This Shuffle Letters tool randomly rearranges characters in your text while giving you control over what stays intact. Whether you’re looking to create unique text variations for creative writing, generate scrambled versions for puzzles, or just experiment with letter randomization, this tool handles everything from single words to entire documents. It keeps spaces and punctuation exactly where they should be, making the output readable and properly formatted.
How to Use:
- Input your text
- Type or paste text into the input box
- Use the Choose File button to import text files
- Supported formats include .txt, .csv, .md, and other plain text files
- Configure shuffle settings
- Toggle Preserve spaces to maintain original spacing
- Enable Preserve punctuation to keep commas, periods, and symbols in place
- Use Preserve case to maintain uppercase and lowercase patterns
- Turn on Keep first/last letters for more readable scrambled words
- Exclude specific words
- Enter words to keep unchanged in the Exclude words field
- Separate multiple words with commas (e.g., “Brand, Company, API”)
- Words are matched case-insensitively for convenience
- Select shuffle mode
- Choose Per word to shuffle letters within each word individually
- Pick Per line to shuffle each line separately while maintaining line breaks
- Select All text to shuffle all letters across the entire input
- Generate and export
- Click Shuffle to create a new random arrangement
- Use Copy Output to grab the shuffled text
- Hit Export to File to download as a .txt file
- Toggle Maximize output for better viewing of large results
What Shuffle Letters can do:
The tool offers multiple shuffling approaches depending on your needs. Word-level shuffling keeps individual words intact as units while scrambling their internal letters, perfect for creating readable but obfuscated text. Line-by-line shuffling maintains document structure while randomizing content within each line. Full-text shuffling creates completely random character arrangements across your entire input.
Smart preservation options help maintain text readability. The case preservation feature ensures that if the original letter was uppercase, the shuffled replacement stays uppercase too. First and last letter protection creates that interesting effect where words remain surprisingly readable even when scrambled because our brains focus on word boundaries. Punctuation preservation keeps sentences properly structured with periods, commas, and other symbols staying put.
The exclude words feature lets you protect specific terms from being shuffled. This is incredibly useful for maintaining brand names, technical terms, proper nouns, or any words that need to stay exactly as they are. Just enter the words separated by commas, and they’ll remain unchanged while everything else gets scrambled.
The tool handles various text formats and sizes efficiently. Import capabilities support common text file types, making it easy to process documents, lists, or any plain text content. The character counter helps track output length, and the maximize toggle provides better viewing for longer texts.
Example:
Before:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Creative writing becomes more interesting when you shuffle letters randomly!After (Per word, Keep first/last letters):
The qciuk borwn fox jmups oevr the lzay dog. Caertive wtirnig bceomes mroe inertsetnig wehn you shfluf lettres rnaomldy!After (All text, Preserve spaces/punctuation):
hTe qkicu brnwo xof jmsup ovre het yzal gdo. tCaerive ignirtw smceoeb remo gnierttinse nehw uyo fhsulf ttresel lmdyonar!Shuffle Letters Table:
A reference table showing different shuffle patterns and their effects on text readability and structure.
| Original Text | Shuffle Mode | Result |
|---|---|---|
| hello world | Per word | lloeh drlow |
| hello world | Keep first/last | hllo werod |
| Programming is fun! | Per word + preserve punctuation | mmgriParnog si nuf! |
| JavaScript | Word shuffle | vaiptcSJar |
| Hello World! | Keep first/last + punctuation | Hllo Wlrod! |
| UPPERCASE text | Preserve case | EPUPRCAES xtet |
| [email protected] | Per word + punctuation | [email protected] |
Common Use Cases:
Writers and content creators use letter shuffling for brainstorming and creative inspiration. When you’re stuck on a particular phrase or sentence, shuffling the letters can spark new word combinations and unexpected connections. It’s also useful for creating placeholder text that maintains the visual structure of your content while protecting sensitive information during design mockups.
Educators find the tool valuable for creating word puzzles and reading comprehension exercises. The “keep first and last letters” feature demonstrates how our brains process written language, making it perfect for linguistics demonstrations. Game developers use it to generate scrambled text for puzzles, word games, and cryptographic challenges in their applications.
Privacy-conscious users appreciate the text obfuscation capabilities for sharing document structures without revealing actual content. Marketing professionals use controlled shuffling to test how layout and typography perform with different text patterns while maintaining readability and visual hierarchy in their designs. The exclude words feature is particularly useful for protecting brand names and important terminology while scrambling everything else.