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Dev tools · May 7, 2025

WordDirectory

Words explained like a human would

WordDirectory launched on May 7, 2025 with 10 votes, #2,185 of 7,905 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

WordDirectory makes definitions actually make sense. No more looking up 5 words to understand 1. Clean, visual explanations with AI text-to-speech and images. Plus a Chrome extension to define any word on any website. It's how definitions should work.

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