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Hangman - the famous word game



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Instructions

Can you guess the word? Click the 'new game' button to start and then choose a letter at a time - either by clicking on it above, or by pressing its letter on the keyboard (IE only).

For each wrong guess, another line is drawn on the hangman illustration. You're dead if the drawing's finished before you've worked out the word.

Once you've started guessing, you can look up the answer in the Merriam-Webster dictionary by clicking on the button. You can use this to find the definitions for any words you don't know.

Do you have a favourite hard-to-guess word I should include in this game? Email me your word suggestions.

License Hangman for your website

Games are a popular way to make your site more 'sticky' so that visitors stay longer and have a memorable experience they will return to repeat. This implementation of this game has been named in London's Metro daily newspaper as being among their picks of top word games.

You can license a customised version of Hangman for your own site, including:

To discuss details and pricing, please contact me, telling me your website address. Please note that unauthorised reproduction of this game and my other games is prohibited.

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