There are many simple games which can be played with just paper and pencil, such as hangman and tic-tac-toe (sometimes called naughts and crosses).
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Hangman
Synonyms for "hangman" (1 found)
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75 translations across 40 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جَلَّاد noun (executioner)
Armenian
1 entries- դահիճ noun (executioner)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- başkəsən noun (executioner)
- cəllad noun (executioner)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бесеница noun (game)
- палач noun (executioner)
Catalan
1 entries- penjat noun (game)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 劊子手 /刽子手 noun (executioner)
Czech
1 entries- šibenice noun (game)
Danish
1 entries- bøddel noun (executioner)
Dutch
2 entries- beul noun (executioner)
- galgje noun (game)
Estonian
1 entries- timukas noun (executioner)
Finnish
3 entries- hirsipuu noun (game)
- hirttäjä noun (executioner)
- pyöveli noun (executioner)
French
3 entries- bourreau noun (executioner)
- bourrelle noun (executioner)
- pendu noun (game)
Galician
2 entries- buxeu noun (executioner)
- verdugo noun (executioner)
German
3 entries- Galgenmännchen noun (game)
- Henker noun (executioner)
- Hängemännchen noun (game)
Greek
2 entries- δήμιος noun (executioner)
- κρεμάλα noun (game)
Hindi
1 entries- जल्लाद noun (executioner)
Hungarian
2 entries- akasztófa noun (game)
- hóhér noun (executioner)
Icelandic
1 entries- hengimann noun (game)
Irish
2 entries- crochadóir noun (executioner)
- crochadóir noun (game)
Italian
2 entries- boia noun (executioner)
- carnefice noun (executioner)
Japanese
1 entries- 死刑執行人 noun (executioner)
Korean
1 entries- 교수형 집행인 noun (executioner)
Kumyk
1 entries- жаллат noun (executioner)
Macedonian
4 entries- бе́сач noun (executioner)
- бе́силка noun (game)
- гла́ворез noun (executioner)
- гла́восек noun (executioner)
Malayalam
2 entries- ആരാച്ചാർ noun (executioner)
- കുലക്കാരൻ noun (executioner)
Norman
1 entries- pendard noun (executioner)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bøddel noun (executioner)
Persian
1 entries- دژخیم noun (executioner)
Polish
2 entries- kat noun (executioner)
- wisielec noun (game)
Portuguese
2 entries- enforcador noun (executioner)
- jogo da forca noun (game)
Romanian
4 entries- călău noun (executioner)
- gealat noun (executioner)
- gâde noun (executioner)
- spânzurătoarea noun (game)
Russian
3 entries- ве́шатель noun (executioner)
- ви́селица noun (game)
- пала́ч noun (executioner)
Spanish
4 entries- ahorcado noun (game)
- ahorcador noun (executioner)
- colgado noun (game)
- verdugo noun (executioner)
Swedish
2 entries- bödel noun (executioner)
- hänga gubbe noun (game)
Tagalog
2 entries- mambibitay noun (executioner)
- tagabitay noun (executioner)
Turkish
2 entries- adam asmaca noun (game)
- cellat noun (executioner)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кат noun (executioner)
Welsh
1 entries- crogwr noun (executioner)
West-Frisian
2 entries- boal noun (executioner)
- galchje noun (game)
Yiddish
1 entries- תּליון noun (executioner)
Sample sentences
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When we're bored, we play hangman.
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I'd rather be hanged than be a hangman.
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I'd rather be hanged than a hangman.
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