Wheel Spinner

Turns the options you type into a coloured wheel and spins it to pick one. Use it to choose a meal, a forfeit, a speaker or a prize winner at random from several options.

How to use

1. Type or paste the options in "Options, one per line". The wheel gets one slice per line.
2. Press "Spin", or tap or swipe the wheel; it turns, slows down and stops, and the option under the pointer appears in large text.
3. To stop an option from coming up again, press "Remove from the list" or turn on "Remove the picked option before the next spin".
4. Save lists you use often under "Saved lists", and use "Full screen" to show the wheel large in a classroom or at a party.

How it works

• The result is chosen with the browser's cryptographic random number generator before the wheel starts to turn, and the animation stops inside that slice. It never stops on a line between slices.
• "Spin length" is 4 seconds for "Short", 6 for "Normal" and 8 for "Long". When your device is set to reduce motion, the spin is shorter.
• Up to 500 options can be used, and long names are shortened when a slice is narrow. The list, the results and saved lists stay in this browser.
• A link made with "Copy link" contains every option, so anyone who opens it sees the same wheel.

Questions and answers

Does every option on the wheel have the same chance?

Yes, unless you give weights. All slices are the same size and equally likely, so with 8 options each has a chance of 1/8.

Can I make one option more likely?

Write a star and a number after it, such as "Pizza*3". That option becomes three times as likely and its slice three times as wide. A weight of 0 leaves the option out.

Can I turn off the sound?

Yes. Switch off "Tick sound" and neither the ticking nor the sound at the stop is played.