Hangman Word Skill

Overview

A hangman generator API for games, classrooms, and party apps. Each word includes its length, unique letter count, and suggested maximum guesses. Paid plans also return printable HTML for offline play.

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The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as HangmanWordSkill. It is read-only and open-world — it fetches and never mutates anything on your side — so most clients call it without asking you to confirm.

{
  "name": "HangmanWordSkill",
  "arguments": {}
}

Connecting

One server URL covers every skill in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth: the client opens a browser once, and there is no key to paste into a config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervekit": {
      "url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp

Per-client setup — Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.

Arguments

These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made. Premium arguments are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

What the model gets back

The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client reads fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" and error is null on success; a null field means the value was not available for that input, not that the call failed.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "words": [
      {
        "word": "PORCUPINE",
        "blanks": "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",
        "length": 9,
        "uniqueLetters": 8,
        "difficulty": "medium",
        "category": "animals",
        "maxGuesses": 7
      }
    ],
    "count": 1,
    "difficulty": "medium",
    "category": "animals",
    "html": "<html><head><title>Hangman Words</title><style>body {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px; max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;}h1 {text-align: center;}.word-card {background: #f5f5f5; padding: 25px; margin: 20px 0; border-radius: 10px; text-align: center;}.blanks {font-size: 32px; font-family: monospace; letter-spacing: 8px; margin: 20px 0;}.info {font-size: 14px; color: #666;}.category {background: #2196F3; color: white; padding: 5px 15px; border-radius: 20px; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 15px;}.hangman {font-size: 40px; margin: 20px 0;}</style></head><body><h1>Hangman</h1><div class='word-card'><span class='category'>animals</span><div class='hangman'>&#128128;</div><div class='blanks'>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _</div><div class='info'>9 letters | 8 unique | Max 7 wrong guesses</div></div></body></html>",
    "image": {
      "imageName": "d6e69eac-546c-4a2b-8413-2b65fd4a109a_hangman.png",
      "format": ".png",
      "downloadURL": "https://storage.googleapis.com/apiverve/APIData/hangmanword/d6e69eac-546c-4a2b-8413-2b65fd4a109a_hangman.png?GoogleAccessId=635500398038-compute%40developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1766010232&Signature=En2KyqlZwODc1wOwqTyuVtHq5LqNHuFXdn9Xw6nKlwhmB2SMV9HTSwpfVi9SS1tC6tnq0sntOPZ4ANH8McPxnjqFJhT2VKXAObQSRha6IHR9J1ymSpH%2F5TJ4AmlRZ8nLvW1jXPWjNvnUvgrd%2BfN5zK1u9pQ1MYatBVeg63y0rOdxSPcJBMX%2BDdgzG1lJK3Rmugr0HWoVb9ocfk8R%2FGVPsLXzHuwZySOk%2BCyQ1IZAWoqYuX7v3wKf3JHhiK9ZQ%2FG58j2dSychhcDsBZyKXN1wSpRsRB%2F03F6zKkykiiVw%2FuGr9kjPGK1QRJ9XJZzLZ0Z9S%2BQ6ZoD5FrCJwTIVXTPHxg%3D%3D",
      "expires": 1766010232291
    }
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors carrying a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code. Error handling covers the full list.

A call costs 2 credits each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Use cases

Game Development

Power hangman games with curated word lists

Educational Apps

Create vocabulary games with categorized words

Party Games

Generate words for group hangman activities

Language Learning

Build vocabulary exercises with themed word lists

Other ways to use Hangman Word Skill

Set up Hangman Word Skill on VerveKit, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveKit account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

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