LinguaholicThe language toolbox
Free language tools, word games & guides
Linguaholic is a free language website with 90 online tools — translators, converters, word finders, fancy fonts, and name generators — plus 7 word games and guides to English, Spanish, and Japanese. Everything runs in your browser, and nothing you type is uploaded.
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The first language spoken in outer space was Russian: Yuri Gagarin talked to ground control in Russian during his 1961 flight.
From “Get Ready to Laugh”paparazzi comes from Paparazzo, a pushy photographer in Fellini’s 1960 film La Dolce Vita.
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All 97 tools and games on Linguaholic.
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Classics like Hangman, and party games for one phone and a group of friends — free, with no app to install.
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Stories about language
Linguaholic began as a language blog. Our articles on grammar, vocabulary, word origins, and learning languages are still here.
Why Linguaholic
Made for people who love words
Free, with no sign-up
Every tool and game is free and unlimited. Open a page and start — no account, no paywall.
Private by design
Tools run in your browser, so what you type stays on your device. We don’t upload or store it.
Built on real language data
Our word tools use a 58,000-word English dictionary built from open linguistic datasets, with definitions, syllables, and rhymes.
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Good to know
The short answers about how Linguaholic works. Something else on your mind?
Ask us anything →01Are Linguaholic’s tools really free?
Yes. Every tool and game is free to use with no sign-up and no limits. The site is supported by ads.
02Is what I type uploaded anywhere?
No. The tools run entirely in your browser, so the text you type stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded or stored on our servers.
03Do the tools work on phones?
Yes. Every tool and game is built for phones first and works in any modern browser on iPhone, Android, tablets, and computers.
04Do I need to install anything?
No. Everything runs in your browser — there is no app, extension, or download, and no account to create.
05Where do the word lists come from?
Word tools like the rhyming dictionary, word unscrambler, and random word generator use our own English dictionary of about 58,000 words, built from open linguistic datasets such as WordNet and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
06Can I suggest a tool or report a problem?
Yes, please do. Send us a message through the contact page — we read every one.