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84OF 100
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In its own wordsLooks like: GamesMeanings & Definitions of English Words | Dictionary.comThe world's leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences, word games, and more. A trusted authority for 25+ years!
PopularityTop 10KBuilt withCloudflare, Cloudflare Bot Management, reCAPTCHAAround the site; no CMS or framework visibleTrust signals2 of 7 foundDomain registered 31 years agoBuilt with AI? None foundNo traces found

Popularity

Website Traffic Checker

Among the top 10K sites.

A popularity band, not a visit count.

Tranco: #3,265 · Chrome UX Report: Top 10,000 · Majestic Million: #1,067

Each list, with its date
SourceSaysAs of
TrancoA research ranking that combines several traffic and link sources, published daily.#3,265list of 7 Oct 2026
Chrome UX ReportRank buckets from Google’s real Chrome traffic, published monthly.Top 10,000Aug 2026
Majestic MillionRanks sites by how many separate networks link to them (links, not visits), published daily. CC BY 3.0#1,067list of 8 Oct 2026

Technology

Tech Stack Checker

No framework or CMS shows in the page; it uses CDN, Security, DNS, Email and more.

Everything else it uses (21)

Around it: CDN, Security, DNS, Email and more.

Business tools can stay listed after a site stops using them.

Trust signals

Website Trust Checker

2 of 7 trust signals found on the home page.

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

  • Domain registered14 May 1995, 31 years agoNoted
  • HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
  • Contact detailsEmail on the home pagePartly
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    Exhibit 1 · page source, line 1787, as Cloudflare’s email protection decodes itMasked for privacy. An email address or phone number can belong to a person, and data protection law, such as the EU’s GDPR, asks us to keep only what we need: that the page lists one, and where.
    <a href="mailto:s•••@dictionary.com">Contact us</a>
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  • Privacy policyLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
  • TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
  • Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNoted
Every signal we looked at

On the site

  • Contact pageNo link found on the home pageNot found
  • About pageNo link found on the home pageNot found
  • Privacy policyLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
  • TermsLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
  • Refund or returns policyNo link found on the home pageNot found
  • Contact detailsEmail on the home pagePartly
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    Exhibit 1 · page source, line 1787, as Cloudflare’s email protection decodes itMasked for privacy. An email address or phone number can belong to a person, and data protection law, such as the EU’s GDPR, asks us to keep only what we need: that the page lists one, and where.
    <a href="mailto:s•••@dictionary.com">Contact us</a>
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  • Company detailsName: Dictionary.comPartly
  • Payment providersNone on the home pageNoted
  • Trackers4 analytics and advertising tools: Quantcast Measure, Google Ad Manager, Amazon Ads, BlockthroughNoted

Behind the site

  • Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNotedCloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filter
  • Domain registered14 May 1995, 31 years agoNoteddomain registry
  • HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
  • Protective settings4 of 6 in placeFound
  • Email protectionPartly protected against forged emailPartlyDNS records

A second opinion on its security setup: Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory grades the site when you open it. Ten checks before you buy · A signal looks wrong? Report it

What it is

Website Summary

Looks like: Games.

In its own wordsMeanings & Definitions of English Words | Dictionary.comThe world's leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences, word games, and more. A trusted authority for 25+ years!

Our reading of the page, medium confidence.

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Exhibit 1 · its own title or description
Meanings & Definitions of English Words | Dictionary.com · The world's leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences
Exhibit 2 · visible text
…Unscramble the secret word in 2 shots. Play Now Today's Featured Game WordStrike Unscra…
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Who is behind it

  • structured dataDictionary.com
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Exhibit 1 · page source, line 499
"name": "Dictionary.com"
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Each name is quoted from its source. A brand and the company that owns it often go by different names.

More about it: Wikidata, profiles, AI use, page facts

Find them on

The profiles its home page links. We haven’t checked who runs them.

AI use

  • AI training: asks GPTBot, CCBot and Applebot-Extended to stay away.
  • AI assistants: may read it for the people who ask them.
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Exhibit 1 · robots.txt, line 3
User-agent: GPTBot · Disallow: /
Exhibit 2 · robots.txt, line 6
User-agent: CCBot · Disallow: /
Exhibit 3 · robots.txt, line 15
User-agent: Applebot-Extended · Disallow: /
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What its robots.txt and robots tags ask of AI crawlers. Each crawler chooses whether to follow it.

Site name
Dictionary.com
Language
English (en)
What it tells search engines
Organization

Named in its structured data

  • OrganizationDictionary.com

Read from what the page says about itself; we haven’t checked whether it’s true.

Built with AI?

AI Website Detector

No AI builder traces found.

Coding tools such as Cursor leave no traces, so this doesn’t mean a person made it.

AI traces: None found

How we know

AI site builders leave traces in the sites they make. We look for the traces of 53 of them and show every match with the line it came from, so you can check it yourself.

We test this on 2,312 sites whose makers we know, and publish what we get wrong.

How we test it · Every builder we know · How to tell if a site was built with AI

Score breakdown

Site Score

84 of 100: strong trust signals.

How established and checkable it is; AI traces carry no weight.

84OF 100
TransparencyContact, policies and about page14 / 30
Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines10 / 10
Why each part scored what it did
TransparencyContact, policies and about page14 / 30no contact page link · email and phone not both given · privacy policy linked · terms linked · no payments seen, so no refund policy needed · no about page link
Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25domain registered 31 years ago
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20Top 10K in a popularity list
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15loads over HTTPS · sends visitors to HTTPS · always uses HTTPS · protective settings
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines10 / 10site name matches the domain · describes itself · tells search engines what it is

A high score isn’t a promise that a business is honest. How the score works.

Domain history

Domain History

Registered in 1995; first archived in 1998.

  1. Domain registeredRDAP
  2. First captured by the web archiveInternet Archive
  3. This scanCheckAnySite

In the web archive: captured in 29 of 29 years · see the first capture

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  25. 2022: captured
  26. 2023: captured
  27. 2024: captured
  28. 2025: captured
  29. 2026: captured
Changes, earlier scans and alerts
Since our previous scan
This is our first scan of the site.

How we scanned it

Only from what anyone can see: the site’s public pages and public records.

  • Politely. Our scanner, CheckAnySiteBot, says who it is and follows the site’s robots.txt.
  • With sources. Every fact above says where it came from and when.
  • Without guessing. When we couldn’t check something, we say so.
This scan, in numbers

926 checks on 13 Oct 2026, with version 0.5.0 of our checks and version 1.1 of the score.

How we work · What each version changed · About our scanner

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Built with AI?

None foundWe found no AI builder traces.

“None found” never means “made by a person”: coding assistants leave no traces.

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Related

Quick look

How popular is it?

Top 10KBy the best of 3 public lists.

  • Tranco#3,265list of 7 Oct 2026
  • Chrome UX ReportTop 10,000Aug 2026
  • Majestic Million#1,067list of 8 Oct 2026

A popularity band, never a visit count.

The popularity section →

Related

Quick look

What is it built with?

CDN
Cloudflare
Security
Cloudflare Bot Management, reCAPTCHA
DNS
Cloudflare DNS
Email
Microsoft 365, Amazon SES
Analytics
Quantcast Measure
Tag manager
Google Tag Manager
Advertising
Google Ad Manager, Amazon Ads, Blockthrough
SEO
Google Search Console
Fonts
Google Fonts
Business tools
Meta Business, Apple Business, Atlassian, DocuSign, Adobe, Yahoo, MongoDB, OneTrust (account)
Each with its evidence →

Related

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Which trust signals does it show?

On the site

  • Contact pageNot found
  • About pageNot found
  • Privacy policyFound
  • TermsFound
  • Refund or returns policyNot found
  • Contact detailsPartly
  • Company detailsPartly
  • Payment providersNoted
  • TrackersNoted

Behind the site

  • Security filterNoted
  • Domain registeredNoted
  • HTTPSFound
  • Security headersFound
  • Software versionsNoted
  • NetworkNoted
  • Email setupPartly
  • First certificateCouldn’t check
  • DNSSECNot found
  • Certificate authoritiesNot found
  • Security contactFound

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

Every signal with its source →

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How has it changed? →
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How does it add up?

84OF 100

Strong trust signals. An open formula (v1.1): every point comes from a finding above. AI traces carry no weight.

TransparencyContact, policies and about page14 / 30
Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines10 / 10
Why each part scored what it did →

Related

Automated findings from the site’s public home page and public records, as of 13 Oct 2026. They describe what we found, not the people or business behind the site, and they may be incomplete or out of date. This is information, not advice. Terms · Report an error

What this scan can’t tell you
  • Whether the business is real, honest or delivers what it sells.
  • Whether a site was made with AI when no traces were left: coding assistants and hand edits leave none.
  • How many people visit: we show popularity bands from public lists, not visits.
  • Anything beyond the home page as it was at the time of the scan.

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