diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 70cf91c..9c1ae68 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-npm install ent underscore request sandbox express moment jade@0.25
+npm install wordnik ent underscore request sandbox express moment jade@0.25
 
 cd public/
 wget http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/bootstrap.zip
diff --git a/modules/words/config.json b/modules/words/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..649e069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/words/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "api_key": "http://developer.wordnik.com/"
+}
diff --git a/modules/words/words.js b/modules/words/words.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eac90b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/words/words.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+var Wordnik = require('wordnik');
+
+var words = function(dbot) {
+    this.commands = {
+        '~define': function(event) {
+            var query = event.params[1];
+            this.wn.definitions(query, function(err, defs) {
+                if(!err && defs[0]) {
+                    event.reply(query + ': ' + defs[0].text);
+                } else {
+                    event.reply('No definitions found for ' + query);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    };
+
+    this.onLoad = function() {
+        this.wn = new Wordnik({
+            'api_key': this.config.api_key
+        });
+    }.bind(this);
+};
+
+exports.fetch = function(dbot) {
+    return new words(dbot);
+};