Emotion Wheel
Spin for one feeling out of 65, then act it out, draw it or talk about it.
No spins yet. Each pick is listed here in order.
Feelings on the wheel, by family
Happy (11)
- Happy
- Joyful
- Cheerful
- Glad
- Excited
- Proud
- Delighted
- Thrilled
- Hopeful
- Grateful
- Amused
Sad (12)
- Sad
- Lonely
- Disappointed
- Discouraged
- Gloomy
- Heartbroken
- Homesick
- Miserable
- Sorry
- Guilty
- Ashamed
- Embarrassed
Angry (11)
- Angry
- Impatient
- Annoyed
- Frustrated
- Furious
- Grumpy
- Outraged
- Bitter
- Jealous
- Envious
- Offended
Scared (11)
- Scared
- Panicked
- Tense
- Frightened
- Terrified
- Horrified
- Nervous
- Worried
- Uneasy
- Alarmed
- Spooked
Surprised (10)
- Surprised
- Amazed
- Impressed
- Shocked
- Startled
- Stunned
- Confused
- Puzzled
- Curious
- Fascinated
Calm (10)
- Calm
- Relaxed
- Peaceful
- Content
- Comfortable
- Safe
- Relieved
- Serene
- Satisfied
- Carefree
About the emotion wheel
Spin the full wheel and any of 65 feelings can come up. Under “Choose a list” the words split into 6 families: “Happy” (11), “Sad” (12), “Angry” (11), “Scared” (11), “Surprised” (10) and “Calm” (10). Choose one family when a game calls for one kind of feeling.
Every entry is the name of a feeling, written as one everyday word such as Proud, Nervous or Relieved. The words were written for this site, not taken from a book, an app, a game or another website. All of them are printed further down the page, family by family, so a teacher or a parent can read the full list before a class uses it.
For charades or a drama game, switch on “Remove the winner after each spin” before the first turn. Each player spins, acts out the feeling without speaking, and the word leaves the wheel when the result window closes, so the next player always gets a new one.
What to do with the feeling you spin
- Act it out with your face and body only, and let the group guess the word.
- Draw a face that shows the feeling, with no words on the page.
- Give the main character of your story this mood in the opening scene.
- Say one plain sentence, such as “The bus is late”, in the voice of the feeling you spun.
- Spin one word for a class circle and talk about what it means.
How to use the wheel
- Type or paste your options, one per line. The wheel redraws as you type.
- Press Spin, click the wheel, or press Ctrl+Enter while you are in the list.
- Read the pick. Remove it from the wheel if nobody should be picked twice, then spin again.
How the pick is made
Before the wheel moves, your browser draws one slice at random with crypto.getRandomValues, the same generator browsers use for security keys. Every slice has the same chance. The spin you watch only plays that result out.
Nothing about the animation changes the outcome: not how hard you click, not how long the wheel turns, not the size of your screen. The pointer always stops inside a slice, never on a line.
Your list stays in your browser. A link you copy carries the list inside the link itself, so nothing is uploaded.
Questions about the emotion wheel
- Is this the emotion wheel chart with feelings in a circle?
- No. That chart, also called a feelings wheel, arranges many feelings in a circle. This page is a spinner that picks one feeling at random.
- Does the wheel know how I feel?
- No. It picks a word at random. It does not know, measure or describe the feelings of the person who spins it.
- Who decided which family a feeling belongs to?
- The families were chosen for this site. They are plain groups, not a scientific classification, and another list may sort the same words differently.
- Why are tired and hungry not on the wheel?
- Because the list keeps to names of feelings, and those two describe the body. To use them anyway, type each on a new line and it gets the same chance as every other word.