Create a Letter Spiral

Want to wrap your text into a spiral pattern? The Create a Letter Spiral Tool takes your input and arranges the characters inside a square grid, spiraling clockwise from the outer edge inward. It’s perfect for puzzles, visual design, or any creative formatting that benefits from structured patterns.

Paste your input above or import a file below.
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How to Use:

  1. Paste or type your text into the Input Text box.
  2. (Optional) Click Choose File to import a .txt, .csv, .html, .json, or other supported plain-text file.
  3. In the Options box, set the Grid Size this defines how many rows and columns your spiral will span (e.g. 5 for a 5×5 grid).
  4. The tool removes all whitespace from your input and arranges the remaining characters in a spiral layout.
  5. The result appears live in the Letter Spiral Output box and flashes when updated.
  6. Use Copy Output to copy the spiral or Export to File to save it as a .txt.
  7. Click Clear All to reset everything and start over.

What Create a Letter Spiral Tool can do:

This tool builds a character matrix where the letters spiral clockwise starting from the top-left. It ignores spaces and line breaks, ensuring the spiral is clean and consistent. If the input has fewer characters than the grid size, empty cells are filled with spaces. The tool updates instantly, with visual feedback and character count included.

Example:

Input:

Spiralmeup

Grid Size:

4

Output:

S p i r  
l       m  
e       u  
p e m a

Total characters:

10

Common Use Cases:

Puzzle creators use this to build cipher grids. Educators use it to demonstrate patterns and grid-based logic. Designers use it to format letters into shapes or blocks. It’s also a great way to break text into a visually interesting structure for anything from games to artwork. Just type it in, spiral it out, and export if needed.

Useful Tools & Suggestions:

If you like creative text layouts, Create a Letter Circle gives you a tighter, more symmetrical design that loops back on itself. And for something more ordered, Create a Letter Matrix lays everything out in a clean grid great for visual effects or custom typography experiments.

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