| Dictionary | Name | Region | Valid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offcl. Scrabble Pl. Dict. & Offcl. Scrabble Words | SOWPODS | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| NASPA Word List 2020 | NWL2020 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| NASPA Word List 2018 | NWL2018 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Tournament Word List 2016 | TWL16 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Tournament Word List 2014 | TWL14 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Tournament Word List 2006 | TWL06 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Tournament Word List 1998 | TWL98 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Collins Scrabble Words 2019 | CSW19 | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| Collins Scrabble Words 2015 | CSW15 | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| Collins Scrabble Words 2012 | CSW12 | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| Collins Scrabble Words 2007 | CSW07 | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| Offcl. Scrabble Players Dictionary | OSPD4 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Australian Primary Schools | OWL2 | Australia | YES |
| Australian Primary Schools | OWL1 | Australia | YES |
| Words With Friends 2000 | ENABLE2K | Worldwide | YES |
| Words With Friends 1997 (retired) | ENABLE1 | Worldwide | YES |
| Letterpress | Letterpress | Worldwide | YES |
| Yet Another Word List | YAWL | Worldwide | YES |
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| would - As a past-tense form of. | ||
| would - 1852, James Murdock, trans. Johann Lorenz Mosheim, Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, II. 7. iii. | ||
| would - The Greeks, especially those who would be thought adepts in mystic theology, ran after fantastic allegories .. .. | ||
| would - Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to + bare infinitive; indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly. | ||
| would - 2009, "Soundtrack of my life", The Guardian, 15 Mar 0. | ||
| would - When we were kids we would sit by the radio with a tape recorder on a Sunday, listening out for the chart songs we wanted to have. | ||
| would - Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future ", indicating a futurity relative to a past time. | ||
| would - 1867, Anthony Trollope, Last Chronicle of Barset, ch. 2. | ||
| would - That her Lily should have been won and not worn, had been, and would be, a trouble to her for ever. | ||
| would - Quote-news. | ||
| would - 1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana, Penguin p. 10. | ||
| would - He sat as one astonish'd, a good-while, looking at me, without speaking a Word, till I came quite up to him, kneel'd on one Knee to him, and almost whether he would or no, kiss'd his Hand .. .. | ||
| would - 1846, "A New Sentimental Journey", Blackwoods Magazine, vol. LX, no. 37. | ||
| would - If I could fly, I would away to those realms of light and warmth – far, far away in the southern clime .. .. | ||
| would - Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to given the tendencies of someone's character etc.. | ||
| would - 1835, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, V. | ||
| would - Then he took to breeding silk-worms, which he would bring in two or three times a day, in little paper boxes, to show the old lady .. .. | ||
| would - 2009, "Is the era of free news over?", The Observer, 10 May 0. | ||
| would - The free access model, the media magnate said last week, was "malfunctioning". Well he would, wouldn't he? | ||
| would - As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will. | ||
| would - Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish. | ||
| would - 2008, Mark Cocker, "Country Diary", The Guardian, 3 Nov 0. | ||
| would - It's a piece of old folklore for which I would love to find hard proof. | ||
| would - Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality with a bare infinitive; indicating an action or state that is conditional on another. | ||
| would - 2010, The Guardian, 26 Feb 201. | ||
| would - Warnock admitted it would be the ideal scenario if he received a Carling Cup winners' medal as well as an England call-up .. .. | ||
| would - 1859, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress. | ||
| would - I presently wished, would that I had been in their clothes! would that I had been born Peter! would that I had been born John! | ||
| would - 1868, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, ch. 2. | ||
| would - I would she had retained her original haughtiness of disposition, or that I had a larger share of Front-de-Bœuf's thrice-tempered hardness of heart! | ||
| would - Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect. | ||
| would - 2009, Nick Snow, The Rocket's Trail, p. 11. | ||
| would - “Those trials are being run by the American army so surely you must have access to the documents?” “Well, yeah, you’d think. ”. | ||
| would - 2010, Terry Pratchett, "My case for a euthanasia tribunal", The Guardian, 2 Feb 201. | ||
| would - Departing on schedule with the help of a friendly doctor was quite usual. Does that still apply? It would seem so. | ||
| would - Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are you willing to... ? | ||
| would - Would you pass the salt, please? | ||
| would - 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear, I. | ||
| would - What dost thou professe? What would’st thou with vs? |