There are a number of easy games that can be used to keep yourself occupied in various situations. Hangman is a perfect example. With easy rules, it can be played by people of all ages just for fun or to expand vocabulary skills. In this post, we have four blank hangman templates that can easily be printed and used wherever and whenever you’d like!

Hangman template with full scaffold

Need a tip for picking a hard hangman word? Our main suggestion is to choose a word or phrase with unusual letters; your opponent will tend to start guessing letters that are used most often, like vowels. For example, a ‘Q’ is much less likely to be guessed than an ‘E’.

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Hangman template (2 scaffolds)

This template gives you (Player 1) plenty of space on the right to come up with a multiple-word phrase. It will be easier for the other player to guess common words like “a” or “the”, so finding phrases that limit those words is a goo strategy.

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Hangman template (4 scaffolds)

There are also online tools in order to cheat at playing the game. Of course we don’t suggest cheating, but if you have a long string of words in a phrase, you could add a rule that says that a player is able to use such a tool for one word. This would increase the need for the player choosing the words to pick something complicated enough to not be guessed but also not so complicated that there aren’t multiple options for what the word could be.

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Hangman template (6 scaffolds)

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Do you need other games to keep yourself occupied? Try using a dot grid to play dots and boxes, or test your knowledge of the US states.