gallows

 public static String[] gallows = {
        "+---+\n" +
        "|   |\n" +
        "    |\n" +
        "    |\n" +   //if the user didn't miss any guesses.
        "    |\n" +
        "    |\n" +
        "=========\n",
       
        "+---+\n" +
        "|   |\n" +
        "O   |\n" +   //if the user missed one guess.
        "    |\n" +
        "    |\n" +
        "    |\n" +
        "=========\n",
         
        "+---+\n" +
        "|   |\n" +
        "O   |\n" +    //if the user missed two guesses.
        "|   |\n" +
        "    |\n" +
        "    |\n" +
        "=========\n",
        
        " +---+\n" +
        " |   |\n" +
        " O   |\n" +   //if the user missed three guesses.
        "/|   |\n" +
        "     |\n" +
        "     |\n" +
        " =========\n",
        
        " +---+\n" +
        " |   |\n" +
        " O   |\n" +
        "/|\\  |\n"+   //if the user missed four guesses.
        "     |\n" +
        "     |\n" +
        " =========\n",
        
        " +---+\n" +
        " |   |\n" +
        " O   |\n" +
        "/|\\  |\n" +  //if the user missed five guesses.
        "/    |\n" +
        "     |\n" +
        " =========\n",
        
        " +---+\n" +
        " |   |\n" +
        " O   |\n" +
        "/|\\  |\n" +   //if the user missed six guesses.
        "/ \\  |\n" +
        "     |\n" +
        " =========\n"};