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Six misses at most

What we are doing

The figure has six parts, so six misses is the most. MAX_WRONG names that number, and guess stops listening once wrong reaches it.

```js
const MAX_WRONG = 6

  if (guessed.has(letter) || wrong === MAX_WRONG) return
```

What it means

• MAX_WRONG is the number of misses allowed.
• || means "or": guess returns if the letter was tried or the misses are used up.

Your turn

1. Under the LETTERS line write const MAX_WRONG = 6.
2. In guess, add || wrong === MAX_WRONG to the first if. Press Run.

Skills: Game states

← The same letter twice is free Show the misses →

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