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Hangman

Solve one fixed seven-letter dictionary word with accessible alphabet controls, physical letter keys, atomic repeat handling, and a transparent six-miss stage.

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How to use

  1. 1.Read the clue, then choose one alphabet button or press one physical A-Z key; lowercase input is normalized and repeated letters are ignored atomically.
  2. 2.Use revealed positions and the visible Wrong letters list to identify the seven-letter target before six distinct misses disclose all six non-graphic stage parts.
  3. 3.Reveal all six unique target letters to display the complete seven-position word and earn exactly 1,000 points; use Restart after completion or deadlock.

About Hangman

Hangman Game presents one fixed, auditable word challenge instead of drawing from a random or undisclosed dictionary feed. The target is LANTERN. It has seven letter positions and six unique letters because N appears twice. The clue is: A light inside a protective container, often made to be carried or hung. The American Heritage Dictionary and Cambridge Dictionary independently support that spelling and shared everyday object sense.

The dictionaries provide the externally checkable language facts, while the game behavior is explicitly Lizely-authored. American Heritage describes an often portable protective case with transparent or translucent sides for holding and protecting a light. Cambridge describes a light inside a container with a handle for carrying or hanging, or the container itself. The on-page clue is a short product paraphrase of their overlap. It does not quote an example sentence or depend on a changing word-of-the-day service.

The target is stored as seven uppercase ASCII positions: L, A, N, T, E, R, N. The unique correct-guess partition is A, E, L, N, R, and T. The other 20 English alphabet letters are misses. Guessing N once reveals both the third and seventh positions. Players never need to guess the same spelling unit twice, and the displayed underscores always preserve the exact seven-position structure.

Choose any alphabet button or press a physical letter key. Input is trimmed, converted to uppercase, and accepted only when it is exactly one ASCII letter from A through Z. Lowercase l therefore becomes L. A digit, punctuation mark, accented character, empty string, or multi-letter input is rejected without becoming a miss. The visible interface emits only valid single-letter guesses, while the pure logic boundary also protects keyboard and programmatic calls.

Correct and wrong guesses are tracked separately in the order first submitted. A correct letter immediately reveals every matching position. A wrong letter enters the visible Wrong letters list and discloses the next named stage part. Repeating an already correct or already wrong letter is an atomic no-op: it returns the identical state, does not change feedback, does not reorder history, and never advances the failure stage. Used alphabet buttons are disabled, but the same invariant also applies to repeated physical key events.

The failure display is deliberately non-graphic. It contains six labeled rows: Head, Torso, Left arm, Right arm, Left leg, and Right leg. Each row visibly says pending or disclosed, so progress does not depend on color or interpreting a drawing. The first five distinct misses remain playable. The sixth distinct miss discloses the sixth part and deadlocks the run. At deadlock, the answer LANTERN is shown directly.

This six-part sequence is product behavior for this level. The dictionary sources establish only the word and clue sense; they are not cited as authorities for Hangman scoring or failure rules. The game does not depict injury, animation, or a realistic figure. Its named checklist gives acceptance tests and assistive technology an exact state at every miss count from zero through six.

Solving requires all six unique target letters. When L, A, N, T, E, and R have all been guessed in any order, the display becomes L A N T E R N and the game awards exactly 1,000 points. The reward does not depend on speed, hit order, or how many misses preceded the solve. It provides no partial score or multiplier. A mixed route containing B and C as misses followed by all six hits still completes at exactly 1,000.

Completion and deadlock are frozen terminal states. Further alphabet clicks, physical keys, repeated guesses, and new letters return the same state. Score, histories, display, and stage cannot change after the terminal event. Restart is the sole way to begin a fresh run. It restores seven underscores, empty correct and wrong histories, stage zero, score zero, no feedback, and no terminal status.

Keyboard play is intentionally simple. Every unmodified physical A-Z key submits that letter. Repeated keydown events are ignored, preventing a held key from producing duplicate work. Command, Control, and Alt combinations are ignored so browser and operating-system shortcuts are not captured. R remains a normal target-letter guess, so Restart is provided by the visible shared GameShell control rather than stealing the R key.

The shared double-Escape Boss Mode is built into GameShell. Press Escape twice within its activation window to replace the word game with a neutral spreadsheet view. Repeat the gesture to return to the same Hangman state. Boss Mode does not reset guesses, grant a clue, consume a miss, or bypass terminal freezing.

The alphabet is laid out as native buttons in six columns on narrow screens and nine columns on wider screens. At 390 pixels, each mobile button retains a touch-friendly minimum height and enough width for its letter. Correct buttons use both an underline and a correct accessible label. Wrong buttons use both a line-through and a wrong accessible label. The clue, seven-position display, named stage, wrong-letter list, live feedback, and final answer remain readable without relying on color.

Release tests do not derive expectations from the production guessing function. An independent oracle uses the literal LANTERN spelling, its own trim-uppercase ASCII validator, its own unique-letter set, its own hit and miss partition over A through Z, and its own display formatter. It verifies seven positions, six unique letters, six hits, 20 misses, and both N indexes before comparing product behavior.

Golden cases cover dictionary spelling and clue alignment, lowercase normalization, digit and multi-letter rejection, the two-position N reveal, repeated correct and repeated wrong atomicity, stage progression after every distinct miss, first-five playability, sixth-miss deadlock, mixed hit-and-miss play, all-letter completion, exact score, and terminal freezing. Stage clamping is also checked defensively so negative or oversized diagnostic counts cannot index beyond the six disclosed parts.

Everything runs locally in the browser. No guess, result, score, clue interaction, or keyboard event is uploaded. No account, paid API, random generator, remote dictionary call, or new runtime dependency is needed during play. The cited dictionary pages document why the shipped word and clue are trustworthy; gameplay uses the bundled fixed values and remains available if a source site is temporarily unreachable.

This game is recreational entertainment. It is not a vocabulary exam, spelling assessment, language proficiency test, classroom placement tool, employment screen, health measure, or psychological instrument. The answer and evidence are disclosed, repeated play becomes trivial, and a physical key slip may count as a miss. For an unaided start, use the clue to think of a portable covered light, then test informative letters rather than repeating a used button.

Methodology & sources

Bundle the dictionary-verified uppercase target LANTERN and a clue paraphrasing the shared American Heritage and Cambridge container-light sense. Accept only one trimmed ASCII A-Z letter, partition first guesses into six target hits and 20 misses, reveal every occurrence of a correct letter, and treat repeated correct or wrong guesses as identical-state no-ops. Disclose Head, Torso, Left arm, Right arm, Left leg, and Right leg after the first through sixth distinct misses; keep the first five playable and deadlock on the sixth. Complete when all six unique target letters are present, award exactly 1,000, and freeze either terminal state until Restart. Cross-check spelling, unique letters, positions, hit/miss partitions, display states, stage sequence, and full solve with an independent literal-word oracle.

Frequently asked questions

Why does one N guess reveal two spaces?
The dictionary-checked target LANTERN contains N at its third and seventh positions. One correct letter guess reveals every matching position.
Do repeated guesses count again?
No. Repeating any previously correct or wrong letter is an atomic no-op. It does not alter histories, stage, feedback, score, or terminal state.
What happens after six wrong letters?
The sixth distinct miss discloses the final named non-graphic part and deadlocks the run. The answer is shown, and Restart opens a clean level.
Does the 1,000-point score measure spelling ability?
No. The fixed word, clue, score, and six-miss rule form a disclosed recreational level, not a standardized vocabulary, education, employment, health, or psychological assessment.

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