What powers 
dictionary.com?
Last seen Aug 2026 · 98 technologies across 34 categories
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AI Crawlers
Doesn't name any of the 33 AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt. Catch-all rules (User-agent: *) restrict some paths for every crawler, AI or not. Checked Sep 2026.
- robots.txt found
- llms.txt not found
- ai.txt not found
- Sep 2026 *: Restricted (was Allowed)
- Aug 2026 gptbot removed from robots.txt
- Aug 2026 applebot-extended removed from robots.txt
- Aug 2026 ccbot removed from robots.txt
- Aug 2026 *: Allowed (was Restricted)
- Aug 2026 applebot-extended added to robots.txt
Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| hyu | #1 | 456,000 |
| dictionary | #1 | 417,200 |
| veter | #1 | 250,200 |
| hi | #2 | 148,200 |
| guat | #1 | 136,800 |
| define define | #2 | 133,300 |
| wickedness | #5 | 105,100 |
| simplicity | #7 | 104,700 |
| and | #2 | 89,100 |
| vid | #5 | 85,800 |
| chre | #1 | 83,600 |
| sniffle sniffle | #1 | 74,800 |
| an | #2 | 72,900 |
| of | #2 | 72,900 |
| kias | #4 | 65,900 |
| formative | #3 | 65,500 |
| dyspneic | #1 | 61,100 |
| my | #4 | 54,200 |
| humbly | #1 | 50,200 |
| this | #2 | 48,800 |
| missis | #2 | 48,800 |
| he | #2 | 48,800 |
| blasphemer definition | #1 | 41,000 |
| nonce meaning | #1 | 41,000 |
| with | #2 | 39,900 |
The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
AI Crawlers
No AI crawlers blocked
Audience
- 66% desktop
- 32% phone
- 1% tablet
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Philippines
India
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
8.54 / 10 · ranked #2,116 of all domains
12,772 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
43,087,800 est. monthly organic visits (US)
1,706,902 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.6 s |
| INP | 200 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 |
| TTFB | 800 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- CDN: Cloudflare
- Weight: 6.8 MB · 2,644 requests
- Structured data: JSON-LD
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.
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Closest technology stacks among the highest-authority sites we track; "shared" counts the distinctive technologies in common.
Organisation
From the homepage's own structured data (Sep 2026).
Infrastructure
- Registered May 1995 (31 years) via 101domain GRS Limited, renews May 2027
- Hosted on Cloudflare (104.18.42.126, IPv6)
- DNS: Cloudflare DNS
- Email: cf-emailsecurity.net
- Email security: SPF, DMARC reject
- SSL: Let's Encrypt, ECDSA P256, expires Nov 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 350, 41 hosts
- Verified with: Adobe, Amazon SES, Apple Business, Atlassian, DocuSign, Google, Meta Business, Microsoft 365 and 3 more
DNS records as swept Sep 2026, certificate as seen Sep 2026, registration from the registry's RDAP service. How the web is hosted
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| blog.dictionary.com | 41 |
| app.dictionary.com | 39 |
| link.dictionary.com | 38 |
| restapi.dictionary.com | 38 |
| www.dictionary.com | 35 |
| play.dictionary.com | 32 |
| store.dictionary.com | 22 |
| origin-www.dictionary.com | 16 |
| email.dictionary.com | 13 |
| help.dictionary.com | 10 |
| auth.dictionary.com | 7 |
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