This program has gained popularity among Latinists because of its simple interface, high coverage of the Latin lexicon and mostly accurate results[citation needed].
Nevertheless, the user has to check the results, since WORDS uses a set of rules based on natural prefixation, suffixation, declension and conjugation to determine the possibility of an entry.
A few years after the original author's death, the software became the subject of digital preservation efforts.
The dictionary consists of about 39,000 entries, which would result in hundreds of thousands of variations, counting declensions and conjugations.
An accomplished Latinist, he created the translation software called WORDS after his retirement from the forces.