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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    String[] words = readLines("hangman.txt");
    for (String word : words)
    {
      System.out.println(word);
    }
  }

  public static String[] readLines(String filename)
  {
    try{
      FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(filename);

      BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(fileReader);
      List<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();
      String line = null;

      while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null)
      {
          lines.add(line);
      }

      bufferedReader.close();

      return lines.toArray(new String[lines.size()]);
    }catch(IOException ioe){
      return new String[]{"error"};
    }
  }
}