Categories, with the whole class
A letter on the board, categories announced, and everyone writes. The time is framed by the timer, sitting next to it on the canvas.
The letter die, for word games
A letter comes out, the class starts hunting. It is the starting whistle of half the vocabulary games there are, and here nobody can claim you picked an easy letter.
Try it right now
This is not a screenshot: it is the tool itself, the one your class will see on the board.
Number of letters
Letter choice
Pick how many letters and draw!
How it works
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One letter, or several
A selector goes from one to six letters — one letter free, up to six with Kliip Premium. They appear as large capitals, readable from a distance, and they all come out at the same time.
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A pool you choose, always even chances
A selector decides where to draw from: the whole alphabet, vowels only (A, E, I, O, U, Y) or consonants only — within each pool, every letter has the same chance. With several dice, an exact composition can also be set: so many vowels, so many consonants, shuffled together.
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Each letter is drawn on its own
The draws are independent: asking for three letters can produce two the same. That is not a fault, it is the same as rolling three dice.
When it really earns its place
Hunting for words in a family
A sound, a starting letter, an imposed ending: the draw sets the constraint, the class searches, and the list is built on the board.
Assigning turns or roles
Students whose name starts with the drawn letter go first, tidy up, or read. An instant rule, with no room for favouritism.
What it does, and what it does not
The alphabet drawn from is the basic Latin one, A to Z, in capitals. It contains no accented letters and no characters from other scripts.
The tool weights nothing: it does not make rare letters rarer. If you want to avoid W and X, that has to be a rule of your game, not something to expect from the tool.
Like the dice and the number generator, it does not read your student list and asks for no account.
Frequently asked questions
How many letters can be drawn at once?
One to six. The number is set before drawing, and the letters come out together, shown large enough to be read from the back of the room.
Can the same letter come out twice?
Yes. Each letter is drawn independently, as if rolling several dice: asking for four letters can produce two the same.
Are accented letters included?
No. The draw covers the twenty-six letters from A to Z, unaccented. Nothing stops a student from offering an accented word built on the letter that came out.
Can certain letters be removed from the draw?
Partly: the pool can be narrowed to vowels only or consonants only, and an exact composition — so many vowels, so many consonants — can be set with several dice. Beyond that, removing one specific letter stays a rule of the game, not a setting of the tool.
Pairs well with
This tool lives on the board’s canvas, next to all the others.