Pick a letter
Tap a letter on screen or type it on your keyboard. If it appears in the word, it fills every matching blank.
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Hangman
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Guess the secret word one letter at a time. Six wrong guesses and the game is over. Pick a category, use a hint if you’re stuck, and build a winning streak.
✅ 6 categories✅ Hints & streaks✅ Phone & keyboard
Play Hangman
Tap the letters or use your keyboard. You have 6 lives.
Wins
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Losses
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Streak
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Best streak
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Stats are saved in this browser only. Press Enter for a new word after a game ends.
How to Play Hangman
Avoid wrong guesses
Each letter that is not in the word adds a part to the drawing. After six, the game ends.
Solve the word
Reveal every letter before the figure is complete to win and extend your streak.
🎓 Hangman Strategy Tips
- Start with vowels. E, A, O and I appear in most English words. Finding them early shows you the word’s shape.
- Then try common consonants. R, S, T, N and L are the most frequent, so they are safer than J, Q, X or Z.
- Use the word length. Count the blanks. Long words almost always contain several vowels and common endings such as -ING, -ION or -ER.
- Think in patterns. Once a few letters are revealed, picture which words fit the pattern before you guess again.
- Save your hint. A hint reveals a letter but costs a life, so use it only when you are stuck late in the round.
Features of Our Hangman Game
A classic word game that is quick to play and easy to learn.
Six categories
Animals, countries, food, sports, science and everyday objects, or a mixed bag of all of them.
Optional hints
Reveal a random letter at the cost of a life when you need a nudge.
Win streaks
Your wins, losses and best streak are saved in your browser so you can beat your record.
Keyboard and touch
Type on a keyboard or tap the on-screen keys. The layout works on phones and tablets.
Runs in the browser
No download, plugin or account. The game loads fast and plays offline once loaded.
Accessible
Screen reader labels announce the word state and each key, with high contrast key colours.
About the Game of Hangman
Hangman is a classic paper-and-pencil guessing game. One player thinks of a word and draws a blank for each letter. The other player guesses letters, and every wrong guess adds another part to a hanging stick figure. The guesser wins by completing the word first, and loses if the drawing is finished.
It is a staple of classrooms and car rides because it needs no equipment and builds spelling, vocabulary and pattern recognition. This online version picks the word for you, so you can play solo any time. Categories keep the vocabulary friendly, and the lives counter shows exactly how close you are to losing.
Because the game runs entirely in your browser, you can play without installing anything. If your network restricts some websites, availability depends on your network’s own rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
A secret word is shown as blanks. Guess one letter at a time. Correct letters fill in every matching blank, while wrong letters add a part to the stick figure. Complete the word before all six parts are drawn to win.
It means the game runs directly in your web browser with no download, plugin or login, so there is nothing to install. We cannot control a school or workplace network’s filters, so whether the page loads depends on that network’s own rules.
Yes. It is completely free with unlimited games and no account needed.
Start with common vowels such as E, A, O and I, then frequent consonants like R, S, T, N and L. They appear in many words and reveal the pattern quickly.
A hint reveals one random missing letter but removes one life. It is available once per word, and not when you only have one life left.
Yes. Tap the on-screen letters on any phone or tablet, or use a physical keyboard on desktop.
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