About this tool

This is hangman the way most teachers remember it, letter-by-letter guessing against the clock, except here a balloon slowly deflates instead of the traditional gallows drawing, which keeps things light for younger classes. Load in your own vocabulary or spelling words so every round doubles as review, then project it and let students call out letters as a group or take turns at the board. It's an easy five-minute filler between activities or a way to close out a lesson on a fun note. Swap in a new word list whenever the unit changes.