Solo or two players · words
How to play Hangman
Guess the secret word one letter at a time before the drawing is finished.
What you need
- A pencil or pen
- A sheet of paper
- Two or more players
How to set up
One player picks a word and draws a dash for each letter. The others guess.
1. The word picker draws one dash for each letter of a secret word.
2. Leave space beside it. Each wrong guess adds a line: ground, post, beam, rope.
3. Then the head, the body, two arms and two legs.
4. Write wrong letters underneath, so nobody guesses them twice.
How to play
- Guess one letter at a time.
- If it is in the word, the picker writes it on every matching dash.
- If not, the picker adds one line to the drawing and notes the letter.
How to win
Guess the secret word before the drawing is finished. Fill every dash to win. If the drawing is complete first, the picker wins.
Tip Start with vowels and common letters like E, A, R, S and T.
Variants
- Easy
- Short words, ten wrong guesses allowed.
- Medium
- Longer words, eight wrong guesses.
- Hard
- Tricky words, six wrong guesses.
Play Hangman in the app
- Guess a word from the built-in list.
- You pick a word; the character guesses it.
- One person types a word, the other guesses.
Every game comes with a step-by-step tutorial and printable sheets.