🔤 Hangman

How to play Hangman

How to play

Hangman is the classic guessing game, rebuilt for your browser. Each round picks a secret word from more than eighty everyday words and shows a row of blank tiles — one per letter — plus a category hint like Animals, Food, or Space. Click a letter, or type it, to guess. Correct letters flip their tiles over; misses add a piece to the hangman: head, body, arms, then legs. Six wrong guesses complete the drawing and end the round, so every guess counts.

Controls

Play with mouse, touchscreen, or keyboard — all three work at once. Tap or click a letter button to guess it; used letters fade so you never guess twice. On a physical keyboard, just type A–Z for the fastest play. Press Enter on the start or result screen to jump into a new round instantly. The score bar tracks your streak, best streak, and misses.

Tips

Open with vowels — A, E, I, O, U — since almost every word hides at least two. Follow with common consonants: T, N, S, R, H, L. Use the category hint: with Animals, run through names that fit the length; short words are often everyday nouns. Save rare letters like Q, X, Z until tiles are revealed, since each miss completes the drawing a step further.

Scoring

Your score is your streak: each solved word adds one, and a loss resets it to zero. Your best streak is saved in your browser, so chase your record across visits. No timer, no penalty for slow play — Hangman rewards clever guessing over speed, and a long streak is the real trophy.