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
Easter
52 %Atlantic Ocean
54 %cat
58 %ice cream
59 %Earth
59 %Los Angeles
61 %Independence Day
61 %Sex
61 %holiday paradise
61 %Valentines Day
63 %
Difficult words
Linux
93 %wedding
92 %Hollywood
92 %fantasy
89 %Milky Way
88 %magician
88 %sugar
86 %woman
86 %nipple piercing
86 %newspaper
86 %
Long words
Golden Gate Bridge
18Buckingham Palace
17Independence Day
16holiday paradise
16romantic affair
15nipple piercing
15remote control
14Valentines Day
14cherry blossom
14Atlantic Ocean
14
Short words
Sex
61 %cat
58 %Mars
76 %love
65 %lion
63 %moon
68 %milk
82 %book
80 %woman
86 %sugar
86 %
Words long & difficult
nipple piercing
86 %Buckingham Palace
71 %romantic affair
78 %Golden Gate Bridge
63 %cherry blossom
79 %wedding dance
79 %Grand Canyon
84 %Good morning!
77 %remote control
71 %wedding dress
76 %
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.