diff --git a/hangman.rb b/hangman.rb
index 54f4010..20757e3 100644
--- a/hangman.rb
+++ b/hangman.rb
@@ -23,3 +23,33 @@ until word.length.between?(5, 12)
 end
 
 puts "Your word is #{word}"
+
+#turn word into an array
+#hide 50% of letters randomly
+#ask user to guess letters
+#have two arrays, word and hidden word
+#display hidden word
+#if input is included in word but not hidden word then
+#if word[x] == input then hidden[x] == input
+#do this over the array
+#if guess == a hidden letter
+# fill in that letter
+#else
+# increase hangman counter
+
+def scramble_word(word)
+  scrambled_word = Array.new
+  word.length.times do |i|
+    if rand(0..1) == 0 #do this 50% of the time
+      scrambled_word.push("_")
+    else
+      scrambled_word.push(word[i])
+    end
+  end
+  return scrambled_word
+end
+
+scrambled_word = scramble_word(word)
+#puts the array as a readable string
+puts scrambled_word.inspect[1...-1].gsub('"',"").gsub(',','')
+