Hangman words
Song Hangman Words
Well-known song titles for hangman: nursery rhymes, carols, folk tunes and famous classics. Play online or print a sheet with an answer key.
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Song titles invite singing, which is why this category tends to get louder than most. The list draws on tunes nearly everybody knows: traditional children's songs, Christmas carols, folk and campfire standards, and a handful of famous classics from the last century. Many are in the public domain, and all are just titles, so there are no lyrics here.
Titles are an interesting hangman challenge because the lengths range widely. Yesterday and imagine are single words with a lot of mystery, while we wish you a merry christmas hands out so many common letters that players can fill it in from a few guesses. Repeated words help too: twinkle twinkle little star and row row row your boat are quickly solved once one repeated word is in place, because every correct letter lands twice or three times.
50 entries. Our solver needed 2.7 wrong guesses on average: 3 easy, 1 medium and 2 hard. The toughest is jingle bells (6 misses), the quickest yesterday (0).
- clementine
- yesterday Easy · 0
- imagine Easy · 1
- twinkle twinkle little star
- row row row your boat
- old macdonald had a farm
- the wheels on the bus
- itsy bitsy spider
- happy birthday to you
- jingle bells Hard · 6
- silent night Easy · 1
- amazing grace
- yankee doodle
- london bridge is falling down
- mary had a little lamb
- baa baa black sheep
- if you're happy and you know it
- head shoulders knees and toes
- this land is your land
- home on the range
- oh susanna
- swing low sweet chariot
- when the saints go marching in
- the star spangled banner
- america the beautiful
- auld lang syne Medium · 3
- deck the halls Hard · 5
- joy to the world
- hark the herald angels sing
- o come all ye faithful
- away in a manger
- we wish you a merry christmas
- frosty the snowman
- over the rainbow
- what a wonderful world
- moon river
- let it be
- hey jude
- singing in the rain
- you are my sunshine
- take me out to the ball game
- down by the bay
- five little ducks
- pop goes the weasel
- skip to my lou
- danny boy
- scarborough fair
- waltzing matilda
- i've been working on the railroad
- she'll be coming round the mountain
Words worth a closer look
- twinkle twinkle little starThe melody is an old French tune, and the words are from an English poem published in the early 1800s. Repeated words fill the grid fast.
- row row row your boatThree identical words in a row, so any correct letter in row appears at least three times.
- amazing graceA hymn by John Newton, first published in the 1700s. Short, with the double a, making a the best first guess.
- yesterdayOne nine-letter word with two y's and only a few repeated letters.
- imagineSeven letters and three vowels. A good test for players who rely on vowels.
- auld lang syneA Scots phrase meaning old long ago, sung on New Year's Eve. The y and the g are rare, so it lasts a while.
How to use this list
Use it as a sing-along game. Solve the title, then everyone sings the first line before the next round begins. For a classroom, music teachers can use the nursery tunes to practice rhythm and the carols for a holiday concert warm-up.
For a mixed-age group, give older players the classics, such as moon river and what a wonderful world, and give younger players the rhymes. A good way to score is to give a point for the solved title and a bonus point for a table that hums the tune correctly.
Print a Song 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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