Reverse a string, word order, or line order

Palindrome checks, flipped word order, last-line-first output — three reversal modes for a pasted block.

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The job

You need text backwards for a palindrome test, word order flipped for a teaser, or a log printed last-first. Three different reversals — which one you want depends on the task.

Pick a mode

Characters reverses the whole string code-point safe. Word order keeps each word intact but flips their sequence — spaces and newlines stay where they were. Line order flips the lines themselves, bottom to top, leaving each line readable.

  • Character mode is grapheme-safe: a family emoji reverses as one unit, not a scramble of code points.
  • Use word order for 'the quick brown fox' → 'fox brown quick the' without touching punctuation inside words.

Worked example

Checking a 14-line list sorted newest-last? Line order flips it to newest-first for review, then flip it back before pasting.

Where it stops

It's mechanical reversal — no anagram solving, no spell-correction after the flip. Word-order mode treats any whitespace run as a separator. Up to 200,000 characters.