Yes or No Wheel: Spin for a Random Answer
Spin a wheel with Yes and No for a fair, random answer to any question. Add Maybe or other answers, remove the winner after each spin, and the result is announced when the wheel stops.
Press Spin to pick a winner.
About the Yes or No Wheel
The Yes or No Wheel gives you a random answer when you cannot decide. It opens with two segments, Yes and No. Ask your question, press Spin, and the wheel turns and stops with the pointer on the answer, which is announced underneath. It is a playful way to settle small choices, such as whether to order pizza tonight, who goes first, or whether to watch one more episode, and it is fair: each answer has exactly the same chance.
Because the list is just text, you can change the wheel in a second. Add Maybe on a new line for a three-way answer, add Ask again for fun, or type Yes twice to tilt the odds. Every line is its own segment. The same page works as a full Wheel Spinner for names, prizes and tasks.
How to use it
Steps
- Think of a yes-or-no question.
- Press Spin and wait for the wheel to stop. The answer appears under the wheel.
- To change the answers, edit Items, one per line. The wheel needs at least two lines.
The odds
The answer is drawn before the wheel starts to move, from your browser's cryptographic random generator, with rejection sampling so that no segment is favoured. With lines on the wheel, each line wins with probability
so Yes and No each have a 50% chance, and with Yes, No and Maybe each has a one-in-three chance. If Yes is on two lines out of three, it wins two times in three. Each spin is independent: the wheel does not remember earlier answers, so three Noes in a row make the next Yes no more likely.
When to use it
A random answer is best for choices where either outcome is fine and the hard part is simply deciding. If you notice that you are hoping for one answer while the wheel spins, that is often your real answer. For important decisions, think it through instead. For a plain heads or tails, the Coin Flipper is quicker.
A few ideas for a group: spin to choose who picks the film, whether the walk goes ahead in light rain, or whether dessert is shared. Put the wheel on a big screen so everyone sees the same spin, and agree before spinning that the answer is final. That simple promise is what makes a random choice feel fair to the whole room.
Privacy
Nothing is uploaded; every calculation runs in your browser and never leaves your device. Your questions and answers stay on this page and are gone when you close or reload it.
Frequently asked questions
Is a yes or no wheel fifty-fifty?
Yes. With one Yes and one No each answer has exactly a 50% chance, because the winner is drawn from your browser's cryptographic random generator before the wheel moves.
Can I add Maybe to the wheel?
Yes. Add a line with Maybe, or any other answer, to the list. Each line is one segment, so three lines give each answer a one-in-three chance.
Can I make Yes more likely than No?
Type Yes on two lines and No on one. Every line is its own segment, so Yes then has a two-in-three chance of winning each spin.
Is this the same as flipping a coin?
With two answers the odds are the same as a fair coin. The wheel is easier to share on a screen and lets you add more answers; the Coin Flipper is quicker for a plain heads or tails.
Does the wheel remember my answers?
No. Everything happens in your browser and nothing is stored or sent anywhere, so reloading the page starts again with Yes and No.