# A FULL list of english words **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [April 5, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483 "2006-04-05T13:04:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nathan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/1 "2006-04-05T13:04:42Z")
Hey guys, do any of you guys know of or have a site with most of if not all of the words in the english dictionary. Any help appreciated. Nathan. ---
**Author:** ![garyzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@garyzero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garyzero)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/2 "2006-04-05T13:06:15Z")
what about [http://www.dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com) ? ---
**Author:** ![nathan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/3 "2006-04-05T13:07:42Z")
LOl thanks, bu I need just a list, with all the words. Not indivual ones. thanks any way ---
**Author:** ![fester8542](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a183cd/32.png) [@fester8542](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fester8542)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/4 "2006-04-05T13:09:24Z")
I dont have one - but I am dying to know what you want it…? :lol: ---
**Author:** ![nathan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/5 "2006-04-05T13:13:05Z")
lol… ? why I want it? I need it for a project I’m working on. ---
**Author:** ![tpspoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@tpspoons](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpspoons)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/6 "2006-04-05T13:16:33Z")
you could do it manually with a dictionary :lol: ---
**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/7 "2006-04-05T13:41:31Z")
i can’t even comprehend why that kind of resource would exist… imagine how long it would be (especially with different forms and tenses of the root word, which could warrant their own inclusion in some cases) and it wouldn’t be much use without definitions… must be a pretty unique project 😛 ---
**Author:** ![fester8542](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a183cd/32.png) [@fester8542](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fester8542)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/8 "2006-04-05T13:50:22Z")
> [@iLikePie](#): > > i can’t even comprehend why that kind of resource would exist… It does for Latin 😛 [http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/frivs/latin/latin-dict-full.html](http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/frivs/latin/latin-dict-full.html) I found a **Basic** English word list (only 850) [http://www.langmaker.com/wordlist/basiclex.htm](http://www.langmaker.com/wordlist/basiclex.htm) ---
**Author:** ![bwh2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@bwh2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bwh2)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/9 "2006-04-05T14:25:27Z")
how about this: [http://www.translatum.gr/dictionaries/download-english.htm](http://www.translatum.gr/dictionaries/download-english.htm) ---
**Author:** ![955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/4bbf92/32.png) [@955](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/955)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/10 "2006-04-05T15:12:04Z")
[http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/wordlist/ispell-enwl-3.1.20.zip](http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/wordlist/ispell-enwl-3.1.20.zip) ---
**Author:** ![nathan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/11 "2006-04-05T21:12:46Z")
Thanks, λ but I can’t open it, says couldn’t read file ---
**Author:** ![drumsnroses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drumsnroses](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drumsnroses)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/12 "2006-04-05T21:22:05Z")
right click the link and “save target as…”. Open the files in notepad. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/13 "2006-04-05T22:00:50Z")
[http://aaron.doosh.net/lexicon/index.html](http://aaron.doosh.net/lexicon/index.html) I used the word lists above to create a Wheel-Of-Fortune game solver; too bad I rarely watch the show 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/14 "2006-04-05T22:05:13Z")
Apparently there is such an animal as an aardwolf - ya learn something everyday. ---
**Author:** ![hybrid101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/15 "2006-04-06T02:17:02Z")
[http://phrontistery.info/ihlstart.html](http://phrontistery.info/ihlstart.html) has a list of uncommon, rare, and lost english words;) ---
**Author:** ![nathan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/16 "2006-04-06T10:33:48Z")
hmmm any others? ---
**Author:** ![Berg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/berg/32/1601_2.png) [@Berg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Berg)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-full-list-of-english-words/184483/17 "2006-04-06T10:53:36Z")
[George Carlin](http://www.georgecarlin.com/)has his “Incomplete list of impolite words” ;] Maybe not to useful but funny as hel ;]