6 letter hangman words
302 words of exactly 6 letters, hardest first, each with a clue and a difficulty score. 120 easy, 133 medium, 49 hard.
Average score
4.1
Site average is 3.7
Hardest
wobbly
10.7
Easiest
estate
-2.0
Length is the first thing a guesser learns about a word, before anybody has guessed a letter, so it is worth knowing what 6 blanks actually tells you. These 302 words average 4.1 against a site average of 3.7, which makes them harder than a word picked at random from here.
The reason runs against instinct. A long word looks intimidating and is generous: every correct letter uncovers more of the board, and long words are almost always built from ordinary letters. A short word can be made entirely of letters nobody opens with, and then a guesser can spend half their allowance learning nothing.
These words are drawn from 23 categories, and the full scoring formula is on the methodology page. If you are mid-game rather than choosing, the solver takes the length and the letters you have missed and narrows it from there.
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All 302 words
| Word | Clue | Letters | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wobbly | Unsteady, and about to go over | 6 / 5 distinct | 10.7 | Hard |
| fluffy | Light, soft and full of air | 6 / 4 distinct | 10.7 | Hard |
| cymbal | The crash at the top of the kit | 6 / 6 distinct | 10.0 | Hard |
| backup | The thing you only value once | 6 / 6 distinct | 9.7 | Hard |
| clutch | The pedal that takes practice | 6 / 5 distinct | 9.5 | Hard |
| puzzle | Lots of pieces that make a picture | 6 / 5 distinct | 9.4 | Hard |
| guffaw | A loud burst of laughter | 6 / 5 distinct | 9.4 | Hard |
| pickup | A cab and an open back | 6 / 5 distinct | 9.4 | Hard |
| rhythm | The pattern the time is cut into | 6 / 5 distinct | 9.2 | Hard |
| quirky | Odd in a way people quite like | 6 / 6 distinct | 9.0 | Hard |
| jackal | Wild dog that scavenges and hunts alone | 6 / 5 distinct | 8.9 | Hard |
| cyprus | Mediterranean island divided since 1974 | 6 / 6 distinct | 8.3 | Hard |
| dinghy | Small, and often inflatable | 6 / 6 distinct | 8.3 | Hard |
| mulled | What happens to the wine | 6 / 5 distinct | 8.2 | Hard |
| hiccup | The diaphragm, misbehaving | 6 / 5 distinct | 8.2 | Hard |
| vacuum | No air, and therefore no sound | 6 / 5 distinct | 8.0 | Hard |
| hockey | Sticks, a hard ball or puck, and a goal to defend | 6 / 6 distinct | 8.0 | Hard |
| jumper | The knitted one you only wear in December | 6 / 6 distinct | 8.0 | Hard |
| bucket | What the sweets go in | 6 / 6 distinct | 8.0 | Hard |
| subway | Underground, frequent, confusing at first | 6 / 6 distinct | 8.0 | Hard |
| waffle | Batter cooked in a grid that holds syrup | 6 / 5 distinct | 7.7 | Hard |
| galaxy | Billions of stars held together by gravity | 6 / 5 distinct | 7.7 | Hard |
| valley | The low ground between two ranges | 6 / 5 distinct | 7.7 | Hard |
| pillow | Soft, and your head goes on it | 6 / 5 distinct | 7.7 | Hard |
| dawdle | To move far more slowly than required | 6 / 5 distinct | 7.7 | Hard |
| cobweb | The web after the spider left | 6 / 5 distinct | 7.7 | Hard |
| cackle | The witch's laugh, specifically | 6 / 5 distinct | 7.7 | Hard |
| hummus | Blended chickpeas, tahini, lemon and garlic | 6 / 4 distinct | 7.7 | Hard |
| switch | By the door, at the wrong height | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.7 | Hard |
| willow | Leans over water and weeps by reputation | 6 / 4 distinct | 7.5 | Hard |
| zigzag | A line that keeps changing its mind | 6 / 4 distinct | 7.5 | Hard |
| quartz | Common, hard, and often clear | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| kowtow | To be excessively deferential | 6 / 4 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| wizard | The other one, usually with a beard | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| hurdle | You have to get over it without slowing down | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| muscle | Contracts to pull, never to push | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| plugin | Something bolted on afterwards | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| melody | The part you leave humming | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| comedy | The hardest genre to get right | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| family | The people you live with | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| bleach | Effective, and never mixed with anything | 6 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| trophy | What everybody says they are not playing for | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.7 | Hard |
| branch | Where the trunk stops committing | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.7 | Hard |
| lyrics | The words, and often the argument | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.7 | Hard |
| makeup | Everything from a bruise to a monster | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.7 | Hard |
| frypan | Non-stick until it is not | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.7 | Hard |
| muffin | Individual cake baked in a paper case | 6 / 5 distinct | 6.5 | Hard |
| pommel | Gymnastics apparatus with two handles | 6 / 5 distinct | 6.5 | Hard |
| fungus | Neither plant nor animal, and mostly underground | 6 / 5 distinct | 6.5 | Hard |
| walrus | Arctic swimmer with tusks and a moustache | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| wombat | Burrowing Australian animal with cube-shaped droppings | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| brazil | Largest country in South America | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| turkey | A country on two continents at once | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| boxing | Twelve rounds and two gloved fists | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| tackle | Taking possession, legally if possible | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| oxygen | Element eight, and hard to do without | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| locker | Small, metal, and full of forgotten things | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| lawyer | Reads what everyone else skipped | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| jetlag | Your body still in the previous time zone | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| flower | Colourful, and grows in the garden | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| gloves | Keep your hands warm | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| monkey | Swings through the trees | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| widget | A generic small gadget | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| shadow | Follows you and cannot be shaken | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| kidney | Two of them, filtering constantly | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| walnut | Mid brown wood | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| runway | Long, flat and lit | 6 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| diving | Somersaults on the way down, no splash at the end | 6 / 5 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| squash | Both players share the court and the front wall | 6 / 5 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| welder | Joins metal with heat and a very dark visor | 6 / 5 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| window | You look out of it | 6 / 5 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| spooky | Just frightening enough to enjoy | 6 / 5 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| pebble | A stone rounded by being knocked about | 6 / 4 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| suburb | Where the city thins out | 6 / 4 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| ballad | Slow, and it tells a story | 6 / 4 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| giggle | A light, repeated laugh | 6 / 4 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| podium | Three places, and only one at the top | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.7 | Medium |
| helium | Lighter than air, and it changes your voice | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.7 | Medium |
| upload | Sending it away from your machine | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.7 | Medium |
| module | One section of a larger craft | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.7 | Medium |
| badger | Striped-faced digger, active mostly at night | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| falcon | Dives faster than any other animal on earth | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| gerbil | Small desert rodent kept as a pet | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| bhutan | Himalayan kingdom that measures happiness | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| folder | Where paper goes to be lost | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| pencil | Wooden, wooden-cased graphite | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| lichen | An alga and a fungus living as one thing | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| orchid | The largest family of flowering plants | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| bridge | The section that goes somewhere else | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| chorus | The bit that comes back | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| gospel | Choir, call and response, and volume | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| splice | Joining two shots together | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| goblin | Small, greedy and troublesome | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| sleigh | Runs on snow and needs no wheels | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| candle | Wax, wick, and a warning about curtains | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| nutmeg | Grated over the top of the drink | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| parcel | Passed, in a game, until the music stops | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| pulsar | A spinning star that ticks like a clock | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| fridge | Hums, and holds things past their date | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| polish | Makes the wood smell like Sunday | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| cobalt | Intense blue, from a metal | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| camper | The house is the vehicle | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| glider | No engine, and rides the rising air | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| bauble | The round one that rolls under the sofa | 6 / 5 distinct | 5.2 | Medium |
| mexico | North American nation of pyramids and two coasts | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| meadow | Open grassland, usually cut once a year | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| voyage | A long journey by sea | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| zombie | Slow, persistent and hungry | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| frosty | The snowman with a song of his own | 6 / 6 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| bobcat | Short-tailed North American wild cat | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| discus | Spun and released from a circle | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| cactus | Stores water and defends it seriously | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| pollen | How plants get themselves to each other | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| laptop | A computer that folds | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| memory | Fast, temporary, and gone when the power goes | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| school | Where you go to learn | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| sledge | Downhill fun, uphill work | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| creepy | Unsettling rather than terrifying | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| legend | A story told often enough to be believed | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| copper | Metallic orange-brown | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.8 | Medium |
| jaguar | Spotted big cat of the Americas with a crushing bite | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| zambia | Shares Victoria Falls with its neighbour | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| sequel | The one that comes after | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| kaboom | The sound of an explosion | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| diwali | The festival of lights | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| jordan | Desert kingdom containing the rock city of Petra | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| norway | Long coastline carved into deep fjords | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| rowing | Backwards, in time, with a coxswain shouting | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| banker | Moves money and manages risk | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| cavern | A large chamber under the ground | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| market | Where a place shows you what it eats | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| museum | Where the objects are kept and explained | 6 / 4 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| rocket | Goes up into space | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| advent | Counting down, one small door at a time | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| wreath | A circle of greenery on the door | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| shriek | Short, high, and involuntary | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| shiver | Muscles generating heat | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| zenith | Directly overhead | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| shower | Where the arguments about water pressure begin | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| socket | Never where the cable reaches | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| bronze | Metallic brown, and third place | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| silver | Metallic grey | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| skiing | Two planks, poles, and a mountain | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| driver | Gets it there, on time | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| marrow | Inside the bone, making blood cells | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| drawer | Sticks in damp weather | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| napkin | Folded, or not | 6 / 5 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| hobnob | To mix socially with important people | 6 / 4 distinct | 4.3 | Medium |
| eggnog | Divisive, and thicker than expected | 6 / 4 distinct | 4.3 | Medium |
| kettle | On, immediately, whatever has happened | 6 / 4 distinct | 4.2 | Medium |
| nebula | A cloud of gas and dust where stars are made | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.0 | Medium |
| update | Fixes three things and breaks one | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.0 | Medium |
| police | The car with the lights on the roof | 6 / 6 distinct | 4.0 | Medium |
| salmon | Pink oily fish that swims upstream to spawn | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| theory | In science, an explanation supported by evidence | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| binder | Rings that never quite line up | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| dancer | Trains for years for four minutes | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| tundra | Too cold for trees, and frozen underneath | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| binary | Two states, and everything built from them | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| castle | Built for defence, kept for tourists | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| hostel | Cheap, sociable, and bring earplugs | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| anthem | Written to be sung by everyone | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| single | One song, sent out alone | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| techno | Machine-made and relentless | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| father | The other one of your parents | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| friend | Someone you like to play with | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| garden | Where the flowers and the grass are | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| grapes | Little round fruit that grow in a bunch | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| mother | One of your parents | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| spider | Eight legs and a web | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| manger | Where the story says he was laid | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| scream | Longer, and everyone heard it | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| breath | In through the nose, ideally | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| tricep | The larger one behind it | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| lander | Gets down, and stays there | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| parsec | Another distance, and a larger one | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| carpet | Fitted, and hiding things | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| duster | Moves dust from one place to another | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| sponge | Wipes, and needs replacing more often than it gets it | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| hunter | Dark green with grey in it | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| signal | Tells the driver whether to proceed | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| tandem | Two riders, one bicycle, one argument | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| uganda | Landlocked country on the equator and Lake Victoria | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.5 | Easy |
| immune | The system that recognises and remembers | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.5 | Easy |
| palace | Built to impress rather than to defend | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.5 | Easy |
| biopic | A real life, compressed to two hours | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.5 | Easy |
| autumn | Leaves down, nights drawing in | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.5 | Easy |
| eyelid | Blinks about fifteen times a minute | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.5 | Easy |
| auburn | Red-brown hair | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.5 | Easy |
| sprint | Everything decided in a few seconds | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.3 | Easy |
| octave | Eight notes, and the same note again | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.3 | Easy |
| violet | The last colour in the rainbow | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.3 | Easy |
| fossil | Evidence of life turned to stone | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| doctor | Diagnoses, treats and explains | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| farmer | Answers to weather more than to anyone else | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| canyon | Carved by a river with a great deal of patience | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| geyser | Boiling water fired upward on a schedule | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| cursor | The blinking line waiting for you | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| tablet | A screen you hold | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| butter | Spread on the bread | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| rabbit | Long ears and a twitchy nose | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| ribbon | Ties the parcel and curls with scissors | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| ginger | Orange hair | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| hangar | Where the aircraft sleeps | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.2 | Easy |
| beaver | Fells trees with its teeth and dams rivers | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| weasel | Slim hunter that fits down a mouse hole | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| violin | Four strings, a bow, and no frets to help you | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| remake | The same film, made again | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| nevada | Desert, and a city that never sleeps | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| quasar | The brightest thing in the sky, and very far away | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| hoover | A brand that became a verb | 6 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| paella | Saffron rice cooked wide and shallow over fire | 6 / 4 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| answer | What everyone wants and few check | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| bamboo | A grass that behaves like a tree | 6 / 4 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| icicle | Hangs from the gutter and drips | 6 / 4 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| winter | The season it sits in the middle of | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| tanker | Carries liquid, and takes a while to stop | 6 / 6 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| bazaar | A covered market, and haggling expected | 6 / 4 distinct | 2.8 | Easy |
| alaska | Largest by area, and the coldest | 6 / 4 distinct | 2.8 | Easy |
| kitten | A very young cat | 6 / 5 distinct | 2.7 | Easy |
| barber | Cuts hair and holds the conversation | 6 / 4 distinct | 2.7 | Easy |
| cosmos | The same thing, said more poetically | 6 / 4 distinct | 2.7 | Easy |
| server | A computer whose job is to answer other computers | 6 / 4 distinct | 2.5 | Easy |
| sweets | The treat you are allowed after dinner | 6 / 4 distinct | 2.5 | Easy |
| kansas | Flat, central, and in a famous film line | 6 / 4 distinct | 2.5 | Easy |
| nougat | Chewy sweet of egg white, honey and nuts | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| cruise | The hotel moves while you sleep | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| guitar | Six strings, and everybody's first ambition | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| legato | Smooth, with no gaps | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| cinema | The room the whole thing was designed for | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| studio | Where it is made and who owns it | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| ritual | Done in a particular order for a reason | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| tongue | Muscle, and covered in taste buds | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| boiler | Serviced annually, in theory | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| saucer | Under the cup, mostly ceremonial | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| forest | Enough trees that the canopy closes over | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| nectar | The bribe that makes pollination happen | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| poster | The whole film in one image | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| tinsel | Shiny, and it gets absolutely everywhere | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| silent | The first word of the quietest carol | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| tonsil | Two of them, and often removed | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| saturn | The one with the rings everybody draws | 6 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| noodle | Long strand of dough, boiled or fried | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.8 | Easy |
| lagoon | Shallow water held back by a reef or bar | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.8 | Easy |
| camera | A box, a lens and a sensor | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.8 | Easy |
| parade | The street, temporarily closed | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.8 | Easy |
| uranus | Tipped over on its side | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.8 | Easy |
| indigo | Between blue and violet, and a dye | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.8 | Easy |
| cookie | Sweet, round and best warm | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.7 | Easy |
| waiter | Remembers everything without writing it down | 6 / 6 distinct | 1.7 | Easy |
| report | Grades, plus a sentence from every teacher | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| desert | Defined by how little rain falls, not by heat | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| sunset | The reason half the photographs exist | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| carrot | Long and orange, and rabbits love them | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| mitten | Warmer than gloves and worse for buttons | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| hawaii | The only state made entirely of islands | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| artery | Carries blood away from the heart | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| tendon | Attaches muscle to bone | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| throat | Where the food and the air both go | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| crater | Left behind by an impact | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.5 | Easy |
| karate | Strikes, blocks and formal patterns | 6 / 5 distinct | 1.4 | Easy |
| baboon | Ground-dwelling monkey with a dog-like face | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.3 | Easy |
| canada | Second largest country, with the longest coastline | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.3 | Easy |
| greece | Islands, olives and the birthplace of democracy | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.3 | Easy |
| panama | Country split by a famous canal | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.3 | Easy |
| reggae | Off-beat emphasis, from Jamaica | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.3 | Easy |
| cheese | Made from milk, and mice are keen | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.3 | Easy |
| toffee | Sticky, and dangerous for fillings | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.3 | Easy |
| sneeze | Faster than you would expect | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.2 | Easy |
| ferret | Long, curious relative of the weasel | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.0 | Easy |
| recess | The bell everyone actually waits for | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.0 | Easy |
| mirror | Above the fireplace, traditionally | 6 / 4 distinct | 1.0 | Easy |
| editor | Cuts what the writer loves most | 6 / 6 distinct | 0.7 | Easy |
| tailor | Alters until it fits one person exactly | 6 / 6 distinct | 0.7 | Easy |
| orange | A fruit and a colour at the same time | 6 / 6 distinct | 0.7 | Easy |
| cornea | The clear front of the eye | 6 / 6 distinct | 0.7 | Easy |
| iguana | Green lizard with a crest along its back | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.5 | Easy |
| horror | Tension, then release, repeatedly | 6 / 3 distinct | 0.5 | Easy |
| neuron | A cell that carries a signal | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| router | Decides where every packet goes next | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| safari | You are the visitor, and the animals know it | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| encore | Planned, and pretended not to be | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| potion | Brewed, and never labelled clearly | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| oregon | Coast, forest, and the end of a famous trail | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| meteor | The streak of light on the way down | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| teapot | Warmed first, if you are doing it properly | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| cerise | A deep, cold pink | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| maroon | Brownish red, and also to be stranded | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| saloon | A separate boot, and more dignified | 6 / 5 distinct | 0.2 | Easy |
| tennis | Love, deuce, and a very specific scoring system | 6 / 5 distinct | -0.2 | Easy |
| sister | Your girl sibling | 6 / 5 distinct | -0.2 | Easy |
| samosa | Fried triangular pastry with a savoury filling | 6 / 4 distinct | -0.3 | Easy |
| potato | Grows underground and becomes chips | 6 / 4 distinct | -0.3 | Easy |
| engine | The part that converts fuel into motion | 6 / 4 distinct | -0.3 | Easy |
| banana | Yellow, curved, and you peel it | 6 / 3 distinct | -0.8 | Easy |
| retina | Where the image actually lands | 6 / 6 distinct | -1.0 | Easy |
| sonata | Written for one or two instruments | 6 / 5 distinct | -1.5 | Easy |
| teaser | Even shorter, and tells you less | 6 / 5 distinct | -1.5 | Easy |
| easter | Eggs hidden and rarely all found | 6 / 5 distinct | -1.5 | Easy |
| aurora | What the solar wind does to the sky | 6 / 4 distinct | -1.7 | Easy |
| eraser | Undoes the pencil, badly | 6 / 4 distinct | -2.0 | Easy |
| estate | The same car, stretched backwards | 6 / 4 distinct | -2.0 | Easy |
Questions
What are some 6 letter words for hangman?
There are 302 on this site, every one with a clue and a difficulty score. The hardest is WOBBLY at 10.7 and the easiest is ESTATE at -2.0.
Are 6 letter words hard in hangman?
On average they score 4.1, against 3.7 across every word here, so they are harder than the site average. Short words are generally harder than people expect, because a long word reveals more of the board with every correct guess.
How do I guess a 6 letter word?
Start with E and A, then move to consonants rather than clearing the remaining vowels. At 6 letters the number of blanks is itself a strong clue, and once two or three positions are filled the pattern usually narrows the field faster than frequency does.
Can the solver work from just the length?
Yes. Set the length, leave every box empty and mark the letters you have already missed, and it will return every 6 letter word that still fits along with the best letter to try next.