Reverse Text
Write text backwards, reverse the letters in each word, or flip the order of words or lines.
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How to use Reverse Text
- Paste or type your text into the box. The reversed text appears as you type.
- Choose what to reverse: the whole text, the letters in each word, the word order or the line order.
- For text with several lines, turn on "Each line on its own" to keep the lines where they are.
- Copy the reversed text, or download it as a .txt file.
Examples
A sentence written backwards
- Reverse: Whole text
Can you read this sentence backwards?
?sdrawkcab ecnetnes siht daer uoy naC
Every character changes places, so the question mark now comes first.
Words in reverse order
- Reverse: Word order
Ready, set, go!
go! set, Ready,
Each word is still spelled forwards. Punctuation moves with the word it is attached to.
A log turned newest first
- Reverse: Line order
2026-01-05 Ticket opened 2026-01-06 Reply sent 2026-01-09 Fixed and closed
2026-01-09 Fixed and closed 2026-01-06 Reply sent 2026-01-05 Ticket opened
Each line stays exactly as it was. Only the order of the lines flips.
How it works
Choose what to reverse. Here is what each choice does to “Hello world, hi”:
| Reverse | Result |
|---|---|
| Whole text | ih ,dlrow olleH |
| Letters in each word | olleH dlrow, ih |
| Word order | hi world, Hello |
| Line order | Every line stays as it is, and the last line comes first |
Whole text and Word order work across lines, so the last line also comes first. Turn on Each line on its own to reverse every line by itself and keep the lines in place.
Good to know
- Emoji and accents stay whole. The tool reverses the characters you see, not the codes behind them, so 👍🏽, flags like 🇨🇦 and accented letters come out intact. Many reversers split them into broken symbols.
- Punctuation: in Letters in each word, commas and periods stay where they are. In Word order, they move with the word they are attached to.
- Spaces: spaces at the start and end of the text, or of each line, stay put. A line break at the very end is dropped.
- Palindromes: with Whole text, a Palindrome badge appears when the text reads the same both ways, ignoring spaces, punctuation, capitals and accents.
- Right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew are reversed the same way, by the characters you see.
- Not mirrored: the letters themselves aren’t flipped or turned upside down. Reversed text is still normal text, so it can be pasted anywhere.
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Questions
How do I reverse text in Word?
Word has no command that puts letters in reverse order, so reverse the text here and paste it back. To mirror text instead, so it reads normally in a mirror, put it in a text box, right-click the box, choose Format Shape, and under Effects → 3-D Rotation set X Rotation to 180°.
How do I reverse text in Excel?
In Excel 365, =TEXTJOIN("",TRUE,MID(A1,SEQUENCE(LEN(A1),,LEN(A1),-1),1)) returns the text in cell A1 backwards. In Google Sheets, wrap the MID part in ARRAYFORMULA. Both work character by character, so emoji can break; paste the text here to keep them whole.
How do I reverse the order of a list?
Paste the list with one item per line and choose Line order. The last line comes first and every line stays as it is. In Excel, =SORTBY(A1:A10,ROW(A1:A10),-1) does the same for a column.
What is the difference between reversed text and mirror text?
Reversed text keeps every letter normal and only changes their order, so "hello" becomes "olleh". Mirror text also flips each letter, so it reads normally in a mirror. That needs special look-alike characters or an image, not a different order.
How do I check if a word or sentence is a palindrome?
Paste it with Whole text selected. If it reads the same backwards, ignoring spaces, punctuation, capitals and accents, a Palindrome badge appears next to the result. "Never odd or even" is one.
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Updated October 22, 2026 · Works in current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari · Runs entirely in your browser