Nexi Random Word Generator

I really do intend to post more frequently than this, but I got really wrapped up in unnecessary and self-indulgent aesthetic changes. Honestly, that's a big part of why I started a site in the first place.

Anyway. Are you familiar with the Random Word Generator at Nexi.com? Created way back in 2004 by Sean Puckett, this little tool takes a submitted mass of text, looks at the letter selections and sequences, and outputs a set of 100 new words based on the patterns it recognizes. I think anybody who's into TTRPGs will recognize that this is massively useful for creating names for fantasy settings and such.

A really easy way to get good results from the generator is to feed it piles of culture-specific names from Kate Monk's Onomastikon—another excellent old roleplay resource, this one going back to 1997! Mixing names from two or three different cultures also works great. And of course you can do the same with names from fictional sources, or text blocks of regular words.

The generator's output is all-caps, and arranged in a set of space-separated columns, and I don't really find that ideal, so naturally I've created a spreadsheet tool to reprocess it.

Nexi output processor

Here's how it works: First, make your own copy of the spreadsheet so that you can edit it. Then, you just paste your Nexi-generated text into the blue cells. The output in the green cells will be arranged in a single column, changed to standard capitalization, sorted alphabetically, and deduped.