Workshop › Typing Rain › Step 15 of 33

Let go of a lost word

What we are doing

If the target falls past the ground while you are typing it, the lock must be released; otherwise you would stay locked on to a word that is gone.

```js
const landed = words.filter((w) => w.y > GROUND)
words = words.filter((w) => w.y <= GROUND)
if (landed.includes(target)) target = null
```

What it means

• landed collects the words below the ground, before they are removed.
• includes(target) is true if the target is one of them; then the lock is released.

Your turn

In update, write the landed line above the filter line and the includes line under it.

Skills: Game states

← Half a word in yellow Lives →

All steps

1. A sky for the words
2. The ground
3. A word on the canvas
4. A function that draws
5. A list of words
6. Make them fall
7. The game loop
8. A new word from the list
9. Let it rain
10. Gone past the ground
11. Lock on to a word
12. Listen to the keyboard
13. Letter by letter
14. Half a word in yellow
15. Let go of a lost word
16. Lives
17. Hearts
18. Score
19. Out of lives
20. Freeze the game
21. The game over panel
22. Play again
23. Levels
24. Faster and faster
25. Best score
26. Accuracy
27. Words per minute
28. Your speed at the end
29. Where the keys go
30. Draw the keyboard
31. Light up the next key
32. Tap the keys
33. Build it yourself: change your mind