Thread: Hangman program

Hi all, I am taking a very beginner java class at my high school, and am completely stuck on a program we are working on. It is essentially a very simple hangman game, in which the user enters a 5 letter word, then enters guesses. I will post the directions as well as what i have.
Thanks,
Perry



Write a hangman game. Your game should:
* Ask the user for a 5 letter lower case word. Error check the
* length of the word to make sure it's 5 letters long. You
* may assume all of the letters are lower case.
* Print out guess (it should start as 5 underlines) and ask the
* user for a lower case letter. This should all be in ONE
* JOP window.
* Check to see if the letter is in the word and update the guess
* if it is. You do not need to show this in a JOP window.
* Continue displaying the guess and asking for letters until
* the user has guessed the word.
* Print a congratulations message that contains the word and
* the number of letters the user had to enter.
*
* Use the main method below. DO NOT change it. You can
* comment out method calls until you write them.
*
* Things you could add:
* Have it work for any sized word.
* Have it work for upper & lower case letters.
* Show the incorrect letters the user has chosen.


----------------------code(Java)

public class Hangman
{
	public static void changeJOP()
	{
		UIManager.put("Label.font", new FontUIResource
				(new Font("Nyala", Font.BOLD, 28)));
		UIManager.put("OptionPane.messageForeground",Color.white);
		UIManager.put("Panel.background",new Color (0,0,205));
		UIManager.put("OptionPane.background",Color.white);
		UIManager.put("Button.background",Color.white);
		UIManager.put("Button.foreground", new Color(25,25,112));
		UIManager.put("Button.font", new FontUIResource
				(new Font("Nyala", Font.BOLD, 14)));
	}
	public static String enterWord(String word)
	{
		int num;
		String s; 
		do{
		s = (JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a 5 letter word:"));
		num= s.length();
		}while(num != 5);
		return s;
 
	}
	public static void enterLetter(char letter, String word)
	{
 
	}
	public static void checkLetter()
	{
 
	}
 
 
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		changeJOP();
		String word="", guess="     ";
		char letter;
		int count = 0;
		word= enterWord();
		while(!guess.equals(word))
		{
			letter = enterLetter(guess);
			count++;
			guess=checkWord(word, guess, letter);
		}
		printCongrats(word, count);
	}
}

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The main was built for us, everything else i did.
I have been looking at it all day, and cannot come up with anything to do next.
Thanks all for your time..