Hangman (game) - Example Game

Example Game

The following example game illustrates a player trying to guess the word hangman using a strategy based solely on letter frequency.

0
Word: _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Guess: E
Misses:
1
Word: _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Guess: T
Misses: e
2
Word: _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Guess: A
Misses: e,t
3
Word: _ A _ _ _ A _
Guess: O
Misses: e,t
4
Word: _ A _ _ _ A _
Guess: I
Misses: e,o,t
5
Word: _ A _ _ _ A _
Guess: S
Misses: e,i,o,t
6
Word: _ A _ _ _ A _
Guess: N
Misses: e,i,o,s,t
7
Word: _ A N _ _ A N
Guess: H
Misses: e,i,o,s,t
8
Word: H A N _ _ A N
Guess: R
Misses: e,i,o,s,t
9
Word: H A N _ _ A N
Guess:
Misses: e,i,o,r,s,t
Guesser loses - the answer was HANGMAN.

Read more about this topic:  Hangman (game)

Famous quotes containing the word game:

    “The most disgusting cad in the world is the man who, on grounds of decorum and morality, avoids the game of love. He is one who puts his own ease and security above the most laudable of philanthropies.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    “The family environment in which your children are growing up is different from that in which you grew up. The decisions our parents made and the strategies they used were developed in a different context from what we face today, even if the “content” of the problem is the same. It is a mistake to think that our own experience as children and adolescents will give us all we need to help our children. The rules of the game have changed.”
    —Lawrence Kutner (20th century)