private Scanner file;
private final List<String> words;

public TextFile(){
    words = readFile();
}

public String getWord(){

return numOfWords;

}

private List<String> readFile() {

    List<String> wordList = new ArrayList<String>();

    try {
        file = new Scanner(new File("words.txt"));

        }

    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        System.out.println("File Not Found");
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("IOEXCEPTION");
    }

    return wordList;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {

    TextFile file = new TextFile();
}

List<String> words;    // assign stuff to words
Random r = new Random();

//yields random number in the range of 0 to words.size()-1 inclusive
int num = r.nextInt(words.size());

List<String> words;    // assign stuff to words
int index = (int)(Math.random() * words.size());