Flip a coin without going through your pockets. Press the button and the coin spins through the air before landing on heads or tails – with exactly the same chance of each.
Heads or tails – which side is which?
Heads is the side carrying a portrait or a crown; tails is the reverse, usually the side showing the value. The names go back to English coinage, where the monarch's head faced the tail of the design on the other side.
On the digital coin one face shows a crown and the other a numeral, so it is always clear which way it landed.
Why flip a coin at all?
A coin toss is for when two options are equally good and somebody has to choose – who starts, which team gets the ball, or which of two suggestions wins. Because the outcome is entirely random, neither side can influence it, and that is the whole point.
If you need a third possibility or a plain yes and no, the yes or no tool is a better fit.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the chance really 50/50?
- Yes. The outcome is drawn with the browser's cryptographic random generator, and both sides have exactly the same probability.
- What does the tally show?
- How many times heads and tails have come up since you opened the page. It resets when the page is reloaded.
