Hangman may refer to:
* Hangman, an executioner who carries out a death sentence by hanging
* Hangman (game), a game of guessing a word or phrase one letter at a time
In literature:
* Hangman (DC Comics), an enemy of Batman
* Hangman (Marvel Comics), the name of two fictional characters in the Marvel Universe
* "The Hangman" (poem), a children’s poem by Maurice Ogden, or a 1964 animated short based on the poem
* Hangman, a novel by Michael Slade
In other uses:
* The Hangman (roller coaster), a roller coaster located at the now-defunct Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S....
Hangman is a paper and pencil guessing game for two or more players. One player thinks of a word, phrase or sentence and the other tries to guess it by suggesting letters or numbers.
Overview
The word to guess is represented by a row of dashes, giving the number of letters, numbers and category. If the guessing player suggests a letter or number which occurs in the word, the other player writes it in all its correct positions. If the suggested letter or number does not occur in the word, the other player draws one element of the hanged man stick figure as a tally mark. The game is over whe...