--- title: "How to Get a Word of the Day by Email, in Any Language" description: "Daily word or phrase emails for the language you're learning — dictionary newsletters, language apps, or one written sentence that fits your level. No app." url: "https://mailmewhen.com/guides/word-of-the-day-email" lang: "en" published: "2026-09-02" modified: "2026-09-06" --- # How to Get a Word of the Day by Email, in Any Language *Updated September 6, 2026* There are a few ways to get a word of the day by email: a dictionary newsletter such as Merriam-Webster's, the daily word in a language app, a list of your own, or one sentence handed to MailMeWhen, which needs no account or app. One word a day is a small habit that adds up: a few hundred words a year, learned in the inbox you open anyway. Dictionaries have offered this for decades in English; for other languages, and for your level, the choice thins out fast. ## Ways to get a word of the day by email 1. Dictionary newsletters: Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, WordReference and others send a daily word. The word is chosen for everyone, not for you — often rare, occasionally useful, rarely something you'll say this week. 2. Language apps: they have daily words too, wrapped in streaks, badges and reminders to open the app. If you want the word and not the game, that's a lot of wrapping. 3. Your own list: making one from a textbook works — until you have to be the one who remembers to look at it. ## A word of the day in one sentence With MailMeWhen you describe the letter you want: the language, your level, and the shape — 'one useful Spanish phrase a day with an example sentence, starting simple', 'a Japanese kanji with its readings', 'a German word I'd hear at work'. That is the whole setup; the letters follow. The first 7 days are free with no payment details. After that, $5/month for that one letter, and it stops by itself if you don't subscribe. Reply once to stop, or to change the level. ## Good to know about word-of-the-day emails Say what you'll use it for. 'Words for ordering food and getting around Italy in October' produces a better month than 'Italian words'. Any language a letter can carry works, including the one you already speak — 'an English word I probably misuse, with the right usage' is a fine request. ## Try it — hand us this sentence: > Teach me one useful Spanish phrase a day, with an example sentence and how to pronounce it. I'm a beginner. [Take me there →](https://mailmewhen.com/?need=Teach%20me%20one%20useful%20Spanish%20phrase%20a%20day%2C%20with%20an%20example%20sentence%20and%20how%20to%20pronounce%20it.%20I'm%20a%20beginner.) ## Common questions **Which languages and levels does it work for?** Any language a letter can carry, at any level — beginner to advanced, including a language you already speak. Say the language, your level and what you'll use it for, and the letters are written to that; a real person reads the request first. **Can I get a phrase a day instead of a single word?** Yes. The sentence is the setting: ask for a phrase with an example sentence, a kanji with its readings, or a word you probably misuse with the right usage. Whatever shape you describe is the shape the letters take. **When does it arrive, and how do I change the level later?** Daily letters come at the rhythm you asked for — say 'every morning', or the time of day you prefer; the first one arrives within 24 hours of your request. To change the level, the language or the shape, reply to any letter and say so; one reply also stops it. ## More guides - [How to Get a Daily Fact or Quote of the Day by Email](https://mailmewhen.com/guides/daily-fact-quote-email): One good fact or a quote of the day in your inbox — fact newsletters, quote services, an RSS feed, or one sentence describing the letter you want. No app. - [How to Get the Bitcoin Price by Email Every Day](https://mailmewhen.com/guides/bitcoin-price-daily-email): Three ways to receive the Bitcoin price in your inbox daily — exchange apps, alert tools, or one plain-language sentence. No app, no account. - [How to Get a Website Down Alert by Email](https://mailmewhen.com/guides/website-down-alert-email): How to get an email when your website goes down: free uptime monitors, your host's own alerts, a checker you run yourself, or one sentence. No account, no app. --- [MailMeWhen](https://mailmewhen.com/) · [Guides](https://mailmewhen.com/guides) · [Privacy](https://mailmewhen.com/privacy) · [Terms](https://mailmewhen.com/terms) Questions or ideas? Write to hello@mailmewhen.com — we always answer. Markdown twin of every page: append `.md` to its URL or request it with `Accept: text/markdown`. Site summary for AI agents: https://mailmewhen.com/llms.txt. Full text of every guide: https://mailmewhen.com/llms-full.txt.