Does Sort Words upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Sort Words runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Whitespace words. Empty fails.

Should I use Reverse Words instead of Sort Words?

Use Sort Words when you need Sort whitespace-separated words. Use Reverse Words when you need Reverse word order with count. They share a category (Developer) but not the same job.

Sort Words

Sort whitespace-separated words.

Sorts words with localeCompare. Unlike Reverse Words this sorts. Unlike Join With this splits on whitespace first. Empty fails.

What Sort Words does

Sorts words with localeCompare. Unlike Reverse Words this sorts. Unlike Join With this splits on whitespace first. Empty fails.

Sort Words sits in the Developer group on purpose. It is not Reverse Words (Reverse word order with count.) and not Join With (Join lines with part count.). Choose this page when you need Sort whitespace-separated words. If you stretch Sort Words into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Sort Words

Keep this tab on Sort Words (/developer/sort-words). Pasting into the wrong Developer tool (for example Reverse Words) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Sort Words expects. Path hint: developer · sort words. Sort whitespace-separated words.
Apply the Sort Words action only. Join With is a different transform (Join lines with part count.). Sorts words with localeCompare. Unlike Reverse Words this sorts. Unlike Join With this splits on whitespace first. Empty fails.
Copy the output of Sort Words if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Whitespace words. Empty fails.
If the text job is actually Reverse word order with count., leave Sort Words and open Reverse Words.

When not to use Sort Words

Skip Sort Words when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Reverse Words or Join With — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Sorts words with localeCompare. Unlike Reverse Words this sorts. Unlike Join With this splits on whitespace first. Empty fails.

Questions about Sort Words

What does Sort Words do that other Developer pages on this site do not?: Sorts words with localeCompare. Unlike Reverse Words this sorts. Unlike Join With this splits on whitespace first. Empty fails. Short version: Sort whitespace-separated words.
Does Sort Words upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Sort Words runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Whitespace words. Empty fails.
Should I use Reverse Words instead of Sort Words?: Use Sort Words when you need Sort whitespace-separated words. Use Reverse Words when you need Reverse word order with count. They share a category (Developer) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Sort Words?: Whitespace words. Empty fails. Also: Sorts words with localeCompare. Unlike Reverse Words this sorts. Unlike Join With this splits on whitespace first. Empty fails.