diff --git a/96_Word/rust/Cargo.toml b/96_Word/rust/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/96_Word/rust/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "rust"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/96_Word/rust/src/main.rs b/96_Word/rust/src/main.rs
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+++ b/96_Word/rust/src/main.rs
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+use crate::word_game::WordGame;
+use std::io;
+mod progress;
+mod word_game;
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("\n\n~~WORD~~");
+    println!("Creative Computing Morristown, New Jersey");
+
+    println!("\nI am thinking of a word -- you guess it.");
+    println!("I will give you clues to help you get it.");
+    println!("Good luck!!\n");
+
+    let mut quit = false;
+
+    while quit == false {
+        let mut game = WordGame::new();
+        let mut game_over = false;
+
+        while game_over == false {
+            game_over = game.tick();
+        }
+
+        quit = !play_again();
+    }
+}
+
+fn play_again() -> bool {
+    let mut again = true;
+    let mut valid_response = false;
+
+    while valid_response == false {
+        println!("Want to play again? (Y/n)");
+
+        let mut response = String::new();
+
+        io::stdin()
+            .read_line(&mut response)
+            .expect("Failed to read line.");
+
+        match response.trim().to_uppercase().as_str() {
+            "Y" | "YES" => valid_response = true,
+            "N" | "NO" => {
+                again = false;
+                valid_response = true;
+            }
+            _ => (),
+        }
+    }
+
+    again
+}
diff --git a/96_Word/rust/src/progress.rs b/96_Word/rust/src/progress.rs
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+++ b/96_Word/rust/src/progress.rs
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+pub struct Progress {
+    chars: [char; 5],
+}
+
+impl Progress {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Progress { chars: ['-'; 5] }
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_char_at(&mut self, c: char, i: usize) {
+        self.chars[i] = c;
+    }
+
+    pub fn print(&self) {
+        for c in self.chars {
+            print!("{}", c);
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn done(&self) -> bool {
+        for c in self.chars {
+            if c == '-' {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/96_Word/rust/src/word_game.rs b/96_Word/rust/src/word_game.rs
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+++ b/96_Word/rust/src/word_game.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+use crate::progress::Progress;
+use rand::Rng;
+use std::io;
+
+pub struct WordGame<'a> {
+    word: &'a str,
+    progress: Progress,
+    guess: String,
+    guesses: usize,
+}
+
+impl WordGame<'_> {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        const WORDS: [&str; 12] = [
+            "DINKY", "SMOKE", "WATER", "GRASS", "TRAIN", "MIGHT", "FIRST", "CANDY", "CHAMP",
+            "WOULD", "CLUMP", "DOPEY",
+        ];
+
+        println!("\nYou are starting a new game...");
+
+        let random_index: usize = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0..WORDS.len());
+
+        //println!("word is: {}", WORDS[random_index]);
+
+        WordGame {
+            word: WORDS[random_index],
+            progress: Progress::new(),
+            guess: String::new(),
+            guesses: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn tick(&mut self) -> bool {
+        self.guesses += 1;
+
+        println!("\n\nGuess a five letter word?");
+
+        let mut game_over = false;
+
+        if WordGame::<'_>::read_guess(self) {
+            game_over = WordGame::<'_>::process_guess(self);
+        }
+
+        game_over
+    }
+
+    fn read_guess(&mut self) -> bool {
+        let mut guess = String::new();
+
+        io::stdin()
+            .read_line(&mut guess)
+            .expect("Failed to read line.");
+
+        let invalid_input = |message: &str| {
+            println!("\n{} Guess again.", message);
+            return false;
+        };
+
+        let guess = guess.trim();
+
+        for c in guess.chars() {
+            if c.is_numeric() {
+                return invalid_input("Your guess cannot include numbers.");
+            }
+            if !c.is_ascii_alphabetic() {
+                return invalid_input("Your guess must only include ASCII characters.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if guess.len() != 5 {
+            return invalid_input("You must guess a 5 letter word.");
+        }
+
+        self.guess = guess.to_string();
+
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn process_guess<'a>(&mut self) -> bool {
+        let guess = self.guess.to_uppercase();
+
+        let mut matches: Vec<char> = Vec::new();
+
+        for (i, c) in guess.chars().enumerate() {
+            if self.word.contains(c) {
+                matches.push(c);
+
+                if self.word.chars().nth(i).unwrap() == c {
+                    self.progress.set_char_at(c, i);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        println!(
+            "There were {} matches and the common letters were....{}",
+            matches.len(),
+            matches.into_iter().collect::<String>()
+        );
+
+        print!("From the exact letter matches you know....");
+        self.progress.print();
+
+        if self.progress.done() {
+            println!(
+                "\n\nYou have guessed the word. It took {} guesses!\n",
+                self.guesses
+            );
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        false
+    }
+}