Reverse Text
Paste text and reverse it instantly — flip the character order, the word order, or the line order. Everything runs live in your browser.
How to reverse text
- Choose what to reverse: characters, words or lines.
- Paste your text into the box.
- Copy the reversed result.
About reversing text
Reversing text has plenty of uses — creating mirror-writing puzzles, flipping a list’s order, testing how software handles right-to-left strings, or just for fun. This tool offers three levels: characters (full backwards spelling), words (reverse word order on each line), and lines (flip the line order).
Character reversal is Unicode-aware, so accented letters and emoji are flipped as whole characters rather than broken apart. Everything is computed in your browser with no upload.
Palindrome checking is a classic use: reverse the characters and compare the result with the original. Keep in mind that spaces, punctuation and capitalisation all count, so phrase-length palindromes like "never odd or even" only match after you remove the spaces and lowercase everything. Teachers use the same trick for decoding worksheets, and puzzle writers use it to hide answers in plain sight, readable only with a quick flip.
Line reversal earns its keep in day-to-day file work. Log files and chat exports usually run oldest-first, so flipping the lines puts the newest entries at the top where you actually want them. It also pairs well with other steps: reverse the lines, edit or trim from what is now the top, then reverse again to restore the original order — every mode is its own inverse, so a second pass always undoes the first.
Frequently asked questions
What can I reverse?
Three things: the character order (spelling the text backwards), the word order within each line, or the order of the lines themselves.
Does it handle emoji and accents correctly?
Yes. Character reversal works on whole Unicode code points, so emoji and accented letters flip as single characters instead of being split.
Can I reverse a list’s order?
Yes — choose “lines” to flip the order of the lines, which reverses any list while keeping each line’s text intact.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Reversing happens entirely in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.
Is reversed text a good way to hide spoilers or answers?
It works as light obfuscation: backwards text is unreadable at a glance but takes one paste to decode, which is exactly what you want for quiz answers, riddle solutions or spoilers in a forum post. Do not use it for anything sensitive, though — it is a puzzle, not encryption, and anyone with a reverse tool can read it instantly.