Question 1

Which letters are on the wheel?

Accepted Answer

A to Z, twenty-six segments, all equally likely. That is what a random letter means in every market this tool serves; accented letters and umlauts are not on it because nobody asking for a random letter expects them.

Question 2

Can I use only vowels, or only a few letters?

Accepted Answer

Remove the ones you do not want, or clear the wheel and add exactly the letters you need. The wheel draws from whatever is on it, so a five-vowel wheel behaves like any other.

Question 3

How do I avoid the same letter twice?

Accepted Answer

Switch to elimination mode. Each letter leaves the wheel as it is drawn, which is what makes this work for classroom games and word rounds where a repeat ends the turn.

Question 4

Can I add letters from another alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Yes — type or paste any characters you like as entries. Each entry is one segment, so a wheel of Greek letters or of two-character syllables works the same way as one of A to Z.

Question 5

Can I use the letter wheel in a stream overlay?

Accepted Answer

Add ?embed=1 to the wheel’s link and the page shows the alphabet and the drawn letter alone. In OBS, point a browser source at that address and add &bg=transparent so whatever is behind it in your scene shows through.

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