words is a standard file on Unix and Unix-like operating systems, and is simply a newline-delimited list of dictionary words. It is used, for instance, by spell-checking programs.

The words file is usually stored in but may appear in other locations.

On Debian and Ubuntu, the file is provided by the package, or its provider packages , , etc. On Fedora, Alpine Linux and Arch Linux, the file is provided by the package. The package is sourced from data from the Moby Project, a public domain compilation of words.

References

External links

• Sample words file from Duke CS department