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Hangman

One person picks a word; everyone else guesses letters before the stickman is drawn.

Players
2–16
Time
5 min a round
Start a room

The classic word-guessing game. The person who picks the word changes every round.

Setup

  1. Start a Hangman room and share the code. Everyone joins with a name and an optional photo.
  2. Optionally open the TV view so the word and stickman are on a big screen.

How to play

  1. Anyone presses Start. The first word-picker is the person after the last picker, starting with the host.
  2. The picker types a secret word or short phrase (letters and spaces, up to 30 characters). Nobody else's device receives it.
  3. Everyone else guesses letters by tapping the keyboard or typing.
  4. Every guess pops up for all players, e.g. “Alex guessed Q: not in the word”.
  5. Each miss draws another part of the stickman: head, body, two arms, two legs. Six misses and he's hanged.

Rules

Scoring
+1 for every correct letter you guess. The picker gets +3 if nobody solves the word.
Phrases
Spaces are shown as gaps, and words only wrap between words.