Table of Commands Accepted by the Wordserver
All commands must be sent to the wordserver address
wsmith@wordsmith.org.
Commands must be in the subject line of email. Message body is ignored.
| Service |
To do this |
Send this Command |
Example |
| A.Word.A.Day |
join |
subscribe your name |
subscribe joe smith |
| sign off |
unsubscribe |
unsubscribe |
| get archives |
archive mmyy |
archive 0898 |
| get FAQ |
info A.Word.A.Day |
info A.Word.A.Day |
| get AWADmail |
awadmail nn |
awadmail 11 |
| Dictionary/by/Mail |
get definition |
define myword |
define computer |
| get FAQ |
info Dictionary/by/Mail |
info Dictionary/by/Mail |
| Thesaurus/by/Mail |
get synonyms |
synonym myword |
synonym love |
| get FAQ |
info Thesaurus/by/Mail |
info Thesaurus/by/Mail |
| Acronym/by/Mail |
get acronym expansion |
acronym myacronym |
acronym IBM |
| get FAQ |
info Acronym/by/Mail |
info Acronym/by/Mail |
| add acronym |
addacronym ACRONYM expansion |
addacronym IOU I Owe You |
| Anagram/by/Mail |
get anagrams |
anagram myword |
anagram santa claus |
| get FAQ |
info Anagram/by/Mail |
info Anagram/by/Mail |
A.Word.A.Day and Anagram services are also available on the web:
A.Word.A.Day:
https://wordsmith.org/awad
Internet Anagram Server:
https://wordsmith.org/anagram