diff --git a/word_guess.rb b/word_guess.rb
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+
+
+#######List of nouns ##################################################
+# generated word
+# letter guessed
+# word made up of dashes and letters
+#
+
+
+############List of verbs ##############################################
+#guessing a letter
+#checking if letter is in word - appropriate reponce if it is in word or not (modify word displayed if it is, decrease number of guesses if it isn't)
+#removing the dashes if the letter is in the word
+#Keep track of how many guesses are left
+
+#validating user input
+#verifying user input is one letter
+#Display letters that have already been guessed (create an array to add guessed letter to, and check that)
+#Changing ASCII-art based on number of wrong guesses
+
+#A match method to guess if dash array now equals letter array
+#lose method - when guessing have been decreased to zero (method that counts guesses?)
+
+########## classes #########################################################
+# word is a class
+# each letter is a class? Use letter instance within the instance of the word class
+#ASCII-art in its own class? Or just within the word class
+
+
+###########################
+#Things to do
+#for difficulty level have three different arrays of different length words, case statement to pick from one of them depending on what difficulty user wants
+#allow the user to enter the whole word
+
+
+
+require_relative 'word_guess_ascii'
+require 'colorize'
+
+class Word
+  attr_reader :word, :word_array, :dash_array, :letters_guesses
+  def initialize(word)
+    @word = word
+    @word_array = @word.split(//)
+    @dash_array = (("-") * @word_array.length).split(//)
+    @remaining_guesses = 5
+    @letters_guesses = []
+  end #initialize
+
+  def check_if_in_word(letter)
+    @letters_guesses << letter
+    if @word_array.include?(letter)
+      index = @word_array.each_index.select{|i| @word_array[i] == letter}
+      index.each do |value|
+        @dash_array[value] = letter
+        puts "\nYes, #{letter} is in the word!".colorize(:green)
+        return @dash_array
+      end #index.each
+    else
+      puts "\nSorry, #{letter} isn't in the word.".colorize(:red)
+      @remaining_guesses -= 1
+    end #if/else
+  end #check_if_in_word
+
+  def user_display
+    win
+    lose
+    puts  "\nWord you need to guess: \n\n#{@dash_array.join(' ')}".colorize(:blue), "\nLetters you have guessed: #{@letters_guesses.join(' ')}".colorize(:yellow), "You have #{@remaining_guesses} remaining guesses.\n".colorize(:green)
+    case @remaining_guesses
+    when 5
+      puts five
+    when 4
+      puts four
+    when 3
+      puts three
+    when 2
+      puts two
+    when 1
+      puts one
+    end #case
+  end #user_display
+
+    def guess_right_word(input)
+      if input == @word_array
+        puts "\n\nYou guessed the right word! You're a winner!\n".colorize(:blue)
+        puts you_win
+        exit #Add ASCII-art rainbows,
+      else
+        puts "Sorry, that isn't the word.".colorize(:red)
+        @remaining_guesses -= 1
+      end #
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def win
+      if @dash_array == @word_array
+        puts "\n\nYou won!\n".colorize(:blue)
+        puts you_win
+        exit #Add ASCII-art rainbows,
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    def lose
+      if @remaining_guesses == 0
+        puts "\n\nYou lost\n".colorize(:red)
+        puts you_lose
+        exit  #Add ASCII-art sad
+      end
+    end
+end
+
+
+  #Generating a word for the user to guess
+  random_words_easy =["WATCH", "TABLE", "CHAIR", "COMPUTER"]
+  random_words_hard = ["BANDWAGON", "THRIFTLESS", "WHIZZING", "NYMPH"]
+
+
+
+
+  #Getting a letter from the user
+  puts "Welcome to the word-guess game!".colorize(:blue)
+  puts "Would you like to play the easy version or the hard version?".colorize(:blue)
+  user_version = gets.chomp.downcase
+
+  #verifying that user input is 'easy' or 'hard'
+  until user_version == "easy" || user_version == "hard"
+    puts "Please enter 'easy' or 'hard'! Thanks!".colorize(:red)
+    user_version = gets.chomp.downcase
+  end
+
+  #choosing either an easy or hard word for the word-guess game
+  case user_version
+  when "easy"
+    sample_word = Word.new(random_words_easy.sample)
+  when "hard"
+    sample_word = Word.new(random_words_hard.sample)
+  end
+
+  # Allow the program to accept the whole word as input from the user. If the word is guessed correctly, the user will win. Otherwise, it will be treated as another guess.
+
+#loop though and allow the user to guess a letter or the word
+  loop do
+    puts "\nWould you like to guess a letter or guess what the word is?".colorize(:blue)
+    choice = gets.chomp.downcase
+
+    #verify that the user entered 'letter' or 'word'
+    until choice == "letter" || choice == "word"
+      puts "Please enter 'word' or 'letter'!".colorize(:red)
+      choice = gets.chomp.downcase
+    end
+
+    #if runs if the user chose to guess a letter
+    if choice == "letter"
+      puts "Please enter a letter: ".colorize(:blue)
+      user_input = gets.chomp.upcase
+
+      #check if user_input includes any special characters
+      special = "?<>',?[]}{=-)(*&^%$#`~{}!" #NEW
+      regex = /[#{special.gsub(/./){|char| "\\#{char}"}}]/
+
+      #verify user input is a single letter
+     until ((user_input.length == 1) && (/[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil)) && !(sample_word.letters_guesses.include?(user_input)) &&    !(user_input =~ regex)
+       if !(/[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil) && user_input.to_i.to_s == user_input
+         puts "No numbers! Please enter a letter:".colorize(:red)
+       elsif user_input.length > 1 && !(/[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil)
+         puts "Please enter a single letter with no numnbers:".colorize(:red)
+       elsif user_input.length > 1 && /[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil
+         puts "Please enter a single letter at a time:".colorize(:red)
+       elsif sample_word.letters_guesses.include?(user_input)
+         puts "You already guessed that letter! Please enter a different letter: ".colorize(:blue)
+       elsif !(/[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil)
+         puts "Please don't enter a number! Enter a letter!".colorize(:red)
+       elsif user_input =~ regex #NEW
+         puts "Please don't enter any other characters other than letter:".colorize(:red)
+       end #if/else
+       user_input = gets.chomp.upcase
+     end #untill loop
+     
+      # #verify user input is a single letter
+      # until ((user_input.length == 1) && (/[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil)) && !(sample_word.letters_guesses.include?(user_input))
+      #   if !(/[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil) && user_input.to_i.to_s == user_input
+      #     puts "No numbers! Please enter a letter!".colorize(:red)
+      #   elsif user_input.length > 1 && !(/[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil)
+      #     puts "Please enter a single letter with no numnbers!".colorize(:red)
+      #   elsif user_input.length > 1 && /[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil
+      #     puts "Please enter a single letter at a time!".colorize(:red)
+      #   elsif sample_word.letters_guesses.include?(user_input)
+      #     puts "You already guessed that letter! Please enter a different letter!".colorize(:blue)
+      #   elsif !(/[\d]/.match(user_input) == nil)
+      #     puts "Please don't enter a number! Enter a letter!".colorize(:red)
+      #   end #if/else
+      #   user_input = gets.chomp.upcase
+      # end #untill loop
+
+      #Check if letter is in @word, and change @dash_array or @remaining_guesses acordingly
+      sample_word.check_if_in_word(user_input)
+
+      #Displays the dashed word with the correctly guessed letters filled in, how many guessing you have left, and what letters you have guessed thus far
+      puts sample_word.user_display
+
+    #elsif runs if the user chose to guess what the word is
+    elsif choice == "word"
+      puts "Please enter the word you want to guess:".colorize(:blue)
+      word_guess = gets.chomp.upcase
+      guess_array = word_guess.split(//)
+      sample_word.guess_right_word(guess_array)
+      puts sample_word.user_display
+    end #if/else
+  end #loop
diff --git a/word_guess_ascii.rb b/word_guess_ascii.rb
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+require 'colorize'
+
+def five
+  puts "
+    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,
+    88888888888    88888888888    88888888888    88888888888    88888888888
+    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'
+      `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'
+        `Y'            `Y'            `Y'            `Y'            `Y'".colorize(:red)
+  end
+
+def four
+  puts "
+    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,
+    88888888888    88888888888    88888888888    88888888888
+    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'
+      `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'
+        `Y'            `Y'            `Y'            `Y'".colorize(:magenta)
+end
+
+def three
+  puts "
+    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,
+    88888888888    88888888888    88888888888
+    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'
+      `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'
+        `Y'            `Y'            `Y'".colorize(:light_red)
+end
+
+def two
+  puts "
+    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,
+    88888888888    88888888888
+    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'
+      `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'
+        `Y'            `Y'".colorize(:light_yellow)
+end
+
+def one
+  puts "
+    ,d88b.d88b,
+    88888888888
+    `Y8888888Y'
+      `Y888Y'
+        `Y'".colorize(:white)
+end
+
+
+def you_win
+  puts "
+    _.-'''''-._
+  .'  _     _  '.
+ '   (o)   (o)   '
+|                 |
+|                 |
+'   '.       .'  '
+  '.  `'---'`  .'
+    '-._____.-'".colorize(:yellow)
+end
+
+def you_lose
+  puts "
+      .- - - - .
+     '          '.
+   '   O      O   '
+  :           `    :
+  |                |
+  :    .------.    :
+   '  '        '  '
+    '.          .'
+      '-......-'".colorize(:light_cyan)
+end
+
+
+#######CODE BELOW IS BEFORE WE ADDED IN COLOR TO THE ART!
+# require 'colorize'
+#
+#
+#
+# def five
+# five_guesses = <<'TEXT'
+#   ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,
+#   88888888888    88888888888    88888888888    88888888888    88888888888
+#   `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'
+#     `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'
+#       `Y'            `Y'            `Y'            `Y'            `Y'
+#
+# TEXT
+# end
+#
+#
+#
+# def four
+# four_guesses = <<'TEXT'
+#   ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,
+#   88888888888    88888888888    88888888888    88888888888
+#   `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'
+#     `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'
+#       `Y'            `Y'            `Y'            `Y'
+#
+# TEXT
+# end
+#
+# def three
+# three_guesses = <<'TEXT'
+#   ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,
+#   88888888888    88888888888    88888888888
+#   `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'
+#     `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'
+#       `Y'            `Y'            `Y'
+#
+# TEXT
+# end
+#
+# def two
+# two_guesses = <<'TEXT'
+#   ,d88b.d88b,    ,d88b.d88b,
+#   88888888888    88888888888
+#   `Y8888888Y'    `Y8888888Y'
+#     `Y888Y'        `Y888Y'
+#       `Y'            `Y'
+#
+# TEXT
+# end
+#
+# def one
+# one_guesses = <<'TEXT'
+#   ,d88b.d88b,
+#   88888888888
+#   `Y8888888Y'
+#     `Y888Y'
+#       `Y'
+#
+# TEXT
+# end
+#
+#
+# def you_win
+#   winning = <<'TEXT'
+#     _.-'''''-._
+#   .'  _     _  '.
+#  /   (o)   (o)   \
+# |                 |
+# |  \           /  |
+#  \  '.       .'  /
+#   '.  `'---'`  .'
+#     '-._____.-'
+# TEXT
+# end
+#
+# def you_lose
+#   losing = <<'TEXT'
+#     .-""""""-.
+#    '          '.
+#  /   O      O   \
+# :           `    :
+# |                |
+# :    .------.    :
+#  \  '        '  /
+#   '.          .'
+#     '-......-'
+# TEXT
+# end