The Word List Generator allows users to search through the dailycues Cued English Dictionary to create a list of words that fit certain criteria.

Search Syntax

Search Syntax refers to the order of symbols that are used to specify the features for word that you want to include in your list. You can look for words that star with, contain, or end with certain sounds or types of sounds (e.g., a list of words that contain /g/ somewhere in the word.) You can also create lists that specify certain kinds of consonant-vowel constructions (e.g., CVC words like bat, cat, goat, goat, home, yolk). You may also search for words by cues (e.g., words that contain handshape 1, 2, 3 and the mouth placement). This feature is useful for instructors preparing introductory materials and for students new to the system.

Starts With

Select "Starts With" to specify what comes at the beginning of a word. For example, to find all words that begin with /m/, you would use "Starts With" and type "m" into the search box. This will create a list of all words that start with /m/ listed in alphabetical order. For example, (mad, magic, many, mass, mast, mat, mats, etc.)

Contains

Select "Contains" to specify what the features you want to occur anywhere in the word. For example, to find all words that contain /m/, you would use "Contains" and type "m" into the search box. This will create a list (in alphabetical order) of all words that have /m/ somewhere in the word. (e.g., amicable, imagine, magic, mat, tram, etc.)

Ends With

Select "Ends With" to specify what comes at the end of a word. For example, to find all words that end with /m/, you would use "Ends With" and type "m" into the search box. This will create a list of all words that end with /m/ listed in alphabetical order (e.g., am, beam, brim, came, dam, damn, film, firm, gum, home, etc.) Note that all the examples end with the phoneme /m/ eventhough they do not all end with the letter "m".

Exactly

Select "Exactly" to limit your list to only those features you specify. If you selected "Exactly" and typed /m/ into the search box (as in previous examples), you would not generate any words since no words in English contain only /m/. 

_ (Underscore)

C (Capital C)

V (Capital V)

1 (Number One)

By using a number, users specify any phonemes that

V one single vowel

1 one single phoneme from handshape 1

2 one single phoneme from handshape 2

3 one single phoneme from handshape 3

4 one single phoneme from handshape 4

5 one single phoneme from handshape 5

6 one single phoneme from handshape 6

7 one single phoneme from handshape 7

8 one single phoneme from handshape 8

M one single phoneme from
C one single phoneme from
T one single phoneme from
SF one single phoneme from
SD one single phoneme from
SA

(CT)
(ST)

V’ Primary stress

* Flicks

*[ ] Specify handshape that gets flicked

Sample Search Strings

• Words starting with br
• Any words with flicks

Saving Searches

Sharing Searches

Once you generate a list, you can share it with others. This is a useful tool for instructors to