I think I’ve found this before, but I’m having trouble finding it now.
Which package provides /usr/share/dict/words (the dictionary)?
I tried installing aspell-en, but that didn’t have it.
hunspell-en_US has a dictionary file, but it’s in a slightly different format, and is in a different directory.
I guess I could use that, if that’s the only option.
words provides it.
$ pacman -Qo /usr/share/dict/words
Nothing in particular …
But we can look with something like
$ pacman -Fx /usr/share/dict*
usr/share/dict/ is owned by core/cracklib 2.9.7-2
usr/share/dict/cracklib-small is owned by core/cracklib 2.9.7-2
usr/share/dict/ is owned by community/deepin-control-center 5.3.0.23-1
usr/share/dict/MainEnglishDictionary_ProbWL.txt is owned by community/deepin-control-center 5.3.0.23-1
usr/share/dict/ is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/american-english is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/british is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/british-english is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/catala is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/catalan is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/finnish is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/french is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/german is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/italian is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/ngerman is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/ogerman is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/spanish is owned by community/words 2.1-6
usr/share/dict/usa is owned by community/words 2.1-6
Which probably means words as @Yochanan posted.
Derp! Thank you! 
That doesn’t help if one does not have the package owning the folder installed. 
I didn’t have it installed, so that’s why I wasn’t able to figure it out. Thanks
I don’t have it installed either. I just Googled, “/usr/share/dict/words”. 
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