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Spring Hangman Words
Spring hangman words on flowers, rain, growing things and baby animals, with phrases and teaching notes. Play online or print with an answer key.
Read the word list
Spring is the season of change, and the words here follow that change: seeds and soil, shoots and buds, then blossoms, pollen and the insects that carry it. Rain gets its own section with puddle, drizzle and umbrella, and there are young animals too, from tadpole and hatchling to fledgling.
The mix of lengths is deliberate. Bud, nest and worm are quick for new readers. Chrysalis, hyacinth and asparagus are the ones that make older players slow down, because their letter patterns do not follow the usual rules. Daffodil and dandelion look alike on a blank grid, which makes for a good moment when a player has to decide between them. Phrases such as april showers and spring break suit a whole-class game.
69 entries. Our solver needed 2.9 wrong guesses on average: 21 easy, 30 medium and 18 hard. The toughest is kite (9 misses), the quickest seedling (0).
- blossom Medium · 4
- seedling Easy · 0
- sprout Medium · 2
- tulip Hard · 5
- daffodil Medium · 2
- crocus Medium · 3
- hyacinth Medium · 2
- lilac Medium · 2
- daisy Medium · 3
- dandelion Easy · 1
- wildflower Easy · 1
- bloom Hard · 5
- bud Hard · 7
- petal Medium · 2
- stem Medium · 2
- seeds Easy · 0
- soil Medium · 2
- planting Medium · 3
- garden Easy · 1
- greenhouse Easy · 0
- meadow Hard · 5
- pollen Hard · 5
- pollinate Easy · 0
- bumblebee Easy · 0
- butterfly Easy · 1
- caterpillar Easy · 0
- chrysalis Easy · 1
- cocoon Medium · 2
- ladybug Hard · 5
- worm Hard · 8
- robin Hard · 8
- nest Easy · 1
- hatch Medium · 3
- hatchling Medium · 2
- fledgling Easy · 0
- tadpole Easy · 1
- lamb Hard · 7
- bunny Medium · 4
- puddle Hard · 5
- drizzle Medium · 3
- rainbow Easy · 1
- raindrop Easy · 1
- umbrella Easy · 1
- thunder Easy · 1
- breeze Medium · 3
- kite Hard · 9
- picnic Medium · 3
- equinox Easy · 1
- thaw Hard · 6
- muddy Hard · 9
- fresh Easy · 1
- renewal Medium · 2
- migration Easy · 1
- rhubarb Medium · 3
- asparagus Medium · 2
- march Hard · 6
- april Hard · 5
- spring break Medium · 3
- april showers Medium · 2
- rain boots Hard · 5
- spring cleaning Medium · 3
- vernal equinox Medium · 2
- baby birds Hard · 7
- flower bed Medium · 3
- garden gloves Medium · 2
- planting seeds Medium · 2
- spring flowers Medium · 3
- fresh air Medium · 2
- rainy day Hard · 5
Words worth a closer look
- chrysalisFrom the Greek chrysos, gold, because some butterfly pupae have a golden sheen. A chrysalis is the pupa of a butterfly, while many moths spin a cocoon. The ch followed by y makes it hard to guess.
- equinoxLatin for equal night, from aequus and nox. On the equinox day and night are close to the same length everywhere on Earth.
- tadpoleBuilt from the Middle English words tad, meaning toad, and poll, meaning head. A neat example of a word that explains itself once it is split.
- dandelionFrom the French dent de lion, lion's tooth, a reference to the jagged leaves. Nine letters with the d and the n each appearing twice, so a correct guess of either fills two spaces.
- daffodilDouble f in the middle is the usual spelling trap. Players who guess f early get two letters at once.
- hyacinthStarts with h and y, a pair few players expect, and ends in the th that is also in months and teeth. It is one of the hardest flower names to guess blind.
- budThree letters and one vowel. Easy to solve in a few guesses, which makes it a good first word for a beginner.
Using this list in class
Spring suits science units on life cycles and plants. After studying a butterfly, run a round with chrysalis, caterpillar and cocoon, then ask students to put the three in order and explain how they differ. A seed-planting week can use the short words, seeds, soil, sprout, as a recap for kindergarten.
In late March and April, the phrases make good transition games before spring break. Teams can take turns choosing letters for april showers or rain boots while the teacher keeps a tally on the board. Parents can print the sheet for a car trip or a rainy afternoon and use the answer key to check.
Print a Spring 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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