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To help with online study and learning during these difficult times, Wordsmyth would like to introduce you to its free dictionary widget that you and your students can use to look up words on any web page.
“Automatic text analysis” is the default setting Wordsmyth’s Wordlist Maker is preset for automatic text analysis and automatic word extraction. Type, or copy and paste, any text into the input box. Then click to enter. The Wordlist Maker will extract up to fifteen of the best academic vocabulary words from your text based on the … Read more
Registering with Wordsmyth will allow you to: 1. Click “Register” You will find the “Register” link on the top right of the page. 2. Fill out the user registration form Click the “Register” button. An email will be sent to you with an activation code. 3. Activate your account After clicking the “register” button, you … Read more
Wordsmyth’s Student & ELL Dictionary is now available on the App Store and Google Play. The app is designed for students and English language learners.
Many young children are still having difficulty understanding why they are having to stay at home these days and why they are not going to school. Many children may be confused and anxious. To help caregivers and teachers answer questions relating to the current crisis, Wordsmyth has developed a story that not only explains, in … Read more
It’s rare, but it happens. You may want to delete an inactive and unwanted school URL. Here is how you can do it: 1. Go to settings on the account that set up the URL in the first place. 2. Go to the subscription tab in your settings, and click “Delete School URL” Please note … Read more
Wordsmyth is proud to announce its first dictionary app — The Wordsmyth Children’s Dictionary — available on both iOS and Android mobile devices. This app’s design is based on feedback and requests from teachers and students. What we’ve been hearing especially are comments like the following: ” We just want a good dictionary for the … Read more
With the old activity makers (quizzes and glossaries) the wordlist that was entered was saved with each activity. That made it harder to re-use wordlists. In the new Vocabulary Center, users can create re-usable wordlists that are saved separately from the activities. A list can then be used with any activity– study tools, games, or … Read more
When you edit an existing word list but didn’t click the “preview and save” button, you will see this button next to your list in “My Word Lists.” It means that we noticed you made some changes but you didn’t directly confirm the changes. To be cautious, we saved your changes temporarily, just in case. … Read more
The following is a basic formula for citing a particular word’s entry in one of our dictionaries, which you can modify according to whatever style guide you are using. (Specific examples using APA or MLA follow this introduction.) 1. Begin with the headword, as Wordsmyth does not list an author or authors. (The examples below … Read more
