Need help with Word game application

[husslela03]

Hello,

 

I would like to create a game application that requests a five-letter word from a mySQL database and then the player has to guess the letters, and then the game counts up the points for as many words as the player gets right.

 

I have the php and javascript scripts working with AJAX where I am able to request the word, so that works,

 

But I don't know how I would go about the rest, to implement the game.

 

I have a button right now that requests the new word, and the new word displays in a text box, but I guess I don't want the whole word to display, I just want dashes for where the letter should be and let the player guess the letters.

 

Any help of direction on this would be great!

 

Thanks!