Hangman
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
An executioner who carries out a death sentence by hanging, or a popular word-guessing game in which incorrect letters result in parts of a gallows being drawn.
“The children played hangman on the whiteboard during the afternoon break.”
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hang·man
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Wordle
Contains two A's in different positions, the double-A pattern is worth testing early in Wordle
Scrabble
M is worth three points, all other tiles score one each for a moderate total
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