def get_random_letters(): """Return a string of 2-3 random letters (e.g., 'ap', 'cat').""" length = random.choice([2, 3]) letters = ''.join(random.choices('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', k=length)) return letters

if user_word == 'quit': print("Game ended.") break

print(f"✅ Correct! '{user_word}' contains '{required_letters}'.") print(f"🔪 Bomb defused! Passing to next player...")

# If bomb hasn't exploded yet, cancel by not calling exit (thread is still alive, but we'll just not let it affect) # Better: just check if time's up if elapsed > 5: print(f"\n💣 BOOM! Too slow, {current_player}!") print(f"Required letters were: {required_letters}") break

print("\n" + "="*50) print(f"💣 {current_player}'s turn! Bomb is ticking...") print(f"🔤 Required letters: {required_letters.upper()}") print("⏱️ You have 5 seconds!")

# Start bomb timer timer = threading.Thread(target=bomb_timer, args=(5, current_player)) timer.daemon = True timer.start()

def is_valid_word(word, required_letters): """Check if word contains the required letters as a substring.""" return required_letters.lower() in word.lower()

You can copy this script into a Python environment or run it in any terminal. import random import time import threading ------------------------------ WORD LIST (sample; expand as needed) ------------------------------ WORD_LIST = [ "apple", "application", "apricot", "banana", "basketball", "cat", "catalog", "dog", "dragon", "elephant", "fantastic", "grape", "happy", "internet", "jazz", "kangaroo", "lamp", "mountain", "notebook", "octopus", "python", "quick", "rainbow", "sunshine", "tiger", "umbrella", "victory", "window", "xylophone", "yellow", "zebra" ]