Random Letter Generator
Draw a random letter for word games, spelling practice or naming ideas. Choose A–Z, vowels, consonants or your own letters, and skip the hard ones.
- A–Z, vowels, consonants
- Scattergories preset
- No repeats
- Any alphabet
Pick a letter set and press Generate. Your letter appears here.
What is a random letter generator?
A random letter generator picks letters so that each one in the chosen set is equally likely. Teachers use it for alphabet and phonics games, families use it for Scattergories and “categories” games, and writers use it to spark names and ideas. You can limit the draw to vowels or consonants, remove awkward letters like Q, X and Z, or type any alphabet, including accented and non-Latin letters.
How to use Random Letter Generator
- Pick a letter set: A–Z, Vowels, Consonants, Scattergories (no Q, U, V, X, Y or Z) or Custom.
- Optionally exclude letters, choose upper case, lower case or mixed, and set how many letters you need.
- Keep No repeated letters on to use each letter only once in a draw.
- Press Generate. The letter appears in large type, and every draw is kept in the history.
Why use this letter generator
- Made for gamesScattergories and no-hard-letters presets keep rounds playable.
- Classroom friendlyHuge, clear letters work on a projector, and history shows which letters have come up.
- Any alphabetType your own letters for Spanish, Turkish, Greek or phonics groups.
- Fair and privateEvery letter in the set is equally likely, and nothing leaves your device.
Popular uses
- Scattergories and Categories. Draw the round’s starting letter without the tricky ones.
- Phonics and spelling. Practise letter sounds or spell a word starting with the drawn letter.
- Name and brainstorm prompts. Pick a letter to start a character, product or pet name.
- Random codes. Generate a few random letters for a quick label or team code.
Which letters are in each preset?
- A–Z: all 26 letters of the English alphabet.
- Vowels: A, E, I, O and U. Consonants: the other 21 letters, including Y.
- Scattergories: 20 letters. Q, U, V, X, Y and Z are left out, matching the letters commonly removed from the game’s letter die.
- Results come from your browser’s Web Crypto API (crypto.getRandomValues), the same source used for passwords and encryption keys. Values that would bias the result are discarded and redrawn (rejection sampling), so every allowed outcome has exactly the same chance. Nothing is sent to a server, so nobody can influence or record the draw.
More ways to decide at random: flip a coin, roll dice, spin a wheel of names, split people into random teams or organise a Secret Santa.
Example: a round of Scattergories
Choose the Scattergories preset and press Generate. Say the letter is “M”: everyone now has a set time to find a fruit, a city and a film starting with M. Turn on No repeated letters and draw several letters at once to plan all rounds of the game in advance.
What to expect from the result
Letters are drawn uniformly from the set you choose, so common and rare letters are equally likely. It does not weight letters by how often they start words. Up to 500 letters can be drawn at once.
Random Letter Generator questions
How do I get a random letter from A to Z?
Keep the A–Z set selected and press Generate. Each of the 26 letters has the same 1 in 26 chance.
Can I leave out hard letters like Q, X and Z?
Yes. Type them in Exclude letters, or use the Scattergories or No hard letters presets.
Can I generate random vowels or consonants only?
Yes. Choose the Vowels preset for A, E, I, O and U, or Consonants for the other 21 letters. Y counts as a consonant.
Does it work for other alphabets?
Yes. Choose Custom and type the letters you want, such as “ABCÇDEFGĞ” or Greek letters. Each letter you enter becomes one equally likely option.
Is the random letter generator free?
Yes, with no sign-up. Letters are generated in your browser with cryptographic randomness, and nothing is sent to a server.