word-jumbler created by facekapow - https://repl.it/@facekapow/word-jumbler

word-jumbler.py

import random

def jumble_word(word):
  # indexes we're going to generate
  index = []

  # until we have the same number of indexes as our word
  while len(index) < len(word):
    # our random index
    rand = random.randint(0, len(word) - 1)
    # whether the index is equal
    equal = True
    while equal:
      # check whether it's equal to all other generated indexes
      # we want it to be unique
      innerEqual = False
      for i in index:
        if i == rand:
          innerEqual = True
          break
      # if it's not equal to any, we can exit this loop and
      # append it to the index list
      if not innerEqual:
        equal = False
      else:
        rand = random.randint(0, len(word) - 1)
    index.append(rand)

  # generate the jumbled word
  # by putting together the characters at the given indexes
  newWord = ""
  for i in index:
    newWord += word[i]
  return newWord

# test word
print(jumble_word("abcdef"))