diff --git a/src/main/c/Hangman/playHangman.c b/src/main/c/Hangman/playHangman.c
index 86865f5..dc64e50 100644
--- a/src/main/c/Hangman/playHangman.c
+++ b/src/main/c/Hangman/playHangman.c
@@ -9,37 +9,9 @@ char toLower(char ch) {
     return ch;
 }
 
-// Ignores the inputs with more than one letter
-void ignoreExtraInput() {
-    int c;
-    while ((c = getchar()) != '\n' && c != EOF);
-}
-
-// Function to get a single character input from the user
-char getSingleCharInput() {
-    char input[3];  // Buffer for input (including null terminator and newline character)
-
-    // Read a line of input (up to 2 characters) and consume the rest
-    if (fgets(input, sizeof(input), stdin) == NULL) {
-        return '\0';  // Error or end of file
-    }
-
-    // Check if the last character is a newline, if not, consume the rest of the line
-    if (input[strlen(input) - 1] != '\n') {
-        ignoreExtraInput();
-    }
-
-    // Check if only one character is entered
-    if (strlen(input) == 2 && input[1] == '\n') {
-        return input[0];
-    } else {
-        return '\0';  // More than one character entered
-    }
-}
-
 void playHangman(char *wordToGuess) {
     int mistakes = 0;
-    char guessedLetters[30]; //Guessed letters
+    char guessedLetters[30] = ""; //Guessed letters
     char currentGuess[50];  //Current state of the guessed word
 
     displayRules();
@@ -55,13 +27,11 @@ void playHangman(char *wordToGuess) {
         printf("Enter your guess: \n");
         scanf("%s", input);
 
-        // Check if the input is a single letter
         if(strlen(input) > 1) {
             printf("Invalid input. Please enter a single letter.\n");
             continue;
         }
 
-        // Check if the input is an alphabet
         char guess = input[0];
         if (!isalpha(guess)) {
             printf("Please enter a valid alphabet.\n");
@@ -80,17 +50,6 @@ void playHangman(char *wordToGuess) {
         // Add the guessed letter to the list
         guessedLetters[strlen(guessedLetters)] = guess;
 
-
-        // Check if the letter has already been guessed by the player
-        if (strchr(guessedLetters, guess) != NULL) {
-            printf("You already guessed that letter. Try another letter.\n");
-            ignoreExtraInput();
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        // Add the guessed letter to the list
-        guessedLetters[strlen(guessedLetters)] = guess;
-
         // Check if the guessed letter is in the word
         int found = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < strlen(wordToGuess); ++i) {
@@ -125,6 +84,9 @@ void playHangman(char *wordToGuess) {
         if (mistakes == MAX_MISTAKES) {
             currentState(currentGuess, mistakes);
             printf("Oops! You have no more guesses :( \n The answer was: %s \n", wordToGuess);
+            break;
         }
+
+        currentState(currentGuess, mistakes);
     }
-}
+}
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