Fun & Games

Hangman widget for Windows

Hangman, on your dashboard, with an on-screen keyboard and a win streak to protect. Play in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Romanian, Swedish or Polish, or mix them up. Pick a theme such as animals, countries, food or movies, or type in your own word list for a class, a team or a language you are learning. Set the word length and how many wrong guesses you get, and turn hints on for a gentler game.

Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required

Hangman
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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

Practise vocabulary in a language you are learning

Make your own word list for a class or a team

Settings

Every Hangman setting

12 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

apibuiltincustomanimalscountriestechnologyfoodmovies

Language

Any value you like · starts at en

Accents

loosestrict

Custom words

Any value you like

Show keyboard

OnOff

Min word length

Any number · starts at 4

Max word length

Any number · starts at 10

Show face

OnOff
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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