My definition of "word" also includes paintings, music, etc. To the degree that they exist, any external object or perception is also words.

There's nothing but words.

And I mean for real nothing but words. As in, there is no external world, no self, no mind, no quantum particles, no platonic forms, no truth, no knowledge, only words. Words interacting with words.

Therefore conscious experience is just an illusion because words are just words. And humans are just words that generate other words, or "word machines."

You might say, "But what is a word to you? Is a church also a word? To me a church exists outside of language yet we use words to ascribe universal or relatable experience to that church."

To this I say, "No. A church as you described does not exist because it is not a word. What you call church is just a word."