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A guess

What we are doing

A guess is one letter. guess(letter) adds it to the Set; the loop then shows it wherever it is in the word.

```js
function guess(letter) {
  guessed.add(letter)
}
```

What it means

• letter is a parameter: whatever we pass in guess('A') is letter inside the function.
• guessed.add(letter) puts the letter in the Set. Adding a letter that is already there changes nothing.

Your turn

Write guess under the newWord function, with an empty line between them. Press Run.

Skills: Functions, Game states

← Draw again and again Guess with the keyboard →

All steps

1. A list of secret words
2. The canvas and the pen
3. Paint the paper
4. A function that draws
5. Pick a random word
6. Write the word
7. Hide it behind blanks
8. Remember the guesses
9. Draw again and again
10. A guess
11. Guess with the keyboard
12. Only letters count
13. Count the misses
14. The same letter twice is free
15. Six misses at most
16. Show the misses
17. List the wrong letters
18. Draw a line
19. The gallows
20. The first miss: a head
21. Body, arms and legs
22. The parts in a list
23. Losing
24. Winning
25. Show the word you missed
26. The end message
27. Play again
28. Never the same word twice
29. A winning streak
30. Remember the best streak
31. Where each key goes
32. Draw the keys
33. Center the last row
34. Keys that remember
35. Tap a key
36. Build it yourself: a hint button