Play hangman with friends

How a room works

1. Open a room on Hangillion and share the four-letter code or the invite link.
2. One player is the Setter each round. They are offered three words and choose one. Everyone else sees only its category and its blanks.
3. Everyone else guesses at the same time, each with six lives and a scene of their own: the megalodon, the gallows or the dynamite. Your friends’ scenes run small beneath yours, so you can watch them go.
4. Solve it fast. Points go to whoever finishes, and the most to whoever finishes first with lives to spare.
5. Everyone takes a turn as the Setter. The room can be set to go round once or twice, and the final scores decide the winner.

Chat and shouts

A room has a chat box, and each character can shout one of eight lines such as “Help!” or “Tell my mom…” over their scene, which makes losing a lot more fun to watch.

Choosing a good word

A hard word beats guessers and pays the Setter, but a word that is too hard is just frustrating. Short words with rare letters are the cruellest; see which letters guessers try first and pick something that avoids them.

Questions

How many people can play?

Two to eight in one room. Anyone with the room code or the invite link can join, and a room can also be left open so strangers can find it.

How does scoring work?

A solved word is worth 100 points, plus 10 for every life you have left, plus a speed bonus of 50, 30, 20 and 10 for the first four to solve it. The player who picked the word earns 25 for every guesser it beats.

Can I choose the word?

You are offered three words from three different categories and pick one. Your friends only see the category, never the word, until the round ends.

Do I need an account?

No. Type a name, open a room and share the code.