Top 10 word lists for hangman
Which properties make words difficult?
- short words
- words without frequent letters
- words that are rarely used in the vocabulary
- words in which letters occur multiple times
Which properties make words easy?
- long words
- words with frequent letters
- words that are often used in the vocabulary
- words with many different letters
Which words make fun?
- words that surprise
- long seemingly simple words that are actually difficult
- words with a personal connection
- in most cases simple words → not being able to solve a puzzle generates frustration
- fancy words
- start with easy words and then increase the difficulty level
Easy words
Mount Everest 37 %Easter 37 %strawberry 41 %Los Angeles 44 %Valentines Day 45 %Earth 45 %Atlantic Ocean 45 %Independence Day 46 %cat 46 %Golden Gate Bridge 48 %
Difficult words
Milky Way 94 %Linux 88 %apple pie 85 %hangman 84 %flamingo 83 %wedding dress 82 %coffee cup 81 %unicorn 80 %wedding 80 %Hollywood 80 %
Long words
Golden Gate Bridge 18Buckingham Palace 17Independence Day 16holiday paradise 16romantic affair 15Valentines Day 14remote control 14Atlantic Ocean 14wedding dress 13wedding dance 13
Short words
Sex 72 %cat 46 %Mars 65 %love 61 %lion 59 %moon 53 %milk 72 %book 60 %woman 65 %sugar 77 %
Words long & difficult
Buckingham Palace 69 %wedding dress 82 %unfortunately 77 %holiday paradise 62 %wedding dance 76 %Olympic Games 76 %Grand Canyon 79 %romantic affair 62 %remote control 64 %birthday cake 68 %
Ideas / inspirations
No idea yet? Put yourself into the person you are looking for words and then just play a few rounds
hangman. Pay attention which words your target person might like and how easy / difficult they are.