Technology hangman
82 technology words, 6 wrong guesses, and a difficulty rating shown at the end of every round.
Chalking the board…
Playing this list
Technology vocabulary is newer than any other category here, and it shows. The words were largely coined rather than inherited, so they follow English spelling rules closely and rarely surprise a guesser.
The difficulty is concentrated in a handful of terms with awkward middles. Encryption, bandwidth and compiler all break the rhythm, and the K and Z words that make other categories hard are almost absent.
If you want this category to be difficult, filter to hard and accept a short list. It is the easiest of the sixteen on average, which is worth knowing before you use it against someone who plays a lot.
The full list, with every clue and score, is on the technology word list. If you want to set a word for somebody else instead, the create page turns any word into a shareable game.
What this list does to a guesser
Measured across all 82 words, this list sits almost exactly on the site average. The eight letters most people open with — E, T, A, O, I, N, S, R — uncover about 63% of a typical technology word, and the single most productive opening letter here is E, which appears 78 times. The least useful of the eight is S at 34 appearances, so spending an early guess on it in this category is usually wasted.
Every word here contains at least one of those eight letters, which is why this category rarely produces a round that collapses in the first three guesses.
Rare letters do turn up: W, K, V, X appear across the list, and a word carrying one is usually the one that beats you. How the rating weighs that is set out on how difficulty is scored.
- backup · 9.7 · 6 letters · 17% common cover
- hyperlink · 7.4 · 9 letters · 44% common cover
- bandwidth · 7.2 · 9 letters · 44% common cover
- animation · -1.3 · 9 letters · 89% common cover
- engineer · -0.9 · 8 letters · 88% common cover
- automation · -0.7 · 10 letters · 80% common cover
Questions
How do you play technology hangman?
Guess a letter. If it appears in the word it fills in every position it occupies; if not, another part of the figure is drawn. You get 6 wrong guesses. The clue button is there if you want it and costs nothing.
How many words are in this game?
82, drawn from the technology list. 42 rate easy, 35 medium and 5 hard, and the rating for each word is shown once the round ends.
Is it free, and do I need an account?
It is free and there is no account. The game runs in your browser and your streak is stored on your own device, so nothing is sent to a server.