A random letter in one spin
All 26 letters of the alphabet on one wheel, with the vowels in one colour and the consonants in another. Press SPIN! and the wheel picks a letter – fairly, with every letter on it exactly as likely as the next.
What people use it for
- Scattergories and “Categories”: find a country, an animal and a food starting with the letter.
- Spelling and phonics practice with children.
- Classroom warm-ups: say three words that begin with it.
- Picking a starting letter for a baby name, a band name or a story character.
- Countdown-style word games, where you need a mix of vowels and consonants.
Vowels, consonants or both
Click a group to put it on the wheel or take it off. Keep only the vowels, only the consonants, or both. The groups look like this:
Open a group to see its letters and untick the ones you do not want – Q, X and Z are the usual ones to leave out of a word game:
Draw letters without repeats
For a game where every letter should come up only once, open Options and tick Take the winner off the wheel. Each spin then removes its letter:
Every letter drawn so far is kept under Past winners: