The Hangman Game

Python implementation of the hangman game.

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Usage

> python src/hangman.py -h
usage: Hangman Game [-h] [-w WORDS]

Play Hangman on the terminal!

options:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -w, --words WORDS  File containing words. If not provided, a word can be entered at the start of the game.

Features

• Read words from json or csv files. The columns must be named "word", "category" and "definition".
• If no file provided, a word can be entered.
• Category selection at the beginning of the game. The word is randomly selected from the selected categories.
• For advanced words, definitions can be provided (which are not shown during guessing).

Created during

e-data-57-57 data analytics and data science bootcamp of WBS coding school 09/2026.