# Spin and Wheel

> Free online spinning wheel tools for random selection, decision-making, and interactive games. Used by educators, event organizers, and party hosts.

## About

Spin and Wheel (spinandwheel.com) is a collection of free interactive spinning wheel tools and browser games — name, number, letter, yes/no, food and team wheels, a Twister spinner, a bingo caller with player cards, and a Pictionary word generator — built for classrooms, events, parties, streams, and everyday decisions. All tools run in the browser with no sign-up required. Available in 11 languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Polish, Korean, Hindi, Indonesian, and Ukrainian.

## Tools

- [Random Name Picker](https://spinandwheel.com/): Enter names and spin the wheel for probability-balanced random selection. Used for classrooms, raffles, team allocation, and decision-making. Includes voice-over announcement and auto-spin timer.
- [Number Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/number-wheel/): Visual number picker wheel with customizable ranges (1–100, 1–1000, or any custom range). Spin for a random number with equal probability. Includes voice-over announcement and auto-spin timer.
- [Random Number Generator](https://spinandwheel.com/random-number/): Generate one or more random numbers in any range with uniform distribution. Ideal for raffles, research sampling, and batch number generation. Includes voice-over announcement and auto-spin timer.
- [Spin the Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/speen-the-wheel/): General-purpose spinning wheel for custom entries. Add any options and spin for a random result.
- [Yes or No Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/yes-or-no-wheel/): Get a random Yes, No, or Maybe in one spin with equal probability. Quick decision-maker for breaking ties. Includes voice-over announcement and auto-spin timer.
- [Letter Generator Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/letter-generator-wheel/): Random letter picker with configurable sets — full A–Z, vowels only, consonants only, or custom. Great for language teaching, phonics, and word games. Includes voice-over announcement and auto-spin timer.
- [Twister Spinner](https://spinandwheel.com/twister-spinner/): Automatic Twister game spinner with voice-over and auto-spin timer. Hands-free spins with no referee needed — works for classrooms and events.
- [Shot Roulette Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/shot-roulette/): Party spinner with multiple challenge categories including Basic, Social, Challenge, Party Chaos, and more. Includes voice-over announcement.
- [Food Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/food-wheel/): "What should I eat?" wheel preloaded with 154 dishes in 11 ready-made sets — breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, snacks, plus Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and American cuisine. Load one set with a tap or put all 154 dishes on the wheel at once; every spin picks one dish with equal 1/N probability. Each set is annotated with short dish descriptions.
- [Random Team Generator](https://spinandwheel.com/random-team-maker/): Splits any list of names into 2–12 random teams. Choose the number of teams and an optional per-team size limit, then either spin the wheel once per name (Slow mode, a live draft) or split everyone instantly (Fast mode). Names are dealt round-robin so team sizes stay within one person of each other; team naming schemes (numbers, colors, NATO alphabet, animals, Greek letters) are built in. Results open on a shareable [team list page](https://spinandwheel.com/random-team-maker/teams/) (`?teams=` in the URL) with a fullscreen view for a projector, TV or stream, and each team links to the main name wheel pre-filled with its members.
- [Bingo Hub](https://spinandwheel.com/bingo/): Entry point to the free online bingo tools — number generator, full caller, digital player cards — plus guides to 75-ball (US) and 90-ball (UK) bingo, the rules and the traditional UK calls (nicknames for 1–90).
- [Bingo Number Generator](https://spinandwheel.com/bingo-number-generator/): Draws random bingo balls 1–75 (US, with B-I-N-G-O letters) or 1–90 (UK, with the traditional call nicknames) one at a time, without replacement, so no number repeats until a new game. Each draw can be read aloud, auto call runs on a timer, a draw can be undone, and the called-numbers list is kept. Game state is saved in localStorage. Shows a QR code that gives every player a card on their phone.
- [Bingo Caller](https://spinandwheel.com/bingo-caller/): Full-screen bingo caller built on the spinning wheel: pick 1–75, 1–90, 1–100, 1–50, 1–30 or a custom range, spin to call numbers that never repeat, hear each call spoken, track calls on a live board, undo a miscall, run hands-free with auto call, and go fullscreen for the room. Includes the player-card QR code.
- [Bingo Card](https://spinandwheel.com/bingo/card/): The player's digital bingo card for a phone. Opened via the caller's QR link (`?mode=us75`, `?mode=uk90`, or `?mode=custom&from=1&to=120`, optionally `&card=5x5|3x9|4x4|3x3|grid`), it deals a random 5x5 American card with a free centre, a 3x9 British ticket with 15 numbers, a smaller 4x4 / 3x3 card, or a full grid of the range; every scan of the same code gives a different random card. Tap numbers as they are called, undo a mark, and see lines, four corners and full house light up. Without `?mode=` the page offers the two standard games.
- [Pictionary Word Generator](https://spinandwheel.com/pictionary-word-generator/): Random words to draw from a curated bank of 519 English prompts (and a mirrored bank per language) across 12 categories — animals, food & drink, objects, actions, places, nature, sports, people & jobs, technology, school, fantasy, situations — at three difficulties (easy, medium, hard) and three audiences (kids, family, adults). The drawer reveals the word in private and hides it again, then a drift-free round timer runs (10–600 s, default 60 s, with an end-of-round sound); Correct / Skip / Undo track team scores for up to 6 teams, no word repeats until the bank is exhausted, and a fullscreen mode suits the big screen. This page lives at `/pictionary-word-generator/<lang>/` for every language, including English at `/en/`; localized titles use the local game name (Kalambury, Montagsmaler, Imagem e Ação, お絵描き お題, Крокодил).
- [Names Hub](https://spinandwheel.com/names/): Browse name picker wheels organized by country. Currently English (350+ names across 9 categories), Mexican (300+ names across 8 categories), Native American (280+ names across 9 categories with tribal attributions), Polish (280+ names across 8 categories with Slavic etymology and imieniny dates), and Japanese (285+ names across 8 categories with kanji and meanings); French, Spanish, and German planned.
- [English Names Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/names/english/): Free spinning wheel preloaded with 350+ authentic English first names and surnames in 9 categories — 40 popular boys names, 40 popular girls names, 40 classic, 30 royal, 30 Victorian, 50 common surnames, 35 occupational, 35 place-name, and 30 noble/aristocratic surnames. Each entry annotated with linguistic origin (Old English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Germanic, Celtic, Norse, Scottish, Irish, Welsh) and one-line meaning.
- [Mexican Names Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/names/mexican-names/): Free spinning wheel preloaded with 300+ authentic Mexican first names in 8 categories — 40 popular boys names, 40 popular girls names, 40 traditional Catholic/Marian names, 35 indigenous names (Nahuatl, Mayan, Zapotec), 30 saint compound names (José Luis, María Guadalupe), 50 modern/trendy, 30 gender-neutral, and 40 unique/rare. Each entry annotated with linguistic origin (Spanish, Nahuatl, Mayan, Zapotec, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Germanic, Basque, Arabic) and one-line meaning.
- [Native American Names Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/names/native-americans-names/): Free spinning wheel preloaded with 280+ authentic Native American names with meanings in 9 categories — 40 popular boys, 40 popular girls, 30 Cherokee, 25 Navajo, 30 Lakota and Sioux, 30 Apache and Plains tribes (Cheyenne, Comanche, Blackfoot), 30 Eastern Woodlands (Mohawk, Iroquois, Ojibwe, Algonquin), 25 famous chiefs and warriors (Sequoyah, Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Pocahontas, Sacagawea), and 30 nature/animal names. Each entry annotated with tribe of origin and meaning, sourced from Behind the Name's scholarly references.
- [Polish Baby Names Wheel (Imiona dla Dziecka)](https://spinandwheel.com/names/imiona-dla-dziecka/): Free spinning wheel preloaded with 280+ authentic Polish baby names in 8 categories — 40 popular boys names (Antoni, Jan, Aleksander, Franciszek, Stanisław), 40 popular girls names (Zofia, Hanna, Julia, Maja, Lena), 35 classic Polish names (Kazimierz, Władysław, Bolesław – names of Polish kings; Jadwiga, Helena – queens), 35 Slavic-origin two-stemmed names (Wojciech, Mirosław, Bogdan, Sławomir – pre-Christian Polish), 30 saints' names with imieniny (name-day) dates (Maria, Maksymilian Kolbe, Faustyna, Kinga, Jadwiga), 35 modern names (Nadia, Liwia, Tymon, Iga), 30 rare names (Świętopełk, Sędzimir, Wisława, Cyprian), and 35 of the most common Polish surnames (Nowak, Kowalski, Wiśniewski). Each entry annotated with linguistic origin (Slavic, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Germanic) and meaning. Polish-language URL slug targeting native-language SEO for "imiona dla dziecka", "imiona dla chłopca", "imiona dla dziewczynki".
- [Japanese Names Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/names/japanese-names/): Free Japanese name generator preloaded with 285+ authentic Japanese names in 8 categories — 40 popular boys names (Haruto 陽翔, Sōta 颯太, Yūto 悠人), 40 popular girls names (Himari 陽葵, Tsumugi 紬, Yui 結衣), 35 traditional names (Tarō 太郎, Hanako 花子, Keiko 恵子), 35 nature & kanji-meaning names (Sora 空, Sakura 桜, Ren 蓮), 25 unisex names (Hikaru 光, Kaoru 薫, Makoto 誠), 50 common surnames (Satō 佐藤, Suzuki 鈴木, Takahashi 高橋, Tanaka 田中, Watanabe 渡辺), 30 samurai & historical names (Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Miyamoto Musashi), and 30 anime / character-style names (Akatsuki, Raiden, plus the Four Symbols Suzaku, Byakko, Seiryū, Genbu). Each entry annotated with its kanji (漢字) and one-line English meaning; family names and historical figures written family-name-first. Available in all 11 languages.

## Documentation

- [Guide: How to Use the Spin Wheel](https://spinandwheel.com/guide/): Step-by-step walkthrough of every action on the main name picker — entries, spin, shuffle, sort, clear, save lists, share via link, winners tab, remove winner, auto-spin, voice-over, spin sound, fullscreen, and language switcher. 14 documented features grouped into Entry editing, Spinning & results, Playback & display, and Persistence & locale.
- [All Wheels Overview](https://spinandwheel.com/wheels/): Index page listing every spinning wheel tool — the classic pickers, the food and team wheels, the bingo caller and number generator, and the five name-pack wheels — with feature comparison and links.
- [Gallery](https://spinandwheel.com/gallery/): Visual gallery of screenshots of the spinning wheel tools, rendered on HTML5 Canvas. Each image's alt text is derived from its filename, and images whose filename contains a wheel name link directly to that wheel (e.g. the Twister spinner close-up links to /twister-spinner/). Marked up with ImageGallery / ImageObject JSON-LD.
- [Use Cases & FAQ](https://spinandwheel.com/use-cases/): Seven concrete ways people use Spin and Wheel — classroom rosters of up to 1,000 students, live-stream raffles (raffle / sorteo / rifa / tombola), decision paralysis breakers, remote team meetings, party games, gaming backlogs — plus how the tool compares to Wheel of Names on capacity, account requirements, and randomization fairness. Includes FAQPage JSON-LD schema for AI search engines.
- [Twister Spin Video](https://spinandwheel.com/twister-video/): A watch page embedding a recorded Twister spin from the free Twister Spinner — each spin lands on one of four colors and a built-in voice-over calls each move hands-free, with no referee needed. Marked up with VideoObject and FAQPage JSON-LD. Localized across all 11 languages; per-locale YouTube recordings for English, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, and German, with other locales falling back to the English video.
- [World Cup 2026 Schedule & Predictor](https://spinandwheel.com/world-cup-2026-schedule/): Full World Cup 2026 group-stage schedule — 48 teams, 12 groups (A–L), and all 72 fixtures with kickoff times in Kyiv time (EEST, UTC+3). Each match links to a two-option prediction wheel pre-loaded with both national teams for a fair 50/50 pick (3.5 s easeOutQuart spin). Marked up with FAQPage and an ItemList of 72 SportsEvent entries (each with its venue). Available in all 11 languages.
- [World Cup 2026 Knockout Bracket](https://spinandwheel.com/world-cup-2026-bracket/): Interactive knockout-stage diagram — Round of 32, Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final on July 19 — in one bracket. Filter the view to a later round with a dropdown, open it fullscreen, and watch teams and scores fill in live as the tournament progresses. Available in all 11 languages.
- [OBS Setup](https://spinandwheel.com/obs-setup/): Builder for adding the spinning wheel to OBS Studio livestreams. Generates two browser-source URLs — a display overlay (`?mode=obs`) with a transparent background that sits on top of any scene, and a control dock (`?mode=dock`) that lets the streamer edit entries and spin from inside OBS without switching windows. Paste names (comma- or newline-separated) to pre-seed both URLs with an encoded `entries` parameter. Runs locally with no server communication.
- [WebMCP — Control the Wheel with AI Agents](https://spinandwheel.com/web-mcp/): Explains how every wheel, the bingo caller / number generator and the Pictionary word generator register WebMCP tools (`navigator.modelContext`) so an in-browser AI agent can set entries, spin, call numbers and run a game without clicking. Lists all tool names and inputs (see the WebMCP section below).
- [Integrations](https://spinandwheel.com/integrations/): Catalogue of Spin and Wheel apps, browser extensions, stream overlays and agent tools built by the Spin and Wheel team. First item: the free [Ruleta Sí o No](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ruleta-s%C3%AD-o-no/pkibdamfepndncddhjdcgcfgohffinnk) Chrome extension, a one-click yes/no wheel in the browser toolbar. Also covers the OBS overlay and the WebMCP tools. Marked up with an ItemList of SoftwareApplication entries plus BreadcrumbList and FAQPage JSON-LD.

## Features

- No sign-up or download required — runs entirely in the browser
- Progressive Web App (PWA) — installable on mobile and desktop
- Saves entries and settings in browser localStorage (Web Storage API), keyed per language
- Equal probability distribution (1/N per entry) for fair results
- Animated spinning (3.5 s easeOutQuart deceleration) with sound effects
- Voice-over: winner announcement via Web Speech API SpeechSynthesis in the user's language, toggleable per wheel (preference saved in localStorage)
- Voice control: hands-free spinning via Web Speech API SpeechRecognition — enable in Settings, grant microphone access, then say the spin command ("Wheel spin" in English, localized per language) to spin without touching the device; continuous listening with a 2.5 s cooldown between spins (not supported on iOS)
- Auto-spin timer: configurable countdown (default 30 s) to automatically spin again after a result, with option to disable
- Share via link: every entry list is encoded into the URL via the History API, no server round-trip
- Share via QR code: generates a scannable QR code of the current wheel URL (with all entries) so anyone can open the identical wheel by scanning with a phone camera
- OBS integration: add the wheel to OBS Studio as a browser source — a transparent display overlay (`?mode=obs`) and a control dock (`?mode=dock`); see the OBS Setup builder
- Fullscreen mode: Fullscreen API expands the wheel canvas to the full viewport
- Bingo: draws without replacement (no repeats until a new game), spoken calls, auto call on a timer, undo, live board, US B-I-N-G-O letters and traditional UK call nicknames, and a QR code that hands every player a random digital card on their own phone
- Pictionary: private reveal/hide of the word, drift-free round timer with sound, Correct / Skip / Undo, team scores for up to 6 teams, no-repeat word selection, and setup that travels in the URL
- WebMCP agent tools: wheels, bingo and Pictionary expose their actions as tools an in-browser AI agent can call (Chrome origin trial / Edge); see the WebMCP section below
- Every page ships its own web app manifest, so any tool can be installed on a phone or desktop
- Available in 11 languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Polish, Korean, Hindi, Indonesian, Ukrainian

## URL Parameters

- `entries` — pre-populate any wheel with a list of values via the URL. Format: a comma-separated list of URL-encoded values, e.g. `https://spinandwheel.com/?entries=Alice,Bob,Charlie`. Values containing commas or spaces must be percent-encoded (e.g. `Co-host%2C%20Alice`). The list is split on commas, each value is `decodeURIComponent`-decoded, and empty values are dropped. Combine with `mode=obs` / `mode=dock` to seed the wheel inside OBS.
- `mode` — `obs` renders the wheel as a transparent display overlay for OBS browser sources; `dock` renders a compact control panel for the OBS dock. Any other value is ignored.
- `teams` (team list page only) — the encoded roster produced by the Random Team Generator, e.g. `https://spinandwheel.com/random-team-maker/teams/?teams=...`. Generated by the tool's share link; without it the page shows an empty state.
- `mode`, `from`, `to`, `card` (bingo card only) — `mode=us75` (1–75, 5x5 card), `mode=uk90` (1–90, 3x9 ticket) or `mode=custom&from=<n>&to=<m>`; `card=5x5|3x9|4x4|3x3|grid` overrides the default card type when the range allows it. The bingo caller and number generator generate these links and show them as a QR code.
- `difficulty`, `category`, `audience`, `timer`, `teams` (Pictionary only) — pre-set the game, e.g. `https://spinandwheel.com/pictionary-word-generator/?difficulty=easy,medium&category=animals,food-drink&audience=kids&timer=90&teams=1`. Difficulties: `easy`, `medium`, `hard` (comma-separated); categories: `animals`, `food-drink`, `objects`, `actions`, `places`, `nature`, `sports`, `people-jobs`, `technology`, `school`, `fantasy`, `situations` (comma-separated, omit for all); audience: `kids`, `family` or `adults`; timer: seconds 10–600; `teams=1` turns team mode on. Only configuration travels in the URL — never words, scores or team names.

## WebMCP Tools

Pages register tools through the WebMCP API (`navigator.modelContext`; Chrome origin trial until 2026-11-16, native in Edge, a no-op elsewhere). Tools read page state and never re-roll randomness or expose a hidden word. Registration is skipped in OBS display/dock mode.

- Every wheel (name, number, yes/no, letter, twister, shot roulette, food, team, name packs): `get_entries`, `set_entries` (`entries: string[]`), `spin_wheel` (optional `entries` to set first; returns the winner), `get_winner`.
- Bingo caller and number generator: `get_bingo_state`, `call_bingo_number`, `get_called_numbers` (`includeRemaining?`), `undo_last_call`, `new_bingo_game`, `set_bingo_mode` (`mode`, `from?`, `to?`), `set_auto_call` (`enabled`, `seconds?`). `new_bingo_game` and `set_bingo_mode` are marked consequential.
- Pictionary word generator: `get_pictionary_state`, `get_current_word` (only after reveal), `reveal_word`, `next_word`, `mark_correct`, `skip_word`, `undo_turn`, `switch_team` (`team?`), `rename_team` (`team`, `name`), `set_pictionary_filters` (`difficulty[]`, `categories[]`, `audience`, `timerSeconds`, `teamMode`, `sound`), `control_timer` (`action: start|pause|resume|reset`), `new_pictionary_game` (`keepTeamNames?`, consequential).

## Languages

Every page is available in all 11 languages. The language code comes after the page path (e.g. `https://spinandwheel.com/yes-or-no-wheel/fr/`, `https://spinandwheel.com/bingo-caller/pl/`); the main name picker uses the root plus the code (`/fr/`). The Pictionary page puts the code in every URL, including English (`/pictionary-word-generator/en/`). Main wheel per language:

- English: https://spinandwheel.com/
- French: https://spinandwheel.com/fr/
- Spanish: https://spinandwheel.com/es/
- Japanese: https://spinandwheel.com/ja/
- Portuguese: https://spinandwheel.com/pt/
- German: https://spinandwheel.com/de/
- Polish: https://spinandwheel.com/pl/
- Korean: https://spinandwheel.com/ko/
- Hindi: https://spinandwheel.com/hi/
- Indonesian: https://spinandwheel.com/id/
- Ukrainian: https://spinandwheel.com/uk/

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