Complete guide to playing Hangman — rules, controls, tips, and strategies.
Hangman is a classic word-guessing game where one player thinks of a word and the other tries to guess it letter by letter. Each incorrect guess adds a body part to a stick figure on a gallows. The game has been a popular paper-and-pencil game for generations and is widely used as an educational tool for vocabulary building.
You must guess the hidden word before the hangman figure is complete. Each incorrect letter guess adds one part to the drawing. The game ends when you guess the word or the figure is complete.
A random word is chosen and displayed as blank underscores. Guess letters by clicking on the on-screen keyboard or typing on your physical keyboard. Correct guesses reveal the letter in all its positions in the word. Incorrect guesses add a part to the stick figure — you have 6 wrong guesses before the game is over. Try to guess the entire word before the drawing is complete!
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