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Pick letters you think are in the word.
Tap any letter on the on-board keyboard — there’s no clock and no penalty for thinking, so the class can argue it out first.
Boardee Arcade · Word games
Snowman
Guess letters before the snowman melts.
All the suspense of hangman with a friendlier mascot. Wrong guesses melt the snowman — which somehow turns a spelling review into a rescue mission.
Also known as: hangman · guess the word
👥 1–4 Players✨ AI fills the content
- Free for teachers · students never need accounts
How to play
Guess the word before the snowman melts.
That's the goal — no rules to teach. Here's how a round of Snowman runs.
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Right letters fill in the blanks.
A correct guess pops into every blank it belongs to at once, wherever that letter hides in the word.
Every wrong guess melts the snowman a little more.
A wrong letter melts a piece off and costs a life. Guess the whole word before the last piece goes and you’ve saved him — so it’s a rescue, not a race.
Ways to play
One word list, three ways to play it
The same words work as a front-of-class rescue, a live device round, or take-home practice. Pick at press-play — nothing to rebuild.
On the big screen
Project one snowman and the whole class plays together — hands go up, students call letters, and the board fills the word (or melts a little). No devices, no setup, no codes.
Zero devices · zero prepLive on their devices
Students go to boardee.app/join and type the six-digit code — phones, tablets, chromebooks, any browser. Everyone gets the same word list and races to save their snowman.
Join code or QR · no student accountsIn their own time
Share one play link and the same words become homework, revision or early-finisher work. Results roll in as each student finishes — words solved and time, no chasing.
One link · results tracked for youWhat can you spell?
Anything you can spell
Spelling lists, subject vocab, tricky words in any language — if the class can spell it, the snowman can hide it. Type the topic; AI writes the list.
This week's list
SpellingFRIEND
Unit vocabulary
ScienceMAGNET
French words
LanguagesMAISON
Key terms
HistoryCASTLE
Shape names
MathsSQUARE
Landforms
GeographyISLAND
The library
Snowman is one shape of twenty-five
The Arcade is a library of classroom games that all drink from the same topic box. When the word's been guessed, the identical list becomes a word search, a crossword or a set of flashcards — same topic, new game, zero re-typing.
- 25 game types, from quiz shows to word puzzles
- One topic box fills any of them in under a minute
- Save your rounds and relaunch them any lesson
Three ways in
Three ways to get a Snowman
Ready-made from the Discover shelves, AI-built from your topic, or typed by hand — every door ends at the same play button.
Grab one ready-made
Search the Discover shelves — curated games plus rounds shared by other teachers. Find one that fits and press play.
Ask AI to build it
Type what you're teaching and the Arcade writes your Snowman in under a minute. Check it, tweak anything, play.
Type it yourself
Every Snowman has a plain editor underneath — your exact list, row by row, no AI in the loop.
Built for the classroom
AI fills it. You press play.
Every Arcade game starts from the same box: type what you're teaching and the content writes itself — questions, words, clues — ready for the board at the front of the room.
- Real content on your topic and grade — skim, edit or reroll before the class sees it
- Big type and chunky buttons, readable from the back row
- Students join with a code and a name — no accounts, ever
25
Game types in the Arcade — one topic box fills them all
60s
From typing a topic to pressing play
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Student accounts — a code and a first name is the whole login
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Steps every time: type it, check it, play it
I typed 'the water cycle' and had a class quiz in ten seconds flat. It's the first tool my whole department adopted.
FAQ
Good to know
Is this just hangman?
Same beloved guessing game, kinder stakes — wrong letters melt a snowman instead of building a gallows. Your students will know the rules instantly.
How many students can play?
One to four players take turns, or project it and let the whole class guess together — hands up, one letter at a time.
Can AI pick the words?
Yes. Give it your topic and grade and it fills the word list in under a minute, or type your own spelling words.
Is it free?
Yes. Snowman is included on the free tier with every other game type.
Do students need accounts?
Never. Students join with a code and a name — no emails, no passwords. Teachers don't need an account to try it either.
Same box, different shape
More word games
Same three steps, different game. Type a topic and pick your shape.
What are you teaching tomorrow?
Type it in, check the content, press play. The Arcade does the rest.