Best Free Hangman
Guess the hidden word one letter at a time — before you run out of guesses.
Level 1
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How to play
- Guess a letter. Click letters you think are in the hidden word.
- Watch your guesses. Wrong letters count against you — you get six.
- Solve the word. Reveal every letter before your guesses run out to win.
About Hangman
The classic word-guessing game. A hidden word is shown as blanks; guess one letter at a time. Right letters fill in, wrong ones cost you — six wrong guesses and it’s game over. Reveal the whole word to win. A quick vocabulary workout that runs in your browser, no signup or download.
Frequently asked questions
A word is hidden as blanks. Guess letters one at a time; correct letters are revealed and wrong ones count against you. Reveal the whole word within six wrong guesses to win.
Six. Each wrong letter brings the game closer to over, shown by the changing face.
From a built-in list of common words, picked at random each game, so every round is different.
Yes. Tap the on-screen letters; everything scales to your screen.
It’s a light, fun way to practise spelling and vocabulary, which is why Hangman is a classroom staple.
Yes — free, no signup, no download, played in your browser.
No. Hangman works with no signup at all; an optional free account only exists to unlock higher usage limits.
Usually just a few seconds for a typical file — Hangman starts working the moment you give it your input.
Your input is processed in memory and never stored, so nothing is left behind once you have your result.
All modern browsers — Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge. Hangman needs nothing installed beyond the browser you already use.