Javascripts > Misc Javascripts > Guess the Four-Letter Word
Script Title: Guess the Four-Letter Word
Description: Loosely based on the game "Mastermind", this little word game is great for children and learners of English.
Example: Available
Copy the following code into your <HEAD></HEAD> tags.<script language="JavaScript"> <!-- // Script by Matt Stanton 2002 // http://members.tripod.com/matt_stanton/ // cyberefl@email.com // *** ADAPTATION INSTRUCTIONS *** // *** Enter the words you want the game to choose from below. *** // *** Put the words in double quotes with no spaces. *** // *** Separate them with commas. *** // *** Do not put a comma before the first word. *** // *** Do not put a comma after the last word. *** // *** You can have as many words as you want. *** // *** The words must have four letters. *** var words = new Array("ache","also","army","aunt","away","baby","back","bake","bank","bath","bean","bear","beat","bell","belt","bill","bird","bite","blow","blue","boat","body","boil","bomb","book","boot","born","both","bowl","burn","bush","busy","cage","cake","camp","card","cart","chin","city","club","coat","cold","comb","come","cook","cool","copy","corn","cost","damp","dark","date","dead","deep","desk","dish","dive","door","down","draw","drop","duck","dust","each","east","easy","else","ever","face","fall","farm","fast","feel","fill","film","find","fine","fire","fish","flag","flat","food","foot","fork","free","from","full","game","gate","girl","give","glad","glue","goal","goat","good","grow","hair","half","hall","hand","hang","hard","hate","have","head","hear","hide","high","hill","hold","hole","home","hook","host","hour","hurt","into","iron","joke","jump","keep","kick","kill","kind","kite","know","lady","lake","lamp","land","last","late","lazy","leaf","left","lend","less","like","line","lion","live","loaf","lock","long","look","lose","loud","love","lump","main","make","many","meal","mean","meat","meet","melt","mend","mile","milk","mind","miss","moon","more","most","move","much","nail","name","near","neck","need","nest","news","next","nice","none","nose","once","only","open","oven","over","page","pain","park","pass","past","path","pick","pile","pink","play","poem","pond","pool","poor","port","post","pour","pray","pull","push","race","rain","read","real","rest","rice","rich","ride","ring","road","roar","rock","roll","roof","room","rope","rose","safe","sail","salt","same","sand","save","seat","sell","send","shed","ship","shoe","shop","show","shut","sick","side","sing","size","slip","slow","snow","soap","sock","soft","some","song","soon","soup","sour","star","stay","step","stop","such","swim","tail","take","talk","tall","tame","tank","team","tear","tell","tent","than","that","then","they","thin","this","tidy","time","town","tree","trip","true","turn","type","ugly","very","wait","wake","walk","wall","want","warm","wash","wave","weak","wear","week","well","west","what","when","wide","wife","wild","will","wind","wing","wipe","wire","with","wood","wool","word","work","yard","year"); var theWord = ""; var attempts = 0; var hints = 0; function selectWord(){ var ranNum = Math.floor(Math.random()*words.length); theWord = words[ranNum]; theWord = theWord.toUpperCase(); }//end selectWord() function function check(f){ var entered = f.entry.value.toUpperCase(); if(entered.length != 4){ alert("You must enter a four letter word."); f.entry.value = ""; f.entry.focus(); return; }//end if construction attempts++; f.guesses.value += f.entry.value + " "; for(i=0;i<4;i++){ if(entered.charAt(i) == theWord.charAt(i)){ f.elements[i].value = theWord.charAt(i); }//end if construction }//end loop var counter = 0; for(var j=0;j<4;j++){ if(f.elements[j].value == theWord.charAt(j)){ counter++; }//end if construction }//end loop if(counter == 4){ var plurAttempt = " guesses"; var plurHints = " hints"; if(attempts == 1){plurAttempt = " guess";} if(hints == 1){plurHints = " hint";} alert("You got it after " + attempts + plurAttempt + " and " + hints + plurHints +".\n\nNow try another one!"); attempts = 0; hints = 0; selectWord(); f.reset(); }//end if construction if(attempts < 50){ f.entry.value = ""; f.entry.focus(); }else{ alert("OK, that's enough!\nThe word was " + theWord + ".\n\nBetter luck this time!"); attempts = 0; hints = 0; selectWord(); f.reset(); f.entry.focus(); }//end else clause }//end check() function function showAnswer(f){ alert("The word was " + theWord + ".\n\nDon't give up so easily this time!"); attempts = 0; hints = 0; selectWord(); f.reset(); f.entry.focus(); }//end showAnswer() function function hint(f){ var spaces = 0; for(var k=0;k<4;k++){ if(f.elements[k].value == ""){ spaces++; }//end if construction }//end loop if(spaces == 1 || spaces == 0){ alert("You must be joking!"); f.entry.focus(); return; }//end if construction for(var m=0;m<4;m++){ if(f.elements[m].value == ""){ f.elements[m].value = theWord.charAt(m); hints++; break; }//end if construction }//end loop f.entry.focus(); }//end hint() function //--> </script>
Copy the following code INTO your <BODY> tag.onLoad="selectWord();"
Copy the following code between the <BODY></BODY> tags of your html page.<form name="myform" onKeyDown="if(event.keyCode==13){check(document.myform);}"> <input size="1" value=""> <input size="1" value=""> <input size="1" value=""> <input size="1" value=""> <br><br> <input size="5" name="entry" value=""> <input type="button" value="Check" onClick="check(this.form);"> <br><br> Previous Guesses:<br> <textarea readOnly="true" onClick="this.form.entry.focus();" name="guesses" rows="10" cols="25"> </textarea><br><br> <input type="button" value="Need a hint?" onClick="hint(this.form);"> <input type="button" value="Give up?" onClick="showAnswer(this.form);"> </form> <small><small> Script by Matt Stanton 2002<br> <a href="http://members.tripod.com/matt_stanton/"> http://members.tripod.com/matt_stanton/</a><br> <a href="mailto:cyberefl@email.com"> cyberefl@email.com</a> </small></small>
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