HANGMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HANGMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HANGMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HANGMAN is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HANGMAN
No single letter turns HANGMAN into another word.
How HANGMAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HANGMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,470 thousand.
What does HANGMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person whose job is to execute condemned prisoners by hanging.
In older history a hangman was a public official, often feared and kept at the edge of town life. Today the word is just as familiar as the name of a pencil-and-paper game in which players guess a word letter by letter.
How HANGMAN is used
Use hangman for the executioner in historical contexts and for the word-guessing game in everyday talk.
- The hangman adjusted the rope before the crowd fell silent.
- We played hangman on the back of a receipt to pass the time.
- Villagers refused to speak to the hangman at the market.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HANGMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HANGMAN
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Common questions about HANGMAN
- Is HANGMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HANGMAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HANGMAN worth?
- HANGMAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HANGMAN mean?
- A person whose job is to execute condemned prisoners by hanging.
- What letters can be added to HANGMAN?
- No single letter can be added to HANGMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HANGMAN:
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