About Acronymaker

Acronymaker was created in April 2024 by two high school students tired of forgetting things. It started out barely being capable of handling 4-word inputs; now, it can easily handle inputs of 8+ words.

On the main page of the website, I discuss ad nauseam how useful mnemonic acronyms are for remembering lists. The problem is, generating acronyms from a list of words is a surprisingly complicated task; humans and AI (yes, even ChatGPT) are bad at it, especially when it comes to using synonyms. This is because the number of possible acronyms for an input gets very large, very quickly—some examples:

2 words, 2 synonyms each: 8 possible acronyms
4 words, 4 synonyms each: 6144 possible acronyms
7 words, 7 synonyms each: 4,150,656,720 possible acronyms
15 words, 15 synonyms each: 572,622,620,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible acronyms

The number of those possible acronyms that form actual coherent words is comparatively low, so trying to find them is like trying to find needles in a haystack. It's downright impossible for humans and AI (which, as of this writing, doesn't ever perform iterations in its response to a question).

The Acronymaker algorithm, though, is content with banging its head on the wall furiously until it finds the precious few words that'll feed your greedy appetite. In fact, it goes through every possible combination, leaving no stone unturned; although if you put 20 words in with dozens of synonyms each, don't blame me if your computer explodes. (for liability purposes, that was a joke)

In addition to this website, you can also find Acronymaker listed on Anki, which is a popular open source study app—here's the link: ankiweb.net/shared/info/194234494.

If you liked Acronymaker, I encourage you to share it with your friends or family and/or give us a review on Anki; it would be much appreciated! Also, feel free to email us at [email protected] with any questions or suggestions.