Have students write a game of Hangman in Python in which the computer cheats by changing its secret word to give students practice using dictionaries.

Each time the user guesses a letter, the computer checks a dictionary to see if there is another word consistent with previous guesses that does not contain the new letter.

If so, the computer will change its secret word to this new word, cheating.

See the Duke version of this assignment for inspiration on implementing this assignment in your classroom.

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Duke Clever Hangman assignment by Owen Astrachan.

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