9 Word Games: Hangman and Word Search

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Using letters and words for games has been popular since the mid-20th century with board games, such as Scrabble, and paper games, such as crosswords and word searches.

These games work well as computer games and as web-based games. This chapter looks at two traditional games: hangman and word search. First, however, we need to take a closer look at how ActionScript handles strings and text fields.

Strings and Text Fields

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