How the order is made
Shuffle uses the Fisher–Yates method. Starting from the last item, each item swaps places with one chosen at random from the items not yet placed, itself included. Every one of those choices comes from your browser’s secure random number generator, so no item is favored.
The result is that every possible order is equally likely. Eight items can be arranged 40,320 ways, and each of those orders has exactly the same chance. The order you typed the list in makes no difference.More on how WheelSpinny picks.
Ways to use it
- Presentation order. Paste the class or team and shuffle once at the start, so people know when they’re up and can prepare.
- Turn order for a game. Shuffle the players, then copy the order into the group chat so nobody argues about who goes first.
- Draft order. For a fantasy league or a pick-your-project draft, shuffle the managers and share the link so everyone sees the same order. In a snake draft, the order simply reverses every round.
- Speaking order. Stand-ups and round-robin updates run smoother when the order is set before anyone has to volunteer.
- Running order. Performances, interview slots, or which topics to revise first: anything where position matters and you’d rather not choose.
Revealing one place at a time
Turn on Reveal one at a time and Shuffle hides the order. The button then readsReveal #1, Reveal #2, and so on. The whole order is fixed the moment you press Shuffle; revealing only uncovers it, so the result is the same as if you’d seen it all at once.Reveal all shows the rest.
It works well on a projector when you want the room’s attention to stay on the list, or when each person should learn their place only when it comes.
Copying and sharing
- Copy gives you a numbered list (“1. Aiko”) ready to paste into a chat, email, or document.
- Share copies a link with the order packed inside it. Whoever opens it sees the same order, marked “From a link”. Nothing is uploaded, but anyone with the link can read the list.
- A link shows an order; it can’t prove the order was random, because anyone can type a list in any order. When that matters, shuffle in front of the group, on a shared screen or projector.
Your list is saved in this browser so it’s ready next time. The shuffled order isn’t saved; copy or share it if you need to keep it.
Repeated items
If the same line appears twice, both copies stay in the list and each gets its own place. The editor tells you when a list has repeats, in case one slipped in by accident.
Picking one at a time instead?
If you’d rather pick people one by one with a bit of drama, the random name pickerspins a wheel and takes each name off after their turn. To split a group into teams or pairs instead of ordering it, use the random team generator.