diff --git a/letter.rb b/letter.rb
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+# class Letter
+#   attr_accessor :letter
+#
+#   def initialize(letter)
+#     @letter = letter
+#   end
+#
+#   def add_to_word
+#
+#   #compare to word, add to space if part of word check?
+#   end
+#
+#   def limit_input
+#     # to ensure only word is added at a time
+#   end
+#
+#   def ascii_change
+#     # draw art associated with wrong guess
+#   end
+#
+#
+#
+# end # end of letter class
+#
+# letter = Letter.new(guess)
+# puts letter
diff --git a/main.rb b/main.rb
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+require_relative 'word'
+require 'faker'
+require 'colorize'
+
+# User select level of difficulty
+puts "
+
+__          __           _
+\\ \\        / /          | |
+ \\ \\  /\\  / /__  _ __ __| |
+  \\ \\/  \\/ / _ \\| '__/ _` |
+   \\  /\\  / (_) | | | (_| |
+    \\/  \\/ \\___/|_|  \\__,_|
+
+         ______
+        |___  /
+            / / ___   _ _    __
+           / / / _ \\|  __\\ / _ |
+          / /__ (_) | | ||  __/
+         /_____\\___/|_| |_|\\ \\\n\n"
+
+
+puts "Welcome to Word Zone! You have 6 tries to guess a word or be booted out of the game.\n To unlock the secret token, you will have to complete all three levels.\n Select difficulty level:\n 1: Easy: Color, 2: Intermediate: Starwars Characters, 3: Hard: Superhero power!\n"
+level = gets.chomp.to_i
+
+  case level
+  when 1
+    word = Faker::Color.color_name
+  when 2
+    word = Faker::StarWars.character
+  when 3
+    word = Faker::Superhero.power
+  end
+
+
+word_guess = Word.new(word)
diff --git a/word.rb b/word.rb
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+++ b/word.rb
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+require 'colorize'
+require 'faker'
+#require 'letter'
+
+class Word
+  attr_accessor :word
+
+  def initialize(word)
+    @word = word.upcase.split("")
+    @total_guesses = 0
+    @correct_guesses = 0 # compare to word length
+    @wrong_guesses = 0 # count down
+    #create array of all the blank spaces
+    @dash_array = []
+    @word.each do |char|
+      if char == " "
+        @dash_array.push("  ")
+      else
+        @dash_array.push("_ ")
+      end
+    end
+    puts "Can you guess this word?"
+    puts @dash_array.join
+    @previous_guesses = []
+    track_guesses
+  end
+
+  # user input
+  def track_guesses
+    until @wrong_guesses == 6 || @word == @dash_array
+      print "Guess a letter:"
+      @guess = gets.chomp.upcase!
+      #check if user enters the same guess more than once
+      if @previous_guesses.include?(@guess) == false
+        @previous_guesses.push(@guess)
+        puts "Previous guess #{@previous_guesses}"
+        check_guess(@guess)
+      else
+        puts "You already picked that letter."
+      end
+
+      if @wrong_guesses == 6
+        puts "GAME OVER."
+        puts "The words is #{@word.join}"
+        exit
+      end
+      if @word == @dash_array
+        puts "Way to go!!  The word is #{@dash_array.join}!!"
+        ascii_win
+        exit
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # track number of correct and wrong guesses
+  def check_guess(guess)
+    if @word.include?(guess)
+      if !@dash_array.include?(@guess)
+        puts "Great! #{guess} is a match!"
+        @correct_guesses += 1
+        replace_letter
+      end
+    else
+      puts "Try again"
+      @wrong_guesses += 1
+      ascii_change
+    end
+    @total_guesses += 1
+    puts @dash_array.join
+  end
+
+  def replace_letter
+    @word.length.times do |i|
+      if @guess == @word[i]
+        @dash_array[i] = @guess
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+  def ascii_change
+    case @wrong_guesses
+    when 1
+    puts ("|").colorize(:blue)
+
+    when 2
+    puts ("
+            | | ").colorize(:blue)
+
+    when 3
+    puts ("
+            | |
+            | |     ___  ___  ___ _ ").colorize(:blue)
+
+    when 4
+    puts ("
+            | |
+            | |     ___  ___  ___ _ __
+            | |    / _ \/ __|/ _ \ '__|").colorize(:blue)
+
+    when 5
+    puts ("
+          | |
+          | |     ___  ___  ___ _ __
+          | |    / _ \/ __|/ _ \ '__|
+          | |____ (_) \__ \  __/ |").colorize(:blue)
+
+    when 6
+    puts    ("
+           | |
+           | |     ___  ___  ___ _ __
+           | |    / _ \/ __|/ _ \ '__|
+           | |____ (_) \__ \  __/ |
+           |______\___/|___/\___|_|").colorize(:red).blink
+    end
+
+    def ascii_win
+    puts "
+     /$$      /$$ /$$$$$$ /$$   /$$ /$$   /$$ /$$$$$$$$ /$$$$$$$
+    | $$  /$ | $$|_  $$_/| $$$ | $$| $$$ | $$| $$_____/| $$__  $$
+    | $$ /$$$| $$  | $$  | $$$$| $$| $$$$| $$| $$      | $$  \ $$
+    | $$/$$ $$ $$  | $$  | $$ $$ $$| $$ $$ $$| $$$$$   | $$$$$$$/
+    | $$$$_  $$$$  | $$  | $$  $$$$| $$  $$$$| $$__/   | $$__  $$
+    | $$$/ \  $$$$  | $$  | $$\  $$$| $$$\  $$$| $$      | $$  \ $$
+    | $$/   \  $$ /$$$$$$| $$ \  $$| $$$ \  $$| $$$$$$$$| $$  | $$
+    |__/     \__/|______/|__/  \__/|__/  \__/|________/|__/  |__/"
+   end
+end