Thanksgiving 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.

Turkey

Large fowl with a fleshy wattle under its beak, eaten for Thanksgiving in the US and Canada.

Feast

A very large meal, often a ceremonial one, such as the 1621 harvest meal at Plymouth.

Gravy

Sauce made from meat juices that run during cooking, often thickened; served with Thanksgiving turkey.

Family

A group of people closely related by blood, marriage or adoption, such as parents and their children.

Harvest

Gathering in ripe crops; finishing it marks the end of the growing season and is celebrated in many cultures.

Autumn

Season when daytime gets noticeably shorter and cooler; North American English calls it fall.

Table

Piece of furniture with a raised flat top on legs, used for eating, working or putting things on.

Thanks

Short word used to express appreciation or gratitude; as a noun it is normally plural.

Guest

Someone who receives hospitality, especially a person staying by invitation at another's house.

Roast

Piece of meat cooked uncovered in an oven or over a fire, or a meal of foods cooked that way.

Corn

Tall grass grown for its grain kernels; Native Americans planted it alongside beans and squashes.

Pie

Baked dish, usually a pastry case holding a sweet or savoury filling, such as apple or steak.

Pumpkin

Usually round, orange winter squash; its purée fills a classic Thanksgiving dessert in the US and Canada.

Yams

Starchy tubers from climbing vines; in the US the name is often used for orange-fleshed sweet potatoes.

Napkin

Square of cloth or paper, also called a serviette, for wiping your mouth and fingers while eating.

Fall

Mainly US and Canadian word for autumn, shortened from a 1500s English phrase about leaves dropping.

Ham

Pork from a leg cut, preserved by curing and sometimes smoked; cooked joints are popular around Christmas.

Dinner

The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening; also a formal meal for many on a special occasion.

Pecan

Edible nut of a hickory tree native to the southern US and northern Mexico; the state tree of Texas.

Rolls

Small individual loaves of bread, usually served with a meal and eaten plain or with butter.

Stuffing

Mixture often of bread, onion, celery and sage put inside a bird; in the US it is also called dressing.

Cranberry

Tart fruit of a low evergreen shrub, red when ripe; its beds are flooded in autumn to help the harvest.

Pilgrim

One of the English settlers who sailed on the Mayflower and set up Plymouth Colony, in today's Massachusetts.

Casserole

Large, deep pan or bowl for cooking in the oven; the dishes baked in it share its name.

Leftovers

Food still uneaten at the end of a meal, saved for later; cold Thanksgiving turkey is a classic US one.

Gratitude

Feeling of appreciation you have when someone shows you kindness, such as a gift or some help.

Drumstick

Second joint of the leg of a chicken or other fowl, eaten as food; percussionists also play with them.

Wishbone

Forked part of a bird's skeleton, once called a merrythought; some countries see it as a lucky charm.

Potatoes

Starchy tubers native to the Americas, first farmed in Peru and Bolivia; often served mashed at Thanksgiving.

Blessing

Something you are glad of, or a piece of good fortune; it can also mean approval.

Seconds

An extra helping of food for one person, or a refill of a drink; also flawed goods sold cheaply.

Trimmings

Plural-only word for the accompaniments to a meal; in the UK, also room decorations, especially for Christmas.

Parade

Macy's holds a famous one in New York City each Thanksgiving Day; it was first held in 1924.

Gravy Boat

Low jug with a handle for serving sauce, often on a matching saucer; its shape gives it its name.

Football

American sport played on Thanksgiving Day; the Detroit Lions have hosted a game every year since 1945.

Cornbread

Quick bake of ground maize, popular in the Southern US, with origins in Native American cooking.

Sweet Potato

Starchy root of the morning glory family; darker ones are often called yams in parts of North America.

Pecan Pie

Southern US speciality of nuts in a filling of eggs, butter and sugar, commonly served at holiday meals.

Relatives

People connected to you by blood, marriage or adoption; each one is in the same family as you.

Turkey Trot

Footraces held on or around Thanksgiving Day in the US; most are 5 km and some runners wear costumes.

Cornucopia

Horn of plenty overflowing with produce, flowers or nuts; most of North America links it with Thanksgiving.

Mayflower

English merchant sailing ship that carried 102 passengers to Cape Cod in 1620, after 10 weeks at sea.

Celebration

A social event to show joy, appreciation or remembrance; marking a holiday is another kind.

Gathering

A meeting or get-together, such as a party; it can also mean any group of people or things.

Marshmallow

Soft sweet of whipped sugar, water and gelatin; it can go into candied sweet potatoes, a US Thanksgiving side.

Centrepiece

Ornament placed in the middle of a table or ceiling; also the main item of something, as turkey is of Thanksgiving dinner.

Generosity

The virtue of giving freely, often as gifts, sometimes without expecting anything in return.

Homecoming

Returning to where you live; in US and Canadian schools, a tradition with a football game and a parade.

Festivities

Celebrations for a special occasion, or the joyful merriment and gaiety that go with them.

Autumnal

Describes things relating to the season between summer and winter, or to the colours linked with it.

Tablecloth

Covering spread over a dining surface before the food is laid out; some protect it from scratches and stains.

Plymouth

Massachusetts town nicknamed "America's Hometown", where the Mayflower Pilgrims set up a colony in 1620.

Abundance

A large quantity or an overflowing fullness of something; a horn of plenty is a symbol of it.

Thankfulness

Another word for gratitude: the feeling of appreciation when someone has been kind to you.

Massachusetts

New England state whose capital is Boston; the Mayflower settlers founded Plymouth Colony there in 1620.

Cranberry Sauce

Relish made from a tart red bog fruit, commonly served with Thanksgiving dinner in North America.

Pumpkin Pie

Dessert with a spiced winter-squash custard filling, usually made for Thanksgiving in the US and Canada.

Black Friday

The day after US Thanksgiving, traditionally the start of the Christmas shopping season, with big store sales.

Family Reunion

Occasion when many of your extended relatives meet up, typically for a meal, some recreation and a chat.

Fourth Thursday

The November day of US Thanksgiving, fixed countrywide since 1941; it falls from the 22nd to the 28th.