Shuffle Letters
Randomly rearrange the letters in a string, word, sentence, or text. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
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Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Shuffle Letters
- 1. Paste your text. Enter a string, word, sentence, or longer passage into the input pane. Any length of text works, from a single word to a full paragraph.
- 2. Choose whether to shuffle within words. Turn on Shuffle within each word only to scramble letters inside each word while keeping word boundaries intact, or leave it off to mix letters across the entire text.
- 3. Copy the scrambled result. Copy the rearranged text from the output pane, such as hello world becoming lorhe ldowl, and use it wherever a scrambled version is useful.
When to use Shuffle Letters
Shuffle Letters randomly rearranges the letters within your text, either scrambling each word individually or mixing letters across the whole string. Use it whenever you need a jumbled version of text for a puzzle or a quick demonstration.
- Creating a word scramble puzzle. You are building an anagram or word-jumble game and need scrambled versions of vocabulary words, so turning on Shuffle within each word only keeps each answer solvable independently.
- Demonstrating that anagram solving relies on letter frequency. You are teaching how anagram solvers work by frequency analysis, and want to show a scrambled example alongside the original to explain how the letters get reordered back.
- Testing a text unscrambling algorithm. You wrote code that attempts to unscramble jumbled text back into readable words, and want scrambled samples at both word-level and full-text mixing to test each case.
- Obscuring text for a lighthearted reveal. You want to post a scrambled version of an announcement or answer online before revealing the real text later, and scrambling the whole string makes it unreadable at a glance.
Examples
Randomly rearrange the letters
Input
hello world
Output
lorhe ldowl
About the Shuffle Letters tool
Shuffle Letters runs as plain JavaScript in your browser tab, with no server behind it. Randomly rearrange the letters in a string, word, sentence, or text. Whatever you put in stays on your device from start to finish.
The tool is part of EditSafely's Random Tools section, 120 single-purpose utilities built around the same idea: open the page, get the result, keep your data to yourself.
You can shape the output with the Shuffle within each word only setting, and the result refreshes the moment you change it. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
That local-first design has practical benefits beyond privacy. The tool keeps working on a flaky connection once the page has loaded, results are instant because nothing round-trips to a server, and it is safe to use with confidential material.
Frequently asked questions
Does Shuffle Letters cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Is it safe to paste sensitive or confidential data?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
How much text can I process at once?
There is no fixed limit. Because the work happens on your own device rather than on a shared server, the practical ceiling is your machine's memory, which comfortably handles inputs far larger than typical online tools allow.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
How do I use the result?
The output panel has a one-click copy button, and you can keep refining the input while you work; the result updates in place as you type.