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Random Letter Generator: Letters and Strings for Games

This free random letter generator picks random letters from the alphabet. Use one letter for games such as Scattergories or Pictionary, or create a string of letters with your choice of case and letter type.

By Debmedia Technologies LLP · Kolkata, India · Updated

What Is It and When Do You Need It?

A random letter is the start of many word games. Scattergories, Pictionary, Boggle-style games and classroom activities all begin with a letter drawn at random. Strings of letters are also useful for test data.

Choose how many letters, which kind and the case. The tool draws them with equal chance.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Enter how many letters you want.
  2. Choose any letters, vowels, consonants or game-friendly.
  3. Choose the case and whether repeats are allowed.
  4. Press Generate.

How the Calculation Works

The tool builds the list of allowed letters, then picks from it with unbiased random numbers. Without repeats it shuffles the list and takes the first letters, up to the size of the set. Mixed case picks upper or lower case for each letter.

Worked Example

One game-friendly letter might be M. Eight letters of any kind, with repeats, might be KJTAOWPE. Five consonants without repeats might be BHLRT.

Common Uses

  • Word and party games.
  • Classroom starters.
  • Test strings.
  • Picking a name initial.

Tips and Common Mistakes

  • Use game-friendly mode for Scattergories.
  • Use unique letters for a letter-drawing game.
  • For passwords, use a real password generator.

Next, you may need the random number generator, list randomizer, dice roller, magic 8 ball.

Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored or sent to any outside service.

Frequently Asked Questions

Set the count to 1 and choose Game-friendly. The tool skips Q, X and Z, which are very hard in that game.
Yes within the chosen set. This is not weighted by how common letters are in English.
Yes. Set a higher count and copy the result. For passwords, use a password generator instead.
No. The vowels are A, E, I, O and U. All other letters are consonants.

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