Fall Hangman Words, With Winter, Spring and Summer Sets: how it works
Fall hangman words should look like the season: Scarecrow, Hayride, Cider, Foggy. This page holds 270 words in five sets, 60 each for fall, winter, spring and summer and 30 for Easter, and every word shows its letter count, a guess level and a clue. Tap a season pill, press New word and draw the blanks.
Pick the season, then the word
The pills above the card switch sets. Fall words covers the farm, the woods and the weather, and leaves Halloween and Thanksgiving to their own pages. Winter hangman words stay with snow, clothes and the fireside (Blizzard, Earmuffs, Kindling) and hold nothing from Christmas. Spring hangman words cover flowers, baby animals and rain. Summer hangman words cover the beach, the campsite and the bugs. For a party, set the size pill to 10 and press Print.
Which seasonal words are hard to guess
A simulated guesser that knows a dictionary played every word, calling the likeliest letter each turn. Two misses or fewer is easy, six or more is hard. Of the 270, 120 scored easy and 50 hard. Short words do the damage: the 26 four-letter words cost 6.1 misses on average. Winter is the gentlest set, with 34 easy words of 60. Easter hangman words are the toughest for their size: 9 of 30 scored hard, led by Tomb at 11 misses.
Tips
July holds none of E, T, A, O, I or N and cost the guesser 11 misses. Save it for the player who always opens with E.
Swap the gallows for the season: rub a leaf off a tree per miss in fall, or melt a snowman piece by piece in winter.
Nineteen words cost no misses at all, among them Caterpillar, Wheelbarrow, Fireworks and Hibernate. Tap Easy to guess when the table is new to the game.
Questions and answers
Are Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas words on this page?
No. Those holidays have their own lists, so nothing repeats when you use this page beside them. Easter is the exception: its 30 words sit here as their own pill next to spring, from Bonnet and Basket to Cottontail and Confetti.
What is the hardest seasonal hangman word?
Foggy and Puddle tie at 12 misses, then come Kite, Tomb and July at 11. None is rare; they are short, with uncommon or doubled letters. Long words are the safe ones: the 43 words of nine letters or more averaged 1.4 misses.
Do the seasons match where I live?
The clues follow the Northern Hemisphere, where the weather calendar runs fall from 1 September to 30 November. South of the equator the seasons are reversed, so pick the pill that matches the weather outside.
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Acorn5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The nut of an oak, buried by squirrels.
Autumn6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The other name for this season.
Barn4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The big farm building, often painted red.
Birch5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A tree with white, papery bark.
Bonfire7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A big outdoor blaze that people stand around.
Branches8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: What is left showing when the leaves are gone.
Bushel6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A basket measure for apples.
Caramel7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Melted sugar candy, good on an apple.
Chestnut8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A glossy brown nut in a spiky green case.
Chilly6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Cold enough for a jacket, not cold enough for snow.
Chipmunk8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small striped animal with stuffed cheeks.
Cider5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The seasonal drink pressed from apples.
Cobbler7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A baked fruit dessert with a biscuit top.
Corduroy8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Ridged cotton fabric for pants and jackets.
Cornfield9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Tall rows of stalks, sometimes cut into a maze.
Crimson7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A deep red.
Crisp5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: How the air feels on a cool, dry morning.
Crunchy7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The sound and feel of dry leaves underfoot.
Deciduous9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The kind of tree that sheds its leaves each year.
Drizzle7 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Light rain that barely needs an umbrella.
Dusk4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The darker end of evening, arriving earlier each week.
Equinox7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The moment in September when the sun is directly over the equator.
Firewood8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Logs cut and dried for burning.
Flannel7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Soft brushed cotton, often a plaid shirt.
Foggy5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: When the morning is too misty to see the end of the street.
Foliage7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The leaves on the trees, taken all together.
Geese5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Honking birds that fly in a V.
Gourd5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A hard-shelled cousin of the squash, often a table decoration.
Harvest7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Bringing in the crops, and an old name for the season itself.
Hayride7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A slow trip around a farm on a wagon of straw.
Haystack8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A tall pile of dried grass in a field.
Hazelnut8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small round nut, often paired with chocolate.
Hickory7 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A hardwood tree, and a wood for smoking meat.
Homecoming10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The school week when former students return for a game and a dance.
Lantern7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A light you carry, with a handle on top.
Leaves6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: They change color, then drop.
Maple5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The tree with the red leaves and the sweet sap.
Maze4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A puzzle of paths.
Migration9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The long trip birds make to their wintering grounds.
November8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The eleventh month, and the last full one of the season.
Nutmeg6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A warm spice grated from a hard seed.
October7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The tenth month of the year.
Orchard7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Rows of fruit trees where you pick your own.
Overcast8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A sky that is all gray cloud.
Pecan5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The nut in a famous Southern pie.
Persimmon9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: An orange fruit that ripens late in the year.
Pitchfork9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A long-handled tool for tossing hay.
Raccoon7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A masked animal with a ringed tail.
Rake4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The tool with long teeth for clearing the lawn.
Scarecrow9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A figure stuffed with straw that guards a field.
September9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The month that holds the fall equinox.
Silo4 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The tall round tower where a farm stores grain.
Squash6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Butternut and spaghetti are two kinds.
Sweater7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Knitted, with long sleeves, out of the drawer again.
Sycamore8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A tall shade tree with patchy, peeling bark.
Tailgate8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A parking lot party before the game.
Tractor7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The farm machine that pulls the plow.
Twilight8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The soft light just after sunset.
Windy5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Weather that takes your hat.
Woodpile8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Split logs stacked for the cold months.
Winter words 60
Arctic6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The region around the North Pole.
Aurora6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The northern lights, by their first name.
Avalanche9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A mass of snow sliding down a mountain.
Blanket7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A warm cover for a bed or a couch.
Blizzard8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A snowstorm with strong wind and almost no visibility.
Cardigan8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A sweater that buttons down the front.
Cardinal8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A bright red songbird that stands out against snow.
Chalet6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A wooden mountain house with a steep roof.
Chimney7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Where the smoke from the fire goes up and out.
Cocoa5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A hot chocolate drink, often with marshmallows on top.
Curling7 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The ice sport with sliding stones and brooms.
December8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The twelfth month, when the season begins.
Earmuffs8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Two fuzzy pads on a band over your head.
Ember5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A glowing piece left when the flames die down.
Evergreen9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A tree that keeps its needles all year.
Fireplace9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Where the logs burn indoors.
Fleece6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A soft, fuzzy fabric for jackets, named for a sheep's coat.
Flurry6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A brief, light fall of snow.
Fondue6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A pot of melted cheese for dipping bread.
Frost5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Thin white ice on the grass and the windshield.
Frozen6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: What a pond is when you can walk on it.
Furnace7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The heater in the basement that warms the whole house.
Gloves6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Hand warmers with a space for each finger.
Hearth6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The floor of a fireplace.
Hibernate9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: To sleep through the cold months, as hedgehogs do.
Husky5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A sled dog with a thick coat.
Iceberg7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A floating mountain of ice, mostly under water.
Icicle6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A spike of ice hanging from a roof edge.
Igloo5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A dome-shaped shelter built from blocks of snow.
January7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The first month of the year.
Kindling8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Small dry sticks that get a fire started.
Midwinter9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The middle of the cold season.
Mittens7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Hand warmers with one space for four fingers.
Oatmeal7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A hot breakfast of cooked oats.
Parka5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A heavy hooded coat, often trimmed with fur.
Polar5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The word for the regions at the top and bottom of the globe, and for a white bear.
Powder6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: What skiers call fresh, dry snow.
Radiator8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A metal heater under the window that clanks and hisses.
Scarf5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A long strip of fabric wound around the neck.
Scraper7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The small tool that clears ice from car glass.
Shiver6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: What your body does when it is cold.
Shovel6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The tool for clearing the driveway.
Skating7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Gliding on blades across ice.
Skiing6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Going downhill on two long boards with poles.
Sled4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: You ride it down a snowy hill.
Sleet5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Frozen rain that bounces when it lands.
Slush5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Half-melted snow on the road.
Snowball8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Packed by hand and thrown.
Snowboard9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: One wide deck, both feet strapped in.
Snowdrift9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A deep bank piled up by the wind.
Snowflake9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: An ice crystal, usually six-sided, that drifts down.
Snowman7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Three big balls, a carrot and a hat.
Snowshoe8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A wide frame strapped to a boot for walking on deep drifts.
Solstice8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The December one marks the astronomical start of the season.
Thaw4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: When the ice and snow begin to melt.
Toboggan8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A long flat sled with a curled front.
Tundra6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Flat, treeless land where the ground stays frozen.
Turtleneck10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A sweater with a high, folded collar.
Whiteout8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: When blowing snow hides everything.
Wool4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Yarn from a sheep's coat.
Spring words 60
Allergy7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Why some noses run when the trees flower.
April5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The fourth month of the year.
Asparagus9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Green spears, cut young.
Bicycle7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Two wheels, two pedals, out of the garage again.
Bloom5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: To open into flower.
Blossom7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The flowers on a fruit tree.
Bluebell8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A woodland flower shaped like a small hanging bell.
Breeze6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A light, gentle wind.
Bumblebee9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A large, fuzzy, buzzing pollinator.
Caterpillar11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It eats leaves now and grows wings later.
Cherry6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The tree whose pink flowers draw crowds.
Chick5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A fluffy yellow baby bird from the henhouse.
Chrysalis9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The hard case a butterfly forms in.
Cocoon6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The silk case a moth spins.
Compost7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Rotted kitchen and yard scraps that feed the soil.
Crocus6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A small purple or yellow flower, among the first of the year.
Daffodil8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A yellow flower with a trumpet in the middle.
Daisy5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: White petals around a yellow center.
Dandelion9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A yellow lawn weed that turns into a puffball.
Duckling8 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A baby duck.
Earthworm9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A wriggly soil dweller that comes up after rain.
Fawn4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A baby deer.
Galoshes8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Rubber overshoes for wet days.
Garden6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The plot where you grow flowers and vegetables.
Gosling7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A baby goose.
Greenhouse10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A glass building for raising plants.
Hatch5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: To break out of a shell.
Hopscotch9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A sidewalk game of chalk squares and hopping on one foot.
Hyacinth8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A bulb flower with a tall spike of fragrant bells.
Iris4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A tall flower with sword-shaped leaves, and the colored part of the eye.
Kite4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: It flies on a string.
Ladybug7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small red beetle with black spots.
Lamb4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A baby sheep.
Lettuce7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The leaves in a salad.
Lilac5 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A shrub with sweet-smelling purple flowers, and a pale purple color.
Magnolia8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A tree with large pink or white flowers.
Muddy5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: What boots are after a wet walk.
Nest4 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Where a bird lays its eggs.
Pansy5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A garden flower with a face-like pattern.
Pastel6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A soft, pale shade of a color.
Petal5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: One of the colored parts of a flower.
Planting8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Putting seeds in the ground.
Pollen6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The yellow dust from flowers that makes people sneeze.
Primrose8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A low, pale yellow woodland flower.
Puddle6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A small pool of rain on the sidewalk.
Radish6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A small, peppery red root.
Raincoat8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A waterproof layer with a hood.
Rhubarb7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Sour pink stalks that go into pie.
Robin5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A songbird with an orange-red breast.
Seedling8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A very young plant.
Shower6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A short fall of rain; the April kind are famous.
Snowdrop8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A tiny white drooping flower that comes up while it is still cold.
Songbird8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A bird known for its tune.
Sprout6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The first shoot from a seed.
Tadpole7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A young frog, still all head and tail.
Trowel6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A small hand tool for digging in a flower bed.
Tulip5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A cup-shaped flower grown from a bulb.
Umbrella8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You open it when the rain starts.
Violet6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A small purple flower, and a color.
Wheelbarrow11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: One wheel, two handles, a load of soil.
Easter words 30
Basket6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: What the eggs and candy are carried in.
Bonnet6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A hat tied under the chin, worn for the parade.
Brunch6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A late-morning meal, part breakfast and part lunch.
Bunny5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The folk figure who delivers the eggs.
Candy5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Sweets, by their American name.
Celebration11 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A happy gathering to mark a day.
Confetti8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Paper bits that fill a cascaron egg.
Cottontail10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A wild rabbit named for its fluffy white rear.
Decorate8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: What you do to eggs with dye and wax crayons.
Easter6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The holiday that falls between 22 March and 25 April in Western churches.
Eggs4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Dyed, hidden and hunted.
Eggshell8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The thin, breakable outside.
Friday6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The day called Good, two days before the Sunday.
Hare4 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The animal in the first German tellings of the egg-bringer story.
Hidden6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: What the eggs are before the search begins.
Hopping7 letters, hard to guess. Clue: How a rabbit gets around.
Hunt4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The search across the lawn that children look forward to.
Lent4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The 40 days of fasting that lead up to the holiday.
Lily4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The white trumpet flower that decorates churches on the day.
Painted7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Colored by brush.
Palm4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The branch that names the Sunday marking the entrance into Jerusalem.
Resurrection12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: What the holiday celebrates in the Christian calendar.
Rolling7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Racing eggs down a lawn is called egg this.
Speckled8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Covered in small spots, like some candy eggs.
Springtime10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The part of the year the holiday belongs to.
Sunday6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The day of the week the holiday always falls on.
Sunrise7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The hour of the outdoor service some churches hold.
Tomb4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: It was found empty, which is what the eggs stand for.
Whiskers8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Long hairs on a rabbit's face.
Wicker6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Woven cane, the usual material for a basket.
Summer words 60
August6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The eighth month, and the last full one of the season.
Beach5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Sand, surf and a towel.
Boardwalk9 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A wooden walkway along the shore.
Campfire8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Where stories are told and marshmallows are toasted.
Camping7 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Sleeping outdoors in a tent.
Canoe5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A narrow open boat moved with a single-bladed paddle.
Carnival8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Rides, games and cotton candy for one week only.
Cicada6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: An insect whose loud buzz fills hot afternoons.
Cookout7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A meal grilled and eaten outdoors.
Crab4 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It walks sideways and pinches.
Cricket7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It chirps at night by rubbing its wings.
Cucumber8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Long, green and cool in a salad.
Dragonfly9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A long-bodied insect with four clear wings that hovers over ponds.
Drought7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A long stretch with no rain.
Firefly7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A beetle that blinks in the dark.
Fireworks9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Bright bursts in the night sky on the Fourth of July.
Fishing7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A rod, a line, a hook and a lot of patience.
Freckles8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Small brown spots that come out in the sun.
Hammock7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A hanging bed strung between two trees.
Hiking6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A long walk on a trail.
July4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The seventh month of the year.
June4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: The month that holds the solstice and opens the season.
Lemonade8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A cold, sour-sweet drink sold at a kid's stand.
Lifeguard9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The person in the tall chair who watches the swimmers.
Lobster7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A large shellfish with two big claws.
Midsummer9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The middle of the hot season.
Mosquito8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A whining insect that leaves an itchy bite.
Paddle6 letters, hard to guess. Clue: What you pull through the water to move a small boat.
Parasol7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A light umbrella for shade, not rain.
Peach5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A fuzzy stone fruit.
Picnic6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A meal on a blanket in the park.
Pier4 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A walkway on posts that runs out over the water.
Sailboat8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It moves by wind on canvas.
Sandals7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Open shoes with straps.
Sandbox7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A square of sand for digging, in a backyard.
Sandcastle10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Built with a bucket, gone with the tide.
Seagull7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A loud white bird that steals fries.
Seashell8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A sea creature's empty home, found on the sand.
Shade5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The cool spot under a tree.
Shark5 letters, hard to guess. Clue: A big fish with a fin that cuts the surface.
Smoothie8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Blended fruit in a glass.
Snorkel7 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A tube for breathing face down in the water.
Sprinkler9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: It waters the lawn and kids run through it.
Starfish8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: A five-armed creature in a rock pool.
Stargazing10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Lying back and looking up on a clear night.
Sunburn7 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Red skin after too long outside.
Sundae6 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Scoops with sauce, whipped cream and a cherry.
Sunflower9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A tall yellow flower with a face full of seeds.
Sunglasses10 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Dark lenses for bright days.
Sunscreen9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: The lotion you put on before going out.
Sunset6 letters, medium to guess. Clue: When the sky turns orange in the evening.
Surfboard9 letters, easy to guess. Clue: You stand on it to ride a wave.
Swimming8 letters, hard to guess. Clue: Laps, strokes and a deep end.
Swimsuit8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: What you wear in the pool.
Tent4 letters, easy to guess. Clue: A cloth shelter held up by poles and pegs.
Thunderstorm12 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Dark clouds, a flash, a rumble and heavy rain.
Tide4 letters, medium to guess. Clue: The daily rise and fall of the sea.
Tropical8 letters, easy to guess. Clue: Hot, damp and lined with palm trees.
Vacation8 letters, medium to guess. Clue: Time off, away from home.
Waves5 letters, medium to guess. Clue: They roll in and break on the shore.
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, the winter set holds no Christmas words, the fall set holds no Halloween or Thanksgiving words, and no word repeats the site's good hangman words list. Each 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. 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/Season (meteorological seasons start on 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December in the Northern Hemisphere; equinox and solstice dates; the sun over the equator at an equinox; hedgehogs hibernate; birds migrate to wintering areas in autumn), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn (fall in North American English; harvest as the older name of the season; apple cider), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter (a Sunday between 22 March and 25 April in the West; Lent of 40 days; Palm Sunday and Good Friday; eggs as a symbol of the empty tomb; egg hunts, egg rolling and confetti eggs; the Easter lily in churches; bonnets and parades; sunrise services), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Bunny (a folk figure bringing eggs; the Easter Hare among German Lutherans), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States) (July 4, commonly associated with fireworks) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake (an ice crystal that often approximates six-fold symmetry). No date of a movable holiday is printed for any one year. Licence: own work