[waterhouse]

  ~> wc -cl /usr/share/dict/words
  235976 2493885 /usr/share/dict/words

One might even expect a program to use a common Unix preinstalled dictionary.

[dkiebd]

"words" is nothing but a list of words. It does not contain definitions for those words, which is what one expects from a dictionary.

[delfinom]

I wonder where one files a bug report that it's misusing "dict" under "words"

[waterhouse]

Hmm, you are correct.