Bored, practicing java. I think i'm using random right to scramble letters, I don't think my probability math is right tho.

gistfile1.java

/**
 * WordProbability.java
 * Created with IntelliJ IDEA.
 * User: stev
 * Date: 2/7/13
 */

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Scanner;


public class WordProbability {

    private static Random random = new Random();
    private static Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
    private static final String abcStr = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
    private static String word;
    private static char[] abc;
    private static boolean go = true;

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // convert abc's String to char array
        abc = strToChar(abcStr);

        // scan word String, convertToChar, print out
        System.out.print("To play game, please enter a word: ");
        word = sc.next();
        
        char [] w = strToChar(word);
        int size = w.length;
        System.out.print("Your word of length "+size+" has been saved: ");
        
        for( int i = 0 ; i < w.length; i++)
            System.out.print(w[i]);
        randomize(w, size);

    }

    // strToChar()
    // converts string to char array.
    public static char[] strToChar(String s) {
        char[] c = s.toCharArray();
        return c;
    }

    // charToStr()
    // converts char array to String
    public static String charToStr(char c[]){
        word = new String(c);
        return word;
    }

    // randomize()
    // takes abc array, word array and size of word array, randomizes letters
    // of new array and matches it to our word array, prints this out, with probability
    public static void randomize(char[] w, int size) {

        System.out.println("\nArray is now size " + size);
        char[] c2 = new char[size];

        int count = 0;

        while (go) {

            for (int d = 0; d < size; d++) {
                c2[d] = abc[random.nextInt(25)];
                System.out.print(c2[d]);
            }

            if(Arrays.equals(c2, w)) {
                word = charToStr(c2);
                float prob = (22f / 26f) / (float) (count % 100);
                System.out.println("\n @ Place " + count + " We just found the word " +word);
                System.out.println("\nThe probablity of finding "+word+" is " + prob);

                go = false;
            }

            System.out.println();
            count++;

        } // end while
    }

}