"Spelling Games"

An alien spaceship is hovering - you help the aliens return home by spelling the word in this Hangman-type game. The program is run by selecting Alien Return from the main menu screen. The game uses all the words from your word list, in a random fashion. You play the game until all words have been used or until you click Stop. Clicking Help or pressing will bring up this screen of information.

For each word, the number of letters is shown using asterisks at the top of the screen. You guess at letters in the word. If your guess is correct, that letter rises into the spaceship and letters are shown in their proper position. If your guess is incorrect, the aliens zap the letter with their laser and you continue. You are allowed five incorrect guesses. If you spell the word correctly (before using all your guesses), the aliens return home. If you have five incorrect guesses before spelling the word, you hear an ‘uh-oh’ sound and the proper spelling is given to you. In either case, click Next Word to see the next word.

The Alien Return screen also shows you how many words are left in the list and your current score. Once you have finished Alien Return (either by trying all words in the list or stopping the game), your score will be given to you and a list of the words you had trouble with will be provided. At this point, you will be returned to the Spelling Games main menu. Here, you can play another game, load another word list, or Exit the program.

Mixed Case Lists: The Alien Return game is case-insensitive. Hence, both typed and clicked responses are converted to their proper case.

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