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Yes or No Wheel
Think of the question. Spin once. Take the answer.
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One entry per line. Paste a whole list at once and the wheel updates as you type.
Weighted mode is on: add *3 after an entry to give it three times the chance.
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This browser onlyA real 50/50, and you can see it
Two entries, one spin, fifty percent each. The strip under the wheel says so before you spin, and the result window tells you the probability the answer that came up actually had.
There is no hidden bias toward yes, no streak-breaking, and no memory of your last answer. Each spin is independent — which is why you can get four noes in a row. Four noes in a row happens about one time in sixteen, so across a day of idle spinning you should expect to see it.
If a plain yes or no is too blunt, the Add a maybe preset makes it three equal answers at 33.3% each. Do it / Don't and Now / Later are the same coin with more useful words on it.
When a coin flip is actually the right tool
The honest use for this wheel is not deciding — it is noticing what you wanted.
Flip for something you have been going back and forth on, and watch your own reaction to the answer. Relief means you already knew. Disappointment means you already knew the other way. The wheel is a way of surfacing a preference you have been talking yourself out of.
The other legitimate use is the genuine tie: two options that are equally fine, and the deliberation is costing more than the decision is worth. Pick a restaurant, pick a colour, pick which of two identical tasks to start. Spending twenty minutes on a five-dollar choice is the expensive mistake, not getting the "wrong" answer.
Do not use a wheel for anything with real consequences — health, money, safety, legal questions, or anything you would need to justify to somebody else afterwards. Randomness is only appropriate when you would be content with either outcome.
Ask better questions
A yes/no wheel is only as good as the question you put to it. Some patterns that work:
- Make it specific. "Should I go to the gym tonight" beats "should I be healthier".
- Make both answers survivable. If one answer would be a disaster, you do not have a coin-flip decision — you have a decision you are avoiding.
- Commit before you spin. Say out loud what each answer means. Deciding after the fact that this one does not count is how people spin eleven times.
- One question per spin. Bundling three decisions into one flip gives you an answer you cannot act on.
If you have more than two options, this is the wrong wheel — the decision wheel takes a shortlist of any length.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really 50/50?
Yes. With two entries of equal weight, each has exactly a 1 in 2 chance. The winner is drawn from crypto.getRandomValues() before the animation begins, and the result window shows the raw draw so you can check the arithmetic.
Why did I get the same answer five times in a row?
Because the spins are independent. Five identical answers in a row happens about one time in sixteen with two options. A generator that avoided repeats would be *less* random, not more.
Can I add a maybe?
Yes — press the Add a maybe preset above the answer box, or type your own third line. Three equal answers means 33.3% each.
Can I change the wording?
Yes. The answers are just text. Replace them with Stay / Go, Buy / Wait, Call / Text, or anything else that fits the question.
Does the wheel remember my question?
No. Nothing you think about is typed in anywhere, and nothing about the spin is stored on a server. The answers list is the only thing the page knows about.
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