US 11,786,805 B1
Method and apparatus for playing a word game
Andrew Egendorf, Lincoln, MA (US)
Assigned to Symbolics Inc., Lincoln, MA (US)
Filed by Symbolics Inc., Lincoln, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/136,690.
Int. Cl. A63F 3/04 (2006.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 3/0421 (2013.01) [A63F 13/2145 (2014.09)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for playing a word game with two players, comprising: a housing with a display screen and keypad and a processor in the housing programmed for two players to allow the two players to play a word game without connecting to the internet during play of the game and to allow a first player to set a level of difficulty for a second player which is a computer and to allow the first player set a level of guessing ability for the second player and to allow
a. the first player to select a secret word of a predetermined length by choosing a word from among the words in a predetermined dictionary and which is displayed on the display screen, the secret word to be guessed by the second player within a predetermined number of guesses;
b. the second player to make a guess of the secret word displayed on the display screen;
c. a display of the letters in the guessed word on the display screen that are in the secret word by indicating on the guessed word the letters in the guessed word that are in the same positions as are those letters in the secret word and the letters in the guessed word that are in the secret word, but are not in the same positions as are those letters in the secret word and wherein the first player optionally changes the secret word after a guess to a changed secret word which is in the predetermined dictionary and which is consistent with the letter indications already given; and
d. repeating b. and c. until the more recent of the secret word and the most-recent changed secret word is guessed or the predetermined number of guesses have been made.