/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb MACRO, VAX MACRO Assembler, Directives, .WORD  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Generates successive words (two bytes) of data in the object
    module.

      .WORD expression1[expression2], ...

    One or more expressions separated by commas.  You have the option
    of following  each  expression  by  a  repetition  factor delimited
    with square brackets.

    expression1

    An expression that specifies the value to be stored.

    [expression2]

    An expression that specifies the number of times the  value  will
    be repeated.   The expression must not contain any undefined
    symbols and must be an absolute expression.  The square brackets
    are required.