The Friendsgiving Wheel is a free spinner for Thanksgiving dinner with friends: it picks a toast, dare or potluck game at random. Tap spin, do it, and keep eating. Spiññer is wearing a party hat and holding a fork, which tells you everything about its priorities.
How to use the Friendsgiving Wheel
- The wheel loads with 10 funny Friendsgiving challenges.
- Add your own ideas, or delete the ones your friends would never do.
- Spin and follow the result. Tick “Remove the winner after each spin” so nobody gets the same prompt twice.
10 Friendsgiving wheel ideas (ready to spin)
- Name the friend most likely to burn the rolls
- Imitate the host stressing about the turkey
- Do your best impression of a friend, and let the table guess who
- Hand out the Messiest Plate award
- Take a group picture, everyone wearing a napkin hat
- Name the friend who would win a pie-eating contest
- Pick the most dramatic friend and say why
- Do an awards speech for Best Dish of the night
- Say something nice about the person on your left
- Reveal a food you secretly dislike
What is Friendsgiving?
Friendsgiving is a Thanksgiving-style meal with friends, usually a potluck, usually a few days before or after the real holiday. Nobody has to cook well. Everybody brings something, someone brings only ice, and a friend turns up with a store-bought pie they swear they baked. It is relaxed, loud and full of toasts, which is why a game wheel suits it.
Friendsgiving games that work around a table
Keep games quick so the food stays warm. Hand out silly awards like Best Dish and Most Likely to Burn the Rolls. Rate every dish out of ten using only food puns. Spin for a toast and give it in rhyme. When the wheel gets stuck on something awkward, skip it and spin again. The aim is laughs, not tests. For more ideas see the Party Challenge Wheel.
Who is bringing what?
Potluck planning usually ends with five desserts and no vegetables. Type the dishes you need (turkey, stuffing, rolls, sides, pie, drinks) into the custom wheel, type your friends’ names into a second wheel, and let fate pick. Complaints go to the wheel. Use the Food Wheel if the group cannot agree on a restaurant instead.
A white elephant gift swap after dinner
Many Friendsgiving groups finish with a gift swap. Our Gift Game Wheel has 10 swap and steal rules, and the Secret Santa Wheel picks the reveal order.
Friendsgiving host survival tips
Hosting is easier with a plan: ask guests to bring one dish each, set the table before anyone arrives, and put a bowl of snacks out so nobody gets cranky waiting for the turkey. Borrow chairs early. Pick one person to be the music boss. And when the food is ready, spin the wheel to choose who gives the first toast, because a toast chosen by chance is never awkward, it is just fate. Spiññer also recommends keeping a roll of paper towels close and a backup pie in the freezer.
10 more Friendsgiving games to add to your wheel
- Rate the host's playlist out of 10 (be nice)
- Guess who brought which dish
- Give a dramatic food-critic review of one side dish
- Share your most chaotic Friendsgiving memory
- Invent a brand new tradition for the group
- Toast the friend who traveled the farthest
- Swap seats with the person across the table
- Describe your dish in exactly five words
- Crown the official dessert champion
- Do your best "I'm so full" stretch
Paste your favorites into the wheel above, or make your own Friendsgiving wheel and share the link so everyone can spin from their phone.
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Questions people ask
What is Friendsgiving?
Friendsgiving is a Thanksgiving-style meal shared with friends instead of family, usually potluck, usually in the days before or after Thanksgiving. Nobody has to be good at cooking, but everybody has to bring something.
What are fun Friendsgiving games?
Games that work around a table: imitate the stressed-out host, hand out a Messiest Plate award, or reveal a food you secretly dislike. The wheel has 10 ready to spin.
How do I decide who brings what to a potluck?
Type the dishes (turkey, stuffing, rolls, pie, drinks) into the wheel, type your friends' names into a second wheel, and spin both. If a friend lands on the dessert twice, that is destiny.
Can I use the wheel on a video call?
Yes. Share your screen, paste in everyone's name and spin to see who goes next. It is free, needs no sign-up and works on any phone.
Can I add my own Friendsgiving ideas?
Yes. Type your own ideas into the box, one per line, and delete anything your friends would not do. Entries stay in your browser and are not uploaded.
Can I share my Friendsgiving wheel with my guests?
Yes. Change the entries, tap “Share this wheel”, give it a name and send the link. Everyone opens the same Friendsgiving wheel on their own phone. Private links last 14 days, which is perfect for one party.
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