Overview#
Ten Hundred Words, according to the Thing Explainer, where he uses line drawings and only the thousand (or, rather, "Ten Hundred Words") most common words to provide simple explanations for some of the most complex things.Here are the Ten Hundred Words#
- a
- able
- about
- above
- accept
- across
- act
- actually
- add
- admit
- afraid
- after
- afternoon
- again
- against
- age
- ago
- agree
- ah
- ahead
- air
- all
- allow
- almost
- alone
- along
- already
- alright
- also
- although
- always
- am
- amaze
- an
- and
- anger
- angry
- animal
- annoy
- another
- answer
- any
- anymore
- anyone
- anything
- anyway
- apartment
- apparently
- appear
- approach
- are
- area
- aren't
- arm
- around
- arrive
- as
- ask
- asleep
- ass
- at
- attack
- attempt
- attention
- aunt
- avoid
- away
- baby
- back
- bad
- bag
- ball
- band
- bar
- barely
- bathroom
- be
- beat
- beautiful
- became
- because
- become
- bed
- bedroom
- been
- before
- began
- begin
- behind
- believe
- bell
- beside
- besides
- best
- better
- between
- big
- bit
- bite
- black
- blink
- block
- blonde
- blood
- blue
- blush
- body
- book
- bore
- both
- bother
- bottle
- bottom
- box
- boy
- boyfriend
- brain
- break
- breakfast
- breath
- breathe
- bright
- bring
- broke
- broken
- brother
- brought
- brown
- brush
- build
- burn
- burst
- bus
- business
- busy
- but
- buy
- by
- call
- calm
- came
- can
- can't
- car
- card
- care
- carefully
- carry
- case
- cat
- catch
- caught
- cause
- cell
- chair
- chance
- change
- chase
- check
- cheek
- chest
- child
- children
- chuckle
- city
- class
- clean
- clear
- climb
- close
- clothes
- coffee
- cold
- college
- color
- come
- comment
- complete
- completely
- computer
- concern
- confuse
- consider
- continue
- control
- conversation
- cool
- corner
- couch
- could
- couldn't
- counter
- couple
- course
- cover
- crack
- crazy
- cross
- crowd
- cry
- cup
- cut
- cute
- dad
- damn
- dance
- dark
- date
- daughter
- day
- dead
- deal
- dear
- death
- decide
- deep
- definitely
- desk
- did
- didn't
- die
- different
- dinner
- direction
- disappear
- do
- doctor
- does
- doesn't
- dog
- don't
- done
- door
- doubt
- down
- drag
- draw
- dream
- dress
- drink
- drive
- drop
- drove
- dry
- during
- each
- ear
- early
- easily
- easy
- eat
- edge
- either
- else
- empty
- end
- enjoy
- enough
- enter
- entire
- escape
- especially
- even
- evening
- eventually
- ever
- every
- everyone
- everything
- exactly
- except
- excite
- exclaim
- excuse
- expect
- explain
- expression
- eye
- eyebrow
- face
- fact
- fall
- family
- far
- fast
- father
- fault
- favorite
- fear
- feel
- feet
- fell
- felt
- few
- field
- fight
- figure
- fill
- finally
- find
- fine
- finger
- finish
- fire
- first
- fit
- five
- fix
- flash
- flip
- floor
- fly
- focus
- follow
- food
- foot
- for
- force
- forget
- form
- forward
- found
- four
- free
- friend
- from
- front
- frown
- fuck
- full
- fun
- funny
- further
- game
- gasp
- gave
- gaze
- gently
- get
- giggle
- girl
- girlfriend
- give
- given
- glad
- glance
- glare
- glass
- go
- God
- gone
- gonna
- good
- got
- gotten
- grab
- great
- green
- greet
- grey
- grin
- grip
- groan
- ground
- group
- grow
- guard
- guess
- gun
- guy
- had
- hadn't
- hair
- half
- hall
- hallway
- hand
- handle
- hang
- happen
- happy
- hard
- has
- hate
- have
- haven't
- he
- he'd
- he's
- head
- hear
- heard
- heart
- heavy
- held
- hell
- hello
- help
- her
- here
- herself
- hey
- hi
- hide
- high
- him
- himself
- his
- hit
- hold
- home
- hope
- horse
- hospital
- hot
- hour
- house
- how
- however
- hug
- huge
- huh
- human
- hundred
- hung
- hurry
- hurt
- I
- I'd
- I'll
- I'm
- I've
- ice
- idea
- if
- ignore
- imagine
- immediately
- important
- in
- inside
- instead
- interest
- interrupt
- into
- is
- isn't
- it
- it's
- its
- jacket
- jeans
- jerk
- job
- join
- joke
- jump
- just
- keep
- kept
- key
- kick
- kid
- kill
- kind
- kiss
- kitchen
- knee
- knew
- knock
- know
- known
- lady
- land
- large
- last
- late
- laugh
- lay
- lead
- lean
- learn
- least
- leave
- led
- left
- leg
- less
- let
- letter
- lie
- life
- lift
- light
- like
- line
- lip
- listen
- little
- live
- lock
- locker
- long
- look
- lose
- lost
- lot
- loud
- love
- low
- lunch
- mad
- made
- make
- man
- manage
- many
- mark
- marry
- match
- matter
- may
- maybe
- me
- mean
- meant
- meet
- memory
- men
- mention
- met
- middle
- might
- mind
- mine
- minute
- mirror
- miss
- mom
- moment
- money
- month
- mood
- more
- morning
- most
- mother
- mouth
- move
- movie
- Mr.
- Mrs.
- much
- mum
- mumble
- music
- must
- mutter
- my
- myself
- name
- near
- nearly
- neck
- need
- nervous
- never
- new
- next
- nice
- night
- no
- nod
- noise
- none
- normal
- nose
- not
- note
- nothing
- notice
- now
- number
- obviously
- of
- off
- offer
- office
- often
- oh
- okay
- old
- on
- once
- one
- only
- onto
- open
- or
- order
- other
- our
- out
- outside
- over
- own
- pack
- pain
- paint
- pair
- pants
- paper
- parents
- park
- part
- party
- pass
- past
- pause
- pay
- people
- perfect
- perhaps
- person
- phone
- pick
- picture
- piece
- pink
- piss
- place
- plan
- play
- please
- point
- police
- pop
- position
- possible
- power
- practically
- present
- press
- pretend
- pretty
- probably
- problem
- promise
- pull
- punch
- push
- put
- question
- quick
- quickly
- quiet
- quietly
- quite
- race
- rain
- raise
- ran
- rang
- rather
- reach
- read
- ready
- real
- realize
- really
- reason
- recognize
- red
- relationship
- relax
- remain
- remember
- remind
- repeat
- reply
- respond
- rest
- return
- ride
- right
- ring
- road
- rock
- roll
- room
- rose
- round
- rub
- run
- rush
- sad
- safe
- said
- same
- sat
- save
- saw
- say
- scare
- school
- scream
- search
- seat
- second
- see
- seem
- seen
- self
- send
- sense
- sent
- serious
- seriously
- set
- settle
- seven
- several
- shadow
- shake
- share
- she
- she'd
- she's
- shift
- shirt
- shit
- shock
- shoe
- shook
- shop
- short
- shot
- should
- shoulder
- shouldn't
- shout
- shove
- show
- shower
- shrug
- shut
- sick
- side
- sigh
- sight
- sign
- silence
- silent
- simply
- since
- single
- sir
- sister
- sit
- situation
- six
- skin
- sky
- slam
- sleep
- slightly
- slip
- slow
- slowly
- small
- smell
- smile
- smirk
- smoke
- snap
- so
- soft
- softly
- some
- somehow
- someone
- something
- sometimes
- somewhere
- son
- song
- soon
- sorry
- sort
- sound
- space
- speak
- spend
- spent
- spoke
- spot
- stair
- stand
- star
- stare
- start
- state
- stay
- step
- stick
- still
- stomach
- stood
- stop
- store
- story
- straight
- strange
- street
- strong
- struggle
- stuck
- student
- study
- stuff
- stupid
- such
- suck
- sudden
- suddenly
- suggest
- summer
- sun
- suppose
- sure
- surprise
- surround
- sweet
- table
- take
- taken
- talk
- tall
- teacher
- team
- tear
- teeth
- tell
- ten
- than
- thank
- that
- that's
- the
- their
- them
- themselves
- then
- there
- there's
- these
- they
- they'd
- they're
- thick
- thing
- think
- third
- this
- those
- though
- thought
- three
- threw
- throat
- through
- throw
- tie
- tight
- time
- tiny
- tire
- to
- today
- together
- told
- tomorrow
- tone
- tongue
- tonight
- too
- took
- top
- totally
- touch
- toward
- town
- track
- trail
- train
- tree
- trip
- trouble
- trust
- truth
- try
- turn
- TV
- twenty
- two
- type
- uncle
- under
- understand
- until
- up
- upon
- us
- use
- usual
- usually
- very
- visit
- voice
- wait
- wake
- walk
- wall
- want
- warm
- warn
- was
- wasn't
- watch
- water
- wave
- way
- we
- we'll
- we're
- we've
- wear
- week
- weird
- well
- went
- were
- weren't
- wet
- what
- what's
- whatever
- when
- where
- whether
- which
- while
- whisper
- white
- who
- whole
- why
- wide
- wife
- will
- wind
- window
- wipe
- wish
- with
- within
- without
- woke
- woman
- women
- won't
- wonder
- wood
- word
- wore
- work
- world
- worry
- worse
- would
- wouldn't
- wow
- wrap
- write
- wrong
- yeah
- year
- yell
- yes
- yet
- you
- you'd
- you'll
- you're
- you've
- young
- your
- yourself
- TRUE
