Words for Hangman
Hangman needs single words made only of letters, so this list keeps one-word entries from Fib's packs and drops phrases. Easy words are short, hard words are long and rich in uncommon letters. The generator shows the number of letters to get you started.
193 words
Rules in short
- One player picks a word and draws a blank for each letter.
- Others guess letters one at a time.
- A correct letter is written in every place it appears.
- A wrong letter adds a part to the drawing: gallows, head, body, arms, legs.
- The guessers win by completing the word before the drawing is finished. Otherwise the picker wins.
Random word generator
Words by difficulty
Easy 145
- Aisle
- Armor
- Bag
- Bakery
- Bank
- Banquet
- Barcode
- Barn
- Bat
- Beaker
- Bear
- Bottle
- Boxing
- Brake
- Bridge
- Bucket
- Cafe
- Cage
- Candle
- Canteen
- Cart
- Cash
- Cashier
- Cereal
- Chains
- Chalice
- Chicken
- Church
- Cinema
- Coach
- Cobweb
- Coffin
- Compass
- Cooler
- Corn
- Cow
- Crab
- Creak
- Crown
- Cycling
- Dairy
- Deli
- Dog
- Door
- Driver
- Duck
- Dungeon
- Dust
- Egg
- Engine
- Fans
- Fence
- Field
- Fishing
- Flask
- Fog
- Formula
- Freezer
- Fruits
- Ghost
- Giraffe
- Goat
- Goggles
- Hammock
- Hay
- Herald
- Hockey
- Horn
- Horse
- Hotel
- Howl
- Jester
- Keeper
- Knight
- Lantern
- Library
- Lion
- Magnet
- Mall
- Map
- Market
- Meat
- Medal
- Metro
- Milk
- Mirror
- Moat
- Monkey
- Museum
- Park
- Peacock
- Penalty
- Penguin
- Pig
- Pipette
- Police
- Queue
- Receipt
- Referee
- Road
- Rooster
- Route
- Running
- Safari
- Sale
- Scale
- Scanner
- School
- Scream
- Scroll
- Seagull
- Seat
- Shadow
- Shelf
- Shell
- Snake
- Snorkel
- Speed
- Spider
- Square
- Squire
- Stable
- Stadium
- Stars
- Street
- Sun
- Taxi
- Tennis
- Tent
- Throne
- Tiger
- Torch
- Towel
- Tower
- Tractor
- Traffic
- Trail
- Trolley
- Trophy
- Waves
- Well
- Whisper
- Whistle
- Window
- Zebra
Medium 48
- Aquarium
- Backpack
- Basketball
- Battlement
- Binoculars
- Blacksmith
- Campfire
- Catapult
- Cauldron
- Centrifuge
- Checkout
- Drawbridge
- Elephant
- Experiment
- Farmhouse
- Firewood
- Flamingo
- Flashlight
- Football
- Fountain
- Gargoyle
- Goalkeeper
- Hypothesis
- Lifeguard
- Lunchbox
- Marshmallow
- Microscope
- Mosquito
- Notebook
- Portrait
- Reaction
- Sandcastle
- Scoreboard
- Seatbelt
- Skeleton
- Specimen
- Students
- Sunscreen
- Surfboard
- Swimming
- Swimsuit
- Tapestry
- Tombstone
- Trapdoor
- Umbrella
- Vegetables
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Length and letters
Four to six letters are easy because common vowels reveal most of them. Seven to nine letters are medium. Ten or more are hard, and a single rare letter can decide the round.
Questions
Why are there no phrases?
Hangman is clearer with single words, so phrases and hyphenated words are excluded from this list.
What does the number in brackets mean?
It is the number of letters, so you can draw the right number of blanks.
Does it work for kids?
Yes. Use the easy list, which holds short everyday words.
Same words, one liar
Pick any of these words for a round of Fib: everyone gets it, except the spy.