Hang Five vs Classic Hangman

Five words. One theme. Five hearts. A new puzzle every day at midnight — all five words on screen at once, connected by a theme you have to work out for yourself. Pick a letter and it reveals across all five words simultaneously. Work out the theme and you start guessing with intent instead of luck. Every wrong letter costs a heart. Vowels cost one too, even correct ones, for as long as any consonant is still hidden — so you're always choosing between certainty and cost. Solve all five before your hearts run out. The theme is confirmed at the end, along with your time. No clock ticking at you while you play. Then share your result and see how everyone else did. One puzzle a day. A few minutes, then you're done. Free.

In this version of classic hangman, a word is chosen at random and the aim is to correctly guess all the letters before running out of lives. The choice of words can be narrowed by topic, from the settings page. Here, you can also choose from three levels of difficulty and further challenge yourself by choosing to record game times. All rules are explained on the rules page, which is provided as a useful reference. All scores are available from the scores page, includes some statistics.