Word Of The Day!

Name: Word Of The Day!
Rating: 4 (19 reviews)
Author: Troy Sultan

Displays one new vocabulary word each day, it's definition and an example sentence from around the web.

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Word Of The Day! is a handy Chrome extension designed to boost your vocabulary one word at a time. Every weekday, it displays a new vocabulary word along with its definition and 1-2 example sentences sourced from across the web. This tool is perfect for language learners and enthusiasts who want to expand their word knowledge conveniently during their day.

Recent updates include design improvements, font and color tweaks, bug fixes, better data handling, and UI enhancements for a smoother experience. Please note that vocabulary words do not update over weekends. User feedback and feature suggestions are welcome to continue improving this educational extension.

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Version:

1.5.1 Last updated: 2014-09-04

Creation date:

2014-09-04

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Permissions:

http://api.wordnik.com/

Size:

79.78K

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Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 17,024 ▲ 141

Other rankings

#11310 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 1 #107 in broken links keyword 17 ▲ 2

User reviews

The 'Word Of The Day!' Chrome extension is praised for its fun and educational approach that users find intuitive and motivating. Key issues reported by multiple users include the inability to review previous words, lack of customization for word delivery times, and absence of a pronunciation feature. Some also wish for multiple words per day. While generally positive, occasional technical problems like failure to work have been noted by a few users.

Pros

Users find the extension fun and educational, making them feel smarter.
The extension has a great and simple user experience (UX) and is intuitive to use.
It effectively delivers 'word of the day' content to help users expand their vocabulary.
The extension is appreciated by a wide variety of users, including children and adults.

Cons

Users want a feature to view or review all the words they have seen so far.
Some users wish for multiple words per day to learn more quickly.
There is a desire for customization, such as changing the time of day when a new word appears.
Lack of a pronunciation button has been mentioned as a drawback.
Some users report that the extension doesn't work or fails to load.

Recent reviews

been using this across multiple accounts my grandson loves it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ma*****, 2022-07-29

It would be even better if you could see a list of all the words you've seen on the extension so far! So far great though!

jb*****, 2020-07-23

Great job but can you please put at least 3 in a day it would easy to gain more knowledge quickly....

Sa*****, 2020-03-19

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Word Of The Day! requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains: {{requestedDomains}}

Risk likelihood

Word Of The Day! has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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