Programming Praxis

We have a tradition here at Programming Praxis of celebrating milestones by having a party, and parties require games. Today, for our three-hundredth exercise we will write a cheating version of the hangman from a previous exercise.

The idea is simple. Instead of choosing a single answer at the beginning of the game, choose a length, and make a list of all possible answers. Each time the player guesses a letter, delete as few words from the possible-answer list as possible consistent with the guesses the player has made; most of the time another body part will be added to the gibbet.

Your task is to write a referee for the game of cheating hangman. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.

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