Good Hangman Words by Topic, Length and Difficulty: how it works
Good hangman words are ones the whole table can spell, in a length that gives the guesser a fair fight. This hangman words list has 428 words and 51 phrases in 14 topics, each with a letter count, a guess level and a clue. Press New word and keep the phone to yourself.
Set a word from one phone
The card shows a word, its letter count, a level and a clue to read aloud when the table is stuck. Draw the blanks on paper. The pills keep the deal to one topic: outer space hangman words include all eight planets, and two pills follow the calendar, Valentine's Day hangman words (Bouquet, Serenade) and St Patrick's Day hangman words (Shamrock, Limerick). Deal 5 or 10, tap Lock on the ones you like, then Print.
Long words are easy, short ones are hard
Every word was played by a simulated guesser that knows a dictionary and always calls the likeliest letter. Easy means two misses or fewer, hard means six or more. The 32 four-letter words cost it 7.4 misses on average, the 10 twelve-letter words 0.3. A 2010 Wolfram Research study of about 15 million simulated games found the same. Among food hangman words Pizza and Waffle scored hard while Cheeseburger cost one miss, and 11 of the 32 nature hangman words scored hard, Moss, Cave and Dune among them.
Tips
Agree the number of misses first, and draw something friendly in place of a gallows: cross apples off a tree or take slices from a pie.
Open with animal hangman words. Everyone knows the topic, so guessers think in whole words instead of reciting the alphabet.
E, T, A, O, I, N is the order for running text. Across dictionary words, H falls from eighth place to fifteenth and R climbs to third, so call R early.
Questions and answers
What are good hangman words for seniors?
Familiar words of a fair length. Easy everyday words holds 44, such as Newspaper, Telephone and Anniversary, and all scored easy. For hangman words for seniors in a day room, deal 10, press Print and copy the blanks large onto a whiteboard.
Are these good hangman words for adults?
Yes. Adults get most from the 51 Phrases and sayings and the 26 Tricky classics, short traps such as Fjord, Queue and Rhythm. For hangman words easy enough for a mixed table, tap Easy to guess: 226 words that cost two misses or fewer.
Do names count in hangman?
Rules vary, so agree before the first word. Some tables ban proper nouns, and most of the 34 bible hangman words are names, such as Goliath, Nazareth and Methuselah. Spelling here is American: Neighbor, Harbor.
Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt Printable80 look-and-point finds for a child shopping with an adult, sorted by department, 40 of them with no reading needed.
Letter Scavenger Hunt Printable156 letter finds from A to Z, two each for indoors, outdoors and the car, for ages three to six.
Mall Scavenger Hunt Ideas142 scored tasks for a shopping mall: corridor finds, price-tag finds, funny team photos, food court finds and riddles. Nothing is bought.
Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt Ideas124 things to see, hear or smell from the sidewalk, from a blue front door to a house number that adds up to ten.
Office Scavenger Hunt Ideas138 scored tasks for a team day: desk finds, safe 'find a colleague who' questions, building facts, photos, riddles and challenges.
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Ideas158 nature finds sorted by woods, park, garden, pond and campsite, each with a note on what you are looking at.
Adventure9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: An exciting trip into the unknown.
Afternoon9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The part of the day between lunch and evening.
Anniversary11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The same date, one year on.
Beautiful9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Lovely to look at.
Breakfast9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The first meal of the day.
Celebrate9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: To mark a happy day with a party.
Comfortable11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: How a good armchair feels.
Conversation12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Two people talking back and forth.
Countryside11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Fields and farms, far from the city.
Dictionary10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The book you check a spelling in.
Different9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Not the same.
Elevator8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It carries you between floors.
Encyclopedia12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A set of books with an article on everything.
Everything10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: All of it.
Furniture9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Tables, chairs and beds.
Grandparent11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Your mother's or father's parent.
Handshake9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A greeting with right hands.
Handwriting11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The way your own pen forms letters.
Imagination11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: What you use to see things that are not there.
Important9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It matters a lot.
Information11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Facts about something.
Invitation10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It asks you to come to the party.
Kindergarten12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The school year before first grade.
Magazine8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A glossy monthly with articles and photos.
Neighborhood12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The streets and people around your home.
Newspaper9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It arrives with the morning headlines.
Photograph10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A picture taken with a camera.
Question8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It ends with a mark shaped like a hook.
Signature9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Your name, written your own way.
Sometimes9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Now and then, not always.
Storyteller11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Someone who holds a room with a tale.
Supermarket11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A big store with aisles and carts.
Telephone9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It rings, and you say hello.
Television10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The big screen in the living room.
Temperature11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: How hot or cold it is.
Thermometer11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It tells you if you have a fever.
Together8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: With each other, not apart.
Toothpaste10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You squeeze it onto a brush twice a day.
Typewriter10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Keys, an ink ribbon and a bell at the end of the line.
Understand10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: To get the meaning of something.
Vegetable9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Carrots, peas and beans are each one.
Wednesday9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The middle of the working week.
Weekend7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Saturday and Sunday.
Yesterday9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The day before today.
Animals 36
Antelope8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A fast grazing animal with horns.
Butterfly9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It starts out as a caterpillar.
Camel5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It crosses deserts with a hump on its back.
Chimpanzee10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A great ape that uses sticks as tools.
Crocodile9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A long reptile with a big toothy jaw.
Dolphin7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A clever sea mammal that leaps beside boats.
Donkey6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A long-eared cousin of the horse that brays.
Elephant8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Big ears, a trunk and tusks.
Flamingo8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A pink bird that stands on one leg.
Frog4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: It starts life as a tadpole.
Giraffe7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The tallest animal on land.
Grasshopper11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A green insect that jumps and chirps.
Hamster7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small pet that runs on a wheel at night.
Hedgehog8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small animal that rolls into a spiky ball.
Hippopotamus12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A huge river animal from Africa.
Hummingbird11 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A tiny bird that hovers at flowers.
Jellyfish9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It drifts in the sea and can sting.
Kangaroo8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It hops and carries its baby in a pouch.
Koala5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It sleeps in eucalyptus trees in Australia.
Leopard7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A big cat covered in spots.
Lynx4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A wild cat with tufted ears.
Monkey6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: It swings through the trees by its arms and tail.
Moose5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The largest deer, with wide flat antlers.
Octopus7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A sea animal with eight arms.
Ostrich7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A huge bird that runs but cannot fly.
Otter5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A playful swimmer with thick fur and webbed feet.
Parrot6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A bright bird that can copy speech.
Penguin7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A bird that swims but cannot fly.
Porcupine9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It is covered in long sharp quills.
Rabbit6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Long ears and a twitching nose.
Rhinoceros10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A heavy animal with a horn on its nose.
Squirrel8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It buries nuts and has a bushy tail.
Turtle6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It carries its home on its back.
Walrus6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Two long tusks and a mustache of whiskers.
Wolf4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: It howls and hunts in a pack.
Zebra5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A striped relative of the horse.
Food 40
Avocado7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A green fruit with a large pit.
Bagel5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A chewy bread ring.
Biscuit7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small soft bread, served warm.
Blueberry9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A small round dark blue fruit.
Broccoli8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A green vegetable that looks like a small tree.
Burrito7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A tortilla rolled around rice and beans.
Butter6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: You spread it on toast.
Carrot6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: An orange root vegetable.
Cauliflower11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A white vegetable shaped like broccoli.
Cheese6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It is made from milk and can be sliced or melted.
Cheeseburger12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A beef patty in a bun with a melted slice on top.
Chocolate9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It is made from cacao beans.
Cinnamon8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A brown spice from tree bark.
Coconut7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A hard brown shell with white flesh inside.
Guacamole9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A green dip made from mashed avocado.
Honey5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Bees make it.
Ketchup7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The red sauce beside the fries.
Mango5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A sweet orange tropical fruit with a big stone.
Marshmallow11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A soft white sweet you can toast on a stick.
Meatball8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Ground meat rolled into a ball.
Milkshake9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Ice cream and milk blended in a tall glass.
Muffin6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A small cake baked in a paper cup.
Mushroom8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It has a cap and a stem and grows in the shade.
Noodles7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Long strips of pasta or dough.
Onion5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Chopping it makes you cry.
Pancake7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A flat breakfast cake cooked on a griddle.
Peanut6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It grows underground in a shell.
Pineapple9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A spiky tropical fruit with a leafy crown.
Pizza5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A flat round pie with sauce and cheese.
Popcorn7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Kernels that burst when heated.
Pretzel7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Baked dough tied in a knot.
Sandwich8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A filling between two slices of bread.
Soup4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: You eat it hot with a spoon.
Spaghetti9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Long thin pasta.
Strawberry10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A red fruit with its seeds on the outside.
Taco4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A folded tortilla with a filling.
Tortilla8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A thin round flatbread of corn or wheat.
Waffle6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A breakfast cake with a grid of squares.
Watermelon10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A big green fruit, red inside, with black seeds.
Zucchini8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A long green summer squash.
Nature 32
Boulder7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A rock too big to lift.
Canyon6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A deep valley with steep rock walls.
Cave4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A hollow in the rock, dark and cool.
Cliff5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A steep rock face, often by the sea.
Coastline9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The edge of the land where it meets the sea.
Creek5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A small stream.
Desert6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Dry land where little rain falls.
Driftwood9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Branches washed smooth and left on the beach.
Dune4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A hill of sand shaped by the wind.
Earthquake10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: When the ground shakes.
Fossil6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The print of an ancient plant or animal in stone.
Geyser6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A hot spring that shoots water into the air.
Glacier7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A slow river of ice.
Horizon7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The line where the sky meets the land.
Hurricane9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A huge ocean storm with an eye at its center.
Island6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Land with water on every side.
Jungle6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A thick, hot, tangled forest.
Lagoon6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Calm shallow water behind a reef or sandbar.
Lightning9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A bright flash in a storm.
Marsh5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Low wet ground full of reeds.
Meadow6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A field of grass and wild flowers.
Moss4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A soft green carpet on damp rocks and logs.
Mountain8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Taller than a hill, often capped with snow.
Prairie7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A wide, flat grassland.
Rainforest10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A dense, wet, tropical woodland.
Reef4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A ridge of coral just under the waves.
River5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: It flows from the hills to the sea.
Thunder7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The rumble that follows the flash.
Tornado7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A spinning funnel of wind.
Valley6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The low land between two hills.
Volcano7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A mountain that can erupt.
Waterfall9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A river dropping over a ledge.
Outer space 33
Asteroid8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A rocky body that orbits the sun.
Astronaut9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A person trained to travel beyond Earth.
Atmosphere10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The layer of gases around a planet.
Comet5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A ball of ice and dust with a glowing tail.
Countdown9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Ten, nine, eight, and so on to liftoff.
Crater6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A bowl-shaped hole left by an impact.
Earth5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The third planet from the sun.
Eclipse7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: When the moon passes in front of the sun.
Galaxy6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A vast island of stars.
Gravity7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It keeps your feet on the ground.
Jupiter7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The largest planet.
Lunar5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The word for anything to do with the moon.
Mars4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The fourth planet from the sun, red with iron oxide.
Mercury7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The planet closest to the sun.
Meteor6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A streak of light from a rock burning up in the sky.
Moon4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: It circles the Earth about once a month.
Nebula6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A cloud of gas and dust between the stars.
Neptune7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The farthest planet from the sun.
Observatory11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A building with a dome and a big telescope.
Orbit5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The path of a planet around the sun.
Planet6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Eight of them circle our sun.
Pluto5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A dwarf planet out past Neptune.
Rocket6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It lifts off from a launch pad.
Satellite9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It circles a planet, and some carry TV signals.
Saturn6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The planet with the bright rings.
Shuttle7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A winged spacecraft that landed on a runway.
Spaceship9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A vehicle for traveling beyond Earth.
Spacewalk9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Work done outside the craft in a suit.
Supernova9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The explosion of a dying star.
Telescope9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You look through it to see far-off stars.
Universe8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Everything there is.
Uranus6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The seventh planet from the sun.
Venus5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The second planet from the sun.
Around the house 31
Backpack8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A bag worn on both shoulders.
Bookcase8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Tall furniture with rows of novels.
Broom5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: You sweep with it.
Calendar8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It shows the months and the days.
Carpet6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It covers the floor from wall to wall.
Chair5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Four legs, a seat and a back.
Clock5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It ticks on the wall.
Closet6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Where the coats hang.
Cupboard8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Where the plates and cups are kept.
Curtain7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You draw it across the glass at night.
Dishwasher10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The machine that cleans the plates.
Doorbell8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Visitors press it.
Envelope8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You seal a letter inside it.
Faucet6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Turn it and water runs.
Lamp4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: It lights the corner where you read.
Mattress8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The part of the bed you sleep on.
Microwave9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It heats leftovers in a minute.
Mirror6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It shows you your own face.
Oven4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: You bake in it.
Pillow6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: You rest your head on it.
Refrigerator12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The cold box in the kitchen.
Scissors8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Two blades that cut paper.
Shelf5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A board on the wall that holds books.
Sink4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Where the dishes wait.
Sofa4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The long seat in the living room.
Staircase9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Steps from one floor to the next.
Toaster7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It pops up when the bread is ready.
Toothbrush10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It waits in a cup by the bathroom sink.
Towel5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: You dry off with it.
Vacuum6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It cleans the rug with suction.
Window6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Glass in the wall that lets the light in.
Jobs and people 30
Architect9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They draw the plans for a building.
Author6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The writer of a book.
Babysitter10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They watch the kids while the parents are out.
Baker5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Up before dawn to make the bread.
Barber6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: They cut hair and trim beards.
Carpenter9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They build with wood.
Chef4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The head cook in a restaurant.
Dentist7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They check your teeth.
Detective9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They follow clues to solve the case.
Doctor6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: You see one when you are sick.
Electrician11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They wire the house.
Engineer8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They design bridges, engines and machines.
Farmer6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: They plant, tend and harvest.
Firefighter11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They ride the red truck to the blaze.
Gardener8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They tend the flower beds.
Journalist10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They report the news.
Judge5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: They wear a robe and run the courtroom.
Librarian9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They help you find the right book.
Magician8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They pull a rabbit out of a hat.
Mechanic8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They repair cars.
Musician8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They play an instrument for a living.
Neighbor8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The person who lives next door.
Nurse5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: They care for patients on the ward.
Pharmacist10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They fill your prescription.
Photographer12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They take pictures for a living.
Pilot5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The person who flies the plane.
Plumber7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: They fix pipes and leaks.
Scientist9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: They run experiments in a lab.
Teacher7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The person at the front of the classroom.
Veterinarian12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A doctor for animals.
Sports and hobbies 33
Archery7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A bow, an arrow and a target.
Badminton9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Rackets and a shuttlecock over a high net.
Baseball8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Nine innings, bases and a bat.
Basketball10 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Dribble, pass and shoot at a hoop.
Birdwatching12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A hobby that needs binoculars and patience.
Bowling7 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Ten pins at the end of a lane.
Calligraphy11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The art of beautiful lettering.
Checkers8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Red and black discs that jump each other.
Chess5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Kings, queens, knights and pawns on a board.
Crochet7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Making fabric from yarn with one hooked needle.
Crossword9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Clues across and down in a grid.
Cycling7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Two wheels and a lot of pedaling.
Dominoes8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Tiles with dots that you match end to end.
Football8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Touchdowns and field goals.
Golf4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Eighteen holes and a small white ball.
Gymnastics10 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Beam, bars, vault and floor.
Hockey6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Sticks, skates and a puck.
Jigsaw6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A picture cut into interlocking pieces.
Juggling8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Keeping three balls in the air.
Karate6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A martial art with colored belts.
Kayak5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A narrow boat moved with a double paddle.
Knitting8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Two needles and a ball of yarn.
Marathon8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A road race of just over 26 miles.
Origami7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The art of folding paper.
Pottery7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Shaping clay on a wheel.
Skateboard10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A board on four small wheels.
Soccer6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Eleven a side and no hands, except the keeper.
Sudoku6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A number puzzle on a nine by nine grid.
Tennis6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Rackets, a net and a yellow ball.
Trampoline10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You bounce on it.
Volleyball10 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Bump, set and spike over a net.
Woodworking11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Building things with saws, planes and chisels.
Yoga4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Stretching and breathing on a mat.
Places and travel 33
Airport7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Gates, runways and a control tower.
Aquarium8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A building of tanks, fish and sharks.
Bakery6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The shop that smells of fresh bread.
Bridge6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It carries the road over the river.
Cabin5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small wooden house in the woods.
Castle6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Towers, a moat and a drawbridge.
Cathedral9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A very large church.
Compass7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Its needle points north.
Crosswalk9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Painted stripes where walkers cross the road.
Ferry5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A boat that carries cars and people across the water.
Harbor6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Where boats shelter and tie up.
Highway7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A fast road between cities.
Hotel5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: You check in and get a room key.
Itinerary9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The day by day plan for a trip.
Library7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You borrow books there.
Lighthouse10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A tower whose beam warns ships off the rocks.
Luggage7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The bags you travel with.
Market6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Rows of stalls selling food and crafts.
Museum6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A building full of paintings or dinosaur bones.
Passport8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The little book you show at the border.
Playground10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Swings, slides and a sandbox.
Plaza5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: An open public square.
Postcard8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A picture from your trip with a stamp on the back.
Restaurant10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You sit down, order and someone else cooks.
Skyscraper10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A very tall city building.
Souvenir8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Something small you bring home from a trip.
Stadium7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Thousands of seats around a field.
Station7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Where the train stops.
Subway6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A city train that runs underground.
Suitcase8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You pack it the night before the trip.
Train5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It runs on rails.
Tunnel6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The road goes through the hill, not over it.
Village7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Smaller than a town.
Bible words 34
Abraham7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: He was promised descendants as many as the stars.
Commandment11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: One of ten given on Mount Sinai.
Corinthians11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Two letters of Paul share this name.
Covenant8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A solemn promise between God and his people.
Daniel6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: He was thrown into the lions' den.
David5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The shepherd boy who became king.
Disciple8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A follower, and there were twelve.
Eden4 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The garden where Adam and Eve lived.
Esther6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The queen who saved her people.
Exodus6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The second book, and the journey out of Egypt.
Galilee7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The sea where the disciples fished.
Genesis7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The first book.
Goliath7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The giant felled by a stone from a sling.
Jericho7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The city whose walls fell down.
Jerusalem9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The city where Solomon built the temple.
Jonah5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: He spent three days inside a great fish.
Manna5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The bread from heaven in the desert.
Methuselah10 letters, medium to guess. Clue: He lived 969 years, the longest life in Genesis.
Moses5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: He led the Israelites out of Egypt.
Nazareth8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The town where Jesus grew up.
Noah4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: He built the ark.
Parable7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A short story that teaches a lesson.
Pharaoh7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The ruler of Egypt who would not let the people go.
Prophet7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A messenger who speaks for God.
Proverbs8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A book of wise sayings.
Psalms6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The book of songs and prayers.
Revelation10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The last book of the New Testament.
Ruth4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: She stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi.
Sabbath7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The day of rest.
Samson6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: His strength was in his hair.
Shepherd8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The keeper of the flock in Psalm 23.
Solomon7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The king known for his wisdom.
Tabernacle10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The tent of worship the Israelites carried with them.
Wilderness10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Where the Israelites wandered for forty years.
Valentine's Day 28
Admirer7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The person who sent the unsigned card.
Affection9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Warm, fond feeling.
Arrow5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: What the winged archer fires.
Bouquet7 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A bunch of flowers, tied and wrapped.
Cherub6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A chubby winged child in old paintings.
Crush5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Someone you secretly like.
Cupid5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The winged figure with a bow on the cards.
Darling7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A pet name for someone dear.
Devotion8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Deep, loyal love.
Doily5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The lacy paper circle on a homemade card.
February8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The month of the holiday.
Forever7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Always, with no end.
Friendship10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: What school children mark when they swap cards.
Heart5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The shape on every card.
Heartbeat9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Thump, thump, thump.
Locket6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small pendant with a photo inside.
Love4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: What the day is all about.
Lovebirds9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Small parrots, or a couple who cannot stop cooing.
Poem4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Roses are red, violets are blue.
Ribbon6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: It ties up the box.
Romance7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Candlelight, flowers and a slow dance.
Roses5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Red ones are the most popular flower of the day.
Secret6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: What an unsigned card keeps.
Serenade8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A song sung under a window.
Smitten7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Suddenly and completely charmed.
Sonnet6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A love poem of fourteen lines.
Sweetheart10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A fond name for the one you love.
Valentine9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The card, and the person you send it to.
St Patrick's Day 28
Bagpipes8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The instrument of a pipe band on parade.
Blarney7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Smooth, flattering talk.
Celtic6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The name for the knots and crosses of old Irish art.
Clover6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small plant, usually with three leaves.
Dublin6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The capital of Ireland.
Emerald7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A green gemstone.
Festival8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A day or more of music, food and crowds.
Fiddle6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A violin, when it plays a jig or a reel.
Folklore8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The old tales and beliefs of a people.
Fortune7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Good luck, or a pile of riches.
Gold4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: What waits in the pot.
Green5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The color people wear on the day.
Harp4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A tall stringed instrument, long a symbol of Ireland.
Horseshoe9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Hung over a door for luck.
Ireland7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The island the holiday comes from.
Irish5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: From the Emerald Isle.
Legend6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: An old tale handed down through the years.
Leprechaun10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The little shoemaker of Irish folklore.
Limerick8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A funny five-line poem, and a city in Ireland.
Lucky5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: How you feel when you find a four-leaf clover.
March5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The month of the holiday.
Mischief8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Playful trouble.
Parade6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Marching bands and floats down the main street.
Patrick7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The saint the day is named for.
Rainbow7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Follow it to find the pot.
Seventeen9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The date in March.
Shamrock8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The three-leaf sprig worn on the day.
Treasure8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: What the little man in green hides.
Tricky classics 26
Banjo5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A round-bodied string instrument played in bluegrass.
Fizz4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The bubbles in a soda.
Fjord5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A narrow sea inlet between steep cliffs.
Fuzz4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The soft fluff on a peach.
Glyph5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A carved symbol.
Hymn4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A song sung in church.
Jazz4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Music built on swing and improvising.
Jiffy5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A very short time.
Jinx4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A spell of bad luck.
Jukebox7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A coin-operated music player.
Kazoo5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A toy instrument you hum into.
Khaki5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A dull yellow-brown color for pants.
Kiosk5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small stand that sells papers or snacks.
Myth4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: An old story of gods and heroes.
Nymph5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A nature spirit in Greek myths.
Oxygen6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The gas we breathe to live.
Pixel5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: One dot of a screen image.
Puzzle6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Something you work out piece by piece.
Quartz6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A hard, clear crystal.
Queue5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A line of people waiting.
Quiz4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A short test.
Rhythm6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The beat of the music.
Sphinx6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A lion's body and a human head.
Waltz5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A ballroom dance in three-four time.
Zephyr6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A gentle breeze.
Zigzag6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A line of sharp turns.
Phrases and sayings 51
A penny for your thoughts5 words, 21 letters. Clue: A way to ask what someone is thinking.
Actions speak louder than words5 words, 27 letters. Clue: What you do matters more than what you say.
Apple pie2 words, 8 letters. Clue: A baked dessert with a lattice top.
Back to square one4 words, 15 letters. Clue: Starting all over again.
Bald eagle2 words, 9 letters. Clue: A large bird of prey with a white head and tail.
The ball is in your court6 words, 20 letters. Clue: It is your move now.
Be my valentine3 words, 13 letters. Clue: The question on a February 14 card.
Beat around the bush4 words, 17 letters. Clue: Avoid getting to the point.
Better late than never4 words, 19 letters. Clue: Arriving at last still counts.
Black hole2 words, 9 letters. Clue: Not even light escapes it.
Break the ice3 words, 11 letters. Clue: Get strangers talking.
Cool as a cucumber4 words, 15 letters. Clue: Calm under pressure.
Deck of cards3 words, 11 letters. Clue: Fifty-two in a box.
Easy as pie3 words, 9 letters. Clue: No trouble at all.
Emerald Isle2 words, 11 letters. Clue: A poetic name for Ireland.
Full moon2 words, 8 letters. Clue: The night the whole disc is lit.
Garden of Eden3 words, 12 letters. Clue: Where the first story in Genesis is set.
Golden retriever2 words, 15 letters. Clue: A friendly dog breed with a yellow coat.
Good morning2 words, 11 letters. Clue: The first greeting of the day.
Good Samaritan2 words, 13 letters. Clue: The traveler who stopped to help in the parable.
Grand Canyon2 words, 11 letters. Clue: A vast gorge carved by the Colorado River.
Guinea pig2 words, 9 letters. Clue: A small squeaky pet that is not a pig at all.
Happy birthday2 words, 13 letters. Clue: What the room sings before the candles go out.
Hide and seek3 words, 11 letters. Clue: Count to twenty, then go looking.
Hit the hay3 words, 9 letters. Clue: Go to bed.
Hold your horses3 words, 14 letters. Clue: Wait a moment.
Home sweet home3 words, 13 letters. Clue: What you say when you walk back in the door.
Let the cat out of the bag7 words, 20 letters. Clue: Give away a secret.
Living room2 words, 10 letters. Clue: Where the sofa and the television are.
Love at first sight4 words, 16 letters. Clue: Falling for someone the moment you meet.
Luck of the Irish4 words, 14 letters. Clue: A saying about good fortune, heard every March.
Macaroni and cheese3 words, 17 letters. Clue: Elbow pasta in a creamy sauce.
Milky Way2 words, 8 letters. Clue: Our home galaxy.
On cloud nine3 words, 11 letters. Clue: Extremely happy.
Once in a blue moon5 words, 15 letters. Clue: Hardly ever.
Peanut butter and jelly4 words, 20 letters. Clue: A classic sandwich pair.
Piece of cake3 words, 11 letters. Clue: Something very easy.
Pot of gold3 words, 9 letters. Clue: It waits at the end of the rainbow.
Practice makes perfect3 words, 20 letters. Clue: Keep at it and you improve.
Raining cats and dogs4 words, 18 letters. Clue: Pouring outside.
Rock paper scissors3 words, 17 letters. Clue: A hand game for settling who goes first.
Rocking chair2 words, 12 letters. Clue: A seat that sways back and forth on the porch.
Secret admirer2 words, 13 letters. Clue: The unsigned card came from one.
Shooting star2 words, 12 letters. Clue: Make a wish when you see one.
Sleep on it3 words, 9 letters. Clue: Decide tomorrow.
Solar system2 words, 11 letters. Clue: The sun and everything that orbits it.
Ten Commandments2 words, 15 letters. Clue: The law given on Mount Sinai.
Time flies2 words, 9 letters. Clue: The hours pass quickly.
Two peas in a pod5 words, 13 letters. Clue: A pair who are very alike.
Under the weather3 words, 15 letters. Clue: Feeling a little sick.
Window seat2 words, 10 letters. Clue: The spot on the plane with the view.
How this list was compiled: Own selection by the Game Night Generator editors, written for this page on 2026-09-18 and screened against the site's clean-deck rules: nothing sexual, no alcohol, drugs, gambling or gore, no real living people, no brand names. Words with two common spellings were left out. Each single word was scored by our own simulation on 2026-09-18: a guesser who knows the word's length and the 210,773 lower-case entries of the Webster's Second word list that ships with macOS always calls the letter found in the most words that still fit. x.misses is the number of wrong calls it made; easy is 0 to 2, medium 3 to 5, hard 6 or more. Phrases are not scored. The method follows Jon McLoone's 2010 study, https://blog.wolfram.com/2010/08/13/25-best-hangman-words/ (read 2026-09-18). Facts in the clues were checked on Wikipedia on 2026-09-18: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day (17 March, shamrock, wearing green, parades, pipe bands, the green harp flag), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun (shoemaker, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, mischief), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day (February 14, heart shape, winged Cupid, red roses, school children's cards), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System (eight planets and their order, Jupiter the largest, Neptune the most distant, Pluto a dwarf planet, iron oxide on Mars) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah (969 years). Game rules and letter facts on the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangman_(game) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency, both read 2026-09-18. Licence: own work