randomizer
Unpredictability-producing device
A randomizer is a tool or mechanism that produces unpredictable outcomes—selecting items, generating numbers, or shuffling sequences without pattern.
Software randomizers power everything from playlist shuffles to lottery drawings to scientific sampling.
In gaming, a randomizer is a modification that scrambles elements like item locations or enemy placement: The Zelda randomizer put the bow in the first dungeon.
Electricity-producing machine
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- permutationArrangement in specific order
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- combinatoricsMathematics of discrete enumeration
entropy · stochastic · probabilistic · simulation · Monte Carlo · non-deterministic · seed · iteration
Quantified chance of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
luck · contingency · indeterminacy · aleatory · risk · gamble · lottery · draw
Randomize by mixing
- scrambleMix into disorder
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- rearrangeAlter the sequence
- mixCombine different elements
reorder · reshuffle · intermingle · disorder · tumble · riffle · deck · cards
Mixed collection of things
- diversityState of varied elements
- selectionChosen item or items
- rangeExtent of variation
- arrayOrdered collection or display
mixture · medley · potpourri · miscellany · hodgepodge · sampling · options · alternatives
generator
Electricity-producing machine
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- permutationArrangement in specific order
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
combinatorics · entropy · stochastic · probabilistic · simulation · Monte Carlo · non-deterministic · seed · iteration · distribution
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
unpredictability · luck · contingency · indeterminacy · aleatory · risk · gamble · lottery · draw · toss-up
shuffle
Randomize by mixing
mix · reorder · reshuffle · intermingle · disorder · tumble · riffle · deck · cards · playlist
assortment
Mixed collection of things
array · mixture · medley · potpourri · miscellany · hodgepodge · sampling · options · alternatives · possibilities
- probabilityprobability, chance, odds, luck, likely
- randomizationRNG, shuffle, shuffling, seed, rand
- Nuzlockepermadeath, game over, hardcore mode, perma-death
- speedrunningspeedrun, world record, WR, PB, splits
- chancechance, luck, lottery, dice, probability
- selectionchoosing, picking, selection committee, shortlist, shortlisting
randomizersorter
One who categorizes
organizer · sequencer · orderer · arranger · classifier
randomize, randomization, randomizing, randomizes, randomizers