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Hangman widget for Windows

Hangman, on your dashboard, with an on-screen keyboard and a win streak to protect. Set the word length range and how many wrong guesses you get, and turn hints on when you want a gentler game.

Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required

Hangman
3 of 6 wrong
DASH_OARD
Hint: You're looking at one
QWERTYUIOP
ASDFGHJKL
ZXCVBNM
Streak 4·Best 9

The real Hangman widget, running live. Drag it around.

What it’s for

What Hangman is good for

The everyday jobs this widget was built to handle.

A quick word game between tasks

Build a win streak over the day

Tune word length and guess limits to taste

Settings

Every Hangman setting

8 options, set per widget - so two copies of Hangman on the same dashboard can behave completely differently. Highlighted values are the defaults.

Show hint

OnOff

Show letters used

OnOff

Show win streak

OnOff

Advanced

Max wrong guesses

6810

Word source

apianimalscountriestechnologyfoodmovies

Show keyboard

OnOff

Min word length

Any number · starts at 4

Max word length

Any number · starts at 10

Setup

Getting Hangman on your desktop

  1. 01

    Install

    Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.

  2. 02

    Add the widget

    Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.

  3. 03

    Make it yours

    Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.

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