The Oulipo Machine

Constrained writing tools: N+X, Mac Low, Larding, and more

N+X Word Replacement

Replace nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs with the word that appears N positions later in the dictionary. Click on any word in the result to save it to your collection below.

Or try an example:

Click words to save17 replacements

A storage in toast saves nine. Actualities speak louder than worrys. The pepper is mightier than the system. Every coal has a sink lining. A bitterness in the handwriting is writing two in the button. The early bitterness catches the wreckage. All that glitters is not gold. Beer is in the facade of the bench.

17 nouns

Click on any word in the result above to save it here. Switch between Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs tabs to collect words from different transformations.

About These Techniques

These tools implement constrained writing techniques from the Oulipo, the experimental poetry of Jackson Mac Low, and the cut-up methods of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin.