Hangman Game Solver

Hangman is a traditional word game for two (or more) players. One player secretly chooses a word from the dictionary, and the other attempts to guess it by suggesting letters of the alphabet.

If the suggested letter is present in the word, all its occurrences are revealed. Otherwise, part of a drawing of a hanged man (gallows and figure) is added.

The player loses when the drawing is complete, after a limited number of errors (usually 8 to 10). The goal is to find the word before the drawing is complete.

To maximize your chances of winning Hangman, use a strategy based on the frequency of letters in the French language and on the letters already revealed.

The dCode solver calculates, for each possible word in the dictionary, the most likely letters based on the known positions. It then suggests the most statistically relevant (i.e., the most optimal) letter.

In the classic version of Hangman, when a letter is found, all its occurrences in the word are revealed.

A variation is to reveal only one occurrence at a time, requiring the same letter to be repeated to reveal the others.

Other variations exist:

— Timed version: Limit the time for each suggestion.

— Thematic version: The word belongs to a specific area (animals, countries, etc.)

In English, certain letters appear more frequently depending on the length of the word.

— For words up to 20 letters, start by suggesting E.

— For longer words, S is the best choice.

These recommendations are based on statistical analyses of letter frequencies in the English lexicon.

The dCode solver evaluates the difficulty of a word by simulating a game with the optimal strategy (this evaluation depends on the dictionary used).

It counts the number of unsuccessful attempts (missing letters) required to find the word.

The higher this number, the more difficult the word is to guess.

A word's difficulty can also be estimated by the amount of information required to solve it. A word containing rare, non-repeated letters generally has higher entropy, making it more difficult to guess.

In Hangman, each mistake adds an element to the drawing representing the gallows and the stick figure.

A typical drawing has 10 elements:

— Gallows (4 elements): base, vertical pole, horizontal bar, rope.

— Stick figure (6 elements): head, torso, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg.

The more detailed the drawing, the more attempts the player has before losing.