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.

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