import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

public class Main {

public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException {

// Create a BufferedReader
BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;

// Create a list to store the words from the file
List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>( );

String currentLine;

// initialize the bufferedReader and pass a new FileReader with the location
// of your file as the parameter
bufferedReader = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( "C:\\test\\words.txt" ) );

while ( (currentLine = bufferedReader.readLine( )) != null ) {
// Loop through each line in the file and add it to the words List
words.add( currentLine );
}

// Get a random word from the words List by using a random index
String randomWord = words.get( new Random( ).nextInt( words.size( ) + 1 ) );

// Convert the random word into individual strings in a list
List<String> letters = Arrays.asList( randomWord.split( "" ) );

// Use the standard Collections.shuffle function to rearange the letters
Collections.shuffle( letters );

// Create a new string to store the new letters
String jumbledWord = "";

// loop through each letter in the letters list and add them to the new
// string
for ( String letter : letters ) {
jumbledWord += letter;
}

System.out.println( "Selected word: " + randomWord + "\nShuffeled word: "
+ jumbledWord );
}
}

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File("words.txt"));

File file = new File("words.txt");

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(file);