Hangman is the classic word-guessing game: a mystery word is hidden behind blanks, and you guess one letter at a time before you run out of attempts. Guess the whole word to win.
Click a letter to guess it. Correct guesses fill in every matching blank in the word; wrong guesses cost you one of your limited attempts. Guess the full word before your attempts run out.
Start with common vowels such as E, A and O, then move to frequent consonants like R, S, T and N. Use the pattern of revealed letters to narrow down the word before guessing.
Hangman is a pencil-and-paper guessing game that was already being played in Victorian times.
Yes. Hangman is completely free and runs directly in your browser. There is nothing to download or install and no account is required.
Yes. Pixel Arcade is built to work on desktop, tablet and mobile browsers, and the controls adapt to touch screens as well as keyboards.
Hangman is played solo, so you can chase your own best score. Several other games here, including Tic-Tac-Toe, Four in a Row, Checkers, Reversi, Snake and Memory Match, offer online rooms with a shareable code.
Your progress, coins and achievements are stored on your device, and you can optionally back them up by signing in from the main arcade page.