Have you ever wanted to bring a high tech approach to a low tech game? Well you’re in luck, because with this tutorial you’ll be able to build a basic word puzzle using Twilio Programmable SMS. Forget pen and paper - this is the twenty-first century, and when we do stuff, we do it over text!

The game works like this: Players try to piece together a word or phrase by guessing individual letters. At first, their only clue is the number of letters in the word. They keep guessing letters until they are able to guess the entire word, or until they run out of lives.

Prerequisites

To follow along with this guide, you’ll need the following tools and software:

• Node.js
• A free Twilio account and Twilio phone number. For help on this, check out Twilio’s Node.js Quick Start docs.
• An SMS-capable phone number for testing the app

Install dependencies and generate the app scaffolding

Before you begin coding, you’ll need to install a couple of additional packages.

First, you’ll need express-generator. Express-generator is a tool that builds a basic Express application on your behalf. Install it with the following command:

npm install express-generator -g

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