Random Word Generator
The random word generator draws 1 to 20 words from a list of 166 everyday English words: 70 nouns, 48 verbs and 48 adjectives. Set how many words you want and which kind, then press the button.
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How the random word generator picks words
The list holds 166 everyday English words: 70 nouns, 48 verbs and 48 adjectives. Those are three of the four major word classes in English; the fourth, adverbs, is not on the list. A verb refers to an action, event or state, and an adjective tells you more about a person, animal or thing.
Choose “All Words” or one type and set a number from 1 to 20. On “All Words” each word has a 1 in 166 chance on a single draw, and a noun comes up about 42% of the time because the list has more nouns. Words already drawn are skipped for the rest of the set.
The list is short on purpose: common words that work in games and as prompts. It is not a dictionary and has no rare or technical vocabulary. Each pick is an unbiased draw from the browser's cryptographic random generator, as described in how our randomness works.
Example: random words for a Pictionary-style drawing round
Six players split into two teams of three; the team generator can make the teams. Set the number to 1 and the type to Nouns, since things are easier to draw than actions.
One player reads the word, draws it without letters or numbers, and their team has one minute to guess. Then the other team presses for a new word. For a harder round, switch to Verbs: drawing forgive takes more thought than drawing a tree.
Ways to use random words
- Drawing and guessing games: one word per round.
- Vocabulary practice: draw five words and use each in a sentence.
- Writing prompts: draw three words and write a story or a song lyric that contains all of them.
For one kind of word with more options, see the noun generator, verb generator and adjective generator. For a passphrase, use the password generator with words, which draws from a longer list of its own and shows the strength in bits.
Questions about the random word generator
How many words are on the list?
166: 70 nouns, 48 verbs and 48 adjectives. The word question is on both the noun and the verb list, so there are 165 different words.
Can the same word come up twice?
Not in one set. Once a place on the list has been drawn, it is skipped for the rest of that set. The exception is question: it sits on two lists, so on “All Words” it can, rarely, appear twice. Each new press starts again from the full list.
Where can I get more nouns, verbs or adjectives?
Each word type has its own, longer list. The random noun generator has 220 nouns, the random verb generator has 140 verbs in three groups, and the random adjective generator sorts adjectives by tone.
Sources
- Cambridge Dictionary: Nouns — nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs as the four major word classes (checked October 16, 2026)
- Cambridge Dictionary: Verbs — a verb refers to an action, event or state (checked October 16, 2026)
- Cambridge Dictionary: Adjectives — adjectives give more information about people, animals or things (checked October 16, 2026)