Reverse Text
Reversing works at three different levels. Character reversal turns "hello world" into "dlrow olleh". Word-order reversal gives "world hello". Line reversal flips the order of lines while leaving each line intact — useful for inverting a chronological list without retyping it.
Pick a mode and type — the reversed text updates live, entirely in your browser.
Three reversals, one emoji-safe engine
Reverse characters flips the entire text end to end. Under the hood we split by Unicode code point rather than by raw string index — a genuine quality difference, because emoji and other astral characters occupy two internal units, and index-based reversers tear them in half into unreadable boxes. Here, 🚀 stays 🚀. Reverse word order keeps every word spelled forward but plays the sequence backwards: it splits on runs of whitespace, reverses the list, and rejoins with single spaces (so double spaces collapse — that's the documented trade-off). Reverse line order flips a list top-to-bottom while leaving each line untouched, handy for un-reversing a log or flipping a ranked list.
Worked example
Input: never odd or even 🚀
- Characters →
🚀 neve ro ddo reven - Word order →
🚀 even or odd never
And a three-line list — first line / second line / third
line — comes back in line mode as third line / second
line / first line. Note the rocket survives character
reversal in one piece; that's the code-point handling at work.
Frequently asked questions
Why do some text reversers break emoji?
Emoji like 🚀 are stored as two internal units (a surrogate pair). A naive reverser flips those units individually, splitting the pair and producing garbage symbols. This tool reverses by code point instead, so every emoji comes through intact — just relocated to the other end of your text.
Does reversing keep punctuation in the same place?
In character mode, punctuation is simply part of the stream — a period that ended your sentence becomes the first character of the reversed text. In word-order and line-order modes, punctuation stays attached to its word or line, so 'Stop!' travels as one unit.
What is reversing text actually used for?
Mostly fun and light utility: mirror-style social posts, puzzle making, and testing. Developers use reversed strings to check that a UI, font, or database round-trips unusual input correctly, and writers use word-order reversal as a quick scramble for exercises.
Can I use this to check for palindromes?
Yes, manually: reverse in character mode and compare the output to your input. For a phrase like 'never odd or even', strip the spaces first (a true palindrome check ignores spaces and punctuation) — if the letters read the same both ways, it's a palindrome.