Wheel of Names Spinner by Random Wheel Spin

Updated: October 24, 2025

What is a wheel of names?

A wheel of names is a free customizable spinner wheel for teachers, teams, friends, and family. Enter names, add activities, spin the wheel! Created by Random Wheel Spin, the randomizer wheel spinner is designed to help users make quick decisions and to make learning, presentations and games more interactive and engaging.

Create your own unique wheels, add names, images, colors, and even activities and actions, then share your wheel! Or choose from our range of ready-made wheels available to use instantly.

Users can add hidden activities or actions behind each wheel entry, and even make the wheel speak out loud, to make classroom learning or work presentations more interactive and engaging.

Here are more details about a wheel of names and gamified learning.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Here are answers to some of the most common questions about Random Wheel Spin. Click a question below to jump to the answer:

Table of Contents

1. What is Random Wheel Spin used for?
2. How to use the spinner wheel?
3. What are hidden activities and actions and how do I add them?
4. Is Random Wheel Spin free to use?
5. Can I save, share, or embed my spinner wheel?
6. Does the randomizer wheel spinner work on mobile devices or as an app?
7. Is the spin really random? Can I trust the winner?
8. Is my data secure and private?
9. More Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Random Wheel Spin used for?

Random Wheel Spin is a free, customizable wheel of names spinner and random name picker. It can be used in many different ways. Here are just a few examples:

• Classroom: Teachers can spin the wheel to randomly pick students, create quiz wheels, assign activities, or use hidden Q&As for participation and topic discussion. The randomizer wheel is ideal for boosting student engagement in lessons.
• Workplace: Assign tasks fairly, pick speakers in team meetings, or use in presentations for engagement, contact center gamification - reward agent performance.
• Games & Parties: Truth or Dare, baby showers, trivia games, or family movie nights.
• Competitions: Use the wheel of names in raffles, giveaways, or random draws.
• Everyday Life: Decide dinner options, pick travel destinations, or brainstorm ideas.
• Neurodiverse Users: Use as an online fidget spinner wheel for relaxation and focus. Users are helped by the visual engagement, sensory support and predictable structure of each spin. Wheels can be customized into special interest wheels.

2. How to use the spinner wheel?

1. Click the Add Names button Add Names and enter text or images. Import long lists via Excel/CSV/Google Sheets.
2. Optionally add hidden activities or actions behind entries. Click Add Activities. Or you can click the Add Hidden Activities & Actions toggle at bottom of the Add Names screen.
3. Click Spin to let the wheel randomly choose.
4. If hidden info exists, click Click me Click me to reveal it.
5. View past results by clicking View Results View Results
6. You can further customize the wheel by clicking Advanced where you can upload your own background image, adjust spin duration, or mute sounds.

3. What are hidden activities and actions and how do I add them?

This is a unique feature of Random Wheel Spin that allows you to store hidden activities, actions, or questions behind each wheel entry. Instead of just showing the chosen entry (like most spinners), the wheel can reveal additional instructions or surprises after the spin. To access this option click the Add Names button and toggle the Add Hidden Activities & Actions option to on.

This feature can transform learning and presentations, making the process more interactive by keeping users engaged and motivated. It turns a simple spin into a two-step process.

Examples:

• In education: A teacher might put student names on the wheel and link hidden questions or challenges behind each name.
• In workplace presentations: A team member might spin for project topics, and each topic reveals hidden discussion points or action items.

4. Is Random Wheel Spin free to use?

5. Can I save, share, or embed my spinner wheel?

Yes!

• Save: To save a wheel to your hard drive click the   Save Wheel icon. This is beneficial if you want to create lots of different types of wheels. The saved file is stored on your computer's hard drive. No data is saved on our servers.
  
• Open a Saved Wheel: To open a previously saved wheel click the   Open Wheel icon. When you click this you can browse your computer for any previously saved wheels so you can open them (your current wheel will be overwritten with the opened wheel).
  
• Share: To share a wheel click the   Share icon to share the wheel with other people, including friends, family, students or colleagues. You can share your wheel to any other App on your device or create a sharable link to your wheel. Each link is a snapshot: changes require a new share link.
  
• Embed: Click </> Embed in the top menu to generate a snippet of code which you can place on your website. Only the wheel will display on your website (ads are removed and the menu is hidden but still accessible), making it clean and brand-friendly.

6. Does the randomizer wheel spinner work on mobile devices or as an app?

Yes. The spinner is fully responsive for phones, tablets, and desktops.

Yes, you can also install it as an App on mobile and desktop:

• Android: In Chrome, tap the menu → Add to Home Screen → Install.
• iPhone: In Safari, tap Share → Add to Home Screen (or enable it via Edit Actions if hidden).
• Desktop: In the address bar look for a little icon on the right that looks like a tv screen with a downward arrow on it → Click the icon to Install as an app → Click the Install button.

7. Is the spin really random? Can I trust the winner?

Yes! Random Wheel Spin uses cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generation (CSPRNG) combined with provably fair logic. Every spin generates a new server seed and client seed, hashed with SHA-256, so results are random, verifiable, and tamper-proof.

8. Is my data secure and private?

Yes. All data is stored locally in your browser. We do not store wheel content on our servers, except for an anonymous spin count. Everything runs client-side.

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How to Use the Wheel of Names Spinner in the Classroom

Engage your students with fairness, surprise, and interactivity using Random Wheel Spin. Teachers use it to:

 
• Load lesson prompts: Math problems, writing or discussion topics, science questions.
• Practice questions: Use it to randomize practice questions in a review session.
• Role-play: Spin for different role-play scenarios during live training.
• Energizer activity: Add the wheel of names to a blended learning course as an energizer activity.
• Using the hidden information: Hide answers, discussion points, or activities behind each spin.
• Fairness: Manage class participation and roles fairly.
• Neurodiverse learners: Support neurodiverse students with visual, auditory, and calming engagement.
• Random student selection: Call on students unpredictably to reduce bias.
• Quiz & question wheels: Hide a question, prompt, or answer behind each name. When the wheel lands, click to reveal the hidden activity - perfect for classroom quizzes or topic discussions.
• Group assignments: Assign roles or teams randomly using hidden entries.
• Brainstorm prompts or writing tasks: Preload discussion topics behind entries for creative exercises.
• Classroom routines or rewards: e.g., “line leader,” “homework checker,” or “mystery prize.”

Example use by one teacher: “I created a wheel with 15 quiz questions hidden behind student names. Each spin selects a student and reveals their question - everyone stays engaged!”

Quick Setup for Teachers

1. Create a class wheel and add student names.
2. Optionally add hidden questions, prompts, or activities behind names.
3. Optionally customize the wheel.
4. Spin the wheel during class to select a student and reveal the hidden task or activity.

How a Spinner Wheel Helps Neurodiverse Learners

Classrooms today are more neurodiverse than ever before. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2025), around 1 in 31 children in the U.S. are identified with autism spectrum disorder, and studies suggest that up to 10% of students exhibit symptoms of ADHD (Danielson et al., 2022). Globally, researchers estimate that 15-20% of people are neurodivergent in some form (Doyle, 2020). These numbers reflect a growing understanding that cognitive differences are not deficits - they’re part of human diversity. But they also highlight a need for tools that help every student learn, focus, and participate in ways that suit their unique sensory and cognitive profiles.

The following are ways a randomizer spinner wheel can help:

• Predictable ritual + surprise: Spinning motion provides structure while results remain random.
• Special interest engagement: Many neurodiverse students enjoy the mechanical and visual aspects of the wheel.
• Reduced pressure: Random selection reduces stress compared to teacher choice.
• Visual & interactive feedback: Hidden prompts add an engaging reveal element.
• Customizable sensory settings: Adjust spin speed, mute sounds, or change background for sensory-sensitive students.
• My personal connection: My daughter is autistic and while developing the wheel of names tool, I noticed how calming the wheel was for her. It became clear that it wasn’t just a random name picker; it was a digital space where she could find focus and calm and distract her from the stress she was feeling. For her, the spinning motion gave the same comfort as a tactile fidget spinner, but in a more accessible and visually engaging way.

Random Wheel Spin Features & Customization

• Hidden info: Add activities, questions, or answers behind entries.
• Colours & themes: Up to 8 wheel colours plus custom background images or colours.
• Bulk import: Paste or upload hundreds of names from Excel, CSV, or Google Sheets.
• Images: Add pictures or icons to wheel entries.
• Voice announcements: Optionally announce winners aloud. The wheel of names can speak out loud the result and also the hidden information.
• Auto-remove entries: Prevent repeats after each spin of the wheel.
• Spin settings: Adjust spin duration and mute sounds.
• Embed wheels: Share or integrate into websites and classrooms.
• Full screen mode: Great for presentations (full screen mode temporarily hides ads).
• Embed a wheel in your own site: This is also great for presentations (embedded wheels do not display ads).
• Real-time autosave: No login needed - your wheel updates instantly.
• Save customized wheels for later use: Save as many wheels you want to your own computer.
• Share with other people: Click the green share icon or one of the social media icons in the right of the screen.
• Private: All data stays on your device.
• Randomizing technology The randomizer wheel is powered by a secure cryptographic random number generator with provably fair 256-SHA irreversible hashing.

Menu Options

•   Click the New Wheel icon to create a new wheel which will reset the current wheel and load in the default wheel colors and default starting names (your current wheel will be overwritten with the default wheel).

•   Click the Open Wheel icon to open a previously saved wheel. When you click this it will allow you to browse your computer for any previously saved wheels so you can open them (your current wheel will be overwritten with the opened wheel).

•   Click the Save Wheel icon if you want to save your current wheel to your computer hard drive. This is beneficial if you want to create lots of different types of wheels. The saved file is stored on your computer's hard drive. No data is saved on our servers.

•   Click the share icon to share the wheel with other people, including friends, family, students or colleagues. You can share your wheel of names to any other App on your device or create a sharable link to your wheel.

•   Click the embed link (in top menu) to generate a snippet of code which you can insert and paste directly into your own website (paste it anywhere inside your "body" tags). Only the wheel will be displayed in your website. All buttons and menus are removed to make it cleaner and simpler, so you can tailor it to your own branding.

This is an example of a wheel of names with images of students

Is the Wheel of Names Rigged?

No, Random Wheel Spin is as random as it gets on a computer and uses advanced cryptographic Random Number Generation (RNG) technology. Every spin of this wheel is designed to be cryptographically random and provably fair, similar to the standards expected in financial institutions or blockchain-based games of chance. "How come I get lots of winners which are the same?" This is just chance. In every day life you can throw two dice and both dice can each land on six several times in a row. This is pure chance and the same applies to the wheel. Random Wheel Spin's Wheel of Names does not have any memory so previous outcomes don't affect future winners. In games of chance, using Math.random() isn't enough. Random Wheel Spin uses browser-grade cryptographic randomness via crypto.randomUUID(), along with SHA-256 for irreversible hashing (used by financial institutions and government agencies).

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