Hangman words
Movie Hangman Words
Titles of well-known family films for hangman, from toy story to the sound of music. Play online or print a sheet with an answer key.
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Film titles make a lively hangman category because everyone has an opinion about the answer before the first letter is called. This list sticks to widely known family films, from classic cartoons and musicals to recent animated hits, with nothing that goes past a PG rating. Titles are written in plain lowercase without punctuation or numerals so they work in the game.
Title length varies a lot. A one-word title like up or luca has hardly any letters to find and can beat strong players, while a long title such as snow white and the seven dwarfs hands out little words like and and the early on. Players often call out a guess as soon as three or four letters are filled, which makes movie titles good for groups who like to blurt answers and race the clock.
58 entries. Our solver needed 4.4 wrong guesses on average: 4 easy, 8 medium and 5 hard. The toughest is babe (13 misses), the quickest cinderella (0).
- frozen Medium · 3
- moana
- shrek Easy · 1
- cars Medium · 3
- up Hard · 11
- coco Hard · 7
- aladdin
- cinderella Easy · 0
- mulan
- tangled Easy · 1
- brave Medium · 4
- ratatouille
- paddington
- matilda Easy · 1
- bambi
- dumbo
- pinocchio
- zootopia
- bolt Hard · 8
- madagascar Medium · 3
- babe Hard · 13
- jumanji
- sing Medium · 3
- trolls Medium · 3
- luca Medium · 4
- soul Medium · 3
- wish Hard · 6
- toy story
- finding nemo
- the lion king
- beauty and the beast
- the little mermaid
- inside out
- kung fu panda
- how to train your dragon
- the incredibles
- despicable me
- the sound of music
- mary poppins
- the wizard of oz
- the jungle book
- peter pan
- snow white and the seven dwarfs
- sleeping beauty
- the princess and the frog
- lilo and stitch
- big hero six
- ice age
- happy feet
- charlotte's web
- stuart little
- the iron giant
- home alone
- the princess bride
- back to the future
- finding dory
- the secret life of pets
- turning red
Words worth a closer look
- upTwo letters, so one of the hardest puzzles in the whole game for a strong solver. Keep it for the end of a session.
- frozenA recent favorite with wide recognition. Only six letters, and the z is a quick giveaway once someone tries it.
- mary poppinsThe double p and the two words of similar length make the pattern easy to spot.
- the lion kingThree short words. The i appears twice and n twice, which makes it an easy mid-level round.
- the sound of musicTwo common words (the, of) frame a longer one, so players often solve it from partial letters.
- babeFour letters with the b twice, so the word shape is a strong clue.
How to use this list
A movie round works well at a family gathering or a class party. Put the blanks on the board and let teams call letters. When a team thinks they know the film, they must name one character from it before they can claim the point.
For a quieter version, print the sheet and have each person choose a title from the list for another to solve. Younger children can handle the shorter titles such as bambi, dumbo and frozen, while the longer musicals suit older players and grandparents.
Print a Movie 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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