Credits & licences
WordRafts is a small independent word game made in Brisbane, Australia. The game code, artwork, name and rules are © 2026 James Green. The word list and the definitions shown on scorecards are built from the open resources below, which have their own licences; the bundle as a whole is not public domain.
Word list
Accepted words (3–10 letters, 52,307 of them) are derived from Alan Beale's 12dicts 6.0.2 (3of6game), with whole-word filtering of slurs and profanity. Letter rarity scores come from how often each letter appears in that list. 12dicts is placed in the public domain by its author.
Definitions
Scorecard definitions come from three sources, each marked beside the meaning in the game:
WordNet 3.0 — 48,914 entries. Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Used under the WordNet 3.0 licence, reproduced below. WordNet is a registered trademark of Princeton University.
Open English Wordnet 2025 — 386 entries. © the Open English Wordnet Community, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: en-word.net.
Wiktionary — 2,997 entries by Wiktionary contributors, extracted via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes made: meanings selected and shortened, usage labels kept, reference chains linked to base definitions, examples omitted. Ten further brief explanations are original to WordRafts.
Share-alike. Because the Wiktionary-derived material is CC BY-SA, the supplementary glossary that contains it is itself published under CC BY-SA 4.0. You may download it here: definitions-supplement.js (JSON inside a JavaScript wrapper; the licence text is embedded). The WordNet-derived file is definitions.js, under the WordNet licence.
WordNet 3.0 licence
WordNet Release 3.0 This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by Princeton University under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions.: Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and database and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you agree to comply with the following copyright notice and statements, including the disclaimer, and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software, database and documentation, including modifications that you make for internal use or for distribution. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT- ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE LICENSED SOFTWARE, DATABASE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. The name of Princeton University or Princeton may not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software and/or database. Title to copyright in this software, database and any associated documentation shall at all times remain with Princeton University and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same.
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Reporting a problem
To report an inappropriate leaderboard name, a wrong definition or any other problem, e-mail hello@wordrafts.com.
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