WordPass – password generator giving over 90 bits of entropy
Dictionary-based password generator
WordPass – password generator giving over 90 bits of entropy launched on May 24, 2014 with 41 votes and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.
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WordPass is a dictionary-based password generator that creates secure passphrases by combining words from language dictionaries. It generates passwords with over 90 bits of entropy and displays the estimated password space size. Using four words from a standard English dictionary of roughly 50,000 words yields approximately 104 bits of entropy, while languages with extensive word lists like Polish can achieve over 124 bits. The tool reads from system dictionary files and was inspired by the xkcd comic strip approach to password generation.
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This script reads dict word lists and generates word-based passwords. Not unlike xkcd . Program also prints how many words have been read, and indicates estimated password space size in bits. Using just four words from default English dictionary of ~50k words will give approximately 104 bits of entropy. Lucky speakers of languages with rich inflection like Polish (over 3 million words) can easily up this to over 124 bits of entropy. Script reads dict word lists and generates word-based passwords. Uses dictionaries from /usr/share/dict by default. Inspired by xkcd comic . Program also prints how many words have been read, and indicates estimated password space size in bits. Using just four…from hackage.haskell.org
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