7 letter hangman words
335 words of exactly 7 letters, hardest first, each with a clue and a difficulty score. 168 easy, 127 medium, 40 hard.
Average score
3.7
Site average is 3.7
Hardest
chuckle
9.9
Easiest
erosion
-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 7 blanks actually tells you. These 335 words average 3.7 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 335 words
| Word | Clue | Letters | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chuckle | A quiet, private laugh | 7 / 6 distinct | 9.9 | Hard |
| cycling | Road, track or mountain, always pedalling | 7 / 6 distinct | 8.6 | Hard |
| pumpkin | Autumn squash that also becomes a lantern | 7 / 6 distinct | 8.4 | Hard |
| highway | Long, straight and largely uneventful | 7 / 6 distinct | 8.4 | Hard |
| lullaby | Designed to end in silence | 7 / 5 distinct | 8.4 | Hard |
| knuckle | Cracks, and your mother told you not to | 7 / 6 distinct | 8.4 | Hard |
| hallway | Where the coats pile up | 7 / 5 distinct | 8.2 | Hard |
| plumber | Arrives when water is somewhere it should not be | 7 / 7 distinct | 7.9 | Hard |
| bicycle | Still the most efficient machine ever built | 7 / 6 distinct | 7.4 | Hard |
| pudding | Set alight at the table | 7 / 6 distinct | 7.4 | Hard |
| anchovy | Tiny salted fish with an enormous flavour | 7 / 7 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| bowling | Ten pins and two attempts per frame | 7 / 7 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| backlot | Standing sets, reused for decades | 7 / 7 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| quibble | To argue about something trivial | 7 / 6 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| flicker | What the candle does before it goes out | 7 / 7 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| wyoming | Least populated, and home to Yellowstone | 7 / 7 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| docking | Two craft meeting at closing speeds of centimetres | 7 / 7 distinct | 7.3 | Hard |
| physics | Why things move the way they do | 7 / 6 distinct | 7.1 | Hard |
| chicken | Lays eggs and clucks | 7 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| blubber | To cry noisily, or whale fat | 7 / 5 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| kerplop | The sound of landing in something soft | 7 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| squishy | Soft and yielding when pressed | 7 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| twaddle | Empty, tedious chatter | 7 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| cockpit | Where the decisions are made | 7 / 6 distinct | 7.0 | Hard |
| baklava | Layered pastry soaked in honey and nuts | 7 / 5 distinct | 6.8 | Hard |
| swallow | Happens hundreds of times a day | 7 / 5 distinct | 6.8 | Hard |
| belgium | Chocolate, waffles and three official languages | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.7 | Hard |
| twinkle | What the lights on the tree do | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.7 | Hard |
| dolphin | Clever sea mammal that breathes through a blowhole | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| chutney | Sweet-sharp preserve served alongside | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| yoghurt | Milk cultured into something thick and tangy | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| hungary | Central European nation on the Danube | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| curling | Stones on ice, and furious sweeping | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| butcher | Knows every cut and how to use it | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| drought | Not enough rain for long enough to matter | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| chimney | The traditional entrance, apparently | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| draught | The cold air with no obvious source | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| cutlery | Knife, fork, spoon | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| laundry | Never actually finished | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| tumbler | A glass with no stem | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.4 | Hard |
| calcium | The element your bones are built from | 7 / 6 distinct | 6.3 | Medium |
| crystal | Atoms arranged in a repeating pattern | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.1 | Medium |
| fusebox | Under the stairs, usually | 7 / 7 distinct | 6.1 | Medium |
| cheddar | Firm cheese named after an English gorge | 7 / 6 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| gnocchi | Little potato dumplings, soft and pillowy | 7 / 6 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| dribble | Keeping the ball close while moving | 7 / 6 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| mercury | The only metal liquid at room temperature | 7 / 6 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| gallery | Where the pictures are hung | 7 / 6 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| bladder | Stores it until it is convenient | 7 / 6 distinct | 6.0 | Medium |
| peacock | Fans an enormous tail covered in eyespots | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| vulture | Bald-headed bird that cleans up carcasses | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| denmark | Nordic country of many islands and one peninsula | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| moldova | Small landlocked country between Romania and Ukraine | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| whistle | Stops play instantly | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| gravity | The reason everything falls down | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| project | Group work, and someone will do nothing | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| midwife | Present for the very beginning | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| wetland | Ground that is wet for long enough to change what grows | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| luggage | The bags, collectively, and the anxiety | 7 / 5 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| skyline | A city, seen as a shape | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| village | Small enough that people notice you arrive | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| prequel | The one set before, made after | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| blanket | Keeps you warm in bed | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| blitzen | One of the eight, and the last named | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| whisper | Heard, but not from anyone | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.9 | Medium |
| ukulele | Four strings and immediate cheerfulness | 7 / 4 distinct | 5.8 | Medium |
| mystery | The audience is a detective too | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.7 | Medium |
| gazelle | Small antelope famous for leaping as it runs | 7 / 5 distinct | 5.6 | Medium |
| narwhal | Arctic whale with a single spiral tusk | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.6 | Medium |
| pretzel | Salted bread knotted into a loop | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.6 | Medium |
| cricket | Two innings, eleven a side, and stumps | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.6 | Medium |
| javelin | Thrown for distance, with a run-up | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.6 | Medium |
| tramway | Rails in the street | 7 / 6 distinct | 5.6 | Medium |
| liftoff | The moment the clamps release | 7 / 5 distinct | 5.6 | Medium |
| bathtub | Filled less often than it used to be | 7 / 5 distinct | 5.6 | Medium |
| cracker | Pull it for a joke nobody laughs at | 7 / 5 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| diploma | The paper that says you finished | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| boulder | Too heavy to argue with | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| network | Machines that agree on how to talk | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| closeup | Everything that matters is in the face | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| musical | When speaking is no longer enough | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| holiday | Time off, by agreement | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| capsule | The part that comes back | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| fuchsia | Vivid pink-purple, named after a flower | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.3 | Medium |
| custard | Thick sweet sauce of eggs, milk and sugar | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| parsley | Green herb used as much for colour as flavour | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| penalty | A punishment that often decides the match | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| rematch | The second attempt, with everything to prove | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| surfing | Waiting for the set, then standing up | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| sapling | Past seedling, not yet a tree | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| thunder | Air expanding faster than it can get out of the way | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| latency | How long before anything happens at all | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| podcast | Audio you subscribe to | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| country | Three chords and the truth | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| harmony | Notes agreeing with the melody | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| trilogy | Three films, one story | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| phantom | The more theatrical kind of ghost | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| stomach | Where the acid does its work | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| dustpan | Comes with a brush | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| mustard | Dull yellow, and a condiment | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| pigment | The powder the colour comes from | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| freight | Goods rather than people | 7 / 7 distinct | 5.0 | Medium |
| biology | The study of living things | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.9 | Medium |
| dracula | The count from the novel | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.9 | Medium |
| payload | The reason the rocket was built | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.9 | Medium |
| uruguay | Small South American nation between two giants | 7 / 5 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| voltage | The push behind an electric current | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| journey | The whole of it, not just the destination | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| layover | Time you did not ask for in a city you cannot leave | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| banquet | A feast with seating arrangements | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| bouquet | Flowers, arranged and expensive in February | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| vampire | Avoids garlic and daylight | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| airlock | Two doors, never open at once | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| jupiter | Largest planet, with a storm bigger than Earth | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| gearbox | Matches engine speed to road speed | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.7 | Medium |
| finland | Land of a thousand lakes and long dark winters | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| archery | Bow, arrow, and a very small gold ring | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| fencing | Foil, epee or sabre, and right of way | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| netball | Seven players, no dribbling, no backboard | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| compass | Draws circles, or finds north | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| library | Quiet, organised, and full of everything | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| orchard | Trees planted deliberately, in rows, for fruit | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| charger | Never in the room you are in | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| customs | Anything to declare | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| shuttle | Goes back and forth, and only that | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| trumpet | Three valves and a great deal of air | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| garland | Draped along the mantelpiece | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.6 | Medium |
| chorizo | Spanish sausage coloured deep red by paprika | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| pancake | Batter poured flat and flipped in a pan | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| vaccine | Teaches the immune system in advance | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| volcano | Where molten rock reaches the surface | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| malware | Software written to work against you | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| railway | Two rails, and remarkably efficient | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| snorkel | A tube and a whole new world | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| bonkers | Completely mad, affectionately | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| snicker | A laugh you were trying to hide | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| harvest | Bringing the crops in | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| vermont | Maple syrup and the Green Mountains | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| eyebrow | Keeps sweat out of the eye | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| kneecap | Small, flat, and floats | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| equinox | Day and night of equal length | 7 / 7 distinct | 4.4 | Medium |
| paprika | Ground red pepper, sweet or smoked | 7 / 5 distinct | 4.2 | Medium |
| vanilla | Pod from an orchid, the opposite of plain | 7 / 5 distinct | 4.2 | Medium |
| villain | The best part in most scripts | 7 / 5 distinct | 4.2 | Medium |
| popcorn | Kernels that explode when heated | 7 / 5 distinct | 4.1 | Medium |
| blossom | The brief part of the year the tree is famous for | 7 / 5 distinct | 4.1 | Medium |
| browser | The window most of the internet arrives through | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.1 | Medium |
| snowman | Carrot nose, coal eyes, limited lifespan | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.1 | Medium |
| bathmat | Absorbs the drips | 7 / 5 distinct | 4.1 | Medium |
| trawler | Fishing, and out in all weather | 7 / 6 distinct | 4.1 | Medium |
| falafel | Fried spiced chickpea balls in a flatbread | 7 / 4 distinct | 4.0 | Medium |
| leopard | Spotted cat that hauls its meal up into a tree | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| pelican | Scoops up fish in the pouch under its beak | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| tadpole | The tailed swimming stage before legs appear | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| tempura | Light batter, hot oil, vegetables or prawns | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| belarus | Eastern European country of forests and marsh | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| iceland | Volcanoes, glaciers and almost no trees | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| stadium | Where the crowd sits and the noise gathers | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| glacier | A river of ice that carves valleys | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| uniform | Everyone dressed the same on purpose | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| climate | Weather, averaged over decades | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| costume | Character, before anybody speaks | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| haunted | Something else is already living there | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| florida | Peninsula, swamps and a lot of coastline | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| abdomen | Between the chest and the hips | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| cushion | Ends up on the floor | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.9 | Medium |
| grammar | The rules everybody breaks confidently | 7 / 4 distinct | 3.7 | Medium |
| hamster | Pocket-sized pet that runs all night on a wheel | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| lobster | Clawed sea creature that turns red when cooked | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| ostrich | Biggest bird alive, runs instead of flying | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| panther | Common name for a big cat with an all-black coat | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| density | How much mass fits into a given volume | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| history | What happened, and who wrote it down | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| stapler | Always empty when you need it | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| postman | Knows every gate that sticks | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| baroque | Ornate, contrapuntal and busy | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| casting | Deciding who the character looks like | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| credits | Everyone who actually made it | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| crimson | Deep red, with a hint of blue in it | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| scarlet | Bright red, and a pimpernel | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.6 | Easy |
| giraffe | Tallest animal alive, built for reaching treetops | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| gorilla | Largest of the great apes, mostly gentle | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| octopus | Eight arms, three hearts, changes colour at will | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| penguin | A bird that swims beautifully and cannot fly | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| biscuit | Baked, sweet, and dangerous near a cup of tea | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| caramel | What sugar becomes when you cook it just far enough | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| offside | The rule that causes the loudest arguments | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| diamond | The same element as graphite, arranged differently | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| eclipse | One body passing in front of another | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| algebra | Where the letters started appearing | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| lecture | One person talking for a long time | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| harbour | Sheltered water where boats can rest | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| macabre | Preoccupied with death, and enjoying it | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| balance | Managed largely by the inner ear | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| eardrum | Vibrates, and should not be poked | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| eyelash | Short hairs on the lid | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| spatula | For turning, and scraping the bowl | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| emerald | Rich green, and yet another stone | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| gondola | Venice, and one oar | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| minibus | Between a van and a coach | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| tugboat | Small, and moves much larger things | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.4 | Easy |
| brownie | Dense chocolate square, ideally still gooey | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.3 | Easy |
| bolivia | Andean nation with a vast white salt flat | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.3 | Easy |
| vietnam | Long, narrow country with two great river deltas | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.3 | Easy |
| jasmine | Small white flower with an enormous scent | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.3 | Easy |
| rainbow | Sunlight, raindrops, and a fixed angle | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.3 | Easy |
| vibrato | A small wobble that warms the note | 7 / 7 distinct | 3.3 | Easy |
| saffron | The world's most expensive spice, picked by hand | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| student | Currently learning something | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| analyst | Turns a spreadsheet into an argument | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| battery | Stores charge and then does not have enough | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| concert | One night, and it is gone | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| fantasy | New rules, applied consistently | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| brother | Your boy sibling | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| spectre | Same idea, spelled to be difficult | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| avocado | Green, creamy, and famously hard to time | 7 / 5 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| jamaica | Caribbean island where reggae was born | 7 / 5 distinct | 3.1 | Easy |
| cheetah | The fastest sprinter on four legs | 7 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| meerkat | Stands upright on watch while the group forages | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| circuit | A complete loop that current can travel | 7 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| horizon | The line you can never reach | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| speaker | Turns the signal back into air pressure | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| website | Pages that agree to live at one address | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| marimba | Like a xylophone, but deeper and resonant | 7 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| quartet | Four players, and nowhere to hide | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| balloon | You blow it up and it floats | 7 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| festive | The adjective doing all the work in December | 7 / 6 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| bedside | The table with the lamp on it | 7 / 5 distinct | 3.0 | Easy |
| arrival | The other board, watched more anxiously | 7 / 5 distinct | 2.8 | Easy |
| caravan | The house follows the car | 7 / 5 distinct | 2.8 | Easy |
| minivan | Seven seats and school runs | 7 / 5 distinct | 2.8 | Easy |
| ecuador | Named for the line that runs through it | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.7 | Easy |
| sandals | Sensible until you have to walk far | 7 / 5 distinct | 2.7 | Easy |
| panning | The camera turning where it stands | 7 / 5 distinct | 2.7 | Easy |
| western | Horses, dust and a moral question | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.7 | Easy |
| freezer | Where the ice cream is | 7 / 4 distinct | 2.6 | Easy |
| morocco | Sahara, Atlas mountains and blue-painted towns | 7 / 4 distinct | 2.6 | Easy |
| ireland | Green island west of Britain | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| mineral | A naturally occurring solid with a fixed structure | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| tsunami | A wave set off by the sea floor moving | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| soldier | Trains for something they hope never happens | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| surgeon | Operates, having planned every step | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| estuary | Where the river meets the tide | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| ambient | Meant to be in the room, not in front of you | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| montage | A sequence that compresses time | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| romance | Two people and an obstacle | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| bonfire | Built for weeks, gone in an evening | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| posture | How you are sitting right now | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| curtain | Drawn at dusk | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| apricot | Slightly deeper than peach | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| turbine | Spins, and does the work | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.4 | Easy |
| uranium | Heavy, radioactive, and used for fuel | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.3 | Easy |
| ukraine | Europe's breadbasket on the Black Sea | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.1 | Easy |
| monster | The general term for all of it | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.1 | Easy |
| nostril | One of two, and they take turns | 7 / 7 distinct | 2.1 | Easy |
| biryani | Layered rice and spiced meat cooked sealed | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| burrito | A whole meal rolled inside a tortilla | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| lasagne | Layers of pasta, sauce and cheese, baked | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| lebanon | Mediterranean country famed for its cedars | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| senegal | West African nation on the Atlantic coast | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| captain | Wears the armband and calls the toss | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| sailing | The wind decides most of the tactics | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| teacher | Explains it a second time, differently | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| cleaner | The building only works because of them | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| curator | Chooses what gets shown and how | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| editing | Where the film is finally written | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| october | The month it all builds up to | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| forearm | Between the elbow and the wrist | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| doormat | Wipe your feet | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| magenta | Between red and purple, and one of the printing inks | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| airship | Lighter than air and largely historical | 7 / 6 distinct | 2.0 | Easy |
| ravioli | Pasta parcels with something hidden inside | 7 / 6 distinct | 1.9 | Easy |
| janitor | Keeps the whole building working | 7 / 7 distinct | 1.9 | Easy |
| version | Which one of these are we talking about | 7 / 7 distinct | 1.9 | Easy |
| dentist | Nobody's favourite appointment | 7 / 6 distinct | 1.7 | Easy |
| printer | Works perfectly until you need it | 7 / 6 distinct | 1.7 | Easy |
| scanner | Turns paper back into a file | 7 / 6 distinct | 1.7 | Easy |
| present | Wrapped up, with a bow | 7 / 6 distinct | 1.7 | Easy |
| lantern | A light with a handle | 7 / 6 distinct | 1.7 | Easy |
| raccoon | Masked night visitor that raids bins | 7 / 5 distinct | 1.6 | Easy |
| snooker | Reds and colours, and a very long table | 7 / 6 distinct | 1.6 | Easy |
| habitat | Where a particular species can actually live | 7 / 5 distinct | 1.6 | Easy |
| ramadan | A month of fasting from dawn to dusk | 7 / 5 distinct | 1.6 | Easy |
| neptune | Farthest planet, and very blue | 7 / 5 distinct | 1.6 | Easy |
| palette | The set somebody chose | 7 / 5 distinct | 1.6 | Easy |
| sleeper | The train with beds on it | 7 / 5 distinct | 1.6 | Easy |
| alabama | Deep South state, capital Montgomery | 7 / 4 distinct | 1.4 | Easy |
| reentry | The hottest few minutes of any flight | 7 / 5 distinct | 1.3 | Easy |
| tractor | Slow, and always in front of you | 7 / 5 distinct | 1.3 | Easy |
| savanna | Grassland with scattered trees | 7 / 4 distinct | 1.2 | Easy |
| seminar | Smaller, and you have to speak | 7 / 7 distinct | 1.0 | Easy |
| painter | Preparation takes longer than the painting | 7 / 7 distinct | 1.0 | Easy |
| granite | Coarse, speckled, and extremely durable | 7 / 7 distinct | 1.0 | Easy |
| storage | Slow, permanent, and always nearly full | 7 / 7 distinct | 1.0 | Easy |
| coaster | Protects it from the mug | 7 / 7 distinct | 1.0 | Easy |
| georgia | Caucasus country that claims the oldest winemaking | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.9 | Easy |
| courier | Everything depends on the last hundred metres | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.9 | Easy |
| seafoam | Very pale green-blue | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.9 | Easy |
| neutron | Sits in the nucleus and carries no charge | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| barista | Weighs the beans and times the shot | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| sunrise | The horizon dropping away from the sun | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| tornado | A rotating column touching the ground | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| monitor | Shows you what the machine is thinking | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| airport | Arrive early, then wait | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| scooter | Two wheels and no ambition to hurry | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| soprano | The highest voice | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| cartoon | Drawn, and usually funny | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| trailer | Two minutes, and often the best two | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| booster | The bit that falls away first | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.6 | Easy |
| albania | Balkan nation with a long Adriatic coast | 7 / 5 distinct | 0.4 | Easy |
| namibia | Where the desert runs into the Atlantic | 7 / 5 distinct | 0.4 | Easy |
| ovation | When the audience stands up | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.4 | Easy |
| arizona | Grand Canyon and a great deal of desert | 7 / 6 distinct | 0.4 | Easy |
| bassoon | Long, low and folded in half | 7 / 5 distinct | 0.1 | Easy |
| montana | Big sky, small population | 7 / 5 distinct | 0.1 | Easy |
| mission | The whole plan, with a name | 7 / 5 distinct | 0.1 | Easy |
| ironing | The board that lives behind the door | 7 / 5 distinct | 0.1 | Easy |
| monsoon | A seasonal reversal of the wind, and the rain it brings | 7 / 4 distinct | -0.3 | Easy |
| oregano | Dried herb that defines a pizza's smell | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| armenia | First nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| austria | Alpine country that gave the world the waltz | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| croatia | Adriatic coastline dotted with a thousand islands | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| nigeria | Africa's most populous country | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| romania | Carpathian country and home of the Dracula legend | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| tunisia | North African country on the Mediterranean | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| airline | Sells the seat and the legroom separately | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| matinee | The afternoon showing | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| reunion | Everyone in one room after years | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.6 | Easy |
| toaster | Two slices, one always paler | 7 / 6 distinct | -0.9 | Easy |
| manatee | Slow, gentle grazer of warm coastal water | 7 / 5 distinct | -1.0 | Easy |
| prairie | Vast temperate grassland | 7 / 5 distinct | -1.0 | Easy |
| risotto | Rice stirred slowly until it turns creamy | 7 / 5 distinct | -1.3 | Easy |
| indiana | Famous for a five hundred mile race | 7 / 4 distinct | -1.4 | Easy |
| referee | Whistle, cards, and nobody's friend | 7 / 3 distinct | -1.9 | Easy |
| erosion | Wind and water slowly taking things apart | 7 / 6 distinct | -2.0 | Easy |
Questions
What are some 7 letter words for hangman?
There are 335 on this site, every one with a clue and a difficulty score. The hardest is CHUCKLE at 9.9 and the easiest is EROSION at -2.0.
Are 7 letter words hard in hangman?
On average they score 3.7, 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 7 letter word?
Start with E and A, then move to consonants rather than clearing the remaining vowels. At 7 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 7 letter word that still fits along with the best letter to try next.