diff --git a/src/types/index.coffee b/src/types/index.coffee
index d11cdac1..7748e1ec 100644
--- a/src/types/index.coffee
+++ b/src/types/index.coffee
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ register './text-composable'
 register './text-tp2'
 
 register './json'
+
+exports.helpers = require './helpers'
+exports.testHelpers = require '../../test/helpers'
+
diff --git a/test/types/jabberwocky.txt b/test/helpers/jabberwocky.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from test/types/jabberwocky.txt
rename to test/helpers/jabberwocky.txt
diff --git a/test/helpers/misc.coffee b/test/helpers/misc.coffee
index 76cd32d8..ffd4592e 100644
--- a/test/helpers/misc.coffee
+++ b/test/helpers/misc.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Some utility functions.
 p = -> #require('util').debug
 i = -> #require('util').inspect
+fs = require 'fs'
 
 # Cross-transform function. Transform server by client and client by server. Returns
 # [server, client].
@@ -70,3 +71,9 @@ exports.newDocName = do ->
   index = 1
   -> 'testing_doc_' + index++
 
+
+# Return a random word from a corpus each time the method is called
+exports.randomWord = do ->
+  words = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/jabberwocky.txt').toString().split(/\W+/)
+  -> words[exports.randomInt(words.length)]
+
diff --git a/test/types/json.coffee b/test/types/json.coffee
index 436d5ca9..2f0f44a6 100644
--- a/test/types/json.coffee
+++ b/test/types/json.coffee
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 nativetype = require '../../src/types/json'
 
-randomWord = require './randomWord'
-
 util = require 'util'
 p = util.debug
 i = util.inspect
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ i = util.inspect
 # the changes the op generator will make.
 clone = (o) -> JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(o))
 
-{randomInt, randomReal} = require('../helpers')
+{randomInt, randomReal, randomWord} = require('../helpers')
 
 randomKey = (obj) ->
   if Array.isArray(obj)
diff --git a/test/types/randomWord.coffee b/test/types/randomWord.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 742bd5fe..00000000
--- a/test/types/randomWord.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-fs = require 'fs'
-
-# Generate a random int 0 <= k < n
-{randomInt} = require '../helpers'
-
-# Return a random word from a corpus each time the method is called
-module.exports = do ->
-  words = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/jabberwocky.txt').toString().split(/\W+/)
-  -> words[randomInt(words.length)]
-
-
diff --git a/test/types/text-api.coffee b/test/types/text-api.coffee
index 02fd5413..77e8c5e7 100644
--- a/test/types/text-api.coffee
+++ b/test/types/text-api.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Tests for the text types using the DSL interface
 assert = require 'assert'
-randomWord = require './randomWord'
-{randomInt, randomReal} = require('../helpers')
+{randomInt, randomReal, randomWord} = require('../helpers')
 
 types = require '../../src/types'
 MicroEvent = require '../../src/client/microevent'
diff --git a/test/types/text-composable.coffee b/test/types/text-composable.coffee
index d1f3de7e..95206e1a 100644
--- a/test/types/text-composable.coffee
+++ b/test/types/text-composable.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 fs = require 'fs'
 util = require 'util'
 
-randomWord = require './randomWord'
+{randomWord} = require('../helpers')
 text = require '../../src/types/text-composable'
 p = util.debug
 i = util.inspect
diff --git a/test/types/text-tp2.coffee b/test/types/text-tp2.coffee
index 3b712bd1..ecff2be0 100644
--- a/test/types/text-tp2.coffee
+++ b/test/types/text-tp2.coffee
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 fs = require 'fs'
 util = require 'util'
 
-randomWord = require './randomWord'
 text = require '../../src/types/text-tp2'
-{randomInt, randomReal, seed, randomizerTest} = require '../helpers'
+{randomInt, randomReal, seed, randomizerTest, randomWord} = require '../helpers'
 
 p = util.debug
 i = util.inspect
diff --git a/test/types/text.coffee b/test/types/text.coffee
index 9b21fd49..f4c2da11 100644
--- a/test/types/text.coffee
+++ b/test/types/text.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Tests for the non-composable op type.
 
-randomWord = require './randomWord'
+{randomWord} = require('../helpers')
 nativeType = require '../../src/types/text'
 
 genTests = (type) ->
diff --git a/test/types/text2.coffee b/test/types/text2.coffee
index 556a448d..809ec6cc 100644
--- a/test/types/text2.coffee
+++ b/test/types/text2.coffee
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 fs = require 'fs'
 util = require 'util'
 
-randomWord = require './randomWord'
 text = require '../../src/types/text2'
-{randomInt} = require '../helpers'
+{randomInt, randomWord} = require '../helpers'
 
 readOp = (file) ->
   op = for c in JSON.parse file.shift()