School for Hangman 🏫

Clues for every answer

A one-line clue for every answer, easy to hard. They're the same clues the game's 💡 Hint shows, so you can read them out when you run your own game.

Pen

Common writing tool that applies ink to a surface, usually paper; modern ones hold their ink inside.

Desk

Piece of furniture with a flat work surface, used at school or in an office for reading and writing.

Book

Long written work with its pages bound together inside a cover; it can be fiction or non-fiction.

Ruler

Measuring tool with markings along one edge for reading lengths; its straight edge helps draw lines.

Chalk

Soft, white rock, a form of limestone; at school it means the sticks used for writing on a blackboard.

Class

Group of pupils who meet regularly with a teacher; it can also mean one lesson in a series.

Maths

Subject about numbers and shapes that uses logical reasoning and proof to work out their properties.

Lunch

Meal usually eaten around the middle of the day, after breakfast and before dinner.

Crayon

Stick of coloured wax for drawing; it is blunt and typically non-toxic, so good for small children.

Paper

Thin sheets made by draining and drying a watery pulp of fibres; the craft was developed in East Asia.

Glue

Substance put on surfaces to bind two things together and stop them coming apart; also called adhesive or paste.

Pencil

Writing or drawing tool with a solid core, usually graphite and clay; graphite marks rub out easily.

Bell

At school, its ringing marks the start and end of the day, of lessons and of breaks.

Bag

Floppy container, often of cloth, leather or plastic, often with handles or straps for carrying things.

Art

Creative work made with imagination; painting and sculpture are two of its classic branches.

Quiz

Mind sport where people try to answer questions correctly, sometimes a TV game show; at school, a short check of learning.

Test

Assessment that measures what someone knows or can do; it can be given out loud, on paper or on a computer.

Tray

Shallow platform for carrying things, flat with raised edges to stop items sliding off; canteens use them.

Globe

Ball-shaped model of the Earth showing land and seas; unlike a flat map, it does not distort the surface.

Sums

Arithmetic calculations set for pupils to work out as exercises, and not only adding up.

Homework

Tasks teachers set for pupils to finish away from school, such as reading or practising skills.

Library

Collection of books and other media for its members to use; printed items can normally be borrowed.

Uniform

Clothes pupils wear for school; in Britain the practice is believed to date back to the 16th century.

Assembly

Gathering of all or part of a school, for special programmes or for passing on information.

Register

Formal record of names; when it is taken, the names on the list are called out to check who is present.

Rubber

Stationery for removing marks from paper, first invented to fix pencil mistakes; also called an eraser.

Satchel

Soft bag with a strap, traditionally used for carrying books; the strap often crosses the body.

Playground

Place designed for children, typically outdoors, often with swings, slides and seesaws.

Lesson

Set period of time when pupils are taught by a teacher, generally in a classroom.

Backpack

Fabric sack carried with two straps over the shoulders; commonly used by hikers and students.

Whiteboard

Glossy surface for marks that wipe off, also called dry-erase; many school classrooms have one.

Detention

Common school punishment in which a pupil must stay in a set room, usually after lessons end or at lunch.

Spelling

Rules for writing words with the right letters; English has several ways to write almost every sound.

Science

Building knowledge about nature by making observations, testing ideas with evidence and drawing conclusions.

Sports Day

School event with races like egg-and-spoon, sack and three-legged races, often held at the start of summer.

Handwriting

Each person's own style of forming letters with a pen or pencil; even identical twins' styles differ.

Times Tables

Lists of multiplication facts taught at primary school, most commonly from 1 to 10 or 1 to 12.

Packed Lunch

Midday meal made before setting off, often eaten at school and carried in a bag or box.

Field Trip

Outing by a group, such as pupils, to somewhere away from their usual setting, to learn or for fun.

Stapler

Device that joins sheets of paper by driving a thin piece of metal through them and folding its ends.

Geography

Study of the lands, features and inhabitants of Earth; its Greek name means 'Earth writing'.

Calculator

Usually a portable electronic device for basic arithmetic or harder maths; common in schools by the late 1970s.

Dictionary

List of words from a language, often in alphabetical order, which may give their meanings and pronunciations.

Headteacher

Person responsible for the management of a school, also known by titles such as principal.

Encyclopedia

Reference work of knowledge summaries, with articles in A to Z order or grouped by theme.

Trigonometry

Branch of maths about the angles and side lengths of triangles; sine is one of its ratios.

Curriculum

Planned sequence of what pupils are taught; many countries have a national one for their schools.

Timetable

School schedule showing when and where each course happens, coordinating pupils, teachers and classrooms.

Examination

Formal assessment of written or spoken questions, answered within a time limit and usually without textbooks.

Gymnasium

Indoor venue for exercise and sports, often used for activities in schools; the word comes from ancient Greek.

Chemistry

Science of matter and the changes it goes through in reactions; sometimes called the central science.

Algebra

Branch of maths where letters such as x and y stand for unknown values; it extends arithmetic.

Punctuation

Marks such as full stops and commas that show how a piece of writing should be read and understood.

Multiplication

Arithmetic operation often shown by ×; for whole numbers it is like repeated addition, giving a product.

Comprehension

Understanding the meaning of what you read; lessons in it usually involve answering questions on a text.

Protractor

Tool, typically of clear plastic, for measuring angles, mostly in degrees; some are simple half-discs.

Vocabulary

Set of words known to a person or used in a language; yours keeps changing, for example as you read.

Apostrophe

Punctuation mark that shows missing letters, as in don't, or belonging, as in the eagle's feathers.

Long Division

Method, simple enough to do by hand, for sharing multi-digit numbers, broken into a series of easier steps.

Pythagoras

Greek philosopher who gives his name to the theorem a² + b² = c² for right-angled triangles (c is the hypotenuse).