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Bible Hangman Words
Well-known Bible people, places and objects as hangman words, from Noah to Jerusalem. Play online or print a sheet with an answer key for Sunday school.
Read the word list
This list draws on names, places and objects that appear in the best known stories of the Bible, spelled the way most common English translations spell them. It is meant for Sunday school, homeschool and family use, and it keeps to the names themselves rather than making claims about belief, so it can be used by families of different traditions or by teachers covering the Bible as literature.
Ark, Eve, Job and Ruth are short and quick. Moses, David, Daniel and Noah are the names most children know. Longer entries take more work: Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth and Nineveh are places with unusual letter patterns, and Abraham, Solomon and Timothy are good tests of spelling. Mustard, manna and covenant are objects and ideas of medium length, so they fall in the middle of the difficulty range.
80 entries. Our solver needed 3.0 wrong guesses on average: 31 easy, 33 medium and 16 hard. The toughest is ark (11 misses), the quickest esther (0).
- ark Hard · 11
- eve Medium · 4
- job Hard · 8
- ruth Hard · 7
- adam Medium · 4
- noah Hard · 5
- moses Medium · 4
- aaron Easy · 1
- isaac Easy · 1
- jacob Hard · 8
- sarah Medium · 3
- david Hard · 9
- joseph Medium · 3
- joshua Medium · 3
- abraham Medium · 2
- solomon Medium · 3
- samson Medium · 2
- daniel Easy · 1
- jonah Medium · 3
- esther Easy · 0
- elijah Easy · 1
- isaiah Medium · 2
- mary Hard · 7
- peter Medium · 4
- paul Hard · 6
- john Hard · 6
- luke Hard · 7
- mark Hard · 8
- matthew Medium · 4
- timothy Medium · 2
- lazarus Medium · 3
- martha Medium · 2
- jerusalem Easy · 1
- bethlehem Easy · 1
- nazareth Easy · 1
- galilee Easy · 0
- jordan Medium · 2
- jericho Medium · 3
- egypt Medium · 3
- canaan Easy · 1
- babylon Medium · 4
- sinai Medium · 2
- eden Easy · 1
- israel Easy · 0
- nineveh Medium · 3
- damascus Medium · 3
- genesis Easy · 0
- exodus Easy · 1
- psalms Easy · 1
- proverbs Easy · 1
- gospel Medium · 3
- apostle Easy · 1
- disciple Easy · 0
- prophet Medium · 3
- angel Medium · 3
- shepherd Easy · 0
- manger Medium · 3
- manna Easy · 1
- scripture Easy · 1
- parable Easy · 0
- miracle Easy · 0
- blessing Easy · 1
- covenant Easy · 1
- rainbow Easy · 1
- vineyard Easy · 0
- mustard Medium · 4
- olive Easy · 1
- dove Hard · 9
- noah's ark Hard · 8
- garden of eden Hard · 6
- good samaritan Medium · 4
- burning bush Medium · 4
- ten commandments Easy · 0
- red sea Medium · 3
- promised land Easy · 1
- tower of babel Hard · 7
- sermon on the mount Medium · 2
- prodigal son Medium · 2
- loaves and fishes Easy · 1
- coat of many colors Hard · 5
Words worth a closer look
- jobThree letters and one vowel, so a surprisingly difficult opener. It is the name of a book of the Old Testament as well as a person.
- genesisThe first book of the Bible, from a Greek word meaning origin or beginning. Two e's and two s's in seven letters, so e and s are strong early guesses.
- exodusThe second book of the Bible, from a Greek word for going out. The x as the second letter is an unusual start, and players rarely guess it early.
- mannaThe food that appears in the desert in the book of Exodus. A double n and a repeated a mean only three different letters fill the word.
- matthewThe first book of the New Testament carries this name. The double t and the w at the end are common spelling slips, and the th is easy to reverse.
- jonahThe book of Jonah describes a great fish, although many retellings say whale. Five letters with two vowels, so it is a friendly one for beginners.
- noah's arkThe apostrophe is shown to players, so they can place the s straight away. Ark is a short word with a k, which many players guess late.
- ten commandmentsGiven to Moses at Mount Sinai in the book of Exodus. A long phrase with double m and several repeated letters, so it fills quickly once n and m land.
Using this list in class
Sunday school and homeschool teachers can use the list as a review after a unit on a book or a set of stories. After each word, the player names the story it belongs to or the person who is linked to it. For younger children, stick to the short names such as ark, eve, ruth and noah.
Older children can sort the answers into people, places and books, or arrange the Old Testament names in the order the stories appear in Genesis. In a literature class, the phrases such as good samaritan, prodigal son and tower of babel make a fine start for a talk about the many everyday expressions that came from Bible stories.
Print a Bible Hangman worksheet
Eight puzzles on one US Letter page, with a clue, letter blanks, an empty frame to draw in, an alphabet strip to cross off and circles to count misses. Page two is the answer key.
Need another sheet?
Draw eight different words from this list, right here. Same layout, new answer key.
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