Custom Wheels
Custom wheel: build, save, and share your own spinner
How do I make my own custom spinning wheel?
You make a custom wheel by entering your own options, choosing colors and labels, optionally weighting some slices to be more likely, and then saving it so you can reuse or share it with a link. A good custom wheel remembers your list, lets you set the odds openly, and travels by URL so others can spin the exact same wheel.
Your options, your odds
A custom wheel starts with your list: type or paste the options, one per slice. From there, the two things worth controlling are labels and weighting. Clear, short labels keep the wheel readable as it spins. Weighting lets you make some outcomes more likely than others by giving them bigger or more slices, which is how you build anything from an even decision wheel to a prize wheel with planned odds.
Keep weighting honest and visible. The strength of a custom wheel is that anyone can look at it and read the odds from the slice sizes, so set them on purpose rather than burying an uneven wheel behind equal-looking labels.
Save it and share it
The difference between a throwaway wheel and a useful one is persistence. Save a wheel you will use again, such as a chore wheel, a team roster, or a weeknight-dinner wheel, so you are not rebuilding it each time. Sharing matters just as much: a wheel that lives at a link lets a colleague, a class, or an audience open and spin the identical wheel, which is what makes a custom wheel work for group decisions and promotions.
A shared link also makes a draw verifiable. If everyone spins the same published wheel, there is no question about whether the options or odds were changed between people.
Design for readability and reuse
A wheel is a visual tool, so design choices are not just decoration. Use distinct colors so adjacent slices are easy to tell apart, keep labels short enough to read mid-spin, and do not overload one wheel with so many slices that none can be read. If you have a long list, consider splitting it into a couple of themed wheels. The aim is a spinner you can read at a glance and happily reuse, not a cluttered one you rebuild every time.
What to look for
Make it fair
- Paste your own options. Build the wheel from your list, one clear option per slice.
- Weight slices openly. Make some outcomes likelier with bigger or more slices, visible to all.
- Save wheels you reuse. Keep standing wheels like chores or rosters instead of rebuilding them.
- Share by link for groups. A wheel at a URL lets everyone spin the identical options and odds.
- Design for readability. Distinct colors and short labels keep a fast-spinning wheel legible.
Spin it
Tools for custom wheels
Each slot below is reserved for a wheel tool or resource we would use ourselves. We are adding them as we build and vet them; nothing here is a paid placement.
Add options, colors, and weighting; the page's primary call to action.
Persist a wheel and share the exact spinner with a URL.
Drop a saved wheel into a site or stream.
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