Hangman is a traditional paper and pencil guessing game for two players. One player thinks of a word and then the other tries to identify the word by guessing which letters might occur in it.
The word to be identified is represented by a row of dashes - one for each letter of the word. If the guesser proposes a letter that occurs in the word, the other player writes the letter in the appropriate place, or places, within the row of dashes. These letters often help the guesser to narrow down the possibilities for any letters still to be correctly guessed. If, however, the guesser proposes a letter that does not exist in the word, the next element of a hangman diagram is drawn.
If and when the last element of the hangman diagram is added, the guesser loses the game.
This version can be played by one player trying to guess a word specified by the system (from a dictionary of over 6500 words), or by two players.
Playing
the 1-player game
The one-player game is the default, and a game should begin automatically when Hangman is opened. You should see a row of dashes under a diagram of the gallows, indicating the length of the word. The word will be from 5 - 9 letters long.
You then guess the letters by pressing one of the letter keys at the bottom of the page. Once pressed, the letter on the key disappears and pressing it again will not have any effect.
If the letter exists in the word, it will be displayed above the relevant dash or dashes. If it is not in the word, the next element of the hangman diagram will be displayed. These are shown in the following order when the default number of allowable errors, 7, is employed: noose, head, body, one arm, other arm, one leg, other leg.
When you identify all the letters of the word, or fail to do so, a suitable message and Hangman image are displayed.
Settings
If you press the More button, you will find some settings:
- Players
- This lets you select 1 player or 2 players. The default is 1 player.
- Word length
- This allows you specify how many letters the hidden word should consist of: from 5 to 9 letters. Choosing the ? option means that the word length will be selected randomly (again from 5 - 9). This last option is the default option.
- Errors allowed
- By default, the system lets you make 7 errors. You can choose to allow from 6 - 10 errors. With more than 7 errors allowed, the three members of the gallows will be included as additional elements to be drawn. With 6 errors allowed, the noose will already be displayed.
- Confirm Selection
- When guessing the letters of the word, selecting the intended letter may be difficult if you have a small touchscreen. When this is turned on, the selected letter is not immediately used, but is instead displayed in the column on the right. To confirm your use of this letter, just press the letter displayed on the right. Alternatively, if you have not selected the intended letter, just select another from the letter keys. By default, this is switched off.
Press the Back button to return to the game. Apart from Confirm Selection, the settings will come into play only with a new game.
New Game
Pressing the New button starts a new game with the current settings.
Playing the 2-player game
With the 2-player game (see Settings above), when a new game begins the message 'Enter word' is displayed. One player then enters the letters of the word (up to 9 letters) using the letter keys. The letters are displayed above dashes on the same line as for a system-generated word. To delete the last letter displayed, the red backspace key (bottom right) may be pressed.
Once the word has been defined, the Done button should be pressed. The word is then hidden and the guesser tries to guess the letters of the word in the same way as for the 1-player game.
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