hangman(6)

hangman6

Computer version of the game hangman

Usage

hangman [-d wordlist] [-m minlen]

Overview

In hangman, the computer picks a word from the on-line word list and you must try to guess it. The computer keeps track of which letters have been guessed and how many wrong guesses you have made on the screen in a graphic fashion.

Options

-d

Use the specified wordlist instead of the default one named below.

-m

Set the minimum word length to use. The default is 6 letters.

Files

/usr/share/dict/words

On-line word list

Releases

17 releases since Debian 1.3 (Bo); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 1.3
  2. 2.0
  3. 2.1
  4. 2.2
  5. 3.0
  6. 3.1–13
  7. Arch

-d since Debian 2.2 (Potato); -m since Debian 3.0 (Woody).

Authors

Ken Arnold

From bsd-games 3.3-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.