Gender Spin the Wheel: Boy or Girl: how it works
This gender spin the wheel is for made-up people: a new character, a role-play sheet, an avatar, or a guessing round at a baby shower. Boy and Girl take four slices each, so every spin is one chance in two. The Your list box holds the same eight lines, and you can add an option or tilt the split there.
From two options to a wheel of genders
Your list starts with Boy and Girl four times each. Two entries alone would draw as two half circles, and the repeats leave the chance alone. Adult characters? Retype the lines as Male and Female, or Man and Woman, four of each. For a wider wheel of genders, clear the box and type each option once: Boy, Girl, Nonbinary, Genderfluid, Agender, or whatever your story world uses. Every line is one equal slice. To tilt it instead, change one Girl line to Boy, and Boy holds five chances in eight.
A gender wheel picker for a whole cast
Filling ten character slots? Switch to Tally, press Clear results, and spin ten times. The tally under the wheel counts each side. Do not expect five and five. A fair wheel gives that exact split about one time in four, and seven to three or wider about one time in three. Keep what you get, or even it out by hand. One gender wheel spin settles one character.
Tips
- Girl or boy? Spin the wheel once per guest at a baby shower, in Tally mode, and see which side the room lands on.
- Decide before you spin whether the result is final. Wanting a respin means you already had a preference.
- Share sends the list and the winning slice as a link. It is not proof, because a list can be edited first.
Questions and answers
Is it really 50/50?
With the starting list, yes. The winner is drawn first with an equal chance for each of the eight slices, four Boy and four Girl, and the wheel then turns to it. The chances move only when you change the list.
Who is this wheel for?
People making things up. Writers and artists use it to stop every new character coming out the same, and game masters use it for townsfolk. Boy or girl? Spin the wheel and move on to the name. It describes nobody real.
Can the wheel predict a baby's sex?
No. It is a random draw and knows nothing about anyone. At a baby shower it is a way to collect guesses, the same as a show of hands, and the result means nothing beyond the game. Only a medical professional can tell parents anything about a real pregnancy.