diff --git a/prove/Develop03/word.cs b/prove/Develop03/word.cs
index 9206a50..1fe37f4 100644
--- a/prove/Develop03/word.cs
+++ b/prove/Develop03/word.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,16 @@ public string DisplayWord()
         // this method checks wether or not a word is hidden and what to display if that is true or not
         if(_isHidden)
         {
-            return "_";
+            // this is a comment for the pull request. I used to just return a single underscore for each word
+            // I have now fixed it with this simple for loop that gets the word length and replaces the whole
+            // word with underscores
+            int numberOfLetters = _text.Length;
+            string placeholder = "";
+            for(int i = 0; i < numberOfLetters; i++)
+            {
+                placeholder += "_";
+            }
+            return placeholder;
         }
         else
         {