This random word generator gives you one word or a list of up to 50, picked fresh every time you press the button. You can ask for nouns, verbs or adjectives, set the word length, and choose letters the word must start with, end with or contain.
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How to use it
- Choose how many words you want. One word shows up large on the screen, which works well for a classroom or a game night.
- Pick a type of word if you need one. Nouns, verbs and adjectives come from a list of everyday words, so you will not get obscure dictionary entries.
- Set a length. Leave both length boxes empty for any length, put the same number in both for an exact length, or use two numbers for a range.
- Add letters if you like. "Starts with BR" or "ends with ING" narrows things down, and "contains" looks for those letters together in that order.
- Press Generate, then Generate again as often as you want. Copy puts the whole list on your clipboard, one word per line.
Your last 20 words stay in a small history under the results until you close the tab, so you can go back to a word you liked.
Word games you can play with it
Draw it in 60 seconds
Generate one noun and show it to a single player. They have one minute to draw it while their team guesses. No letters or numbers in the drawing. If the team guesses in time, they score a point and the next player draws. Nouns work best here, and a length of 4 to 7 letters keeps the words fair.
Act it out
Generate a verb and act it out without speaking, charades style. Verbs like jump, whisper or balance are fun because the whole body gets involved. Switch to adjectives for a harder round: acting out "nervous" or "proud" takes some thought.
Story chain
Generate five random words and write them where everyone can see. Players take turns adding one sentence to a story, and each sentence must use one of the words. The story ends when every word has been used. It is a good warm up for writers too: try fitting all five into a single paragraph.
Word ladder race
Generate two words of the same length, say four letters. Players race to change the first word into the second, one letter at a time, making a real word at every step. Fewest steps wins.
Practise for Canuckle and Wordle
Set the length to 5, keep common words on, and generate a single word. Treat it as a pretend answer and try to find it in your head in six guesses, or use it as a new opening word in Unlimited Canuckle to see how it performs. Starting words with common letters such as E, A, R, T and S usually give more clues. When you get stuck on a real puzzle, the Wordle solver shows every word that still fits your colours.
Ideas for teachers
- Spelling warm up: generate ten words at one length, read them aloud, and have the class spell them.
- Parts of speech sort: generate a mix of nouns, verbs and adjectives, then ask students to sort them into three columns. Some words, like "fly" or "walk", can be more than one type, which makes for a good discussion.
- Sentence starters: one random adjective plus one random noun makes a writing prompt, such as "a nervous kettle" or "the golden ladder".
- Dictionary practice: turn off common words and generate a few long words for students to look up.
Need more ideas for a specific game? The random noun generator sorts nouns into groups like food, places and jobs, and the random letter generator picks letters for category games. If you already have letters and want words from them, try the anagram solver.