Glyphicon

A dictionary, thesaurus and word-game helper in one.

Glyphicon is a dictionary, thesaurus and word-puzzle helper in one, wrapped in the wisdom of the ancients.

It works fully offline, with over 200,000 words and 128,000 dictionary entries on your device. Now for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.

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Glyphicon

What It Does

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A Real Dictionary

Clear definitions grouped by part of speech, example sentences, pronunciations, synonyms and antonyms for every meaning, and related word forms. Type an inflected form such as "geese" or "running" and Glyphicon finds the headword.

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A Thesaurus That Goes Further

For every sense of a word: synonyms, similar words, broader terms and opposites, each one a tap away.

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Help for Your Word Games

A Guess Helper for guess-the-word games of four to eight letters, on one board or up to sixteen at once; a Tile Rack Solver for the highest-scoring words from your tiles; every word in a 4×4, 5×5 or 6×6 Letter Grid; a Letter Hive solver; an Unscrambler; and a Crossword Helper that ranks words matching your clue first. Every tool can put common words first.

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Find Any Word

Word Finder searches by pattern, first and last letters, letters to include or leave out, and length. The Commonness Explorer shows how common a word is and lets you browse words by level.

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Learn With Style

Flashcards and a quiz at four levels, from Familiar to Expert, plus a Word of the Day, saved words and your stats.

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Made for Every Screen

Designed for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and for Android phones and tablets, with a papyrus-and-lapis look inspired by Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of writing.

Screenshots

Phone

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Tablet

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Mac

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Privacy

Glyphicon has no account and collects no data. Everything, including the full word database, stays on your device, and it works fully offline. Read the full privacy policy.

Join the Glyphicon Beta

Glyphicon is in private beta for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android phones and tablets. Testing is by invitation: tap Request Beta Access below and fill in the short form in the email: your device, operating system and version, and the Apple ID or Google account you use with the App Store or Google Play. Test invitations are tied to that account, so please use the one on your device.

Glyphicon needs no account and works fully offline.

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