Ways to use this list
- Story writing: spin a power, then give it one weakness before you write a word. A hero with limits makes a far better plot than one who can do anything.
- Drawing: design a costume that suits the power, with a symbol on the chest. Freezing things might mean a frosty pattern and a snowflake badge.
- Debates: two pupils each spin a power and argue which would help more on a school trip, then the class votes for the winner.
- Party game: everyone spins a power in secret and acts it out without words while the others guess, just like charades.
- Group stories: set Winners to 4 for a hero team, and each child in the group writes the chapter in which their hero saves the day.
- Science lessons: Freezing things or Controlling light opens a chat about real states of matter or how light travels, starting from a fun idea.
Press Spin the wheel, tap the game or press the Space bar. Change the list in the box as you
like: add your own, delete what doesn't suit you, or write *2 after an entry to give it double the
chance. The game buttons switch the same list to a duck race, hat, claw machine and more.
The full list (52 entries)
- Flight
- Teleportation
- Super speed
- Walking through walls
- Jumping very high
- Running on water
- Climbing any wall
- Opening portals
- Reading minds
- Seeing the future
- Super memory
- Moving objects with your mind
- Copying any skill you watch
- Speaking every language
- Talking to animals
- Talking to machines
- Visiting other people's dreams
- Controlling weather
- Controlling plants
- Freezing things
- Controlling light
- Controlling water
- Calling lightning
- Moving rocks and earth
- Glowing in the dark
- Controlling magnets
- Super strength
- Invisibility
- Healing
- Shape-shifting
- Breathing underwater
- Super hearing
- Stretching like rubber
- Night vision
- Never needing sleep
- Growing as tall as a building
- Time control
- Pausing time
- Rewinding the last ten seconds
- Being in two places at once
- Making force fields
- Making things tiny
- Seeing invisible things
- Never losing anything
- Making any vegetable taste like pudding
- Tidying a room with one clap
- Never stepping in a puddle
- Always finding the TV remote
- Perfect hair every morning
- Knowing what's for dinner
- Making the bus wait for you
- Turning homework into paper planes
Questions people ask
Can I get two powers?
Yes. Set Winners to 2 for a hero with two powers and work out how they combine: freezing things plus super speed makes a very fast ice rink. Set it to 3 or more for a whole team.
Are these powers from comics or films?
No. They are general ideas, such as flight or talking to machines, not taken from any comic or film hero, so the character you build around one is entirely your own.
Can I add powers?
Yes. Invent your own, the odder the better ("talking to socks", "making broccoli disappear"), one per line. Press 💾 Save and your power list is ready for the next story lesson.
What is the best superpower to have?
There is no official answer, but when people argue about it, flight, invisibility, teleportation and reading minds come up again and again. Teleportation often wins the practical debates: no more traffic jams or long journeys to see family.
How do I give a superpower a weakness?
Pick one limit: it only works in daylight, it tires the hero out, it has a short range or it causes a side effect. Super speed that leaves you starving, or invisibility that fails whenever you sneeze, gives a story its best moments.
Where can I find a name for my hero?
Spin the superhero name generator. Every hero there is original and comes with a power, so you can match one to the power you spun here or simply borrow the name.