How does the two-player mode work?

One player types a secret word or short phrase into a masked input so the other cannot read it, then hands over the device. The word is hidden as blanks and the second player guesses letter by letter, exactly like solo mode. It works best on a shared phone, tablet, or laptop where you can pass the screen back and forth.

Where do the solo words come from?

Each category — animals, countries, movies, and food — holds a built-in list of roughly eighty words stored inside the page itself. When you start a solo round the game picks one at random on your device. Nothing is fetched from a server, so the word lists are the same whether you are online or offline.

How many wrong guesses am I allowed?

You get six wrong guesses per round. Each miss draws one more part of the hanged figure — head, body, two arms, and two legs — on the small canvas. The seventh wrong guess would complete the drawing, so the round ends in a loss the moment your sixth wrong letter is used up.

What does the hint button do?

The hint reveals one still-hidden letter of the word for you, filling it into the correct blanks automatically. In exchange it costs one life, so it counts as if you had made a wrong guess and advances the drawing by one step. Use it when you are stuck early, since spending a life late in a round can end the game.

Is the game private and does it need an account?

Yes, it is completely private and needs no account. All words, guesses, drawing, and scoring run in JavaScript inside your browser tab and never leave your device. The running score is kept only in the page’s memory, so it resets if you reload or close the tab.

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Guess the hidden word one letter at a time before the drawing is complete — play solo or pass the device to a friend.

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How it works

Choose solo mode and a category — animals, countries, movies, or food — or switch to two-player and let player one type a secret word for player two to solve.
Tap letters on the on-screen A–Z keyboard; correct letters fill the blanks in green, wrong ones gray out and add a piece to the gallows.
Solve the word before six wrong guesses complete the drawing; use the hint button to reveal a letter at the cost of one life, then play another round to build your score.

Frequently asked questions

How does the two-player mode work?: One player types a secret word or short phrase into a masked input so the other cannot read it, then hands over the device. The word is hidden as blanks and the second player guesses letter by letter, exactly like solo mode. It works best on a shared phone, tablet, or laptop where you can pass the screen back and forth.
Where do the solo words come from?: Each category — animals, countries, movies, and food — holds a built-in list of roughly eighty words stored inside the page itself. When you start a solo round the game picks one at random on your device. Nothing is fetched from a server, so the word lists are the same whether you are online or offline.
How many wrong guesses am I allowed?: You get six wrong guesses per round. Each miss draws one more part of the hanged figure — head, body, two arms, and two legs — on the small canvas. The seventh wrong guess would complete the drawing, so the round ends in a loss the moment your sixth wrong letter is used up.
What does the hint button do?: The hint reveals one still-hidden letter of the word for you, filling it into the correct blanks automatically. In exchange it costs one life, so it counts as if you had made a wrong guess and advances the drawing by one step. Use it when you are stuck early, since spending a life late in a round can end the game.
Is the game private and does it need an account?: Yes, it is completely private and needs no account. All words, guesses, drawing, and scoring run in JavaScript inside your browser tab and never leave your device. The running score is kept only in the page’s memory, so it resets if you reload or close the tab.

About this tool

This is the classic pen-and-paper word game Hangman, rebuilt to play in any browser with no download or sign-up. You guess a hidden word one letter at a time: correct letters appear in their positions and wrong letters count against you. Miss six times and the stick-figure drawing is completed and the round is lost; fill every blank first and you win. It plays well with a single person passing time or with two people sharing one screen.

Solo mode picks a random word from one of four built-in categories — animals, countries, movies, and food — each with around eighty entries. Two-player mode lets one person enter a secret word in a masked field, then pass the device to the other to solve. An on-screen A–Z keyboard drives all input: used letters are disabled, correct ones turn green, and wrong ones gray out, so you can always see what you have tried. Each wrong guess draws the next part of the gallows on a small canvas, giving you a clear picture of how many chances remain.

Everything runs entirely client-side. The word lists live inside the page, random selection happens on your device, and the drawing is rendered with the HTML canvas as you play. No guesses, words, or scores are ever sent to a server, and there is nothing to install. That also means the game works offline once the page has loaded, which makes it handy on a plane, a train, or anywhere with a weak connection.

A few practical tips: open with common vowels and high-frequency consonants like E, A, R, S, and T to reveal structure early, and only spend a hint when you are genuinely stuck, since it costs a life. In two-player mode, pick words that are fair — recognizable but not obvious — to keep rounds tense. The score tallies wins and losses across rounds so friends can compete on the same device without any setup.

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