Random letter wheel, A to Z

Q: How do I go through the alphabet without repeats?

Turn on Remove the winner after each spin. Each letter can only come up once until you reset the wheel.

The full alphabet, A to Z, one slice per letter. Every letter has the same chance, including the awkward ones, which is exactly what some games want.

Wheel title

SpacespinCtrl+Enterspin while typingFfull screen

Entries, one per line

One entry per line. Add *3 after a name to give it three times the chance.

Ready-made list. Edit it to make it yours: changes stay on this device, and Reset brings the original back.Open in the main spinner →

Phonics games for pre-K to grade 1

Sound hunt: spin, say the letter’s sound, then everyone finds something in the room that starts with it. Give a minute; for X, accept things that end in the sound, like box.
Letter of the day: spin each morning with remove on, so you cover the whole alphabet in 26 school days.
Upper and lower: spin, and students write the capital and the small letter on their whiteboards.
Air writing: spin and trace the letter in the air with a finger, then on a partner’s back.

Name, place, animal

Everyone draws columns: Name, Place, Animal, Food, Thing. Add more for older players.
Spin a letter. Each player fills every column with a word starting with that letter.
The first to finish shouts “stop” and everyone puts down their pens.
Score 10 points for an answer nobody else has, 5 for a shared answer, 0 for a blank.

With all 26 letters, someone will eventually face Q or X. Some groups love that; if yours does not, use the game letter wheel, which leaves the hard letters out.

More ideas

Spin a letter and tell a story where every sentence starts with it. Spin two letters and invent a band name from them. For a spelling warm-up, spin and list as many words as you can in a minute. For vowel practice only, try the vowel wheel.