Words is an easy-to-use interface to the WordNet® lexical ontology. There are numerous interfaces out there however they appear to either be unstable, slow or make us of out-dated / distribution specific libraries many lacking ruby-like syntax. Words provides both rovides both a pure ruby and an FFI powered backend over the same API. The FFI backend uses Tokyo Cabinet and rufus-tokyo to provide cross ruby distribution compatability and blistering speed. The pure ruby interface operates through a ruby optimised index along with the standard files provided by WordNet®.