Free Online Diceware Passphrase Generator
A Diceware passphrase generator picks random English words and joins them with a separator, producing a long but memorable passphrase per Arnold Reinhold's scheme.
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How to Use This Tool
- Drag the Words slider to pick how many words you want (five to seven is a good sweet spot).
- Optionally change the separator, capitalise each word, or append random digits.
- Click Generate passphrase. The entropy preview tells you how strong it is.
- Copy the phrase and store it in your password manager.
What Is a Diceware Passphrase Generator?
Diceware was invented by Arnold Reinhold in 1995: pick words from a known list using truly random draws so each word adds a fixed, calculable amount of entropy. With this tool's ~600-word common-English list, each word contributes about 9 bits of entropy — six words crosses 50 bits, seven crosses into bcrypt-resistant territory, and ten is essentially unbreakable by today's hardware.
The advantage over a symbol-soup password is purely human. People can actually remember `correct-horse-battery-staple-violet-sunrise` but not `H8#kQ2!nXq*L4z`. For accounts you'll type often without a password manager — your password-manager's master password, your disk-encryption phrase, your laptop login — that memorability is the whole point.
The generator uses `crypto.getRandomValues` with rejection sampling so word choices are unbiased even when the word-list size isn't a power of two. Generated phrases are not stored. Always pair a Diceware phrase with a password manager for the accounts that support it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Passphrase vs password?
How many words should I use?
Should I add numbers or symbols?
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Reviewed: May 2026. Disclaimer: this tool is provided as-is for general informational use. For decisions with material consequences (medical, legal, financial, security) verify results against a qualified professional source.
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