What does this tool do
The Text Scramble tool lets you transform text in three ways: scramble word order randomly, scramble character order randomly, or reverse word order deterministically. Paste your text, choose a mode, and click Scramble. Useful for creative writing, password obfuscation, or playful message rearrangement.
How to use it
- Select mode — Choose Scramble words, Scramble characters, or Reverse words.
- Enter text — Paste or type in the input area.
- Scramble — Click the Scramble button. The result appears in the output area.
- Copy — Use the Copy button to copy the result to your clipboard.
- Use as input — Click to move the output into the input field for chaining scrambles.
- Load sample — Click Load sample to try with "I love you" as input.
How it works
- Scramble words — Parses text into words (letters and numbers) and separators (punctuation, spaces). Shuffles only the words using Fisher–Yates and reconstructs with the original separators, so punctuation stays in place.
- Scramble characters — For each word (letter/number sequence), shuffles its characters using Fisher–Yates. Punctuation and spaces are left unchanged. Supports Unicode.
- Reverse words — Same parsing as scramble words; reverses the word order instead of shuffling, preserving punctuation and spacing.
All computation runs entirely in your browser. No data is sent to any server.
Use cases & examples
- Creative writing — Randomize sentence structure for brainstorming.
- Playful messages — Reverse or shuffle phrases (e.g. "I love you" → "you love I").
- Obfuscation — Scramble characters to make text harder to read at a glance.
- Word games — Generate scrambled word puzzles.
Example
Input: I love you.
Scramble words: you love I. (or love you I., etc. — period stays at end)
Reverse words: you love I. (always)Input: Hello, world!
Scramble characters: olelH, wrlod! (each word shuffled; comma and exclamation unchanged)
Limitations & known constraints
- Scramble is random — Scramble modes produce different output each time; results are not reversible.
- Reverse is deterministic — Reverse words always produces the same output for the same input.
- Punctuation preserved — Word-based modes keep all punctuation and spacing in their original positions.
- Single word/char — Text with only one word returns unchanged for scramble/reverse words; a single character within a word returns unchanged for scramble characters.