Build a hit/miss word guessing game

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Build a hit/miss word guessing game

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This question evaluates implementation skills in managing stateful systems and data structures for pattern matching, as well as algorithmic and adversarial reasoning about information gain and search strategies when the secret can change.

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Build a hit/miss word guessing game