Random food generator

Get random foods with a short meaning for each one. 161 hand-checked foods, free and no sign-up.

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Foods: 24 examples

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  • bacon nounBack and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried.
  • bagel noun(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
  • carp nounThe lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised.
  • cracker nounA thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet.
  • custard nounSweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen.
  • dough nounA flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll.
  • dumplings nounSmall balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough.
  • eggs nounOval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
  • latte nounStrong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk.
  • leftovers nounFood remaining from a previous meal.
  • lollipop nounIce cream or water ice on a small wooden stick.
  • mackerel nounFlesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish.
  • noodle nounA ribbonlike strip of pasta.
  • oatmeal nounPorridge made of rolled oats.
  • orange nounRound yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees.
  • pickle nounVegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar.
  • rice nounGrains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
  • snack nounA light informal meal.
  • sushi nounRice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
  • trout nounFlesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes.
  • veg nounEdible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.
  • yoghurt nounA custard-like food made from curdled milk.
  • yogurt nounA custard-like food made from curdled milk.
  • yolk nounThe yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen.

About this list

We built this list by taking every food in WordNet whose main meaning fits the theme, then checking it by hand to remove rare senses (for example, "chat" is also the name of a bird, but nobody means that). It works well for deciding what to cook, food-themed games and drawing prompts.

Words in this list161
Easy / medium / hard22 / 80 / 59
Average length6.1 letters
Average syllables2.0
Longest common oneblackberry (10 letters)

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Frequently asked questions

How many foods are there?
This generator draws from 161 foods. "Common" uses the 102 most familiar ones; switch to "All" for the full list.
Where do the words and meanings come from?
The meanings and example sentences come from WordNet, the free English dictionary database from Princeton University. Word frequency comes from the open wordfreq project, and syllable counts from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. See how it works.
Is it really random?
Yes. Words are picked with your browser's secure random number generator (the Web Crypto API), and one batch never repeats a word.
Is it suitable for kids and classrooms?
Yes. We removed swear words, slurs and adult terms from the whole list, so it is safe to use with children and on a projector.