tags, and placeholder images at any size (PNG / JPG / WebP), presets and a size set - [Random Color Generator](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/random-color-generator): free tool: random color and palette generator with locks, styles and harmony rules, a color palette from any image (never uploaded), HEX / RGB / HSL copy, contrast check, saved palettes and a color of the day - [2027 Calendar](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/2027-calendar): free tool: printable 2027 calendar with US holidays, year on one page or month per page, Letter / A4, portrait / landscape, Sunday or Monday start, week numbers, your own events with countdowns, saved in the browser - [Seating Chart Maker](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/seating-chart-maker): free tool: classroom and wedding seating chart maker, rows / pairs / groups / U-shape or round and long tables, random shuffle with keep-apart and keep-together rules, drag or tap to swap, saved classes with a weekly rotation, print, PNG, present mode - [Font Pairing](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/font-pairing): free tool: Google font pairing with live preview, 70+ curated heading + body combinations by style, body suggestions per heading font, locks, Space for the next pair, compare side by side, Copy CSS, saved pairs; fonts loaded by name only, your text never leaves the browser - [QR Code Scanner from Image](https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/qr-code-scanner-from-image): free tool: QR code scanner from image or screenshot, reads several codes at once, checks the link for phishing warning signs before you open it, nothing uploaded ## TL;DR - Letters tab: 1–26 letters per draw as big tiles; case Uppercase / lowercase / Both (Aa); set A–Z, Vowels, Consonants or a Custom set you type (letters only, duplicates removed, other characters flagged); Skip hard letters removes Q, X, Z and says so - No repeats (default on): letters are drawn from a bag without replacement, the counter shows how many are left (e.g. 14 of 26), a new round starts when the bag is empty, Reset round starts one early; a multi-letter draw never repeats a letter either way - Wheel tab: the same set as one slice per letter on a spin wheel (Space, Enter, the button or a tap spin it); easing, ticks and a chime synthesised with Web Audio (Sound toggle), prefers-reduced-motion respected; with No repeats a drawn letter leaves the wheel until the round resets; the slice under the pointer is the result - Words tab (random word generator): 1–20 random English words filtered by length (2–15 letters), first letter (any, a chosen letter, or "use the letter I just drew") and part of speech (any / noun / verb / adjective); the list (about 4,000 common English words tagged noun / verb / adjective, written for this tool and screened for classroom use) is a static JSON loaded only when the tab opens, screened with a block list; a filter with no match is reported with a hint, never an empty result - Scattergories tab: Start round draws a letter with the letter settings and starts a countdown (default 2 min, presets 1 / 2 / 3 min, or 10 s to 30 min typed); Pause / Resume / Reset by button or Space; red digits in the last 10 s and a buzzer at zero; 12 categories from our own list right under a compact letter + timer strip; Next round keeps the list, New list picks another, paste your own, or a pack (Holiday table, Kids (age 6+), Grown-ups) - Game night: Share this game sends https://qrdyframes.qrdyai.com/tools/random-letter-generator/play#g=… (the payload is only in the fragment: version, letter seed, round, round length, optional start time, letter set, categories as indices or the host's text; max 2,000 characters); every phone gets the same letters for round 1, 2, 3… from the seed, the same list and the same countdown; Start for everyone in 15 s adds a shared start time, late openers see the time left, after the end Time's up; native share with a 1080 × 1350 "Tonight's list" card, or Copy link / Download card; no room, no account, no server - Answer sheet on each phone: one box per category (session storage of that tab only, never in the link, card, history or analytics), locked at time's up, check-letter flag when an answer does not start with the letter (a / an / the ignored); Read out: one category at a time in huge type, Space / arrows or Next / Back, Someone else had it strikes duplicates, private running score - Host scoreboard: players, round scores, running totals, winner with confetti (reduced motion respected), last 10 game nights; up to 10 named category lists saved; names and scores stay on the host's phone - Repeat use: settings (count, case, set, custom set, toggles, word filters, timer length) and the last 50 results (letters, spins, words, rounds, with time) are saved in this browser under one local-storage key (qrdy.random-letter.v1); tap a history item to copy it, Copy all, Clear history; works without storage, with a notice - Output: Copy, Copy all, Download PNG (1080 px card of the letters or words), Present (Fullscreen API with a covered-window fallback; huge letter or word on a dark background, Space for the next one, Escape exits, the Scattergories timer and categories run inside it); result announced to screen readers - Letter wheel inside Canva slides: Spin Wheel Maker (https://www.canva.com/apps/AAGIua1prrA) ## How to use the random letter generator 1. Choose how many letters you want (1 to 26) and leave No repeats on so every letter comes up once before any repeats. Under Advanced, pick the case (uppercase, lowercase or both) and the set: A–Z, vowels only, consonants only, or type your own letters; Skip hard letters leaves out Q, X and Z. 2. Press Generate letter, or hit Space or Enter. The letters appear as big tiles and the counter shows how many letters are left in this round. Switch to the Wheel tab to spin the same set on a letter wheel, or to Words for random English words. 3. Copy the result, download it as a PNG, or press Present for a full-screen letter the whole room can read. Your settings and the last results are saved in this browser, so next lesson everything is where you left it. ## Is the random letter generator really random? Yes: every draw uses the browser's cryptographic random generator (crypto.getRandomValues) with rejection sampling, so each letter in the set has exactly the same chance and no letter is favoured. Math.random is never used, and the page never remembers a 'lucky' letter. No repeats works like drawing letters from a bag. The set goes into the bag, each draw takes letters out without putting them back, the counter shows how many are left, and when the bag is empty it is refilled and a new round starts. With several letters per draw, a single draw never shows the same letter twice, whether No repeats is on or off. ## Random word generator The Words tab is a random word generator: it picks 1 to 20 random English words, filtered by length, first letter and part of speech (noun, verb or adjective). One click sets the first letter to the letter you just drew, so a letter round can turn into a word round. The words come from Qrdy common classroom words, about 4,000 common English words tagged noun / verb / adjective, written for this tool and screened for classroom use, released as CC0 1.0 (public domain). The list is a small static file that loads only when you open the Words tab, so the letter tool stays light, and a block list is applied on load as a second check. If a filter combination has no match the tab says so and suggests what to loosen; it never shows an empty result silently. ## Classroom and party games with random letters - **Scattergories:** Draw a letter, start the two-minute timer and name something in each of the twelve categories that starts with that letter; the Scattergories tab does all three. - **Alphabet hunt:** Generate one letter and have the class find an object in the room, a word in the text or a country on the map that starts with it. - **Spelling warm-ups:** Draw three letters and ask for the longest word that uses all of them, or the most words that start with the first one. - **Pictionary prompts:** Switch to Words, set nouns only, and draw the word you get; the Present mode shows it to the drawer only if you turn the screen. - **Name a thing:** A letter and a category (animal, food, city) in turn around the circle, with No repeats on so the letter changes every round. - **Handwriting practice:** Set the case to Both so each tile shows Aa, and let young writers copy the pair that comes up. ## How to play a Scattergories-style round with this page 1. Open the Scattergories tab and press Start round: a letter is drawn with your letter settings (no repeats included) and the countdown starts, two minutes by default; pick 1 or 3 minutes or type your own length. 2. Players write one answer per category that starts with the letter; the twelve categories are shown right under the letter and the timer, Next round keeps the same list (the standard way to play), New list gives twelve others, or paste your own list or pick a pack. 3. The digits turn red in the last ten seconds and a buzzer sounds at zero. Compare answers, then press Next round for the next letter; Present mode puts the letter, the timer and the categories on the projector. ## Game night: the same round on everyone's phone Send one link and every player gets the same letter, the same twelve categories and the same countdown on their own phone, at the table or on a video call, with no room to create, no account and no server. After a round starts on the Scattergories tab, press Share this game: the link holds only a letter seed, the category list and the round length, so each phone works out the same letters for round 1, 2, 3 and on, and Next round on any phone gives the same next letter. Start for everyone in 15 s adds a start time to the link: each phone counts down to the same moment from its own clock (phones keep network time, so all screens end within about a second). Someone who opens the link late sees the time left; after the end it shows Time's up with the list. On a phone the share sheet sends the link with a 1080 × 1350 "Tonight's list" card; Copy link and Download card do the same by hand. Under the categories each player has an answer sheet: twelve numbered boxes that stay on that phone, in that tab only. At time's up the boxes lock and any answer that does not start with the letter (ignoring a, an and the) gets a small check-letter flag. Read out then shows one category at a time in huge type (Space and the arrow keys, or Next and Back), the group goes round the table, and each player taps Someone else had it to strike a duplicate; a private running score counts one point per answer kept. The host keeps the scoreboard: add the players, type each player's round score after the read-out, watch the running totals, and Finish game night shows the winner with a little confetti (none with reduced motion). The last ten game nights and up to ten named category lists are kept in this browser, next to three packs we wrote: Holiday table, Kids (age 6+) and Grown-ups. Names and scores never go into the link, the card or analytics. ## Is anything I type saved or uploaded? Nothing is uploaded: the letters, words, your custom set and your categories stay in this browser. Drawing happens on your device, the settings and the last results live in this browser's local storage under one key, and the analytics record only settings and counts (how many letters, which case, which set type, whether No repeats was on), never a letter, a word or a custom set. Because the data is local, it does not follow you to another device, and clearing site data removes it. If your browser blocks storage, the generator still works, only without saved settings and history. ## What is a random letter generator? A random letter generator picks one or more letters of the alphabet at random, for word games, classroom warm-ups, drawing prompts and Scattergories. A good one lets you choose the set (all letters, vowels, consonants or your own), avoids repeating a letter until the whole set has come up, and can show the letter large enough for a room to read. This one does all of that in the browser, with a letter wheel, a random word generator and a round timer on the same page. ## What is the difference between a random letter generator and a random word generator? A random letter generator returns letters (K, or K R T), a random word generator returns whole words (river, bright, jump). Here they are two tabs of one page: the Letters tab draws letters, the Words tab draws words, and one click sets the first letter of the words to the letter you just drew; /tools/random-word-generator opens the Words tab directly. ## Controls | Control | Range | Default | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | Letters per draw | 1–26 | 1 | never more than the set has; several letters never repeat within a draw | | Case | Uppercase · lowercase · Both (Aa) | Uppercase | applies to tiles, wheel, history and PNG | | Set | A–Z · Vowels · Consonants · Custom | A–Z | custom = letters you type, duplicates removed, other characters flagged | | No repeats | on / off | on | bag draw; counter of letters left; Reset round | | Skip hard letters | on / off | off | removes Q, X, Z and lists them | | Sound | on / off | on | Web Audio ticks, chime, buzzer; no audio files | | Words | 1–20 | 5 | Words tab; list loaded on first open | | Word length | 2–15 letters (min / max) | 2–15 | min and max swap if needed | | First letter | Any · A–Z | Any | one-click: use the letter I just drew | | Part of speech | Any · Nouns · Verbs · Adjectives | Any | from the list's tags | | Round length | 10 s – 30 min | 2 min | presets 1 / 2 / 3 min; Start / Pause / Resume / Reset | | Categories | 12 shown | built-in list | kept across Next round; New list, paste your own, a pack, or a saved list (up to 10) | | Game link | Share this game · Start for everyone in 15 s · Copy link · Download card | | fragment only; same letter, list and timer on every phone | | Answer sheet | 12 boxes · Read out | empty | this tab only; locks at time's up; check-letter flag | | Scoreboard | players · round scores · Finish game night | empty | host's browser only; last 10 nights | | History | last 50 results | empty | tap to copy; Copy all; Clear history; local storage only | | Output | Copy · Copy all · Download PNG · Present | | PNG 1080 px; Present = Fullscreen API, Escape exits | ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Is the random letter generator free? Yes, completely: no account, no sign-up, no limit on draws, no watermark on the PNG. It is one of the free tools made by the team behind Qrdy Frames. ### Is it really random? Yes. Each draw uses the browser's cryptographic random generator (crypto.getRandomValues) with rejection sampling, so every letter in the set has the same chance. Math.random is not used. The letter wheel draws one random angle the same way and the slice under the pointer is the result. ### Can I stop letters repeating? Yes. No repeats is on by default: letters are drawn from the set without replacement, the counter shows how many are left (for example 14 of 26), and when the set is used up a new round starts automatically. Reset starts a new round early. With several letters per draw, one draw never contains the same letter twice. ### Can I pick only vowels or only consonants? Yes. Open Advanced and choose Vowels (A, E, I, O, U) or Consonants (the other 21 letters) under Letter set, or type your own letters under Custom, for example the letters your class has learned so far. Duplicates are removed and anything that is not a letter is flagged. ### Can I leave out Q, X and Z? Yes. Turn on Skip hard letters (under Advanced) and Q, X and Z are removed from whichever set you chose; the tool says which letters it removed. Everything else stays the same, including No repeats and the wheel. ### Can I make random words? Yes. The Words tab picks 1–20 random English words from a list of about 4,000 common classroom words, filtered by length, first letter and part of speech (noun, verb, adjective). It loads only when you open the tab, and /tools/random-word-generator opens the page on it directly. ### Can I use it on a projector? Yes. Present fills the screen with a dark background and one huge letter or word, using the browser's Fullscreen API where available (iPhone Safari gets a covered window instead). Space draws the next one, Escape exits, and the Scattergories timer and categories run inside present mode too. ### Does the Scattergories tab keep score? Yes, if you want it to. Each player's phone has an answer sheet with a Read out view and a private running score, and the host's Scoreboard adds up each player's round scores, shows the winner and keeps the last 10 game nights in this browser. Paper works too: the round and its letter are added to the history either way. ### How do I play a categories game with family on different phones or over video? Start a round on the Scattergories tab and press Share this game, or Start for everyone in 15 s, then send the link to the group chat or paste it in the video call. Everyone who opens it gets the same letter, the same twelve categories and the same timer on their own phone, with an answer sheet under the list. No account, no app and no room code; Next round gives every phone the same next letter. ### Are our answers or names sent anywhere? No. Answers stay on each player's phone, in that browser tab only; player names and scores stay on the host's phone. The game link holds only the letter seed, the categories and the timer, in the part of the URL after # that browsers never send to a server, and analytics get counts only (for example how many answers were filled, bucketed), never an answer, a name or a category. ### Is anything I type saved or uploaded? Saved only in this browser, never uploaded. Settings, the custom set and the last 50 results live in local storage on your device; Clear history wipes the results. 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