mysql> SELECT `word` FROM `words` ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 20;
+---------------+
| word          |
+---------------+
| Naugahyde     |
| Alida         |
| retell        |
| Antisthenes   |
| Rhonda        |
| Julianne      |
| quillet       |
| fielded       |
| Avignon       |
| chervil       |
| Birck         |
| raves         |
| Randy         |
| footfalls     |
| establishment |
| ascorbic      |
| delaying      |
| leucopenia    |
| pogroming     |
| fabliaux      |
+---------------+
20 rows in set (0.88 sec)