diff --git a/types/word-list-json/index.d.ts b/types/word-list-json/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for word-list-json 0.2
+// Project: https://github.com/sindresorhus/word-list
+// Definitions by: Dovid Meiseles <https://github.com/dovidm>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.4
+
+interface Lengths {
+    [key: string]: number;
+}
+
+export const lengths: Lengths;
+
+type wordsArray = string[];
+interface Words extends wordsArray {
+    lengths: Lengths;
+}
+
+declare const words: Words;
+
+export default words;
diff --git a/types/word-list-json/tsconfig.json b/types/word-list-json/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "word-list-json-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/word-list-json/tslint.json b/types/word-list-json/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/word-list-json/word-list-json-tests.ts b/types/word-list-json/word-list-json-tests.ts
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+import wordListJson from 'word-list-json';
+
+wordListJson.lengths; // $ExpectType Lengths
+
+wordListJson; // $ExpectType Words