Free, no sign-up Spin the Wheel

How to use the spinning wheel

The wheel starts with six dinner ideas, so you can try it right away.

1. 1Type your options in the box, one per line. The wheel holds 2 to 24, and every line becomes one slice.
2. 2For a quick start, tap a ready-made list: "Yes / No" for a simple decision or "1 to 10" for a number. If your group has played our games in this browser, "Saved players" fills the wheel with their names.
3. 3Tap "Spin". The wheel turns for about four seconds and slows to a stop. The result shows under "The wheel landed on".
4. 4Turn on "Remove the winner after each spin" to draw names one at a time without repeats. Tap "Put them back" when you want the full list again.
5. 5Leave "Sound" on to hear the wheel tick as it slows down, or switch it off in a quiet room.
6. 6Check "Past spins" for the last 10 results. It settles any "wait, who did it land on?" debate.

Your list is saved in this browser, so it's still there the next time you open the page on this device. Nothing you type is sent to a server.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every slice is the same size, and each spin lands on a slice picked by your browser's secure random generator. Every option has exactly the same chance. Tapping harder, waiting longer or spinning right after someone else won makes no difference.

Each spin starts fresh. If Tacos won the last three times, Tacos still has the same chance as everything else on the next spin. Real randomness produces streaks more often than people expect.

Want to tip the odds on purpose? Write an option on two lines. With seven lines and Pizza on two of them, Pizza wins about 2 times in 7 instead of 1 in 7. It's a fun way to give the birthday person's favorite a small boost. Just tell the group first.

A random name picker wheel for class, work and parties

Put names on the wheel and it becomes a wheel of names: a fair way to choose who presents first, who picks the movie or who wins the door prize.

With "Remove the winner after each spin" turned on, the wheel works like names in a hat. Each winner comes off before the next spin, so nobody gets picked twice. Keep spinning until everyone has had a turn and you have a full random order. When the round is over, "Put them back" restores every name.

The wheel fits up to 24 names. For a bigger group, give everyone a number and use raffle mode in the Random Number Generator, which draws numbers one at a time without repeats.

What to put on a decision wheel

Party games to play with the wheel

A wheel adds a little suspense to almost any game. These work for family nights, classrooms and parties with grown-ups.

Tips for hosts and teachers

• Keep options short. One or two words per line are easier to read on a crowded wheel.
• For a class, type the list once at the start of the term. It stays saved in this browser until you clear the browser's data.
• Use the same device for the whole event. The list lives in one browser, so a second phone starts with the sample options.
• If someone says the wheel is rigged, let them tap "Spin" themselves.

Games and tools that go well with the wheel

The wheel picks who goes first. Our free one-phone party games handle the rest, with no sign-up and no app. Put a few on the wheel and spin for the next round: Charades for acting it out, Would You Rather for a quick debate, or Hot Potato, where you answer and pass the phone before a hidden timer goes off.

Need to split a whole list at once? The Random Team Generator deals names into even teams in one tap. For a turn order without typing a single name, Who Goes First lets everyone put a finger on the screen and the phone picks.

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