# 🎮 WDC #20 Can you build your own "Hangman"-style word game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Teachers' Lounge\ **Tags:** wdc\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-20-can-you-build-your-own-hangman-style-word-game/1387933 "2021-07-09T17:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![catsarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/catsarisky/32/100661_2.png) [@catsarisky](https://community.thunkable.com/u/catsarisky)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-20-can-you-build-your-own-hangman-style-word-game/1387933/3 "2021-07-09T19:35:04Z")
I looooove word games, but I’ve always thought Hangman was a bit morbid. Is this a lynching reference? Yeah, not going there. So, I am pleased to present The Very HANGry Caterpillar, a friendlier implementation of Hangman. Guess a letter. If your word or phrase doesn’t contain that letter, the caterpillar will eat part of your garden. You win if you complete the word while you still have any garden left! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/6/26d856a3cd98fb3546b4af0ea90a690ad338141e.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/d/ad004cfeb395337a3984fe8d29c9bac8a74cc113.png) You can play it yourself using this link: [thunkablecompanion](https://thunkable.site/web-build/index.html?webAppId=oXMr8cTiZ&from=x) UPDATE: well, you could have, before the app limit. I’ve unpublished, so you’ll have to take my word for it. I was avoiding working on my shopping list app (feature creep - ugh!), so I made a video showing how I did it: [WDC #20 walkthrough (How to build Hangman)](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-20-walkthrough-how-to-build-hangman/1389552) To-do: Currently, you get 8 guesses no matter what. Phrases should probably give you fewer guesses, especially some of the longer ones that have most of the letters in them – too easy as it is! --- _[View the full topic](https://community.thunkable.com/t/wdc-20-can-you-build-your-own-hangman-style-word-game/1387933)._