--- title: "Random Word Generator: 1 to 100 Random English Words" description: "Generate random English words for games, drawing prompts, writing, names and passphrases. Choose how many, word length and first letter. Free and instant." url: https://getmylocations.com/random-word-generator --- Free Tool · 7,776 common words # Random word generator Get between **1 and 100 random English words** at once. Pick the word length and first letter, capitalize them, and copy the list. Words are common and easy to spell. Last updated November 4, 2026 by [Ahmed Anwar](https://getmylocations.com/about). ## Generate random words Loading word list… ## What is a random word generator? A random word generator picks words by chance from a fixed list, so you get words you would not have thought of yourself. This one draws from 7,776 everyday English words, the [EFF long word list](https://www.eff.org/dice), and gives each word exactly the same chance of being picked. People use it for party games, drawing and writing prompts, classroom warm-ups, naming things and memorable passwords. ## Ideas for random words - **Games:** Pictionary, charades, Taboo-style guessing and word association. - **Creative prompts:** pick three words and write a story, draw a scene or name a band. - **Teaching:** spelling practice, vocabulary warm-ups and sentence-building exercises. - **Naming:** project code names, Wi-Fi network names or team names. - **Passphrases:** memorable passwords made of several random words. ## How many words are there of each length? Longer words are far more common in the list than short ones. The counter under the buttons shows how many words match your settings; these are the totals for each length: | Letters | Words | Examples of use | | --- | --- | --- | | 3 | 82 | Very young readers, quick spelling | | 4 | 467 | Easy Pictionary and charades | | 5 | 928 | Word games, warm-ups | | 6 | 1,372 | Writing prompts | | 7 | 1,591 | Harder guessing games | | 8 | 1,779 | Vocabulary practice | | 9 | 1,557 | Spelling challenges | | All | 7,776 | Passphrases | First letters are uneven too: S starts 1,087 words and C 751, while Q starts 37, Y 27, Z 22 and X only 2. If a letter and length together match few words, the list comes out shorter than the number you chose, because words never repeat. ## Random words for games 1. **Pictionary:** set **How many** to 1 and the length to 4–6 letters for words that are easy to draw. Press **New words** for each turn, and hide the screen from the guessers. 2. **Charades:** the same settings work; skip any word that is hard to act and press again. 3. **Taboo-style guessing:** get one word for the team to guess and agree on three “banned” words before the timer starts. 4. **Story chain:** generate 5 words; each player adds a sentence that uses the next word. Capitalize turns on a capital first letter, which reads better on a projector or a shared screen. ## Random words for passphrases The EFF list was built for passphrases. 7,776 is 6 × 6 × 6 × 6 × 6, so each word can stand for five dice rolls, and each randomly chosen word adds about 12.9 bits of strength. Five words give about 65 bits and six words about 78 bits, enough that guessing them is not practical. Words must be chosen at random, which is what this tool does; a phrase you make up yourself is much weaker. For a ready-made passphrase with separators, a number and a strength rating, use the [password generator](https://getmylocations.com/password-generator). The list is published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation under CC BY 3.0. ## How the words are picked The list downloads to your browser once. Each word is then chosen with `crypto.getRandomValues`, the browser’s secure random generator, using a method that gives no word a higher chance than another. Nothing you generate is sent to our server or stored, and the same settings give a fresh list each time you press **New words**. ## Frequently asked questions Where do the words come from? From the EFF long word list: 7,776 common, easy-to-spell English words chosen by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, published under CC BY 3.0. Obscure and offensive words were left out of it. Are the words truly random? Yes. Each word is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random generator, with equal odds for every word, and no word repeats within one list. Can I use these words for a passphrase? Yes, five or six random words make a strong, memorable passphrase. The password generator has a passphrase mode that also shows how strong it is. Can I get only nouns, verbs or adjectives? Not yet. The list mixes nouns, verbs and adjectives, and the tool filters only by length and first letter. Most words are nouns or can be read as one, so a list of 10 usually gives several good drawing or charades words. Why do I get fewer words than I asked for? Words never repeat within one list, so the list stops when every matching word has been used. Three-letter words are the rarest: only 82 of them are in the list, and only 2 words start with X. Is anything I generate saved or sent anywhere? No. The word list downloads once and every pick happens in your browser. Nothing is sent back to our server, so a passphrase made here is known only to you. ## Related tools [ ### Password Generator Strong passwords and passphrases ](https://getmylocations.com/password-generator)[ ### Binary to Text Binary, text, hex and decimal ](https://getmylocations.com/binary-to-text)[ ### Internet Speed Test Download, upload and ping ](https://getmylocations.com/internet-speed-test)[ ### MD5 & SHA Hash Generator MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 hashes ](https://getmylocations.com/md5-generator) AA Written by ### Ahmed Anwar Senior software engineer in Karachi. Builds the geolocation tools, mapping pages, and coordinate utilities on GetMyLocations. Writes about GPS, browser geolocation, and IP geolocation from the perspective of someone who ships the code, not the marketing. This article was researched and drafted with AI assistance, then edited and fact-checked by Ahmed before publication. [More about the author](https://getmylocations.com/about).