Hangman

:This article is about the game Hangman. For information about executioners, see Hanging.

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Hangman is a paper and pencil guessing game for two players.

Related Topics:
Paper and pencil - Guessing game

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One player thinks of a word and the other tries to guess it by suggesting letters.

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The word to guess is represented by a row of dashes, giving the number of letters. If the guessing player suggests a letter which occurs in the word, the other player writes it in all its correct positions. If the suggested letter does not occur in the word, the other player draws one element of the hangman diagram. The game is over when:

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• the guessing player completes the word, or guesses the whole word correctly
• the other player completes the diagram:

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