diff --git a/common/predictive-text/unit_tests/headless/worker-predict-wordlist.js b/common/predictive-text/unit_tests/headless/worker-predict-wordlist.js
index e50ef74246..82edefb0f5 100644
--- a/common/predictive-text/unit_tests/headless/worker-predict-wordlist.js
+++ b/common/predictive-text/unit_tests/headless/worker-predict-wordlist.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ describe('LMLayerWorker word list model', function() {
         jsonFixture('wordlists/english-1000')
       );
 
-      var suggestion;
       var suggestions = model.predict({
         insert: 't',
         deleteLeft: 0,
@@ -33,12 +32,12 @@ describe('LMLayerWorker word list model', function() {
       assert.isAtLeast(suggestions.length, MIN_SUGGESTIONS);
 
       // Ensure all of the suggestions actually start with 't'
+      var suggestion;
+      var suggestedWord;
       for (var i = 0; i < MIN_SUGGESTIONS; i++) {
-        suggestions = suggestions[i];
-        assert.strictEqual(
-          suggestion.transform.insert.substr(0, 1),
-          't',
-        );
+        suggestion = suggestions[i];
+        suggestedWord = suggestion.transform.insert;
+        assert.strictEqual(suggestedWord.substr(0, 1), 't');
       }
     });
   });
diff --git a/common/predictive-text/worker/wordlist-model.ts b/common/predictive-text/worker/wordlist-model.ts
index 288bf18804..4c745284a0 100644
--- a/common/predictive-text/worker/wordlist-model.ts
+++ b/common/predictive-text/worker/wordlist-model.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,41 @@
  * at predicting the next word.
  */
 LMLayerWorker.models.WordListModel = class WordListModel implements WorkerInternalModel {
-  predict(_transform: Transform, _context: Context): Suggestion[] {
-    return [];
+  private _wordlist: string[];
+
+  constructor(_capabilities: Capabilities, wordlist: string[]) {
+    this._wordlist = wordlist;
+  }
+
+  predict(transform: Transform, _context: Context): Suggestion[] {
+    const MAX_SUGGESTIONS = 3;
+    let prefix = transform.insert;
+    let suggestions: Suggestion[] = [];
+
+    // TODO: support astral code points (1 code point === length of 2)
+    if (prefix.length !== 1) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid prefix length')
+    }
+    
+    // naïve O(n) exhaustive search through the entire word list.
+    for (let word of this._wordlist) {
+      let suggestionPrefix = word.substr(0, 1)
+      if (prefix === suggestionPrefix) {
+        suggestions.push({
+          transform: {
+            insert: word + ' ',
+            deleteLeft: 0,
+          },
+          displayAs: word,
+        });
+      }
+
+      // Do not exceed the limit on suggestions.
+      if (suggestions.length >= MAX_SUGGESTIONS) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return suggestions;
   }
 }