The ọ̀pẹ̀lẹ̀ is a cord carrying eight half-seed or half-shell discs, four on each side of a central marker, each disc flat on one face and rounded on the other. The babalawo holds it by the middle and throws it so that it falls open in a line; each disc shows one of its two faces, and the sequence of faces on the four discs of one side is one leg of the odù, the other side the other leg. It is the faster instrument and the more portable one, used for everyday consultation, for questions that need an immediate answer, and in public; a throw gives an odù in one movement where the ikin take many.