Word Scrambler
Scramble letters in words while keeping first and last letters intact for readability tests.
Input Text
Scrambled Output
According to research at Cambridge University, it does not matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place.
The first and last letters of each word stay in place. Only the interior letters are shuffled. Words with 3 or fewer letters are left unchanged.
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About Word Scrambler
Scramble the letters within words while optionally keeping the first and last letters in place. Useful for puzzles, anagram games, and typoglycemia demonstrations.
How to use
- Paste the text you want to scramble.
- Choose whether to keep the first and last letters fixed.
- Copy the scrambled output.
Frequently asked questions
- Does it keep punctuation?
- Yes — punctuation and spacing are preserved; only the interior letters of words are shuffled.
- Why keep first and last letters?
- Readable scrambles (keeping outer letters) demonstrate how the brain still recognises words.