# Crossword Word Helper – Rhymes, Sound-Alikes & Paired Adjectives

> Crossword Word Helper – Rhymes, Sound-Alikes & Paired Adjectives is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns rhyming words, sound-alike words, or commonly paired adjectives for a given input word, ranked by association strength, to aid crossword solving, word games, poetry, and naming brainstorms.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/crossword-word-helper
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/crossword-word-helper-rhymes-sound-alikes-paired-adjectives-0033f64b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jIuy0GqA0Twsfw-7r6hdo

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability crossword-word-helper-rhymes-sound-alikes-paired-adjectives-0033f64b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Find me words that rhyme with 'night' using the rhyme relation — I need a ranked list of candidates for a crossword clue.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a broader, more diverse word candidate list than a language model would spontaneously produce — especially for crossword solving, poetry generation where exact rhyme scheme matters, word-game agents, or naming brainstorms that require sound-alike or collocation constraints. Prefer over a plain LLM when reproducibility and ranked association strength are important.

## Known failure modes

- Empty result list if no rhymes or associates are found for an obscure or invented word
- Invalid relation type value returns an error or falls back to default 'ml' behavior
- Missing 'word' field causes a validation error
- Payment failure (402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Very common words may return an overwhelming number of low-quality candidates

## How this service works

Returns rhyming words, sound-alikes, or commonly paired adjectives for any input word, ranked by strength of association. Useful for crossword and word-game agents, poetry generation, and naming brainstorms that need a wider candidate list than a model would produce unprompted.

## Output

A ranked list of words associated with the input word according to the requested relation type (rhyme, sound-alike, or commonly paired adjective), ordered by strength of association, suitable for selecting the best fit for a crossword answer, poem line, or naming candidate.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "word": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "relation": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ml (default) | rel_rhy | sl | rel_jjb"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": [
   {
    "word": "remittance",
    "score": 46177
   },
   {
    "word": "fee",
    "score": 40639
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

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