Ways to use this list
- Small everyday choices: pudding tonight, a new haircut, a walk before work. Type the question into Title on screen in Settings so the answer appears right under it.
- Split vote at home or in class: when the room is 6โ6 on a film or a game for the last lesson of term, one spin on the big screen ends it and nobody can blame the grown-up.
- Probability lesson: each pupil predicts how many yeses 20 spins will give, then the class keeps a tally. Many guess exactly 10, yet a 10โ10 split turns up less than one time in five.
- True-or-false warm-up: press True / False, spin, and pupils make up a statement about this week's topic that matches the answer, for the rest of the class to check.
- Children who are not reading yet: press Thumbs up / down and the answer shows as ๐ or ๐, so a four-year-old can read the result alone.
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 (2 entries)
- Yes
- No
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Questions people ask
Is the yes or no wheel really 50/50?
Yes. Each answer has exactly the same chance, picked by your browser's secure random generator before the wheel moves. If you add "Maybe", each of the three answers gets a third.
Can I make "yes" more likely?
You can: write Yes *2 in the list and "Yes" gets twice the chance of "No", so it wins about two spins in every three. The wheel slice grows to match.
How do I make "Maybe" a rare answer?
Give the other two extra weight. With Yes *2, No *2 and a plain Maybe, yes and no each come up 2 times in 5 and maybe only 1 time in 5, so it stays a surprise.
Why did the wheel say yes five times in a row?
Streaks are a normal part of chance. In 20 spins of a fair yes or no wheel, the same answer turns up four or more times in a row about 3 times in 4, and five or more almost half the time. The next spin is still exactly 50/50.
What makes a good question for a yes or no wheel?
Ask about something you can act on straight away, such as "Should we walk to the park?", and only ask if you are happy with either answer. The wheel knows nothing about the future, so "Will it snow tomorrow?" gets a random guess, not a forecast.
Should I use it for big decisions?
Use it for small ones. For big decisions, a fun trick is to notice how you feel when the wheel lands: relief or disappointment often tells you what you really wanted. Then make the real choice yourself, with that feeling in mind.