Random Letter Generator
Spin for a random letter from A to Z, vowels only, or consonants only.
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A random letter generator for games and lessons
This random letter generator spins a wheel of the 26 letters of the English alphabet and stops on one. Every letter gets one equal slice, so A has the same chance as Z. Use it when a game calls for a starting letter, when a lesson needs a letter to practice, or when you want a prompt you did not choose yourself.
It is free, runs in your browser, and needs no account.
How to use the letter picker wheel
- Press Spin in the center of the wheel, click the wheel, or press Ctrl + Enter.
- Watch the pointer on the right side. The letter it stops on is your result.
- In the result box, choose Done, Remove it to take that letter off the wheel, or Spin again.
That is all a single letter takes. The options below help when you are running a whole game.
Options for letters
Choose the letters
The Letters menu in the Options tab sets what goes on the wheel:
- A to Z. The default, 26 letters.
- A to Z and a to z. All 52 uppercase and lowercase letters.
- Vowels only. A, E, I, O and U.
- Consonants only. The other 21 letters. Y counts as a consonant here.
- My own letters or words. Type letters together, such as ABCXYZ, or separate longer items with commas, such as cat, dog, bird.
Style and hard letters
The Style menu shows letters in UPPERCASE, in lowercase, or as pairs like Aa, which helps young readers match the two forms. Turn on “Leave out hard letters” to take Q, X and Z off the wheel when a game needs letters that start plenty of words.
Playing without repeats
Most word games go better when a letter cannot come up twice. You have two ways to handle that:
- Press Remove it after a spin to take that one letter off the wheel.
- Turn on “Remove each winner automatically” in Settings, and every letter leaves the wheel once it has been picked.
When letters are out, the Options tab shows a restore button with the count, such as “Restore 3 removed”. Press it to bring them all back. Changing the Letters or Style menu also starts the wheel fresh with every letter.
Mystery wheel
Turn on Mystery wheel in Settings to replace the letters on the slices with question marks. The result stays a surprise until the box opens.
Results
The Results tab counts how often each letter has come up and keeps an ordered log. Copy it, or download it as a CSV file or an image, which helps when you are planning several rounds ahead.
Ways to use it
- Category games. Spin a letter, then race to name an animal, a city, a food and a movie that start with it. It works for Scattergories-style rounds when the letter die goes missing.
- Phonics and spelling. Spin a letter and ask the class for its sound. Choose Vowels only for vowel sound practice.
- Alphabet practice at home. Let a young child spin, say the letter name, and find something in the room that starts with it.
- Road trips. Spin a letter and see who spots it first on a sign or a license plate.
- Creative prompts. Pick an initial for a character name, a band name, or the first word of a story.
Is the pick fair?
Yes. The winning letter is drawn with your browser’s cryptographic random generator before the animation starts, and the wheel then spins to it. With all 26 letters showing, each one has a 1 in 26 chance.
Each spin is independent. Unless you remove letters, the same one can come up twice in a row, the same way a die can roll two sixes.
Related tools
Pair this with the random number generator when a game needs both a letter and a number. To spin your own list of words or categories instead of single letters, use the picker wheel on the homepage.
Frequently asked questions
How many letters are on the wheel?
By default, all 26 letters of the English alphabet, each with one equal slice, so every letter has a 1 in 26 chance. With only vowels on the wheel the odds are 1 in 5, and with only consonants they are 1 in 21. The line under the options always shows how many items are on the wheel.
Does Y count as a vowel or a consonant?
Y is grouped with the consonants. Vowels only covers A, E, I, O and U.
How do I stop the same letter from coming up twice?
Press Remove it after a spin to take that letter off the wheel, or turn on Remove each winner automatically in Settings. The restore button in the Options tab brings every removed letter back.
Can I spin for only vowels or only consonants?
Yes. Open the Options tab and choose Vowels only or Consonants only in the Letters menu. The wheel redraws right away.
Can I leave out hard letters like Q, X and Z?
Yes. Turn on Leave out hard letters in the Options tab. Q, X and Z come off the wheel, which helps in category games where those letters stall a round.
Does it include lowercase letters or other alphabets?
Yes for lowercase. The Style menu switches the wheel to lowercase or to pairs such as Aa, and the Letters menu can hold A to Z and a to z together. For another alphabet, choose My own letters or words and type the characters you want.