Get words from dictionary (getwords)

Fetch the full wordlist for a dictionary.

Returns the full wordlist for one dictionary.

What it does

• Fetches all words for one dictionary id.

• Returns words sorted alphabetically.

• Removes duplicates.

Required parameters

Parameter	Type	Notes
cmd	string	custom_dictionary
action	string	getwords
id	integer	Exactly one dictionary ID

Optional parameters

Parameter	Type	Notes
format	string	json (default) or xml
callback	string	JSONP wrapper (JSON only)

Request example

cmd=custom_dictionary&action=getwords&id=101565

Response example

{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": 101565,
      "lang": "en_US",
      "description": "Engineering terms",
      "wordlist": ["GraphQL", "Kubernetes", "TypeScript"],
      "count": 3,
      "status": "success",
      "message": ["Wordlist extracted."]
    }
  ]
}

Possible errors

• Missing id.

• Multiple IDs passed (only one is allowed).

• Dictionary id not found.

See Errors reference.

Notes and edge cases

• If the stored dictionary contains unsupported words, the server can skip them.

• Use getdicts to list dictionaries without fetching wordlists.