Question

I’m making a hangman game, so I need a random word generator. My goal is for the user to say how many letters they want in the word and to output a random word with that many letters. I would like to use the dictionary that’s supposed to be available in iOS 5. Learn from this link

How can I do this? Does anybody have some advice on a random word generator – preferably using a dictionary.

I don’t want just a random text generator, I want them to be actual english words.

Answer 1

Check out Lexicontext, which has dictionary definitions for many words, and has a simple API for generating a random word:

Lexicontext *dictionary = [Lexicontext sharedDictionary];
NSString *word = [dictionary randomWord];

From there, you can use the rest of the API to get definitions and such from it.

_{Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with Lexicontext other than being a happy customer.}