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English Random Words

One random English word with a definition and pronunciation

🔧 Developer ToolsHEALTHYchecked 7h ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Hits a single GET and returns a random English word bundled with its short definition and a pronunciation hint. Handy for word-of-the-day widgets, vocabulary drills, or seeding test data. No key, no params required.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 77 · healthy
Uptime history
74.5%90 days
71.7%30 days
592P50 · ms
2126P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 366 ms, slowest 1335 ms, most recent 684 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://random-words-api.vercel.app/word

{
  "word": "Noumenon",
  "definition": "Object whose reality defined by reason rather than perception",
  "pronunciation": "Noumenon"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://random-words-api.vercel.app/word"
const res = await fetch("https://random-words-api.vercel.app/word");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://random-words-api.vercel.app/word")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 2HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /word592 mschecked 7h ago
GET/wordPROBED

One random English word with a definition and pronunciation

GET/word?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

English Random Words: common questions

Is English Random Words free to use?

Yes — English Random Words is a free developer tools API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does English Random Words need an API key?

No — English Random Words needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (30 req/window · 6 remaining · resets 585).

Can I call English Random Words from the browser?

Yes — English Random Words returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is English Random Words up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, English Random Words is healthy with 74.5% uptime over 90 days and a 592 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.