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Cooking Hangman Words
Cooking hangman words for verbs, tools and measures, from whisk and simmer to colander and marinate. Play online or print with an answer key.
Read the word list
This list is about the kitchen rather than the menu. It collects the verbs of cooking, such as simmer, knead, marinate and saute, the tools that go with them, from whisk and ladle to colander and ramekin, and the measures in a recipe: teaspoon, tablespoon, ounce and pinch. These are words children meet in a first cooking class and often misspell.
Some are easy to guess: stir, mix, bake and oven. Others have quirks that make good teaching moments. Knead begins with a silent k, colander has an unexpected a in the middle, and teaspoon and tablespoon are compound words that students sometimes split. The phrases, including measuring cup and preheat the oven, sound like recipe instructions and help students see the words in use.
70 entries. Our solver needed 3.8 wrong guesses on average: 18 easy, 31 medium and 21 hard. The toughest is mix (12 misses), the quickest marinate (0).
- bake Hard · 10
- boil Hard · 7
- fry Hard · 10
- grill Hard · 5
- roast Easy · 1
- simmer Hard · 7
- saute Easy · 1
- steam Medium · 2
- stew Medium · 4
- poach Hard · 5
- whisk Medium · 4
- stir Medium · 3
- knead Medium · 4
- chop Hard · 6
- slice Medium · 4
- dice Medium · 4
- mince Medium · 4
- grate Medium · 3
- peel Medium · 4
- mix Hard · 12
- blend Hard · 5
- measure Easy · 1
- season Easy · 1
- marinate Easy · 0
- spatula Medium · 3
- colander Easy · 1
- ladle Easy · 0
- skillet Medium · 3
- saucepan Medium · 2
- oven Hard · 7
- stove Medium · 4
- microwave Easy · 1
- blender Medium · 2
- mixer Hard · 8
- grater Easy · 1
- peeler Easy · 1
- tongs Medium · 4
- sieve Easy · 1
- recipe Medium · 2
- ingredient Easy · 0
- teaspoon Easy · 1
- tablespoon Easy · 0
- ounce Medium · 2
- pinch Hard · 7
- dash Medium · 3
- flour Medium · 4
- yeast Medium · 2
- batter Medium · 3
- dough Hard · 5
- broth Medium · 4
- sauce Medium · 4
- garnish Easy · 1
- apron Easy · 1
- utensil Easy · 1
- kitchen Medium · 3
- chef Hard · 8
- preheat the oven Easy · 1
- cutting board Medium · 4
- measuring cup Medium · 4
- mixing bowl Hard · 9
- rolling pin Hard · 7
- oven mitt Hard · 5
- baking sheet Medium · 4
- wooden spoon Medium · 2
- pot holder Hard · 5
- kitchen timer Medium · 3
- cooking time Medium · 4
- dash of salt Hard · 8
- cookie sheet Hard · 5
- frying pan Hard · 8
Words worth a closer look
- kneadThe k is silent, and knead sounds exactly like need. It is a short word that fools players who count on the first letter being an n.
- colanderFrom a Latin word for strain. No letter repeats in its eight letters, so the vowels o, a and e fall quickly but the d and n take longer.
- recipeTraces back to a Latin command meaning take, which doctors once wrote at the start of a prescription. Six letters, three vowels.
- sauteA French word meaning jumped, a reference to tossing food in a hot pan. In French it carries an accent on the e, but the plain spelling is common in US recipes.
- whiskFive letters with one vowel, i, so a player who opens with vowels finds only one. The wh start is a common pair to remember.
- tablespoonTen letters made from two words, table and spoon. A good example for teaching compound words and for the abbreviation tbsp.
- sieveThe ie spelling looks like it should follow the i before e rule, and it does, but players still swap the letters. A short word with three vowels in five letters.
Using this list in class
Use this list in a family and consumer science class or any unit on following instructions. Have students read a simple recipe first, then play a round with the verbs and tools it contains. This connects spelling with the sequence of steps in a procedure.
For younger children, a cooking day makes the vocabulary physical. Hand each child a tool, ask them to guess its name from the blanks and then use it. Parents can use the measuring words to practice early fractions: a pinch, a dash and a teaspoon are very different amounts.
Print a Cooking 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.
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Draw eight different words from this list, right here. Same layout, new answer key.
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