Guides
Plain-English guides for every word and text tool on the site — how they work, how to approach a problem with them, and when a related tool might suit your task better.
Word-finding guides
How to Unscramble Letters Into Words
Learn how word unscramblers work, how to approach difficult letter combinations, and how to get better results when solving word puzzles and Scrabble racks.
For the Word Unscrambler
How to Find Anagrams of Any Word
Learn what anagrams are, how anagram solving works, and practical strategies for finding full rearrangements of a word for puzzles and word games.
For the Anagram Solver
How to Use Wildcards to Find Words
Learn how wildcard pattern matching works, how to use ? and * to crack crossword clues, and strategies for getting the right word from a partial pattern.
For the Word Finder
How to Use Random Words for Writing and Games
Learn how random word generators work and creative, classroom, and game uses for random words — from writing prompts to Pictionary and vocabulary drills.
For the Random Word Generator
Counting & measuring guides
How to Count Words, Characters and Reading Time
Learn how word counters measure words, sentences and paragraphs, how reading time is estimated, and how to hit strict length limits in your writing.
For the Word Counter
How to Count Characters and Why It Matters
Learn the difference between characters with and without spaces, common character limits by platform, and how letter frequency analysis works.
For the Character Counter
Text transformation guides
How to Convert Text Case Correctly
Learn every text case style — uppercase, lowercase, title case, sentence case, camelCase, snake_case, kebab-case — and when to use each one.
For the Case Converter
How to Reverse Text Three Ways
Learn the three ways to reverse text — by character, by word, and by line — with examples and practical uses for each mode.
For the Text Reverser
How to Find and Replace Text (with Regex)
Learn how find and replace works, the difference between literal and regex matching, and practical regex patterns for bulk text edits.
For the Find & Replace
How to Make URL-Friendly Slugs
Learn what a URL slug is, slug best practices for SEO and readability, and how to turn any title into a clean permalink.
For the Slug Generator
Text cleaning & organising guides
How to Clean Up Messy Text
Learn what text cleaning removes, where messy text comes from, and how to tidy copy-pasted content from PDFs, emails, and web pages before you use it.
For the Text Cleaner
How to Remove Duplicate Lines from Any List
Learn how line deduplication works, how case sensitivity and whitespace affect results, and strategies for cleaning lists of repeated entries.
For the Remove Duplicate Lines
How to Sort Lines Alphabetically and Numerically
Learn how line sorting works, the difference between alphabetical, numerical and reverse sort, and strategies for ordering lists, exports and directories.
For the Sort Lines
How to Turn Text into a Formatted List
Learn how text-to-list conversion works, how to split on newlines or delimiters, and how to format items as bullets, numbers, or a single joined line.
For the Text to List
How to Compare Two Texts and Spot Every Difference
Learn how text diffing works, how to compare drafts and catch edits, and strategies for reviewing changes between two versions of a document.
For the Text Diff
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