There is now an 'image search' link under each word, which when clicked performs a Yahoo! image search and displays the results inline. On your profile you can set Wordie to do this automatically, obviating the need for the click.

Or if you prefer to kick it old school, you can turn it off entirely. Click on 'you', then 'edit personal preferences', and you'll see radio buttons that let you set image search to automatic, on demand, or not there at all.

One of Wordie's charms, I'm told, is the emphasis on text über alles, so I made this optional and tried to keep it subtle. But it's worth playing with, even if you are a textist. Yahoo! image search can be almost WeirdNetian in what it comes up with for more abstract terms, and for quotidian words it's an excellent image browser. Especially, if I may say, when married to Wordie.

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This weekend saw the arrival of Wordie Mobile, a version of the site optimized for phones and other small-screen devices. This makes it much easier to add a word to your lists if you're at the library, or on the bus, or wherever: Just point your phone browser to http://wordie.org/m. Thanks to Crystal over at Twitter for inspiring this. Other new goodies launched in the last week or two:

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