diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 42db2d060be6..a86df76a9d6f 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -790,6 +790,14 @@
           renamed to <literal>linux-firmware</literal>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          It is now possible to specify wordlists to include as handy to
+          access environment variables using the
+          <literal>config.environment.wordlist</literal> configuration
+          options.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           The <literal>services.mbpfan</literal> module was converted to
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 7bb7b1c33b16..b8a91195f743 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - The `firmwareLinuxNonfree` package has been renamed to `linux-firmware`.
 
+- It is now possible to specify wordlists to include as handy to access environment variables using the `config.environment.wordlist` configuration options.
+
 - The `services.mbpfan` module was converted to a [RFC 0042](https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0042-config-option.md) configuration.
 
 - The default value for `programs.spacefm.settings.graphical_su` got unset. It previously pointed to `gksu` which has been removed.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/wordlist.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/wordlist.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..988b522d7431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/wordlist.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+with lib;
+let
+  concatAndSort = name: files: pkgs.runCommand name {} ''
+    awk 1 ${lib.escapeShellArgs files} | sed '{ /^\s*$/d; s/^\s\+//; s/\s\+$// }' | sort | uniq > $out
+  '';
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    environment.wordlist = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "environment variables for lists of words";
+
+      lists = mkOption {
+        type = types.attrsOf (types.nonEmptyListOf types.path);
+
+        default = {
+          WORDLIST = [ "${pkgs.scowl}/share/dict/words.txt" ];
+        };
+
+        defaultText = literalExpression ''
+          {
+            WORDLIST = [ "''${pkgs.scowl}/share/dict/words.txt" ];
+          }
+        '';
+
+        description = ''
+          A set with the key names being the environment variable you'd like to
+          set and the values being a list of paths to text documents containing
+          lists of words. The various files will be merged, sorted, duplicates
+          removed, and extraneous spacing removed.
+
+          If you have a handful of words that you want to add to an already
+          existing wordlist, you may find `builtins.toFile` useful for this
+          task.
+        '';
+
+        example = literalExpression ''
+          {
+            WORDLIST = [ "''${pkgs.scowl}/share/dict/words.txt" ];
+            AUGMENTED_WORDLIST = [
+              "''${pkgs.scowl}/share/dict/words.txt"
+              "''${pkgs.scowl}/share/dict/words.variants.txt"
+              (builtins.toFile "extra-words" '''
+                desynchonization
+                oobleck''')
+            ];
+          }
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf config.environment.wordlist.enable {
+    environment.variables =
+      lib.mapAttrs
+        (name: value: "${concatAndSort "wordlist-${name}" value}")
+        config.environment.wordlist.lists;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index c8b45724b3c1..b2e8661ac505 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
   ./misc/nixpkgs.nix
   ./misc/passthru.nix
   ./misc/version.nix
+  ./misc/wordlist.nix
   ./misc/nixops-autoluks.nix
   ./programs/adb.nix
   ./programs/appgate-sdp.nix