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Spelling hangman for kids: how to play

Hangman without the gallows — guess the word before the balloons drift away.

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At a glance

Ages
5–11
Players
Whole class · One-to-one
Time
3–10 min
Prep
Pick a word topic in the game — the words are already inside
Online lessons
Works by screen share
No wifi
Keeps working once it has been opened

How to play

  1. The word waits in blanks, one balloon for every letter.

  2. Tap a letter from the row below.

  3. If it is in the word, its balloon lights up and lifts.

  4. A miss lets one balloon go — six of them and the word escapes.

  5. Fill every letter and the whole fleet lifts the word into the sky.

Variations

Three ways to play it differently once the class knows the rules.

  1. Vowels first

    For the first three turns only vowels may be guessed; after that, any letter.

  2. A word for the letter

    A letter only counts if the child says another word that starts with it.

  3. Team turns

    Teams guess one letter each in turn; the team that completes the word wins the point.

Best topics for this game

Each one opens Dawn Sky Festival with that pack already loaded.

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