Random Letter Generator
Generate random letters for games, naming exercises, or classroom activities. Choose how many letters, whether duplicates are allowed, and restrict to vowels or consonants.
What this generator does
Picks a letter of the alphabet, for word games, classroom activities and category rounds where a starting letter is the prompt.
How to use this tool
- Choose how many letters to generate.
- Pick uppercase or lowercase.
- Optionally restrict to vowels or consonants only.
- Generate to see your letters.
Common use cases
- Word games like Scattergories or naming challenges
- Classroom letter-recognition activities
- Picking a random starting letter for brainstorms
- Simple icebreakers and party games
How this generator works
A letter is drawn uniformly from the alphabet you choose, with each letter equally likely — which is not how letters appear in English. Uniform is the right property for a game or a draw and the wrong one for anything resembling text: E is about forty times more common than Z in written English, and a uniform draw makes them equal.
Limitations and good to know
- All 26 letters are equally likely, which is not how often they start real words — Q, X and Z will come up as often as S and T, and are far harder to play.
- Uniform, so the results will not look like English. Vowels are a fifth of a uniform draw and about two fifths of real text.
- Draws are independent, so the same letter can come up twice running.
- The alphabet is the 26 letters of English. Other alphabets have different sizes and different letters entirely.