diff --git a/packages/pointers/src/evaluate.test.ts b/packages/pointers/src/evaluate.test.ts
index 16bcf574..ee256b0c 100644
--- a/packages/pointers/src/evaluate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pointers/src/evaluate.test.ts
@@ -226,5 +226,11 @@ describe("evaluate", () => {
       expect(data).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(data).toEqual(Data.fromNumber(0xcd));
     }
+
+    {
+      const data = await evaluate({ $wordsized: "0xabcd" }, options);
+      expect(data).toHaveLength(32);
+      expect(data).toEqual(Data.fromNumber(0xabcd).resizeTo(32));
+    }
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/pointers/src/evaluate.ts b/packages/pointers/src/evaluate.ts
index 8c42ead1..b3db2205 100644
--- a/packages/pointers/src/evaluate.ts
+++ b/packages/pointers/src/evaluate.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ async function evaluateResize(
 ): Promise<Data> {
   const [[operation, subexpression]] = Object.entries(expression);
 
-  const newLength = Number(operation.match(/^\$sized([1-9]+[0-9]*)$/)![1]);
+  const newLength = Pointer.Expression.Resize.isToNumber(expression)
+    ? Number(operation.match(/^\$sized([1-9]+[0-9]*)$/)![1])
+    : 32;
 
   return (await evaluate(subexpression, options)).resizeTo(newLength);
 }
diff --git a/packages/pointers/src/pointer.ts b/packages/pointers/src/pointer.ts
index 1969ae24..8d37bd53 100644
--- a/packages/pointers/src/pointer.ts
+++ b/packages/pointers/src/pointer.ts
@@ -381,22 +381,48 @@ export namespace Pointer {
     export const isKeccak256 =
       makeIsOperation<"$keccak256", Keccak256>("$keccak256", isOperands);
 
-    export type Resize<N extends number = number> = {
-      [K in `$sized${N}`]: Expression;
-    }
+    export type Resize<N extends number = number> =
+      | Resize.ToNumber<N>
+      | Resize.ToWordsize;
     export const isResize = <N extends number>(
       value: unknown
-    ): value is Resize<N> => {
-      if (
-        !value ||
-          typeof value !== "object" ||
-          Object.keys(value).length !== 1
-      ) {
-        return false;
+    ): value is Resize<N> =>
+      [
+        Resize.isToWordsize,
+        Resize.isToNumber,
+      ].some(guard => guard(value));
+
+    export namespace Resize {
+      export type ToNumber<N extends number> = {
+        [K in `$sized${N}`]: Expression;
+      };
+      export const isToNumber = <N extends number>(
+        value: unknown
+      ): value is ToNumber<N> => {
+        if (
+          !value ||
+            typeof value !== "object" ||
+            Object.keys(value).length !== 1
+        ) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        const [key] = Object.keys(value);
+
+        return typeof key === "string" && /^\$sized([1-9]+[0-9]*)$/.test(key);
+      };
+
+      export type ToWordsize = {
+        $wordsized: Expression;
       }
-      const [key] = Object.keys(value);
+      export const isToWordsize = (value: unknown): value is ToWordsize =>
+        !!value &&
+          typeof value === "object" &&
+          Object.keys(value).length === 1 &&
+          "$wordsized" in value &&
+          typeof value.$wordsized !== "undefined" &&
+          isExpression(value.$wordsized);
+
 
-      return typeof key === "string" && /^\$sized([1-9]+[0-9]*)$/.test(key);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/schemas/pointer.schema.yaml b/schemas/pointer.schema.yaml
index 9db4a26d..789e23d0 100644
--- a/schemas/pointer.schema.yaml
+++ b/schemas/pointer.schema.yaml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ examples:
 
               "start-slot":
                 $keccak256:
-                  - $sized32: "contract-variable-slot"
+                  - $wordsized: "contract-variable-slot"
 
               "total-slots":
                 # account for both zero and nonzero slot remainders by adding
diff --git a/schemas/pointer/expression.schema.yaml b/schemas/pointer/expression.schema.yaml
index 7f79feed..70814822 100644
--- a/schemas/pointer/expression.schema.yaml
+++ b/schemas/pointer/expression.schema.yaml
@@ -199,12 +199,15 @@ $defs:
   Resize:
     title: Resize data
     description: |
-      An object of the form `{ "$sized<N>": <expression> }`, where `<N>` is the
-      smallest decimal representation of an unsigned integer and where
-      `<expression>` is another expression.
-
-      This object's value is evaluated as follows, based on the number
-      represented by `<N>` and the bytes width of `<expression>`:
+      A resize operation expression is either an object of the form
+      `{ "$sized<N>": <expression> }` or an object of the form
+      `{ "$wordsized": <expression> }`, where `<expression>` is an expression
+      whose value is to be resized, and, if applicable, where `<N>` is the
+      smallest decimal representation of an unsigned integer.
+
+      This object's value is evaluated as follows, based on the bytes width of
+      the value `<expression>` evaluates to and based on `<N>` (using the
+      value of `"$wordsize"` for `<N>` in the case of the latter form above):
       - If the width equals `<N>`, this object evalutes to the same value as
         `<expression>` (equivalent to the identity function or no-op).
       - If the width is less than `<N>`, this object evalutes to the same value
@@ -218,15 +221,25 @@ $defs:
       (These cases match the behavior that Solidity uses for resizing its
       `bytesN`/`uintN` types.)
     type: object
-    additionalProperties: false
-    patternProperties:
-      "^\\$sized([1-9]+[0-9]*)$":
-        $ref: "schema:ethdebug/format/pointer/expression"
+    oneOf:
+      - title: Resize to literal number of bytes
+        type: object
+        patternProperties:
+          "^\\$sized([1-9]+[0-9]*)$":
+            $ref: "schema:ethdebug/format/pointer/expression"
+        additionalProperties: false
+      - title: Resize to word-size
+        type: object
+        patternProperties:
+          "^\\$wordsized$":
+            $ref: "schema:ethdebug/format/pointer/expression"
+        additionalProperties: false
     minProperties: 1
     maxProperties: 1
     examples:
       - $sized2: "0x00" # 0x0000
       - $sized2: "0xffffff" # 0xffff
+      - $wordsized: "0x00" # 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
 
 examples:
   - 0