A fair letter for every round
The random letter generator picks one letter at a time from the alphabet. Letters come from a shuffled deck, so no letter repeats until all selected letters have been used. Tap letters in the grid to leave them out – by default the tricky ones (Q, X and Z) are skipped.
It is built for word games such as the categories game “Name, Place, Animal, Thing”: set a round timer, edit the categories and print an answer sheet with a column for each category. Every letter is chosen with your browser’s cryptographic random generator.
How to use
- Choose which letters can come up (tap a letter to switch it off).
- Optional: set a round timer and edit the categories.
- Press New letter (or the space bar). The timer starts automatically.
- Print an answer sheet for each player, or play on paper you already have.
Ideas for using it
- Word games. categories rounds: a country, an animal and a food that start with the letter.
- Spelling and phonics. children name three words that begin with the letter.
- Warm-ups. a quick vocabulary challenge at the start of a language lesson.
- Road trips. take turns finding something outside that starts with the letter.
How to play “Name, Place, Animal, Thing”
Everyone draws a table with one column per category. A letter is drawn, and each player writes a word for every category that starts with that letter before time runs out. Typical scoring: 10 points for a unique answer, 5 points if someone else wrote the same word, 0 for an empty cell. After several rounds, the highest total wins.