Yes or No Wheel
A simple two-slice wheel that lands on Yes or No with even fifty-fifty odds. The quickest way to break a tie with yourself, no coin needed.
Fair by design: each spin draws from your browser’s cryptographic random number generator, giving every entry an equal 1-in-2 chance. No server is involved.
2 entries on the wheel, up to 500.
Every entry has an equal 1-in-2 chance. Write "Yes *3" to make an entry three times as likely.
The entries travel in the part of the link after the #, which browsers never send to a server. Nobody, including us, can read a shared wheel from a log.
Please keep the attribution link on the last line. It is the only thing we ask in return, and it is what pays for the wheel being free.
Yes or No Wheel at a glance
| Slices | 2, 180° each |
|---|---|
| Chance per slice, per spin | 1 in 2 (50.0%) |
| Chance of a given slice in 10 spins | 99.9% |
| Average spins to see every slice | 3 |
| Category | Decision wheels |
| Randomness source | crypto.getRandomValues, tested |
| Last updated |
When to spin the Yes or No Wheel
A yes or no wheel is the fastest way out of a stalemate with yourself. Should you send the message, order takeout, or start the project tonight? Spin once and take the answer, or notice how you feel about the result, because a flash of disappointment tells you what you actually wanted. That trick makes this simple wheel surprisingly useful for indecisive moments. With two equal slices, the odds are a clean fifty fifty on every spin, the same as a fair coin flip but more fun to watch. Groups use it too: classrooms settle small debates with it on the projector, and streamers let chat watch the wheel make the call. If you want more nuance, add a Maybe or Ask again slice in the entries box and the wheel rebalances the odds automatically.
2 slices: odds, streaks and repeats
Two slices make this a coin flip you can watch: Yes or No, 50.0% each, with no memory between spins. Streaks are normal. Yes three spins running happens 12.5% of the time, and five running 3.1%. A streak is not a sign the wheel is stuck; it is what fair randomness looks like.
Tips for spinning it in front of a group
- With 2 slices of 180° each, even the longest label, "Yes", prints large enough to read from the back of a room. Press Present for a full-screen wheel: Space or Enter spins and Esc returns to the page.
- Spin once and commit to the answer. Spinning again until Yes comes up turns a fair draw into a vote.
- Already leaning one way? Write "Yes *3" and Yes comes up 75.0% of the time against 25.0% for No, a tilt everyone can see rather than a quiet re-spin.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Yes or No wheel a fair 50/50 like a coin flip?
Yes, with only two slices the wheel gives Yes and No an equal 1 in 2 chance on every spin, so it works just like flipping a coin.
Can I add a "Maybe" option to the Yes or No wheel?
Absolutely, type Maybe into the entry box beneath the wheel and it becomes a third slice; that shifts the odds to a 1 in 3 chance for each answer.
What kinds of decisions is the Yes or No wheel good for?
It's handy for quick either/or calls like "should I go out tonight?" or "do I reply now?" when you just want an impartial nudge instead of overthinking it.
Put this wheel on your own site
One line of HTML. No tracking, no cookies, and it works on any page. The embed code sits under the wheel above, and the embed guide has a copy-paste block for WordPress, Google Sites, Notion, Moodle, Canvas and OBS.
More decision wheels
Prefer to start from scratch? Build a custom spinner wheel, browse all 36 preset wheels by category, or see all SpinPicker tools.