optionally for a specific date.
- info:
    name: Account
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Return API Token Status
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/account.json/apiTokenStatus
      headers:
      - name: api_key
        value: ''
    docs: Returns the current quota, total requests, and remaining-call status for the supplied API key. Endpoint surface
      verified from the Wordnik official client SDK (wordnik-clients/java AccountApi).
  - info:
      name: Authenticate A User
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/account.json/authenticate/:username
      params:
      - name: username
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: A confirmed Wordnik username.
      - name: password
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: The user's password.
    docs: Authenticates a Wordnik user using the supplied password and returns an auth token for subsequent user-scoped operations.
  - info:
      name: Authenticate A User (POST Body)
      type: http
    http:
      method: POST
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/account.json/authenticate/:username
      params:
      - name: username
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: A confirmed Wordnik username.
    docs: Same as the GET form, but the password is sent in the request body to avoid logging the credential in URL query
      strings.
  - info:
      name: Return The Currently Authenticated User
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/account.json/user
      headers:
      - name: auth_token
        value: ''
    docs: Returns the User profile associated with the supplied auth token.
  - info:
      name: Return The Authenticated User's Word Lists
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/account.json/wordLists
      headers:
      - name: auth_token
        value: ''
      params:
      - name: skip
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Results to skip.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of lists to return.
    docs: Returns all word lists owned by the currently authenticated user.
- info:
    name: Word Lists
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Create A New Word List
      type: http
    http:
      method: POST
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/wordLists.json
      headers:
      - name: auth_token
        value: ''
      body:
        type: json
        data: '{}'
    docs: Creates a new word list owned by the authenticated user. Endpoint surface verified from the Wordnik official client
      SDK (wordnik-clients/java WordListsApi).
- info:
    name: Word List
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Return A Word List By Permalink
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/wordList.json/:permalink
      headers:
      - name: auth_token
        value: ''
      params:
      - name: permalink
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Permalink of the word list.
    docs: Returns the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
  - info:
      name: Update A Word List
      type: http
    http:
      method: PUT
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/wordList.json/:permalink
      headers:
      - name: auth_token
        value: ''
      params:
      - name: permalink
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Permalink of the word list.
      body:
        type: json
        data: '{}'
    docs: Updates the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
  - info:
      name: Delete A Word List
      type: http
    http:
      method: DELETE
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/wordList.json/:permalink
      headers:
      - name: auth_token
        value: ''
      params:
      - name: permalink
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Permalink of the word list.
    docs: Deletes the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
  - info:
      name: Return Words In A Word List
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/wordList.json/:permalink/words
      headers:
      - name: auth_token
        value: ''
      params:
      - name: permalink
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Permalink of the word list.
      - name: sortBy
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Attribute to sort by.
      - name: sortOrder
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Sort direction.
      - name: skip
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Results to skip.
      - name: limit
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Maximum number of results to return.
    docs: Returns the words contained in the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
  - info:
      name: Add Words To A Word List
      type: http
    http:
      method: POST
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/wordList.json/:permalink/words
      headers:
      - name: auth_token
        value: ''
      params:
      - name: permalink
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Permalink of the word list.
      body:
        type: json
        data: '{}'
    docs: Adds one or more words to the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
  - info:
      name: Delete Words From A Word List
      type: http
    http:
      method: POST
      url: https://api.wordnik.com/v4/wordList.json/:permalink/deleteWords
      headers:
      - name: auth_token
        value: ''
      params:
      - name: permalink
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: Permalink of the word list.
      body:
        type: json
        data: '{}'
    docs: Removes one or more words from the WordList identified by the supplied permalink.
bundled: true